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The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes (2023)
178K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller, War
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 157 min.
Story:
Years before he becomes the tyrannical president of Panem, 18-year-old Coriolanus Snow sees a chance for a change in fortunes when he mentors Lucy Gray Baird, the female tribute from District 12.
Style:
psychological, captivating, suspenseful, crying, fairy tale, psychotronic, tense, reflective, tragic, dystopian
Audience:
teens, teen drama
Plot:
dystopia, arena, mentor, fight to the death, deception, death of friend, flashback, singing, execution, murder, fight, love, forest, singer, orphan, academy, drone, game, betrayal, rebellion, revolt, loss of friend, social commentary, teenager, president ...
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Most similar movies to The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out suspense, surprise ending, psychotronic and futuristic films with plots about murder, danger, death, violence, explosion, chase and fight mostly in Action, Thriller and Sci-Fi genres. Some movies like The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes: The Hunger Games (2012), Dune: Part One (2021), Maze Runner: The Death Cure (2018), Divergent (2014), The 5th Wave (2016). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 146 min.
Story:
Katniss Everdeen has returned home safe after winning the 74th Annual Hunger Games along with fellow tribute Peeta Mellark. Winning means that they must turn around and leave their family and close friends, embarking on a "Victor's ...
Style:
futuristic, captivating, teen, cliffhanger, visually stunning ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, kids, chick flick, family outing
Plot:
female protagonist, distopia, dystopian future, survival, competition, post apocalypse, dictator, badass female lead, young heroes, fight, anti heroine, fight scenes ...
Time:
future, year 2013, near future, 2010s
Place:
seattle
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 142 min.
Story:
Every year in the ruins of what was once North America, the nation of Panem forces each of its twelve districts to send a teenage boy and girl to compete in the Hunger Games. Part twisted entertainment, part government intimidation tactic, the ...
Style:
exciting, futuristic, teen, suspenseful, serious ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, chick flick, family outing, kids
Plot:
survival, female protagonist, dystopian future, death, game of death, dystopia, distopia, competition, contests and competitions, youth, heroine, danger ...
Time:
future, near future, year 2012, 2010s
Place:
north america, seattle
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany, Canada, France
Duration: 137 min.
Story:
With the nation of Panem in a full scale war, Katniss confronts President Snow in the final showdown. Teamed with a group of her closest friends – including Gale, Finnick, and Peeta – Katniss goes off on a mission with the unit from District 13 ...
Style:
teen, saga, exciting, suspenseful, suspense ...
Audience:
teens, family friendly, girls' night
Plot:
distopia, strong female lead, dystopia, resistance, chase, rebellion, dystopian future, brutality, chosen one, tough girl, female warrior, fight ...
Time:
2010s, year 2015, future, near future, year 2016
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 155 min.
Story:
A mythic and emotionally charged hero’s journey, “Dune” tells the story of Paul Atreides, a brilliant and gifted young man born into a great destiny beyond his understanding, must travel to the most dangerous planet in the universe to ensure ...
Style:
cerebral, visually stunning, suspense, captivating, philosophical ...
Audience:
chick flick, adult
Plot:
desert, space opera, alien planet, politics, prophecy, messiah, premonition, outer space, survival, mind control, epic battle, desert planet ...
Time:
future, distant future, 2020s
Place:
space western
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada, France
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
Katniss Everdeen reluctantly becomes the symbol of a mass rebellion against the autocratic Capitol.
Style:
futuristic, teen, suspense, saga, entertaining ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night, kids, girls' night
Plot:
distopia, female protagonist, survival, rebellion, strong female character, teenager, dystopia, society, youth, fighting the system, dystopian future, game ...
Time:
future, year 2014, near future, 2010s
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 143 min.
Story:
Thomas leads his group of escaped Gladers on their final and most dangerous mission yet. To save their friends, they must break into the legendary Last City, a WCKD-controlled labyrinth that may turn out to be the deadliest maze of all. Anyone who ...
Style:
captivating, apocalyptic, saga, action adventure, exciting ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
cure, vaccine, virus, disease, distopia, battles, desert, fight, maze, danger, post apocalypse, laboratory ...
Time:
2010s, future
Similarity:
100%
515K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 139 min.
