Dostoevsky movies and TV shows

The list contains the best, new and most relevant dostoevsky movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out realistic, art house, serious, contemplative, existential and philosophical films and TV shows about / with murder, suicide, existentialism, death, society, human nature, family relations, novel, surrealism and religion plots mostly in Drama, Romance and Comedy genres shot in France, USA, Spain and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as dostoevsky: The Machinist (2004), The Karamazov Brothers (2008), Mirror (1975), Match Point (2005), Love and Death (1975), Norte, the End of History (2013), Au Hasard Balthazar (1966), Crime and Punishment (1983), The Ten Commandments (1989), Crimes and Misdemeanors (1989).

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 7.6
 413K
The Machinist (2004)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Spain, France, UK, USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story: The Machinist is the story of Trevor Reznik, a lathe-operator who is dying of insomnia. In a machine shop, occupational hazards are bad enough under normal circumstances; yet for Trevor the risks are compounded by fatigue. Trevor has lost the ...
Style: psychological, twist ending, surprise ending, surreal, mind bending ...
Audience: adult
Plot: insomnia, insanity, obsession, mysterious character, losing-it hero, paranoia, hallucination, life is a bitch, uncover truth, schizophrenia, secrets, mental illness ...
Time: year 2004, 2000s, 21st century
Place: persia, america, usa, los angeles
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The Karamazov Brothers (2008)
Genre: Drama
Country: Czech Republic, Poland, France
Duration: 110 min.
Story: Dostoevsky’s latter-day opus about the siblings and their father is among the masterpieces of world literature. It asks profound questions about ethics and religion. Is there a God? Does the devil exist? Is everything allowed because we live in a ...
Style: captivating, sincere, atmospheric, realistic, serious ...
Plot: theater, hopes, lifestyle, parents and children, human nature, performer's life, redemption, artists and showbiz, society, dealing with death, siblings relations, family relations ...
Time: 21st century
Place: europe, eastern europe, prague, poland, central europe ...
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 8.0
 52K
Mirror (1975)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 107 min.
Story: A dying man in his forties remembers his past. His childhood, his mother, the war, personal moments and things that tell of the recent history of all the Russian nation.
Style: surreal, atmospheric, avant garde, art house, serious ...
Plot: world war two, childhood, surrealism, poetry, memory, dream, winter, stream of consciousness, mirror, minimal dialogue, woods, levitation ...
Time: year 1935, 1930s, 1940s, 20th century, year 1975 ...
Place: soviet union, russia, ussr, moscow russia, europe ...
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 7.6
 227K
Match Point (2005)
Genre: Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: UK, USA, Luxembourg
Duration: 124 min.
Story: Match Point is Woody Allen’s satire of the British High Society and the ambition of a young tennis instructor to enter into it. Yet when he must decide between two women - one assuring him his place in high society, and the other that would bring ...
Style: romantic, psychological, talky, clever, suspense ...
Audience: chick flick
Plot: infidelity, love triangle, lust, adultery, seduction, passionate interest, destructive relationship, couples, love and romance, fatal attraction, murder, passion ...
Time: year 2005, 2000s, 21st century
Place: london, europe, england, united kingdom, new york ...
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 7.7
 41K
Love and Death (1975)
Genre: Comedy, War
Country: France, USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story: Set in 19th-century Russia, Allen is a cowardly serf drafted into the Napoleonic war, who would rather write poetry and obsess over his beautiful but pretentious cousin. Allen's cowardice serves him well when he hides in a cannon and is shot ...
Style: parody, philosophical, surreal, witty, humorous ...
Plot: satire, war, philosophy, napoleonic wars, irreverent, nothing goes right, love and romance, disorder, comedy of errors, fall in love, military, goofy hero ...
Time: year 1975, 1800s, 1810s, 19th century
Place: russia, ussr, st. petersburg russia
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Norte, the End of History (2013)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Philippines
Duration: 250 min.
Story: A man is wrongly jailed for murder while the real killer roams free. The murderer is an intellectual frustrated with his country’s never-ending cycle of betrayal and apathy. The convict is a simple man who finds life in prison more tolerable, when ...
Style: philosophical, realistic, stylized, serious, atmospheric ...
