Mess movies and TV shows

The list contains the best, new and most relevant mess movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out captivating, serious, suspense, cult classic, suspenseful and realistic films and TV shows about / with husband wife relationship, dog, teenager, cell phone, murder, girl, family relations, deception, kiss and blood plots mostly in Drama, Comedy and Action genres shot in USA, Japan, Canada and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as mess: High & Low: The Worst X (2022), Brubaker (1980), Toy Story 3 (2010), HowToBasic (2011), Tokyo Revengers (2021), Blood Hook (1986), The Menu (2022), Someone to Run With (2006), Take It, Give It (2005), Colors of Wind (2017).

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High & Low: The Worst X (2022)
Genre: Action
Country: Japan
Duration: 119 min.
Story: The story revolves around battle between two high school in SWORD area, Oya High School and Senomon Technical High School. The Head of Senomon Technical High School build a "three-school alliance" with two other school, Kamasaka High ...
Style: bleak, captivating, tense, suspenseful, action packed
Plot: teenage gang, juvenile delinquency, juvenile delinquent, youth, rivalry, fight, brutality, scuffle, disorder, illegal fistfight, criminal, street fight ...
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 7.1
 19K
Brubaker (1980)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 131 min.
Story: The new warden of a small prison farm in Arkansas tries to clean it up of corruption after initially posing as an inmate.
Style: realistic, factual, suspense, harsh, serious ...
Audience: family friendly
Plot: prison, corruption, prison warden, prison escape, abuse of power, undercover, brutality, fighting the system, abuse, justice, liberal, murder ...
Time: 20th century, 80s, 60s
Place: louisiana, arkansas, southern usa
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 8.3
 887K
Toy Story 3 (2010)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 103 min.
Story: Woody, Buzz, and the rest of Andy's toys haven't been played with in years. With Andy about to go to college, the gang find themselves accidentally left at a nefarious day care center. The toys must band together to escape and return home ...
Style: feel good, funny, touching, emotional, humorous ...
Audience: kids, family outing, teens, toddlers, girls' night ...
Plot: toys, escape, friendship, objects come to life, toy story, toy comes to life, anthropomorphism, dinosaur, betrayal, college, dog, friends ...
Time: 2010s, year 2010, 2000s, 21st century
Place: iran, ohio
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 6.4
 1K
HowToBasic (2011)
Genre: Comedy
Country: Australia
TV show
Story: A man with an outlandish approach and an eggs fixation makes tutorial "how-to" videos.
Style: disgusting, black comedy
Plot: nihilism, food, egg, meme, surrealism, cooking, panic, internet, hacker, hot dog, hysteria, catastrophe ...
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Tokyo Revengers (2021)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 120 min.
Story: An unemployed man learns that his ex-girlfriend was murdered. He suddenly finds himself travelling through time to his middle school years and has chance to change the future and save the girl. He aims to rise to the top of the most brutal ...
Style: disturbing, tense, suspense, captivating, slang ...
Audience: date night
Plot: time travel, time jump, character change, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, revenge, gang, gangster, school, changing the past or future, changing lives, time traveler, time paradox ...
Time: future
Place: tokyo
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 4.3
 2K
Blood Hook (1986)
Genre: Comedy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: During a local fishing contest, people are being mysteriously dragged into the lake and killed by a giant fish hook. After a sufficient number of deaths, the killer is finally revealed.
Style: slasher, spoof, grindhouse, sexy, horror comedy ...
Plot: serial killer, murder, guts, killer, monster, exploitation, lake, fishing, strong violent content, river, ocean, nudity ...
Time: year 1986, 80s
Place: usa, wisconsin
Is relevant ?
 7.2
 383K
The Menu (2022)
Genre: Comedy, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story: A couple travels to a coastal island to eat at an exclusive restaurant where the chef has prepared a lavish menu, with some shocking surprises.
Style: suspense, atmospheric, dark comedy, humorous, art house ...
Audience: date night, adult
Plot: food, restaurant, revenge, obsession, food critic, chef, perfectionist, mass murder, social satire, grudge, murder, cooking ...
Time: 2020s
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Someone to Run With (2006)
Genre: Adventure, Drama
Country: Israel
Duration: 118 min.
