Philosophical movies

List of the best philosophical movies selected by visitors to our site: The Fountain, The Lobster, My Dinner with Andre, Parasite, Cloud Atlas, The Matrix, I Origins, The Man Who Knew Infinity, A Ghost Story, The Box.

In the top there are new films of 2021, a plot description and trailers for films that have already been released.

Markimdb: 7.2
Genrefantastic, melodrama, drama, detective
CountryCanada, USA
Duration01:36

Spanning over one thousand years, and three parallel stories, The Fountain is a story of love, death, spirituality, and the fragility of our existence in this world.

Markimdb: 7.2
Genrefantastic, thriller, comedy, melodrama, drama
CountryRepublic of Ireland, United Kingdom, Greece, France, Netherlands, USA
Duration01:36

    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.

    Markimdb: 7.7
    Genrecomedy, drama, biography
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:50

    Wallace Shawn and Andre Gregory, apparently playing themselves, share their lives over the course of an evening meal at a restaurant.

    Markimdb: 8.5
    Genrethriller, comedy, drama
    CountrySouth Korea
    Duration01:07

    All unemployed, Ki-taek's family takes peculiar interest in the wealthy and glamorous Parks for their livelihood until they get entangled in an unexpected incident.

    Markimdb: 7.4
    Genrefantastic, action, drama, adventure, detective
    CountryUSA, Germany, Hong Kong, Singapore
    Duration02:52

    A set of six nested stories spanning time between the 19th century and a distant post-apocalyptic future. Cloud Atlas explores how the actions and consequences of individual lives impact one another throughout the past, the present and the future. Action, mystery and romance weave through the story as one soul is shaped from a killer into a hero and a single act of kindness ripples across centuries to inspire a revolution in the distant future. Based on the award winning novel by David Mitchell. Directed by Tom Tykwer and the Wachowskis.

    Markimdb: 8.7
    Genrefantastic, action
    CountryUSA, Australia
    Duration02:16

    Set in the 22nd century, The Matrix tells the story of a computer hacker who joins a group of underground insurgents fighting the vast and powerful computers who now rule the earth.

    Markimdb: 7.4
    Genrefantastic, melodrama, drama, detective
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:48

    I Origins follows a molecular biologist studying the evolution of the human eye. He finds his work permeating his life after a brief encounter with an exotic young woman who slips away from him. As his research continues years later with his lab partner, they make a stunning scientific discovery that has far reaching implications and complicates both his scientific and and spiritual beliefs. Traveling half way around the world, he risks everything he has ever known to validate his theory.

    Markimdb: 7.2
    Genredrama, biography
    CountryUnited Kingdom, USA, Singapore, Hong Kong, United Arab Emirates, India

    Growing up poor in Madras, India, Srinivasa Ramanujan Iyengar earns admittance to Cambridge University during WWI, where he becomes a pioneer in mathematical theories with the guidance of his professor, G.H. Hardy.

    Markimdb: 6.8
    Genrefantasy, melodrama, drama
    CountryUSA
    Duration02:17

    Recently deceased, a white-sheeted ghost returns to his suburban home to console his bereft wife, only to find that in his spectral state he has become unstuck in time, forced to watch passively as the life he knew and the woman he loves slowly slip away.

    Markimdb: 6.5
    Genredrama, music
    CountrySouth Korea

    A drama about a young man aspiring to become a singer and a washed-up former hit producer. The two men head off on a road trip filled with music and jamming sessions.

    Markimdb: 7.8
    Genrefantastic, fantasy, melodrama, drama
    CountryBelgium, Germany, Canada, France, United Kingdom, Luxembourg, USA
    Duration02:18

      Nemo Nobody leads an ordinary existence with his wife and 3 children; one day, he wakes up as a mortal centenarian in the year 2092.

      Markimdb: 4.6
      Genredrama
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:35

      After he refuses to disavow his faith, a devout Christian student (Shane Harper) must prove the existence of God or else his college philosophy professor (Kevin Sorbo) will fail him.

      Markimdb: 8
      Genrethriller, drama, crime, detective
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:20

      Two young men strangle their "inferior" classmate, hide his body in their apartment, and invite his friends and family to a dinner party as a means to challenge the "perfection" of their crime.

      Markimdb: 7
      Genremelodrama, drama
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:54

      An uncompromising, visionary architect struggles to maintain his integrity and individualism despite personal, professional and economic pressures to conform to popular standards.

      Markimdb: 8.1
      Genrefantasy, drama
      CountrySweden
      Duration01:36

      When disillusioned Swedish knight Antonius Block returns home from the Crusades to find his country in the grips of the Black Death, he challenges Death to a chess match for his life. Tormented by the belief that God does not exist, Block sets off on a journey, meeting up with traveling players Jof and his wife, Mia, and becoming determined to evade Death long enough to commit one redemptive act while he still lives.

