Movies like Alive 2002
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Alive (2002)
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Original name: ALIVE
Genre: Action, Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
Tenshu is imprisoned and sentenced to death for murdering the men who raped his girlfriend. However, he manages to survive his execution and is presented with an option: face another execution attempt or subject himself to their bizarre and dangerous experiments.
Style:
suspenseful, rough, bleak, serious, weird
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
death row, survival, experiment, vengeance, confined, martial arts, prison life, human experiment, space and aliens, sexploitation, electric chair, parasite, jail cell, heroes, supernatural, rapist, misfit, life is a bitch, escapades, rivalry, master villain, future dystopia, superhero, witch, alien ...
Time:
future
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out serious, suspenseful, rough and bleak films with plots about danger, deadly, heroes, escapades, rivalry, chases and races and survival mostly in Action, Sci-Fi and Thriller genres. Some movies like Alive: Virus (1999), Guyver: Dark Hero (1994), Versus (2000), Deadland (2009), Gantz: The Movie, Part 1 (2010). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Action, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, UK, Germany, Japan, France
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
When the crew of an American tugboat boards an abandoned Russian research vessel, the alien life form aboard regards them as a virus which must be destroyed.
Style:
suspenseful, scary, bleak, rough, psychotronic ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
alien, ship, ocean, survival, rescue, cyborgs, natural disaster, virus, boat, robot, monster, deadly creature ...
Time:
90s
Place:
pacific ocean
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100%
Genre: Action, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 127 min.
Story:
Sean Barker became the unwilling host to an alien bio-armor known as the Guyver. A year ago he destroyed the Kronos Corporation, an organization of mutants who want the Guyver. Now he is trying to find why the Guyver unit forces him to fight and ...
Style:
perverse, epic, serious, suspenseful, stylized ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
superhero, alien, martial arts, villain, monster, comic hero, exploitation, suspense, chaos, experiment gone awry, time travel, heroic mission ...
Place:
japan
⇓ similarity ⇓
58%
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Genre: Action, Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
Set in the present where a group of ruthless gangsters, an unknown woman and an escaped convict have met, unwittingly, in The Forest of Resurrection, the 444th portal to the other side. Their troubles start when those once killed and buried in the ...
Style:
scary, exciting, stylized, suspenseful, rough ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
yakuza, zombie, suspense, martial arts, supernatural, on the run, samurai, gangsters, chase, hostage, heroic mission, escapades ...
Time:
90s, 2000s
Place:
japan, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
43%
656
Genre: Action, Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
In the radiation-infected aftermath of World War III, one man's desperate attempt to find his wife in the wastelands that were once the United States inspires his fellow survivors to fight for humanity. The bomb has dropped, and in the blink of ...
Style:
captivating, psychological, tense, serious, rough ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
apocalypse, survival, missing person, chaos, society, escapades, life is a bitch, post apocalypse, plague, journey, murder, violence ...
Time:
future
⇓ similarity ⇓
43%
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Genre: Action, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
After trying to rescue a man on the subway tracks, two teens wake up in a room dominated by a mysterious black sphere that sends them to hunt down and kill aliens hiding on Earth.
Style:
exciting, stylized, suspenseful, serious, futuristic ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
alien, afterlife, evil alien, supernatural, self sacrifice, good versus evil, heroic mission, superhuman powers, heroes, save the world, alien encounter, graphic violence ...
Place:
japan, tokyo, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
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I Am Legend similar movies
Genre: Action, Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
One moment some 80 people are walking on a big city street. Suddenly a blinding light appears that transports them to a very peculiar racing course. A voice sounds in everybody’s head : “The school, the house and the prison are safe. Follow the ...
Style:
rough, suspenseful, bleak, psychological, exciting ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
survival, elimination, game of death, confined, rivalry, contests and competitions, life is a bitch, escapades, twists and turns, manhunt, trapped, deaf ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
Genre: Action, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
A squad of soldiers must protect the human race from the supernatural.
Style:
suspenseful, serious, exciting, scary, rough ...
Plot:
space and aliens, supernatural, terrorism, good versus evil, confined, custody, heroic mission, superhuman powers, ghost, escapades, heroes, ocean ...
Time:
21st century
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37%
Genre: Action, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: Canada
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Intergalactic vampire hunters. "Buffy" meets "Star Trek" in a "Mad Max" world.
Style:
serious, suspenseful, rough, stylized, space horror ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
vampire, supernatural, save the world, heroic mission, deadly creature, race against time, rivalry, leadership, rescue, chase, suspense, supernatural being ...
Time:
future, 23rd century
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
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Genre: Action, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Sweden
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
A town in south of Sweden is isolated after a viral outbreak. The Swedes and immigrants still inside must band together to survive the onslaught.
