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Plot Summary:
A story about a cyborg who is programmed to kill a scientist who holds the fate of mankind in his hands.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Action, Sci-Fi
Country: Italy
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: cult classic, classic horror, action adventure, exciting, rough, bleak, serious, futuristic, suspenseful, fast
Best tv shows and movies like Hands of Steel (1986):
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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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Steel Frontier (1995)
Plot Summary:
Set in a post-nuclear-holocaust future, this sci-fi western takes place in the frontier city of New Hope, the only place around with a working oil refinery. Ever since a megalomaniac general and his followers took over the place, life has been miserable. Then a stranger, a man-of-few-words, comes to town. A quick-drawing gunslinger, he first joins the conquerors. As time passes, however, it rapidly becomes apparent that he really sides with the townsfolk, and when the time is right, he leads them into a violent uprising.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 633
Genere: Action, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: futuristic, apocalyptic, scenic, perverse, independent film, rough, bleak, serious, suspenseful, surprise ending
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Double Target (1987)
Plot Summary:
Miles O’Keeffe stars as an ex-military specialist in Vietnam trying to recover his son after learning that his wife has died in a concentration camp. The government considers the child their property since the war is over. There are others watching who believe O’Keeffe is in the country to spy on them and they want him dead! He takes a deal from the State Department to gather information on their behalf and if successful he will be allowed to claim his son and take him back to the United States. It won’t be easy though. Svenson plays the angry Russian commander who is hell-bent on destroying the American hero!.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 393
Genere: Action, Adventure, War
Country: Italy, Philippines, India
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: surprise ending, psychotronic, independent film, black comedy, grindhouse, dark comedy, cult film
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1990: The Bronx Warriors (1982)
Plot Summary:
In a post-apocalyptic New York City, a policeman infiltrates the Bronx, which has become a battleground for several murderous street gangs.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: inspirational, apocalyptic, grim, cult classic, action adventure, grindhouse, rough, bleak, serious, futuristic
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Cyborg 3: The Recycler (1994)
Plot Summary:
Prepare yourself for the all too deadly future. Cash, the heroine of Cyborg 2, is living safe in the free zone. But not for long. Biomechanical problems are taking down her systems and a visit to a doctor in Silica confirms her worst fears. She is more then a marvel of cyborg technology. She is the first of her kind to become a creator-she is pregnant.
IMDB Rating: 3.5
IMDB Votes: 917
Genere: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: rough, bleak, serious, futuristic, suspense, apocalyptic, tech noir, independent film, exciting, suspenseful
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2019: After the Fall of New York (1983)
Plot Summary:
After a nuclear war, society breaks down into two groups, the evil Euraks and the rebel Federation. A mercenary named Parsifal is hired by the Federation to infiltrate New York City, which is controlled by the Euraks, to rescue the only fertile woman left on Earth.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Action, Sci-Fi
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: apocalyptic, exciting, rough, stylized, serious, suspenseful, futuristic, cult classic, action adventure, bleak
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Cyborg Cop (1993)
Plot Summary:
Ex-DEA agent Jack receives an emergency message from his brother Phillip, whose team was ambushed on the Caribbean island of St. Keith. Jack goes to St. Keith to find his brother, who has been turned into a cyborg by the drug runner he was after.
IMDB Rating: 4.2
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: futuristic, psychotronic, suspenseful, semi serious, tech noir, cult classic, action thriller, independent film, humorous, fast
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Nemesis (1992)
Plot Summary:
In the future, chaos is rampant as 'information terrorists' threaten to destroy order in society. Alex is a part-man, part-machine LAPD cop who is the best at what he does. When one of the terrorists calls him a machine, Alex questions his humanity and decides to leave the force. His final assignment is to apprehend an old colleague who has stolen some data. However, there is more than meets the eye and Alex must question his allegiance.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Denmark
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: futuristic, serious, suspenseful, stylized, cyber, retro, apocalyptic, psychotronic, cult classic, independent film
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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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Firepower (1993)
Plot Summary:
In the year 2007, crime has risen at an exponential rate. Once highly populated metropolises such as Los Angeles are no longer inhabitable. These cities have transformed into "Hell Zones," ruled by violent street gangs. The Hell Zone, formerly called the "Zone of Personal Freedom," is a safe-haven for criminal warpaths everywhere. This Hell Zone in LA is controlled by a criminal mastermind named Drexal (Joseph Ruskin). For the sake of entertaining his crowds of decadent losers and underlings, Drexal has staged a series of lethal, no-holds-barred matches in the "Death Ring," where the winner takes all of the glory...while the defeated one shall lose his self-respect (or maybe just his head). Meanwhile, two brave cops, Braniff (Chad McQueen), and Sledge (Gary Daniels) must risk their badges...and their lives when they enter Los Angeles's "Hell Zone.".
