Movies like The Castle 1997

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The Castle (1997)
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The Castle (1997)
Original name: Das Schloß
Genre: Drama, Mystery
Country: Austria, Germany, France
Duration: 123 min.
Story: Michael Haneke's adaptation of Franz Kafka's unfinished novel Das Schloss. K arrives in a remote village a stranger. In attempting to establish himself there, he enters the nightmarish world of the castle bureaucracy.
Style: mind twisting, mind bending, allegory, cerebral, psychological, atmospheric, bleak, serious, realistic, surreal ...
Plot: mysticism, existentialism, bureaucracy, angry, european, village, life is a bitch, village life, society, uninvited guest, social relations, dystopia, winter, snow, castle, fall in love, stranger, inspector, barmaid, narration, distopia, anguish, palaces castles and temples, kiss, ringing telephone ...
Place: germany, europe, austria

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out serious, realistic, psychological and atmospheric films with plots about life is a bitch, society, family relations, village, village life, female nudity and social relations mostly in Drama, Mystery and Thriller genres. Some movies like The Castle: The Quack (1982), Werckmeister Harmonies (2000), The Moustache (2005), The Trial (1962), Mysteries (1978). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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The Quack (1982)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Poland
Duration: 128 min.
Story: A famous surgeon is beaten by drunken bullies, loses his memory and cannot recollect who he was before. He gets to a village, lives in a not so well to do family and becomes the Quack - he slowly regains his talent for medicine and saves the lives ...
Style: touching, serious, atmospheric, sentimental, emotional ...
Audience: family outing
Plot: memory loss, life is a bitch, surgeon, prodigy, love and romance, daughter, witch doctor, village life, losing-it hero, polish, amnesia, healer ...
Time: 1930s, 20th century
Place: poland
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100%
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The Castle (1968)
Genre: Drama, Mystery
Country: West Germany
Duration: 93 min.
Story: A man comes to a small village to begin his new job as an attendant at the nearby castle. But everybody in the village claims that he surely must be mistaken, there is no need for an attendant at the castle.
Style: allegory
Plot: existentialism, communism, anxiety, death, love, puzzle, inspector, satire, barmaid, castle, village, alienation ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
65%
Werckmeister Harmonies (2000)
Genre: Drama, Mystery
Country: Hungary, Italy, Germany, France
Duration: 145 min.
Story: This story takes place in a small town on the Hungarian Plain. In a provincial town, which is surrounded with nothing else but frost. It is bitterly cold weather — without snow. Even in this bewildered cold hundreds of people are standing around ...
Style: bleak, contemplative, serious, allegory, slow cinema ...
Plot: surrealism, delusion, circus, musician, magic realism, philosophy, social relations, danger, small town life, village life, european, small town ...
Time: 2000s, 90s
Place: hungary, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
47%
The Moustache (2005)
Genre: Drama, Mystery
Country: France
Duration: 87 min.
Story: One day, on a whim, Marc decides to shave off the moustache he's worn all of his adult life. He waits patiently for his wife's reaction, but neither she nor his friends seem to notice. Stranger still, when he finally tells them, they all ...
Style: surreal, psychological, mindfuck, cerebral, meditative ...
Plot: existentialism, loneliness, imagination, riddles and clues, husband wife relationship, dark humor, life, human nature, insanity, destruction, mission, trippy ...
Time: year 2005
Place: hong kong
⇓ similarity ⇓
47%
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The Trial (1962)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: France, Italy, West Germany
Duration: 119 min.
Story: An unassuming office worker is arrested and stands trial, but he is never made aware of his charges.
Style: surreal, black and white, psychological, disturbing, visually appealing ...
Plot: dystopia, surrealism, courtroom, courtroom drama, distopia, paranoia, insanity, legal, existentialism, law, trial, justice ...
Time: 20th century, year 1962, 60s
Place: america, russia
⇓ similarity ⇓
44%
 5.3
 299
Mysteries (1978)
Genre: Drama, Mystery
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 97 min.
Story: In the winter of 1891 a stranger arrives in a small coastal town on the Isle of Man. His presence soon disturbs the lives of the local inhabitants, especially the beautiful daughter of the parson.
Style: serious, suspense, surprise ending, enigmatic, captivating ...
Plot: social relations, obsession, rich man, intrigue, drifter, suicide, nudity, dark humor, contests and competitions, village, small town life, village life ...
Time: 70s
Place: holland
⇓ similarity ⇓
43%
The White Ribbon (2009)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Germany, Austria, France, Italy, Canada
Duration: 144 min.
