Introspection movies and TV shows

The list contains the best, new and most relevant introspection movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out realistic, psychological, serious, emotional, independent film and melancholic films and TV shows about / with introspection, relationships, self discovery, bittersweet, couples, loneliness, existentialism, life philosophy, character study and obsession plots mostly in Drama, Romance and Comedy genres shot in USA, France, UK and other countries.
introspection movies
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TOP 10 movies tagged as introspection: Cashback (2006), Shame (2011), Into the Wild (2007), And Your Mother Too! (2001), Prozac Nation (2001), A Dangerous Method (2011), Nymphomaniac: Vol. I (2013), Don Jon (2013), The Ultimate Gift (2006), Get Well Soon (2014).

List of introspection movies

 7.1
 94K
Cashback (2006)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: UK, Belgium
Duration: 102 min.
Story: After a painful breakup, Ben develops insomnia. To kill time, he starts working the late night shift at the local supermarket, where his artistic imagination runs wild.
Style: sexy, humorous, surreal, philosophical, independent film ...
Audience: teens, adult
Plot: breakup, introspection, artist, supermarket, stopped time, sexual attraction, nudity, girlfriend, insomnia, workplace, time freeze, time ...
Time: 2000s, year 2006, y2k, 21st century
Place: london, britain, united kingdom, england, europe
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 7.2
 216K
Shame (2011)
Genre: Drama
Country: UK, Canada, USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story: Brandon is a New Yorker who shuns intimacy with women but feeds his desires with a compulsive addiction to sex. When his wayward younger sister moves into his apartment stirring memories of their shared painful past, Brandon's insular life ...
Style: sexual, erotic, sexy, psychological, erotic drama ...
Audience: adult
Plot: addiction, sex, sex addict, sexuality, nudity, sexual relations, sex scene, sexual dysfunction, male nudity, masturbation, lifestyle, fetish ...
Time: year 2011, 2010s, 21st century
Place: manhattan new york city, usa, new york, madison square garden manhattan new york city, new jersey
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 8.0
 692K
Into the Wild (2007)
Genre: Adventure, Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 148 min.
Story: The true story of top student and athlete, Christopher McCandless, who after graduating from Emory University in 1992, abandoned his possessions, gave his entire $24,000 savings account to charity and hitchhiked to Alaska to live in the wilderness.
Style: road movie, philosophical, melancholic, inspirational, reflective ...
Audience: teens, date night, teen drama, adult
Plot: wilderness, self discovery, survival, road trip, freedom, isolation, solitude, journey, life philosophy, lifestyle change, beautiful scenery, nature ...
Time: 2000s, year 2007, 20th century, year 1990, year 1992 ...
Place: alaska, los angeles, north america, northern california, america ...
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Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)
Genre: Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story: Joel Barish, heartbroken that his girlfriend underwent a procedure to erase him from her memory, decides to do the same. However, as he watches his memories of her fade away, he realises that he still loves her, and may be too late to correct his ...
Style: surreal, psychological, melancholic, romantic, philosophical ...
Audience: date night, chick flick, teens, girls' night, adult
Plot: memory, amnesia, relationships, surrealism, loneliness, existentialism, melancholy, love, love story, dream, memory loss, couples ...
Time: 2000s, year 2004, future, year 2003, 21st century
Place: persia, america, usa, north america, new york
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And Your Mother Too! (2001)
Genre: Drama
Country: Mexico
Duration: 106 min.
Story: In Mexico, two teenage boys and an attractive older woman embark on a road trip and learn a thing or two about life, friendship, sex, and each other.
Style: sexy, road movie, erotic, sex comedy, realistic ...
Audience: teens, chick flick, date night, teen drama, adult
Plot: road trip, sexuality, sex, hot and sexy, older woman younger man relationship, coming of age, age difference, friendship between men, on the road, threesome, male friendship, gay ...
Time: year 2001, near future, year 2002, year 1999, 2000s ...
Place: mexico, latin america, south america, mexico city, acapulco mexico ...
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 6.2
 20K
Prozac Nation (2001)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Romance
Country: Germany, Canada, USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Elizabeth is on the verge of losing her grip on life after she leaves her emotionally fraught home to start college. Quickly, her life takes a turn for the worse: She clashes with her roommate and decides her boyfriend, Rafe, is her sole salvation. ...
Style: depressing, psychological, sexy, teen, sad ...
