Metaphor movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant metaphor movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out surreal, weird, thought provoking, art house, psychological and disturbing films and TV shows about / with metaphor, surrealism, friendship, friend, society, murder, cigarette smoking, magic realism, female nudity and isolation plots mostly in Drama, Thriller and Comedy genres shot in USA, Japan, France and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as metaphor: Burning (2018), Us (2019), They Live (1988), Woman in the Dunes (1964), Marquis de Sade (1989), My Winnipeg (2007), Snowpiercer (2013), The Shack (2017), My Good Hans (2015), Jellyfish (2007).
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85K
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: South Korea, Japan
Duration: 148 min.
Story:
Deliveryman Jongsu is out on a job when he runs into Haemi, a girl who once lived in his neighborhood. She asks if he'd mind looking after her cat while she's away on a trip to Africa. On her return she introduces to Jongsu an enigmatic ...
Style:
suspense, art house, exciting, ambiguous ending, psychological thriller ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
class differences, metaphor, suspicion, arson, asian, anger, aspiring writer, childhood friend, rural setting, stalking, tragic love, bare breasts ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
south korea, seoul, korea, india
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387K
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, China, Japan
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
Husband and wife Gabe and Adelaide Wilson take their kids to their beach house expecting to unplug and unwind with friends. But as night descends, their serenity turns to tension and chaos when some shocking visitors arrive uninvited.
Style:
surprise ending, twist ending, suspense, psychological thriller, spooky ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
doppelganger, murder, home invasion, amusement park, panic, african american, fear, husband wife relationship, evil twin, traumatic childhood, childhood memory, black family ...
Time:
year 1986, 2010s, year 2019, 80s
Place:
usa, california
Is relevant?
162K
Genre: Action, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Netherlands
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Nada, a down-on-his-luck construction worker, discovers a pair of special sunglasses. Wearing them, he is able to see the world as it really is: people being bombarded by media and government with messages like "Stay Asleep", "No ...
Style:
cult classic, homoerotic, suspenseful, serious, black comedy ...
Plot:
conspiracy, alien invasion, dystopia, alien, distopia, mind control, social commentary, anti conformity, violence, resistance, evil alien, capitalism ...
Time:
future, 20th century, year 1988, 80s
Place:
los angeles
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 147 min.
Story:
An entomologist suffers extreme psychological and sexual torture after being taken captive by the residents of a poor seaside village.
Style:
atmospheric, surreal, avant garde, psychological, philosophical ...
Plot:
existentialism, trapped, love affair, metaphor, escape attempt, surrealism, isolation, sun, insect, held captive, desert, male nudity ...
Time:
60s, 20th century
Place:
japan, asia, tokyo
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Genre: Animation, Comedy
Country: Belgium, Chile, France
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
In pre-French Revolution Bastille, the Marquis is held being unjustly accused of working to overthrow the king. While his talking penis, Colin, longs for action, Marquis himself only desires to write his deviant stories in peace.
Style:
sex comedy, experimental, surreal, dark, psychotronic ...
Plot:
french revolution, puppet, metaphor, satire, revolution, surrealism, animal, exploitation, fetish, napoleonic wars, human relationship, hardcore ...
Time:
18th century
Place:
france, europe
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Genre: Documentary, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, History
Country: Canada
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
The geographical dead center of North America and the beloved birthplace of Guy Maddin, Winnipeg, is the frosty and mysterious star of Maddin’s film. Fact, fantasy and memory are woven seamlessly together in this work, conjuring a city as ...
Style:
surreal, art house, experimental, satirical, enigmatic ...
Plot:
surrealism, life philosophy, relationships, eccentricity, haunted by the past, loneliness, dysfunctional family, lifestyle, art, mother, metaphor, city life ...
Time:
year 2007, 2000s, 20th century
Place:
canada, winnipeg
Is relevant?
418K
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: South Korea, Czech Republic
Duration: 126 min.
Story:
In a future where a failed global-warming experiment kills off most life on the planet, a class system evolves aboard the Snowpiercer, a train that travels around the globe via a perpetual-motion engine.
