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The Days (2023)
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Original name: THE DAYS
Genre: Drama, History, Thriller
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Blamed by some, hailed as heroes by others, those involved with Fukushima Daiichi face a deadly, invisible threat — an unprecedented nuclear disaster.
Style:
tense, captivating, dark
Plot:
nuclear disaster, nuclear radiation, tragedy, nuclear power plant, disaster, radiation, accident, flooding, nuclear, radiation poisoning, nuclear power, nuclear explosion, nuclear holocaust, problem, survivor, survival, escape, life, journey, control, entity, poison, gas mask, alternate history, tsunami ...
Time:
2010s, year 2011, 21st century
Place:
japan
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Most similar movies to The Days
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out tense, captivating, suspenseful and suspense films and TV series with plots about survival, disaster, catastrophe, explosion, tragedy, danger and betrayal mostly in Drama, Thriller and History genres. Some movies like The Days: Inseparable (2013), Pandora (2016), K-19: The Widowmaker (2002), Fukushima 50 (2020), Mumbai Diaries: 26/11 (2021). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Action, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: Ukraine
Duration: 52 min.
TV show
Story:
It's April of 1986. Pripyat, Ukraine. A core meltdown occurred at Reactor 4 of the Chernobyl Power Plant. Over thirty people died during the blast but the estimated death toll as a result of the radiation fallout will reach a four-digit number. ...
Style:
bleak, suspenseful, rough, historical drama, atmospheric ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
radiation, nuclear power plant, tragedy, love, evacuation, accident, nuclear disaster, self sacrifice, grief, heroism, loss, ecological disaster ...
Time:
year 1986
Place:
ukraine, soviet union, ussr, chernobyl
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 136 min.
Story:
When an earthquake hits a Korean village housing a run-down nuclear power plant, a man risks his life to save the country from imminent disaster.
Style:
disturbing, suspense, tense, captivating, tear jerker
Plot:
nuclear power plant, disaster, nuclear holocaust, tragedy, panic, small town, survival, workplace situations, save the day, workplace, virus outbreak, nuclear fallout ...
Place:
south korea, korea, indiana, busan
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, History, Thriller, War
Country: USA, UK, Germany, Canada
Duration: 138 min.
Story:
When Russia's first nuclear submarine malfunctions on its maiden voyage, the crew must race to save the ship and prevent a nuclear disaster.
Style:
suspense, suspenseful, realistic, intense, harsh ...
Audience:
manly, boys' night
Plot:
cold war, submarine, navy, nuclear submarine, radiation, courage, underwater, radiation sickness, nuclear, radioactivity, sea, sea disaster ...
Time:
60s, year 1989, year 2002, 20th century, 80s ...
Place:
soviet union, nova scotia, russia, moscow russia, atlantic ocean ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: Japan, Hong Kong
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
Workers at the Fukushima Daiichi facility in Japan risk their lives and stay at the nuclear power plant to prevent total destruction after the region is devastated by an earthquake an tsunami in 2011.
Style:
suspense, psychological, tense, sincere
Plot:
nuclear disaster, nuclear power plant, nuclear radiation, japanese wife, nuclear power, japanese history, mishap, fukushima, grandfather, white house, flooding, businessman ...
Time:
year 2014, 2010s, year 2011
Place:
japan, pacific ocean
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story:
A medical thriller set in the Emergency Room of a government hospital. The series explores the challenges faced by the medical staff at the hospital as well as other first responders across the city of Mumbai in dealing with a crisis of immense ...
Style:
tense, captivating, disturbing, suspense, medical drama
Plot:
hospital, terrorist attack, doctor, medical, coworker, workplace, workplace situations, medicine, physician, mental health, emergency, escape ...
Time:
2000s, year 2008
Place:
mumbai india
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, History, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 58 min.
TV show
Story:
In March 2018 Salisbury became the site of an unprecedented national emergency. This three-part dramatisation focuses on the extraordinary heroism shown by the local community.
