Awake
After a sudden global event wipes out all electronics and takes away humankind’s ability to sleep, chaos quickly begins to consume the world. Only Jill, an ex-soldier with a troubled past, may hold the key to a cure in the form of her own daughter. The question is, can Jill safely deliver her daughter and save the world before she herself loses her mind.
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2014★ 6.5
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2015★ 6.7
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1985★ 6.6
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1971★ 6.2
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2010★ 6.8
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The Survivalist
2015★ 6.2
In a time of starvation, a survivalist lives off a small plot of land hidden deep in forest. When two women seeking food and shelter discover his farm, he finds his existence threatened.
The Last Survivors
2014★ 6.0
In the near future, society collapses and water becomes scarce. When a greedy water baron starts violently clearing out survivors, Kendal, a 17-year-old teenager, fights the baron's henchman to keep a well open.
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2005★ 6.7
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2007★ 7.2
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Man Down
2016★ 6.0
When a U.S. Marine returns home from Afghanistan, he finds that the place he once called home is no better than the battlefields he fought on overseas. Accompanied by his best friend, he searches desperately for the whereabouts of his estranged son and wife. In their search, the two intercept a man carrying vital information about his family.
The Maze Runner
2014★ 7.2
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.
Melancholia
2011★ 7.2
Two sisters find their already strained relationship challenged as a mysterious new planet threatens to collide with Earth.
Right at Your Door
2006★ 5.9
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2023★ 6.4
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1974★ 5.9
In the far future, a savage trained only to kill finds a way into the community of bored immortals that alone preserves humanity's achievements.
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2024★ 6.7
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1976★ 6.5
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