Movies like Animalium
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Animalium (2017)
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 48 min.
Story:
Two brothers on a road trip through Texas discuss the morality of killing and ponder our place in the natural world.
Style:
art house, philosophical, contemplative, reflective, existential, independent film, psychological, melancholic, psychological horror, moody ...
Plot:
road trip, moral dilemma, brothers, moral ambiguity, character study, killing, existential crisis, slow burn, minimalism, small town, coming of age, nature, philosophy, american midwest
Place:
texas
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out art house, melancholic, contemplative and existential films with plots about character study, intimate, minimalism, slow burn, isolation, coming of age and loneliness mostly in Drama and Mystery genres. Some movies like Animalium: Vaazhl (2021), Alicia, Go Yonder (2010), Gyeongju (2014), Spiral Farm (2019), A Brief Excursion (2017). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Drama
Country: India
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
Follows the journey of one man on the path of his self-discovery that would traverse landscapes outside and layers deep within.
Style:
thrilling, psychological, captivating, road movie, independent film ...
Plot:
self discovery, introspection, life, personal growth, coming of age, travelogue, wanderlust, intimate, minimalism, escape, road trip, journey ...
Place:
india
Similarity:
95%
Genre: Drama
Country: Mexico
Duration: 65 min.
Story:
"Alicia, Go Yonder" is the story of Alicia, a nineteen-year-old who sets out on a solitary journey to the end of the world only to come face to face with the immensity of the universe.
Style:
road movie, philosophical, reflective, contemplative, art house ...
Plot:
personal growth, young woman, coming of age, female protagonist, self discovery, character study, young adult, solitude, odyssey, minimalism, spiritual journey, intimate ...
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534
Genre: Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 145 min.
Story:
A Beijing professor returns to his stomping grounds for a friend's funeral. Reflecting on the past, he meets a tea shop owner who sparks feelings of love in a time of pain.
Style:
thrilling, captivating, psychological, melancholic, reflective ...
Plot:
mourning, memory, nostalgia, past, love and romance, love affair, couple relations, romantic relationship, troubled past, male female relationship, couples, love story ...
Similarity:
82%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA, Italy, Spain
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
When two outsiders arrive on an isolated intentional community, seventeen-year old Anahita begins to question her role at home, and what a future out in the world-at-large could be.
Style:
contemplative, reflective, independent film, atmospheric, melancholic
Plot:
self discovery, coming of age, female protagonist, young woman, character study, identity crisis, 17 year old, teenage angst, isolation, farm, friendship, escape ...
Time:
future
Similarity:
81%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Croatia
Duration: 75 min.
Story:
Stola has been spending his summer in the sweltering haze of festival parties. But one day, he runs into Roko, an old acquaintance, who is on a mission to discover medieval frescoes at a nearby monastery. Roko convinces Stola and a random group of ...
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:
79%
417
Genre: Drama
Country: Hungary, Germany
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
One day of a Hungarian stock trader.
Style:
reflective, realistic, atmospheric, melancholic, existential ...
Plot:
stock broker, character study, urban, modern life, slice of life, realism, loneliness, intimate, stock market, moral ambiguity, social commentary, slow burn ...
Place:
budapest, hungary, india
Similarity:
75%
Genre: Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 46 min.
Story:
On a fateful night amidst the rugged Texan landscape, Charles(60s), a biker recovering from a painful divorce, crashes into a valley and there he encounters a mysterious little girl. What unfolds that night, sets Charles on an unexpected and ...
Style:
reflective, atmospheric, psychological, road movie, existential ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
self discovery, loneliness, redemption, motorcycle, soul searching, character study, second chance, slow burn, intimate, aging, valley
Place:
texas
Similarity:
71%
Genre: Drama
Country: Czech Republic, Slovakia
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
This darkly grotesque drama unfolds on multiple paths. The tangible one, now cruel, now crazy, along which the nomadic actor "Dad Mour", his wife "Mum" and two sons try to return home, but also the imaginary one, even more, ...
Style:
captivating, thrilling, psychological, contemplative, dark comedy ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
adaptation, father son relationship, relationships, family relations, lifestyle, family life, mortality, aging, dark humor, loneliness, character study, love ...
Place:
central europe
Similarity:
70%
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
"Lustre" chronicles a change in heart, a spiritual awakening through the rise of an unlikely holy man. Filmed on the streets of New York in the year after the Twin Towers fell, "Lustre" tells a story of renewal in uncertain times.
