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List of existential crisis movies
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Genre: Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: Malaysia
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
As a young man's life spirals out of control, he tries to regain focus by seeking out an offbeat hypnosis treatment. Things take a turn when the girl from his dreams starts to appear in real life. While he tries to unlock the mystery of who she ...
Style:
psychological, surreal, sentimental, exciting, serious ...
Plot:
memory, magic realism, hospital, brain, life, couples, love, secret, doctor, identity, hypnosis, relationships ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Olivier calls himself a 'statistical miracle'. He is almost 27 years old but the doctors had predicted that, because of the heart disease he was born with, he would not get much older than 25 years. He doesn't seem to be suffering ...
Style:
poignant, intense, reflective
Plot:
second chance, mortality, heart disease, illness, hopes, existential crisis, hedonism, character study, personal growth, identity, introspection, youth culture ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
belgium
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Mitchell, a Vietnam veteran, returns home to Minneapolis with his girlfriend Kathy and intends to write a novel about his war experiences, but is pushed by his overbearing father into a job selling pork bellies at a commodities firm. Quickly ...
Style:
dramatic, reflective, romantic drama, melancholic
Plot:
vietnam veteran, alienation, getting home, family conflict, counterculture, existential crisis, social class, friendship, love triangle, racial tension, seduction, infidelity ...
Time:
70s
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Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 76 min.
Story:
A documentary from Nick Peterson.
Style:
existential, contemplative, psychological, surreal, melancholic ...
Plot:
alter ego, isolation, flashback, suicide, existential crisis, identity crisis, memory, mental illness, guilt, stream of consciousness, regret, mental breakdown ...
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Genre: Action, Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
A man drives away from home waiting for that moment to opt for suicide. On the verge of insanity, he discovers a strange travel companion.
Style:
bleak, grim, sinister, suspense, independent film
Plot:
midlife crisis, alienation, desperation, existential crisis, loneliness, life insurance, ethical dilemma, family abandonment, insanity, mysterious girl, paranormal phenomena, suicide ...
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Genre: Short, Comedy
Country: Portugal
Duration: 8 min.
Story:
A man who wants to end his life but because of a rare disease he can't do it.
Style:
tragicomedy, ironic, dark comedy, existential, philosophical ...
Plot:
suicide attempt, failed suicide, existential crisis, self destructing, character study, psychological torment, desperation, rehearsal, voice over narration, nihilism, loneliness, obsession ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: Lebanon
Duration: 75 min.
Story:
The Beach House is a film about four people from an Arab generation roaming over the ruins of ideologies, causes and virtues of their predecessors. It portrays their intellectual and emotional nonchalance about what is happening around them in their ...
Style:
art house, existential, intellectual, philosophical, melancholic ...
Plot:
beach house, frustration, alienation, existential crisis, social commentary, intimate, seaside, generation, ruins, mediterranean, youth, minimalism ...
Place:
lebanon, south africa
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Genre: Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 70 min.
Story:
The "Hamlet" in this well-mounted Italian spoof is the Danish prince, not a small town or village. The movie irreverently draws on both the Shakespeare play and the 1877 story by Jules Laforgue. In the story, Hamlet (Carmelo Bene) is a ...
Style:
experimental, avant garde, philosophical, surreal, absurd ...
Plot:
shakespeare, existential crisis, adaptation, psychoanalysis, oedipus complex, identity crisis, minimalism, underground, tragedy, shakespeare's hamlet, theater, stage ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: Poland
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
The main character in this effective, convincing drama is Witold (Tadeusz Bradecki) who is high in what later would be termed the "emotional quotient" or the ability to bounce back from adverse, tragic circumstances. Witold has been ...
Style:
existential, melancholic, bleak, intellectual, tragic
Plot:
corruption, grief, character study, moral dilemma, family drama, existential crisis, bureaucracy, frustration, social realism, betrayal, class struggle, anti hero ...
Time:
year 1980
Place:
eastern europe, poland, himalaya
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
A French special op suffers an existential crisis as he wanders New York City in search of a mission and the requisite connections.
Style:
atmospheric, ambiguous ending, enigmatic, noir, melancholic ...
Plot:
spy, alienation, secret agent, existential crisis, foreigner, identity, moral ambiguity, drifter, isolation, slow burn, loneliness, paranoia ...
Time:
70s, 20th century
Place:
new york
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Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: Turkey
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
Mümtaz and Derya are condemned to live out their last moments each day in someone else's skin.
