Movies like Dreamland 2015
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Dreamland (2015)
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Genre: Drama
Country: France, Japan
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
Thomas, a photographer from France, goes to Japan to take pictures of abandoned places. Lonely, he meets Natsuki, a young and beautiful woman, who will become his model. But Thomas has violent panic attacks and nightmares...
Style:
psychological, atmospheric, mysterious, melancholic, art house, existential, aesthetic, surreal, independent film, intercultural ...
Plot:
loneliness, nightmare, character study, photography, mental illness, isolation, ruins, trauma, haunting, obsession, memory, modeling, intimate, minimalism, photographer, decay, artistic, park, road
Time:
contemporary
Place:
japan, tokyo
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Most similar movies to Dreamland
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out melancholic, art house, existential and psychological films with plots about minimalism, intimate, memory, loneliness, character study, isolation and obsession mostly in Drama genres. Some movies like Dreamland: The Other (2020), Flare (2014), Don't Look Too Far (2015), Their Distance (2015), Now (2006). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 77 min.
Story:
An intimate portrait of a woman's mental confrontation and drifting between dream and reality after experiencing loss.
Style:
psychological, melancholic, contemplative, emotional, art house ...
Plot:
mental health, grief, character study, intimate, female protagonist, loss, loneliness, memory, isolation, confrontation, identity, minimalism ...
Similarity:
95%
19
Genre: Drama
Country: Japan, France
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A meeting in the middle of Tokyo between Jan, a middle age French photographer who is living his life carelessly, and Flare, a 17 years old runaway girl with a complicate family background. Charmed by Jan’s works, a budding of love soon developed ...
Style:
romantic drama, melancholic, art house, sensual, intercultural ...
Plot:
coming of age, loneliness, bittersweet, family conflict, self discovery, mature, sexual tension, urban, intimate, forbidden love, identity crisis, nightlife ...
Place:
tokyo
Similarity:
87%
Genre: Drama
Country: Turkey
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
An eternal landscape from the Yesilcam.
Style:
atmospheric, contemplative, heavy, meditative, art house ...
Plot:
memory, isolation, loneliness, reflection, symbolism, character study, minimalism, women's issues, absurdism, landscape
Similarity:
74%
Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Leon, a young bootmaker tends not to have relation with others for some reason. But when he meets Sona, a drunken Korean lady at his favorite park, everything around him starts to change.
Style:
art house, emotional, melancholic, realistic, intercultural ...
Plot:
loneliness, isolation, intimate, character study, unrequited love, slice of life, minimalism, obsession, love triangle, personal growth, apprentice, identity ...
Place:
tokyo
Similarity:
70%
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59
Genre: Drama
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
A mysterious accident has separated Jaap from his beloved Rose, but they continue to talk to each other in their minds and dreams. As Jaap struggles to come to terms with what happened, his best friend JP suggests they travel to France to visit Rose ...
Style:
road movie, emotional, romantic drama, psychological, melancholic ...
Plot:
friendship, dream, secret, memory, journey, longing, grief, haunting, male protagonist, intimate, road trip, friend ...
Place:
france, london, belgium
Similarity:
68%
Genre: Drama
Country: UK, Italy
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
A decade after a catastrophe destroyed his family and their farm, momentous news from home compels an exiled young man to embark upon an intense and surreal journey through the broken and beautiful margins of contemporary Britain.
Style:
surreal, atmospheric, contemplative, visually appealing, captivating ...
Plot:
homecoming, journey, on the road, family relations, society, haunted by the past, family problems, self discovery, nature, trauma, isolation, memory ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
england
Similarity:
65%
Genre: Drama
Country: Portugal, Spain
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
The disappearance of his wife leaves Fernando, a quiet geography teacher, completely devastated. Aimless, he impersonates another man as a gardener at a Portuguese country house, where he forms an unexpected friendship with the owner.
Style:
melancholic, emotional, psychological, atmospheric, existential ...
Plot:
grief, loss, character study, loneliness, identity, intimate, country house, memory, minimalism, friendship, impostor, gardener ...
Similarity:
63%
Genre: Drama
Country: Iran
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Actress Leila bursts into laughter on camera during the filming of a dramatic scene. Her improper behavior is a reaction to the recent death of her husband Koshrow, who accidentally fell down a flight of stairs. And it is Koshrow who serves as the ...
Style:
psychological, atmospheric, melancholic, art house, metafiction ...
Plot:
death, grief, memory, character study, mourning, marriage, flashback, obsession, intimate, family secret, haunting, nostalgia ...
Place:
persia, iran
Similarity:
62%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
A strange life together of a man and a woman united by paintings. A film starring Yuya Ozeki, shot in honor of his 20th birthday!
