Movies like Myth 2020
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Myth (2020)
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Lonely college student Alex encounters his favorite filmmaker, JP Smith, stalking around his sleepy town in upstate NY. Together they form a precarious relationship, with Alex becoming the star of JP’s latest flick.
Style:
metafiction, psychological, psychological thriller, atmospheric, art house, tense, suspenseful, dramatic, surreal, ambiguous ending ...
Plot:
loneliness, obsession, coming of age, isolation, manipulation, identity, intimate, slow burn, toxic relationship, stalking, self discovery, small town, identity crisis, young adult, macabre, casting, college life, director, filmmaking, making of, camera
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Most similar movies to Myth
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out psychological, tense, art house and independent film films with plots about isolation, slow burn, self discovery, obsession, character study, identity and coming of age mostly in Drama, Comedy and Mystery genres. Some movies like Myth: Second Chance (2005), Creative Nonfiction (2009), The Afterlight (2009), CXL (2012), The Disquiet (2006). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Drama, Comedy
Country: Australia
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
A disgraced young Melbourne lawyer is sent to purgatory in Broome - and discovers a body, himself, and Paradise.
Style:
contemplative, existential, dramatic, atmospheric, suspenseful ...
Plot:
second chance, guilt, redemption, self discovery, identity crisis, forgiveness, purgatory, paradise, supernatural, small town, retribution, dead body ...
Place:
australia, melbourne
Similarity:
95%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
Story:
College student Ella is completely focused on her ambiguously romantic relationship with her dorm-mate, Chris. She is so consumed by trying to understand his behavior that she's neglecting the screenplay she is supposed to write in order to ...
Style:
mumblecore, metafiction, realistic, melancholic, ambiguous ending ...
Plot:
college life, creative process, dormitory, self discovery, female protagonist, creative block, character study, obsession, loneliness, coming of age, identity crisis, autobiography ...
Time:
2000s
Similarity:
84%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
After Andrew and Claire, a young couple attempting to restart their live, moves to an isolated school house in farm country, their neighbors and nature itself, trigger a surprising chain of events
Style:
atmospheric, tense, serious, realistic, psychological ...
Plot:
isolation, couples, farm, introspection, haunted by the past, couple relations, family problems, estrangement, starting over, crumbling marriage, countryside, loneliness ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
81%
28
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Story:
This poignant and darkly comedic debut feature from Sean Gillane focuses on Nolan, an aspiring writer who feels stuck. He is frustrated with his career, his relationships, the world and ultimately with himself. Unable to keep from displaying his ...
Style:
existential, dark comedy, psychological, melancholic
Plot:
character study, self discovery, identity crisis, loneliness, alienation, obsession, isolation, bittersweet, mental breakdown, modern life, personal growth, realism ...
Similarity:
78%
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 70 min.
Story:
Darren Prager is an aspiring writer who finds himself completely unable to comprehend the intricacies of human behavior. Obsessed with finding the key to understanding the nature of character, he turns a co-worker's family into the unwitting ...
Style:
disturbing, psychological, independent film, tense, experimental ...
Plot:
obsession, voyeurism, ethical dilemma, character study, moral ambiguity, social experiment, manipulation, isolation, male protagonist, identity crisis, experimental narrative, alienation ...
Time:
2000s
Similarity:
77%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Freshly tossed into a private Catholic high school by his devout mother, John falls head over heels for a devious classmate ready to push his faith (and morals) to the brink with a series of increasingly uncomfortable actions, all in the name of ...
Style:
intense, grim, suspenseful, dark comedy, moody
Plot:
religious conflict, catholic school, toxic relationship, male protagonist, emotional abuse, loss of innocence, manipulation, teenage angst, moral dilemma, coming of age, teen romance, guilt ...
Similarity:
73%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Matt, a well known writer and director, suffers a traumatic experience, that leads to him being deathly afraid to go outside. Therefore he decides to attempt to write, direct, and star in a feature film, all from his apartment.
Style:
captivating, thrilling, satirical, semi serious, psychological ...
Plot:
isolation, traumatic memory, confined space, psychological trauma, agoraphobia, filmmaking, social isolation, traumatic experience, satire, post traumatic stress, director, isolated place ...
Similarity:
66%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Amanda, 24, lives mostly isolated and has never had any friends, even if it's the thing she wants the most. Amanda chooses her new mission as to convince her childhood friend to believe that they are still best friends.
Style:
thrilling, captivating, psychological, melancholic, tense ...
Plot:
friendship, female protagonist, childhood friend, loneliness, character study, social issues, social problems, relationships, friends, loner, social anxiety, mental health ...
Similarity:
56%
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
An artist whose work involves capturing images of strangers begins to believe she herself is being observed.
