20 best movies like Cloud Atlas (2012)

List of the best movies like Cloud Atlas (2012): Mr. Nobody, Gattaca, Atlas Shrugged Part III: Who is John Galt?, Inception, I Origins, The Last Scout, Hirokin: The Last Samurai, Dune, S. Darko, Arrival.

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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: 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: 4.3
    Genrefantastic, drama, detective
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:39

    Approaching collapse, the nation's economy is quickly eroding. As crime and fear take over the countryside, the government continues to exert its brutal force against the nation's most productive who are mysteriously vanishing - leaving behind a wake of despair. One man has the answer. One woman stands in his way. Some will stop at nothing to control him. Others will stop at nothing to save him. He swore by his life. They swore to find him.

    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: 7.4
      Genrefantastic, melodrama, drama, detective
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:48

      I Origins follows a molecular biologist studying the evolution of the human eye. He finds his work permeating his life after a brief encounter with an exotic young woman who slips away from him. As his research continues years later with his lab partner, they make a stunning scientific discovery that has far reaching implications and complicates both his scientific and and spiritual beliefs. Traveling half way around the world, he risks everything he has ever known to validate his theory.

      Markimdb: 4.5
      Genrefantastic, action, thriller, drama, adventure, detective
      CountryUnited Kingdom, Germany
      Duration01:16

      In 2065, the crew of the Pegasus are searching for a new home for humanity. As they approach their potential new world, the discovery of another ship could be the key to their salvation, or doom them and the rest of humanity to extinction.

      Markimdb: 3.3
      Genrefantastic, action, fantasy, drama, adventure
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:45

      In a planet where humans must scavenge the post-apocalyptic barren wasteland, Hirokin – a reluctant warrior with a dark past – sets off on mission to fulfill his destiny. Having fought to the death to save his wife and son from the planets evil dictator – Griffin – and his elite army of hunters, the lone warrior is left for dead in the vast desert. Armed with his samurai blade, Hirokin is forced to choose between avenging the murder of his family and fighting for the freedom his people. In a twist of fate and with a small rebellion by his side Hirokin s vision finally becomes clear.

      Markimdb: 6.3
      Genrefantastic, action, adventure
      CountryUSA, Mexico
      Duration02:17

      In the year 10,191, the world is at war for control of the desert planet Dune – the only place where the time-travel substance 'Spice' can be found. But when one leader gives up control, it's only so he can stage a coup with some unsavory characters.

      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: 7.9
      Genrefantastic, thriller, drama, detective
      CountryUSA, Canada, India
      Duration02:32

      Taking place after alien crafts land around the world, an expert linguist is recruited by the military to determine whether they come in peace or are a threat.

      Markimdb: 6
      Genrefantastic, action, thriller, adventure, detective
      CountryUSA, United Kingdom, Italy
      Duration01:42

        When gigantic robots attack New York City, "Sky Captain" uses his private air force to fight them off. His ex-girlfriend, reporter Polly Perkins, has been investigating the recent disappearance of prominent scientists. Suspecting a link between the global robot attacks and missing men, Sky Captain and Polly decide to work together. They fly to the Himalayas in pursuit of the mysterious Dr. Totenkopf, the mastermind behind the robots.

        Markimdb: 7.3
        Genrefantastic, action, adventure
        CountryUSA, Japan, Canada
        Duration02:28

        When Alita awakens with no memory of who she is in a future world she does not recognize, she is taken in by Ido, a compassionate doctor who realizes that somewhere in this abandoned cyborg shell is the heart and soul of a young woman with an extraordinary past.

        Markimdb: 8.6
        Genrefantastic, drama, adventure
        CountryUSA, United Kingdom, Canada
        Duration02:49

          Interstellar chronicles the adventures of a group of explorers who make use of a newly discovered wormhole to surpass the limitations on human space travel and conquer the vast distances involved in an interstellar voyage.

          Markimdb: 8.5
          Genrefantastic, thriller, drama, detective
          CountryUnited Kingdom, USA
          Duration02:05

            A mysterious story of two magicians whose intense rivalry leads them on a life-long battle for supremacy -- full of obsession, deceit and jealousy with dangerous and deadly consequences.

