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The Parrot (2016)
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Original name: Papagajka
Genre: Drama
Country: UK, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
A stranger arrives in Sarajevo and barges into Damir's reclusive world. Little by little she takes over his life. She absorbs his dreams, until finally she threaten his very existence.
Style:
psychological thriller, tense, suspense, dark, surreal, art house, experimental, avant garde, ambiguous ending, independent film ...
Plot:
obsession, isolation, psychological manipulation, privacy invasion, character study, claustrophobia, nightmare, identity crisis, possession, mental breakdown, symbolism, slow burn, unsettling, minimalism, mind control, urban, absurdism, female antagonist, magic realism
Place:
sarajevo, bosnia herzegovina, bosnia
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Most similar movies to The Parrot
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out psychological thriller, tense, surreal and art house films with plots about isolation, character study, obsession, urban, slow burn, claustrophobia and identity crisis mostly in Drama, Thriller and Horror genres. Some movies like The Parrot: Apotheosis (2018), Edge (2010), Professor Taranne (1987), Trikaali (2025), Praxis (2008). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 68 min.
Story:
The dark twisted tale of a man who's accused of murdering his girlfriend, told from his shadow's perspective.
Style:
dark, psychological thriller, crime drama, surreal, atmospheric ...
Plot:
guilt, character study, alienation, obsession, mental breakdown, paranoia, isolation, claustrophobia, identity crisis, morality, slow burn, surveillance ...
Similarity:
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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:
78%
Genre: Drama
Country: Belgium, France
Duration: 52 min.
Story:
Professor Taranne, a conceited university Professor, is subject to several absurd and disquieting incidents from the world surrounding him. He is being accused of things he couldn't have been doing. He starts doubting himself - a self that ...
Style:
psychological thriller, mind bending, philosophical, dark comedy, creepy ...
Plot:
absurdism, identity crisis, accusation, surrealism, paranoia, existentialism, character study, mistaken identity, mental breakdown, satire, unsettling, alienation ...
Place:
belgium
Similarity:
78%
Genre: Drama
Country: India
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
A writer's creations step out of his stories, haunting his reality and demanding justice. As fiction and truth collide, he becomes a prisoner in a terrifying narrative beyond his control.
Style:
psychological horror, psychological thriller, metafiction, mind bending, tense ...
Plot:
obsession, paranoia, mental breakdown, haunting, supernatural, identity crisis, claustrophobia, magic realism, creative block, urban, unreliable narrator
Similarity:
76%
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Praxis peels away the layers of narrative even as Brian, the film's axis, struggles to create his true self. Brian, a writer on the verge of a breakdown, is aided by Joe and an Elusive Woman as he sifts through the fragments of his persona to ...
Style:
psychological, existential, philosophical, art film, surreal ...
Plot:
male pubic hair, male nudity, gay interest, gay, lgbt, lgbtq, self discovery, identity, identity crisis, mental breakdown, character study, alienation ...
Similarity:
75%
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:
67%
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 ...
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61%
Genre: Drama
Country: India
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
In a desolate desert, a reclusive gatekeeper offers refuge to a mysterious woman fleeing a dark past, leading to an unraveling of secrets and shattered realities.
Style:
tense, atmospheric, surreal, psychological thriller, suspense ...
Plot:
desert, isolation, solitude, female protagonist, identity crisis, slow burn, moral ambiguity, minimalism, relationships, malayalam
Similarity:
60%
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Genre: Drama
Country: India
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
A family with a past and trauma, encounters a series of strange incidences, in a car journey on their way home and runs into trouble in a windmills farm.
Style:
tense, creepy, psychological thriller, suspense, psychological horror ...
Plot:
trauma, family drama, road trip, protective parent, isolation, supernatural, car journey, claustrophobia, haunting, survival, slow burn, supernatural horror ...
Similarity:
58%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
In the service quarters of a grand hotel, a young maid and a man meet in a situation which breaks all certainties and identities.
Style:
ambiguous ending, psychological thriller, melancholic, suspenseful, suspense ...
Plot:
hotel, identity, switching roles, identity crisis, character study, female protagonist, manipulation, claustrophobia, class conflict, symbolism, isolation, male protagonist ...
