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, complex, philosophical and psychological films and TV shows about / with existentialism, loneliness, obsession, storytelling, character study, death, psychological drama, murder, culture clash and runaway 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), Mirror (1975), The Idiot (2003), The Karamazov Brothers (2008), Dostoevsky (2011), Match Point (2005), Love and Death (1975), Norte, the End of History (2013), Au Hasard Balthazar (1966), Crime and Punishment (1983).
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439K
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Spain, 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, depressing, surreal ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
insomnia, insanity, uncover truth, obsession, mysterious character, paranoia, losing-it hero, twists and turns, schizophrenia, life is a bitch, secrets, alienation ...
Time:
year 2004, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
usa, america, persia, los angeles
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57K
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:
cerebral, atmospheric, surreal, philosophical, art house ...
Plot:
childhood, surrealism, world war two, poetry, stream of consciousness, dream, winter, memory, coming of age, mirror, levitation, female nudity ...
Time:
year 1935, 1940s, 1930s, 20th century, year 1975 ...
Place:
soviet union, russia, moscow russia, ussr, europe ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: Russia
Duration: 55 min.
TV show
Story:
TV miniseries of the Dostoevsky novel.
Style:
atmospheric, serious, costume drama, psychological, realistic ...
Plot:
love triangle, love affair, literary, character study, madness, aristocracy, naivete, scandal, passion, mental illness, moral ambiguity, jealousy ...
Time:
19th century
Place:
russia
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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, atmospheric, sincere, serious, realistic ...
Plot:
theater, lifestyle, hopes, parents and children, society, human nature, performer's life, dealing with death, artists and showbiz, redemption, siblings relations, family relations ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
europe, eastern europe, prague, poland, central europe ...
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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:
suspenseful, captivating, factual, rough, disturbing ...
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
biopic, trial, russian empire, character study, writer's life, life is a bitch, destiny, death of wife, death sentence, tragic hero, isolation, imprisonment ...
Time:
19th century
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238K
Genre: Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: UK, Luxembourg, USA
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:
sexy, romantic, psychological, talky, erotic ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
infidelity, love triangle, couples, lust, sex, seduction, adultery, passionate interest, murder, destructive relationship, fatal attraction, love and romance ...
Time:
year 2005, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
london, europe, england, united kingdom, ireland ...
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Genre: Comedy, War
Country: 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, intellectual, witty ...
Plot:
satire, war, philosophy, napoleonic wars, irreverent, nothing goes right, love and romance, disorder, fall in love, military, goofy hero, couple relations ...
Time:
year 1975, 1810s, 1800s, 19th century, 1930s ...
Place:
russia, ussr, st. petersburg russia
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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, punishment, government corruption, revenge, immigrant, social relations, society, working class, village life, prison, husband wife relationship ...
Time:
year 2013, 21st century
Place:
the philippines, asia, india
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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:
black and white, depressing, art house, cerebral, philosophical ...
Plot:
parable, farm, minimalism, existentialism, cruelty, redemption, friendship, swing, european, spirit, countryside, saint ...
Time:
year 1966, 60s, 20th century
Place:
france, europe, tokyo
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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:
realistic, serious, neo noir, intercultural, bleak ...
Plot:
guilty conscience, guilt, murder, police, morality, loneliness, life is a bitch, law enforcement, down on your luck, crime and punishment, friend, friendship ...
Time:
80s
Place:
helsinki finland, europe, finland
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Genre: Drama
Country: Poland, West Germany
Duration: 60 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, breathtaking, cerebral, depressing ...
Plot:
philosophy, morality, christianity, spirituality, christian, love, depression, death, ten commandments, renaissance, religious, catholic ...
Time:
year 1989, 20th century, 80s
Place:
poland, eastern europe, iraq, syria, europe
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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, thought provoking ...
Plot:
murder, adultery, infidelity, mistress, philosophy, existentialism, guilt, justice, uncle niece relationship, blackmail, moral dilemma, couple relations ...
Time:
year 1989, 20th century, 80s
Place:
new york, usa, canada
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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, existential, poetic, contemplative, avant garde
Plot:
atheist, solitude, alienation, existentialism, crime and punishment, underground, spirituality, lion, humiliation, poverty, religion, faith ...
Place:
soviet union, russia
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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, mysterious, sexy, black comedy ...
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
doppelganger, shyness, losing-it hero, surrealism, depression, suicide, dark humor, employer employee relationship, cemetery, office, workplace, loser ...
Time:
year 2013, 21st century
Place:
britain, usa
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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, erotic, psychological, contemplative, realistic ...
Plot:
writers, childhood, debt, family conflict, family relations, father son relationship, homecoming, countryside, family crisis, gambler, gambling debt, snow ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
middle east, bosnia herzegovina, maghreb, turkey
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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, serious, realistic
Plot:
lesbian subtext, vengeance, couples, uncover truth, rivalry, love and romance, love triangle, death of husband, female protagonist, death of lover, female female relationship, female vigilante ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
paris france, france
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
When reason fails, the devil helps.
Style:
thrilling, captivating, psychological, psychological thriller, dark ...
Plot:
investigation, punishment, moral dilemma, crime investigation, uncover truth, crime solving, moral ambiguity, guilt, conscience, character study, temptation, existentialism ...
