Movies: Angst

A young woman’s quest for revenge against the people who kidnapped and tortured her as a child leads her and her best friend, also a victim of child abuse, on a terrifying journey into a living hell of depravity....

Under constant attack by monstrous creatures called Angels that seek to eradicate humankind, U.N. Special Agency NERV introduces two new EVA pilots to help defend the city of Tokyo-3: the mysterious Makinami Mari Illustrous and the intense Asuka Lang...

A prostitute looking for her next meal hitches a ride with a trucker that leaves her praying for her next breath....

A young Argentinian reporter is writing an article about snuff films - which depict real torture, rape and murder of people. But seeking the films and those behind them might backfire. She herself is in danger of becoming one of the suffering....

Struggling to adjust to her new life in Taipei, introverted high school girl Miao Miao opens up after meeting outgoing classmate Xiao Ai who becomes increasingly enamoured with her new friend. Unaware of Xiao Ai's confused feelings for her, Miao Miao...

Larisa is 16 and lives in a city by the sea. It's a small city, where gossip and news spread fast. It's a city where your image and influence, "manelele", money and power are all that matters. And Larisa… wants it all. And even if she doesn't have it...

A couple met in real life for the first time. The woman soon discovers a recurring odd behavior by the man....

Based on one of Iwadate Mariko's short stories appearing in the shoujo manga monthly magazine Margaret. This is a character study of a rather traumatized young woman who develops a crush on a man who lives next door to her....

In 1945, the second- and third-year students of a Hiroshima girls' school are taken away to work in war factories. The remaining 220 girls of the first year try to make the best of their new-found status as the only teenagers in an almost deserted to...

After witnessing the killing of his parents, a teenage boy is put in a witness relocation program and sent to a boarding school in Canada to start a new life. He soon befriends a fellow student, who is actually undercover for the bad guys & looking f...

An unemployed dry alcoholic and former smoker longs to escape his shadows in a small abandoned village. Triggered by a mysterious meeting with his neighbour, he must face temptation, hallucinations and nightmares as he searches for his own fulfillmen...

Catarina and Marcela are going through the end of their relationship. In the course of one night, they struggle with the difficulties of having to end a stage of their lives....

Tacatani runs a YouTube series, "Sari-Saring Kwento," where guests share the words they never got to say. During one of these interviews, she's confronted with a story that feels all too familiar, leading her to reflect on memories long buried and em...

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Ever since his mother died, Kazuna Takashiro has been living under the roof of Mr. And Mrs. Eda, who are his father’s friends. One day, he passes out while working as a model in an art class. Repeated nightmarish imageries invade his mind, and, witho...

People battling to the death in a seemingly endless wasteland searching for the Embodiment of Angst....

A woman meets a man in a bar late in the evening and goes to his apartment. A woman picks up a girl from school and runs with the child through the park. If we see such scenes in a movie, or are we watching such situations in life, we quickly believe...

A story of a boy and a girl who try to find the one thing that matters....

A story of two closeted lesbian girls. Xu Meng Nan is an orphan who was raised by the pastor of the village church. She befriended a girl from their village, Yu Yue. As they grew up, they developed a deep bond and some inexplicable feelings. The two ...

A young man, in the midst of an existential crisis, goes to his uncle for help....