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Plot Summary:
A drama centered on an office worker on the verge of retirement who begins to relive both real and imagined memories.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 519
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Country: Chile, France
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: atmospheric, serious, realistic, surreal, contemplative, crying
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City of Pirates (1983)
Plot Summary:
A surreal odyssey in which a melancholic maidservant crosses paths with a homicidal little boy, travels to a tiny island of pirates and encounters a man with multiple personalities.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 904
Genere: Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
Country: France, Portugal
Duration: 111 min
Plot tags: surreal, rough, suspenseful, disturbing
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A Distant Neighborhood (2010)
Plot Summary:
Thomas, a father in his fifties, returns by chance to the town where he grew up. He collapses and wakes up forty years earlier in the body of his teenage self. Thrown back into his past, Thomas will not only have to re-live his first love, but also try to understand the reasons for his father’s mysterious departure. Can you change the past by living it again?.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Country: Belgium, Luxembourg, France, Germany
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: sentimental, sincere, psychological, thought provoking, meditative, atmospheric, serious, contemplative
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Three Crowns of the Sailor (1983)
Plot Summary:
In this classically surreal fantasy, a sailor, known for telling tales, sees a student killing his teacher and decides to spin a few yarns for him. He tells the boy of his many adventures in exotic South American ports where he visited opium dens and stayed in cathouses. In such dark, dreamlike places, the sailor meets many strange, mystical characters.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
Country: France
Duration: 117 min
Plot tags: psychedelic, atmospheric, mind bending, offbeat, serious, experimental, surreal, contemplative, stylized, postmodern
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Celine and Julie Go Boating (1974)
Plot Summary:
A mysteriously linked pair of young women find their daily lives pre-empted by a strange boudoir melodrama that plays itself out in a hallucinatory parallel reality.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Mystery
Country: France
Duration: 193 min
Plot tags: surreal, experimental, mind bending, psychedelic, mindfuck, disturbing, art house, cult classic, psychological, atmospheric
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Mammuth (2010)
Plot Summary:
Serge Pilardosse vient d'avoir 60 ans. Il travaille depuis l'âge de 16 ans, jamais au chômage, jamais malade. Mais l'heure de la retraite a sonné, et c'est la désillusion : il lui manque des points, certains employeurs ayant oublié de le déclarer ! Poussé par Catherine, sa femme, il enfourche sa vieille moto des années 70, une " Mammut " qui lui vaut son surnom, et part à la recherche de ses bulletins de salaires. Durant son périple, il retrouve son passé et sa quête de documents administratifs devient bientôt accessoire.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: sentimental, sincere, uplifting, serious, realistic, road movie, black comedy, dark comedy
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The Inner Life of Martin Frost (2007)
Plot Summary:
A writer awakens one day to find a strange but beautiful woman in bed with him. He quickly falls in love with her, thinking he has found his muse, but as time passes she becomes more and more unattainable.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 721
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Country: Spain, Portugal, France, USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: psychological, atmospheric, serious, realistic, contemplative, metafiction, independent film, gloomy, minimal cast
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Slipstream (2007)
Plot Summary:
Aging screenwriter Felix Bonhoeffer has lived his life in two states of existence: in reality and his own interior world. While working on a murder mystery script, and unaware that his brain is on the verge of implosion, Felix is baffled when his characters start to appear in his life, and vice versa.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: surreal, atmospheric, humorous, semi serious, mind bending, psychedelic, intellectual, existential, esoteric, independent film
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The Intruder (2004)
Plot Summary:
Louis Trebor, a man nearing 70, lives alone with dogs in the forest near the French-Swiss border. He has heart problems, seeks a transplant, and then goes in search of a son sired years before in Tahiti. Told elliptically, with few words, we see Louis as possibly heartless, ignoring a son who lives nearby who is himself an attentive father to two young children, one named for Louis. He leaves his bed one night - and his lover - to kill an intruder; he dreams, usually of violence. Will his body accept his heart? Will his son accept his offer?.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 130 min
Plot tags: psychological, atmospheric, serious, realistic, surreal, contemplative, mind bending, psychedelic, controversial, art house
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Northfork (2003)
Plot Summary:
"We are all angels. It is what we do with our wings that separates us." In the next two days, the town of Northfork will cease to exist. The year is 1955 and Northfork is literally about to be "dammed," flooded to make way for a new hydroelectric project.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Drama, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: bleak, surreal, psychological, melancholic, touching, disturbing, mindfuck, visually stunning, independent film, spiritual
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Delivering Milo (2001)
Plot Summary:
A guardian angel has 24 hours to convince a soul that life on Earth is worth the effort.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: humorous, semi serious, touching, captivating, independent film, offbeat, crying
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Toto the Hero (1991)
Plot Summary:
Thomas and Alfred were born around the same time; a fire in the nursery had nurses scrambling to save the newborns. Because he felt that he deserved Alfred's good fortune at being born into a wealthy family, Thomas conceives the idea that he and Alfred were switched at birth, and he can't help seeing that his unhappiness should be Alfred's, from the loss of his sister to his inability to have a relationship with the woman Evelyne. So, as his life is ending, he formulates a plan of revenge against his bitter enemy, his lifetime adversary, the man who stole his existence.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Country: Belgium, France, Germany
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: touching, inspirational, epic, sad, cult classic, sentimental, offbeat, humorous, semi serious, crying
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Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives (2010)
Plot Summary:
Suffering from acute kidney failure, Uncle Boonmee has chosen to spend his final days surrounded by his loved ones in the countryside. Surprisingly, the ghost of his deceased wife appears to care for him, and his long lost son returns home in a non-human form. Contemplating the reasons for his illness, Boonmee treks through the jungle with his family to a mysterious hilltop cave - the birthplace of his first life.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 17000
Genere: Drama, Fantasy
Country: Thailand, UK, France, Germany, Spain, Netherlands
Duration: 114 min
Plot tags: surreal, atmospheric, disturbing, art house, philosophical, meditative, visually appealing, cerebral, slow cinema, contemplative
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1, 2, 3, Freeze (1993)
Plot Summary:
A provocative, seemingly absurd patchwork movie which sends a worthwhile message about hope against all odds, love, children and human understanding. Schoolgirl Victorine has an insane mother and an alcoholic father who can never find his way home in their maze of slum apartment blocks. Aggressive, sexually threatening boys of all ages are everywhere, and while the teacher eventually relents to a gang of adolescent rapists, Victorine gives herself to a rowdy gang of older layabouts, eventually winning the heart of burglar Paul.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 891
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: sexy, bleak, humorous, serious, realistic, experimental, surreal, disturbing, controversial, stylized
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Premature (2014)
Plot Summary:
On the most important day of his young life, a high school senior is forced to relive his failed attempt at losing his virginity over and over again, until he gets it right.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 11000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: sexy, teen sex comedy, humorous, surreal, feel good, teen, scenic, freeze frame, independent film, not serious
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Thunder Road (2018)
Plot Summary:
Officer Arnaud raises his daughter as a love letter to his late Mom.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 19000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: sentimental, touching, humorous, sincere, captivating, funny, emotional, dark, social, mumblecore
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Fellini Satyricon (1969)
Plot Summary:
A series of disjointed mythical tales set in first century Rome.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 17000
Genere: Drama, Fantasy
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 129 min
Plot tags: surreal, psychedelic, art house, sexual, cult classic, erotic, philosophical, absurd, disturbing, controversial
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Songs from the Second Floor (2000)
Plot Summary:
A film poem inspired by the Peruvian poet César Vallejo. A story about our need for love, our confusion, greatness and smallness and, most of all, our vulnerability. It is a story with many characters, among them a father and his mistress, his youngest son and his girlfriend. It is a film about big lies, abandonment and the eternal longing for companionship and confirmation.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 20000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Sweden, Norway, Denmark, France, Germany
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: surreal, atmospheric, black comedy, philosophical, art house, disturbing, talky, depressing, melancholic, meditative
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Listen Up Philip (2014)
Plot Summary:
Anger rages in Philip as he awaits the publication of his second novel. He feels pushed out of his adopted home city by the constant crowds and noise, a deteriorating relationship with his photographer girlfriend Ashley, and his own indifference to promoting the novel. When Philip's idol Ike Zimmerman offers his isolated summer home as a refuge, he finally gets the peace and quiet to focus on his favorite subject: himself.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA, Greece
Duration: 108 min
Plot tags: independent film, atmospheric, stylized, surreal, psychological, sincere, cerebral, cult classic, mumblecore, sexy
Similar in 78%
After Life (1998)
Plot Summary:
After death, people have just one week to choose only a memory to keep for eternity.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 13000
Genere: Drama, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 119 min
Plot tags: philosophical, surreal, emotional, spiritual, existential, psychological, sincere, touching, contemplative, stylized
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Monsieur Ibrahim (2003)
Plot Summary:
Monsieur Ibrahim is a story about a young Jewish boy in Paris who meets an old Muslim Turkish grocery store owner. The film touches the themes of friendship and love as the old man is a father figure to the boy as he teaches him of the Koran. The film is based on a book of the popular book by the French author Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 12000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: sentimental, touching, sweet, emotional, uplifting, feel good, atmospheric, serious, captivating, dramatic