Style:
suspenseful, suspense, thought provoking, tense
Plot:
chemical weapon, british police, russian abroad, poisoning, spy, hospitalization, intoxication, father and daughter, father daughter relationship, reconnaissance, russian politics, biopic ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
united kingdom, england
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, History
Country: USA, UK, Soviet Union
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
True story about the tragic nuclear power plant accident in Chernobyl.
Style:
medical drama, light, controversial, road movie, hot
Plot:
nuclear power plant, radiation, catastrophe, explosions, nuclear, trial, truth, ice, mother, house, running, cold war ...
Time:
20th century, year 1986
Place:
poland, europe, russia, ukraine, soviet union ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
March 11, 2011. The biggest tsunami Japan has ever experienced triggers the Fukushima disaster. Risks are being downplayed but the foreign community in Tokyo is terrified by this tragic event and the fact that no one is capable of assessing its ...
Style:
tense, disturbing, captivating, suspense, bleak ...
Plot:
tsunami, moral dilemma, fukushima, disaster, nuclear threat, nuclear holocaust, problem, female protagonist, threat, choice, uncertainty, panic ...
Time:
year 2011, 2010s
Place:
tokyo, japan
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Drama, History, Thriller
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
A dramatization of the true story of one of the worst man-made catastrophes in history, the catastrophic nuclear accident at Chernobyl. A tale of the brave men and women who sacrificed to save Europe from unimaginable disaster.
Style:
dark, atmospheric, harsh, realistic, thought provoking ...
Audience:
chick flick, boys' night
Plot:
radiation, nuclear power plant, nuclear holocaust, nuclear reactor, disaster, radiation poisoning, save the day, nuclear explosion, salvation, abandoned city, evacuation, nuclear threat ...
Time:
year 1986, 2010s, 80s, 20th century
Place:
chernobyl, ussr, soviet union, ukraine, europe ...
Similarity:
50%
848
Genre: Drama, History, Thriller
Country: Australia, Indonesia
Duration: 49 min.
TV show
Story:
Based on the 2002 terrorist attacks on Bali's tourist hotspots, explores how everyday heroes from Bali, Australia and beyond defied the odds to bring order from chaos and hope from despair.
Style:
thrilling, psychological, suspenseful, captivating
Plot:
terrorist, terror, terrorist attack, life is a bitch, problem, terrorism, terrorizing, love, beach, car, ambulance, bomb ...
Time:
year 2002, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
australia
Similarity:
51%
Genre: Drama, History
Country: Poland
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
In 1993, the Polish ferry MS Jan Heweliusz capsizes off the coast of Rügen in the Baltic Sea.
Style:
bleak, tense, suspenseful, period drama
Plot:
ferry, shipwreck, tragedy, disaster, trauma, loss, survival, realism, investigation, isolation, investigative journalism, bureaucracy ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, year 1993
Place:
poland
Similarity:
49%
Genre: Drama, History
Country: Finland, Sweden, Belgium, Estonia
Duration: 42 min.
TV show
Story:
Estonia tells the story of the tragic accident of the car-ferry MS Estonia, which deeply shocked the world in the autumn of 1994. Through the moving personal stories of victims, survivors, loved ones and investigators, the eight-part series explores ...
Style:
bleak, emotional, thrilling, captivating, psychological ...
Plot:
catastrophe, shipwreck, disaster, loss, grief, problem, life is a bitch, flooding, water, survivor, haunting, mourning ...
Time:
90s, year 1994
Place:
estonia, europe, finland
Similarity:
49%
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Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 43 min.
TV show
Story:
An MIT grad student and a tech superstar bring a low-level Pentagon official a staggering discovery that an asteroid is just six months away from colliding with Earth.
Style:
captivating, tense, suspense, apocalyptic, political drama
Audience:
adult
Plot:
asteroid, save the planet, apocalypse, end of the world, comet, conspiracy, escape, atheism, betrayal, investigation, disaster, tragedy ...
Place:
usa
Similarity:
49%
301
Genre: Drama
Country: USA, Soviet Union
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
1986, Chernobyl disaster. Couples, friends, and a risk-taking journalist are woven into the larger framework of the disaster. Panic follows.
Style:
historical drama, tense, bleak, period piece, tragic
Plot:
survival, radioactivity, radiation, disaster, evacuation, contamination, nuclear disaster, anxiety, panic, uncertainty, realism, loss ...
