Movies like Megalopolis
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Megalopolis (2024)
41K
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 138 min.
Story:
Genius artist Cesar Catilina seeks to leap the City of New Rome into a utopian, idealistic future, while his opposition, Mayor Franklyn Cicero, remains committed to a regressive status quo, perpetuating greed, special interests, and partisan warfare. Torn between them is socialite Julia Cicero, the mayor’s daughter, whose love for Cesar has divided her loyalties, forcing her to discover what she truly believes humanity deserves.
Style:
epic, exciting, tense, serious, captivating, realistic, suspenseful, thrilling, surprise ending, neo noir ...
Plot:
architect, utopia, disaster, sex scene, male nudity, mayor, distopia, time, satellite, uncle nephew relationship, city, urban setting, big city, rivalry, urban, city life, rivals, professional rivalry, metropolis, gay, roman empire, model, inventor, virgin, power ...
Time:
future
Place:
new york
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out serious, weird, thought provoking and psychological films with plots about distopia, dystopia, flashback, death, storytelling, surrealism and existentialism mostly in Sci-Fi, Drama and Fantasy genres. Some movies like Megalopolis: Brazil (1985), Nineteen Eighty-Four (1984), Looper (2012), Sorry to Bother You (2018), Children of Men (2006). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
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Duration: 132 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
adult
Plot:
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Place:
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Duration: 113 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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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
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Place:
shanghai, kansas, seattle, usa
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
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Style:
black comedy, dark comedy, philosophical, absurd, surreal ...
Audience:
date night, family friendly
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Country: USA, UK, Japan
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
In 2027, in a chaotic world in which humans can no longer procreate, a former activist agrees to help transport a miraculously pregnant woman to a sanctuary at sea, where her child's birth may help scientists save the future of humankind.
Style:
atmospheric, neo noir, depressing, apocalyptic, visually stunning ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
apocalypse, distopia, dystopia, chaos, redemption, end of the world, dystopian future, heroic mission, pandemic, fertility, post apocalyptic, dying ...
Time:
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Place:
england, london, europe, washington state, seattle ...
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27K
Genre: Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Ireland, USA, UK
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
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Style:
surreal, philosophical, apocalyptic, political, esoteric ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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100%
Genre: Drama, Fantasy
Country: France, Germany, Italy, Canada, Japan
Duration: 161 min.
Story:
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Style:
psychedelic, art house, disturbing, atmospheric, philosophical ...
Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
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100%
57K
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
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Style:
philosophical, cult classic, bleak, mindfuck, psychological ...
Plot:
distopia, totalitarianism, dystopia, dystopian future, cyberpunk, brainwashing, escape, prison, dystopic future, alone in the world, fighting the system, androids and robots ...
Time:
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Similarity:
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256K
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: Belgium, Germany, Canada, France, UK, Luxembourg, USA
Duration: 141 min.
Story:
Nemo Nobody leads an ordinary existence with his wife and 3 children; one day, he wakes up as a mortal centenarian in the year 2092.
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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Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: UK
Duration: 139 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Time:
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Place:
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207K
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: Denmark, Sweden, France, Germany, Italy
Duration: 135 min.
Story:
Two sisters find their already strained relationship challenged as a mysterious new planet threatens to collide with Earth.
Style:
atmospheric, bleak, psychological, surreal, philosophical ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
depression, wedding, end of the world, apocalypse, sister sister relationship, nihilism, collision, mental health, disaster, female nudity, mental disorder, human nature ...
Time:
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Similarity:
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19K
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 98 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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Genre: Drama, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 182 min.
Story:
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Country: UK, Belgium
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
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Audience:
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Time:
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Place:
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Country: France, Germany, USA
Duration: 145 min.
Story:
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Country: Australia, USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Plot:
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Country: France, Germany, Spain, Belgium
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Story:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
france
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Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
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Country: UK, USA
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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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Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
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Time:
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Country: USA, South Korea
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Country: USA
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Story:
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anthology, dark fantasy, ambiguous ending, suspenseful, bleak ...
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Place:
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Country: UK
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
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Time:
future
Place:
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Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
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Country: USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
21%
Genre: Action, Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 96 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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