Place:
argentina
Similarity:
58%
Genre: Drama
Country: Turkey
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
An eternal landscape from the Yesilcam.
Style:
atmospheric, contemplative, heavy, meditative, art house ...
Plot:
memory, isolation, loneliness, reflection, symbolism, character study, minimalism, women's issues, absurdism, landscape
Similarity:
58%
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 45 min.
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Story:
An English teacher begins to hear a low humming sound that no one else around her can hear.
Style:
psychological thriller, tense, psychological horror, surreal, mind bending ...
Plot:
character study, english teacher, mental illness, paranoia, obsession, isolation, female protagonist, slow burn, introspection, haunting, claustrophobia, obsessive quest ...
Similarity:
58%
Genre: Drama
Country: Mexico
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
After getting out of jail, where she learned to care for the sick, Alma, an albino woman, is determined to recover at any cost something much more important than her own freedom. In order to do so, Alma must spend her nights taking care of Clemente, ...
Style:
emotional, psychological thriller, melancholic, intense, atmospheric ...
Plot:
fear of death, obsession, female protagonist, compassion, character study, loneliness, moral ambiguity, redemption, domestic drama, manipulation, isolation, slow burn ...
Place:
mexico city
Similarity:
57%
Genre: Drama
Country: West Germany
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Film by Erwin Michelberger.
Style:
psychological thriller, neo noir, suspenseful, tense, ambiguous ending ...
Plot:
alienation, obsession, moral ambiguity, slow burn, urban, haunting, identity crisis, minimalism, dark humor, turk, urban setting, vandalism ...
Time:
80s
Similarity:
55%
Genre: Drama
Country: India
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
Chandra, a devoted husband, is left in a coma after a brutal attack. Upon waking, he discovers an imposter, Vinay, has taken his place and is dangerously obsessed with his wife, Nakshatra.
Style:
psychological thriller, tense, suspense, sinister, dark ...
Plot:
impostor, obsession, obsessive love, psychological manipulation, deception, stalking, manipulative person, dual identity, amnesia, cat and mouse, female protagonist, home invasion ...
Similarity:
54%
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
Similarity:
54%
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A musician with hyper-sensitive hearing goes in search of an ominous sound that plagues him, but is inaudible to everyone else.
Style:
stylized, serious, tense, independent film, psychological thriller ...
Plot:
obsession, paranoia, musician, conspiracy, isolation, mental breakdown, obsessive quest, slow burn, investigation, claustrophobia, mind control, urban ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
washington d.c., usa
Similarity:
53%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
A homicide detective goes undercover as a patient to investigate a psychotherapist he believes is linked to a strange double murder. As his therapy sessions continue the line between fantasy and reality begins to blur.
Style:
psychological thriller, dark, detective, suspenseful, tense ...
Plot:
reality vs fantasy, folk horror, murder mystery, psychotherapy, psychological manipulation, mind game, double murder, paranoia, suspicion, slow burn, claustrophobia, identity crisis ...
Similarity:
51%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Poland
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Months after disappearance, the mother of a missing daughter begins her own increasingly irrational investigation.
Style:
suspenseful, psychological thriller, disturbing, serious, bleak ...
Plot:
investigation, missing daughter, mother love, female nudity, missing person, mother daughter relationship, reality versus fantasy, missing girl, private investigation, mysterious disappearance, missing child, obsession ...
Similarity:
48%
Genre: Drama
Country: France, Portugal
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Pierre, a middle-aged tourist guide, is the victim of a sudden failure : he does not recognize anything about him any longer. He goes back home and in his apartment he finds a mysterious young man who tells him he is here to avenge a young woman who ...
Style:
dramatic, emotional, psychological thriller, tense, suspenseful ...
Plot:
amnesia, identity crisis, responsibility, moral dilemma, character study, guilt, memory loss, moral ambiguity, regret, remorse, existentialism, revenge ...
Place:
portugal
Similarity:
48%
Genre: Drama, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
A woman finds herself in the midst of a dark mystery after the unexplained loss of a loved one. Her mind begins to unravel as her sense of reality begins to slip away.
Style:
bleak, tense, psychological, psychological thriller, dark ...