Time:
year 1986, 80s
Place:
chernobyl, soviet union, ussr, ukraine
Similarity:
48%
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Country: Thailand, USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
A Thai youth soccer team and their assistant coach are trapped within Tham Luang Cave, prompting a global rescue effort.
Style:
realistic, suspenseful, captivating, tense
Plot:
survival, football team, cave, soccer coach, rescue, trapped, trap, saving a life, sport team, survivor, real life, young boy ...
Time:
2010s
Similarity:
48%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 35 min.
TV show
Story:
A group of strangers gather at a remote motel with ulterior motives – seeking to bargain. After an unexpected earthquake traps them inside the building. With no one to trust, they must find a way to survive.
Style:
tense, psychological thriller, medical horror, suspense, thrilling ...
Plot:
organ trafficking, struggle for survival, motel, earthquake, disaster, hotel, criminal, sex in a hotel, catastrophe, confined, mistrust, claustrophobia ...
Similarity:
48%
Genre: Drama, History, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Eleanor Bennett loses her battle with cancer, leaving her children a flash drive that holds untold stories of her journey from the Caribbean to America; the stories shock her children and challenge everything they know about their family's ...
Style:
thrilling, captivating, psychological, suspenseful
Plot:
secret, fugitive, victim, vanished man, problem, disappearance, private investigation, crime solving, puzzle, investigation, uncover truth, mysterious disappearance ...
Time:
20th century, 60s
Place:
caribbean, california
Similarity:
48%
Genre: Drama, History, Thriller
Country: Spain, Thailand, USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
In December 2004, close-knit family Maria, Henry and their three sons begin their winter vacation in Thailand. But the day after Christmas, the idyllic holiday turns into an incomprehensible nightmare when a terrifying roar rises from the depths of ...
Style:
suspense, inspirational, heartbreaking, emotional, motivational ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night
Plot:
disaster, natural disaster, survival, catastrophe, ocean, tsunami, courage, forces of nature, destruction, danger, family in danger, vacation ...
Time:
year 2004, year 2012, 2000s, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
thailand, southeast asia, asia
Similarity:
47%
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Genre: Drama, History
Country: Japan
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
Naotora Ii is a woman given a male name, who succeeded as the head of the Ii family during the Warring States period when her father passed away. With her wisdom, courage and affection for loved ones, Naotora lived through turbulent times and paved ...
Style:
historical drama, thought provoking, captivating, melancholic, period drama
Audience:
adult
Plot:
samurai, woman, civil war, female protagonist, feudal japan, gender roles, resilience, japanese woman, fight for supremacy, power struggle, struggle for survival, dynasty ...
Time:
medieval times, 16th century
Place:
japan
Similarity:
47%
Genre: Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story:
A disparate group of outcasts and dreamers battle to escape their pasts while navigating the brutal frontier hardships, competing interests, and tangled loyalties at the crossroads of civilization: the New World. Based on the novel by ...
Style:
costume drama, bleak, tense, suspenseful, suspense ...
Plot:
american indian, settler, showdown, indigenous people, colonization, murder investigation, land grab, rivalry, preaching, survival, power struggle, religion ...
Time:
17th century, 16th century
Place:
france, canada, quebec, north america
Similarity:
47%
Genre: Drama, History, Thriller
Country: USA, Ireland
Duration: 44 min.
TV show
Story:
Through the eyes of various Irish Republican Army (IRA) members, explore the extremes some people will go to in the name of their beliefs, the way a deeply divided society can suddenly tip over into armed conflict, the long shadow of radical ...
Style:
period piece, tense, bleak, suspenseful, historical drama ...
Plot:
conflict, trouble, ira, moral ambiguity, murder mystery, political conflict, surveillance, flashback, witness protection, repression, british intelligence, armed conflict ...
Time:
year 1972, year 1981, 70s, 80s, 20th century
Place:
northern ireland, ireland, europe
Similarity:
47%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
A modern nightmare nearly becomes reality in this tension-filled story about an "incident" at a nuclear power plant. Jane Fonda stars as Kimberly Wells, an ambitious TV reporter covering a story on energy sources, who is present at the ...
