Best movies like Universal Soldier
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Plot Summary:
An American soldier who had been killed during the Vietnam War is revived 25 years later by the military as a semi-android, UniSols, a high-tech soldier of the future. After the failure of the initiative to erase all the soldier's memories, he begins to experience flashbacks that are forcing him to recall his past.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 95000
Genere: Action, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: futuristic, exciting, intense, rough, serious, suspenseful, bloody, suspense, entertaining, cult classic
Best tv shows and movies like Universal Soldier (1992):
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Jiu Jitsu (2020)
Plot Summary:
Every six years, an ancient order of jiu-jitsu fighters joins forces to battle a vicious race of alien invaders. But when a celebrated war hero goes down in defeat, the fate of the planet and mankind hangs in the balance.
IMDB Rating: 2.9
IMDB Votes: 10000
Genere: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: exciting, light, stylized, intense, perverse, cult classic, psychotronic, independent film
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Universal Soldier II: Brothers in Arms (1998)
Plot Summary:
The Universal Soldiers are used to smuggle diamonds for a CIA Director, but Luc Deveroux continues to cause him problems.
IMDB Rating: 2.8
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Sci-Fi
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: tech noir, exciting, tense, serious, fast, cult film
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Cyborg Cop II (1994)
Plot Summary:
A fancy, loner cop loses his partner to a crazed terrorist during a hostage rescue. He settles for the terrorist going to Death Row in jail. What Jack doesn't know is that the terrorist will be taken and turned into a cyborg for the "Anti-Terrorist Group". When the Cyborg "Spartacus" wakes up accidentally, he kills the scientists and their guests, then goes to set things up for a Cyborg Empire. Only Jack and a few friends know how to stop.
IMDB Rating: 3.6
IMDB Votes: 952
Genere: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: psychotronic, rough, bleak, futuristic, suspenseful, tech noir, action thriller, independent film
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Hard Target (1993)
Plot Summary:
When a woman's father goes missing, she enlist a local to aid in her search. The pair soon discover that her father has died at the hands of a wealthy sportsman who hunts homeless men as a form of recreation.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 55000
Genere: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: exciting, suspense, entertaining, intense, rough, realistic, suspenseful, serious, bloody, stylized
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Die Hard 2 (1990)
Plot Summary:
John McClane is an off-duty cop gripped with a feeling of déjà vu when on a snowy Christmas Eve in the nation's capital, terrorists seize a major international airport, holding thousands of holiday travelers hostage. Renegade military commandos led by a murderous rogue officer plot to rescue a drug lord from justice and are prepared for every contingency except one: McClane's smart-mouthed heroics.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 377000
Genere: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 124 min
Plot tags: suspense, suspenseful, exciting, action packed, tense, clever, detective, action adventure, entertaining, intense
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Universal Soldier: Regeneration (2009)
Plot Summary:
When terrorists threaten nuclear catastrophe, the world's only hope is to reactivate decommissioned Universal Soldier Luc Deveraux. Rearmed and reprogrammed, Deveraux must take on his nemesis from the original Universal Soldier and a next-generation "UniSol".
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 26000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: exciting, intense, tense, serious, bloody, action packed, scenic, tech noir, cult classic, fast
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Iron Man 2 (2010)
Plot Summary:
With the world now aware of his dual life as the armored superhero Iron Man, billionaire inventor Tony Stark faces pressure from the government, the press and the public to share his technology with the military. Unwilling to let go of his invention, Stark, with Pepper Potts and James 'Rhodey' Rhodes at his side, must forge new alliances – and confront powerful enemies.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 855000
Genere: Action, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 124 min
Plot tags: entertaining, exciting, saga, humorous, suspenseful, witty, semi serious, intense, action packed, action adventure
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Dead Trigger (2017)
Plot Summary:
2021 - 5 years after the outbreak of a mysterious virus that turned humans into bloodthirsty, undead beasts much of the world’s population has been decimated. When governments were unable to keep the disease at bay, the Contagion Special Unit was formed with the toughest soldiers and best specialists to fight the infected. Because of the rapidly decreasing number of soldiers, a popular online video game Dead Trigger that mirrors the terrifying events was created. The best efforts of the gamers are monitored by the CSU who recruit the highest rated zombie killers. The young recruits are called “Dead Triggers”. The movie follows a group of young recruits who must travel to the origin of the outbreak to find a missing team of scientists who were searching for a cure.
IMDB Rating: 3.2
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: psychotronic, exciting, rough, suspense, suspenseful, intense, surprise ending, independent film
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Gen-X Cops 2: Metal Mayhem (2000)
Plot Summary:
When terrorists abduct a deadly government attack robot, the call is put out to the Gen-Y Cops, an elite task force with lethal fighting skills. Together with a trigger-happy FBI agent, the Gen-Y Cops race against time to destroy the robot before it destroys their city.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Sci-Fi
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 120 min
Plot tags: serious, suspenseful, stylized, suspense, cult classic, futuristic, fast, surprise ending, psychotronic, buddy comedy
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Universal Soldier: The Return (1999)
Plot Summary:
Luc Deveraux, the heroic former Universal Soldier, is about to be thrown into action once again. When Seth (Michael Jai White), the supercomputer controlled ultra-warrior, decides to take revenge and destroy its creators, only Luc can stop it. All hell breaks loose as Luc battles Seth and a deadly team of perfect soldiers in a struggle that pits man against machine and good against evil.
