Unreliable flashback movies and TV shows

The list contains the best, new and most relevant unreliable flashback movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out suspense, suspenseful, crying, serious, psychological and tense films and TV shows about / with unreliable flashback, flashback, murder, death, violence, cigarette smoking, blood, husband wife relationship, chase and telephone call plots mostly in Drama, Thriller and Mystery genres shot in USA, France, Italy and other countries.
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unreliable flashback movies
TOP 10 movies tagged as unreliable flashback: Courage Under Fire (1996), Memento (2000), 15+ Coming of Age (2017), 3 A.M. 3D (2012), The Grim Reaper (1962), The Body (2012), Cockneys vs Zombies (2012), The Magus (1968), Marshall (2017), Cop or Hood (1979).

List of unreliable flashback movies

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Courage Under Fire (1996)
Genre: Action, Drama, Mystery, Thriller, War
Country: USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story: A US Army officer had made a "friendly fire" mistake that was covered up and he was reassigned to a desk job. Later he was tasked to investigate a female chopper commander's worthiness to be awarded the Medal of Honor posthumously. At ...
Style: suspense, political, realistic, suspense thriller, dark ...
Plot: military, friendly fire, women in the military, military life, tank, gulf war, bravery, u.s. army, medal of honor, iraq war, lawyer, politics ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
Place: iraq, middle east, pentagon
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 8.4
 1.3M
Memento (2000)
Genre: Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story: Suffering short-term memory loss after a head injury, Leonard Shelby embarks on a grim quest to find the lowlife who murdered his wife in this gritty, complex thriller that packs more knots than a hangman's noose. To carry out his plan, Shelby ...
Style: psychological, surprise ending, twist ending, suspense, neo noir ...
Audience: teens, adult
Plot: memory loss, amnesia, vengeance, plot twist, memory, murder, twists and turns, revenge, paranoia, whodunit, psychology, haunted by the past ...
Time: year 2000, future, year 2001, 90s, 20th century ...
Place: los angeles, california, iran, america, usa
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15+ Coming of Age (2017)
Genre: Comedy
Country: Thailand
Duration: 104 min.
Story: With their teen hormones raging, three high school boys help one another explore their curiosity about the opposite sex and love in this raunchy comedy.
Style: entertaining, realistic, semi serious, captivating, humorous ...
Audience: teens
Plot: nerdy girl, teenage girl, family relations, rivals, group of friends, sex education, first sex, friendship between men, pregnant teenager, high school, inner voice, failed expectations ...
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 5.4
 951
3 A.M. 3D (2012)
Genre: Horror
Country: Thailand
Duration: 96 min.
Story: Thailand's latest horror omnibus is made up of three chilling stories. Two sisters who own a wig shop are haunted by a female ghost whose hair were made into one of the wigs on sale. A funeral home employee falls in love with a female corpse ...
Style: suspenseful, scary, anthology, suspense, tense ...
Plot: ghost, supernatural, office, store, danger, murder, violence, survival, multiple storylines, violent content, man with glasses, suicide by hanging ...
Time: 21st century
Place: asia, thailand
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The Grim Reaper (1962)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: Italy
Duration: 88 min.
Story: Near the Tiber river, in a Roman park, a prostitute was killed. The police tracks down people that were inside the park during that night. They are questioned and have to explain why they were there. One of them is the killer.
Style: neorealism, neo noir, contemplative, realistic, suspenseful ...
Plot: italian neorealism, swing, soldier, murder, investigation, prostitute, police investigation, manipulation, who done it, amateur detective, gays and lesbians, life is a bitch ...
Time: 60s
Place: rome italy, italy, europe
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 7.6
 72K
The Body (2012)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Spain
Duration: 112 min.
Story: A woman’s body disappears mysteriously from the morgue without a trace. Police inspector Jaime Peña investigates the strange occurrence with the help of Álex Ulloa, the widower of the missing woman.
Style: surprise ending, tense, suspenseful, atmospheric, detective ...
Plot: twists and turns, murder, investigation, uncover truth, missing person, adulterous husband, car accident, mistress, morgue, vengeance, adultery, haunted by the past ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
Place: spain, barcelona
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Advantages of Travelling by Train (2019)
Genre: Comedy, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Spain, France
Duration: 106 min.