Story: Strange events happen in a small village in the north of Germany during the years just before World War I, which seem to be ritual punishment. The abused and suppressed children of the villagers seem to be at the heart of this mystery.
Style: disturbing, black and white, art house, bleak, atmospheric ...
Audience: teens
Plot: children, punishment, sexual abuse, priest, physical appearance, suicide, small town, death, child abuse, cruelty, family secret, village life ...
Time: year 1914, year 2009, 1910s, 90s, 1920s ...
Place: germany, europe, northern germany, italy
⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
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 83K
Funny Games (1997)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Austria
Duration: 108 min.
Story: Two psychotic young men take a mother, father, and son hostage in their vacation cabin and force them to play sadistic "games" with one another for their own amusement.
Style: disturbing, bleak, suspense, psychological, scary ...
Audience: adult
Plot: psychopath, serial killer, sadism, bad guy wins, torment, torture, home invasion, kidnapping, murder, family in danger, evil wins, husband wife relationship ...
Time: 20th century, 90s, year 1997, near future
Place: austria, germany, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
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Jew-Boy Levi (1999)
Genre: Drama
Country: Germany, Switzerland, Austria
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Benjamin Levi (Bruno Cathomas) is a Bavarian cattle dealer traveling to pre-World War II Germany on his annual trip to a remote farming village. Levi hopes to do some business and, more importantly, win the hand of the lovely Lisbeth (Caroline ...
Style: biting, thought provoking, realistic, serious, emotional ...
Plot: world war two, holocaust, social differences, village, anti semitism, countryside, isolation, village life, wartime life, life turned upside down, injustice, life is a bitch ...
Time: 1930s
Place: europe, germany
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
 5.8
 188
Last Winter (2011)
Genre: Drama
Country: Belgium, France, Switzerland, Luxembourg
Duration: 103 min.
Story: A young farmer in Central France tries to sustain his spiritual connection to the land amid the crushing pressures of modern agriculture in this brooding drama.
Style: serious, realistic, atmospheric, captivating, gloomy
Plot: farm, estrangement, countryside, workplace situations, society, workplace, nothing goes right, down on your luck, life is a bitch, social relations, village life, village ...
Time: 21st century
Place: europe, france
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
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The Trial (1993)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 120 min.
Story: Joseph K. awakes one morning, to find two strange men in his room, telling him he has been arrested. Joseph is not told what he is charged with, and despite being "arrested," is allowed to remain free and go to work. But despite the ...
Style: suspenseful, atmospheric, bleak, tense, serious ...
Plot: courtroom drama, criminal, legal action, prison, fighting the system, lawyer, police investigation, murder, law, writers, courtroom, bureaucracy ...
Time: turn of the century
Place: czech republic, europe, czechoslovakia, prague
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
 6.4
 409
The Outlander (2005)
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 138 min.
Story: It is the early 20th century. A stranger arrives in the small, rural community and disrupts the lives of its inhabitants. The man, who refuses to give his name, is dubbed The Outlander. A traveller who disdains conventional behaviour and ...
Style: atmospheric, realistic, touching, sentimental, serious
Plot: friendship, friends, love affair, social relations, village life, village, fall in love, family relations, stranger, rivalry, love and romance, alcoholism ...
Time: 20th century, 1910s
Place: canada
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
The Disappearance of Finbar (1996)
Genre: Drama, Mystery
Country: Ireland, Sweden, UK
Duration: 105 min.
Story: A dissatisfied teen disappears from his small town, leaving friends to wonder about his whereabouts.
Style: serious, realistic, offbeat, gloomy, emotional ...
Plot: winter, snow, friendship, missing person, disappearance, lapland, friends, coming of age, youth, betrayal, obsession, self discovery ...
Time: 90s
Place: ireland, europe, dublin ireland
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
 7.7
 7K
Autumn (2008)
Genre: Drama
Country: Turkey, Germany
Duration: 99 min.
Story: A man struggles after his release from ten years as a political prisoner.
Style: realistic, serious, psychological, atmospheric, art house ...
Plot: starting over, love affair, homecoming, released from prison, life is a bitch, hopes, society, love and romance, family relations, reconciliation, parents and children, fighting illness ...
Time: 21st century
Place: black sea, turkey
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
 7.3
 85K
Hidden (2005)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: France, Austria, Germany, Italy
Duration: 117 min.
Story: A married couple is terrorized by a series of videotapes planted on their front porch.
Style: disturbing, psychological, psychological thriller, art house, surreal ...
