Scavenger movies and TV shows

The list contains the best, new and most relevant scavenger movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out serious, stylized, futuristic, captivating, crying and cult classic films and TV shows about / with garbage collector, murder, danger, violence, death, survival, distopia, chase, society and escapades plots mostly in Drama, Sci-Fi and Action genres shot in USA, UK, Canada and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as scavenger: Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015), Defiance (2013), A Dark Place (2018), The Quiet Hour (2014), Wakefield (2016), The Book of Love (2016), Star Trek Beyond (2016), Warm Bodies (2013), Supernova (2000), The Zone of Interest (2023).

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Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 138 min.
Story: Thirty years after defeating the Galactic Empire, Han Solo and his allies face a new threat from the evil Kylo Ren and his army of Stormtroopers.
Style: saga, futuristic, scenic, exciting, stylized ...
Audience: teens, family outing, boys' night, adult
Plot: star wars, alien, space opera, space travel, obesity, resistance fighter, fantasy world, space, space and aliens, female protagonist, super weapon, good versus evil ...
Time: future, year 2015, 2010s
Place: space western
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 7.0
 44K
Defiance (2013)
Genre: Action, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 43 min.
TV show
Story: Defiance is an American science fiction television show that takes place in the future on a radically transformed Earth containing new species arriving from space. In the show, Joshua Nolan works as the lawman for the town of Defiance, a community ...
Style: exciting, stylized, serious, tense, apocalyptic ...
Audience: teens
Plot: alien, alien invasion, post apocalypse, escapades, interspecies romance, danger, enemy, ex military, survival, law enforcement, mayor, female alien ...
Time: future, 2040s, 21st century
Place: usa
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 6.2
 5K
A Dark Place (2018)
Genre: Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story: When a young boy turns up dead in a sleepy Pennsylvania town, a local sanitation truck driver, Donald, plays detective, embarking on a precarious and obsessive investigation to prove the boy was murdered.
Style: bleak, thought provoking, dark
Plot: dead child, child molester, investigation, missing child, amateur detective, secrets, drowning, injustice, parent child relationship, truck, small town, garbage collector ...
Place: pennsylvania
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The Quiet Hour (2014)
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK, Ireland
Duration: 85 min.
Story: In a remote part of rural, post-apocalyptic England, now occupied by unseen alien invaders, a feisty teenage girl sets out on a desperate attempt to fight back a group of bandits and defend her parents' farm, their remaining livestock, and the ...
Style: tense, disturbing, captivating, apocalyptic, suspense
Plot: alien invasion, siblings, distopia, survival, evil alien, vestiges of humanity, teenager, struggle for survival, extraterrestrial, human alien relationship, alien encounter, against humanity ...
Time: future
Place: ireland
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 6.3
 18K
Wakefield (2016)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story: A man's nervous breakdown causes him to leave his wife and live in his attic for several months.
Style: serious, psychological, sad, depressing, suspense ...
Plot: jealousy, loneliness, marriage, missing person, street life, attic, nervous breakdown, midlife crisis, hiding, absent father, neighbor, widow ...
Place: manhattan new york city
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The Book of Love (2016)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story: After tragedy strikes Henry and Penny, he befriends a tenacious young girl and discovers she is constructing a raft to sail across the Atlantic to find her lost father. Together, along with some unlikely friends, they set forth to construct the ...
Style: touching, contemplative, captivating, psychological, teen
Audience: teens, chick flick
Plot: car accident, architect, death, accident, quitting job, husband wife relationship, friendship, teenager, homeless, help, love, obsession ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
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Star Trek Beyond (2016)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, China
Duration: 122 min.
Story: The USS Enterprise crew explores the furthest reaches of uncharted space, where they encounter a mysterious new enemy who puts them and everything the Federation stands for to the test.
Style: futuristic, entertaining, light, intense, epic ...
Audience: family friendly
Plot: star trek, space opera, alien, space travel, outer space, alien race, space battle, good versus evil, alien planet, wilhelm scream, deep space, space ...
Time: future, year 2016, 2010s, 23rd century
Place: space western
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 6.8
 242K
Warm Bodies (2013)
Genre: Comedy, Horror, Romance
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 98 min.
Story: After a zombie becomes involved with the girlfriend of one of his victims, their romance sets in motion a sequence of events that might transform the entire lifeless world.