            Markimdb: 6.1
            Genrefantastic, action, drama, adventure
            CountryUSA
            Duration02:57

            In 2013 there are no highways, no I-ways, no dreams of a better tomorrow, only scattered survivors across what was once the Unites States. Into this apocalyptic wasteland comes an enigmatic drifter with a mule, a knack for Shakespeare and something yet undiscovered: the power to inspire hope.

            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: 7.4
            Genrefantastic, action, thriller, drama
            CountryUSA, China
            Duration01:58

            In the futuristic action thriller Looper, time travel will be invented but it will be illegal and only available on the black market. When the mob wants to get rid of someone, they will send their target 30 years into the past where a looper, a hired gun, like Joe is waiting to mop up. Joe is getting rich and life is good until the day the mob decides to close the loop, sending back Joe's future self for assassination.

            Markimdb: 6.5
            Genrefantastic, thriller, drama, adventure, detective
            CountryUSA, China, Brazil
            Duration02:36

            An astronaut travels to the outer edges of the solar system to find his father and unravel a mystery that threatens the survival of our planet. He uncovers secrets which challenge the nature of human existence and our place in the cosmos.

            Markimdb: 4.2
            Genrefantastic, action, drama, adventure
            CountryUSA, Germany, United Kingdom
            Duration02:40

            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.

            Markimdb: 8.1
            Genrefantastic, action, thriller, drama
            CountryUnited Kingdom, Germany
            Duration02:12

              In a world in which Great Britain has become a fascist state, a masked vigilante known only as 'V' conducts guerrilla warfare against the oppressive British government. When 'V' rescues a young woman from the secret police, he finds in her an ally with whom he can continue his fight to free the people of Britain.

              Markimdb: 6.1
              Genrefantastic, thriller, comedy, drama
              CountryUnited Kingdom, Romania, France
              Duration01:46

              A computer hacker's goal to discover the reason for human existence continually finds his work interrupted thanks to the Management; this time, they send a teenager and lusty love interest to distract him.

              Markimdb: 8.1
              Genrefantastic, drama, adventure, detective
              CountrySoviet Union
              Duration02:43

              Near a gray and unnamed city is the Zone, a place guarded by barbed wire and soldiers, and where the normal laws of physics are victim to frequent anomalies. A Stalker guides two men into the Zone, specifically to an area in which deep seeded desires are granted.

              Markimdb: 4.7
              Genrehorror, fantastic, action, fantasy, drama, adventure, family, detective
              CountryWest Germany

              A nine year old boy named Joey, who after the tragic death of his father, begins to experience psychic powers such as allowing him to move inanimate objects with his mind, set things on fire, and even communicate with his dead father. However, not everything is good for Joey as his newly gained powers accidentally awake an evil supernatural force that is contained inside the body of an old ventriloquist's dummy that Joey found in an abandoned house. The supernatural Dummy shows similar powers to Joey's, and soon he puts the lives of everyone near Joey in danger as the evil Dummy has dark plans for Joey's special powers.

              Markimdb: 6
              Genrefantastic, action, adventure
              CountryUSA, United Arab Emirates
              Duration01:36

              Hoping to alter the events of the past, a 19th century inventor instead travels 800,000 years into the future, where he finds humankind divided into two warring races.

              Markimdb: 2.4
              Genrefantastic, action, thriller, drama, adventure
              CountryUSA

              A scientist readies a boat after his warnings of an Earth-destroying flood are ignored. However, after the disasters reach a peak level of destruction those who maligned the scientist now turn to him in desperation, as he and other refugees look to save the world and stop the disaster using the two Supercolliders on opposite sides of the Atlantic.

              Markimdb: 4.9
              Genrehorror, fantastic, thriller, fantasy, drama, adventure, detective
              CountryAustralia
              Duration01:40

              A year after the boys crossed dimensions, discovered magic and battled the restoring demon, they are back home in Bremin and are struggling with everyday teenage life. Felix has high hopes for the four heroes. He wants them to push the limits of their magical ability, working as a team to become masters of the arcane. But although he's unwilling to admit it, the boys have grown apart. The boys, once in perfect magical and elemental alignment, are a tangle of rivalry and distrust. On the verge of separating, the Nowhere Boys are drawn together for one last spell when Felix discovers a magically sealed 'Book of Shadows'. Unwittingly this releases a powerful force of chaos, and the gang is reluctantly drawn into a showdown that threatens their world and all they love...

