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A Time of Roses (1969)
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Original name: Ruusujen aika
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: Finland
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
In the year 2011, historian Raimo Lappalainen wants to illustrate how life was 50 years earlier. He becomes obsessed with the fate of a 1970s nude model, Saara Turunen, and finds a perfect actress to reconstruct her life and death in front of a TV camera. Meanwhile, a strike at a nuclear plant is covered up by the media. Written by Markku Kuoppamäki
Style:
cult film
Plot:
dystopia, surrealism, obsession, death, model, past, stripper, suicide, salesman, historian, photo model, class differences, democracy, class struggle, ideology, nuclear power plant, strike, labor strike, doppelganger, class conflict, liberalism, suppression, nuclear power, dream, distopia ...
Time:
future, year 2012
Place:
finland
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Most similar movies to A Time of Roses
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out psychological, bleak, serious and futuristic films with plots about dystopia, distopia, dystopian future, society, obsession, post apocalypse and surrealism mostly in Drama, Sci-Fi and Music genres. Some movies like A Time of Roses: Target (2011), Diary of a Worker (1967), Puzzlehead (2005), Anti-Clock (1979), The Limb Salesman (2004). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: Russia
Duration: 158 min.
Story:
In the year 2020, a group of wealthy Moscovites travel to an abandoned astrophysics complex, rumoured to have enough power to halt the process of aging.
Style:
atmospheric, captivating, psychological, realistic, mind bending ...
Plot:
family relations, aging, obsession, society, social differences, escapades, youth, couples, fountain of youth, underground, immortality, siblings relations ...
Time:
future, 2010s, 2020s, 21st century
Place:
russia, kazakhstan
Similarity:
95%
Genre: Drama
Country: Finland
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Juhani, a welder and Ritva, a right-wing backgrounded, future clerk get married. Soon we see that their marriage seems to be all about long business trips, housing problems, concerns about the money and political disagreements.
Style:
biting, melancholic, black and white, period piece
Plot:
marriage, working class, marital strife, political conflict, city life, domestic drama, blue collar, realism, labor, everyday life, gender roles, intimate ...
Time:
60s
Place:
finland
Similarity:
83%
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
In a post apocalyptic world where technology is outlawed, Walter, a reclusive scientist, secretly creates a self-aware android, "Puzzlehead". Jealously erupts when Puzzlehead wins the affection of Julia, the beautiful shopgirl that Walter ...
Style:
serious, suspenseful, futuristic, apocalyptic, suspense ...
Plot:
artificial intelligence, man versus machine, dystopian future, chaos, love triangle, androids and robots, society, obsession, cyberpunk, technology gone awry, betrayal, post apocalypse ...
Time:
future
Similarity:
75%
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: UK
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
A complex and fascinating experimental exploration of time and identity. ‘Anti-Clock is a film of authentic, startling originality. Brilliantly mixing cinema and video techniques, Arden and Bond have created a movie that captures the anxiety and ...
Style:
experimental, psychological, avant garde, non-linear, existential ...
Plot:
suicide, identity, psychological experiment, memory, surrealism, alienation, doppelganger, paranoid, rehearsal, mental illness, obsession, haunting ...
Time:
70s
Similarity:
75%
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: Canada
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
Gabriel Goode is The Limb Salesman-- a disgraced doctor who regenerates limbs on the black market. When Goode travels to the water mining regions of the north to heal the cherished daughter of a wealthy water miner, dark family secrets are revealed, ...
Style:
thrilling, captivating, romantic drama, psychological
Plot:
black market, distopia, tragic past, dystopian future, confronting the past, problem, handicapped, dystopia, space, snow, mother daughter relationship, doctor patient relationship ...
Time:
future
Place:
canada
Similarity:
72%
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
A strikingly beautiful and wealthy woman is hit by a truck and is all smashed up and nearly killed. At nearly the same time, a very plain looking lower middle class woman simply faints and suffers brain death. The beautiful womans brain is fine, so, ...
