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Poppy Shakespeare (2008)
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Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
N has been a day patient at north London's Dorothy Fish day hospital for 13 years - her ambition is never to leave. Then she meets glamourous new patient Poppy Shakespeare, an ad agency receptionist convinced she's not mad.
Style:
psychological, tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing, dark comedy, black humor
Plot:
mental disorder, hospital, mental illness, public health, mental health, psychiatric hospital, mental institution, life is a bitch, social problems, female protagonist, patient, mentally unstable, claustrophobia, character study, social commentary, friendship, female friendship, isolation, confined, satire, bureaucracy, identity, bittersweet, unsettling, manipulation ...
Time:
2000s
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out psychological, captivating, suspense and disturbing films with plots about character study, isolation, female protagonist, moral ambiguity, social problems, claustrophobia and life is a bitch mostly in Drama and Comedy genres. Some movies like Poppy Shakespeare: The Perfect Cheerleader (2019), El carnaval de Sodoma (2006), Young Adult Matters (2020), Mad World (2016), Paper Spiders (2020). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
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Genre: Drama
Country: Mexico, Spain
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
Residents of a bordello scurry to put together their outfits for an annual carnival.
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Plot:
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Genre: Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 127 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Genre: Drama
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
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40%
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
A bittersweet story about coming of age in the shadow of mental illness.
Style:
suspense, disturbing, psychological, captivating
Plot:
coming of age, paranoid schizophrenia, mental disorder, mother and daughter, mental illness, mental health, grownups, life is a bitch, family problems, moral dilemma, parents and children, paranoid ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
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Style:
captivating, disturbing, psychological, intense, emotional ...
Audience:
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Plot:
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Place:
germany
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Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
A psychiatric hospital is turned upside down when a mysterious drifter is admitted and assigned to room 316. Known only as John Doe, the other patients believe that he bears an uncanny resemblance to Jesus Christ.
Style:
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Plot:
religious, faith, religion, mental illness, hospital, healing, psychiatric hospital, faith healing, belief in god, religious faith, mental institution, mental patient ...
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38%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Celess and Tina play the game too well to be considered your average gold diggers. And they're winning too. But when the jaw-dropping secret they both share is exposed, the same shovel that got them out of the dirt could very well bury them.
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Plot:
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Genre: Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
beauty, home invasion, rape, disfigured face, female protagonist, sexual abuse, relationship problems, violence, life is a bitch, violent, obsession, curse ...
Time:
2000s
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Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
A former alcoholic returns home after ten years in prison for the murder of her husband. As her recollection of the murder returns, things take a different turn.
Style:
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Plot:
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322
Genre: Drama
Country: Netherlands, Belgium, Denmark
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
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Style:
thrilling, captivating, psychological, suspenseful, tense ...
Plot:
female protagonist, trauma, amputation, laundry, kidnapping, illness, madness, insanity, character study, shame, identity crisis, delusion ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
hypnotist, female protagonist, illusionist, ambition, actress, illusion, mental illness, disturbed individual, mentally unstable, social problems, psychological manipulation, life is a bitch ...
Place:
tokyo
Similarity:
32%
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 180 min.
Story:
Ellie and Joe Farrelly are a busy couple bringing up a teenage son while running a large building company. When they suddenly have twins, a stranger comes into their life at just the time when they need help the most.
Style:
suspense, serious, captivating, psychological
Plot:
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Genre: Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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Style:
thrilling, captivating, psychological, emotional, atmospheric ...
Plot:
female protagonist, nature, trauma, mental health, grief, tragic past, traumatic past, introspection, troubled past, confronting the past, life is a bitch, self discovery ...
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30%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Olivia and Matthew Grey, 18-year-old twins born into a world of privilege and high expectations. There are almost no boundaries between them - even their dreams are connected.
Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Country: Belgium, France
Duration: 52 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Country: UK
Duration: 160 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
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Duration: 30 min.
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Genre: Drama
Country: France, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Country: Russia
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Country: UK
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Genre: Drama
Country: Indonesia
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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23%
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Genre: Drama
Country: South Africa
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
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Style:
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