Style:
art house, independent film, aesthetic, contemplative, reflective ...
Plot:
painting, artist, creative process, character study, connection, intimate, friendship, memory, art gallery, slice of life, minimalism, loneliness ...
Similarity:
62%
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 ...
Similarity:
59%
Genre: Drama
Country: Germany, Slovenia, France
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
On a barren island, a mother and son confront years of silence and misunderstandings in writer-director Hanna Slak’s formidable fourth feature film starring Maren Eggert, scored by Amélie Legrand, and shot by Claire Mathon.
Style:
melancholic, contemplative, atmospheric, existential, art house ...
Plot:
silence, family drama, mother son relationship, isolation, introspection, intimate, strained relationship, misunderstanding, motherhood, communication, minimalism, slow burn ...
Similarity:
59%
Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Aki is an unsuccessful 29-year-old actress who eventually became a magician's assistant. While pretending to be hypnotised on the stage, Aki finds the boundary between reality and illusion becoming increasingly vague. For Aki, the only ...
Style:
psychological, disturbing, captivating, surreal, emotional ...
Plot:
hypnotist, female protagonist, illusionist, ambition, actress, illusion, mental illness, disturbed individual, mentally unstable, social problems, psychological manipulation, life is a bitch ...
Place:
tokyo
Similarity:
58%
Genre: Drama
Country: Brazil
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
The names of the characters are pronouns. She is a teacher, with his father dead just three days ago. Faced with this situation, He intends to take care of her while He is alive. This is the beginning of an odd relationship.
Style:
psychological, disturbing, captivating, melancholic, surreal ...
Plot:
muse, minimalism, loneliness, grief, mourning, intimate, couple relations, family problems, relationships, male female relationship, care, lifestyle ...
Place:
rio de janeiro
Similarity:
58%
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
A popular young writer decides to write a novel on an island that was once a Mecca to the Hippie movement of the 1960s. As he tries to recapture a world that no longer exists, the writer meets an enigmatic young woman who agrees to help him in his ...
Style:
psychological, thrilling, captivating, atmospheric, romantic drama ...
Plot:
island, nostalgia, writers, writer's life, lifestyle, hippie, memory, puzzle, mystery woman, haunting, lost love, identity ...
Similarity:
58%
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
While middle-aged Vincent (Didier Sandre) makes a sand castle on a beach in Brittany, France, his sister Zaza (Catherine Ferran) and brother Francois (Charles Berling) spend a summer day reflecting on death and loss. They think back on their sister ...
Style:
melancholic, reflective, poignant, contemplative, emotional ...
Plot:
loss, grief, mourning, character study, bereavement, beach, memory, intimate, family relations, relationships, small town, minimalism ...
Time:
90s
Place:
brittany
Similarity:
55%
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada, Norway
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
A young woman, and her last memories of the five people who loved her most, recalled while experiencing a catastrophic event.
Style:
psychological, thrilling, captivating, emotional, art house ...
Plot:
memories, female protagonist, death, memory, relationships, love story, male female relationship, love affair, lifestyle, trauma, loss, grief ...
Similarity:
55%
Genre: Drama
Country: Chile, France, Germany
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Ana, Verónica, Marta, and Toro are four lonely people who live an unadventurous and quiet existence in southern Chile. They are with each other without the need of using words, trying to save themselves in a stealthy and extreme way. In order not ...
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:
53%
Genre: Drama
Country: Romania, France
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Ivan Semciuc (a journalist), is a charismatic man nonetheless guilty of cynicism and lack of compassion. A seemingly meaningless sexual encounter with a translator in a hotel room in Kabul produces a vital revolution in Ivan’s unshakeable ...
Style:
melancholic, existential, art house, surreal, moody
Plot:
death, guilt, loneliness, grief, regret, loss, memory, mourning, hotel, obsession, suicide, mature ...
Place:
bucharest, afghanistan
Similarity:
50%
Genre: Drama
Country: Mexico
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Portrays the universe of an eternal being that exists within a lifecycle filled with disappointments and hopelessness. It's the chronicle about the search for love and the fight against oblivion.
Style:
existential, reflective, melancholic, emotional, dramatic ...
Plot:
loneliness, character study, loss, hopelessness, memory, frustration, identity crisis, alienation, intimate, lgbt, gay, redemption ...
Similarity:
50%
Genre: Drama
Country: Mexico
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Beto is the keeper of a house in Mexico City - empty for several years already - in which he used to work as a domestic help. The solitude of the last ten years, as well the monotony and routine of his job have made him lead a secluded life, which ...
Style:
existential, melancholic, contemplative, art house, psychological ...
