Profound movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant profound movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out profound, thought provoking, weird, complex, serious and stylized films and TV shows about / with storytelling, dialogue, mentor, death, loneliness, cigarette smoking, brutality, suspense, destiny and violence plots mostly in Drama, Romance and Mystery genres shot in USA, France, UK and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as profound: The Spirit of the Beehive (1973), Jacob's Ladder (1990), Raise the Red Lantern (1991), Se7en (1995), Life Is Beautiful (1997), Good Will Hunting (1997), American History X (1998), Saving Private Ryan (1998), The Matrix (1999), Fight Club (1999).
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List of profound movies
Genre: Drama, Fantasy
Country: Spain
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
In the aftermath of the Spanish Civil War, Ana, a sensitive seven-year-old girl in a rural Spanish hamlet is traumatized after a traveling projectionist screens a print of James Whale's 1931 "Frankenstein" for the village. The ...
Style:
art house, surreal, atmospheric, sexy, political ...
Plot:
childhood, coming of age, spanish civil war, children, surrealism, art, existentialism, imagination, magic realism, innocence lost, youth, civil war ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century, year 1940
Place:
spain, iberian peninsula, tokyo, europe
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Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
A traumatized Vietnam war veteran finds out that his post-war life isn't what he believes it to be when he's attacked by horned creatures in the subway and his dead son comes to visit him...
Style:
surreal, scary, bleak, twist ending, psychological ...
Plot:
paranoia, nightmare, hallucination, twists and turns, delusion, mind game, psychology, dealing with death, mental illness, haunted by the past, conspiracy, memory ...
Time:
20th century, year 1971, 70s
Place:
new york, vietnam, usa, asia, brooklyn new york city
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Hong Kong, China
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
China in the 1920s. After her father's death, 19 year old Songlian is forced to marry the much older lord of a powerful family. With three wives already, each living in a separate house within the great castle, there is fierce competition for ...
Style:
atmospheric, stylized, intense, realistic, serious ...
Plot:
feminism, intrigue, jealousy, wealth, insanity, polygamy, arranged marriage, women, mistress, dignity, tragic event, teenage girl ...
Time:
1920s, 20th century
Place:
china, india, asia
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1.7M
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 127 min.
Story:
Two homicide detectives are on a desperate hunt for a serial killer whose crimes are based on the "seven deadly sins" in this dark and haunting film that takes viewers from the tortured remains of one victim to the next. The seasoned Det. ...
Style:
suspenseful, surprise ending, disturbing, scary, neo noir ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
serial killer, investigation, twists and turns, psychopath, police, psychology, insanity, police investigation, murder, suspense, killings, sin ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
los angeles, usa, new york
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance, War
Country: Italy
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
A touching story of an Italian book seller of Jewish ancestry who lives in his own little fairy tale. His creative and happy life would come to an abrupt halt when his entire family is deported to a concentration camp during World War II. While ...
Style:
touching, inspirational, emotional, sentimental, tragicomedy ...
Audience:
chick flick, teens, kids
Plot:
world war two, holocaust, concentration camp, jewish, nazi, human spirit, life & death, life philosophy, nazism, survival, fascism, love ...
Time:
1940s, 1930s, 20th century, year 1939
Place:
italy, europe, poland, tuscany
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 126 min.
Story:
Will Hunting has a genius-level IQ but chooses to work as a janitor at MIT. When he solves a difficult graduate-level math problem, his talents are discovered by Professor Gerald Lambeau, who decides to help the misguided youth reach his potential. ...
Style:
psychological, emotional, sentimental, dramatic, philosophical ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, chick flick, date night
Plot:
mathematics, professor, genius, life philosophy, psychology, life, prodigy, university, philosophy, existentialism, psychologist, ambition ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
boston, harvard university, massachusetts, usa
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
Derek Vineyard is paroled after serving 3 years in prison for killing two thugs who tried to break into/steal his truck. Through his brother, Danny Vineyard's narration, we learn that before going to prison, Derek was a skinhead and the leader ...
Style:
rough, emotional, serious, cerebral, dramatic ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens, date night
Plot:
prison, racism, skinhead, gang, racial slur, character change, rape, juvenile delinquency, neo nazi, racial prejudice, violent, murder ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
los angeles, usa, california, venice beach california
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Genre: Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 169 min.
