Internal monologue movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant internal monologue movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out psychological, captivating, art house, surreal, existential and melancholic films and TV shows about / with internal monologue, female protagonist, character study, isolation, satire, identity, slice of life, self discovery, relationships and coming of age plots mostly in Drama, Comedy and Romance genres shot in USA, Japan, France and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as internal monologue: Chaos Walking (2021), The Haunting (1963), Duel (1971), Lapse (2010), Dungeon Girl (2008), Seeing Clearly (2016), Overthinking with Kat & June (2018), Manhattan Love Story (2014), Ane Log (2014), Yumi's Cells (2021).
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List of internal monologue movies
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Western
Country: USA, Canada, Hong Kong, Luxembourg
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
Two unlikely companions embark on a perilous adventure through the badlands of an unexplored planet as they try to escape a dangerous and disorienting reality, where all inner thoughts are seen and heard by everyone.
Style:
enigmatic, captivating, unusual plot structure, futuristic, psychotronic ...
Audience:
date night, teens, teen fantasy
Plot:
wilderness, post apocalypse, distopia, fantasy world, distant planet, mind reading, farm, colonialism, attempted escape, relationships, space colony, farmer ...
Time:
2020s, 23rd century
Place:
space western
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Genre: Horror
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
Dr. Markway, doing research to prove the existence of ghosts, investigates Hill House, a large, eerie mansion with a lurid history of violent death and insanity.
Style:
gothic, gothic horror, suspense, scary, creepy ...
Audience:
horror for children
Plot:
haunted house, supernatural, disappearance, supernatural horror, insanity, haunted, research, hearing voices, lesbian, poltergeist, obsession, mansion ...
Time:
19th century, 1940s, 1870s, 20th century, year 1963 ...
Place:
boston, new england, usa, massachusetts
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86K
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Travelling businessman, David Mann, angers the driver of a rusty tanker whilst crossing the Californian desert. A simple trip turns deadly as Mann struggles to stay on the road while the tanker plays cat and mouse with his life.
Style:
road movie, creepy, suspense, psychological thriller, psychological ...
Audience:
boys' night, horror for children
Plot:
car chase, desert, chase, truck, road rage, psychopath, driving, truck driver, duel, mysterious villain, on the road, pursuit ...
Time:
70s, year 1971, 20th century
Place:
california, persia, usa, los angeles, canada
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Denmark
Duration: 75 min.
Story:
Renee wakes up one morning in the middle of the desert with blood on her hands. She cannot remember why she is there, how she got there or with whom she came. Her quest to uncover forgotten events leads her on a journey of discovery where reality ...
Style:
surreal, suspense, avant garde, experimental, independent film ...
Plot:
desert, missing person, guilt, delusion, vengeance, memory, infidelity, puzzle, amnesia, confession, betrayal, mistaken identity ...
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
A shocking story of captivity and survival inspired by actual events.
Style:
rough, disturbing, psychological, serious, realistic ...
Plot:
abduction, held captive, captivity, confined, power relations, child in peril, childhood memory, child abandonment, nightmare, loss of father, minimal dialogue, basement ...
Time:
21st century
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Genre: Short, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 8 min.
Story:
A narrative exploring an individual's psychological journey in losing his vision, and the effects it has both upon himself and others around him. Utilizing only voiceover and internal monologue, and visually contrasting first and third person, ...
Style:
thought provoking, meditative, contemplative, art house, non-linear
Plot:
character study, resilience, experimental narrative, isolation, identity crisis, acceptance, blind man, a vision, disability, blindness, internal monologue, psychological drama
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
The hopes, dreams, and fears (mostly fears) of Kat and June's inner lives are heard out loud in this comedic series about the birth of a strange but beautiful female friendship.
Style:
feel good, semi serious, captivating, entertaining, witty ...
Plot:
friendship, female friendship, social problems, friends, social satire, girlfriend girlfriend relationship, female protagonist, life, women, satire, girlfriend, honest ...
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
The unfiltered internal monologues of a young man and a young woman are exposed as they begin a new relationship together.
Style:
sitcom, humorous, romantic comedy, captivating, feel good ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick
Plot:
dating, couple relations, couples, battle of the sexes, looking for love, love and romance, relationships, society, family relations, rivalry, friendship, young adult ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, manhattan new york city, new york
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Genre: Animation, Comedy
Country: Japan
Duration: 23 min.
TV show
Story:
When Konoe Moyako and her little brother, Akira, were young, he said he wanted to marry her. Naturally, Moyako decided that her little brother was a complete pervert who was obsessed with her. Now that they're both teenagers, Moyako is ...
Style:
anime, entertaining, satirical, captivating, sitcom ...