Plot: double murder, social problems, revenge, punishment, government corruption, immigrant, society, social relations, working class, village life, prison, husband wife relationship ...
Time: year 2013, 21st century
Place: the philippines, asia
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Au Hasard Balthazar (1966)
Genre: Drama
Country: France, Sweden
Duration: 95 min.
Story: The story of a mistreated donkey and the people around him. A study on saintliness and a sister piece to Bresson's Mouchette.
Style: depressing, art house, cerebral, black and white, philosophical ...
Plot: farm, parable, existentialism, cruelty, minimalism, redemption, friendship, european, spirit, swing, spirituality, drinking ...
Time: year 1966, 20th century, 60s
Place: france, europe
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Crime and Punishment (1983)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Finland
Duration: 93 min.
Story: An adaptation of Dostoyevsky's novel, updated to present-day Helsinki. Slaughterhouse worker Rahikainen murders a man, and is forced to live with the consequences of his actions...
Style: serious, realistic, neo noir, intercultural, suspenseful ...
Plot: murder, guilty conscience, law enforcement, life is a bitch, down on your luck, guilt, police, friend, friendship, loneliness, morality, russian empire ...
Time: 80s
Place: finland, europe, helsinki finland
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The Ten Commandments (1989)
Genre: Drama
Country: Poland, West Germany
Duration: 572 min.
TV show
Story: The Decalogue is a 1989 Polish television drama series directed by Krzysztof Kieślowski and co-written by Kieślowski with Krzysztof Piesiewicz, with music by Zbigniew Preisner. It consists of ten one-hour films, inspired by the Ten Commandments. ...
Style: psychological, philosophical, atmospheric, depressing, cerebral ...
Plot: philosophy, christian, depression, death, love, morality, christianity, spirituality, christmas, faith, catholic, redemption ...
Time: 20th century, year 1989, 80s
Place: poland, eastern europe, syria, iraq, europe
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Crimes and Misdemeanors (1989)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story: An ophthalmologist's mistress threatens to reveal their affair to his wife, while a married documentary filmmaker is infatuated by another woman.
Style: philosophical, talky, humorous, witty, meditative ...
Plot: adultery, murder, infidelity, mistress, existentialism, justice, guilt, blackmail, satire, couple relations, moral dilemma, human nature ...
Time: 20th century, year 1989, 80s
Place: new york, usa
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Whispering Pages (1994)
Genre: Drama
Country: Russia, Germany
Duration: 77 min.
Story: The pages that whisper through this brooding, beautiful tone poem are from nineteenth-century Russian literature, primarily Dostoevsky’s Crime and Punishment. An anonymous man wanders through decomposing, fog-enshrouded catacombs and encounters a ...
Style: spiritual, contemplative, poetic, existential, avant garde
Plot: crime and punishment, existentialism, alienation, solitude, spirituality, underground, atheist, poverty, religion, lion, humiliation, faith ...
Place: soviet union, russia
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 6.5
 53K
The Double (2013)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 93 min.
Story: An awkward office drone becomes increasingly unhinged after a charismatic and confident look-alike takes a job at his workplace and seduces the woman he desires.
Style: psychological, surreal, mindfuck, bleak, art house ...
Audience: family friendly
Plot: shyness, doppelganger, surrealism, suicide, loneliness, depression, workplace, office, obsession, losing-it hero, loser, wise man ...
Time: year 2013, 21st century
Place: britain, usa
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The Wild Pear Tree (2018)
Genre: Drama
Country: Turkey, France, Germany, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Sweden, Qatar
Duration: 188 min.
Story: An aspiring writer returns to his native village in rural Turkey, where he becomes overwhelmed by his father's debts.
Style: captivating, psychological, realistic, contemplative, erotic ...
Plot: writers, society, childhood, debt, family conflict, family relations, homecoming, father son relationship, family crisis, countryside, gambler, slow burn ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
Place: middle east, maghreb, turkey
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Crime & Punishment (2015)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 110 min.
Story: When reason fails, the devil helps.
Style: captivating, psychological, thrilling
Plot: punishment, crime solving, uncover truth, investigation, crime investigation, crime and punishment, novel
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 6.0
 1K
Mad Love (1985)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 101 min.
