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Overflow (2011)
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Overflow (2011)
Original name: Desbordar
Genre: Drama, History
Country: Argentina
Duration: 108 min.
Story: Overflow Psychiatric hospital. Lighting in a stormy night's sky. With almost 12 years without seeing each other, Marcos Ferro (36) and Ivan Manusovich (37) meet the morning after having heard the news about Martin Tayal's death, Who was once a member of Journalism and writing workshop in the hospital. They were both part of the workshop's creation and of a very recognized and conflict magazine which one generated therapeutic, institutional and social effects that proved to be too much for it. The words heard through the phone the day before make them need to find out what happened to Martin and his body. While discussing about this very same subject a word makes them remember about the beginnings of the workshop.
Style: psychological, captivating, social, disturbing
Plot: mental institution, mental health, psychology, psychologist, psychiatrist, society, social problems, magazine, lifestyle, social issues, magazine editor, madhouse, psychiatric hospital

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out psychological, captivating, disturbing and suspense films with plots about social problems, society, social issues, lifestyle, life is a bitch, multiple storylines and family relations mostly in Drama, History and Comedy genres. Some movies like Overflow: This Evening (2017), Burn All My Letters (2022), Being Good (2015), Psi (2014), A Day for Women (2016). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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This Evening (2017)
Genre: Drama
Country: Egypt
TV show
Story: Everyone has three lives: a public life, a private life, and a secret life
Style: psychological, thought provoking, social, captivating, disturbing
Plot: private vs public, social issues, undercover, society, social problems, lifestyle, social worker, life is a bitch, problem, secret
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95%
Burn All My Letters (2022)
Genre: Drama, History
Country: Sweden
Duration: 120 min.
Story: The film’s story is based on Swedish author Alex Schulman’s successful novel of the same name, and is inspired by true events. It revolves around Karin Stolpe’s complex relationship with her husband Sven Stolpe and her passionate love affair ...
Style: sexy, psychological, thrilling, captivating
Plot: jealousy, infidelity, relationships, society, passion, social issues, generation, lifestyle, generation gap, social problems, family relations, passionate love ...
Time: 2020s, 1930s, 80s
⇓ similarity ⇓
93%
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Being Good (2015)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: Japan
Duration: 120 min.
Story: Tasuku Okano is a diligent young man who was raised by decent family. He works as a new teacher at an elementary school. Tasuko deals with his students the way his head teacher told taught him, but the situation in his classroom isn't very ...
Style: disturbing, sincere, captivating, thought provoking, psychological
Plot: kindness, relationship problems, lifestyle, psychology, relationships, society, social issues, neighbor neighbor relationship, social problems, child abuse
Place: japan
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93%
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Psi (2014)
Genre: Drama
Country: Brazil
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: A drama with comic touches telling the story of Carlo Antonini, a psychoanalyst who is pathologic and very interventionist, both inside and outside the office.
Style: satirical, captivating, psychological, disturbing
Plot: mental health, workplace, psychiatry, psychiatrist, family relations, lifestyle, mental illness, social problems, satire, female objectification, psychologist, psychology ...
Place: sao paulo brazil
⇓ similarity ⇓
91%
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A Day for Women (2016)
Genre: Drama
Country: Egypt
Duration: 123 min.
Story: A new swimming pool opens in a Cairo district, with the announcement that Sundays will be only for females. This causes ripples throughout the local community, while three women - Shamiya, Azza, and Lula - assess their varying lives.
Style: disturbing, psychological, captivating
Plot: feminism, social relations, social problems, society, women, introspection, lifestyle, self discovery, swimming, islam, grief
⇓ similarity ⇓
90%
Ms. White Light (2019)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: Lex Cordova is a young woman who counsels terminally ill clients that have trouble letting go. While proving uniquely talented in her ability to connect with the dying, Lex is at a total loss when it comes to dealing with everyone else. When ...
Style: psychological, disturbing, captivating
Plot: social problems, doctor patient relationship, death, moral dilemma, life is a bitch, female protagonist, lifestyle, slice of life, socially awkward, female doctor, social issues, life
⇓ similarity ⇓
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The Mothers of Chico Xavier (2011)
Genre: Drama
Country: Brazil
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Three mothers see their reality become completely, they are: Ruth, whose teenage son, Raul, faces problems with drugs; Elisa, trying to make up for the absence of her husband giving full attention to the child, the little Theo, and Lara, teacher who ...