Style: romantic, humorous, offbeat, teen, horror comedy ...
Audience: teens, chick flick, date night
Plot: zombie, supernatural, zombie apocalypse, post apocalypse, love and romance, young woman, teenager, supernatural romance, fall in love, survival, love story, rescue ...
Time: year 2013, 2010s, 21st century
Place: usa
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 4.8
 19K
Supernova (2000)
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Set in the 22nd century, when a battered salvage ship sends out a distress signal, the seasoned crew of the rescue hospital ship Nova-17 responds. What they find is a black hole--that threatens to destroy both ships--and a mysterious survivor whose ...
Style: suspense, serious, suspenseful, space horror, exciting ...
Audience: teens, boys' night
Plot: space travel, outer space, space, robot, rescue, space and aliens, survival, danger, end of the world, natural disaster, heroic mission, race against time ...
Time: future, year 2000, y2k, 22nd century
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The Zone of Interest (2023)
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: USA, UK, Poland
Duration: 105 min.
Story: The commandant of Auschwitz, Rudolf Höss, and his wife Hedwig, strive to build a dream life for their family in a house and garden next to the camp.
Style: experimental, crying, period drama
Plot: auschwitz, world war two, holocaust, garden, concentration camp, nazi, nazi officer, genocide, husband wife relationship, love, swastika, river ...
Time: 1940s, 20th century, year 1944, year 1943, year 1942
Place: poland, hungary
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Memoirs of a Survivor (1981)
Genre: Sci-Fi
Country: UK
Duration: 115 min.
Story: Based on the acclaimed novel by Doris Lessing, this dystopian science fiction tale concerns a woman struggling to make her way in a post-apocalyptic society. D (Julie Christie) is living in a city that's at the point of collapse following a ...
Style: independent film, serious, bleak, stylized, atmospheric ...
Plot: post apocalypse, apocalypse, post apocalyptic, distopia, surrealism, nuclear war, epidemic, atomic bomb, wasteland, gang, survival, dystopian future ...
Time: year 1981, future, 19th century
Place: europe, england
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 2.7
 281
Wasteland (2011)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story: When a group of religious zealots destroy everything that he loves and leaves him for dead; A man embarks on a journey of revenge that will take him through all the post-apocalyptic dangers that is WASTELAND.
Style: exciting, suspenseful, serious, apocalyptic, captivating ...
Plot: apocalypse, vigilantism, vengeance, chaos, reincarnation, danger, rivalry, religions or cults, church, plague, escapades, society ...
Time: 21st century
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Three Brothers (1981)
Genre: Drama
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 113 min.
Story: In a farmhouse in southern Italy, an old woman dies. Her husband summons their sons: from Rome, Raffaele, a judge facing a political case for which he risks assassination; from Naples, the religious and ideological Rocco, a counselor at a ...
Style: contemplative, serious, realistic, sincere, emotional ...
Plot: chess, terrorism, funeral, death, mafia, family relations, hopes, peasant, farm, family problems, social worker, estrangement ...
Time: 20th century, year 1981, 80s
Place: italy, europe, rome italy, naples italy, germany ...
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Maniac Nurses (1990)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Horror
Country: Belgium, Hungary, USA
Duration: 75 min.
Story: In a remote fortress, a sinister sorority of surgically skilled sisters lie in wait of their next victim. They control a bevy of caged women who have been brain washed and sponge-batherto become the worlds most anatomically awesome surgeons. This is ...
Style: sexy, horror comedy, queer horror, slasher, independent film ...
Plot: female masturbation, lesbian sex, sexual pleasure, lesbian, female nudity, nurse, woman with a gun, martial arts, serial killer, murder, dismemberment, torture ...
Time: 80s
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 6.5
 558
Monkey Warfare (2006)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 75 min.
Story: Two ex-revolutionaries living underground have their lives turned upside down by a sexy young radical who goes from smashing SUVs to fighting gentrification with firebombs.
Style: semi serious, sincere, humorous, witty, light ...
Plot: vandalism, couples, anarchist, mysterious character, against the rules, unlikely partners, rebellion, love triangle, dull life, disorder, rebelliousness, lifestyle ...