Story: Through the streets of Jerusalem two teenagers' stories will unite to tell the summer adventure of their lives. Tamar is an amazingly talented but very quiet and insecure girl, who leaves behind her home and all she knows, changing herself ...
Style: serious, realistic, uplifting, touching, sentimental ...
Plot: friendship, youth, self discovery, escapades, teenage life, coming of age, chases and races, hopes, missing person, judaism, nun, bully ...
Time: 21st century
Place: israel, jerusalem
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Take It, Give It (2005)
Genre: Comedy
Country: Brazil
TV show
Story: Brazilian comedy about two couples living next to each other in the same building. This show explores the antics between the two couples.
Style: sitcom, captivating, feel good, satirical, semi serious ...
Plot: family relations, neighbor, husband wife relationship, love and romance, couples, love interest, satire, relationships, multiple storylines, neighbor neighbor relationship, love story, ex boyfriend ex girlfriend relationship ...
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 5.5
 198
Colors of Wind (2017)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 119 min.
Story: Yuri leaves Ryo with mysterious words. Ryo goes to Hokkaido knowing that his doppelganger magician is missing. Ryo realizes Yuri was also the magician’s lover and he learns magic. The story that crosses over two identities, illusion and magic.
Style: realistic, serious, disturbing, suspenseful
Plot: magician, mental illness, first love, dissociative identity disorder, amnesia, search and rescue, lie, brother sister relationship, wheelchair bound, suicide, love and romance, uncover truth ...
Place: hokkaido, tokyo
Is relevant ?
 6.1
 29K
Lifeforce (1985)
Genre: Action, Horror, Mystery, Romance, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 101 min.
Story: A space shuttle mission investigating Halley's Comet brings back a malevolent race of space vampires who transform most of London's population into zombies. The only survivor of the expedition and British authorities attempt to capture a ...
Style: grindhouse, intense, erotic, serious, rough ...
Audience: boys' night, teens
Plot: vampire, alien, zombie, supernatural, alien invasion, apocalypse, nude, mind control, space, monster, alien abduction, ufo ...
Time: future, near future, 21st century
Place: england, europe, london, united kingdom, yorkshire ...
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 5.4
 45K
Aquamarine (2006)
Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story: Two teenage girls discover that mermaids really do exist after a violent storm washes one ashore. The mermaid, a sassy creature named Aquamarine, is determined to prove to her father that real love exists, and enlists the girls' help in winning ...
Style: fairy tale, feel good, teen, romantic, cute ...
Audience: teens, girls' night, date night, kids, chick flick ...
Plot: mermaid, teenager, friendship, adolescence, fish out of water, teenage girl, teenage life, fall in love, youth, friends, lifeguard, true love ...
Time: year 2006, 2000s
Place: florida, australia, usa
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 5.3
 130K
Max Payne (2008)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Coming together to solve a series of murders in New York City are a DEA agent whose family was slain as part of a conspiracy and an assassin out to avenge her sister's death. The duo will be hunted by the police, the mob, and a ruthless ...
Style: stylized, neo noir, noir, suspense, action packed ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: tough heroes, tough law enforcer, dark hero, thigh high boots, assassin, gunfight, life is a bitch, murder, winter, violence spree, righting the wronged, supernatural ...
Time: year 2008, 20th century, 2000s, 21st century
Place: usa, new york
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Mickey's Twice Upon a Christmas (2004)
Genre: Animation, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA, Australia
Duration: 68 min.
Story: Santa Claus, Mickey Mouse and all his Disney pals star in an original movie about the importance of opening your heart to the true spirit of Christmas. Stubborn old Donald tries in vain to resist the joys of the season, and Mickey and Pluto learn a ...
Style: light, anthology, 3d animation, computer animated, light hearted ...
Audience: kids, family outing, adult, preschool
Plot: christmas, holiday, anthropomorphism, cartoon mouse, family relations, friendship, self discovery, mickey mouse, friends, imaginary, uncle nephew relationship, snow ...
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What a Wonderful Family! 3: My Wife, My Life (2018)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 123 min.
Story: At the Hirata home, three generations of their family live together. A crisis ensues when one afternoon, housewife Fumie falls asleep and wakes up to find a thief has stolen her secret money she kept hidden in the refrigerator.
