Uncertainty movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant uncertainty movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out captivating, psychological, realistic, entertaining, surreal and semi serious films and TV shows about / with uncertainty, self doubt, relationships, friendship, female protagonist, identity, loneliness, satire, isolation and lifestyle plots mostly in Drama, Comedy and Romance genres shot in Japan, USA, France and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as uncertainty: Last Year at Marienbad (1961), Leviathan (2014), Driving by Braille (2011), Room (2005), A Serious Man (2009), The Room (2012), Gnosia (2025), Animals (2017), Unconscious (2006), Trigger Points (2020).
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Romance
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Takes place in a chateau, an ambiguous story of a man and a woman who may or may not have met last year at Marienbad.
Style:
surreal, mind bending, sexy, experimental, psychological ...
Plot:
hotel, surrealism, memory, obsession, uncertainty, stream of consciousness, alternate reality, amnesia, haunted by the past, dishonesty, hopes, destiny ...
Time:
20th century, year 1961, 60s
Place:
france, europe
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Russia
Duration: 140 min.
Story:
In a Russian coastal town, Kolya is forced to fight the corrupt mayor when he is told that his house will be demolished. He recruits a lawyer friend to help, but the man's arrival brings further misfortune for Kolya and his family.
Style:
depressing, bleak, atmospheric, thought provoking, emotional ...
Plot:
lawyer, adultery, corruption, politics, courtroom, poverty, small town, corrupt mayor, alcohol abuse, drunk, alcoholism, small town life ...
Time:
2010s, year 2014, 21st century
Place:
russia, soviet union
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Sarah Corso thinks her relationship with Xander West is great--until he proposes. She loves him, and he makes her very happy, but her mother loved her father, too, until the psychotic break.
Style:
thrilling, captivating, psychological, romantic drama, emotional ...
Plot:
proposal, uncertainty, fear, trauma, relationships, couple relations, love affair, life is a bitch, male female relationship, moral dilemma, troubled past, self doubt ...
Time:
21st century
Is relevant?
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Genre: Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 75 min.
Story:
Julia Barker, an over-worked, middle-aged Texas woman is haunted by psychic visions which drive her to New York in search of the Room.
Style:
atmospheric, psychological, contemplative, serious, enigmatic ...
Plot:
hotel, room, midlife crisis, housewife, uncertainty, journey, city, loneliness, family relations, self discovery, nihilism, wandering ...
Place:
new york, usa, texas, houston texas
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK, France, USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
A Serious Man is the story of an ordinary man's search for clarity in a universe where Jefferson Airplane is on the radio and F-Troop is on TV. It is 1967, and Larry Gopnik, a physics professor at a quiet Midwestern university, has just been ...
Style:
cult classic, black comedy, philosophical, ironic, cerebral ...
Plot:
dysfunctional family, midlife crisis, rabbi, existentialism, teacher, suburban life, synagogue, divorce, bar mitzvah, jewish stereotype, life, religion ...
Time:
year 2009, 60s, 2000s, 90s, 20th century ...
Place:
minnesota, bolivia, usa, poland, israel ...
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Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
Yumi moves into her boyfriend's Tokyo apartment but on the night of the move, he is called away for business in New York. The couple communicates over Skype and over the course of four nights, their relationship descends into an abyss of ...
Style:
psychological, psychotronic, suspense, unusual plot structure, scary ...
Plot:
fear, uncertainty, mistrust, nervousness, anxiety, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, loneliness, psychological torment, internet, suspicion, isolation, doubt ...
Place:
usa, new york, tokyo
Is relevant?
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Genre: Animation, Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
TV show
Story:
Based on the visual novel social deduction video game of the same name where the crew of a spaceship must deduce who among them is a Gnosia, an alien-like creature, and put them into cryosleep before it kills them.
Style:
anime, suspense, tense, psychological thriller, mysterious ...
Plot:
uncertainty, impostor, spaceship, survival, space, betrayal, suspicion, paranoia, deception, psychological manipulation, mind game, murder mystery ...
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Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
A timid magazine photo manager who lives life vicariously through daydreams embarks on a true-life adventure when a negative goes missing.
Style:
feel good, inspirational, motivational, surreal, scenic ...
Audience:
teens, date night, kids, family outing
Plot:
self discovery, daydreamer, travel, life changing experience, loneliness, disorder, adventurer, journey, lifestyle change, photographer, coworker, obsessive quest ...
Time:
year 2013, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
iceland, greenland, usa, new york, los angeles ...
Is relevant?
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Genre: Mystery, Thriller
Country: Switzerland, Austria, Poland
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Nick and Anna are off to Switzerland for six months. Nick, a chef, wants to collect recipes of local cuisine and Anna hopes to write a new book. The journey can also be good for their relationship, because Anna suspects that Nick had an affair with ...
