Movies like The Square
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The Square (2017)
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Sweden, Germany, France, Denmark
Duration: 151 min.
Story:
A satirical drama reflecting our times — about the sense of community, moral courage and the affluent person’s need for egocentricity in an increasingly uncertain world.
Style:
surreal, art house, satirical, thought provoking, intellectual, philosophical, absurd, parody, art film, cerebral ...
Plot:
modern art, art, social satire, society, sex scene, theft, art exhibition, museum, trust, hypocrisy, ape man, performance art, party, symbolism, dark humor, painting, shame, teenager, gay, father daughter relationship, humour, mission, disability, satire, coming of age ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
stockholm sweden, sweden, scandinavia, europe, eastern europe
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out humorous, weird, thought provoking and cerebral films with plots about loneliness, storytelling, male nudity, drinking alcohol, satire, existentialism and telephone call mostly in Comedy, Drama and Music genres. Some movies like The Square: Force Majeure (2014), Carnage (2011), The Squid and the Whale (2005), Ingrid Goes West (2017), Triangle of Sadness (2022). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
A fading actor best known for his portrayal of a popular superhero attempts to mount a comeback by appearing in a Broadway play. As opening night approaches, his attempts to become more altruistic, rebuild his career, and reconnect with friends and ...
Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Sweden, France, Norway, Denmark, Italy
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
While holidaying in the French Alps, a Swedish family deals with acts of cowardliness as an avalanche breaks out.
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Plot:
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Place:
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: France, Germany, Poland, Spain, USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
After 11-year-old Zachary Cowan strikes his classmate across the face with a stick after an argument, the victim's parents invite Zachary's parents to their Brooklyn apartment to deal with the incident in a civilized manner.
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talky, ironic, thought provoking, cynical, absurd ...
Plot:
marriage, psychology, dark humor, bully, satire, parenthood, family relations, twists and turns, family problems, husband wife relationship, lawyer, society ...
Time:
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Place:
usa, new york, brooklyn new york city, africa
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
Based on the true childhood experiences of Noah Baumbach and his brother, The Squid and the Whale tells the touching story of two young boys dealing with their parents divorce in Brooklyn in the 1980's.
Style:
talky, sincere, thought provoking, depressing, absurd ...
Audience:
teens, teen drama
Plot:
divorce, coming of age, dysfunctional family, father son relationship, infidelity, teacher student relationship, adultery, marriage, teenager, crumbling marriage, childhood, adolescence ...
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Place:
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Ingrid becomes obsessed with a social network star named Taylor Sloane who seemingly has a perfect life. But when Ingrid decides to drop everything and move west to be Taylor's friend, her behaviour turns unsettling and dangerous.
Style:
thought provoking, funny, humorous, captivating, light ...
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Plot:
social media, stalker, obsessed fan, instagram, obsession, borderline personality disorder, mental disorder, chase, love interest, lie, secret, friendship ...
Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA, Sweden, UK, Germany, France, Turkey, Denmark, Greece, Switzerland, Mexico
Duration: 147 min.
Story:
A celebrity model couple are invited on a luxury cruise for the uber-rich, helmed by an unhinged captain. What first appeared Instagrammable ends catastrophically, leaving the survivors stranded on a desert island and fighting for survival.
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disturbing, captivating, entertaining, satirical, cerebral ...
Plot:
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA, Greece
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Anger rages in Philip as he awaits the publication of his second novel. He feels pushed out of his adopted home city by the constant crowds and noise, a deteriorating relationship with his photographer girlfriend Ashley, and his own indifference to ...
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stylized, atmospheric, surreal, psychological, sincere ...
Plot:
sarcasm, loneliness, narcissist, writer's life, dull life, couples, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, arrogance, cynicism, infidelity, writer's block, solitude ...
