| Aleksi (2018) | 6.1 | |
| Good Times (2007) | 6.7 | |
| Runway (2010) | 8.2 | |
| Wake Up Sid (2009) | 7.6 | |
| Leaving Circadia (2014) | 6.4 |
Aimlessness movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant aimlessness movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out melancholic, independent film, existential, captivating, dark comedy and realistic films and TV shows about / with aimlessness, coming of age, friendship, slice of life, youth, bittersweet, character study, self discovery, intimate and female nudity plots mostly in Drama, Comedy and Romance genres shot in USA, France, Spain and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as aimlessness: Lost in Translation (2003), The Graduate (1967), Easy Rider (1969), The Night (2016), The Maladjusted (2013), Everyday Is Like Sunday (2013), Welcome Home (2015), Marisa in the Woods (2017), Lotus Eaters (2011), Aleksi (2018).
Best films
New films
| An Elephant Sitting Still (2018) | 7.8 | |
| The Watermelon (2008) | 5.6 | |
| Danmark (2017) | 6.1 | |
| Majority (2010) | 7.4 | |
| Acid (2018) | 5.8 |
List of aimlessness movies
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Two lost souls visiting Tokyo -- the young, neglected wife of a photographer and a washed-up movie star shooting a TV commercial -- find an odd solace and pensive freedom to be real in each other's company, away from their lives in America.
Style:
melancholic, atmospheric, cerebral, intellectual, sexy ...
Audience:
girls' night, date night, family friendly, chick flick
Plot:
loneliness, midlife crisis, older man younger woman relationship, age difference, friendship, character study, alienation, fish out of water, melancholy, unlikely couple, actor, hotel room ...
Time:
2000s, year 2003, 21st century
Place:
japan, tokyo, asia, yale university, america ...
Is relevant?
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Benjamin, a recent college graduate is very worried about his future, he then finds himself in a love triangle with an older woman and her daughter.
Style:
inspirational, witty, sexual, sexy, erotic ...
Audience:
date night, teens, adult
Plot:
coming of age, age difference, wedding, older woman younger man relationship, adultery, forbidden love, milf, college graduate, virginity, sex scene, hot and sexy, extramarital affair ...
Time:
20th century, year 1967, 60s, 1930s
Place:
california, los angeles, usa, san francisco, bay area
Is relevant?
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Genre: Adventure, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A cross-country trip to sell drugs puts two hippie bikers on a collision course with small-town prejudices.
Style:
road movie, psychedelic, independent film, cult classic, avant garde ...
Plot:
road trip, hippie, on the road, existentialism, motorcycle, marijuana, rebelliousness, friendship, biker, self discovery, rock music, stoner ...
Time:
year 1969, 20th century, 60s, 70s
Place:
california, new mexico, alabama, arizona, louisiana ...
Is relevant?
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Genre: Drama
Country: Argentina
Duration: 136 min.
Story:
Martin moves around Buenos Aires at night, picking up guys, going to clubs, scoring drugs and having sex. Sometimes he’s paying and sometimes his trans sex-worker friend or another woman takes him along for a threesome.
Style:
sexy, psychological, captivating, suspenseful, unusual plot structure ...
Plot:
drug use, sex, gay erotica, gay, aimlessness, drug, orgy, threesome, gay lead character, casual sex, sexuality, love and romance ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
argentina
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Three friends struggle to maintain their hedonistic lifestyles as they approach 30. Delving into their story, we become subjected to their inane theories, absurd philosophies and warped sense of humor.
Style:
existential, adult comedy, independent film, satirical, raunchy ...
Plot:
creative block, aimlessness, male bonding, coming of age, young adult, identity crisis, self discovery, hedonism, personal growth, toxic masculinity, internet dating, beach ...
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Everyday Is Like Sunday is a comedy/drama aiming the lens at post-collegiate characters stuck between their imminently-ending youth and impending adulthood. The film follows Mark, Jason, and Flora, as they realistically attempt to pull themselves ...
Style:
entertaining, captivating, independent film, melancholic, existential ...
Plot:
self discovery, identity crisis, post college, unemployment, grownups, young adult, coming of age, youth, lifestyle, life, depression, realism ...
Time:
2010s
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama
Country: Belgium
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
This is the story of two childhood friends - Lucas (a 16-year-old high-schooler) and Bert (a mechanic’s apprentice) - who flee the suffocating fish bowl that their killjoy families’ lives have become. Lucas, still quite immature, finds a “big ...
Style:
captivating, disturbing, melancholic, reflective, existential ...
Plot:
coming of age, friendship, youth, house, boredom, adolescence, teenager, teenage life, relationship problems, life is a bitch, escape, drifting ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
Marisa feels that she is the supporting actress of her own life. She has no job, no projects, no prospects for the future. She looks away from her own life's downfall to become the rescuer of her best friend Mina, who is immersed in a desperate ...
Style:
road movie, independent film, melancholic, captivating, touching ...
