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List of existential crisis movies
Genre: Horror, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 78 min.
Story:
A lonely nerd hires a dominatrix on his birthday, setting up a series of role-plays designed to convince her she is his mother reincarnate, and she deserves revenge.
Style:
captivating, disturbing, suspense, mystical, existential ...
Plot:
prostitute, suicide, supernatural, supernatural ability, suicide attempt, supernatural power, immortal, supernatural horror, problem, mysticism, dominatrix, role playing ...
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 159 min.
TV show
Story:
John Grant is returning to Sydney after a year teaching at a one-classroom school in the Outback. Shortly after hitting the road, he collides with a kangaroo, and finds himself marooned in a small mining town, awaiting repairs on his car. With ...
Style:
suspense, psychological, disturbing, tense, captivating ...
Plot:
male objectification, outback, isolation, gambling, character study, money problems, male protagonist, social problems, financial problem, moral transformation, life is a bitch, teacher ...
Place:
australia
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Genre: Drama
Country: Serbia
Duration: 134 min.
Story:
The story takes place at the beginning of the bombing, both in Belgrade and in one small town in Serbia, at the end of March 1999. Forty-year-old Mickey, an unaccomplished writer, a disillusioned assistant professor at the Faculty of Fine Arts, a ...
Style:
melancholic, tense, reflective, poignant, bleak ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
bombing, resurrection, social commentary, frustration, crisis of conscience, existential crisis, political unrest, small town, midlife crisis, urban, humanism, post war ...
Place:
belgrade, serbia
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Genre: Comedy, Crime, Fantasy, Horror
Country: Croatia
Duration: 70 min.
Story:
The plot takes place in Zagreb and follows the clumsy and clueless geography teacher Kazimir through tumultuous changes in his life. After being fired from school, his wife dumps him for the school principal, leaving him to deal with debts. Kazimir ...
Style:
tragicomedy, dark comedy, psychological, black humor
Plot:
murder, midlife crisis, fired from the job, desperation, awkwardness, existential crisis, school, betrayal, moral ambiguity, satire, absurdism, identity crisis ...
Place:
croatia
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Genre: Drama
Country: Sweden
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Traveling through an unnamed European country on the brink of war, sickly, intellectual Ester, her sister Anna and Anna's young son, Johan, check into a near-empty hotel. A basic inability to communicate among the three seems only to worsen ...
Style:
sexual, art house, black and white, disturbing, cerebral ...
Plot:
existentialism, surrealism, nihilism, sister sister relationship, religion, lesbian incest, dysfunctional family, female masturbation, translator, war zone, room, sibling rivalry ...
Time:
year 1963, 20th century, 60s
Place:
europe, tokyo
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Genre: Drama
Country: Sweden
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
As Agnes slowly dies of cancer, her sisters are so deeply immersed in their own psychic pains that they can't offer her the support she needs. Maria is wracked with guilt at her husband's suicide, caused by his discovery of her ...
Style:
touching, depressing, cerebral, visually stunning, psychological ...
Plot:
cancer, maid, terminal illness, art, family relations, dying, nordic, women, existentialism, obsession, marriage, dialogue ...
Time:
19th century, turn of the century, 1900s, 90s, year 1972 ...
Place:
scandinavia, eastern europe
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK, Australia
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
The wife of a British Judge is caught in a self-destructive love affair with a Royal Air Force pilot.
Style:
sexy, romantic, emotional, intense, period piece ...
Plot:
love affair, infidelity, unhappy marriage, forbidden love, husband wife relationship, judge, unfulfilled love, suicide attempt, depression, family problems, love and romance, crumbling marriage ...
Time:
1950s, 50s, post world war two, 20th century, 1930s ...
Place:
london, england, europe
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Genre: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 59 min.
Story:
Ricky Gervais tackles life, death and the state of the world in a brutally honest special that spares no topic, even his own mortality.
Style:
thought provoking, black comedy, existential, satirical, biting ...
Plot:
death, dark humor, stand up comedy, mortality, monologue, aging, social commentary, existential crisis, autobiography, confession, theater, grief ...
Time:
21st century
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Genre: Adventure, Drama, History, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 129 min.
Story:
A group of disillusioned outsiders abandon modern society in search of a new beginning. Settling on a remote, uninhabited island, their utopian dream quickly unravels as they discover that the greatest threat isn’t the brutal climate or deadly ...
Style:
psychological thriller, suspenseful, dark, tense, bleak ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
male pubic hair, male nudity, island, sex scene, public nudity, female nudity, violence, isolation, power struggle, remote island, wilderness, betrayal ...