Audience: teens
Plot: mental illness, depression, coming of age, college, teenage girl, suicide attempt, university, therapy, female nudity, borderline personality disorder, drug, adolescence ...
Time: 80s, 2010s, year 2001, 90s, 2000s
Place: harvard university, austin texas
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A Dangerous Method (2011)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Romance
Country: UK, Germany, Canada
Duration: 99 min.
Story: Seduced by the challenge of an impossible case, the driven Dr. Carl Jung takes the unbalanced yet beautiful Sabina Spielrein as his patient. Jung’s weapon is the method of his master, the renowned Sigmund Freud. Both men fall under Sabina’s ...
Style: psychological, sexy, philosophical, period piece, intellectual ...
Plot: psychoanalysis, psychology, psychiatrist, mental illness, historical character, sexual perversion, psychologist, adultery, sex, biopic, introspection, psychiatry ...
Time: 1900s, year 1912, 2010s, victorian era, 19th century ...
Place: switzerland, europe, central europe, vienna, austria ...
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Nymphomaniac: Vol. I (2013)
Genre: Drama
Country: Denmark, Germany, Belgium, UK, France, Sweden, USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story: A man named Seligman finds a fainted wounded woman in an alley and he brings her home. She tells him that her name is Joe and that she is nymphomaniac. Joe tells her life and sexual experiences with hundreds of men since she was a young teenager ...
Style: erotic, disturbing, sexual, sexy, erotic drama ...
Audience: adult
Plot: sex, sexuality, lust, sex addict, explicit sex, sexual relations, erection, nymphomaniac, sexual exploration, sexual perversion, erotica, sex scene ...
Time: 90s, year 2013, 80s, 20th century, 2010s ...
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 6.5
 254K
Don Jon (2013)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: A New Jersey guy dedicated to his family, friends, and church, develops unrealistic expectations from watching porn and works to find happiness and intimacy with his potential true love.
Style: sexy, sexual, emotional, humorous, sex comedy ...
Audience: chick flick, teens, adult
Plot: sex, masturbation, nightclub, sex addict, sexuality, womanizer, husband wife relationship, older woman younger man relationship, obsession, looking for sex, sexual relations, male masturbation ...
Time: year 2013, 2010s, 21st century
Place: new jersey, new york, usa, california, seattle
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The Ultimate Gift (2006)
Genre: Drama, Family, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story: When his wealthy grandfather finally dies, Jason Stevens fully expects to benefit when it comes to the reading of the will. But instead of a sizable inheritance, Jason receives a test, a series of tasks he must complete before he can get any money.
Style: touching, inspirational, christian film, sincere, romantic ...
Audience: kids, family outing, girls' night, chick flick, adult
Plot: self discovery, inheritance, terminal illness, christian, cancer, introspection, youth, life philosophy, redemption, life turned upside down, parents and children, faith ...
Time: year 2006
Place: tibet, ecuador, south america, texas, new jersey
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 5.9
 840
Get Well Soon (2014)
Genre: Comedy
Country: France
Duration: 81 min.
Story: After an accident, Pierre, a sixty years old grumpy man, ends up stuck on an hospital bed with a cast. While Pierre dreams of silence and solitude with his strong character, the whole world seems to invite himself to his hospital bed. Powerless, he ...
Style: humorous, semi serious, realistic, psychological, captivating ...
Plot: introspection, hospital, aging, self discovery, hopes, family relations, recovery, character study, estrangement, loner, redemption, grief ...
Time: 21st century
Place: france
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Breaking Up Is Hard to Do (2010)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story: Vince and Shonda have come to the proverbial end of their ropes with one another. Set in Atlanta during the 2008 Presidential Election season, Breaking Up Is Hard To Do is the touching story of what happens when two people feel they have nothing ...
Style: realistic, humorous, romantic drama, psychological, captivating ...
Plot: breakup, introspection, couple relations, couples, fall in love, relationships, therapy, confrontation, realism, personal growth, intimate, everyday life ...
Time: year 2008, 21st century
Place: atlanta georgia, georgia
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Before You Leave (2005)
Genre: Comedy
Country: France
Duration: 84 min.
Story: A group of friends in their thirties meet for a weekend in a mountain chalet for what will be a sort of review of an era in their lives and their relationships.
Style: realistic, contemplative, semi serious, humorous, talky ...
Plot: friendship, introspection, friends, best friend, relationships, midlife crisis, memory, intimate, bittersweet, slice of life, nostalgia, maturity ...