Story:
In a world divided into factions based on personality types, Tris learns that she's been classified as Divergent and won't fit in. When she discovers a plot to destroy Divergents, Tris and the mysterious Four must find out what makes ...
Style:
exciting, serious, suspenseful, teen, entertaining ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, girls' night, kids, teen drama
Plot:
distopia, heroine, rebellion, survival, fighting the system, danger, chosen one, post apocalypse, choice, dystopian future, dystopia, society ...
Time:
future, year 2014, near future, 2010s
Place:
chicago, usa
Similarity:
100%
126K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
16-year-old Cassie Sullivan tries to survive in a world devastated by the waves of an alien invasion that has already decimated the population and knocked mankind back to the Stone Age.
Style:
exciting, suspenseful, apocalyptic, teen, futuristic ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, chick flick
Plot:
apocalypse, alien invasion, end of the world, alien, invasion, post apocalypse, danger, survival, virus, obsessive quest, escapades, humanity in peril ...
Time:
future, 2010s, year 2016
Place:
ohio, usa, bangkok thailand, london, tower bridge london ...
Similarity:
100%
59K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
A brilliant counterterrorism analyst with a deep distrust of AI discovers it might be her only hope when a mission to capture a renegade robot goes awry.
Style:
exciting, captivating, thrilling, psychotronic, tense ...
Plot:
artificial intelligence, mission, military, female protagonist, battles, soldier, fight, spacecraft, robot, combat, intergalactic, escape ...
Time:
future
Place:
los angeles, space western
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Japan, Canada
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
Set several centuries in the future, the abandoned Alita is found in the scrapyard of Iron City by Ido, a compassionate cyber-doctor who takes the unconscious cyborg Alita to his clinic. When Alita awakens, she has no memory of who she is, nor does ...
Style:
futuristic, action adventure, captivating, exciting, suspense ...
Audience:
teens, kids, family friendly, adult
Plot:
cyberpunk, female protagonist, cyborgs, distopia, post apocalypse, female warrior, tough girl, adaptation, martial arts, woman fights a man, bounty hunter, danger ...
Time:
future, near future, year 2019, 2010s
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Canada, New Zealand
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
A highly sophisticated Program called Ares is sent from the digital world into the real world on a dangerous mission, marking humankind's first encounter with A.I. beings.
Style:
stylized, action packed, futuristic, tense, existential ...
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
cyberpunk, artificial intelligence, portal, virtual reality, combat, escape, urban, identity, hacker, dystopia, surveillance, laboratory ...
Time:
near future, 2020s, future
Similarity:
100%
194K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Japan, Cambodia
Duration: 133 min.
Story:
Amid a future war between the human race and the forces of artificial intelligence, a hardened ex-special forces agent grieving the disappearance of his wife, is recruited to hunt down and kill the Creator, the elusive architect of advanced AI who ...
Style:
futuristic, captivating, psychological, suspenseful, epic ...
Plot:
artificial intelligence, robot, technology, fictional war, ex special forces, space station, human versus robot, killer robot, secret laboratory, nuclear fallout, nuclear explosion, humanoid robot ...
Time:
future, near future, distant future, 21st century
Place:
asia, los angeles, tokyo
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 133 min.
Story:
Desperate to save his sick daughter, working-class Ben Richards is convinced by The Running Man's charming but ruthless producer to enter the deadly competition game as a last resort. But Ben's defiance, instincts, and grit turn him into ...
Style:
suspenseful, tense, bleak, dark comedy, game show ...
Plot:
dystopia, survival, social commentary, fictional game show, violence, money problems, most dangerous game, race against time, megacorporation, media manipulation, escape, satire ...
Time:
near future
Place:
maine, boston, new york
Similarity:
40%
Genre: Action, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Robert Neville, a doctor, due to an experimental vaccine, is the only survivor of an apocalyptic war waged with biological weapons. The plague caused by the war has killed everyone else except for a few hundred deformed, nocturnal people calling ...
Style:
futuristic, bleak, suspenseful, scary, bad ending ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
post apocalypse, survival, plague, isolation, infection, post apocalyptic, pandemic, virus, dystopia, transformation, loneliness, dystopian future ...
Time:
future, 70s, year 1971, year 1975, near future ...
