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You Are Here (2010)
327
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Canada
Duration: 79 min.
Story:
Several story threads about consciousness and perception intertwine in this film by video installation artist Daniel Cockburn.
Style:
psychological, captivating, semi serious, thrilling, philosophical, thought provoking, experimental, surreal, art house, existential ...
Plot:
archive, female protagonist, loneliness, job, secret, estrangement, consciousness, memory, choice, identity, obsession, minimalism, haunting, parallel universe, urban, perception
Time:
contemporary
Place:
canada
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Most similar movies to You Are Here
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out art house, psychological, surreal and existential films with plots about memory, identity, minimalism, urban, intimate, female protagonist and haunting mostly in Drama, Sci-Fi and Fantasy genres. Some movies like You Are Here: Two/One (2019), Wonderful World (2010), The Other (2020), Out of Sync (2021), Killed by Lightning (2002). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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:
95%
Genre: Drama, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Story:
The film's story poses the possibility that all of humanity, without exception, live in two worlds of existence: the real world and a second world known as "Hemu". Humans live their lives in Hemu when they sleep in the real world. ...
Style:
surreal, psychological, philosophical, art house, existential ...
Plot:
dream world, parallel world, alternate reality, nightmare, consciousness, sleeping, identity, memory, metaphysics, haunting, moral dilemma, slow burn ...
Similarity:
81%
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 77 min.
Story:
An intimate portrait of a woman's mental confrontation and drifting between dream and reality after experiencing loss.
Style:
psychological, melancholic, contemplative, emotional, art house ...
Plot:
mental health, grief, character study, intimate, female protagonist, loss, loneliness, memory, isolation, confrontation, identity, minimalism ...
Similarity:
73%
Genre: Drama, Fantasy
Country: Spain, Lithuania, France
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
A sound designer has to rethink her whole life when her sight and hearing start to get out of sync.
Style:
thrilling, psychological thriller, psychological, captivating, suspenseful ...
Plot:
female protagonist, character study, family problems, problem, mental disorder, life is a bitch, isolation, mental health, intimate, visual impairment, introspection, identity crisis ...
Similarity:
72%
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Genre: Sci-Fi, Drama
Country: Russia, Netherlands, Switzerland
Duration: 65 min.
Story:
An anthropologist investigates the origins of human evolution. She had suffered a mental trauma during her childhood when her father, a submarine captain, died during the war. This trauma periodically destabilizes her condition. The ghosts of a ...
Style:
disturbing, psychological, thought provoking, captivating, atmospheric ...
Plot:
anthropology, childhood trauma, evolution, trauma, tragic past, life & death, female protagonist, symbolism, memory, haunting, existentialism, father daughter relationship ...
Similarity:
72%
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: UK
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
A complex and fascinating experimental exploration of time and identity. ‘Anti-Clock is a film of authentic, startling originality. Brilliantly mixing cinema and video techniques, Arden and Bond have created a movie that captures the anxiety and ...
Style:
experimental, psychological, avant garde, non-linear, existential ...
Plot:
suicide, identity, psychological experiment, memory, surrealism, alienation, doppelganger, paranoid, rehearsal, mental illness, obsession, haunting ...
Time:
70s
Similarity:
67%
45
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 57 min.
Story:
A computer science student becomes obsessed with finding an algorithm for ensuring certainty in life after his father dies in the 9/11/2001 attacks.
Style:
psychological, philosophical, existential, intense, intellectual ...
Plot:
trauma, obsession, computer science, grief, father son relationship, alienation, isolation, mourning, 9/11, control, free will, identity crisis ...
Place:
new york
Similarity:
60%
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%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Spain, UK, Germany, Finland, China, USA, Japan, Canada
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Ten Minutes Older is a 2002 film project consisting of two compilation feature films entitled The Trumpet and The Cello. The project was conceived by the producer Nicolas McClintock as a reflection on the theme of time at the turn of the Millennium. ...
Style:
anthology, captivating, contemplative, experimental, art house ...
Plot:
multiple storylines, life, life & death, fate, memory, symbolism, mortality, experimental narrative, college, forest, minimalism, ritual ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
52%
245
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: Cambodia, USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
In this Buddhist sci-fi mystery, a teenage orphan in the slums of Phnom Penh, Cambodia investigates her friend’s past-life visions, uncovering a conspiracy of scientific reincarnation.
Style:
thought provoking, philosophical, detective, non-linear, futuristic ...
