Movies like The Apocalypse 1997
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The Apocalypse (1997)
571
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
A salvage pilot and a bartender go up against a crazed computer programmer and the head of a criminal gang who have equipped a spaceship with nuclear warheads and plan to crash it into Earth.
Style:
apocalyptic, cute, independent film, scary, rough, serious, disaster movie
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
disaster, distopia, dystopia, post apocalyptic, apocalypse, programmer, heroes, spacecraft, space and aliens, space wars, rescue, chases and races, escapades, rivalry, chaos, danger, imaginary, collision, race against time, mentally unstable, end of the world, murderer, mercenary, murder, criminal ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
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Most similar movies to The Apocalypse
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out serious, suspenseful, exciting and rough films with plots about danger, heroes, escapades, chases and races, apocalypse, rivalry and chaos mostly in Action, Sci-Fi and Thriller genres. Some movies like The Apocalypse: Deadly Skies (2006), Fatal Error (1999), Geostorm (2017), Gangland (2001), Last Stand (2000). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
The sky is literally falling in this thriller as one of the nation's leading astronomers, Madison Kelsey believes she is tracking a huge rogue asteroid rocketing toward earth. However, she can't get anyone in authority to take her ...
Style:
serious, suspenseful, erotic, tense, suspense
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
disaster, gay, save the world, heroic mission, survival, escapades, danger, race against time, rescue, space travel, lgbt, scientist ...
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Genre: Action, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Seven executives die while on a video conference call, the victims of a rapidly spreading virus. Dr. Samantha Craig (Janine Turner) and disgraced doctor Nick Baldwin (Antonio Sabato Jr.) investigate, tracking the disease to a rival firm able to ...
Style:
tech noir, serious, scary, exciting, suspenseful
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
computer virus, virus, artificial intelligence, dystopia, special agent, chaos, chases and races, rivalry, danger, save the world, heroes, man versus machine ...
Time:
90s
Place:
seattle, washington d.c., usa
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Hong Kong
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
After an unprecedented series of natural disasters threatened the planet, the world's leaders came together to create an intricate network of satellites to control the global climate and keep everyone safe. But now, something has gone wrong: ...
Style:
apocalyptic, psychotronic, exciting, suspenseful, disgusting ...
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
end of the world, apocalypse, catastrophe, disaster, tsunami, humanity in peril, storm, ecological disaster, malfunction, climate change, hurricane, natural disaster ...
Time:
future, near future, 2010s, year 2017, year 2019 ...
Place:
afghanistan, hong kong, orlando florida, rio de janeiro, new york ...
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100%
683
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:
serious, rough, bleak, independent film, fast ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
danger, against humanity, good versus evil, female martial artist, dystopian future, survival, rivalry, life is a bitch, confined, save the world, rescue, heroes ...
Time:
future, 2010s
Place:
california, los angeles
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Genre: Action, Sci-Fi
Country: Canada, Czech Republic
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
A small band of desperate freedom fighters must topple a vicious dictator before he destroys mankind's last hope.
Style:
serious, rough, tense, suspense, independent film ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
rivalry, save the world, heroes, dystopian future, heroic mission, apocalypse, escapades, danger, rescue, undercover, gang, race against time ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Similarity:
43%
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
This sci-fi thriller finds the world in imminent danger when a collision in outer space sends huge pieces of interstellar debris on a path headed straight for Earth. A scientist has designed a system that would stop the largest meteor fragments from ...
Style:
apocalyptic, serious, suspenseful, futuristic, surprise ending
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
disaster, terrorism, asteroids and comets, asteroid, outer space, dystopia, die hard, post apocalypse, hostage, kidnapping, chases and races, race against time ...
Time:
90s
Place:
los angeles, south central los angeles
Similarity:
43%
Genre: Action, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
Following the destruction caused on Earth by nuclear weapons, Ryan Cawdor returns after twenty years to a ravaged part of Virginia he used to call home, where his brother and stepmother plotted to kill his father, the baron. With his companions in ...
Style:
serious, suspenseful, futuristic, bleak, apocalyptic
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
apocalypse, post apocalypse, survival, rivalry, save the world, heroic mission, heroes, chaos, rescue, escapades, dystopian future, leadership ...
Time:
future
Similarity:
43%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
A gigantic meteors enters Earth's orbit and begins to disintegrate, showering the entire planet with debris.
Style:
exciting, bleak, apocalyptic, tense, captivating ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
disaster, apocalypse, asteroid, space and aliens, earth, chaos, race against time, bible, society, danger, heroes, natural disaster ...
Time:
future, 21st century
Place:
los angeles, california
Similarity:
36%
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A group of talented but rebellious 'rock-star scientists' find themselves in a race against time to save Earth when a comet makes an unexpected turn towards our blue planet where all life may cease to exist within days if our small town ...
