Movies like La rabbia

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La rabbia (2008)
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La rabbia (2008)
Genre: Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 104 min.
Story: A young director years old, lives with a girl. Active part of the Intellectual society, he represents perfectly the union between fear and determination, that changes deeply his way of understanding the world that surrounds him. His only aim is to leave a footstep of his presence on this world realizing a film.
Style: independent film, psychological, disturbing, art house, reflective, melancholic, tense, avant garde, ambiguous ending, intellectual ...
Plot: filmmaking, self discovery, actor, director, surrealism, creative process, social problems, filmmaker, lifestyle, life philosophy, existentialism, character study, intimate, obsession, ambition, male protagonist, identity crisis, minimalism, experimental narrative, urban, female nudity, male nudity, producer, psycho, film within a film ...
Time: contemporary

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out art house, melancholic, psychological and independent film films with plots about character study, minimalism, urban, intimate, obsession, isolation and psychological drama mostly in Drama and Western genres. Some movies like La rabbia: Narcissus (2012), DeAD (2013), Grass (2018), The Disquiet (2006), The Collectress (2008). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Narcissus (2012)
Genre: Drama
Country: Lithuania
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Narcissus (from Greek Narkissos) shares the root nark-, with narcosis and narcotic. All these words have the same origin in the verb narkaō – to intoxicate through a strong smell. I was particularly interested to find out why a handsome and ...
Style: psychological, captivating, melancholic, art house, stylized ...
Plot: cellist, introspection, greek mythology, vanity, self discovery, lifestyle, social problems, relationship vs career, obsession, self destructing, myth, character study ...
Place: lithuania
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DeAD (2013)
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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Grass (2018)
Genre: Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 66 min.
Story: Areum sits in a small café, typing on her laptop. Around her, customers enact various dramas from their lives. Is she writing what she hears or is she hearing what's been written?
Style: melancholic, psychological, contemplative, reflective, captivating ...
Plot: guest, creative process, secretly observing, antisocial behavior, lifestyle, cafe, socially awkward, intimate, ambiguity, slice of life, female protagonist, everyday life ...
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The Disquiet (2006)
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:
89%
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The Collectress (2008)
Genre: Drama
Country: Lithuania
Duration: 84 min.
Story: Following a traumatic experience, Gaile, a speech therapist, is incapable of feeling any emotion. However, while preparing a video presentation for a scientific conference, she sees herself on screen and is surprised to find suppressed sensations ...
Style: art house, tense, psychological thriller, dark, noir ...
Audience: adult
Plot: character study, obsession, female protagonist, alienation, manipulation, experimental narrative, identity crisis, self discovery, moral ambiguity, voyeurism, performance art, urban ...
Place: lithuania
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Sound (2012)
Genre: Drama
Country: India
Duration: 104 min.
Story: The film revolves around the life of Tarak, a foley artist of Bengali film. Tarak's job is to create ambient sounds for films, but, he gradually gets trapped in his own world, a world full of sound.
Style: art house, thought provoking, serious, dramatic, melancholic ...
Plot: character study, obsession, creative process, isolation, alienation, realism, intimate, family conflict, identity crisis, mental health, slow burn, slice of life ...
Place: kolkata
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87%
The Limit of Sleeping Beauty (2017)
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
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Valzer (2007)
Genre: Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 90 min.
Story: In the service quarters of a grand hotel, a young maid and a man meet in a situation which breaks all certainties and identities.
Style: ambiguous ending, psychological thriller, melancholic, suspenseful, suspense ...
Plot: hotel, identity, switching roles, identity crisis, character study, female protagonist, manipulation, claustrophobia, class conflict, symbolism, isolation, male protagonist ...
Place: argentina
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86%
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The Outcome (2005)
Genre: Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 105 min.
Story: Film director Mikel de Garay and the attractive young producer Andrea Bilbao, who hide an obscure past, are going to make a film based on the latest novel by Rosendo Carballo, a successful writer with homosexual tendencies who has put an end to his ...
Plot: dogme 95, secrets, character study, sexuality, identity, introspection, cathartic, homosexuality, guilt, betrayal, confession, writers ...
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85%
Aural Distortion (2017)
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
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 6.2
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The Reject (2007)
Genre: Drama
Country: Serbia
Duration: 97 min.
Story: A man whose life is on the verge of collapse looks for new inspiration in this drama from Serbian filmmaker Milos Radivojevic. On was once a reporter, but now makes his living working as a public relations man for a banking firm. On is in his ...
Style: realistic, reflective, melancholic, existential, art house ...
Plot: midlife crisis, character study, alienation, identity crisis, alcoholism, male protagonist, social realism, domestic drama, slow burn, boredom, intimate, mature ...
Time: 2000s
Similarity:
85%
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Tommaso (2019)
Genre: Drama
Country: Italy, UK, USA, Greece
Duration: 115 min.
Story: Tommaso is an American expat film director living in Rome with his young wife and their daughter. Disoriented by his past misgivings and subsequent unexpected blows to his self-esteem, Tommaso wades through this late chapter of his life with an ...
Style: psychological, disturbing, realistic, sincere, melancholic ...
Plot: family relations, character study, parents and children, creative block, life philosophy, existential crisis, midlife crisis, society, disorder, couples, lifestyle, friendship ...
Time: 2010s
Place: rome italy
Similarity:
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Drawing Days (2015)
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 ...
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Dangerous Game (1993)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA, Italy
Duration: 108 min.
