Movies like Eight and a Half
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Eight and a Half (1963)
125K
Original name: 8½
Genre: Drama
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 138 min.
Story:
With 8 ½ Frederico Fellini leaves a self-portrait where dreams and reality are a mix. With help from a most excellent cast and unique scenery this self reflecting film is one of his master works.
Style:
art house, psychological, surreal, cerebral, black and white, philosophical, atmospheric, postmodern, visual, melancholic ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
filmmaking, surrealism, dream, childhood, midlife crisis, stream of consciousness, memory, catholic, adultery, actress, movie business, showbiz, satire, mistress, traffic jam, womanizer, telepathy, infidelity, self doubt, older man younger woman relationship, indecision, spa, egotism, obsession, existentialism ...
Time:
20th century, year 1963, 60s, 1930s, 1960s
Place:
rome italy, italy, europe, england, paris france, france, copenhagen ...
Keyword:
dreams, oldies, avant-garde, dutch, german, french, reading, movie theatre, danish, eye candy
Most similar movies to Eight and a Half
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out masterpiece, art house, weird and atmospheric films with plots about female nudity, surrealism, art, existentialism, dream, husband wife relationship and memory mostly in Drama, Comedy and Fantasy genres. Some movies like Eight and a Half: Synecdoche, New York (2008), Pink Floyd: The Wall (1982), Last Year at Marienbad (1961), Red Desert (1964), Adaptation. (2002). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
A theater director struggles with his work, and the women in his life, as he attempts to create a life-size replica of New York inside a warehouse as part of his new play.
Style:
psychological, depressing, surreal, independent film, confusing ...
Plot:
depression, existentialism, death, theater, magic realism, schizophrenic, obsession, writers, twists and turns, philosophy, writer's life, loneliness ...
Time:
year 2008, 2000s, 90s, future, 21st century
Place:
new york, usa, berlin germany, manhattan new york city
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Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Music
Country: UK
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A troubled rock star descends into madness in the midst of his physical and social isolation from everyone.
Style:
psychedelic, surreal, psychological, disturbing, experimental ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
rock, rock and roll, music, teacher, surrealism, loss of father, musician, rock music, visceral, drug addiction, trippy, childhood ...
Time:
year 1982, 1940s, 20th century, 1950s, 60s ...
Place:
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Genre: Drama, Mystery
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Takes place in a chateau, an ambiguous story of a man and a woman who may or may not have met last year at Marienbad.
Style:
surreal, mind bending, psychological, atmospheric, philosophical ...
Plot:
hotel, surrealism, obsession, memory, amnesia, stream of consciousness, uncertainty, alternate reality, haunted by the past, hopes, dishonesty, love affair ...
Time:
20th century, year 1961, 60s
Place:
france, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Drama
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
Amid the modern wastelands and toxic factories of Italy, wife and mother Giuliana (Monica Vitti) desperately tries to conceal her tenuous grip on reality from those around her, especially her successful yet neglectful husband, Ugo (Carlo Chionetti). ...
Style:
psychological, thought provoking, realistic, atmospheric, serious ...
Plot:
loneliness, factory, depression, fog, existentialism, society, ship, hypochondriac, extramarital affair, car accident, anxiety, minimal dialogue ...
Time:
20th century, 60s
Place:
europe, italy
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
A love-lorn script writer grows increasingly desperate in his quest to adapt the book 'The Orchid Thief'.
Style:
satirical, absurd, black comedy, mind bending, dark comedy ...
Plot:
twins, filmmaking, depression, writer's block, writers, imagination, mentally unstable, loser, existentialism, obsession, siblings relations, eccentricity ...
Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Drama, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 139 min.
Story:
The impressionistic story of a Texas family in the 1950s. The film follows the life journey of the eldest son, Jack, through the innocence of childhood to his disillusioned adult years as he tries to reconcile a complicated relationship with his ...
Style:
philosophical, surreal, artsy, atmospheric, visually stunning ...
Audience:
teens, family outing
Plot:
philosophy, childhood, grief, coming of age, spirituality, father son relationship, parenthood, existentialism, family relations, domineering father, hopes, religion ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 141 min.
Story:
Jep Gambardella has seduced his way through the lavish nightlife of Rome for decades, but after his 65th birthday and a shock from the past, Jep looks past the nightclubs and parties to find a timeless landscape of absurd, exquisite beauty.
Style:
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Plot:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
67%
Genre: Drama
Country: Netherlands, UK, France, Luxembourg
Duration: 126 min.
Story:
As a young girl in Japan, Nagiko's father paints characters on her face, and her aunt reads to her from "The Pillow Book", the diary of a 10th-century lady-in-waiting. Nagiko grows up, obsessed with books, papers, and writing on ...
Style:
erotic, art house, sexy, surreal, enigmatic ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
nudity, art, model, obsession, male nudity, artist, book, sexuality, nude, translator, erotica, surrealism ...
