Atmospheric movies and TV shows – page 5

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The Descent: Part 2 (2009)
Genre: Adventure, Horror, Thriller
Country: UK, France
Duration: 94 min.
Story: Distraught, confused, and half-wild with fear, Sarah Carter emerges alone from the Appalachian cave system where she encountered unspeakable terrors. Unable to plausibly explain to the authorities what happened - or why she's covered in her ...
Style: atmospheric, suspenseful, tense, scary, intense ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: cave, monster, survival, creature, sole survivor, deadly creature, supernatural, survival horror, gory, expedition, claustrophobia, missing person ...
Time: year 2009, 21st century
Place: north carolina, usa
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Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter... and Spring (2003)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea, Germany
Duration: 103 min.
Story: This South Korean film takes place on an isolated lake, where an old monk lives in a small floating temple. The monk has a young boy living with him, learning to become a monk. We watch as seasons and years pass by.
Style: philosophical, atmospheric, melancholic, meditative, spiritual ...
Plot: buddhism, life & death, coming of age, isolation, meditation, existentialism, buddhist monk, monk, buddhist, beautiful scenery, nature, life changing experience ...
Time: year 2003, 2000s, 21st century
Place: south korea, korea, east asia, tibet, asia
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 7.4
 373K
Cloud Atlas (2012)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany, Hong Kong, Singapore, China, UK, Spain
Duration: 172 min.
Story: A set of six nested stories spanning time between the 19th century and a distant post-apocalyptic future. Cloud Atlas explores how the actions and consequences of individual lives impact one another throughout the past, the present and the future. ...
Style: thought provoking, psychological, futuristic, mind bending, surreal ...
Audience: chick flick, teens, adult
Plot: reincarnation, destiny, distopia, life & death, dystopia, life philosophy, multiple storylines, parallel universe, clone, existentialism, karma, post apocalypse ...
Time: future, year 2012, 2010s, year 1936, distant future ...
Place: san francisco, belgium, persia, seoul, south korea ...
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Jack and the Cuckoo-Clock Heart (2013)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Musical, Romance
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 94 min.
Story: In Scotland 1874, Jack is born on the coldest day ever. Because of the extreme cold, his heart stops beating. The responsible midwife in Edinburgh finds a way to save him by replacing his heart with a clock. So he lives and remains under the ...
Style: atmospheric, gothic, touching, exciting, surreal ...
Audience: kids, pre-teens, family outing
Plot: love and romance, obsessive quest, steampunk, true love, love, relationships, escapades, loneliness, train, female singer, cat, young heroes ...
Time: 2010s, 19th century
Place: europe, edinburgh scotland
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 8.1
 347K
Chinatown (1974)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 130 min.
Story: Private eye Jake Gittes lives off of the murky moral climate of sunbaked, pre-World War II Southern California. Hired by a beautiful socialite to investigate her husband's extra-marital affair, Gittes is swept into a maelstrom of double ...
Style: neo noir, detective, atmospheric, twist ending, bleak ...
Audience: date night
Plot: private detective, corruption, investigation, femme fatale, rape, police, murder, conspiracy, domestic violence, father daughter incest, incest, investigator ...
Time: 20th century, 1930s, year 1974, year 1937
Place: los angeles, california, usa, eastern europe, america ...
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 7.2
 87K
Enter the Void (2009)
Genre: Drama, Fantasy
Country: France, Germany, Italy, Canada, Japan
Duration: 161 min.
Story: This psychedelic tour of life after death is seen entirely from the point of view of Oscar (Nathaniel Brown), a young American drug dealer and addict living in Tokyo with his prostitute sister, Linda (Paz de la Huerta). When Oscar is killed by ...
Style: psychedelic, art house, philosophical, atmospheric, disturbing ...
Audience: adult
Plot: surrealism, afterlife, trippy, stripper, hallucination, drug trip, life after death, lsd, male nudity, youth, incest, abortion ...
Time: year 2010, year 2009, 2000s, future, 21st century
Place: tokyo, japan, asia
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 7.4
 117K
Jacob's Ladder (1990)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story: A traumatized Vietnam war veteran finds out that his post-war life isn't what he believes it to be when he's attacked by horned creatures in the subway and his dead son comes to visit him...
Style: surreal, twist ending, disturbing, bleak, scary ...
Plot: nightmare, paranoia, hallucination, memory, delusion, mental illness, haunted by the past, conspiracy, plot twist, psychology, dealing with death, twists and turns ...
