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Mindwalk (1990)
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
A US politician visits his poet friend in Mont. St. Michael, France. While walking through the medieval island discussing their philosophies of life they happen upon Sonja, a scientist in recluse, who joins in their conversation. The two men listen to the ideas of this brilliant woman and discuss how her ideas can work in their own politician and poet lives.
Style:
philosophical, psychological, talky, spiritual, existential, thinking, tense, clever, serious, contemplative ...
Plot:
philosophy, dialogue, politics, island, isolation, life, scientist, art, science, technology, environment, social commentary, myth, intrigue, consciousness, political intrigue, conversation, free thinking, society, friendship, friends, rebellion, introspection, lifestyle, writer's life ...
Time:
80s, future
Place:
france, europe
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Most similar movies to Mindwalk
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, psychological and thought provoking films with plots about society, art, introspection, human nature, hopes, existentialism and dialogue mostly in Drama, Comedy and Fantasy genres. Some movies like Mindwalk: The Sunset Limited (2011), My Dinner with Andre (1981), The Man from Earth (2007), Interview (2007), Scenes from a Marriage (1973). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Based on the play of the same name by Pulitzer Prize Winner Cormac McCarthy, this searing two-character drama mixes humor and pathos while examining the relationship between strangers who are brought together by desperate circumstances. Set in a New ...
Style:
philosophical, talky, psychological, thought provoking, sexy ...
Plot:
atheism, atheist, religion, psychology, dialogue, suicide attempt, faith, bible, suffering, debate, suicide, multiple storylines ...
Time:
year 2011, 21st century
Place:
usa, new york
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Wallace Shawn and Andre Gregory, apparently playing themselves, share their lives over the course of an evening meal at a restaurant.
Style:
philosophical, surreal, clever, existential, artsy ...
Plot:
philosophy, conversation, food, dialogue, restaurant, existentialism, art, cooking, dinner, realism, transcendence, occult ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, year 1980, year 1981
Place:
new york, poland, sahara, middle east, manhattan new york city ...
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100%
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
An impromptu goodbye party for Professor John Oldman becomes a mysterious interrogation after the retiring scholar reveals to his colleagues he never ages and has walked the earth for 14,000 years.
Style:
philosophical, reflective, mindfuck, psychological, cerebral ...
Plot:
philosophy, immortality, atheism, religion, storytelling, immortal, dialogue, professor, society, myth, heart attack, eternal youth ...
Time:
future, medieval times, 2000s, prehistory, 17th century ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA, Canada, Netherlands
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
After falling out with his editor, a fading political journalist is forced to interview America's most popular soap actress.
Style:
psychological, disturbing, melancholic, talky, stylized ...
Plot:
journalism, manipulation, actress, videotaping, egoism, depression, character study, loser, interview, dialogue, betrayal, deal ...
Time:
year 2007
Place:
washington d.c., new york, europe, former yugoslavia, usa ...
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Sweden
Duration: 50 min.
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Story:
Ten years of Marianne and Johan's relationship are presented. We first meet them ten years into their marriage. He is a college professor, she a divorce lawyer. They say that they are happily married - unlike their friends Katarina and Peter ...
Style:
cerebral, erotic, realistic, thought provoking, talky ...
Plot:
divorce, marriage, couples, infidelity, dysfunctional family, relationships, crazy love, crumbling marriage, adultery, loneliness, male nudity, affair ...
Time:
year 1973, 70s, 20th century
Place:
stockholm sweden, europe, eastern europe, tokyo
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
When Harry Levine, an aging, unsuccessful Greenwich Village writer is fired from his job as restaurant doorman, he calls on friend and mentor Jake, ostensibly to collect a long-standing debt. Harry solicits his opinion on his latest manuscript, a ...
Style:
psychological, serious, talky, clever, existential ...
Plot:
friendship, poet, introspection, lifestyle, prodigy, writers, unsuccessful, up and down relationship, betrayal, crumbling marriage, artist, politics ...
