| Sakaal Tar Hou Dya (2025) | 9.1 | |
| IMP (2006) | 8.4 | |
| Split Gas (2014) | 8.7 | |
| Solaris (1972) | 7.9 | |
| Stalker (1979) | 8.0 |
Minimalism movies and TV shows – page 5
Best films
New films
| Mayfly (2025) | 5.9 | |
| It Was Just an Accident (2025) | 7.5 | |
| Karmadonna (2025) | 5.2 | |
| Killer Whale (2026) | 4.1 | |
| Different (2025) | 7.9 |
List of minimalism movies
Genre: Adventure, Drama
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
A decade after they were best friends and roommates, Chris and Lluis set out on a 600 kilometer hike through the Scottish Highlands to reconnect with each other, nature and parts of themselves they lost.
Style:
poignant, contemplative, road movie, reflective, melancholic ...
Plot:
hiking, self discovery, nature, friendship, journey, introspection, healing, bonding, personal growth, minimalism, slow burn, solitude ...
Place:
scottish highlands
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Music, Romance, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
A talented piano tuner's life is turned upside down when he discovers that his meticulous skills for tuning pianos can equally be applied to cracking safes.
Style:
crime thriller, tense, suspenseful
Audience:
adult
Plot:
safecracker, heist, slow burn, obsession, minimalism, double life, moral ambiguity, ethical dilemma, claustrophobia, isolation, cat and mouse, urban ...
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Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Rose Hepburn, a young actor working in horror movies, returns to her empty hotel. Forced to use the old freight elevator, it jolts to a halt on the twelfth floor, leaving her trapped with an unusual stranger. Left with no mobile phone signal as a ...
Style:
psychological thriller, suspense, tense
Plot:
stalker, claustrophobia, psychological manipulation, female protagonist, isolation, single, cat and mouse, hotel, character study, escape attempt, slow burn, emotional breakdown ...
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Genre: Adventure
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Sophie (30) decides to hike 500 kilometers through the Arctic region of Norway. She wants to get away from the pressure everyday life. But life at home doesn't seem to understand her desire to go be by herself.
Style:
reflective, contemplative, meditative
Plot:
isolation, introspection, self discovery, solitude, minimalism, survival, empathy, hiking, female nudity, internal monologue
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
In the aftermath of a traumatic event, a socially-awkward teen, Charlie, grapples with the guilt and judgement that ensues. He must confront the prison-like bondage of his fear when the perpetrator comes after him. In this tribute to contemporary ...
Style:
slow cinema, bleak, melancholic, tense, realistic ...
Plot:
guilt, character study, trauma, mother son relationship, slow burn, mental health, intimate, isolation, socially awkward, fear, family drama, claustrophobia ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 79 min.
Story:
Bryn and Eckland escape the stress of a small apartment in the big city to rejuvenate their relationship, only to realize a relationship without walls will make you go crazy. This all-improvised-dialogue feature shot in 5 days, aims to reset the bar ...
Style:
independent film, tension, emotional, realistic, romantic drama ...
Plot:
slice of life, intimate, vacation, personal growth, minimalism, rejuvenation, engagement, love, cheating, dysfunctional relationship, improv
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A man gets lost in an underground passage. He follows the "guide" through the passage, but one after another, strange things happen to him. Is this space real? Or an illusion? Will the man be able to escape the passage?
Style:
psychological, psychological horror, dark, suspenseful, tense ...
Plot:
claustrophobia, paranoia, alienation, pursuit, survival, single, minimalism, puzzle, slow burn, obsession, moral ambiguity, memory loss ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: UK, Portugal
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Aurora, a Portuguese migrant, works as an order picker in a warehouse in Edinburgh, Scotland. Caught between the walls of a huge distribution centre and the solitude of her own room, Aurora tries to seize every opportunity to resist the alienation ...
Style:
thrilling, psychological, captivating, suspenseful, reflective ...
Plot:
female protagonist, character study, alienation, warehouse, isolation, migrant worker, loneliness, workplace situations, life is a bitch, workplace, identity crisis, social realism ...
Place:
edinburgh scotland, portugal
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Genre: Drama
Country: Germany, Slovenia, France
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
On a barren island, a mother and son confront years of silence and misunderstandings in writer-director Hanna Slak’s formidable fourth feature film starring Maren Eggert, scored by Amélie Legrand, and shot by Claire Mathon.
Style:
melancholic, contemplative, atmospheric, existential, art house ...
Plot:
silence, family drama, mother son relationship, isolation, introspection, intimate, strained relationship, misunderstanding, motherhood, communication, minimalism, slow burn ...
Is relevant?
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Genre: History
Country: India
Duration: 126 min.
