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Mephisto (1981)
 7.8
 8K
Mephisto
Genre: Drama
Country: West Germany, Hungary, Austria
Duration: 144 min.
Style: tense, serious, bleak, disturbing, realistic, dramatic, biting, harsh, cerebral, talky, reflective, enigmatic, melancholic, cynical, interesting, macabre, stylized, atmospheric, psychological, intellectual, witty, intense
Plot: politics, nazi, german, downfall, nazis, morality, fascism, rise and fall, jews, betrayal, infidelity, brutality, greed, political unrest, crime gone awry, devil, ambition, corruption, showbiz, character study, drinking, mentor, life philosophy, political, obsession, actor's life, tragedy, career, guilt, state affairs, dialogue, adaptation, redemption, artists and showbiz, culture clash, catastrophe, art, loneliness, runaway, race issues, blind ambition, manipulation, human nature, transformation, pornography, introspection, pact with the devil, spectacle, demon, fighting the system, friendship, idealism, honest, death, identity, childhood, society, unfulfillment, life is a bitch, treason, nazi germany, expressionism, price of fame, success, actor, museum, narcissist, ego, spotlight, vanity, integrity, black woman, ethics, communist, statue, star, power, stadium, firing squad, historical event, mask, female nudity, nazism, marriage, finnish, visceral, secrets, moral ambiguity, existentialism, artist
Time: 1930s, 1920s
Place: germany, europe, berlin germany, hamburg germany, paris france

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out talky, enigmatic, realistic and serious films with plots including catastrophe, runaway, culture clash, loneliness, character study, society and mentor themes mostly in Drama, Romance and Crime genres. Some movies like Mephisto: Max (2002), Man of Marble (1977), The Shop on Main Street (1965), Veronika Voss (1982), The Marriage of Maria Braun (1978). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Max (2002)
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Max
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Hungary, Canada, UK
Duration: 106 min.
Style: realistic, talky, serious, gloomy, thought provoking, dramatic, disturbing, reflective, sincere, clever, harsh, light, factual, tense, intense, interesting, suspense, melancholic, intellectual, cerebral, futuristic, enigmatic, based on supposedly true story, avant garde
Plot: friendship, politics, artist, art, fascism, propaganda, jewish, adultery, german, world politics, drinking, nazi, political, jews, guilt, idealism, self discovery, mentor, holocaust, culture clash, greed, nazis, humanity, genocide, life & death, political unrest, destiny, betrayal, brainwashing, racism, revolution, war, sexualized violence, ambition, unlikely friendships, infidelity, controversy, dialogue, blindness, brutality, murder, society, existentialism, male nudity, communism, character study, state affairs, anti semitism, morality, catastrophe
Time: 1910s, 20s, 20th century, future, 1920s, 1930s
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Genre: Drama
Country: Poland
Duration: 165 min.
Style: emotional, serious, meditative, sincere, realistic, talky, melancholic, enigmatic, earnest, thought provoking, art house, reflective, cynical, satirical, bleak, cerebral, biting, breathtaking, macabre, ironic, harsh, atmospheric, surreal, lyrical, compassionate, stylized, disturbing
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Time: 20th century, 50s, 1950s
Place: poland, europe, tokyo, japan, canada
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The Shop on Main Street
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Country: Czechoslovakia
Duration: 128 min.
Style: serious, offbeat, captivating, realistic, talky, sincere, breathtaking, reflective, bleak, melancholic, light, enigmatic, touching, dark humor, harsh, meditative, cerebral, dramatic, heartbreaking, witty, atmospheric, biting, ironic, emotional
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Time: 1940s
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Veronika Voss
Genre: Drama
Country: West Germany
Duration: 104 min.
Style: stylized, melancholic, serious, gloomy, bleak, talky, enigmatic, light, realistic, meditative, harsh, reflective, depressing, cerebral, cynical, surreal, atmospheric, breathtaking, sexy, tense, compassionate, dark, macabre, ironic, psychological
Plot: addiction, drug addiction, hopes, secrets, love and romance, runaway, loneliness, drinking, german, noir, greed, existentialism, obsession, apocalypse, dreams, pornography, death, life is a bitch, culture clash, gunfight, actor's life, childhood, betrayal, soldier, crime gone awry, movie star, marriage, journalism, character study, life philosophy, male nudity, dialogue, catastrophe, fighting the system, drug abuse, suicide attempt, haunted by the past, battles, doctor, alcohol, post war, gem, psychic, actress, elderly man, elderly couple, prescription, brooch, neurologist, loss of girlfriend
Time: 80s, 1930s, 1950s
Place: germany, munich germany
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The Marriage of Maria Braun (1978)
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The Marriage of Maria Braun
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: West Germany
Duration: 120 min.
Style: emotional, psychological, serious, surreal, reflective, melancholic, stylized, enigmatic, talky, meditative, touching, realistic, dramatic, bleak, harsh, ironic, cynical, breathtaking, cerebral, gloomy, satirical, atmospheric, thought provoking, compassionate, tense, sexual, brutal, disturbing
Plot: marriage, german, human nature, infidelity, loneliness, women, character study, relationships, sacrifice, tragedy, wartime life, romance, political, betrayal, runaway, idealism, danger, brutality, culture clash, greed, insanity, honest, love and romance, politics, manipulation, pornography, guilt, war, wartime, visceral, catastrophe, swedish, russian, beautiful scenery, storytelling, end of the world, society, rags to riches, psychology, soldier, unfulfillment, couples, life is a bitch, battle of the sexes, empowerment, penitentiary, black market, rise to the top, survival, couple relations
Time: 20th century, 40s, 1930s, 1940s, year 1954, year 1946
Place: germany, europe, canada, west germany
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System:   71%
    User:   60%
 