Style:
serious, suspenseful, exciting, rough, tense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
apocalypse, disaster, survival, chaos, save the world, forces of nature, end of the world, danger, post apocalypse, autism, tsunami, escapades ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
33%
284
Genre: Action, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
A rare astronomical event causes a permanent worldwide black out, forcing residents of a middle-class suburb to get by with no modern conveniences. The community pulls together and adapts to a simpler way of life, but their success draws the ...
Style:
serious, suspenseful, exciting, tense, suspense ...
Plot:
apocalypse, survival, rivalry, society, dystopia, isolation, suburbs, danger, life turned upside down, chaos, confined, post apocalypse ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
33%
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Set in the future, a group of terrorists with an android leader storm a hospital when the President's daughter is inside, taking her hostage. To find a way of freeing her, the police decide to consult the architect who designed the building, ...
Style:
futuristic, tech noir, independent film, serious, exciting ...
Plot:
cyborgs, terminator, die hard, apocalypse, cyberpunk, androids and robots, evil computer, hospital, terrorism, missing person, kidnapping, hijacking ...
Time:
90s, future
Similarity:
33%
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Only a few people still live in New York in 2015. They are organized in gangs with their own turf. One of them is led by Baron, another one by Carrot, and they are constantly at war with each other.
Style:
apocalyptic, psychotronic, grindhouse, depressing, cult classic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
post apocalypse, dystopia, post apocalyptic, post-apocalyptic future, survival, wasteland, distopia, exploitation, quarantine, nuclear disaster, epidemic, nuclear holocaust ...
Time:
future, year 1975, year 2012, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
persia, new york, usa, north carolina
Similarity:
32%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: Peru, USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
After the nuclear holocaust, one man rises from the ashes to become the leader of a ragged gang of survivors. They soon discover that their greatest challenge is yet to come; they must fight a battle for the ages against the evil minions of The ...
Style:
apocalyptic, independent film, tense, serious, futuristic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
post apocalypse, sword and sorcery, sorcery, post-apocalyptic future, dystopia, distopia, wasteland, post nuclear, dystopian future, chaos, battles, superhero ...
Time:
future
Similarity:
32%
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
International terrorist leader, Fatima, is critically injured when she attempts to hijack a jumbo jet and is thwarted by Eric Matthews and his anti-terrorist organization, The Retaliators. Fatima is taken to a top-secret research institute, where ...
Style:
futuristic, psychotronic, independent film, serious, exciting ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
apocalypse, violence, robot, terminator, exploitation, spy, cyberpunk, kidnapping, soldier, terrorism, dystopia, technology gone awry ...
Time:
80s
Place:
middle east, greece, europe, crete
Similarity:
32%
572
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi
Country: Canada
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
aka Cybercity It's the year 2017, the Earth's surface is destroyed and its citizens flee to an underground wasteland ruled by warring religious cults. In this sinful cybercity, Mercenary Dakota's (C. Thomas Howell) family is murdered ...
Style:
futuristic, independent film, serious, exciting, rough ...
Plot:
post apocalypse, distopia, cyberpunk, dystopian future, violent content, religions or cults, injustice, chaos, heroes, society, rivalry, chases and races ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
canada
Similarity:
32%
Genre: Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
In the future, mankind's quest for answers will take them to the edge of the universe... but the knowledge they seek should never be known. In deep space, the military cruiser Venom is diverted from its mission to investigate a derelict ...
Style:
serious, exciting, captivating, stylized, bleak ...
Plot:
space travel, survival, changing the past or future, heroes, terrorism, escapades, time travel, chaos, spacecraft, danger, space wars, chases and races ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
31%
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
The year is 3313. Mankind is being systematically massacred throughout the galaxy by an invading species. All hope is lost until the last strand of pure human DNA is found on a remote planet in the far reaches of the galaxy. Now, an epic battle will ...
Style:
rough, exciting, serious, apocalyptic, futuristic
Plot:
battles, escapades, woman in danger, danger, starting over, hopes, survival, manhunt, against humanity, space and aliens, alien, distopia ...
Time:
future
Similarity:
31%
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
After dense matter from an imploded white hole hits Earth, the planet's rotation is devastated. A group of government agents must locate a lost satellite network that is the world's only hope for survival.
Style:
serious, suspenseful, captivating, apocalyptic, tense ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
disaster, apocalypse, save the world, satellite, forces of nature, special agent, heroes, danger, government agency, escapades, dishonesty, government agent ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
31%
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334
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
In a brutal, radioactive future, fearless warrior Dow (David Carradine) is humanity's last hope against the Warlord and his mutant hordes. With the gorgeous, deadly Danny (Dawn Wildsmith) and the strange Ammo at his side, Dow makes desperate ...
