Metropolis movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant metropolis movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out exciting, futuristic, suspenseful, serious, entertaining and captivating films and TV shows about / with metropolis, danger, death, revenge, violence, chase, murder, explosion, father son relationship and city plots mostly in Sci-Fi, Animation and Action genres shot in USA, UK, Japan and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as metropolis: Metropolis (2001), Dredd (2012), Zootopia 2 (2025), Big City Greens (2018), Elliott from Earth (2021), A Monster in Paris (2011), Taeter City (2012), Ultraviolet: Code 044 (2008), Superman (2025), Dick Spanner, P.I. (1987).
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List of metropolis movies
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Duke Red has overseen the construction of a massive Ziggurat to extend his power across the whole planet. Tima, a robot-girl built in the image of his deceased daughter, is at the core of these plans. However, after escaping the Duke's clutches ...
Style:
futuristic, atmospheric, bleak, adult animation, suspenseful ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
robot, steampunk, metropolis, artificial intelligence, androids, cyberpunk, rebellion, heroic mission, save the day, uncover truth, self discovery, androids and robots ...
Time:
future, year 2001, 1930s
Place:
japan, tokyo
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310K
Genre: Action, Crime, Sci-Fi
Country: UK, South Africa, USA, India
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
In the future, America is a dystopian wasteland. The latest scourge is Ma-Ma, a prostitute-turned-drug pusher with a dangerous new drug and aims to take over the city. The only possibility of stopping her is an elite group of urban police called ...
Style:
futuristic, cult classic, intense, neo noir, visually stunning ...
Audience:
family friendly, manly, boys' night
Plot:
cyberpunk, dystopian future, post apocalypse, one man army, brutality, dystopia, distopia, organized crime, lone hero, judge, tough cop, rookie ...
Time:
future, 2010s, year 2012, near future, distant future
Place:
usa, america, seattle
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Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Family, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Detectives Judy Hopps and Nick Wilde find themselves on the twisting trail of a mysterious reptile who arrives in Zootopia and turns the mammal metropolis upside down.
Style:
3d animation, neo noir, buddy comedy, computer animated, surprise ending ...
Plot:
fox, anthropomorphic animal, furry, rabbit, animal, snake, guinea pig, police officer, zebra, rhinoceros, bear, metropolis ...
Time:
2020s, 21st century
Place:
australia
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Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family
Country: USA, South Korea, Argentina, Spain
Duration: 22 min.
TV show
Story:
The offbeat adventures of 10-year-old Cricket Green, a mischievous and optimistic country boy who moves to the big city with his wildly out of place family – older sister Tilly, father Bill and Gramma Alice.
Style:
light, captivating, humorous, contemplative, feel good ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
culture clash, metropolis, family relations, kids and family, teenager, fish out of water, family life, brother sister relationship, father son relationship, urban setting, grandmother grandson relationship, police officer ...
Time:
2020s, 2010s
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Genre: Animation, Comedy, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: UK, France, USA, Germany, Canada, Philippines
Duration: 12 min.
TV show
Story:
A boy and his mum find themselves suddenly transported somewhere across the universe surrounded by an amazing array of aliens from new and unknown corners of the galaxy. While trying to work out who brought them there and why, they make a new home ...
Style:
feel good, futuristic, semi serious, captivating, entertaining ...
Audience:
pre-teens, teens, kids
Plot:
friendship, child protagonist, space, dinosaur, metropolis, alien contact, friendly alien, child, adventure hero, children, teenage protagonist, alien creature ...
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Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Music, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Paris,1910. Emile, a shy movie projectionist, and Raoul, a colorful inventor, find themselves embarked on the hunt for a monster terrorizing citizens. They join forces with Lucille, the big-hearted star of the Bird of Paradise cabaret, an eccentric ...
Style:
feel good, thought provoking, fairy tale, touching, humorous ...
Audience:
teens, kids, pre-teens
Plot:
transformation, music, obsessive quest, love and romance, friendship, buddies, heroes, unlikely partners, social misfits, heroic mission, monster, vandalism ...
Time:
1900s, 20th century, 1910s, 2010s
Place:
paris france, france, europe
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Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 72 min.