Story: A casual encounter in a train will lead Helga Pato to a circle of insanity, perversion and trash, a lot of trash.
Style: non-linear, suspense, disturbing, suspenseful, absurd ...
Audience: adult
Plot: mental illness, first sexual experience, female rapist, zoophilia, family relations, split personality, train travel, pedophilia, soldier, child abuse, false identity, mental institution ...
Time: 90s
Place: kosovo, madrid, paris france
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Cockneys vs Zombies (2012)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Horror, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 88 min.
Story: A gang of bank robbers team up with the residents of an old people's home to try to survive a zombie outbreak.
Style: scary, horror comedy, parody, humorous, tense ...
Audience: boys' night, teens
Plot: zombie, infected, undead, survival, rescue, living dead, retirement home, dark humor, danger, chaos, gory, supernatural ...
Time: 21st century
Place: london, britain, england
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 5.5
 2K
The Magus (1968)
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 117 min.
Story: A teacher on a Greek island becomes involved in bizarre mind-games with the island's magus (magician) and a beautiful young woman.
Style: serious, psychological, atmospheric, captivating, melancholic ...
Plot: mind game, greek island, tarot card, redemption, magician, female nudity, riddles and clues, teachers and students, mental illness, danger, chase, doctor patient relationship ...
Time: 1940s, 1910s, year 1914, year 1943, year 1941
Place: greece
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 7.3
 27K
Marshall (2017)
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, History
Country: USA, China, Hong Kong
Duration: 118 min.
Story: Thurgood Marshall, the first African-American Supreme Court Justice, battles through one of his career-defining cases.
Style: suspense, tense, captivating, touching, inspirational ...
Plot: lawyer, court, racism, courtroom, injustice, african american, racial segregation, trial, jury, african american protagonist, courtroom drama, black history ...
Time: 1940s, year 2017, 2010s, year 1967, year 1954
Place: new york, connecticut, philadelphia, maryland, mississippi ...
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 6.5
 3K
Cop or Hood (1979)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 107 min.
Story: When the local police inspector was found dead in a prostitute's house, police division commissioner Stan Borowitz is sent to investigate the situation. Posing as the prostitute's long-lost brother "Antonio Cerruti," he discovers ...
Style: suspense, disturbing, tense, suspenseful, neo noir ...
Plot: corruption, organized crime, police, assassination, police brutality, chase, murder investigation, police operation, employer employee relationship, violence, attempted murder, bad cop ...
Place: south of france, france, cote d'azur, nice france, paris france
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Once Upon A Time in Triad Society (1996)
Genre: Action
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 100 min.
Story: This first spin-off movie focuses on Ugly Kwan, played by Francis Ng.
Plot: triad, bully, attempted rape, innocent, frustration, code of honor, naivete, flashback, betrayal, revenge, voice over narration, unreliable flashback
Place: japan
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 7.2
 121
Km. 72 (2015)
Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Venezuela
Duration: 95 min.
Story: The millionaire Diego Verastegui has been murdered at his house, and somebody has taken a valuable briefcase from the safe-deposit box. Dimas -Verastegui's bodyguard- comes back to the house and finds three suspects: Carlos, the ...
Style: suspense, neo noir, dark comedy
Plot: puzzle, violence, murder, multiple perspectives, truth, twists and turns, rape, flashback, loyalty, plot twist, anti hero, psycho ...
Place: venezuela
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 7.3
 438
The Affair (1967)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 97 min.
Story: Oriko’s and her mother had a difficult relationship. She knew of her mother’s relationships with men, and insisted she stop, interfering in the affair. Now that her mother has passed away, Oriko attempts to find out more about her from her ...
Plot: sex, extramarital affair, age difference, attempted rape, rape, flashback, mother, sculptor, unrequited love, sex scene, sculpture, japanese new wave ...
Time: year 1967
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 7.6
 2K
Paanch (2003)
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 130 min.
