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My Winnipeg (2007)
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Genre: Documentary, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, History
Country: Canada
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
The geographical dead center of North America and the beloved birthplace of Guy Maddin, Winnipeg, is the frosty and mysterious star of Maddin’s film. Fact, fantasy and memory are woven seamlessly together in this work, conjuring a city as delightful as it is fearsome.
Style:
surreal, art house, experimental, enigmatic, satirical, disturbing, mockumentary, black and white, cerebral, atmospheric ...
Plot:
surrealism, life philosophy, relationships, eccentricity, haunted by the past, loneliness, dysfunctional family, lifestyle, art, mother, metaphor, city life, winter, childhood, city, dog, snow, male nudity, bare chested male, psychoanalysis, culture, trippy, satire, cold weather, magic realism ...
Time:
year 2007, 2000s, 20th century, contemporary
Place:
canada, winnipeg
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out surreal, art house, mind bending and weird films with plots about surrealism, nude, loneliness, obsession, magic realism, art and existentialism mostly in Drama, Comedy and Fantasy genres. Some movies like My Winnipeg: Brand Upon the Brain! (2006), Cowards Bend the Knee (2003), Keyhole (2011), The Dance of Reality (2013), Tales from the Gimli Hospital (1988). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
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Style:
disturbing, surreal, cerebral, experimental, psychological ...
Plot:
human experiment, surrealism, lighthouse, childhood memory, lesbian, island, orphanage, investigation, family relations, parallel world, dying, abandoned ...
Time:
year 2006
Place:
canada, romania
Similarity:
95%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Canada
Duration: 60 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
winnipeg, canada
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
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Style:
sexy, surreal, serious, stylized, realistic ...
Plot:
haunted house, gangster, family relations, homecoming, escapades, parents and children, violence, ghost, caught having sex, magic realism, organized crime, psychology ...
Time:
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Place:
canada, seattle
Similarity:
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Fantasy
Country: Chile, France
Duration: 133 min.
Story:
“Having broken away from my illusory self, I was desperately seeking a path and a meaning to life.” This phrase perfectly sums up Alejandro Jodorowsky’s biographical project: reconstituting the incredible adventure of his life. Alejandro ...
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Plot:
surrealism, childhood, coming of age, kids in trouble, dysfunctional family, family life, family relations, street kid, family problems, parents and children, misfit, youth ...
Time:
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Place:
chile, latin america
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73%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 72 min.
Story:
While their mother is dying in the modern Gimli, Manitoba hospital, two young children are told an important tale by their Icelandic grandmother about Ainar the lonely, his friend Gunnar, and the angelic Snjofrieder in a Gimli of old.
Style:
surreal, black and white, avant garde, expressionism, independent film ...
Plot:
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Time:
year 1988, 20th century, 1900s, turn of the century
Place:
iceland, canada
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Country: Sweden, Germany, Norway, France, Denmark
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
An absurdist, surrealistic and shocking pitch-black comedy, which moves freely from nightmare to fantasy to hilariously deadpan humour as it muses on man’s perpetual inhumanity to man.
Style:
surreal, dark comedy, philosophical, cerebral, black comedy ...
Plot:
absurdism, dark humor, power relations, society, odd couple, teaching the ways of the world, partner, misfit, on the road, existentialism, surrealism, humanity ...
Time:
90s, 21st century
Place:
eastern europe, japan, tokyo
Similarity:
62%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Horror, Romance
Country: Canada
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
year 1992, 90s, 19th century, 1920s
Place:
swiss alps, canada, tokyo
Similarity:
61%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Country: France, Japan, South Korea, Germany
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
Tokyo! is an anthology of three short films by directors Michel Gondry (France), Leos Carax (France) and Joon-ho Bong (Korea), each of whom offers an imaginative and transnatural/supernatural glimpse into the Tokyo Megapolis.
Style:
anthology, surreal, art house, cerebral, dark comedy ...