Story: A New York film director, working on his latest movie in Los Angeles, begins to reflect the actions in his movie and real life, especially when he begins an affair with the lead actress.
Style: sexy, psychological, erotic, melancholic, erotic drama ...
Audience: adult
Plot: filmmaking, redemption, drug, obsession, multiple storylines, addiction, lifestyle, downfall, life is a bitch, showbiz, human nature, infidelity ...
Time: year 1993, 90s, 70s
Place: israel, los angeles, middle east, usa, california ...
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The Pornographer: A Love Story (2004)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
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Style: independent film, captivating, psychological, disturbing, art house ...
Plot: love affair, director, longing, male female relationship, couple relations, love interest, romantic relationship, couples, love and romance, relationships, infatuation, love story ...
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84%
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Miss Osaka (2021)
Genre: Drama
Country: Denmark, Norway, Japan
Duration: 90 min.
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Style: psychological, tense, atmospheric, suspenseful, art house ...
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Place: japan, osaka japan
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Mike (2022)
Genre: Drama
Country: India
Duration: 108 min.
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Style: thrilling, captivating, psychological, emotional, art house ...
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Place: india
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Cantata (1963)
Genre: Drama
Country: Hungary
Duration: 94 min.
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Style: reflective, melancholic, serious, meditative, art house ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 90 min.
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Style: psychological, captivating, disturbing, melancholic, art house ...
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Similarity:
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 136 min.
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Style: independent film, tense, melancholic, modern fairy tale
Plot: female pubic hair, male nudity, isolation, intimacy, intimate, character study, redemption, moral ambiguity, urban, confined, minimalism, male pubic hair ...
Place: las vegas
Similarity:
82%
The Last Lear (2007)
Genre: Drama
Country: India
Duration: 130 min.
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Style: psychological, disturbing, captivating, bleak, poignant ...
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82%
The First Day of Winter (2008)
Genre: Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 88 min.
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Style: melancholic, reflective, contemplative, tension, lgbt cinema ...
Plot: gay, lgbt, loneliness, bullying, coming of age, isolation, adolescence, introspection, loss of innocence, self discovery, childhood, male protagonist ...
Place: italy
Similarity:
82%
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The Gentiles (2021)
Genre: Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 77 min.
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Style: psychological, thrilling, captivating, melancholic, emotional ...
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Time: 2020s
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Love Me Do (2003)
Genre: Drama
Country: Greece
Duration: 100 min.
Story: A director decides to make a film about an old friend, musician, who died from drugs years ago and became known to the general public after his death. The present and the past confused in the mind of the director and the influences in his work.
Style: captivating, melancholic, psychological, art house, experimental ...
Plot: musician, autobiography, rock singer, producer, drug addiction, celebrity, death, grief, creative process, memory, flashback, loss ...
Time: 2000s
Place: athens greece
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81%
Buzz Aldrin, What Happened to You in All the Confusion? (2010)
Genre: Drama
Country: Norway
Duration: 58 min.
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Style: psychological, captivating, disturbing, poignant, art house ...
Plot: male protagonist, psychiatric ward, mental illness, anonymity, existentialism, identity crisis, character study, humanism, loneliness, lifestyle, socially awkward, social issues ...
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Container (2006)
Genre: Drama
Country: Sweden
Duration: 72 min.
Story: Poetic, experimental and different, Container is described by Lukas Moodysson as "a black and white silent movie with sound" and with the following words; "A woman in a man's body. A man in a woman's body. Jesus in ...
Style: experimental, black and white, avant garde, art film, poetic ...
Plot: desire for fame, identity crisis, minimalism, intimate, metaphysics, human relationship, darkness
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Souvenir (2019)
Genre: Drama
Country: Mexico
Duration: 107 min.
Story: The enigmatic Isabel decides to rent her belly to give birth to the baby of Sara and Joaquin, a possessive couple obsessed with the idea of starting a family.
Style: disturbing, captivating, psychological, psychological thriller, suspenseful ...
Plot: surrogate mother, motherhood, pregnancy, parenthood, single parent, pregnant woman, unsettling, family problems, parents and children, social problems, family relations, husband wife relationship ...
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80%
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Sal (2011)
Genre: Drama, Western
Country: Chile, Argentina
Duration: 114 min.
Story: A screenwriter travels to Northern Chile to research his script for a Western thriller but ends up getting more than he bargained for.
Style: tense, captivating, disturbing, independent film, atmospheric ...
Plot: mistaken identity, survival, filmmaking, filmmaker, irony, director, screenwriter, escapades, struggle for survival, character study, journey, obsession ...
Place: latin america
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80%
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Happy Baby (2016)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story: An abused, former orphan living in San Francisco returns to New York to reconnect with the love of his life and understand how his past has shaped his future. It's a semi-autobiographical work based on the book of the same name originally ...
Style: emotional, psychological, realistic, independent film, semi autobiographical ...
Plot: character study, trauma, foster home, male protagonist, lost love, introspection, identity, literary, memory, urban, intimate, self discovery ...
Place: new york, san francisco
Similarity:
80%
 5.5
 417
Overnight (2007)
Genre: Drama
Country: Hungary, Germany
Duration: 92 min.
Story: One day of a Hungarian stock trader.
Style: reflective, realistic, atmospheric, melancholic, existential ...
Plot: stock broker, character study, urban, modern life, slice of life, realism, loneliness, intimate, stock market, moral ambiguity, social commentary, slow burn ...
Place: budapest, hungary, india
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80%