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The Kitchen (2023)
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Izi's close to escaping The Kitchen, one of London's last remaining housing estates. But when young Benji enters his life, he faces some hard decisions.
Style:
tense, captivating, suspenseful, thrilling, futuristic
Plot:
political oppression, social issues, dystopia, urban setting, distopia, burglar, life is a bitch, robbery, social problems, class differences, dystopian future, dystopian society, motorcycle, bicycle, coming of age, urban decay, graffiti, city, son, exploration, street vendor, afrofuturism, kitchen, motorcycle riding
Time:
2040s, future, near future, 21st century
Place:
london
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Most similar movies to The Kitchen
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out tense, suspenseful, captivating and futuristic films with plots about dystopia, distopia, survival, post apocalyptic, post apocalypse, dystopian future and apocalypse mostly in Sci-Fi, Action and Drama genres. Some movies like The Kitchen: The Park (2023), Nightmare City 2035 (2007), Arcadia (2016), The Thinning (2016), Deadland (2009). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
519
Genre: Action, Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 76 min.
Story:
A dystopian coming-of-age movie focused on three kids who find themselves in an abandoned amusement park, aiming to unite whoever remains. With dangers lurking around every corner, they will do whatever it takes to survive their hellish Neverland.
Style:
suspenseful, psychological, dark, bleak, tense ...
Plot:
dystopia, distopia, coming of age, children, virus, post apocalyptic, survival, dystopian society, battles, post-apocalyptic future, fate of humanity, deadly virus ...
Time:
near future
Similarity:
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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
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349
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 ...
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tense, suspenseful, captivating, exciting, social ...
Plot:
totalitarianism, distopia, family relations, dystopia, disease, pandemic, dystopian future, social commentary, social injustice, illness, totalitarian state, dystopian society ...
Time:
future, near future
Place:
london
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Genre: Action, Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
In a post-apocalyptic future where population control is dictated by a high-school aptitude test, two students discover the test is smoke and mirrors hiding a larger conspiracy.
Style:
brutal, touching, disturbing, cynical, exciting ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
overpopulation, protest, youth, eugenics, dystopian future, dishonesty, love, danger, rivalry, high school, dystopia, distopia ...
Time:
near future
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75%
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699
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:
suspense, captivating, apocalyptic, psychological, tense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
apocalypse, survival, missing person, danger, chaos, society, escapades, life is a bitch, post apocalypse, plague, journey, violence ...
Time:
future
Similarity:
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Genre: Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 78 min.
Story:
Box Metaphor is a compelling dystopian journey where unjust imprisonment unveils societal conformity and defiance’s profound impact. It’s about breaking free from metaphorical boxes and the resilience of the human spirit.
Style:
surreal, suspenseful, psychological, thrilling, captivating ...
Plot:
dystopia, resilience, metaphor, prison, distopia, social problems, dystopian society, locked in a cage, surrealism, locked in, social issues, oppression ...
Similarity:
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: South Korea
Duration: 45 min.
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Story:
In a dystopian 2071 devastated by air pollution, the survival of humanity depends on the Black Knights — and they’re far from your average delivery men.
Style:
dorama, futuristic, suspenseful, captivating, thrilling ...
Plot:
post-apocalyptic future, delivery, battles, society, fight, survival, city, delivery man, dystopian future, dystopia, social injustice, competition ...
Time:
future, 21st century
Similarity:
63%
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:
apocalyptic, disturbing, suspense, suspenseful, road movie ...
Plot:
dystopia, hidden truth, deception, government agent, dystopian future, life is a bitch, pursuit, runaway, human existence, life risking, conspiracy, single mother ...
Time:
2030s
Place:
canada
Similarity:
60%
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Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: UK, Germany, Sweden, Hungary
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Djata is a care-free 12-year-old growing up in a brutal dictatorship shut off from the outside world. When the government imprisons his father, Peter, and Djata and his mother Hannah are labeled traitors, the boy will not rest until he sees his ...
Style:
suspense, psychological, captivating, disturbing, tense ...
Plot:
distopia, family relations, society, social problems, rebel, life is a bitch, social misfits, mother son relationship, dysfunctional family, boy, dystopia, coming of age ...
Time:
distant future
Similarity:
58%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: UK
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
You are following the lives of a family who have chosen not to take the microchip implant but instead live a life with no home and consistently on the run from the one world government known as the F.A.T.H.E.R.
Style:
tense, suspenseful, action adventure, futuristic, christian film
Plot:
new world order, dystopia, underground movement, government conspiracy, totalitarianism, religious persecution, mind control, post apocalyptic, survival, identity crisis, ethical dilemma, propaganda ...
