Unreliable narrator movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant unreliable narrator movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out psychological, weird, suspense, twisted, interesting and clever films and TV shows about / with unreliable narrator, storytelling, flashback, narration, psychology, death, vengeance, twists and turns, dialogue and mentor plots mostly in Drama, Thriller and Mystery genres shot in USA, Germany, UK and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as unreliable narrator: American Psycho (2000), Fight Club (1999), Frailty (2001), Me and Earl and the Dying Girl (2015), Legion (2017), The Usual Suspects (1995), Radio Flyer (1992), Black Swan (2010), Swiss Army Man (2016), Memento (2000).
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List of unreliable narrator movies
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Horror
Country: USA
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, disturbing, psychological thriller, bloody, twist ending ...
Audience:
date night, adult
Plot:
psychopath, serial killer, insanity, sociopath, satire, violence, dark humor, psycho killer, materialism, yuppie, nihilism, millionaire ...
Time:
year 2000, 80s, 2000s, year 1987, y2k ...
Place:
new york, yale university, manhattan new york city, america, seattle ...
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2.6M
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany
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:
psychological, twist ending, surprise ending, cerebral, thought provoking ...
Audience:
manly, boys' night, chick flick, girls' night, adult
Plot:
twists and turns, self destructing, psychology, split personality, plot twist, nihilism, insanity, obsession, dissociative identity disorder, insomnia, identity crisis, mental illness ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, year 1999, year 2013
Place:
delaware, seattle, iran, america, los angeles ...
Is relevant?
99K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A man confesses to an FBI agent his family's story of how his religious fanatic father's visions lead to a series of murders to destroy supposed "demons."
Style:
psychological, scary, suspenseful, tense, surprise ending ...
Plot:
serial killer, twists and turns, murder, insanity, plot twist, religious fanatic, psychopath, childhood, parents and children, punishment, father son relationship, child abuse ...
Time:
year 2001, 70s, year 1979, year 2000, 20th century
Place:
texas, usa
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Greg is coasting through senior year of high school as anonymously as possible, avoiding social interactions like the plague while secretly making spirited, bizarre films with Earl, his only friend. But both his anonymity and friendship threaten to ...
Style:
touching, independent film, emotional, teen, black comedy ...
Audience:
teens, family friendly, date night, girls' night, teen drama
Plot:
high school, cancer, adolescence, friendship, terminal illness, teenager, coming of age, dying, leukemia, friends, teenage boy, illness ...
Time:
year 2015, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
pittsburgh, pennsylvania, usa
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103K
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
David Haller, AKA Legion, is a troubled young man who may be more than human. Diagnosed as schizophrenic, David has been in and out of psychiatric hospitals for years. But after a strange encounter with a fellow patient, he’s confronted with the ...
Style:
psychological thriller, captivating, saga, mysterious, exciting ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens, teen drama
Plot:
telepathy, x men, mental illness, supernatural power, schizophrenia, superpower, superhero, telekinesis, superhuman, memory, mental institution, mutant ...
Time:
future, 2010s
Place:
usa
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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, whodunit, manipulation, organized crime, murder mystery, criminal, bank robber, killer, dialogue ...
Time:
20th century, 80s, 90s, year 1995, year 1981
Place:
los angeles, new york, hungary, turkey, north america ...
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
A father reminisces about his childhood when he and his younger brother moved to a new town with their mother, her new husband and their dog, Shane. When the younger brother is subjected to physical abuse at the hands of their brutal stepfather, ...
Style:
sentimental, touching, serious, realistic, sad ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, teen drama
Plot:
child abuse, childhood, brother brother relationship, physical abuse, stepfather stepson relationship, road trip, bullying, boy, children, coming of age, dysfunctional family, childhood trauma ...
Time:
60s, year 1969, 20th century, year 1992
Place:
california, northern california, oklahoma
Is relevant?
882K
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, cerebral, atmospheric, suspense, twist ending ...
