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According to Ben Adams (2016)
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Genre: Drama
Country: Australia
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Bored with his usual routine, the devil gets arrested just to see what will happen.
Style:
thought provoking, psychological, philosophical, allegory, existential, mind bending, dark, mysterious, ambiguous ending, tension ...
Plot:
supernatural, belief, religious, hospital, deception, moral dilemma, identity crisis, character study, psychiatric hospital, impostor, confined, satire, intimate, minimalism, claustrophobia, dialogue driven
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out psychological, existential, art house and suspense films with plots about character study, intimate, minimalism, claustrophobia, dialogue driven, isolation and urban mostly in Drama, Comedy and Fantasy genres. Some movies like According to Ben Adams: Something to Do with Death (2018), Zebras in Wyoming (2017), Song Without Words (2022), Edge (2010), Surviving the 70's (2015). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Drama
Country: Australia
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
One bullet can do a lot of damage.
Style:
tense, twist ending, black comedy, biting, bleak ...
Plot:
dark humor, irony, satire, deadpan, minimalism, absurdism, social commentary, intimate, confrontation, character study, mortality, monologue ...
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95%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Story:
A prisoner soon has his guard questioning his own world-view.
Style:
thought provoking, psychological, tension, intense, existential ...
Plot:
prisoner, security guard, prison, character study, power, confined, power struggle, claustrophobia, moral dilemma, isolation, identity, moral ambiguity ...
Place:
wyoming
Similarity:
91%
Genre: Drama
Country: Australia
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
Some robots are more real than others.
Style:
meditative, philosophical, thought provoking, atmospheric, existential ...
Plot:
robot, artificial intelligence, androids, humanity, empathy, consciousness, identity, minimalism, connection, ethics, loneliness, relationships ...
Time:
near future
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79%
80
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
A hotel. A cliff. Six lost people, looking for something, or looking to lose themselves.
Style:
realistic, serious, psychological, atmospheric, contemplative ...
Plot:
hotel, human nature, haunted by the past, couples, introspection, self discovery, society, isolation, loss, confined, character study, uncertainty ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
england
Similarity:
64%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Argentina
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
After devoting his life to publish philosophy, history and psychoanalysis, the editor Mario Zavadikner, discontented with the social and intellectual reality, decides to shoot himself at the office of his publishing house. An unexpected presence ...
Style:
tension, dark, dark comedy, thought provoking, black comedy ...
Plot:
writers, literary, book editor, suicide, suicide attempt, existential crisis, character study, publishing house, desperation, moral dilemma, philosophy, office ...
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54%
Genre: Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 47 min.
Story:
A variety of characters reflect on the same moments in time from very different perspectives. Some are tenuous, some are whimsical, some are deadly.
Style:
thought provoking, existential, psychological, art house, experimental ...
Plot:
memory, multiple perspectives, character study, moral ambiguity, everyday life, intimate, slice of life, urban, minimalism, murder, wine, perception
Place:
cannes, iceland
Similarity:
53%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
David, Craig and Alicia are a triangle of young lovers who find angst and despair as they sort out their feelings and sexuality in a late-night coffee shop.
Style:
art house, melancholic, tension, psychological, intense ...
Plot:
polyamory, coffee shop, love triangle, character study, loneliness, slice of life, intimate, gay, identity crisis, alienation, realism, minimalism ...
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51%
Genre: Drama, Fantasy
Country: Canada
Duration: 76 min.
Story:
Hitler Meets Christ premiered at the Cinequest Film Festival in 2007 and went on to play at other festivals internationally. Written as a play by Michael Moriarty entitled "Hitler and Christ meet Death at the Port Authority Bus Station" ...
Style:
independent film, thought provoking, art house, controversial, philosophical ...
Plot:
character study, train station, delusion, identity crisis, hitler, impostor, ethics, urban, intimate, nihilism, redemption, minimalism ...
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51%
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Genre: Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Tom’s birthday dinner party is turned upside down by the unexpected arrival of Alice, an old flame who changed her identity and vanished without a trace 15 years prior.
Style:
ambiguous ending, suspense, psychological, mysterious, psychotronic ...
Plot:
eternal youth, new identity, addiction, supernatural ability, psychosis, love, new life, lie, hidden identity, doctor, stage magician, identity ...
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50%
Genre: Drama
Country: India
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
Emotionless hitman Michael meets Jessy, awakening unfamiliar feelings. A mission gone awry forces him to reevaluate his entire existence, challenging his beliefs and way of life.