Time:
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Place:
new york state, usa, manhattan new york city, new york
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39%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Sweden, Norway, Denmark, France
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
A film poem inspired by the Peruvian poet César Vallejo. A story about our need for love, our confusion, greatness and smallness and, most of all, our vulnerability. It is a story with many characters, among them a father and his mistress, his ...
Style:
surreal, atmospheric, art house, disturbing, philosophical ...
Plot:
surrealism, loneliness, poet, multiple storylines, dark humor, existentialism, apocalypse, insanity, human nature, religions or cults, worldwide chaos, obsession ...
Time:
90s
Place:
sweden, russia, scandinavia, eastern europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
A Baltimore sandwich shop employee becomes an overnight sensation when photographs he's taken of his weird family become the latest rage in the art world. The young man is called "Pecker" because he pecks at his food like a bird.
Style:
absurd, not serious, witty, humorous, art house ...
Audience:
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Plot:
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Place:
new york, maryland, baltimore, usa
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37%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
In an Italian seaside town, young Titta gets into trouble with his friends and watches various local eccentrics as they engage in often absurd behavior. Frequently clashing with his stern father and defended by his doting mother, Titta witnesses the ...
Style:
art house, surreal, sentimental, atmospheric, stylized ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Denmark, France, Netherlands, Germany, Sweden, Italy
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
With his first Dogma-95 film director Lars von Trier opens up a completely new film platform. With a mix of home-video and documentary styles the film tells the story of a group of young people who have decided to get to know their ...
Style:
art house, sexy, disturbing, surreal, controversial ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
male nudity, sex orgy, commune, mental illness, mentally challenged, orgy, community, sex scene, sex, stupidity, explicit sex, cult ...
Time:
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Place:
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36%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Canada, Germany, France, USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
Driven by an intense need for fame and validation, members of a dysfunctional Hollywood family are chasing celebrity, one another and the relentless ghosts of their pasts.
Style:
surreal, stylized, disturbing, cynical, emotional ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
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Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
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Country: France
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
france, paris france, europe, miami
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Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
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Duration: 94 min.
Story:
A portrait of the effects of schizophrenia on family life is the central focus.
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Plot:
mental illness, dysfunctional family, schizophrenia, dogma, psychology, surrealism, misfit, skating, abusive father, nude, male nudity, eccentricity ...
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Place:
new york, usa, alabama
⇓ similarity ⇓
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Romania, Luxembourg, Czech Republic, Croatia, Switzerland, UK
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Emi, a school teacher, finds her career and reputation under threat after a personal sex tape is leaked on the Internet. Forced to meet the parents demanding her dismissal, Emi refuses to surrender to their pressure. Radu Jude (Aferim!) delivers an ...
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captivating, intellectual, sitcom
Plot:
explicit sex, erection, sex tape, teacher, oral sex, unsimulated sex, penetration, female masturbation, lechery, school teacher, sex scandal, videotaping ...
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Place:
romania, rome italy, bucharest
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36%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: France, Israel, Germany
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
A young Israeli man absconds to Paris to flee his nationality, aided by his trusty Franco-Israeli dictionary.
Style:
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Plot:
erection, young man, male nudity, lgbt, gay, fleeing, jewish, society, adaptation, escapades, life is a bitch, ambition ...
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france, paris france, israel, palestine
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Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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new york state
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35%
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Country: France, Italy
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Country: Sweden, Germany, France, Denmark, Norway, Japan
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Time:
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Story:
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Story:
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Style:
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Country: USA
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Story:
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Plot:
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
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Duration: 107 min.
Story:
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Duration: 100 min.
Story:
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Time:
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
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Duration: 111 min.
Story:
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Place:
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35%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Germany, Austria, Monaco, Romania, France, Switzerland
Duration: 162 min.
Story:
Without warning a father comes to visit his daughter abroad. He believes that she lost her humor and therefore surprises her with a rampage of jokes.
Style:
emotional, realistic, melancholic, satirical, art house ...
Plot:
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Place:
romania, germany, bucharest, bulgaria
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