Flashbacks movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant flashbacks movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out psychological, melancholic, captivating, suspenseful, dark and tense films and TV shows about / with flashback, memory, isolation, investigation, urban, nostalgia, identity, memory loss, character study and guilt plots mostly in Drama, Romance and Mystery genres shot in USA, UK, Japan and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as flashbacks: The Good Doctor (2017), Black Mirror: Bandersnatch (2018), Consummation (2020), Life & Beth (2022), Wasteland (2018), In and Out of Planet Earth (2008), On the Air (1995), How Far, How Near (1972), Sleep Tight (2016), Vetri Vizha (1989).
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
A young surgeon with Savant syndrome is recruited into the surgical unit of a prestigious hospital. The question will arise: can a person who doesn't have the ability to relate to people actually save their lives?
Style:
medical drama, clever, psychological, serious, emotional ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
autism, medical, medicine, doctor, hospital, prodigy, talented, surgeon, surgical operation, talent, male doctor, flashback ...
Time:
future, 2010s
Place:
san francisco, syria, chicago
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Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
In 1984, a young programmer begins to question reality as he adapts a dark fantasy novel into a video game. A mind-bending tale with multiple endings.
Style:
psychedelic, mind bending, tech noir, psychological, non-linear ...
Plot:
computer, programmer, free will, alternate reality, flashback, time travel, computer game, video game, repeated scene, cyberpunk, time loop, conspiracy ...
Time:
80s, near future, 2010s, year 1984
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: China
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
When a VR game conjures up a realistic dream, youth restarts for a man who returns to his schooldays in a journey of self-healing. Ten years after high school, Lin Shang He, Cui Zhen Yan, and their close friends think of a way to help Xia Shi get ...
Style:
suspenseful, detective, serious, exciting, dramatic ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
virtual reality, high school, healing, trauma, tragic past, murder, kidnapping, flashback, secrets, confronting the past, haunted by the past, past ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
After an unexpected incident, Beth starts having flashbacks to her teen self and learns how she became who she is and who she wants to become.
Style:
psychological, dark comedy, disturbing, satirical, semi serious ...
Plot:
friendship, female protagonist, love, coming of age, memories, pain, life, self discovery, flashback, personal growth, childhood memory, changing lives ...
Place:
manhattan new york city
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Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
A young man, Stevie, awakes on a wasteland overlooking Bradford, still bleeding from a brutal attack that has left him with severe memory loss. Recent events are a total blank; his more distant memories are a blur. He slowly begins to piece together ...
Style:
psychological, dark, thrilling, tense, captivating ...
Plot:
identity, amnesia, memory loss, character study, repressed memory, tragic past, confronting the past, assault, amnesiac, life is a bitch, memory lapse, moral ambiguity ...
Place:
india, pakistan
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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: Drama, History, Romance
Country: Mexico
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Alberto is a disc-jockey at a radio station. His life is torn apart by the memories of his ex-wife and his free and careless life in the 60s. Alberto remembers, and his memories don't let him live his present life with Ana, his current ...
Style:
romantic drama, period piece, retro, sentimental, psychological ...
Plot:
dj, memory, radio, nostalgia, character study, flashback, obsession, regret, longing, past life, reminiscence, midlife crisis ...
Time:
60s
Place:
mexico
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Genre: Drama
Country: Poland
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A middle-aged man sets out on a symbolic journey through past, present, and future to learn why an old friend committed suicide, and learns much about his own life along the way.
Style:
reflective, existential, melancholic, bleak, philosophical ...
Plot:
suicide, memory, existential crisis, symbolism, loss, midlife crisis, self discovery, guilt, flashback, mature, regret, isolation ...
Place:
poland
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Genre: Horror
Country: USA
TV show
Story:
A horror anthology following a young woman determined to document the first hand accounts of people who have survived unimaginable horrors that range from the real to the supernatural. The deeper she gets in collecting the stories of these survivors ...
Style:
suspenseful, disturbing, anthology, mystical, captivating ...
Plot:
supernatural, survival horror, memories, fear, trauma, dark past, confronting the past, mysticism, paranormal phenomena, female protagonist, tragic past, supernatural horror ...
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Genre: Action, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 142 min.
Story:
Vetri Vizha is a 1987 Tamil language film starring Kamal Haasan in the lead role of the protagonist. Prabhu Ganesan, Amala, Sasikala and Kushboo Sundar played supporting roles. The story was of an amnesiac who struggles to find his past after memory ...