Time: 2000s, 21st century
Place: europe, france
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We All Want What's Best for Her (2013)
Genre: Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 100 min.
Story: A middle-age woman recovers from a serious car accident.
Style: psychological, realistic, serious, captivating, melancholic ...
Plot: introspection, rehabilitation, accident, starting over, family relations, estrangement, hopes, unfulfillment, couples, trauma, recovery, character study ...
Time: 21st century
Place: spain, catalonia, europe
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 7.5
 67K
Pain and Glory (2019)
Genre: Drama
Country: Spain, France
Duration: 113 min.
Story: Salvador Mallo, a filmmaker in the twilight of his career, reflects on the choices he's made in life as past and present come crashing down around him.
Style: sincere, touching, disturbing, hispanic, psychological ...
Plot: gay, gay interest, introspection, lgbt, movie business, filmmaker, lgbtq, actor, nostalgia, childhood memory, death of mother, drawing ...
Time: 2010s, 1950s, year 1985, year 2019, year 1981 ...
Place: spain, madrid
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 7.0
 1K
Hooked (2008)
Genre: Drama
Country: Romania, France
Duration: 84 min.
Story: A math teacher from Bucharest and his lover go out for a picnic to relax. The film follows what happens after an accident occurs and the two characters argue about how to handle the situation. Things take a twist and as the victim becomes an part ...
Style: tense, clever, realistic, serious, romantic drama ...
Plot: prostitute, manipulation, infidelity, introspection, mysterious character, destructive relationship, crumbling marriage, dishonesty, couples, couple relations, woods, moral dilemma ...
Time: 2000s, 21st century
Place: romania, bucharest
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 4.7
 275
Intervention (2007)
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 93 min.
Story: An eclectic group of people drawn from all walks of life find themselves under one roof for twenty-eight days with one thing in common, addiction.
Style: emotional, realistic, serious, tension, intense ...
Plot: addiction, rehabilitation, love triangle, introspection, drug, couples, rivalry, couple relations, human nature, life is a bitch, hopes, character study ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
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37: A Final Promise (2014)
Genre: Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: A rocker makes a pact to kill himself on his 37th birthday. 12 weeks before the release of his final album and the end of his life, he meets and falls in love with a woman who has a dark secret of her own.
Style: emotional, serious, realistic, touching, romantic drama ...
Plot: redemption, introspection, bittersweet, fall in love, musician's life, haunted by the past, love and romance, music band, artists and showbiz, life is a bitch, suicide, rock star ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
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The Custodian (2006)
Genre: Drama
Country: Argentina, France, Germany, Uruguay
Duration: 102 min.
Story: Living the mundane existence of a professional bodyguard, always in the shadows of his clients, Ruben decides to make a change that will finally give him a personal connection outside of his solitary world.
Style: psychological, realistic, serious, captivating, political thriller ...
Plot: bodyguard, introspection, mental illness, estrangement, human nature, assassination attempt, politician, losing-it hero, loyalty, identity crisis, loneliness, morality ...
Time: 21st century
Is relevant?
 6.7
 8K
The Wall (2012)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: Austria, Germany
Duration: 108 min.
Story: A woman inexplicably finds herself cut off from all human contact when an invisible, unyielding wall suddenly surrounds the countryside. Accompanied by her loyal dog Lynx, she becomes immersed in a world untouched by civilization and ruled by the ...
Style: psychological, sexy, surreal, atmospheric, philosophical ...
Plot: nature, isolation, solitude, wilderness survival, survival, dog, forest, human animal relationship, diary, human nature, introspection, mountain ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
Place: alps, germany, austria
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Love on the Rocks (2004)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 103 min.
Story: Wong is shocked to learn from his girlfriend Annie (Leung) that she wants to break up. He decides to go online and seek help from love experts on the net. He finds Crystal, a 19-year old self-proclaimed love advisor who has never been actually ...
Style: humorous, witty, realistic, semi serious, feel good ...
Audience: date night, girls' night, adult
Plot: breakup, introspection, couples, couple relations, fall in love, youth, love and romance, wooing, nothing goes right, college life, life turned upside down, disorder ...
Place: hong kong, asia
Is relevant?
 7.7
 43
Fall to Rise (2014)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: A famous dancer is fired after an injury and thrust into the role of motherhood.
Style: emotional, realistic, contemplative, serious, psychological ...
Plot: introspection, artists and showbiz, ambition, strong female presence, hopes, dancer's life, women, motherhood, dance, performance art, family drama, female protagonist ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
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With Love... from the Age of Reason (2010)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 97 min.