Story: After a successful bank robbery, Micky hopes to take back his girlfriend Mary who has been taken from him. On the way to Paris he meets Leon, a neurotic dreamer whom he considers an idiot. Leon can hardly understand what Micky is up to but he ...
Style: romantic comedy, art house, erotic, serious, realistic ...
Plot: female nudity, nudity, sex, surrealism, women, nude women, gangster, bank robbery, mental illness, existentialism, psychological abuse, female orgasm ...
Time: 80s, 20th century
Place: paris france, france
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 7.4
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Dostoevsky (2011)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: Russia
Duration: 54 min.
TV show
Story: Biopic covering a large portion of Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky's life, from the Petrashevsky Circle to the writing of The Brothers Karamazov.
Style: captivating, suspenseful, disturbing, factual, rough
Audience: family outing
Plot: biopic, life is a bitch, writer's life, isolation, tragic hero, death of wife, trial, death sentence, destiny, writers, artistic
Time: 19th century
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 6.6
 67K
Irrational Man (2015)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: On a small town college campus, a philosophy professor in existential crisis gives his life new purpose when he enters into a relationship with his student.
Style: romantic, suspense, talky, psychological, melancholic ...
Plot: professor, murder, philosophy, russian roulette, plot twist, college, teachers and students, loneliness, character study, unlikely friendships, moral ambiguity, relationships ...
Time: year 2015, future, 21st century
Place: usa, rhode island
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 8.1
 26K
Viridiana (1961)
Genre: Drama
Country: Mexico, Spain
Duration: 91 min.
Story: Viridiana, a young nun about to take her final vows, pays a visit to her widowed uncle at the request of her Mother Superior.
Style: controversial, black and white, surreal, art house, disturbing ...
Plot: religion, satire, dark humor, nun, catholic, morality, voyeurism, idealism, rape, loser, farm, priest ...
Time: year 1961, 20th century, 60s
Place: spain, madrid, europe
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The Exterminating Angel (1962)
Genre: Drama, Fantasy
Country: Mexico
Duration: 95 min.
Story: The guests at an upper-class dinner party find themselves unable to leave. The Exterminating Angel is a 1962 surrealist film, written and directed by Luis Buñuel, starring Silvia Pinal. Sharply satirical and allegorical, the film contains a view ...
Style: surreal, dark comedy, avant garde, black comedy, allegory ...
Plot: surrealism, room, social satire, religion, dinner party, satire, isolation, mansion, piano, class differences, philosophy, trapped ...
Time: year 1962, 60s, 20th century
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 8.4
 52K
High and Low (1963)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 143 min.
Story: An executive of a shoe company becomes a victim of extortion when his chauffeur's son is kidnapped and held for ransom.
Style: suspense, captivating, bleak, black and white, atmospheric ...
Plot: police, ransom, samurai, secrets, tragedy, visceral, character study, psychopath, mistaken identity, chauffeur, rescue, missing person ...
Time: 20th century, year 1963, 60s, post world war two
Place: japan
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 6.9
 8K
La chinoise (1967)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 95 min.
Story: A small group of French students are studying Mao, trying to find out their position in the world and how to change the world to a Maoistic community using terrorism.
Style: political, philosophical, art house, artsy, cult classic ...
Plot: revolution, communism, politics, anarchist, protest, marxist, legal, anarchy, communist, hippie, modernism, isolation ...
Time: year 1967, 60s
Place: france, paris france, europe, britain, usa ...
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 7.9
 11K
Raise Ravens (1976)
Genre: Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 105 min.
Story: In Madrid, the orphan sisters Irene, Ana and Maite are raised by their austere aunt Paulina together with their mute and crippled grandmother after the death of their mother and their military father Anselmo. Ana is a melancholic girl, fascinated by ...
Style: political, psychedelic, mind bending, surreal, serious ...
Plot: coming of age, children, flashback, adultery, childhood trauma, poison, female nudity, youth, orphan, childhood, classical music, child protagonist ...
Time: year 1976, 70s, 20th century
Place: iberian peninsula, spain, europe, madrid
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 7.8
 6K
El Sur (1983)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Romance
Country: Spain, France
Duration: 95 min.
Story: The movie tells a melancholic story of a little girl who is living in a city in the north. She is fascinated by the secrets of the south which seem to be hidden in the personality of her father.