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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:
erotic, sexual, art house, romantic comedy, serious ...
Plot:
skinny dipping, sex, nudity, surrealism, female nudity, female pubic hair, female orgasm, mental illness, bank robbery, existentialism, psychological abuse, nude women ...
Time:
20th century, 80s
Place:
paris france, france
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Genre: Drama, Romance, War
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
In World War II, the widow Barny sees the Italian soldiers arriving in occupied Saint Bernard while walking to her job. Barny lives with her daughter and works correcting tests and feels a great attraction toward her boss Sabine. When the Germans ...
Style:
realistic, touching, serious, sincere, bleak ...
Plot:
clergy, world war two, atheist, religion, theology, catholic priest, church, priest, faith, unfulfilled love, self discovery, religions or cults ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century, year 1961
Place:
france, europe
Is relevant?
33K
Genre: Drama
Country: Italy, Soviet Union
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
The Russian poet Andrei Gorchakov, accompanied by guide and translator Eugenia, is traveling through Italy researching the life of an 18th-century Russian composer. In an ancient spa town, he meets the lunatic Domenico, who years earlier had ...
Style:
philosophical, atmospheric, cerebral, art house, contemplative ...
Plot:
philosophy, art, church, existentialism, poetry, dream, obsession, storytelling, great ending, poet, memory, redemption ...
Time:
year 1983, 80s, 18th century
Place:
rome italy, italy, soviet union, russia, ussr ...
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Genre: Drama, Music, Mystery, Romance
Country: France, Poland, Switzerland
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Julie is haunted by her grief after living through a tragic auto wreck that claimed the life of her composer husband and young daughter. Her initial reaction is to withdraw from her relationships, lock herself in her apartment and suppress her pain. ...
Style:
cerebral, sexy, philosophical, visual, art house ...
Plot:
grief, classical music, musician, solitude, loss of child, sex, mourning, trauma, loneliness, depression, stripper, car accident ...
Time:
90s, year 1993, 20th century
Place:
paris france, france, poland, eastern europe, europe
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Genre: Drama, War
Country: Estonia, Georgia
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
War in Abkhazia 1990. An Estonian man Ivo has stayed behind to harvest his crops of tangerines. In a bloody conflict at his door, a wounded man is left behind, and Ivo is forced to take him in.
Style:
harsh, thought provoking, tense, heartbreaking, compassionate ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
anti war, humanity, brutality, wartime life, civil war, tragedy, life & death, survival, character study, bullet wound, war, caucasian ...
Time:
90s, year 1992, year 2013, year 2014, 20th century
Place:
georgia, caucasus, middle east, iraq, soviet union ...
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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:
philosophical, unusual plot structure, romantic, suspense, sexy ...
Plot:
professor, murder, russian roulette, philosophy, relationships, plot twist, teachers and students, college, attempted murder, poisoning, judge, character study ...
Time:
year 2015, future, 21st century
Place:
usa, rhode island, england
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12K
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, surreal, psychedelic, mind bending, depressing ...
Plot:
childhood trauma, coming of age, flashback, insomnia, poison, adultery, adulterous husband, children, female nudity, orphan, youth, childhood ...
Time:
year 1976, 70s, 20th century
Place:
iberian peninsula, spain, europe, madrid
Is relevant?
1.0M
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
A mentally unstable Vietnam War veteran works as a night-time taxi driver in New York City where the perceived decadence and sleaze feeds his urge for violent action, attempting to save a preadolescent prostitute in the process.
Style:
psychological, neo noir, bleak, atmospheric, cult classic ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
loner, vigilante, character study, alienation, vigilantism, violence, obsession, loneliness, psychology, lone wolves, taxi, social decay ...
Time:
70s, year 1976, 20th century, year 1975
Place:
new york, manhattan new york city, usa, america, harlem ...
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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, visual, art house, sad, realistic ...
Plot:
coming of age, children, family relations, magic realism, first communion, tragic romance, teenager, mental health, family problems, traumatic childhood, surrealism, worship ...
Time:
1950s, year 1983, 20th century, 50s, year 1957
Place:
spain, iberian peninsula, europe
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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, captivating, bleak, realistic, rough ...
Plot:
renaissance, imperial russia, atheism, anarchism, reform, small town, group, russian politics, shakespeare, religious faith, naivete, ex wife ...
Time:
19th century, 20th century, 80s, 1870s
Place:
russia, eastern europe
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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, semi serious, realistic, touching ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
artist, luxury hotel, obsession, art, hotel, young heroes, jealousy, family relations, gallery, youth, city life, parents and children ...
Time:
20th century, year 1989, 80s
Place:
new york, greece, usa, athens greece, manhattan new york city ...
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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, existential, social ...
Plot:
murder, coming of age, love, teenager, street gang, schoolgirl, bookstore, mouse, asian, sadness, slow burn, martial arts ...
Time:
60s, year 1991, 20th century, year 1959, year 1960 ...
Place:
taiwan, nebraska, taipei, asia
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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:
writers, novelist, older man younger woman relationship, gambling, gambling addiction, addiction, gambler, nudity, biopic, redemption, obsession, female nudity ...
Time:
1860s, year 1997, 19th century, 1870s, 1920s ...
Place:
st. petersburg russia, russia, germany, hong kong
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