Breaking point movies and TV shows

The list contains the best, new and most relevant breaking point movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out realistic, serious, humorous, psychological, sincere and suspenseful films and TV shows about / with breaking point, unfulfillment, profanity, society, girl, life is a bitch, coming of age, father son relationship, love and romance and friendship plots mostly in Drama, Comedy and Crime genres shot in USA, France, Germany and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as breaking point: Spider-Man (2002), Fight Club (1999), Rampage (2009), A Perfect Day (2008), My Father's Guests (2010), Me and My Sister (2004), Two Days (2003), Lesson of the Evil (2012), Tanguy (2001), Scenic Route (2013).

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 7.4
 873K
Spider-Man (2002)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 121 min.
Story: After being bitten by a genetically altered spider, nerdy high school student Peter Parker is endowed with amazing powers.
Style: serious, exciting, entertaining, intense, suspense ...
Audience: kids, family outing, teens, girls' night, date night ...
Plot: superhero, vigilante, courage, thanksgiving, secret identity, superhuman powers, super villain, selflessness, evil, transformation, teenage boy, good versus evil ...
Time: 2000s, y2k, year 2002, 21st century
Place: new york, usa, north america, manhattan new york city
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 8.8
 2.3M
Fight Club (1999)
Genre: Drama
Country: Germany, USA
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: surprise ending, psychological, twist ending, cerebral, philosophical ...
Audience: manly, boys' night, chick flick, girls' night, adult
Plot: twists and turns, psychology, fight, plot twist, schizophrenia, self destructing, insanity, fighting the system, split personality, losing-it hero, against the rules, nihilism ...
Time: 20th century, 90s, year 1999, year 2013
Place: delaware, america, los angeles, iran, seattle ...
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 6.2
 20K
Rampage (2009)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Canada, Germany
Duration: 85 min.
Story: The boredom of small town life is eating Bill Williamson alive. Feeling constrained and claustrophobic in the meaningless drudgery of everyday life and helpless against overwhelming global dissolution, Bill begins a descent into madness. His ...
Style: disturbing, psychological, brutal, intense, suspenseful ...
Audience: manly, boys' night
Plot: bad guy wins, violence spree, killing spree, chase, psychopath, murder, violence, anti hero, violent, serial killer, massacre, breaking point ...
Time: 21st century
Place: oregon, usa
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A Perfect Day (2008)
Genre: Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 105 min.
Story: Antonio and Emma have been separated for years, but he does not accept when Emma dates other men. Indeed Antonio proves obsessive, aggressive and intrusive, and again threatens Emma to hurt the children: little Kevin, shy and introverted, and the ...
Style: realistic, serious, psychological, suspense, bleak ...
Plot: crumbling marriage, dysfunctional family, obsession, ex husband, parents and children, life is a bitch, family problems, mentally unstable, losing-it hero, danger, breaking point, lgbt ...
Time: 21st century
Place: italy, europe
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My Father's Guests (2010)
Genre: Comedy
Country: France
Duration: 100 min.
Story: A human-rights activist takes in an illegal immigrant and her daughter, then shocks his family when they learn that he has married the sexy 28-year-old.
Style: semi serious, realistic, humorous, touching, captivating ...
Plot: love and romance, couple relations, breaking point, family relations, undocumented immigrant, immigrant, misfit, elderly, fall in love, society, couples, parents and children ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
Place: europe, france, paris france
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Me and My Sister (2004)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 93 min.
Story: A story of two sisters, one from the country with simpler attitudes who comes to stay for a short while with her sophisticated sister who lives in the big city.
Style: touching, semi serious, realistic, humorous, captivating ...
Plot: sibling relationship, family relations, breaking point, dull life, parents and children, sibling rivalry, husband wife relationship, sister sister relationship, family problems, living together, sisters, lifestyle change ...
Time: 21st century
Place: paris france, france
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 6.2
 1K
Two Days (2003)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story: Paul Miller (Paul Rudd - Friends, The Cider House Rules) has struggled as an actor in Hollywood for years, and now he's had enough. But not just of show business-of life. In two days, he's going to kill himself. But in true Hollywood ...
Style: semi serious, realistic, witty, humorous, cerebral ...
