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The Tangle (2019)
906
Genre: Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
In the near future, The Tangle, an A.I. utilising airborne nanotech, connects the world. It is a benevolent guardian, returning law and order to society. To ensure that The Tangle never turns rogue, a government agency watches over the tech from within safe rooms, locations impermeable to the nanobots that make up The Tangle. When field agent Margot Foster is found dead in one of these rooms, the agency needs to investigate the first murder in years.
Style:
tense, captivating, futuristic, thrilling, suspenseful, psychological thriller, apocalyptic, dystopian
Plot:
distopia, murder mystery, artificial intelligence, nanotechnology, dystopian future, futuristic technology, agent, technology, hi-tech, threat, special agent, investigation, conspiracy, government agent, moral ambiguity, dystopia, ethical dilemma, cyberpunk, claustrophobia, disaster, mystery, special agents, future dystopia
Time:
near future, future
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Most similar movies to The Tangle
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out tense, suspenseful, futuristic and dark films with plots about dystopia, conspiracy, moral ambiguity, distopia, investigation, cyberpunk and dystopian future mostly in Sci-Fi, Mystery and Thriller genres. Some movies like The Tangle: Eternity (2012), Hover (2018), Virtual Nightmare (2000), 2067 (2020), Zone 414 (2021). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
574
Genre: Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: New Zealand
Duration: 78 min.
Story:
In the near future, police detective Richard Manning is investigating the most difficult case of his career – the seemingly impossible locked room murder of a wealthy property investor. The more Richard investigates, the more complex the case ...
Style:
suspenseful, crime thriller, captivating, disturbing, tense ...
Plot:
murder investigation, murder, virtual reality, computer game, locked room mystery, investigation, police investigation, hidden room, threat to kill, crime investigation, murder mystery, threat ...
Time:
near future, future
Place:
new zealand, hong kong
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95%
706
Genre: Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
In a near future when environmental havoc is causing food shortages and compelling the government to protect its organized crop system by deploying sentinel drones, a handful of locals discover a sinister connection between sick farmland inhabitants ...
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futuristic, suspense, disturbing, tense, captivating ...
Plot:
food shortage, corporate greed, conspiracy, against humanity, terminator, murder investigation, robot, investigation, farm hand, fate of humanity, village life, humanity ...
Time:
future, near future
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Genre: Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: Australia
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Advertising executive Dale Hunter (Michael Muheny) works at the agency Arora. But after a car accident, his life changed abruptly. He has nightmares at night and by day he suffers from hallucinations. The world looks like from a computer. Numbers ...
Style:
futuristic, tense, captivating, enigmatic, psychological thriller ...
Plot:
cyberpunk, alternate reality, fictional reality, virtual reality, uncover truth, puzzle, dark secret, escape from reality, computer game, nightmare, paranoia, hallucination ...
Time:
future
Similarity:
77%
13K
Genre: Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: Australia
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
A lowly utility worker is called to the future by a mysterious radio signal, he must leave his dying wife to embark on a journey that will force him to face his deepest fears in an attempt to change the fabric of reality and save humankind from its ...
Style:
futuristic, serious, suspense, exciting, suspenseful ...
Plot:
time travel, time paradox, climate change, deforestation, parallel world, changing the past or future, discovery, time machine, research, apocalypse, disaster, post apocalyptic ...
Time:
future, near future
Similarity:
74%
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Genre: Adventure, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
In the near future on a colony of state-of-the-art robots, a private investigator is hired by the colony's creator to bring his missing daughter home.
Style:
futuristic, tense, captivating, disturbing, detective ...
Plot:
androids and robots, cyberpunk, female nudity, humanoid robot, androids, investigation, uncover truth, sleuth, private detective, disappearance, mysterious disappearance, forensics ...
Time:
future, near future
Similarity:
72%
Genre: Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
In the near future, Frank, a police officer, discovers that the legalization of all recreational drugs comes with a price.
Style:
suspense, futuristic, suspenseful, tense, captivating ...
