| The Long Kiss Goodnight (1996) | 6.8 | |
| Trance (2013) | 6.9 | |
| Dark City (1998) | 7.5 | |
| The Jacket (2005) | 7.1 | |
| The Majestic (2001) | 6.9 |
Amnesia movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant amnesia movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out suspense, serious, psychological, thought provoking, clever and realistic films and TV shows about / with amnesia, memory, memory loss, dialogue, twists and turns, flashback, mentor, storytelling, destiny and love plots mostly in Drama, Mystery and Thriller genres shot in USA, France, Germany and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as amnesia: Regarding Henry (1991), The Vow (2012), Awake (2019), Overboard (2018), The Long Kiss Goodnight (1996), Unknown (2011), The Lookout (2007), I Know Who You Are (2017), Wrecked (2010), Paris, Texas (1984).
Best films
New films
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Henry is a lawyer who survives a shooting only to find he cannot remember anything. If that weren't enough, Henry also has to recover his speech and mobility, in a life he no longer fits into. Fortunately, Henry has a loving wife and daughter ...
Style:
inspirational, touching, intense, emotional, realistic ...
Audience:
girls' night, chick flick
Plot:
amnesia, rehabilitation, lawyer, memory loss, redemption, disability, brain damage, family relations, maid, parents and children, hopes, self discovery ...
Time:
90s
Place:
new york, usa, manhattan new york city
Is relevant?
213K
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA, Australia, France, Canada, Germany, Brazil, UK, China
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Happy young married couple Paige and Leo are, well, happy. Then a car accident puts Paige into a life-threatening coma. Upon awakening she has lost the previous five years of memories, including those of her beloved Leo, her wedding, a confusing ...
Style:
romantic, touching, sentimental, inspirational, emotional ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night, teens, date night, teen drama
Plot:
love story, amnesia, memory loss, marriage, love and romance, love, true love, relationships, couple relations, power of love, wooing, destiny ...
Time:
year 2012, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
chicago, usa
Is relevant?
4K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
A man wakes in a hospital bed with no recollection of who he is, and learns that he's wanted by the police for a committing a series of murders.
Style:
suspense, talky, non-linear, psychological thriller, tense ...
Plot:
amnesia, serial killer, hospital, investigation, police, murder, false accusation, identity, memory loss, escapades, psychopath, father son relationship ...
Is relevant?
44K
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
A spoiled, wealthy yacht owner is thrown overboard and becomes the target of revenge from his mistreated employee. A remake of the 1987 comedy.
Style:
romantic, humorous, light, funny, rom com ...
Audience:
family outing, chick flick, date night
Plot:
happy ending, amnesia, memory loss, revenge, love, rich, enemies to lovers, soul mate, vengeance, sea, family life, family relations ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
oregon
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
Samantha Caine, suburban homemaker, is the ideal mom to her 8 year old daughter Caitlin. She lives in Honesdale, PA, has a job teaching school and makes the best Rice Krispie treats in town. But when she receives a bump on her head, she begins to ...
Style:
suspense, dark comedy, neo noir, cult classic, intense ...
Audience:
boys' night, girls' night
Plot:
amnesia, memory loss, hitman, christmas, terrorism, strong female lead, female protagonist, chase, female assassin, conspiracy, kick-butt women, cia ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
new jersey, pennsylvania, usa, manhattan new york city, new england ...
Is relevant?
276K
Genre: Action, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany, UK, France, Japan, Canada
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
An American biologist attending a conference in Berlin awakens from a coma after a car accident, only to discover that someone has taken his identity and that no one, not even his wife, believes him. With the help of an illegal immigrant and a ...
Style:
surprise ending, suspense, twist ending, psychological, suspenseful ...
Audience:
teens, manly, boys' night
Plot:
twists and turns, memory loss, investigation, uncover truth, conspiracy, amnesia, assassin, secret service, danger, disorder, chase, lone hero ...
Time:
year 2011, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
berlin germany, germany
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Chris is a once promising high school athlete whose life is turned upside down following a tragic accident. As he tries to maintain a normal life, he takes a job as a janitor at a bank, where he ultimately finds himself caught up in a planned heist.
