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Plot Summary:
In post-apocalyptic Los Angeles, an evil pack of outlaws is systematically turning civilians into prisoners and slaves. Worse yet, the spread of a terrifying deadly flesh-eating virus threatens to destroy all of humanity. As good and evil ferociously battle for power and control, three heroes race against time to find the cure for the virus... before it's too late.
IMDB Rating: 2.9
IMDB Votes: 638
Genere: Action, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: rough, bleak, serious, independent film, fast, futuristic
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The Last Man on Planet Earth (1999)
Plot Summary:
During a war with Afghanistan, a weapon called the "Y-bomb" was used, which resulted in the deaths of 97% of the world's men. Feeling that they were better off without males, the women of Earth decided to outlaw men because they were too violent. 20 years later, scientist Hope Chase, fearing for the future of the species, conducts a cloning experiment to produce a new male of the species, whom she names Adam. When Adam reaches maturity, he soon finds himself on the run from the FBI, and hiding out with small rebel bands of the last remaining men.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 739
Genere: Action, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: psychological, exciting, rough, suspenseful, apocalyptic, bleak, serious, psychotronic
Similar in 76%
The Challenge (2005)
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IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 488
Genere: Action, Sci-Fi
Country: Germany
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: exciting, captivating, suspenseful, stylized, bleak, serious
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Survival Code (2013)
Plot Summary:
Set in 2045, Vic, an ex-ultimate fighter, is the owner of the only airstrip, hotel and bar in the high Arctic frontier town of Borealis. He does his best to keep the peace amongst a vast array of clashing characters in this lawless international free zone that sits on top of the world’s last remaining oil.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Sci-Fi
Country: Canada
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: exciting, rough, serious, suspenseful, bleak
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Space Marines (1996)
Plot Summary:
Space pirates, led by diabolical Colonel Fraser, take over a cargo ship carrying anti-matter explosive and an important official. Space marines, led by Captain Gray, must stop their evil plans.
IMDB Rating: 3.6
IMDB Votes: 433
Genere: Action, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: futuristic, exciting, serious, suspenseful, independent film, cult film
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Last Stand (2000)
Plot Summary:
A small band of desperate freedom fighters must topple a vicious dictator before he destroys mankind's last hope.
IMDB Rating: 3.9
IMDB Votes: 113
Genere: Action, Sci-Fi
Country: Canada, Czech Republic
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: rough, serious, tense, suspense, independent film, bleak
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Warlords (1988)
Plot Summary:
In a brutal, radioactive future, fearless warrior Dow (David Carradine) is humanity's last hope against the Warlord and his mutant hordes. With the gorgeous, deadly Danny (Dawn Wildsmith) and the strange Ammo at his side, Dow makes desperate war on the fierce desert savages who threaten to overrun the world. Courage and resourcefulness on an heroic scale lead to a final, bitter triumph in this epic action lead to a final, bitter triumph in this epic action adventure in future tense.
IMDB Rating: 4.1
IMDB Votes: 304
Genere: Action, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: independent film, exciting, rough, bleak, serious, suspenseful
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Real Playing Game (2013)
Plot Summary:
In a future not too far away, Steve Battier, an elderly, terminally ill multi-millionaire, accepts the offer of a company - RPG - that in exchange for a high monetary sum, provides a very select group of clientèle the chance to be young again. For 10 hours, 10 millionaires from around the world, men and women of fame and power, are transferred to attractive and healthy younger bodies, to live in a world of temporary rejuvenation, in a game of real thrills, where every hour someone must die.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: Portugal
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: serious, suspenseful, futuristic
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Viral Assassins (1997)
Plot Summary:
To some, it’s murder. To them, it’s just work. The Troma Team is proud to present Robert Larkin’s intense sci-fi thriller Viral Assassins. In the not so distant future, a terminal disease will make cancer look like the common cold. The government’s solution to this epidemic is to make carrying the disease a capital crime, punishable by death through a team of highly trained assassins. This not only lowers the risk of the disease spreading but also greatly lowers health costs for the average Joe. But what happens if the government becomes infected? The only hope for a vaccine is trapped within the diseased body and mind of a government lab technician. Unfortunately, the government hires their most dedicated and trigger-happy assassin to eliminate her. Will the assassin uphold the government’s heinous order, or will he jeopardize his own life, reputation and health insurance by eliminating her?.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 75
Genere: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: rough, serious, suspenseful, scary, mockbuster, exciting, bleak, political thriller
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The Apocalypse (1997)
Plot Summary:
A salvage pilot and a bartender go up against a crazed computer programmer and the head of a criminal gang who have equipped a spaceship with nuclear warheads and plan to crash it into Earth.
