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After Yang (2021)
26K
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
When his young daughter's beloved companion — an android named Yang — malfunctions, Jake searches for a way to repair him. In the process, Jake discovers the life that has been passing in front of him, reconnecting with his wife and daughter across a distance he didn't know was there.
Style:
melancholic, enigmatic, unusual plot structure, philosophical, underground film, cerebral, cult classic, visually stunning, futuristic, independent film ...
Plot:
robot, father, androids, foster child, artificial intelligence, loss, mourning, family relations, parents and children, death, family problems, society, advanced technology, friends, human experiment, underground, memory, consciousness, interracial love relationship, prejudice, friend, father daughter relationship, humanoid robot, grief, adoptive father ...
Time:
future
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out captivating, futuristic, thought provoking and serious films with plots about robot, artificial intelligence, distopia, technology, memory, family relations and death mostly in Drama, Sci-Fi and Romance genres. Some movies like After Yang: Bicentennial Man (1999), Puzzlehead (2005), Robot & Frank (2012), Robot Stories (2003), A.I. Artificial Intelligence (2001). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 132 min.
Story:
Richard Martin buys a gift, a new NDR-114 robot. The product is named Andrew by the youngest of the family's children. "Bicentennial Man" follows the life and times of Andrew, a robot purchased as a household appliance programmed to ...
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futuristic, philosophical, melancholic, inspirational, sentimental ...
Audience:
family friendly, kids, date night
Plot:
robot, androids and robots, androids, life philosophy, artificial intelligence, existentialism, dystopic future, love story, cyborgs, death, utopia, consciousness ...
Time:
future, 90s, 23rd century, 2040s, 22nd century ...
Place:
san francisco, bay area, california, indiana, utah ...
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Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
In a post apocalyptic world where technology is outlawed, Walter, a reclusive scientist, secretly creates a self-aware android, "Puzzlehead". Jealously erupts when Puzzlehead wins the affection of Julia, the beautiful shopgirl that Walter ...
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serious, suspenseful, futuristic, apocalyptic, suspense ...
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artificial intelligence, man versus machine, dystopian future, chaos, love triangle, androids and robots, society, obsession, cyberpunk, technology gone awry, betrayal, post apocalypse ...
Time:
future
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89%
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
A delightful dramatic comedy, a buddy picture, and, for good measure, a heist film. Curmudgeonly old Frank lives by himself. His routine involves daily visits to his local library, where he has a twinkle in his eye for the librarian. His grown ...
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touching, sentimental, humorous, feel good, futuristic ...
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
robot, artificial intelligence, friendship, androids and robots, robbery, technology, burglary, unlikely criminals, memory loss, family relations, nursing, disorder ...
Time:
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Place:
usa
Similarity:
89%
Genre: Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Four stories including: "My Robot Baby," in which a couple must care for a robot baby before adopting a human child; "The Robot Fixer," in which a mother tries to connect with her dying son; "Machine Love," in which an ...
Style:
futuristic, melancholic, surreal, stylized, semi serious ...
Plot:
androids and robots, robot, adoption, existentialism, imaginary, family life, parents and children, society, estrangement, human nature, immortality, bittersweet ...
Time:
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Place:
tokyo, japan
Similarity:
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Genre: Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 146 min.
Story:
A robotic boy, the first programmed to love, David is adopted as a test case by a Cybertronics employee and his wife. Though he gradually becomes their child, a series of unexpected circumstances make this life impossible for David. Without final ...
Style:
philosophical, thought provoking, futuristic, touching, sentimental ...
Audience:
kids, family friendly, teens, teen drama
Plot:
artificial intelligence, cyberpunk, androids and robots, androids, distopia, adoption, robot, imagination, boy, destiny, machine, child abuse ...
Time:
future, year 2001, 2000s, near future, distant future ...
Place:
new york, persia, usa, coney island brooklyn new york city, manhattan new york city ...