Plot:
loneliness, relationship problems, existentialism, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, guilt, theater, existential crisis, character study, female protagonist, aimlessness, slice of life, urban ...
Place:
madrid, spain
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 78 min.
Story:
Story follows a group of young Londoners as they struggle to find meaning in their lives while masking their discontent with sex, drugs, and rock ‘n roll.
Style:
realistic, serious, atmospheric, melancholic, postmodern ...
Plot:
thirtysomething life, best friend, love and romance, sexual relations, city life, friends, couples, unfulfillment, youth, alienation, drug, urban ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
london, england, british columbia
Is relevant?
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Croatia, Serbia
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
28-year-old Aleksi is stuck living with her parents. Desperate to escape the safe but boring bourgeois life her family has intended for her, she shirks her duties and becomes entangled with various romantic interests.
Style:
melancholic, art house, existential, independent film, sensual ...
Plot:
aimlessness, self discovery, identity, intimate, rebellion, mature, sexual exploration, coming of age, photography, parent child relationship, seduction, love triangle ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
slovenia, croatia
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
A directionless, young campus bus driver and a punk rock Samoan security guard named Pineapple form an unlikely kinship as they navigate the unpredictable late shift known as the "drunk bus." Together, they break out of their endless loop ...
Style:
road movie, dark comedy, captivating, satirical, entertaining ...
Plot:
friendship, punk, punk rock, coming of age, driver, satire, adult humor, friends, silly humor, escapades, unlikely friendships, college campus ...
Is relevant?
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Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A lazy man becomes a prostitute.
Style:
satirical, captivating, semi serious, disturbing, psychological ...
Plot:
male female relationship, male escort, lifestyle, social problems, couple relations, male prostitute, relationships, money problems, satire, prostitute, male prostitution, prostitution ...
Time:
2010s
Is relevant?
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Genre: Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Jordi is going to make it big, cost what it may, juggling a stock exchange portfolio; Cristina combines booze, drugs and sex in the celebration of her birthday; and Pau, in search of strong emotions, turns to violence, xenophobic attitude. Three ...
Style:
melancholic, intense, existential, independent film, erotic
Plot:
coming of age, frustration, youth, violence, xenophobia, drug use, alienation, youth culture, realism, urban, alcohol abuse, recklessness ...
Place:
barcelona
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Newly divorced, Achilles Pumpkinseed lives alone in the house left to him by his deceased mother. Depressed and adrift, he spends his days smoking pot and watching television, usually alone but sometimes with his equally rootless friend Patroclus. ...
Style:
semi serious, offbeat, art house, psychological, captivating ...
Plot:
midlife crisis, life turned upside down, inheritance, misfit, stoner, loneliness, fall in love, estrangement, couples, love, self discovery, alienation ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
usa
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama
Country: Sweden, Denmark
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
When Maja's boyfriend travels to India for a couple of months, she is left with no place to stay. She begins lodging with Mattias, a young unemployed man with a group of slacker friends and a 'seize the day' attitude to life. At first ...
Style:
melancholic
Plot:
slice of life, female protagonist, intimate, social realism, youth culture, personal growth, self discovery, coming of age, aimlessness, urban, bittersweet, irresponsible ...
Place:
stockholm sweden, eastern europe
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
TV show
Story:
A group of college slackers in Athens, Georgia (University of Georgia) are faced with life beyond school. Based on Hadjii's 2006 independent film "Somebodies".
Style:
realistic, humorous, semi serious, feel good, independent film ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
campus, college life, coming of age, student life, college, lifestyle, eccentric family, youth, family life, young adult, slice of life, slacker ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
usa, georgia
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Gia is a carefree young percussionist who works at a theater in Tbilisi, capital of Georgia. He lives in a small apartment with his mother. Gia spends his days flitting from friend to friend, lover to lover, avoiding any responsibility, and never ...
Style:
period piece, existential, melancholic, spiritual, lighthearted
Plot:
drums, slice of life, theater, character study, friendship, aimlessness, bohemian, wanderer, intimate, street life, ballet, youth culture ...
Time:
70s, year 1972, 60s, 20th century
Place:
tbilisi, soviet union, caucasus, poetic realism, europe ...
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
An aimless college graduate drives a taxi while rebelling against his parents, the Establishment and whatever else he happens to loathe on any given day (including pigeons). Then he meets a girl.
Style:
existential, political, independent film, psychedelic
Plot:
taxi driver, alienation, anti establishment, rebellion, independence, city life, cynicism, character study, isolation, male protagonist, aimlessness, counterculture ...
Time:
70s
Place:
new york
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music
Country: France
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
The meeting of Manuel, a lady's dancer, Petrus, an unfortunate gambler, and Corinne, a fast-food waitress. The drifting of three drop-outs, three solitary dreamers, adventurous waverers.
Style:
existential, emotional, independent film, melancholic, road movie ...