Plot: suicide, filmmaking, actor's life, introspection, change of heart, lifestyle, life is a bitch, breaking point, showbiz, direction and purpose, death wish, boyfriend girlfriend relationship ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, new jersey
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Lesson of the Evil (2012)
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 129 min.
Story: A popular high school teacher concocts an extreme plan to deal with the rise of bullying and bad behavior among the student body.
Style: disturbing, slasher, tense, serious, suspenseful ...
Plot: high school, serial killer, psychopath, teacher, massacre, power relations, breaking point, under the surface, high school teacher, asian, school massacre, job ...
Time: 21st century
Place: japan, asia
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 6.4
 7K
Tanguy (2001)
Genre: Comedy
Country: France
Duration: 108 min.
Story: No overview found.
Style: semi serious, humorous, cynical, feel good, realistic ...
Plot: mama's boy, psychoanalysis, nothing goes right, living with parents, family life, family problems, breaking point, dark humor, leaving home, parents and children, independence, separation from family ...
Time: year 2001, 2000s
Place: paris france, france, china, beijing china
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 6.4
 11K
Scenic Route (2013)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story: Stranded on an isolated desert road, two life-long friends fight for survival as their already strained relationship spirals into knife-wielding madness.
Style: tense, realistic, serious, psychological thriller, twisted ...
Plot: desert, isolation, friends, on the road, survival, breaking point, murder, stupidity, fight, nature, road trip, redneck ...
Time: 21st century
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Mondays in the Sun (2002)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Spain, France, Italy
Duration: 113 min.
Story: After the closure of their shipyard in Northern Spain, a few former workers: Santa, José, Lino, Amador, Sergei and Reina keep in touch. They meet mainly at a bar owned by their former colleague Rico. Santa is the most superficially confident and ...
Style: touching, sincere, realistic, political, serious ...
Plot: working class, unemployment, seaport, friendship, society, redemption, small town, job seeking, self esteem, life is a bitch, human nature, breaking point ...
Time: year 2002, 2000s, 21st century
Place: iberian peninsula, europe, galicia, switzerland, spain ...
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 7.1
 15K
Code Unknown (2000)
Genre: Drama
Country: France, Austria, Romania, Germany
Duration: 118 min.
Story: A series of events unfold like a chain reaction, all stemming from a minor event that brings the film's five characters together. Set in Paris, France, Anne is an actress whose boyfriend Georges photographs the war in Kosovo. Georges' ...
Style: sincere, bleak, clever, thought provoking, intellectual ...
Plot: alienation, homeless, social differences, misfit, life is a bitch, society, breaking point, social decay, old lady, existentialism, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, refugee ...
Time: 90s, 2000s, 20th century
Place: germany, france, kosovo, europe, africa ...
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 7.3
 11K
In Darkness (2011)
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Poland, Germany, Canada
Duration: 145 min.
Story: A dramatization of one man's rescue of Jewish refugees in the Nazi-occupied Polish city of Lvov. In Darkness tells the true story of Leopold Soha who risks his own life to save a dozen people from certain death. Initially only interested in his ...
Style: harsh, disturbing, uplifting, sincere, social ...
Plot: holocaust, nazi, world war two, atrocity, survival, refugee, genocide, judaism, world war, human spirit, sewer, mistrust ...
Time: 1940s, 2010s, 20th century, 2000s, year 2008 ...
Place: poland, germany, eastern europe, europe
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 6.6
 33K
Chaos Theory (2007)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story: Frank Allen, a professional speaker who lectures on time management has a perfectly ordered and scheduled life, down to the minute. When his wife sets his clock forward 10 minutes as a joke, his day is thrown off. Deciding that his strictly ordered ...
Style: feel good, funny, humorous, touching, cult classic ...
Audience: date night
Plot: self discovery, betrayal by friend, adultery, father daughter relationship, infidelity, nothing goes right, breaking point, chaos, disorder, human nature, love triangle, fatherhood ...
Time: 20th century, year 2007, 21st century
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 7.0
 128K
Julie & Julia (2009)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 123 min.
Story: Julia Child and Julie Powell – both of whom wrote memoirs – find their lives intertwined. Though separated by time and space, both women are at loose ends... until they discover that with the right combination of passion, fearlessness and ...
Style: feel good, inspirational, sweet, light, touching ...
