Highest-Rated Movies about 'Emotional Detachment'

Jellyfish (2007), L'Avventura (1960), Detachment (2011), Synecdoche, New York (2008), We Need to Talk About Kevin (2011), A Coffee in Berlin (2012), The War Zone (1999), Melancholia (2011) ... Let's take a look at the ranked list of the best Emotional Detachment movies.

#16. Play It as It Lays (1972)

Storyline: Maria Wyeth, an ex-model and B-movie actress, strolls on the grounds of a mental hospital, recalling the traumatic events which led to her breakdown. She is married to an unfaithful, self-engrossed director, Carter Lane. Neglected by her husband, Maria is engaged in a series of one-night stands and becomes pregnant. Her husband divorces her, and she has an illegal abortion. Maria's only friend is B.Z., a homosexual movie producer. World weary, he tells Maria that he has discovered the meaning of life is nothing. He invites her to commit suicide with him.—alfiehitchie

Plot Keywords: drama, american, 1970s, novel adaptation, female protagonist, psychological drama, existentialism ...

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#17. The Rover (2014)

Storyline: Ten years after a global economic collapse, a cold-blooded drifter traverses the scorched Australian outback on a mission to track down the men who stole his last remaining possession - his car. When he crosses paths with a badly wounded member of the gang, he takes the vulnerable, naïve young man along as his unwitting accomplice.

Plot Keywords: post-apocalyptic, australia, violence, survival, revenge, loneliness, desolation ...

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#18. Your Friends & Neighbors (1998)

Storyline: Theater instructor Jerry starts an affair with Mary, and that starts a chain of events that affect their respective partners Terri and Barry and other characters in the film, creating a web of relationships.—Anonymous

Plot Keywords: black comedy, interpersonal relationships, sexual relationships, moral dilemma, urban life, ensemble cast, satire ...

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#19. Expired (2007)

Storyline: Man or woman, the sight of a dark-suited municipal employee dolling out parking violations stirs a primal hate in all but the most enlightened souls. And the heroine of EXPIRED, the parking officer Claire, knows it. The film revolves around Claire, a kind soul who resents having to enforce the law at all times, and Jay, an angry traffic officer who loves his job, being the perfect outlet for his anger and frustrations. Coming both from a place of despair and loneliness, Jay and Claire meet and engage in a tumultuous relationship which will eventually teach them that love can spread his magic seeds of redemption and hope, even in the darkest and most perverted of all affairs. And don't forget to put money in the meter.—Anonymous

Plot Keywords: romance, drama, black comedy, independent film, urban life, relationships, loneliness ...

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#20. Greenberg (2010)

Storyline: We like Florence: she's considerate, sweet, pretty, and terrific with kids and dogs. She's twenty-five, personal assistant to an L.A. family that's off on vacation. Her boss's brother comes in from New York City, fresh from a stay at an asylum, to take care of the house. He's Roger, a forty-year-old carpenter, gone from L.A. for fifteen years. He arrives, doesn't drive, and needs Florence's help, especially with the family's dog. He's also connecting with former band-mates - two men and one woman with whom he has a history. He over-analyzes, has a short fuse, and doesn't laugh at himself easily. As he navigates past and present, he's his own saboteur. And what of Florence? is Roger one more responsibility for her or something else?

Plot Keywords: comedy, drama, romance, midlife crisis, relationships, self-discovery, los angeles ...

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#21. High Life (2018)

Storyline: Takes place beyond the solar system in a future that seems like the present. About a group of criminals who accept a mission in space to become the subjects of a human reproduction experiment. They find themselves in the most unimaginable situation after a storm of cosmic rays hit the ship.

Plot Keywords: sci-fi, space, psychological thriller, art film, isolation, experimental, dark ...

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#22. Knight of Cups (2015)

Storyline: Rick is a screenwriter living in Los Angeles, California. While he's successful in his career, his life feels empty. Haunted by the death of one brother and the dire circumstances of the other, he finds temporary solace in the Hollywood excess that defines his existence. Women provide a distraction to the daily pain he must endure, and every encounter that comes his way brings him closer to finding his place in the world. The film is divided into eight chapters (each named after a tarot card, except for the final chapter Freedom), plus a prologue, each loosely based around the central character's relationship with somebody in his life..

Plot Keywords: art film, experimental, nonlinear narrative, philosophical, existential, los angeles, dreamlike ...

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#23. The Girlfriend Experience (2009)

Storyline: Chelsea (Sasha Grey) is a high-priced $2,000-an-hour call girl in Manhattan, offering a 'girlfriend experience': she'll dress with the client in mind, go to dinner and a movie, listen attentively to talk about work and finances, and she'll provide sex. It's October, 2008: a presidential election nears and the economy is in free fall. She has a boyfriend, Chris (Chris Santos), who's a personal trainer. We are shown five non-consecutive days in Chelsea's life. She's working on her Web page, talking to image consultants, and being interviewed by a reporter. She asks clients when their birthdays are and uses that for an astrological prediction. She's drawn to a new client, a writer from L.A. Should she break her rules for him? What if it risks her relationship with Chris? Should she invest in gold?

Plot Keywords: erotic, drama, independent film, new york, financial crisis, psychological, realism ...

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#24. Love in the Time of Money (2002)

Storyline: New York serves as a backdrop for a cast of characters in search of love, lust or lucre including a woman who makes awkward moves on the man renovating her SoHo loft, an embezzler, a sleazy artist and a phone psychic.

Plot Keywords: romance, money, new york, relationships, desire, betrayal, urban life ...

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#25. Aardvark (2017)

Storyline: Emily Milburton is a therapist who is struggling with personal problems. Things change when she meets her new patient, Josh Norman, who is mentally ill. Josh starts to develop feelings for Emily but things get interesting when Emily falls for Josh's brother, Craig.—ibrahim-81450

Plot Keywords: psychological thriller, drama, mystery, independent film, mental illness, hallucination, reality vs fantasy ...

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