Movies like The Silence 1963
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The Silence (1963)
20K
Original name: Tystnaden
Genre: Drama
Country: Sweden
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Traveling through an unnamed European country on the brink of war, sickly, intellectual Ester, her sister Anna and Anna's young son, Johan, check into a near-empty hotel. A basic inability to communicate among the three seems only to worsen during their stay. Anna provokes her sister by enjoying a dalliance with a local man, while the boy, left to himself, has a series of enigmatic encounters that heighten the growing air of isolation.
Style:
art house, sexual, erotic, philosophical, atmospheric, surreal, cerebral, disturbing, psychological, sexy ...
Plot:
existentialism, hotel, sexuality, female orgasm, dysfunctional family, female masturbation, religion, illness, adultery, translator, lesbianism, classical music, nihilism, lesbian incest, sensuality, room, hotel room, sibling rivalry, war zone, women, childhood, female nudity, surrealism, sister sister relationship, loser ...
Time:
60s, 20th century
Place:
tokyo, europe, sweden
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out stylized, thought provoking, melancholic and talky films with plots about melancholy, loneliness, art, existentialism, storytelling, dialogue and catastrophe mostly in Drama, Thriller and Romance genres. Some movies like The Silence: Dogtooth (2009), Winter Light (1963), Cries & Whispers (1972), The Passion of Anna (1969), Through a Glass Darkly (1961). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Greece
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Three teenagers are confined to an isolated country estate that could very well be on another planet. The trio spend their days listening to endless homemade tapes that teach them a whole new vocabulary. Any word that comes from beyond their family ...
Style:
disturbing, psychological, thought provoking, art house, sexy ...
Audience:
teens, pre-teens, adult, teen drama
Plot:
incest, dysfunctional family, siblings relations, isolated house, brother sister incest, child abuse, eccentric family, family problems, overprotective father, cat, confined, greek ...
Time:
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Place:
greece, europe
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100%
Genre: Drama
Country: Sweden
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
A Swedish pastor fails a loving woman, a suicidal fisherman and God.
Style:
psychological, art house, emotional, philosophical, depressing ...
Plot:
existentialism, religion, suicide, winter, art, isolation, small town, priest, faith, loss of faith, midlife crisis, apocalypse ...
Time:
60s, 20th century
Place:
sweden, eastern europe, scandinavia
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67%
Genre: Drama
Country: Sweden
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
As Agnes slowly dies of cancer, her sisters are so deeply immersed in their own psychic pains that they can't offer her the support she needs. Maria is wracked with guilt at her husband's suicide, caused by his discovery of her ...
Style:
touching, emotional, depressing, psychological, serious ...
Plot:
maid, terminal illness, art, family relations, women, existentialism, death, marriage, obsession, cancer, nude, bittersweet ...
Time:
19th century, 20th century, turn of the century, 90s
Place:
sweden, eastern europe, scandinavia
⇓ similarity ⇓
55%
Genre: Drama
Country: Sweden
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Andreas, a man struggling with the recent demise of his marriage and his own emotional isolation, befriends a married couple also in the midst of psychological turmoil. In turn he meets Anna, who is grieving the recent deaths of her husband and son. ...
Style:
art house, cerebral, surreal, psychological, bleak ...
Plot:
solitude, depression, isolation, insanity, island, psychology, female nudity, guilt, suicide, loneliness, life philosophy, art ...
Time:
60s, 20th century
Place:
sweden, eastern europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Sweden
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Karin hopes to recover from her recent stay at a mental hospital by spending the summer at her family's cottage on a tiny island. Her husband, Martin, cares for her but is frustrated by her physical withdrawal. Her younger bother, Minus, is ...
Style:
psychological, art house, philosophical, serious, surreal ...
Plot:
schizophrenia, insanity, mental illness, religion, psychology, existentialism, dysfunctional family, mental disorder, island, writers, loneliness, suicide attempt ...
Time:
60s, 20th century
Place:
sweden, scandinavia, eastern europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
49%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Sweden, France, West Germany
Duration: 188 min.
Story:
Through the eyes of ten-year-old Alexander, we witness the delights and conflicts of the Ekdahl family, a sprawling bourgeois clan in turn-of-the-twentieth-century Sweden.
