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RoboCop (2014)

In RoboCop, the year is 2028 and multinational conglomerate OmniCorp is at the center of robot technology. Overseas, their drones have been used by the military for years, but have been forbidden for law enforcement in America. Now OmniCorp wants to bring their controversial technology to the home front, and they see a golden opportunity to do it. When Alex Murphy – a loving husband, father and good cop doing his best to stem the tide of crime and corruption in Detroit – is critically injured, OmniCorp sees their chance to build a part-man, part-robot police officer. OmniCorp envisions a RoboCop in every city and even more billions for their shareholders, but they never counted on one thing: there is still a man inside the machine.

Directed byJosé Padilha

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  1. 01

    In Time

    Strong story similarity

    2011 · 109 min · Action · Science Fiction · Thriller

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    In the not-too-distant future, the aging gene has been switched off. To avoid overpopulation, time has become the currency and the way people pay for luxuries and necessities. The rich can live forever, while the rest struggle to negotiate for their immortality. A poor young man who suddenly comes into a fortune of time finds himself on the run from a corrupt police force known as the "time keepers".

    Why it connects

    • strong story and style similarity
    • strong genre and movie-style overlap
    • shared themes: dystopia and future
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    Children of Men

    Strong story similarity

    2006 · 109 min · Action · Science Fiction · Thriller

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    In 2027, in a chaotic world in which humans can no longer procreate, a former activist agrees to help transport a miraculously pregnant woman to a sanctuary at sea, where her child's birth may help scientists save the future of humankind.

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    • strong story and style similarity
    • strong genre and movie-style overlap
    • shared themes: dystopia and future
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    Surrogates

    Strong story similarity

    2009 · 89 min · Action · Science Fiction · Thriller

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    Set in a futuristic world where humans live in isolation and interact through surrogate robots, a cop is forced to leave his home for the first time in years in order to investigate the murders of others' surrogates.

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    • strong story and style similarity
    • strong genre and movie-style overlap
    • shared themes: dystopia and future
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  4. 04

    Automata

    Strong story similarity

    2014 · 110 min · Science Fiction · Thriller

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    Jacq Vaucan, an insurance agent of ROC robotics corporation, routinely investigates the case of manipulating a robot. What he discovers will have profound consequences for the future of humanity.

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    • strong story and style similarity
    • strong genre and movie-style overlap
    • shared themes: dystopia and future
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  5. 05

    The 6th Day

    Strong story similarity

    2000 · 123 min · Action · Science Fiction · Thriller

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    A world of the very near future in which cattle, fish, and even the family pet can be cloned. But cloning humans is illegal - that is until family man Adam Gibson comes home from work one day to find a clone has replaced him. Taken from his family and plunged into a sinister world he doesn't understand, Gibson must not only save himself from the assassins who must destroy him to protect their secret, but uncover who and what is behind the horrible things happening to him.

    Why it connects

    • strong story and style similarity
    • strong genre and movie-style overlap
    • shared production studio: Columbia Pictures
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  6. 06

    Premium Rush

    Same studio

    2012 · 91 min · Action · Crime · Thriller

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    In Manhattan, a bike messenger picks up an envelope that attracts the interest of a dirty cop, who pursues the cyclist throughout the city.

    Why it connects

    • substantial genre overlap
    • a closely matched era
    • shared production studio: Columbia Pictures
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  7. 07

    I, Robot

    Strong story similarity

    2004 · 115 min · Action · Science Fiction

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    In 2035, where robots are commonplace and abide by the three laws of robotics, a technophobic cop investigates an apparent suicide. Suspecting that a robot may be responsible for the death, his investigation leads him to believe that humanity may be in danger.

    Why it connects

    • strong story and style similarity
    • strong genre and movie-style overlap
    • shared themes: dystopia and future
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  8. 08

    Terminator Genisys

    Similar atmosphere

    2015 · 126 min · Action · Science Fiction · Thriller

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    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.

    Why it connects

    • strong shared themes: cyborg and dystopia
    • strong genre and movie-style overlap
    • a closely matched era
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    Oblivion

    Strong story similarity

    2013 · 124 min · Action · Adventure · Mystery · Science Fiction

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    Jack Harper is one of the last few drone repairmen stationed on Earth. Part of a massive operation to extract vital resources after decades of war with a terrifying threat known as the Scavs, Jack’s mission is nearly complete. His existence is brought crashing down when he rescues a beautiful stranger from a downed spacecraft. Her arrival triggers a chain of events that forces him to question everything he knows and puts the fate of humanity in his hands.

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    • strong story and style similarity
    • shared genre DNA
    • a closely matched era
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    Elysium

    Strong story similarity

    2013 · 109 min · Action · Drama · Science Fiction · Thriller

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    In the year 2159, two classes of people exist: the very wealthy who live on a pristine man-made space station called Elysium, and the rest, who live on an overpopulated, ruined Earth. Secretary Rhodes, a hard line government official, will stop at nothing to enforce anti-immigration laws and preserve the luxurious lifestyle of the citizens of Elysium. That doesn’t stop the people of Earth from trying to get in, by any means they can. When unlucky Max is backed into a corner, he agrees to take on a daunting mission that, if successful, will not only save his life, but could bring equality to these polarized worlds.

    Why it connects

    • strong story and style similarity
    • strong genre and movie-style overlap
    • shared themes: dystopia and future
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