Place:
los angeles, usa, china, woodstock, california ...
Similarity:
38%
121K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Switzerland
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
A parasitic alien soul is injected into the body of Melanie Stryder. Instead of carrying out her race's mission of taking over the Earth, "Wanda" (as she comes to be called) forms a bond with her host and sets out to aid other free ...
Style:
romantic, futuristic, exciting, teen, suspenseful ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, girls' night
Plot:
interspecies romance, alien invasion, teenage girl, apocalypse, dystopia, true love, youth, evil alien, self sacrifice, teenage love, alien, love and romance ...
Time:
future, 2010s, year 2013
Place:
usa, paris france
Similarity:
38%
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller, War
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A group of prisoners are going to Vietnam to rescue the daughter of a V-I.P. The Ones who survive get their freedom back...but hell awaits them.
Style:
independent film, realistic, serious, exciting, rough ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
violence against women, terrorist, female prisoner, female warrior, vietnam war, terrorism, prison fight, prison guard, rebel army, anti heroine, woman kills a man, female criminal ...
Time:
90s
Place:
vietnam, asia, usa, los angeles, california
Similarity:
38%
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Spain, Sweden
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
In a not too distant future, a totalitarian state run by ‘The Director” (Seagal) controls all aspects of life. All enemies of the state are dealt in the harshest way. Most of them are executed by the secret government’s assassins. The best ...
Style:
futuristic, suspense, tense, captivating, independent film ...
Plot:
martial arts, female warrior, coup d'etat, aikido, violence, assassination plot, revenge, murder, corruption, political corruption, spy, chase ...
Time:
near future, future
Similarity:
38%
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
After being involuntarily discharged from the U.S. Special Forces, James Harper decides to support his family by joining a private contracting organization alongside his best friend and under the command of a fellow veteran. Overseas on a covert ...
Style:
suspense, tense, captivating, disturbing, thrilling ...
Plot:
mission, military, ex military, veteran, betrayal, fight, soldier, murder, wound, hunted, flashback, reconnaissance ...
Time:
2020s
Place:
berlin germany, germany, atlanta georgia
Similarity:
38%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, UK, Canada
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
A group of scientists in San Francisco struggle to stay alive in the aftermath of a plague that is wiping out humanity, while Caesar tries to maintain dominance over his community of intelligent apes.
Style:
breathtaking, thought provoking, suspense, saga, powerful ...
Audience:
teens, family friendly
Plot:
post apocalypse, ape, dystopia, colony, planet of the apes, gorilla, monkey, animal attack, deadly virus, experiment gone awry, dystopian future, betrayal ...
Time:
year 2014, future, 2020s, 2010s, near future ...
Place:
san francisco, california, usa, north america
Similarity:
38%
25K
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
After the G20 Summit is overtaken by terrorists, President Danielle Sutton must bring all her statecraft and military experience to defend her family and her fellow leaders.
Style:
intense, inspirational, suspenseful, powerful, political thriller ...
Plot:
usa president, terrorist attack, terrorist, bomb, mercilessness, 17 year old, female warrior, one against many, revenge, reporter, elevator, secretary ...
Time:
2020s
Place:
south africa, cape town south africa, budapest, washington d.c.
Similarity:
38%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi, Thriller, War
Country: UK, Canada
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
An American girl on holiday in the English countryside with her family finds herself in hiding and fighting for her survival as war breaks out.
Style:
suspenseful, teen, romantic, sweet, apocalyptic ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, chick flick, teen drama
Plot:
survival, longing, danger, teenage life, young adult, post apocalypse, love and romance, coming of age, cousin cousin relationship, youth, countryside, teenager ...
Time:
year 2013, future, 21st century
Place:
england, northern england, scotland, london
Similarity:
38%
70K
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Evan McCauley has skills he never learned and memories of places he has never visited. Self-medicated and on the brink of a mental breakdown, a secret group that call themselves “Infinites” come to his rescue, revealing that his memories are ...
Style:
perverse, spiritual, suspense, tense, captivating ...
Plot:
destruction, reincarnation, final showdown, struggle, memories, schizophrenia, past life, russian roulette, snow, final battle, female warrior, secret ...
Time:
2020s, 80s, year 1985
Place:
north america, new york, scotland, mexico city, indonesia ...
