20 best movies like Brazil (1985)

List of the best movies like Brazil (1985): Synchronicity, Power/Rangers, Allegiant, Get Out, Cloud Atlas, Solaris, Queen of Katwe, S. Darko, The I Inside, It's Such a Beautiful Day.

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Markimdb: 5.4
Genrefantastic, drama, detective
CountryUSA
Duration01:21

In this mind-bending 'Sci-Fi Noir' a daring physicist folds time to travel into the past, trying to stop a mysterious woman from stealing his invention. But once there, he uncovers a surprising truth about the machine, the woman, and his own fractured reality.

Markimdb: 7.6
Genrefantastic, action, short
CountryUSA
Duration14:19

Deboot of the Power Rangers. Joseph Kahn's take on the FAN FILM. Not a pilot, not a series, not for profit, strictly for exhibition. This is a bootleg experiment not affiliated or endorsed by Saban Entertainment or Lionsgate nor is it selling any product. He claims no rights to any of the characters. This is the NSFW version.

Markimdb: 5.7
Genrefantastic, action, thriller, melodrama, adventure, detective
CountryUSA
Duration02:17

Beatrice Prior and Tobias Eaton venture into the world outside of the fence and are taken into protective custody by a mysterious agency known as the Bureau of Genetic Welfare.

Markimdb: 7.7
Genrehorror, thriller, detective
CountryUSA, Japan
Duration02:43

Chris and his girlfriend Rose go upstate to visit her parents for the weekend. At first, Chris reads the family's overly accommodating behavior as nervous attempts to deal with their daughter's interracial relationship, but as the weekend progresses, a series of increasingly disturbing discoveries lead him to a truth that he never could have imagined.

Markimdb: 7.4
Genrefantastic, action, drama, adventure, detective
CountryUSA, Germany, Hong Kong, Singapore
Duration02:52

A set of six nested stories spanning time between the 19th century and a distant post-apocalyptic future. Cloud Atlas explores how the actions and consequences of individual lives impact one another throughout the past, the present and the future. Action, mystery and romance weave through the story as one soul is shaped from a killer into a hero and a single act of kindness ripples across centuries to inspire a revolution in the distant future. Based on the award winning novel by David Mitchell. Directed by Tom Tykwer and the Wachowskis.

Markimdb: 8
Genrefantastic, drama, detective
CountrySoviet Union
Duration02:49

A psychologist is sent to a space station orbiting a planet called Solaris to investigate the death of a doctor and the mental problems of cosmonauts on the station. He soon discovers that the water on the planet is a type of brain which brings out repressed memories and obsessions.

Markimdb: 7.4
Genredrama, biography, sport
CountryUSA
Duration02:35

A young girl overcomes her disadvantaged upbringing in the slums of Uganda to become a Chess master.

Markimdb: 3.6
Genrefantastic, thriller, drama, detective
CountryUSA
Duration01:43

S. Darko follows Samantha Darko, the younger sister of Donnie, the protagonist of Donnie Darko, and her friend Corey. On their way to California, their car breaks down, forcing them to wait in a small town until it is fixed. While there, Samantha begins to have dreams that warn her of the end of the universe.

Markimdb: 6.1
Genrefantastic, thriller, detective
CountryUnited Kingdom, USA
Duration01:30

Simon Cable wakes up in a hospital bed, confused and disoriented. He soon discovers from doctors that he has amnesia and is unable to remember the last two years of his life. Cable investigates what has happened to him and slowly pieces together his enigmatic past.

Markimdb: 8.2
Genrehorror, fantastic, thriller, fantasy, comedy, drama, cartoon, detective
CountryUSA
Duration01:02

Bill struggles to put together his shattered psyche, in this feature film version of Don Hertzfeldt's animated short film trilogy.

Markimdb: 5.2
Genrefantastic, action, adventure
CountryUSA
Duration04:31

We always knew they were coming back. Using recovered alien technology, the nations of Earth have collaborated on an immense defense program to protect the planet. But nothing can prepare us for the aliens’ advanced and unprecedented force. Only the ingenuity of a few brave men and women can bring our world back from the brink of extinction.

Markimdb: 8.1
Genrefantastic, comedy, drama, cartoon, short
CountryUSA
Duration01:05

A little girl is taken on a mind-bending tour of her distant future.