Style:
romantic drama, suspenseful, period piece, tragic
Plot:
brain transplant, husband wife relationship, self identity, identity crisis, hospital, class differences, memory loss, ethical dilemma, class conflict, marriage, social climbing, body swap ...
Time:
80s
Similarity:
72%
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
The Penitent Man tells the story of psychologist Dr. Jason Pyatt, a man devoted to his work - a man torn from his family. With his struggling marriage and mounting bills, Jason is at a crossroads with the life he has chosen and the life he could ...
Style:
futuristic, suspense, suspenseful, realistic, psychological ...
Plot:
time, travel, past, old man, scientist, time travel, destiny, twists and turns, analyst, dystopia, chamberplay, fate ...
Time:
future
Similarity:
71%
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
This evocative faux documentary imagines a dystopian near future in which the government monitors every woman's sexual activity. At its center is Allison Golding (Ali Thomas), serving a life sentence for having an abortion. As politicians, ...
Style:
psychotronic, apocalyptic, independent film, thought provoking, serious ...
Plot:
propaganda, dystopia, catholic priest, stereotypes, distopia, dystopian future, injustice, pregnancy, fascism, social decay, society, state affairs ...
Time:
year 1992, future, near future, 2040s
Place:
usa, stockholm sweden, new york state
Similarity:
66%
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Genre: Drama, Music, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
A.D. 2015: A virus has been spreading in many cities worldwide. It is a suicidal disease and the virus is infected by pictures. People, once infected, come down with the disease, which leads to death. They have no way of fighting against this ...
Style:
experimental, disturbing, serious, suspenseful, realistic ...
Plot:
virus, survival, cure, plague, suicide, surrealism, end of the world, death of father, post apocalypse, dystopia, musician, post apocalyptic ...
Time:
future, 2010s, year 2015, 21st century
Similarity:
65%
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: UK
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
A planet is discovered in the same orbit as Earth's but is located on the exact opposite side of the sun, making it not visible from Earth. The European Space Exploration Council decide to send American astronaut Glenn Ross and British ...
Style:
exciting, serious, offbeat, suspenseful, futuristic ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
space travel, space, space exploration, outer space, parallel universe, planet, space opera, loner, giant monster, dystopia, unhappy ending, spaceship ...
Time:
year 1969, future, 20th century, year 1987, 80s ...
Similarity:
62%
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 180 min.
Story:
An acclaimed TV miniseries based on the classic sci-fi novel.
Style:
apocalyptic, psychotronic, frightening, philosophical, tech noir
Plot:
dystopia, distopia, utopia, post apocalypse, propaganda, shakespeare, eternal youth, doomed romance, totalitarianism, communism, dystopian future, underground ...
Time:
future
Similarity:
62%
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 79 min.
Story:
In a future where a socialist government gains power, a group of women decides to organize and rebel.
Style:
independent film, underground film, cult classic, political, indie film ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
feminism, lesbian, sexual harassment, anarchism, socialist, police brutality, racism, feminist, radical, dystopia, anarchist, protest ...
Time:
distant future, future
Place:
usa, new york, manhattan new york city
Similarity:
61%
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
When the host of a failing children’s science show tries to fulfill his childhood dream of becoming an astronaut by building a rocket ship in his garage, a series of bizarre events occur that cause him to question his own reality.
Style:
surreal, satirical, semi serious, funny, captivating ...
Plot:
satire, astronaut, dream, surrealism, ambitious man, male female relationship, ambition, family relations, daydreamer, cosmonaut, husband wife relationship, lifestyle ...
Similarity:
54%
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
Set against the backdrop of a post-Apocalypse Earth, Population 2 is about a relationship that ends in tragedy forcing a woman to struggle in the aftermath.
Style:
captivating, serious, dramatic, suspenseful, reflective ...
Plot:
post-apocalyptic future, apocalypse, distopia, past life, post apocalypse, climate change, solitude, grief, isolation, ruins, loneliness, loss ...
