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El Censor (1995)
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Original name: El censor
Genre: Drama
Country: Argentina
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Close-up to the man who censored films during the military dictatorship in Argentina, slightly inspired by the infamous Miguel Paulino Tato.
Style:
bleak, melancholic, intense, art house, political thriller, period piece, period drama, political drama
Plot:
military dictatorship, repression, moral dilemma, moral ambiguity, authoritarianism, character study, memory, redemption, human rights, introspection, realism, guilt, regret, isolation, film industry, propaganda, surveillance, minimalism, nostalgia, movie business, gay, homosexual, dictatorship, filmmaking, censorship ...
Place:
argentina
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out melancholic, art house, bleak and intense films with plots about psychological drama, isolation, character study, guilt, moral ambiguity, memory and regret mostly in Drama and Thriller genres. Some movies like El Censor: Golden Horseshoes (1989), The night of the brother (2005), Fallen (2005), Night Call (1970), DeAD (2013). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Drama
Country: Tunisia, France
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Youssef Soltane, a 45-year-old Tunisian intellectual, is the product of a generation that lived the era of euphoria and great ideologies in the sixties, and their subsequent failure. He was incarcerated and tortured for his political opinions. ...
Style:
melancholic, bleak, art house, political drama
Plot:
introspection, existential crisis, political repression, character study, social commentary, identity crisis, isolation, alienation, nostalgia, moral ambiguity, class conflict, reflection ...
Time:
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Place:
tunisia
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Genre: Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
The Night of the brother ("La Noche del Hermano") is a chiaroscuro tale in which the characters' not always explicit feelings cover the gamut from darkness to light through the thin line between love and fear. Because the events of ...
Style:
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Plot:
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293
Genre: Drama
Country: Latvia, Germany
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
One night, Matiss Zelcs, an employee of the Latvian national archive in Riga, notices a woman on a bridge. After passing by her without preventing her suicidal fall into the depths, a sensation of failure and guilt changes his life. He cannot forget ...
Style:
existential, melancholic, contemplative, intense, psychological thriller ...
Plot:
suicide, loneliness, guilt, redemption, obsession, existential crisis, desperation, missing person, soul searching, memory, regret, isolation ...
Place:
latvia
Similarity:
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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:
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Place:
soviet union, ussr
Similarity:
91%
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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 ...
Similarity:
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Genre: Drama
Country: Greece
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
It is the early 20th century on a dystopian Greek island. Hadoula, a widow who lost her husband, loannis Fragkos, at a young age, is a woman who has learned how to survive in a male-dominated and extremely patriarchal society. Hadoula carries a ...
Style:
melancholic, atmospheric, bleak, grim, tense ...
Plot:
female protagonist, greek island, guilt, moral ambiguity, redemption, literary, remote island, moral dilemma, religion, survival, isolation, widow ...
Time:
20th century
Similarity:
77%
Genre: Drama
Country: Romania, France, Sweden, Germany
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
After being the sole unfortunate witness to a domestic quarrel that ends up in murder, Patrascu finds himself at odds with two very close neighbors: one is the bizarre murderer. The other is his very own conscience.
Style:
art house, suspenseful
Plot:
conscience, domestic drama, moral dilemma, guilt, moral ambiguity, character study, intimate, realism, witness, murder mystery, apartment building, unsettling ...
Place:
romania, bucharest
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113
Genre: Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Heidi M. is in her late forties and has a small store in the pulsating center of Berlin. She goes out in the evenings with her friend Jacqui, but when she is unexpectedly confronted with romantic love, old wounds are opened.
Style:
poignant, melancholic, art house, contemplative
Plot:
character study, female protagonist, longing, introspection, city life, urban, bittersweet, loneliness, desire, self discovery, confrontation, realism ...
Place:
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Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Force Majeure (Uncontrollable Circumstances) begins with a drug deal involving tourists Phillipe (Patrick Bruel) and Daniel (Francois Cluzet), and a Dutch stranger. Two years pass: the Dutchman has been arrested in an unspecified Asian country, ...
Style:
thought provoking, serious, tense, suspenseful, bleak ...
Plot:
moral dilemma, death sentence, responsibility, moral ambiguity, guilt, friendship, human rights, justice, loyalty, realism, character study, sacrifice ...