Story:
As U.S. troops storm the beaches of Normandy, three brothers lie dead on the battlefield, with a fourth trapped behind enemy lines. Ranger captain John Miller and seven men are tasked with penetrating German-held territory and bringing the boy home.
Style:
epic, realistic, breathtaking, captivating, rough ...
Audience:
kids, chick flick
Plot:
war, world war two, military, courage, battles, nazi, sniper, army, self sacrifice, d day, friendship, tank ...
Time:
1940s, year 1944, middle ages, 20th century
Place:
normandy, poland, germany, france, europe ...
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1.9M
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Australia
Duration: 136 min.
Story:
Set in the 22nd century, The Matrix tells the story of a computer hacker who joins a group of underground insurgents fighting the vast and powerful computers who now rule the earth.
Style:
thought provoking, philosophical, surreal, intense, cerebral ...
Audience:
chick flick, kids, boys' night, teens
Plot:
distopia, artificial intelligence, martial arts, existentialism, philosophy, cyberpunk, alternate reality, virtual reality, fight, gunfight, post apocalypse, hacker ...
Time:
future, near future, 20th century, 90s, 22nd century ...
Place:
los angeles
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2.2M
Genre: Drama
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 139 min.
Story:
A ticking-time-bomb insomniac and a slippery soap salesman channel primal male aggression into a shocking new form of therapy. Their concept catches on, with underground "fight clubs" forming in every town, until an eccentric gets in the ...
Style:
surprise ending, psychological, thought provoking, twist ending, surreal ...
Audience:
boys' night, chick flick, manly, girls' night
Plot:
twists and turns, psychology, plot twist, fight, self destructing, insanity, fighting the system, split personality, schizophrenia, losing-it hero, against the rules, obsession ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
delaware, los angeles, usa
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Horror
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
A wealthy New York investment banking executive hides his alternate psychopathic ego from his co-workers and friends as he escalates deeper into his illogical, gratuitous fantasies.
Style:
psychological, twist ending, surreal, stylized, disturbing ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
psychopath, serial killer, insanity, dark humor, satire, greed, sociopath, materialism, psycho, violence, killings, yuppie ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
new york, canada, manhattan new york city, yale university, usa ...
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: France, USA
Duration: 147 min.
Story:
After a car wreck on the winding Mulholland Drive renders a woman amnesic, she and a perky Hollywood-hopeful search for clues and answers across Los Angeles in a twisting venture beyond dreams and reality.
Style:
psychological, surreal, neo noir, atmospheric, art house ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
surrealism, twists and turns, amnesia, lesbian, hallucination, hollywood, alternate reality, obsession, nightmare, doppelganger, lesbian sex, filmmaking ...
Time:
future, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
los angeles, usa, california
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Genre: Action, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, UK, Japan
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
In 2027, in a chaotic world in which humans can no longer procreate, a former activist agrees to help transport a miraculously pregnant woman to a sanctuary at sea, where her child's birth may help scientists save the future of humankind.
Style:
atmospheric, depressing, neo noir, bleak, thought provoking ...
Plot:
apocalypse, distopia, end of the world, redemption, future dystopia, chaos, heroic mission, pandemic, fertility, mission, childlessness, on the run ...
Time:
future, 2020s, 21st century
Place:
england, london, europe, washington state, poland ...
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764K
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: France, Germany
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
At a tiny Parisian café, the adorable yet painfully shy Amélie (Audrey Tautou) accidentally discovers a gift for helping others. Soon Amelie is spending her days as a matchmaker, guardian angel, and all-around do-gooder. But when she bumps into a ...
Style:
feel good, touching, inspirational, sweet, sentimental ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night, teens, date night
Plot:
loneliness, love, fall in love, life, social relations, female protagonist, love and romance, optimism, existentialism, lifestyle change, destiny, surrealism ...
Time:
year 1997, 70s, 90s, year 1974, 20th century ...
Place:
paris france, france, europe, montmartre paris, quebec
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Genre: Drama, Mystery
Country: Hungary, Italy, Germany, France
Duration: 145 min.
