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Sal (2011)
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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, atmospheric, independent film, psychological, suspense, art house, existential, surreal
Plot:
mistaken identity, survival, filmmaking, filmmaker, irony, director, screenwriter, escapades, struggle for survival, obsession, journey, road trip, character study, loneliness, isolation, self discovery, identity, minimalism, danger, desperation, moral ambiguity, haunting, slow burn, violence, desert ...
Time:
contemporary
Place:
latin america
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Most similar movies to Sal
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out tense, suspense, captivating and psychological films with plots about isolation, slow burn, survival, moral ambiguity, character study, minimalism and violence mostly in Drama, Western and Sci-Fi genres. Some movies like Sal: Soul of a Beast (2021), Sanctified (2022), Edge (2010), Branded (2017), Level Cross (2024). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Drama
Country: Switzerland
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Currently in post-production. Plot unknown. Unknown plot.
Style:
existential, emotional, independent film, melancholic, atmospheric ...
Plot:
family drama, father son relationship, single father, intimacy, wildlife, isolation, slow burn, chaos, animal attack, identity, survival, haunting ...
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95%
Genre: Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
An outlaw is rescued from death by a nun who is traveling through the Badlands. She nurses him back to health in exchange for him guiding her to a Church in Williston. A deep friendship develops between these two unlikely people as they learn to ...
Style:
exciting, tense, suspenseful, captivating, psychological ...
Plot:
wasteland, nun, church, outlaw, western hero, travel, shooting, gunfight, fight, relationships, problem, road trip ...
Time:
19th century
Place:
north dakota, south dakota
Similarity:
65%
80
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
A hotel. A cliff. Six lost people, looking for something, or looking to lose themselves.
Style:
realistic, serious, psychological, atmospheric, contemplative ...
Plot:
hotel, human nature, haunted by the past, couples, introspection, self discovery, society, isolation, loss, confined, character study, uncertainty ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
england
Similarity:
65%
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 73 min.
Story:
In this post-apocalyptic-western, Alexander Dante has lived the past 10 years in exile for the killing of Edwin, his beloved brother. Then one day he's astounded to receive a letter, purportedly from Edwin. The letter states Edwin now lives in ...
Style:
psychological, suspenseful, tense, apocalyptic, thrilling ...
Plot:
post apocalyptic, distopia, post apocalypse, guilt, misplaced guilt, problem, guilty conscience, countryside, family problems, western hero, moral dilemma, secrets ...
Place:
california
Similarity:
64%
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Genre: Drama
Country: India
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
In a desolate desert, a reclusive gatekeeper offers refuge to a mysterious woman fleeing a dark past, leading to an unraveling of secrets and shattered realities.
Style:
tense, atmospheric, surreal, psychological thriller, suspense ...
Plot:
desert, isolation, solitude, female protagonist, identity crisis, slow burn, moral ambiguity, minimalism, relationships, malayalam
Similarity:
57%
172
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 ...
Style:
independent film, disturbing, psychological, reflective, art house ...
Plot:
filmmaking, self discovery, director, actor, surrealism, creative process, lifestyle, social problems, life philosophy, filmmaker, existentialism, character study ...
Similarity:
55%
150
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: Argentina
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
In the middle of a mysterious insomnia epidemic that slowly takes on catastrophic dimensions, Laura (39) and Augusto (42) flee the city in their motorhome to get away from the chaos. As they move down the route, the world becomes an increasingly ...
Style:
psychological thriller, psychological, apocalyptic, suspense, captivating ...
Plot:
insomnia, survival, isolation, epidemic, road trip, male female relationship, escape from reality, worldwide chaos, relationship problems, chaos, apocalypse, travel ...
Similarity:
54%
707
Genre: Drama, Fantasy
Country: UK, China, Canada, Argentina
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Two men living on the exact opposite side of the world. When one sleeps, the other one is awake. But when they finally meet, a simple question arises: Who is the dream and who is the dreamer?
Style:
psychological, thought provoking, suspense, disturbing, enigmatic ...
Plot:
identity crisis, dream, self identity, hidden identity, duplicity, identity, surrealism, metaphysics, character study, intimate, minimalism, loneliness ...
Place:
shanghai
Similarity:
51%
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181
Genre: Crime, Drama, Western
Country: Canada
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Martha Barlow, a modern day outlaw, must reconcile her dark past after her teenage son commits a horrible crime.
Style:
tense, realistic, serious, suspenseful, captivating ...
Plot:
small town, survival, haunted by the past, murder, on the run, danger, parents and children, teenage son, family relations, mother son relationship, dark past, motherhood ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Similarity:
50%
Genre: Drama
Country: Argentina, Netherlands
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
Five juvenile delinquents break out of jail and attempt to make their way to a house in the Mendoza foothills of Argentina.
Style:
serious, realistic, atmospheric, captivating, art house ...