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 740
Genere: Action, Crime, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: suspense, futuristic, independent film, exciting, rough, serious, suspenseful, detective, black comedy, freeze frame
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The Crazies (1973)
Plot Summary:
Citizens of a small town are infected by a biological weapon that causes its victims to become violently insane. As uninfected citizens struggle to survive, the military readies its own response.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 15000
Genere: Action, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: grindhouse, scary, intense, suspenseful, rough, creepy, cult classic, psychotronic, apocalyptic, black comedy
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Expect No Mercy (1995)
Plot Summary:
Federal Service Agent Justin Vanier has been assigned to infiltrate the mysterious Virtual Arts Academy in search of Eric, a fellow agent. In this high-tech facility, the maniacal leader Warbeck is training assassins to become even more efficient killing machines using virtual reality. Penetrating the organization as a new recruit, Justin finds Eric, and together with the idealistic Vicki must bring down Warbeck before he succeeds with his deadly plans.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 710
Genere: Action, Sci-Fi
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: exciting, rough, serious, bleak, suspenseful, tech noir, independent film, surprise ending, black comedy, dark comedy
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Fortress 2 (2000)
Plot Summary:
7 years on from the original Fortress movie, Brennick and his family are still on the run. Finally, they give in, and surrender, only to find themselves imprisoned in a new, more sophisticated fortress prison in outer space. But Brennick's not a man to give in easily, and with a 10 year old son waiting for him back on earth, he's going to pack some serious assault on the evil corporation.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Action, Sci-Fi
Country: Luxembourg, USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: rough, futuristic, suspenseful, disturbing, psychotronic, tech noir, cult classic, action packed, independent film, serious
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Enhanced (2019)
Plot Summary:
A group of mutant outcasts including a young woman with enhanced super strength find themselves being hunted down, one by one by a sinister government organization. But when an even stronger enhanced serial killer emerges on the scene, agents and mutants are forced to question their allegiances.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 989
Genere: Action, Sci-Fi
Country: Canada
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, futuristic, suspenseful, disturbing, surprise ending, neo noir, ambiguous ending, psychotronic
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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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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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Cyber Tracker (1994)
Plot Summary:
Eric is a secret agent currently working as security guard for senator Dilly. The senator is the main advocate for a new kind of police officer: the Tracker, an perfect and nearly invulnerable android. When Eric realizes that senator Dilly is playing dirty games, he does not only have Dilly's security chief Ross after him, but also those nearly undefeatable Trackers.
IMDB Rating: 3.7
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: futuristic, tech noir, independent film, rough, bleak, serious, fast, surprise ending, black comedy, dark comedy
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American Cyborg: Steel Warrior (1993)
Plot Summary:
After the nuclear war people are sterile and ruled by the artifical intelligences they created in this violent world. The only woman who was able to give life to a child has to take the child through the dangerous city to the ship to save it. She is followed by an immortal killer robot through all the dangers, and only one guy tries to help her survive and protect her from the killing machine.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: futuristic, apocalyptic, tech noir, grindhouse, perverse, cult classic, independent film, psychotronic, exciting, rough
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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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Bleeding Steel (2017)
Plot Summary:
Jackie Chan stars as a hardened special forces agent who fights to protect a young woman from a sinister criminal gang. At the same time, he feels a special connection to the young woman, like they met in a different life.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 11000
Genere: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: China, Hong Kong
Duration: 109 min
Plot tags: exciting, tense, captivating, bleak, futuristic, action adventure, surprise ending, psychotronic, independent film, detective
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Cyborg 2: Glass Shadow (1993)
Plot Summary:
In the year 2074, the cybernetics market is dominated by two rival companies: USA's Pinwheel Robotics and Japan's Kobayashi Electronics. Cyborgs are commonplace, used for anything from soldiers to prostitutes. Casella Reese is a prototype cyborg developed for corporate espionage and assassination. She is filled with a liquid explosive called Glass Shadow. Pinwheel plans to eliminate the entire Kobayashi board of directors by using Casella.
IMDB Rating: 3.9
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: bleak, suspenseful, cyber, apocalyptic, erotic, suspense, tech noir, action thriller, spectacular, independent film
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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
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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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Hardcore Henry (2015)
Plot Summary:
Henry, a newly resurrected cyborg who must save his wife/creator from the clutches of a psychotic tyrant with telekinetic powers, AKAN, and his army of mercenaries. Fighting alongside Henry is Jimmy, who is Henry's only hope to make it through the day. Hardcore takes place over the course of one day, in Moscow, Russia.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 101000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Russia, USA, China
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: exciting, stylized, intense, grindhouse, cult classic, action packed, suspense, action thriller, retro, mind bending
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Resident Evil: The Final Chapter (2016)
Plot Summary:
Picking up immediately after the events in Resident Evil: Retribution, Alice (Milla Jovovich) is the only survivor of what was meant to be humanity's final stand against the undead. Now, she must return to where the nightmare began - The Hive in Raccoon City, where the Umbrella Corporation is gathering its forces for a final strike against the only remaining survivors of the apocalypse.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 99000
Genere: Action, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: Germany, Canada
Duration: 107 min
Plot tags: exciting, apocalyptic, splatter, saga, psychological, entertaining, satanic, action adventure, disgusting, serious
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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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Terminator Salvation (2009)
Plot Summary:
All grown up in post-apocalyptic 2018, John Connor must lead the resistance of humans against the increasingly dominating militaristic robots. But when Marcus Wright appears, his existence confuses the mission as Connor tries to determine whether Wright has come from the future or the past -- and whether he's friend or foe.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 374000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Germany, UK, Italy
Duration: 115 min
Plot tags: futuristic, intense, serious, apocalyptic, action packed, exciting, suspense, rough, bleak, suspenseful
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Terminator Genisys (2015)
Plot Summary:
The year is 2029. John Connor, leader of the resistance continues the war against the machines. At the Los Angeles offensive, John's fears of the unknown future begin to emerge when TECOM spies reveal a new plot by SkyNet that will attack him from both fronts; past and future, and will ultimately change warfare forever.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 290000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 126 min
Plot tags: futuristic, exciting, entertaining, serious, suspenseful, apocalyptic, cyber, action adventure, surprise ending, bleak
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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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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