IMDB Rating: 4.2
IMDB Votes: 31000
Genere: Action, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags: futuristic, rough, suspenseful, serious, exciting, suspense, tech noir, cult classic, fast, scary
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The Avengers (2012)
Plot Summary:
When an unexpected enemy emerges and threatens global safety and security, Nick Fury, director of the international peacekeeping agency known as S.H.I.E.L.D., finds himself in need of a team to pull the world back from the brink of disaster. Spanning the globe, a daring recruitment effort begins!.
IMDB Rating: 8.0
IMDB Votes: 14000000
Genere: Action, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 143 min
Plot tags: exciting, heroic, epic, entertaining, humorous, action packed, captivating, saga, visual, visually stunning
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Upgrade (2018)
Plot Summary:
A brutal mugging leaves Grey Trace paralyzed in the hospital and his beloved wife dead. A billionaire inventor soon offers Trace a cure — an artificial intelligence implant called STEM that will enhance his body. Now able to walk, Grey finds that he also has superhuman strength and agility — skills he uses to seek revenge against the thugs who destroyed his life.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 201000
Genere: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Australia
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: futuristic, surprise ending, thought provoking, tech noir, neo noir, experimental, psychological, philosophical, twist ending, cyber
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Timecop (1994)
Plot Summary:
An officer for a security agency that regulates time travel, must fend for his life against a shady politician who has a tie to his past.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 63000
Genere: Action, Crime, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: exciting, suspense, futuristic, stylized, serious, suspenseful, entertaining, erotic, tech noir, grindhouse
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Soldier (1998)
Plot Summary:
Sergeant Todd is a veteran soldier for an elite group of the armed forces. After being defeated by a new breed of genetically engineered soldiers, he is dumped on a waste planet and left for dead. He soon interacts with a group of crash survivors who lead out a peaceful existence. The peace is broken as the new soldiers land on the planet to eliminate the colony, which Sergeant Todd must defend.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 59000
Genere: Action, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: futuristic, apocalyptic, suspense, entertaining, scenic, tech noir, grindhouse, anamorphic, perverse, cult classic
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Captain America: Civil War (2016)
Plot Summary:
Following the events of Age of Ultron, the collective governments of the world pass an act designed to regulate all superhuman activity. This polarizes opinion amongst the Avengers, causing two factions to side with Iron Man or Captain America, which causes an epic battle between former allies.
IMDB Rating: 7.8
IMDB Votes: 835000
Genere: Action, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 147 min
Plot tags: exciting, humorous, epic, saga, action adventure, anamorphic, captivating, sentimental, thought provoking, slasher
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Doomsday (2008)
Plot Summary:
A lethal virus spreads throughout the British isles,infecting millions and killing hundreds of thousands. To contain the threat, acting authorities brutally quarantine the country as it succumbs to fear and chaos. The quarantine is successful. Three decades later, the Reaper virus violently resurfaces in a major city. An elite group of specialists is urgently dispatched into the still-quarantined country to retrieve a cure by any means necessary. Shut off from the rest of the world, the unit must battle through a landscape that has become a waking nightmare.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 79000
Genere: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK, USA, South Africa, Germany
Duration: 113 min
Plot tags: futuristic, exciting, apocalyptic, suspenseful, rough, grindhouse, serious, road movie, splatter, cult classic
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The Running Man (1987)
Plot Summary:
By 2017, the global economy has collapsed and American society has become a totalitarian police state, censoring all cultural activity. The government pacifies the populace by broadcasting a number of game shows in which convicted criminals fight for their lives, including the gladiator-style The Running Man, hosted by the ruthless Damon Killian, where “runners” attempt to evade “stalkers” and certain death for a chance to be pardoned and set free.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 163000
Genere: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: exciting, futuristic, serious, rough, cult classic, grindhouse, apocalyptic, suspenseful, entertaining, action packed
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Judge Dredd (1995)
Plot Summary:
In a dystopian future, Dredd, the most famous judge (a cop with instant field judiciary powers) is convicted for a crime he did not commit while his murderous counterpart escapes.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 123000
Genere: Action, Crime, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Netherlands, UK
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: futuristic, exciting, apocalyptic, suspenseful, stylized, entertaining, cyber, tense, epic, suspense
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Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines (2003)
Plot Summary:
It's been 10 years since John Connor saved Earth from Judgment Day, and he's now living under the radar, steering clear of using anything Skynet can trace. That is, until he encounters T-X, a robotic assassin ordered to finish what T-1000 started. Good thing Connor's former nemesis, the Terminator, is back to aid the now-adult Connor … just like he promised.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 415000
Genere: Action, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Germany, UK
Duration: 109 min
Plot tags: futuristic, exciting, suspense, apocalyptic, action packed, serious, suspenseful, intense, action adventure, saga
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Escape from New York (1981)
Plot Summary:
In 1997, the island of Manhattan has been walled off and turned into a giant maximum security prison within which the country's worst criminals are left to form their own anarchic society. However, when the President of the United States crash lands on the island, the authorities turn to a former soldier and current convict, Snake Plissken, to rescue him.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 154000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: apocalyptic, exciting, futuristic, grindhouse, serious, rough, dark, stylized, allegory, retro
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Predator (1987)
Plot Summary:
Dutch and his group of commandos are hired by the CIA to rescue downed airmen from guerillas in a Central American jungle. The mission goes well but as they return they find that something is hunting them. Nearly invisible, it blends in with the forest, taking trophies from the bodies of its victims as it goes along. Occasionally seeing through its eyes, the audience sees it is an intelligent alien hunter, hunting them for sport, killing them off one at a time.
