Movies like Pivot Point

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Pivot Point (2011)
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Pivot Point (2011)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story: A psychological drama that follows four high schoolers down a dark ride. As each struggle separately in their own lives they will soon discover that their lives are interconnected in ways they never would have guessed. They also effect each other in unimaginable ways which have devastating consequences. As they all lay bloody on the floor of their high school, only one question can be asked, "What could have been done to prevent this?" Pivot Point follows each of these characters on an unforgettable journey as they each plod down a lonely road. Only time will tell if they can reach out before it is too late.
Style: psychological, tense, disturbing
Plot: school shooting, justice, police, depression, death, suicide, high school, showdown, twists and turns, sex, school, fight, truck, homosexuality, imagination, car, cafeteria, child molester, journal, gay porn, car wreck, dating, car accident, pornography, knife ...

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Most similar movies to Pivot Point

The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out psychological, disturbing, tense and captivating films with plots about high school, suicide, teenager, youth, death, teenage life and society mostly in Drama genres. Some movies like Pivot Point: Hello Herman (2012), Cookies & Cream (2008), Zero Day (2002), And Then I Go (2017), Hurt (2016). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Hello Herman (2012)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Set in the not so distant future, in Any Town USA, sixteen year old Herman Howards makes a fateful decision. He enters his suburban school and kills thirty nine students, two teachers, and a police officer. Just before his arrest he emails his idol, ...
Style: psychological, thought provoking, serious, disturbing, realistic ...
Plot: school shooting, social relations, haunted by the past, youth, losing-it hero, bullying, high school, loneliness, social misfits, teenage life, high school life, murder ...
Time: future, 21st century
Place: usa, iowa
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Cookies & Cream (2008)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: A racially mixed single mother accepts an amateur porn gig to take care of her daughter and herself.
Style: sexy, erotic, independent film
Plot: porn industry, trust, hidden camera, billiards, single mother, dating, smoking, mother, daughter, porn, pornography, webcam ...
Place: new york
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Zero Day (2002)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: Two troubled adolescents chronicle the events that ultimately lead up to a terrifying assault on their school.
Style: disturbing, psychological, mockumentary, suspenseful, rough ...
Audience: teens
Plot: school shooting, found footage, vengeance, brutality, suicide, friendship, serial killer, high school, bullying, childhood, rebellion, justice ...
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And Then I Go (2017)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story: Two teenage outsiders are demoralized daily at school, until an idea for vengeance offers them a terrifying release.
Style: suspense, unusual plot structure, thought provoking, psychological, suspenseful ...
Audience: teens, teen drama
Plot: friendship, bullying, teenage boy, school shooting, boy, tragedy, police, revenge, best friend, friendship between boys, school, junior high school ...
Time: 21st century
Place: kentucky, usa
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Hurt (2016)
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 ...
Plot: alcoholism, student, high school, shooting, suicide, bullying, death, depression, teenager
Place: virginia
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Maya Dardel (2017)
Genre: Drama
Country: Poland, USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story: An internationally respected poet announces she is going to kill herself and needs an heir and executor. Young writers drive up the mountain to compete for the position and are challenged intellectually, emotionally, and erotically.
Style: tense, psychological, captivating, suspense, disturbing
Plot: suicide, poet, seductress, loneliness, female writer, rivalry, writers, rivals, suicide threat, writer's life, relationships, couple relations ...
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White Rabbit (2013)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: A bullied student sees visions of a rabbit he was forced to kill as a child, and those visions propel him into a state where his imagination causes him to carry out violent acts.
Style: serious, disturbing, rough, dark, grindhouse ...
Plot: bullying, mental illness, high school, school shooting, kids in trouble, rebelliousness, friendship, life is a bitch, society, imagination, child abuse, house ...
Time: 21st century
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Blackbird (2012)
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 103 min.
Story: This is a film about a troubled teen, Sean Randall, who is falsely accused of planning a Columbine shooting scenario. It all begins when an unlikely bond forms between Sean (Connor Jessup) and a preppy teenage girl named Deanna Roy (Alexia Fast). ...
Style: realistic, psychological, tense, serious, captivating ...
Plot: school shooting, false accusation, bullying, coming of age, society, social relations, injustice, small town, perjury, school massacre, boyhood, criminal justice ...
Time: year 2012, 21st century
Place: canada, nova scotia, canada
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Entwinement (2013)
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 106 min.