Plot:
slice of life, sibling relationship, brother sister relationship, lust, family life, relationship problems, brother, family problems, satire, lifestyle, family relations, relationships ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 70 min.
TV show
Story:
Yumi is a 30-year old, ordinary woman who struggles with expressing her feelings. Told from the perspective of the many brain cells in her head, she experiences growth in both her love life, her career, and finds happiness in the small joys of ...
Style:
psychological, satirical, romantic comedy, light hearted, captivating ...
Plot:
slice of life, personal growth, female protagonist, career woman, friendship, workplace, office worker, working woman, brain, self discovery, lifestyle, human brain ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Yasuko Matsuyuki heads the cast of this drama about a 40-something woman who is happy with her single life but nevertheless starts dating a man who is 24 years her junior.
Style:
light, captivating, romantic, romantic drama, contemplative ...
Plot:
relationships, female protagonist, middle aged woman, introspection, slice of life, character study, male female relationship, love affair, love and romance, love story, couple relations, life ...
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Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: Italy
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
How much do we really know about ourselves when we make a decision? What if there are multiple versions of our I within us, each with something to say?
Style:
psychological, mind bending, existential, experimental, emotional ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
identity, self discovery, consciousness, self awareness, split personality, identity crisis, existential crisis, moral ambiguity, intimate, relationships, metaphysics, memory ...
Place:
italy
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: India
TV show
Story:
Vinny appears to be an ordinary housewife living a quiet, routine life - but behind closed doors, her mind is a world of erotic fantasies and secret desires.
Style:
erotic drama, sensual, melancholic
Plot:
female sexuality, female protagonist, housewife, private vs public, sexual repression, dreaming, self discovery, longing, sexually liberated, confession, relationships, obsession ...
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Genre: Biography, Comedy, Drama
Country: Australia
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
You are Alex Devine. You see and hear your friends and relatives come to you with their revelations, demands and grief, whilst you are unable to move or talk. Will your secrets be safe or compromised before it's all over? Who is the woman whose ...
Style:
reflective, medical drama, tense, existential, art house
Plot:
identity, memory, hospital, coma, isolation, grief, ward, life & death, self discovery, secrets, loss, regret ...
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Genre: Animation, Short, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
TV show
Story:
Dexter Early Cuts is a web-based series in the form of an animated comic about the character Dexter Morgan and his earliest kills, thus the name "Early Cuts". The series is narrated by Michael C. Hall from the Showtime series and ...
Style:
dark, tense, suspense, disturbing, captivating ...
Plot:
serial killer, death, murder, anti hero, serial murder, killing spree, homicidal maniac, killing, mentally unstable, murder mystery, police, maniac ...
Place:
miami
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Genre: Drama
Country: Tunisia, France
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Youssef Soltane, a 45-year-old Tunisian intellectual, is the product of a generation that lived the era of euphoria and great ideologies in the sixties, and their subsequent failure. He was incarcerated and tortured for his political opinions. ...
Style:
melancholic, bleak, art house, political drama
Plot:
introspection, existential crisis, political repression, character study, social commentary, identity crisis, isolation, alienation, nostalgia, moral ambiguity, class conflict, reflection ...
Time:
80s
Place:
tunisia
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
TV show
Story:
Dan Humford had an accident. Now he's in a coma, forever caught in the infinite white canvas of his own mind, where he's haunted by memories, personal insecurities, and sometimes candy bars, old girlfriends, and a fetus.
Style:
existential, psychological, surreal, art house, experimental ...
Plot:
coma, memory, subconscious, introspection, haunting, isolation, identity, symbolism, hallucination, trauma, regret, minimalism ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: West Germany
Duration: 68 min.
Story:
An anxious teacher (played, as is the lead role in all his films, by the director) sits in a beer garden on the hill of the Andechs monastery. While flies drown in his mug of beer, he confronts a life of failure: the wife he ignored, the child he ...
Style:
existential, poignant, psychological, art house, melancholic ...
Plot:
alienation, loneliness, bittersweet, midlife crisis, nostalgia, autobiography, provincial life, infidelity, satire, stupidity, beer, drunk ...
Time:
70s
Place:
southern germany
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Genre: Action, Drama, History, War
Country: Canada
Duration: 4 min.
TV show
Story:
Viking culture is seen from a first-hand experience through Athelstan's perspective. Athelstan reflects his inner thoughts on the ways of the Northmen including all their customs, values, and morals. Watch the young priest struggle with an ...
Style:
suspense, captivating, disturbing, psychological, reflective ...
Plot:
medieval, viking, religious conflict, identity crisis, character study, priest, society, culture clash, psychology, faith, warrior, fight ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 75 min.
