Helplessness movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant helplessness movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out suspense, suspenseful, serious, tense, realistic and psychological films and TV shows about / with helplessness, murder, fear, isolation, survival, danger, death, violence, panic and family relations plots mostly in Drama, Thriller and Horror genres shot in USA, UK, France and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as helplessness: The Girl Next Door (2007), Awake (2007), Wolf Creek (2005), A Woman in Berlin (2008), Chlorine (2015), The King's Speech (2010), The Best of Enemies (2019), Lions (2012), Burnt Offerings (1976), Clever Girl (2015).
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
In a quiet suburban town in the summer of 1958, two recently orphaned sisters are placed in the care of their mentally unstable Aunt Ruth. But Ruth's depraved sense of discipline will soon lead to unspeakable acts of abuse and torture that ...
Style:
scary, disturbing, psychological, frightening, bleak ...
Audience:
girls' night, teens, teen drama, adult
Plot:
torture, child abuse, rape, sexual abuse, violence, victim, physical abuse, cruelty, helplessness, abuse, childhood, unsettling ...
Time:
1950s, 50s, year 2007, year 1958
Place:
new jersey, new york, america, usa
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
While undergoing heart surgery, a man experiences a phenomenon called ‘anesthetic awareness’, which leaves him awake but paralyzed throughout the operation. As various obstacles present themselves, his wife must make life-altering decisions ...
Style:
twist ending, psychological, disturbing, suspense, psychological thriller ...
Plot:
hospital, twists and turns, betrayal, uncover truth, surgery, murder, conspiracy, fiance fiancee relationship, dishonesty, health situation, surgical operation, heart condition ...
Time:
year 2007, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
usa, manhattan new york city, new york
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Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Stranded backpackers in remote Australia fall prey to a murderous bushman who offers to fix their car, then takes them captive
Style:
slasher, bloody, scary, psychological, suspense ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
psychopath, serial killer, maniac, torture, sadistic horror, psycho killer, macabre, killer, outback, massacre, gory, sadistic killer ...
Time:
year 2005, year 1999, 21st century
Place:
australia, sydney australia, oceania, texas
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History, War
Country: Germany, Poland
Duration: 131 min.
Story:
A nameless woman keeps a diary as the Russians invade Berlin in the spring of 1945. She is in her early 30s, a patriotic journalist with international credentials; her husband, Gerd, a writer, is an officer at the Russian front. She speaks Russian ...
Style:
realistic, bleak, serious, disturbing, sincere ...
Plot:
world war two, female nudity, war, rape, sexual abuse, forced sexual contact, brutal rape, war crime, brutality, post war germany, military, women ...
Time:
year 1945, year 2008, 20th century, 1940s, post world war two
Place:
germany, berlin germany, europe, east germany, west germany ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Seventeen-year-old Jenny dreams of becoming a synchronized swimmer. Family events turn her life upside down and she is forced move to a remote area to look after her ill father and younger brother. It won't be long before Jenny starts pursuing ...
Style:
serious, touching, suspenseful, disturbing, bleak ...
Plot:
helplessness, follow your dream, family life, life turned upside down, synchronized swimming, family problems, family relations, life is a bitch, family in crisis, hopes, youth, parents and children ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
italy
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
The King's Speech tells the story of the man who became King George VI, the father of Queen Elizabeth II. After his brother abdicates, George ('Bertie') reluctantly assumes the throne. Plagued by a dreaded stutter and considered unfit ...
Style:
inspirational, period piece, sincere, sentimental, uplifting ...
Audience:
chick flick, teens, adult
Plot:
british history, stuttering, world war two, british royal family, royal family, politics, queen, friendship, british monarchy, monarchy, historical character, king ...
Time:
1930s, year 2010, pre world war two, 50s, 2000s ...
Place:
england, britain, london, united kingdom, scotland ...
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Genre: Drama, Horror
Country: Germany
Duration: 65 min.
Story:
Lothar Schramm is a simple man with complex problems, yet he seems like such a nice guy. He works as a taxi driver and lives by himself where he is happy to answer his door to strangers and kill them outright. As with many shy loner types he has a ...
Style:
suspenseful, rough, bloody, slasher, controversial ...
Plot:
serial killer, violence, maniac, psycho killer, necrophilia, psycho, prostitute, sexual torture, violent, sexual cruelty, perversity, nudity ...
Time:
90s
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 133 min.
Story:
The story of the real-life unlikely relationship between an outspoken civil rights activist and a local Ku Klux Klan leader in 1971 North Carolina.
Style:
sincere, thought provoking, period piece, disturbing, rough ...
Audience:
date night, adult
Plot:
civil rights, interracial friendship, human spirit, segregation, african american, reverend, activism, human rights, ku klux klan, racism, black, name calling ...
