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Minor Premise (2020)
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Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Attempting to surpass his father's legacy, a neuroscientist becomes entangled in his own experiment, pitting ten fragments of his consciousness against each other.
Style:
psychological thriller, mind bending, dark, suspenseful, intense, existential, philosophical, surreal, independent film, psychological horror ...
Plot:
split personality, isolation, identity crisis, memory loss, laboratory, obsession, mental breakdown, character study, neuroscience, body swapping, claustrophobia, body horror, mad scientist, father son conflict, ethical dilemma, mature, grief, loss, psychotic, mind meld, scientist, kidnapping, experiment, science, technology ...
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out psychological thriller, tense, mind bending and suspenseful films with plots about identity crisis, isolation, claustrophobia, obsession, urban, moral ambiguity and paranoia mostly in Thriller, Drama and Sci-Fi genres. Some movies like Minor Premise: Alternate Realities (2014), Implanted (2013), Apotheosis (2018), Supernatural (2005), Cerebrum (2021). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
John Rotit is a happy, content man with a loving wife. Hours later, he's a rock star shooting up heroin. And after that...he's something far more sinister. John unwillingly flashes between three parallel lives in which he knowingly exists ...
Style:
mind bending, existential, surreal, psychological horror, intense ...
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alternate reality, loss of control, drug addiction, identity crisis, character study, obsession, moral ambiguity, heroin, marriage, isolation, disorientation, claustrophobia ...
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
When your memory lies, how do you find the truth?
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psychological thriller, tense, mind bending, suspense, psychological horror ...
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father son relationship, medical experiment, identity crisis, hallucination, amnesia, paranoia, neurology, ethical dilemma, isolation, mind control, conspiracy, moral ambiguity ...
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 68 min.
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The dark twisted tale of a man who's accused of murdering his girlfriend, told from his shadow's perspective.
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dark, psychological thriller, crime drama, surreal, atmospheric ...
Plot:
guilt, character study, alienation, obsession, mental breakdown, paranoia, isolation, claustrophobia, identity crisis, morality, slow burn, surveillance ...
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Neurophysicist Calvin Gordon can assimilate anyone's DNA and relive a moment of their life, using the genetic memory of learned and experienced memories locked in the DNA, making people resemble their parents and grandparents.
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mind bending, psychological thriller, suspenseful, dark, intellectual ...
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moral ambiguity, identity crisis, obsession, ethical dilemma, body swapping, politics, psychic, conspiracy, laboratory, amnesia, isolation, investigation ...
Time:
near future, 21st century
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264
Genre: Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
To make ends meet, Tom signs on as a guinea pig at a home-based lab, but when he commits a crime he cannot remember, he must risk his own sanity to reveal the truth.
Style:
tense, psychological thriller, suspense, disturbing, captivating ...
Plot:
amnesia, memory loss, memory, chase, amnesiac, memory lapse, problem, experiment gone awry, battles, scientific experiment, fight, experiment ...
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Genre: Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
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Three people are trapped in a room with no windows, no doors, and no memory of how or why they are there. They must figure out the mystery of what is happening and how they are connected.
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suspense, tense, psychological thriller, intense, mind bending ...
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confined space, amnesia, claustrophobia, memory loss, trap, mind game, identity crisis, character study, puzzle, isolation, paranoia, single ...
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Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
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Six different people all believe an unconscious and unidentified man in a hospital is their missing person. A film about being unconscious . . . or not.
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psychological thriller, medical drama, existential, tense, suspenseful ...
Plot:
hospital, uncertainty, unconsciousness, ambiguity, memory, multiple perspectives, identity crisis, missing person, suspicion, character study, amnesia, loss ...
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Genre: Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Gemma moves to LA, hoping to become an actress. She takes an overnight gig at a sleep clinic that promises to make their clients’ dreams come true. But the longer she spends there, the more it becomes clear that something sinister is going on.
Style:
psychological thriller, psychological horror, mind bending, tense, atmospheric ...
Plot:
dream, nightmare, paranoia, female protagonist, hallucination, insomnia, identity crisis, obsession, isolation, character study, claustrophobia, slow burn ...
Place:
los angeles
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57%
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
The mind is a terrible thing to waste
Style:
bleak, psychedelic, dark, mind bending, psychological thriller ...
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cult leader, betrayal, psychotic, symbolism, self mutilation, mental breakdown, trauma, hallucination, isolation, paranoia, captivity, claustrophobia ...
