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Movies: Best "suppressed past" Movies


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Mystic River(2003)

16
| 2h 18min | Thriller, Crime, Drama, Mystery
3.9/5 (with 2,826 votes)

The lives of three men who were childhood friends are shattered when one of them has a family tragedy.

Mulholland Drive(2001)

K-16
| 2h 27min | Thriller, Drama, Mystery
3.9/5 (with 2,759 votes)

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.

The Kid(2000)

3.2/5 (with 407 votes)

Powerful businessman Russ Duritz is self-absorbed and immersed in his work. But by the magic of the moon, he meets Rusty, a chubby, charming 8-year-old version of himself who can't believe he could turn out so badly – with no life and no dog. With Rusty's help, Russ is able to reconcile the person he used to dream of being with the man he's actually become.

The Orphanage(2007)

1h 45min | Horror, Drama, Thriller
3.6/5 (with 1,276 votes)

A woman brings her family back to her childhood home, which used to be an orphanage, intent on reopening it. Before long, her son starts to communicate with a new invisible friend.

Out of the Past(1947)

3.8/5 (with 236 votes)

Jeff Bailey seems to be a mundane gas station owner in remote Bridgeport, California. He is dating local girl Ann Miller and lives a quiet life. But Jeff has a secret past, and when a mysterious stranger arrives in town, Jeff is forced to return to the dark world he had tried to escape.

A Little Chaos(2015)

1h 57min | Drama, Romance / Love
3.2/5 (with 301 votes)

A landscape gardener is hired by famous architect Le Nôtre to construct the grand gardens at the palace of Versailles. As the two work on the palace, they find themselves drawn to each other and are thrown into rivalries within the court of King Louis XIV.

Caché(2005)

1h 57min | Mystery, Drama, Thriller
3.5/5 (with 452 votes)

A married couple is terrorized by a series of videotapes planted on their front porch.

The Fisher King(1991)

16
| 2h 18min | Comedy, Drama
3.6/5 (with 572 votes)

Two troubled men face their terrible destinies and events of their past as they join together on a mission to find the Holy Grail and thus to save themselves.

The Prince of Tides(1991)

2h 12min | Drama, Romance / Love
3.3/5 (with 116 votes)

A troubled man talks to his suicidal sister's psychiatrist about their family history and falls in love with her in the process.

As It Is in Heaven(2004)

3.6/5 (with 69 votes)

A musical romantic tragedy about a famous composer who moves back to his small hometown after having had heart troubles. His search for a simple everyday life leads him into teaching the local church choir which is not easily accepted by the town yet the choir builds a great love for their teacher.

Adam's Apples(2005)

1h 34min | Drama, Comedy, Crime
3.7/5 (with 285 votes)

A neo-nazi sentenced to community service at a church clashes with the blindly devotional priest.

In My Father's Den(2004)

2h 6min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
3.6/5 (with 42 votes)

Paul (Macfadyen), a prize-winning war journalist, returns to his remote New Zealand hometown due to the death of his father, battle-scarred and world-weary. For the discontented sixteen-year-old Celia (Barclay) he opens up a world she has only dreamed of. She actively pursues a friendship with him, fascinated by his cynicism and experience of the world beyond her small-town existence. But many, including the members of both their families (Otto, Moy), frown upon the friendship and when Celia goes missing, Paul becomes the increasingly loathed and persecuted prime suspect in her disappearance. As the violent and urgent truth gradually emerges, Paul is forced to confront the family tragedy and betrayal that he ran from as a youth, and to face the grievous consequences of silence and secrecy that has surrounded his entire adult life.

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The Unknown Woman(2006)

1h 58min | Thriller
3.6/5 (with 148 votes)

Irena, a Ukrainian woman coming to Italy looking for a job as a maid. She does everything she can to become a beloved nanny for an adorable little girl, Thea. However, that is just the very beginning of her unknown journey.

They Might Be Giants(1971)

1h 38min | Comedy, Mystery, Thriller
3.5/5 (with 21 votes)

Every hero has a weakness, and Sherlock Holmes' weakness was Moriarty. Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson solve mysteries and search for Moriarty in 1970s New York City. The fact that Sherlock Holmes is a psychotic paranoid and Dr. Watson is a female psychiatrist fascinated by his case is almost beside the point.

Grbavica: The Land of My Dreams(2006)

1h 30min | Drama, History
3.5/5 (with 28 votes)

A woman and her daughter struggle to make their way through the aftermath of the Balkan war.

The Flower of Evil(2003)

1h 44min | Drama, Thriller
3.1/5 (with 26 votes)

Three generations of a wealthy Bordeaux family are caught in the crossfire when Anne decides to run for mayor, thanks to a political pamphlet that revives an old murder scandal.

Forever Amber(1947)

2h 18min | Drama
2.9/5 (with 10 votes)

Amber St Clair, orphaned during the English Civil War and raised by a family of farmers, aspires to be a lady of high society; when a group of cavaliers ride into town, she sneaks away with them to London to achieve her dreams.

Trivial(2007)

1h 43min | Thriller
2.1/5 (with 11 votes)

An inspector who just suffered a family tragedy is looking for a missing older man. Man's family is of no help, or are they hiding something? He is helped by a ghost of an actress who died 30 years ago, or is he slowly going insane?

Doe(2018)

1h 40min | Thriller
2.9/5 (with 10 votes)

John is a brilliant linguistic scientist with a loving wife and daughter but with a massive gap in his life. Eight years ago, he turned up out of nowhere, with no memories except a recurring dream. He is sent tumbling down the proverbial rabbit hole after meeting a man that shares a similar condition and learning that there are more like him, all amnesiacs with extraordinary abilities. He convinces his brother-in-law, private investigator Carl, to help him uncover his true identity before his past can rise up to destroy him and his family.

It's Not Her Sin(1959)

1h 45min | Mystery, Drama
3.0/5 (with 1 vote)

After the woman who nearly killed her is brought to trial, Eun-hie finds that she must take the stand to give evidence. However, the defense attempts to turn the tables on her by revealing her sordid past and trying to make it seem as if she deserved what happened to her.

Esther's Choice(2020)

Esther, a film composer going through a dry spell, moves in with her boyfriend Michael only to find out that he still keeps his Ex-girlfriend's belongings in his closet. What follows is an emotional roller coaster of a film exploring the great lengths an artist chooses to go to for the sake of inspiration.

Ropa Blanca(2022)

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Fish Out of Water(2022)

13min | Drama

A man down on his luck reconnects with his ex and receives an inconvenience instead of an inheritance.

Matter of Chemistry(2023)

23min | Drama, Thriller

A chemical analyst, finds himself under unbearable pressure from the environment he chose to live in. Which leads him to a drastic change, for self-acceptance.