| Fahrenheit 451 (1966) | 7.2 | |
| They Live (1988) | 7.2 | |
| Safe (1995) | 7.1 | |
| Yojimbo (1961) | 8.2 | |
| Ten (1971) | 7.4 |
Allegory movies and TV shows – page 2
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List of allegory movies
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: UK
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
In the future, the government maintains control of public opinion by outlawing literature and maintaining a group of enforcers, known as "firemen", to perform the necessary book burnings. Fireman Montag begins to question the morality of ...
Style:
futuristic, atmospheric, thought provoking, tense, stylized ...
Plot:
totalitarianism, distopia, resistance, book, dystopia, satire, rebellion, dystopian future, fighting the system, fire, alienation, dictatorship ...
Time:
year 1966, future, distant future, 60s, near future
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Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Detective Ben Walls finds himself in a modern day Dante world, passing back and forth between the present and the future. Surrounded by the residents seeking redemption, Ben is left with the task to find a way out.
Style:
allegory, psychological, disturbing, suspenseful, enigmatic ...
Plot:
supernatural, mission, hospital, trapped, struggle for survival, survival, private detective, vengeful ghost, hell, redemption, trap, invention ...
Time:
year 1999, year 2015
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Genre: Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Filmed on a California beach, this arty outing features loin-cloth wearing actors silently telling the allegorical love story between Creation and Humanity on a lonely California beach.
Style:
allegory, art film, art house, experimental, poetic ...
Plot:
beach, humanity, conflict, companionship, minimalism, vanity, ritual, nudity, gift, good versus evil, symbolism, female nudity ...
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Genre: Animation, Drama, Horror
Country: Japan
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
A messy bachelor's apartment is a paradise for the huge colony of cockroaches living there: no sprays, no traps, and plenty of food. When the homeowner's girlfriend moves in, however, the party comes to an abrupt end, and the roaches must ...
Style:
anime, allegory, dark comedy, absurd, existential ...
Plot:
social commentary, survival, urban, satire, stop motion, insect, class conflict, claustrophobia, resistance, invasion, betrayal, creature feature ...
Time:
80s
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Czech Republic, Slovakia
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
The Dung Beetle is late, the Parasite is asleep and Mrs Larva is more interested in her knitting than the director’s instructions. It’s clear: this amateur theatre company has a long way to go before they can perform their version of The Insect ...
Style:
psychotronic, allegory, captivating, humorous, stylized ...
Plot:
beetle, insect, cockroach, hallucination, pregnancy, newborn baby, murder, dog, baby, director, actor, dark humor ...
Place:
czechoslovakia, central europe
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Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
A family confined to a villa in which they live. Outside an unnatural fog that burns people that enter in contact with it. No possibility for communication with the outside, only a hypothesis about a possible cause of the phenomenon. In complete ...
Style:
allegory, bleak, suspense, disturbing, scary ...
Plot:
family relations, abusive relationship, parents and children, fog, dystopian future, human existence, peril, violence, hiding place, murder, fate of humanity, supernatural power ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
italy
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Genre: Drama
Country: Iran
Duration: 65 min.
Story:
Five men escape to a remote island in order to fight the Devil.
Style:
allegory, religious drama, bleak, grim, atmospheric ...
Plot:
temptation, faith, devil, spiritual warfare, spiritual journey, religious conversion, redemption, good versus evil, supernatural, ethical dilemma, remote island, sole survivor ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 71 min.
Story:
An experimental film from the painter and sculptor Martial Raysse.
Style:
avant garde, experimental, allegory, art film, absurd ...
Plot:
surrealism, symbolism, improv, journey, counterculture, raft, female nudity, artist, rescue, sexual abuse, sea voyage, innocence ...
Time:
70s
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494
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
(Long Synopsis) "This action-packed, fantasy-fueled family adventure – inspired by the revered literary Christian classic, The Pilgrim’s Progress – overflows with outrageous characters, special effects … and a moral message. In The ...
Style:
captivating, exciting, suspense, tense, independent film ...
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
wilderness, escapades, danger, on the road, life is a bitch, society, youth, survival, social decay, journey, father son relationship, monster ...
Time:
future
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Genre: Drama
Country: Netherlands, UK
Duration: 88 min.
TV show
Story:
The first eight cantos of Dante's Inferno (up to the entrance to the city of Dis). The text is read entirely in "talking head" fashion, and punctuated with a kaleidoscopic blend of both newly shot and archival footage.
Style:
poetic, experimental, allegory, avant garde, surreal ...
Plot:
hell, literary, religious, performance art, ritual, artistic, talking head, archival footage, cult, video art
Time:
14th century
Place:
santiago chile, chile
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Genre: Adventure, Drama, Mystery
Country: Italy, USA
Duration: 75 min.