Style:
independent film, reflective, crime drama, art house, neo noir ...
Plot:
redemption, spiritual awakening, regret, loneliness, character study, change of heart, brooklyn bridge, streetwise, solitude, bittersweet, nostalgia, urban decay ...
Time:
september 11 2001
Place:
new york, manhattan new york city, grand central station manhattan new york city
Similarity:
66%
Genre: Drama
Country: Estonia
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
A secluded fast food joint next to an empty parking lot, where it's good to go because nobody recognizes you there. On a rainy autumnal day, people show up one after the other – all of them on the verge of a breakdown – or perhaps a ...
Style:
melancholic, independent film, contemplative, existential, art house ...
Plot:
loneliness, empathy, breakdown, character study, rain, trauma, single, transformation, isolation, slow burn, intimate, minimalism ...
Similarity:
65%
Genre: Drama
Country: India
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
Sathya, a self-centered aspiring actor who lacks talent, believes he is meant to be famous. After facing rejection, he sets off on a journey through Kerala to learn about emotions and life. Stranded in the village of Kadamakkudy, he meets a ...
Style:
reflective, contemplative, realistic, heartfelt, art house ...
Plot:
life lesson, empathy, personal growth, aspiring actor, self discovery, transformation, character study, rejection, village life, slice of life, intimate, identity crisis ...
Similarity:
63%
Genre: Drama
Country: Yugoslavia
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Peter is the dark brooding type. Leading a vacuous, shapeless life, he longs for the ideal woman, while at the same time, half heartedly continuing with his habitual girlfriend, Marusa , who is considerably older, a fact that Peter is quick to point ...
Style:
melancholic, psychological, romantic drama, black and white, existential ...
Plot:
character study, loneliness, identity crisis, bittersweet, desperation, alienation, frustration, obsession, small town, minimalism, slow burn, social realism ...
Place:
eastern europe, slovenia
Similarity:
63%
336
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Depardieu plays an unnamed hunter and we join him and his dog as they depart for a nearby forest to snare some rabbits - or perhaps he's hunting for something far more elusive? His excursion soon progresses from carefree meandering to a ...
Style:
contemplative, psychological, existential, art house, meditative ...
Plot:
dog, forest, hunting, hunter, lost, wilderness, nature, loneliness, isolation, disorientation, character study, wanderer ...
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:
family drama, father son relationship, single father, intimacy, wildlife, isolation, slow burn, chaos, animal attack, identity, survival, haunting ...
Similarity:
61%
Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
A strange life together of a man and a woman united by paintings. A film starring Yuya Ozeki, shot in honor of his 20th birthday!
Style:
art house, independent film, aesthetic, contemplative, reflective ...
Plot:
painting, artist, creative process, character study, connection, intimate, friendship, memory, art gallery, slice of life, minimalism, loneliness ...
Similarity:
60%
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:
58%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 45 min.
Story:
In and around America and the autumn of 1963. A man and his tools. A boy and his shoes.
Style:
independent film, reflective, art house, melancholic, atmospheric ...
Plot:
compassion, empathy, intimate, character study, isolation, small town life, minimalism, solitude, abandonment, trauma, autumn, coming of age ...
Time:
60s, 1950s, 50s
Place:
america, massachusetts
Similarity:
54%
396
Genre: Drama
Country: Romania
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
An outdoors orientation contest turns into a journey to the participants' self and conscience.
Style:
reflective, psychological, intense, suspense, melancholic ...
Plot:
wilderness, competition, self discovery, character study, personal growth, journey, conscience, teamwork, nature, moral dilemma, coming of age, realism ...
Similarity:
53%
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Drama - An unexpected encounter with a mysterious stranger forever changes the life of four travelers visiting the hometown of a James Dean-like celebrity actor. - Colin Alexander, Jeff Angel, David Grant Briggs
Style:
realistic, serious, sincere, captivating, road movie ...
Plot:
self discovery, road trip, hotshot hero, inventions and discoveries, secret, spirituality, movie star, character study, small town, mysterious stranger, bittersweet, personal growth ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
indiana
Similarity:
51%
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
While middle-aged Vincent (Didier Sandre) makes a sand castle on a beach in Brittany, France, his sister Zaza (Catherine Ferran) and brother Francois (Charles Berling) spend a summer day reflecting on death and loss. They think back on their sister ...