Style: captivating, crying
Plot: brawl, marital argument, husband wife relationship, husband wife estrangement, secret, relationship problems, family conflict, family problems, life is a bitch, family relations, conflict, cleaning ...
Is relevant ?
 6.6
 533K
Venom (2018)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, China
Duration: 112 min.
Story: When Eddie Brock acquires the powers of a symbiote, he will have to release his alter-ego "Venom" to save his life.
Style: exciting, tense, captivating, suspense, epic ...
Audience: chick flick, teens, date night, adult
Plot: superhero, anti hero, alien, alien life-form, experiment, supernatural power, alien monster, super villain, alien race, super powers, experiment gone awry, good versus evil ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
Place: san francisco, los angeles, malaysia, california
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The House with a Clock in Its Walls (2018)
Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Canada, India
Duration: 105 min.
Story: Ten-year-old Lewis goes to live with his uncle in a creaky old house that contains a mysterious ticktock noise. When Lewis accidentally awakens the dead, the town's sleepy facade magically springs to life with a secret world of witches and ...
Style: spooky, entertaining, humorous, fairy tale, mysterious ...
Audience: kids, family friendly, family outing, horror for children, adult
Plot: haunted house, halloween, magician, spell, child, medieval, paranormal, book of magic, magic, wizard, youth, sword and sorcery ...
Time: 1950s, year 1955
Place: michigan, germany
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 7.0
 1K
Suite Dreams (2006)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 136 min.
Story: Set in a five star Tokyo hotel on New Year's Eve, the film follows the misadventures of various hotel staff and guests in the run-up to midnight. The plot involves numerous characters, the different problems or situations they face in the ...
Style: semi serious, humorous, light, captivating, slapstick
Plot: hotel, new year's eve, husband wife relationship, politician, political scandal, mistress, argument, prostitute, guest, reception, professor, celebrity ...
Place: japan
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 6.7
 284
Shady (2012)
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 94 min.
Story: Because of her last name "Kumada" (bear + rice paddy) and her appearance, Misa's high school classmates call her "Pooh" disparagingly. She obviously has no friends and can only let down her guard around her pet parrot and ...
Style: captivating, serious, suspense, suspenseful, bloody ...
Plot: friendship, deception, missing person, lie, teenage girl, mother daughter relationship, transformation, trial, fraud, teenager, dating, cop ...
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After the Storm (2016)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 118 min.
Story: Ryota is an unpopular writer although he won a literary award 15 years ago. Now, Ryota works as a private detective. He is divorced from his ex-wife Kyoko and he has an 11-year-old son Shingo. His mother Yoshiko lives alone at her apartment. One ...
Style: thought provoking, semi serious, sincere, melancholic, touching ...
Plot: father son relationship, lottery ticket, gambling, slice of life, writers, private detective, easy woman, money problems, storm, divorce, family relations, lie ...
Time: 2010s
Place: east asia, japan
Is relevant ?
 7.1
 110K
WarGames (1983)
Genre: Action, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story: High School student David Lightman (Matthew Broderick) has a talent for hacking. But while trying to hack into a computer system to play unreleased video games, he unwittingly taps into the Defense Department's war computer and initiates a ...
Style: clever, futuristic, tense, cyber, suspenseful ...
Audience: teens, kids, family outing, teen drama
Plot: cold war, hacker, computer, computer hacker, teenager, nuclear threat, hacking, computer cracker, computer genius, chess, artificial intelligence, nuclear war ...
Time: 80s, 20th century, year 1983
Place: seattle, oregon, washington state, usa, ussr ...
Is relevant ?
 8.1
 1.1M
Gone Girl (2014)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 149 min.
Story: With his wife's disappearance having become the focus of an intense media circus, a man sees the spotlight turned on him when it's suspected that he may not be innocent.
Style: psychological, suspense, surprise ending, clever, twist ending ...
Audience: chick flick, date night, teens, girls' night, boys' night ...
Plot: twists and turns, murder mystery, missing person, psychology, infidelity, manipulation, investigation, femme fatale, adultery, marriage, missing wife, psychopath ...
Time: year 2014, 2010s, 2000s, year 2012, 21st century
Place: peru, america, usa, new york, manhattan new york city ...
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The Land of Hope (2012)
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan, Taiwan, UK, Germany
Duration: 133 min.