Style:
tense, crime thriller, intense, dark, noir ...
Plot:
hitman, gangster, urban, moral dilemma, identity crisis, assassin, violence, organized crime, moral ambiguity, underworld, forbidden romance, character study ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
49%
Genre: Drama
Country: Estonia
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
A secluded fast food joint next to an empty parking lot, where it's good to go because nobody recognizes you there. On a rainy autumnal day, people show up one after the other – all of them on the verge of a breakdown – or perhaps a ...
Style:
melancholic, independent film, contemplative, existential, art house ...
Plot:
loneliness, empathy, breakdown, character study, rain, trauma, single, transformation, isolation, slow burn, intimate, minimalism ...
Similarity:
48%
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
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46%
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
N has been a day patient at north London's Dorothy Fish day hospital for 13 years - her ambition is never to leave. Then she meets glamourous new patient Poppy Shakespeare, an ad agency receptionist convinced she's not mad.
Style:
disturbing, suspense, captivating, psychological, tense ...
Plot:
mental disorder, hospital, public health, mental illness, mental health, psychiatric hospital, social problems, patient, mental institution, life is a bitch, female protagonist, mentally unstable ...
Time:
2000s
Similarity:
42%
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
In a kind of philosophical dialogue, Doctor Augustin Masset and renowned writer Fabrice Toussaint discuss life and death… A whirlwind of encounters in which the doctor is the guide and the writer, his passenger, led to confront his own fears and ...
Style:
philosophical, thought provoking, existential, psychological, contemplative ...
Plot:
life & death, mortality, fear of death, soul searching, character study, anxiety, intimate, acceptance, confession, regret, minimalism, ethical dilemma ...
Place:
paris france, france
Similarity:
41%
Genre: Drama
Country: Belgium, France
Duration: 52 min.
Story:
Professor Taranne, a conceited university Professor, is subject to several absurd and disquieting incidents from the world surrounding him. He is being accused of things he couldn't have been doing. He starts doubting himself - a self that ...
Style:
psychological thriller, mind bending, philosophical, dark comedy, creepy ...
Plot:
absurdism, identity crisis, accusation, surrealism, paranoia, existentialism, character study, mistaken identity, mental breakdown, satire, unsettling, alienation ...
Place:
belgium
Similarity:
41%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 74 min.
Story:
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Style:
captivating, thought provoking, intense, serious, philosophical ...
Plot:
faith, religion, atheism, moral transformation, crisis of faith, religious conversion, atheist, religious, religious faith, change of heart, lifestyle change, character change ...
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190
Genre: Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
Due to a delayed flight a group of German flight passengers have to wait in the hall of the airport of Manila. The crowd is quite mixed, ranging from an cultivated east German teacher couple up to sleazy sex tourists. As the waiting prolongs, more ...
Style:
psychological, thrilling, captivating, tension, intense ...
Plot:
airport, waiting, problem, character study, aggression, awkwardness, frustration, realism, humanity, claustrophobia, isolation, satire ...
Place:
the philippines, east germany, manila philippines
Similarity:
40%
Genre: Drama
Country: Poland
Duration: 65 min.
Story:
Two former classmates (one an honest working man with a wife and children, the other a conman) meet at a train station. The conman comes to stay with his old friend and slowly begins to assume the role of master of the house, taking the place of ...
Style:
psychological, melancholic, tension, suspenseful, sinister
Plot:
character study, deception, friendship, intimate, identity, working class, moral dilemma, betrayal, impostor, slow burn, machismo, switching roles ...
Place:
eastern europe
Similarity:
39%
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
After a woman is crippled in an auto accident which killed her husband, she suddenly develops the powers to heal. First she uses the power to heal herself and then turns to others. However, her powers are beyond healing psychic scars that exist ...
Style:
emotional, spiritual, sincere, medical drama, mysterious ...
Plot:
car crash, female protagonist, mother daughter relationship, grief, loss, supernatural, friendship, accident, reconciliation, faith, hospital, redemption ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
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164
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Praxis peels away the layers of narrative even as Brian, the film's axis, struggles to create his true self. Brian, a writer on the verge of a breakdown, is aided by Joe and an Elusive Woman as he sifts through the fragments of his persona to ...
Style:
psychological, existential, philosophical, art film, surreal ...
