Movies and TvShows featuring "metaphysical" theme.

A screenwriter drawn back to his childhood home enters into a fledgling relationship with a mysterious neighbor as he then discovers his parents appear to be living just as they were on the day they died, 30 years before.

A knight returning from the Crusades questions the meaning of life, death, and God while facing the Grim Reaper in a chess match amid the Black Plague. As the knight and Death play, their surroundings are engulfed in cultural turmoil caused by the plague, and the people try to cope with the devastation in their own ways.

The Adolescence of Utena follows Utena Tenjou, a teenage girl who is granted the power to revolutionize the world through a series of duels. As she navigates these duels and confronts the mysterious Rose Bride, Utena's own sexual awakening and journey of self-discovery unfold. Through intricate symbolism and a captivating narrative, the film delves into themes of repressed sexuality, gender roles, and the societal expectations placed upon individuals. It is a surreal and thought-provoking exploration of adolescence and the complexities of human relationships.

A group of odd characters, including a talk show host, a police officer, and a trigger-happy man, find themselves involved in a series of bizarre events in Los Angeles. As their paths intertwine, the line between reality and metaphysical starts to blur. With dark humor and offbeat situations, the movie explores themes of guilt, fate, and male friendship.

In a world where evil reigns, a warrior must fulfill a prophecy to save his people. With the help of his father figure and the guidance of the Lady of the Lake, he embarks on a dangerous journey filled with battles and sacrifices. Along the way, he discovers the true meaning of heroism and learns valuable lessons about love, loyalty, and the power within.

Revelation (2001) is an adventurous movie that dives into the mysterious world of ancient relics and secret societies. The story follows a group of individuals as they embark on a quest to unravel the secrets of the Knights Templar, cryptic symbols, and the occult. The plot takes us through the 1st century to the year 1710, exploring mystical legends and religious conspiracies. With supernatural powers, buried secrets, and a race against time, Revelation is a thrilling journey filled with danger and intrigue.

Sociologist David W. Wahl explores the identity work involved in Kay Parker shifting from being a legend of the adult film industry to her current occupation as a metaphysical counselor.

A poetic and metaphysical view on a daily life routine in a distant nursing home, on a top of the mountain in Uzice, Serbia – the closest place to heaven. This is the last station on earth for old people that called “clients”. While they’re waiting for the end of their lives, prisoned in a desolate nursing home and their old-dying body, they are fighting for the freedom of their soul, the only place they can feel young and alive. A fight between light and darkness, suffering and acceptance, life and death.

A very short story about creative block.

Amidst apocalyptic darkness and endless war, a young couple's mundane relationship is threatened by the arrival of a mysterious widow and a supernatural force that lurks in the forest around their cabin.

Four young friends with fracturing relationships take a camping trip to Southern Utah in order to escape an ecological disaster up North. Alone in the desert, they begin to suspect that their reality might not be as it seems, and soon realize they’re being observed by a mysterious cosmic force.

In a vast and mysterious multiverse with fantastic alternative realities, a metaphysical entity has a whole plan behind it, in order to protect the timeline of an island using a book that can see the past, present and future as if it were a full script.

Two restless ghosts travel alongside their murderer, waiting to exact revenge, while unwittingly being hunted by something much more dangerous.

How would a found footage film look if the footage was never found? This conceptual art experiment questions the very nature of film and cinema while serving as an ironic tribute to the found footage horror pop culture. The found footage format provides the narrative justification for such a film to exist: the non-existence exists because the footage existed yet it was lost and never found.

"What could be more unsettling than a man close to death whose profound arrogance drives him relentlessly to hang onto both his power and his writing, to the bitter end?" In the twilight of his second seven-year term, François Mitterrand was alone. Ravaged by illness and abandoned by a large majority of the Socialist Party, who would not forgive him for the disastrous outcome of the March 1993 elections, the Head of State was preparing to tackle a second round of cohabitation with the right wing. However a series of unexpected tragedies and revelations would arise, casting a shadow over the end of his reign…

It’s just another ordinary day in 1930s Los Angeles for private investigator Clyde Umney, until a new client walks into his office. Umney soon learns that his client is the crime-fiction writer who not only created him, but now needs to switch places with him.

A documentary about the development around Barton Springs in Austin, Texas, and nature's unexpected response to being threatened by human interference.

A love story about two beings that believe themselves to be ONE. Two alien creatures: completely distressed and confounded by their separation. The film is a ritual enacted, where each find the other across time and space as they try to become the other literally and physically, in the process creating a new utopia, a mythic city where the two beautifully merge to become a new kind of creature, a new form of god.

BREATHING UNDER WATER is the story of a woman's journey into an imaginary underworld city. The birth of her daughter into an increasingly perilous world has unsettled everything in Beatrice's (Anne Louise Lambert) life. Her growing unease prompts Beatrice to undertake a journey - an investigation into human nature, a confrontation with the fears of our time, and a search for clues that will ultimately give her an answer to the central riddle of the film: why has humankind set the stage for its own extinction? The director’s preoccupation with humankind’s tendency to self-destruct was one factor that lead to the creation of this complex film.

Young Aphrodites is a poetic drama set in ancient Greece, exploring themes of young love, desire, and tragedy. The story follows a group of characters as they navigate the complexities of relationships, facing violence, unrequited love, and the harsh realities of the human condition. The film emphasizes the longing and passion experienced by the characters, juxtaposed with the metaphoric elements of nature such as rain, dust, and the ocean. It is based on a Greek tragedy and incorporates philosophical and metaphysical themes. The film also touches upon homosexuality and the challenges faced by individuals in ancient Greek society.