Time:
year 1971, 70s, year 2016, year 2005
Place:
north carolina, usa
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Genre: Drama
Country: Argentina, Netherlands, France
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
Deep in the forest a group of five friends wander around like a lion herd. Lost in their word games, they play and seduce each other while going back and forth into adulthood territory, in a desperate search to avoid their already written story.
Style:
experimental, gothic, apocalyptic, crying, allegory ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
nature, friends, wilderness, forest, pain, confusion, hopelessness, apocalypse, adolescence, acceptance, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, accident ...
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Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Italy
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
A couple and their 12-year-old son move into a giant house for the summer. Things start acting strange almost immediately. It seems that every time some gets hurt on the grounds the beat-up house seems to repair itself.
Style:
gothic, scary, sexy, psychological, suspenseful ...
Plot:
supernatural, old dark house, macabre, haunted, psychosis, losing-it hero, obsession, mansion, old woman, haunted house, cemetery, possession ...
Time:
year 1976, 20th century, 70s
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Genre: Crime, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 22 min.
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Story:
Denise Dobkin is a struggling, opportunistic freelance columnist who escapes her debtors and competitors by fast-tracking her new romance with older piano teacher Chris Schaefer. Yet as she comes to learn something very disturbing about Chris, she ...
Style:
sadistic, psychological, tense, suspense, detective ...
Plot:
investigation, femme fatale, dark secret, mysterious man, danger, serial murder, vigilantism, female killer, journalist, betrayal, murder, criminal ...
Place:
cincinnati ohio
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
In this independent drama, writer-director Cory Cataldo explores the pain of adolescence with dark and disturbing results. Facing the pitfalls of high school with no support from their parents and teachers, a foursome of ostracized teenagers (Gary ...
Style:
psychological, suspense, contemplative, unusual plot structure, suspenseful ...
Plot:
bullying, high school, abusive parent, hate, coming of age, teen suicide, teenager, racism, overweight, helplessness, family relations, life is a bitch ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
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Genre: Drama
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
In the harbor city of Le Havre, France, a woman is stabbed during the night, just below the windows of her neighborhood. Pierre (Yvan Attal) has witnessed the murder, and heard the wails of the women crying for help. So have the neighbors, ...
Style:
serious, psychological, thought provoking, realistic, tense ...
Plot:
murder witness, witnessing a crime, murder, neighbor neighbor relationship, uncover truth, human nature, life is a bitch, dishonesty, introspection, moral dilemma, couples, police investigation ...
Time:
year 2012, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
europe, france, normandy
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Genre: Thriller
Country: Norway
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Two German soldiers has taken a Norwegian soldier as prisoner, during one of the cold Scandianvian winter nights during WW2. They are thankful that they find a lonely house out in the wilderness, but the houses aren't that cozy after all.
Style:
dark, suspenseful, bleak, melancholic, period drama
Plot:
world war two, curse, haunted house, danger, struggle for survival, helplessness, german soldier, captive, hiding place, macabre, disorder, fear ...
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Genre: Biography, Comedy, Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
An ambitious young man struggles to achieve his dream of becoming an employee in a Munich luxury hotel despite being strongly visually impaired.
Style:
uplifting, tragicomedy, compassionate, captivating, sentimental ...
Plot:
blindness, longing, blind character, paramedic, female sexual predator, disability, coworker relationship, visual impairment, ambition, friendship, hidden truth, employer employee relationship ...
Time:
year 2017
Place:
munich germany, germany, central europe
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Genre: Action, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 67 min.
Story:
A bull shark gets stuck in a reservoir. Angry and hungry, it torments 8 teens stuck on a flimsy swim platform who have no chance of surviving the day...
Style:
suspense, tension
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
shark, animal attack, predator, survival, struggle for survival, survival horror, isolation, helplessness, trapped, teenager, fear, cat and mouse ...
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A happy marriage turns sour when the husband becomes addicted to cocaine.
Style:
tense, bleak, independent film
Audience:
adult
Plot:
drug addiction, cocaine, recovery, desperation, helplessness, marital strife, social realism, claustrophobia, urban, isolation, substance abuse, troubled marriage ...
Time:
year 1985
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Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: South Africa, France
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A group of teenagers suffer a terrible accident during a joy ride and get trapped at the bottom of a ravine.
Style:
serious, suspenseful, scary, realistic, intense ...
Audience:
teens, teen drama
Plot:
survival, confined, teenage life, psychopath, youth, wrong place wrong time, danger, teenager, trapped, desperation, fear of death, fear ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: Turkey
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A guy returns home from military service in the terror-stricken Southeast only to find his younger brother murdered and disposed of in a dumpster. He discovers more than he's bargained for as he tries to find the killer.
Style:
captivating, tense, suspense, disturbing, suspenseful ...
Plot:
murder, investigation, unsolved crime, family relations, loss, murder mystery, murder investigation, uncover truth, crime investigation, murderer, crime solving, social realism ...
