Movies like Waking Madison
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Waking Madison (2010)
2K
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
A woman suffering from multiple personality disorder tries to piece back together her life.
Style:
psychological, suspenseful, mind bending, serious, realistic, touching, depressing, atmospheric, independent film, bleak
Plot:
mental illness, confined, twists and turns, mentally unstable, doctors and patients, power relations, dissociative identity disorder, dominatrix, mental disorder, psychiatrist, friendship, family relations, dishonesty, psychology, mental health, dissociation, profanity, sexual content, phone sex, obsessive quest, sex scene, mental institution, nightclub, woman, psychiatric ward ...
Time:
21st century, contemporary
Place:
usa, new orleans
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Most similar movies to Waking Madison
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out serious, realistic, psychological and touching films with plots about mental illness, family relations, mental institution, mentally unstable, mental disorder, love and romance and power relations mostly in Drama, Thriller and Romance genres. Some movies like Waking Madison: David and Lisa (1962), Helen (2009), Call Me Crazy: A Five Film (2013), Lost Transmissions (2019), The End of Innocence (1990). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
The emotional story of a young man in a mental institution for teens who begins to understand his psychosis in the environment of others with mental and emotional problems. He finds intimacy with Lisa, a young woman suffering from schizophrenia.
Style:
psychological, mind bending, surreal, psychedelic, spiritual ...
Plot:
mental illness, multiple personality disorder, angst, mental disorder, insanity, schizophrenia, mental institution, teenage love, coming of age, young lovers, psychiatric hospital, homosexual subtext ...
Time:
60s, 50s, 1950s
Place:
philadelphia
Similarity:
95%
2K
Genre: Drama
Country: USA, UK, Germany, Canada
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
On the outside, Helen has it all – a loving family and a successful career – but when her suppressed mental illness resurfaces, the world crumbles around her. Crippled by depression, Helen finds solace through her friendship with Mathilda, a ...
Style:
psychological, emotional, realistic, depressing, sentimental ...
Plot:
mental illness, mental disorder, family relations, love affair, friendship, parents and children, couples, unfulfillment, psychiatry, self mutilation, psychological disorder, mental health ...
Time:
year 2009, 21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
91%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
A psychotherapist helps a law student cope with schizophrenia in one of five interconnected tales dealing with mental illness.
Style:
serious, realistic, emotional, psychological, captivating ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, adult
Plot:
mental illness, schizophrenia, mental health, family relations, family problems, human spirit, mental disorder, ptsd, illness, suicidal, psychology, strong female presence ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
81%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
When an acclaimed music producer goes off his medication for schizophrenia, his friends chase him though the LA music scene to help commit him to a psychiatric hospital, revealing the troubling inadequacies of the mental health care system.
Style:
realistic, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, touching ...
Plot:
songwriter, schizophrenia, record producer, medication, mental disorder, music industry, mental illness, friendship, help, music, musician's life, schizophrenic ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, los angeles
Similarity:
76%
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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:
76%
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
A psychiatrist is drawn into a complex mind game when he questions a disturbed patient about the disappearance of a colleague.
Style:
sexy, realistic, tense, serious, suspenseful ...
Plot:
mental institution, doctors and patients, dishonesty, uncover truth, missing person, power relations, investigation, gay, mental health, dialogue, homosexual love, destruction ...
Time:
year 1966, 60s, 21st century
Place:
usa, africa
Similarity:
74%
Genre: Drama
Country: Russia
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
Simultaneously nihilistic and heartening, Ward No. 6 is based on a story by Chekov, in which a psychiatric doctor becomes a patient in his own asylum. Updated to contemporary Russia, the film is a cocktail of anxieties and riddles, showcasing how ...
Style:
psychological, serious, sincere, touching, intellectual ...
Plot:
mental institution, mental illness, isolation, human nature, confined, misfit, doctors and patients, society, estrangement, social misfits, doctor, mental disorder ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
russia, soviet union
Similarity:
68%
473
Genre: Drama
Country: Russia
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
The film tells the story of a young Russian in the early 90s, trying to escape the army in a psychiatric clinic. He's released years later, after intensive compulsory treatment. Has a documentary film maker he gets involved in the Chechen ...
Style:
psychological, bleak, emotional, sincere, tense ...
Plot:
mental illness, doctors and patients, rebelliousness, mentally unstable, mental institution, introspection, political unrest, human nature, hopes, state affairs, misfit, psychology ...
Place:
russia
Similarity:
56%
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11K
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
Krisha returns for Thanksgiving dinner after ten years away from her family, but past demons threaten to ruin the festivities.
Style:
serious, psychological, realistic, touching, independent film ...
Plot:
thanksgiving, haunted by the past, family problems, addiction, mental disorder, friendship, girl, alcoholic, alienation, mental health, family tragedy, mind control ...
