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 Three Investigators in The Secret of Skeleton Island
The Snows of Kilimanjaro
Zardoz
The Time Machine
The Time Machine
Around the World in 80 Days
The Impossible Voyage
The Great Escape
Vidocq
Dante's Peak
Mad Max
Babylon A.D.
Vampire Hunter D
Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome
Robots
King Solomon's Mines
Johnny Mnemonic
Cyborg
Around the World in 80 Days
Back to the Future Part III
SIMILAR MOVIES
The Three Investigators in The Secret of Skeleton Island
IMDB 6.1 | Nov , 2007
The hobby detectives “The Three Investigators” want to take a little break. So they take advantage of an offer from Peter's father, who has accepted a job in South Africa and wants to take the detectives there. But Jupiter, Peter and Bob wouldn't be the three investigators marks feared by the criminal world if they just lounged around in the sun on their vacation. So it's no wonder that the clever boys soon have their next case to solve...The Snows of Kilimanjaro
IMDB 5.9 | Sep , 1952
Writer Harry Street reflects on his life as he lies dying from an infection while on safari in the shadow of Mount Kilimanjaro.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.The Time Machine
IMDB 7.3 | May , 1960
A Victorian Englishman travels to the far future and finds that humanity has divided into two hostile species.The Time Machine
IMDB 6.3 | Mar , 2002
Hoping to alter the events of the past, a 19th century inventor instead travels 800,000 years into the future, where he finds mankind divided into two warring races.Around the World in 80 Days
IMDB 6.6 | Oct , 1956
Based on the famous book by Jules Verne the movie follows Phileas Fogg on his journey around the world. Which has to be completed within 80 days, a very short period for those days.The Impossible Voyage
IMDB 7.2 | Oct , 1904
Using every known means of transportation, several savants from the Geographic Society undertake a journey through the Alps to the Sun which finishes under the sea.The Great Escape
IMDB 7.9 | Jul , 1963
The Nazis, exasperated at the number of escapes from their prison camps by a relatively small number of Allied prisoners, relocate them to a high-security 'escape-proof' camp to sit out the remainder of the war. Undaunted, the prisoners plan one of the most ambitious escape attempts of World War II. Based on a true story.Vidocq
IMDB 5.9 | Sep , 2001
Paris, 1830. In the heart of the town, Vidocq, a famous detective, disappears as he fights the Alchemist, an assassin that he has been pursuing for a few months. His young biographer, Etienne Boisset, decides to avenge Vidocq's death and takes the investigation on...Dante's Peak
IMDB 6.2 | Feb , 1997
Volcanologist Harry Dalton comes to the sleepy town of Dante's Peak to investigate the recent rumblings of the dormant volcano the burg is named for. Before long, his worst fears are realized when a massive eruption hits, and immediately, Harry, the mayor and the townspeople find themselves fighting for their lives amid a catastrophic nightmare.Mad Max
IMDB 6.7 | Apr , 1979
In the ravaged near-future, a savage motorcycle gang rules the road. Terrorizing innocent civilians while tearing up the streets, the ruthless gang laughs in the face of a police force hell-bent on stopping them.Babylon A.D.
IMDB 5.7 | Aug , 2008
A veteran-turned-mercenary is hired to take a young woman with a secret from post-apocalyptic Eastern Europe to New York City.Vampire Hunter D
IMDB 6.6 | Dec , 1985
In a far-future time ruled by the supernatural, a young girl requests the help of a vampire hunter to kill the vampire who has bitten her and thus prevent her from becoming a vampire herself.Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome
IMDB 6.2 | Jun , 1985
Mad Max becomes a pawn in a decadent oasis of a technological society, and when exiled, becomes the deliverer of a colony of children.Robots
IMDB 6.5 | Mar , 2005
Rodney Copperbottom is a young robot inventor who dreams of making the world a better place, until the evil Ratchet takes over Bigweld Industries. Now, Rodney's dreams – and those of his friends – are in danger of becoming obsolete.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.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.Cyborg
IMDB 5.7 | Apr , 1989
A martial artist hunts a killer in a plague-infested urban dump of the future.Around the World in 80 Days
IMDB 6 | 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.Back to the Future Part III
IMDB 7.5 | May , 1990
The final installment finds Marty digging the trusty DeLorean out of a mineshaft and looking for Doc in the Wild West of 1885. But when their time machine breaks down, the travelers are stranded in a land of spurs. More problems arise when Doc falls for pretty schoolteacher Clara Clayton, and Marty tangles with Buford Tannen.