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Glass Labyrinth (1990)
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Original name: Стеклянный лабиринт
Genre: Drama
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Three heavily drunk friends break into the Zoo and kill a few deer...
Style:
bleak, dark, tense, suspense
Plot:
perestroika, drunkenness, killing an animal, zoo, teenager, youth, loss of innocence, accidental death, remorse, guilt, regret, friendship, desperation, vandalism, punishment, peer pressure, character study, ethical dilemma, police, investigation, small town, coming of age, realism, social commentary, isolation ...
Place:
eastern europe
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Most similar movies to Glass Labyrinth
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out tense, suspense, dark and bleak films with plots about coming of age, small town, isolation, guilt, youth, psychological drama and investigation mostly in Drama, Crime and Biography genres. Some movies like Glass Labyrinth: Für den unbekannten Hund (2007), FOMO: Fear of Missing Out (2019), Babi (2020), Night Call (1970), The Maiden (2022). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Almost casually, the young concrete worker Bastian kills a tramp. The police believe it was an accident and so the murder remains undiscovered for the time being.
Style:
independent film, bleak, tense, dark, suspenseful ...
Plot:
murder, guilt, moral ambiguity, character study, ethical dilemma, accidental killing, cover up, working class, aftermath, social realism, realism, secrets ...
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95%
Genre: Drama
Country: Hungary
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Gergő and his high-school friends, the “Pack”, live for sex, parties and racking up views on their online channel. As their videos grow increasingly extreme, a house party turns tragic when they single out Lilla as their next victim. In a ...
Style:
dark, tense, educational
Plot:
loss of innocence, peer pressure, youth culture, social media, toxic masculinity, assault, teenager, youth, violence, rape, shame, nightlife ...
Place:
budapest, hungary
Similarity:
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138
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: Malaysia
Duration: 62 min.
Story:
Babi (2020) tells the story of a group of secondary school students' lives. It portrays how violence exists in a place where people gain knowledge. A real story that killed two innocent people. A story covered up by the media. A story hidden ...
Style:
disturbing, dark, emotional, bleak, realistic ...
Plot:
tragedy, teenager, youth, murder, grief, cover up, loss of innocence, bullying, hidden truth, moral ambiguity, regret, guilt ...
Time:
2020s
Similarity:
71%
Genre: Drama
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 60 min.
Story:
At the heart of the plot - the erroneous message about the death of Varvara Antonovna gathers around her son, daughter-in-law and grandson. They feel a sense of deep guilt, so carelessly treating a loved one for a number of years
Style:
emotional, bleak, melancholic
Plot:
guilt, family relations, family drama, mother son relationship, regret, telephone call, realism, introspection, family reunited, forgiveness, ethical dilemma, social commentary ...
Time:
year 1970
Place:
soviet union, ussr
Similarity:
68%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
A perfect summer day ends in tragedy, weaving a cosmic connection between three suburban teenagers.
Style:
emotional, melancholic, atmospheric, tragic ending, dramatic ...
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
adolescence, disappearance, coming of age, friendship, missing person, loss of innocence, summer, youth, loss, guilt, small town, trauma ...
Similarity:
67%
Genre: Drama
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
William, Jack and Chris have been friends for as long as they can remember - until that day in April when Jack ends up under the wheels of a tractor, his body crushed, William at the wheel. Suddenly nothing is left of the boys' friendship. ...
Style:
melancholic, bleak, tension, atmospheric, dramatic ...
Plot:
friendship, guilt, trauma, accident, grief, regret, loss, coming of age, adolescence, loss of innocence, male friendship, secrets ...
Place:
netherlands
Similarity:
65%
Genre: Drama
Country: Philippines
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
When six girls and a guy all teenagers are found with their wrists slit on a high school playground, it's left to their guidance counselor to try to make sense of the mystery behind the apparent suicide pact. Told in nonlinear fashion, the ...
Style:
sincere, touching, serious, psychological, emotional ...
Plot:
teenager, friendship, love, self discovery, school, lesbian, teen suicide, high school, counselor, multiple perspectives, trauma, grief ...
Similarity:
61%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
High school student Gena hit his girlfriend father's car in car accident. To compensate losses he stole the video-camera from video-class in his school but his classmate discover the truth and starting blackmail his family that leads to tragic ...
Style:
dark, suspense
Audience:
teen drama, adult
Plot:
school, blackmailer, blackmail, car crash, accident, betrayal, guilt, tragedy, secrets, family conflict, moral dilemma, intimidation ...
Time:
80s
Place:
soviet union, ussr
Similarity:
59%
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Tom, a passionate ‘brother’ of his fraternity, is charmed by the promises of high social status and alumni connections that open doors. But as Annabelle, a classmate outside his social circle, enters his life, his devotion begins to falter. Once ...
Style:
intense, tension, dark, psychological, suspense ...
Plot:
mockery, fraternity, college, coming of age, guilt, university, peer pressure, campus, moral dilemma, loyalty, friendship, identity crisis ...