Style:
psychological, tense, suspenseful, twisted, suspense ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
memory loss, amnesia, flashback, identity crisis, identity, self discovery, secrets, investigation, paranoia, revenge, conspiracy, timebomb ...
Place:
india
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: Japan
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Years after the death of legendary tea master Rikyu, his disciple Honkakubo attempts to resolve the mystery of the master's death.
Style:
art house, meditative, jidai geki, period drama, f word
Plot:
ritual, philosophy, samurai, flashback, biopic, spirituality, memory, minimalism, legacy, political intrigue, samurai era, visionary ...
Time:
16th century
Place:
japan
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282
Genre: Drama, Music
Country: UK
Duration: 58 min.
Story:
Cult director Richard Stanley brings Marillion's music to the screen in the 50-minute BRAVE. A teenager believed to be suicidal is discovered wandering near the Severn Bridge. Suffering from severe memory loss, she seeks information about the ...
Style:
psychological, experimental, art film, independent film, dark ...
Plot:
suicide attempt, amnesia, flashback, memory loss, runaway, trauma, haunting, mental health, voice over narration, character study, investigation, paranoia ...
Time:
90s
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Genre: Drama, Romance, War
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
In this wartime drama, a young soldier spends much of stint in Vietnam remembering his life and his 12 love affairs. The story ends before he can have a 13th.
Style:
independent film, psychological, existential, surreal, experimental ...
Plot:
vietnam war, memory, war trauma, post traumatic stress, flashback, identity crisis, mature, male protagonist, alienation, confession, intimate, autobiography ...
Place:
vietnam
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Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
A biopic about convicted murderer Larry Winters.
Style:
dark, intense, psychological, tense, period piece ...
Plot:
prison, murder, biopic, character study, mental illness, flashback, guilt, addiction, drug abuse, violence, isolation, true crime ...
Time:
60s, 20th century
Place:
london, scotland, glasgow scotland
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: Iran
TV show
Story:
In his last few days, Dr. Gharib remembers his childhood and compares the difference the time has made to medicine and medical procedures in Iran. Inspired by true events this show takes a look at Dr. Mohammad Gharib's life events as he spends ...
Style:
medical drama, melancholic, emotional, historical drama, reflective ...
Plot:
terminal illness, biopic, mortality, hospital, flashback, social change, family drama, family relations, persian
Place:
tehran
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Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Story:
Aftermath the last final decision that affect every people's life around them. What is gonna happen to our beloved childhood friend?
Style:
romantic comedy, sentimental, feel good, realistic, melancholic
Plot:
friendship, second chance, proposal, travel, flashback, nostalgia, love triangle, young adult, heartwarming, coming of age, regret, bittersweet ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
DRIVING WHILE BLACK is a dark comedy, rooted deeply in reality... but not a reality that everybody is familiar with. Dimitri delivers Pizzas for a living - but as a young black man he is faced with "extra" challenges while navigating the ...
Style:
realistic, dark comedy, reflective, satirical
Audience:
adult
Plot:
urban, flashback, modern art, bittersweet, black
Time:
21st century
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Genre: Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Jack Strachan, a shady ex-sports star in hiding out in Norway, is stalked by a mysterious woman he cannot identify who closely resembles his murdered wife, Veronique. Convinced of her evil intent and determined to unmask her, he forces himself to ...
Style:
psychological thriller, dark, suspense, captivating, disturbing ...
Plot:
murder, investigation, mystery woman, murder mystery, private investigation, loss of wife, mysterious character, haunted by the past, life is a bitch, mysterious girl, dark past, male female relationship ...
Place:
scandinavia
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Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: Argentina
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Graduados (English: The Graduates) concerns a group of people who graduated from high school in 1989 and reunite twenty years later. The main character, Andrés Goddzer (Daniel Hendler), discovers that María Laura Falsini (Nancy Dupláa) was ...
Style:
thrilling, satirical, romantic drama, sentimental, period piece ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
love triangle, high school reunion, nostalgia, family relations, relationships, male female relationship, lovers reunited, fatherhood, couple relations, lgbt, husband wife relationship, love affair ...
Time:
80s
Place:
argentina, buenos aires argentina
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Genre: Action
Country: Singapore
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
After losing her family in a suspicious car crash, a woman awakens from a 13-year coma determined to expose the truth about the long-ago tragedy.
Style:
tense, suspenseful, crime thriller, captivating, exciting ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
female protagonist, car, cold case, investigation, mysterious death, determination, conspiracy, woman, waking up, accident, death of family, doom ...
Place:
hong kong
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 65 min.
TV show
Story:
Will the tragedy of spring be repeated years later?