Story:
After the events of Justice League: War, Ocean Master and Black Manta have declared a war against the surface in retaliation of the aftermath of Apokoliptian-tyrant Darkseid's planetary invasion. Queen Atlanna seeks out her other son, Ocean ...
Style:
anime, exciting, captivating, entertaining, disturbing ...
Audience:
kids, teens, girls' night
Plot:
justice league, superhero, batman, atlantis, superman, good versus evil, superhero team, destiny, comic book, revenge, green lantern, aquaman ...
Place:
athens greece, atlantic ocean, maine
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Genre: Action, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: Italy
Duration: 72 min.
Story:
In Taeter City everything is managed by the iron fist of dictatorship members: THE AUTORITY. They use a special radio wave system called Zeed that lets them distinguish criminals from typical law abiding citizens. These special radio waves alter the ...
Style:
suspense, splatter, exciting, suspenseful, slasher ...
Plot:
cannibal, cannibalism, criminal, police, massacre, self mutilation, power, metropolis, mutant, macabre, violence, sadism ...
Time:
future, 21st century
Place:
italy
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Genre: Animation, Action, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 23 min.
TV show
Story:
In 2140, rebels infected with Phage are fighting for independence from corporate government on a space-station-turned-metropolis. Genetically modified melancholic 19-year-old dying corporate female assassin will decide the outcome.
Style:
anime, exciting, serious, suspenseful, stylized ...
Plot:
deadly virus, imaginary, military, cloning, chases and races, soldier, danger, escapades, society, superhuman powers, master warrior, rivalry ...
Time:
future
Place:
japan
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388K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 129 min.
Story:
The next installment in the Superman series. This will be WB's ninth live-action Superman film. The plot is unknown at this time.
Style:
surprise ending, inspirational, emotional, epic, psychotronic ...
Plot:
superhero, urban setting, heroism, villain, alien, superhero team, dog, clone, lex luthor character, superheroine, robot, showdown ...
Time:
2020s
Place:
kansas, north america, antarctica, pentagon
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Genre: Animation, Comedy, Crime, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: UK
Duration: 6 min.
TV show
Story:
Dick Spanner, P.I. is a 1986 British stop-motion animated comedy series which parodied Chandleresque detective shows. The title character and main protagonist was Dick Spanner, voiced by Shane Rimmer, a robotic private detective who works cases in a ...
Style:
parody, detective, futuristic, witty, visual ...
Plot:
private investigator, stop motion, robot, femme fatale, metropolis, satire, dark humor, camp, fictional city, male protagonist, private detective, alternate world ...
Time:
80s, future
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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 ...
Style:
epic, exciting, captivating, thrilling, tense ...
Plot:
utopia, architect, disaster, male nudity, sex scene, mayor, distopia, time, satellite, uncle nephew relationship, city, urban setting ...
Time:
future
Place:
new york
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Genre: Animation, Action, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
The New Adventures of Superman is a series of six-minute animated Superman adventures produced by Filmation that were broadcast on CBS between 1966 and 1970. The 68 segments appeared as part of three different programs during that time, packaged ...
Style:
retro, lighthearted, anime, period piece, psychotronic
Audience:
kids, family friendly
Plot:
superman, heroism, flying, secret identity, super powers, good versus evil, fighting crime, strength, metropolis, comic book, superhero, save the world ...
Time:
60s
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Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
It s Christmas Eve in London, 1974 - and seven lonely people are on the town, looking to grab that elusive slice of enjoyment. So who better to contact than an escort agency- providing high-class ladies and gentlemen for anyone willing to pay the ...
Style:
melancholic, period piece, erotic, comedy drama, sexploitation film
Plot:
loneliness, christmas eve, racism, prostitution, isolation, sex work, urban, multiple storylines, sex, nightlife, metropolis, rejection ...
Time:
70s
Place:
london
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Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: Serbia, Slovenia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Switzerland
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
A Montenegrin teenager is sent to Serbia in order to evade blood-feud caused by his father's reckless behavior. Little does he know that even greater dangers await for him. In Belgrade he will face both the avengers who went after him and this ...