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Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
In a future Earth barren of all flora and fauna, the planet's ecosystems exist only in large pods attached to spacecraft. When word comes in that the pods are to be jettisoned into space and destroyed so that the spacecraft can be reused for ...
Style:
philosophical, visually stunning, futuristic, apocalyptic, thought provoking ...
Plot:
robot, dystopia, space travel, space opera, distopia, space and aliens, spaceship, post apocalypse, spacecraft, dystopian future, artificial intelligence, isolation ...
Time:
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Similarity:
87%
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: South Korea
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
In a world where an AI programme allows people to communicate with their deceased loved ones, a flight attendant and a mother question the meaning of reality and humanity.
Style:
emotional, thought provoking, philosophical, melancholic, contemplative ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
loss, artificial intelligence, grief, mourning, ethical dilemma, mother daughter relationship, memory, identity, existentialism, futuristic technology, parenthood, healing ...
Similarity:
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693
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
Forced into early retirement, Felix Greystone falls in love with an augmented reality companion, to the detriment of his relationship with his wife and daughter.
Style:
psychological, disturbing, captivating, independent film, contemplative ...
Plot:
retirement, artificial intelligence, midlife crisis, family problems, family relations, relationships, fall in love, in love, love affair, father daughter relationship, relationship problems, love interest ...
Time:
near future
Similarity:
85%
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Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 76 min.
Story:
18-year-old Mark wakes up in a parallel world where no one knows who he is - not his family, friends or girlfriend - and discovers that he and all the people he loves will soon die a painful death.
Style:
psychotronic, psychological, touching, sincere, sentimental ...
Plot:
parallel world, murder, supernatural power, supernatural, parallel universe, family relations, friends, parents and children, society, escapades, supernatural ability, family problems ...
Time:
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Place:
usa
Similarity:
85%
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Nuclear war in the United States is portrayed in a realistic and believable manner. The story is told through the eyes of a woman who is struggling to take care of her family. The entire movie takes place in a small suburban town outside San ...
Style:
depressing, disturbing, tense, apocalyptic, serious ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
california, usa, bay area, san francisco
Similarity:
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24K
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
When a renowned architecture scholar falls suddenly ill during a speaking tour, his son Jin finds himself stranded in Columbus, Indiana - a small Midwestern city celebrated for its many significant modernist buildings. Jin strikes up a friendship ...
Style:
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relationships, coma, korean american, small town, architecture, friendship, family relations, social problems, male female relationship, life is a bitch, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, family life ...
Time:
2010s, 90s, year 1954, year 1950, year 2008
Place:
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Similarity:
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633K
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Caleb, a 26 year old coder at the world's largest internet company, wins a competition to spend a week at a private mountain retreat belonging to Nathan, the reclusive CEO of the company. But when Caleb arrives at the remote location he finds ...
Style:
psychological, futuristic, twist ending, philosophical, mind bending ...
Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
england
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Genre: Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
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psychological, captivating, disturbing, tense, cyber ...
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Time:
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Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
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Time:
near future, future
Place:
korea
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Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Genre: Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 126 min.
Story:
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Style:
melancholic, philosophical, futuristic, crying, clever ...
Audience:
date night, teens, chick flick, adult
Plot:
loneliness, artificial intelligence, existentialism, philosophy, love, melancholy, computer, cyberspace, impossible love, solitude, love story, relationship problems ...
Time:
near future, future, year 2013, distant future, 2030s ...
Place:
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Similarity:
83%
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK, Hungary, USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
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Time:
2030s, future, 2020s, near future
Similarity:
82%
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
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Style:
captivating, serious, dramatic, suspenseful, reflective ...
Plot:
post-apocalyptic future, apocalypse, distopia, past life, post apocalypse, climate change, solitude, grief, isolation, ruins, loneliness, loss ...
Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
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Country: Spain, France
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
robot, artificial intelligence, child, brother brother relationship, prodigy, programmer, snow, memory, androids and robots, cyborgs, twists and turns, homecoming ...
Time:
future, 2010s
Place:
spain, europe
Similarity:
82%
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Country: Mexico
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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Style:
melancholic, poetic, art house, independent film, existential ...
