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Buddha's Little Finger (2015)
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Genre: Drama
Country: Russia, Canada, Germany
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
A drama set during the failed coup against President Mikhail Gorbachev.
Style:
tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing, art house, psychological, surreal, intense, period piece, art film ...
Plot:
political unrest, memory loss, kgb, time travel, time loop, wartime, coup d'etat, political intrigue, historical character, time warp, memory lapse, russian civil war, revolution, oppression, travel, torture, identity crisis, violence, intrigue, friendship, female warrior, dark humor
Place:
soviet union, russia, moscow russia
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Most similar movies to Buddha's Little Finger
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out captivating, psychological, disturbing and melancholic films with plots about moral ambiguity, social problems, friendship, betrayal, identity crisis, slow burn and coming of age mostly in Drama genres. Some movies like Buddha's Little Finger: The Perfect Cheerleader (2019), The Guardian (2012), The Cage (2015), Me Too (2012), Angels of Revolution (2014). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
When college freshman Cassie earns a spot on the cheerleading squad, she is overjoyed about the new friendships, status, and access to social events that come along with being on the team. When she meets Terry, the charismatic President of the ...
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suspense, tense, disturbing, captivating, dark ...
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cheerleader, cheerleading, female protagonist, prostitution, college, forced prostitution, college student, sexual attraction, seduction, scandal, exploitation, deception ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: Georgia
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
After 16 years of imprisonment, 40-years-old Gogliko is released from jail. He doesn't exactly know what he did that deserved 16 years of jail time. A free man, a changed country awaits him. His personal life has drastically altered. His ...
Style:
captivating, disturbing, thought provoking, psychological, suspense ...
Plot:
loss, ex convict, political intrigue, society, life is a bitch, criminal, changing lives, political unrest, lifestyle change, political corruption, post soviet, identity crisis ...
Place:
georgia, caucasus, tbilisi
Similarity:
51%
Genre: Drama
Country: Turkey
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
In 1980s, Youths having different ideologies couldn't share universities, streets, dormitories, they however stayed in same prisons and Cells. They fought each other, they killed each other and they restricted their living areas by being ...
Style:
disturbing, captivating, suspense, tense, intense ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
idealism, coup d'etat, revolution, prison, political violence, prison life, society, political unrest, social issues, political prisoner, revolutionary, politics ...
Time:
80s
Place:
turkey
Similarity:
46%
Genre: Drama
Country: Russia
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
Five passengers - the Bandit, his friend Matvei, Matvei's old father, the Musician, and a young woman - race along an empty road in a big black jeep, searching for the Belfry of Happiness which, according to hearsay, lies somewhere between St. ...
Style:
road movie, melancholic, thought provoking, disturbing, suspense ...
Plot:
society, quest, faith, group of strangers, religious, musician, unhappy, travel, friendship, bandit, pilgrimage, myth ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
russia, soviet union
Similarity:
36%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Russia
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
Five friends – a poet, an actor, a painter, an architect and a primitivist film director – are five red avant-garde artists who try to find the embodiment of their hopes and dreams in the young Soviet state. The Revolution is boiling up like a ...
Style:
avant garde, disturbing, psychological, captivating, experimental ...
Plot:
revolutionary, revolution, painter, arts and culture, social problems, counterculture, culture, friends, russian revolution, magic realism, symbolism, poetry ...
Time:
1910s
Place:
soviet union, siberia, ussr, russia
Similarity:
33%
Genre: Drama
Country: Germany, Ukraine, UK, Russia
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
It is 1956. Dau is a distinguished Soviet scientist who meets up with the love of his youth – Maria, a Greek actress – during her three day visit to Moscow. They haven’t seen each other for 25 years. Dau is a successful and prosperous ...
Style:
neo noir, disturbing, captivating, psychological, poignant ...
Plot:
old love, character study, lost love, marital problem, husband wife relationship, relationship problems, love interest, love affair, ex couple relations, relationships, love story, male female relationship ...
Time:
1950s
Place:
moscow russia
Similarity:
31%
Genre: Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 127 min.
Story:
Wandering around the streets, Sejin, a pregnant teen, gets to know Juyeong and reunites with Jaepil and Sinji. The four musketeers go through a series of misfortunes, bumping into masochistic/sadistic characters and experiencing the brutality and ...
Style:
disturbing, suspense, tense, psychological, captivating ...
Plot:
homeless teenager, pregnant teenager, troubled teen, poverty, teenager, social problems, life is a bitch, teenage pregnancy, coming of age, teenage life, social misfits, relationship problems ...
Similarity:
31%
Genre: Drama
Country: France, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Sarajevo on 28 of June, 2014. At the Hotel Europa, the best hotel in town, the manager Omer prepares to welcome a delegation of diplomatic VIPs. On the centenary of the assassination that is considered to have led to World War I, an appeal for peace ...
Style:
thought provoking, suspense, captivating, disturbing, psychological ...
Plot:
hotel, social problems, political unrest, murder, workplace, assassination, politics, class conflict, social realism, strike, national identity, urban ...