Style:
tense, suspense, dark comedy, noir
Plot:
family honor, teenager, revenge, coming of age, violence, metropolis, father son conflict, survival, escape, culture clash, dangerous women, social commentary ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
montenegro, serbia, belgrade, balkan, bosnia herzegovina
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy
Country: Italy
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
A look at life through the lens of sexuality, in a world that has lost its soul and the ability to love. Ten stories of ten protagonists (from 20-45 years old) who live in a metropolis, not necessarily identifiable, in search of the meaning of their ...
Style:
anthology, dark comedy
Plot:
loneliness, sexuality, mature, existentialism, city life, melancholy, isolation, identity, existential crisis, bittersweet, character study, sexual relations ...
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Genre: Animation, Comedy, Music
Country: Japan
TV show
Story:
Set in the glamorous metropolis Tokyo Midi City, where music—and the dream of musical superstardom—is everything. Here, “battle of the bands” is more than just a teen rivalry: Dozens of ensembles compete for the honor of playing atop the ...
Style:
anime, entertaining, captivating, feel good, humorous ...
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
rivalry, music, music band, friendship, rock, teenage life, aspiration, ambition, rivals, teenager, ambitious, musician's life ...
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Genre: Sci-Fi
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Drug lords take over the empire left by convicted Sonny Hokori.
Style:
futuristic, suspenseful, detective, neo noir, tense ...
Plot:
cyberpunk, computer virus, organized crime, underworld, hacking, urban, corporate corruption, gang warfare, dystopia, moral ambiguity, virtual reality, family drama ...
Time:
90s, near future, future, 2040s, 21st century
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Genre: Animation, Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
The Buzz on Maggie is a Canadian/American animated television series which originally aired for 21 episodes between June 2005 and June 2006. The series focuses on Maggie Pesky, a happy-go-lucky tween fly, that aspires of becoming a rock star, but ...
Style:
humorous, exciting, feel good, semi serious, lighthearted ...
Audience:
kids, family outing
Plot:
friends, best friend, dangerous animal, danger, surrealism, school, insect, female protagonist, child protagonist, unhappiness, friendship, satire ...
Time:
2000s
Is relevant?
548K
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
The special bond that develops between plus-sized inflatable robot Baymax, and prodigy Hiro Hamada, who team up with a group of friends to form a band of high-tech heroes.
Style:
entertaining, feel good, exciting, touching, inspirational ...
Audience:
teens, family outing, kids, family friendly, toddlers ...
Plot:
superhero, robot, friendship, heroes, revenge, good versus evil, young heroes, androids and robots, friends, boy genius, villain, inventor ...
Time:
future, year 2014, 2010s, 2030s, 21st century
Place:
san francisco, tokyo, north america, california
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, France, USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
A traumatised veteran, unafraid of violence, tracks down missing girls for a living. When a job spins out of control, Joe's nightmares overtake him as a conspiracy is uncovered leading to what may be his death trip or his awakening.
Style:
psychological, suspense, cerebral, neo noir, breathtaking ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
violence, childhood trauma, hotel, suicide, trauma, murder, child prostitution, suicidal thoughts, traumatized man, teenage girl, perversion, corruption ...
Time:
year 2017, 2010s
Place:
new york, iraq, afghanistan
Is relevant?
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Canada, UK
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
Fuelled by his restored faith in humanity and inspired by Superman's selfless act, Bruce Wayne and Diana Prince assemble a team of metahumans consisting of Barry Allen, Arthur Curry and Victor Stone to face the catastrophic threat of ...
Style:
exciting, entertaining, saga, psychotronic, captivating ...
Audience:
chick flick, kids, family friendly
Plot:
superhero, superhuman powers, justice league, batman, superhuman, warrior, superhero team, super powers, superman, costumed hero, super speed, superheroine ...
Time:
year 2017, 2010s, future
Place:
fictional island, russia, kansas, london, tower bridge london
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Morocco
Duration: 151 min.
Story:
Fearing the actions of a god-like Super Hero left unchecked, Gotham City’s own formidable, forceful vigilante takes on Metropolis’s most revered, modern-day savior, while the world wrestles with what sort of hero it really needs. And with Batman ...
