| Brazil (1985) | 7.8 | |
| A Clockwork Orange (1971) | 8.2 | |
| The Matrix (1999) | 8.7 | |
| The Firemen's Ball (1967) | 7.3 | |
| Safe (1995) | 7.1 |
Allegory movies and TV shows – page 4
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List of allegory movies
Genre: Fantasy, Horror
Country: Italy, UK
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
A surreal and disturbing distillation of Western Civilization, Necropolis is the unhinged vision of Italian director Franco Brocani. Pierre Clémenti is Attila the Hun, naked and on horseback, while Warhol superstar Viva is a drunken and abusive ...
Style:
surreal, avant garde, experimental, art film, allegory ...
Plot:
surrealism, minotaur, macabre, frankenstein, devil, mortality, mythology, decadence, king kong, female vampire, vampire, monster ...
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Genre: Animation
Country: Yugoslavia
Story:
The story of a man who has reached the very top of society and eventually became a victim of his own ideology.
Style:
experimental, allegory, thought provoking, satirical, art house ...
Plot:
social commentary, arrogance, cautionary tale, rise and fall, elitism, political satire, social climber, anti hero, abstract art, metaphysics, dystopia, minimalism
Place:
macedonia
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Genre: Music, Drama
Country: West Germany, Austria, France, Italy
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
MOSES AND AARON finds Jean-Marie Straub and Danièle Huillet, through their exemplary craft, transforming a familiar Biblical tale into a borderline-surreal cinematic opera of seemingly endless possibility. In expressive, melodic tones, the ...
Style:
biblical, art house, philosophical, art film, existential ...
Plot:
opera, religious, classical music, dogma, bible, parable, minimalism, ritual, brotherhood, ancient, ambiguity, ritual sacrifice ...
Time:
year 1975
Place:
israel, egypt
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Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Mystery
Country: Tunisia, France
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
The first of Nacer Khemir's highly-regarded Desert Trilogy that includes The Dove's Lost Necklace and Bab'Aziz - The Prince Who Contemplated His Soul. Khemir creates an exotic world with Wanderers of the Desert when a young teacher ...
Style:
atmospheric, surreal, ambiguous ending, poetic, allegory ...
Plot:
desert, legend, disappearance, teacher, children, magic realism, haunting, folklore, isolation, supernatural, remote village, cursed ...
Place:
sahara, africa, north africa, tunisia, middle east
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Genre: Drama, Fantasy
Country: UK
Duration: 75 min.
Story:
One Christmas, a knight garbed all in green appears in King Arthur's Court and challenges any knight to hew off his head on the proviso that he be allowed to return the axe stroke afterwards. All of King Arthur's other knights being ...
Style:
arthurian, allegory, atmospheric, thought provoking, dark fantasy ...
Plot:
king arthur, medieval, arthurian legend, knight, chivalry, honor, moral dilemma, symbolism, courage, supernatural, temptation, folklore ...
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Genre: Adventure
Country: Peru, Argentina
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A white man searches for a legendary gold mine in the depths of the Peruvian jungle.
Style:
art house, allegory, psychological, existential, non-linear ...
Plot:
jungle, rain forest, gold mine, greed, obsession, treasure hunt, survival, moral ambiguity, man versus nature, exploration, myth, isolation ...
Place:
south america
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Genre: Drama, Fantasy
Country: France
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
A baroque mix of revolutionary politics, pop culture and semiotics loosely based on the play by Pedro Calderón de la Barca. A young prince learns that life is just a dream from which we wake when we die. And that dreams may be as real as life.
Style:
philosophical, surreal, existential, allegory, reflective ...
Plot:
surrealism, metaphysics, identity crisis, literary, fatalism, adaptation, palace intrigue, moral dilemma, spirituality, ritual, dream, shootout ...
Place:
chile
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
De Mantel der Liefde is a bizarre, over the top and at times hilarious settling of scores with the Catholic Church, commercial movie culture and 1970's petit bourgeois Dutch culture in general.
Style:
black comedy, absurd, allegory, art house, controversial ...
Plot:
religion, satire, hypocrisy, absurd humor, dark humor, irreverent, violence, cruelty, parable, taboo, political satire, counterculture ...
Time:
70s
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Genre: Drama
Country: Brazil
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Deraldo, a popular poet from Northeast Brazil, arrives in the capital of São Paulo, making a living only from his poetry and pamphlets. All is well until he is mistaken for a multinational worker who killed the boss at a party where he received the ...
Style:
allegory, art house, melancholic, black comedy, surreal ...
Plot:
mistaken identity, poetry, dictatorship, dictator, working class, class conflict, urban, political satire, city life, social realism, identity crisis, tragedy ...
Place:
sao paulo, brazil, brazil
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Genre: Family, Fantasy
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Based on the famous fairytale "The Tinderbox" by Hans Christian Andersen.
Style:
fairy tale, entertaining, sweet, feel good, humorous ...
