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The Deal (2022)
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Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A mother fights to save her ailing daughter after a global pandemic worse than any seen before ravaged the planet, leaving resources so scarce you must pay for them with your life.
Style:
tense, captivating, suspenseful, dramatic, harsh, bleak, emotional, medical drama, suspense, intense ...
Plot:
survival, mother daughter relationship, distopia, daughter, dystopia, post apocalyptic, fight, illness, mother, parents and children, female protagonist, mother and daughter, adaptation, fighting illness, sacrifice, morality, desperation, isolation, motherhood, black market, moral ambiguity, rationing, urban, slow burn, pandemic
Time:
near future
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Most similar movies to The Deal
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out tense, bleak, suspenseful and captivating films with plots about survival, isolation, post apocalyptic, moral ambiguity, desperation, dystopia and female protagonist mostly in Drama, Sci-Fi and Thriller genres. Some movies like The Deal: After Armageddon (2016), Tomorrow Before After (2023), Trigger Points (2020), After the Pandemic (2022), Territory 8 (2013). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: Australia
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Two men, who are polar opposites, must come to terms with being the last two humans on Earth in a post-Apocalyptic world.
Style:
bleak, philosophical, existential, psychological, reflective
Plot:
post apocalypse, isolation, post apocalyptic, end of the world, survival, humanity, character study, loneliness, friendship, hopelessness, intimate, resilience ...
Time:
near future
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: Canada, USA, Colombia
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
In a post-apocalyptic world, a young woman, with the help of an abandoned dog searches for other survivors while trying to cope with an unborn child growing inside of her.
Style:
bleak, suspenseful, apocalyptic, dramatic, captivating ...
Plot:
pregnancy, survival, dog, post apocalyptic, post-apocalyptic future, female protagonist, survival horror, post apocalypse, struggle for survival, apocalypse, pregnant woman, woman ...
Similarity:
64%
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: UK
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
The world had changed. Streets day by day were filled with protest. The unemployed. The lost. Chaos. Then something happened. Something though it had no name had arrived. Fear. Fear over took rationale. The streets became empty. The new age of ...
Style:
dark, suspenseful, bleak, tense, political thriller ...
Plot:
fear, civil unrest, uncertainty, dystopia, political unrest, desperation, protest, survival, anxiety, chaos, social commentary, post apocalyptic ...
Time:
near future
Similarity:
57%
Genre: Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
Set in a post-apocalyptic world where a global airborne pandemic has wiped out 90% of the Earth's population and only the young and immune have endured as scavengers. For Ellie and Quinn, the daily challenges to stay alive are compounded when ...
Style:
thrilling, captivating, suspenseful, apocalyptic, bleak ...
Plot:
pandemic, post apocalyptic, survival, distopia, epidemic, apocalypse, post apocalypse, struggle for survival, dystopia, coming of age, isolation, infection ...
Similarity:
57%
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Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
Shortly after a chemical weapon explosion in the Nevada desert, two scientists find themselves confronting a sinister cover up, and a band of hostile survivors who are looking to escape the quarantined area known as Territory 8.
Style:
tense, suspenseful, captivating, disturbing, dramatic ...
Plot:
quarantine, desert, chemical weapon, survival, survival horror, escape, post-apocalyptic future, adaptation, scientist, fight, struggle for survival, danger ...
Time:
future
Place:
nevada
Similarity:
53%
Genre: Action, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Five years ago, a tear in the fabric of reality brought creatures to our world from an alternate dimension bent on our destruction. A father hides his daughter on an island to keep her safe while he prepares her for survival and the battles to come. ...
Style:
thrilling, suspenseful, tense, intense, grim ...
Plot:
survival, end of the world, struggle for survival, protective parent, post apocalyptic, family drama, father daughter relationship, alternate dimension, isolation, dystopia, desperation, sacrifice ...
Time:
near future
Similarity:
52%
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 43 min.
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Story:
Separated across continents, petro-chemist Andy Yeats and his family must survive the deadly effects of a sudden global oil crisis and find the mastermind behind it all.
Style:
tense, dramatic, suspenseful, captivating, exciting ...
Plot:
survival, distopia, society, family drama, family relations, son, wife, daughter, rescue, teenage daughter, desperation, family bonds ...
Time:
near future
Similarity:
52%
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
After years on his own in a post-pandemic Oklahoma, a 17 year-old doomsday prepper meets a pregnant girl who brings companionship, but also the danger of a gun-wielding group of survivors hellbent on building a new world.
Style:
suspense, tense, captivating, disturbing, apocalyptic ...
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
survival, post apocalyptic, coming of age, teenager, life is a bitch, struggle for survival, post apocalypse, adolescence vs adulthood, grownups, teenage life, dream world, maturation ...
Similarity:
52%
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Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: Sweden
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Two people are stuck in a quarantine hotel during a deadly pandemic. Physical contact equals death, total isolation is required. Yet, it is human nature to seek togetherness. But what happens when you have to choose between love and life?