Audience:
chick flick, adult
Plot:
ballet, mental illness, obsession, psychology, character study, dancing, insanity, hallucination, mother daughter relationship, ballerina, surrealism, schizophrenia ...
Time:
year 2010, 2000s, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
bolivia, usa, new york, manhattan new york city
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Alone on a tiny deserted island, Hank has given up all hope of ever making it home again. But one day everything changes when a dead body washes ashore, and he soon realizes it may be his last opportunity to escape certain death. Armed with his new ...
Style:
surreal, buddy comedy, touching, absurd, philosophical ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
surrealism, corpse, friendship, forest, loneliness, hallucination, dark humor, friendship between men, survival, imagination, dead body, island ...
Time:
year 2016, 2010s, 90s
Is relevant?
1.4M
Genre: Drama, 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, neo noir, confusing ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
memory, vengeance, memory loss, plot twist, revenge, murder, amnesia, whodunit, twists and turns, paranoia, murder mystery, manipulation ...
Time:
year 2000, year 2001, future, 90s, 20th century ...
Place:
los angeles, california, iran, america, usa ...
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Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, History, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
Spencer Reinhard, Warren Lipka, Eric Borsuk and Chas Allen are four friends who live an ordinary existence in Kentucky. After a visit to Transylvania University, Lipka comes up with the idea to steal the rarest and most valuable books from the ...
Style:
slang, cynical, realistic, suspense, talky ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
disguise, heist, library, university, robbery, book, caper, travel, buddies, storytelling, planning, greed ...
Time:
2000s, 2010s
Place:
new york, kentucky, pennsylvania
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
TV show
Story:
One year after a mysterious accident left her with amnesia, 17-year-old Cadence returns to Beechwood, an island off Martha's Vineyard, seeking answers. As three generations of the distinguished Sinclair family gather at their private summer ...
Style:
psychological thriller, suspenseful, tense, melancholic, gothic ...
Plot:
amnesia, island, young adult, memory loss, identity, dark past, trauma, family secret, repression, isolation, flashback, grief ...
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Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA, Japan, France
Duration: 78 min.
Story:
Kuzco is a self-centered emperor who summons Pacha from a village and to tell him that his home will be destroyed to make room for Kuzco's new summer home. Kuzco's advisor, Yzma, tries to poison Kuzco and accidentally turns him into a ...
Style:
feel good, fairy tale, entertaining, sweet, witty ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, family friendly, pre-teens, toddlers ...
Plot:
good versus evil, transformation, emperor, talking animal, jungle, treason, spoiled brat, llama, assassination attempt, friendship, change of heart, turned into an animal ...
Time:
15th century, year 2000, y2k, 16th century
Place:
peru, south america, latin america
Is relevant?
461K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
A contemporary and culturally resonant drama about a young programmer, Elliot, who suffers from a debilitating anti-social disorder and decides that he can only connect to people by hacking them. He wields his skills as a weapon to protect the ...
Style:
serious, suspenseful, psychological thriller, realistic, bleak ...
Audience:
teens, family friendly, boys' night, adult
Plot:
hacker, computer hacker, hacking, computers and web, conspiracy, psychotherapy, fighting the system, conspiracy theory, split personality, secret society, introvert, hallucination ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
usa, new york, indiana
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Germany, Canada, USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Anna returns home after spending time in a psychiatric facility following her mother's tragic death and discovers that her mother's former nurse, Rachel, has moved into their house and become engaged to her father. Soon after she learns ...
Style:
twist ending, scary, surprise ending, psychological thriller, psychological horror ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
supernatural, mental illness, ghost, family problems, supernatural horror, woman in danger, parents and children, uncover truth, family in danger, secret relationship, siblings relations, mistrust ...
Time:
2000s, year 2009, year 2000, year 1986, 80s ...
Place:
maine, new england
Is relevant?
Genre: Horror
Country: France, Romania
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Alexia travels with her friend Marie to spend a couple of days with her family in their farm in the country. They arrive late and they are welcomed by Alexia's father. Late in the night, a sadistic and sick killer breaks into the farmhouse, ...