Time: 90s, year 1990, 20th century, year 1971, 70s
Place: new york, vietnam, usa, asia, brooklyn new york city
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The Mothman Prophecies (2002)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story: Reporter John Klein is plunged into a world of impossible terror and unthinkable chaos when fate draws him to a sleepy West Virginia town whose residents are being visited by a great winged shape that sows hideous nightmares and fevered visions.
Style: psychological, enigmatic, scary, suspense, atmospheric ...
Plot: urban legend, psychic, conspiracy, twists and turns, death of wife, reporter, supernatural, supernatural power, investigation, hallucination, warning, angel ...
Time: year 2000, year 2002, 20th century, 70s
Place: west virginia, pittsburgh, virginia, washington d.c., usa ...
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Blue Is the Warmest Colour (2013)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: France, Belgium, Spain
Duration: 180 min.
Story: Adèle's life is changed when she meets Emma, a young woman with blue hair, who will allow her to discover desire, to assert herself as a woman and as an adult. In front of others, Adele grows, seeks herself, loses herself, finds herself.
Style: erotic, sexual, emotional, heartbreaking, sexy ...
Audience: teens, chick flick, adult, teen drama
Plot: lesbian, lgbt, sexuality, lesbian love, coming of age, youth, lovers, lesbian relationship, lesbian teen, lesbianism, adolescence, gays and lesbians ...
Time: year 2013, 2010s, 90s, 21st century
Place: france, europe
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Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me (1992)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: France, USA
Duration: 134 min.
Story: In the questionable town of Deer Meadow, Washington, FBI Agent Desmond inexplicably disappears while hunting for the man who murdered a teen girl. The killer is never apprehended, and, after experiencing dark visions and supernatural encounters, ...
Style: surreal, psychological, dark, atmospheric, psychedelic ...
Audience: teens, teen drama
Plot: serial killer, investigation, incest, surrealism, murder, small town life, small town, mental illness, double life, rape, supernatural, violence ...
Time: 90s, year 1992, near future, 20th century, year 1988 ...
Place: washington state, canada, philadelphia, portland oregon
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 8.3
 79K
Castlevania (2017)
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 23 min.
TV show
Story: A dark medieval fantasy following the last surviving member of the disgraced Belmont clan, trying to save Eastern Europe from extinction at the hand of Vlad Dracula Tepe himself. Inspired by the classic video game series.
Style: dark fantasy, adult animation, atmospheric, bloody, anime ...
Audience: kids, teens
Plot: vampire, dracula, demon, vampire hunter, magic, medieval, monster, hunter, fight, supernatural, blood, witchcraft ...
Time: middle ages, 15th century
Place: romania
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 7.2
 53K
Dead Ringers (1988)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 116 min.
Story: Elliot, a successful gynecologist, works at the same practice as his identical twin, Beverly. Elliot is attracted to many of his patients and has affairs with them. When he inevitably loses interest, he will give the woman over to Beverly, the ...
Style: psychological, bleak, atmospheric, disturbing, dark ...
Plot: insanity, obsession, drug addiction, identical twins, twins, mental illness, mistaken identity, love triangle, body horror, addiction, brother brother relationship, schizophrenia ...
Time: year 1988, 20th century, year 1954, 1950s, 90s ...
Place: toronto ontario canada, canada
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 7.2
 45K
Fahrenheit 451 (1966)
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: UK
Duration: 112 min.
Story: In the future, the government maintains control of public opinion by outlawing literature and maintaining a group of enforcers, known as "firemen", to perform the necessary book burnings. Fireman Montag begins to question the morality of ...
Style: futuristic, atmospheric, thought provoking, tense, stylized ...
Plot: distopia, totalitarianism, dystopian future, dystopia, book, resistance, fighting the system, rebellion, oppression, social decay, justice, dystopic future ...
Time: future, year 1966, distant future, near future, 60s
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 6.3
 172K
Dune (1984)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Mexico
Duration: 137 min.
Story: In the year 10,191, the world is at war for control of the desert planet Dune – the only place where the time-travel substance 'Spice' can be found. But when one leader gives up control, it's only so he can stage a coup with some ...
Style: atmospheric, futuristic, epic, visual, psychedelic ...
Audience: boys' night, teens
Plot: desert, space travel, messiah, prophecy, space opera, space, dystopia, chosen one, future war, desert planet, dune, space wars ...
Time: future, distant future, 20th century, year 1984
Place: south pole, space western
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Three Days of the Condor (1975)
Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story: A bookish CIA researcher finds all his co-workers dead, and must outwit those responsible until he figures out who he can really trust.
Style: political thriller, tense, suspense, atmospheric, exciting ...
Plot: conspiracy, espionage, cia, fighting the system, political conspiracy, uncover truth, who to trust, life turned upside down, hitman, manhunt, assassin, cold war ...