Time:
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Place:
japan, california, asia, hong kong, tokyo ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
A married couple attend a bourgeois party and wade through the stifling strain that long-term marriage has imposed upon them.
Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 137 min.
Story:
Middle-aged Giulietta grows suspicious of her husband, Giorgio, when his behavior grows increasingly questionable. One night when Giorgio initiates a seance amongst his friends, Giulietta gets in touch with spirits and learns more about herself and ...
Style:
surreal, psychedelic, cerebral, art house, psychological ...
Plot:
surrealism, infidelity, art, spiritualism, hermaphrodite, insanity, memory, medium, eccentricity, female protagonist, extramarital affair, mistress ...
Time:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
A virtually plotless, gaudy, impressionistic portrait of Rome through the eyes of one of its most famous citizens.
Style:
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Plot:
fashion, memory, surrealism, society, lifestyle, satire, female nudity, politics, child, illegal prostitution, fascism, italian history ...
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Place:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
In an Italian seaside town, young Titta gets into trouble with his friends and watches various local eccentrics as they engage in often absurd behavior. Frequently clashing with his stern father and defended by his doting mother, Titta witnesses the ...
Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
Genre: Drama
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
A gorgeous teen, Jill, resides in Switzerland with her mother and harbors feelings for the handsome Fabio, an older man who is married to one of her friends. Growing restless, Jill moves to Paris to pursue ballet, but instead finds success and fame ...
Style:
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Plot:
price of fame, paparazzi, fame, photographer, actor's life, showbiz, desire for fame, best friend, couple relations, artists and showbiz, unfulfillment, celebrity culture ...
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35%
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
A philistine in the art film business, Jeremy Prokosch is a producer unhappy with the work of his director. Prokosch has hired Fritz Lang (as himself) to direct an adaptation of "The Odyssey," but when it seems that the legendary filmmaker ...
Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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Country: Sweden, France, West Germany
Duration: 188 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
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Duration: 85 min.
Story:
A young nurse, Alma, is put in charge of Elisabeth Vogler: an actress who is seemingly healthy in all respects, but will not talk. As they spend time together, Alma speaks to Elisabeth constantly, never receiving any answer. Alma eventually ...
Style:
minimal cast, psychological, surreal, sexual, atmospheric ...
Plot:
existentialism, surrealism, medical, actress, mute character, dream, patient, silence, art, insanity, alienation, nurse ...
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Place:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
Genre: Drama
Country: France, Germany, Switzerland
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
A veteran actress comes face-to-face with an uncomfortable reflection of herself when she agrees to take part in a revival of the play that launched her career 20 years earlier.
Style:
realistic, psychological, melancholic, atmospheric, serious ...
Plot:
actress, aging, lesbian, skinny dipping, midlife crisis, divorce, women, loneliness, character study, suicide, obsession, suicide attempt ...
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Place:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: West Germany, France
Duration: 128 min.
Story:
Wings of Desire is Wim Wender’s artistically beautiful film about the lonely and immortal life of angels during a post-war Berlin. It’s a poetic journey from the perspective of the angels of which one falls in love with a living woman and wants ...
Style:
atmospheric, surreal, meditative, lyrical, cerebral ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
angel, immortality, dream, circus, love, existentialism, philosophy, mortality, library, loneliness, love story, visceral ...
Time:
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Place:
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34%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
A fading actor best known for his portrayal of a popular superhero attempts to mount a comeback by appearing in a Broadway play. As opening night approaches, his attempts to become more altruistic, rebuild his career, and reconnect with friends and ...
Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
midlife crisis, existentialism, theater, surrealism, showbiz, actor, magic realism, satire, father daughter relationship, dark humor, alter ego, art ...
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34%
Genre: Drama
Country: Sweden, France, UK
Duration: 149 min.
Story:
Alexander, a journalist, philosopher and retired actor, celebrates a birthday with friends and family when it is announced that nuclear war has begun.
Style:
atmospheric, philosophical, art house, spiritual, slow cinema ...
Plot:
insanity, existentialism, end of the world, spirituality, distopia, god, philosophy, dialogue, art, post apocalypse, religion, female nudity ...
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⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
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Duration: 145 min.
Story:
A man wanders out of the desert not knowing who he is. His brother finds him, and helps to pull his memory back of the life he led before he walked out on his family and disappeared four years earlier.
Style:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Duration: 82 min.
Story:
Anna, a young novitiate in 1960s Poland, is on the verge of taking her vows when she discovers a family secret dating back to the years of the German occupation.
Style:
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Duration: 105 min.
Story:
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Style:
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34%
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Duration: 115 min.
Story:
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Style:
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34%
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Country: France, USA
Duration: 147 min.
Story:
After a car wreck on the winding Mulholland Drive renders a woman amnesic, she and a perky Hollywood-hopeful search for clues and answers across Los Angeles in a twisting venture beyond dreams and reality.
Style:
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34%
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Duration: 95 min.
Story:
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34%
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Story:
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Story:
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34%
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Country: Spain, France
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Place:
spain, madrid
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
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