Style:
suspense, psychological thriller, suspenseful, psychological, disturbing ...
Plot:
stalking, murder mystery, art, female protagonist, paranoia, obsession, photography, voyeurism, privacy invasion, female artist, fantasy becomes reality, secretly observing ...
Similarity:
53%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Country: Brazil
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Bruno is a young film editor who has just broke up his marriage with Regina, and returned living in his mother's house. Drowned in deep sorrow, something very weird happens in his life: people around him are gradually disappearing. But only for ...
Style:
psychological, surreal, disturbing, captivating, atmospheric ...
Plot:
blindness and impaired vision, failed marriage, loneliness, isolation, loss, grief, character study, relationship problems, satire, blindness, director, family problems ...
Similarity:
51%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
A couple from Burgos, Alfredo and Teresa, travel to New York where they intend to “switch off” and do all of the things listed in the guidebook. But the moment they land, they start to notice signs, some subtle and others rather less so, that in ...
Style:
captivating, humorous, tense, metafiction, surreal ...
Plot:
surrealism, disorientation, alternate reality, time loop, fictional reality, family relations, husband wife relationship, marital problem, male female relationship, puzzle, time travel, time traveler ...
Place:
new york
Similarity:
49%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 71 min.
Story:
Jack, an easygoing grad student, posts on a campus bulletin board: 'Driving to San Francisco for Spring Break. Anyone Want a Ride? Split Gas.' The ad is answered by Oliver, a suicidal freshman, who secretly just wants a ride to the cliffs ...
Style:
psychological, emotional, indie film, realistic, melancholic ...
Plot:
road trip, suicide, mental health, college student, isolation, loneliness, character study, driving, confession, self discovery, intimate, redemption ...
Place:
california
Similarity:
49%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Story:
A young woman's birthright hides a dark secret.
Style:
psychological, disturbing, captivating, independent film, suspense ...
Plot:
female protagonist, secret, dark secret, secrets, seduction, seductress, lifestyle, life philosophy, identity, family secret, revelation, identity crisis ...
Place:
new york
Similarity:
47%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Switzerland, Spain
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
An esteemed piano tuner and repairer, Jacobo leads an apparently happy life with his wife, Helena. His serene existence is thrown into a state of confusion when insomnia creeps in, and pianos that previously repaired miraculously overnight remain ...
Style:
psychological thriller, atmospheric, art house, tense, tragicomedy ...
Plot:
hallucination, paranoia, madness, surrealism, domestic drama, insomnia, alternate reality, isolation, character study, betrayal, existentialism, claustrophobia ...
Similarity:
44%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Argentina, USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Camila, a young Argentine theater director, travels from Buenos Aires to New York to attend an artistic residency to develop a Spanish translation of Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream." Upon her arrival, she begins to ...
Style:
captivating, psychological, art house, independent film, poetic ...
Plot:
female protagonist, theatrical agent, social issues, theatre director, lifestyle, shakespeare, theatrical producer, social problems, self discovery, theater, identity, memory ...
Place:
buenos aires argentina, new york
Similarity:
41%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
The story focuses on a young, up-and-coming chef who caters a party for four mysterious women only to discover they have a shocking surprise in store for him.
Style:
entertaining, captivating, twist ending, tension, independent film ...
Plot:
chef, dinner party, women, mystery woman, relationships, male female relationship, surprise, psychological manipulation, deception, manipulation, dangerous women, moral ambiguity ...
Similarity:
40%
Genre: Drama
Country: Switzerland
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Currently in post-production. Plot unknown. Unknown plot.
Style:
existential, emotional, independent film, melancholic, atmospheric ...
Plot:
family drama, father son relationship, single father, intimacy, wildlife, isolation, slow burn, chaos, animal attack, identity, survival, haunting ...
Similarity:
39%
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:
39%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
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Story:
After switching in-and-out of character so often by snapping his fingers, Jesse finds that he can longer control his story-telling power. This causes a blending of worlds, an identity crisis...and perhaps...a hidden darkness.
Style:
psychological thriller, captivating, thrilling, psychological, satirical ...
Plot:
identity crisis, identity, satire, strongman, problem, lifestyle, split personality, magic realism, supernatural, urban, mental breakdown, character study ...
Similarity:
37%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
A young Black man, raised in a White neighborhood, ridiculed for not being "Black enough" decides to go to the hood to hang out with his gangster cousin and discover what it really means to be "Black." He eventually faces the ...
Style:
tense, psychological, thrilling, captivating, dramatic ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
african american, coming of age, race, identity, problem, criminal gang, black man, criminal, gang, african american protagonist, bandit, black american ...