Place:
istanbul turkey
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Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Ten-year-old Nikki is a precocious child suffering from Rett Syndrome. Unwilling to help her the doctors, instead, want to write her off as a mentally handicapped person.
Style:
disturbing, psychological, captivating, suspense, medical drama ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
fighting illness, precocious child, doctor, disability, lifestyle, social problems, life is a bitch, social misfits, terminal illness, illness, life philosophy, child ...
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Genre: Action, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan, USA, Italy
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
The film is a re-edited Italian-language dubbed version of Godzilla featuring 80 minutes of footage from the original Gojira (1954) and the US version Godzilla, King of the Monsters! (1956) plus 25 minutes of WWII newsreel footage and clips from ...
Style:
colorized, apocalyptic, cult classic, melancholic, psychotronic
Plot:
kaiju, monster, godzilla, giant monster, nuclear testing, destruction, giant creature, ethical dilemma, helplessness, panic, sea creature, cold war era ...
Time:
1950s, jurassic
Place:
tokyo, japan
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Genre: Horror
Country: UK
Duration: 72 min.
Story:
Based on supposable true life events set in the English outback. Four teenagers take a shortcut across the countryside on their way home from college. They arrive in an obscure town named Blackwood where they are terrorized by notorious serial ...
Style:
slasher, dark, cult horror, disturbing, suspenseful ...
Plot:
serial killer, violent, isolation, body horror, english countryside, survival, cat and mouse, survival horror, cannibalism, backwoods, helplessness, college student ...
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Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
When a young, lonely woman misdials a phone number by one digit, calling into a serial killing in progress, the killer latches onto her and involves her telephonically in a string of murders as he heads closer and closer to her home in Boston.
Style:
suspense, suspenseful, serious, scary, psychological thriller ...
Plot:
serial killer, psychopath, profiler, murder, danger, stalking, phone terror, stalker, fear, predator, female protagonist, cat and mouse ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
boston, usa
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Genre: Adventure, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
When twelve-year-old Donn Fendler gets tired of waiting for his father and brothers to join him on the summit of Maine's highest peak, he decides to find his own way back to camp. But Donn doesn't count on a fast-moving fog that obscures ...
Style:
realistic, emotional, tense, intense, period piece ...
Plot:
survival, lost, wilderness, isolation, man versus nature, storm, missing child, rescue mission, mountain, danger, loneliness, endurance ...
Time:
1930s
Place:
maine
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Genre: Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
Rebecca and Michael decide to take a weekend getaway and drive into the isolated countryside They arrive at their cottage unscathed, but Rebecca can't help but feel like someone is watching.
Style:
suspense, tense, psychological thriller, intense, psychological horror ...
Plot:
countryside, isolation, claustrophobia, suspicion, paranoia, macabre, intruder, panic, home invasion, cat and mouse, stalker, helplessness ...
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Genre: Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
One evening, while her parents go out for dinner, 18-year-old Louise, alone in her hotel room at Taj Mahal Mumbai, hears strange noises out in the corridor. Within minutes, she realises that a terrorist attack is underway. Her only connection to the ...
Style:
suspense, suspenseful, contemplative, unusual plot structure, tense ...
Plot:
terrorist attack, terrorist, hotel, female protagonist, father daughter relationship, terror, terrorism, teenager, teenage girl, 18 year old, teenage protagonist, danger ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
taj mahal, mumbai india, india
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Genre: Drama, Musical
Country: India
Duration: 173 min.
Story:
Aapadbandhavudu is a 1992 Telugu film. It was the third collaboration between actor Chiranjeevi and director K. Viswanath after Shubhalekha and Swayamkrushi. The movie won critical acclaim, especially for Chiranjeevi, who received the Nandi Award ...
Style:
romantic drama, tear jerker
Plot:
class differences, mental institution, sacrifice, loyalty, tragedy, domestic drama, forbidden romance, family drama, redemption, empathy, rescue mission, class conflict ...
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Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
A man is shipwrecked on the island of a cruel Count and taken prisoner.
Style:
gothic, creepy, gloomy, atmospheric, tense ...
Plot:
madness, castle, shipwreck, island, murder, dungeon, insanity, imprisonment, isolation, captivity, prisoner, family conflict ...
Time:
60s
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Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 62 min.
Story:
Rotary, Pennsylvania was a nice place to live, until yesterday. A killer appeared without warning. He is on a murder spree, killing whoever he can.
Style:
slasher, suspense, tension, tense, dark ...
Plot:
killer on the loose, killing spree, serial killer, small town, fear, violence, terror, victimization, blood, helplessness, survival, cat and mouse ...
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Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: Ireland, UK, Czech Republic
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
Two parents enter a race against time when they receive a distressing late-night phone call from their daughter after she caused a tragic car accident.
Style:
psychological thriller, surprise ending, tension, f word
Plot:
woods, mysterious event, mysterious stranger, daughter, car, parents, unhappy ending, car accident, lost in the woods, desperation, responsibility, helplessness ...
Place:
britain
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