Time:
year 2000, 90s
Place:
manhattan new york city, greenwich village manhattan new york city, new york
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Viennese doctor Josef Bruer meets with philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche to help him deal with his despair.
Style:
psychological, serious, talky, realistic, sincere ...
Plot:
psychoanalysis, philosopher, doctors and patients, prodigy, downfall, obsession, losing-it hero, introspection, intern, writers, philosophy, psychotherapy ...
Time:
19th century
Place:
austria, europe
Similarity:
21%
11K
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
At a summer house in Vermont, neighbor Howard falls in love with Lane, who's in a relationship with Peter, who's falling for Stephanie, who's married with children.
Style:
talky, independent film, emotional, serious, sentimental ...
Plot:
dysfunctional family, adultery, friendship, couples, depression, unrequited love, dialogue, mother daughter relationship, love triangle, family relations, family problems, parents and children ...
Time:
20th century, year 1987, 80s
Place:
usa, vermont
Similarity:
20%
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16K
Genre: Drama
Country: Sweden
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Ingmar Bergman's psychological study of how humans react in a situation of war. The film takes place on Gotland, where invasion forces arrives.
Style:
psychological, art house, political, cerebral, biting ...
Plot:
existentialism, dialogue, island, nordic, civil war, betrayal, politics, war, world war two, european, female nudity, political prisoner ...
Time:
year 1968, 60s, 20th century
Place:
eastern europe, scandinavia, tokyo, israel
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Seemingly autobiographical story of a woman overwhelmed with trying to please everyone except herself, and not finding any answers until she's admitted to a rehab center by her parents. Eventually here is where she finds her answers.
Style:
realistic, touching, serious, psychological, emotional ...
Plot:
nervous breakdown, rehabilitation center, rehabilitation, drug abuse, mental institution, parents and children, family problems, life is a bitch, doctors and patients, addiction, family relations, power relations ...
Time:
20th century, 80s
Place:
usa
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Drama
Country: Sweden, France, UK
Duration: 149 min.
Story:
Alexander, a journalist, philosopher and retired actor, celebrates a birthday with friends and family when it is announced that nuclear war has begun.
Style:
cerebral, atmospheric, philosophical, art house, slow cinema ...
Plot:
insanity, existentialism, spirituality, religion, female nudity, distopia, art, dialogue, philosophy, god, post apocalypse, mental disorder ...
Time:
year 1986, 80s
Place:
soviet union, ussr, europe, russia
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
There is no question that the Arab terrorist portrayed by Robert Davi is guilty of killing five US citizens in Barcelona. Even his lawyers have zero respect for the rabidly sociopathic Davi. But Jewish defence attorney Ron Leibman is obsessed with ...
Style:
independent film, realistic, serious, tense, suspenseful
Plot:
lawyer, terrorism, law, professor, trial, power relations, injustice, confined, danger, politics, hotshot lawyer, legal investigation ...
Time:
80s
Place:
spain, europe
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Drama
Country: France, Switzerland, Germany
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Someone we hear talking - but whom we do not see - speaks of a project which describes the four key moments of love: meeting, physical passion, arguments/separation and making up. This project is to be told through three couples: young, adult and ...
Style:
philosophical, stylized, psychological, enigmatic, contemplative ...
Plot:
art, humanity, life & death, politics, artist, philosophy, painter, existentialism, memory, existential loneliness, minimalism, women ...
Time:
year 2001
Place:
france, paris france, europe, japan, tokyo
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
Marion is a woman who has learned to shield herself from her emotions. She rents an apartment to work undisturbed on her new book, but by some acoustic anomaly she can hear all that is said in the next apartment in which a psychiatrist holds his ...
Style:
psychological, realistic, meditative, talky, depressing ...
Plot:
midlife crisis, writers, eavesdropping, philosophy, depression, psychology, human nature, self discovery, melancholy, psychoanalysis, dysfunctional family, infidelity ...