IMDB Rating: 3.1
IMDB Votes: 531
Genere: Action, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: apocalyptic, cute, independent film, scary, rough, serious, disaster movie
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World's End (2010)
Plot Summary:
Wes Keller is a young man living in a world where oil has collapsed, the food supply has been wiped out, and cancer rates for women have skyrocketed, depleting the female population. In a barbaric environment where bio fuel, batteries, bullets and people are currency and marauders roam free, Wes tries to escape to a mythical world run on cold fusion "Plutopia", a place that may only exist in the mind. THE BILL IS DUE. 'Downstream' is a view of the not so distant future. We follow a young man (everyone's son) as he pays the price for society's decadence.
IMDB Rating: 3.6
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: exciting, atmospheric, thought provoking, serious, surreal, apocalyptic, captivating, psychological, bleak, suspenseful
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Phoenix the Warrior (1988)
Plot Summary:
Big hair, big guns, big personalities, and a serious lack of wardrobe. She-Wolves of the Wasteland, a post-apocalyptic story that features women--lots and lots of women--who leave little to the imagination as they battle each other in various junkyards and gravel pits to determine the fate of the entire world.
IMDB Rating: 3.7
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: futuristic, suspenseful, exciting, serious, apocalyptic, independent film, offbeat, psychotronic, cult film
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Shadowchaser (1992)
Plot Summary:
Set in the future, a group of terrorists with an android leader storm a hospital when the President's daughter is inside, taking her hostage. To find a way of freeing her, the police decide to consult the architect who designed the building, but he's currently in jail for some crime, and the punishment of the future is to be frozen solid for one's sentence. The cops accidentally thaw out the wrong guy, a football player who decides to keep the mistake a secret and help the police in exchange for his freedom. Will he be able to defeat the terrorists and rescue the hostages, despite not knowing the first thing about architecture?.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 817
Genere: Action, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: futuristic, tech noir, independent film, exciting, rough, bleak, serious, suspenseful
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The Ultimate Warrior (1975)
Plot Summary:
Only a few people still live in New York in 2015. They are organized in gangs with their own turf. One of them is led by Baron, another one by Carrot, and they are constantly at war with each other.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: apocalyptic, psychotronic, depressing, grindhouse, cult classic, exciting, rough, bleak, serious, futuristic
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T-Force (1994)
Plot Summary:
In the 21st Century, cybernetic research has developed advanced robots with human traits, whioch are widely used in the service industry. They have also been turned into cyber cops with a licence to kill.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 681
Genere: Action, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: futuristic, suspense, independent film, exciting, rough, bleak, serious, suspenseful, fast, campy
Similar in 82%
Cold Harvest (1999)
Plot Summary:
A bounty hunter protects his dead brother's wife in a lawless world after a comet has devastated much of earth.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 672
Genere: Action, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: apocalyptic, exciting, rough, bleak, serious, futuristic, suspenseful, fast, wild
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Cyberjack (1995)
Plot Summary:
In the near future Nassim, terrorist leader, storms computer company headquarters. His aim is deadly computer virus that could bring him world domination. Nick, company janitor and ex-cop, will get in his way.