Time:
near future
Similarity:
54%
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:
53%
Genre: Sci-Fi, Action, Adventure
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
Action-adventure set in a world of the near-future, where young love is forbidden among the lower classes. Nevertheless, one couple defies their police-state world to fight and hold on to whatever love they can find.
Style:
action adventure, tense, independent film, apocalyptic
Plot:
forbidden love, post apocalypse, post-apocalyptic future, police station, class struggle, dystopia, forbidden romance, totalitarianism, surveillance, young love, chase, escape ...
Time:
near future, future
Similarity:
52%
489K
Genre: Action, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada, South Africa, Mexico
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
In the year 2159, two classes of people exist: the very wealthy who live on a pristine man-made space station called Elysium, and the rest, who live on an overpopulated, ruined Earth. Secretary Rhodes (Jodie Foster), a hard line government ...
Style:
futuristic, breathtaking, cyber, serious, stylized ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night, adult
Plot:
cyberpunk, dystopian future, dystopia, space station, distopia, class conflict, space and aliens, politics, robot, dark future, ecological disaster, utopia ...
Time:
future, year 2013, 2010s, near future, 22nd century
Place:
los angeles, seattle, peru, africa, usa ...
Similarity:
52%
121
Genre: Thriller
Country: Germany
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
Berlin’s notorious Neukoelln district. The near future. A time in which the health system has collapsed. A man works in the shadows and without license as a doctor. He has no practice, no appointments system. He treats people in the courtyards and ...
Style:
neo noir, medical drama, independent film, captivating, thrilling ...
Plot:
outlaw, medical profession, social inequality, moral dilemma, urban, urban setting, social issues, medicine, city life, doctors and patients, physician, social problems ...
Time:
near future, future
Place:
berlin germany
Similarity:
52%
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: Brazil
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
In a dystopian future, the Brazilian government decrees a measure that forces black citizens to migrate to Africa in an attempt to return to their origins. Seeing themselves in the center of terror, two cousins take refuge in an apartment, where ...
Style:
tense, captivating, thought provoking, disturbing
Plot:
gay relationship, dystopia, gay, distopia, racism, underground movement, fighting the system, dystopian future, society, social problems, black people, government ...
Time:
future, near future
Place:
brazil, rio de janeiro
Similarity:
51%
Genre: Action, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Los Angeles 2050 A.D. Crime. Drugs. Violence. Rape. The City of Angels has descended into chaos. Street fighter Dominic La Banca seeks to avenge his brother's death in this lawless city. To find the killer, he must enter the deadly underworld ...
Style:
brutal, dark, futuristic, bleak, suspenseful ...
Plot:
martial arts, kickboxing, revenge, gang, violence, streetfighting, dystopia, underground, bloodbath, urban decay, vigilante, lawlessness ...
Time:
future, 2030s, near future
Place:
los angeles
Similarity:
51%
Genre: Action, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Five years ago, a tear in the fabric of reality brought creatures to our world from an alternate dimension bent on our destruction. A father hides his daughter on an island to keep her safe while he prepares her for survival and the battles to come. ...
Style:
thrilling, suspenseful, tense, intense, grim ...
Plot:
survival, end of the world, struggle for survival, protective parent, post apocalyptic, family drama, father daughter relationship, alternate dimension, isolation, dystopia, desperation, sacrifice ...
Time:
near future
Similarity:
50%
417
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: New Zealand
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
In a violent, post-pandemic world, a peace-loving man is forced on a desperate journey to find life-saving drugs for his wife - but to get them he must first help an ornery old man defend his cabin against all-comers.
Style:
suspenseful, captivating, psychological, thrilling, bleak ...
Plot:
post apocalyptic, survival, illness, post apocalypse, distopia, struggle for survival, problem, life is a bitch, social problems, reluctant hero, isolation, lawlessness ...
Similarity:
49%
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
By 2115, the world has been plagued by severe environmental disasters, civil unrest, anarchy and governmental collapse, and pure chaos. Society no longer has easy access to the basic needs of survival, and everyday is a fight to survive. Elixir ...
Style:
grim, bleak, tense, suspenseful, action thriller
Plot:
survival, dystopia, post apocalyptic, anarchy, lawlessness, violent, paranoia, fear, fight, water, life, environmental ...