Story: The film is "loosely" based on the 1976-77 Joshi-Abhyankar serial murders in Pune. It has been refused a clearance certificate by the censor board, twice on six grounds - the film glorifies violence; it shows the modus operandi of a crime ...
Style: suspense, avant garde, tense, suspenseful, psychological ...
Plot: kidnapping, fake kidnapping, friendship, friendship between men, deception, suspect, betrayal, duplicity, rebellion, manipulation, fictional band, rebellious youth ...
Is relevant ?
 6.3
 11
Lapse (2010)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Denmark
Duration: 75 min.
Story: Renee wakes up one morning in the middle of the desert with blood on her hands. She cannot remember why she is there, how she got there or with whom she came. Her quest to uncover forgotten events leads her on a journey of discovery where reality ...
Style: surreal, suspense, experimental, avant garde, surprise ending ...
Plot: desert, delusion, guilt, missing person, infidelity, vengeance, amnesia, puzzle, memory, betrayal, confession, false memory ...
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The Adderall Diaries (2015)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story: Writer and Adderall enthusiast Stephen Elliott reaches a low point when his estranged father resurfaces, claiming that Stephen has fabricated much of the dark childhood that that fuels his writing. Adrift in the precarious gray area of memory, ...
Style: suspense, captivating, tense, psychological
Plot: death of wife, husband wife relationship, childhood trauma, missing person, courtroom, testimony, police, lie, news report, memory, couples, writers ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, new york
Is relevant ?
 5.4
 1K
Alena (2015)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: Sweden
Duration: 83 min.
Story: Alena’s life is far from simple. When she arrives at her new elite boarding school, Filippa and the other girls start to harass her. But Alena’s best friend Josefin won’t let her take anymore beating. If she won’t strike back, Josefin will ...
Style: suspense, ambiguous ending, suspenseful, scary, brutal ...
Audience: teens
Plot: bully, lesbian, lesbianism, school, bullying, female friendship, group of friends, teenage girl, teenager, plot twist, party, mother daughter relationship ...
Place: scandinavia, eastern europe
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A Quiet Place in the Country (1968)
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 106 min.
Story: A painter facing a creative block arranges to spend the weekend in the country at his mistress's villa. While staying there, his sanity begins to disintegrate.
Style: suspense, gothic, neorealism, grindhouse, phantasmagoric ...
Plot: ghost, painting, painter, artist, supernatural, obsession, art, mental disorder, parallel universe, biopic, folk horror, psycho ...
Time: 60s, 1940s, year 1944
Place: italy, milan italy, venice
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Altered States of Plaine (2012)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: A young man on the run from a mysterious government agency is desperate to find the cure for a condition that causes him to wake up at random places around the world when he falls asleep.
Style: neo noir, suspense, thought provoking, captivating, tense ...
Plot: teleportation, schizophrenic, hallucination, craziness, paranoia, professor, artificial intelligence, alternate reality, psychological trauma, danger, tragic event, mental breakdown ...
Place: venice, switzerland, france, italy, new york ...
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The Usual Suspects (1995)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 106 min.
Story: Held in an L.A. interrogation room, Verbal Kint attempts to convince the feds that a mythic crime lord, Keyser Soze, not only exists, but was also responsible for drawing him and his four partners into a multi-million dollar heist that ended with an ...
Style: neo noir, surprise ending, twist ending, clever, confusing ...
Audience: boys' night, adult
Plot: twists and turns, plot twist, heist, master criminal, organized crime, criminal, manipulation, gangster, great ending, interrogation, murder mystery, whodunit ...
Time: 20th century, year 1995, 80s, 90s, year 1981
Place: new york, los angeles, hungary, turkey, north america ...
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 6.2
 86K
Solaris (2002)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story: A troubled psychologist is sent to investigate the crew of an isolated research station orbiting a bizarre planet.
Style: philosophical, confusing, futuristic, thought provoking, cerebral ...
Plot: space travel, space station, space and aliens, afterlife, mysterious planet, outer space, planet, astronaut, trapped in space, space exploration, alien contact, space ...
Time: year 2002, 2000s, future
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The Secret in Their Eyes (2009)
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: suspense, touching, suspenseful, intense, detective ...
