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Possibility of an Island (2008)
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Original name: La Possibilité d'une île
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: France
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
La Possibilité d'une île is a 2008 film directed by Michel Houellebecq, loosely based on his 2005 novel The Possibility of an Island.
Style:
existential, philosophical, melancholic, contemplative, psychological, atmospheric, bleak, art house, experimental
Plot:
cloning, clone, human clone, identity crisis, identity, loneliness, isolation, existential crisis, alienation, dystopia, adaptation, ethical dilemma, dark humor, technology, satire, post apocalyptic, dog, post apocalypse, sect, religion, afterlife, meaning of life, brain, new life, humanity ...
Time:
future, 2000s
Place:
belgium
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out melancholic, existential, art house and psychological films with plots about isolation, loneliness, minimalism, alienation, slow burn, dystopia and identity mostly in Drama, Sci-Fi and Mystery genres. Some movies like Possibility of an Island: Pluribus (2025), The Man from Ruin (2016), The Land of the Sons (2021), Days of Eclipse (1988), Brazil Year 2000 (1969). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
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The most miserable person on Earth must save the world from happiness.
Style:
dark comedy, existential, bleak, melancholic, philosophical ...
Plot:
female protagonist, loneliness, dystopia, alienation, social commentary, deadpan, misanthropy, character study, ethical dilemma, irony, morality, satire ...
Time:
near future
Place:
new mexico, albuquerque new mexico
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Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
After a series of unexpected UFO crash landings on the planet Earth, a large portion of life slowly and mysteriously went extinct. We follow a man that struggles for survival, as he gathers items needed for the impending winter. Outside of personal ...
Style:
bleak, existential, atmospheric, contemplative, melancholic ...
Plot:
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Time:
future
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52%
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
Civilisation is coming to an end. The death of his only relative gives a feral boy the pretext to journey beyond the confines of his home environment; only by doing this will he be able to decipher his father's journal, the most valuable ...
Style:
atmospheric, melancholic, bleak, poetic, contemplative ...
Plot:
coming of age, post apocalyptic, father son relationship, survival, dystopia, desolation, family drama, loneliness, isolation, minimalism, rite of passage, road trip ...
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49%
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 139 min.
Story:
This bleak late soviet-era drama follows the career of Malyanov, a young medical school graduate who has been sent to work in Turkmenia. Here he runs into a hodge-podge of people of differing ethnicities, all of them victims of the government's ...
Style:
surreal, bleak, psychedelic, art film, psychological ...
Plot:
underground, stream of consciousness, alienation, isolation, totalitarianism, bureaucracy, claustrophobia, identity crisis, symbolism, ethnic diversity, moral ambiguity, surveillance ...
Place:
soviet union, ussr
Similarity:
42%
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Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: Brazil
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Year 2000. Brazil was partially devastated by the Third World War. An immigrant family arrives in a small town, which they call "I Forgot." The trio is recruited by an indigenist to pretend to be Indians during the visit of a general. In ...
Style:
bleak, existential, art house, grim, experimental ...
Plot:
social commentary, authoritarianism, dystopia, post apocalyptic, post war, female protagonist, mother daughter relationship, satire, alienation, moral dilemma, political repression, identity crisis ...
Time:
year 2000, future
Place:
brazil
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41%
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
Set against the backdrop of a post-Apocalypse Earth, Population 2 is about a relationship that ends in tragedy forcing a woman to struggle in the aftermath.
Style:
captivating, serious, dramatic, suspenseful, reflective ...
Plot:
post-apocalyptic future, apocalypse, distopia, past life, post apocalypse, climate change, solitude, grief, isolation, ruins, loneliness, loss ...
Time:
future
Place:
portland oregon
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39%
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: Canada, USA, Colombia
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
In a post-apocalyptic world, a young woman, with the help of an abandoned dog searches for other survivors while trying to cope with an unborn child growing inside of her.
Style:
bleak, suspenseful, apocalyptic, dramatic, captivating ...
Plot:
pregnancy, survival, dog, post apocalyptic, post-apocalyptic future, female protagonist, survival horror, post apocalypse, struggle for survival, apocalypse, pregnant woman, woman ...
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39%
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Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 162 min.
Story:
Near a gray and unnamed city is the Zone, a place guarded by barbed wire and soldiers, and where the normal laws of physics are victim to frequent anomalies. A Stalker guides two men into the Zone, specifically to an area in which deep seeded ...
Style:
philosophical, atmospheric, bleak, art house, psychological ...
Audience:
family friendly, adult
Plot:
stalker, post apocalypse, dystopian future, surrealism, psychokinesis, dog, wish come true, trippy, human nature, distopia, escapades, post apocalyptic ...