Time: 21st century
Place: canada, toronto ontario canada
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Robin Hood: The Ghost of Sherwood (2012)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Mystery
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story: After selling his soul to a sorceress Robin is killed in battle. Distraught over these horrific turn of events Marian and Little John attempt to resuscitate Robin and his Merry Men. In doing so they inadvertently have turned the one-time heroes into ...
Style: psychotronic, suspenseful, exciting, disturbing, suspense ...
Plot: robin hood, archer, undead, ghost, adventure hero, death, legend, sword fight, forest, magic, sword and sorcery, medieval ...
Place: germany
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 6.2
 195
The Timekeeper (2009)
Genre: Adventure, Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 90 min.
Story: A l'automne 1964, la construction des 52 derniers milles du chemin de fer du Grand lac des Esclaves est en voie d'achèvement. Une bande hétéroclite de travailleurs instables, ivrognes et voleurs, est recrutée dans les tavernes par ...
Style: realistic, serious, touching, uplifting, offbeat
Plot: escapades, concentration camp, alcohol abuse, pursuit, corruption, outcast, murder, theft, garbage dump, job, garbage collector, cooking ...
Time: 60s, 20th century, year 1964
Is relevant ?
 5.9
 682
Backstage (2005)
Genre: Drama, Music
Country: France
Duration: 115 min.
Story: An adolescent groupie zeroes in on her Blondie-like idol after the singer chances to cross her orbit on a publicity tour. Gradually their lives intertwine as, with near-operatic intensity, the film delves into the emotional dependency on both sides ...
Style: psychological, serious, realistic, disturbing, crying
Plot: lesbian subtext, obsession, love affair, desire for fame, self discovery, musician's life, rising to stardom, actor's life, stalking, love and romance, artists and showbiz, couples ...
Time: year 2005, 2000s, 21st century
Place: paris france
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 7.2
 253K
The Road (2009)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story: A father and his son walk alone through burned America. Nothing moves in the ravaged landscape save the ash on the wind and water. It is cold enough to crack stones, and, when the snow falls it is gray. The sky is dark. Their destination is the ...
Style: bleak, harsh, depressing, rough, suspense ...
Audience: adult
Plot: survival, apocalypse, post apocalypse, post apocalyptic, distopia, father son relationship, cannibalism, end of the world, dystopia, starvation, on the road, catastrophe ...
Time: future, year 2009, near future, 20th century, 2000s ...
Place: pittsburgh, usa
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 7.9
 107K
Patton (1970)
Genre: Biography, Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 172 min.
Story: "Patton" tells the tale of General George S. Patton, famous tank commander of World War II. The film begins with patton's career in North Africa and progresses through the invasion of Germany and the fall of the Third Reich. Side ...
Style: breathtaking, realistic, historical drama, patriotic, epic ...
Audience: manly
Plot: world war two, biopic, world war, u.s. army, wartime, great war, allies, u.s. military, rudeness, ego, business, politics ...
Time: year 1945, year 1943, 20th century, 1940s, year 1970 ...
Place: africa, london, america, italy, normandy ...
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 7.5
 336K
Hugo (2011)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Mystery
Country: USA, UK, France
Duration: 126 min.
Story: Orphaned and alone except for an uncle, Hugo Cabret lives in the walls of a train station in 1930s Paris. Hugo's job is to oil and maintain the station's clocks, but to him, his more important task is to protect a broken automaton and ...
Style: touching, visually appealing, visual, fairy tale, light ...
Audience: family outing, kids, family friendly, girls' night, teens
Plot: steampunk, orphan, filmmaking, magical, boy, street kid, friendship, robot, childhood, train crash, child, secret ...
Time: year 2011, 2010s, post world war one, 20th century, 1930s ...
Place: paris france, france, iran, madagascar, europe
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 5.9
 16K
Hardware (1990)
Genre: Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 94 min.
Story: Mark 13 is a government-built killing machine programmed with artificial intelligence, able to repair and recharge itself from any energy source. Through a series of coincidences, the cyborg's head ends up in the home of a sculptress as a ...
Style: bleak, apocalyptic, cyber, rough, suspenseful ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: cyberpunk, cyborgs, apocalypse, killer robot, post apocalypse, dystopia, distopia, desert, androids, robot, post apocalyptic, robot as menace ...