Time:
future
Place:
portland oregon
Similarity:
53%
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
In a world after the nuclear apocalypse a scholar helps a small group of children and adults survive, staying with them in the basement of the former museum of history. In his mind he writes letters to his son — though it is obvious that they will ...
Style:
apocalyptic, depressing, poetic, spiritual, twisted ...
Plot:
nuclear war, post apocalypse, nuclear holocaust, distopia, apocalypse, post apocalyptic, dystopia, survival, nuclear explosion, atomic bomb, underground, disaster ...
Time:
distant future
Place:
soviet union, ussr, russia
Similarity:
52%
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: Brazil
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
In a dystopian future, the Brazilian government decrees a measure that forces black citizens to migrate to Africa in an attempt to return to their origins. Seeing themselves in the center of terror, two cousins take refuge in an apartment, where ...
Style:
tense, captivating, thought provoking, disturbing
Plot:
gay relationship, dystopia, gay, distopia, racism, underground movement, fighting the system, dystopian future, society, social problems, black people, government ...
Time:
future, near future
Place:
brazil, rio de janeiro
Similarity:
52%
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: UK
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
In the future, the government maintains control of public opinion by outlawing literature and maintaining a group of enforcers, known as "firemen", to perform the necessary book burnings. Fireman Montag begins to question the morality of ...
Style:
futuristic, atmospheric, thought provoking, tense, stylized ...
Plot:
totalitarianism, distopia, resistance, book, dystopia, satire, rebellion, dystopian future, fighting the system, fire, alienation, dictatorship ...
Time:
year 1966, future, distant future, 60s, near future
Similarity:
51%
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
In a future Earth barren of all flora and fauna, the planet's ecosystems exist only in large pods attached to spacecraft. When word comes in that the pods are to be jettisoned into space and destroyed so that the spacecraft can be reused for ...
Style:
philosophical, visually stunning, futuristic, apocalyptic, thought provoking ...
Plot:
robot, dystopia, space travel, space opera, distopia, space and aliens, spaceship, post apocalypse, spacecraft, dystopian future, artificial intelligence, isolation ...
Time:
future, year 1972
Similarity:
51%
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47K
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: UK, Belgium
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
Life for the residents of a tower block begins to run out of control.
Style:
psychological, futuristic, cerebral, cult classic, surreal ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
distopia, decadence, money, violence, tower, dark humor, existentialism, violent, surrealism, male nudity, rape, orgy ...
Time:
future, 70s, 2010s, year 2015, year 2016 ...
Place:
london, england, ireland
Similarity:
50%
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: UK, West Germany, Netherlands
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
George Orwell's novel of a totalitarian future society in which a man whose daily work is rewriting history tries to rebel by falling in love.
Style:
disturbing, thought provoking, psychological, cult classic, political ...
Plot:
distopia, dystopia, politics, totalitarianism, dystopian future, brainwashing, technology, fascism, totalitarian state, satire, surveillance, political corruption ...
Time:
future, 80s, year 1984, near future, 20th century ...
Place:
london, england, europe, britain, united kingdom
Similarity:
49%
Genre: Drama
Country: Finland
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A psychotherapist's life is wrecked when her private life is exposed in a sensation magazine.
Style:
period piece
Plot:
tabloid journalism, scandal, privacy invasion, politician, female protagonist, betrayal, media manipulation, moral ambiguity, shame, ethical dilemma, societal hypocrisy, love triangle ...
Time:
70s
Place:
finland
Similarity:
49%
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Smooth advertising executive David is in a relationship with yoga teacher Juliette. Then his eye is caught by Sophie, the girlfriend of his best friend Wim, a fashion photographer. Things get completely out of hand during a campaign for augmented ...
Style:
psychological, tense, stylized, semi serious, atmospheric ...
Plot:
virtual reality, dysfunctional relationship, love affair, workplace, obsession, workplace situations, infidelity, inventions and discoveries, disorder, love and romance, buddies, photograph ...