Story:
During World War II, a group of 10 survivors from Madras get stranded in the ocean in a small boat, which unexpectedly stops and sinks mid-journey, and they are forced to take some drastic measures to save themselves.
Style:
intense, suspenseful, tension, bleak, realistic ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
world war two, ocean, survival, shipwreck, stranded, isolation, fear, desperation, sea voyage, moral dilemma, human nature, morality ...
Time:
1940s
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Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A burned-out professional sniper finds himself trapped in an all-glass penthouse by a lethal competitor and must find a way to survive and escape with little to no cover between him and the killer.
Style:
tense, suspense, thrilling, captivating, psychological ...
Plot:
sniper, survival, hitman, cat and mouse, claustrophobia, threat to kill, threat, deathtrap, murderer, death threat, struggle for survival, trap ...
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Genre: Comedy, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
The one-hundred-year-old Fujiya inn stands in the quiet region of Kyoto. Mikoto is standing in front of the Kibune river at the back of the building when she is called back to work. But two minutes later, she finds herself back at the river again. ...
Style:
atmospheric, contemplative, melancholic, slow cinema, mysterious ...
Plot:
time loop, inn, time machine, winter, time travel, time traveler, mountain, time warp, time jump, female protagonist, introspection, isolation ...
Place:
japan, kyoto japan
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Romania
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
The suspense story follows three humanitarians whose mission in a remote village called Întregalde, in the Apuseni Mountains, in a remote area of Transylvania to offer the inhabitants various goods. Apart from a few quarrels and conflicts between ...
Style:
atmospheric, disturbing, psychological, captivating, tension ...
Plot:
problem, night, lost, teamwork, satire, moral dilemma, remote village, isolation, moral ambiguity, character study, minimalism, realism ...
Place:
romania, transylvania
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Genre: Action, Comedy, Thriller
Country: Germany
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
An architect regains consciousness in a locked portaloo – known in German vernacular by the ‘Dixi’ brand name – on a building site where a detonation is being prepared. As he desperately tries to find ways of escaping this ‘prison’ ...
Style:
dark comedy, suspense, intense, tense, psychological ...
Plot:
locked in, confined space, claustrophobia, trapped, survival, battles, problem, threat, satire, escape attempt, secret, fight ...
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Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: South Africa
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
A mother and her three daughters — romantic Bee, sensible Evie, and child of nature Daisy — occupy the titular glass building, which has been completely sealed off to protect its occupants from a dementia-inducing toxin called the Shred that’s ...
Style:
tension, psychological thriller, psychological, thrilling, captivating ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
memory loss, seduction, distopia, family secret, isolation, confined, claustrophobia, relationships, male female relationship, seductive, memory lapse, memory ...
Time:
near future
Is relevant?
776
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
Blaise and Nessa are outcast methadone users in a small town that doesn’t offer an easy way out. Each day starts in a long lineup at the tiny pharmacy, then it’s door-to- door begging to cut grass for people who just want them to not exist. At ...
Style:
bleak, melancholic, dark, art house, moody
Plot:
drug use, addiction, small town, poverty, realism, intimate, escape, desperation, hopelessness, working class, claustrophobia, slice of life ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
nova scotia, canada
Is relevant?
Genre: Animation, Comedy
Country: Japan
TV show
Story:
The CG anime centers around the extracurricular activities of students.
Style:
anime, meta, entertaining, captivating, funny ...
Plot:
friendship, satire, school club, school, improv, japanese schoolgirl, high school life, friends, lifestyle, schoolgirl, slice of life, high school ...
Time:
2010s
Is relevant?
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Genre: Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Zel, a lonely young man's life changes when his enigmatic neighbour offers to help him overcome social anxiety.
Style:
psychological, disturbing, captivating, suspense
Audience:
adult
Plot:
socially awkward, loneliness, social anxiety, changing lives, antisocial behavior, lifestyle change, sociopathy, escapades, social issues, social problems, neighbor neighbor relationship, neighbor ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Depardieu plays an unnamed hunter and we join him and his dog as they depart for a nearby forest to snare some rabbits - or perhaps he's hunting for something far more elusive? His excursion soon progresses from carefree meandering to a ...
Style:
contemplative, psychological, existential, art house, meditative ...
Plot:
dog, forest, hunting, hunter, lost, wilderness, nature, loneliness, isolation, disorientation, character study, wanderer ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: Mexico
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
After 35 years working as a clerk in a government office, Doña Flor has become such a cog, invisible to herself. Cloaked in solitude and routine, she has even suppressed the loss of her daughter who drowned years ago. As her retirement approaches ...
Style:
existential, poetic, contemplative, melancholic, lyrical ...
