| Jubilee (1978) | 5.9 | |
| Bad Timing (1980) | 6.9 | |
| Royal Rumble (2001) | 7.9 | |
| The Sunset Limited (2011) | 7.3 | |
| Little Murders (1971) | 6.8 |
Nihilist movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant nihilist movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out suspense, disturbing, psychological, weird, realistic and dark films and TV shows about / with nihilism, violence, brutality, blood, death, sociopath, psychopath, murder, insanity and gun plots mostly in Drama, Thriller and Crime genres shot in USA, UK, Russia and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as nihilist: Watchmen (2009), Joker (2019), BoJack Horseman (2014), Naked (1993), Fight Club (1999), The Platform (2019), Snowtown (2011), The Sunset Limited (2011), Wild in Blue (2015), Jubilee (1978).
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608K
Genre: Action, Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 162 min.
Story:
In a gritty and alternate 1985 the glory days of costumed vigilantes have been brought to a close by a government crackdown, but after one of the masked veterans is brutally murdered, an investigation into the killer is initiated. The reunited ...
Style:
neo noir, visually appealing, sexy, philosophical, stylized ...
Audience:
manly, chick flick, teens, boys' night, adult
Plot:
superhero, alternate reality, moral dilemma, anti hero, superhuman powers, cold war, alternate history, conspiracy, human nature, parallel world, masked vigilante, one against many ...
Time:
20th century, year 2009, 2000s, 1940s, future ...
Place:
new york, washington d.c., america, los angeles, vietnam ...
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1.7M
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada, Australia
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
During the 1980s, a failed stand-up comedian is driven insane and turns to a life of crime and chaos in Gotham City while becoming an infamous psychopathic crime figure.
Style:
thought provoking, atmospheric, suspense, bleak, psychological thriller ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
mental illness, villain, loneliness, mental patient, psycho, comedian, psychological trauma, mental disorder, psychopath, social problems, insanity, social decay ...
Time:
2010s, 80s, year 2019, 20th century, year 1981
Place:
new york, new jersey, los angeles, persia, bronx new york city
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Genre: Animation, Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 25 min.
TV show
Story:
Meet the most beloved sitcom horse of the 90s - 20 years later. BoJack Horseman was the star of the hit TV show "Horsin' Around," but today he's washed up, living in Hollywood, complaining about everything, and wearing colorful ...
Style:
adult animation, humorous, dark comedy, black comedy, sitcom ...
Audience:
kids, teens, adult
Plot:
depression, existentialism, cynicism, sadness, hollywood, down on your luck, adult humor, addiction, anthropomorphism, anthropomorphic animal, talking animal, mature ...
Time:
2010s, future, 2020s, 21st century
Place:
california, los angeles, usa
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48K
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 131 min.
Story:
Johnny flees Manchester for London, to avoid a beating from the family of a girl he has raped. There he finds an old girlfriend, and spends some time homeless, spending much of his time ranting at strangers, and meeting characters in plights very ...
Style:
disturbing, talky, philosophical, black comedy, compassionate ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
existentialism, sexual abuse, nihilism, humiliation, voyeurism, alienation, drifter, character study, sex scene, rape, cruelty, rapist ...
Time:
90s, year 1993
Place:
london, england, united kingdom, manchester, europe
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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 ...
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Genre: Animation, Action, Crime, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
In February 1999, a string of murders has Shiki Ryougi and Mikiya Kokutou on edge. These crimes share a disturbing resemblance to a similar set of homicides from 1995, when Shiki and Mikiya first met, and awaken a dark, murderous desire that has ...
Style:
anime, adult animation, neo noir, suspense, dark ...
Plot:
supernatural, violence, paranormal phenomena, cannibal, showdown, psychopath, blood, danger, investigation, fear, human monster, serial killer ...
Time:
90s
Is relevant?
320K
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Spain
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Two people per level. An unknown number of levels. A platform with food for all of them. Are you one of those who think too much when they are up? Or of those who have no guts when they are down? If you discover it too late, you will not live out of ...