Time:
2010s
Similarity:
55%
209
Genre: Drama
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Young soldiers of the Soviet Internal Troops are brutally bullied during their time of Dedovshchina(hazing). The plot unfolds mostly on board of a prisoner transport rail car guarded by a unit of paramilitary conscripts.
Style:
dark, serious, tense, tragic
Plot:
naked man, perestroika, soviet army, brutality, mockery, military, realism, oppression, abuse of power, corruption, violence, toxic masculinity ...
Place:
eastern europe, ussr
Similarity:
55%
Genre: Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Four best friends, Yong-bi, Ji-gong, Sang-woo and Doo-man who just turned twenty and just came of age took the road to Pohang, a small city near the beach—since one of the friends, Sang-woo, is enlisting in the marine corps the day after. On the ...
Style:
intense, suspense, psychological, disturbing, captivating ...
Plot:
friendship, friends, falsely accused, problem, chase, road accident, framed for a crime, corrupt cop, group of friends, accusation, youth, coming of age ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
south korea
Similarity:
55%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
When the coffin of Etta Rose Callahan, a charismatic dance student, is uprooted from the earth after days of rain, the small college town of Remington is haunted with questions involving the young girl's sudden suicide. Jeremiah Mouthy, a ...
Style:
suspense, gothic
Plot:
obsession, suicide, small town, tragedy, character study, jealousy, haunting, loss of innocence, mourning, scandal, grief, funeral ...
Similarity:
53%
16
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Mandy White is a cheerleader. Dan LaCoy is a football player. Jason Dobbs is a bully. Eli Barker is an artist. Asia Borg is a foster kid. What they all have in common however, is that they are hurting. Each one deals with their own personal issues ...
Style:
emotional, dark, independent film, realistic, grim ...
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
depression, high school, bullying, suicide, mental health, high school life, school shooting, tragedy, youth, adolescence, loneliness, social issues ...
Place:
virginia
Similarity:
53%
13
Genre: Drama
Country: Sweden
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
About a young couple who accidentally by car run over someone and kill him. The victim turns out to be an escapee from an asylum for the mentally ill.The two wander around the country side trying to figure out the situation, which quickly turns out ...
Style:
crime drama, tension, melancholic, suspense, gloomy ...
Plot:
guilt, hit and run, character study, tragedy, accidental death, moral ambiguity, introspection, ethical dilemma, young couple, mental illness, road trip, loss of innocence ...
Time:
60s
Similarity:
52%
Genre: Drama
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
The childhood of three friends, Ilya, Yacob, and Pavel, was spent in the innkeeper's house. Their three destinies are similarly unhappy. Yakob died of tuberculosis, Ilya, after robbing a merchant, committed suicide. And Pavel, who let the woman ...
Style:
melancholic, bleak, emotional, dramatic, art house ...
Plot:
friendship, death, loss, tragedy, fate, suicide, regret, pain, desperation, brothel, guilt, fatalism ...
Similarity:
51%
Genre: Drama
Country: Switzerland
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Silver Forest is a brutally realistic coming-of-age story, set in a small Swiss town in a bleak winter landscape. A group of boys struggle with their mounting anger with the mundane world, resulting in a string of escalating acts of violence. Deep ...
Style:
intense, grim, brutal, tense, bleak ...
Plot:
violence, loss of innocence, adolescence, coming of age, peer pressure, realism, forest, escalation, alienation, identity crisis, murder, small town ...
Similarity:
51%
Genre: Drama
Country: India
Duration: 128 min.
Story:
Three college-going friends land into trouble when a simple issue that could have been reconciled in a peaceful manner ends up in a fight.
Style:
dramatic, realistic, intense, tense, emotional ...
Plot:
friendship, youth, fight, conflict, misunderstanding, peer pressure, college life, realism, morality, slice of life, coming of age, violence ...
Time:
2020s
Similarity:
49%
Genre: Drama
Country: Indonesia
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
Two best friends who create ASMR content together discover a world of personal exploration that leads them both toward harrowing outcomes.
Style:
tension, indie film, tense, atmospheric, suspense ...
Audience:
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Plot:
social media, friendship, sexuality, coming of age, internet culture, female friendship, secrets, intimacy, obsession, mental health, self discovery, privacy invasion ...
Similarity:
47%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Finland, Sweden
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Veturimiehet heiluttaa on 4. syyskuuta 1992 ensi-iltansa saanut suomalainen elokuva. Elokuva on kuvattu suurimmaksi osaksi Porissa. Veturimiehet heiluttaa sai ensi-iltansa Ruotsissa 26. maaliskuuta 1993.
Style:
contemplative, emotional, realistic, melancholic, pastoral
Plot:
friendship, coming of age, small town, youth, grownups, male friendship, slice of life, relationships, character study, personal growth, working class, bittersweet ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
46%
Genre: Drama
Country: Ireland
Duration: 74 min.