Time:
future
Similarity:
49%
860
Genre: Action, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: Italy
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
In the near future, a small town is surrounded by barbed wire that no one, not even the police, dares to cross. The poorest are left fighting for survival, while gangs compete for the territory. Two thirteen-year-old orphans who grew up together, ...
Style:
tense, disturbing, suspense, suspenseful, captivating
Plot:
gang, gang leader, criminal gang, urban decay, teenage life, city life, outlaw gang, criminal underworld, juvenile delinquency, gang war, urban setting, bandit ...
Time:
future
Place:
italy, southern italy
Similarity:
48%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Canada, Bulgaria
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A scientist working on an energy project discovers his family have undergone strange changes in their personalities, while a series of natural disasters are happening across the globe. He realises that his work has accidentally pushed the planet ...
Style:
suspense, exciting, serious, suspenseful, tense ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
disaster, experiment gone awry, save the world, chaos, space travel, forces of nature, danger, time travel, escapades, alternate dimension, family drama, paranoia ...
Time:
near future, 21st century
Place:
canada
Similarity:
46%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
After freak climate and weather events destroy the world around them, a group of rogue scientists attempt to reverse the deadly new ice age.
Style:
exciting, serious, suspenseful, tense, captivating
Plot:
disaster, natural disaster, climate change, forces of nature, rescue, chaos, danger, escapades, volcano, evacuation, scientist, dystopian future ...
Time:
future, 21st century
Place:
iceland, europe, usa, paris france
Similarity:
45%
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:
dark, futuristic, neo noir, tense, suspenseful ...
Plot:
cyberpunk, androids, rebellion, twin brother, dystopia, artificial intelligence, moral ambiguity, resistance, villain, anti hero, identity crisis, hitman ...
Time:
future
Similarity:
45%
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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:
45%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Two hundred years ago a supernova exploded somewhere in the Lyra constellation. Now the lethal burst of radiation is headed straight for Earth, and time is swiftly running out. The only thing standing between humanity and complete devastation is ...
Style:
serious, exciting, suspenseful, mockbuster, apocalyptic ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
disaster, heroic mission, save the world, danger, save the planet, race against time, heroes, scientist, apocalypse, society, distopia, epidemic ...
Time:
future, 2010s, year 2012, 21st century
Place:
america
Similarity:
45%
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:
44%
875K
Genre: Action, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, UK, Hong Kong
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
In the smog-choked dystopian Los Angeles of 2019, blade runner Rick Deckard is called out of retirement to terminate a quartet of replicants who have escaped to Earth seeking their creator for a way to extend their short life spans.
Style:
neo noir, futuristic, tech noir, atmospheric, thought provoking ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
artificial intelligence, cyberpunk, dystopia, existentialism, dystopian future, distopia, androids, cyborgs, fugitive, police detective, fugitives, flying car ...
Time:
future, 2010s, year 2019, 20th century, near future ...
Place:
los angeles, california, bolivia, usa
Similarity:
44%
417
Genre: Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: Mexico
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
In 2033, Mexico City is a hot, mechanical and chaotic megacity ruled by the military and a tyrannical government. It is an oppressed society with its religious faith and liberty of expression stolen. Pablo, the main character, is a young finantial ...
Style:
tense, futuristic, exciting, captivating, political thriller ...
Plot:
dystopia, authoritarianism, totalitarianism, social inequality, corruption, social commentary, high society, fight, fighting the system, resistance fighter, class conflict, society ...
Time:
future, near future
Place:
mexico city
Similarity:
44%
626K
Genre: Action, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, China
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
In the futuristic action thriller Looper, time travel will be invented but it will be illegal and only available on the black market. When the mob wants to get rid of someone, they will send their target 30 years into the past where a looper, a ...
Style:
futuristic, mind bending, thought provoking, neo noir, cerebral ...
Audience:
family friendly, boys' night, adult
Plot:
time travel, time loop, distopia, hitman, time paradox, cyberpunk, time, self sacrifice, assassin, changing the past or future, organized crime, revenge ...
Time:
future, 2040s, near future, distant future, year 2012 ...
Place:
shanghai, kansas, seattle, usa
Similarity:
41%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Sport, Thriller
Country: Brazil
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
When the progress of robotics makes Paralympic athletes the new sports stars, Maria dreams of competing against her sister. For that, she will have to enter a world of crime and violence.
Style:
futuristic, suspenseful, psychological, captivating, thrilling ...
Plot:
robot, disability, dystopia, sister, athlete, fight, technology, futuristic society, futuristic technology, androids and robots, rivalry, sports man ...
Time:
future, 2030s, 21st century
Similarity:
40%
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