Time:
future, distant future, year 1979, near future
Place:
soviet union, ussr, russia
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36%
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Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: Mexico
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A Mexican science fiction film where the over-population problem has been solved by programming people to operate in either day or night, and not both.
Style:
thought provoking, philosophical, bleak, political, futuristic ...
Plot:
dystopia, overpopulation, social commentary, alienation, segregation, oppression, isolation, sleeping, claustrophobia, alternate reality, ethical dilemma, moral ambiguity ...
Time:
near future, future, 2010s
Similarity:
35%
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: China, France, USA
Duration: 160 min.
Story:
In a world where humanity has lost the ability to dream, one creature remains entranced by the fading illusions of the dreamworld. This monster, adrift in reverie, clings to visions no one else can see — until a woman appears. Gifted with the rare ...
Style:
psychological, existential, philosophical, mind bending, surreal ...
Plot:
dreamscape, androids, identity crisis, alienation, resurrection, female protagonist, haunting, loneliness, metaphysics, dystopia, slow burn, intimate ...
Time:
year 1999
Similarity:
34%
Genre: Sci-Fi, Drama
Country: Russia, Netherlands, Switzerland
Duration: 65 min.
Story:
An anthropologist investigates the origins of human evolution. She had suffered a mental trauma during her childhood when her father, a submarine captain, died during the war. This trauma periodically destabilizes her condition. The ghosts of a ...
Style:
disturbing, psychological, thought provoking, captivating, atmospheric ...
Plot:
anthropology, childhood trauma, evolution, trauma, tragic past, life & death, female protagonist, symbolism, memory, haunting, existentialism, father daughter relationship ...
Similarity:
33%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: Russia
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
The genre of the film DUST could be called fantastic realism or existential drama with elements of the fantastic. Dust means the haste in which people live. Dust is a common misconception, the natural clogging up of the brain. Specks of dust how ...
Style:
surreal, psychological, contemplative, serious, clever ...
Plot:
introspection, physical appearance, social misfits, misfit, gender, deadend life, living with parents, a vision, ufo, existentialism, alienation, social commentary ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
russia
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32%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
A young man who feels he doesn't fit in, decides to embark on an intimate journey. Three weeks for three impediments: deafness, mutism and blindness. Three weeks not to escape, but to find reality.
Style:
existential, meditative, psychological, experimental, contemplative ...
Plot:
intimate, blindness, deafness, self discovery, personal growth, existential crisis, identity crisis, loneliness, minimal dialogue, alienation, isolation, identity ...
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31%
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Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Depardieu plays an unnamed hunter and we join him and his dog as they depart for a nearby forest to snare some rabbits - or perhaps he's hunting for something far more elusive? His excursion soon progresses from carefree meandering to a ...
Style:
contemplative, psychological, existential, art house, meditative ...
Plot:
dog, forest, hunting, hunter, lost, wilderness, nature, loneliness, isolation, disorientation, character study, wanderer ...
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30%
Genre: Drama
Country: Czech Republic, Slovakia
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
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Style:
captivating, thrilling, psychological, contemplative, dark comedy ...
Audience:
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Plot:
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Place:
central europe
Similarity:
29%
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
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Duration: 173 min.
Story:
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Style:
bleak, atmospheric, grim, mysterious, psychological ...
Plot:
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Time:
future
Similarity:
29%
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Mexico
Duration: 110 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:
29%
Genre: Drama
Country: Chile, France, Germany
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
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Style:
slow cinema, melancholic, art house, atmospheric, contemplative ...
Plot:
loneliness, alienation, isolation, everyday life, intimate, minimalism, bittersweet, character study, intimacy, coastal town, sexual tension, dog ...
Place:
poetic realism, chile
Similarity:
28%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Italy, West Germany, UK, France
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
'Dalla nube alla resistenza (From the Cloud to the Resistance ) (1978), based on two works by Cesare Pavese, falls into the category of History Lessons and Too Early, Too Late as well. It, too, has two parts—a twentieth-century text and a ...
Style:
experimental, intellectual, art house, reflective, poetic ...
Plot:
mythology, post war, literary, loss, adaptation, memory, anti fascist, minimalism, alienation, symbolism, mourning, village life ...
Time:
1940s
Place:
ancient greece, italy
Similarity:
28%
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 77 min.
Story:
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Style:
psychological, melancholic, contemplative, emotional, art house ...
Plot:
mental health, grief, character study, intimate, female protagonist, loss, loneliness, memory, isolation, confrontation, identity, minimalism ...