Style:
tense, neo noir, realistic, suspenseful, intense ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
bank robbery, amnesia, robbery, female nudity, sex, seduction, casual sex, heist, violence, young man, chess, brain damage ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, kansas, missouri, kansas city, california
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Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Spain
Duration: 70 min.
TV show
Story:
A man ends up in hospital after a car accident. He does not remember his name, but it is soon discovered he is a famous attorney. To make things worse, the police start to suspect him of having murdered his missing niece.
Style:
exciting, tense, suspenseful, sincere, psychological ...
Plot:
disappearance, amnesia, lawyer, investigation, niece, danger, memory, police, family relations, attorney, uncover truth, memory loss ...
Place:
spain
Is relevant?
17K
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
A man awakens in a car wreck at the bottom of a steep cliff. He can't remember who he is or how he got there, but a report over the radio fills in some of the blanks, as it describes a violent bank robbery and names a perpetrator who happens to ...
Style:
psychological, suspenseful, captivating, minimal cast, psychological thriller ...
Audience:
preschool
Plot:
memory, amnesia, alone, hallucination, isolation, murder, man with no name, forest, danger, introspection, haunted by the past, survival ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, canada
Is relevant?
139K
Genre: Drama
Country: West Germany, France, UK, USA
Duration: 145 min.
Story:
A man wanders out of the desert not knowing who he is. His brother finds him, and helps to pull his memory back of the life he led before he walked out on his family and disappeared four years earlier.
Style:
road movie, touching, surreal, atmospheric, lyrical ...
Plot:
amnesia, father son relationship, desert, redemption, on the road, road trip, relationships, memory, melancholy, motel, reconciliation, drifter ...
Time:
80s, year 1984, 20th century
Place:
texas, los angeles, houston texas, california, america ...
Is relevant?
306K
Genre: Fantasy, Mystery, Romance, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Spain, USA
Duration: 136 min.
Story:
David Aames has it all: wealth, good looks and gorgeous women on his arm. But just as he begins falling for the warmhearted Sofia, his face is horribly disfigured in a car accident. That's just the beginning of his troubles as the lines between ...
Style:
psychological, surreal, philosophical, enigmatic, twist ending ...
Audience:
girls' night, adult
Plot:
virtual reality, dream, alternate reality, surrealism, lost love, disfigurement, redemption, obsession, tragic love, love, hopes, death ...
Time:
year 2001, future, 22nd century, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
new york, usa, manhattan new york city
Is relevant?
75K
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
Heiress, Joanna Stayton hires carpenter, Dean Proffitt to build a closet on her yacht -- and refuses to pay him for the project when it's done. But after Joanna accidentally falls overboard and loses her memory, Dean sees an opportunity to get ...
Style:
feel good, light, entertaining, sentimental, funny ...
Audience:
date night, chick flick, girls' night, kids, family outing ...
Plot:
rich woman poor man, memory loss, amnesia, love and romance, single father, father son relationship, family life, destiny, carpenter, pretend relationship, personality change, revenge ...
Time:
80s, year 1987, 20th century
Place:
oregon
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 152 min.
Story:
Set in 1951, a blacklisted Hollywood writer gets into a car accident, loses his memory and settles down in a small town where he is mistaken for a long-lost son.
Style:
feel good, sentimental, period piece, touching, serious ...
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
amnesia, small town, happy ending, mistaken identity, writers, writer's life, hollywood, life philosophy, justice, memory, parents and children, lovers reunited ...
Time:
1950s, year 2001, 20th century, 50s, year 1951
Place:
california, usa, canada
Is relevant?
121K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, France, USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
A violent gang enlists the help of a hypnotherapist in an attempt to locate a painting which somehow vanished in the middle of a heist.
Style:
psychological, neo noir, surprise ending, sexy, twist ending ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night, adult
Plot:
hypnosis, plot twist, twists and turns, amnesia, heist, memory loss, manipulation, dishonesty, disorder, art theft, skinny dipping, hot and sexy ...
Time:
year 2013, 2010s, 70s, 21st century
Place:
london, england
Is relevant?
124K
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
A military veteran goes on a journey into the future, where he can foresee his death and is left with questions that could save his life and those he loves.
