Movies like Last Year at Marienbad
Discover a curated list of captivating movies similar to Last Year at Marienbad. Explore films such as Eyes Wide Shut, Chungking Express, and 8½, around the themes of nonlinear timeline, surrealism, hotel. Other notable keywords include uncertainty and experimental film.
#1
Eyes Wide Shut
Synopsis:
After Dr. Bill Harford's wife, Alice, admits to having sexual fantasies about a man she met, Bill becomes obsessed with having a sexual encounter. He discovers an underground sexual group and attends one of their meetings -- and quickly discovers that he is in over his head.
Starring:
Nicole Kidman,
Tom Cruise,
Alan Cumming
Plot:
orgy,
password,
sex party,
prostitute,
sexual fantasy,
prostitution,
marriage,
mansion,
masked woman,
nudity
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#2
Chungking Express
Synopsis:
Two melancholic Hong Kong policemen fall in love: one with a mysterious underworld figure, the other with a beautiful and ethereal server at a late-night restaurant he frequents.
Starring:
Tony Leung Chiu-wai,
Takeshi Kaneshiro,
Brigitte Lin
#3
8½
Synopsis:
Guido Anselmi, a film director, finds himself creatively barren at the peak of his career. Urged by his doctors to rest, Anselmi heads for a luxurious resort, but a sorry group gathers—his producer, staff, actors, wife, mistress, and relatives—each one begging him to get on with the show. In retreat from their dependency, he fantasizes about past women and dreams of his childhood.
Starring:
Barbara Steele,
Caterina Boratto,
Marcello Mastroianni
Plot:
film director,
adultery,
surrealism,
man wears eyeglasses,
mistress,
spa,
actress,
whip,
egotism,
telepathy
...
#4
Wild at Heart
Synopsis:
After serving prison time for a self-defense killing, Sailor Ripley reunites with girlfriend Lula Fortune. Lula's mother, Marietta, desperate to keep them apart, hires a hitman to kill Sailor. But he finds a whole new set of troubles when he and Bobby Peru, an old buddy who's also out to get Sailor, try to rob a store. When Sailor lands in jail yet again, the young lovers appear further than ever…
Starring:
Nicolas Cage,
Crispin Glover,
Harry Dean Stanton
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#5
The Wolf of Wall Street
Synopsis:
A New York stockbroker refuses to cooperate in a large securities fraud case involving corruption on Wall Street, corporate banking world and mob infiltration. Based on Jordan Belfort's autobiography.
Starring:
Jonah Hill,
Margot Robbie,
Jon Bernthal
#6
The Matrix Resurrections
Synopsis:
Plagued by strange memories, Neo's life takes an unexpected turn when he finds himself back inside the Matrix.
Starring:
Christina Ricci,
Jada Pinkett Smith,
Yahya Abdul-Mateen II
#7
The Bird with the Crystal Plumage
Synopsis:
An American writer living in Rome witnesses an attempted murder that is connected to an ongoing killing spree in the city, and conducts his own investigation despite himself and his girlfriend being targeted by the killer.
Starring:
Tony Musante,
Enrico Maria Salerno,
Suzy Kendall
#8
Run Lola Run
Synopsis:
Lola receives a phone call from her boyfriend Manni. He lost 100,000 DM in a subway train that belongs to a very bad guy. She has 20 minutes to raise this amount and meet Manni. Otherwise, he will rob a store to get the money. Three different alternatives may happen depending on some minor event along Lola's run.
Starring:
Franka Potente,
Moritz Bleibtreu,
Herbert Knaup
#9
Mulholland Drive
Synopsis:
Blonde Betty Elms has only just arrived in Hollywood to become a movie star when she meets an enigmatic brunette with amnesia. Meanwhile, as the two set off to solve the second woman's identity, filmmaker Adam Kesher runs into ominous trouble while casting his latest project.
Starring:
Naomi Watts,
Robert Forster,
Justin Theroux
#10
Four Flies on Grey Velvet
Synopsis:
Roberto, a drummer in a rock band, keeps receiving weird phone calls and being followed by a mysterious man. One night he manages to catch up with his persecutor and tries to get him to talk but in the ensuing struggle he accidentally stabs him. He runs away, but he understands his troubles have just begun when the following day he receives an envelope with photos of him killing the man. Someone …
Starring:
Jean-Pierre Marielle,
Michael Brandon,
Mimsy Farmer
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#11
Edward Scissorhands
Synopsis:
A small suburban town receives a visit from a castaway unfinished science experiment named Edward.