Story:
This story takes place in a small town on the Hungarian Plain. In a provincial town, which is surrounded with nothing else but frost. It is bitterly cold weather — without snow. Even in this bewildered cold hundreds of people are standing around ...
Style:
bleak, serious, allegory, psychological, tense ...
Plot:
chaos, surrealism, delusion, musician, philosophy, social relations, small town life, village life, magic realism, circus, small town, husband wife relationship ...
Time:
90s
Place:
hungary, europe
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152K
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Denmark, Netherlands, Sweden, Germany, UK, France, Finland, Norway, Italy
Duration: 178 min.
Story:
A barren soundstage is stylishly utilized to create a minimalist small-town setting in which a mysterious woman named Grace hides from the criminals who pursue her. The town is two-faced and offers to harbor Grace as long as she can make it worth ...
Style:
psychological, art house, bleak, twist ending, thought provoking ...
Plot:
rape, morality, society, gangsters, twists and turns, female protagonist, vengeance, haunted by the past, rocky mountains, victim, brutality, existentialism ...
Time:
1930s, future, 20th century
Place:
los angeles
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183K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama
Country: Hong Kong, China
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
One man defeated three assassins who sought to murder the most powerful warlord in pre-unified China.
Style:
breathtaking, atmospheric, epic, stylized, philosophical ...
Plot:
martial arts, sword fight, master warrior, kung fu, swords and armor, twists and turns, vengeance, betrayal, samurai, violence, battles, ancient history ...
Time:
ancient times
Place:
china, ancient china, hong kong, asia
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Spain, Canada
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
A Pedro Almodovar production in which a fatally ill mother with only two months to live creates a list of things she wants to do before she dies with out telling her family of her illness.
Style:
sentimental, sad, touching, romantic, philosophical ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
terminal illness, secret love, cancer, death, love and romance, dealing with death, parents and children, infidelity, hospital, love story, relationships, life & death ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
canada
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Genre: Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Joel Barish, heartbroken that his girlfriend underwent a procedure to erase him from her memory, decides to do the same. However, as he watches his memories of her fade away, he realises that he still loves her, and may be too late to correct his ...
Style:
psychological, surreal, melancholic, mind bending, romantic ...
Audience:
date night, chick flick, teens, girls' night
Plot:
memory, surrealism, amnesia, love, existentialism, memory loss, love story, relationships, alternate reality, couples, loneliness, introspection ...
Time:
future, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
usa, new york
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 132 min.
Story:
1986 Gyunggi Province. The body of a young woman is found brutally raped and murdered. Two months later, a series of rapes and murders commences under similar circumstances. And in a country that had never known such crimes, the dark whispers about ...
Style:
neo noir, psychological, realistic, bleak, disturbing ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
police investigation, serial killer, police, rape, twists and turns, murder investigation, murder, unsolved crime, investigation, murder mystery, suspense, police detective ...
Time:
80s, year 1986, year 2003, 20th century, 2000s
Place:
south korea, asia, korea
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
A theater director struggles with his work, and the women in his life, as he attempts to create a life-size replica of New York inside a warehouse as part of his new play.
Style:
philosophical, psychological, depressing, surreal, art house ...
Plot:
depression, existentialism, twists and turns, theater, magic realism, schizophrenic, obsession, writers, writer's life, death, philosophy, mental illness ...
Time:
future, 21st century
Place:
new york, usa, manhattan new york city, berlin germany
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640K
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
Country: USA, Taiwan, UK, Canada, India, France
Duration: 127 min.
Story:
The story of an Indian boy named Pi, a zookeeper's son who finds himself in the company of a hyena, zebra, orangutan, and a Bengal tiger after a shipwreck sets them adrift in the Pacific Ocean.
Style:
philosophical, visually appealing, atmospheric, motivational, scenic ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, chick flick, girls' night, date night ...
Plot:
survival, ocean, human animal relationship, stranded, lost at sea, animals, life, hopes, life & death, beautiful scenery, survivor, journey ...
Time:
70s
Place:
india, pacific ocean, toronto ontario canada, montreal, paris france ...