Time:
1930s, 1920s
Place:
ecuador, pacific ocean
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Genre: Action, Horror, Thriller
Country: Serbia
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
A pregnant woman receives ultimatums from a supernatural entity to commit murders or face the death of her unborn child.
Style:
psychological thriller, tense, suspense, dark, noir ...
Plot:
fear, moral ambiguity, coercion, pregnancy, psychological manipulation, murder, moral dilemma, motherhood, paranoia, blackmail, guilt, existential crisis ...
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Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
An incoming ballistic missile to Hawaii changes twelve people's lives when they discover they have 20 minutes to live.
Style:
thrilling, captivating, psychological, apocalyptic, suspense
Plot:
missile, countdown, nuclear missile, threat, death threat, race against time, nuclear threat, rocket launching, rocket, anxiety, panic, island ...
Place:
hawaii
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 48 min.
Story:
Two brothers on a road trip through Texas discuss the morality of killing and ponder our place in the natural world.
Style:
art house, existential, philosophical, reflective, contemplative ...
Plot:
road trip, moral dilemma, character study, killing, brothers, moral ambiguity, existential crisis, slow burn, minimalism, small town, coming of age, philosophy ...
Place:
texas
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
In an attempt to avenge her daughter's death, Irene Kelly travels parallel universes, killing her daughter's murderer over and over again. She grows addicted to the revenge streak, putting her own humanity in jeopardy.
Style:
intense, dark, philosophical, tense, bleak ...
Plot:
multiverse, revenge, alternate reality, parallel world, addiction, grief, time loop, rehearsal, mother love, trauma, female protagonist, moral ambiguity ...
Time:
near future
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Genre: Drama
Country: India
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
Abhay, shattered by betrayal and loneliness, prepares to end his life beneath the night sky. But the sudden laughter of a mysterious woman pierces his darkness.
Style:
melancholic, art house
Plot:
betrayal, loss, loneliness, trust, hopes, soul searching, grief, redemption, existential crisis, mental health, forgiveness, chance meeting ...
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Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 72 min.
Story:
Beneath the Flesh is an anthology of four nightmares. In Id, a man is tormented by love and a twisted creature in his apartment. In The Basement, two men confront each other in a damp, filthy basement. In The Child, a withered man nurtures a growing ...
Style:
anthology, psychological horror, disturbing, dark, surreal ...
Plot:
nightmare, body horror, unsettling, mental illness, paranoia, isolation, body transformation, claustrophobia, psychological torment, driven mad, basement, hallucination ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Brett and Jake meet in a bar and decide to drown their sorrows in whiskey, forgetting the past, ignoring the future, and exploring life, love, and tragedy together for one fateful night.
Style:
psychological, thrilling, romantic, captivating, independent film ...
Plot:
night, male female relationship, love story, relationships, drinking alcohol, stormy night, couple relations, relationship problems, love affair, love interest, love and romance, alcoholism ...
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Story:
An uncompromising portrait of the struggles of a resplendent teenager with an anarchic spirit, fighting to maintain her existence in the bleak urban landscape of London. Angel is a cool but troubled nymphet, disillusioned by the tedium and ...
Style:
suspenseful, serious, suspense, captivating, bleak ...
Plot:
orgy, violence, corruption, social injustice, redemption, controversy, identity, teenage rebellion, coming of age, character study, self discovery, female protagonist ...
Place:
london
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: Czechoslovakia
Duration: 135 min.
Story:
A remake of Vávra's 1948 atomic age thriller Krakatit.
Style:
thought provoking, allegory, grim, political thriller, tense ...
Plot:
moral dilemma, nuclear, ethics, guilt, catastrophe, remorse, anti war, inventor, conspiracy, manipulation, doomsday, tragic hero ...
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Genre: Drama, History
Country: Russia
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
In a nostalgic Moscow of 1976, an unlucky actor meets a charismatic writer, a living classic of Soviet literature, who turns his life into a tragicomic farce with the artistic bohemia, foreign-currency prostitutes, the KGB staff and agents of the ...
Style:
tragicomedy, emotional, psychological, captivating, disturbing ...
Plot:
family relations, male protagonist, workplace, love and romance, mishap, actor, society, destiny, fired from the job, downfall, rise and fall, playwright ...
Time:
70s
Place:
moscow russia
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Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
An average, happy, hard-working man's life takes a turn for the horrific after he kills a mugger and discovers he's now addicted to killing.
Style:
psychological thriller, crime drama, crime thriller, disturbing, dark ...
Plot:
violence, murder, obsession, addiction, guilt, loss of control, anti hero, character study, moral ambiguity, coercion, isolation, crime spree ...