Style:
suspense, tension, suspenseful, political, tense ...
Plot:
reporter, conspiracy, investigation, power plant, radiation, politics, journalism, nuclear power, whistleblower, disaster, murder, corruption ...
Time:
70s, 20th century, year 1979
Place:
california, usa, los angeles, southern california, pennsylvania
Similarity:
47%
Genre: Drama, History, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 129 min.
Story:
A look at India's second confidential nuclear test series at Pokhran lead by Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam, during the time of PM Atal Bihari Vajpayee's tenure.
Style:
patriotic, psychological, serious, tense, captivating ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
nuclear, propaganda, nuclear reactor, husband wife relationship, satellite, nuclear explosion, political unrest, politics, danger, espionage, time, indian history ...
Time:
year 1998
Place:
india
Similarity:
47%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
TV show
Story:
A sociopathic socialite plots her father's murder.
Style:
psychological thriller, tense, dark, intense
Plot:
true crime, murder, deception, manipulation, psychological manipulation, greed, father daughter relationship, patricide, moral ambiguity, female antagonist, obsession, scandal ...
Place:
new york
Similarity:
47%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 32 min.
TV show
Story:
An earthquake directly beneath the Tokyo metropolitan area is said to occur with a 70% probability within 30 years. Staged in a news center of a TV station where a huge amount of damage information and images are gathered.
Style:
bleak, serious, suspenseful, captivating, scary ...
Plot:
reporter, natural disaster, disaster, news reporter, social media, fire, devastation, woman, nature, forces of nature, female protagonist, journalism ...
Time:
near future
Place:
tokyo
Similarity:
47%
Genre: Drama, History, Thriller, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 51 min.
TV show
Story:
A conspiracy thriller about one of the best known but least understood crimes in history. This is the astonishing story of the hunt for John Wilkes Booth in the aftermath of Abraham Lincoln's assassination—as the fate of the country hangs in ...
Style:
thrilling, historical drama, captivating, political thriller, suspenseful ...
Plot:
assassination, murder investigation, assassination of president, politics, abraham lincoln, usa president, problem, based on real people, historical event, political unrest, murder, u.s. president ...
Time:
1800s
Similarity:
47%
Genre: Drama, History
Country: Japan
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
He lost his land, his father, and was torn from his mother. Lonely and wounded, young Takechiyo thought he'd live out his days quietly as a hostage. But fate had other plans. Inspired by Mikawa warriors, he becomes a minor lord and dives into a ...
Style:
historical drama, psychological, captivating, thrilling, tense ...
Plot:
samurai, battles, edo period, life, feudal japan, relationships, family life, family relations, dysfunctional family, fight, life is a bitch, ambition ...
Place:
japan
Similarity:
47%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 35 min.
TV show
Story:
A woman in a controlling marriage finds solace — and revenge — in an affair with a younger man, until it spirals into a dangerous fight for survival.
Style:
intense, tense, psychological thriller, dark, suspense
Plot:
female protagonist, infidelity, affair, revenge, toxic relationship, domestic drama, control, secrets, betrayal, manipulation, danger, power struggle ...
Similarity:
47%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
This survival action series revolves around the "Future Diary," a cell phone diary that contains entries about future events.
Arata Hoshino is a college student who could be the poster boy for "inertia." By chance, Arata gets ...
Style:
tense, psychological thriller, anime, disturbing, captivating ...
Plot:
survival, predicting the future, survival game, game of death, prediction, student, struggle for survival, changing the past or future, flash forward, affair, mind game, manipulation ...
Time:
near future, future
Similarity:
47%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Set in 1348 when the Black Death, the deadliest pandemic in human history that killed as many as 200 million people, strikes hard in Florence, a handful of nobles are invited to retreat with their servants to a grand villa in the Italian countryside ...
Style:
period piece, thrilling, captivating, psychological, period drama ...
Plot:
plague, master servant relationship, black death, pandemic, virus, survival, power struggle, intrigue, life is a bitch, problem, power, city ...
Time:
14th century
Similarity:
46%
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