Style:
suspense, disturbing, suspenseful, psychological thriller, mind bending ...
Plot:
survival, struggle for survival, confined, food shortage, cannibalism, social injustice, prison, social differences, isolation, rivalry, danger, survival horror ...
Time:
future, 2010s
Place:
iberian peninsula
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22K
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: Australia
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
Based on true events, 16 year-old Jamie falls in with his mother's new boyfriend and his crowd of self-appointed neighborhood watchmen, a relationship that leads to a spree of torture and murder.
Style:
psychological, disturbing, serious, tense, realistic ...
Plot:
serial killer, true crime, gang, psychopath, violence, male rape victim, homosexual, rape victim, tortured to death, transgression, mother's boyfriend, murder ...
Time:
year 1998, 2010s, 20th century, 90s, year 1999
Place:
australia, south australia, adelaide south australia, oceania
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Based on the play of the same name by Pulitzer Prize Winner Cormac McCarthy, this searing two-character drama mixes humor and pathos while examining the relationship between strangers who are brought together by desperate circumstances. Set in a New ...
Style:
philosophical, talky, psychological, thought provoking, sexy ...
Plot:
atheism, atheist, religion, psychology, dialogue, suicide attempt, faith, bible, suffering, debate, suicide, multiple storylines ...
Time:
year 2011, 21st century
Place:
usa, new york
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Genre: Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
A story about a madman with a movie camera. He's a narcissist, nihilist, sexual sadist and killer of innocent women. His name is Charlie and WILD IN BLUE is his world: a place of evil, violence and perversion where only his camera tells the ...
Style:
disturbing, tension, psychological, intense, psychological thriller ...
Plot:
serial killer, nihilism, perversion, sadism, sexual abuse, violence, narcissism, obsession, stalker, taboo, mental illness, manipulation ...
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Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Fantasy, History, Music, War
Country: UK
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Queen Elizabeth I visits late twentieth-century Britain to find a depressing landscape where life has changed since her time.
Style:
offbeat, cult classic, retro, psychotronic, dark ...
Plot:
punk rock, time travel, rock and roll, distopia, rock, post apocalypse, surrealism, dystopian future, murder, group sex, counterculture, dystopia ...
Time:
distant future, future, 17th century, 70s, 16th century ...
Place:
britain, europe, england, london, united kingdom
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Genre: Action, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 177 min.
Story:
Royal Rumble (2001) was the fourteenth annual Royal Rumble PPV. It was presented by MCI's 1-800-COLLECT and took place on January 21, 2001 at the New Orleans Arena in New Orleans, Louisiana. The main event was the Royal Rumble match. Kane set ...
Style:
captivating, entertaining, exciting
Plot:
wrestling, rivalry, title bout, fight, fistfight, wrestler, athlete, muscleman, professional wrestling, professional wrestler, battles, sporting event ...
Place:
new orleans, louisiana
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Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: Czech Republic
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
The top-secret project, which Kazma and his team have been working on for over 4 years, enters cinemas for the first time ever as ONEMANSHOW in feature-length format.
Plot:
one-man show, heist, delusion, blackmail, deception, delusional man, circus, sociopath, ex boyfriend ex girlfriend relationship, narcissist, criminal, narcissism ...
Place:
central europe
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
A novelist's longstanding marriage is suddenly upended when she overhears her husband giving his honest reaction to her latest book.
Style:
satirical, thrilling, captivating, psychological, family comedy ...
Plot:
therapist, unhappy marriage, struggling actor, marriage, writers, aspiring writer, husband wife relationship, family relations, troubled marriage, satire, female writer, marriage crisis ...
Place:
new york
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
Alex Linden is a psychiatrist living in Vienna who meets Milena Flaherty though a mutual friend. Though Alex is quite a bit older than Milena, he's attracted to her young, carefree spirit. Despite the fact that Milena is already married, their ...
