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Movies that feel like Suicide Room (2011)

If you loved Suicide Room, the closest films we have are Sleep Dealer (2008), Mystery Road (2013) and Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter... and Spring (2003). All three share Suicide Room's contemplative and lonely feel, which is what we rank on before quality. 9 of the 12 picks below are included with a subscription right now on HBO Max, Amazon Prime Video and Paramount Plus Premium and others, checked against today's data.

Moody, dark and handsome Dominik is terrorized at school after video footage of his drunken kiss with classmate Aleksandr goes viral. Grappling with public humiliation, Dominik seeks solace in an avatar based 'suicide room' where the pink-haired rebel Sylwia consoles him.

6.6 IMDb ↗TMDB ↗dir. Jan Komasacontemplativetenselonely

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Sleep Dealer
2008 · dir. Alex Rivera
🍅 73%6drama · science fiction · thriller

Common ground: virtual reality

The difference: Sits closer to science fiction than Suicide Room does

Set in a near-future, militarized world marked by closed borders, virtual labor and a global digital network that joins minds and experiences, three strangers risk their lives to connect with each other and break the barriers of technology.

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Mystery Road
2013 · dir. Ivan Sen
🍅 91%6.6thriller · crime · drama

Contemplative and tense in the same breath

The difference: Leans harder into crime than Suicide Room does

A murdered girl is found under a bridge on a remote road and indigenous detective Jay Swan gets the case. Jay finds that no-one is that interested in solving the murder of an indigenous teenager and he is forced to work alone.

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🍅 94%8drama

Both are built on the same subject: isolation

The difference: Not nearly as tense as Suicide Room

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.

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Certain Women
2016 · dir. Kelly Reichardt
🍅 92%6.4drama

Lonely drama in both cases

The difference: None of the tension Suicide Room is built on

Three strong-willed women strive to forge their own paths amidst the wide-open plains of the American Northwest: a lawyer forced to subdue a troubled client; a wife and mother whose plans to construct her dream home reveal fissures in her marriage; and a lonely ranch hand who forms an ambiguous bond with a young law student.

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Room
2015 · dir. Lenny Abrahamson
🍅 93%8.1drama · thriller

The same preoccupation in both: isolation

Held captive for 7 years in an enclosed space, a woman and her young son finally gain their freedom, allowing the boy to experience the outside world for the first time.

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The Wall
2012 · dir. Julian Pölsler
🍅 76%6.7science fiction · drama

Thriller built on stillness, twice over

A woman inexplicably finds herself cut off from all human contact when an invisible, unyielding wall suddenly surrounds the countryside. Accompanied by her loyal dog Lynx, she becomes immersed in a world untouched by civilization and ruled by the laws of nature.

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Pulse
2001 · dir. Kiyoshi Kurosawa
🍅 76%6.5horror · thriller · mystery

The same two preoccupations: suicide, and internet

In the immense city of Tokyo, the darkness of the afterlife lures some of its inhabitants desperately trying to escape the sadness and isolation of the modern world.

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The Lighthouse
2019 · dir. Robert Eggers
🍅 90%7.4drama · fantasy · thriller

Tense drama, and it commits to that

Two lighthouse keepers try to maintain their sanity while living on a remote and mysterious New England island in the 1890s.

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Perfect Days
2023 · dir. Wim Wenders
🍅 96%7.9drama

Both lean on loneliness more than on thriller

Hirayama is content with his life as a toilet cleaner in Tokyo. Outside of his structured routine, he cherishes music on cassette tapes, books, and taking photos of trees. Through unexpected encounters, he reflects on finding beauty in the world.

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A Hijacking
2012 · dir. Tobias Lindholm
🍅 96%7.1thriller · drama

Drama with a pulse of stillness, in both cases

Tensions are high after a Danish freighter is captured and held for ransom by Somali pirates, leading to weeks of high-stakes negotiations – and an escalating potential for explosive violence.

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To Kill a Man
2014 · dir. Alejandro Fernández Almendras
6.3thriller · drama

Tense thriller in both cases

Jorge is a peaceful hard-working man who seeks a simple, quiet life for himself and his family. One day, he is mugged and humiliated by a gang of thugs led by Kalule, a delinquent from his neighborhood. This event infuriates his son as much for Jorge’s meek acceptance as for the act itself. The son, looking for retribution, ends up getting himself shot. Kalule is sent to jail and when he gets out 18 months later, begins a campaign of terror against Jorge and his family. The authorities do nothing, so Jorge decides to take matters into his own hands.

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God's Own Country
2017 · dir. Francis Lee
🍅 97%7.6romance · drama

Both sit in the same lonely register

A young farmer in rural Yorkshire numbs his daily frustrations with binge drinking and casual sex, until the arrival of a Romanian migrant worker.

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