      Markimdb: 7.3
      Genremelodrama, drama, biography, sport
      CountryUSA, Germany
      Duration02:00

      A chance encounter with a stranger changes the life of a college gymnast.

      Markimdb: 7.5
      Genrethriller, drama
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:32

        Susan Morrow receives a book manuscript from her ex-husband – a man she left 20 years earlier – asking for her opinion of his writing. As she reads, she is drawn into the fictional life of Tony Hastings, a mathematics professor whose family vacation turns violent.

        Markimdb: 6.1
        Genrefantastic, thriller, comedy, drama
        CountryUnited Kingdom, Romania, France
        Duration01:46

        A computer hacker's goal to discover the reason for human existence continually finds his work interrupted thanks to the Management; this time, they send a teenager and lusty love interest to distract him.

        Markimdb: 8
        Genrecomedy, drama
        CountryItaly, France
        Duration02:59

        Episodic journey of an Italian journalist scouring Rome in search of love.

        Markimdb: 7.7
        Genrecomedy, drama
        CountryDenmark, Sweden, Netherlands

        Four high school teachers launch a drinking experiment: upholding a constant low level of intoxication.

        Markimdb: 8.8
        Genrethriller, drama, crime
        CountryUSA, Germany
        Duration02:11

        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 way and ignites an out-of-control spiral toward oblivion.

        Markimdb: 7.8
        Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
        CountryFrance
        Duration01:45

        The rigid principles of a devout Catholic man are challenged during a one-night stay with Maud, a divorced woman with an outsize personality.

        Markimdb: 6.8
        Genrefantasy, drama
        CountryUSA
        Duration02:19

          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.

          Markimdb: 7.7
          Genrecomedy, military
          CountryUSA
          Duration01:22

          Set in 19th-century Russia, Allen is a cowardly serf drafted into the Napoleonic war, who would rather write poetry and obsess over his beautiful but pretentious cousin. Allen's cowardice serves him well when he hides in a cannon and is shot into a tent of French soldiers, making him a national hero. A hilarious parody of Russian literature, Love and Death is a must-see for fans of Allen's films.

          Markimdb: 8
          Genrecomedy, drama
          CountryWest Germany, USA
          Duration02:10

          A simple-minded gardener named Chance has spent all his life in the Washington D.C. house of an old man. When the man dies, Chance is put out on the street with no knowledge of the world except what he has learned from television.

          Markimdb: 8.3
          Genrefantastic, melodrama, drama
          CountryUSA
          Duration01:48

          Joel Barish, heartbroken that his girlfriend underwent a procedure to erase him from her memory, decides to do the same. However, as he watches his memories of her fade away, he realises that he still loves her, and may be too late to correct his mistake.

          Markimdb: 5.9
          Genredocumentary
          CountryUSA

          They've built a movement out of minimalism. Longtime friends Joshua Fields Millburn and Ryan Nicodemus share how our lives can be better with less.

          Markimdb: 8
          Genredrama, biography
          CountryUSA
          Duration01:57

          A struggling salesman takes custody of his son as he's poised to begin a life-changing professional career.

          Markimdb: 8.1
          Genrefantastic, thriller, melodrama, drama
          CountryUSA
          Duration01:57

          In the smog-choked dystopian Los Angeles of 2019, blade runner Rick Deckard is called out of retirement to terminate a quartet of replicants who have escaped to Earth seeking their creator for a way to extend their short life spans.

          Markimdb: 6.2
          Genredrama
          CountryGermany

          In the dark middle ages young unruly Goldmund is sent to a monastery by his father to atone for the sins of his mother, who abandoned them. It is there that he meets Narcissus, a brilliant, scholarly novice, who is introverted and aloof. A unique and deep life-long friendship is born. Narcissus chooses to remain detached from the world in prayer and meditation. Goldmund, who is passionate, sensual and impulsive, runs away from the monastery to live a picaresque wanderer’s life, his amorous and artistic adventures leading him to discover the extremes of both ecstasy and pain. Several thrilling years pass, until one day these friends cross paths again...

          Markimdb: 6.6
          Genrefantastic, fantasy, detective
          CountryIceland

          As the end approaches inexorably, the last humans, living millions of years into the future, send a message to the humanity of the present that is both a plea for help and a warning, but also an epic tale of evolution, decline and hope.

          Markimdb: 8
          Genremelodrama, drama
          CountrySouth Korea, Germany
          Duration01:43

          This South Korean film takes place on an isolated lake, where an old monk lives in a small floating temple. The monk has a young boy living with him, learning to become a monk. We watch as seasons and years pass by.

          Markimdb: 7.6
          Genrethriller, comedy, drama
          CountryUSA, United Kingdom
          Duration01:57

          A renowned New York playwright is enticed to California to write for the movies and discovers the hellish truth of Hollywood.

          Markimdb: 8.6
          Genrefantastic, drama, adventure
          CountryUSA, United Kingdom, Canada
          Duration02:49

            Interstellar chronicles the adventures of a group of explorers who make use of a newly discovered wormhole to surpass the limitations on human space travel and conquer the vast distances involved in an interstellar voyage.