Place:
new york
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Genre: Drama
Country: Israel, West Germany
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Yasha is a Jewish stage magician who tours through eastern Europe while destroying his career through personal problems. He has one more chance at theatrical success, but he needs to do a brand new trick in a Warsaw theater.
Style:
atmospheric, art house, independent film, period drama, moody
Plot:
magician, jewish culture, stage magic, european, theater, character study, ambition, obsession, moral ambiguity, midlife crisis, existential crisis, melancholy ...
Time:
year 1979, 1800s, 19th century
Place:
poland, warsaw poland, eastern europe
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Czechoslovakia
Duration: 129 min.
Story:
Two friends have sex just for fun. One day they make a blood test, just for fun, and they discover that one of them has AIDS, not knowing who.
Style:
tragicomedy, dark comedy, black humor, tragic
Plot:
sexual intercourse, aids, promiscuity, male friendship, satire, social commentary, branding iron, sexually liberated, casual sex, mortality, existential crisis, infidelity ...
Time:
80s
Place:
central europe, eastern europe, prague
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Genre: Sci-Fi
Country: West Germany
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Willi endeavors to survive in a world where annihilistic galactic battles rage, by taking a job at the centre of power. But it's the wrong side that he takes in this civil war...
Style:
futuristic, dark, tense, bleak, grim ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
space opera, star wars, space, political intrigue, civil war, galaxy, moral ambiguity, survival, dystopian future, anti hero, existential crisis, character study ...
Time:
future
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Genre: Drama
Country: Denmark, Sweden
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
Doktor Glas finds himself attracted to a young woman, married to a corrupt clergyman. She's miserable in her marriage, so he agrees to help in anyway he can. But he is quickly torn between passion and morality. The story is based on the 1905 ...
Style:
melancholic, period piece, grim, noir, ambiguous ending ...
Plot:
ethical dilemma, obsession, forbidden love, character study, morality, adultery, guilt, desire, existential crisis, existentialism, sexual repression, romantic obsession ...
Time:
60s, 1900s, 20th century
Place:
stockholm sweden
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Genre: Mystery
Country: Japan
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
A private detective is hired to find a missing man by his wife. While his search is unsuccessful, the detective's own life begins to resemble the man for whom he is searching.
Style:
neo noir, crime drama, noir, atmospheric, art house ...
Plot:
missing person, private detective, disappearance, ambiguity, loneliness, frustration, investigation, obsession, urban, identity, slow burn, existential crisis ...
Time:
60s
Place:
japan
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Genre: Drama
Country: Poland
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Wajda's homage to Zbigniew Cybulski, the "Polish James Dean" who starred in the director's ASHES AND DIAMONDS and died young. The movie follows the tribulations of a director attempting to make a movie with a Cybulski-like star ...
Style:
meta, art house, poignant, melancholic, philosophical ...
Plot:
renaissance, film set, respect, behind the scenes, tribute, loss, tragedy, nostalgia, memory, mourning, grief, film history ...
Time:
60s, year 1969
Place:
eastern europe, poland
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Finland
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
A film by Jari Halonen
Style:
melancholic, tragicomedy, dark comedy, political drama
Plot:
communism, suicide attempt, social commentary, isolation, social outcast, loneliness, character study, satire, existential crisis, small town life, desperation, identity crisis ...
Time:
90s
Place:
eastern europe
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A repo man skips town after his life is threatened.
Style:
independent film, crime drama, suspense, neo noir, tense ...
Plot:
canuxploitation, anti hero, character study, moral ambiguity, office politics, urban, male protagonist, existential crisis, realism, working class, violence, corruption ...
Time:
70s
Place:
vancouver, canada
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Genre: Drama
Country: Netherlands, France, UK
Story:
The story revolves around the lives of a group of international fashion models, focusing on the main character, Fabrice. The film examines the hollowness of his glamorous lifestyle, leading to self discovery and ultimately a personal catharsis (and ...
Style:
art house, psychological, poetic, neo noir, moody
Plot:
fashion industry, death, self discovery, fashion, shallowness, glamour, literary, alienation, tragedy, character study, luxury, introspection ...
Time:
90s
Place:
paris france
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Genre: Drama
Country: Czech Republic, Slovakia
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
This darkly grotesque drama unfolds on multiple paths. The tangible one, now cruel, now crazy, along which the nomadic actor "Dad Mour", his wife "Mum" and two sons try to return home, but also the imaginary one, even more, ...
Style:
captivating, thrilling, psychological, contemplative, dark comedy ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
adaptation, father son relationship, relationships, family relations, lifestyle, family life, mortality, aging, dark humor, loneliness, character study, love ...
Place:
central europe
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