Style:
psychological, surreal, art house, ambiguous ending, experimental ...
Plot:
infidelity, uncertainty, marriage, identity, intimate, macabre, isolation, slow burn, jealousy, obsession, minimalism, guilt ...
Place:
vienna, germany, swiss alps, switzerland
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Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
Six different people all believe an unconscious and unidentified man in a hospital is their missing person. A film about being unconscious . . . or not.
Style:
psychological thriller, medical drama, existential, tense, suspenseful ...
Plot:
hospital, uncertainty, unconsciousness, ambiguity, memory, multiple perspectives, identity crisis, missing person, suspicion, character study, amnesia, loss ...
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Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: UK
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
The world had changed. Streets day by day were filled with protest. The unemployed. The lost. Chaos. Then something happened. Something though it had no name had arrived. Fear. Fear over took rationale. The streets became empty. The new age of ...
Style:
dark, suspenseful, bleak, tense, political thriller ...
Plot:
fear, civil unrest, uncertainty, dystopia, political unrest, desperation, protest, survival, anxiety, chaos, social commentary, post apocalyptic ...
Time:
near future
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Genre: Drama
Country: India
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Seven people from different walks of life give their blood sample for ELISA Test - AIDS Screening. To avoid the tension of waiting, they decide to bribe the technician and know the results earlier. They come to know only one among them has AIDS. ...
Style:
tension, tense, emotional, thrilling, psychological ...
Plot:
aids, hiv, uncertainty, anxiety, problem, analysis, social problems, illness, secret, realism, ethics, humanity ...
Place:
india
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
On May 30, 2005, on a high school graduation trip to Aruba, she disappeared without a trace.
Style:
emotional, suspenseful, realistic, serious, tense ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
disappearance, investigation, missing person, family relations, parents and children, serial killer, teenage girl, uncertainty, true crime, teenager, cold case, vacation gone wrong ...
Time:
year 2005, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
caribbean, usa
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Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Mystery, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 25 min.
TV show
Story:
The seventh Pretty Cure installment.
Style:
anime, captivating, light, entertaining
Plot:
superhero, fight, friendship, good versus evil, uncertainty, showdown, self doubt, protector, battles, determination, unsociability, shyness ...
Is relevant?
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
The daughter of a late comic is forced to confront her fears of performing.
Style:
captivating, psychological, thrilling, realistic, emotional ...
Plot:
female protagonist, self discovery, comedian, problem, psychological trauma, uncertainty, self doubt, social problems, introspection, stand up comedian, coping, female comedian ...
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Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: Japan
TV show
Story:
Toshiyuki Tanishi (Ryuhei Maruyama) is 27-year-old single guy, who has never had a girlfriend in his whole life. He works for small toy company, Saida Company. People view Toshiyuki Tanishi as stupid and the last person who will achieve success. ...
Style:
feel good, captivating, satirical, romantic comedy, sex comedy ...
Plot:
workplace romance, japanese man, co worker co worker relationship, changing lives, lifestyle change, relationships, male female relationship, love story, relationship problems, love and romance, love affair, satire ...
Place:
tokyo
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Argentina
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Shy corporate employee Jorge Rizzi's life takes an uproarious turn when he participates in a hypnosis session that rips off his inhibitions and releases a hilarious alter ego.
Style:
funny, satirical, captivating, entertaining, semi serious ...
Plot:
shy man, hypnosis, shyness, alternative lifestyle, alter ego, male protagonist, relationship problems, uncertainty, self doubt, satire, lifestyle, social problems ...
Time:
60s, year 1962
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Genre: Animation, Comedy, Drama
Country: China
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
By a fortunate coincidence, Juan is inspired and encouraged by a girl with the same name. Therefore, he decides to form a lion dance troupe with his friends, Cat and Dog, to break the constraints of reality and fight for themselves for once.
Style:
feel good, thrilling, satirical, captivating, emotional ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
dream, coming of age, follow your dream, self doubt, coping, following a dream, dream come true, young man, bigger dreams, uncertainty, satire, youth ...
Place:
china
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Genre: Drama, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
After hitting a breaking point, Hannah’s inner thought’s physicalize into a monstrous creature that threatens to upend her life.
Style:
disturbing, psychological horror, humorous, serious, suspenseful ...
Plot:
body horror, uncertainty, parents and children, friend, parents, self doubt, parent child relationship, uptight character, relationships, social relations, monster, mental illness ...
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Japan
Duration: 54 min.
TV show
Story:
Biblia Second-hand Bookstore has been quietly open for business in some corner of Kamakura. Its owner is Shinokawa Shioriko, a young, pretty but introverted girl who is extremely shy around strangers and cannot interact well with people she meets ...
Style:
satirical, captivating, entertaining, semi serious, atmospheric ...
Plot:
bookstore, investigation, female protagonist, literary, uncertainty, satire, uncover truth, puzzle, life, crime solving, private investigation, self doubt ...
