| Incendies (2010) | 8.3 | |
| Remember (2015) | 7.5 | |
| 127 Hours (2010) | 7.5 | |
| Four Lions (2010) | 7.3 | |
| The Untamed (2019) | 8.7 |
Unusual plot structure movies and TV shows – page 5
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, Germany, USA
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
A man against capital punishment is accused of murdering a fellow activist and is sent to death row.
Style:
surprise ending, suspense, thought provoking, twist ending, disturbing ...
Plot:
death penalty, suicide, death, death row, death sentence, fighting the system, murder, professor, reporter, activist, investigation, journalism ...
Time:
year 2003, 2000s, 20th century, 90s, year 1994 ...
Place:
texas, austin texas, houston texas, usa, new york ...
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Genre: Animation, Sci-Fi
Country: France, Czechoslovakia
Duration: 72 min.
Story:
Fantastic Planet tells the story of “Oms”, human-like creatures, kept as domesticated pets by an alien race of blue giants called “Draags”. The story takes place on the Draags’ planet Ygam, where we follow our narrator, an Om called Terr, ...
Style:
surreal, psychedelic, adult animation, art house, visually stunning ...
Audience:
kids, adult
Plot:
dystopia, trippy, surrealism, distopia, slave, meditation, alien species, baby, alien life-form, giant, planet, existentialism ...
Time:
year 1973, distant future, future
Place:
tokyo
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Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 23 min.
TV show
Story:
Avid bookworm and college student Motosu Urano ends up dying in an unforeseen accident. This came right after the news that she would finally be able to work as a librarian as she had always dreamed of. When she regained consciousness, she was ...
Style:
anime, unusual plot structure, captivating, light, exciting ...
Audience:
teens, preschool
Plot:
magic, writers, reincarnation, librarian, friendship, fictional country, society, sister sister relationship, fantasy world, isekai, teenage girl, teenager ...
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Genre: Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, China
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
A young man raised by scientists on Mars returns to Earth to find his father.
Style:
romantic, futuristic, sweet, realistic, rom com ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, family outing, date night, girls' night ...
Plot:
mars, love story, teenage love, astronaut, life & death, nasa, road trip, travel, teenager, relationships, beautiful scenery, space mission ...
Time:
future, near future, year 2017
Place:
usa, california, las vegas
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Genre: Adventure, Fantasy, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
In the not-too-distant future, an all-seeing surveillance state conducts “dream audits” to collect taxes on the unconscious lives of the populace. Mild-mannered government agent James Preble travels to a remote farmhouse to audit the dreams of ...
Style:
surreal, unusual plot structure, visually appealing, atmospheric, dark ...
Plot:
surrealism, dream, nightmare, dreaming, male female relationship, advertising, escape from reality, imagination, technology, tax collector, fictional reality, sleeping ...
Time:
2030s, future
Place:
hawaii
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Genre: Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Relationship Therapist, Dr. Jill Peterman, had the highest-rated call-in radio show when her world was pulled out from under her following the on-air suicide of a female caller named Alexis. Shaken to her core, Dr. Jill walked away from her show ...
Style:
psychological thriller, suspense, exciting, unusual plot structure, tense ...
Plot:
suicide, investigation, stalker, pursuit, danger, serial killer, female psychologist, radio station, murder, dialogue, telephone call, anxiety ...
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 148 min.
Story:
In the not-too-distant future, as a final response to crime and terrorism, the U.S. government plans to broadcast a signal that will make it impossible for anyone to knowingly break the law.
Style:
unusual plot structure, confusing, talky, perverse, independent film ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
crime boss, organized crime, tough girl, sniper, government, fighting crime, criminal, mafia, father son relationship, violence, brutality, gunfight ...
Time:
near future, distant future
Place:
usa, canada, detroit
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
When a former high school teacher with a dark secret befriends and mentors three 12-year-old boys, the police suspect him of wrongdoing.
Style:
touching, tear jerker, sincere, unusual plot structure, lyrical ...
Plot:
suspicion, bereavement, teacher student relationship, police, life, mentor, best friend, secret past, grief, teacher, stepfather stepson relationship, compassion ...
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Genre: Sci-Fi
Country: Brazil
Duration: 70 min.
Story:
In the year 2040, the city of Recife, Brazil, is deserted and in ruins, abandoned by the wealthy who migrated to space colonies. One young man, bored in his new address, decides to return. In Recife, he redecorates his old house and spends his time ...
Style:
captivating, unusual plot structure, suspenseful, suspense, psychological ...
Plot:
gay, gay interest, male nudity, fall in love, love and romance, couple relations, distopia, youth, couples, friendship, friends, love ...
