Drama movies

A boy experiences first love, friendships and injustices growing up in 1960s Taiwan.

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Tense Claustrophobic Bleak Procedural Clinical

The film tells the story of the ill-fated Apollo 13 mission to the Moon, meant to be the third crewed lunar landing, but instead the crew is forced to fight for their survival and a safe return home.

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Survival under pressure, Moon driven resilience, Teamwork under crisis, Disaster driven improvisation, Space rescue ethos

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Realistic Steady Bleak Restrained Stylish

After their father’s death, two sisters, Elinor and Marianne, lose their family’s large inheritance and are forced to move with their mother to a more modest home. The sisters have different views of the future: one relies on reason, while the other trusts her feelings more—yet over time their romantic ideals collide with reality.

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Inheritance constraints, Secret engagement tension, Dowry expectations, Estate pressures, Military officer influence, Social class expectations

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Living with her snobby family on the brink of bankruptcy, Anne Elliot is an unconforming woman with modern sensibilities. When Frederick Wentworth – the dashing one she once sent away – crashes back into her life, Anne must choose between putting the past behind her or listening to her heart when it comes to second chances.

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Realistic Tense Intimate Bleak Restrained

Erik, a loner, finds a friend in Dexter, an eleven-year-old boy with AIDS. They vow to find a cure for AIDS together and save Dexter's life in an eventful summer.

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Aids stigma, Caregiver neglect, Loss and mortality, Illness vulnerability, Friendship across ages, Search for cure

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Realistic Tense Claustrophobic Bleak Restrained

When a willful young man tries to venture beyond his sequestered Pennsylvania hamlet, his actions set off a chain of chilling incidents that will alter the community forever.

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Memory and trauma, Fear of the unknown, Isolation and control, Leadership coercion, Deception through legend, Tradition vs modernity

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Realistic Dynamic Claustrophobic Deliberate Clinical

Years after his squad was ambushed during the Gulf War, Major Ben Marco finds himself having terrible nightmares. He begins to doubt that his fellow squad-mate Sergeant Raymond Shaw, now a vice-presidential candidate, is the hero he remembers him being. As Marco's doubts deepen, Shaw's political power grows, and, when Marco finds a mysterious implant embedded in his back, the memory of what really happened begins to return.

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Memory manipulation ethics, Surveillance and control, Power and legitimacy, Political manipulation by corporate power, Image versus reality in politics, Deception through memory implants

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Realistic Intimate Bleak Dry Restrained

The lives of Ted and Marion Cole are thrown into disarray when their two adolescent sons die in a car wreck. Marion withdraws from Ted and Ruth, the couple's daughter. Ted, a well-known writer, hires as his assistant a student named Eddie, who looks oddly similar to one of the Coles' dead sons. The couple separate, and Marion begins an affair with Eddie, while Ted has a dalliance with his neighbor Evelyn.

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Secrecy and exposure, Bereavement and isolation, Artistic ego and dependency, Image versus reality, Marital strain and infidelity, Parental loss and memory

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Realistic Intimate Bleak Contemplative Restrained

Three friends form a bond over the year, Johnathan is gay, Clare is straight and Bobby is neither, instead he loves the people he loves. As their lives go on there is tension and tears which culminate in a strong yet fragile friendship between the three.

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Caregiving under strain, Loyalty under pressure, Illness and resilience, Nontraditional chosen family, Sexual fluidity, Romantic ambiguity

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Tense Intimate Atmospheric Measured Reflective

From Paris to Venice to Broadway to Hollywood, the lives of Cole Porter and his wife, Linda Lee Thomas were never less than glamorous and wildly unconventional. And though Cole's thirst for life strained their marriage, Linda never stopped being his muse, inspiring some of the greatest songs of the twentieth century.

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Public vs private life, Blackmail pressure and control, Extramarital intimacy and secrecy, Creative life under scrutiny, Illness and aging, Muse and collaboration

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