Style:
melancholic, reflective, poignant, contemplative, emotional ...
Plot:
loss, grief, mourning, character study, bereavement, beach, memory, intimate, family relations, relationships, small town, minimalism ...
Time:
90s
Place:
brittany
Similarity:
51%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
When Jane fails her final college class, she returns home to her parent's lake house where she comes to terms with the confusing trauma that derailed her senior year.
Style:
psychological, captivating, thrilling, reflective, emotional ...
Plot:
female protagonist, lake, trauma, getting home, life is a bitch, character study, coming of age, self discovery, healing, mental health, intimate, acceptance ...
Place:
michigan
Similarity:
50%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
A UFO believer must choose between the aliens above he has never seen or the mysterious guide who appears in his campsite week after week.
Style:
futuristic, captivating, art house, psychological, existential ...
Plot:
ufo, desert, border, ufo sighting, alien, mysterious stranger, camp, alien contact, isolation, choice, intimate, moral dilemma ...
Similarity:
50%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
A tale of self-rediscovery seen through the eyes of a grief-stricken trumpeter, who finds salvation in a lighthouse and its two suicidal visitors.
Style:
emotional, dramatic, contemplative, atmospheric, melancholic ...
Plot:
lighthouse, grief, suicide, seaside, empathy, loneliness, trumpet player, salvation, healing, intimate, mourning, redemption ...
Similarity:
49%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Germany, Norway
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
A father tries to rekindle his relationship with his son after years of absence and lack of communication. He takes him on a car ride across northern Norway, hoping it is not too late.
Style:
captivating, thrilling, psychological, contemplative, emotional ...
Plot:
father son relationship, road trip, estrangement, coming of age, reconciliation, family drama, father son estrangement, estranged father, family problems, absent father, estranged son, journey ...
Similarity:
47%
Genre: Drama
Country: Portugal, Spain
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
The disappearance of his wife leaves Fernando, a quiet geography teacher, completely devastated. Aimless, he impersonates another man as a gardener at a Portuguese country house, where he forms an unexpected friendship with the owner.
Style:
melancholic, emotional, psychological, atmospheric, existential ...
Plot:
grief, loss, character study, loneliness, identity, intimate, country house, memory, minimalism, friendship, impostor, gardener ...
Similarity:
47%
Genre: Drama
Country: New Zealand
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Darcy, a composer, sees colors when she plays musical notes. When she notices her usually subtle colors changing, she realizes a profound change is upon her. Over a summer month, Darcy creates a time of music and reflection that help her make a ...
Style:
psychological, captivating, thrilling, contemplative, reflective ...
Plot:
female protagonist, composer, music, life, changing lives, lifestyle change, musician, self discovery, character study, relationships, midlife crisis, intimate ...
Similarity:
47%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
A rock-climbing geologist who finds an unexpected friendship in the high desert.
Style:
contemplative, independent film, art house
Plot:
friendship, rock climbing, isolation, geology, solitude, self discovery, character study, loneliness, tenderness, intimate, slow burn, male friendship ...
Similarity:
45%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Being Dead The film adaptation of Jim Crace's award-winning novel that follows a mid-life couple's effort to rekindle their marriage by traveling back to the place where they fell in love -- only to arrive at the point of their sudden ...
Style:
captivating, thrilling, psychological, tragic ending, reflective ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
mortality, death, marital crisis, troubled marriage, marital problem, marriage, married couple, unhappy marriage, literary, fatal accident, sudden death, loss ...
Similarity:
45%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA, Greece
Duration: 78 min.
Story:
Friends Cory and Anna are drifting through life, struggling to find their place. Cory is sick of life in the desert and wants to be on a reality show so he can prove to his brother that he isn't a screw-up. Anna is in the country illegally, ...
Style:
art house, contemplative, melancholic, realistic, experimental ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
identity, illegal immigration, character study, desert, poverty, sex work, intimate, social realism, slice of life, family conflict, punk rock, coming of age ...
Place:
poetic realism
Similarity:
44%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
A young man who feels he doesn't fit in, decides to embark on an intimate journey. Three weeks for three impediments: deafness, mutism and blindness. Three weeks not to escape, but to find reality.
Style:
existential, meditative, psychological, experimental, contemplative ...
Plot:
intimate, blindness, deafness, self discovery, personal growth, existential crisis, identity crisis, loneliness, minimal dialogue, alienation, isolation, identity ...
Similarity:
44%
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