Style:
visually stunning, epic, philosophical, serious, suspenseful ...
Audience:
teens, family friendly, chick flick, kids, boys' night ...
Plot:
superhero, batman, superhuman powers, revenge, justice, vigilante, heroes, violence, good versus evil, superman, death, super powers ...
Time:
year 2016, 2010s, year 2015, year 2014, year 1981 ...
Place:
usa, washington d.c., kansas, africa, tijuana mexico ...
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: Czech Republic, UK, Germany, USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
When a hunter sent back to the prehistoric era runs off the path he must not leave, he causes a chain reaction that alters history in disastrous ways.
Style:
scary, apocalyptic, suspenseful, suspense, serious ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
time travel, dinosaur, time machine, danger, alternate reality, heroic mission, natural disaster, experiment gone awry, technology, jungle, race against time, killer animal ...
Time:
future, prehistory, prehistoric times, 1900s, year 2005
Place:
chicago, illinois
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Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 144 min.
Story:
A hotshot lawyer gets more than he bargained for when he learns his new boss is Lucifer himself.
Style:
psychological, twist ending, suspenseful, surprise ending, atmospheric ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
devil, lawyer, supernatural, pact with the devil, deal with the devil, satan, law firm, plot twist, trial, courtroom, demon, courtroom drama ...
Time:
year 1997, 20th century, 90s
Place:
new york, manhattan new york city, florida, southern usa, madison square garden manhattan new york city ...
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Genre: Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Australia
Duration: 25 min.
TV show
Story:
Cybergirl is an Australian children's television series that first screened on Network Ten in Australia. The 26 episode series was created by Jonathan M. Shiff, whose previous series include the BAFTA-award-winning Ocean Girl. Cybergirl has ...
Style:
entertaining, semi serious, captivating, light hearted
Audience:
kids, family outing, family friendly, teen drama
Plot:
secret identity, teenage life, superhero, androids, alien disguised as human, super powers, teenage protagonist, family relations, alien contact, hidden identity, teenage girl, alien ...
Time:
2000s
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Genre: Animation, Action, Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
TV show
Story:
Five centuries ago, Demon Lord Veltol reigned over an immortal nation. Now, the time has come for him to awaken once again. The year is 2099, and civilization has reached peak evolution, leading to a high-tech landscape with towering ...
Style:
futuristic, dark fantasy, action packed, tense, anime
Audience:
adult
Plot:
cyberpunk, supernatural, urban, fish out of water, world domination, culture clash, power struggle, moral ambiguity, immortality, political intrigue, young adult, dystopia ...
Time:
near future
Place:
japan
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, Thailand, USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
A group of roommates in a US metropolis inadvertently kill an innocent man and proceed on a perilous journey of deception and cover-up.
Plot:
accidental killing, metropolis, destroying evidence, journey, repeated scene, hiding, missing person, bare chested male, hidden money, drowning, group, stolen painting ...
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Genre: Comedy, Crime, Horror, Thriller
Country: Yugoslavia
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
When it comes to crime, Belgrade is same as any other modern metropolis, except for having its own serial killers. That blank is filled when a flower salesman begins strangling women. A popular, but very disturbed rock star soon becomes ...
Style:
dark comedy, horror comedy, horror musical, cult classic, surreal ...
Plot:
serial killer, female nudity, violent woman, evil mother, serial killer as protagonist, abusive mother, stepmother stepson relationship, love letter, nude girl, badass, killing spree, anonymous letter ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
serbia, balkan, eastern europe, europe, former yugoslavia ...
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Genre: Action, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
Two cops, R and Noma, hunt down renegade cyborgs. Cyborgs are used as commandos by the military, as lust objects and for companionship. Normaly they have a limited lifespan of three years but black market technology is being developed to be able to ...
Style:
suspenseful, cyber, exciting, stylized, bleak ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
cyborgs, artificial intelligence, cyberpunk, robot as menace, apocalypse, dystopian future, androids and robots, computers and web, save the world, danger, man versus machine, rivalry ...
Time:
future
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