Style: disturbing, captivating, psychological, mystical
Plot: spiritualism, family problems, lifestyle, social problems, multiple storylines, women, female protagonist, social issues, relationship problems, investigative reporter, medium
⇓ similarity ⇓
89%
My People, My Homeland (2020)
Genre: Drama
Country: China
Duration: 153 min.
Story: In different parts of rural China, various people explore what makes their communities unique.
Style: social, psychological, disturbing, thought provoking, captivating
Plot: homeland, society, village life, social differences, lifestyle, community, countryside, villager, small community
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The Northern Kingdom (2009)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story: The lives of three disparate families are illuminated by a meteor shower on a winter night.
Style: captivating, psychological, thrilling
Plot: psychology, social issues, social problems, life is a bitch, multiple storylines, farm, stepfather, dysfunctional family, family relations, psychologist
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Buzz Aldrin, What Happened to You in All the Confusion? (2010)
Genre: Drama
Country: Norway
Duration: 58 min.
TV show
Story: Mattias is a 30-something gardener living in Norway, whose idol is Buzz Aldrin, second man on the moon. Following a series of personal and professional disasters, Mattias finds himself lying on a rain-soaked road on treeless Faroe Islands with no ...
Style: captivating, disturbing, psychological
Plot: mental illness, psychiatric ward, anonymity, socially awkward, lifestyle, hidden, social issues, society, male protagonist, social problems, coming of age
⇓ similarity ⇓
86%
A Rose in Winter (2018)
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 135 min.
Story: The true story of Edith Stein, a German Jewish philosopher and feminist who converted to Christianity and became a nun, and died in Auschwitz to became Saint and Martyr, the Patron of Europe with the name Saint Theresa Benedicta of the Cross.
Style: disturbing, captivating, psychological
Plot: holocaust, civil rights, society, lifestyle, jewish woman, civil rights movement, social problems, female protagonist, life is a bitch, women's rights, world war two, journalist ...
Place: germany
⇓ similarity ⇓
85%
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(S)He (2020)
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 93 min.
Story: (S)HE is the story of a transgender child named Juju, a girl born into a boy’s body. With the onset of puberty, JuJu’s discomfort explodes. Our film follows a child’s struggle to get her parents and friends to accept her true gender, as she ...
Style: psychological, captivating, disturbing
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⇓ similarity ⇓
85%
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Ten Years (2015)
Genre: Drama
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 104 min.
Story: Five shorts reveal a fictional Hong Kong in 2025, depicting a dystopian city where residents and activists face crackdowns under iron-fisted rule.
Style: anthology, captivating, thought provoking, disturbing, psychological ...
Plot: social problems, lifestyle, social injustice, society, social issues, multiple storylines, slice of life, relationship problems, dialogue, politics, existentialism, prophecy ...
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Spring Awakening (2009)
Genre: Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Young adults growing up in an oppressed society, finding ways to fight back and discovering as individuals who they truly are.
Style: disturbing, captivating, psychological
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What Doesn't Kill Us (2018)
Genre: Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 129 min.
Story: As a divorced father of two teenage daughters, with a head-strong ex-wife for a best friend, too many peculiar patients to keep up with and a new dog, psychotherapist Max certainly doesn't need another challenge. But when Sophie, a compulsive ...
Style: captivating, psychological
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The Little Comrade (2018)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: Estonia
Duration: 99 min.
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Style: suspense, disturbing, captivating, psychological
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Genre: Drama
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Duration: 30 min.
TV show
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TV show
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Style: disturbing, suspense, captivating, psychological
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In Treatment (2012)
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TV show
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79%
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Duration: 95 min.
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Home (2020)
Genre: Drama
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Duration: 100 min.
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79%
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79%
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This Town (2007)
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Duration: 113 min.
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79%
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Lost Love (2003)
Genre: Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 100 min.
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Style: disturbing, captivating, psychological
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Listen (2020)
Genre: Drama
Country: Portugal, UK
Duration: 73 min.
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Style: suspense, disturbing, captivating, psychological, social
Plot: deaf child, money problems, society, life is a bitch, social issues, family relations, social problems, father daughter relationship, family problems, kids and family, parents and children, deaf mute ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
79%
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