Plot:
juvenile delinquency, survival, hopes, wilderness, getting home, escape, youth, escapades, human nature, society, social decay, disintegration ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
poetic realism, argentina
Similarity:
48%
Genre: Drama, Thriller, Western
Country: Colombia
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
Willington's only love, Mariana, is about to get married to René, Willington's cousin. While Willington is trying to get her back, a demobilization process concerning an illegal armed group is underway in the region, and new killings, ...
Style:
suspense, disturbing, captivating, tense, intense ...
Plot:
murder, family relations, marriage, violence, murder mystery, serial killer, serial murder, confronting the past, unrequited love, relationship problems, unfulfilled love, family problems ...
Place:
colombia, latin america
Similarity:
48%
Genre: Drama
Country: Russia
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
A haunting, violent tale of a youth lost in an uncaring world, Bullet Collector is visual, nightmarish masterpiece. A shy 14-year-old boy, disconnected from home life and school, and sent to a hellish reform school, eventually lashes out on the ...
Style:
disturbing, bleak, visual, suspense, captivating ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
character study, innocence lost, unsettling, loneliness, coming of age, reform school, alienation, isolation, teenage crush, combat, teenager, teenage life ...
Time:
2010s
Similarity:
47%
Genre: Drama
Country: Denmark, Norway, Japan
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Ines, who wants to change who she is and become someone else in order to cover up her insecurities. When she accompanies her boyfriend Lucas on a business trip to Norway, Ines meets a half-Japanese tourist, Maria, who instantly fascinates her. ...
Style:
psychological, tense, atmospheric, suspenseful, art house ...
Plot:
self discovery, obsessive love, female protagonist, identity, character study, impostor, double life, deception, identity theft, slow burn, moral ambiguity, danger ...
Place:
japan, osaka japan
Similarity:
43%
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Euphoria brings together two intersecting road stories about the same person - a little girl called Lily who is taken away from home by her mother Celeste, and a young woman, Michelle, who journeys home to unravel the truth about her mysterious past.
Style:
tense, psychological, suspense, disturbing, captivating ...
Plot:
female protagonist, family secret, investigation, mother daughter relationship, troubled past, secret past, confronting the past, uncover truth, multiple storylines, tragic past, journey, road trip ...
Similarity:
42%
1K
Genre: Drama
Country: Latvia, Lithuania, Belgium, France
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Oleg, a young Latvian butcher, arrives in Brussels in the hope of getting a better salary in a meat factory. His experience turns short after being betrayed by a colleague. Alone in a country where he doesn’t belong, he quickly falls under the ...
Style:
tense, psychological, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing ...
Plot:
butcher, male bondage, immigrant, alienation, survival, immigration, migrant worker, exploitation, death threat, social problems, slavery, criminal ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
brussels, belgium, brussels belgium
Similarity:
41%
336
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Depardieu plays an unnamed hunter and we join him and his dog as they depart for a nearby forest to snare some rabbits - or perhaps he's hunting for something far more elusive? His excursion soon progresses from carefree meandering to a ...
Style:
contemplative, psychological, existential, art house, meditative ...
Plot:
dog, forest, hunting, hunter, lost, wilderness, nature, loneliness, isolation, disorientation, character study, wanderer ...
Similarity:
41%
144
Genre: Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Alice travels west along with a ruthless bounty hunter in search of her lost husband.
Style:
captivating, suspenseful, tense, road movie, grim ...
Plot:
female protagonist, travel, bounty hunter, indians, escapades, old west, woman, cowboys and outlaws, cowboys and indians, western hero, cowboy, indian war ...
Time:
19th century
Similarity:
41%
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
After years on his own in a post-pandemic Oklahoma, a 17 year-old doomsday prepper meets a pregnant girl who brings companionship, but also the danger of a gun-wielding group of survivors hellbent on building a new world.
Style:
suspense, tense, captivating, disturbing, apocalyptic ...
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
survival, post apocalyptic, coming of age, teenager, life is a bitch, struggle for survival, post apocalypse, adolescence vs adulthood, grownups, teenage life, dream world, maturation ...
Similarity:
40%
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Genre: Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 51 min.
Story:
Four outlaws with a bounty on each head, set a date for a shootout in Langston, Oklahoma. The last man takes the collective bounty. Violence and mayhem ensue.
Style:
captivating, tense, disturbing, tension, suspense ...
Plot:
violence, gunslinger, bounty, showdown, outlaw, gunfight, criminal, fast draw, money, bandit, gang member, gunned down ...
Place:
oklahoma
Similarity:
38%
519
Genre: Action, Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
Set in 1820, a Texan fur trapper journeys into the mysterious Buckskin woods in the hopes of saving a lost boy. Once there, Wesley Porter must confront the demons of his past and navigate the savage Native's traps in order to bring himself and ...
Style:
captivating, suspenseful, exciting, tense, period piece ...
Plot:
wilderness, lost, forest, adventure hero, danger, american indian, travel, gunfight, jeopardy, weapons, rescue mission, redemption ...