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The Flower of My Secret (1995)
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The Flower of My Secret
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Country: Spain, France
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Time: 90s
Place: spain, europe, madrid, tokyo
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Julia (1977)
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Julia
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 117 min.
Style: captivating, serious, atmospheric, realistic, dramatic, factual, gloomy, talky, enigmatic, witty, breathtaking, melancholic, earnest, tricky
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Time: 1930s, 20th century, 30s
Place: germany, europe, england, vienna, austria, berlin germany
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System:   66%
    User:   62%
 
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The Conformist
Genre: Drama
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Time: 1930s, 20th century, 30s, 40s, 1940s
Place: italy, europe, france, rome italy, paris france
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The Ten Commandments (1989)
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The Ten Commandments
Genre: Drama
Country: Poland, West Germany
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Time: 20th century, 80s
Place: poland, europe
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    User:   63%
 
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Place: europe, sweden
⇓ similarity ⇓
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Jesus of Montreal (1989)
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 6K
Jesus of Montreal
Genre: Drama
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Duration: 118 min.
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Time: 80s
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The Night of the Iguana
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Time: 20th century, 60s
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System:   54%
    User:   62%
 
The Pawnbroker (1964)
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The Pawnbroker
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 116 min.
Style: bleak, emotional, realistic, serious, dramatic, heartbreaking, harsh, melancholic, gloomy, reflective, intense, depressing, compassionate, cerebral, suspenseful, talky, atmospheric, enigmatic, psychological, breathtaking, earnest
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Lola (1981)
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Lola
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: West Germany
Duration: 115 min.
Style: realistic, stylized, tense, clever, serious, bleak, melancholic, sexual, enigmatic, surreal, reflective, talky, witty, romantic, breathtaking, gloomy, heartbreaking, disturbing, sexy, light, atmospheric, emotional, meditative, erotic, colourful, intellectual, cerebral, satirical, absurd, harsh, depressing, macabre
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Cradle Will Rock
Genre: Drama
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Style: talky, clever, sincere, serious, realistic, dramatic, witty, disturbing, biting, interesting, stylized, cerebral, entertaining, factual, intense, melancholic, enigmatic, suspense, intellectual, light, ironic
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Time: 1930s, 20th century, 30s
Place: new york, usa, manhattan new york city
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Ladybird Ladybird (1994)
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Ladybird Ladybird
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 101 min.
Style: realistic, biting, emotional, serious, harsh, sincere, thought provoking, intense, disturbing, heartbreaking, bleak, dramatic, enigmatic, melancholic, talky, cerebral, reflective, dark humor, sad, compassionate, cynical
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System:   49%
    User:   46%
 
The Merchant of Four Seasons (1972)
 7.6
 4K
The Merchant of Four Seasons
Genre: Drama
Country: West Germany
Duration: 88 min.
Style: psychological, serious, gloomy, bleak, harsh, melancholic, enigmatic, reflective, art house, sincere, realistic, talky, stylized, sexy, disturbing, meditative, tense, cynical, cerebral, biting, breathtaking, atmospheric, sexual, dark humor, satirical, macabre, tragic ending
Plot: obsession, marriage, adultery, couple relations, hospital, infidelity, depression, german, drinking, relationships, dishonesty, brutality, runaway, loneliness, couples, cheating, existentialism, divorce, solitude, destructive relationship, prostitution, dysfunctional family, forbidden love, eccentricity, visceral, catastrophe, parents and children, identity, life philosophy, alcohol abuse, writers, unfulfillment, ex-cop, pornography, family relations, culture clash, life is a bitch, suicide attempt, sisters, gunfight, art, storytelling, character study, love, sex, finnish, violent, dialogue, poetry, dreams
Time: 20th century, 70s, 1950s
Place: munich germany, bavaria, morocco, germany
⇓ similarity ⇓
System:   48%
    User:   45%
 
