Movies like Five
If Five's mix of california, nuclear war and pregnancy stayed with you, start here. Each film below was picked from what Five's fans love most, with the reason it belongs on this list.
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The Day After
1983 · Directed by Nicholas Meyer · 127 min6.8
Why you'll like itShares: nuclear war, post-apocalyptic future, nuclear holocaust · Also science fiction and drama
In the mid-1980s, the U.S. is poised on the brink of nuclear war. This shadow looms over the residents of a small town in Kansas as they continue their daily lives. Dr.
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Moon
2009 · Directed by Duncan Jones · 97 min7.6
Why you'll like itShares: dystopia · Also science fiction and drama
With only three weeks left in his three-year contract, Sam Bell is eager to return to Earth. Stationed alone at a Moon-based facility with his computer assistant GERTY, an unexpected accident sets off a series of…
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WALL·E
2008 · Directed by Andrew Stanton · 98 min8.1
Why you'll like itShares: dystopia, loneliness
After hundreds of years doing what he was built for, WALL•E— a robot designed to clean up the earth—discovers a new purpose in life when he meets a sleek search robot named EVE.
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The Assessment
2025 · Directed by Fleur Fortuné · 114 min6.8
Why you'll like itShares: dystopia · Also science fiction and drama
In a climate change-ravaged world, a utopian society optimizes life, including parenthood assessments. A successful couple faces scrutiny by an evaluator over seven days to determine their fitness for childbearing.
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The Giver
2014 · Directed by Phillip Noyce · 97 min6.6
Why you'll like itShares: dystopia · Also drama and science fiction
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.
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Mad Max: Fury Road
2015 · Directed by George Miller · 121 min7.6
Why you'll like itShares: dystopia, post-apocalyptic future
An apocalyptic story set in the furthest reaches of our planet, in a stark desert landscape where humanity is broken, and most everyone is crazed fighting for the necessities of life.
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Watchmen
2009 · Directed by Zack Snyder · 163 min7.4
Why you'll like itShares: nuclear war
In a gritty and alternate 1985, the glory days of costumed vigilantes have been brought to a close by a government crackdown. But after one of the masked veterans is brutally murdered, an investigation into the killer…
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The China Syndrome
1979 · Directed by James Bridges · 122 min7.1
Why you'll like itShares: california
While doing a series of reports on alternative energy sources, opportunistic reporter Kimberly Wells witnesses an accident at a nuclear power plant.
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Mercy
2026 · Directed by Timur Bekmambetov · 100 min7.1
Why you'll like itShares: dystopia
In the near future, a detective stands on trial accused of murdering his wife. He has ninety minutes to prove his innocence to the advanced AI Judge he once championed, before it determines his fate.
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I Am Mother
2019 · Directed by Grant Sputore · 113 min6.7
Why you'll like itShares: post-apocalyptic future
A teenage girl is raised underground by a robot "Mother", designed to repopulate the earth following an extinction event. But their unique bond is threatened when an inexplicable stranger arrives with alarming news.
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War of the Worlds
2005 · Directed by Steven Spielberg · 117 min6.6
Why you'll like itShares: dystopia
Ray Ferrier is a divorced dockworker and less-than-perfect father. Soon after his ex-wife and her new husband drop off his teenage son and young daughter for a rare weekend visit, a strange and powerful lightning storm…