IMDB Rating: 4.1
IMDB Votes: 649
Genere: Action, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Canada, Japan
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: futuristic, tech noir, independent film, exciting, rough, bleak, serious, suspenseful
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Hologram Man (1995)
Plot Summary:
Five years after the mad terrorist Norman Galagher was sentenced to holographic stasis, he is given a parole hearing. But an equipment failure engineered by his cronies transforms the criminal into a living hologram with god-like powers. Now, stopping him is up to Kurt Decoda, the man who as a police rookie was responsible for arresting Galagher.
IMDB Rating: 4.2
IMDB Votes: 720
Genere: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: exciting, rough, serious, suspenseful, futuristic, disturbing, tech noir, independent film, scary, bleak
Similar in 88%
TC 2000 (1993)
Plot Summary:
Somewhere in the future the environmental overkill had come. Many people had died. The rich were able to build the underworld, the poor had to stay on the surface building gangs to survive. Jason Storm, an underworld guard gets knowledge of a conspiracy to kill all people on the surface. He needs to flee to the surface, and wins Sumai, a respected martial arts master, as his ally to stop the dirty plot.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Sci-Fi
Country: Canada
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: apocalyptic, independent film, exciting, rough, bleak, serious, suspenseful, stylized, fast, futuristic
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City Limits (1984)
Plot Summary:
A series of teenage gangs struggle against each other in a not-so-distant future. Eventually they united against an evil corporation, as represented by evil CEO Robby Benson who wants to control everything.
IMDB Rating: 2.5
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: apocalyptic, grindhouse, cult classic, independent film, bleak, serious, futuristic, suspenseful, cult film
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Programmed to Kill (1987)
Plot Summary:
International terrorist leader, Fatima, is critically injured when she attempts to hijack a jumbo jet and is thwarted by Eric Matthews and his anti-terrorist organization, The Retaliators. Fatima is taken to a top-secret research institute, where she is turned into a lethal cyborg and programmed to hunt down the members of her own terrorist group. In the heat of battle, her computerized brain malfunctions, and she turns her lethal vengeance on the Retaliators. Now Eric Matthews and his team must match human cunning against deadly technology.
IMDB Rating: 3.8
IMDB Votes: 525
Genere: Action, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: futuristic, psychotronic, independent film, exciting, rough, bleak, serious, suspenseful
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Ultra Warrior (1990)
Plot Summary:
After the nuclear holocaust, one man rises from the ashes to become the leader of a ragged gang of survivors. They soon discover that their greatest challenge is yet to come; they must fight a battle for the ages against the evil minions of The Bishop.
IMDB Rating: 1.9
IMDB Votes: 866
Genere: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: Peru, USA
Duration: 81 min
Plot tags: apocalyptic, independent film, tense, bleak, serious, futuristic
Similar in 83%
White Wall (2010)
Plot Summary:
In the near future, everything has changed. Basic human rights have become the rarest of luxuries. No one knows when this started but everyone knows how. The VXII, the deadliest virus ever created, spread like wildfire and decimated the majority of the world's population. The non-infected survivors now cling to life in four quarantined cities behind a wall. Shawn Kors and his brother, Jude, survived the VXII only to grow up in a squalid internment camp for orphaned children. Under the care of the militia, they were pitted against other children in backwoods death matches. Shawn, Jude, and the few who escaped became notorious for their incredible fighting skills. They have since parted ways. Shawn now makes a comfortable living as a janitor at the local medic station. He spends his days dreaming of curing the VXII. When Shawn discovers the discarded body of a fellow internment camp friend, he is forced out of hiding and pulled into a rabbit hole of conspiracy and violence.
IMDB Rating: 3.1
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Action, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: rough, serious, futuristic, suspenseful, independent film, exciting
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Judgment Day (1999)
Plot Summary:
This sci-fi thriller finds the world in imminent danger when a collision in outer space sends huge pieces of interstellar debris on a path headed straight for Earth. A scientist has designed a system that would stop the largest meteor fragments from striking the earth, but a fanatical religious cult have made it their business to stop him. A convicted murderer (Ice-T) with ties to the group must now join forces with an FBI agent (Suzy Amis) to free the scientist from the cult's clutches and prevent millions of needless deaths. Mario Van Peebles and Linden Ashby appear in supporting roles.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: apocalyptic, serious, futuristic, suspenseful, surprise ending, disaster movie
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Cyber-Tracker 2 (1995)
Plot Summary:
A Secret Service agent (Wilson) battles an arms dealer who is creating a cyborg army.