              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: 6.5
              Genrefantastic, thriller, melodrama, drama
              CountryUSA, South Africa, Canada
              Duration01:37

                In a seemingly perfect community, without war, pain, suffering, differences or choice, a young boy is chosen to learn from an elderly man about the true pain and pleasure of the "real" world.

                Markimdb: 4.4
                Genrehorror, fantastic, action, thriller, adventure
                CountryUSA, Singapore
                Duration01:28

                Following a deadly viral outbreak, private military soldier Max Gatling leads a handful of survivors and a ragtag band of robots against an army of the infected.

                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: 7.2
                Genrefantastic, melodrama, drama, detective
                CountryCanada, USA
                Duration01:36

                Spanning over one thousand years, and three parallel stories, The Fountain is a story of love, death, spirituality, and the fragility of our existence in this world.

                Markimdb: 7.4
                Genrefantastic, action, adventure
                CountryUSA, India
                Duration01:58

                When the creator of a popular video game system dies, a virtual contest is created to compete for his fortune.

                Markimdb: 6.1
                Genrefantastic, action, drama, adventure
                CountryJapan
                Duration02:18

                In 2199, five years after the Gamilons began an invasion of Earth, the planet has been ravaged by the aliens' bombs. The remnants of humanity have fled underground to escape the irradiated surface. One day, former pilot Susumu Kodai discovers a capsule sent from the planet Iscandar that tells of a device that can remove the radiation from the Earth's surface. The Earth Defense Force rebuilds the battleship Yamato with a new type of propulsion system to make the 148,000 light year trip to Iscandar in hopes of saving the Earth. Within one year, the radiation will drive the rest of humanity to extinction.

                Markimdb: 6.3
                Genrefantastic, action, adventure, detective
                CountryUSA
                Duration01:46

                A group of students become trapped inside a mysterious cave where they discover time passes differently underground than on the surface.

                Markimdb: 5.2
                Genrefantastic, action, adventure, detective
                CountryUnited Kingdom, USA
                Duration01:40

                It's the year 2707. Earth's natural resources have all but been exhausted by mankind. Battles rage for the remainder between the competing Corporations. During one such battle the seal is broken and awakens an ancient and deadly machine that was once defeated thousands of years ago. The order that awaited it's return must now lead a small group of soldiers to destroy it once and for all.

                Markimdb: 6.1
                Genreaction, fantasy, melodrama, drama, adventure
                CountryTaiwan, Hong Kong, USA, China
                Duration02:21

                A story of lost love, young love, a legendary sword and one last opportunity at redemption.

                Markimdb: 3.4
                Genrefantastic, action, thriller, drama, adventure
                CountryUSA
                Duration01:24

                Kate Parks has spent the past year on tour promoting her book, an in-depth look at the attempted cover up of her husband's death in a plane crash. Now all she wants is to return home to her daughter, 15-year-old Samantha. But when a powerful solar flare strikes her flight home, killing the pilot, knocking out the co-pilot and frying all the electronic systems on the plane, it looks like she may not get there. As panic sets in among the passengers, Kate works with flight attendant Jake to manage the growing chaos and tension on the plane as she tries to keep 30,000 tons of steel hurtling through the air at 500 miles per hour. Flying blind, Kate tries to find a way to communicate with air traffic control - one way or another, this plane is coming down. With the passengers' lives on the line, Kate will have to find a way to land safely... or never see her daughter again.

                Markimdb: 4.9
                Genrefantastic, action, thriller, melodrama, drama
                CountryUSA

                When a nuclear strike causes an electromagnetic pulse that cuts off all power, water, and communication to the entire western United States, Reese finds herself plunged into an all-too-real fight to survive. As pandemonium grips her city, Reese and her father set out on a desperate journey in search of safety--a perilous trek through a world gone mad where every encounter with a stranger could be your last.