Time:
20th century, 80s, year 1988
Place:
new york, usa
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Drama
Country: Switzerland, France
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
The European equivalent of "The Return of the Secaucus 7," this Swiss film looks at the lives of several men and women in their 30s as they confront the slim gains of the "revolutionary" sixties. Max, a dissatisfied copy editor; ...
Style:
talky, intellectual, contemplative, experimental, thought provoking ...
Plot:
utopia, rebellion, anarchist, politics, destiny, childhood, protest, couples, youth, civil unrest, bohemian, professor ...
Time:
future, year 1976, 60s, 70s
Place:
switzerland, paris france, geneva switzerland, europe, france ...
Similarity:
18%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Snapshots of the tumults of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Style:
psychological, captivating, melancholic, art house, anthology ...
Plot:
quarantine, virus, deadly virus, loneliness, isolation, character study, social isolation, lifestyle, social relations, society, social problems, multiple storylines ...
Time:
2020s
Place:
new york
Similarity:
18%
4K
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
Pete St. John is a powerful and successful political consultant, with clients spread around the country. When his long-time friend and client Ohio senator Sam Hastings decides to quit politics, he is rapidly drafted to help with the campaign of the ...
Style:
clever, serious, realistic, cynical, political ...
Plot:
politics, political corruption, campaign, cover up, manipulation, fighting the system, state affairs, society, journalism, legal, dishonesty, ambition ...
Time:
80s
Place:
usa, seattle, new york, washington d.c.
Similarity:
18%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 174 min.
Story:
The film follows one day in the lives of the Tyrone family, each member is troubled and has been damaged by alcohol and/or drugs. In addition, they have issues with each other that lead to fights and an inability to reconcile completely with one ...
Style:
grim, tense, depressing, talky, serious ...
Plot:
dysfunctional family, addiction, drug addiction, redemption, actor, family life, alcohol abuse, human nature, actor's life, lifestyle, morphine, family problems ...
Time:
20th century, 1910s, year 1912, year 1962, 60s ...
Place:
connecticut, ireland
Similarity:
18%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Sweden, West Germany
Duration: 70 min.
Story:
Rational, exacting, and self-controlled theater director, Henrik Vogler, often stays after rehearsal to think and plan. On this day, Anna comes back, ostensibly looking for a bracelet. She is the lead in his new production of Stindberg's ...
Style:
psychedelic, surreal, mind bending, art house, contemplative ...
Plot:
crazy love, theater, art, nordic, relationships, dialogue, actor, memory, couples, dull life, couple relations, introspection ...
Time:
year 1984, 80s
Similarity:
18%
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Cet Amour-là is an intimate portrait of a legendary love affair. Set against the beauty of the Breton seaside, it is also a film that revels in the insights that Marguerite Duras' writing affords.
Style:
psychological, emotional, serious, captivating, sincere ...
Plot:
soldier, hopes, love and romance, lifestyle, fall in love, couple relations, destiny, wartime life, family relations, couples, human nature, writer's life ...
Time:
year 2001, 21st century
Place:
france, europe
Similarity:
18%
Genre: Drama
Country: Cuba, USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
An intellectual leaves the Cuban revolution and 'underdevelopment' behind only to find himself at odds with the ambiguities of his new life in the 'developed' world. A portrait of alienation, of an outsider with no clear-cut ...
Style:
captivating, serious, atmospheric, thought provoking, surreal ...
Plot:
idealism, fighting the system, self discovery, state affairs, hopes, redemption, rebelliousness, rebellion, society, lifestyle, politics, introspection ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
cuba, japan, latin america, utah, paris france ...
Similarity:
18%
Genre: Drama
Country: France, West Germany
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Night after night, not long before dawn, two young adults, Patricia and Emile, meet on a sound stage to discuss learning, discourse, and the path to revolution. Scenes of Paris's student revolt, the Vietnam War, and other events of the late ...
Style:
eros, avant garde, contemplative, tense, thought provoking ...