Style:
independent film, serious, exciting, rough, bleak ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
post apocalypse, desert, monster, distopia, betrayal, nudity, dystopian future, violent content, profanity, strong violent content, against the odds, apocalypse ...
Time:
future
Similarity:
31%
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Wes Keller is a young man living in a world where oil has collapsed, the food supply has been wiped out, and cancer rates for women have skyrocketed, depleting the female population. In a barbaric environment where bio fuel, batteries, bullets and ...
Style:
exciting, thought provoking, serious, atmospheric, surreal ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
desert, post apocalypse, danger, on the run, dystopian future, escapades, rebellion, society, fighting the system, vigilantism, social decay, oil ...
Time:
future
Place:
usa
Similarity:
29%
Genre: Action, Thriller, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Using footage left over from Nemesis 2 and a very thin story line sees Alex again fighting the cyborg mercenaries in 1998 East Africa. This time, Alex finds that she has 20 half sisters who are waiting for her to return to 2077. Central Command ...
Style:
psychotronic, exciting, serious, stylized, suspenseful ...
Plot:
cyberpunk, cyborgs, distopia, transhumanism, nemesis, terminator, danger, imaginary, uninhibited rivalry, chases and races, rivalry, heroes ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Similarity:
29%
903
Genre: Action
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Navy SEALs launch a rescue mission after terrorists plunge a jet carrying a missile-launching computer into the sea.
Style:
serious, exciting, suspenseful, rough, independent film ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
airplane, terrorism, heroic mission, gang, heroes, rivalry, race against time, daring rescue, escapades, save the day, danger, confined ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Similarity:
28%
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
A corrupt planetary federation… The ultimate weapon of destruction.... One starship captain stands between them….and intergalactic armageddon. STARSHIP: RISING - RISE UP OR DIE In the distant future, an immortal bionic leader, the product of ...
Style:
serious, rough, bleak, captivating, tense ...
Plot:
spacecraft, space travel, environmentalism, military, danger, time travel, space and aliens, distant planet, space, space opera, artificial intelligence, rebellion ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
28%
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Two cops investigating the murder of a young boy become invloved in a very secret project involving alien life. Needless to say, the authorities don't want them to stick their noses into this
Style:
psychotronic, independent film, serious, exciting, rough ...
Plot:
murder, alien encounter, evil alien, police, supernatural, explosions, supernatural horror, giant monster, alien invasion, discovery, investigation, government ...
Time:
year 1993, 90s, 20th century
Similarity:
27%
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, suspenseful, rough, scary, mockbuster ...
Plot:
virus, antidote, plague, life is a bitch, rivalry, danger, chaos, hitman, space and aliens, heroes, chases and races, conspiracy ...
Time:
future
Similarity:
27%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Two men and a woman circle the globe in a satellite armed with a nuclear device. The third world war breaks out, and a few months later the satellite crashes. They survive the crash but one man gets killed by survivors and the other man gets caught. ...
Style:
apocalyptic, suspense, action adventure, independent film, exciting ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
post apocalypse, post apocalyptic, survival, post-apocalyptic future, disaster, nuclear holocaust, wasteland, distopia, canuxploitation, post nuclear, exploitation, nuclear explosion ...
Time:
80s, year 1985, future
Place:
nova scotia, russia
Similarity:
27%
311
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Over one hundred years ago, a cataclysmic chain of events plummeted the earth into the dark ages which destroyed most of civilization, and the remaining few survivors attempt to change the course of events that led to the destruction.
Style:
suspenseful, serious, rough, exciting, independent film ...
Plot:
time travel, female warrior, survival, danger, heroic mission, chaos, escapades, rivalry, apocalypse, imaginary, disaster, woman kills a man ...
Time:
future, year 1999, 90s
Place:
colombia, pentagon
Similarity:
27%
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
A retired and disgruntled scientist is brought out of retirement to explain why tidal waves are wiping out coastal communities. But is he part of the problem?
Style:
apocalyptic, serious, suspenseful, rough, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
disaster, natural disaster, apocalypse, epidemic, distopia, mysterious character, forces of nature, law enforcement, chases and races, contests and competitions, environmentalism, psychopath ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
california
Similarity:
27%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A crack in the world has started... we have 24 hours to stop it.
Style:
exciting, serious, bleak, tense, suspense ...
Plot:
disaster, natural disaster, earthquake, forces of nature, race against time, danger, chaos, save the planet, end of the world, epidemic, threat, military ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
In the not too distant future a new team of specially trained government soldiers called an Interception Team contend with the latest hostile alien encounter. When an alien scout ship crashes in eastern Russia, Sean Lambert and his elite force are ...
Style:
suspenseful, serious, scary
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
evil alien, alien encounter, soldier, terrorism, space wars, race against time, heroic mission, danger, heroes, space and aliens, escapades, deadly creature ...
Time:
future
Place:
russia
Similarity:
26%
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