Time: 70s, year 1975, 20th century
Place: new york, middle east, persia, usa, washington d.c. ...
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They Shoot Horses, Don't They? (1969)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 129 min.
Story: Desperate characters stake their fortune on a Depression-era dance marathon.
Style: depressing, atmospheric, disturbing, bleak, talky ...
Plot: depression, dancing, great depression, social commentary, competition, contest, survival, mental breakdown, cynicism, exhaustion, culture clash, husband wife relationship ...
Time: 1930s, 20th century, year 1969, 1920s
Place: california, usa, los angeles, chicago, dallas texas ...
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The Haunting in Connecticut 2: Ghosts of Georgia (2013)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story: Sequel to the 2009 mezzo-mezzo supernatural horror purporting to be based on a true story in which a cancer-afflicted teen starts seeing things in the new Victorian house he and his family moved into.
Style: atmospheric, suspenseful, serious, scary, demonic ...
Plot: ghost, haunted house, supernatural, murderer, dead man, curses spells and rituals, new house, family in danger, danger, parents and children, haunted, doll ...
Time: 90s, year 2000, year 1993, 21st century
Place: georgia, usa, atlanta georgia
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 6.6
 216K
Drag Me to Hell (2009)
Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story: After denying a woman the extension she needs to keep her home, loan officer Christine Brown sees her once-promising life take a startling turn for the worse. Christine is convinced she's been cursed by a Gypsy, but her boyfriend is skeptical. ...
Style: scary, suspenseful, demonic, atmospheric, suspense ...
Audience: adult
Plot: demon, witch, ghost, supernatural, evil wins, evil, supernatural horror, macabre, curses spells and rituals, dark humor, exorcism, witchcraft ...
Time: year 2009, 2000s, year 1969, 20th century, 60s ...
Place: los angeles, pasadena california
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 7.5
 19K
Deadly Class (2018)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Follow a disillusioned teen recruited into a storied high school for assassins. Maintaining his moral code while surviving a ruthless curriculum, vicious social cliques, and his own adolescent uncertainties may prove fatal.
Style: atmospheric, sadistic, brutal, bloody, captivating ...
Audience: teen drama
Plot: boarding school, danger, youth, death, smoking, disciple, teenager, murder, training, murderer, school, private school ...
Time: 80s
Place: san francisco
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 6.5
 158K
Crimson Peak (2015)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA, Mexico
Duration: 119 min.
Story: In the aftermath of a family tragedy, an aspiring author is torn between love for her childhood friend and the temptation of a mysterious outsider. Trying to escape the ghosts of her past, she is swept away to a house that breathes, bleeds… and ...
Style: gothic, dark fantasy, gothic horror, atmospheric, suspense ...
Audience: adult
Plot: ghost, haunted house, supernatural, incest, macabre, murder, female protagonist, psychopath, betrayal, brother sister incest, estate, ghost story ...
Time: victorian era, 19th century, year 2015, 1900s, edwardian era ...
Place: england, america, europe, usa
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 7.1
 127K
Let Me In (2010)
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story: A bullied young boy befriends a young female vampire who lives in secrecy with her guardian. A remake of the movie “Let The Right One In” which was an adaptation of a book.
Style: suspense, gothic, atmospheric, melancholic, biting ...
Audience: teens, adult, teen drama
Plot: vampire, loneliness, first love, gory, blood, childhood, supernatural, friendship, adolescence, children, boy, coming of age ...
Time: year 2010, 2010s, year 2000, 20th century, year 1983 ...
Place: new mexico, usa
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Wuthering Heights (1992)
Genre: Drama, History, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story: Young orphan Heathcliff is adopted by the wealthy Earnshaw family and moves into their estate, Wuthering Heights. Soon, the new resident falls for his compassionate foster sister, Cathy. The two share a remarkable bond that seems unbreakable until ...
Style: gothic, romantic, atmospheric, emotional, period piece ...
Audience: girls' night
Plot: obsession, tragic love, forbidden love, social differences, passion, revenge, master and servant, betrayal, haunted by the past, love, love story, love and romance ...
Time: 18th century, 19th century, regency period, 1800s, year 1992 ...
Place: britain, england, europe
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 6.1
 101K
Dead Silence (2007)
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story: Jamie returns to his hometown in search of answers to his wife's murder, which occurred after receiving a weird package containing a ventriloquist dummy named Billy, which may be linked to the legend of ventriloquist Mary Shaw. Destined to find ...
Style: scary, twist ending, gothic, atmospheric, suspenseful ...