                Markimdb: 5.8
                Genrefantastic, fantasy, drama
                CountryCanada

                In the near future, as humanity prepares to set foot on Mars, Jacob Obus, an elderly musician, takes pride in slowing down time by playing instruments inspired by women's bodies, designed by his friend Arthur. A love triangle develops when Jacob and Arthur both fall in love with Avril, a young photographer. Enter Eugène Spaak, Arthur's father, an inventor and cosmologist who unveils a new theory about man's desire to reach Mars and helps Jacob find the true meaning of life and love.

                Markimdb: 6.8
                Genrefantastic, action, drama, adventure
                CountryUSA, West Germany, United Kingdom
                Duration01:48

                A soldier from Earth crashlands on an alien world after sustaining battle damage. Eventually he encounters another survivor, but from the enemy species he was fighting; they band together to survive on this hostile world. In the end the human finds himself caring for his enemy in a completely unexpected way.

                Markimdb: 8
                Genrefantastic, action, drama
                CountryUnited Kingdom, Australia, USA
                Duration02:05

                Documentary style account of a nuclear holocaust and its effect on the working class city of Sheffield, England; and the eventual long run effects of nuclear war on civilization.

                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: 5.8
                Genrefantastic, action, fantasy, adventure
                CountryUSA, Germany, Czech Republic, United Kingdom
                Duration01:50

                To prevent a world war from breaking out, famous characters from Victorian literature band together to do battle against a cunning villain.

                Markimdb: 2.6
                Genrefantastic, action, melodrama, drama, musical, adventure
                CountryAustralia, India

                Tells the story about Karan, a young, spirited, sporty boy who lives life off the rules and Sana, a young petite, shy girl who lives life by the rules. This develops into a magical love story. Karan's uncle, Dr. Yatinder Khanna's much developed time machine finally works. Sana expresses her wish to travel ahead in time to Mumbai in the future. We land in Mumbai 2050 in the time machine... along with Uncle Yatinder, Rahul, and Thea (Sana's younger brother and sister). Flying cars, 200-story buildings, robots and sky rails have changed the very face of Mumbai. Through a series of twists and turns, the time traveler Karan finds himself separating from his love. QT, a friendly femme robot, and Boo, a small robotic teddy bear play their distinct roles in bringing their love story together but soon find themselves under the threat of the demi-god of the future, Dr. Hoshi. Will Karan be able to overcome the threat of Dr. Hoshi and win his love and travel back in time?

                Markimdb: 5.7
                Genrefantastic, action, thriller, adventure
                CountryUSA
                Duration01:59

                After a spectacular crash-landing on an uncharted planet, brash astronaut Leo Davidson finds himself trapped in a savage world where talking apes dominate the human race. Desperate to find a way home, Leo must evade the invincible gorilla army led by Ruthless General Thade.

                Markimdb: 7.3
                Genrecomedy, drama
                CountryUSA
                Duration01:57

                Follows the journey of a 90-year-old atheist and the quirky characters that inhabit his off-the-map desert town. He finds himself at the precipice of life, thrust into a journey of self-exploration.

                Markimdb: 2.5
                Genrefantastic, action, thriller, fantasy, adventure
                CountryUSA, Mexico, Japan, Hong Kong, United Kingdom
                Duration01:25

                  The young warrior Son Goku sets out on a quest, racing against time and the vengeful King Piccolo, to collect a set of seven magical orbs that will grant their wielder unlimited power.

                  Markimdb: 6.4
                  Genrefantastic, action, drama, adventure, detective
                  CountryUSA, Canada
                  Duration01:15

                  This latest installment of Babylon 5 is in two parts: the first, is about an entity that has possessed a worker. It wants to be exorcised but Col. Lochley prevents the priest & sends it & the host both back to Earth. The second is about Galen trying to dupe President Sheridan into assassinating the future Centauri President to stop him possibly attacking Earth in 30 years time.

                  Markimdb: 4.7
                  Genrefantastic, action, drama, adventure
                  CountryUSA
                  Duration01:34

                  A story from the life in the beginning of XX century based on the theater play by Maxim Gorky.

                  Markimdb: 5.2
                  Genrefantastic, action, thriller, drama, adventure, crime
                  CountryUSA

                  As two teen prodigies try to master the art of time travel, a tragic police shooting sends them on a series of dangerous trips to the past.




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