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Plot Summary:
Aiming to defeat the Man of Steel, wealthy executive Ross Webster hires bumbling but brilliant Gus Gorman to develop synthetic kryptonite, which yields some unexpected psychological effects in the third installment of the 1980s Superman franchise. Between rekindling romance with his high school sweetheart and saving himself, Superman must contend with a powerful supercomputer.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 74000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 125 min
Plot tags: saga, cult classic, psychotronic, breathtaking, epic, exciting, stylized, semi serious, surprise ending, buddy comedy
Best tv shows and movies like Superman III (1983):
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Batman: The Movie (1966)
Plot Summary:
The Dynamic Duo faces four super-villains who plan to hold the world for ransom with the help of a secret invention that instantly dehydrates people.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 35000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: cult classic, exciting, humorous, stylized, psychotronic, funny, retro, epic, saga, semi serious
Similar in 77%
Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut (1980)
Plot Summary:
Kryptonian villain General Zod (Terence Stamp) and his henchmen are accidentally freed from their outer-space imprisonment and threaten Earth with destruction, just as Superman (Christopher Reeve) decides to renounce his superpowers for his new love, Lois Lane (Margot Kidder). This alternate version of the film is based on footage shot by director Richard Donner before being replaced on the project, and it includes material not seen in the film's original 1980 release.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 19000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 116 min
Plot tags: epic, saga, anamorphic, exciting, feel good, serious, suspenseful, psychotronic
Similar in 86%
Superman IV: The Quest for Peace (1987)
Plot Summary:
With global superpowers engaged in an increasingly hostile arms race, Superman leads a crusade to rid the world of nuclear weapons. But Lex Luthor, recently sprung from jail, is declaring war on the Man of Steel and his quest to save the planet. Using a strand of Superman's hair, Luthor synthesizes a powerful ally known as Nuclear Man and ignites an epic battle spanning Earth and space.
IMDB Rating: 3.7
IMDB Votes: 52000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: epic, saga, cult classic, hilarious, suspenseful, semi serious, psychotronic, surprise ending, humorous, eighties
Similar in 81%
Superman II (1980)
Plot Summary:
Three escaped criminals from the planet Krypton test the Man of Steel's mettle. Led by Gen. Zod, the Kryptonians take control of the White House and partner with Lex Luthor to destroy Superman and rule the world. But Superman, who attempts to make himself human in order to get closer to Lois, realizes he has a responsibility to save the planet.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 113000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, UK, Canada
Duration: 127 min
Plot tags: exciting, epic, saga, cult classic, psychotronic, uplifting, breathtaking, manga, feel good, serious
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The Fantastic Four (1994)
Plot Summary:
The Fantastic Four is an unreleased low-budget feature film completed in 1994. Created to secure copyright to the property, the producers never intended it for release although the director, actors, and other participants were not informed of this fact. It was produced by low-budget specialist Roger Corman and Bernd Eichinger (who also produced another Fantastic Four movie in 2005).
IMDB Rating: 3.8
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: saga, psychotronic, cult classic, independent film, exciting, offbeat, stylized, semi serious, fast, banned
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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze (1991)
Plot Summary:
The Turtles and the Shredder battle once again, this time for the last cannister of the ooze that created the Turtles, which Shredder wants to create an army of new mutants.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 60000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: Hong Kong, USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: humorous, entertaining, semi serious, light, stylized, psychotronic, epic, cult classic, action packed, light hearted
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Spider-Man 3 (2007)
Plot Summary:
The seemingly invincible Spider-Man goes up against an all-new crop of villains – including the shape-shifting Sandman. While Spider-Man’s superpowers are altered by an alien organism, his alter ego, Peter Parker, deals with nemesis Eddie Brock and also gets caught up in a love triangle.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 626000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 139 min
Plot tags: exciting, action packed, sentimental, saga, serious, suspenseful, action adventure, epic, bad ending, breathtaking
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Superman (1978)
Plot Summary:
Mild-mannered Clark Kent works as a reporter at the Daily Planet alongside his crush, Lois Lane. Clark must summon his superhero alter-ego when the nefarious Lex Luthor launches a plan to take over the world.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 185000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, UK, Canada
Duration: 143 min
Plot tags: epic, exciting, tense, suspenseful, serious, saga, sentimental, cult classic, sexy, uplifting
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X-Men (2000)
Plot Summary:
Two mutants, Rogue and Wolverine, come to a private academy for their kind whose resident superhero team, the X-Men, must oppose a terrorist organization with similar powers.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 638000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: serious, action packed, saga, action adventure, exciting, psychotronic, epic, cult classic, sexy, thought provoking
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Batman (1989)
Plot Summary:
The Dark Knight of Gotham City begins his war on crime with his first major enemy being the clownishly homicidal Joker, who has seized control of Gotham's underworld.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 398000
Genere: Action, Adventure
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 126 min
Plot tags: atmospheric, bleak, visual, neo noir, saga, suspenseful, entertaining, action packed, cult classic, stylized
