Movies like Leviathan 2014
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Leviathan (2014)
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Original name: Левиафан
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Russia
Duration: 140 min.
Story:
In a Russian coastal town, Kolya is forced to fight the corrupt mayor when he is told that his house will be demolished. He recruits a lawyer friend to help, but the man's arrival brings further misfortune for Kolya and his family.
Style:
thought provoking, bleak, depressing, atmospheric, meditative, emotional, melancholic, sincere, realistic, philosophical ...
Plot:
lawyer, adultery, corruption, justice, infidelity, alcoholic, small town, alcohol abuse, drunk, courtroom, unhappy wife, corrupt mayor, society, corrupt politician, politics, affair, russian, political corruption, vodka, mayor, tragedy, brutality, depression, blackmail, police corruption ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century, contemporary
Place:
russia
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, bleak, thought provoking and complex films with plots about storytelling, brutality, culture clash, greed, dialogue, loneliness and redemption mostly in Drama, Crime and Thriller genres. Some movies like Leviathan: Elena (2011), The Fool (2014), The Return (2003), Dogville (2003), House of Sand and Fog (2003). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Russia
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
Vladimir is reaching the end of his life and decides to leave his wealth to his only daughter, cutting out his wife and her son from his will.
Style:
bleak, realistic, serious, touching, philosophical ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
russia, moscow russia
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Russia
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
The Fool is a movie about a simple plumber. An honest man, he is up against an entire system of corrupted bureaucrats. At stake are the lives of 800 inhabitants of an old dorm that is at risk of collapsing within the span of the night.
Style:
serious, atmospheric, realistic, tense, bleak ...
Plot:
fighting the system, russian, society, suspense, apartment building, courage, tragedy, rebellion, injustice, corruption, moral dilemma, violence ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
russia
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100%
Genre: Drama
Country: Russia
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
A story of two Russian boys whose father suddenly returns home after a 12-year absence. He takes the boys on a holiday to a remote island on a lake that turns into a test of manhood of almost mythic proportions.
Style:
bleak, emotional, art house, thought provoking, road movie ...
Audience:
teens, pre-teens, teen drama
Plot:
russian, coming of age, brother, survival, journey, children, parents and children, father son relationship, existentialism, death, childhood, character study ...
Time:
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Place:
russia
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Denmark, Netherlands, Sweden, Germany, UK, France, Finland, Norway, Italy
Duration: 178 min.
Story:
A barren soundstage is stylishly utilized to create a minimalist small-town setting in which a mysterious woman named Grace hides from the criminals who pursue her. The town is two-faced and offers to harbor Grace as long as she can make it worth ...
Style:
psychological, art house, bleak, twist ending, thought provoking ...
Plot:
rape, morality, society, gangsters, twists and turns, female protagonist, vengeance, haunted by the past, rocky mountains, victim, brutality, existentialism ...
Time:
1930s, future, 20th century
Place:
los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 126 min.
Story:
Behrani, an Iranian immigrant buys a California bungalow, thinking he can fix it up, sell it again, and make enough money to send his son to college. However, the house is the legal property of former drug addict Kathy. After losing the house in an ...
Style:
psychological, bleak, emotional, depressing, gloomy ...
Plot:
depression, life is a bitch, tragedy, justice, tragic event, eviction, suicide, immigrants, complex characters, character study, secrets, visceral ...
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70s, 20th century, 21st century
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san francisco, usa, california, iran
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: Ireland, UK
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
After he is threatened during a confession, a good-natured priest must battle the dark forces closing in around him.
Style:
meditative, psychological, atmospheric, cynical, depressing ...
Plot:
death threat, priest, clergy, catholic church, small town, existentialism, murder, confession, religion, catholic, character study, child molestation ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
ireland, europe
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Musical
Country: Denmark, Germany, Netherlands, Italy, USA, UK, France, Sweden, Finland, Iceland, Norway
Duration: 140 min.
Story:
Selma, a Czech immigrant on the verge of blindness, struggles to make ends meet for herself and her son, who has inherited the same genetic disorder and will suffer the same fate without an expensive operation. When life gets too difficult, Selma ...