Style:
poignant, psychological, surreal, existential, melancholic ...
Plot:
mortality, body swapping, identity, empathy, existential crisis, identity crisis, rehearsal, ethical dilemma, fate, isolation, desperation, memory ...
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Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
On Michael and Gabby's first romantic get-away things takes a terrifying turn when God delivers unsettling news to Gabby after taking over Michael's body. Is Michael a manipulative psychopath or could this really be a direct experience ...
Style:
suspenseful, religious horror, psychological thriller, bleak, captivating ...
Plot:
fear of death, remorse, vacation, travel, night, remote location, couples, house, travel and leisure, partner, god, couple relations ...
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Genre: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Norway
Duration: 64 min.
Story:
A boy must fight his way from an alternate reality, back to his own, to save his suicidal 5-year old brother; when 3 billion people are reported missing.
Style:
emotional, intense, tense, suspenseful, dark ...
Plot:
alternate reality, time travel, rescue mission, loss, alternate timeline, collapse, dystopian future, brotherhood, existential crisis, family drama, survival, coming of age ...
Time:
near future
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Genre: Romance
Country: Argentina, Spain
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Fabian (Dario Grandinetti) works as a bank executive. After one of his colleagues in the bank dies, he falls into crisis. His wife, Mariela (Carolina Peleritti), is a psychologist and has Olga (Mabel Rivera) , an embittered woman who tries to take ...
Style:
realistic, semi serious, tense, melancholic, romantic drama ...
Plot:
love and romance, love affair, hopes, introspection, dealing with death, road not taken, unfulfillment, midlife crisis, existential crisis, character study, loss, loneliness ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
argentina
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2K
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: Russia
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
The genre of the film DUST could be called fantastic realism or existential drama with elements of the fantastic. Dust means the haste in which people live. Dust is a common misconception, the natural clogging up of the brain. Specks of dust how ...
Style:
surreal, psychological, contemplative, serious, clever ...
Plot:
introspection, physical appearance, social misfits, misfit, gender, deadend life, living with parents, a vision, ufo, existentialism, alienation, social commentary ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
russia
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Genre: Drama, Music
Country: India
Duration: 129 min.
Story:
Self-doubt, sacrifice and struggle converge into an existential crisis for a devoted classical vocalist as the mastery he strives for remains elusive.
Style:
serious, melancholic, meditative, art house, poignant ...
Plot:
classical music, loyalty, passion, self doubt, tradition, obsession, character study, discipline, existential crisis, thoughtful, guru, identity ...
Place:
india, mumbai india
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Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Germany
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
The over-ambitious Koralnik has a dream job: he is a contract killer for a secret EU programme. But even eight years after his training he still hasn't had a single hit. Bored and frustrated, he lives according to the programme's strict ...
Style:
semi serious, tense, humorous, captivating, light ...
Plot:
hitman, betrayal, con woman, killer, accident, plan gone wrong, femme fatale, contract killer, loneliness, assignment, isolation, assassin ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: Chile, France
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
In a bar in Santiago, two old men talk over their past. This is a strange discussion. In fact, they talk of themselves as if they were dead. We don't know what is true or false, what is dream or reality.
Style:
melancholic, philosophical, reflective, existential, art house ...
Plot:
memory, nostalgia, aging, ambiguity, life & death, intimate, existential crisis, loneliness, death, dream, slow burn, minimalism ...
Place:
chile
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Genre: Comedy, Mystery
Country: France
Duration: 66 min.
Story:
Thirty years old, a nothing job, a timid love affair: Rémi is a little at sea in his life. Until the day when he must share it with his double, another him, invasive and not so nice. Which one will be the true Rémi?
Style:
psychological, semi serious, captivating, art house, tense ...
Plot:
character study, identity crisis, identity, lifestyle, lookalikes, problem, lifestyle change, changing lives, introspection, existential crisis, self discovery, loneliness ...
Time:
2010s
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Belgium
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story:
Fed up with her banal existence, Ann ditches her life as it is. Dragging her two best friends along, she navigates a year of brutally-honest madness, enlightened by mental field trips to the Stone Age and unsolicited superhero advice.
Style:
captivating, humorous, exciting, funny, entertaining ...