Plot: suicide, childhood, haunted by the past, dysfunctional family, videotaping, hidden camera, family in crisis, lie, psychology, voyeurism, great ending, nightmare ...
Time: year 2005, 2000s, 21st century
Place: paris france, france, algeria, iraq, germany ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
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Headwinds (2011)
Genre: Drama, Mystery
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 91 min.
Story: Sarah tells Paul that she wants out of their marriage; the next day she disappears. A year later and Paul along with their children return to his childhood town to start anew after the loss of his wife and their mother.
Style: serious, psychological, tense, touching, realistic ...
Plot: starting over, family relations, homecoming, missing person, hopes, haunted by the past, brother brother relationship, father son relationship, youth, life is a bitch, parents and children, creative block ...
Time: 21st century
Place: europe, france, brittany
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32%
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4 (2004)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: Russia, Netherlands
Duration: 126 min.
Story: Two men and a woman happen to meet in a bar. We learn from their conversations both the intriguing and banal details of their lives. But is anyone really telling the truth?
Style: disturbing, psychological, captivating, surreal, heartfelt ...
Plot: social decay, social relations, dull life, estrangement, life is a bitch, society, haunted by the past, violent content, prostitute, graphic violence, addiction, immortality ...
Place: soviet union, russia
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
Ten Days Wonder (1971)
Genre: Mystery, Drama
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 110 min.
Story: Anthony Perkins, a young sculptor with a weird penchant for waking up in strange hotels with his memory wiped clean and bloodied hands, invites a former professor (Michel Piccoli) to the Gatsby-like provincial manor presided over by his powerful ...
Style: contemplative, psychological, serious, realistic, tense ...
Plot: stepmother stepson relationship, murder, stepmother, mental disorder, hotel, motel, professor, forbidden love, unlikely criminals, amateur detective, love and romance, love triangle ...
Time: year 1971, 70s
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
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Cold Light (2004)
Genre: Drama
Country: Iceland, Norway, UK, Germany
Duration: 90 min.
Story: What could be better than knowing your future? And what could be worse? A love-filled childhood abruptly ends when catastrophe descends. A catastrophe that the child had foreseen yet failed to act upon.
Style: psychological, serious, sincere, atmospheric, contemplative ...
Plot: small town, haunted by the past, childhood trauma, life is a bitch, unlikely couple, life turned upside down, midlife crisis, unfulfillment, young love, childhood memory, village life, village ...
Time: 21st century
Place: iceland, europe
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29%
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 15K
Teorema (1968)
Genre: Drama, Mystery
Country: Italy
Duration: 98 min.
Story: A wealthy Italian household is turned upside down when a handsome stranger (Terence Stamp) arrives, makes love to every family member and then disappears. Each has an epiphany of sorts, but none can figure out who the seductive visitor was or why he ...
Style: surreal, allegory, erotic, disturbing, controversial ...
Plot: bourgeoisie, surrealism, lgbt, mysterious stranger, gay, parable, homosexuality, lgbtq, erotica, sex, seduction, female nudity ...
Time: year 1968, 20th century, 60s
Place: italy, europe, milan italy
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28%
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Moss (2010)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 163 min.
Story: Hae Gook (Park Hae Il) travels to a reclusive village to attend his father's funeral. He wants to find out the reason behind his father's strange death, but the villagers, in particular village chief Cheon (Jung Jae Young), seem to be ...
Style: tense, atmospheric, captivating, suspenseful, mind twisting ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: village, uncover truth, under the surface, twists and turns, social relations, rivalry, riddles and clues, dishonesty, danger, superhero, death of father, comic book ...
Time: 21st century
Place: korea
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27%
At the Gate of the Ghost (2011)
Genre: Drama, Mystery
Country: Thailand
Duration: 108 min.
Story: Adapted from Japanese film called Rashomon, U Mong Pa Meung (The Outrage) takes place in a wood during Thai’s Lanna period where a mysterious murder happens. The story is told through three witnesses: a young monk, woodcutter and undertaker.
Style: captivating, tense, psychological, suspenseful, mind bending ...
Plot: murder, uncover truth, who done it, investigation, life is a bitch, society, injustice, dishonesty, medieval, under the surface, tunnel, murder mystery ...
Place: thailand, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
The Lives of Others (2006)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Germany, France
Duration: 137 min.
Story: A tragic love story set in East Berlin with the backdrop of an undercover Stasi controlled culture. Stasi captain Wieler is ordered to follow author Dreyman and plunges deeper and deeper into his life until he reaches the threshold of doubting the ...
