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2009: Lost Memories (2002)
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Original name: 2009 로스트메모리즈
Genre: Action, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: South Korea, Japan
Duration: 136 min.
Story:
There are breakpoints in the history, the result of a single event may change the whole course. In 1909, an assassination attempt of a Japanese governor fails. Now, in 2009, Korea is just another state of Japan's Empire & Seoul has become a major city. A Korean resistance group fights for liberty, independence & the restoration of true history. Two cops, Japanese & Korean, investigate the group.
Style:
suspenseful, exciting, serious, stylized, cyber
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
danger, friendship, assassination, political unrest, obsessive quest, state affairs, dystopian future, politics, terrorism, gays and lesbians, political intrigue, heroic mission, cyberpunk, alternate history, japanese occupation, police investigation, time travel, time machine, gunfight, resistance, alternate universe, shootout, dystopia, world war two, heroes ...
Time:
1900s, future, 20th century, 2000s, year 2009
Place:
japan, asia, korea
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out serious, suspenseful, exciting and stylized films with plots about danger, rivalry, heroes, chases and races, deadly, terrorism and explosion mostly in Action, Thriller and Sci-Fi genres. Some movies like 2009: Lost Memories: Timecop (1994), Timequest (2000), Slipstream (2005), Deja Vu (2006), Natural City (2003). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Action, Crime, Sci-Fi, Thriller
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Duration: 99 min.
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Time:
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Place:
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756
Genre: Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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100%
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, South Africa, Zambia, Germany
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
A scientist plots a bank robbery based around his newest invention -- a time travel gadget that will send its user 10 minutes into the past. Everything goes according to plan, until he encounters a group of thieves who've planned their heist ...
Style:
serious, suspenseful, tense, suspense, grindhouse
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
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Place:
africa
Similarity:
100%
344K
Genre: Action, Crime, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 126 min.
Story:
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Style:
suspenseful, exciting, tricky, clever, confusing ...
Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Action, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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39%
Genre: Action, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
japan, asia, china
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
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Style:
surreal, futuristic, exciting, serious, stylized ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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34%
958
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
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Style:
political, grindhouse, offbeat, independent film, exciting ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
ira, anglo irish relations, explosions, revenge, manhunt, terrorism, violent content, repression, royal family, political corruption, political intrigue, political unrest ...
Time:
year 1975, 20th century, 70s
Place:
ireland, london, england, europe, belfast
Similarity:
33%
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Genre: Action, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller, War
Country: Japan
Duration: 128 min.
Story:
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Style:
stylized, suspenseful, exciting, serious, dieselpunk
Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
32%
312
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller, War
Country: Japan
Duration: 126 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
32%
Genre: Action, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
A data courier, literally carrying a data package inside his head, must deliver it before he dies from the burden or is killed by the Yakuza. In a dystopian 2021, Johnny (Keanu Reeves) is a data trafficker who has an implant that allows him to ...
Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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32%
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Country: Japan
Duration: 133 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Story:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Genre: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 74 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Time:
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29%
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Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Similarity:
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Country: South Korea
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Story:
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Style:
exciting, serious, rough, suspenseful, realistic
Plot:
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Place:
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Duration: 93 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
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19K
Genre: Action, Crime, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
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Style:
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boys' night
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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27%
443
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
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Style:
realistic, serious, suspenseful, tense
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
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Story:
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Style:
tense, suspenseful, serious, bleak, exciting ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Genre: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Country: South Korea
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Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Country: Canada, UK
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
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Style:
realistic, serious, suspenseful, captivating, action packed ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
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Place:
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Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Country: Australia, USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Similarity:
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563
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
90s
Place:
estonia
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
When Steve Mitchell is clandestinely sent to the US embassy in Bucharest, Romania to disarm a nuclear bomb that has secretly remained in the building since the end of the Cold War, little does he know that other problems will soon erupt. He must ...
Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
23%
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