Time:
future, 2040s
Place:
brazil
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Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
When a young woman, Lola, is invited to a secret facility, she discovers an experiment beyond space and time. After uncovering her own past life as a teenage boy named Robbie, she embarks on a malevolent path for justice against the ex-con who ...
Style:
serious, captivating, disturbing, unusual plot structure, tense ...
Plot:
revenge, reincarnation, murder, experiment, time travel, travel, vengeance, rebel, teenager, friendship, regret, loss of family member ...
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Genre: Drama, Horror, Romance, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Vic Beckett, a brilliant researcher, creates the ultimate App that taps into the pleasure center of the brain and transmits a feeling of nirvana to the user.
Style:
unusual plot structure, psychological, tense, thought provoking, suspenseful ...
Plot:
scientist, brain, science, research, psychology, society, pleasure, internet, escapades, youth, male protagonist, danger ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Is relevant?
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
Kazu works at “Funiculi Funicula" cafe. There is a mysterious rumour that if a customer takes a specific seat at the cafe, that customer can travel back to a time of their choice.
Style:
unusual plot structure, suspense, tense, captivating, contemplative ...
Plot:
time travel, food, siblings, amnesiac, mother daughter relationship, husband wife relationship, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, lie, girlfriend, friend, waitress, paranormal phenomena ...
Time:
future
Place:
tokyo
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Genre: Animation, Action, Fantasy, Horror, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 23 min.
TV show
Story:
Arisu, Karube, and Segawa, a trio of highschool delinquents, are bored with their current lives. During a firework celebration, Arisu wishes that he could live in a different world which would be more exciting for him. As such, his wish was granted, ...
Style:
anime, suspense, captivating, disturbing, exciting ...
Plot:
game of death, game, supernatural, rivalry, friendship between men, puzzle, apocalypse, most dangerous game, trap, struggle for survival, parallel world, distopia ...
Place:
tokyo
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Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family
Country: South Korea
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Back at home, Chuck relates the island shenanigans of his larva pals Red and Yellow to a skeptical reporter in this movie sequel to the hit cartoon.
Style:
funny, captivating, unusual plot structure, entertaining, humorous ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
island, reporter, wild animal, best friend, fantasy world, buddies, friends, jungle, monster, magic, crazy, friendship ...
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Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 78 min.
Story:
Sophie, a young volunteer, meets her kindred spirit in Roxie, a girl with a life threatening medical condition and a unique wish to meet Bigfoot.
Style:
unusual plot structure, touching, captivating, tense, psychological ...
Plot:
child cancer, bigfoot, desire, paranormal, hospital, doctor, nightmare, yeti, volunteer, brain tumor, giant, paranormal phenomena ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
pennsylvania
Is relevant?
489
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: Canada
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
After a random school shootout leaves a scientist's daughter and the shooter dead, he uses nano-robots to look into a psychopath's memories to find reasons for violence and a way to treat it.
Style:
captivating, psychological, unusual plot structure, tense, suspenseful ...
Plot:
psychopath, technology, violence, hi-tech, psychology, nanotechnology, violent behavior, behavior control, violent, psychological manipulation, memory loss, memory ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
canada
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Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 78 min.
Story:
Nicolas Wolf, an Austrian who's just inherited his grandmother's Parisian flat, is shaken with fear as an unexpected nightly visitor refuses to leave. But no-one but Nicolas seems to be able to see the menacing stranger.
Style:
psychotronic, unusual plot structure, scary, psychological, suspense
Plot:
ghost, psychopath, stranger, lgbt, craziness, hallucination, gay, aggression, mirage, murder, fear, violence ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
paris france
Is relevant?
709
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Two cutting-edge scientists give 'birth' to a Neanderthal—the first to walk the earth for some 35,000 years—in order to attempt to answer these questions. Part 'normal' child, part science experiment, William’s ...
Style:
captivating, unusual plot structure, feel good, psychological, sincere ...
Plot:
neanderthal, scientist, outsider, university, cloning, dna, experiment, teenager, friends, family relations, society, escapades ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
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Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
When his daughter goes missing in an apparent alien abduction, Gabriel's search takes him dangerously close to her strange group of so-called friends. But the further he goes inside their computer game and fantasy-obsessed world, the more he ...
Style:
unusual plot structure, suspenseful, contemplative, captivating, tense ...
Plot:
missing daughter, father daughter relationship, alien abduction, missing person, teenage boy, teenage girl, female protagonist, single father, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, loss of wife, teenager, british ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
britain
Is relevant?
Genre: Adventure, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: Spain, UK
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
After a massive destruction on Earth, a white girl Alba (14) and a black boy Didac (9), are the only survivors on the Earth. They must start a new world. A Second Origin. Population is over. There are only two survivors. Now, our future depends on ...
