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Plot Summary:
In the future, large corporations earn millions of dollars by staging gladiatorial fights to the death that are shown on worldwide television. One day, however, a fighter who is scheduled to hunt and kill an opponent in the Arizona desert decides he's had enough, and makes a run for it. His opponent is instructed to track him down and kill him.
IMDB Rating: 3.2
IMDB Votes: 177
Genere: Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags: independent film
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Everything Beautiful Is Far Away (2017)
Plot Summary:
On an isolated desert planet, a man who is looking for parts to repair his robotic companion teams up with a young woman searching for an imaginary lake.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: captivating, light, feel good, unusual plot structure, realistic, minimal cast, exciting
Similar in 86%
Alien: Reign of Man (2017)
Plot Summary:
Stranded on a distant planet, a team must fight aliens and activate a machine meant to restore Earth to a time before its downfall.
IMDB Rating: 2.1
IMDB Votes: 558
Genere: Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags:
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Falling Fire (1997)
Plot Summary:
In the not so distant future mankind has squandered their resources. A team of specialists is sent to the nearby asteroid field to retrieve an asteroid that will serve to replenish some of our natural resources. However, unbeknownst to the team, there is a killer on board determined to take control of the asteroid and destroy all mankind.
IMDB Rating: 4.0
IMDB Votes: 292
Genere: Sci-Fi
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: independent film
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2307: Winter's Dream (2016)
Plot Summary:
In 2307, a future soldier is sent on a mission to hunt down the leader of the humanoid rebellion.
IMDB Rating: 3.8
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing, independent film
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Rise of the Gladiators (2017)
Plot Summary:
A Templar Knight is forced to fight as a gladiator where challengers from different worlds duel in a quest for a magical sword. Then the Templar learns he is scheduled to fight his master who has become a man of greed and ambition. Now the Templar teams with his adversaries against the master and his disciples.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 77
Genere: Action, Drama, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: exciting, tense, captivating, disturbing
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Run Like Hell (1995)
Plot Summary:
In the year of 2008, war and sickness have overtaken the planet. The deranged government declares single women a threat to the human race. Singles women are imprisoned. The corrupt warden is determined to keep the prisoners locked up.
IMDB Rating: 3.9
IMDB Votes: 96
Genere: Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags:
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New Eden (1994)
Plot Summary:
Prisoners are dumped on a sand planet dubbed Earth 21-523 where most are immediately killed by the sand people and the remainder struggle for existence. That is until a new prisoner arrives with ideas of providing irrigation of the desert. But he still must first fight the nomadic sand people. Written by John Sacksteder.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 383
Genere: Action, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags:
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Droid Gunner (1995)
Plot Summary:
In the future, the threat of global takeover by cyborg units has forced Earth to outlaw their use. But when four female androids are smuggled to Earth, Jack Ford is assigned to track them down. An adventurous chase takes him from the mean streets of Phoenix to the depths of New Angeles, an underwater city, and into the diabolical clutches of a maniacal kingpin and his criminal army.
IMDB Rating: 4.1
IMDB Votes: 946
Genere: Action, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: futuristic, suspense, psychotronic, independent film
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Crime Zone (1988)
Plot Summary:
In a post-nuclear future, crime has been eliminated in the city of Soleil through a strict class structure imposed upon the population. Two illegal young lovers are enticed into becoming criminals by a shady guy who promises them a way out of the city so they can continue their lives in peace.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 642
Genere: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Peru, USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: psychotronic, surprise ending, independent film
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Karate Cop (1991)
Plot Summary:
John Travis is the last honest cop in a future dominated by terroristic martial-arts gangs who fight gladiator-style in arenas.