Plot:
buddhist, spirituality, karma, multiple storylines, destiny, wisdom of life, life philosophy, philosophy, justice, human nature, identity, reincarnation ...
Time:
future, near future
Place:
cambodia
Similarity:
52%
445
Genre: Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: Malaysia
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
As a young man's life spirals out of control, he tries to regain focus by seeking out an offbeat hypnosis treatment. Things take a turn when the girl from his dreams starts to appear in real life. While he tries to unlock the mystery of who she ...
Style:
psychological, surreal, sentimental, exciting, serious ...
Plot:
memory, magic realism, hospital, brain, life, couples, love, secret, doctor, identity, hypnosis, relationships ...
Similarity:
50%
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: Brazil
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Carlos is a man doomed by restless memories, that meets with himself, in a time warp. Young Carlos faces the forgetfulness of old Carlos, who doesn't recognize his own appearance. They get a package. But the package seems odd. The knot that ...
Style:
psychological, captivating, thrilling, thought provoking, surreal ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
memory, magic realism, father son relationship, life, family problems, problem, memory lapse, travel, identity, memory loss, grief, loss ...
Place:
rio de janeiro
Similarity:
50%
Genre: Sci-Fi
Country: Australia
Duration: 78 min.
Story:
Taking place in the fifth reality to be discovered by humanity, Into The Alternate follows an inhabitant and foreign visitor as they struggle to survive within a collapsing ecosystem.
Style:
avant garde, nature documentary, experimental, art house, surreal ...
Plot:
alternate reality, survival, unsettling, experimental narrative, adaptation, haunting, macabre, alienation, minimalism, intimate, parallel universe
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
49%
Genre: Drama
Country: Iran, France
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
A collection of 24 short four-and-a-half minutes films inspired by still images, including paintings and photographs. An experimental project made by filmmaker Abbas Kiarostami in the last three years of his life.
Style:
experimental, anthology, slow cinema, poetic, philosophical ...
Plot:
painting, minimalism, reflection, photography, meditation, filmmaker, director, photographer, meaning of life, film industry, memory, life & death ...
Time:
year 2017
Place:
middle east, iran
Similarity:
46%
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
In an alternate world where hearts are made of objects and suppressing emotions is self-care, a lonely woman rips out her own heart for the man she loves, only to discover that he has run away with it.
Style:
psychological, captivating, thrilling, melancholic, surreal ...
Plot:
alternate reality, female protagonist, unrequited love, relationships, self sacrifice, sacrifice, loneliness, love story, male female relationship, problem, relationship problems, heartbreak ...
Similarity:
45%
584
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
Jam Films is a 2002 suite of 7 shorts produced by Sega/Amuse.
Style:
anthology, psychological, captivating, semi serious, surreal ...
Plot:
omnibus, problem, symbolism, fate, relationships, supernatural, obsession, dark humor, identity, isolation, visceral, underground ...
Similarity:
44%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: Germany
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
Paula, a young supporting character, studies at the Main Character School and dreams on graduating to become a lead.
Style:
captivating, thrilling, satirical, entertaining, semi serious ...
Plot:
satire, dystopia, identity, social issues, life, social problems, lifestyle, female protagonist, freedom, self discovery, class struggle, bureaucracy ...
Time:
2020s
Place:
germany
Similarity:
42%
2K
Genre: Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 66 min.
Story:
Areum sits in a small café, typing on her laptop. Around her, customers enact various dramas from their lives. Is she writing what she hears or is she hearing what's been written?
Style:
melancholic, psychological, contemplative, reflective, captivating ...
Plot:
guest, creative process, secretly observing, antisocial behavior, lifestyle, cafe, socially awkward, intimate, ambiguity, slice of life, female protagonist, everyday life ...
Similarity:
42%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
Twelve-year-old Simone feels painfully disconnected from the world after witnessing the brutal death of her mother. Simone, a solitary multimedia artist in her twenties, is struggling to control her crushing panic attacks and keep her day job in an ...
Style:
psychological, mindfuck, atmospheric, art house, experimental ...
Plot:
trauma, grief, female protagonist, manipulation, memory, alienation, identity crisis, mental illness, haunting, violent death, rehearsal, coming of age ...
Similarity:
41%
Genre: Drama, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
Inspired by the book, The Man Who Fell To Earth, Lazarus focuses on Thomas Newton, as he remains still on Earth - a 'man' unable to die, his head soaked in cheap gin and haunted by a past love. We follow Newton during the course of a few ...