Plot:
solitude, character study, dream, loneliness, slice of life, urban, aimlessness, working class, bittersweet, friendship, dance, poverty ...
Is relevant?
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Genre: Drama
Country: Denmark
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
22-year-old Norge lives a careless life as a bachelor in the province. The slacker idyll meets a sudden end when 16-year-old Josephine turns up after a one-night-stand and tells him she’s pregnant
Style:
reflective, melancholic
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
slacker, coming of age, provincial life, small town, friendship, one night stand, responsibility, slice of life, grownups, male protagonist, aimlessness, moral dilemma ...
Place:
ireland
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama
Country: Bangladesh
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A young man who lives nearby an airport finds himself in trouble upon meeting a mysterious stranger.
Style:
tense, melancholic
Plot:
unemployment, youth, social commentary, poverty, class conflict, extremism, identity crisis, aimlessness, social injustice, coming of age, violence, death ...
Place:
bangladesh
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama
Country: Austria, Serbia and Montenegro
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
The film follows three young people from Belgrade, a city that offers nothing but pragmatism and not many life opportunities.
Style:
melancholic, independent film, existential, reflective, bleak ...
Plot:
youth, apathy, social realism, frustration, alienation, coming of age, social commentary, slice of life, aimlessness, friendship, working class, hopelessness ...
Place:
belgrade, serbia
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Two down on their luck childhood friends struggle to figure out their lives. Ray a drummer in a rock and roll band, and Owen an aspiring film maker spend most of their time working menial jobs and drinking. When Owen's fiancé Lynn breaks off ...
Style:
humorous, captivating, light, atmospheric, satirical ...
Plot:
friendship, self discovery, coming of age, introspection, friends, buddies, hidden identity, youth, disorder, couple relations, alcohol abuse, male friendship ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new york, usa, kansas
Is relevant?
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
As Finn slips back into a groove of mindless parties, sunburn, and hangovers, he let's his life take a mind-numbing vacation. But when he's confronted with death first hand, he takes a new outlook on life, remembering his endless dreams ...
Style:
mumblecore, independent film, existential, melancholic, ambiguous ending ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
coming of age, self discovery, slice of life, personal growth, character study, mortality, young adult, realism, aimlessness, nostalgia, found footage, regret ...
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Isi doesn't get the world anymore. Just a short while ago, life was wild, fun, and without obligations, but suddenly everyone around her seems to be grown-up and successful. With her diploma in one hand and a drink in the other, she is stuck ...
Style:
satirical
Plot:
grownups, coming of age, female friendship, self discovery, independent woman, slice of life, bittersweet, friendship, identity, frustration, realism, art student ...
Is relevant?
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Slovenia
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Five young men, each without a job, spend most of their time together at a local bar seeing how much beer they can drink without paying. Occasionally outside events intrude on their easy-going lifestyle, such as searching for a missing car, and the ...
Style:
dark comedy
Plot:
unemployment, male friendship, male camaraderie, slice of life, young adult, aimlessness, youth culture, working class, small town, social commentary, deadpan, coming of age ...
Place:
slovenia
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama, Adventure
Country: France
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Based on a novel by Jean-Claude Izzo, this melancholic movie focuses on three sailors being the last remaining crew members on their ship which is aground in the harbor of Marseille. After the owner has sold the "Aldébaran", only the ...
Style:
melancholic, bleak, reflective, multicultural, existential ...
Plot:
crew, ship, abandoned ship, harbor, seafaring, character study, mediterranean, loss, friendship, regret, blue collar, aimlessness ...
Place:
marseille, mediterranean sea
Is relevant?
Genre: Adventure, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
With high school in the rearview, five teenagers from inland Oregon embark on one last adventure. Piling into a van with a busted tail light, their mission takes them to a place they’ve never been—the Pacific coast, five hundred miles away. ...
Style:
captivating, psychological, independent film, melancholic, existential ...
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
road trip, friendship, teenage boy, group of friends, small town, teenager, coming of age, teenage protagonist, teenage life, friends, adolescence, lifestyle ...
Place:
oregon, pacific ocean, portland oregon
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
An aimless young man turns to murder in order to satisfy the desires of his new girlfriend, a narcissistic blue jean fetishist.
Style:
independent film, satirical, captivating, thrilling, psychological ...
Plot:
murder, criminal, relationship problems, romantic obsession, satire, love interest, killing, relationships, problem, couple relations, male female relationship, fetishism ...
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: France, USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
Jordan White and Amy Blue, two troubled teens, pick up an adolescent drifter, Xavier Red. Together, the threesome embark on a sex and violence-filled journey through an America of psychos and quickiemarts.
Style:
erotic, surreal, art house, cult classic, gothic ...
Audience:
teens, teen drama, adult
Plot:
lovers on the run, sex, forced sex, voyeurism, satanist, on the road, gay, male nudity, making love, surrealism, torture, sex in car ...
Time:
near future, 90s
Place:
seattle, california
Is relevant?
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