Style:
psychological, surreal, mind bending, enigmatic, tricky ...
Audience:
girls' night, boys' night
Plot:
time travel, psychology, mental institution, time loop, amnesia, supernatural, hallucination, destiny, memory loss, disorder, haunted by the past, life is a bitch ...
Time:
year 2005, 2000s, 90s, 20th century, year 1992 ...
Place:
vermont, iraq
Is relevant?
118K
Genre: Action, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
Michael Jennings is a genius who's hired – and paid handsomely – by high-tech firms to work on highly sensitive projects, after which his short-term memory is erased so he's incapable of breaching security. But at the end of a ...
Style:
futuristic, entertaining, tech noir, thought provoking, exciting ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
cyberpunk, memory loss, amnesia, twists and turns, time travel, changing the past or future, frame up, destiny, prophecy, technology, time machine, gunfight ...
Time:
future, year 2003, near future, 21st century
Place:
seattle
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Romania, France, Italy, Germany
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
A love story wrapped in a mystery. Set in Europe before WWII, professor of language and philosophy Dominic Matei is struck by lightning and ages backwards from 70 to 40 in a week, attracting the world and the Nazis. While on the run, the professor ...
Style:
sexy, psychological, stylized, philosophical, atmospheric ...
Plot:
hospital, destiny, dream, existentialism, world war two, life & death, life philosophy, danger, supernatural, philosophy, imaginary, secret identity ...
Time:
1930s, 1950s, year 2007, 70s, 20th century ...
Place:
romania, india, malta, asia, europe ...
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Although barely 30, Claire believes she is showing the first symptoms of Alzheimer's disease, a condition from which her mother has recently died. Her sister, Nathalie, is certain that her memory loss, caused by a lightning strike, is ...
Style:
touching, serious, realistic, emotional, offbeat
Plot:
amnesia, alzheimer's disease, memory loss, love affair, couples, disability, doctors and patients, trauma, wine, death of wife, memory, rain ...
Time:
year 2001, 21st century
Place:
france, europe
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Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story:
After waking in a park with total amnesia — and surrounded by dead bodies, all wearing latex gloves — a young woman must fight to uncover her past, and resume her position at the head of Britain’s most secret (supernatural) service before the ...
Style:
atmospheric, disturbing, suspenseful, suspense, enigmatic ...
Plot:
secret, amnesia, secret service, investigation, murder, superhero, adaptation, british secret service, secret government organization, erased memory, supernatural power, intelligence agency ...
Place:
london
Is relevant?
85K
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 42 min.
TV show
Story:
A vast international plot explodes when a beautiful Jane Doe is discovered naked in Times Square, completely covered in mysterious, intricate tattoos with no memory of who she is or how she got there. But there's one tattoo that is impossible ...
Style:
tense, realistic, suspense, exciting, deep ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
investigation, fbi, puzzle, memory loss, strong female character, twists and turns, terrorist, tattoo, fbi agent, amnesia, secret organization, martial arts ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
new york, chicago
Is relevant?
36K
Genre: Crime, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
A wave of gruesome murders is sweeping Tokyo. The only connection is a bloody X carved into the neck of each of the victims. In each case, the murderer is found near the victim and remembers nothing of the crime. Detective Takabe and psychologist ...
Style:
psychological, enigmatic, cerebral, scary, suspenseful ...
Plot:
serial killer, murder, amnesia, investigation, macabre, hallucination, hypnosis, police detective, interrogation, murder mystery, husband wife relationship, police ...
Time:
90s, year 1997
Place:
japan, okinawa japan, tokyo, asia
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Henry is a player skilled at seducing women. But when this veterinarian meets Lucy, a girl with a quirky problem when it comes to total recall, he realizes it's possible to fall in love all over again…and again, and again. That's because ...
Style:
romantic, touching, feel good, romantic comedy, funny ...
Audience:
chick flick, date night, girls' night, teens, family friendly
Plot:
memory loss, love, fall in love, love story, amnesia, love and romance, memory, wooing, relationships, dating, life philosophy, true love ...
Time:
year 2004, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
hawaii, usa, oceania, alaska
Is relevant?
