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Blade Runner 2049 (2017)

Thirty years after the events of the first film, a new blade runner, LAPD Officer K, unearths a long-buried secret that has the potential to plunge what's left of society into chaos. K's discovery leads him on a quest to find Rick Deckard, a former LAPD blade runner who has been missing for 30 years.

Directed byDenis Villeneuve

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  1. 01

    Blade Runner

    Same saga

    1982 · 118 min · Drama · Science Fiction · Thriller

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    In the smog-choked dystopian Los Angeles of 2019, blade runner Rick Deckard is called out of retirement to terminate a quartet of replicants who have escaped to Earth seeking their creator for a way to extend their short life spans.

    Why it connects

    • strong story and style similarity
    • the same saga or cinematic universe
    • strong shared themes: android and artificial intelligence (a.i.)
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  2. 02

    The Maze Runner

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    2014 · 113 min · Action · Mystery · Science Fiction · Thriller

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    A teenager with no memory of his past finds himself among a group of boys living in a walled enclosure surrounded by a massive, ever-changing maze. As he struggles to adapt to their rules and society, he begins to uncover clues that may lead to escape and the truth behind their confinement.

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    • strong recommendation signals
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    Maze Runner: The Death Cure

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    2018 · 143 min · Action · Adventure · Science Fiction · Thriller

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    Thomas leads his group of escaped Gladers on their final and most dangerous mission yet. To save their friends, they must break into the legendary Last City, a WCKD-controlled labyrinth that may turn out to be the deadliest maze of all. Anyone who makes it out alive will get answers to the questions the Gladers have been asking since they first arrived in the maze.

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    • strong recommendation signals
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  4. 04

    M3GAN 2.0

    Shared themes

    2025 · 120 min · Action · Science Fiction · Thriller

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    After the underlying tech for M3GAN is stolen and misused by a powerful defense contractor to create a military-grade weapon known as Amelia, M3GAN's creator Gemma realizes that the only option is to resurrect M3GAN and give her a few upgrades, making her faster, stronger, and more lethal.

    Why it connects

    • shared themes: android and artificial intelligence (a.i.)
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    Queen & Country

    Genre overlap

    2015 · 114 min · Drama

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    In this sequel to Hope and Glory (1987), Bill Rohan has grown up and is drafted into the army, where he and his eccentric best mate, Percy, battle their snooty superiors on the base and look for love in town.

    Why it connects

    • substantial genre overlap
    • a closely matched era
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    Blade: Trinity

    Strong movie match

    2004 · 113 min · Action · Horror · Science Fiction

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    For years, Blade has fought against the vampires in the cover of the night. But now, after falling into the crosshairs of the FBI, he is forced out into the daylight, where he is driven to join forces with a clan of human vampire hunters he never knew existed—The Nightstalkers. Together with Abigail and Hannibal, two deftly trained Nightstalkers, Blade follows a trail of blood to the ancient creature that is also hunting him—the original vampire, Dracula.

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    • strong recommendation signals
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    Chappie

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    2015 · 120 min · Action · Crime · Science Fiction

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    Every child comes into the world full of promise, and none more so than Chappie: he is gifted, special, a prodigy. Like any child, Chappie will come under the influence of his surroundings—some good, some bad—and he will rely on his heart and soul to find his way in the world and become his own man. But there's one thing that makes Chappie different from any one else: he is a robot.

    Why it connects

    • strong shared themes: android and artificial intelligence (a.i.)
    • a closely matched era
    • shared production studio: Columbia Pictures
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    Upgrade

    Shared themes

    2018 · 100 min · Action · Science Fiction · Thriller

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    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.

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    • strong shared themes: artificial intelligence (a.i.) and cyber thriller
    • a closely matched era
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