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The Lost Digit (2017)
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Suburban every-man George Cassermeyer cuts his middle finger off in a carpentry accident. From then on the loss of his finger has a strange and profound effect on him. Lost in his own existential crisis over his finger his marriage, career, and even his grasp on reality end up suffering. Conventional notions of time and space begin to distort and he finds himself "skipping" through moments in his life without a clue to their order or significance. What follows is his quest to understand and stop the strange phenomena before his life literally flashes before his eyes.
Style:
mind bending, surreal, psychological horror, art house, dark comedy
Plot:
time travel, existential crisis, loss of control, mental breakdown, domestic drama, obsession, midlife crisis, isolation, alienation, male protagonist, claustrophobia, grief, body horror, magic realism, slow burn, small town life, accident, suburbs, amputation, psychological drama, finger
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out surreal, art house, dark comedy and psychological films with plots about isolation, obsession, character study, claustrophobia, slow burn, identity crisis and satire mostly in Drama, Comedy and Thriller genres. Some movies like The Lost Digit: CXL (2012), Ears (2016), Corona Depression (2020), Bitch (2017), The Devil Inside (2017). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Story:
This poignant and darkly comedic debut feature from Sean Gillane focuses on Nolan, an aspiring writer who feels stuck. He is frustrated with his career, his relationships, the world and ultimately with himself. Unable to keep from displaying his ...
Style:
existential, dark comedy, psychological, melancholic
Plot:
character study, self discovery, identity crisis, loneliness, alienation, obsession, isolation, bittersweet, mental breakdown, modern life, personal growth, realism ...
Similarity:
95%
543
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A man wakes up one morning with an annoying ringing sound in his ears. A note on the fridge says: "Your friend Luigi has died. P.S. I took the car". The problem is that he does not even remember who this guy Luigi is. This is just the ...
Style:
enigmatic, psychological, disturbing, semi serious, entertaining ...
Plot:
memory loss, satire, friend, puzzle, uncover truth, problem, memory lapse, identity, everyday life, confusion, isolation, midlife crisis ...
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83%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Sweden
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
A pandemic strikes the world. What does quarantine do to a lonely woman's mind? Follow her from sense to insanity. No filters. Just you, her, and her more and more twisted mind.
Style:
semi serious, humorous, satirical, absurd, dramatic ...
Plot:
depression, isolation, loneliness, female protagonist, mental breakdown, quarantine, driven mad, character study, anxiety, boredom, social isolation, woman ...
Time:
2020s
Similarity:
78%
2K
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
A woman snaps and assumes the psyche of a vicious dog as her checked-out, philandering husband attempts to keep the family together.
Style:
surreal, intense, dark, black comedy, absurd ...
Plot:
domestic drama, character study, mental breakdown, dysfunctional family, family crisis, family bonds, motherhood, unsettling, intimate, switching roles, satire, isolation ...
Time:
2010s
Similarity:
77%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
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Story:
After switching in-and-out of character so often by snapping his fingers, Jesse finds that he can longer control his story-telling power. This causes a blending of worlds, an identity crisis...and perhaps...a hidden darkness.
Style:
psychological thriller, captivating, thrilling, psychological, satirical ...
Plot:
identity crisis, identity, satire, strongman, problem, lifestyle, split personality, magic realism, supernatural, urban, mental breakdown, character study ...
Similarity:
71%
212
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
A lawyer with a deplorable habit; a sitter struggling with her disturbing new job; a childhood friend who's hiding something; a chef with an unspeakable desire; a psychologist haunted by a tow truck... In each segment, a normal person suffers ...
Style:
disturbing, psychological thriller, captivating, psychological, suspense ...
Plot:
satire, problem, bonding, lifestyle, paradox, multiple storylines, nightmare, surrealism, moral ambiguity, obsession, trauma, isolation ...
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63%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Finland
Duration: 59 min.
Story:
Manical portrait of a small businessman.
Style:
melancholic, intense, existential, art house, grim ...
Plot:
small business, character study, portrait, manic, isolation, introspection, male protagonist, loneliness, social realism, identity crisis, midlife crisis, mishap ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
60%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
The story focuses on a young, up-and-coming chef who caters a party for four mysterious women only to discover they have a shocking surprise in store for him.
