Top Ambiguity Movies & TV Shows

Cast

Eddie Murphy

Arsenio Hall

Shari Headley

John Amos

Coming to America (1988)

6.9 4.8K votes

Genre: Comedy, Romance

Country: United States of America

Duration: 117 min.

Audience: R

Story: An African prince decides it’s time for him to find a princess... and his mission leads him and his most loyal friend to Queens, New York. In disguise as an impoverished immigrant, the pampered prince quickly finds himself a new job, new friends, new digs, new enemies and lots of trouble.

Style: satirical, absurd

Plot: new york city, fast food restaurant, prince, fake identity, heir to the throne, royal family, fish out of water, rich man, ...

Cast

Jake Gyllenhaal

Mu00e9lanie Laurent

Sarah Gadon

Isabella Rossellini

Enemy (2014)

6.8 6.5K votes

Genre: Mystery, Thriller

Country: Canada, France

Duration: 91 min.

Audience: R

Story: A mild-mannered college professor discovers a look-alike actor and delves into the other man's private affairs.

Plot: infidelity, based on novel or book, nightmare, professor, pregnancy, paranoia, toronto, canada, ...

Cast

Jessica Chastain

James McAvoy

Bill Hader

Isaiah Mustafa

It Chapter Two (2019)

6.8 9.7K votes

Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller

Country: United States of America

Duration: 169 min.

Audience: R

Story: 27 years after overcoming the malevolent supernatural entity Pennywise, the former members of the Losers' Club, who have grown up and moved away from Derry, are brought back together by a devastating phone call.

Plot: suicide, based on novel or book, haunted house, clown, carnival, sequel, maine, creature, ...

Time: 1980s, 2010s

Cast

Denzel Washington

Angelina Jolie

Queen Latifah

Michael Rooker

The Bone Collector (1999)

6.8 3.9K votes

Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery

Country: United States of America

Duration: 118 min.

Audience: R

Story: Lincoln Rhyme was the department's top homicide detective and leading expert in criminal forensics until an injury left him paralyzed, depressed, and incapable of working. But when a gruesome murder in Manhattan leaves detectives baffled, they call on Rhyme to help solve the mystery. Amelia Donaghy, a rookie cop whose quick thinking preserved a gruesome murder scene, is enlisted by Rhyme to be his on-the-scene forensics expert. With Amelia reluctantly acting as Rhyme's able-bodied go-between, the pair piece together cryptic clues the killer leaves behind at the scene of the crime, hoping to catch the grisly serial killer.

Plot: new york city, taxi, based on novel or book, psychopath, taxi driver, bone, partnership, serial killer, ...

Cast

Guillermo Francella

Peter Lanzani

Gastu00f3n Cocchiarale

Franco Masini

The Clan (2015)

6.8 445 votes

Genre: Crime, Drama, History

Country: Argentina, Spain

Duration: 109 min.

Audience: R

Story: In Argentina, between 1982 and 1985, the Puccios, a well-established family of San Isidro, an upper-class suburb of Buenos Aires, kidnap several people and hold them as hostages for a ransom.

Style: absurd

Plot: ransom, kidnapping, affectation, buenos aires, argentina, military dictatorship, angry, aggressive, ...

Place: argentina

The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent (2022)

6.8 2.5K votes

Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime

Country: United States of America

Duration: 107 min.

Audience: R

Story: Creatively unfulfilled and facing financial ruin, Nick Cage must accept a $1 million offer to attend the birthday of a dangerous superfan. Things take a wildly unexpected turn when Cage is recruited by a CIA operative and forced to live up to his own legend, channeling his most iconic and beloved on-screen characters in order to save himself and his loved ones.

Plot: central intelligence agency (cia), undercover, screenplay, satire, birthday party, drug lord, struggling actor, father daughter relationship, ...