Time:
80s
Place:
southeast asia, paris france, amsterdam
Similarity:
75%
Genre: Drama
Country: India
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
When Praveenah arrives at a boarding school in Ooty, she discovers that her classmate Sabari is haunted by the crushing weight of survivor's guilt. Years later, their paths converge again on a thrilling Himalayan biking adventure, where ...
Style:
emotional, intense
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
guilt, redemption, regret, coming of age, empathy, loss, reconciliation, resilience, moral dilemma, friendship, memory, isolation ...
Place:
himalaya
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Genre: Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
Two actors and a technician are gathered at the former Rwandan propaganda radio station to rehearse a program that conveys ideas of pacification and hope. But first they will have to overcome the terrible past that unites them.
Style:
tense, intense, art house
Plot:
trauma, radio station, guilt, haunting, reconciliation, survivor, memory, intimate, moral ambiguity, ethical dilemma, remorse, confession ...
Place:
rwanda
Similarity:
71%
Genre: Drama
Country: Poland
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A middle-aged man sets out on a symbolic journey through past, present, and future to learn why an old friend committed suicide, and learns much about his own life along the way.
Style:
reflective, existential, melancholic, bleak, philosophical ...
Plot:
suicide, memory, existential crisis, symbolism, loss, midlife crisis, self discovery, guilt, flashback, mature, regret, isolation ...
Place:
poland
Similarity:
67%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Georgia Benfield's, at her wit's end, loses control and begins physically abusing her elderly mother, just as Georgia had been abused herself as a child. As family and friends slowly begin to learn of the abuse, and long buried family ...
Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
80s
Similarity:
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Genre: Drama
Country: India
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
In the unforgiving shadows of sympathy, Ganesh Gangadharan, a paraplegic designer, wrestles with his inner demons, striving for a semblance of normalcy.
Style:
thought provoking, emotional, intense, realistic, melancholic ...
Plot:
disability, paraplegic, resilience, introspection, character study, healing, isolation, identity, redemption, empathy, grief, loss ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
An aging Roman Catholic Priest living contentedly at a Niagara Falls parish, receives a letter forcing his complacent life into a downward spiral.
Style:
sincere, serious, psychological, touching, realistic ...
Plot:
haunted by the past, clergy, introspection, moral dilemma, church, society, elderly, religions or cults, religion, catholic church, moral ambiguity, guilt ...
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Country: Chile
Duration: 75 min.
Story:
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Style:
satirical, grim, cynical, bleak, surreal ...
Plot:
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Place:
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Country: Armenia
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
armenia
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59%
195
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Country: France
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Country: Sweden
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Story:
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Style:
intense, serious, bleak, melancholic, grim ...
Plot:
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Story:
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Style:
art house, independent film, experimental, contemplative, melancholic ...
Plot:
ambiguity, behind the scenes, introspection, character study, beach, collaboration, intimate, identity, obsession, regret, memory, nostalgia ...
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Genre: Drama
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Duration: 103 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Similarity:
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113
Genre: Drama
Country: Denmark
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
The young girl Johanne is left by her mother at a solemn convent school. The school is a strange world to her, and when she feels unable to comply with the demands of faith she faces a difficult decision.
Style:
religious drama, bleak, art house, intense, period drama
Plot:
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Place:
denmark
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Duration: 108 min.
Story:
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Style:
thrilling, captivating, psychological, intense, melancholic ...
Plot:
boy, family secret, coming of age, moral dilemma, conscience, loss of innocence, family conflict, murder mystery, hidden truth, uncover truth, parent child relationship, secret ...
Place:
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Duration: 101 min.
Story:
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art house, independent film, melancholic, emotional, bleak ...
Plot:
forest, orphan, hospital, taxi, motorcycle, innocence lost, escape, coming of age, isolation, survival, outsider, realism ...
Place:
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Similarity:
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Estonia, France, Belgium
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
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Style:
art house, contemplative, melancholic, slow cinema, bleak ...
Plot:
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Place:
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Duration: 170 min.
Story:
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Style:
tense, emotional, intense, serious, melancholic ...
Plot:
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Time:
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