Style:
romantic drama, emotional, tense, bleak, suspense ...
Plot:
pandemic, isolation, quarantine, loneliness, sacrifice, infection, survival, forbidden love, moral dilemma, single, hotel, claustrophobia ...
Time:
near future
Place:
scandinavia, eastern europe
Similarity:
51%
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Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: Australia
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
A genetically-engineered world. All Layla wanted was to fit in and be happy. But her nemesis wouldn't let her.
Style:
suspenseful, psychological, thrilling, captivating, dark ...
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
female protagonist, virtual reality, dystopia, threat, genetic engineering, life is a bitch, problem, identity, bullying, oppression, self discovery, manipulation ...
Time:
near future
Similarity:
49%
Genre: Action, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
Far into the future a group of young adults are stranded on a hostile alien planet with no hope of getting home.
Style:
tense, suspenseful, captivating, serious, disturbing ...
Plot:
stranded, alien planet, young adult, survival, survival horror, space, young woman, young man, planet, struggle for survival, fight, desperation ...
Time:
future, distant future, 2010s
Similarity:
45%
Genre: Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: Hungary
Duration: 77 min.
Story:
Based on the Hungarian novel "Our Street" by Sandor Tar, the film deals with a post-apocalyptic Hungarian-Ukranian village where everything is rotten, planes randomly crash, and only alcohol moves people around - no money, no electricity, ...
Style:
bleak, dark, atmospheric, melancholic, existential
Plot:
survival, post apocalyptic, dystopia, desperation, love triangle, post war, moral ambiguity, lawlessness, isolation, savagery, betrayal, violence ...
Place:
hungary
Similarity:
42%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
In an alternate present society where the state frees parents from the burden of raising children, a rule enforcer learns a shocking truth that sparks her rebellion.
Style:
tense, dark, bleak, political drama, tragic
Plot:
dystopia, rebellion, female protagonist, waking up, power struggle, ethical dilemma, conspiracy, identity crisis, claustrophobia, moral ambiguity, slow burn, intimate ...
Time:
near future
Similarity:
41%
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
Set against the backdrop of a post-Apocalypse Earth, Population 2 is about a relationship that ends in tragedy forcing a woman to struggle in the aftermath.
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:
future
Place:
portland oregon
Similarity:
40%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A woman is faced with a choice to fight for her life or sacrifice it for another. After years of infertility, a newly-expectant mother is diagnosed with a life-altering disease.
Style:
dramatic, emotional, medical drama, psychological, suspense ...
Plot:
motherhood, choice, female protagonist, parenthood, infertility, mother, pregnant woman, sacrifice, pregnancy, woman, ethical dilemma, mother love ...
Similarity:
39%
31
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: Spain
Duration: 70 min.
Story:
In a near future, after a global war has destroyed civilization, pirate gangs attack and loot surviving people.
Style:
tense, captivating, serious, exciting, dark ...
Plot:
survival, father son relationship, pirate, post apocalypse, post apocalyptic, danger, intruder, end of the world, family bonds, protection, isolation, dystopia ...
Time:
future, near future
Similarity:
39%
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
All her life, Aurora has been taught by her mother that the superhuman abilities they possess, the abilities that make them unique, also make them dangerous. Now, on one fateful and deadly night, Aurora will find out if her mother was telling the ...
Style:
psychological, supernatural thriller, tense, captivating, thrilling ...
Plot:
female protagonist, supernatural, supernatural power, super powers, supernatural ability, problem, changing lives, family secret, mother daughter relationship, moral dilemma, secrets, survival ...
Similarity:
39%
Genre: Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 79 min.
Story:
When the apocalypse arrives, it takes the form of a biochemical virus. All social structures break down and a new world order emerges from the heart of the desert. As chaos sets in, we follow the adventures of some unlikely survivors, all searching ...
Style:
tense, captivating, bleak, grim, suspenseful ...
Plot:
survival, post apocalyptic, virus, desert, post apocalypse, lifestyle, social problems, survivor, new world order, chaos, moral ambiguity, desperation ...
Similarity:
39%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Carmela is thirty, beautiful and as untamed as an horsewoman. She is jobless and struggles to get by on her own, doing small day-to-day tasks. She makes ends meet by making use of the immigrants who populate the maze of alleyways of Naples' old ...
Style:
serious, dramatic, captivating, suspenseful, independent film ...
Plot:
female protagonist, character study, immigration, poverty, survival, thirtysomething life, life is a bitch, woman, illegal immigrant, 30 year old, life, immigrant ...
Place:
naples italy
Similarity:
38%
Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Hope, a researcher who studies infectious diseases, the struggle for survival in a world where a deadly virus but decimated the population .
Style:
suspenseful, tense, bleak, intense, grim ...
Plot:
post apocalyptic, virus outbreak, infection, pandemic, survival, dystopia, quarantine, biohazard, medical research, isolation, contamination, claustrophobia ...