Style:
scary, slasher, twist ending, psychological, brutal ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
serial killer, gory, home invasion, brutality, torture, macabre, disturbed individual, farmhouse, psycho killer, kidnapping, killing spree, death ...
Time:
year 2003, turn of the century, y2k, year 2000, 21st century
Place:
france, south of france, europe
Is relevant?
1.2M
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 149 min.
Story:
With his wife's disappearance having become the focus of an intense media circus, a man sees the spotlight turned on him when it's suspected that he may not be innocent.
Style:
psychological, suspense, surprise ending, twist ending, clever ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night, date night, teens, boys' night ...
Plot:
twists and turns, psychology, murder mystery, missing person, manipulation, infidelity, investigation, marriage, femme fatale, revenge, missing wife, adultery ...
Time:
year 2014, 2010s, 2000s, year 2012, 21st century
Place:
peru, america, usa, manhattan new york city, new york ...
Is relevant?
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, India
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
Rachel Watson, devastated by her recent divorce, spends her daily commute fantasizing about the seemingly perfect couple who live in a house that her train passes every day, until one morning she sees something shocking happen there and becomes ...
Style:
suspense, twist ending, psychological, suspenseful, psychological thriller ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night
Plot:
train, murder mystery, obsession, infidelity, police investigation, adultery, psychopath, investigation, missing person, female protagonist, flashback, learning the truth ...
Time:
year 2016, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
new york, america, usa, london
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Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
A recently released patient from a mental institution returns home with her sister, only to face disturbing events between her stepmother and the ghosts haunting their house- all of which are connected to a dark past in the family's history.
Style:
psychological, atmospheric, mind bending, surprise ending, twist ending ...
Plot:
mental illness, tragedy, suicide, death, ghost, children, hallucination, stepmother, twists and turns, evil stepmother, guilt, haunted house ...
Time:
2000s, year 2002, year 2003, year 2000, 21st century
Place:
south korea, east asia, korea, asia, japan
Is relevant?
477K
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, feel good, sentimental, touching, fairy tale ...
Audience:
date night, kids, chick flick, teens, girls' night ...
Plot:
surrealism, fish, journey, storytelling, fantasy world, father son relationship, childhood, mermaid, magic, loneliness, adventurer, free spirited ...
Time:
60s, 70s, 20th century, 1940s, year 2003 ...
Place:
texas, usa, alabama, southern usa, paris france ...
Is relevant?
325K
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, period piece, heartbreaking, sad ...
Audience:
girls' night, chick flick, teens, adult
Plot:
world war two, wartime, redemption, tragic love, injustice, love story, unfulfilled love, sex scene, forbidden love, love and romance, false accusation, innocence ...
Time:
1930s, victorian era, 1940s, year 2007, 2000s ...
Place:
england, london, dunkirk, britain, europe ...
Is relevant?
Genre: Biography, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 135 min.
Story:
At Princeton University, John Nash struggles to make a worthwhile contribution to serve as his legacy to the world of mathematics. He finally makes a revolutionary breakthrough that will eventually earn him the Nobel Prize. After graduate school he ...
Style:
psychological, touching, cerebral, dramatic, intellectual ...
Audience:
teens, date night, chick flick, family friendly
Plot:
mathematics, mental illness, schizophrenia, genius, paranoia, insanity, imagination, scientist, prodigy, nobel prize, imaginary friend, mathematician ...
Time:
year 2001, 60s, 1940s, 20th century, 2000s ...
Place:
harvard university, boston, new jersey, detroit, persia ...
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy, History
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
Explore Emily Dickinson's vivacious, irreverent side that was covered up for years — most notably her lifelong romantic relationship with another woman.
Style:
costume drama, period piece, historical drama, independent film, queer cinema
Plot:
lesbian relationship, lgbt, lesbian, writers, poet, gay, poetry, infidelity, woman woman relationship, victorian england, woman, love ...