Audience: chick flick, teens, date night, girls' night
Plot: cooking, cooking and food, chef, women, food, self fulfillment, love, blogger, lifestyle, cookbook, couple relations, blog ...
Time: 1950s, 1940s, 2000s, 60s, 1900s ...
Place: paris france, new york, france, europe, manhattan new york city ...
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 7.5
 702K
Spider-Man 2 (2004)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 127 min.
Story: Peter Parker is going through a major identity crisis. Burned out from being Spider-Man, he decides to shelve his superhero alter ego, which leaves the city suffering in the wake of carnage left by the evil Doc Ock. In the meantime, Parker still ...
Style: exciting, action packed, intense, saga, serious ...
Audience: teens, chick flick, boys' night, date night, kids ...
Plot: superhero, mad scientist, double life, superhuman powers, disguise, friendship, vigilante, fantasy world, multiverse, super villain, fight, life philosophy ...
Time: year 2004, 2000s, y2k, 21st century
Place: new york, usa, manhattan new york city
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 6.3
 2K
Traceless (2010)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Étienne Meunier (Benoît Magimel) is a young executive who has everything going for him. His career is skyrocketing and he is about to become #1 at work, he is married to a picture-perfect wife, has a dream home and money. To top it off, he's ...
Style: neo noir, tense, suspenseful, realistic, psychological ...
Plot: murder, haunted by the past, moral dilemma, promotion, under the surface, breaking point, dishonesty, life turned upside down, harassment, nudity, suffering, secret ...
Time: 21st century
Place: france
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Some Guy Who Kills People (2011)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: A former mental patient's repressed anger reaches the boiling point, leading him to embark on a mission of revenge against the thugs who once subjected him to severe physical and mental trauma.
Style: witty, slasher, semi serious, humorous, horror comedy ...
Plot: serial killer, misfit, dark humor, vengeance, social misfits, rivalry, medieval, violence spree, breaking point, twists and turns, basketball, freak ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
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Family Weekend (2013)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story: A 16-year-old girl takes her parents hostage after they miss her big jump-roping competition.
Style: not serious, humorous, independent film, light, captivating ...
Audience: girls' night
Plot: parents and children, eccentric family, family problems, unsupportive parent, family relations, confinement indoors, punishment, negligence, suburbs, teenage life, danger, youth ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
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 6.8
 8K
The Dirties (2013)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 83 min.
Story: The line between reality and fiction starts to blur when two best friends start making a movie about getting revenge on bullies.
Style: disturbing, controversial, realistic, sincere, serious ...
Audience: teens
Plot: bullying, high school, school shooting, found footage, filmmaking, vengeance, misfit, best friend, violence spree, anxiety, self esteem, solidarity ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
Place: canada, usa
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 6.1
 7K
The Entitled (2011)
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 91 min.
Story: Without the security of the job he wants or the future he dreamed of, Paul Dynan plans the perfect crime to help his struggling family – abduct the socialite children of three wealthy men and collect a ransom of $3-million dollars. Over the course ...
Style: tense, realistic, suspenseful, rough, serious ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: kidnapping, ransom, confined, crime gone awry, partner, danger, unlikely criminals, disorder, breaking point, blood, forest, unemployed ...
Time: year 2011, 21st century
Place: usa
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71 Fragments of a Chronology of Chance (1994)
Genre: Drama
Country: Austria, Germany
Duration: 100 min.
Story: 71 scenes revolving around multiple Viennese residents who are by chance involved with a senseless gun slaughter on Christmas Eve.
Style: disturbing, bleak, thought provoking, serious, sincere ...
Plot: murder, social misfits, misfit, news report, refugee, immigrant, breaking point, down on your luck, minimalism, revolution, teenager, existentialism ...
Time: 20th century, 90s, year 1994
Place: austria, germany, lebanon, bosnia, europe ...
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Once Upon a Time in High School: The Spirit of Jeet Kune Do (2004)
Genre: Action, Drama, History
Country: South Korea
Duration: 116 min.
Story: A model student transfers to the notorious Jungmoon High School known for its severe corporal punishment by teachers and power struggles between school gangs.
Style: serious, captivating, touching, suspenseful, realistic ...