Time:
year 2016, 21st century
Place:
usa, turkey, texas
Similarity:
55%
Genre: Drama
Country: Poland, USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
This dialog-free film, originally presented as 33 short films, is an experimental, bizarre set of meditations and flashbacks of the grotesque.
Style:
surreal, atmospheric, disturbing, realistic, serious ...
Plot:
mental institution, mental illness, haunted by the past, estrangement, life is a bitch, wrongfully committed, dysfunctional family, homecoming, dull life, doctors and patients, mentally unstable, oedipus complex ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
54%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
A heartbroken man kidnaps two strangers in hopes they will fall in love.
Style:
serious, atmospheric, suspenseful, surreal, suspense ...
Plot:
redemption, teenage love, youth, love and romance, confined, mentally unstable, obsession, wilderness, captivity, breakup, teen romance, kidnapping ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
54%
Genre: Drama
Country: Ireland
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
On the Edge is about suicidal patients discovering their true selves while going through therapy in a treatment center.
Style:
psychological, touching, talky, sincere, cerebral ...
Plot:
mental institution, mentally unstable, borderline personality disorder, human nature, friendship, life is a bitch, love and romance, haunted by the past, mental health, suicide attempt, depression, psychiatric ward ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
ireland
Similarity:
51%
Genre: Drama
Country: France, Germany
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Conrad Lang, a handyman in a rich family - he has been raised like a brother with Thomas, who has the same age -, accidentally puts fire to the big holiday house he keeps. He returns to the town he grew up in, to the family home, where Philippe, ...
Style:
psychological, realistic, serious, captivating, suspenseful ...
Plot:
mental illness, memory loss, investigation, haunted by the past, flashback, family relations, society, family life, amateur detective, friendship, dishonesty, master and servant ...
Place:
france, europe
Similarity:
51%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Carla and Marco are manic-depressive poets whose art is fueled by their emotional extremes. When they go off their meds, they end up in the same psychiatric hospital. As the chemistry between them stirs up their emotions, it intensifies their mania. ...
Style:
realistic, sincere, emotional, captivating, touching ...
Plot:
mental illness, bipolar disorder, love, mental health, mental disorder, couples, illness, friendship, hospital, hopes, real world, addiction ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, new york
Similarity:
49%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
When an unhappy young woman disappears, her worried sister desperately searches the internet for a clue to her missing sibling's whereabouts.
Style:
serious, psychological, suspenseful, atmospheric, contemplative ...
Plot:
missing person, riddles and clues, woman in danger, investigation, amateur detective, haunted by the past, dangerous attraction, dishonesty, voyeurism, rivalry, blues, computers and web ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new orleans, usa
Similarity:
49%
Genre: Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
Two misfit males, one man-child, one boy, find each other, building a small cabin in the woods to create a new life. Their daily struggle for survival creates a strong bond between them until the hut is destroyed and one of the boys carted off. The ...
Style:
rough, serious, touching, realistic, gloomy
Plot:
woods, misfit, mentally unstable, leaving home, life is a bitch, friendship, young heroes, mental illness, mental institution, loneliness, mental disorder, psychology ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
germany
Similarity:
46%
Genre: Drama
Country: Denmark
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Kira and Mads try to work out their marriage, after Kira has been two years in a mental institution, but is she really ready for the real world?
Style:
sexy, serious, talky, psychological, clever ...
Plot:
dogme 95, mental illness, depression, family problems, starting over, family relations, mentally unstable, dogma, real world, dysfunctional family, human nature, love and romance ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
46%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
A sheriff sees his state senate bid slide out onto the ice when his daughter begins to date the son of a charming but psychologically disturbed woman with whom the sheriff has engaged in a two-decade-long affair.
Style:
realistic, psychological, emotional, sincere, serious ...
Plot:
sheriff, mother child relationship, parent child relationship, family problems, misfit, life is a bitch, family relations, mentally unstable, love and romance, couple relations, love affair, extramarital affair ...
Time:
21st century, labor day
Place:
virginia, usa, atlantic city new jersey
Similarity:
45%
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2K
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
A true story of a young woman whose abusive childhood results in her developing a multiple personality disorder.
Style:
psychological, sad, touching, heartbreaking, disturbing ...
Plot:
dissociative identity disorder, mental illness, psychology, mental disorder, child abuse, physical abuse, abuse, abusive parent, children, mental health, domineering mother, patient ...
Place:
nova scotia
Similarity:
45%
873
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Anna, a somewhat introverted woman, becomes obsessed with the orthopedic surgeon who helped with her recuperation following a car accident. Incorrectly believing the love to be reciprocated, she embarks on several attempts to try and stay in touch ...
Style:
realistic, psychological, captivating, atmospheric, serious ...