Style:
intellectual, philosophical, disturbing, art house, thought provoking ...
Plot:
childhood, ghost, christmas, children, emotional abuse, brother sister relationship, grief, coming of age, abusive stepfather, child abuse, domestic violence, christmas eve ...
Time:
victorian era, 20th century, turn of the century, 90s, 1910s
Place:
sweden, tokyo, eastern europe, scandinavia
⇓ similarity ⇓
44%
14K
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, island, suspense, civil war, betrayal, politics, war, world war two, female nudity, dysfunctional family, time travel, art ...
Time:
20th century, 60s
Place:
israel, sweden, scandinavia, eastern europe, tokyo
⇓ similarity ⇓
43%
122K
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Sweden
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
A young nurse, Alma, is put in charge of Elisabeth Vogler: an actress who is seemingly healthy in all respects, but will not talk. As they spend time together, Alma speaks to Elisabeth constantly, never receiving any answer. Alma eventually ...
Style:
sexual, atmospheric, psychological, surreal, art house ...
Plot:
existentialism, surrealism, medical, patient, silence, nurse, art, psychiatry, mute character, insanity, women, obsession ...
Time:
20th century, 60s
Place:
sweden, eastern europe, scandinavia
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Sweden, Italy, Germany, Finland, Norway
Duration: 142 min.
Story:
Scripted by Ingmar Bergman, this very personal film is about a destructive affair which wrecks the marriage of an actress (Marianne) and musician (Markus). Wanting to continue the affair, Marianne moves in with her lover. But she is tormented by ...
Style:
psychological, sincere, atmospheric, lyrical, gloomy ...
Plot:
adultery, infidelity, betrayal, parenthood, custody, love affair, fall in love, family problems, crumbling marriage, destructive relationship, rivalry, parents and children ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
tokyo, paris france, sweden, denmark, france
⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
Genre: Drama, Horror
Country: Sweden
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
An artist in crisis is haunted by nightmares from the past in Ingmar Bergman's only horror film, which takes place on a windy island. During "the hour of the wolf" - between midnight and dawn - he tells his wife about his most painful ...
Style:
surreal, atmospheric, bleak, disturbing, gothic ...
Plot:
surrealism, insanity, artist, isolation, suspense, existentialism, obsession, mental illness, island, diary, nightmare, macabre ...
Time:
60s, 20th century
Place:
scandinavia, sweden, eastern europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
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22K
Genre: Drama
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
A married couple attend a bourgeois party and wade through the stifling strain that long-term marriage has imposed upon them.
Style:
reflective, cerebral, art house, erotic, sexy ...
Plot:
writers, infidelity, hospital, love, relationships, marriage, family relations, crumbling marriage, alienation, dysfunctional family, midlife crisis, crazy love ...
Time:
60s, 20th century
Place:
italy, milan italy, tokyo, mediterranean sea, berlin germany ...
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29%
Genre: Drama, Music
Country: Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Italy, Finland, Germany, Austria
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
The movie is a sequel to Bergman's Scenes from a Marriage (1973), where we revisit the characters of Johan and Marianne, then a married couple. After their divorce, Johan and Marianne haven't seen each other for 32 years. Marianne is still ...
Style:
psychological, emotional, meditative, touching, sincere ...
Plot:
dysfunctional family, marriage, parenthood, character study, parents and children, love and romance, introspection, family problems, couples, golden years, crumbling marriage, human nature ...
Place:
tokyo, st. petersburg russia, hamburg germany, australia, helsinki finland ...
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28%
Genre: Drama
Country: Vietnam, France, Germany
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
Hanoi comes across almost picture-perfect in director Tran Anh Hung's beautiful, elegiac tale about the lives and loves of three Vietnamese sisters. A mood characteristic of Hung's films is set early on with the vivid sounds of birds, ...
Style:
melancholic, sincere, psychological, serious, touching ...
Plot:
infidelity, marriage, adultery, pregnancy, family relations, couples, family life, love and romance, siblings relations, family problems, unfulfillment, crumbling marriage ...
Time:
90s
Place:
vietnam, tokyo, paris france
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
11K
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
An old married man leaves his wife for a younger woman. Shortly after, his ex-wife also begins a relationship with a younger partner.