Style:
tense, bleak, rough, suspenseful, serious
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
zombie, infected, survival, infection, supernatural, plague, confined, isolation, military, monster, virus, mutant ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
sweden, eastern europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
Genre: Action, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Bulgaria
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
After an experiment to make the ultimate weapon goes wrong, a team of commandos is sent into a genetic research lab and end up getting stalked by a creature that looks a lot like the Predator
Style:
suspenseful, stylized, rough, serious, scary
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
evil alien, soldier, heroic mission, experiment gone awry, survival, deadly creature, supernatural, save the world, mad scientist, rivalry, race against time, laboratory ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
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Films like As the Gods Will
Genre: Action, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Israel, USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
After a massive earthquake destroys Los Angeles, a new order is formed. But disagreement among the ranks leads to more war and disruption, and The Last Patrol must bring order if there's to be any hope for the future.
Style:
serious, suspenseful, bleak, rough, futuristic
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
earthquake, apocalypse, rescue, desert, chaos and mayhem, survival, rivalry, life is a bitch, post apocalypse, battles, disaster, distopia ...
Time:
future, near future
Place:
california, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
668
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: Australia, Germany
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Eleven souls, trapped in an underground carpark, are attacked by deadly, remote controlled toys. Only a few will survive.
Style:
serious, suspenseful, rough
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
suspense, confined, contests and competitions, survival, future dystopia, life is a bitch, on the run, escapades, escape, androids and robots, teenage life, heroes ...
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34%
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: Russia
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
A story, which takes place in 2013, describes the world overflowing with "dangerous" criminals due to the official termination of death penalty. The UN "blue helmets" under the directive from the central authority (i.e., One ...
Style:
exciting, serious, rough, suspenseful, sadistic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
prison, prison life, friendship, life is a bitch, confined, rivalry, leadership, survival, serial killer, island, heroic mission, isolation ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
russia
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
Genre: Action, Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
The story centers on two lone survivors of a bizarre accident that reduced most of the world's population to zombies. They take refuge in a vacant casino and fight a losing battle against the undead.
Style:
suspenseful, exciting, rough, futuristic, scenic ...
Plot:
zombie, apocalypse, survival, supernatural, gambling, life is a bitch, chaos, future dystopia, casino, escapades, virus, supernatural being ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
nevada
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
Genre: Action, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
In the near future, everything has changed. Basic human rights have become the rarest of luxuries. No one knows when this started but everyone knows how. The VXII, the deadliest virus ever created, spread like wildfire and decimated the majority of ...
Style:
serious, rough, futuristic, suspenseful, exciting
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
chaos, life is a bitch, society, survival, rivalry, future dystopia, escapades, heroes, secret, post apocalypse, virus, distopia ...
Time:
future, 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
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Films like Tekken
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Genre: Action, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Australia, USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A super-killer female cyborg with chameleon-like powers discovers maternal instincts when she protects a child from government operatives in this science fiction tale set in the year 2028.
Style:
exciting, serious, bleak, suspenseful, futuristic
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
terminator, female fighter, female fight, supernatural, woman with a gun, on the run, androids, graphic violence, chaos, sexual relations, custody, androids and robots ...
Time:
future, 2020s, 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
After a mysterious, extraterrestrial object lands in the mining town of Salena, Arizona, the government dispatches a team of Marines to contain the possible threat. Meanwhile, a group of death row inmates ambush their prison bus and take the guards ...
Style:
serious, scary, rough
Plot:
alien, prison escape, race against time, bounty hunter, criminal heroes, heroes, survival, escapades, deadly creature, soldier, evil alien, terrorism ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
arizona, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Two technicians battle a vengeful spirit that has infected their stolen military software.
Style:
serious, rough, bleak, suspenseful, psychotronic
Plot:
ghost, computer, supernatural, chaos, computer system, a.i., life is a bitch, confined, technology gone awry, computers and web, murder, supernatural power ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
england
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
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Genre: Action
Country: Japan, Hong Kong
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
When a band of assassins invade the home of their target Hei Tai they find only his lovely, innocent, bride-to-be, Nami and force upon her a cruel dilemma: either she kills her fiancee’s sister or they kill her fiancee. Trapped, and unable to ...
Style:
exciting, serious, suspenseful, rough, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
women's prison, revenge, life turned upside down, confined, rivalry, life is a bitch, fugitives, criminal heroes, prison life, murder, martial arts, graphic violence ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
japan, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
Genre: Action, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
Two cops, R and Noma, hunt down renegade cyborgs. Cyborgs are used as commandos by the military, as lust objects and for companionship. Normaly they have a limited lifespan of three years but black market technology is being developed to be able to ...