Audience: date night, teens
Plot: ghost, doll, supernatural, macabre, murder, ventriloquist, small town, clown, investigation, urban legend, danger, uncover truth ...
Time: year 2007, 2000s, 21st century
Place: usa
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 7.2
 38K
The Gifted (2017)
Genre: Action, Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 43 min.
TV show
Story: A suburban couple's ordinary lives are rocked by the sudden discovery that their children possess mutant powers. Forced to go on the run from a hostile government, the family joins up with an underground network of mutants and must fight to ...
Style: exciting, atmospheric, stylized, anime, spiritual
Audience: teens
Plot: superhero, mutant, super powers, good versus evil, supernatural power, supernatural ability, teamwork, superhero team, parents and children, twists and turns, social misfits, hunted ...
Time: 2010s, 20th century, 2000s, 1950s, 21st century
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 8.6
 254K
The Crown (2016)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: UK
Duration: 58 min.
TV show
Story: The gripping, decades-spanning inside story of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II and the Prime Ministers who shaped Britain's post-war destiny. The Crown tells the inside story of two of the most famous addresses in the world – Buckingham ...
Style: atmospheric, serious, suspense, clever, historical drama ...
Audience: family outing
Plot: royal family, british royal family, queen, monarchy, monarch, royalty, winston churchill, british history, queen elizabeth ii, british monarchy, prime minister, british politics ...
Time: 50s, 1940s, 70s, 80s, 1950s ...
Place: england, buckingham palace, london, syria, britain
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 8.2
 22K
Psycho-Pass (2012)
Genre: Animation, Action, Crime, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 25 min.
TV show
Story: Psycho-Pass is a Japanese anime television series that takes place in the future where it is possible to instantaneously measure a person's mental state, personality, and the probability that a person will commit crimes with a device installed ...
Style: anime, atmospheric, bleak, serious, futuristic ...
Plot: cyberpunk, partners against crime, human nature, police investigation, society, graphic violence, mastermind, master criminal, psychopath, investigation, dystopia, psychology ...
Time: future, near future
Place: japan
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 8.8
 638K
Peaky Blinders (2013)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 2109 min.
TV show
Story: A gangster family epic set in 1919 Birmingham, England and centered on a gang who sew razor blades in the peaks of their caps, and their fierce boss Tommy Shelby, who means to move up in the world.
Style: serious, atmospheric, tense, stylized, captivating ...
Audience: teens, boys' night
Plot: organized crime, gangster, gang, mafia, gang war, determination, cruelty, mob boss, power struggle, crime boss, family relations, rivalry ...
Time: 1920s, 20th century, ancient times, 1910s, victorian era
Place: england, britain, ireland, birmingham alabama, london
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 6.8
 337K
Insidious (2010)
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 103 min.
Story: A family discovers that dark spirits have invaded their home after their son inexplicably falls into an endless sleep. When they reach out to a professional for help, they learn things are a lot more personal than they thought.
Style: scary, suspenseful, twist ending, atmospheric, disturbing ...
Audience: teens
Plot: supernatural, haunted house, macabre, nightmare, fear, ghost, afterlife, demon, evil spirit, nightmare comes true, paranormal activity, psychic ...
Time: year 2010, 2010s, year 2011, year 2000, 2000s ...
Place: america, usa
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All About Lily Chou-Chou (2001)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Music, Romance, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 146 min.
Story: Charts the troubled teenage years of students Yuichi Hasumi and Shusuke Hoshino, exploring the shifting and complex power dynamics of their relationship against the backdrop of Yuichi's love for the dreamy and abstract music of fictional pop ...
Style: atmospheric, disturbing, depressing, teen, serious ...
Audience: teens, teen drama
Plot: coming of age, bullying, music, alienation, high school, social misfits, teenage life, friendship, adolescence, youth, loneliness, school ...
Time: year 2000, year 1999, 2000s, year 2001, 21st century
Place: japan, east asia, okinawa, asia, okinawa japan ...
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 7.1
 150K
Winter's Bone (2010)
Genre: Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: 17 year-old Ree Dolly sets out to track down her father, who put their house up for his bail bond and then disappeared. If she fails, Ree and her family will be turned out into the Ozark woods. Challenging her outlaw kin's code of silence and ...
Style: depressing, atmospheric, harsh, bleak, disturbing ...
Audience: teens, adult, teen drama
Plot: poverty, missing person, small town, family in crisis, female protagonist, bail, dysfunctional family, down on your luck, mental illness, rural setting, family crisis, uncle niece relationship ...
Time: year 2010, 2010s, 2000s, 21st century
Place: missouri, usa
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