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Manderlay (2005)
 7.4
 20K
Manderlay
Genre: Drama
Country: Denmark, Sweden, Netherlands, France, Germany, UK, Italy
Duration: 139 min.
Style: bleak, disturbing, clever, serious, offbeat, realistic, philosophical, psychological, intellectual, cerebral, harsh, dramatic, talky, enigmatic, interesting, stylized, dark, artsy, thought provoking, reflective, ironic, art house, depressing, breathtaking, cynical
Plot: idealism, slavery, racism, guilt, freedom, male nudity, art, gangster, fighting the system, torture, political, interracial relations, storytelling, race issues, secrets, psychology, segregation, greed, discrimination, social differences, philosophy, gangsters, existentialism, politics, natural disaster, prejudice, brutality, pornography, betrayal, sexualized violence, corruption, righting the wronged, distopia, injustice, catastrophe, depression, justice, dishonesty, morality, adaptation, redemption, dialogue, hopes, stereotypes, tragedy, brainwashing, society, homeless, mentor, life philosophy
Time: 1930s, 20th century, 30s
Place: alabama, usa, southern usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
System:   44%
    User:   44%
 
Alice in the Cities (1974)
 8.0
 8K
Alice in the Cities
Genre: Drama
Country: West Germany
Duration: 110 min.
Style: road movie, psychological, semi serious, touching, melancholic, enigmatic, meditative, talky, bleak, reflective, feel good, realistic, atmospheric, art house, cerebral, tense, harsh, surreal, stylized, biting, macabre, disturbing, tricky, cynical, absurd, sexual, ironic, witty
Plot: friendship, hotel, on the road, self discovery, childhood, parenthood, loneliness, german, adventure, existentialism, police investigation, friends, runaway, social misfits, vengeance, identity, obsession, human nature, insanity, road trip, airport, nudity (full frontal - brief), pornography, women, memory, culture clash, transformation, secrets, surveillance, escapades, storytelling, writers, catastrophe, investigation, partners, apocalypse, guilt, paranoid, character study, society, disorder, man-woman relation, airplane, paranoia, dialogue, kidnapping, gory, dreams, sexual abuse, poetry
Time: 20th century, 70s
Place: germany, europe, tokyo, japan, texas, new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
System:   44%
    User:   46%
 
Requiem (2006)
 7.0
 5K
Requiem
Genre: Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 93 min.
Style: psychological, realistic, serious, gloomy, melancholic, suspenseful, sincere, disturbing, talky, dramatic, atmospheric, dark humor, breathtaking, harsh, interesting, enigmatic, dark, stylized, bleak, cerebral, meditative
Plot: mental illness, small town, friendship, depression, catholicism, german, disability, psychology, religion, college, hospital, relationships, youth, storytelling, loneliness, character study, college life, crime gone awry, christianity, life & death, life, clergy, drinking, brutality, death, demons, exorcism, epilepsy, insanity, sexual abuse, teenage life, unlikely friendships, runaway, religions or cults, schizophrenia, justice, islam, parenthood, misfit, society, catastrophe, mentor, visceral, family relations, becoming an adult, therapist, desperation, freedom, daughter, confession
Time: 20th century, 70s
Place: germany, europe, tokyo, new jersey
⇓ similarity ⇓
System:   42%
    User:   39%
 

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The Lost Honor of Katharina Blum (1975)
 7.4
 3K
The Lost Honor of Katharina Blum
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: West Germany
Duration: 106 min.
Style: bleak, sincere, serious, tense, realistic, enigmatic, talky, intellectual, harsh, reflective, thought provoking, melancholic, earnest, cerebral, absurd, cynical, sexy, meditative, atmospheric, ironic, disturbing, breathtaking, surreal, biting, sexual, light, philosophical, art house
Plot: investigation, journalism, german, surveillance, police, police investigation, tragic hero, injustice, manipulation, media, pornography, insanity, obsession, wartime, guilt, society, runaway, islam, life is a bitch, twists & turns, fighting the system, political, carnival, assassination, uncover truth, police corruption, distopia, false accusation, adaptation, male nudity, hotel, loneliness, childhood, freedom, marriage, political corruption, catastrophe, visceral, campaign, idealism, noir, greed, politics, vampire human love, paranoid, culture clash, death, mentor, crimes, glory
Time: 20th century, 70s
Place: germany, europe, israel, west germany
⇓ similarity ⇓
System:   42%
    User:   43%
 
Rosetta (1999)
 7.6
 11K
Rosetta
Genre: Drama
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 95 min.
Style: bleak, realistic, serious, rough, psychological, sincere, talky, harsh, melancholic, enigmatic, disturbing, stylized, satirical, atmospheric, reflective, ironic, witty, cerebral, clever, dark humor
Plot: dysfunctional family, realism, coming of age, tragedy, parents and children, brothers, down on your luck, crime gone awry, teenage life, trailer park, poverty, unemployment, alcoholic, mother daughter relationship, life is a bitch, catastrophe, dialogue, youth, runaway, loneliness, family problems, family relations, culture clash, finnish, rape, nudity (full frontal - brief), adaptation, mentor, snitch, brutality, pornography, storytelling, male nudity, transformation, honest, dialogue driven, stylish, life & death, greed, sexualized violence, childhood, obsession, segregation, morality, factory worker, relationships, fantasy world, redemption, multiple storylines, gangsters
Time: 20th century, 90s
Place: belgium, europe, california
⇓ similarity ⇓
System:   42%
    User:   48%
 
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