Adventure, Family, Fantasy
For generations, the people of the City of Ember have flourished in an amazing world of glittering lights. But Ember's once powerful generator is failing and the great lamps that illuminate the city are starting to flicker. Now, two teenagers, in a race against time, must search Ember for clues that will unlock the ancient mystery of the city's existence, before the the lights go out forever.
MOVIE COMMENTS
SIMILAR MOVIES
The Island
Beneath the Planet of the Apes
Howl's Moving Castle
Zardoz
King Solomon's Mines
Wild Wild West
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen
Johnny Mnemonic
Around the World in 80 Days
Atlantis: The Lost Empire
Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes
9
Barb Wire
The Amazing Captain Nemo
Le avventure e gli amori di Miguel Cervantes
Inkheart
Double Dragon
The Golden Compass
Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within
The Time Machine
SIMILAR MOVIES
The Island
IMDB 6.7 | Jul , 2005
In 2019, Lincoln Six-Echo is a resident of a seemingly "Utopian" but contained facility. Like all of the inhabitants of this carefully-controlled environment, Lincoln hopes to be chosen to go to The Island — reportedly the last uncontaminated location on the planet. But Lincoln soon discovers that everything about his existence is a lie.Beneath the Planet of the Apes
IMDB 6.1 | Apr , 1970
The sole survivor of an interplanetary rescue mission lands on the planet of the apes, and uncovers a horrible secret beneath the surface.Howl's Moving Castle
IMDB 8.4 | Sep , 2004
Sophie, a young milliner, is turned into an elderly woman by a witch who enters her shop and curses her. She encounters a wizard named Howl and gets caught up in his resistance to fighting for the king.Zardoz
IMDB 5.9 | Feb , 1974
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.King Solomon's Mines
IMDB 5.4 | Nov , 1985
Ever in search of adventure, explorer Allan Quatermain agrees to join the beautiful Jesse Huston on a mission to locate her archaeologist father, who has been abducted for his knowledge of the legendary mines of King Solomon. As the kidnappers, led by sinister German military officer Bockner, journey into the wilds of Africa, Allan and Jesse track the party and must contend with fierce natives and dangerous creatures, among other perils.Wild Wild West
IMDB 5.3 | Jun , 1999
Legless Southern inventor Dr. Arliss Loveless plans to rekindle the Civil War by assassinating President Ulysses S. Grant. Only two men can stop him: gunfighter James West and master-of-disguise and inventor Artemus Gordon. The two must team up to thwart Loveless' plans.The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen
IMDB 6 | Jul , 2003
To prevent a world war from breaking out, famous characters from Victorian literature band together to do battle against a cunning villain.Johnny Mnemonic
IMDB 5.8 | May , 1995
In a dystopian 2021, Johnny is a data trafficker who has an implant that allows him to securely store data too sensitive for regular computer networks. On one delivery run, he accepts a package that not only exceeds the implant's safety limits—and will kill him if the data is not removed in time—but also contains information far more important and valuable than he had ever imagined. On a race against time, he must avoid the assassins sent to kill him and remove the data before it, too, ends his life.Around the World in 80 Days
IMDB 5.9 | Jun , 2004
A bet pits a British inventor, a Chinese thief and a French artist on a worldwide adventure that they can circle the globe in 80 days.Atlantis: The Lost Empire
IMDB 7 | Jun , 2001
A young linguist named Milo Thatch joins an intrepid group of explorers to find the mysterious lost continent of Atlantis.Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes
IMDB 7.1 | May , 2024
Several generations following Caesar's reign, apes – now the dominant species – live harmoniously while humans have been reduced to living in the shadows. As a new tyrannical ape leader builds his empire, one young ape undertakes a harrowing journey that will cause him to question all he's known about the past and to make choices that will define a future for apes and humans alike.9
IMDB 6.9 | Aug , 2009
When 9 first comes to life, he finds himself in a post-apocalyptic world. All humans are gone, and it is only by chance that he discovers a small community of others like him taking refuge from fearsome machines that roam the earth intent on their extinction. Despite being the neophyte of the group, 9 convinces the others that hiding will do them no good.Barb Wire
IMDB 4.1 | May , 1996
A sexy nightclub owner, Barb Wire moonlights as a mercenary in Steel Harbor, one of the last free zones in the now fascist United States. When scientist Cora Devonshire wanders into Barb's establishment, she gets roped into a top-secret government plot involving biological weapons. Soon Barb is reunited with her old flame Axel Hood, who is now Cora's husband and a guerrilla fighter, resulting in plenty of tense action.The Amazing Captain Nemo
IMDB 5.3 | May , 1978
Captain Nemo is found in suspended animation under the sea and revived by modern-day Navy men in order to battle a fiendish mad scientist.Le avventure e gli amori di Miguel Cervantes
IMDB 7.5 | Nov , 1967
This epic Spanish biopic chronicles the life of Cervantes, Spain's great novelist, playwright and poet, during the 16th-century, when as a young man he goes to Italy to become a soldier for the Pope. Later he helps the Pope's emissary wage war against the Spanish Moors. His exploits win him great favor. He falls in love with a famous Italian courtesan and she with him. Unfortunately, the Pope splits them apart with his newest decree which demands that all prostitutes leave the city. Upset, Cervantes goes to fight in the famed sea battle of Lepanto and comes back a hero. Later he is captured by Barbary pirates and ransomed by Trinitarian friars.Inkheart
IMDB 6.3 | Dec , 2008
The adventures of a father and his young daughter, in their search for a long lost book that will help reunite a missing, close relative.Double Dragon
IMDB 4.5 | Nov , 1994
Two brothers have half of a powerful ancient Chinese talisman. An evil gang leader has the other half, and determines to get the brothers' half and have a complete medallion so he can gain absolute power.The Golden Compass
IMDB 6.1 | Dec , 2007
In a parallel universe, after overhearing a shocking secret, precocious orphan Lyra Belacqua trades her carefree existence roaming the halls of Jordan College for an otherworldly adventure in the far North, unaware that it's part of her destiny.Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within
IMDB 6.2 | Jul , 2001
Led by a strange dream, scientist Aki Ross struggles to collect the eight spirits in the hope of creating a force powerful enough to protect the planet. With the aid of the Deep Eyes Squadron and her mentor, Dr. Sid, Aki must save the Earth from its darkest hate and unleash the spirits within.The Time Machine
IMDB 7.3 | Aug , 1960
A Victorian Englishman travels to the far future and finds that humanity has divided into two hostile species.