Markimdb: 5.2
Genreaction, thriller, drama, adventure
CountryUSA
Duration00:40

Forced into a deadly cat-and-mouse game, a disgraced mixed martial arts fighter is hunted through the jungles of Southeast Asia.

Markimdb: 7.8
Genrefantastic, fantasy, melodrama, drama
CountryBelgium, Germany, Canada, France, United Kingdom, Luxembourg, USA
Duration02:18

    Nemo Nobody leads an ordinary existence with his wife and 3 children; one day, he wakes up as a mortal centenarian in the year 2092.

    Markimdb: 5.6
    Genrehorror, fantastic, drama
    CountryUnited Kingdom, Republic of Ireland, Belgium
    Duration02:31

      Life for the residents of a tower block begins to run out of control.

      Markimdb: 7.1
      Genrehorror, drama
      CountrySouth Korea
      Duration01:55

      A recently released patient from a mental institution returns home with her sister, only to face disturbing events between her stepmother and the ghosts haunting their house- all of which are connected to a dark past in the family's history.

      Markimdb: 6.2
      Genrefantastic, thriller, melodrama, drama
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:48

      In the near future, due to a breakthrough scientific discovery by Dr. Thomas Harbor, there is now definitive proof of an afterlife. While countless people have chosen suicide to reset their existence, others try to decide what it all means. Among them is Dr. Harbor's son Will, who has arrived at his father's isolated compound with a mysterious young woman named Isla. There, they discover the strange acolytes who help Dr. Harbor with his experiments.

      Markimdb: 8
      Genrefantastic, thriller, detective
      CountryUSA
      Duration02:09

      In the year 2035, convict James Cole reluctantly volunteers to be sent back in time to discover the origin of a deadly virus that wiped out nearly all of the earth's population and forced the survivors into underground communities. But when Cole is mistakenly sent to 1990 instead of 1996, he's arrested and locked up in a mental hospital. There he meets psychiatrist Dr. Kathryn Railly, and patient Jeffrey Goines, the son of a famous virus expert, who may hold the key to the mysterious rogue group, the Army of the 12 Monkeys, thought to be responsible for unleashing the killer disease.

      Markimdb: 8.8
      Genrefantastic, action, thriller, drama, detective
      CountryUSA, United Kingdom
      Duration02:28

        Cobb, a skilled thief who commits corporate espionage by infiltrating the subconscious of his targets is offered a chance to regain his old life as payment for a task considered to be impossible: "inception", the implantation of another person's idea into a target's subconscious.

        Markimdb: 7.8
        Genrefantastic, melodrama, drama, detective
        CountryUSA
        Duration01:46

        Science fiction drama about a future society in the era of indefinite eugenics where humans are set on a life course depending on their DNA. The young Vincent Freeman is born with a condition that would prevent him from space travel, yet he is determined to infiltrate the GATTACA space program.

        Markimdb: 6.9
        Genrefantastic, action, adventure
        CountryUSA
        Duration02:20

        Through a series of daring escapades deep within a dark and dangerous criminal underworld, Han Solo meets his mighty future copilot Chewbacca and encounters the notorious gambler Lando Calrissian.

        Markimdb: 5.8
        Genrefantastic, action
        CountryUSA
        Duration02:44

        A chief mechanic at a factory, haunted by apocalyptic nightmares, becomes a hero when Earth is invaded by a mysterious army bent on destruction.

        Markimdb: 2.9
        Genrefantastic, action, thriller, drama
        CountryUSA, Spain, Sweden

        In a not too distant future, a totalitarian state run by ‘The Director” (Seagal) controls all aspects of life. All enemies of the state are dealt in the harshest way. Most of them are executed by the secret government’s assassins. The best operative is code-named “Condor” (Messner) – an elite agent and hit man for the government. However, in his latest assignment, “Condor” fails to kill an opposition leader, and finds himself on the run from the very same government agency that he works for. This sets in motion a chain of events with unforseen consequences for all involved.

        Markimdb: 7
        Genrefantasy, comedy, drama, adventure
        CountryUSA, Sweden
        Duration01:55

          Alone on a tiny deserted island, Hank has given up all hope of ever making it home again. But one day everything changes when a dead body washes ashore, and he soon realizes it may be his last opportunity to escape certain death. Armed with his new “friend” and an unusual bag of tricks, the duo go on an epic adventure to bring Hank back to the woman of his dreams.