Plot:
time travel, drug dealing, drug, investigation, powerful corporation, police investigation, evil plot, dark secret, police officer, experiment, drug trade, corporation ...
Time:
future, near future
Similarity:
70%
223
Genre: Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 133 min.
Story:
In 2030, AI is everywhere including the medical field, finance and security. Artificial intelligence has become essential in people's lives. They have come to completely trust AI, but artificial intelligence becomes out of control and it causes ...
Style:
psychological, disturbing, captivating, suspenseful, intense ...
Plot:
artificial intelligence, relationships, flash forward, chaos, technology, ethical dilemma, dystopia, catastrophe, investigation, panic, moral ambiguity, hacking ...
Time:
near future
Place:
tokyo, japan
Similarity:
66%
Genre: Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
The old and overcrowded penitentiaries are just a memory. Inmates now serve their sentence in a state of deep sleep that renders them harmless, and has drastically reduced recidivism. Until one day, a psychologist in charge of monitoring the mental ...
Style:
suspenseful, tense, psychological thriller, captivating, futuristic ...
Plot:
prison, implanted memory, dystopia, hi-tech, problem, science runs amok, psychology, repressed memory, technology, memory, dystopian future, flash forward ...
Time:
near future, future
Similarity:
65%
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33K
Genre: Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
An unsuspecting, disenchanted man finds himself working as a spy in the dangerous, high-stakes world of corporate espionage. Quickly getting way over-his-head, he teams up with a mysterious femme fatale.
Style:
mind bending, sexy, tense, enigmatic, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
cyberpunk, twists and turns, espionage, spy, conspiracy, memory loss, disorder, brainwashing, double agent, technology, undercover, power relations ...
Time:
future, year 2002
Similarity:
65%
Genre: Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 79 min.
Story:
It is 2035 A.D. and the final countdown has begun for a voyage that will reach across the vastness of outer space -- to explore the nearest Earth-Like planet. An international crew has been placed in cryogenic suspended animation for the journey. ...
Style:
tense, space horror, dark, futuristic, grim ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
spacecraft, outer space, space travel, space opera, space, suspended animation, survival, isolation, waking up, dystopia, claustrophobia, exploration ...
Time:
future, 2030s, near future, 21st century
Similarity:
65%
Genre: Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
2525 A.D. Man has colonized the stars. The wealthy and powerful implant their brains in cloned versions of themselves to gain immortality. As a side-effect, occasionally a clone develops mutant abilities. A clonehunter and his new partner have to ...
Style:
futuristic, suspenseful, dark, tense
Plot:
conspiracy, cloning, transhumanism, immortality, dystopia, anti hero, vigilante, moral ambiguity, elitism, identity crisis, cyberpunk, ethical dilemma ...
Time:
future
Similarity:
52%
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, France, Russia
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
In the nearest future, the Catholic Church learnt how to resurrect people. The whole process is kept secret and follows strict rules: only sinless believers under the age of 65 can be resurrected. The film is set on the computer of Stanley, an ...
Style:
suspenseful, exciting, captivating, bleak, dark ...
Plot:
conspiracy, vatican, investigation, dystopia, society, distopia, church, religious, priest, dystopic future, dystopian future, civilization ...
Time:
near future
Similarity:
52%
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
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Story:
Stuck in a small Appalachian town, a young woman’s only escape from the daily grind is playing advanced video games. She is such a good player that a company sends her a new video game system to test…but it has a surprise in store. It unlocks ...
Style:
futuristic, thrilling, suspenseful, psychological, captivating ...
Plot:
technology, cyberpunk, gamer, alternate reality, distopia, time machine, robot, female protagonist, husband and wife, supernatural, dystopian future, alternate timeline ...
Time:
future
Similarity:
51%
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA, Luxembourg
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
In the near future, instead of being sent to prison criminals are aged for the number of years the system feels is adequate to the crime they committed. Vincent Dawson is a 15 year old, whose late father was a musician who didn't exactly make ...