IMDB Rating: 4.2
IMDB Votes: 708
Genere: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: rough, serious, tech noir, independent film, futuristic, fast
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Shepherd (1998)
Plot Summary:
aka Cybercity It's the year 2017, the Earth's surface is destroyed and its citizens flee to an underground wasteland ruled by warring religious cults. In this sinful cybercity, Mercenary Dakota's (C. Thomas Howell) family is murdered by a perverse virtual prophet (Roddy Piper) bent on world domination. Seeking justice, Dakota, beautiful assissin Lilith (Heidi Von Palleske) and an arsenal of hi-tech weaponry battle for the Earth's most precious resource - Humanity. It's time for the false prophets to meek their makers! Packed with innovative special effects and teeth-clenching action, "CyberCity" will make you rethink the millennium.
IMDB Rating: 2.8
IMDB Votes: 534
Genere: Action, Sci-Fi
Country: Canada
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: futuristic, independent film, exciting, rough, bleak, serious, suspenseful, stylized
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Death Squad (2014)
Plot Summary:
The year is 2047. Our planet is ruled by the repressive Confederate Central Government (CCG). Ryan is a Green War rebel agent sent on a mission by Sponge to collect evidence against the CCG for its heinous crimes. Ryan soon faces the sinister Colonel Asimov, Major Anderson and a group of mercenaries lead by Lobo. His mission quickly turns chaotic when he meets Tuage, a mutant survivor of the CCG rebellion who swears to help Ryan save what is left of their world … or does she?.
IMDB Rating: 2.5
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: serious, suspenseful, futuristic, tense, apocalyptic, bleak
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Defense Condition 4 (1985)
Plot Summary:
Two men and a woman circle the globe in a satellite armed with a nuclear device. The third world war breaks out, and a few months later the satellite crashes. They survive the crash but one man gets killed by survivors and the other man gets caught. The woman stays by the remains of the the satellite but is soon caught by evil punks who have taken power.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Sci-Fi
Country: Canada
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: apocalyptic, suspense, action adventure, independent film, exciting, bleak, serious, futuristic, suspenseful, unusual plot structure
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Deadland (2009)
Plot Summary:
In the radiation-infected aftermath of World War III, one man's desperate attempt to find his wife in the wastelands that were once the United States inspires his fellow survivors to fight for humanity. The bomb has dropped, and in the blink of an eye, America has been plunged back into the Stone Age. Money is worthless, food is scarce, and those who once thought they were fortunate to survive the initial attack are now slowly being consumed from the inside out, the victims of an all-consuming nuclear scourge. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi.
IMDB Rating: 4.0
IMDB Votes: 667
Genere: Action, Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min
Plot tags: captivating, suspense, apocalyptic, psychological, tense, rough, bleak, serious, futuristic, suspenseful
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Retrograde (2004)
Plot Summary:
Two time travelers with opposing views are sent back to the present aboard a research ship in the Antarctic to prevent a global biological disaster from occuring.
IMDB Rating: 3.1
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Sci-Fi
Country: Luxembourg, Italy, UK, USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: serious, futuristic, suspenseful, stylized, suspense, apocalyptic, cult classic, fast, surprise ending, independent film
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Terminal Justice (1996)
Plot Summary:
In 2008 cybersex can only be surpassed by one thing: Cloned women, especially created for their clients. This puts Pamela Travis, a famous and much sought-after cybersex star in great danger - Dr. Vivyan, scientist and genius in the field of biotechnology wants her DNA to clone her for his many customers. Sergeant Bobby Chase is assigned to protect her, but can't prevent her from being kidnapped. In order to free Pamela, Chase has to risk his life in a deadly virtual reality game called "Hellraiser".
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 598
Genere: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: futuristic, tech noir, cyber, independent film, exciting, rough, serious, suspenseful, stylized