Audience:
family outing, kids
Plot:
princess, happy ending, escapades, king, imagination, magic, puppetry, boy, adaptation, hans christian andersen, bittersweet, poverty ...
Time:
60s
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Genre: Drama, Musical
Country: West Germany
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
Sebastian, Chief Archer in the Roman Army, converts to Christianity. A favorite of Emperor Augustus, Sebastian's devotion to Christ eventually drives him to reject the Emperor's love, causing the Emperor to angrily order Sebastian to be ...
Style:
art house, historical drama, experimental, allegory, poetic ...
Plot:
martyrdom, sacrifice, christianity, religious, homoeroticism, roman empire, ancient rome, persecution, symbolism, christian, ritual, forbidden love ...
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Genre: Comedy, Fantasy
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
Overnight, Paris is invaded - although peacefully - but the Chinese Army, and millions of Chinese people... It's the Nazi occupation all over again, with modern - funny - twists.
Style:
satirical, allegory, ironic, parody, dark comedy ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
invasion, occupation, political satire, social commentary, national identity, xenophobia, alternate history, unsettling, media satire, farce, satire, international relations ...
Place:
paris france
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Genre: Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
In the tradition of The Twilight Zone, this bizarre, thought-provoking trilogy addresses the destiny of the world's minorities: Part I: A conservative African American politician must choose between his people's survival and appeasing his ...
Style:
anthology, thought provoking, allegory, surreal, dark fairy tale ...
Plot:
afrofuturism, alien contact, social commentary, racial tension, moral dilemma, interracial relations, satire, betrayal, urban, dystopia, blaxploitation, racial issues ...
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Genre: Drama, Fantasy
Country: France
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
The producers of this French film took approximately 100 people, put them on a soundstage and had them improvise this film based on the premise that they are on a spaceship escaping from the dictators of earth and only have a few days to live. ...
Style:
experimental, avant garde, allegory, surreal, absurd ...
Plot:
orgy, improv, escape, performance art, dystopia, absurdism, social commentary, counterculture, underground, mortality, party, satire ...
Time:
70s
Is relevant?
Genre: Musical, Drama
Country: France, Spain, Yugoslavia
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
Zulawski tackles Modest Mussorgsky’s famous opera about the bloody battle for ascendancy to the throne of Russia in the 17th-century! With a score conducted by Mstislav Rostropovich, Zulawski adds extra layers of devilish meta-textual ...
Style:
historical drama, experimental, period piece, art house, allegory ...
Plot:
opera, russian history, czar, political intrigue, tragedy, palace intrigue, guilt, impostor, regicide, moral ambiguity, adaptation, madness ...
Time:
17th century, 16th century
Place:
moscow russia
Is relevant?
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Genre: Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
Country: India
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
Based on Lord Shiva, the current society, and the concept of oneness. Five people who are in stark contrast with one another, their natures symbolized by the five elements of nature – fire, water, wind, earth, and sky.
Style:
spiritual, philosophical, thought provoking, allegory, existential ...
Plot:
symbolism, mythology, experimental narrative, slow burn, minimalism, telugu
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Genre: Drama, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
THE WAR WITHIN is a unique fantasy that takes viewers to a world that only God can see; the world of the inner man. Michael Sinclair (Brett Varvel) is a syndicated cartoonist whose dream of a perfect life is upended when tragic events transform his ...
Style:
psychological, spiritual, captivating, dark fantasy, tense ...
Plot:
faith, christian, belief in god, doubts and hesitations, change of heart, relationship problems, uncover truth, religious faith, marital problem, character change, changing lives, lifestyle change ...
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2K
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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Genre: Comedy
Country: Italy
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Maroso Golfetto is a firm manager from Veneto who is always yelling at his employees, all either immigrants or Southern Italians. He regularly appears on the local TV channel where he keeps denouncing the evils of immigration and is very popular ...
Style:
satirical, semi serious, entertaining, captivating, allegory ...
Plot:
satire, immigration, xenophobia, prejudice, irony, racism, social satire, social commentary, immigrant, lifestyle change, working class, social issues ...
Place:
italy
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Country: Chile
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
The film revolves around the concept of soap opera. Its structure is based on the assumption that Chilean reality does not exist, but rather is an ensemble of soap operas. There are four audiovisual provinces, and the threat of war is felt among the ...
Style:
soap opera, satirical, thrilling, captivating, psychological ...
Plot:
political satire, social commentary, political unrest, lifestyle, satire, social issues, social problems, national identity, civil unrest, dystopia, country, oneiric
Time:
year 1990
Place:
chile
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Genre: Animation, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Tamala is a cat living on Planet Cat Earth in the Feline Galaxy. In attempt to leave the Feline Galaxy, which is practically owned by a mega corporation called Catty & Co., she crashes on the violence-ridden Planet Q where she meets ...
Style:
anime, surreal, existential, captivating, experimental ...
Plot:
anthropomorphism, space travel, surrealism, animal protagonist, anthropomorphic cat, anthropomorphic animal, space and aliens, escapades, fighting the system, dystopia, female protagonist, social commentary ...