Story: Michaela loses her job and her life starts to fall apart. Her flatmate Stephanie as always is there to support her. After they meet two men, Michaela start to rebuild her life as Stephanie 's starts to unwind into a destructive climax.
Style: captivating, psychological, light, tense, sexy
Plot: love, gangster, elderly, betrayal, criminal, grandmother, depression, old age, desperation, doctor, dancing, suicide ...
Place: england
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The Fallout (2021)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: In the wake of a school tragedy, Vada, Mia and Quinton form a unique and dynamic bond as they navigate the never linear, often confusing journey to heal in a world that feels forever changed.
Style: suspense, emotional, disturbing, psychological, teen ...
Audience: teen drama
Plot: lgbt, school shooting, lesbian love, high school student, teenage life, teenage crush, psychological trauma, tragic event, post traumatic stress, social problems, family problems, love ...
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The Mystery of Her (2022)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story: After a near fatal car accident, a popular high school student loses her memory and gets a second chance at a more meaningful life.
Style: psychological, disturbing, captivating
Plot: memory loss, car accident, lifestyle change, changing lives, female protagonist, teenager, memory lapse, teenage life, amnesia, teenage girl, second chance, high school ...
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@urFRENZ (2010)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: When depressed and withdrawn Catharine meets a secretive boy online, she begins to come out of her shell. But is he a suitor or a stalker, a friend or foe? The mystery of his existence fuels obsession, denial and deceit, sending her to the point of ...
Style: captivating, serious, psychological, realistic, disturbing ...
Audience: teens
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Time: 21st century
Place: usa
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Painful Secrets (2000)
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: Dawn isn't like other kids her age full of typical teenage angst about boys, school and parents. Her pain goes far deeper, and to deal with her emotional overload she physically cuts herself. The problem of adolescent girls committing ...
Style: psychological, disturbing, suspense, sad, teen ...
Plot: mental illness, self mutilation, mother daughter relationship, teenage girl, self harm, psychiatrist, bullying, physical abuse, female friendship, depression, trouble, problem ...
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Manic (2001)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Lyle is filled with rage. After badly beating a classmate during a schoolyard fight, Lyle is committed to a juvenile mental institution in lieu of criminal prosecution. Inside the hospital, Lyle encounters a group of adolescents struggling with a ...
Style: psychological, independent film, disturbing, compassionate, depressing ...
Audience: teens, teen drama
Plot: mental institution, mental illness, coming of age, depression, addiction, juvenile delinquency, psychiatry, psychology, therapy, dysfunctional family, youth, mental health ...
Time: year 2001
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Genre: Drama
Country: Spain, Mexico
Duration: 84 min.
Story: A disoriented and vulnerable woman, overburdened with daily life problems and more: her belongings are impounded, her cosmetics shop has been closed down, and her children's future is unknown. The children's vitality draws a sharp contrast ...
Style: disturbing, suspense, tense, captivating, psychological ...
Plot: children, depression, life is a bitch, parents and children, absent parent, dysfunctional family, depressed woman, single parent, family problems, nudity, mother, store ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: Canada, Germany
Duration: 87 min.
Story: Starring Jurgen Prochnow ('The Replacement Killers' 'Air Force One' and Patrick Muldoon 'Stigmata' 'Starship Troopers'), 'Heart of America' is a powerhouse of a contemporary drama and essential ...
Style: disturbing, rough, serious, realistic, tense ...
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Beautiful Boy (2010)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 100 min.
Story: A married couple on the verge of separation are leveled by the news their 18-year-old son committed a mass shooting at his college, then took his own life.
Style: realistic, bleak, emotional, psychological, social ...
Plot: mass murder, school shooting, college, grief, couples, murder, death, haunted by the past, family problems, psychology, sociology, school massacre ...
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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, lgbt cinema, sincere, unusual plot structure, captivating ...
Audience: teen drama
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Genre: Drama
Country: Estonia
Duration: 99 min.
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Style: serious, disturbing, tense, emotional, realistic ...
Audience: teens, teen drama
Plot: school shooting, bullying, vengeance, humiliation, society, youth, friendship, life is a bitch, juvenile delinquency, social misfits, high school, teenage life ...
Time: 21st century
Place: estonia, europe
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Detachment (2011)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story: A chronicle of three weeks in the lives of several high school teachers, administrators and students through the eyes of substitute teacher, Henry Barthes. Henry roams from school to school, imparting modes of knowledge, but never staying long ...