Plot:
male nudity, city life, surrealism, obsession, imagination, isolation, depression, freak, drug, creativity, fall in love, vengeance ...
Time:
year 2007, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
tokyo, japan, asia, paris france, new jersey ...
Similarity:
59%
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Genre: Drama, Fantasy
Country: France, Switzerland
Duration: 70 min.
Story:
About a man who’s angry at his wife because she’s met another man on a park bench and they no longer even speak the same language.
Style:
surreal, experimental, atmospheric, serious, stylized ...
Plot:
couple relations, introspection, battle of the sexes, love, crumbling marriage, fight, communication problem, dog, book, death, unsettling, bookstore ...
Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
56%
Genre: Drama, Fantasy
Country: Thailand, UK, France, Germany, Spain, Netherlands
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
Suffering from acute kidney failure, Uncle Boonmee has chosen to spend his final days surrounded by his loved ones in the countryside. Surprisingly, the ghost of his deceased wife appears to care for him, and his long lost son returns home in a ...
Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
year 2010, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
asia, thailand, india, tokyo, japan
Similarity:
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 139 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Country: Canada, France
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
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Style:
surreal, disturbing, art house, erotic, humorous ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
canada, quebec, sicily, montreal
Similarity:
52%
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, History, Mystery
Country: Russia, Germany, Japan, Canada, Finland, Denmark
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
A French marquis wanders through a vast labyrinth of corridors, theaters and ballrooms at a reception for a Persian ambassador.
Style:
epic, visual, philosophical, cerebral, surreal ...
Plot:
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Time:
19th century, year 2002, 20th century, 1800s, 18th century ...
Place:
soviet union, russia, ussr, siberia, europe ...
Similarity:
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Country: West Germany
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Country: Yugoslavia, West Germany
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
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Style:
sexy, surreal, avant garde, controversial, disturbing ...
Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
former yugoslavia, europe
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Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
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Country: USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
Spike Jonze’s debut feature film is a love story mix of comedy and fantasy. The story is about an unsuccessful puppeteer named Craig, who one day at work finds a portal into the head of actor John Malkovich. The portal soon becomes a passion for ...
Style:
surreal, psychological, cerebral, cult classic, mind bending ...
Audience:
date night, chick flick, adult
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
new york, new jersey, usa, manhattan new york city
Similarity:
47%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Czech Republic, Switzerland, UK
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
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Style:
sexy, surreal, experimental, sexual, erotic ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
surrealism, masturbation, erotica, fetish, sex scene, sex, forbidden love, erotic art, dark humor, satire, food, sexual relations ...
Time:
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Place:
europe, central europe, czechoslovakia
Similarity:
41%
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Country: Canada
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
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Style:
surreal, psychedelic, mindfuck, art house, philosophical ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Similarity:
40%
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Country: Sweden, Germany, France, Denmark, Norway, Japan
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
2000s, year 2007, 21st century
Place:
scandinavia, eastern europe, new jersey, california
Similarity:
38%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Winter. Somewhere between Tehran and Winnipeg. Negin and Nazgol find a sum of money frozen deep within the sidewalk ice and try to find a way to get it out. Massoud leads a group of befuddled tourists upon an increasingly-strange walking tour of ...
Style:
surreal, psychological, thrilling, absurd, art house ...
Plot:
surrealism, winter, multiple storylines, ice, snow, isolation, identity, estrangement, mother son relationship, alienation, absurd humor, minimalism ...
Time:
2020s
Place:
winnipeg, tehran, quebec, montreal
Similarity:
38%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Country: Mexico
Duration: 45 min.
Story:
Simon, a deeply religious man living in the 4th century, wants to be nearer to God so he climbs a column. The Devil wants him come down to Earth and is trying to seduce him.
Style:
spiritual, surreal, philosophical, experimental, erotic ...