Style:
suspenseful, futuristic, thought provoking, allegory, philosophical ...
Audience:
date night, family friendly, chick flick, adult
Plot:
train, post apocalypse, survival, distopia, dystopian future, dystopia, revolution, rebellion, violence, social differences, class struggle, winter ...
Time:
future, near future, 2030s, year 2013, year 2014 ...
Place:
east asia, britain, south korea
Is relevant?
42K
Genre: Drama, Fantasy
Country: USA, Canada, Hong Kong
Duration: 132 min.
Story:
After suffering a family tragedy, Mack Phillips spirals into a deep depression causing him to question his innermost beliefs. Facing a crisis of faith, he receives a mysterious letter urging him to an abandoned shack deep in the Oregon wilderness. ...
Style:
christian film, spiritual, philosophical, psychedelic, inspirational ...
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
christian, god, forgiveness, guilt, depression, jesus, death of daughter, a vision, missing child, hate, death of child, faith ...
Time:
year 2017
Place:
oregon, tibet
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Russia, Germany, Ukraine
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
It is a story about the Soviet worker Pyotr and the German engineer Hans, who came to the USSR before the war on a business trip. At a Soviet plant the German team works in cooperation with Russian specialists. Once Hans makes a mistake which causes ...
Style:
suspenseful, realistic, serious, exciting, disturbing ...
Plot:
friendship, world war two, scientist, love interest, metaphor, nazi officer, humanism, suspicion, guilt, factory, solidarity, moral dilemma ...
Time:
year 1941
Place:
soviet union, ussr
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama
Country: Israel, France
Duration: 78 min.
Story:
Meduzot (the Hebrew word for Jellyfish) tells the story of three very different Israeli women living in Tel Aviv whose intersecting stories weave an unlikely portrait of modern Israeli life. Batya, a catering waitress, takes in a young child ...
Style:
realistic, touching, captivating, atmospheric, psychological ...
Plot:
wedding, beach, israeli, honeymoon, family relations, estrangement, friendship, maid, couples, hopes, lifestyle, orphan ...
Place:
israel, middle east, palestine, mediterranean sea, asia ...
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama
Country: Serbia, Germany, France, Slovenia, Croatia
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
Circles (Serbian: Krugovi) is a Serbian movie based on the true story of a Serbian soldier who risked his life to protect a Muslim civilian during the war in Bosnia. During the war in Bosnia in 1993, a Serbian soldier pays for his life after ...
Style:
serious, captivating, thought provoking, sincere, twisted ...
Plot:
hopes, post war, life is a bitch, haunted by the past, redemption, moral dilemma, bosnian war, surgery, metaphor, destiny, serial killer, revolution ...
Time:
year 2005, year 2013, 2000s, 20th century, 90s ...
Place:
bosnia, serbia, croatia, eastern europe, balkan ...
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
A man and a woman, unpleasant bickering nitwits both, push a big stupid metaphor (in the shape of a piano) across Seattle.
Style:
existential, dark drama, contemplative, dark comedy, cynical ...
Plot:
marriage, piano, metaphor, relationships, symbolism, suicide, melancholy, grief, character study, bittersweet, identity crisis, slice of life ...
Place:
seattle
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Genre: Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 78 min.
Story:
Box Metaphor is a compelling dystopian journey where unjust imprisonment unveils societal conformity and defiance’s profound impact. It’s about breaking free from metaphorical boxes and the resilience of the human spirit.
Style:
surreal, suspenseful, psychological, thrilling, captivating ...
Plot:
dystopia, resilience, metaphor, prison, distopia, social problems, dystopian society, locked in a cage, surrealism, locked in, social issues, oppression ...
Is relevant?
12K
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 29 min.
TV show
Story:
After being dumped by her longtime boyfriend, a young woman must deal with her own imagination in order to literally and metaphorically re-enter the world of women, and rekindle the female friendships she left behind.