Style: depressing, psychological, bleak, thought provoking, touching ...
Audience: teens
Plot: teacher, depression, suicide, teachers and students, dedicated educator, school, unhappy, social problems, life is a bitch, human relationship, teen angst, society ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
Place: usa
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story: On the day that Antoinette Tuff considered suicide, she realized that all of her challenges had prepared her for a purpose; to save an Atlanta school under siege from a deranged killer bent on murdering the students.
Style: disturbing, psychological, suspense, captivating, christian film
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story: PRAYER NEVER FAILS is a gripping legal drama about an up-and-coming small town high school basketball coach, well on his way to a championship caliber season, when he is fired after he prays with one of his players who is in great need. The movie is ...
Style: psychological, disturbing, captivating, christian film
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A Better Place (1997)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story: A high school outcast new to town becomes friends with a violent loner still haunted by the death of his parents.
Style: art house, cerebral, independent film, serious, realistic ...
Audience: teens, teen drama
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Young Girls in Black (2010)
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 85 min.
Story: Noémie and Priscilla, two teenage girls from working class backgrounds, cultivate the same violence, the same contempt of the world. They are a source of serious concern for family and friends, who sense them capable of going to extremes. Noémie ...
Style: contemplative, realistic, tense, emotional, psychological ...
Plot: human nature, teenage life, family problems, society, youth, dysfunctional family, death, suicidal thoughts, friendship, rebelliousness, coming of age, rebellion ...
Time: 21st century
Place: france, europe
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: In Anaconda, Montana, a strong-willed teenage girl navigates a loving but volatile relationship with her veteran father. In a desperate search for independence and her own identity, she risks family, heartbreak, and her standing in the only place ...
Style: psychological, disturbing, suspenseful, suspense, unusual plot structure ...
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Purgatory House (2004)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: An inside glimpse of how it feels to be a teen in today's disconnected world. PURGATORY HOUSE chronicles the after-life journey of Silver Strand: a lonely teen who abandons her life of turmoil and drug addiction, only to find herself caught ...
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Audience: teens
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Time: 21st century
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Cops (2018)
Genre: Drama
Country: Austria
Duration: 92 min.
Story: Young and eager police recruit Chris shoots a mentally ill man on duty. He is celebrated a hero, but soon after, traumatic symptoms begin to surface. In a desperate attempt not to be exposed by his tough superior Konstantin, he resorts to excessive ...
Style: disturbing, captivating, suspense, tense, psychological
Plot: police, police officer, cop, shooter, special agent, police detective, life is a bitch, violence, mental disorder, gunfight, swat team, policeman uniform
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The Belly of the Sea (2021)
Genre: Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 75 min.
Story: June, 1816. A French navy frigate ran aground on a sandbar off the coast of Senegal. Attempts to free the board were futile - the crew had no choice but to abandon ship. Since the available boats were not enough to accommodate the entire crew, the ...
Style: captivating, psychological, tense, suspenseful, disturbing ...
Plot: shipwreck, ocean, sea, raft, struggle for survival, storm at sea, survival, drowning, madness, male pubic hair, death, captain ...
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The Last Best Sunday (1999)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story: A Hispanic teenager hides out from the law in the home of a good-natured, but rebellious, Caucasian teenage girl after killing two rednecks whom beat him up and left him for dead, leading to a collision of cultures between the two youths.
Style: sexy, erotic, independent film, psychological, serious ...
Plot: erotica, forbidden love, small town, murder, racism, interracial relations, on the run, opposites attract, unlikely criminals, vengeance, youth, coming of age ...
Time: 90s
Place: california, usa
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18%
The Fortress of Sleeping Butterflies (2012)
Genre: Drama
Country: Lithuania
Duration: 120 min.
Story: Monika, a middle-aged wealthy woman, goes through a marriage crisis with her younger husband Linas. A car accident leads Monika to meeting three young girls, Kristina, Egle and Gitana, who happen to be ex-prostitutes extradited from Germany. The ...
Style: suspense, disturbing, captivating, tense, suspenseful ...
Plot: middle aged woman, car accident, friendship, midlife crisis, prostitute, female protagonist, relationship problems, marriage crisis, family crisis, society, women, unlikely friendships ...
Place: lithuania
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