Plot:
mourning, grief, loss, sadness, self discovery, bereavement, loneliness, artist, healing, character study, painter, isolation ...
Place:
mexico city
Similarity:
81%
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Genre: Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
In the near future, Cameron Turner is diagnosed with a terminal illness. Presented with an experimental solution to shield his wife and son from grief, he grapples with altering their fate.
Style:
psychological, futuristic, captivating, disturbing, intellectual ...
Plot:
illness, love, husband and wife, terminator, moral dilemma, clone, dystopian future, terminal illness, life is a bitch, father, father son relationship, love and romance ...
Time:
future
Similarity:
81%
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Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: Russia
Duration: 158 min.
Story:
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Style:
atmospheric, captivating, psychological, realistic, mind bending ...
Plot:
family relations, aging, obsession, society, social differences, escapades, youth, couples, fountain of youth, underground, immortality, siblings relations ...
Time:
future, 2010s, 2020s, 21st century
Place:
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Similarity:
80%
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Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
Two leading computer scientists work toward their goal of Technological Singularity, as a radical anti-technology organization fights to prevent them from creating a world where computers can transcend the abilities of the human brain.
Style:
cerebral, philosophical, futuristic, thought provoking, tense ...
Plot:
artificial intelligence, technology, consciousness, technology gone awry, resurrection, science, scientist, nanotechnology, computers and web, chaos, hi-tech, computer ...
Time:
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Place:
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Country: USA, UK, Hong Kong
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
In the smog-choked dystopian Los Angeles of 2019, blade runner Rick Deckard is called out of retirement to terminate a quartet of replicants who have escaped to Earth seeking their creator for a way to extend their short life spans.
Style:
neo noir, futuristic, tech noir, atmospheric, thought provoking ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
artificial intelligence, cyberpunk, dystopia, existentialism, dystopian future, distopia, androids, cyborgs, fugitive, police detective, fugitives, flying car ...
Time:
future, 2010s, year 2019, 20th century, near future ...
Place:
los angeles, california, bolivia, usa
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80%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
At Kinetech Labs, an inventor named Allan Topher designs a robot for search and rescue, but when he finds out that the robot will be used for military purposes, he programs the robot to flee. The robot escapes but is damaged in the process. It is ...
Style:
intellectual, captivating, entertaining, futuristic, psychotronic
Plot:
humanoid robot, robot, robot human relationship, sentient robot, fighting the system, friendship, friends, artificial intelligence, corporation, parents and children, talking robot, fight ...
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80%
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: Belgium, Spain, France
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
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Style:
psychological, rough, tense, captivating, surreal ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
europe, asia, africa, oceania
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Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: UK
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
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Style:
cerebral, futuristic, enigmatic, suspense, disturbing ...
Plot:
space exploration, found footage, first contact, alien invasion, spacecraft, trapped in space, robot, human in outer space, advanced technology, hi-tech, discovery, space program ...
Time:
near future, future
Similarity:
80%
392K
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
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Style:
psychological, philosophical, suspense, futuristic, clever ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
hawaii, mexico
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Country: USA, UK, Canada
Duration: 169 min.
Story:
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Style:
futuristic, mind bending, cerebral, clever, philosophical ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, kids, girls' night, date night ...
Plot:
space travel, time travel, outer space, nasa, astronaut, father daughter relationship, space, dystopian future, survival, end of the world, robot, space exploration ...
Time:
future, year 2014, 2010s, near future, 21st century
Place:
los angeles, colorado
Similarity:
79%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A ghost story set in the pastoral countryside of the north shore of O‘ahu telling the story of an elderly man facing the end of his life, visited by the ghosts of his past.
Style:
captivating, disturbing, psychological, meditative, contemplative ...
Plot:
family relations, dying man, memory, haunting, ghost story, family life, near death experience, life & death, family problems, troubled past, mourning, elderly man ...
Time:
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Place:
hawaii
Similarity:
79%
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