Style:
funny, sincere, ironic, sweet, light ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
girlfriend girlfriend relationship, new life, old friend, women in society, metaphor, male female relationship, support group, female protagonist, drug, intrigue, interracial friendship, women ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
los angeles
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama
Country: Mexico, Spain, Guatemala
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
A group of Central-American teen-agers depart from the slums of Guatemala City escaping poverty and violence, towards the promised land of California.
Style:
serious, road movie, touching, sincere, rough ...
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
u.s. mexico border, immigrant, border crossing, on the road, hopes, mexican american border, coming of age, friendship, slaughterhouse, teenage boy, wagon train, follow your dream ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
mexico, central america, guatemala, usa, latin america
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Mystery
Country: Thailand, UK, Germany, France, Malaysia, South Korea, Mexico, USA, Norway
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
In a hospital, ten soldiers are being treated for a mysterious sleeping sickness. In a story in which dreams can be experienced by others, and in which goddesses can sit casually with mortals, a nurse learns the reason why the patients will never be ...
Style:
surreal, art house, enigmatic, romantic, psychedelic ...
Plot:
sleeping, soldier, hospital, medium, disability, illness, cemetery, zen, parallel world, mutilation, diary, love ...
Place:
thailand
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
The film tells different stories in a kind of parallel Germany about love, affection and hatred.
Style:
tricky, suspense, psychological, road movie, absurd ...
Plot:
parent child relationship, couples, school, loneliness, bribery, concentration camp, forest, life & death, fetish, metaphor, suv, atmosphere ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
germany
Is relevant?
330K
Genre: Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Ireland, UK, Greece, France, Netherlands, Belgium, USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
In a dystopian near future, single people, according to the laws of The City, are taken to The Hotel, where they are obliged to find a romantic partner in forty-five days or are transformed into beasts and sent off into The Woods.
Style:
surreal, art house, clever, absurd, ironic ...
Audience:
date night, adult
Plot:
absurdism, dystopia, distopia, solitude, blindness, love, manhunt, society, suicide attempt, hotel, relationships, secret relationship ...
Time:
year 2015, year 2016, 2010s, future, near future
Place:
ireland, greece, hellas, canada
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Genre: Animation, Drama, Fantasy, Romance, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min.
TV show
Story:
Some time ago, the asteroid Kumaria exploded in the depths of space. The resulting fragments became a meteor shower that rained down on Earth, and for some reason, bears all over the world rose up and attacked humanity! In "Man vs. Bear," ...
Style:
anime, yuri, psychological, avant garde, surreal ...
Plot:
bear, symbolism, lesbian, lgbt, schoolgirl, fight, young heroes, young woman, metaphor, identity, prejudice, social commentary ...
Place:
japan
Is relevant?
194
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
When a twenty-something couple go away to the desert of Joshua Tree to quit smoking together their relationship is tested. We share the torture the couple put themselves through but learn smoking is a metaphor for their addictive relationship.
Style:
psychological, captivating, thrilling, realistic, tense ...
Plot:
smoking, couples, addiction, quitting smoking, couple relations, lifestyle, family problems, family relations, husband wife relationship, male female relationship, self discovery, isolation ...
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama
Country: Russia
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
Based on Kafka's story of the same name, "The Metamorphosis" tells the story of a traveling salesman, Gregor Samsa, who wakes up one morning to find himself transformed into a gigantic insect.
Style:
psychological, surreal, dark, art house, dread ...
Plot:
body horror, literary, adaptation, alienation, transformation, isolation, insect, nightmare, existentialism, claustrophobia, family drama, identity crisis ...
Time:
20th century
Place:
central europe
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Taiwan, USA
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
The film tells the story of a retired and widowed Chinese master chef Chu (Si Hung Lung) and his family living in modern day Taipei, Taiwan. At the start of the film, he lives with his three attractive daughters, all of whom are unattached. As the ...
Style:
romantic, visual, humorous, feel good, twisted ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
chef, cooking, food, daughter, love, teacher, restaurant, sisters, women, dialogue, art, dysfunctional family ...