Time:
future, 21st century
Place:
new york, usa
Similarity:
47%
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: Israel
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
From the year 3005, a delegate from the future arrives in 1985 to convince the present leaders make certain World War III happens, which he guarantees will make for a better future. Having already caused natural disasters and catastrophes by coming ...
Style:
suspense, tension, political thriller, thought provoking, bleak ...
Plot:
travel, propaganda, power struggle, manipulation, media manipulation, dystopia, television, conspiracy, ethical dilemma, paradox, moral ambiguity, prophecy ...
Time:
future, 80s
Place:
israel
Similarity:
47%
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Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: Canada
Story:
A resistance movement rises against a totalitarian regime.
Style:
tense, grim, bleak, political thriller, suspenseful ...
Plot:
dystopia, underground movement, resistance, totalitarianism, defiant, rebellion, propaganda, underdog, conspiracy, sabotage, betrayal, espionage ...
Similarity:
47%
155K
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 162 min.
Story:
Near a gray and unnamed city is the Zone, a place guarded by barbed wire and soldiers, and where the normal laws of physics are victim to frequent anomalies. A Stalker guides two men into the Zone, specifically to an area in which deep seeded ...
Style:
philosophical, atmospheric, bleak, art house, psychological ...
Audience:
family friendly, adult
Plot:
stalker, post apocalypse, dystopian future, surrealism, psychokinesis, dog, wish come true, trippy, human nature, distopia, escapades, post apocalyptic ...
Time:
future, distant future, year 1979, near future
Place:
soviet union, ussr, russia
Similarity:
47%
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Canada
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Set in a futuristic environment, "Mars et Avril" tells the story of an elderly musician and his instrument maker who both become obsessed with the same woman. She agrees to be the model for their next musical instrument but then gets lost ...
Style:
atmospheric, captivating, psychological, avant garde, independent film ...
Plot:
mars, love triangle, friendship, existentialism, obsession, fall in love, musician's life, philosophy, aging, genius, meaning of life, love ...
Time:
future, 2010s
Place:
canada, montreal
Similarity:
42%
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: UK, Germany, USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
In a climate change-ravaged world, a utopian society optimizes life, including parenthood assessments. A successful couple faces scrutiny by an evaluator over seven days to determine their fitness for childbearing.
Style:
crying, tense
Plot:
female on male rape, dystopia, interracial marriage, married couple, lesbian, female rapist, lesbian couple, woman rapes man, female nudity, birth control, husband wife relationship, husband wife sex ...
Similarity:
42%
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: Germany
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
Welcome to 2020: The European Union has collapsed following the fourth Gulf War and massive barricades keep illegal immigrants out of cities that are barely functioning. In the middle of this highly volatile environment is the family of Walter ...
Style:
serious, realistic, bleak, captivating, gloomy ...
Plot:
terrorism, dystopian future, introspection, danger, dysfunctional family, political unrest, chaos and mayhem, social decay, family problems, society, life is a bitch, human nature ...
Time:
future, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
germany, europe, berlin germany
Similarity:
41%
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: Mexico
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A Mexican science fiction film where the over-population problem has been solved by programming people to operate in either day or night, and not both.
Style:
thought provoking, philosophical, bleak, political, futuristic ...
Plot:
dystopia, overpopulation, social commentary, alienation, segregation, oppression, isolation, sleeping, claustrophobia, alternate reality, ethical dilemma, moral ambiguity ...
Time:
near future, future, 2010s
Similarity:
41%
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: France
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
La Possibilité d'une île is a 2008 film directed by Michel Houellebecq, loosely based on his 2005 novel The Possibility of an Island.
Style:
existential, melancholic, contemplative, philosophical, art house ...
Plot:
cloning, clone, human clone, identity, identity crisis, isolation, alienation, loneliness, dystopia, existential crisis, adaptation, ethical dilemma ...
Time:
future, 2000s
Place:
belgium
Similarity:
40%
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