Plot:
loneliness, solitude, social commentary, alienation, routine, character study, housekeeper, loyalty, repression, minimalism, slice of life, intimate ...
Place:
mexico city
Similarity:
48%
Genre: Drama
Country: Chile, France
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
In a bar in Santiago, two old men talk over their past. This is a strange discussion. In fact, they talk of themselves as if they were dead. We don't know what is true or false, what is dream or reality.
Style:
melancholic, philosophical, reflective, existential, art house ...
Plot:
memory, nostalgia, aging, ambiguity, life & death, intimate, existential crisis, loneliness, death, dream, slow burn, minimalism ...
Place:
chile
Similarity:
48%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
A tale of self-rediscovery seen through the eyes of a grief-stricken trumpeter, who finds salvation in a lighthouse and its two suicidal visitors.
Style:
emotional, dramatic, contemplative, atmospheric, melancholic ...
Plot:
lighthouse, grief, suicide, seaside, empathy, loneliness, trumpet player, salvation, healing, intimate, mourning, redemption ...
Similarity:
47%
Genre: Drama
Country: Sweden
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
The Ghost Sonata relates the adventures of a young student, who idealizes the lives of the inhabitants of a stylish apartment building in Stockholm. He makes the acquaintance of the mysterious Jacob Hummel, who helps him to find his way into the ...
Style:
existential, bleak, art house, psychological, spiritual ...
Plot:
suffering, morality, haunting, apartment building, betrayal, isolation, student, obsession, social commentary, manipulation, visionary, salvation ...
Place:
stockholm sweden
Similarity:
47%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Iran
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
The film tells the story of a reclusive taxi driver in Tehran in the days leading up to an earthquake. He has chosen to distance himself from society and to be passive so as not to be hurt. Finally one of his passengers gives him enough motivation ...
Style:
atmospheric, melancholic, psychological, existential
Plot:
character study, isolation, taxi driver, loneliness, slice of life, introspection, intimate, nightlife, existential crisis, minimalism, slow burn, everyday life ...
Place:
tehran, middle east, iran
Similarity:
42%
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
Twelve-year-old Simone feels painfully disconnected from the world after witnessing the brutal death of her mother. Simone, a solitary multimedia artist in her twenties, is struggling to control her crushing panic attacks and keep her day job in an ...
Style:
psychological, mindfuck, atmospheric, art house, experimental ...
Plot:
trauma, grief, female protagonist, manipulation, memory, alienation, identity crisis, mental illness, haunting, violent death, rehearsal, coming of age ...
Similarity:
42%
773
Genre: Drama
Country: Sweden
Duration: 76 min.
Story:
An eleven-year-old boy observes his neighborhood as its surface orderliness rots away.
Style:
atmospheric, contemplative, melancholic, art house, psychological ...
Plot:
childhood, coming of age, neighborhood, loss of innocence, isolation, minimal dialogue, childhood memory, social commentary, alienation, minimalism, intimate, slice of life ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
eastern europe
Similarity:
42%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
A UFO believer must choose between the aliens above he has never seen or the mysterious guide who appears in his campsite week after week.
Style:
futuristic, captivating, art house, psychological, existential ...
Plot:
ufo, desert, border, ufo sighting, alien, mysterious stranger, camp, alien contact, isolation, choice, intimate, moral dilemma ...
Similarity:
42%
Genre: Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 47 min.
Story:
A variety of characters reflect on the same moments in time from very different perspectives. Some are tenuous, some are whimsical, some are deadly.
Style:
thought provoking, existential, psychological, art house, experimental ...
Plot:
memory, multiple perspectives, character study, moral ambiguity, everyday life, intimate, slice of life, urban, minimalism, murder, wine, perception
Place:
cannes, iceland
Similarity:
41%
Genre: Drama
Country: Estonia
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
A secluded fast food joint next to an empty parking lot, where it's good to go because nobody recognizes you there. On a rainy autumnal day, people show up one after the other – all of them on the verge of a breakdown – or perhaps a ...
Style:
melancholic, independent film, contemplative, existential, art house ...
Plot:
loneliness, empathy, breakdown, character study, rain, trauma, single, transformation, isolation, slow burn, intimate, minimalism ...
Similarity:
40%
118
Genre: Drama
Country: France, Sweden
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
24 year old Johan spends his days in Nice on the French Riviera, supported by an aging ex-actress. Days go by between her house, the beaches and the apartment of his friend Kurt. A life in leisure and luxury. But memories of his teenage years are ...
Style:
melancholic, captivating, thought provoking, dramatic, art house ...
Plot:
older woman younger man sex, couple relations, lifestyle, beach, friend, actress, couples, male female relationship, relationships, friends, alienation, shallowness ...
Place:
french riviera
Similarity:
39%
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