Similarity:
37%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Country: Australia, USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
A U.S. Army Captain uses her years of tactical training to save humanity from sixteen nuclear missiles launched at the U.S. as a violent attack threatens her remote missile interceptor station.
Style:
suspense, psychological, disturbing, captivating, tense ...
Plot:
female soldier, female warrior, terrorist plot, terrorism, female protagonist, mission, terrorist attack, military, terrorist, soldier, military base, fight ...
Time:
2020s
Place:
manhattan new york city, pacific ocean, alaska, russia, new york ...
Similarity:
37%
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68K
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller, War
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
It is the dawn of World War III. In mid-western America, a group of teenagers band together to defend their town, and their country, from invading Soviet forces.
Style:
intense, serious, rough, suspenseful, exciting ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night, kids, teen drama
Plot:
survival, propaganda, cold war, dystopia, politics, anti communist, invasion, betrayal, high school, small town, fictional war, winter ...
Time:
80s, year 1984, 20th century, future, near future
Place:
colorado, soviet union, ussr, china, new mexico ...
Similarity:
37%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: New Zealand, USA, China, Japan
Duration: 128 min.
Story:
Set in a world many thousands of years in the future. Earth’s cities now roam the globe on huge wheels, devouring each other in a struggle for ever diminishing resources. On one of these massive Traction Cities, Tom Natsworthy has an unexpected ...
Style:
futuristic, captivating, exciting, dark fantasy, apocalyptic ...
Audience:
teens, family friendly, adult
Plot:
steampunk, post apocalypse, revenge, female warrior, chase, dystopia, good versus evil, capitalism, resistance, tough girl, post apocalyptic, danger ...
Time:
future, 2010s, near future
Place:
london, big ben london, europe, asia
Similarity:
37%
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
A devastated husband vows to bring justice to the people responsible for his wife’s death while protecting the only family he has left, his daughter.
Style:
suspense, captivating, disturbing, tense, psychological ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
revenge, father daughter relationship, female warrior, daughter, justice, fight, private investigation, loss of wife, loss of mother, murder, investigation, family relations ...
Time:
2020s, 21st century
Place:
pittsburgh
Similarity:
37%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 138 min.
Story:
An ordinary man is recruited by time travellers from 30 years in the future to fight in a war against deadly aliens.
Style:
futuristic, suspense, exciting, anamorphic, apocalyptic ...
Audience:
family friendly, adult
Plot:
future war, alien invasion, time travel, alien, military, fictional war, struggle for survival, soldier, alien encounter, evil alien, alien monster, final battle ...
Time:
future, 2020s, 21st century
Place:
dominican republic, bahamas, miami, north america, russia ...
Similarity:
37%
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller, War
Country: USA, Bulgaria
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
During the United States' 2021 withdrawal from Afghanistan, a group of female soldiers posing as medical relief are sent back in to rescue a group of kidnapped teenagers caught between ISIS and the Taliban.
Style:
surprise ending, suspense, independent film, ambiguous ending, f word
Plot:
nudity, isis, rescue mission, female fighter, ak 47, female protagonist, female warrior, kidnapping, taliban, military, forced marriage, teenager ...
Time:
2020s
Place:
california, afghanistan, pakistan
Similarity:
37%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
In the year 3000, man is no match for the Psychlos, a greedy, manipulative race of aliens on a quest for ultimate profit. Led by the powerful Terl, the Psychlos are stripping Earth clean of its natural resources, using the broken remnants of ...
Style:
futuristic, cult classic, dutch angle, exciting, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
alien invasion, alien, post apocalypse, evil alien, heroic mission, violence, slavery, escape attempt, danger, escapades, survival, rat ...
Time:
future, year 2000, y2k, distant future
Place:
denver colorado, washington d.c.
Similarity:
37%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
The only hope for humanity to survive a natural disaster is to detonate a nuclear bomb in Los Angeles.
Style:
serious, suspenseful, suspense, fast, independent film ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
disaster, martial arts, destiny, danger, rescue, race against time, soldier, atomic bomb, government agency, daring rescue, save the world, secret agent ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
california, antarctica, los angeles, usa, pacific ocean ...
Similarity:
37%
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