            Markimdb: 7.9
            Genredrama
            CountryUSA
            Duration02:46

              The film tells a story of a divorced couple trying to raise their young son. The story follows the boy for twelve years, from first grade at age 6 through 12th grade at age 17-18, and examines his relationship with his parents as he grows.

              Markimdb: 6.4
              Genrehorror, drama
              CountryUSA
              Duration01:22

              A vampiric doctoral student tries to follow the philosophy of a nocturnal comrade and control her thirst for blood.

              Markimdb: 7.6
              Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama, family, sport
              CountryUSA
              Duration01:44

              A family dog—with a near-human soul and a philosopher's mind—evaluates his life through the lessons learned by his human owner, a race-car driver.

              Markimdb: 8.2
              Genrecomedy, drama
              CountryUSA
              Duration01:43

              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 consumption by the rest of the world. And everyone he knows -- including his wife and his best friend -- is really an actor, paid to be part of his life.

              Markimdb: 6.9
              Genrefantastic, comedy, drama
              CountryUSA, Germany
              Duration02:06

              Richard Martin buys a gift, a new NDR-114 robot. The product is named Andrew by the youngest of the family's children. "Bicentennial Man" follows the life and times of Andrew, a robot purchased as a household appliance programmed to perform menial tasks. As Andrew begins to experience emotions and creative thought, the Martin family soon discovers they don't have an ordinary robot.

              Markimdb: 7.4
              Genrefantastic, comedy, melodrama
              CountryUSA, Hong Kong

              When carefree Nyles and reluctant maid of honor Sarah have a chance encounter at a Palm Springs wedding, things get complicated when they find themselves unable to escape the venue, themselves, or each other.

              Markimdb: 7.5
              Genrethriller, drama, detective
              CountryUnited Kingdom, USA
              Duration01:52

                After her son Kevin commits a horrific act, troubled mother Eva reflects on her complicated relationship with her disturbed son as he grew from a toddler into a teenager.

                Markimdb: 6.4
                Genrefantastic, adventure, family
                CountryUSA, Spain, France, Canada, United Kingdom
                Duration02:22

                Bound by a shared destiny, a bright, optimistic teen bursting with scientific curiosity and a former boy-genius inventor jaded by disillusionment embark on a danger-filled mission to unearth the secrets of an enigmatic place somewhere in time and space that exists in their collective memory as "Tomorrowland."

                Markimdb: 7.9
                Genrefantastic, thriller, drama, detective
                CountryUSA, Canada, India
                Duration02:32

                Taking place after alien crafts land around the world, an expert linguist is recruited by the military to determine whether they come in peace or are a threat.

                Markimdb: 8.5
                Genrethriller, drama, crime, detective
                CountryUSA
                Duration01:53

                Leonard Shelby is tracking down the man who raped and murdered his wife. The difficulty, however, of locating his wife's killer is compounded by the fact that he suffers from a rare, untreatable form of memory loss. Although he can recall details of life before his accident, Leonard cannot remember what happened fifteen minutes ago, where he's going, or why.

                Markimdb: 7.6
                Genrefantastic, thriller, drama
                CountryUSA, Canada
                Duration01:53

                A young man struggles to access sublimated childhood memories. He finds a technique that allows him to travel back into the past, to occupy his childhood body and change history. However, he soon finds that every change he makes has unexpected consequences.

                Markimdb: 7.2
                Genrehorror, fantastic, drama
                CountryDenmark, Germany, France, Sweden, Italy, Poland
                Duration02:10

                Two sisters find their already strained relationship challenged as a mysterious new planet threatens to collide with Earth.

                Markimdb: 6.6
                Genrecomedy
                CountryUnited Kingdom, Germany, USA
                Duration01:45

                A husband-and-wife team play detective, but not in the traditional sense. Instead, the happy duo helps others solve their existential issues, the kind that keep you up at night, wondering what it all means.

                Markimdb: 7.7
                Genrefantastic, thriller, drama
                CountryUnited Kingdom
                Duration01:48

                Caleb, a 26 year old coder at the world's largest internet company, wins a competition to spend a week at a private mountain retreat belonging to Nathan, the reclusive CEO of the company. But when Caleb arrives at the remote location he finds that he will have to participate in a strange and fascinating experiment in which he must interact with the world's first true artificial intelligence, housed in the body of a beautiful robot girl.

                Markimdb: 7.8
                Genrefantasy, drama
                CountryUSA
                Duration02:46

                Tells the story of Benjamin Button, a man who starts aging backwards with bizarre consequences.

                Markimdb: 7.1
                Genrethriller, drama, crime
                CountryUSA

                In Knockemstiff, Ohio and its neighboring backwoods, sinister characters converge around young Arvin Russell as he fights the evil forces that threaten him and his family.




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