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
In 1949 composer Roman Strauss is executed for the vicious murder of his wife Margaret with a pair of scissors. In 1990s Los Angeles a mute amnesiac woman shows up at an orphanage and private eye Mike Church is called in to investigate. Under ...
Style:
neo noir, suspense, surprise ending, cerebral, mystical ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
private detective, amnesia, hypnosis, memory loss, dual role, murder, flashback, nightmare, reincarnation, psychiatrist, destiny, supernatural ...
Time:
1940s, 90s, year 1991, 20th century
Place:
los angeles, san francisco, usa
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Finland, Germany, France
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
The second part of Aki Kaurismäki's "Finland" trilogy, the film follows a man who arrives in Helsinki and gets beaten up so severely he develops amnesia. Unable to remember his name or anything from his past life, he cannot get a job ...
Style:
satirical, black comedy, semi serious, touching, humorous ...
Plot:
amnesia, poverty, generosity, memory loss, friendship, couple relations, hopes, presumed dead, robbery, eccentricity, starting over, family relations ...
Time:
90s, year 2002, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
estonia, europe, north korea, helsinki finland, finland
Is relevant?
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
TV show
Story:
An unconscious man is washed ashore on the beach of a small French village during a heavy storm. A retired doctor takes care of the unconscious stranger. When the mysterious man recovers, he can't remember a thing...he does not know his name, ...
Style:
exciting, suspenseful, suspense, cult classic, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
amnesia, cia, espionage, memory loss, hitman, assassin, spy, terrorist, conspiracy, identity, heroes, danger ...
Time:
80s
Place:
france, new york, paris france, zurich switzerland
Is relevant?
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:
surreal, psychological, melancholic, romantic, philosophical ...
Audience:
date night, chick flick, teens, girls' night, adult
Plot:
memory, amnesia, relationships, surrealism, loneliness, existentialism, melancholy, love, love story, dream, memory loss, couples ...
Time:
2000s, year 2004, future, year 2003, 21st century
Place:
persia, america, usa, north america, new york
Is relevant?
Genre: Action, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany, India, Russia
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
When a CIA operation to purchase classified Russian documents is blown by a rival agent, who then shows up in the sleepy seaside village where Bourne and Marie have been living. The pair run for their lives and Bourne, who promised retaliation ...
Style:
suspense, tense, action thriller, entertaining, satanic ...
Audience:
boys' night, manly, girls' night
Plot:
cia, conspiracy, spy, amnesia, espionage, hitman, revenge, on the run, chase, assassin, dark past, lone hero ...
Time:
year 2004, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
russia, europe, berlin germany, manhattan new york city, moscow russia ...
Is relevant?
225K
Genre: Fantasy, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Australia, USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A man struggles with memories of his past, including a wife he cannot remember, in a nightmarish world with no sun and run by beings with telekinetic powers who seek the souls of humans.
Style:
neo noir, suspense, atmospheric, tech noir, mind bending ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
memory, investigation, alternate reality, cyberpunk, distopia, amnesia, alien race, dream, virtual reality, mind control, memory loss, dystopian future ...
Time:
future, year 1998, distant future, 1940s, 90s ...
Place:
persia
Is relevant?
32K
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
A suburban family that takes in a mysterious teen naive to the world around him. As Kyle begins to show signs of brilliance, solving the mystery of his origin and potential abilities becomes the family's mission.
Style:
entertaining, suspenseful, exciting, atmospheric, serious ...
Audience:
teens, kids, teen drama
Plot:
supernatural ability, foster child, supernatural, experiment, genius, teenage life, mysterious character, secret organization, self discovery, teenage love, supernatural power, fish out of water ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
seattle, washington d.c., usa
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Pogue is a private eye with a problem: every morning when he wakes up, he has total amnesia, waking up with a 'blank slate'. Since he is in the middle of a hot investigation and has a developing romance, this is less than convenient.
Style:
humorous, entertaining, melancholic, talky, witty ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
private detective, amnesia, memory loss, dog, gangster, betrayal, voice over narration, trial, kidnapping, investigation, district attorney, femme fatale ...
Time:
90s, year 1994
Place:
venice beach california, santa monica california, california, los angeles
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