Style:
futuristic, crime drama, emotional, tense, suspenseful ...
Plot:
dystopia, wrongful conviction, teenage protagonist, whodunit, social commentary, family conflict, identity crisis, investigation, ethical dilemma, redemption, ageism, small town ...
Time:
near future, future
Similarity:
50%
Genre: Sci-Fi
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
21st Century detective Jake Cardigan is arrested for murdering the husband of his ex-wife. It seems like a frame up, yet Cardigan refuses to let the authorities investigate further or even deny any involvement in the killing.
Style:
futuristic, detective, tension, crime thriller, suspenseful ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
investigation, murder mystery, wrongful accusation, police procedural, conspiracy, private detective, moral ambiguity, cyberpunk, false confession, corruption, betrayal, urban ...
Time:
near future, 2040s, 21st century
Similarity:
49%
Genre: Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A 21st-century genetic experiment goes chaotic, creating a race of genetically-violent mutants.
Style:
dark, suspenseful, tense
Audience:
adult
Plot:
mutant, dystopia, genetic experiment, post apocalypse, laboratory, genetic engineering, mutation, survival, fear, survival horror, urban decay, post apocalyptic ...
Time:
near future, future, 21st century
Similarity:
49%
611K
Genre: Action, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
In 2035, where robots are common-place and abide by the three laws of robotics, a techno-phobic cop investigates an apparent suicide. Suspecting that a robot may be responsible for the death, his investigation leads him to believe that humanity may ...
Style:
futuristic, philosophical, exciting, apocalyptic, serious ...
Audience:
manly, teens, family friendly, boys' night
Plot:
artificial intelligence, robot, cyberpunk, cyborgs, distopia, androids and robots, dystopia, dystopian future, androids, technology gone awry, fate of humanity, hi-tech ...
Time:
future, year 2004, 2030s, 20th century, near future ...
Place:
chicago, usa, north america
Similarity:
48%
246
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
An addicted memory dealer is chased relentlessly by federal narcotics agents bent on keeping the secrets he has locked in his mind hidden.
Style:
neo noir, dark, psychological thriller, suspenseful, tense ...
Plot:
addiction, ethical dilemma, paranoid, identity crisis, moral ambiguity, anti hero, chase, conspiracy, cyberpunk, urban, hi-tech, claustrophobia ...
Time:
future
Similarity:
48%
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39K
Genre: Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK, Germany
Duration: 126 min.
Story:
A mute man with a violent past is forced to take on the teeming underworld of a near-future Berlin as he searches for his missing girlfriend.
Style:
tech noir, neo noir, cyber, serious, suspenseful ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
cyberpunk, bartender, mute, prostitute, gangster, doctor, missing girl, male objectification, vengeance, love, justice, adaptation ...
Time:
near future, future, 2030s
Place:
germany, berlin germany
Similarity:
47%
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi
Country: Bulgaria, USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
The future. The corrupt regime broadcasts the illusion of a beautiful city to the chip in your head, when in fact the city is in ruins. The rebels know the truth and seek to foment revolution.
Style:
bleak, suspenseful, serious, captivating, futuristic ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
dystopia, post apocalypse, evil computer, city, virtual reality, rebellion, dystopic future, demolished city, dystopian future, distopia, power, destruction ...
Time:
future, near future
Similarity:
47%
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Bella Sway, a lunar cargo pilot and smuggler 100 years in the future, finds herself accused of a crime and marooned on Moonhaven, a utopian community set on a 500 square mile Garden of Eden built on the Moon to find solutions to the problems that ...
Style:
futuristic, tense, apocalyptic, suspense, disturbing ...
Plot:
utopia, moon, artificial intelligence, investigation, colony, pilot, female protagonist, space colony, conspiracy, smuggler, crime investigation, smuggling ...
Time:
near future, distant future
Similarity:
47%
Genre: Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Legal ThreaT is a climactic lo-fi psychological thriller. It is a story of an innocent man Jon Luke Barker. Trapped in a world of duplicity, desperately trying escape his life, upon discovering nocuous evidence that threatens to overthrow the ...