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death sentence, factory worker, life is a bitch, blindness, dancing, death, destiny, tragedy, secret, hanging, tragic hero, music ...
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Place:
usa, washington d.c., washington state
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
A tale of passion, crime and punishment set in the summer of 1949. Ed Crane, a barber in a small California town, is dissatisfied with his life, but his wife Doris' infidelity presents him with a chance to change it.
Style:
neo noir, atmospheric, psychological, visually appealing, melancholic ...
Plot:
dark humor, murder, misfit, twists and turns, infidelity, court, eccentricity, false accusation, deception, life is a bitch, self discovery, couples ...
Time:
1940s, 50s, 20th century
Place:
california, usa
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30%
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 131 min.
Story:
Summertime on the coast of Maine, "In the Bedroom" centers on the inner dynamics of a family in transition. Matt Fowler is a doctor practicing in his native Maine and is married to New York born Ruth Fowler, a music teacher. He is involved ...
Style:
realistic, bleak, heartbreaking, suspenseful, emotional ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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29%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Russia, France
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
In 1946, a soldier fathers a child then dies before its birth. Jump to 1952: on a train, the child and his mother meet a handsome soldier who makes a play for her. She accepts. Posing as a married family, the soldier finds them a rooming house where ...
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coming of age, betrayal, death, russian, soldier, family relations, parents and children, cons and scams, hospital, poetry, adaptation, culture clash ...
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50s, post world war two, 1940s, 20th century, year 1946 ...
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Country: Italy
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
A chief of detectives, homicide section, commits a murder and deliberately leaves clues to prove his own responsibility for the crime.
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surreal, tense, bleak, psychological, atmospheric ...
Plot:
murder, politics, police investigation, police, satire, courtroom drama, extramarital affair, legal, law enforcement, life is a bitch, protagonist as suspect, legal investigation ...
Time:
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Poland
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
Jacek climbs into the taxi driven by Waldemar, tells him to drive to a remote location, then brutally strangles him, seemingly without motive.
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: UK, France
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Story:
Young Limburg cattle farmer, Jacky Vanmarsenille, is approached by an unscrupulous veterinarian to make a shady deal with a notorious West-Flemish beef trader. But the assassination of a federal policeman, and an unexpected confrontation with a ...
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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27%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Finland, Germany, France, Italy, Sweden
Duration: 78 min.
Story:
Koistenin is a sad sack, a man without affect or friends. He's a night-watchman in Helsinki with ideas of starting his own business, but nothing to go with those intentions. He sometimes talks a bit with a woman who runs a snack trailer near ...
Style:
bleak, melancholic, enigmatic, sincere, psychological ...
Plot:
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Country: New Zealand
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
A drama about a Maori family lving in Auckland, New Zealand. Lee Tamahori tells the story of Beth Heke’s strong will to keep her family together during times of unemployment and abuse from her violent and alcoholic husband.
Style:
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Place:
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Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
A small mountain community in Canada is devastated when a school bus accident leaves more than a dozen of its children dead. A big-city lawyer arrives to help the survivors' and victims' families prepare a class-action suit, but his ...
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
After his family is evicted from their home, proud and desperate construction worker Dennis Nash tries to win his home back by striking a deal with the devil and working for Rick Carver, the corrupt real estate broker who evicted him.
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 167 min.
Story:
New York City detective Daniel Ciello agrees to help the United States Department of Justice help eliminate corruption in the police department, as long as he will not have to turn in any close friends. In doing so, Ciello uncovers a conspiracy ...
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26%
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Country: France, USA
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Genre: Crime, Drama
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Duration: 109 min.
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Style:
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Story:
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Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Russia
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Duration: 122 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Story:
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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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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
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Story:
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Genre: Crime, Drama
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Duration: 94 min.
Story:
The South African multi-award winning film about a young South African boy from the ghetto named Tsotsi, meaning Gangster. Tsotsi, who left home as a child to get away from helpless parents, finds a baby in the back seat of a car that he has just ...
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