Style: poetic, sad, art house, visual, serious ...
Plot: coming of age, children, family relations, surrealism, traumatic childhood, family problems, magic realism, mental health, adolescence, teenager, worship, problem ...
Time: year 1983, 50s, 20th century, 1950s
Place: spain, iberian peninsula, europe
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 7.4
 12K
Money (1983)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: France, Switzerland
Duration: 85 min.
Story: A forged 500-franc note is cynically passed from person to person and shop to shop, until it falls into the hands of a genuine innocent who doesn't see it for what it is - which will have devastating consequences on his life, causing him to ...
Style: spiritual, slow cinema, cynical, neo noir, anthology ...
Plot: betrayal, prison, trial, existentialism, post war, modernism, labor, spirit, spirituality, entertainment, fugitive, dream ...
Time: 80s, year 1983
Place: france, europe, paris france
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The Public Woman (1984)
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 113 min.
Story: An inexperienced young actress is invited to play a role in a film based on Dostoyevsky's 'The Possessed'. The film director, a Czech immigrant in Paris, takes over her life, and in a short time she is unable to draw the line between ...
Style: erotic, avant garde, deep, existential, cult classic ...
Plot: erotica, female orgasm, nude model, filmmaking, orgasm, female nudity, surrealism, manipulation, sexy girl, sex scene, insanity, doppelganger ...
Place: france, paris france
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 6.2
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The Possessed (1988)
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 116 min.
Story: French-polish movie adaptation of the novel by Dostoievski (also known as Demons), directed by Andrzej Wajda.
Style: serious, realistic, exciting, suspenseful, bleak ...
Plot: anarchism, renaissance, imperial russia, reform, small town, group, shakespeare, russian politics, underground movement, religious faith, naivete, ex wife ...
Time: 19th century, 80s, 20th century, 1870s
Place: russia, eastern europe
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New York Stories (1989)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 124 min.
Story: Three stories happening in New York. The first, by Scorsese, is about a painter who creates his works helped by high volume music and an attractive assistant; second, by Coppola, is about a rich and bold 12 years old who helps her separated parents ...
Style: anthology, talky, realistic, semi serious, touching ...
Audience: date night
Plot: artist, art, obsession, hotel, luxury hotel, young heroes, jealousy, family relations, gallery, youth, city life, parents and children ...
Time: 20th century, year 1989, 80s
Place: new york, greece, usa, manhattan new york city, athens greece
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A Woman's Revenge (1990)
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 133 min.
Story: Suzy, a beautiful woman, is coming back to Paris to attend the funeral of her lover, a married man. Cecile, his wife, is holding Suzy responsible for his suicide. By finding Suzy in Paris, Cecile is trying to seek the truth by playing a ...
Style: psychological, realistic, serious
Plot: lesbian subtext, couples, rivalry, love and romance, vengeance, uncover truth, love triangle, female vigilante, female protagonist, female female relationship, death of husband, death of lover ...
Time: 80s, 20th century
Place: paris france, france
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A Brighter Summer Day (1991)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: Taiwan
Duration: 237 min.
Story: A boy experiences first love, friendships and injustices growing up in 1960s Taiwan.
Style: slow cinema, art house, aesthetic, inspirational, existential ...
Plot: coming of age, murder, love, teenager, sadness, bookstore, asian, mouse, slow burn, martial arts, killer, book ...
Time: 60s, year 1991, 20th century, 1950s, year 1959 ...
Place: taiwan, nebraska, taipei, asia
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 6.2
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The Gambler (1997)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Romance
Country: Netherlands, Hungary, UK
Duration: 97 min.
Story: Under pressure from his publisher, Russian novelist Fyodor Dostoyevsky gets work on his latest piece, 'Rouletenberg'. In the 27 days it takes for him to complete the novel reality and fiction become blurred; in this feverish atmosphere of ...
Style: stylized, romantic drama, realistic, serious, independent film
Plot: gambling, writers, older man younger woman relationship, addiction, gambler, biopic, obsession, redemption, poet, nudity, novelist, gambling addiction ...
Time: year 1997, 1860s, 19th century, 1870s
Place: germany, st. petersburg russia, russia
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