Style:
entertaining, captivating, twist ending, tension, independent film ...
Plot:
chef, dinner party, women, mystery woman, relationships, male female relationship, surprise, psychological manipulation, deception, manipulation, dangerous women, moral ambiguity ...
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 68 min.
Story:
The dark twisted tale of a man who's accused of murdering his girlfriend, told from his shadow's perspective.
Style:
dark, psychological thriller, crime drama, surreal, atmospheric ...
Plot:
guilt, character study, alienation, obsession, mental breakdown, paranoia, isolation, claustrophobia, identity crisis, morality, slow burn, surveillance ...
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345
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Early-pandemic, Jay and Celine head to a rental house to reconnect. While Celine films a documentary on their disintegrating relationship, a recently ‘cancelled’ Jay becomes increasingly paranoid about his portrayal, setting up hidden cameras to ...
Style:
dark comedy, tension, melancholic, suspense, experimental ...
Plot:
pandemic, surveillance, voyeurism, privacy invasion, breakup, isolation, paranoia, mistrust, sexless marriage, quarantine, private vs public, character study ...
Similarity:
55%
171
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
Los Angeles, 2006. Life is Easy 2.0 for James Pongo. He has a cushy job, a busy social life and an alluring love interest all through the click of a mouse. But when he wakes up after a night of reckless partying to discover that his computer is ...
Style:
experimental, dark comedy, independent film, psychological, art house ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
found footage, internet, internet culture, social media, technology, social satire, alienation, addiction, modern life, satire, nihilism, isolation ...
Place:
los angeles
Similarity:
53%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Marc, a bipolar and paranoid filmmaker, cannot tolerate seeing his current project picked apart by his producers. The clips he’s been able to sneak a look at lead him to fear the worst. With his editor as an accomplice, he manages to spirit away ...
Style:
psychological, meta, satirical, thrilling, captivating ...
Plot:
satire, bipolar disorder, creative process, creative block, character study, paranoia, mental illness, filmmaking, family relations, social problems, family problems, relationships ...
Similarity:
49%
Genre: Drama
Country: India
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
A writer's creations step out of his stories, haunting his reality and demanding justice. As fiction and truth collide, he becomes a prisoner in a terrifying narrative beyond his control.
Style:
psychological horror, psychological thriller, metafiction, mind bending, tense ...
Plot:
obsession, paranoia, mental breakdown, haunting, supernatural, identity crisis, claustrophobia, magic realism, creative block, urban, unreliable narrator
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49%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
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Style:
satirical, captivating, thrilling, psychological, emotional ...
Plot:
bereavement, mourning, loss, grief, satire, dysfunctional family, loss of wife, relationship problems, family problems, obsession, memory, character study ...
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48%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Matt, a well known writer and director, suffers a traumatic experience, that leads to him being deathly afraid to go outside. Therefore he decides to attempt to write, direct, and star in a feature film, all from his apartment.
Style:
captivating, thrilling, satirical, semi serious, psychological ...
Plot:
isolation, traumatic memory, confined space, psychological trauma, agoraphobia, filmmaking, social isolation, traumatic experience, satire, post traumatic stress, director, isolated place ...
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48%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Switzerland, Spain
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
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Style:
psychological thriller, atmospheric, art house, tense, tragicomedy ...
Plot:
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47%
251
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
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Style:
realistic, semi serious, humorous, touching, feel good ...
Plot:
older man younger woman relationship, society, love and romance, high school, suburban life, couples, suburbs, male teacher female student affair, older man younger woman romance, grief, loneliness, midlife crisis ...
Time:
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47%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Argentina
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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Style:
tension, dark, dark comedy, thought provoking, black comedy ...
Plot:
writers, literary, book editor, suicide, suicide attempt, existential crisis, character study, publishing house, desperation, moral dilemma, philosophy, office ...
Similarity:
46%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Spain, Italy
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Montse, divorced and with two children who have long ignored her, prepares for a family reunion at her home on the Costa Brava.