Time: future, year 2016, 90s
Place: new york
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Empire of the Sun (1987)
Genre: Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 153 min.
Story: Jamie Graham, a privileged English boy, is living in Shanghai when the Japanese invade and force all foreigners into prison camps. Jamie is captured with an American sailor named Basie, who looks out for him while they are in the camp together. Even ...
Style: sad, emotional, heartbreaking, period piece, realistic ...
Audience: family friendly, family outing, teens, teen drama
Plot: world war two, child protagonist, coming of age, childhood, pow, captivity, japanese army, peasant, survival, child, young heroes, world war ...
Time: 1940s, 20th century, year 1987, year 1945
Place: china, japan, asia, indochina, hong kong ...
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 4.2
 590
Encrypt (2003)
Genre: Sci-Fi
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story: 2068, the ozone layer is gone and the world is a wasteland. A band of mercenaries attempt to break into a Estate that is guarded by a automated defence system called "Encrypt" in order to steal priceless artwork.
Style: serious, suspenseful, apocalyptic, captivating, tech noir ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: dystopia, survival, rivalry, dystopian future, life is a bitch, chaos, escapades, androids and robots, man versus machine, soldier, society, space travel ...
Is relevant ?
 6.8
 51K
Enemy Mine (1985)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: UK, West Germany, USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story: A soldier from Earth crashlands on an alien world after sustaining battle damage. Eventually he encounters another survivor, but from the enemy species he was fighting; they band together to survive on this hostile world. In the end the human finds ...
Style: futuristic, cult classic, stylized, serious, suspenseful ...
Audience: boys' night, kids
Plot: alien, stranded, evil alien, space exploration, space and aliens, survival, space wars, friendship, space travel, space opera, desert, space ...
Time: future, 20th century, 21st century
Place: space western
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The City of Lost Children (1995)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: France, Germany, Spain, Belgium, USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story: A scientist in a surrealist society kidnaps children to steal their dreams, hoping that they slow his aging process.
Style: surreal, atmospheric, art house, stylized, gothic ...
Audience: kids
Plot: steampunk, good versus evil, trippy, goth, children, friendship, surrealism, cyberpunk, childhood, mad scientist, escape, distopia ...
Time: future
Place: france
Is relevant ?
 6.9
 38K
Altered States (1980)
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story: A research scientist (William Hurt) explores the boundaries and frontiers of consciousness. Using sensory deprivation and hallucinogenic mixtures from native American shamans, he explores these altered states of consciousness and finds that memory, ...
Style: psychedelic, surreal, disturbing, atmospheric, scary ...
Plot: surrealism, science, drug, experiment gone awry, obsession, hallucination, transformation, isolation, trippy, university, body horror, psychology ...
Time: 20th century, future, 70s, year 1967, 60s
Place: harvard university, san francisco, california, new york, africa ...
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1990: The Bronx Warriors (1982)
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 92 min.
Story: In a post-apocalyptic New York City, a policeman infiltrates the Bronx, which has become a battleground for several murderous street gangs.
Style: action adventure, inspirational, grim, cult classic, apocalyptic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: gang warfare, street gang, biker, post apocalyptic, bike, wasteland, gang war, social decay, mafia, monster, street gangster, underground ...
Time: future, year 1982, 90s, year 1990
Place: new york, usa, new york state, manhattan new york city, empire state building manhattan new york city ...
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Repo! The Genetic Opera (2008)
Genre: Horror, Musical, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story: A worldwide epidemic encourages a bio-tech company to launch an organ-financing program similar in nature to a standard car loan. The repossession clause is a killer, however.
Style: gothic, dark, bloody, horror musical, visual ...
Plot: goth, medical, opera, support group, mercilessness, torture, addiction, rock, violence, powerful corporation, life is a bitch, against humanity ...
Time: future, 21st century
Place: italy, venice
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 7.4
 2K
Roc Live (1991)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: Roc is an American comedy-drama television series which ran on Fox from August 1991 to May 1994. The series stars Charles S. Dutton as Baltimore garbage collector Roc Emerson and Ella Joyce as his wife Eleanor.
Style: sitcom, hood, realistic, semi serious, humorous
Plot: black, black sitcom, african american, american culture, social issues, working class, society, politics, collector, family life, garbage collector, network ...
Time: 90s
Place: baltimore, usa
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