Is relevant?
268K
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery
Country: Australia, Canada
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
A single mother, plagued by the violent death of her husband, battles with her son's fear of a monster lurking in the house, but soon discovers a sinister presence all around her.
Style:
psychological, scary, tense, spooky, dark ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
supernatural, macabre, ghost, nightmare, monster, fear, danger, trauma, book, single mother, nightmare comes true, dysfunctional family ...
Time:
year 2014, 2010s, year 2000, 21st century
Place:
australia, adelaide south australia, oceania, new zealand
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Genre: Adventure, Drama, Thriller, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Set in 1845, this drama follows a group of settlers as they embark on a punishing journey along the Oregon Trail. When their guide leads them astray, the expedition is forced to contend with the unforgiving conditions of the high plain desert.
Style:
atmospheric, thought provoking, visually appealing, stylized, surreal ...
Plot:
survival, old west, road trip, brutality, family relations, modern western, character study, modern west, danger, escapades, settler, gunfight ...
Time:
19th century, 2010s, year 2010, 1840s
Place:
oregon, usa, salt lake city utah, texas
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 189 min.
Story:
An expansive Russian drama, this film focuses on the life of revered religious icon painter Andrei Rublev. Drifting from place to place in a tumultuous era, the peace-seeking monk eventually gains a reputation for his art. But after Rublev witnesses ...
Style:
breathtaking, atmospheric, philosophical, black and white, art house ...
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
painter, artist, art, religion, monk, biopic, medieval, human spirit, christianity, painting, hunger, saint ...
Time:
15th century, middle ages, medieval times, ancient times, year 1966 ...
Place:
russia, soviet union, ussr, moscow russia
Is relevant?
16K
Genre: Drama
Country: Sweden
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Ingmar Bergman's psychological study of how humans react in a situation of war. The film takes place on Gotland, where invasion forces arrives.
Style:
psychological, art house, political, cerebral, biting ...
Plot:
existentialism, dialogue, island, nordic, civil war, betrayal, politics, war, world war two, european, female nudity, political prisoner ...
Time:
year 1968, 60s, 20th century
Place:
eastern europe, scandinavia, tokyo, israel
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Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
The final chapter of George A. Romero's "Dead Trilogy". In an underground government installation they are searching for a cure to overcome this strange transformation into zombies. Unfortunately, the zombies from above ground have ...
Style:
bloody, cult classic, tense, splatter, perverse ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
zombie, zombie apocalypse, apocalypse, living dead, virus, survival, violence, post apocalypse, mad scientist, gory, zombie attack, survival horror ...
Time:
80s
Place:
florida, pittsburgh, usa
Is relevant?
538K
Genre: Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
Twenty-eight days after a killer virus was accidentally unleashed from a British research facility, a small group of London survivors are caught in a desperate struggle to protect themselves from the infected. Carried by animals and humans, the ...
Style:
scary, frightening, atmospheric, dark, suspenseful ...
Audience:
manly, boys' night
Plot:
zombie, post apocalypse, virus, survival, apocalypse, epidemic, infected, fear, zombie apocalypse, plague, end of the world, experiment gone awry ...
Time:
distant future, year 2003, near future, year 2000, year 2002 ...
Place:
london, england, bolivia, britain, europe ...
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Mexico
Duration: 154 min.
Story:
Three different people in Mexico City are catapulted into dramatic and unforeseen circumstances in the wake of a terrible car crash: a young punk stumbles into the sinister underground world of dog fighting; an injured supermodel's designer ...
Style:
bleak, emotional, depressing, tense, psychological ...
Audience:
date night, adult
Plot:
multiple storylines, dog, forbidden love, violent, rottweiler, multiple perspectives, siblings relations, relationships, betrayal, vengeance, hitman, life is a bitch ...
Time:
year 2000, y2k, year 1999, 90s, 2000s ...
Place:
latin america, mexico city, mexico, south america, ohio ...
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: Argentina
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
A new patient mysteriously appears in a psychiatric ward. He claims to come from another planet to study humans and their behavior. The alien is gentle but criticizes humans for their harsh treatment of each other. The assigned psychiatrist is ...
Style:
psychological, surreal, philosophical, talky, atmospheric ...
Plot:
insanity, mental illness, alien, mental institution, ufo, transformation, hospital, flying saucer, mental disorder, psychiatrist, waking up, mental patient ...
Time:
year 1986, 80s, 20th century
Place:
argentina, latin america
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 137 min.
Story:
An egocentric bum transforms the lives of a shy New Jersey garbageman and his sister.
Style:
cult classic, philosophical, independent film, black comedy, erotic ...
Plot:
writers, making love, poetry, art, poet, sex scene, writer's life, bittersweet, drinking, violence, egocentric man, brother sister relationship ...
Time:
year 1997, 90s, 20th century
Place:
new jersey, usa, stockholm sweden, new york
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