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Stanley Stanton (2019)
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 62 min.
Story:
Forced to watch flashbacks of his life, a pious man comes to the realization he's dead and on his way to hell. Inspired by a true event.
Style:
dark, religious drama, psychological thriller, intense, grim, art house
Plot:
hell, afterlife, existential crisis, mortality, faith, curse, sin, guilt, flashback, regret, judgment, character study, isolation, redemption, loss, confession, haunting, claustrophobia, single, slow burn, voice over narration, ambiguity, prayer, flashbacks
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Most similar movies to Stanley Stanton
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out intense, dark, tense and psychological films with plots about isolation, character study, guilt, slow burn, claustrophobia, flashback and redemption mostly in Drama and Thriller genres. Some movies like Stanley Stanton: In and Out of Planet Earth (2008), A Handful of Time (1989), Fallen (2005), Penitent (2017), Blue Film (2025). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 76 min.
Story:
A documentary from Nick Peterson.
Style:
existential, contemplative, psychological, surreal, melancholic ...
Plot:
alter ego, isolation, flashback, suicide, existential crisis, identity crisis, memory, mental illness, guilt, stream of consciousness, regret, mental breakdown ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: Norway, Sweden
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Gothic thriller about Old Martin who heeds the voice of Anna, who calls him back to the mountain cabin where he left her to die while she gave birth to their surviving son.
Style:
gothic, atmospheric, dark, suspense, intense ...
Plot:
memory, guilt, mountain cabin, psychological torment, grief, isolation, loss, haunting, obsession, moral ambiguity, redemption, slow burn ...
Place:
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Genre: Drama
Country: Latvia, Germany
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
One night, Matiss Zelcs, an employee of the Latvian national archive in Riga, notices a woman on a bridge. After passing by her without preventing her suicidal fall into the depths, a sensation of failure and guilt changes his life. He cannot forget ...
Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
latvia
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73%
Genre: Drama
Country: Ireland
Duration: 74 min.
Story:
After being imprisoned for dangerous driving, causing the death of a child and possession of illegal substances, Jason Buckley is finding it difficult to adjust to life outside prison.
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Plot:
trauma, social realism, loss, grief, guilt, haunting, character study, remorse, reckless driving, accident, isolation, moral ambiguity ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
Drawn by the promise of easy money and anonymous sex, queer camboy Aaron Eagle is shocked to discover a personal connection with the mysterious stranger who has paid for his company. Over the course of one night, the two men engage in a war of words ...
Style:
dark, twisted, art house, queer cinema, moody
Plot:
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Time:
2020s
Similarity:
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Genre: Drama
Country: India
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
Shivan revolves around a couple who are very much in love but one day the woman is found dead and the man is found guilty and imprisoned. But once he is in jail he recollects certain memories that change everything.
Style:
tense, suspense, intense, psychological, emotional ...
Plot:
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
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Style:
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Plot:
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Genre: Drama
Country: India
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
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Style:
emotional, intense
Audience:
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Plot:
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Genre: Drama
Country: Canada, Norway
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 46 min.
Story:
A troubled young man battles his inner demons as he seeks redemption and a second chance in his life.
Style:
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Plot:
redemption, second chance, self discovery, personal growth, soul searching, regret, coming of age, trauma, moral dilemma, loss, isolation, identity ...
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
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Style:
psychological thriller, tense, suspense, intense, dark
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52%
Genre: Drama
Country: India
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Genre: Drama
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Duration: 119 min.
Story:
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Style:
serious, grim
Plot:
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80
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 93 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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Duration: 85 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
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Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Country: USA
Story:
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Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Country: India
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
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Duration: 71 min.
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Plot:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Country: USA
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Style:
tense, intense, suspense, psychological, dramatic ...
Plot:
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 77 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Duration: 170 min.
Story:
Adaptation of Eugene O'Neill's play.
Style:
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Similarity:
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Story:
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Style:
psychological, suspense, tension, grim, dark
Audience:
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