Style:
erotic drama, erotic, disturbing, sexual, non-linear ...
Plot:
female nudity, erotica, rape victim, voyeurism, rape, public sex, extramarital affair, perversion, obsession, infidelity, wedding ring, sexual promiscuity ...
Time:
70s, 20th century, year 1980
Place:
vienna, britain, austria, europe, new york ...
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Genre: Action, Biography, Crime, Drama, History, Thriller, War
Country: Norway, Denmark, Germany
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
Max Manus is a Norwegian 2008 biographic war film based on the real events of the life of resistance fighter Max Manus (1914–96), after his contribution in the Winter War against the Soviet Union. The story follows Manus through the outbreak of ...
Style:
factual, brutal, intense, melancholic, romantic ...
Audience:
manly, boys' night, girls' night
Plot:
world war two, resistance, nazi, nazism, wartime, war, military, nazi occupation, gestapo, terrorist, courage, manhunt ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century, year 1940, post world war two
Place:
scotland, europe, eastern europe, scandinavia, finland ...
Is relevant?
70K
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Evan McCauley has skills he never learned and memories of places he has never visited. Self-medicated and on the brink of a mental breakdown, a secret group that call themselves “Infinites” come to his rescue, revealing that his memories are ...
Style:
perverse, spiritual, suspense, tense, captivating ...
Plot:
destruction, reincarnation, final showdown, struggle, memories, schizophrenia, past life, russian roulette, snow, final battle, female warrior, secret ...
Time:
2020s, 80s, year 1985
Place:
north america, new york, scotland, mexico city, indonesia ...
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Genre: Animation, Adventure, Horror, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min.
TV show
Story:
Most girls waking up without any memory and meeting a serial killer would panic, but not Rachel. In fact, far from being her biggest problem, killer Zack might just prove a convenient resource when it comes to finding a way out of the building in ...
Style:
anime, psychological, suspense, captivating, tense ...
Plot:
murder, brutality, fear, evil, mercilessness, quest, rivalry, violence, supernatural, rescue, bad guy, demon ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: Russia
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
Two friends, young psychiatrists, perceive life in different ways. One wants to do the right thing. The second is to experiment. One is a diligent student. The second is the troublemaker. One loves, hating. The second hates, loving. It's a pity ...
Style:
realistic, captivating, retro, ambiguous ending, surprise ending ...
Plot:
stepmother stepson relationship, love triangle, erotica, unfaithful wife, sex with stepmother, extramarital affair, male female relationship, horny wife, sex with friend's mother, older woman teenage boy sex, best friend, illicit affair ...
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Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 77 min.
Story:
A group of hillbilly's terrorize a couple after their car breaks down.
Style:
suspenseful, rough, suspense, psychotronic, road movie ...
Plot:
couples, hillbilly, car trouble, psychopath, anal rape, murder, danger, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, brutality, gang, road trip, car ...
Is relevant?
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Russia
Duration: 53 min.
TV show
Story:
The main character is an extraordinary and mysterious person, at the same time, he (Rodion Meglin) is an outstanding inspector. Rodion is used to work alone in order to keep the secrecy of his unusual method. Young graduate Esenya Steklova is ...
Style:
psychological, suspenseful, suspense, tense, captivating ...
Plot:
serial killer, danger, investigation, psychosis, murder, mental illness, haunted by the past, brutality, good versus evil, human nature, redemption, uncover truth ...
Time:
year 2015
Place:
russia
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama
Country: Russia
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Marina, an upper-crust social worker with a doting husband and an enviable downtown apartment, is suddenly transformed into a bizarre twilight version of herself when she is raped by three policemen.
Style:
sexy, psychological, suspenseful, serious, rough ...
Plot:
rape, couples, sexual cruelty, sex starved woman, love affair, sexual harassment, raped woman, loveless marriage, injustice, vengeance, society, rivalry ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
soviet union, russia, ussr
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Music
Country: Belgium, France, Italy
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Three handicapped losers who form a band ask famous writer Dries to be their drummer. He joins the band and starts manipulating them.
