Movies like Safe 1995
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Safe (1995)
19K
Genre: Drama
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
Carol, a typical upper middle-class housewife, begins to complain of vague symptoms of illness. She "doesn't feel right," has unexplained headaches, congestion, a dry cough, nosebleeds, vomiting, and trouble breathing. Her family doctor treats her concerns dismissively and suggests a psychiatrist. Eventually, an allergist tells her that she has Environmental Illness.
Style:
atmospheric, independent film, medical horror, disturbing, allegory, cerebral, bleak, thought provoking, surreal, psychological ...
Plot:
psychiatrist, allergy, environment, suburbs, psychology, paranoia, isolation, environmental, female protagonist, desert, contamination, housewife, quarantine, schizophrenia, psychosomatic illness, arizona desert, women, illness, feminism, medical, sisters, dream, another dimension, lonely, health ...
Time:
80s, year 1995, 90s, year 1987
Place:
los angeles, california, usa
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
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Place:
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Duration: 115 min.
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Duration: 90 min.
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Country: UK, France, USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 133 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Drama
Country: Sweden
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
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Place:
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Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Movie in collections
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Country: West Germany, France, UK, USA
Duration: 145 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
usa
Similarity:
23%
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Country: USA
Duration: 133 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Country: USA
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
22%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Country: USA
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Story:
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Audience:
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Story:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Country: UK, USA
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Story:
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Story:
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Audience:
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Similarity:
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Movie in collections
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Country: USA
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Country: USA
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Country: Denmark, Sweden, France, Netherlands, Norway, Iceland, UK, Finland, Italy, Belgium, Germany, Switzerland, USA
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Country: USA
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Movie in collections
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Story:
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Style:
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Place:
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Story:
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Style:
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Place:
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Country: USA
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Country: USA
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Country: France, Luxembourg, Switzerland, Belgium
Duration: 77 min.
Story:
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Style:
thought provoking, disturbing, stylized, psychological, atmospheric ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
france, europe
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Country: Sweden
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
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Country: USA
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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