Style:
hilarious, dark comedy
Plot:
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Place:
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146
Genre: Drama
Country: Austria
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
SUPERWORLD is a story about God and the world: a world whose heroine WORKS the till and a God we never see nor hear, but whose presence we feel throughout the film. Lead actress Ulrike Beimpold delivers a remarkable, moving performance as a woman ...
Style:
melancholic, ambiguous ending, slow cinema, surreal
Plot:
character study, existential crisis, middle aged woman, female protagonist, midlife crisis, isolation, hallucination, alienation, slow burn, minimalism, crisis of faith, small town ...
Place:
austria
Similarity:
42%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
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Style:
psychotronic, serious, disturbing, suspenseful, minimal cast ...
Plot:
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155
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Lonely college student Alex encounters his favorite filmmaker, JP Smith, stalking around his sleepy town in upstate NY. Together they form a precarious relationship, with Alex becoming the star of JP’s latest flick.
Style:
metafiction, atmospheric, psychological thriller, art house, psychological ...
Plot:
loneliness, obsession, coming of age, manipulation, isolation, identity, toxic relationship, intimate, slow burn, small town, stalking, self discovery ...
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41%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
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Style:
surreal, psychological, dark comedy, semi serious, humorous ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
obsession, conspiracy theory, disorder, losing-it hero, stoner, friendship, wedding preparations and rituals, apocalypse, doomsday, drug use, counterculture, marijuana ...
Time:
year 2012, 21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
39%
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Genre: Drama
Country: UK, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
A stranger arrives in Sarajevo and barges into Damir's reclusive world. Little by little she takes over his life. She absorbs his dreams, until finally she threaten his very existence.
Style:
psychological thriller, suspense, tense, dark, surreal ...
Plot:
obsession, isolation, psychological manipulation, character study, privacy invasion, unsettling, slow burn, claustrophobia, symbolism, mental breakdown, possession, nightmare ...
Place:
sarajevo, bosnia herzegovina, bosnia
Similarity:
39%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Rebel. Icon. Legend. James Dean’s untimely death on September 30, 1955, shocked the world and helped define an entire generation. This gripping drama chronicles the reactions of an Arkansas college town to the tragedy and focuses on Jimmy J., a ...
Style:
southern gothic, period drama
Plot:
grief, tragedy, mourning, mental breakdown, self destructing, loss of innocence, car crash, teenage angst, obsession, youth culture, isolation, fan culture ...
Time:
1950s, year 1955, 50s
Place:
arkansas
Similarity:
37%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 70 min.
Story:
Darren Prager is an aspiring writer who finds himself completely unable to comprehend the intricacies of human behavior. Obsessed with finding the key to understanding the nature of character, he turns a co-worker's family into the unwitting ...
Style:
disturbing, psychological, independent film, tense, experimental ...
Plot:
obsession, voyeurism, ethical dilemma, character study, moral ambiguity, social experiment, manipulation, isolation, male protagonist, identity crisis, experimental narrative, alienation ...
Time:
2000s
Similarity:
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79
Genre: Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Patrick feels absolutely lonely when he decides to search for his supposable genitor after the suicide of his mother. He doesn’t have a plan, a goal or hopes. He just wants to meet the phantom that he thinks is the reason for his mother’s death.
Style:
existential, emotional, melancholic, independent film, art house ...
Plot:
grief, loneliness, isolation, identity crisis, character study, search for father, alienation, minimalism, intimate, regret, male protagonist, urban ...
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37%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Story:
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Style:
emotional, melancholic, tense, surreal, intense ...
Plot:
sibling relationship, addiction, grief, family drama, trauma, female protagonist, character study, mourning, family secret, traumatic past, confrontation, identity crisis ...
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35%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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Style:
semi serious, offbeat, art house, psychological, captivating ...
Plot:
midlife crisis, life turned upside down, inheritance, misfit, stoner, loneliness, fall in love, estrangement, couples, love, self discovery, alienation ...
Time:
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Place:
usa
Similarity:
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
When hard partying and volatile neighbours move in next door, a quiet woman's life begins to spiral, pushing her to the edge and triggering a slow, unnerving descent into obsession and revenge.
Style:
suspenseful, tense, psychological thriller, intense, psychological horror
Plot:
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