Plot:
friendship, superhero, life, female protagonist, self discovery, female friendship, friends, adventure hero, adventurer, dumped, chaos, changing lives ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
A young man who feels he doesn't fit in, decides to embark on an intimate journey. Three weeks for three impediments: deafness, mutism and blindness. Three weeks not to escape, but to find reality.
Style:
existential, meditative, psychological, experimental, contemplative ...
Plot:
intimate, blindness, deafness, self discovery, personal growth, existential crisis, identity crisis, loneliness, minimal dialogue, alienation, isolation, identity ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Max Walker is a suicidal man who selects an aspiring young filmmaker to record the end of his life. On the agenda for his last day on Earth: telling off his old boss, confessing some of his deepest secrets, and maybe even finding redemption.
Style:
emotional, psychological, realistic, captivating, melancholic ...
Plot:
redemption, friendship, mental health, vengeance, introspection, midlife crisis, unfulfillment, obnoxious boss, deadend life, hopes, filmmaking, character study ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
usa, new york
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Australia
TV show
Story:
When self-destructive Vivian discovers the cliffside property she’s inherited is a known suicide site, she is tasked with becoming its reluctant guardian, rescuing lost souls on the verge.
Style:
satirical, dark comedy, feel good, semi serious, captivating ...
Plot:
female protagonist, mental health, satire, save the day, coping, problem, bittersweet, existential crisis, inheritance, social issues, friendship, small town ...
Time:
2020s
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Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: Argentina
Story:
Juan Conte is a world-renowned spokesman of the new atheism. After suffering a heart attack, he receives a transplant and a change in his personal life begins, opening up to the possibility of being in a couple for the first time. Juan will go on a ...
Style:
tense, suspenseful, psychological horror, dark, psychological ...
Plot:
atheism, heart transplant, writers, madness, changing lives, problem, transplant, organ transplant, religious fanatic, atheist, religious fanaticism, transformation ...
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Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A young wife and mother of two children is challenged to overcome her passive beliefs on religion after a serious car accident. Receiving haunting images of her past she is forced to make a decision that will decide her fate.
Style:
emotional, reflective, contemplative, bleak, mind bending ...
Plot:
spiritual awakening, a vision, life & death, existential crisis, moral dilemma, car accident, female protagonist, motherhood, family drama, redemption, flashback, survival ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: Argentina
Duration: 73 min.
Story:
Sebastian, a man in his thirties, works a series of temporary jobs and embraces love at every opportunity. He transforms, through a series of short encounters, as the world flirts with possible apocalypse.
Style:
existential, captivating, disturbing, psychological, contemplative ...
Plot:
meteorite, dog, owner dog relationship, society, life is a bitch, psychology, social problems, alienation, existential crisis, social commentary, male protagonist, absurd humor ...
Place:
poetic realism, chile, argentina
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Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
Diagnosed with a black hole growing inside her chest and stuck in a loop reliving the last five days of her life, a 55-year-old wife and mother from Miami, Florida decides to solve time travel in order to go back and be the person she always ...
Style:
medical drama, philosophical, emotional, melancholic, suspense ...
Plot:
mortality, travel, terminal illness, second chance, existential crisis, family drama, redemption, regret, identity, motherhood, self discovery, wife ...
Place:
miami, florida
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Italy
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
A look at life through the lens of sexuality, in a world that has lost its soul and the ability to love. Ten stories of ten protagonists (from 20-45 years old) who live in a metropolis, not necessarily identifiable, in search of the meaning of their ...
Style:
anthology, dark comedy
Plot:
loneliness, sexuality, mature, existentialism, city life, melancholy, isolation, identity, existential crisis, bittersweet, character study, sexual relations ...
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Belgium, France
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Seven men, all city-dwellers aged between 17 and 70, with nothing in common apart from the fact that they are all on the verge of a nervous breakdown, meet up at a lonely sta- tion for an unusual course in the wild that is supposed to get them back ...
Style:
psychological, semi serious, satirical, captivating, tragicomedy ...
Plot:
group therapy, self discovery, relationships, satire, mental health, character study, group of strangers, lifestyle change, changing lives, support group, relationship problems, introspection ...
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A troubled man survives a suicide attempt. He calls an old friend to rescue him in the middle of the night. Their journey is just beginning, and by daybreak, a tragedy will surface.
Style:
tense, suspense, disturbing, suspenseful, bleak ...
Plot:
suicide attempt, tragic event, mental health, self discovery, relationship problems, self destructing, suicide, loneliness, desperation, regret, survival, road trip ...
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