Style:
disturbing, suspenseful, erotic, dark comedy, semi serious ...
Plot:
rock, punk, nihilism, strong sexual content, male rape, misogynist, homosexual, erotic scene, transgression, making love, extreme, homosexual rape ...
Time:
near future, 21st century
Place:
belgium
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Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
Three lovable party buds try to bail their friend out of jail. But just when the guys have mastered a plan, everything comes dangerously close to going up in smoke.
Style:
funny, cult classic, mysterious, offbeat, humorous ...
Plot:
weed, marijuana, stoner, stupidity, drug, friendship between men, stoned, drug dealer, satire, dumb, voice over narration, roommate roommate relationship ...
Time:
80s, 90s, 20th century
Place:
new york, usa, manhattan new york city
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Elliot Gould plays Alfred Chamberlain -- a one time successful photographer who is now down on his luck because he began to eliminate people from his photographs. He also suffers from an inability to feel or to be passionate about anything. But then ...
Style:
dark comedy, grim, surreal, biting, cynical ...
Plot:
satire, murder, surrealism, wedding ceremony, gay brother, gay, sniper, wedding, killing spree, mood swing, big city, photographer ...
Time:
70s, year 1971, 20th century
Place:
new york, usa
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Jackie Cogan is an enforcer hired to restore order after three dumb guys rob a Mob protected card game, causing the local criminal economy to collapse.
Style:
neo noir, brutal, suspenseful, intense, tense ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night, adult
Plot:
robbery, violence, mafia, organized crime, gangster, hitman, poker, brutality, crime gone awry, assassin, murder, sex ...
Time:
year 2012, 2010s, year 2008, 2000s, 70s ...
Place:
louisiana, usa, florida, orlando florida, new orleans
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, China
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
Susan Morrow receives a book manuscript from her ex-husband – a man she left 20 years earlier – asking for her opinion of his writing. As she reads, she is drawn into the fictional life of Tony Hastings, a mathematics professor whose family ...
Style:
neo noir, psychological thriller, suspense, sexy, visually stunning ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
revenge, writers, husband wife relationship, abortion, murder, divorce, rape, loss of family, infidelity, flashback, rape and murder, art ...
Time:
year 2016, 2010s
Place:
texas, los angeles, new york
Is relevant?
11K
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Driving, lost and tormented in the night, primal fears of the dark and the unknown give way to fear that you have let the evil in, or that it is already there.
Style:
slasher, realistic, suspense, scary, suspenseful ...
Plot:
psychopath, stranger, serial killer, brutality, paranoia, maniac, survival, forest, scarecrow, stalking, danger, wilderness ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
ireland, england, somalia
Is relevant?
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 12 min.
TV show
Story:
Mike Tyson is taking the fight from the boxing ring to the streets … by solving mysteries! Aided by the Mike Tyson Mystery Team — the Ghost of the Marquess of Queensberry, Mike’s adopted Korean daughter and a pigeon who was once a man — Mike ...
Style:
adult animation, not serious, humorous, detective, computer animated ...
Audience:
kids, teens, adult
Plot:
investigation, ghost, unlikely partners, heroes, partner, danger, riddles and clues, team, ex boxer, father daughter relationship, black, bird ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Is relevant?
Genre: Animation, Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 76 min.
Story:
Batman has not been seen for ten years. A new breed of criminal ravages Gotham City, forcing 55-year-old Bruce Wayne back into the cape and cowl. But, does he still have what it takes to fight crime in a new era?
Style:
stylized, bleak, atmospheric, talky, rough ...
Audience:
boys' night, kids, teens, toddlers
Plot:
batman, superhero, vigilantism, comic book, violent, revenge, good versus evil, gang, heroic mission, mortal combat, comeback, middle aged ...
Time:
future, year 2012, 2010s, 80s, 21st century
Place:
usa
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