To escape debt, Lee Su Ho's father escaped to a remote island where his friend has a young daughter Eun Young, who is the same age as Su Ho. After being abandoned by his father, Su Ho sought ...
Style:
romantic drama, captivating, romantic, disturbing, psychological ...
Plot:
love and romance, first love, true love, romantic friendship, love story, male female relationship, lovers reunited, reunited friends, couple relations, relationships, love affair, romantic relationship ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
korea, south korea, austria
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179
Genre: Animation, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 286 min.
TV show
Story:
7 years since Yuuichi Aizawa visited his aunt Akiko in her little northern town, he returns to uncover memories and secrets that have vanished from his head. He soon realises that something supernatural is happening, and that all of his new female ...
Style:
anime, psychological, emotional, captivating, thrilling ...
Plot:
slice of life, harem, small town, nostalgia, relationship problems, lifestyle, satire, male female relationship, relationships, family relations, amnesia, friendship ...
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163
Genre: Drama
Country: France, UK
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
A woman is on the verge of killing herself, in reverse.
Style:
dark, emotional, bleak, contemplative, independent film ...
Plot:
character study, existential crisis, self destructing, suicide, depression, desperation, mental health, actress, existentialism, mature, female protagonist, flashback ...
Time:
turn of the century
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Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
An assassin flashes between a nightmarish dream and her reality at a secret underground organization. When her latest mission involves killing a grieving mother, she discovers her target is closer to home than she realizes.
Style:
dark, tense, psychological thriller, suspenseful, twisted ...
Plot:
female protagonist, assassin, secret society, moral dilemma, claustrophobia, identity crisis, betrayal, motherhood, flashback, moral ambiguity, grief, double life ...
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Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
Set against the backdrop of a post-Apocalypse Earth, Population 2 is about a relationship that ends in tragedy forcing a woman to struggle in the aftermath.
Style:
captivating, serious, dramatic, suspenseful, reflective ...
Plot:
post-apocalyptic future, apocalypse, distopia, past life, post apocalypse, climate change, solitude, grief, isolation, ruins, loneliness, loss ...
Time:
future
Place:
portland oregon
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160
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Set in New York City, the series brings the viewer into the jury room to watch the deliberators try to answer the many questions posed during a trial. As facts are exposed through flashbacks of testimony and crime footage, viewers will form their ...
Style:
serious, suspenseful, realistic, disturbing, tense ...
Plot:
legal, courtroom drama, courtroom, lawyer, jury, legal investigation, law enforcement, legal action, murder, flashback, moral ambiguity, character study ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new york
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Story:
A young woman named Izumi (Keiko Kitagawa) suffers the loss of her boyfriend Junichi (Masaki Okada), who died from a fatal motorcycle accident. The shock from her boyfriend's sudden death causes Izumi to lose her memory from the time of the ...
Style:
psychological, emotional, captivating, thrilling, melancholic ...
Plot:
memory loss, motorcycle accident, tragedy, loss of loved one, grief, amnesia, loss of spouse, problem, relationships, male female relationship, memory lapse, memory ...
Place:
japan
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Genre: Action, Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
Through flashbacks, Full English Breakfast follows the violent career of Dave Bishop (Dave Courtney) a small-time London villain who kills his way to the top of Britain's drugs empire. Now happily 'retired' on the Kent coast Dave ...
Style:
exciting, realistic, serious, captivating, tense ...
Plot:
gangster, terrorism, danger, rise to the top, battles, going straight, rise and fall, gang leader, drug lord, violence, drug, flashback ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
england, london
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Mystery
Country: Russia
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
1943 year. Alma-Ata. The hero of the film is a young Michurin fruit grower who revives a medicinal apple variety and investigates a strange crime. The script was written based on the book by Mikhail Zoshchenko "Before the Sunrise".
Style:
psychological, philosophical, surreal, tricky, thought provoking ...
Plot:
evacuation, director, childhood trauma, mysterious disappearance, uncover truth, society, scientist, young girl, flashback, russian history, literary, murder mystery ...
Time:
year 1943
Place:
ussr, soviet union, kazakhstan
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
TV show
Story:
One year after a mysterious accident left her with amnesia, 17-year-old Cadence returns to Beechwood, an island off Martha's Vineyard, seeking answers. As three generations of the distinguished Sinclair family gather at their private summer ...
Style:
psychological thriller, suspenseful, tense, melancholic, gothic ...
Plot:
amnesia, island, young adult, memory loss, identity, dark past, trauma, family secret, repression, isolation, flashback, grief ...
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