IMDB Rating: 7.8
IMDB Votes: 446000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Mexico
Duration: 107 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, suspense, cult classic, scary, futuristic, tense, exciting, action packed, bloody, saga
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Terminator: Dark Fate (2019)
Plot Summary:
The sixth film in the "Terminator" series will pick up where the second film left off, ignoring all the subsequent sequels.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 190000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Spain, Hungary
Duration: 128 min
Plot tags: apocalyptic, action adventure, exciting, suspense, saga, rough, bleak, serious, suspenseful, scary
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Transformers: Dark of the Moon (2011)
Plot Summary:
Sam Witwicky takes his first tenuous steps into adulthood while remaining a reluctant human ally of Autobot-leader Optimus Prime. The film centers around the space race between the USSR and the USA, suggesting there was a hidden Transformers role in it all that remains one of the planet's most dangerous secrets.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 428000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 154 min
Plot tags: exciting, heroic, absurd, action packed, saga, action adventure, psychotronic, entertaining, futuristic, mecha
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Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (2009)
Plot Summary:
Sam Witwicky leaves the Autobots behind for a normal life. But when his mind is filled with cryptic symbols, the Decepticons target him and he is dragged back into the Transformers' war.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 424000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 149 min
Plot tags: entertaining, exciting, action packed, surreal, semi serious, saga, action adventure, psychotronic, breathtaking, captivating
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Demolition Man (1993)
Plot Summary:
Simon Phoenix, a violent criminal cryogenically frozen in 1996, has escaped during a parole hearing in 2032 in the utopia of San Angeles. Police are incapable of dealing with his violent ways and turn to his captor, John Spartan, who had also been cryogenically frozen when wrongfully accused of killing 30 innocent people while apprehending Phoenix.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 190000
Genere: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min
Plot tags: futuristic, exciting, suspenseful, stylized, semi serious, rough, entertaining, apocalyptic, humorous, epic
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The Matrix 4 (2021)
Plot Summary:
The fourth installment in The Matrix franchise. Plot unknown.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 273000
Genere: Action, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Australia
Duration: 148 min
Plot tags: psychological, intellectual, cyber, tech noir, cerebral, tense, spiritual, saga, apocalyptic, suspense
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The Terminator (1984)
Plot Summary:
In the post-apocalyptic future, reigning tyrannical supercomputers teleport a cyborg assassin known as the "Terminator" back to 1984 to kill Sarah Connor, whose unborn son is destined to lead insurgents against 21st century mechanical hegemony. Meanwhile, the human-resistance movement dispatches a lone warrior to safeguard Sarah. Can he stop the virtually indestructible killing machine?.
IMDB Rating: 8.1
IMDB Votes: 909000
Genere: Action, Sci-Fi
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 107 min
Plot tags: tech noir, suspenseful, neo noir, serious, cult classic, action packed, cyber, apocalyptic, saga, action adventure
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Total Recall (1990)
Plot Summary:
Construction worker Douglas Quaid discovers a memory chip in his brain during a virtual-reality trip. He also finds that his past has been invented to conceal a plot of planetary domination. Soon, he's off to Mars to find out who he is and who planted the chip.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 348000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Mexico
Duration: 113 min
Plot tags: futuristic, mind bending, cerebral, ambiguous ending, suspense, cyber, entertaining, cult classic, mindfuck, exciting
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Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)
Plot Summary:
Nearly 10 years have passed since Sarah Connor was targeted for termination by a cyborg from the future. Now her son, John, the future leader of the resistance, is the target for a newer, more deadly terminator. Once again, the resistance has managed to send a protector back to attempt to save John and his mother Sarah.
IMDB Rating: 8.6
IMDB Votes: 12000000
Genere: Action, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 137 min
Plot tags: exciting, apocalyptic, suspense, futuristic, tense, suspenseful, cyber, action packed, breathtaking, cult classic
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The Matrix (1999)
Plot Summary:
Set in the 22nd century, The Matrix tells the story of a computer hacker who joins a group of underground insurgents fighting the vast and powerful computers who now rule the earth.
IMDB Rating: 8.7
IMDB Votes: 20000000
Genere: Action, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Australia
Duration: 136 min
Plot tags: philosophical, thought provoking, cerebral, mind bending, surreal, intense, tech noir, visually stunning, spiritual, psychedelic