Cast

Megumi Okina

Misa Uehara

Yoji Tanaka

Misaki Itu014d

Ju-on: The Grudge (2002)

6.8 961 votes

Genre: Horror

Country: Japan

Duration: 92 min.

Audience: R

Story: When a social worker is sent to check on a traumatized elderly woman whose family have moved in at the site of a notorious murder case, she unwittingly unleashes a cycle of terror that transmits via its victims.

Plot: dying and death, primal fear, panic, restart, supernatural, egomania, sequel, occult, ...

Place: japan

Cast

Jim Carrey

Morgan Freeman

Jennifer Aniston

Philip Baker Hall

Bruce Almighty (2003)

6.7 11.6K votes

Genre: Comedy, Fantasy

Country: United States of America

Duration: 101 min.

Audience: PG-13

Story: Bruce Nolan toils as a "human interest" television reporter in Buffalo, NY, but despite his high ratings and the love of his beautiful girlfriend, Bruce remains unfulfilled. At the end of the worst day in his life, he angrily ridicules God — and the Almighty responds, endowing Bruce with all of His divine powers.

Plot: new love, lovesickness, moon, street gang, moses, faith, prayer, christianity, ...

Cast

Brit Marling

William Mapother

Matthew-Lee Erlbach

Meggan Lennon

Another Earth (2011)

6.7 1.8K votes

Genre: Drama, Science Fiction

Country: United States of America

Duration: 92 min.

Audience: PG-13

Story: On the night a duplicate Earth is discovered in the solar system, the lives of a young woman and an accomplished composer become tragically connected after a fatal accident.

Style: provocative

Plot: affectation, earth, tragedy, janitor, planet, cosmology, ego, solar system, ...

Splinter Cell: Deathwatch (2025) TV Show

6.7 84 votes

Genre: Action, Animation

Country: France, United States of America

Seasons: 2

Episodes: 8

Audience: TV-MA

Story: In the shadowy world of espionage, Sam Fisher is a rumor and a legend. Pulled back into action, he must help a new recruit unravel a global conspiracy.

Plot: europe, espionage, based on video game, geopolitics, thriller, sinister, ambiguous, comforting, ...

Time: near future

Cast

Kumiko Aso

Haruhiko Kato

Koyuki

Kurume Arisaka

Pulse (2001)

6.7 678 votes

Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller

Country: Japan

Duration: 119 min.

Audience: R

Story: 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.

Style: atmospheric

Plot: depression, suicide, isolation, afterlife, alienation, flashback, loneliness, internet, ...

Cast

Moa Gammel

Madeleine Martin

Lena Hope

Trine Wiggen

Breaking Surface (2020)

6.7 447 votes

Genre: Drama, Thriller

Country: Belgium, Norway

Duration: 82 min.

Audience: 12

Story: Two Swedish/Norwegian half sisters go on a winter diving trip in Northern Norway, when they get trapped after a rockslide.

Style: absurd, whimsical

Plot: diving, affectation, scuba diving, dog, rescue from drowning, killing a dog, angry, aggressive, ...

Place: norway

Cast

Cynthia Erivo

Ariana Grande

Jeff Goldblum

Michelle Yeoh

Wicked: For Good (2025)

6.6 1.1K votes

Genre: Adventure, Fantasy, Romance

Country: United States of America

Duration: 137 min.

Audience: PG

Story: As an angry mob rises against the Wicked Witch, Glinda and Elphaba will need to come together one final time. With their singular friendship now the fulcrum of their futures, they will need to truly see each other, with honesty and empathy, if they are to change themselves, and all of Oz, for good.

Plot: witch, based on novel or book, musical, female friendship, based on play or musical, sequel, con artist, prequel, ...

Cast

Oscar Isaac

Charlize Theron

Chlou00eb Grace Moretz

Finn Wolfhard

The Addams Family (2019)

6.6 2.5K votes

Genre: Animation, Comedy, Family

Country: Canada, United States of America

Duration: 87 min.