Similarity:
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Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: Greece, Switzerland, India
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
An ageing Serbian neuroscientist lives a reclusive life in Athens, having been branded as a paranoid schizophrenic for his radical research on the effects of electromagnetic radiation on humans. But when, decades later, he is rediscovered by a group ...
Style:
psychological, thought provoking, intellectual, melancholic, emotional ...
Plot:
neuroscience, mental illness, isolation, paranoia, ethical dilemma, obsession, social commentary, activism, moral ambiguity, slow burn
Place:
athens greece, greece
Similarity:
27%
Genre: Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: Croatia
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Cain is a military scientist, bitterly disappointed in human race. His conclusion is that the mankind failed to create a world worth living in. Only a small minority of privileged people live in prosperity, while the rest are spending their lives in ...
Style:
grim, bleak, atmospheric, dark, contemplative ...
Plot:
post apocalyptic, dystopia, survival, loneliness, desolation, hopelessness, survivor, isolation, desperation, existentialism, ethical dilemma, weapon of mass destruction ...
Time:
future
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
With only three weeks left in his three year contract, Sam Bell is getting anxious to finally return to Earth. He is the only occupant of a Moon-based manufacturing facility along with his computer and assistant, GERTY. When he has an accident ...
Style:
psychological, philosophical, suspense, futuristic, clever ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
isolation, moon, loneliness, space travel, outer space, astronaut, space, twists and turns, solitude, space and aliens, human clone, cloning ...
Time:
future, year 2009, 2010s, near future, y2k ...
Place:
hawaii, mexico
Similarity:
25%
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Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
When a tragic accident cuts short the first manned mission to explore life on the moons of Jupiter, Michael Forrest must make the 3 year journey home to Earth in pure solitude
Style:
atmospheric, psychological, serious, philosophical, independent film ...
Plot:
space travel, accident, mission gone awry, isolation, solitude, confined, space exploration, human in outer space, loneliness, male protagonist, heroes, extraterrestrial life ...
Time:
2010s, future
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: South Korea
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
In a world where an AI programme allows people to communicate with their deceased loved ones, a flight attendant and a mother question the meaning of reality and humanity.
Style:
emotional, thought provoking, philosophical, melancholic, contemplative ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
loss, artificial intelligence, grief, mourning, ethical dilemma, mother daughter relationship, memory, identity, existentialism, futuristic technology, parenthood, healing ...
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Drama
Country: France, USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
After being heralded by Jean-Luc Godard as the great hope of the New American Cinema, Peter Emanuel Goldman relocated to Paris just in time for 1968. Social dissolution permeates WHEEL OF ASHES, a stripped-down account of a young man's ...
Style:
existential, avant garde, art film, philosophical, art house ...
Plot:
existential crisis, alienation, introspection, religion, hallucination, surrealism, symbolism, isolation, a vision, psychological torment, male protagonist, urban ...
Time:
60s
Place:
paris france
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: Hungary
Duration: 77 min.
Story:
Based on the Hungarian novel "Our Street" by Sandor Tar, the film deals with a post-apocalyptic Hungarian-Ukranian village where everything is rotten, planes randomly crash, and only alcohol moves people around - no money, no electricity, ...
Style:
bleak, dark, atmospheric, melancholic, existential
Plot:
survival, post apocalyptic, dystopia, desperation, love triangle, post war, moral ambiguity, lawlessness, isolation, savagery, betrayal, violence ...
Place:
hungary
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Drama
Country: Brazil
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
An anthology film following different stories around the theme of invisibility in the modern world.
Style:
contemplative, serious, thought provoking, realistic, anthology ...
Plot:
mass murder, genocide, armenian genocide, society, identity, social commentary, magic realism, modern life, alienation, loneliness, isolation, urban ...
Place:
latin america, armenia, south america, portugal, brazil ...
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
A mysterious young woman materializes in the middle of the southwestern desert, where each step teaches her about her new world and her new body. As she assumes her new life, she discovers she has a twin with whom she shares more than just an ...
Style:
tense, captivating, psychological, suspenseful, mysterious ...
Plot:
female protagonist, twins, self discovery, imitation, desert, body double, identity, introspection, twin sister, secret, space, identity crisis ...
Place:
new york
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Drama
Country: France, Italy, Algeria
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Based on a novel that Albert Camus was working on when he died, we follow Jacques Comery as he travels back to Algeria in 1957, a place full of childhood memories. The country is split between those wanting to remain a part of France, and those ...
Style:
realistic, contemplative, sentimental, atmospheric, psychological ...
Plot:
childhood, youth, family relations, society, social issues, identity, memory, adaptation, reminiscence, literary, autobiography, homecoming ...
Time:
20th century, 50s
Place:
africa, algeria, north africa
Similarity:
24%
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