Place:
bosnia herzegovina, sarajevo
Similarity:
31%
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479
Genre: Drama
Country: Russia
Duration: 139 min.
Story:
Moscow, the 90s ... A city without a past and without a future. A city that doesn't forgive mistakes. Showing Moscow bohemia, the criminal business: nightlife, easy money, excitement and confusion form the surface of this life. The main ...
Style:
crime drama, suspenseful, captivating, disturbing, suspense ...
Plot:
organized crime, affair, criminal, money, stolen money, intrigue, crime boss, love triangle, gang, murder, bandit, suspicion of adultery ...
Time:
90s
Place:
moscow russia
Similarity:
30%
Genre: Drama
Country: Colombia
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
Colombian director Víctor Gaviria melds stark realism with nail-biting thrills in this story about a teenage girl who is kidnapped and forced into marriage with a ferocious shantytown thug.
Style:
captivating, disturbing, psychological, suspense, intense ...
Plot:
rape, forced marriage, domestic abuse, family relations, relationships, violence, relationship problems, male female relationship, violent, life is a bitch, forbidden love, family problems ...
Place:
colombia, latin america
Similarity:
28%
Genre: Drama
Country: Philippines
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
The armed conflict between the Philippine military and the communist resistance at the beginning of the 1990s forms the backdrop to this study of three individuals who, for different reasons, are trying to resolve an untenable situation.
Style:
captivating, psychological, realistic, bleak, reflective ...
Plot:
lie, life is a bitch, relationship problems, conflict, couple relations, relationships, social problems, wartime, social realism, armed conflict, survival, moral ambiguity ...
Time:
year 1993
Similarity:
28%
Genre: Drama
Country: Russia
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
A haunting, violent tale of a youth lost in an uncaring world, Bullet Collector is visual, nightmarish masterpiece. A shy 14-year-old boy, disconnected from home life and school, and sent to a hellish reform school, eventually lashes out on the ...
Style:
disturbing, bleak, visual, suspense, captivating ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
character study, innocence lost, unsettling, loneliness, coming of age, reform school, alienation, isolation, teenage crush, combat, teenager, teenage life ...
Time:
2010s
Similarity:
27%
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Euphoria brings together two intersecting road stories about the same person - a little girl called Lily who is taken away from home by her mother Celeste, and a young woman, Michelle, who journeys home to unravel the truth about her mysterious past.
Style:
tense, psychological, suspense, disturbing, captivating ...
Plot:
female protagonist, family secret, investigation, mother daughter relationship, troubled past, secret past, confronting the past, uncover truth, multiple storylines, tragic past, journey, road trip ...
Similarity:
27%
652
Genre: Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 180 min.
Story:
Adapted from an award-winning best-selling book by Uwe Tellkamp, 'The Tower' depicts a higher class family’s struggles during crumbling communist rule in 1980’s East Germany. It illustrates the weaknesses and pending downfall of the ...
Style:
tense, historical drama, disturbing, captivating, suspense ...
Plot:
double life, stasi, cold war, communism, repression, secret police, family drama, social problems, family problems, political unrest, fear, family secret ...
Time:
80s
Place:
east germany, german democratic republic
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
Cree matriarch Aline Spears survives a childhood in Canada’s residential school system to continue her family’s generational fight in the face of systemic starvation, racism, and sexual abuse. She uses her uncanny ability to understand and ...
Style:
psychological, captivating, suspenseful, thrilling, family saga ...
Plot:
indigenous people, world war two, matriarchy, survival, trauma, resilience, colonialism, oppression, social problems, confronting the past, violence, social issues ...
Time:
20th century
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
A successful, young writer's first pregnancy is overshadowed by her complicated relationship with reality.
Style:
captivating, psychological, disturbing, tense, existential ...
Plot:
pregnancy, female protagonist, pregnancy and birth, writers, lifestyle, social climber, unplanned pregnancy, problem, male female relationship, family relations, writer's life, mental health ...
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
No overview found.
Style:
intense, emotional, psychological, tense, existential ...
Plot:
survival, domestic drama, death, moral ambiguity, identity, friendship, brain tumor, claustrophobia, introspection, intimate, sexuality, dinner party ...
Time:
2000s
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
October 26, 1979, a presidential assassination shakes the nation. Taking on the defense of Park Tae-joo, the secretary involved in the presidential assassination, lawyer Jung In-hoo enters what would be South Korea's most notorious political ...
Style:
tense, suspenseful, psychological, captivating, thrilling ...
Plot:
assassination, court, justice, judge, problem, legal action, political unrest, politics, political intrigue, courtroom, defense attorney, oppression ...
Time:
70s
Place:
south korea, korea, seoul
Similarity:
25%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Romania
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
The personal story of the young student Felix Goldschmidt, who finds himself arrested for a crime he does not understand, like his fellow prisoners, he believes at first that he the victim of a mistake. But Red Gloves is also a political story, ...
Style:
captivating, psychological, grim, dramatic, melancholic ...