Story:
"Leave out any hope of salvation, now you're getting in, to never leave again" (Hell - Canto III) It's been years since Beatrice died. Dante, now lonely, has lost control of his life and nothing on Earth is able to help him. Is a ...
Style:
spiritual, allegory, mystical, emotional, poetic ...
Plot:
hell, purgatory, paradise, afterlife, soul searching, grief, supernatural, soul, loneliness, loss, transformation, mourning ...
Place:
italy
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Genre: Animation, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 23 min.
TV show
Story:
Destination is a state of mind. A tale of one girl and her bike and the road ahead. Kino wanders around the world on the back of Hermes, her unusual, anthropomorphic motorcycle, only staying in each country for three days. During their adventures, ...
Style:
anime, philosophical, existential, anthology, allegory ...
Plot:
slice of life, female protagonist, journey, freedom, moral ambiguity, social commentary, road trip, wanderlust, travelogue, human nature, adventurer, travel ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: Croatia
Duration: 75 min.
Story:
Stola has been spending his summer in the sweltering haze of festival parties. But one day, he runs into Roko, an old acquaintance, who is on a mission to discover medieval frescoes at a nearby monastery. Roko convinces Stola and a random group of ...
Style:
allegory, contemplative, existential, mysterious, art house ...
Plot:
road trip, self discovery, symbolism, isolation, coming of age, existential crisis, friendship, haunting, intimate, youth culture, slow burn, festival ...
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Genre: Comedy, Mystery
Country: Russia
TV show
Story:
Three friends start an Agency of Non-standard Life Situations (NLS Agency for short) to help people with their extraordinary life problems. Their are joined by a bunch of weird characters and a local crime boss.
Style:
humorous, sincere, entertaining, captivating, allegory ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
detective agency, friendship, agent, investigation, creativity, silly humor, best friend, fraud, partner, problem solving, social commentary, satire ...
Is relevant?
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Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy
Country: Japan
Duration: 1 min.
TV show
Story:
Putin and Kirenenko are two odd inmates stuck in a bizarre Russian prison. Being confined to their small cell does not prevent them from causing a lot of trouble.
Style:
anime, entertaining, allegory, semi serious, thought provoking ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
prison, rabbit, anthropomorphism, police, political satire, absurdism, animal, jailed, political prisoner, prison sentence, satire, anthropomorphic animal ...
Place:
russia
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Genre: Drama, Fantasy
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
In a surreal puzzler, this story of a fantasy lived by a disparate group of four men captures the visual imagination with its images and leaves a large question mark in the meantime. The men first get together when called up for military maneuvers ...
Style:
allegory, surreal, mysterious, thought provoking, existential ...
Plot:
uncertainty, symbolism, male bonding, working class, skinny dipping, surrealism, small town, military training, male nudity, female nudity, peace, journey ...
Time:
80s
Place:
soviet union, ussr
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Genre: Comedy, Fantasy
Country: France, Portugal
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
In this mystical comedy, Felicien has traveled to Portugal from France soon after the end of the First World War. It seems that his recently deceased father had invested a lot of money in a factory located in a remote village, and he has come to ...
Style:
allegory, surreal, mystical, dark comedy, enigmatic ...
Plot:
a vision, buried alive, magic realism, macabre, supernatural, post war, coincidence, aristocracy, moral ambiguity, folklore, haunting, social commentary ...
Time:
1920s, year 1918
Place:
portugal, paris france
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Genre: Animation, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Beauty Water looks like a common skin cosmetic. But unlike other cosmetics, people can sculpt their skin with it like molding clay and change their appearance. An ordinary girl, Yaeji, comes across the 'Beauty Water' by chance, and her ...
Style:
melancholic, allegory, suspense, supernatural thriller, korean anime ...
Plot:
brutality, fashion, psychology, high maintenance, greed, manipulation, cruelty, materialism, dishonesty, femme fatale, identity, encounter ...
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Genre: Animation, Action, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 73 min.
Story:
Earth-X is one of many realities in the multiverse, with one glaring difference from out Earth: The Nazis won World War II. Led by The Ray, a group of heroes known as the Freedom Fighters battle selflessly against tyranny,. But when The Ray is ...
Style:
captivating, allegory, serious, futuristic, exciting ...
Plot:
superhero, resistance fighter, survival, save the planet, friends, culture clash, fictional war, multiverse, mutiny, idealism, danger, military ...
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Genre: Animation, Comedy, Crime, Family, Musical
Country: Mexico, USA, India
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Top Cat has arrived to charm his way into your hearts! Ever wonder how this scheming feline got his start? Well Top Cat Begins reveals the origins of everything you know and love about this classic comedy hero. What follows is an adventure so crazy ...
Style:
colorful, uplifting, sweet, funny, entertaining ...