          Markimdb: 6.2
          Genreaction, thriller, detective
          CountryBelgium, France

          Two years after a burn-out, Duval is still unemployed. Contacted by an enigmatic businessman, he is offered a simple and well-paid job: transcribing telephone tapping. Duval accepts financially without questioning the purpose of the organization that employs him. Precipitated at the heart of a political plot, he must face the brutal mechanics of the underground world of the secret services.

          Markimdb: 6
          Genrehorror, thriller, fantasy, drama
          CountryUSA, Belgium
          Duration01:36

          A hopeful young starlet uncovers the ominous origins of the Hollywood elite and enters into a deadly agreement in exchange for fame and fortune.

          Markimdb: 3.7
          Genrehorror, action, thriller
          CountryUSA
          Duration01:38

          The story follows a team of highly trained operatives who find themselves trapped inside an isolated military compound.

          Markimdb: 5.5
          Genrethriller, crime
          CountryUnited Kingdom
          Duration01:29

          In London, a drug dealer grows increasingly desperate over the course of a week after a botched deal lands him in the merciless clutches of a ruthless crime lord. The more desperate his behavior, the more isolated he becomes until there is nothing left standing between him and the bullet his debtors intend to fire his way.

          Markimdb: 5.4
          Genrethriller, crime, detective
          CountryUSA

          A man on the run from his own sins, finds himself in a small border town in Texas, impersonating a reverend. The town are quickly drawn to the man's unorthodox sermons, but so is a police chief who has his suspicions.

          Markimdb: 7.4
          Genrehorror, drama, detective
          CountryUSA
          Duration01:53

          A traumatized Vietnam war veteran finds out that his post-war life isn't what he believes it to be when he's attacked by horned creatures in the subway and his dead son comes to visit him...

          Markimdb: 5.4
          Genrehorror, fantastic, thriller
          CountryAustralia
          Duration02:04

          A search and rescue team are transported through deep space to a distant mining colony to save the sole survivor of a biological outbreak. During their mission, they find a lethal weapon which is set to arrive on Earth within the hour.

          Markimdb: 5.4
          Genrehorror, fantasy, comedy, drama
          CountryUnited Kingdom

          When the villagers killed Constantin Tirescu, they thought it was justice. Vlad Cozma thinks it was murder. Now, Constantin thinks pickles might go nice with blood.

          Markimdb: 6.4
          Genrefantastic, action, thriller
          CountryCanada, USA
          Duration01:52

          Two old friends living in a dystopic future become trapped in a mysterious time loop — one that may have something to do with an ongoing battle between an omnipotent corporation and a ragtag band of rebels.

          Markimdb: 4.4
          Genrehorror, fantastic, action, thriller, drama
          CountryUSA
          Duration02:09

          When a strange signal pulsates through all cell phone networks worldwide, it starts a murderous epidemic of epic proportions when users become bloodthirsty creatures, and a group of people in New England are among the survivors to deal with the ensuing chaos after.

          Markimdb: 7.5
          Genrefantastic, action, thriller, crime, detective
          CountryAustralia, USA
          Duration02:28

          A brutal mugging leaves Grey Trace paralyzed in the hospital and his beloved wife dead. A billionaire inventor soon offers Trace a cure — an artificial intelligence implant called STEM that will enhance his body. Now able to walk, Grey finds that he also has superhuman strength and agility — skills he uses to seek revenge against the thugs who destroyed his life.

          Markimdb: 5.4
          Genrefantastic, action, drama
          CountryIndonesia, USA

          Escalating climate change is turning the world economy upside down. With crops dying and food price spiking, FOOD has replaced oil as the world's most valuable commodity. Among the very few lands still left fertile, Indonesia is quickly rising as the next economic superpower, when its government is suddenly and ruthlessly overtaken by a popular rogue political party. In just three days, six former Marines must work together, find their long-lost brotherhood, stop a nationwide government- sanctioned genocide, and save millions of lives, for one last shot at redemption. Or die trying.

          Markimdb: 8.6
          Genrethriller, drama, crime, detective
          CountryUSA
          Duration02:07

          Two homicide detectives are on a desperate hunt for a serial killer whose crimes are based on the "seven deadly sins" in this dark and haunting film that takes viewers from the tortured remains of one victim to the next. The seasoned Det. Sommerset researches each sin in an effort to get inside the killer's mind, while his novice partner, Mills, scoffs at his efforts to unravel the case.