Style: political thriller, gloomy, political, sincere, suspense ...
Audience: date night, adult
Plot: surveillance, cold war, berlin wall, spy, stasi, communism, iron curtain, secrets, loneliness, voyeurism, politics, suicide ...
Time: 80s, year 2006, 20th century, 2000s, year 1984 ...
Place: east germany, germany, berlin germany, europe, soviet union ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
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UV (2007)
Genre: Drama, Mystery
Country: France
Duration: 102 min.
Story: During the absence of Philipp, in his house appears the stranger, who calls himself Boris. He says that he was the school comrade of Philipp and it arrived to visit old friend. Boris charms all households and remains to await Philipp. Only one ...
Style: atmospheric, tense, psychological, captivating, serious ...
Plot: murder, family relations, hidden identity, danger, dishonesty, estate, stranger, paranoia, mysterious past, disorder, cons and scams, siblings relations ...
Time: 21st century
Place: france, saint tropez, provence
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
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L'Immortelle (1963)
Genre: Drama, Mystery
Country: France, Italy, Turkey
Duration: 101 min.
Story: A sad man meets a beautiful, secretive woman who may or may not be involved in some conspiracy ring dealing in kidnapped women used as prostitutes. After several days of their sadly passionate relationship she disappears. The sad man is unable to ...
Style: surreal, mind bending, psychedelic, experimental, avant garde ...
Plot: obsession, fetish, parallel universe, mystery woman, alternate reality, surrealism, power relations, love and romance, mysterious character, femme fatale, dealing with death, love affair ...
Time: 60s, 20th century
Place: middle east, istanbul turkey, turkey
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
The Fine Art of Love: Mine Ha-Ha (2005)
Genre: Drama, Mystery
Country: Italy, UK, Czech Republic
Duration: 102 min.
Story: A group of young girls are brought up in a college within dark forests and gloomy lakes. Young Hidalla and her friends Irene, Vera, Blanka, Melusine and Rain are brought up in an isolated world: the girls don't know anything about live outside ...
Style: psychological, realistic, suspenseful, atmospheric, erotic ...
Plot: rebelliousness, power relations, boarding school, teaching the ways of the world, isolation, love affair, orphan, youth, teachers and students, lgbt, lgbtq, lesbian sex ...
Time: 20th century
Place: germany
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
The Man from London (2007)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: Hungary, Germany, France, Italy
Duration: 139 min.
Story: One night Maloin, a switchman at a seaside railway station situated by a ferry harbour, witnesses a terrible event...
Style: neo noir, serious, black and white, psychological, atmospheric ...
Plot: murder, witnessing a crime, introspection, moral dilemma, redemption, european, escapades, danger, rivalry, underground, minimalism, seaside ...
Place: london, england, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
 5.6
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Island (2011)
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 102 min.
Story: Based on 'Jane Rogers' acclaimed novel, "Island" is a tale of yearning and retribution. Abandoned at birth, Nikki Black has spent most of her life in care sustained only by fairy-stories. Incapable of love, fearful and desperate ...
Style: serious, tense, psychological, realistic, atmospheric ...
Plot: island, undercover, hidden identity, family problems, life is a bitch, dishonesty, haunted by the past, feminist, loneliness, redemption, obsessive quest, orphan ...
Time: 21st century
Place: england, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
 7.1
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Benny's Video (1992)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Austria, Switzerland
Duration: 110 min.
Story: A 14-year-old video enthusiast is so caught up in film fantasy that he can no longer relate to the real world, to such an extent that he commits murder and records an on-camera confession for his parents.
Style: disturbing, psychological, bleak, serious, art house ...
Audience: teens, teen drama
Plot: murder, society, videotaping, video store, atrocity, psychopath, introspection, obsession, human nature, found footage, extreme, parent child relationship ...
Time: 90s, year 1992
Place: austria, germany, bosnia, europe, egypt ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
 6.0
 634
Love Eternal (2013)
Genre: Drama, Mystery
Country: Ireland, Luxembourg
Duration: 94 min.
Story: Based on the Japanese novel 'Loving the Dead' from acclaimed author Kei Oishi, the film centres on a damaged young man who, after shutting himself away for ten years, is forced to venture out into a world that he no longer understands.
Style: psychological, disturbing, sincere, bleak, contemplative ...
Plot: introspection, dealing with death, cause and meaning, death wish, isolation, autism, loneliness, love, adaptation, atmosphere, human nature, obsession ...
Time: 21st century
Place: ireland
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
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