IMDB Rating: 2.9
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: apocalyptic, independent film, campy
Similar in 76%
Riverworld (2003)
Plot Summary:
A movie for the Sci Fi Channel based on the book series by Philip José Farmer. The location is Riverworld, a mysterious and treacherous land where every human who died between the years 99,000 BC and 2,200 AD has been resurrected on the banks of a huge river.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: UK, Canada, New Zealand, USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: exciting, atmospheric, serious, suspenseful, bleak, apocalyptic, contemplative, surprise ending
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The Exotic Time Machine II: Forbidden Encounters (2000)
Plot Summary:
In an attempt to protect their time-traveling program, chuck and Melissa must travel the timeline to plant special beacons which will sabotage any effort to steal technology. Along the way our travelers meet and "mingle" with some of history's most famous characters. A hilarious encounter with the 1960's era hippy sisters Trippy and Moonbeam will leave you feeling groovy. History class was never this much fun!.
IMDB Rating: 4.0
IMDB Votes: 133
Genere: Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 78 min
Plot tags: light, captivating, entertaining, futuristic, sensual
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Island City (1994)
Plot Summary:
A 21st-century genetic experiment goes chaotic, creating a race of genetically-violent mutants.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 389
Genere: Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags:
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Plughead Rewired: Circuitry Man II (1994)
Plot Summary:
In the backdrop of Earths polluted future a female FBI agent removes Danner, a pleasure android from an asylum in order to coerce him into helping her hunt down the criminal psychopath Plughead. But Plughead who has tangled with Danner before has his own plans as he is forcing a female scientist to help him manufacture life extending longevity chips which he intends to sell to rich and powerful clients.
IMDB Rating: 3.6
IMDB Votes: 468
Genere: Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: apocalyptic, tech noir, independent film, serious, futuristic, suspenseful
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Future War (1997)
Plot Summary:
A runaway human slave from Earth's future escapes to the present day.
IMDB Rating: 1.7
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Action, Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: exciting, grindhouse, natural horror, independent film, bleak, serious, futuristic, suspenseful, fast, surprise ending
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Cybernator (1991)
Plot Summary:
In the future, an L.A. cop whose girlfriend is a stripper uncovers a conspiracy concerning killer cyborgs.
IMDB Rating: 2.7
IMDB Votes: 404
Genere: Action, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: independent film
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Zardoz (1974)
Plot Summary:
In the far future, a savage trained only to kill finds a way into the community of bored immortals that alone preserves humanity's achievements.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 24000
Genere: Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Ireland, USA, UK
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: surreal, psychedelic, stylized, philosophical, apocalyptic, political, psychotronic, mindfuck, independent film, psychological
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Ravagers (1979)
Plot Summary:
In a post-apocalyptic world divided between two groups called the Flockers and the Ravagers, an adventurer and his "pleasure girl" try to find their way to a rumored safe haven called the Land of Genesis.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 495
Genere: Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: apocalyptic, grindhouse, independent film, exciting, rough, bleak, serious, futuristic, suspenseful, psychotronic
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Kamen Rider Reiwa: The First Generation (2019)
Plot Summary:
The world of Kamen Rider Zero-One and the world of Kamen Rider Zi-O. The two heroes live in different worlds, but what is waiting for them after crossing time and space into a single world? Union or conflict? This winter marks a new legend in the history of Kamen Rider.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 84
Genere: Action, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: exciting, tense, captivating, suspense, futuristic, suspenseful, disturbing
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Mortal Kombat (2021)
Plot Summary:
A failing boxer uncovers a family secret that leads him to a mystical tournament called Mortal Kombat where he meets a group of warriors who fight to the death in order to save the realms from the evil sorcerer Shang Tsung.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 187000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: exciting, tense, epic, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, bloody, entertaining, saga, anamorphic
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Dragonquest (2009)
Plot Summary:
When an ancient warlord summons a mythological beast, a young hero must complete a series of quests to awaken the dragon that will defeat the monster.
