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Box: Metaphor (2023)
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Genre: Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 78 min.
Story:
Box Metaphor is a compelling dystopian journey where unjust imprisonment unveils societal conformity and defiance’s profound impact. It’s about breaking free from metaphorical boxes and the resilience of the human spirit.
Style:
surreal, psychological, captivating, suspenseful, thrilling, futuristic, existential, allegory, experimental, tense ...
Plot:
dystopia, prison, resilience, metaphor, distopia, social problems, surrealism, locked in, social issues, locked in a cage, dystopian society, isolation, female protagonist, oppression, human spirit, minimalism, claustrophobia, rebellion, identity, imprisonment, moral ambiguity, slow burn, psychological drama, political commentary, world
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out tense, suspenseful, captivating and psychological films with plots about isolation, moral ambiguity, slow burn, claustrophobia, survival, dystopia and minimalism mostly in Thriller, Sci-Fi and Drama genres. Some movies like Box: Metaphor: Hypersleep (2022), The Silent Planet (2024), 2149: The Aftermath (2016), Time Addicts (2023), The Mill (2023). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Duration: 103 min.
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The old and overcrowded penitentiaries are just a memory. Inmates now serve their sentence in a state of deep sleep that renders them harmless, and has drastically reduced recidivism. Until one day, a psychologist in charge of monitoring the mental ...
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Genre: Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 92 min.
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
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Duration: 106 min.
Story:
A businessman wakes up beside an ancient grist mill situated in the center of an open-air prison cell with no idea how he got there. Forced to work as a beast of burden to stay alive, he must find a way to escape before the birth of his child.
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An otherworldly journey through a Europe in decline - a collection of darkly humorous, fantasy tales about ill-fated characters and doomed fortune.
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Genre: Sci-Fi
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Duration: 104 min.
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Genre: Sci-Fi, Thriller
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Poland
Duration: 110 min.
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A secluded island somewhere on a seas of the Northern Europe. A family of four has lived here for over ten years, perfecting the art of survival. They had moved onto an island to escape a falling civilization, to live in freedom, close to nature. ...
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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.
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Genre: Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
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Genre: Sci-Fi, Thriller
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Story:
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