Time:
19th century, victorian era
Place:
massachusetts
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Genre: Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 46 min.
Story:
A squalid encounter has many possibilities. How do they know each other? Is he the criminal or is she? Are they in it together. And can you believe a word they say? Each line and each version presents a new truth. But who is to say which one is real?
Style:
psychological thriller, neo noir, suspenseful, twisted, crime drama ...
Plot:
manipulation, moral ambiguity, mistrust, deception, secret past, identity crisis, confession, interrogation, cat and mouse, false memory, investigation, urban decay ...
Is relevant?
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
To Topple An Empire is the story of Aidan Clarke (Sean Patrick Flaherty) as he is brought in front of crime boss, Vincent Donnelly (Art Lynch). Through a series of flashbacks, Aidan tells Vincent how he alone has taken out key members of his ...
Style:
tension, intense, suspense, dark, noir ...
Plot:
deception, lie, flashback, mafia, crime boss, organized crime, murder, violence, betrayal, underworld, moral ambiguity, manipulation ...
Place:
las vegas
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
When documentary filmmaker Danny Hart boards a train at Grand Central Station he has no reason to expect anything more than a pleasant ride to upstate New York to interview the subjects for his latest project. But a chance encounter with a ...
Style:
suspenseful, psychological thriller, realistic, tense, detective ...
Plot:
train, witnessing a crime, investigation, twists and turns, disappearance, adultery, murder, mystery woman, obsession, chance meeting, identity crisis, character study ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new york
Is relevant?
260K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
A young girl is institutionalized by her abusive stepfather. Retreating to an alternative reality as a coping strategy, she envisions a plan which will help her escape from the mental facility.
Style:
surreal, sexy, atmospheric, modern fairy tale, exciting ...
Audience:
girls' night, chick flick, teens, teen drama
Plot:
alternate reality, steampunk, imagination, lobotomy, escape from reality, surrealism, escape, violence, murder, sexual abuse, girl gang, dream ...
Time:
year 2011, 2010s, 20th century, 60s
Place:
vermont
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Australia, USA
Duration: 143 min.
Story:
An adaptation of F. Scott Fitzgerald's Long Island-set novel, where Midwesterner Nick Carraway is lured into the lavish world of his neighbor, Jay Gatsby. Soon enough, however, Carraway will see through the cracks of Gatsby's nouveau riche ...
Style:
romantic, sentimental, bad ending, stylized, colorful ...
Audience:
chick flick, teens, girls' night, date night, adult
Plot:
high society, obsession, love, social differences, loneliness, love triangle, millionaire, couples, love and romance, love story, destructive relationship, infidelity ...
Time:
1920s, year 2013, 2010s, 90s, 1900s ...
Place:
usa, new york, los angeles, long island, midwest
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
A coming-of-age story based on the best-selling novel by Stephen Chbosky, which follows 15-year-old freshman Charlie, an endearing and naive outsider who is taken under the wings of two seniors. A moving tale of love, loss, fear and hope - and the ...
Style:
touching, teen, sincere, melancholic, sad ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, girls' night, teen drama
Plot:
coming of age, high school, teenager, adolescence, first love, friendship, teenage love, youth, high school life, depression, suicide, teenage life ...
Time:
90s, 2010s, year 1991, year 2013, 20th century ...
Place:
pittsburgh, pennsylvania, usa
Is relevant?
477K
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Ireland, Canada, UK, USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
Jack is a young boy of 5 years old who has lived all his life in one room. He believes everything within it are the only real things in the world. But what will happen when his Ma suddenly tells him that there are other things outside of Room?
Style:
sentimental, heartbreaking, emotional, sad, thought provoking ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, date night, adult
Plot:
kidnapping, isolation, kidnapped, captive, room, mother son relationship, child born of rape, female protagonist, child protagonist, rape, boy, childhood ...
Time:
year 2015, 2010s, near future, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
ireland, persia, canada
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