Plot:
female protagonist, character study, introspection, solitude, everyday life, grief, realism, intimate, routine, aging, memory, loss of child ...
Place:
peru, mexico
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 75 min.
Story:
Utsumi and Seto's daily routine is to spend their afterschool hours just jabbering with one another along a riverbed. Getting excited over trivial word play, agonizing over the content of an email to be sent to a girl, and, at times, talking ...
Style:
disturbing, captivating, psychological, reflective, realistic ...
Plot:
high school life, high school student, japanese high school, meeting, routine, high school, slice of life, friendship, teenage boy, adolescence, teenager, society ...
Time:
2010s
Is relevant?
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
A cold-lighted Palermo of the 90's. A single day. Unnamed characters slide towards the fulfillment of their destiny. A story of causes and effects, in which crimes affect not only the victims, but the perpetrators too. And from which no one, in ...
Style:
psychological, crime drama, captivating, thrilling, dark ...
Plot:
criminal, life, problem, fatalism, fate, moral ambiguity, realism, urban decay, slow burn, minimalism, social commentary, corruption ...
Time:
90s
Is relevant?
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Mystery, Romance
Country: Egypt, France, United Arab Emirates, Jordan
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
Radi, an isolated mysterious guy, who lives in his old VW minivan, finds himself starting an interesting journey.
Style:
melancholic
Plot:
road trip, self discovery, isolation, loneliness, minimalism, identity crisis, humble, minimal dialogue, homeless man, homeless, israeli, refugee ...
Place:
palestine, jordan
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Genre: Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Legal ThreaT is a climactic lo-fi psychological thriller. It is a story of an innocent man Jon Luke Barker. Trapped in a world of duplicity, desperately trying escape his life, upon discovering nocuous evidence that threatens to overthrow the ...
Style:
psychological thriller, tense, suspenseful, dark, existential ...
Plot:
whistleblower, corporate conspiracy, evidence, cover up, corruption, duplicity, mistrust, industrial espionage, ethical dilemma, paranoid, innocent man, claustrophobia ...
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama, Fantasy
Country: Spain
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
The winter season is almost here. In the snow chain packing section of a factory, the orders are piling up. Javier, the supervisor, asks upper management for additional personnel. Jairo is sent from another section while Karmentxu and Angela are ...
Style:
independent film, melancholic, feel good
Plot:
snow, factory, routine, winter, workplace, alienation, loneliness, social realism, realism, intimate, introspection, slice of life ...
Time:
2000s
Is relevant?
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Spain
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
Adrià arrives at the port of San Antonio in Ibiza. No one has come to collect it. He s
searchs "the Frenchman's house" in Santa Agnès, a town in the interior of the island, where Kike expect to spend the weekend. During those days, ...
Style:
contemplative, independent film, melancholic, existential, ambiguous ending ...
Plot:
friendship, male friendship, island, self discovery, character study, coming of age, everyday life, slice of life, minimalism, intimate, weekend getaway, isolation ...
Place:
ibiza
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama
Country: Chile, France
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
In a bar in Santiago, two old men talk over their past. This is a strange discussion. In fact, they talk of themselves as if they were dead. We don't know what is true or false, what is dream or reality.
Style:
melancholic, philosophical, reflective, existential, art house ...
Plot:
memory, nostalgia, aging, ambiguity, life & death, intimate, existential crisis, loneliness, death, dream, slow burn, minimalism ...
Place:
chile
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
An illegal Chinese immigrant falls behind on payments on an enormous smuggling debt. Ming Ding has only until the end of the day to come up with the money.
Style:
independent film, suspenseful, tense, realistic, offbeat ...
Plot:
urban, struggle, chinese immigrant, illegal immigrant, poverty, survival, debt, loan shark, realism, character study, social realism, slice of life ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new york, usa
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Iran
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
This is about two guys who are departed from their family in totally different ways, they are anti social and try to live in a large city without any money, one of them fall in love and another one got addicted.
Style:
indie film, melancholic, road movie, slow cinema, black comedy
Plot:
alienation, character study, iranian, social commentary, isolation, petty theft, bittersweet, male friendship, slice of life, drug addiction, vandalism, minimalism ...
Place:
middle east, iran, persia
Is relevant?
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Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 13 min.
TV show
Story:
Oobi is a Parents' Choice Gold Award-winning television series on the Noggin channel. Oobi, a bare-hand puppet (with eyes and accessories) focuses on the stage in a young child’s life when everything in his or her world is new and ...
Style:
captivating, feel good, entertaining, humorous, educational ...
Audience:
kids, preschool
Plot:
puppet, imagination, puppetry, sesame street, discovery, children, curiosity, friendship, grownups, everyday life, exploration, muppets ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Is relevant?
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