Plot:
false accusation, wrongful imprisonment, prison, jail, political intrigue, prisoner, accusation, confined, framed for a crime, totalitarianism, injustice, oppression ...
Time:
20th century
Place:
eastern europe
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Drama
Country: Sweden
Duration: 72 min.
Story:
Poetic, experimental and different, Container is described by Lukas Moodysson as "a black and white silent movie with sound" and with the following words; "A woman in a man's body. A man in a woman's body. Jesus in ...
Style:
experimental, black and white, avant garde, art film, poetic ...
Plot:
desire for fame, identity crisis, minimalism, intimate, metaphysics, human relationship, darkness
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
After the death of her closest two friends, young Daphne Lessing suffers a loss of faith, then a lapse in memory. Confronted with a diagnosis of schizophrenia and a pregnancy she neither planned nor is able to explain, Daphne is forced into a ...
Style:
psychological, captivating, thrilling, bleak, melancholic ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
female protagonist, schizophrenia, amnesia, memory loss, moral dilemma, motherhood, mental illness, problem, pregnancy, amnesiac, unwanted pregnancy, memory ...
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Drama
Country: France, Portugal, Russia
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Set in the 1950s Soviet Union, centers on a young artist who is commissioned to create Stalin's monument and must go through KGB scrutiny.
Style:
disturbing, captivating, thought provoking, suspense, political thriller ...
Plot:
stalinism, surveillance, sculptor, josef stalin, political repression, totalitarianism, kgb, feud, painter, political intrigue, propaganda, paranoia ...
Time:
1950s
Place:
soviet union, moscow russia, ussr
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Drama
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
A neurosurgeon returns back to the USSR from Sweden and has to deal with rejection - both at work and at home.
Style:
existential, melancholic, emotional, contemplative, serious ...
Plot:
regret, identity crisis, midlife crisis, guilt, love triangle, friendship, alienation, failed marriage, self discovery, nostalgia, sacrifice, scientist ...
Time:
70s
Place:
soviet union, moscow russia, siberia, russia, ussr
Similarity:
24%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Helena, 29, a single mother with an 11-year-old daughter, is a moderately successful actress who earns a living as an escort in the sex industry. Her relationship with her own mother, a singing teacher, is tense, and she’s also increasingly ...
Style:
suspense, tense, disturbing, independent film, art house ...
Plot:
female protagonist, single mother, mother daughter relationship, sex work, single parent, sexual content, family problems, family relations, sexual relations, life is a bitch, sexuality, sexploitation ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
berlin germany
Similarity:
24%
211
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 75 min.
Story:
'Duffer' (1971) is a rarely seen cult British movie that has languished in the vaults of the British Film Institute for the best part of forty years until they decided to release it on DVD/BluRay for the first time last month. It's a ...
Style:
surreal, psychological, atmospheric, tension, disturbing ...
Plot:
gay interest, abuse, obsession, adolescence, manipulation, sadism, male nudity, taboo, sexual awakening, sex worker, identity crisis, macabre ...
Time:
70s
Place:
london
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Drama
Country: Indonesia, South Korea
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
A female cheap salon worker and a pirated DVDs subtitle maker fall in love during the turbulent presidential election in Indonesia.
Style:
psychological, tense, captivating, disturbing, suspense ...
Plot:
presidential election, lovers apart, forbidden love, mistress, star crossed lovers, relationship problems, love and romance, fall in love, politics, social problems, political unrest, love story ...
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Young adults growing up in an oppressed society, finding ways to fight back and discovering as individuals who they truly are.
Style:
disturbing, psychological, captivating, emotional, controversial ...
Plot:
self discovery, young couple, coming of age, adolescence, relationships, love affair, society, male female relationship, youth, relationship problems, lifestyle, social problems ...
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Drama
Country: Mexico, Spain, Argentina, France, Brazil, UK
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Adaptation and unification in a single story of several stories by the writer Rubem Fonseca, where the theme of violence in contemporary society is explored.
Style:
suspenseful, disturbing, suspense, captivating, crime drama ...
Plot:
violence, serial killer, killing, who done it, antisocial behavior, life is a bitch, murder, murderer, criminal, social problems, moral ambiguity, globalization ...
Place:
brazil, new york, miami
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Drama
Country: India
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
In a desolate desert, a reclusive gatekeeper offers refuge to a mysterious woman fleeing a dark past, leading to an unraveling of secrets and shattered realities.
Style:
tense, atmospheric, surreal, psychological thriller, suspense ...
Plot:
desert, isolation, solitude, female protagonist, identity crisis, slow burn, moral ambiguity, minimalism, relationships, malayalam
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23%
456
Genre: Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
Bruno is an idealistic hero who questions the meaning of life in this confusing and sometimes hallucinatory erotic drama. After a night in jail, he is gang-raped by punk rockers in a garbage dump. He later saves an old man who believes he is ...
Style:
surreal, erotic, sexy, erotic drama, dark drama ...
Plot:
female nudity, absurd humor, rape, surrealism, sexual abuse, violent, alienation, hallucination, desperation, moral ambiguity, identity crisis, character study ...
Similarity:
23%
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