Story: An old couple, their only son, the son's wife, a young man and his lover live peacefully in a village. Then, a terrifying earthquake strikes that causes a nearby nuclear station to explode. The residents must evacuate, but the family lives on a ...
Style: realistic, serious, touching, emotional, road movie ...
Plot: evacuation, elderly, family relations, life is a bitch, forceful separation, family life, danger, moral dilemma, couple relations, couples, parents and children, nuclear threat ...
Place: japan, asia
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Before We Vanish (2017)
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 129 min.
Story: Narumi is on bad terms with her husband Shinji when one day, Shinji goes missing. He comes back a couple of days later, but seems like a totally different person, and is now gentle and tender. He goes for a walk every day. Meanwhile, Journalist ...
Style: touching, psychological, captivating, contemplative, realistic ...
Plot: japanese teenager, murder, personality change, sibling relationship, japanese schoolgirl, siblings, criminal, false identity, murderer, teenage boy, alien invasion, alien ...
Time: year 2017
Place: japan
Is relevant ?
 6.9
 63K
Tully (2018)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Marlo, a mother of three including a newborn, is gifted a night nanny by her brother. Hesitant to the extravagance at first, Marlo comes to form a bond with the thoughtful, surprising, and sometimes challenging nanny named Tully.
Style: psychological, social, surprise ending, sex comedy, indie film ...
Plot: motherhood, family relations, mother, nanny, depression, plot twist, baby, parents and children, sister in law, baby girl, autism, female protagonist ...
Time: 1950s, year 1977, 80s, 2010s
Place: usa, new york, portland oregon, saudi arabia, phoenix arizona ...
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A Bachelor's Pad For Ten (1981)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: Greece
Duration: 114 min.
Story: To make some easy money, Stamatis rents Chroni's house to his womanizer boss Soultanoglou but also to his other boss's wife, Dora, who decided to cheat on her husband ... So, Chroni's house turns into a double love nest for cheating ...
Plot: sibling relationship, siblings, cheating, videotaping, money problems, striptease, police officer, employee, boss, extramarital affair, finance, connection ...
Time: 80s
Place: athens greece, greece
Is relevant ?
 6.3
 76K
Death Wish (2018)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 107 min.
Story: A mild-mannered father is transformed into a killing machine after his family is torn apart by a violent act.
Style: suspense, detective, suspenseful, exciting, controversial ...
Audience: adult
Plot: vigilante, death of wife, home invasion, vigilantism, dark hero, father daughter relationship, violence, vengeance, revenge, moral dilemma, police, murder investigation ...
Time: 2010s
Place: chicago, usa, illinois, new york
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Me... and my bird (1982)
Genre: Comedy
Country: Greece, Cyprus
Duration: 90 min.
Story: A photo reporter, shortly before leaving for a job in Cyprus, becomes unwittingly the recipient of a golden owl, who stole a gang from the archaeological museum, who are following him in order to take the owl back.
Plot: photographer, gossip, disguise, hotel, diver, womanizer, museum, magazine, treasure, undercover, trafficking, smuggler ...
Time: 80s
Place: athens greece, greece, cyprus
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Ordinary People (1980)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 124 min.
Story: Beth, Calvin, and their son Conrad are living in the aftermath of the death of the other son. Conrad is overcome by grief and misplaced guilt to the extent of a suicide attempt. He is in therapy. Beth had always preferred his brother and is having ...
Style: depressing, realistic, compassionate, sentimental, crying ...
Audience: teens
Plot: dysfunctional family, therapy, psychiatrist, suicide attempt, depression, grief, suicide, coming of age, father son relationship, alienation, psychotherapy, psychoanalysis ...
Time: 20th century, year 1980, 70s
Place: chicago, usa, illinois, middle east, houston texas ...
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Birds Without Names (2017)
Genre: Drama, Mystery
Country: Japan
Duration: 123 min.
Story: An unstable young woman pines for the ex boyfriend who nearly beat her to death - and who has mysteriously disappeared - in this gripping tale of lust, devotion and redemption.
Style: psychological, touching, contemplative, captivating, unusual plot structure ...
Plot: boyfriend girlfriend relationship, sluttiness, slutty attitude, wench, love affair, love, japanese woman, unrequited love, extramarital affair, adultery, promiscuous woman, infidelity ...
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