Story:
The story of a young American soldier hit by an artillery shell on the last day of the First World War. The film takes place in the mind of a quadruple amputee who has also lost his eyes, ears, nose, and mouth. Regaining consciousness, 20 year-old ...
Style:
psychological, thrilling, suspenseful, captivating, heartbreaking ...
Plot:
world war one, soldier, traumatized man, anti war, problem, war trauma, disabled character, disability, spectacle, ex soldier, male protagonist, physical disability ...
Time:
1910s
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Genre: Family
Country: India
Duration: 142 min.
Story:
When a person is alone, there are many emotions that start running off in his mind. This film is a psychological thriller that captures these emotions of a different kind. When a person is silent, the mind is making a lot of sound.
Style:
psychological thriller, intense, tense, contemplative, thought provoking ...
Plot:
isolation, loneliness, silence, character study, mental breakdown, mental health, haunting, anxiety, slow burn, mind game, intimate, claustrophobia ...
Place:
kannada
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
Terese is a young woman with Cystic Fibrosis stuck in the time loop of quarantine. She fights her boredom with beer, weed, and an unstoppable internal dialogue. When her self-interested roommate returns and fails to practice safe social distancing, ...
Style:
psychological, suspense, captivating, disturbing, tension ...
Plot:
pandemic, loneliness, isolation, time warp, neighbor, flatmate, lifestyle, social problems, social issues, time loop, female protagonist, neighbor neighbor relationship ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: Austria
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
SUPERWORLD is a story about God and the world: a world whose heroine WORKS the till and a God we never see nor hear, but whose presence we feel throughout the film. Lead actress Ulrike Beimpold delivers a remarkable, moving performance as a woman ...
Style:
melancholic, ambiguous ending, slow cinema, surreal
Plot:
character study, existential crisis, middle aged woman, female protagonist, midlife crisis, isolation, hallucination, alienation, slow burn, minimalism, crisis of faith, small town ...
Place:
austria
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Spain
Duration: 79 min.
Story:
Employees at a cosmetics firm grapple with their respective desires by arguing with themselves in the mirror, ahead of their company’s anniversary party.
Style:
captivating, satirical, entertaining, feel good, semi serious ...
Plot:
workplace, ambition, satire, beauty, coworker, introspection, cosmetics, workplace situations, competitor, beautician, co worker co worker relationship, career ...
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Romance
Country: USA, France, Latvia
Duration: 128 min.
Story:
Growing up in an environment torn apart by violence and alcohol, a young woman finds her voice through the written word and her salvation as a swimmer.
Style:
reflective, intense, non-linear
Plot:
alcoholism, coming of age, female protagonist, personal growth, resilience, mental health, soul searching, escape, domestic violence, literary, university, bittersweet ...
Time:
90s
Place:
poetic realism
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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: 83 min.
Story:
Romance novelist Kathleen Connell meets the suave Jack at one of her book signings. He asks for a date, and she agrees. Through various mishaps, their date is postponed twice, and we are shown the erotic wanderings of Kathleen's mind as her ...
Style:
erotic, romantic, sensual, steamy, sex comedy ...
Plot:
female protagonist, desire, bookstore, seduction, sexual fantasy, wish fulfillment, creative process, temptation, literary, writer's block, meet cute, erotica ...
Place:
las vegas
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Genre: Drama
Country: Poland
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
The life of a grumpy 40-year-old man living with his wife in a high-rise block. Every day is like the other - quarrel over dinner, garbage, neighbours, elevators, lost socks. He hates everybody, especially his wife. Not even sexual fantasies are an ...
Style:
existential, cynical, bleak, psychological, art house ...
Plot:
character study, neighbor, resentment, marital strife, midlife crisis, domestic drama, alienation, routine, slice of life, awkwardness, sexual frustration, isolation ...
Place:
poland
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Genre: Animation, Comedy
Country: Japan
TV show
Story:
Mayu Morita is a high school girl who rarely speaks, not because she doesn't like to talk nor because she has nothing to say, but because she thinks too much before speaking, thus losing altogether the timing to speak.
Style:
anime, semi serious, humorous, thrilling, satirical ...
Audience:
teens, teen drama
Plot:
high school life, slice of life, everyday life, friendship, high school, social anxiety, self awareness, teenage life, friends, teenage protagonist, teenager, adolescence ...
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Genre: Comedy, Musical, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
Set in New York City in 1999, Lindsay and Miguel fall in love and discover that the single greatest obstacle to finding happiness together might just be themselves — and the memories, obsessions, fears, and fantasies that lives inside their heads.
Style:
humorous, feel good, light, funny, entertaining ...
Plot:
love, couples, dance, couple relations, dancing, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, love and romance, relationships, male female relationship, urban, self discovery, bittersweet ...
Time:
90s, year 1999
Place:
new york, manhattan new york city
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