Style:
psychological, existential, melancholic, captivating, thrilling ...
Plot:
loneliness, existential crisis, isolation, immortality, character study, relationships, social problems, troubled past, social issues, life is a bitch, lifestyle, desperation ...
Similarity:
40%
Genre: Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
In a post-apocalyptic world 200 years in the future, society has broken down into fragmented groups who now dwell within a tangled wood, completely unaware of any civilization that exists beyond and governed by the white-suited agents of some ...
Style:
melancholic, surreal, atmospheric, philosophical, existential ...
Plot:
dystopia, post apocalyptic, survival, isolation, coming of age, mother son relationship, guilt, hallucination, suffering, addiction, claustrophobia, haunting ...
Time:
future
Similarity:
40%
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
Similarity:
40%
Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Aki is an unsuccessful 29-year-old actress who eventually became a magician's assistant. While pretending to be hypnotised on the stage, Aki finds the boundary between reality and illusion becoming increasingly vague. For Aki, the only ...
Style:
psychological, disturbing, captivating, surreal, emotional ...
Plot:
hypnotist, female protagonist, illusionist, ambition, actress, illusion, mental illness, disturbed individual, mentally unstable, social problems, psychological manipulation, life is a bitch ...
Place:
tokyo
Similarity:
39%
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Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
A mysterious young woman materializes in the middle of the southwestern desert, where each step teaches her about her new world and her new body. As she assumes her new life, she discovers she has a twin with whom she shares more than just an ...
Style:
tense, captivating, psychological, suspenseful, mysterious ...
Plot:
female protagonist, twins, self discovery, imitation, desert, body double, identity, introspection, twin sister, secret, space, identity crisis ...
Place:
new york
Similarity:
39%
Genre: Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, UK, Canada
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
Anna and Ryan have found true love together. It's been proven by a controversial test. There's just one problem: Anna still isn't sure. Then she meets Amir.
Style:
romantic drama, captivating, thrilling, psychological, art house ...
Plot:
male female relationship, female protagonist, life is a bitch, love affair, relationships, relationship problems, secret, married couple, long term relationship, character study, intimacy, experimental technology ...
Similarity:
38%
Genre: Drama
Country: Portugal
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
A Cape Verdean woman navigates her way through Lisbon, following the scanty physical traces her deceased husband left behind and discovering his secret, illicit life.
Style:
slow cinema, contemplative, art film, art house, disturbing ...
Plot:
female protagonist, mourning, loss, grief, intimate, character study, secret, immigrant, immigration, haunting, identity, memory ...
Place:
lisbon portugal, africa, west africa
Similarity:
37%
Genre: Drama, Fantasy
Country: France
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
A baroque mix of revolutionary politics, pop culture and semiotics loosely based on the play by Pedro Calderón de la Barca. A young prince learns that life is just a dream from which we wake when we die. And that dreams may be as real as life.
Style:
philosophical, surreal, existential, allegory, reflective ...
Plot:
surrealism, metaphysics, identity crisis, literary, fatalism, adaptation, palace intrigue, moral dilemma, spirituality, ritual, dream, shootout ...
Place:
chile
Similarity:
37%
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada, Norway
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
A young woman, and her last memories of the five people who loved her most, recalled while experiencing a catastrophic event.
Style:
psychological, thrilling, captivating, emotional, art house ...
Plot:
memories, female protagonist, death, memory, relationships, love story, male female relationship, love affair, lifestyle, trauma, loss, grief ...
Similarity:
37%
2K
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: Russia
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
The genre of the film DUST could be called fantastic realism or existential drama with elements of the fantastic. Dust means the haste in which people live. Dust is a common misconception, the natural clogging up of the brain. Specks of dust how ...
Style:
surreal, psychological, contemplative, serious, clever ...
Plot:
introspection, physical appearance, social misfits, misfit, gender, deadend life, living with parents, a vision, ufo, existentialism, alienation, social commentary ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
russia
Similarity:
36%
373
Genre: Drama, Fantasy
Country: Russia
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
Via the New York Times: "...a severely obscure meditation on pre-revolutionary Russia in the form of an encounter between a ghost from the past and the ghost's present-day guardian. In fact, the two characters seem to be the shade of Anton ...
Style:
psychological, melancholic, art film, philosophical, atmospheric ...
Plot:
minimalism, character study, lonely, memory, literary, meditation, identity, nostalgia, haunting, encounter, ghost story, museum ...
Place:
soviet union, crimea, ussr
Similarity:
36%
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