Starring:
Kathy Baker,
Johnny Depp,
Winona Ryder
Plot:
scissors,
compassion,
surrealism,
misfit,
love,
castle,
magical realism,
self discovery,
coming of age,
dark fantasy
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#12
Akira
Synopsis:
A secret military project endangers Neo-Tokyo when it turns a biker gang member into a rampaging psychic psychopath that only two teenagers and a group of psychics can stop.
Starring:
Mitsuo Iwata,
Nozomu Sasaki,
Mami Koyama
Plot:
cyberpunk,
biker gang,
based on manga,
anime,
nudity,
military,
psychic,
supernatural power,
government,
science runs amok
...
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#13
Watchmen
Synopsis:
In a gritty and alternate 1985 the glory days of costumed vigilantes have been brought to a close by a government crackdown, but after one of the masked veterans is brutally murdered, an investigation into the killer is initiated. The reunited heroes set out to prevent their own destruction, but in doing so uncover a sinister plot that puts all of humanity in grave danger.
Starring:
Stephen McHattie,
Billy Crudup,
Jackie Earle Haley
#14
Vanilla Sky
Synopsis:
David Aames has it all: wealth, good looks and gorgeous women on his arm. But just as he begins falling for the warmhearted Sofia, his face is horribly disfigured in a car accident. That's just the beginning of his troubles as the lines between illusion and reality, between life and death, are blurred.
Starring:
Michael Shannon,
Timothy Spall,
Jason Lee
Plot:
dream,
death,
mask,
nightmare,
amnesia,
lucid dream,
remake,
car accident,
love,
virtual reality
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#15
The Lovely Bones
Synopsis:
After being brutally murdered, 14-year-old Susie Salmon watches from heaven over her grief-stricken family -- and her killer. As she observes their daily lives, she must balance her thirst for revenge with her desire for her family to heal.
Starring:
Mark Wahlberg,
Stanley Tucci,
Michael Imperioli
Plot:
afterlife,
investigation,
serial murder,
sexual predator,
pedophile,
predator,
returning home,
1970s,
reference to coca cola,
rape
...
#16
The Holy Mountain
Synopsis:
The Alchemist assembles together a group of people from all walks of life to represent the planets in the solar system. The occult adept's intention is to put his recruits through strange mystical rites and divest them of their worldly baggage before embarking on a trip to Lotus Island. There they ascend the Holy Mountain to displace the immortal gods who secretly rule the universe.
Starring:
Juan Ferrara,
Alejandro Jodorowsky,
Richard Rutowski
#17
The Godfather: Part II
Synopsis:
In the continuing saga of the Corleone crime family, a young Vito Corleone grows up in Sicily and in 1910s New York. In the 1950s, Michael Corleone attempts to expand the family business into Las Vegas, Hollywood and Cuba.
Starring:
Robert De Niro,
Diane Keaton,
Al Pacino
Plot:
revenge,
1950s,
corrupt politician,
mafia,
fratricide,
new year's eve,
suicide,
neo noir,
anti hero,
american dream
...
#18
The Cat o' Nine Tails
Synopsis:
A reporter and a blind, retired journalist try to solve a series of murders. The crimes are connected to experiments by a pharmaceutical company in secret research. The two end up becoming targets of the killer.
Starring:
Horst Frank,
Karl Malden,
James Franciscus
#19
Rebecca
Synopsis:
Story of a young woman who marries a fascinating widower only to find out that she must live in the shadow of his former wife, Rebecca, who died mysteriously several years earlier. The young wife must come to grips with the terrible secret of her handsome, cold husband, Max De Winter. She must also deal with the jealous, obsessed Mrs. Danvers, the housekeeper, who will not accept her as the mistr…
Starring:
George Sanders,
C. Aubrey Smith,
Judith Anderson
Plot:
widower,
castle,
shipwreck,
costume party,
house fire,
marriage proposal,
haunted by the past,
unhappy marriage,
bride,
shyness
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#20
Pan's Labyrinth
Synopsis:
Living with her tyrannical stepfather in a new home with her pregnant mother, 10-year-old Ofelia feels alone until she explores a decaying labyrinth guarded by a mysterious faun who claims to know her destiny. If she wishes to return to her real father, Ofelia must complete three terrifying tasks.
Starring:
Manolo Solo,
Doug Jones,
Ivana Baquero