Plot:
male pubic hair, male nudity, gay interest, gay, lgbt, lgbtq, self discovery, identity, identity crisis, mental breakdown, character study, alienation ...
Similarity:
37%
Genre: Drama
Country: Poland
Duration: 75 min.
Story:
Basia and Krystyna are trying to smuggle clothes, perfumes and other things purchased abroad through the border back to Poland during communist period. They are accompanied by Basia's son Piotrek, infatuated with Krystyna. At the beginning ...
Style:
tension, suspense, period drama
Plot:
smuggling, customs officer, bribery, customs, cold war, bureaucracy, moral ambiguity, black market, negotiation, road trip, character study, moral dilemma ...
Time:
70s
Place:
poland
Similarity:
37%
Genre: Drama
Country: Australia
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
In this Australian drama, a department store collapses, trapping an old man (Barry Jenkins) and a young boy (Rowan Whitt) underneath. In hopes of keeping the child calm, the man tells him a series of folk tales which teach a moral lesson while they ...
Style:
emotional, tension, suspense, melancholic, realistic ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
department store, storytelling, trapped, old man, morality, young boy, claustrophobia, imagination, survival, life & death, intimate, urban ...
Similarity:
36%
Genre: Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A Father and son try to rebuild their relationship after they have a paragliding accident and end up being stuck in an opening.
Style:
tension, tense, emotional, suspense, psychological
Plot:
survival, father son relationship, accident, bonding, family drama, trapped, reconciliation, paragliding, man versus nature, struggle, confined space, claustrophobia ...
Place:
italy
Similarity:
36%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Kevin Barlow (Roy Dupuis) will die on schedule and according to regulations. Harry Parlington (Serge Houde), director of the Cantos execution facility, intends to make sure of it. However Barlow chooses to go, be it calmly or fighting to the end, ...
Style:
psychological, intense, existential, tense, philosophical ...
Plot:
prison, death row, execution, death sentence, character study, ethical dilemma, moral ambiguity, humanity, claustrophobia, power struggle, mature, warden ...
Time:
2000s
Similarity:
35%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
In a psychiatric hospital, a junior doctor is treating a young black man diagnosed with Borderline Personality Disorder. The patient is having a final interview with the doctor, who has invited his mentor to sit in on the session. He is concerned ...
Style:
thought provoking, captivating, psychological, thrilling, satirical ...
Plot:
borderline personality disorder, therapist, mental patient, hospital, mental illness, psychiatry, problem, mental disorder, schizophrenia, doctor, doctor patient relationship, satire ...
Similarity:
34%
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
Similarity:
33%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA, France
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Charlie, a down-on-his-luck loner, crosses paths with a blind homeless man who is his exact double. Perplexed and intrigued by the discovery, Charlie invites the man into his life.
Style:
suspenseful, enigmatic, captivating, suspense, bleak ...
Plot:
doppelganger, striptease, couple relations, lookalikes, misfit, isolation, obsession, identity crisis, dual identity, moral ambiguity, alienation, urban ...
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33%
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 71 min.
Story:
The Intestine is the story of Maya, an unhappy young womn, fed up with her monotonous job, filthy apartment, and the responsibilities of caring for her drug-addicted mother. One night she comes across Philip, a man of wealth, and the next morning ...
Style:
suspenseful, contemplative, unusual plot structure, suspense, psychological thriller ...
Plot:
mother daughter relationship, female protagonist, one night stand, drug, blackmail, brother sister relationship, death, strange behavior, class conflict, domestic drama, moral ambiguity, character study ...
Place:
toronto ontario canada, canada
Similarity:
32%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Romania
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
For two friends there is only one secret to happiness, that is easy to understand, but, perhaps, difficult to accept.
Style:
psychological, existential, emotional, realistic, tense ...
Plot:
friendship, two friends, night, minimalism, trust, betrayal of trust, intimate, moral dilemma, character study, revelation, manipulation, betrayal ...
Place:
romania
Similarity:
32%
140
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
A psychiatric hospital is turned upside down when a mysterious drifter is admitted and assigned to room 316. Known only as John Doe, the other patients believe that he bears an uncanny resemblance to Jesus Christ.
Style:
captivating, psychological, thought provoking, emotional, atmospheric ...
Plot:
religious, faith, religion, mental illness, hospital, healing, psychiatric hospital, faith healing, belief in god, religious faith, mental institution, mental patient ...
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