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The Farewell (2019)
Plot Summary:
A headstrong Chinese-American woman returns to China when her beloved grandmother is given a terminal diagnosis. Billi struggles with her family's decision to keep grandma in the dark about her own illness as they all stage an impromptu wedding to see grandma one last time.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 69000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA, China
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: sentimental, thought provoking, humorous, atmospheric, melancholic, sad, funny, feel good, depressing, serious
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Paris (2008)
Plot Summary:
Pierre, a professional dancer, suffers from a serious heart disease. While he is waiting for a transplant which may (or may not) save his life, he has nothing better to do than look at the people around him, from the balcony of his Paris apartment.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 13000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 130 min
Plot tags: atmospheric, sentimental, romantic, uplifting, semi serious, touching, serious, realistic
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Beautiful Ohio (2006)
Plot Summary:
An entire family comes of age during the early 1970s.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 530
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: sentimental, clever, serious, realistic, offbeat, independent film
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The Tree of Life (2011)
Plot Summary:
The impressionistic story of a Texas family in the 1950s. The film follows the life journey of the eldest son, Jack, through the innocence of childhood to his disillusioned adult years as he tries to reconcile a complicated relationship with his father. Jack finds himself a lost soul in the modern world, seeking answers to the origins and meaning of life while questioning the existence of faith.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 182000
Genere: Drama, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 139 min
Plot tags: surreal, philosophical, artsy, atmospheric, visually stunning, contemplative, thought provoking, art house, visual, touching
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Kings and Queen (2004)
Plot Summary:
Nora Cotterelle, a woman in her 30s is caring for her ill father, Louis Jenssens. While Nora tries to present a facade that all is well with her life, she is twice divorced and has a son, Elias, whose father is dead. Nora's present relationship is not going well, and she is soon to marry a businessman, while Elias is becoming increasingly withdrawn. A parallel storyline follows her former lover and second husband, Ismaël Vuillard, a musician, with whom she had lived for seven years. He is given to strange behaviour, and as a result he has been committed to a mental hospital, from which he is planning to escape. Nora learns that her father's digestive problems are actually cancer, and facing her father's death, Nora desperately seeks out Ismaël to ask that he reconnect with Elias, but he has mixed feelings about adopting her son. Moreover, he has met Arielle, another patient.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 150 min
Plot tags: touching, sentimental, serious, emotional, clever, realistic, contemplative, talky, gloomy, crying
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Mood Indigo (2013)
Plot Summary:
A woman suffers from an unusual illness caused by a flower growing in her lungs.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 17000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 131 min
Plot tags: surreal, art house, touching, sentimental, psychedelic, offbeat, stylized, visually stunning, existential, clever
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Wristcutters: A Love Story (2006)
Plot Summary:
Zia, distraught over breaking up with his girlfriend, decides to end it all. Unfortunately, he discovers that there is no real ending, only a run-down afterlife that is strikingly similar to his old one, just a bit worse. Discovering that his ex-girlfriend has also "offed" herself, he sets out on a road trip, with his Russian rocker friend, to find her. Their journey takes them through an absurd purgatory where they discover that being dead doesn't mean you have to stop livin'!.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 57000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: road movie, humorous, independent film, dark comedy, surreal, black comedy, cult classic, contemplative, semi serious, romantic
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The Science of Sleep (2006)
Plot Summary:
A man entranced by his dreams and imagination is lovestruck with a French woman and feels he can show her his world.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 71000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: surreal, psychedelic, psychological, philosophical, mind bending, intellectual, meditative, visually appealing, cerebral, mindfuck
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Baaria (2009)
Plot Summary:
Giuseppe Tornatore traces three generations of a Sicilian family in in the Sicilian town of Bagheria (known as Baarìa in the local Sicilian dialect), from the 1930s to the 1980s, to tell the story of the loves, dreams and delusions of an unusual community.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 8000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 163 min
Plot tags: atmospheric, sincere, touching, realistic, semi serious, sad, epic, sentimental, clever, humorous
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Mr. Church (2016)
Plot Summary:
A unique friendship develops when a little girl and her dying mother inherit a cook - Mr. Church. What begins as an arrangement that should only last six months, instead spans fifteen years.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 31000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: sad, sentimental, compassionate, emotional, melancholic, touching, dramatic, motivational, sincere, thought provoking