          Markimdb: 6.7
          Genrehorror, thriller, drama, detective
          CountryNetherlands, Belgium, Denmark
          Duration01:53

          Borgman is the central character of this dark, malevolent fable. Is he a dream or a demon, a twisted allegory or an all-too-real embodiment of our fears? Borgman is a sinister arrival in the sealed-off streets of modern suburbia. His presence unleashes a crowing gallery of distortion around the careful façade constructed by an arrogant, comfortable couple, their three children and nanny.

          Markimdb: 8.1
          Genrethriller, drama, crime, detective
          CountryUSA
          Duration02:33

            When Keller Dover's daughter and her friend go missing, he takes matters into his own hands as the police pursue multiple leads and the pressure mounts. But just how far will this desperate father go to protect his family?

            Markimdb: 7.8
            Genrefantastic, drama, detective
            CountryUnited Kingdom, USA
            Duration01:37

            With only three weeks left in his three year contract, Sam Bell is getting anxious to finally return to Earth. He is the only occupant of a Moon-based manufacturing facility along with his computer and assistant, GERTY. When he has an accident however, he wakens to find that he is not alone.

            Markimdb: 8.3
            Genrefantastic, crime
            CountryUnited Kingdom, USA
            Duration02:17

            Demonic gang-leader Alex goes on the spree of rape, mugging and murder with his pack of "droogs". But he's a boy who also likes Beethoven's Ninth and a bit of "the old in-out, in-out". He later finds himself at the mercy of the state and its brainwashing experiment designed to take violence off the streets.

            Markimdb: 6.8
            Genrehorror
            CountryFrance, Italy, Romania
            Duration01:31

            Alexia travels with her friend Marie to spend a couple of days with her family in their farm in the country. They arrive late and they are welcomed by Alexia's father. Late in the night, a sadistic and sick killer breaks into the farmhouse, slaughters Alexia's family--including their dog--and kidnaps Alexia. Marie hides from the criminal and tries to help the hysterical and frightened Alexia, chase the maniac, and disclose his identity in the end.

            Markimdb: 6.5
            Genrehorror, fantastic, fantastic, thriller, thriller
            CountryUSA
            Duration01:44

            Three friends discover a mysterious machine that takes pictures 24 hours into the future and conspire to use it for personal gain, until disturbing and dangerous images begin to develop.

            Markimdb: 7.3
            Genrehorror, fantastic, fantasy, drama
            CountryUSA
            Duration01:30

            Henry Spencer tries to survive his industrial environment, his angry girlfriend, and the unbearable screams of his newly born mutant child.

            Markimdb: 6.9
            Genrethriller, drama, detective
            CountryCanada, Spain
            Duration01:28

            A mild-mannered college professor discovers a look-alike actor and delves into the other man's private affairs.

            Markimdb: 6.2
            Genrehorror, drama
            CountryUSA
            Duration01:48

            Secure within a desolate home as an unnatural threat terrorizes the world, a man has established a tenuous domestic order with his wife and son, but this will soon be put to test when a desperate young family arrives seeking refuge.

            Markimdb: 6.3
            Genrefantastic, action, thriller, drama, crime, detective
            CountryUSA, United Kingdom, Bulgaria
            Duration02:27

            Bill Pope is a CIA agent on a mission in London tracking down a shadowy hacker nicknamed "The Dutchman." When he gets mysteriously ambushed and killed, an experimental procedure is used to transfer his memories into dangerous ex-convict Jericho Stewart. When he wakes up with the CIA agent's memories, his mission is to find The Dutchman and eliminate him before the hacker launches ICBM's and starts World War III. But complications soon arise and the mission turns personal.

            Markimdb: 7.2
            Genrethriller, drama, detective
            CountryNetherlands
            Duration01:42

            An alcoholic writer begins having visions apparently warning him of impending danger. After he delivers a lecture, he begins an affair with a woman from the audience. The visions intensify, however, and begin to threaten his relationship with the woman, since it may be her the visions are warning against.

            Markimdb: 8
            Genrethriller, drama
            CountryUSA
            Duration01:43

              A ballet dancer wins the lead in "Swan Lake" and is perfect for the role of the delicate White Swan - Princess Odette - but slowly loses her mind as she becomes more and more like Odile, the Black Swan.

              Markimdb: 6.5
              Genrethriller, drama
              CountryUnited Kingdom
              Duration01:33

              An awkward office drone becomes increasingly unhinged after a charismatic and confident look-alike takes a job at his workplace and seduces the woman he desires.




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