Plot:
anthropomorphism, anthropomorphic animal, conspiracy, crime boss, criminal, big city, con artists, talking animal, greed, happy ending, prejudice, friendship ...
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Genre: Fantasy
Country: UK, Canada
Duration: 46 min.
TV show
Story:
The story of how a few brave men and women banished the Gods to the realm of the unconscious - a place they called the Underworld or the Kingdom of Hades. The series follows the protagonist as he seeks the truth about his past, which may be ...
Style:
allegory, bleak, visually appealing, tense
Plot:
mythology, greek god, oracle, god, heroic mission, demon, supernatural ability, mortal combat, good versus evil, chosen one, destiny, trap ...
Place:
ancient greece
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105
Genre: Animation, Action, Drama, Fantasy, History, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan, USA
Duration: 25 min.
TV show
Story:
Hi no Tori is a collection of stories that all have something in common. The Phoenix, whose blood is believed to give an eternal life to one who drinks it. Therefore many seek to kill it, but as the Phoenix of the tale, it's reborn from the ...
Style:
anime, philosophical, thought provoking, captivating, allegory ...
Plot:
phoenix, existentialism, mythical creature, eternal life, immortality, magical creature, magic, quest, moral ambiguity, obsession, tragedy, dystopian future ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 115 min.
TV show
Story:
After a plane crash, a group of schoolboys find themselves stranded on a tropical island without adults. Ralph is elected leader and, with the help of the intelligent Piggy, strives to maintain order and civilization. Jack, responsible for the ...
Style:
allegory, tension, tropical, dark, psychological horror ...
Plot:
stranded, anarchy, children, loss of innocence, chaos, survival, island, power struggle, fear, leadership, boyhood, savage ...
Time:
1950s
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Genre: Drama
Country: West Germany
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
There will be no other end to the world: fierce battles full of hatred and love for incest and wealth.
Style:
experimental, visually stunning, art house, avant garde, intense ...
Plot:
island, jealousy, end of the world, isolation, solar eclipse, doom, murder, obsession, experimental narrative, fatalism, taboo, claustrophobia ...
Time:
80s
Is relevant?
Genre: Sci-Fi
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
An avant-garde political satire that takes place in a mythical country in South America. The dictator has been replaced by a look-alike revolutionary, and the dictator's wife has been replaced by a robot.
Style:
avant garde, art house, satirical, absurd, allegory ...
Plot:
robot, political satire, dictator, satire, totalitarianism, revolution, androids, body swapping, impostor, dystopia, deception, mannequin ...
Time:
60s
Place:
latin america
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Genre: Action, Drama, History, Romance, War
Country: Mexico
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
Memories of the Future
Style:
allegory, art house, melancholic, intense, tense ...
Plot:
betrayal, love triangle, religious conflict, literary, forbidden love, passion, desire, jealousy, social commentary, seduction, lust, symbolism ...
Time:
1920s
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK
Story:
Annette, a friend of Vivian, has experienced a terrible event and everyone is moving on, except for Annette who refuses to process or forgive, intending to create an allegorical sci-fi film.
Style:
allegory, independent film, tense, surreal, thought provoking ...
Plot:
trauma, obsession, female protagonist, grief, character study, moral ambiguity, emotional manipulation, mature, experimental narrative, ethical dilemma, social isolation, claustrophobia ...
Time:
near future
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Genre: Drama
Country: India
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
The story revolves around a sheep that becomes entangled in a conflict between two communities, with an underlying religious tension.
Style:
allegory, thought provoking, pastoral, emotional, anthropomorphic ...
Plot:
sheep, animal protagonist, symbolism, social commentary, moral dilemma, village, escape, conspiracy, friendship, imprisonment, survival, journey ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Country: Australia
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
In a world of useless products, police brutality, pre-paid dreams and a list of Violations so long if you laugh too loudly you will be fined. Misner Corporation has invented a new source of energy which has given them a global monopoly on all facets ...
Style:
allegory, bleak, surreal, black comedy, dark comedy ...
Plot:
satire, consumerism, dystopia, authoritarianism, totalitarianism, anti establishment, propaganda, police brutality, rebellion, cult leader, urban decay, assassination ...
Place:
brazil, australia
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Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Mystery
Country: Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Jordan, Iraq
Duration: 74 min.
Story:
Hayat, a 12-year-old strong-willed girl, lives in a poor fishing village governed by dark tradition, in which every family must give away a daughter to the sea creatures who inhabit the waters near by. In turn, the sea creatures are hunted by the ...
Style:
allegory, melancholic, grim, atmospheric, art house ...
Plot:
ritual sacrifice, folk horror, female protagonist, sea, symbolism, oppression, dystopia, patriarchy, survival, isolation, escape, coming of age ...
Time:
2010s
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