Style:
suspenseful, exciting, serious, bleak, stylized ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
cyborgs, apocalypse, cyberpunk, robot as menace, distopia, computers and web, future dystopia, androids and robots, technology gone awry, chaos and mayhem, man versus machine, a.i. ...
Time:
future
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
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Genre: Action, Horror, Thriller
Country: Belgium, Netherlands
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Eighteen-year-old Kristel survived a car accident in which her father dies. Tormented by nocturnal visions she begins to care for her father's investigation of serial killers - especially Andries Martíns, a killer of children.
Style:
slasher, suspenseful, rough, serious, scary
Plot:
supernatural, serial killer, suspense, psychopath, survival, mind game, isolation, murder, captivity, ghost, confined, vengeance ...
Time:
19th century, 2000s, 1850s, victorian era, 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
602
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
As eight convicts serve their sentences in a work-release program at a creepy abandoned prison, an unknown killer stalks them.
Style:
serious, suspenseful, rough, tense, scary
Plot:
prison, psychopath, prison life, serial killer, survival, confined, life is a bitch, murder, death row, all male cast, danger, deadly
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26%
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Genre: Action, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
In post-apocalyptic Los Angeles, an evil pack of outlaws is systematically turning civilians into prisoners and slaves. Worse yet, the spread of a terrifying deadly flesh-eating virus threatens to destroy all of humanity. As good and evil ...
Style:
bleak, rough, serious, futuristic
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
female martial artist, gang, against humanity, good versus evil, life is a bitch, save the world, heroes, confined, rivalry, survival, rescue, apocalypse ...
Time:
future, 2010s
Place:
california, los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
A serial-murderer is on the loose who just so happens to also be removing the hearts of his victims and taking them with him. His victims however, are not merely random humans as thought by the police. They are in fact, the past and present ...
Style:
suspenseful, stylized, serious
Plot:
good versus evil, supernatural, ghost, investigation, obsession, vengeance, destiny, murder, devil worship, afterlife, martial arts, suspense ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
Genre: Action, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA, Bulgaria
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A co-ed group of Special Forces agents search the wilderness for a predator type creature that has been on a killing spree.
Style:
exciting, rough, bleak, scary, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
supernatural, soldier, escapades, survival, cons and scams, working undercover, redsploitation, suspense, monster, hell, wilderness, rivalry ...
Time:
21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
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Films like Gantz: The Movie, Part 1
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
KAMUI is a Ninja on the run from the world of Ninja bound by rules in search of true freedom. However, he is burdened with the fate, where it is not allowed to take the secret of their powers outside of the tribe -- if you are born as Ninja, you ...
Style:
exciting, rough, stylized, epic, anime ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
ninja, martial arts, heroes, human spirit, rebellion, rivalry, redemption, tough heroes, obsessive quest, on the run, rebelliousness, escapades ...
Time:
17th century
Place:
japan, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
825
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Robgen industries newest security system is "The J Series Automatic", an android model designed and programmed to protect humans from violent attacks. But one night, an Automatic named J269 discovers a Robgen executive trying to rape a ...
Style:
exciting, rough, serious, suspenseful, futuristic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
androids and robots, martial arts, skyscraper, on the run, terminator, rebellion, law enforcement, rivalry, chaos, murder, cons and scams, frame up ...
Time:
future
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
To some, it’s murder. To them, it’s just work. The Troma Team is proud to present Robert Larkin’s intense sci-fi thriller Viral Assassins. In the not so distant future, a terminal disease will make cancer look like the common cold. The ...
Style:
serious, rough, suspenseful, scary, exciting ...
Plot:
virus, chaos, antidote, plague, race against time, life is a bitch, rivalry, hitman, space and aliens, heroes, conspiracy, violence ...
Time:
future
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
Genre: Action, Crime, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Darkman and Durant return and they hate each other as much as ever. This time, Durant has plans to take over the city's drug trade using high-tech weaponry. Darkman must step in and try to stop Durant once and for all.
Style:
perverse, slasher, serious, stylized, rough ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
superhuman powers, superhero, scientist, suspense, supernatural being, revenge, villain, gangsters, experiment, righting the wronged, obsessive quest, escapades ...
Time:
90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
Genre: Action, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Earth as we know it is gone. A virus has destroyed the planet and rendered all its women infertile, all but one. An elite team of soldiers are tasked with bringing the woman to safety on the newly habitable Earth Two. But when they are forced ...
Style:
exciting, rough, suspenseful, serious, scary ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
survival, chaos, alien, escapades, confined, soldier, distopia, monster, creature, suspense, death, evil alien ...
Place:
usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
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