Audience: PG

Story: The Addams family's lives begin to unravel when they face-off against a treacherous, greedy crafty reality-TV host while also preparing for their extended family to arrive for a major celebration.

Plot: cartoon, black humor, family, 3d animation, ambiguous, bold

Cast

Al Pacino

Paul Sorvino

Karen Allen

Richard Cox

Cruising (1980)

6.6 635 votes

Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller

Country: United States of America, Germany

Duration: 102 min.

Audience: R

Story: When New York is caught in the grip of a sadistic serial killer who preys on patrons of the city's underground bars, rookie cop Steve Burns infiltrates the S&M subculture to try and lure him out of the shadows.

Style: exploitation

Plot: new york city, police, undercover, homophobia, detective, fetish, cruising, gay club, ...

Cast

Maika Monroe

Keir Gilchrist

Daniel Zovatto

Jake Weary

It Follows (2015)

6.6 7.0K votes

Genre: Horror, Mystery

Country: United States of America

Duration: 101 min.

Audience: R

Story: A young woman is followed by an unknown supernatural force after a sexual encounter.

Style: suspenseful

Plot: beach, chase, supernatural, friends, vision, teenage girl, school, detroit, ...

Cast

Hidetaka Yoshioka

Masato Hagiwara

Yuuka Nanri

Unsho Ishizuka

The Place Promised in Our Early Days (2004)

6.6 561 votes

Genre: Adventure, Animation, Drama

Country: Japan

Duration: 90 min.

Story: In a post-war alternative timeline, Japan is divided into the North, controlled by the Union, and the South, controlled by the United States. A mysterious high tower rises within the borders of the Union. Three high school students promise to cross the border with a self-built airplane and unravel the secret of the tower.

Plot: airplane, violin, adult animation, alternate timeline, foreign occupation, anime, ambiguous

Time: 1990s

Cast

Daniel Craig

Christoph Waltz

Lu00e9a Seydoux

Ralph Fiennes

Spectre (2015)

6.6 11.3K votes

Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller

Country: United Kingdom, United States of America

Duration: 148 min.

Audience: PG-13

Story: A cryptic message from Bond’s past sends him on a trail to uncover a sinister organization. While M battles political forces to keep the secret service alive, Bond peels back the layers of deceit to reveal the terrible truth behind SPECTRE.

Plot: based on novel or book, spy, secret society, secret agent, sequel, boat chase, mi6, british secret service, ...

Place: austria, united kingdom

Hitchcock (2012)

6.6 1.6K votes

Genre: Drama

Country: United States of America, United Kingdom

Duration: 98 min.

Audience: PG-13

Story: Following his great success with "North by Northwest," director Alfred Hitchcock makes a daring choice for his next project: an adaptation of Robert Bloch's novel "Psycho." When the studio refuses to back the picture, Hitchcock decides to pay for it himself in exchange for a percentage of the profits. His wife, Alma Reville, has serious reservations about the film but supports him nonetheless. Still, the production strains the couple's marriage.

Plot: husband wife relationship, movie business, biography, hollywood, psycho, movie set, domineering, complex, ...

Cast

Jeffrey Dean Morgan

Cricket Brown

William Sadler

Katie Aselton

The Unholy (2021)

6.5 2.3K votes

Genre: Horror, Mystery

Country: United States of America

Duration: 99 min.

Audience: PG-13

Story: Alice is a young hearing-impaired girl who, after a supposed visitation from the Virgin Mary, is inexplicably able to hear, speak and heal the sick. As word spreads and people from near and far flock to witness her miracles, a disgraced journalist hoping to revive his career visits the small New England town to investigate. When terrifying events begin to happen all around, he starts to question if these phenomena are the works of the Virgin Mary or something much more sinister.

Style: melancholy, shocking

Plot: witch, demon, mysterious, zealous, somber, religious horror, wonder, suspicious, ...

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