Best movies like Generation X
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Plot Summary:
A group of young mutants--humans with a genetic variation that gives them superpowers and makes them feared by the population at large--begin training at a school for heroes. Their studies are interrupted when they must rescue one of their number from a mad scientist who can enter others' dreams.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: exciting, suspenseful, semi serious
Best tv shows and movies like Generation X (1996):
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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 75%
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
Similar in 77%
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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Steel (1997)
Plot Summary:
Justice. Safe streets. Payback. Metallurgist John Henry Irons (O'Neal) vows to claim them all when a renegade military reject (Judd Nelson) puts new superweapons in dangerous hands. Helped by an electronics wiz (Annabeth Gish) and an imaginative scrap metal worker (Richard Roundtree), Irons becomes Steel. Wearing body armor, wielding a fearsome electrohammer and riding a gadget-packed motorcycle, he's ready to wage war...if he can fix the untimely glitches in his untested gear. "You all be cool now," the good-guy hero tells two crime victims he rescues. There'll be a lot of thrillin' before Steel himself can start chillin.'.
IMDB Rating: 3.0
IMDB Votes: 15000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Crime, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: humorous, exciting, suspenseful, epic, suspense, mockbuster, disgusting, feel good, semi serious, fast
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X-Men: First Class (2011)
Plot Summary:
Before Charles Xavier and Erik Lensherr took the names Professor X and Magneto, they were two young men discovering their powers for the first time. Before they were arch-enemies, they were closest of friends, working together with other mutants (some familiar, some new), to stop the greatest threat the world has ever known.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 715000
Genere: Action, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 131 min
Plot tags: entertaining, exciting, humorous, intense, serious, stylized, action adventure, epic, saga, sexy
Similar in 75%
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: The Last Stand (2006)
Plot Summary:
When a cure is found to treat mutations, lines are drawn amongst the X-Men and The Brotherhood, a band of powerful mutants organized under Xavier's former ally, Magneto.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 535000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, UK, Canada
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: exciting, action packed, serious, action adventure, suspenseful, stylized, saga, epic, sexy, breathtaking
Similar in 88%
X2 (2003)
Plot Summary:
Professor Charles Xavier and his team of genetically gifted superheroes face a rising tide of anti-mutant sentiment led by Col. William Stryker. Storm, Wolverine and Jean Grey must join their usual nemeses – Magneto and Mystique – to unhinge Stryker's scheme to exterminate all mutants.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 569000
Genere: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 134 min
Plot tags: exciting, action packed, humorous, intense, serious, stylized, entertaining, saga, action adventure, epic
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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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Superman Returns (2006)
Plot Summary:
Superman returns to discover his 5-year absence has allowed Lex Luthor to walk free, and that those he was closest to felt abandoned and have moved on. Luthor plots his ultimate revenge that could see millions killed and change the face of the planet forever, as well as ridding himself of the Man of Steel.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 290000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Australia
Duration: 154 min
Plot tags: exciting, intense, serious, saga, sentimental, suspense, epic, breathtaking, slasher, tragic ending
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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
Similar in 78%
Captain Marvel (2019)
Plot Summary:
The story follows Carol Danvers as she becomes one of the universe’s most powerful heroes when Earth is caught in the middle of a galactic war between two alien races. Set in the 1990s, Captain Marvel is an all-new adventure from a previously unseen period in the history of the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 599000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Australia
Duration: 123 min
Plot tags: exciting, entertaining, humorous, action adventure, psychotronic, saga, inspirational, epic, slasher, smart
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X-Men: Apocalypse (2016)
Plot Summary:
After the re-emergence of the world's first mutant, world-destroyer Apocalypse, the X-Men must unite to defeat his extinction level plan.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 455000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 144 min
Plot tags: exciting, epic, intense, entertaining, suspense, saga, action adventure, surprise ending, thought provoking, humorous
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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
Similar in 83%
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
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Fantastic Four (2015)
Plot Summary:
Four young outsiders teleport to a dangerous universe, which alters their physical form in shocking ways. Their lives irrevocably upended, the team must learn to harness their daunting new abilities and work together to save Earth from a former friend turned enemy.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 174000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Germany, UK
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: exciting, serious, action adventure, psychotronic, captivating, epic, slasher, saga, controversial, cult classic
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X-Men Origins: Wolverine (2009)
Plot Summary:
After seeking to live a normal life, Logan sets out to avenge the death of his girlfriend by undergoing the mutant Weapon X program and becoming Wolverine.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 524000
Genere: Action, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 107 min
Plot tags: exciting, intense, suspenseful, stylized, action adventure, saga, action packed, psychotronic, epic, sentimental
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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
Similar in 79%
X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014)
Plot Summary:
The ultimate X-Men ensemble fights a war for the survival of the species across two time periods as they join forces with their younger selves in an epic battle that must change the past – to save our future.
IMDB Rating: 7.9
IMDB Votes: 736000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 132 min
Plot tags: exciting, entertaining, epic, intense, visually stunning, serious, suspenseful, action packed, action adventure, suspense
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Spider-Man: Homecoming (2017)
Plot Summary:
Following the events of Captain America: Civil War, Peter Parker, with the help of his mentor Tony Stark, tries to balance his life as an ordinary high school student in Queens, New York City, with fighting crime as his superhero alter ego Spider-Man as a new threat, the Vulture, emerges.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 704000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 133 min
Plot tags: entertaining, exciting, funny, suspense, humorous, witty, saga, psychotronic, epic, action adventure
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Power Rangers (2017)
Plot Summary:
Saban's Power Rangers follows five ordinary teens who must become something extraordinary when they learn that their small town of Angel Grove — and the world — is on the verge of being obliterated by an alien threat. Chosen by destiny, our heroes quickly discover they are the only ones who can save the planet. But to do so, they will have to overcome their real-life issues and before it’s too late, band together as the Power Rangers.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 113000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Hong Kong, Japan, Canada, New Zealand
Duration: 124 min
Plot tags: mecha, psychotronic, colorful, super sentai, epic, scenic, controversial, black comedy, dark comedy, surprise ending
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Dark Phoenix (2019)
Plot Summary:
Gathered together by Professor Charles Xavier to protect a world that fears and hates them, the X-Men had fought many battles, been on adventures that spanned galaxies, grappled enemies of limitless might, but none of this could prepare them for the most shocking struggle they would ever face. One of their own members, Jean Grey, has gained power beyond all comprehension, and that power has corrupted her absolutely! Now, they must decide if the life of the woman they cherish is worth the existence of the entire universe!.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 201000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 113 min
Plot tags: exciting, entertaining, action adventure, suspense, saga, surprise ending, psychotronic, intense, comic
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Bloodshot (2020)
Plot Summary:
After he and his wife are murdered, marine Ray Garrison is resurrected by a team of scientists. Enhanced with nanotechnology, he becomes a superhuman, biotech killing machine - Bloodshot. As Ray first trains with fellow super-soldiers, he cannot recall anything from his former life. But when his memories flood back and he remembers the man that killed both him and his wife, he breaks out of the facility to get revenge, only to discover that there's more to the conspiracy than he thought.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 83000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min
Plot tags: tense, psychological, exciting, captivating, entertaining, anime, smart, cyber, cult classic, action adventure
Similar in 86%
Iron Man 3 (2013)
Plot Summary:
When Tony Stark's world is torn apart by a formidable terrorist called the Mandarin, he starts an odyssey of rebuilding and retribution.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 887000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 130 min
Plot tags: exciting, entertaining, witty, saga, suspenseful, visually stunning, action adventure, intellectual, epic, intense
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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
Similar in 89%
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