IMDB Rating: 2.9
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, exciting, suspense, mockbuster, mythical
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Highlander: Endgame (2000)
Plot Summary:
Immortals Connor and Duncan Macleod join forces against a man from Connor's distant past in the highlands of Scotland, Kell, an immensely powerful immortal who leads an army of equally powerful and deadly immortal swordsmen and assassins. No immortal alive has been able to defeat Kell yet, and neither Connor nor Duncan are skilled enough themselves to take him on and live. The two of them eventually come to one inevitable conclusion; one of them must die so that the combined power of both the Highlanders can bring down Kell for good. There can be only one... the question is, who will it be?.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 21000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: exciting, melancholic, suspenseful, serious, saga, disgusting, dark fantasy, enigmatic, unusual plot structure, bad ending
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Highlander II: The Quickening (1991)
Plot Summary:
In the year 2025, the ozone layer is believed to have been destroyed. It is up to MacLeod and Rameriz to set things right. Opposition comes from both the planet Ziest (MacLeod and Ramirez's homeworld) and a corporation profiting from the supposed lack of ozone. Also, flashbacks show the story behind MacLeod and Ramirez's exile from Ziest.
IMDB Rating: 4.2
IMDB Votes: 48000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK, France, Argentina, USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: futuristic, suspense, saga, apocalyptic, cult classic, independent film, atmospheric, rough, serious, suspenseful
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I, Frankenstein (2014)
Plot Summary:
200 years after his shocking creation, Dr. Frankenstein's creature, Adam, still walks the earth. But when he finds himself in the middle of a war over the fate of humanity, Adam discovers he holds the key that could destroy humankind.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 83000
Genere: Action, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Australia
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: gothic, exciting, stylized, scary, serious, suspenseful, psychotronic, fairy tale, psychological, gothic horror
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Steel Dawn (1987)
Plot Summary:
In a post-apocalyptic world, a warrior wandering through the desert comes upon a group of settlers who are being menaced by a murderous gang that is after the water they control.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: apocalyptic, futuristic, independent film, serious, suspenseful, stylized, enigmatic, unusual plot structure, humorous, entertaining
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Fist of the North Star (1995)
Plot Summary:
From the immensely popular FIST OF THE NORTH STAR comic book series, comes a new hero. The fate of mankind rests with superhuman warrior Kenshiro who roams the wastelands of the future waging a battle against overwhelming evil. With the spiritual guidance of his dead father, Kenshiro fights to free his stolen love from the brutal tyrant Lord Shin. Through his struggle he must confront his destiny.
IMDB Rating: 3.9
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Action, Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: stylized, exciting, serious, suspenseful, anime, cult classic, apocalyptic, perverse, bleak, surprise ending
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Cyborg (1989)
Plot Summary:
A martial artist hunts a killer in a plague-infested urban dump of the future.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 33000
Genere: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: stylized, grindhouse, cult classic, apocalyptic, homoerotic, rough, bleak, suspenseful, futuristic, independent film
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Beowulf (1999)
Plot Summary:
Beowulf is a wanderer who learns about a man-eating creature called Grendel which comes in the night to devour warriors trapped at the Outpost. The Outpost is ruled by Hrothgar. He has a daughter, whose husband may have been murdered by the Outpost's master of arms.
IMDB Rating: 4.1
IMDB Votes: 12000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK, USA, Romania
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: action adventure, dark fantasy, cult classic, independent film, rough, epic, serious, futuristic, suspenseful, psychotronic
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Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones (2002)
Plot Summary:
Ten years after the invasion of Naboo, the galaxy is on the brink of civil war. Under the leadership of a renegade Jedi named Count Dooku, thousands of solar systems threaten to break away from the Galactic Republic. When an assassination attempt is made on Senator Padmé Amidala, the former Queen of Naboo, twenty-year-old Jedi apprentice Anakin Skywalker is assigned to protect her. In the course of his mission, Anakin discovers his love for Padmé as well as his own darker side. Soon, Anakin, Padmé, and Obi-Wan Kenobi are drawn into the heart of the Separatist movement and the beginning of the Clone Wars.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 746000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 142 min
Plot tags: saga, futuristic, epic, exciting, light, scenic, intense, serious, suspenseful, entertaining
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Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings (2021)
Plot Summary:
Shang-Chi must confront the past he thought he left behind when he is drawn into the web of the mysterious Ten Rings organization.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 422000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 132 min
Plot tags: exciting, tense, unusual plot structure, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, contemplative, fairy tale, funny, inspirational