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114K
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
Country: USA, South Africa, India
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
In a hospital on the outskirts of 1920s Los Angeles, an injured stuntman begins to tell a fellow patient, a little girl with a broken arm, a fantastic story about 5 mythical heroes. Thanks to his fractured state of mind and her vivid imagination, ...
Style:
surreal, mind bending, visually appealing, touching, fairy tale ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
hospital, surrealism, suicide attempt, imagination, escape from reality, suicide, imaginary kingdom, friendship, stuntman, magic realism, child, desert ...
Time:
1920s, 1910s, 20th century
Place:
los angeles, california, india, istanbul turkey, taj mahal
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Genre: Action, Drama, Romance
Country: Hong Kong, China
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
During China's Tang dynasty the emperor has taken the princess of a neighboring province as wife. She has borne him two sons and raised his eldest. Now his control over his dominion is complete, including the royal family itself.
Style:
colourful, absurd, sexy, captivating, serious ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
martial arts, royal family, betrayal, forbidden love, dysfunctional family, kung fu, fight, empress, sword fight, punishment, execution, poison ...
Time:
1930s, 7th century, 10th century, middle ages
Place:
china, asia, tokyo, ancient china, rome italy
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34K
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
A beautiful and mysterious woman helps an inept scam artist get his game together...but is their meeting purely coincidence?
Style:
philosophical, intellectual, reflective, melancholic, emotional ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
love story, angel, life philosophy, gangsters, loneliness, french, low self esteem, disorder, transformation, relationships, redemption, twists and turns ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
paris france, argentina, europe, france
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285K
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Romance, War
Country: UK, France, USA
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
As a 13-year-old, fledgling writer Briony Tallis irrevocably changes the course of several lives when she accuses her older sister's lover of a crime he did not commit.
Style:
touching, emotional, sad, heartbreaking, dramatic ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night, teens, adult
Plot:
world war two, wartime, redemption, injustice, love story, tragic love, unfulfilled love, war, love and romance, forbidden love, love, false accusation ...
Time:
1940s, 1930s, post world war two, victorian era, 50s ...
Place:
england, dunkirk, london, europe
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780K
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
A ballet dancer wins the lead in "Swan Lake" and is perfect for the role of the delicate White Swan - Princess Odette - but slowly loses her mind as she becomes more and more like Odile, the Black Swan.
Style:
psychological, sexy, atmospheric, surreal, cerebral ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
ballet, mental illness, obsession, dancing, psychology, insanity, character study, suspense, paranoia, hallucination, rivalry, surrealism ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
usa, new york, manhattan new york city
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: Argentina, Spain
Duration: 129 min.
Story:
A retired legal counselor writes a novel hoping to find closure for one of his past unresolved homicide cases and for his unreciprocated love with his superior - both of which still haunt him decades later.
Style:
tense, dark, touching, suspenseful, twist ending ...
Plot:
investigation, rape, suspense, twists and turns, murder, lawyer, serial killer, revenge, evidence, vengeance, writers, obsession ...
Time:
20th century, 90s, 2000s, year 1974, 70s
Place:
argentina, latin america, south america, harvard university, buenos aires argentina
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Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: UK, France
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Four Lions tells the story of a group of British jihadists who push their abstract dreams of glory to the breaking point. As the wheels fly off, and their competing ideologies clash, what emerges is an emotionally engaging (and entirely plausible) ...
Style:
unusual plot structure, humorous, funny, surreal, not serious ...
Plot:
terrorism, suicide, bomb, stupidity, farce, recruit, comedy of errors, sarcasm, religion, twists and turns, goofy hero, training ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
england, london, yorkshire, pakistan, northern england ...
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Genre: Drama, History, Romance, War
Country: China, Hong Kong
Duration: 146 min.
Story:
A Westerner finds refuge with a group of women in a church during Japan's rape of Nanking in 1937. Posing as a priest, he attempts to lead the women to safety.
Style:
touching, emotional, realistic, harsh, brutal ...
Plot:
world war two, atrocity, prostitution, war, suffering, sino japanese war, japanese occupation of china, prostitute, holocaust, wartime, survival, rape ...
Time:
year 1937, 1930s, 20th century
Place:
china, asia, germany, japan
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