Style:
psychological thriller, tense, suspenseful, dark, existential ...
Plot:
whistleblower, corporate conspiracy, evidence, cover up, corruption, duplicity, mistrust, industrial espionage, ethical dilemma, paranoid, innocent man, claustrophobia ...
Similarity:
47%
607
Genre: Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: South Korea
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
After Aliens arrive, the story takes place in two time streams: 2017 and 2037. In twenty years, and by 2037, the world has been divided into a “Smart Earth” where artificial intelligence has created a utopian environment in which no diseases or ...
Style:
futuristic, non-linear, suspense, thought provoking, exciting ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
artificial intelligence, utopia, brother brother relationship, dystopia, alien, friendship, erased memory, clone, emotional manipulation, love and romance, walled city, moral ambiguity ...
Time:
near future, future, 2030s, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
korea
Similarity:
44%
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655
Genre: Action, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
A science-fiction story of a billionaire's private space exploration program returning to Earth with an abducted extraterrestrial from a newly discovered alien planet.
Style:
tense, captivating, suspense, psychological, suspenseful ...
Plot:
billionaire, alien planet, abduction, space program, space mission, danger, rivalry, character study, conspiracy, secret identity, moral ambiguity, cover up ...
Place:
usa
Similarity:
44%
Genre: Action, Crime, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 145 min.
Story:
John Anderton is a top 'Precrime' cop in the late-21st century, when technology can predict crimes before they're committed. But Anderton becomes the quarry when another investigator targets him for a murder charge.
Style:
futuristic, neo noir, cerebral, suspense, tech noir ...
Audience:
boys' night, date night, chick flick
Plot:
cyberpunk, distopia, dystopian future, dystopia, murder, foreknowledge, precognition, frame up, psychic, murder mystery, time loop, police investigation ...
Time:
future, near future, distant future, 20th century, year 2002 ...
Place:
washington d.c., virginia, usa
Similarity:
42%
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:
41%
Genre: Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 133 min.
Story:
Set in the year 2017, the Japanese government attempts to secretly control the DNA of its people. Ryuhei Kagura is a top scientist in the field of DNA analysis. He works at the DNA analysis institution run by the National Police Agency. When the ...
Style:
futuristic, tense, tech noir, suspense, detective
Plot:
society, frame up, evidence, dystopian future, murder, police investigation, law enforcement, police chase, twists and turns, graphic violence, chases and races, investigation ...
Time:
future
Place:
japan
Similarity:
40%
Genre: History, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
In a near future, due to the effects of an uncompromising law on the eco-sustainability of supports, paper has become a rare item, a luxury possession, controlled by the "Big Z": Zimurgh Corporation.
Style:
exciting, tense, captivating, suspenseful, disturbing ...
Plot:
distopia, post apocalypse, post-apocalyptic future, dystopic future, dystopian future, sin, ritual murder, killing spree, murder mystery, murder investigation, ritual, seven deadly sins ...
Time:
near future, future
Similarity:
40%
Genre: Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Sarah, a struggling young woman, agrees to volunteer as a test subject and be implanted with the LEXX nanochip for a pharmaceutical company experiment. She hopes that the money received for her participation will solve her financial troubles. When ...
Style:
tense, suspenseful, psychological thriller, suspense, captivating ...
Plot:
artificial intelligence, mind control, female protagonist, survival, nanotechnology, scientific experiment, loss of control, struggle for survival, experiment gone awry, family in danger, manipulation, human experiment ...
Place:
brooklyn new york city
Similarity:
39%
Genre: Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Aliens from another dimension cross space and time to come to Earth. A scientist tries to discover what their motives are.
Style:
tense, suspense, atmospheric, psychological, dark ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
alien, first contact, conspiracy, discovery, ufo, travel, speculation, investigation, laboratory, technology, paranormal, suspicion ...
Similarity:
38%
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