Plot:
saint, surrealism, bible, temptation, religion, desert, dark humor, devil, spirituality, religious, christian, spirit ...
Time:
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Similarity:
38%
Genre: Drama, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 182 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
surrealism, good versus evil, supernatural, imaginary, danger, punk, rivalry, artists and showbiz, apprentice, curses spells and rituals, zombie, graphic violence ...
Time:
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Place:
new york, usa, manhattan new york city
Similarity:
37%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Country: Chile
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
The film revolves around the concept of soap opera. Its structure is based on the assumption that Chilean reality does not exist, but rather is an ensemble of soap operas. There are four audiovisual provinces, and the threat of war is felt among the ...
Style:
soap opera, satirical, thrilling, captivating, psychological ...
Plot:
political satire, social commentary, political unrest, lifestyle, satire, social issues, social problems, national identity, civil unrest, dystopia, country, oneiric
Time:
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Place:
chile
Similarity:
37%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 137 min.
Story:
Middle-aged Giulietta grows suspicious of her husband, Giorgio, when his behavior grows increasingly questionable. One night when Giorgio initiates a seance amongst his friends, Giulietta gets in touch with spirits and learns more about herself and ...
Style:
surreal, psychedelic, cerebral, art house, stylized ...
Plot:
surrealism, infidelity, art, spiritualism, insanity, hermaphrodite, memory, temptation, medium, eccentricity, female protagonist, extramarital affair ...
Time:
year 1965, 60s
Place:
italy
Similarity:
37%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
A love-lorn script writer grows increasingly desperate in his quest to adapt the book 'The Orchid Thief'.
Style:
philosophical, satirical, cerebral, clever, absurd ...
Plot:
depression, satire, twins, filmmaking, siblings relations, writer's block, mentally unstable, imagination, loser, existentialism, loner, writers ...
Time:
year 2002, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
florida, new york, california, usa, new orleans
Similarity:
36%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Country: France, Italy, Spain
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
In Luis Buñuel’s deliciously satiric masterpiece, an upper-class sextet sits down to dinner but never eats, their attempts continually thwarted by a vaudevillian mixture of events both actual and imagined.
Style:
atmospheric, disturbing, surreal, biting, satirical ...
Plot:
farce, bourgeoisie, high society, social commentary, absurdism, satire, social satire, surrealism, dark humor, decadence, dinner, dream ...
Time:
70s, 20th century, year 1972
Place:
europe, paris france, france, spain
Similarity:
35%
707
Genre: Drama, Fantasy
Country: UK, China, Canada, Argentina
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Two men living on the exact opposite side of the world. When one sleeps, the other one is awake. But when they finally meet, a simple question arises: Who is the dream and who is the dreamer?
Style:
psychological, thought provoking, suspense, disturbing, enigmatic ...
Plot:
identity crisis, dream, self identity, hidden identity, duplicity, identity, surrealism, metaphysics, character study, intimate, minimalism, loneliness ...
Place:
shanghai
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34%
Genre: Drama, Fantasy
Country: Mexico
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
The guests at an upper-class dinner party find themselves unable to leave. The Exterminating Angel is a 1962 surrealist film, written and directed by Luis Buñuel, starring Silvia Pinal. Sharply satirical and allegorical, the film contains a view ...
Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
spain, paris france
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34%
Genre: Drama, Fantasy
Country: France, Germany, Belgium
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
We follow 24 hours in the life of a being moving from life to life like a cold and solitary assassin moving from hit to hit. In each of these interwoven lives, the being possesses an entirely distinct identity: sometimes a man, sometimes a woman, ...
Style:
surreal, art house, cerebral, psychedelic, disturbing ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
surrealism, life & death, existentialism, creativity, obsession, multiple storylines, trippy, hidden identity, unfulfillment, power relations, lifestyle change, male nudity ...
Time:
2010s, year 2012, 21st century
Place:
paris france, france, seattle, tokyo
Similarity:
33%
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