Time:
near future
Similarity:
35%
Genre: Sci-Fi
Country: Australia
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
The City is under corporate siege. A result of crony capitalism run-a-muck. An environmental Fallout, caused by the Company's reckless practices, poisoned the water supply and left the poorest citizens to experience slow and agonising deaths. ...
Style:
tense, bleak, suspenseful, political thriller
Plot:
contaminated water, social inequality, corporate corruption, dystopia, post apocalyptic, survival, desperation, black market, rescue mission, urban decay, female protagonist, claustrophobia ...
Similarity:
35%
150
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: Argentina
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
In the middle of a mysterious insomnia epidemic that slowly takes on catastrophic dimensions, Laura (39) and Augusto (42) flee the city in their motorhome to get away from the chaos. As they move down the route, the world becomes an increasingly ...
Style:
psychological thriller, psychological, apocalyptic, suspense, captivating ...
Plot:
insomnia, survival, isolation, epidemic, road trip, male female relationship, escape from reality, worldwide chaos, relationship problems, chaos, apocalypse, travel ...
Similarity:
34%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 73 min.
Story:
A mother travels to New York to see her daughter who is awaiting trial for murder. The mother is totally convinced of her daughter's innocence and does all she can to help her. As the trial progresses however, the mother begins to have doubts.
Style:
dramatic, suspense, bleak, suspenseful, realistic ...
Plot:
murder trial, mother and daughter, courtroom drama, false accusation, female protagonist, moral ambiguity, moral dilemma, family secret, interrogation, defense attorney, investigation, evidence ...
Time:
70s
Place:
new york
Similarity:
33%
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Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: Spain
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
In a race against the clock, Alexandra will be forced to choose how to spend the next hours: facing a critic family drama or trying to bring an answer to one of humanity's most important questions.
Style:
suspenseful, captivating, psychological, thrilling, serious ...
Plot:
female protagonist, family drama, family relations, time, race against time, problem, family problems, dysfunctional family, time travel, life is a bitch, isolation, space station ...
Place:
spain
Similarity:
33%
14
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Story:
Forced to navigate dangerous environments to keep her mother alive, Glo gets entangled with a mob boss and finds her life spiraling out of control.
Style:
crime thriller, crime drama, suspense, tense, neo noir ...
Plot:
desperation, survival, mother daughter relationship, mob boss, female protagonist, organized crime, violence, urban, underworld, corruption, crime family, moral ambiguity ...
Similarity:
33%
Genre: Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
Rebirth takes place during the early brutal stages of Dominion Industries. In this story watch Olive and other deviants undergo a series of deadly experiments lead by Laurie Harvey and her team.
Style:
psychological, captivating, dark, brutal, bleak ...
Plot:
human experiment, distopia, fight, superhuman powers, supernatural, supernatural ability, supernatural power, experiment, genetic engineering, laboratory, dystopia, survival ...
Time:
near future
Similarity:
33%
Genre: Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: Italy
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
The Gerber's Syndrome is an contagious viral disease that was discovered in Germany in 2008 and spread all over the world. It is extremely contagious, fast spreading, and deadly. This syndrome is very difficult to spot, because it's like a ...
Style:
tense, serious, captivating, psychological, medical drama ...
Plot:
found footage, pandemic, terminal illness, body horror, danger, plague, virus, vaccine, infection, society, quarantine, social commentary ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
europe, germany
Similarity:
33%
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Russia, Germany
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
In a future in which the earth has been sent out of control, affected by a cruel and inhuman mechanism that turns back Darwin's theory of Evolution, Hamming and Liv try to survive. It seems that nothing can stand in the way of their ...
Style:
suspenseful, disturbing, futuristic, suspense, captivating ...
Plot:
relationships, loss, survival, post apocalyptic, dystopia, evolution, against humanity, human nature, civilization, fate of humanity, humanity, end of civilization ...
Time:
future, near future
Similarity:
32%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Story:
Day One, is an NBC made for tv sci-fi movie. It was originally written as a tv series pilot about apartment residents that survive an unknown worldwide cataclysm that destroys modern infrastructure. The series was slated to fill the Heroes time slot ...
Style:
suspenseful, serious, bleak, suspense, tense ...
Plot:
survival, group of strangers, vestiges of humanity, apocalypse, worldwide chaos, chosen one, dystopian future, society, life is a bitch, danger, chaos, escapades ...
Time:
future, near future, 21st century
Place:
usa, california
Similarity:
32%
131
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Fighting to keep her family together, Trina steps into the underground world of drug trafficking. She enlists her two friends to become transporters.
Style:
crime drama, tense, crime thriller, suspense, tension ...
Plot:
motherhood, drug traffic, female protagonist, danger, survival, mother daughter relationship, family drama, protective parent, betrayal, violence, sacrifice, poverty ...
Similarity:
31%
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