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Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
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Grief-stricken after the loss of her child, Vanessa takes refuge at a lake house only to be met with an aberration of herself from a parallel universe and realizes the multiverse gates hold the key to releasing her grief or trapping her forever.
Style:
suspenseful, psychological thriller, captivating, thrilling, mind bending ...
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female protagonist, journey, alternate reality, multiverse, grief, parallel world, parallel universe, adventure hero, supernatural ability, supernatural power, identity crisis, trauma ...
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53%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
Henry Long desperately seeks a cure for the condition that leaves him unable to feel physical pain.
Style:
tense, suspense, disturbing, enigmatic, captivating ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
cure, patient, doctors and patients, pain, illness, disease, character study, male protagonist, hospital, ethical dilemma, scientific research, disability ...
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246
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
An addicted memory dealer is chased relentlessly by federal narcotics agents bent on keeping the secrets he has locked in his mind hidden.
Style:
neo noir, dark, psychological thriller, suspenseful, tense ...
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addiction, ethical dilemma, paranoid, identity crisis, moral ambiguity, anti hero, chase, conspiracy, cyberpunk, urban, hi-tech, claustrophobia ...
Time:
future
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673
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
Incontrol follows a group of university students who discover a device that allows them to take control of others, and experience the world through someone else. As they push the machine's abilities to its limits, they begin to question the ...
Style:
suspense, tense, disturbing, captivating, psychological ...
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mind control, switching bodies, possession, identity crisis, student, science runs amok, advanced technology, scientist, hi-tech, body swapping, addiction, obsession ...
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Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Switzerland, Romania, France
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Jonathan Vogel (Guillaume Depardieu) would like to turn back the clock and undo the accident that led to his disability and destroyed his life. When he learns that Stivlas Karr (Carlo Brandt), a well-known professor and geneticist, has developed a ...
Style:
tense, captivating, stylized, atmospheric, serious ...
Plot:
disability, mad scientist, family relations, parents and children, doctors and patients, power relations, experiment gone awry, laboratory, estate, misfit, disorder, genetic engineering ...
Place:
europe, france
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Genre: Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 81 min.
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A writer is kidnapped and surgically transformed into a human crash test dummy.
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surreal, dark comedy, intense, psychological thriller, existential ...
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kidnapping, mature, identity crisis, transformation, human experiment, body horror, isolation, alienation, claustrophobia, laboratory, satire, macabre ...
Place:
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Genre: Sci-Fi
Country: UK
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Due to her age, Professor Jennifer Connelly is often described as a science prodigy. A genius of our time, with five Phd's psychology, psychiatry, neurology, physics and chemistry. Jennifer's primary studies are in dreams and the effects ...
Style:
mind bending, psychological thriller, suspenseful, surreal, tense ...
Plot:
neuroscience, consciousness, artificial intelligence, dream, ethical dilemma, identity crisis, experimental technology, female protagonist, female scientist, lucid dream, moral ambiguity, laboratory ...
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
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Audience:
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Country: Canada
Duration: 106 min.
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Duration: 95 min.
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: South Korea, Japan
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
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Style:
suspense, tense, psychological thriller, disturbing, suspenseful ...
Plot:
memory loss, investigation, identity crisis, runaway, experiment, memory lapse, scientific experiment, losing-it hero, experiment gone awry, secret identity, on the lam, false memory ...
Time:
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Place:
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Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
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Style:
experimental, mind bending, psychological thriller, psychedelic, disturbing ...
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Genre: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
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Duration: 93 min.
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Style:
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 89 min.
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Style:
suspenseful, tense, psychological thriller, intense, psychological horror
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Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Genre: Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
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suspenseful, psychological thriller, captivating, psychological, suspense ...
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Time:
future
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34%
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
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Plot:
battles, problem, gang, secret, fight, mental breakdown, road trip, motel, paranoia, memory loss, identity crisis, claustrophobia ...
Place:
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 79 min.
Story:
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Time:
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Country: Thailand
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Four insomniac med school students are lured into a neuroscience experiment that spirals out of control and must find a way out before it’s too late.
Style:
tense, psychological thriller, suspenseful, psychological horror, disturbing ...
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Country: USA
Duration: 77 min.
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Friends and fledgling entrepreneurs invent a device in their garage which reduces the apparent mass of any object placed inside it, but they discover that it has some highly unexpected capabilities - ones that could enable them to do and to have ...
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Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: Brazil
Duration: 98 min.
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After his girlfriend's murder, Daniel, a physics student becomes obsessed with the idea of going back in time to stop the tragedy. He lets himself be consumed by his own obsession until after years of isolation, he finds the solution. Daniel ...
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