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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2014)
Plot Summary:
The city needs heroes. Darkness has settled over New York City as Shredder and his evil Foot Clan have an iron grip on everything from the police to the politicians. The future is grim until four unlikely outcast brothers rise from the sewers and discover their destiny as Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. The Turtles must work with fearless reporter April and her wise-cracking cameraman Vern Fenwick to save the city and unravel Shredder's diabolical plan.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 218000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: humorous, exciting, entertaining, semi serious, feel good, action adventure, captivating, anamorphic, stylized, surprise ending
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Men in Black II (2002)
Plot Summary:
Kay and Jay reunite to provide our best, last and only line of defense against a sinister seductress who levels the toughest challenge yet to the MIB's untarnished mission statement – protecting Earth from the scum of the universe. It's been four years since the alien-seeking agents averted an intergalactic disaster of epic proportions. Now it's a race against the clock as Jay must convince Kay – who not only has absolutely no memory of his time spent with the MIB, but is also the only living person left with the expertise to save the galaxy – to reunite with the MIB before the earth submits to ultimate destruction.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 397000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: funny, light, humorous, entertaining, visually appealing, exciting, stylized, action comedy, not serious, action packed
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Spider-Man 2 (2004)
Plot Summary:
Peter Parker is going through a major identity crisis. Burned out from being Spider-Man, he decides to shelve his superhero alter ego, which leaves the city suffering in the wake of carnage left by the evil Doc Ock. In the meantime, Parker still can't act on his feelings for Mary Jane Watson, a girl he's loved since childhood.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 694000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 127 min
Plot tags: entertaining, exciting, action packed, intense, saga, sentimental, serious, visually appealing, visually stunning, action adventure
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Spider-Man (2002)
Plot Summary:
After being bitten by a genetically altered spider, nerdy high school student Peter Parker is endowed with amazing powers.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 862000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 121 min
Plot tags: exciting, serious, entertaining, suspense, intense, action packed, saga, visual, epic, action adventure
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Supergirl (1984)
Plot Summary:
After losing a powerful orb, Kara, Superman's cousin, comes to Earth to retrieve it and instead finds herself up against a wicked witch.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 24000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 124 min
Plot tags: serious, stylized, suspenseful, tense, epic, saga, anamorphic, surprise ending, psychotronic, independent film
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The Amazing Spider-Man 2 (2014)
Plot Summary:
For Peter Parker, life is busy. Between taking out the bad guys as Spider-Man and spending time with the person he loves, Gwen Stacy, high school graduation cannot come quickly enough. Peter has not forgotten about the promise he made to Gwen’s father to protect her by staying away, but that is a promise he cannot keep. Things will change for Peter when a new villain, Electro, emerges, an old friend, Harry Osborn, returns, and Peter uncovers new clues about his past.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 528000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 142 min
Plot tags: serious, exciting, emotional, entertaining, intense, suspenseful, stylized, epic, saga, teen
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The Incredible Hulk (2008)
Plot Summary:
Scientist Bruce Banner scours the planet for an antidote to the unbridled force of rage within him: the Hulk. But when the military masterminds who dream of exploiting his powers force him back to civilization, he finds himself coming face to face with a new, deadly foe.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 517000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min
Plot tags: exciting, entertaining, gloomy, serious, action packed, action adventure, saga, stylized, epic, psychotronic
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Green Lantern (2011)
Plot Summary:
For centuries, a small but powerful force of warriors called the Green Lantern Corps has sworn to keep intergalactic order. Each Green Lantern wears a ring that grants him superpowers. But when a new enemy called Parallax threatens to destroy the balance of power in the Universe, their fate and the fate of Earth lie in the hands of the first human ever recruited.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 293000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min
Plot tags: entertaining, stylized, exciting, suspenseful, epic, psychotronic, humorous, semi serious, spiritual, saga
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The Amazing Spider-Man (2012)
Plot Summary:
Peter Parker is an outcast high schooler abandoned by his parents as a boy, leaving him to be raised by his Uncle Ben and Aunt May. Like most teenagers, Peter is trying to figure out who he is and how he got to be the person he is today. As Peter discovers a mysterious briefcase that belonged to his father, he begins a quest to understand his parents' disappearance – leading him directly to Oscorp and the lab of Dr. Curt Connors, his father's former partner. As Spider-Man is set on a collision course with Connors' alter ego, The Lizard, Peter will make life-altering choices to use his powers and shape his destiny to become a hero.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 690000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 136 min
Plot tags: entertaining, exciting, teen, sentimental, touching, heroic, suspenseful, saga, action packed, epic
Similar in 84%
Flash Gordon (1980)
Plot Summary:
A football player and his friends travel to the planet Mongo and find themselves fighting the tyrant, Ming the Merciless, to save Earth.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 60000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: UK, USA, Netherlands
Duration: 111 min
Plot tags: cult classic, psychotronic, visual, exciting, stylized, psychedelic, epic, saga, futuristic, parody
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Fantastic Four (2005)
Plot Summary:
During a space voyage, four scientists are altered by cosmic rays: Reed Richards gains the ability to stretch his body; Sue Storm can become invisible; Johnny Storm controls fire; and Ben Grimm is turned into a super-strong … thing. Together, these "Fantastic Four" must now thwart the evil plans of Dr. Doom and save the world from certain destruction.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 341000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 106 min
Plot tags: exciting, action packed, action adventure, epic, semi serious, cult classic, intellectual, heroic, slasher, saga
Similar in 77%
Sonic the Hedgehog (2020)
Plot Summary:
Sonic and the gang must team up to fight Dr. Eggman.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 155000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Japan, Canada
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: exciting, funny, light, feel good, captivating, fairy tale, anime, visual, cult classic, surprise ending
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Spider-Man: Far from Home (2019)
Plot Summary:
Peter Parker and his friends go on a summer trip to Europe. However, they will hardly be able to rest - Peter will have to agree to help Nick Fury uncover the mystery of creatures that cause natural disasters and destruction throughout the continent.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 540000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 129 min
Plot tags: entertaining, psychotronic, saga, action adventure, funny, atmospheric, epic, slasher, metafiction, fantasy adventure
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Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016)
Plot Summary:
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 and Superman at war with one another, a new threat quickly arises, putting mankind in greater danger than it’s ever known before.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 744000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 151 min
Plot tags: exciting, stylized, epic, serious, suspenseful, visually stunning, psychotronic, philosophical, cult classic, action adventure
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Man of Steel (2013)
Plot Summary:
A young boy learns that he has extraordinary powers and is not of this earth. As a young man, he journeys to discover where he came from and what he was sent here to do. But the hero in him must emerge if he is to save the world from annihilation and become the symbol of hope for all mankind.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 802000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 143 min
Plot tags: exciting, serious, visually stunning, suspenseful, stylized, saga, visual, action packed, action adventure, tense
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Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015)
Plot Summary:
When Tony Stark tries to jumpstart a dormant peacekeeping program, things go awry and Earth’s Mightiest Heroes are put to the ultimate test as the fate of the planet hangs in the balance. As the villainous Ultron emerges, it is up to The Avengers to stop him from enacting his terrible plans, and soon uneasy alliances and unexpected action pave the way for an epic and unique global adventure.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 907000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 141 min
Plot tags: entertaining, exciting, humorous, witty, captivating, suspenseful, stylized, surprise ending, semi serious, epic
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Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer (2007)
Plot Summary:
The Fantastic Four return to the big screen as a new and all powerful enemy threatens the Earth. The seemingly unstoppable 'Silver Surfer', but all is not what it seems and there are old and new enemies that pose a greater threat than the intrepid superheroes realize.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 275000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: UK, Germany, USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: serious, action packed, exciting, suspenseful, stylized, action adventure, epic, saga, humorous, intellectual
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Men in Black 3 (2012)
Plot Summary:
Agents J (Will Smith) and K (Tommy Lee Jones) are back...in time. J has seen some inexplicable things in his 15 years with the Men in Black, but nothing, not even aliens, perplexes him as much as his wry, reticent partner. But when K's life and the fate of the planet are put at stake, Agent J will have to travel back in time to put things right. J discovers that there are secrets to the universe that K never told him - secrets that will reveal themselves as he teams up with the young Agent K (Josh Brolin) to save his partner, the agency, and the future of humankind.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 382000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, United Arab Emirates
Duration: 106 min
Plot tags: futuristic, entertaining, exciting, action comedy, tricky, humorous, not serious, psychotronic, epic, saga
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Justice League (2017)
Plot Summary:
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 Steppenwolf and the Parademons who are on the hunt for three Mother Boxes on Earth.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 473000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Canada, UK
Duration: 120 min
Plot tags: exciting, entertaining, psychotronic, captivating, epic, saga, action adventure, slasher, anime, cult classic
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TRON (1982)
Plot Summary:
As Kevin Flynn searches for proof that he invented a hit video game, he is "digitalized" by a laser and finds himself inside The Grid, where programs suffer under the tyrannical rule of the Master Control Program. With the help of TRON, a security program, Flynn seeks to free The Grid from the MCP.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 127000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: stylized, surreal, cyber, visually stunning, suspenseful, fairy tale, visually appealing, visual, futuristic, psychotronic