Time:
2010s
Similarity:
37%
Genre: Drama
Country: Denmark, Norway, Japan
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Ines, who wants to change who she is and become someone else in order to cover up her insecurities. When she accompanies her boyfriend Lucas on a business trip to Norway, Ines meets a half-Japanese tourist, Maria, who instantly fascinates her. ...
Style:
psychological, tense, atmospheric, suspenseful, art house ...
Plot:
self discovery, obsessive love, female protagonist, identity, character study, impostor, double life, deception, identity theft, slow burn, moral ambiguity, danger ...
Place:
japan, osaka japan
Similarity:
37%
172
Genre: Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
A young director years old, lives with a girl. Active part of the Intellectual society, he represents perfectly the union between fear and determination, that changes deeply his way of understanding the world that surrounds him. His only aim is to ...
Style:
independent film, disturbing, psychological, reflective, art house ...
Plot:
filmmaking, self discovery, director, actor, surrealism, creative process, lifestyle, social problems, life philosophy, filmmaker, existentialism, character study ...
Similarity:
37%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
A poignant drama that chronicles the unexpected friendship that develops between Cooper, a melancholy bartender, who at thirty-six still isn't sure what he wants to do with his life, and Daisy, an extremely bright but socially awkward girl in ...
Style:
mysterious, lyrical, artsy, atmospheric, independent film ...
Plot:
bartender, friendship, alone, writers, introspection, changing lives, fall in love, love and romance, forgiveness, regret, self discovery, loneliness ...
Similarity:
36%
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284
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Poland
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Rainer Dulsky, a professor of psychiatry from Switzerland, comes to Melania, the granddaughter of Mrs. Dulska. He feels he’s got something in common with the tenement house in which the Dulski family live... Melania, a film director, intrigued by ...
Style:
captivating, psychological, thrilling, family saga, dramatic ...
Plot:
family secret, male female relationship, relationships, love and romance, love affair, three generations, lifestyle, family relations, love, psychiatry, introspection, guilt ...
Place:
poland
Similarity:
36%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
A rock-climbing geologist who finds an unexpected friendship in the high desert.
Style:
contemplative, independent film, art house
Plot:
friendship, rock climbing, isolation, geology, solitude, self discovery, character study, loneliness, tenderness, intimate, slow burn, male friendship ...
Similarity:
35%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
A young man who feels he doesn't fit in, decides to embark on an intimate journey. Three weeks for three impediments: deafness, mutism and blindness. Three weeks not to escape, but to find reality.
Style:
existential, meditative, psychological, experimental, contemplative ...
Plot:
intimate, blindness, deafness, self discovery, personal growth, existential crisis, identity crisis, loneliness, minimal dialogue, alienation, isolation, identity ...
Similarity:
34%
Genre: Drama
Country: China
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Qiuming is a trainee at a digital mapping company. His job is to survey the streets of the ever-changing city and keep the mapping system up to date. Typical of his generation, Qiuming is upbeat, energetic, and totally immersed in the world of ...
Style:
atmospheric, tense, realistic, serious, touching ...
Plot:
investigation, privacy invasion, family relations, dishonesty, parents and children, mystery woman, slow burn, claustrophobia, identity, obsession, isolation, paranoia ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
asia, china
Similarity:
34%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA, Argentina
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
A conflicted animation filmmaker travels to Argentina chasing after a girl he met online, only to end up living with her and her intimidating boyfriend on an isolated island on the outskirts of Buenos Aires.
Style:
captivating, satirical, thrilling, psychological, independent film ...
Plot:
love triangle, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, male female relationship, relationships, relationship problems, couple relations, lifestyle, slice of life, satire, isolation, loneliness, claustrophobia ...
Place:
buenos aires argentina
Similarity:
34%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Dora Welles is an imaginative college grad ready to experience all the excitement of life. Instead she finds herself in snowy upstate New York caring for her reclusive great aunt (who has lived a much more exciting life than anyone realizes).
Style:
poignant, semi serious, psychological, captivating, thrilling ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
aunt niece relationship, self discovery, coming of age, personal growth, family drama, family life, romantic relationship, relationships, family relations, female protagonist, adolescence vs adulthood, kids and family ...
Time:
2010s
Similarity:
33%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Seven years ago, Sissy Carlyle's parents were killed in an icy car crash. While her charming irresponsible brother continued his questionable pursuits, Sissy stepped in to take care of their parents' antique shop, their home and the family ...
Style:
independent film, reflective, art house, whimsical
Plot:
coming of age, self discovery, female protagonist, grief, personal growth, antique shop, identity, dreaming, independent woman, magic realism, melancholy, small town ...
Time:
2010s
Similarity:
32%
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