Style:
unusual plot structure, captivating, contemplative, psychological, touching ...
Plot:
survival, post apocalypse, new beginning, humanity, nature, love, post apocalyptic, isolation, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, youth, love and romance, couples ...
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Australia
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
Frank Mollard, divorced but still attached, can't move on and also can't sell a house in a property boom, much less connect with his teenage son. One night Frank gets a phone call from his mother. Nothing out of the ordinary there – ...
Style:
psychological, independent film, unusual plot structure, humorous, melancholic ...
Plot:
midlife crisis, friendship, real estate agent, father son relationship, grief, family relations, loss, loneliness, character study, mother son relationship, death of mother, reincarnation ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
australia
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: UK
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
Two young men plot to escape a dystopian future London ruled by corporate tyrant The Impresario
Style:
unusual plot structure, disturbing, humorous, contemplative, suspense ...
Plot:
surrealism, friendship, thief, alternate reality, teenage boy, society, escapades, youth, chase, danger, disaster, banquet ...
Place:
london
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
A group of friends reunite after 30 years to climb the Mont Ventoux again. Memories to a happy youth but also new discoveries from the past. One person is not present at the reunion. Why is that? What happened?
Style:
emotional, captivating, unusual plot structure, light, contemplative ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
cycling, friendship, mountain, loss of friend, nostalgia, grief, memory, friends, flashback, escapades, aging, secrets ...
Time:
80s
Place:
france
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Genre: Sci-Fi
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
A giant lizard terrorizes a rural mid west community with a group of heroic young people led by Chase Winstead attempting to destroy the creature.
Style:
christmas horror, psychotronic, unusual plot structure, scary, bleak
Plot:
giant lizard, creature feature, monster, cave, sheriff, giant monster, teenager, small town, blood, rage, creature, twists and turns ...
Time:
50s, 1950s
Is relevant?
Genre: Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 72 min.
Story:
The city is infested with mysterious parasites that bore into their human hosts to increase their host's power and sexual desires. A beautiful girl, Suzune Arizono is a vet with a specialty in parasites, and who fights daily to end the plague. ...
Style:
psychotronic, unusual plot structure, suspense, contemplative
Plot:
parasite, conspiracy, martial arts, father daughter relationship, medical experiment, secret society, nymphomania, female nudity, sexploitation, nymphomaniac, erotica, flashback ...
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Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Recruited by a secret society of babysitters, a high schooler battles the Boogeyman and his monsters when they nab the boy she's watching on Halloween.
Style:
entertaining, unusual plot structure, exciting, enigmatic, visually appealing ...
Audience:
teens, kids, horror for children
Plot:
halloween, child, magic, protection, babysitter, kidnapping, kids in trouble, salvation, secret society, fight, teenage girl, party ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Philippe Mars wants to please everyone. He wants to be a good father, a friendly ex-husband, a helpful colleague and an understanding brother. Unfortunately, his little world goes out of its planned orbit. His son becomes a hardcore vegetarian, his ...
Style:
surreal, unusual plot structure, captivating, happy, exciting
Plot:
socially awkward, parenthood, teenage girl, astronaut, rocket, car accident, father daughter relationship, old man, father son relationship, mentally unstable, ambition, humour ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
paris france, france
Is relevant?
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Mystery, Sport
Country: Japan
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
Takamine Kiyomaro, a depressed don't-care-about-the-world guy, was suddenly given a little demon named Gash Bell to take care of. Little does he know that Gash is embroiled into an intense fight to see who is the ruler of the demon world.
Style:
anime, manga, funny, light, captivating ...
Audience:
girls' night, kids
Plot:
demon, magic, supernatural, superpower, kindness, enemy, teamwork, team, good versus evil, friendship, supernatural power, justice ...
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Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: Denmark
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Fuglene Over Sundet is the gripping tale of the Danish Jews' escape to Sweden in October 1943.
Style:
exciting, unusual plot structure, thought provoking, touching, sincere
Plot:
nazi occupation, world war two, german soldier, brother sister relationship, husband wife relationship, world war, judaism, holocaust, mother, nazi soldier, boat, fisherman ...
Time:
1940s
Place:
scandinavia, denmark, copenhagen
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
A malfunctioning time machine at a ski resort takes a man back to 1986 with his two friends and nephew, where they must relive a fateful night and not change anything to make sure the nephew is born.
Style:
funny, feel good, cult classic, hilarious, humorous ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night, adult
Plot:
time travel, time machine, party, friendship, stupidity, changing the past or future, time loop, casual sex, ski resort, sex in a hot tub, sex scene, foul language ...
Time:
80s, year 1986, year 2010, 2010s, 20th century ...
Place:
usa, chernobyl, california
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