Style:
intense, art house, biting, talky, sexy ...
Plot:
dysfunctional family, suspense, prostitute, sex, male nudity, women, time travel, social outcast, feminism, melancholy, nude, cheating ...
Time:
20th century, 60s
Place:
tokyo
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
28K
Genre: Drama
Country: Italy, Soviet Union
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
The Russian poet Andrei Gorchakov, accompanied by guide and translator Eugenia, is traveling through Italy researching the life of an 18th-century Russian composer. In an ancient spa town, he meets the lunatic Domenico, who years earlier had ...
Style:
atmospheric, reflective, philosophical, art house, cerebral ...
Plot:
philosophy, art, existentialism, dream, obsession, insanity, memory, writer's life, redemption, culture clash, poetry, runaway ...
Time:
80s, 18th century
Place:
russia, rome italy, ussr, europe, italy ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Denmark, Sweden, France, Netherlands, Norway, Iceland, Spain, UK
Duration: 159 min.
Story:
In a small and conservative Scottish village, a woman's paralytic husband convinces her to have extramarital intercourse so she can tell him about it and give him a reason for living.
Style:
disturbing, sad, bleak, emotional, psychological ...
Plot:
sex, love, husband wife relationship, sexuality, tragic love, marriage, accident, disability, love story, self sacrifice, small town, psychology ...
Time:
70s, 90s, 20th century
Place:
scotland, europe, scottish highlands
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
Genre: Drama
Country: Denmark, Sweden
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
A grandiose party to celebrate a sixtieth birthday unleashes a family drama with all the lies that conceal horrendous secrets. The eldest son, Christian, stages a showdown with the popular pater familias; his provocative, moving after-dinner speech ...
Style:
gloomy, art house, disturbing, thought provoking, surreal ...
Plot:
incest, suicide, family secret, child abuse, hotel, sexual abuse, haunted by the past, birthday, depression, party, birthday party, dysfunctional family ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
denmark, europe
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23%
16K
Genre: Drama
Country: USA, UK
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 ...
Style:
disturbing, atmospheric, thought provoking, bleak, cerebral ...
Plot:
allergy, psychiatrist, psychology, isolation, environmental, environment, paranoia, mental disorder, suburbs, contamination, housewife, retreat ...
Time:
90s, 80s
Place:
los angeles, california, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Turkey
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Uzak/Distant chronicles the numbing loneliness, longing, and isolation in the lives of two men who are consumed by their own problems. Istanbul photographer Mahmut reluctantly receives his relative Yusuf, but the mingling of their lives does little ...
Style:
sincere, bleak, art house, lyrical, stylized ...
Plot:
unemployment, loneliness, isolation, complex characters, art, family relations, culture clash, love and romance, introspection, existentialism, human nature, society ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
tokyo, turkey, istanbul turkey, middle east, berlin germany ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Austria, France, Germany
Duration: 127 min.
Story:
Georges and Anne are in their eighties. They are cultivated, retired music teachers. Their daughter, who is also a musician, lives abroad with her family. One day, Anne has a stroke, and the couple's bond of love is severely tested.
Style:
philosophical, sad, sincere, art house, reflective ...
Plot:
elderly, aging, death, elderly lovers, life & death, husband wife relationship, illness, love, family relations, daughter, old love, character study ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
paris france, germany, france
⇓ similarity ⇓
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Genre: Drama
Country: France, Sweden
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
The story of a mistreated donkey and the people around him. A study on saintliness and a sister piece to Bresson's Mouchette.
Style:
art house, thought provoking, depressing, disturbing, cerebral ...
Plot:
farm, existentialism, redemption, friendship, animals, death, destiny, artist, life philosophy, life & death, art, loneliness ...
Time:
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Place:
france, tokyo, europe
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21%
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
A look at a dysfunctional family dominated by the controlling madness of its matriarch, Eve. Her reluctant husband and their three daughters make doomed efforts to cope with Eve's demands, while also trying to get on with their own lives. But, ...
Style:
psychological, realistic, bleak, melancholic, touching ...
Plot:
depression, dysfunctional family, sister sister relationship, mental illness, family relations, divorce, character study, psychology, life philosophy, parenthood, family gatherings, sibling rivalry ...
