Movies like Arcadia 2016
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Arcadia (2016)
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Genre: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
In the not too distant future where a deadly disease has gripped the world, Arcadia has been built as safe disease-free haven for the privileged. Outside Arcadia, the average life lasts merely 40 years - unless they can earn a place amongst the elite.
Style:
tense, suspenseful, exciting, serious, captivating, social, dark, fast paced, dystopian
Plot:
totalitarianism, distopia, family relations, pandemic, disease, dystopia, illness, totalitarian regime, totalitarian state, social injustice, social commentary, dystopian future, dystopian society, survival, resistance, government conspiracy, moral dilemma, moral ambiguity, social inequality, betrayal, deception, corruption, father daughter relationship, rebellion, sacrifice ...
Time:
future, near future
Place:
london
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out tense, suspenseful, dark and captivating films with plots about survival, dystopia, distopia, moral ambiguity, betrayal, post apocalypse and post apocalyptic mostly in Sci-Fi, Action and Thriller genres. Some movies like Arcadia: Nightmare City 2035 (2007), The Thinning: New World Order (2018), Kill Mode (2020), Doomsday (2015), Transit 17 (2019). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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Time:
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Duration: 97 min.
Story:
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Time:
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Genre: Action, Sci-Fi
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Duration: 95 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
adult
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Country: UK
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
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suspenseful, tense, serious, captivating, bleak ...
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Time:
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Place:
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494
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
end of the world, disaster, lightning, acid, survival, extinction, journey, apocalypse, illness, lightning strike, disease, natural disaster ...
Time:
near future
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57%
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Canada, New Zealand
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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176
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK
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An evil organisation that creates superpowered reanimated humans known as Proxies want to recover a flash drive contains secret data from Ashens, his neighbour Tom and a unique Proxy.
Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
future, near future
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Genre: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA, UK
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
In 2030 the world is in a permanent state of economic recession and facing serious environmental problems as a result of global warming.
Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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49%
256
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
In the year 2024, a fierce battle rages between a ruthless villain and an android resistance group
Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Similarity:
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Genre: Action, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Members of an elite security team deployed to rescue a VIP on an exclusive island.The rescue mission becomes a desperate attempt to survive, escape the island and elude the sinister presence that seeks to harm them.
Style:
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Plot:
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Genre: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Russia
Duration: 127 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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325
Genre: Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
antidote, pandemic, race against time, plague, aging, dystopian future, social decay, life is a bitch, pregnancy, babies and infants, society, virus ...
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Genre: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
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Duration: 89 min.
Story:
The year is 2047. Our planet is ruled by the repressive Confederate Central Government (CCG). Ryan is a Green War rebel agent sent on a mission by Sponge to collect evidence against the CCG for its heinous crimes. Ryan soon faces the sinister ...
Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Genre: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
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Duration: 126 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Story:
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Story:
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Style:
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Country: USA
Duration: 79 min.
Story:
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Style:
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TV show
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Story:
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Story:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Similarity:
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805
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Norway
Duration: 64 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Duration: 94 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Time:
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Duration: 107 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Story:
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Audience:
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Story:
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Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
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Style:
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