Plot:
isolation, survival horror, survival, death of loved one, trauma, female protagonist, loss, grief, death, danger, mind game, trap ...
Place:
usa
Similarity:
48%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
When hard partying and volatile neighbours move in next door, a quiet woman's life begins to spiral, pushing her to the edge and triggering a slow, unnerving descent into obsession and revenge.
Style:
suspenseful, tense, psychological thriller, intense, psychological horror
Plot:
obsession, slow burn, revenge, paranoia, privacy invasion, retribution, mental breakdown, escalation, domestic drama, confrontation, isolation, claustrophobia ...
Similarity:
47%
Genre: Drama
Country: India
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
A mimicry artist's perfect life shatters upon discovering his wife's secret affair and murderous intentions. His desperate plea for police protection leads to unexpected events.
Style:
tense, suspense, psychological thriller, intense, dark ...
Plot:
betrayal, murder, infidelity, domestic drama, cat and mouse, moral ambiguity, paranoia, claustrophobia, household, revenge, survival, isolation ...
Similarity:
47%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Czech Republic, Netherlands, Latvia
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
While working abroad, young au pair Mia unwittingly surrenders her reason, her heart and her dreams to a radical family community.
Style:
suspenseful, thrilling, psychological, captivating, dark ...
Plot:
female protagonist, bullying, emotional manipulation, indoctrination, emotional abuse, control, manipulation, brainwashing, life is a bitch, religious sect, coercion, household ...
Place:
czech republic, latvia, netherlands
Similarity:
47%
Genre: Drama
Country: Turkey, Germany, France
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
In the heart of Istanbul's prison, Zakir controls the letters prisoners receive. His average day is spent between the censorship office, his colleagues and his evening writing class. For a writing assignment, he steals a photo from one of the ...
Style:
psychological thriller, atmospheric, tense, suspense, dark ...
Plot:
prison, obsession, character study, isolation, loneliness, bureaucracy, surveillance, confined, obsessive love, privacy invasion, power, secret life ...
Place:
istanbul turkey
Similarity:
47%
Genre: Drama
Country: Lithuania
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
Following a traumatic experience, Gaile, a speech therapist, is incapable of feeling any emotion. However, while preparing a video presentation for a scientific conference, she sees herself on screen and is surprised to find suppressed sensations ...
Style:
art house, tense, psychological thriller, dark, noir ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
character study, obsession, female protagonist, alienation, manipulation, experimental narrative, identity crisis, self discovery, moral ambiguity, voyeurism, performance art, urban ...
Place:
lithuania
Similarity:
47%
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 ...
Similarity:
46%
Genre: Drama
Country: Czech Republic, Slovakia
Duration: 78 min.
Story:
A wealthy middle-aged man at the airport witnesses a tiny incident involving an unknown, perhaps Arab, young man and airport staff. After the young man is confronted directly at the airport toilets, he feels himself subject to an indefinable but ...
Style:
tense, psychological thriller
Plot:
paranoia, obsession, suspicion, surveillance, cat and mouse, stalking, airport, confrontation, alienation, isolation, moral ambiguity, slow burn ...
Time:
2020s, 21st century
Place:
europe, central europe
Similarity:
46%
Genre: Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
A young man named Carlos with a sexual trauma kidnaps a girl that works with him. During the kidnapping the sexual tension and the violence will make the two of them change their point views on life and politics.
Style:
psychological thriller, tense, intense, dark, art house ...
Plot:
kidnapping, sexual tension, manipulation, obsession, moral ambiguity, psychological abuse, abuse, mind game, claustrophobia, violent, confrontation, coercion ...
Similarity:
45%
Genre: Drama
Country: Poland, Czech Republic, Italy
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
A perfect couple rents a holiday home on a sunny Italian island. The reality does not live up to their expectations when they find out that the pool in the house is broken. Ignorant of the fact that the island faces water shortage, they ask for ...
Style:
tense, suspense, psychological thriller, suspenseful
Plot:
island, mistrust, suspicion, unsettling, slow burn, moral ambiguity, claustrophobia, irrational behavior, character study, paranoia, isolation, secrets ...
Similarity:
45%
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