Time:
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Place:
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20K
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
In the upscale Toronto strip club Exotica, dancer Christina is visited nightly by the obsessive Francis, a depressed tax auditor. Her ex-boyfriend, the club's MC, Eric, still jealously pines for her even as he introduces her onstage, but Eric ...
Style:
erotic, sexual, cerebral, psychological, non-linear ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
stripper, voyeurism, haunted by the past, unhappiness, accountant, grief, protective male, death of daughter, illegitimate daughter, sexual content, erotica, obsession ...
Time:
90s
Place:
canada, san francisco, toronto ontario canada
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
After many years working in the streets of Roma, the middle-age whore Mamma Roma (Anna Magnani) saves money to buy an upper class apartment, a fruit stand and retires from the prostitution. She brings her teenage son Ettore (Ettore Garofolo), who ...
Style:
neorealism, serious, realistic, art house, sexy ...
Plot:
prostitute, youth, prostitution, family relations, redemption, life is a bitch, parents and children, thief, friendship, hopes, human nature, parent child relationship ...
Time:
20th century, 60s, post world war two
Place:
rome italy, europe, italy, tokyo, mexico
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
Genre: Drama
Country: West Germany
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
A small Bavarian village is renowned for its "Ruby Glass" glass blowing works. When the foreman of the works dies suddenly without revealing the secret of the Ruby Glass, the town slides into a deep depression, and the owner of the ...
Style:
surreal, art house, disturbing, experimental, allegory ...
Plot:
surrealism, magic realism, wilderness, cult, brainwashing, violence, catastrophe, art, artist, brutality, deadpan, death ...
Time:
18th century, 19th century
Place:
germany, tokyo
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 188 min.
Story:
An epic mosaic of many interrelated characters in search of happiness, forgiveness, and meaning in the San Fernando Valley.
Style:
realistic, philosophical, sincere, depressing, surprise ending ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
depression, human nature, social problems, multiple storylines, child prodigy, introspection, dysfunctional family, loneliness, coincidence, drugs, drug addiction, death ...
Time:
20th century, 90s, 60s, 50s, 1910s
Place:
los angeles, california
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20%
Genre: Drama
Country: UK, Italy
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
The American architect Kracklite arrives in Italy, supervising an exhibiton for a French architect, Boullée, famous for his oval structures. Tirelessly dedicated to the project, Kracklite's marriage quickly dissolves along with his health.
Style:
art house, talky, sexual, sexy, scenic ...
Plot:
architecture, architect, artist, art, infidelity, obsession, painter, insanity, cancer, tragedy, paranoia, melancholy ...
Time:
18th century, 80s
Place:
rome italy, italy, europe
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20%
Genre: Drama
Country: UK, Japan, Germany
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Jakob arrives at the Institute Benjamenta (run by brother and sister Johannes and Lisa Benjamenta) to learn to become a servant. With seven other men, he studies under Lisa: absurd lessons of movement, drawing circles, and servility. He asks for a ...
Style:
art house, surreal, psychological, atmospheric, sexy ...
Plot:
surrealism, god, obsession, loneliness, hotel, male nudity, poetry, insanity, imagination, culture clash, existentialism, brutality ...
Time:
90s
Place:
tokyo, england, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
Genre: Drama
Country: Sweden
Duration: 283 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:
psychological, thought provoking, cerebral, dramatic, realistic ...
Plot:
divorce, marriage, infidelity, couples, dysfunctional family, relationships, crumbling marriage, loneliness, adultery, nude, selfishness, swedish ...
Time:
70s, 20th century
Place:
stockholm sweden, europe, sweden, eastern europe, tokyo
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
Genre: Drama
Country: Denmark, Germany, Belgium, UK, France, Sweden
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
The continuation of Joe's sexually dictated life delves into the darker aspects of her adult life and what led to her being in Seligman's care.
Style:
erotic, disturbing, sexual, sexy, psychological ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
sex, sex addict, lust, explicit sex, sexual perversion, nymphomaniac, bdsm, nymphomania, sex scene, erection, sexual relations, strong sexual content ...
Time:
20th century, 90s, 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
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