5 Literally Me Movies That Hit Too Close to Home

Liputan6.com, Jakarta - Have you ever watched a movie and felt like the main character was you? That feeling is more common than you think, and literally me movies have taken over online culture in a big way.

"Literally me" is a cultural trend where viewers, mostly men, strongly identify with a quiet and misunderstood fictional character. These characters tend to be loners who are smart, emotionally distant, and do not fit into society's norms.

If you have ever related to a silent and intense character on screen, this list of literally me movies was made for you. Here are five films that perfectly capture that feeling.

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Directed by Mary Harron, this psychological thriller stars Christian Bale as Patrick Bateman. He is a successful Wall Street investment banker living in 1980s Manhattan. Behind his polished and charming look, he hides a violent and deeply troubled mind. As he lives in a world obsessed with status and image, his grip on reality slowly falls apart. It becomes harder to tell where his dark thoughts end and his real actions begin.

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Robert De Niro plays Travis Bickle in this classic film directed by Martin Scorsese. Travis is a lonely Vietnam War veteran who cannot sleep and works as a taxi driver in New York City. He drives through the dirty and dangerous streets of the city and feels deeply cut off from the world around him. Over time, he becomes obsessed with cleaning up the city, and this fixation eventually pushes him to take violent matters into his own hands.

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Jake Gyllenhaal delivers a standout performance as Lou Bloom in this thriller written and directed by Dan Gilroy. Lou is a driven and unethical drifter who finds his way into freelance crime journalism in Los Angeles. He films accidents and crime scenes and sells the footage to local news stations. As time goes on, he becomes more willing to cross moral lines and starts to shape the stories he covers, all in pursuit of personal success.

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Few movie characters are as quietly intense as the nameless protagonist in Drive. Ryan Gosling plays a Hollywood stuntman and mechanic who works as a getaway driver for hire at night, in this film directed by Nicolas Winding Refn. He is a man of very few words but outstanding skill behind the wheel. When he develops feelings for his neighbor Irene, played by Carey Mulligan, he gets pulled into a dangerous heist that goes wrong and his calm nature gives way to a brutal and protective side.

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Based on a novel by Cormac McCarthy, this Academy Award-winning crime thriller was brought to the screen by the Coen Brothers. Josh Brolin plays Llewelyn Moss, a regular hunter who stumbles upon the bloody scene of a drug deal gone wrong in the Texas desert. He decides to take the money left behind, and that choice puts him in serious danger. Anton Chigurh, played by Javier Bardem, is a cold and calculated hitman who begins hunting him down and follows his own ruthless set of rules.