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Themes labels used: climate change, political violence, spirituality, trauma, grief, loss, alienation, technology, consumerism, surveillance, extremism, radical politics, love, death, belonging, meaning of life, coping mechanisms, modern life, social commentary, post-apocalypse
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A massive zombie apocalypse epic follows diverse survivors across the U.S. as the dead rise and society unravels.
Why this is here
Themes labels: humanity · survival · social collapse · political commentary · consumerism · climate change · technology alienation · media · representation · identity politics · racism · sexism · xenophobia · religion · hope · grief · fear · moral crisis · apocalypse as mirror · community
Semantic match: ranked by themes
Distance: 0.0942
A suddenly growing Central Park volcano links a global cast through disaster, transformation, and shifting realities.
Why this is here
Themes labels: identity · queerness · transness · ecological disaster · climate change · globalization · consumerism · capitalism · racism · transphobia · gun violence · social violence · existential dread · hope · alienation · human connection · world interconnectedness · trauma · grief · apathy · community · otherness · body transformation · memory · loss · resilience · anti-violence · environmental exploitation
Semantic match: ranked by themes
Distance: 0.0969
When deadly crystal rain begins falling worldwide, a grieving lesbian must survive the apocalypse and make a hard journey home.
Why this is here
Themes labels: grief · loss · climate change · global warming · homophobia · bigotry · queer survival · politics · greed · hope · judgment · social criticism · mourning · end times · trauma
Semantic match: ranked by themes
Distance: 0.0986
A grieving astrobiologist raises his volatile son through a near-future climate crisis using an experimental brain therapy.
Why this is here
Themes labels: grief · loss · parenting · love · environmental destruction · climate change · animal extinction · interconnectedness · empathy · truth-telling · science versus ignorance · diagnosis and labeling · mental health · medical authority · human arrogance · social responsibility · activism · hope and despair · collective failure · belonging
Semantic match: ranked by themes
Distance: 0.1071
A near-future refugee trek from a burning America to Ireland becomes a fight for survival, trust, and hope.
Why this is here
Themes labels: survival · hope · grief · loss · climate change · authoritarianism · religious extremism · persecution · refugees · humanity · community · trust · resilience · freedom · fear of the other · cautionary tale · social collapse · love and loss · compassion
Semantic match: ranked by themes
Distance: 0.1079
An anthology of ordinary people navigating a world where time fractures, realities collide, and crisis becomes daily life.
Why this is here
Themes labels: crisis · time perception · agency · trauma · generational trauma · mortality · grief · immigration · xenophobia · refugees · alienation · modern anxiety · humanity · empathy · community · survival · routine · cycles · violence · climate crisis · economic precarity · reactionary populism
Semantic match: ranked by themes
Distance: 0.1085
A ghostwriter returns to her Florida childhood home after the pandemic and is pulled into family, tech, and reality-bending mysteries.
Why this is here
Themes labels: trauma · memory · grief · reality · storytelling · technology · climate change · pandemic aftermath · mental health · identity · escapism · family dynamics · surveillance · late capitalism · utopia · existential dread
Semantic match: ranked by themes
Distance: 0.1095
A replicant detective races to find a missing loved one while a dystopian society edges toward collapse.
Why this is here
Themes labels: death · mortality · love · hope · hate · power · corruption · social inequality · technology · humanity · identity · freedom · democracy · fanaticism · religious extremism · political violence · climate crisis · environmental collapse · capitalism · memory · compassion · solidarity · transhumanism · dehumanization
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Distance: 0.1104
In a childless near-future England, a weary historian is drawn into resistance when a pregnancy changes everything.
Why this is here
Themes labels: mortality · hope · despair · extinction · power abuse · authoritarianism · freedom · human nature · faith · religious allegory · meaning of life · parenthood · generation gap · social collapse · alienation · resistance · responsibility · apathy · grief · loss
Semantic match: ranked by themes
Distance: 0.1111
When New York's buildings begin shifting nightly, emergency workers, missing loved ones, and a city in crisis must adapt fast.
Why this is here
Themes labels: climate change · political unrest · bureaucracy · emergency management · social inequality · class consciousness · capitalism · community · isolation · human resilience · identity · connection · survival · disaster response · uncertainty · control · trust · grief · loss · public panic · modern anxiety · religion · social media · power structures
Semantic match: ranked by themes
Distance: 0.1111
After an EMP ends civilization, a terminally ill teen must survive the wilderness, the Changed, and unstable human survivors.
Why this is here
Themes labels: survival · apocalypse · identity · mortality · grief · agency · trust · fear · hope · loss · human cruelty · community · coming of age · moral compromise · religious extremism · science and explanation
Semantic match: ranked by themes
Distance: 0.1140
Three queer sisters reunite after their cruel father dies in a rain-swamped future, unearthing family secrets and deeper dread.
Why this is here
Themes labels: grief · loss · family trauma · inheritance · climate collapse · environmental anxiety · capitalism · abuse · memory · sisterhood · queer desire · love and loss · endurance · daily life · apathy · collapse · religion · ritual · power · social class · survival
Semantic match: ranked by themes
Distance: 0.1154