Place:
japan
Is relevant?
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Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
A shy country girl chooses a part-time job at a maid cafe where she serves customers while dressed up as a maid.
Style:
captivating, disturbing, psychological
Plot:
musician, self doubt, self confidence, lifestyle, teenager, musician's life, uncertainty, teenage life, female protagonist, teenage girl, social problems, waitress ...
Place:
japan, mount fuji
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
Bob Patterson is a popular self-help motivational speaker. What his adoring public doesn't know is Bob is an insecure husband and dad who often fails at basic human interactions.
Style:
humorous, semi serious, satirical, feel good, psychological ...
Plot:
nothing goes right, social problems, self doubt, family problems, antisocial behavior, relationship problems, uncertainty, social satire, socially awkward, satire, lifestyle, social issues ...
Time:
21st century
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Musical, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
A man, who once dreamed of becoming a punk rocker, is working as a low salaryman at a musical instrument parts company. He's secretly in love with his colleague. One day, he finds a little turtle on the rooftop, naming it Pikadon.
Style:
disturbing, psychological, sincere, captivating, offbeat ...
Plot:
satire, kaiju, self doubt, turtle, relationships, love affair, romantic relationship, music, relationship problems, love, lifestyle, uncertainty ...
Time:
year 2015
Place:
tokyo, japan
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min.
TV show
Story:
It's Shouko Komi's first day at the prestigious Itan Private High School, and she has already risen to the status of the school's Madonna. With long black hair and a tall, graceful appearance, she captures the attention of anyone who ...
Style:
semi serious, psychological, captivating, disturbing
Plot:
slice of life, friend, love, school, high school, student, self doubt, socially awkward, antisocial behavior, social problems, uncertainty, teenage life ...
Place:
japan
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy
Country: France
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Nour is a pleasant and funny person who works as an accountant at a fitness center in Paris. Everybody likes her, but she has no luck in her romantic endeavours because she is overweight with atypical looks. Her close friends try to give her advice, ...
Style:
entertaining, captivating, humorous, funny, satirical ...
Plot:
striptease, overweight, obesity, self doubt, uncertainty, love affair, love story, satire, lifestyle change, changing lives, female protagonist, love and romance ...
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama, Family
Country: Japan
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
Azusa (Anna Ishii) and Narumi (Fuka Koshiba) are 2nd grade high school students. They lack confidence and also any kind of ambitions. Hazuki (Karin Ono), Tamaki (Mika Akizuki) and Mika (Miku Uehara) are also unnoticed students at the same high ...
Style:
entertaining, funny, captivating, disturbing
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
cheerleader, dancing, schoolgirl, teenager, japanese teenager, shy girl, self doubt, girl, shyness, japanese girl, friendship between girls, high school life ...
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 54 min.
TV show
Story:
Your whole outlook on life can change in an instant. Takuto Sawada (Haruma Miura) is your average college student. But one day, he finds out that he has ALS (Lou Gehrig's disease) and only has a short time to live. How will he choose to spend ...
Style:
emotional, romantic, realistic, melancholic, inspirational ...
Plot:
terminal illness, als, love and romance, fighting illness, mortality, relationship problems, male female relationship, family problems, life, coping, uncertainty, romantic relationship ...
Place:
japan
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
20-year-old Kyeong-soo is a man who's full of assumptions. He learned about sex from Internet porn, but nothing about the real thing. He's only had crushes and has never even kissed before. He got embarrassed when he confessed his feelings ...
Style:
captivating, romantic, realistic, light, sexy ...
Audience:
girls' night, chick flick
Plot:
erotic dream, male virgin, loss of virginity, mistress, sexual fantasy, couples, sexual relations, lust, love and romance, male objectification, sexuality, dangerous attraction ...
Time:
21st century
Is relevant?
Genre: Animation, Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 63 min.
Story:
Following Natsuki Enomoto's confession rehearsals with Yuu Setoguchi, their younger siblings Kotarou and Hina struggle to confess their own love. Despite a disastrous first meeting in middle school with her upperclassman Koyuki Ayase, Hina’s ...
Style:
anime, touching, captivating, humorous, romantic ...
Plot:
friendship between teens, high school life, rivalry, high school, high school hunk, unspoken love, teenage love, friendship, love affair, love interest, love and romance, relationships ...
Is relevant?
Genre: Animation, Family, Musical
Country: Denmark, Canada, USA, China
Duration: 72 min.
Story:
With new friends in a new kingdom, Barbie learns what it means to be herself when she trades places with a royal lookalike in this musical adventure.
Style:
humorous, feel good, semi serious, entertaining, captivating ...
Plot:
barbie, princess, lookalikes, royalty, espionage, secret, friendship, life turned upside down, mistaken identity, sabotage, love, assistant ...
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