Audience: manly, teen drama
Plot: mixed martial arts, martial artist, hand to hand combat, rivalry, teenage life, troublemaker, buddies, youth, love and romance, love triangle, unfulfilled love, high school ...
Time: 70s, 20th century
Place: seoul, asia, korea
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 6.8
 5K
The Reunion (2013)
Genre: Drama
Country: Sweden
Duration: 90 min.
Story: A film between fiction and reality, highlighting questions about group dynamics and established hierarchies. A group of people meet for their high school reunion 20 years later. One of them talks about her being bullied and outcast and soon the ...
Style: psychological, realistic, serious, sincere, thought provoking ...
Plot: bullying, human nature, life is a bitch, haunted by the past, adulthood, social relations, misfit, breaking point, disorder, party, education, childhood trauma ...
Time: 21st century
Place: europe, stockholm sweden, eastern europe
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 5.4
 13K
Cyber Bully (2011)
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 87 min.
Story: A woman tries to help her teenage daughter when she becomes the victim of online bullying.
Style: emotional, serious, realistic, teen, sad ...
Audience: teens, chick flick, girls' night, kids, family outing ...
Plot: bullying, suicide attempt, high school, betrayal, teen angst, teenage life, rumor, popularity, bully, socially awkward, social misfits, intrigue ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
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The Foot Fist Way (2006)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story: An inept taekwondo instructor struggles with marital troubles and an unhealthy obsession with fellow taekwondo enthusiast Chuck "The Truck" Williams.
Style: funny, humorous, dark comedy, harsh, stylized ...
Audience: teens
Plot: martial arts, obsession, disorder, life is a bitch, buddies, ambition, breaking point, dark humor, contests and competitions, goofy hero, infidelity, school ...
Time: 21st century
Place: north carolina, usa
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Little White Lies (2010)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 154 min.
Story: Despite a traumatic event, a group of friends decide to go ahead with their annual beach vacation. Their relationships, convictions, sense of guilt and friendship are sorely tested. They are finally forced to own up to the little white lies ...
Style: semi serious, talky, emotional, humorous, thought provoking ...
Plot: friendship, gay, vacation, beach house, secret, repressed homosexual, beach, unrequited love, friends, group of friends, declaration of love, accident ...
Time: year 2010, 21st century
Place: france, paris france
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 6.8
 308K
Bridesmaids (2011)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 125 min.
Story: Annie’s life is a mess. But when she finds out her lifetime best friend is engaged, she simply must serve as Lillian’s maid of honor. Though lovelorn and broke, Annie bluffs her way through the expensive and bizarre rituals. With one chance to ...
Style: funny, romantic, sweet, humorous, talky ...
Audience: girls' night, chick flick, teens, date night, boys' night ...
Plot: wedding, female friendship, friendship, best friend, rivalry, wedding preparations and rituals, fear of commitment, sex scene, girlfriend girlfriend relationship, women, uninhibited rivalry, single woman ...
Time: year 2011, 2010s, 21st century
Place: usa, chicago, paris france, milwaukee wisconsin, wisconsin
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 8.2
 913K
Taxi Driver (1976)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story: A mentally unstable Vietnam War veteran works as a night-time taxi driver in New York City where the perceived decadence and sleaze feeds his urge for violent action, attempting to save a preadolescent prostitute in the process.
Style: psychological, neo noir, bleak, disturbing, cult classic ...
Audience: adult
Plot: vigilante, character study, loner, alienation, obsession, vigilantism, violence, loneliness, psychology, lone wolves, taxi, depression ...
Time: 70s, year 1976, 20th century, year 1975
Place: new york, manhattan new york city, usa, america, harlem ...
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 8.2
 1.2M
The Truman Show (1998)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story: Truman Burbank is the star of "The Truman Show", a 24-hour-a-day "reality" TV show that broadcasts every aspect of his life -- live and in color -- without his knowledge. His entire life has been an unending soap opera for ...
Style: philosophical, thought provoking, psychological, surreal, touching ...
Audience: teens, family outing, teen drama
Plot: self discovery, simulated reality, alternate reality, freedom, video surveillance, small town, fictional reality show, hidden camera, utopia, dystopia, paranoia, god complex ...
Time: 90s, 20th century, year 1998, future
Place: florida, persia, america, usa
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