Story: The day she turns 40, Marguerite Flora, a successful rep for a nuclear power company, begins receiving letters she'd sent to herself at age seven. The letters tell her what to do if her life hasn't turned out the way she thought it should, ...
Style: semi serious, entertaining, captivating, light, inspirational ...
Audience: girls' night, chick flick
Plot: introspection, letter, family relations, love and romance, unfulfillment, road not taken, rise to the top, following a dream, existentialism, life philosophy, lifestyle change, strong female lead ...
Time: 21st century
Place: france, europe
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 8.2
 19K
In Treatment (2008)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: Set within the highly charged confines of individual psychotherapy sessions and centering around Dr. Paul Weston, a psychotherapist who exhibits an insightful, reserved demeanor while treating his patients—but displays a crippling insecurity while ...
Style: psychological, emotional, clever, tense, serious ...
Plot: psychologist, therapist, psychotherapist, doctors and patients, introspection, psychotherapy, patient, emotional breakdown, psychology, self involved, power relations, haunted by the past ...
Time: 2000s, 2020s, 2010s, 21st century
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A Mortal's Journey (2020)
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, History, Romance
Country: China
Duration: 20 min.
TV show
Story: A poor and ordinary boy from a village joins a minor sect in Jiang Hu and becomes an Unofficial Disciple by chance. How will Han Li, a commoner by birth, establish a foothold for himself in his sect? With his mediocre aptitude, he must successfully ...
Style: anime, 3d animation, psychological, exciting, captivating ...
Plot: martial arts, introspection, self discovery, lifestyle, teaching the ways of the world, battles, fight, journey, sect, fantasy world, wuxia, poor ...
Place: ancient china
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 7.2
 6K
The Clown (2011)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Brazil
Duration: 88 min.
Story: The life of the owners of Circus Esperança, Puro Sangue e Pangaré, father and son, who plays two clowns. At a certain point, Pangaré starts showing tiredness and sadness for being an unhappy clown.
Style: realistic, touching, humorous, semi serious, road movie ...
Plot: circus, self discovery, clown, introspection, follow your dream, identity crisis, family relations, on the road, parents and children, escapades, countryside, father son relationship ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
Place: brazil, latin america
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 7.1
 2K
Dust (2005)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: Russia
Duration: 107 min.
Story: The genre of the film DUST could be called fantastic realism or existential drama with elements of the fantastic. Dust means the haste in which people live. Dust is a common misconception, the natural clogging up of the brain. Specks of dust how ...
Style: surreal, psychological, contemplative, serious, clever ...
Plot: introspection, physical appearance, social misfits, misfit, gender, deadend life, living with parents, a vision, ufo, existentialism, alienation, social commentary ...
Time: 2000s, 21st century
Place: russia
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Folie à Famille (2023)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 91 min.
Story: The 3 Lacámara siblings feel that their lives have no meaning. Pedro is trying to be a successful writer like his father, Mario wants to feel like he is settling down, and Elena feels out of place everywhere. The 3 meet up with their mother and her ...
Style: mumblecore, independent film, satirical, thrilling, captivating ...
Plot: introspection, mother daughter relationship, family reunited, kids and family, siblings relations, self discovery, family problems, brother sister relationship, family relations, dysfunctional family, family drama, satire ...
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 8.0
 348K
Magnolia (1999)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 188 min.
Story: An epic mosaic of many interrelated characters in search of happiness, forgiveness, and meaning in the San Fernando Valley.
Style: cerebral, clever, depressing, sincere, sexy ...
Audience: chick flick, adult
Plot: multiple storylines, social problems, human nature, child prodigy, coincidence, depression, sex, cancer, fictional game show, father son relationship, dysfunctional family, terminal illness ...
Time: 20th century, 90s, year 1999, 60s, 1950s ...
Place: los angeles, california, reno nevada
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 7.7
 4K
TharnType (2019)
Genre: Romance
Country: Thailand
Duration: 52 min.
TV show
Story: Type is a dark, tall and handsome freshmen. Although he’s a warm boy, he is homophobic because he was molested by a man as a child. His life turns up side down when the new year of college brings along a very interesting person in his life, a gay ...
Style: sexy, yaoi, captivating, romantic, dorama
Plot: gay, gay relationship, lgbt, boys love, first gay sexual experience, friendship, gay romance, life changing experience, gay love, love story, gay slur, school ...
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