Time:
year 1994, 90s, 20th century
Place:
taiwan, asia, hong kong, taipei, tokyo ...
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
In an alternate present-day version of Oakland, black telemarketer Cassius Green discovers a magical key to professional success – which propels him into a macabre universe.
Style:
black comedy, dark comedy, philosophical, absurd, surreal ...
Audience:
date night, family friendly
Plot:
black american, satire, social satire, capitalism, labor union, absurdism, labor strike, surrealism, absurd humor, slave labor, protest, performance art ...
Time:
90s, 2010s
Place:
oakland california, california
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Music
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 79 min.
Story:
The life of revered the 18th-century Armenian poet and musician Sayat-Nova (Vilen Galstyan). Portraying events in the life of the artist from childhood up to his death, the movie addresses in particular his relationships with women, including his ...
Style:
surreal, avant garde, poetic, atmospheric, psychedelic ...
Plot:
poet, surrealism, religion, poetry, trippy, writers, medieval, biopic, magic realism, art, metaphor, death ...
Time:
18th century, year 1969
Place:
soviet union, russia, caucasus, ussr, georgia ...
Is relevant?
16K
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: Japan, USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
A fictional account of the life of Japanese author Yukio Mishima told in four parts. The first three parts relate events in three of his novels: The temple of the Golden Pavilion, Kyoko's House, and Runaway Horses. The last part depicts the ...
Style:
surreal, serious, atmospheric, psychedelic, mind bending ...
Plot:
suicide, homoeroticism, art, rebellion, friendship, nationalism, writers, emperor, radical, writer's life, state affairs, tragic hero ...
Time:
20th century, year 1985, 60s, post world war two
Place:
japan, kyoto japan, mount fuji, tokyo
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
A family seen at two different periods, some 40 years having passed between the two. A dysfunctional family marked by what used to be called an ugly illness, cancer and death. The characters quarrel, hate each other, and refuse to accept in their ...
Style:
disturbing, captivating, thought provoking, psychological, melancholic ...
Plot:
family relations, family problems, dysfunctional family, eccentric family, death, family drama, marital argument, relationship problems, family conflict, social problems, life philosophy, conflict ...
Time:
60s
Place:
morocco, andalusia
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
There is a woman who gets married, her husband buys a scooter on the same day, and later, he abandons both. The story is woven around the parallel lives of the scooter and the woman, who go through the same situation.
Style:
realistic, melancholic, independent film, art house
Plot:
woman, female protagonist, marriage, abandonment, character study, loss, loneliness, metaphor, domestic drama, symbolism, modern life, slice of life ...
Place:
india
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 142 min.
Story:
THE RIVER WITH NO BRIDGE begins in 1908 and tells the story of a widow, Fude HATANAKA and her two sons, Seitaro and Koji, who live in the small town of Komori, where Buraku people are forced to reside. The two boys are continuously harassed by ...
Style:
historical drama, period piece, art house, melancholic, saga ...
Plot:
social injustice, prejudice, racial discrimination, poverty, bullying, small town, family drama, harassment, class struggle, oppression, coming of age, brotherhood ...
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 76 min.
Story:
A disturbing portrait of contemporary youth culture where the lines between reality and fiction are blurred with often frightening results.
Style:
surreal, psychological, tense, suspenseful, bleak ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
missing person, urban legend, drug abuse, woods, drug addiction, addiction, group of friends, small town, youth, danger, murder, violence ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, pennsylvania, maryland, baltimore
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Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Ireland, UK, USA
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
Dr. Steven Murphy is a renowned cardiovascular surgeon who presides over a spotless household with his wife and two children. Lurking at the margins of his idyllic suburban existence is Martin, a fatherless teen who insinuates himself into the ...
Style:
suspense, sexy, tense, philosophical, homoerotic ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
revenge, obsession, dysfunctional family, mysterious stranger, husband wife relationship, recovering alcoholic, surgeon, psychopath, blackmail, desperation, dead father, father daughter relationship ...
Time:
year 2017, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
ancient greece, ireland, columbus ohio
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