Story:
After being imprisoned for dangerous driving, causing the death of a child and possession of illegal substances, Jason Buckley is finding it difficult to adjust to life outside prison.
Style:
dark, bleak, psychological, atmospheric, intense ...
Plot:
trauma, social realism, loss, grief, guilt, haunting, character study, remorse, reckless driving, accident, isolation, moral ambiguity ...
Similarity:
46%
334
Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 132 min.
Story:
A detective goes out of his way to crack the case of a serial killer who specialises in murdering police officers.
Style:
melancholic, bleak, emotional, detective, dark ...
Plot:
tragedy, sadness, police, loss, grief, investigation, loneliness, love, social commentary, obsession, realism, serial killer ...
Time:
year 1968, year 1976, year 1979
Place:
hokkaido
Similarity:
46%
139
Genre: Drama
Country: Slovakia, Czech Republic
Duration: 78 min.
Story:
Ela, 15, has a love affair, which results in her being sent to a re-education center.
Style:
tension, intense, realistic
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
female protagonist, teenager, coming of age, young love, forbidden romance, resilience, loss of innocence, teen angst, hopes, empathy, character study, rebellion ...
Similarity:
44%
Genre: Drama
Country: Soviet Union, Colombia
Duration: 140 min.
Story:
A man wants to flee wartime Germany and the detested Nazis to Columbia, where his brother lives. In order to achieve his goal he agrees to become an informer for the Reich.
Style:
historical drama, period piece, dark, bleak, tense ...
Plot:
world war two, betrayal, nazism, ethical dilemma, moral ambiguity, tragedy, guilt, survival, totalitarianism, collaboration, compromise, conscience ...
Time:
1940s
Place:
colombia
Similarity:
43%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
One day in the lives of tenth-grade students unfolds in different ways: some quarrel for the first time, some try to donate skin to people who have been burned, and some rethink their attitude toward an annoying neighbor who plays the piano when ...
Style:
emotional, period piece
Plot:
teenager, adolescence, coming of age, realism, compassion, self discovery, empathy, high school life, friendship, slice of life, teen angst, social issues ...
Time:
60s
Place:
soviet union, ussr
Similarity:
43%
Genre: Drama
Country: Ireland
Story:
Ross is trying to come to terms with the suicide of one of his classmates, as he finds his life falling down around him. Suddenly he finds himself involved in a new friendship with the new girl in school, Róisín. She helps to lead him in the right ...
Style:
psychological, captivating, lgbt cinema, tense, unusual plot structure ...
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
suicide, school, friendship, teenager, youth, homosexuality, coming of age, love and romance, friends, lesbian, lgbt, couples ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
ireland
Similarity:
42%
Genre: Drama
Country: India
Duration: 155 min.
Story:
A determined lawyer takes on a high-stakes case to defend a 19-year-old boy, challenging a system that has already branded him guilty.
Style:
realistic, tense, suspense
Plot:
courtroom, trial, defense attorney, wrongful accusation, corruption, evidence, prejudice, social injustice, ethical dilemma, investigation, social commentary, determination ...
Similarity:
42%
706
Genre: Drama
Country: Denmark, USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
On a March night in 1964, 37 neighbors in Queens, New York, witness the brutal murder of Kitty Genovese. None of them takes action or calls the police. 37 tells the story of a few of these people and what led up to the night when they unexplainably ...
Style:
independent film, bleak, thought provoking, historical drama, tense ...
Plot:
apathy, guilt, moral ambiguity, social commentary, silence, character study, racial tension, neighborhood, fear, apartment building, realism, family conflict ...
Time:
60s
Place:
new york
Similarity:
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1K
Genre: Drama
Country: India
Duration: 145 min.
Story:
Stranded on her way home, Sruthi hitches a long ride with KK who turns out to be her dad's buddy. Sruthi's mother seems to be reassured hearing that KK is with her daughter now. However her husband is troubled on hearing the news. ...
Style:
tense, dread, suspense, intense, psychological ...
Plot:
family drama, social commentary, moral ambiguity, confrontation, character study, ethical dilemma, mistrust, unsettling, coming of age, family honor, road trip, small town ...
Similarity:
40%
Genre: Drama
Country: Poland
Duration: 61 min.
Story:
"Inferno" is a story about classmates from school: Anka, Inga and Xena. During the prom, two girls murder a third - considered the most beautiful of them. The film is based on real events. The creators are trying to find answers to the ...
Style:
crime drama, psychological thriller, suspenseful, tense, intense ...
Plot:
murder, school, female friendship, jealousy, prom, envy, character study, identity crisis, coming of age, alienation, moral ambiguity, guilt ...
Similarity:
39%
Genre: Drama
Country: Poland
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Two psychiatrists attempt to save a suicidal man.
Style:
tense, suspense, period drama
Plot:
suicide attempt, suicide, mental health, police inspector, psychotherapy, rescue attempt, character study, empathy, intervention, desperation, mistaken identity, confession ...
Time:
70s
Place:
poland
Similarity:
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