Audience: adult
Plot: investigation, twists and turns, rape, murder, lawyer, murder mystery, investigator, serial killer, revenge, homicide, vengeance, writers ...
Time: year 2009, 2000s, y2k, 20th century, 90s ...
Place: argentina, latin america, south america, harvard university, buenos aires argentina
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Four Times that Night (1971)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: Italy, West Germany, USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story: John and Tina meet in a park one day. They immediately hit it off and go out on a date later that evening. Then late that night, Tina returns to her apartment with her expensive new dress badly torn apart, and John's forehead boasts some ...
Style: erotic, surprise ending, sexy, sex comedy, independent film ...
Plot: multiple perspectives, doorman, flashback, voyeur, psychiatrist, homosexual, attempted rape, lesbian, exploitation, lgbt, lust, sexual harassment ...
Is relevant ?
 6.2
 3K
The Outrage (1964)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: Transposing Akira Kurosawa's classic "Rashomon" to the American Southwest in the 1870s, this remake begins as three travelers at a dilapidated railroad station discuss the recent trial of the notorious Mexican outlaw Carasco. We go on ...
Style: black and white, retro, non-linear, contemplative, sincere ...
Plot: rape, bandit, preacher, sex crime, memory, hidden treasure, train, murder, cons and scams, sexual abuse, intrigue, witnessing a crime ...
Time: 19th century, 1870s
Place: usa
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The Night of the Following Day (1969)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: Two kidnappers snatch a girl off the streets and imprison her in a remote beach house.
Style: neo noir, serious, realistic, rough, suspenseful ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: kidnapping, rape, ransom, psychopath, airport, criminal, hell, cafe, murder, chase, crime gone awry, flashback ...
Time: year 1969, 60s
Place: paris france, france, europe
Is relevant ?
 6.2
 48K
The Hole (2001)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, France, Canada
Duration: 102 min.
Story: Four teenagers at a British private school secretly uncover and explore the depths of a sealed underground hole created decades ago as a possible bomb shelter.
Style: psychological, scary, twist ending, tense, psychological thriller ...
Audience: teens, teen drama
Plot: claustrophobia, obsession, survival, psychology, school, bunker, underground bunker, twists and turns, danger, youth, trapped, male nudity ...
Time: year 2001
Place: wales, england
Is relevant ?
 7.2
 248K
The Fountain (2006)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 97 min.
Story: Spanning over one thousand years, and three parallel stories, The Fountain is a story of love, death, spirituality, and the fragility of our existence in this world.
Style: surreal, melancholic, artsy, philosophical, atmospheric ...
Audience: teens, adult
Plot: metaphysics, spirituality, afterlife, cancer, buddhism, immortality, surrealism, multiple storylines, obsession, loneliness, love, death ...
Time: future, 2000s, year 2006, 16th century, 21st century
Place: spain, tibet, latin america, europe, central america ...
Is relevant ?
 7.2
 19K
Il Divo (2008)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 110 min.
Story: The narration spans the period since the seventh election of Andreotti as Prime Minister of Italy in 1992, until the trial in which he was accused of collusion with the Mafia.
Style: political, disturbing, enigmatic, serious, suspenseful ...
Plot: politics, political corruption, italian history, assassination, corruption, prime minister, murder, state affairs, idealism, blackmail, head of state, chases and races ...
Time: 70s, year 2008, 90s, 80s, year 1993 ...
Place: italy, europe, rome italy, soviet union, moscow russia ...
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 8.0
 457K
Big Fish (2003)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 125 min.
Story: Throughout his life Edward Bloom has always been a man of big appetites, enormous passions and tall tales. In his later years, he remains a huge mystery to his son, William. Now, to get to know the real man, Will begins piecing together a true ...
Style: surreal, sentimental, feel good, touching, fairy tale ...
Audience: date night, kids, chick flick, teens, girls' night ...
Plot: fish, journey, surrealism, father son relationship, fantasy world, storytelling, childhood, loneliness, mermaid, magic realism, magic, parents and children ...
Time: 60s, 70s, 20th century, 1940s, year 2003 ...
Place: texas, usa, alabama, paris france, russia ...
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