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Snake Gas (2023)
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Original name: Hadà plyn
Genre: Drama
Country: Czech Republic
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
This loose adaptation of Joseph Conrad's Heart of Darkness follows Robert Klein as he sets out to find his brother, who disappeared under mysterious circumstances.
Style:
allegory, psychological, art house, independent film, existential, tense, bleak, surreal, sinister, grim ...
Plot:
colonialism, journey, culture clash, adaptation, white supremacy, darkness, self discovery, patriarchy, male protagonist, identity, environmentalism, moral ambiguity, brotherhood, ethical dilemma, isolation, claustrophobia, satire, revenge, small town, female nudity, brother brother relationship, foreign language, czech abroad, search
Time:
21st century, contemporary
Place:
central europe
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Most similar movies to Snake Gas
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out existential, art house, psychological and surreal films with plots about isolation, moral ambiguity, minimalism, claustrophobia, identity, slow burn and alienation mostly in Drama genres. Some movies like Snake Gas: The Disquiet (2006), Absence (1992), The night of the brother (2005), The Load (2018), Zebras in Wyoming (2017). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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:
95%
Genre: Drama
Country: France, Germany, Spain
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
Four nameless people -- the old man, the woman, the soldier, and the gambler -- journey to a desolate wasteland beyond the limits of an unnamed city.
Style:
contemplative, bleak, existential, philosophical, art house ...
Plot:
isolation, wasteland, loneliness, alienation, minimalism, metaphysics, character study, anonymity, identity, minimal dialogue, moral ambiguity, pilgrimage ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
europe
Similarity:
92%
Genre: Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
The Night of the brother ("La Noche del Hermano") is a chiaroscuro tale in which the characters' not always explicit feelings cover the gamut from darkness to light through the thin line between love and fear. Because the events of ...
Style:
intense, grim, art house, melancholic, tense ...
Plot:
family drama, trauma, family secret, fear, guilt, slow burn, realism, symbolism, regret, small town, isolation, male protagonist ...
Similarity:
88%
Genre: Drama
Country: Serbia, France, Croatia, Iran, Qatar
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Vlada works as a truck driver during the NATO bombing of Serbia in 1999. Tasked with transporting a mysterious load from Kosovo to Belgrade, he drives through unfamiliar territory, trying to make his way in a country scarred by the war. He knows ...
Style:
grim, bleak, road movie, tense, suspenseful ...
Plot:
guilt, moral ambiguity, trauma, survival, fear, corruption, claustrophobia, isolation, minimalism, suspicion, smuggling, truck ...
Place:
serbia, belgrade, kosovo
Similarity:
86%
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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:
81%
134
Genre: Drama
Country: Croatia
Duration: 75 min.
Story:
A two-part omnibus consisting of b/w comedy about a group of friends who try to cover up a murder, and thriller set in an abandoned warehouse where three policemen guard their witness-collaborator who claims "they" will come and shoot them ...
Style:
tense, suspense, dread, black and white, sinister ...
Plot:
abandoned warehouse, omnibus, paranoia, moral ambiguity, isolation, witness protection, claustrophobia, violence, cat and mouse, dark humor, slow burn, ethical dilemma ...
Similarity:
81%
150
Genre: Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 78 min.
Story:
After being sexually assaulted by an acquainted and incapable of dealing with the situation, a woman leaves her whole life behind and hides herself away in an isolated cabin in the mountains.
Style:
psychological, disturbing, tense, captivating, suspense ...
Plot:
female protagonist, sexualized violence, rape victim, violence against women, shame, guilt, traumatic past, tragic past, violence, psychological trauma, rape, troubled past ...
Similarity:
80%
Genre: Drama
Country: Sweden
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
The Ghost Sonata relates the adventures of a young student, who idealizes the lives of the inhabitants of a stylish apartment building in Stockholm. He makes the acquaintance of the mysterious Jacob Hummel, who helps him to find his way into the ...
Style:
existential, bleak, art house, psychological, spiritual ...
Plot:
suffering, morality, haunting, apartment building, betrayal, isolation, student, obsession, social commentary, manipulation, visionary, salvation ...
Place:
stockholm sweden
Similarity:
78%
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Genre: Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
A group of very different people set sail on an old warship. The passengers include a senator with his son, a newly-wed couple, a mysterious old man, a group of sex workers and a gang of violent criminals. At first the aggressive behaviour of the ...
Style:
disturbing, tense, captivating, psychological, surreal ...
Plot:
sea voyage, cruise ship, rape, social relations, gang, bandit, criminal, cons and scams, cruise, society, sea disaster, organized crime ...
Similarity:
77%
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:
73%
Genre: Drama
Country: Poland
Duration: 75 min.
Story:
The ponytail is a dumpster version of the Oedipus myth. Diana, a prostitute from Vienna, returns to the city. She has a trace, memory gaps, and milk started flowing from her breasts. Twenty-year-old orphan-outcast May suspects that she may be its ...
Style:
sinister, art house, tense, independent film, melancholic ...
Plot:
female nudity, motherhood, female protagonist, trauma, alienation, moral ambiguity, memory loss, female bonding, prostitution, identity, symbolism, outsider ...
Place:
vienna
Similarity:
72%
700
Genre: Drama
Country: Greece
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Tungsten deals with the idea of electricity as a metaphor, the scenery is urban, and the plot is unfolded during a single day. One day in Athens, continuous outages, and a final blackout, caused by the strike of technicians at the electricity ...
Style:
tense, bleak, suspenseful, melancholic, existential ...
Plot:
urban, electricity, blackout, darkness, teenager, social commentary, moral ambiguity, strike, intimate, slice of life, claustrophobia, urban decay ...