Plot:
unfulfilled love, obsession, mental illness, doctors and patients, doctor, hate, hopes, women, femme fatale, couples, family relations, breakup ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
paris france, france
Similarity:
45%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Life, love, and the fear of failing... Lilli Black, battling her painful memories and the secrets surrounding her dying father, collides into the complicated and obsessive life of Morrison Wiley on the streets of New York City. This peculiar love ...
Style:
psychological, realistic, serious, independent film, gloomy
Plot:
introspection, haunted by the past, family relations, family life, dysfunctional family, life is a bitch, estrangement, mental illness, human nature, family problems, couples, love affair ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new york, usa
Similarity:
43%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
A famous psychiatrist (Ty Adams) takes on the job of trying to cure patients at the Sedah State Hospital, run by it's folksy doctor (Sam Delazo). All this takes a strange turn when a mysterious patient (Satan, he calls himself) enters the ...
Style:
serious, psychological, realistic, tense, suspenseful ...
Plot:
devil, mental institution, mental illness, supernatural ability, doctors and patients, psychiatrist, black, satan, video surveillance, obsession, research, blaxploitation ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
42%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
LITTLE CHENIER: A CAJUN STORY is the story of a young man who lives a simple life on a houseboat in the Louisiana bayou with his mentally handicapped brother until one is accused of a crime in the small town.
Style:
serious, realistic, suspenseful
Plot:
mentally challenged, mental illness, against the odds, uneducated, disability, family problems, family relations, dishonesty, brother brother relationship, mental retardation, alcoholic father, alligator ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
louisiana, usa
Similarity:
41%
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
Rich L.A. party brat Tim (Adam Horovitz) spins into a cycle of despair after his parents divorce, and trying to fill the void with drugs and trouble only buys him a ticket to an asylum. But with the help of a psychiatrist (Donald Sutherland) who has ...
Style:
realistic, serious, suspenseful, thought provoking, independent film ...
Plot:
juvenile delinquency, gang, redemption, coming of age, life is a bitch, youth, nightlife, dysfunctional family, teenage life, lifestyle, mentally unstable, society ...
Time:
year 1989, 80s
Place:
usa, los angeles
Similarity:
40%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Dr. Bob Shushan is an overworked and absent father who runs a centre for the mentally and physically challenged. When Shushan suffers a heart attack, his life is saved by James Jones, a young patient at the center. The two men forge a friendship and ...
Style:
psychological, realistic, serious, touching, sincere
Plot:
christian, god, absent father, couples, family problems, family relations, power relations, dysfunctional family, custody, infidelity, family in crisis, parents and children ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
39%
523
Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Robert Patrick stars as a private investigator traumatized by his father's suicide who goes undercover in a mental institution to uncover the murderer of his psychiatrist.
Style:
independent film, scary, mind bending, serious, realistic ...
Plot:
mental illness, psychology, psychiatric ward, cons and scams, mental institution, murder, working undercover, hospital, clinic, power relations, dishonesty, doctors and patients ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
39%
234
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
A thought-provoking drama about the power that a famous university professor holds over his students and assistants.
Style:
realistic, psychological, serious, captivating, independent film ...
Plot:
love triangle, power relations, dishonesty, ambition, unfulfillment, friendship, university, college, manipulation, power, mentor, teachers and students ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
38%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 79 min.
Story:
Elena Gallenti is an anthropology graduate student struggling to complete her thesis on 'modern means of communication.' All that changes when she meets her new boyfriend's teenage kids, who are going through their own journeys of ...
Style:
realistic, sentimental, psychological, contemplative, independent film ...
Plot:
family relations, self discovery, couple relations, teaching the ways of the world, profanity, bittersweet, love and romance, society, power relations, couples, computers and web, parents and children ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, new york
Similarity:
38%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
The fantastical tale of a little girl who won't - or can't - follow the rules. Confounded by her clashes with the rule-obsessed world around her, Phoebe seeks enlightenment from her unconventional drama teacher, even as her brilliant but ...
Style:
touching, psychological, sad, thought provoking, depressing ...
Plot:
teacher, mental illness, estrangement, friendship, children, inspiration, introspection, school, imaginary, alice in wonderland, imaginary friend, imagination ...
Time:
year 2008, 21st century
Place:
usa, new jersey, ireland
Similarity:
37%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
Syd is an eccentric bookseller with delusions of grandeur fueled by red wine. He caused a rift 5 years ago between his bohemian housemates and the family next door, but now tries to recruit his 14-year-old neighbor as a collaborator.
Style:
realistic, serious, touching, suspenseful, psychological ...
Plot:
friendship, friends, drug, teenage boy, coming of age, death threat, depression, couples, love and romance, love, youth, family relations ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
37%
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