Movies like Axolotl Overkill

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Axolotl Overkill (2017)
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Axolotl Overkill (2017)
Genre: Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 94 min.
Story: Mifti, age 16, lives in Berlin with a cast of characters including her half-siblings; their rich, self-involved father; and her junkie friend Ophelia. As she mourns her recently deceased mother, she begins to develop an obsession with Alice, an enigmatic, and much older, white-collar criminal.
Style: psychological, captivating, queer cinema
Plot: loss of mother, coming of age, drug abuse, lesbian, life is a bitch, social problems, relationship problems, family problems, love, society, woman, lgbtq, lesbian relationship, mental illness, party, penguins, taxi, club, actress, girl man relationship, older man younger woman relationship, vodka, llama, loss of loved one, intervention ...
Place: berlin germany

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out captivating, psychological, disturbing and queer cinema films with plots about family problems, life is a bitch, lgbtq, family relations, lesbian, social problems and love mostly in Drama genres. Some movies like Axolotl Overkill: And Then There Was Eve (2017), The Ground Beneath My Feet (2019), Of Girls and Horses (2014), When Time Got Louder (2022), Songs of Love and Hate (2010). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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And Then There Was Eve (2017)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: Alyssa, a successful photographer, wakes one morning to find her apartment ransacked and her husband mysteriously missing. Left without even a photograph to offer the police, she turns to her colleague Eve, a talented jazz pianist with a flirtatious ...
Style: captivating, psychological
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The Ground Beneath My Feet (2019)
Genre: Drama
Country: Austria
Duration: 108 min.
Story: Lola controls her personal life with the same ruthless efficiency she uses to optimize profits in her job as a business consultant. But when a tragic event forces the past back into her life, Lola's grip on reality seems to slips away.
Style: suspense, captivating, tense, sincere, psychological ...
Plot: lesbian, lgbt, mental illness, dysfunctional family, sister sister relationship, relationship vs career, family problems, disturbed individual, sisters, mentally unstable, mentally unstable woman, lgbtq ...
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Of Girls and Horses (2014)
Genre: Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 82 min.
Story: Alex is 16, a misfit, a drop-out, a failure. She uses drugs; she cuts herself. She has been sent by her despairing adoptive mother to a farm in northern Germany. At first, Alex hates this remote place and the demanding job of looking after the ...
Style: psychological, disturbing, captivating, queer cinema
Plot: lesbian, lgbt, lgbtq, relationship problems, unlikely friendships, horse ranch, horse trainer, female friendship, relationships, love affair, female protagonist, female bonding ...
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When Time Got Louder (2022)
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 114 min.
Story: Departing for college, Abbie leaves her parents and brother who has autism and is non-verbal. As she explores her independence and sexuality, she's torn between her new life and her love for her brother.
Style: lgbt cinema, captivating, psychological, disturbing, independent film ...
Plot: lgbt, relationship problems, sexual desire, female protagonist, family problems, life is a bitch, love affair, relationships, family relations, forbidden love, brother sister relationship, woman ...
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Songs of Love and Hate (2010)
Genre: Drama
Country: Switzerland
Duration: 89 min.
Story: In an idyllic wine region at the foot of the Swiss Alps lives Rico with his two daughters and his wife Anna. The charming daughter, Lili, brings turbulence into the so far harmonious family life because of the awakening of her sexuality. Her father ...
Style: captivating, disturbing, suspense, psychological, queer cinema
Plot: coming of age, sexuality, father daughter relationship, family relations, family problems, parents and children, sexual relations, family life, father and daughter, relationship problems, sexual tension, relationships ...
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Three Veils (2011)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story: The lives of three young Middle Eastern women intertwine as they struggle to defy tradition and create their own realities. From an arranged marriage and a lesbian love affair to an abusive family situation, the film delicately tackles some of the ...
Style: disturbing, captivating, psychological, queer cinema
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More Beautiful for Having Been Broken (2019)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story: Three women’s lives intersect at a lakeside resort and are forever changed by the love of a special needs boy.
Style: sincere, psychological, captivating, deep, sentimental
Plot: lesbian love, lesbian, lesbian relationship, lesbian romance, lgbt, death of mother, female protagonist, disability, mother daughter relationship, family secret, lgbtq, disabled child ...
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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
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Raven's Touch (2015)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story: Blaming herself for a tragic accident, Raven Michaels secludes herself at a remote family cabin. She wanders the woods on the verge of a breakdown, seeking peace in isolation. In a last ditch attempt to save her family, Kate Royce takes her two ...
Style: psychological, captivating, deep, independent film, queer cinema
Plot: lesbian, lesbian love, lesbian sex, lesbian relationship, love and romance, lesbian romance, lesbian couple, female nudity, jealousy, lgbt, forest, single mother ...
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Deiva Thirumagal (2011)
Genre: Drama
Country: India
Duration: 166 min.
Story: A mentally retarded man fights for custody of his 7-year-old daughter, and in the process teaches his opponent lawyer the value of love and family.
Style: disturbing, suspense, captivating, psychological, suspenseful ...
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Side Job. (2017)
Genre: Drama
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Story: Based on the novel "Kanojo no Jinsei wa Machigai ja Nai" (literal translation: Her life is not at fault) by Director Hiroki, it is a powerful story of survivors, who are all trying to find their own silver linings in life.
Style: captivating, psychological
Plot: orphan, prostitute, money problems, family problems, social relations, prostitution, life is a bitch, loss of family, family tragedy, loss of mother, tragic event, social problems ...
Place: tokyo
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45%
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Woman's Lake (2012)
Genre: Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 85 min.
Story: What could be lovelier than Women's Lake - a magical summer setting near Berlin? Rosa, perhaps. She's the slightly melancholy guardian of the lake, spending her days in a boat, trapping fish and watching for poachers. Or her lover, the ...
Style: sentimental, melancholic, psychological, sexy, unusual plot structure ...
Plot: lesbian, lesbian sex, lgbt, lesbianism, female nudity, flirting, lesbian romance, lesbian couple, lgbtq, love, gays and lesbians, lovers ...
Time: 21st century
Place: germany
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Two Mothers (2013)
Genre: Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 75 min.
Story: The unexpected difficulty of becoming mothers through the means of artificial insemination slowly erodes the relationship between Katja and Isabella.
Style: captivating, independent film, lgbt cinema, queer cinema
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Place: indiana, germany
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Genre: Drama
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Style: thrilling, captivating, psychological
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