Place:
athens greece, greece
Similarity:
69%
Genre: Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Based on the novel by Hans Fallada.
Style:
psychological, bleak, melancholic, serious, period piece ...
Plot:
alcoholism, addiction, character study, literary, isolation, adaptation, desperation, alienation, financial ruin, post war, family conflict, guilt ...
Time:
1940s
Place:
central europe
Similarity:
66%
169
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
A young quebecer descends into alienation and depression.
Style:
existential, melancholic, psychological, art house, slow cinema ...
Plot:
strong sexual content, unsimulated sex, alienation, loneliness, identity, depression, identity crisis, isolation, introspection, coming of age, male protagonist, realism ...
Place:
quebec, montreal
Similarity:
66%
Genre: Drama
Country: Thailand, France, China
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Near a coastal village of Thailand, a local fisherman rescues a stranger, who does not speak a word, offers him his friendship and names him Thongchai. When the fisherman suddenly disappears at sea, Thongchai slowly begins to take over his ...
Style:
art house, slow cinema, atmospheric, independent film, existential ...
Plot:
sea, identity, loss, migration, moral ambiguity, impersonation, village life, haunting, isolation, friendship, grief, minimalism ...
Place:
thailand, poetic realism
Similarity:
66%
Genre: Drama
Country: Chile
Duration: 75 min.
Story:
A foreign journalist arrives on a small Pacific island 200 miles off the coast of South America. Once a leper colony, the island was later transformed into a prison and then, under U.N. mandate, made into an independent republic. Yet despite ...
Style:
satirical, grim, cynical, bleak, surreal ...
Plot:
prison, journalist, torture, island, dictatorship, oppression, authoritarianism, repression, propaganda, human rights, totalitarianism, manipulation ...
Place:
latin america, chile
Similarity:
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164
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
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Style:
psychological, existential, philosophical, art film, surreal ...
Plot:
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Genre: Drama
Country: Czech Republic, Slovakia
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
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Style:
captivating, thrilling, psychological, contemplative, dark comedy ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
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Place:
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Similarity:
64%
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Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Divergent factions within the Catholic Church are plagued by internal ideological quarrels.
Style:
philosophical, art house, intellectual, avant garde, existential ...
Plot:
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Similarity:
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Genre: Drama
Country: Croatia
Duration: 75 min.
Story:
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Style:
allegory, contemplative, existential, mysterious, art house ...
Plot:
road trip, self discovery, symbolism, isolation, coming of age, existential crisis, friendship, haunting, intimate, youth culture, slow burn, festival ...
Similarity:
64%
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.
Style:
dark, bleak, psychological, atmospheric, intense ...
Plot:
trauma, social realism, loss, grief, guilt, haunting, character study, remorse, reckless driving, accident, isolation, moral ambiguity ...
Similarity:
62%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 75 min.
Story:
The story of a young American soldier hit by an artillery shell on the last day of the First World War. The film takes place in the mind of a quadruple amputee who has also lost his eyes, ears, nose, and mouth. Regaining consciousness, 20 year-old ...
Style:
psychological, thrilling, suspenseful, captivating, heartbreaking ...
Plot:
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Time:
1910s
Similarity:
61%
Genre: Drama
Country: Switzerland
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Currently in post-production. Plot unknown. Unknown plot.
Style:
existential, emotional, independent film, melancholic, atmospheric ...
Plot:
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Similarity:
61%
Genre: Drama
Country: Czech Republic
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
farm, veterinarian, parent child relationship, freedom, nature, love, father daughter relationship, animal, survival, compassion, escape, slaughter ...
Similarity:
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Genre: Drama
Country: Serbia, Monaco, Spain, Switzerland
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Five scenarios in which people have trouble distinguishing truth from illusions. Each segment reflects the motto of Voltaire's Candide: "Optimism is insisting everything is good, when everything is bad."
Style:
thought provoking, anthology, reflective, surreal, tragicomedy ...
Plot:
satire, irony, frustration, absurdism, social commentary, paradox, deception, bittersweet, existential crisis, moral ambiguity, mental disorder, down on your luck ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
serbia
Similarity:
60%
Genre: Drama
Country: Chile, Argentina
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
A child disappears from his parents sight in a mysterious but haunting forest after a punishment.
Style:
suspenseful, captivating, thrilling, psychological, tense ...
Plot:
missing child, parents, forest, lost in the woods, disappearance, mysterious disappearance, vanished man, parent child relationship, family drama, punishment, isolation, loss ...
Similarity:
60%
Genre: Drama
Country: India
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Little Fish Eat Big Fish is a Kolkata based group of no-budget film makers. The latest venture of the group is the 5 no-budget short films produced in 2009-10. They opted for a direct to DVD release in the last Kolkata Book Fair. Details for the ...
Style:
independent film, experimental, anthology, art house, psychological ...
Plot:
underground, minimalism, adaptation, experimental narrative, paranoia, social commentary, absurdism, urban, ideology, literary, improv, intimate ...
Place:
kolkata
Similarity:
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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:
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Genre: Drama
Country: Israel, France
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Muhammad, a rejected boy from the fringe of society, floats through the streets of a filthy city, exposed and desolated, until he meets Gurevich; a lone rover who rides his motorcycle into the bowels of the city, through the shadows of the back ...
Style:
dark, existential, bleak, art house, psychological ...
Plot:
urban decay, street life, urban, desolation, isolation, identity, alienation, loner, survival, anti hero, power struggle, coming of age ...
Place:
palestine, israel
Similarity:
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Genre: Drama
Country: Turkey
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Ali and Zuhal take their first step out of the orphanage into this big world committing a crime. It becomes impossible for them to live amongst people now, and the forest they take shelter in becomes a desert island for them. A boy and a girl that ...
Style:
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Plot:
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