Time:
1820s
Place:
texas
Similarity:
37%
161
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Each character involved in this psychological exploration of family and sexuality discovers what it means to suffer inexplicable torment rather than be alone.
Style:
independent film, existential, contemplative, atmospheric, emotional ...
Plot:
desert, solitude, isolation, loneliness, character study, alienation, female protagonist, introspection, psychological torment, family secret, sexuality, artist ...
Place:
arizona, phoenix arizona
Similarity:
36%
Genre: Drama
Country: Chile, Argentina
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
A child disappears from his parents sight in a mysterious but haunting forest after a punishment.
Style:
suspenseful, captivating, thrilling, psychological, tense ...
Plot:
missing child, parents, forest, lost in the woods, disappearance, mysterious disappearance, vanished man, parent child relationship, family drama, punishment, isolation, loss ...
Similarity:
36%
986
Genre: Drama, Western
Country: Mexico, Argentina, Brazil
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Kaí is a mysterious shaman who emerges from the Rio Paraná to help a poor farmer and his daughter, who are threatened by a band of cold-blooded mercenaries hired to force them to sell their land.
Style:
serious, captivating, tense, psychological, suspense ...
Plot:
jungle, rescue, vengeance, survival, rivalry, danger, lone wolves, abduction, gang, tiger, kidnapping, heroes ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
argentina, latin america
Similarity:
35%
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Genre: Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Sierra Nevada Mountains, 1887: William Drayton, once a crack sharpshooter in the Civil War, has lost his wife and home. He has ascended to the high country, wanting never to be heard from again.
Style:
serious, tense, suspense, captivating, period piece ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
starting over, rivalry, escapades, lone wolves, small town, old west, tough heroes, danger, post civil war, isolation, solitude, wilderness ...
Time:
19th century, 1880s
Place:
usa
Similarity:
35%
Genre: Drama
Country: Argentina, Chile
Duration: 78 min.
Story:
Teresa’s life is turned upside down when she is forced to accept a job far away. On her way, she loses her bag, causing her to cross paths with El Gringo, a traveling salesman.
Style:
psychological, captivating, suspense, disturbing, reflective ...
Plot:
traveling salesman, female protagonist, road trip, journey, self discovery, character study, relationships, changing lives, travel, lifestyle change, male female relationship, family relations ...
Time:
year 2017
Place:
buenos aires argentina
Similarity:
34%
265
Genre: Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Two misfit brothers hustle cash and chase dreams in the desert. When a mysterious woman threatens to repo their beloved houseboat the brothers cook up an epic con to finally leave their dusty town and sail off on a beam of sunshine to California.
Style:
suspense, disturbing, tense, captivating, buddy comedy ...
Plot:
brothers, desert, mystery woman, money, criminal, brother brother relationship, ambition, money problems, escapades, caper, escape, dream ...
Place:
california
Similarity:
34%
Genre: Drama, Horror, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Dowanhowee, a Native American woman, evades the notorious Dutch Wilder Gang by escaping into the uncharted Black Wood Forest. Once inside, they quickly discover they must help each other for they have unknowingly awaken an ancient ravenous creature, ...
Style:
tense, suspense, disturbing, suspenseful, atmospheric ...
Plot:
supernatural horror, gang, supernatural, monster, forest, bandit, threat, old west, mysticism, criminal gang, supernatural being, fight ...
Time:
19th century
Similarity:
33%
377
Genre: Drama
Country: Luxembourg, Belgium, France
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
After ten years abroad, Catherine returns to Luxembourg, to catch up with her daughter Alba, brought up by Catherine’s mother Elisabeth. Alba is cold and distant with this stranger showing up unexpectedly in her life, so is Elisabeth, keen to keep ...
Style:
art house, thought provoking, enigmatic, suspense, touching ...
Plot:
mother daughter reunion, mother daughter relationship, grandmother granddaughter relationship, runaway, escapades, female protagonist, character study, introspection, regret, trauma, alienation, moral ambiguity ...
Similarity:
33%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 128 min.
Story:
A pleasant road trip takes a nightmarish turn for gemologist Sunny George when he meets with an accident. As his life hangs in the balance on the edge of a cliff in the middle of nowhere, Sunny must not only contend with the great adversity he is ...
Style:
suspense, tense, psychological, disturbing, suspenseful ...
Plot:
accident, survival, trapped, threat, escapades, struggle for survival, desperation, road trip, isolation, escape, male protagonist, claustrophobia ...
Time:
2010s
Similarity:
33%
Genre: Drama, Western
Country: Canada
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
True story of a former British soldier on trial for murder in the 19th century Northwest.
Style:
tense, crime drama, suspense, independent film, period drama
Plot:
survival, murder, gold rush, greed, indigenous people, violence, colonialism, moral ambiguity, trial, justice, betrayal, ethical dilemma ...
Time:
19th century, year 1991, 1870s, 1860s, year 1865
Place:
montana
Similarity:
33%
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