Plot:
revolution, politics, black panthers, capitalism, marxism, socialism, theory, television studio, swastika, vietnam war, imperialism, education ...
Time:
60s
Place:
vietnam, cuba, america, paris france, france ...
Similarity:
18%
377
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Renowned actress Colleen West abandons her successful career for a secluded life in the hills. But the peace and quiet she longed for is disrupted by the noisy construction of neighboring housing developments. Before long, Colleen discovers that she ...
Style:
realistic, emotional, atmospheric, psychological, black and white ...
Plot:
actor's life, introspection, direction and purpose, artists and showbiz, aging, unfulfillment, love affair, ambition, society, art, lifestyle, love and romance ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
18%
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 144 min.
Story:
An actress suffers an emotional uproar in her personal life after a fan dies trying to see her.
Style:
independent film, serious, art house, thought provoking, cerebral ...
Plot:
aging, actor, actress, theater, thoughtful, strong female lead, existentialism, art, beat generation, filmmaking, time travel, recovery ...
Time:
year 1977, 70s, 20th century
Place:
new york, usa
Similarity:
17%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
An American Jewish man visiting Jerusalem for the funeral of his father gets sucked into a world of violent intrigue after meeting a mysterious, beautiful Palestinian woman.
Style:
realistic, tense, emotional, psychological, independent film ...
Plot:
israeli palestinian conflict, political unrest, terrorism, couples, politics, danger, unfulfillment, undercover, society, femme fatale, life turned upside down, intrigue ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
israel, palestinian authority, middle east, jerusalem
Similarity:
17%
12K
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
A renowned professor is forced to reassess her life when she is diagnosed with terminal ovarian cancer.
Style:
sincere, depressing, touching, sentimental, contemplative ...
Plot:
hospital, cancer, medical, doctor, poetry, chemotherapy, hopes, dying, nurse, terminal illness, philosophy, regret ...
Time:
20th century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
17%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
This compelling story vividly recreates Hollywood's infamous 'Blacklist Era'. The witch-hunt has begun and director David Merrill can revive his stalled career by testifying against friends who are suspected communists. Merrill's ...
Style:
political, cult classic, realistic, serious, disturbing ...
Plot:
filmmaking, politics, hollywood, american politics, courtroom, politician, government, intrigue, courtroom drama, communism, lawyer, democracy ...
Time:
1950s, year 1991, 20th century, 50s, year 1951
Place:
washington d.c., europe, california, usa, france
Similarity:
17%
Genre: Drama
Country: France, Switzerland
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Clive Langham (Sir John Gielgud) spends one tormenting night in his bed suffering from health problems and thinking up a story based on his relatives. He is a bitter man and he shows, through flashbacks, how spiteful, conniving and treacherous his ...
Style:
realistic, psychological, serious, emotional, black comedy ...
Plot:
aging, dysfunctional family, family relations, father son relationship, writers, human nature, couple relations, unfulfillment, crumbling marriage, writer's life, parents and children, extramarital affair ...
Time:
70s, 20th century, year 1977
Place:
france
Similarity:
17%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
World War II has ended and many soldiers return to their houses and families. But three of them find themselves with big problems when they arrive at their home village.
Style:
contemplative, bleak, disturbing, gloomy, thought provoking ...
Plot:
battles, world war two, soldier, politics, friends, cons and scams, homecoming, friendship, political corruption, society, rebellion, fighting the system ...
Time:
1940s
Place:
texas, usa
Similarity:
17%
Genre: Drama
Country: Switzerland, France
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
A symphony in three movements. Things such as a Mediterranean cruise, numerous conversations, in numerous languages, between the passengers, almost all of whom are on holiday... Our Europe. At night, a sister and her younger brother have summoned ...
Style:
serious, contemplative, realistic, atmospheric, avant garde ...
Plot:
politics, family relations, parents and children, state affairs, society, ship, social differences, parent child relationship, justice, filmmaking, family business, dictator ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
europe, barcelona, palestinian authority, egypt, africa ...
Similarity:
17%
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