Drama movies

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Realistic Tense Intimate Atmospheric Restrained

Photographer Robert Kincaid wanders into the life of housewife Francesca Johnson for four days in the 1960s.

Themes

Duty versus desire, Emotional isolation, Marriage crisis, Housewife constraints, Secret affair, Memory and legacy

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When her father enlists to fight for the British in WWI, young Sara Crewe goes to New York to attend the same boarding school her late mother attended. She soon clashes with the severe headmistress, Miss Minchin, who attempts to stifle Sara's creativity and sense of self-worth.

With friends like these, who needs enemies? That's the question bad guy Porter is left asking after his wife and partner steal his heist money and leave him for dead -- or so they think. Five months and an endless reservoir of bitterness later, Porter's partners and the crooked cops on his tail learn how bad payback can be.

For Jip, Lulu, Koop, Nina and Moff, the dead-end jobs they endure during the week just kill the time until Friday night. That's when they cut very loose and get on the rollercoaster ride that takes them right through to Monday morning.

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Realistic Tense Dynamic Restrained Relentless

Navy SEAL Lieutenant A.K. Waters and his elite squadron of tactical specialists are forced to choose between their duty and their humanity, between following orders by ignoring the conflict that surrounds them, or finding the courage to follow their conscience and protect a group of innocent refugees. When the democratic government of Nigeria collapses and the country is taken over by a ruthless military dictator, Waters, a fiercely loyal and hardened veteran is dispatched on a routine mission to retrieve a Doctors Without Borders physician.

Themes

Civilian harm in conflict, Refugee protection under fire, Leadership legitimacy under upheaval, Duty vs humanity

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Realistic Tense Intimate Dry Deliberate

Katherine Watson is a recent UCLA graduate hired to teach art history at the prestigious all-female Wellesley College, in 1953. Determined to confront the outdated mores of society and the institution that embraces them, Katherine inspires her traditional students, including Betty and Joan, to challenge the lives they are expected to lead.

Themes

Gendered expectations, Tradition vs modernity, Women's independence, Education as emancipation, Professional ambitions of women, Institutional conformity pressure

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Realistic Tense Claustrophobic Atmospheric Dry

A socially awkward veterinary assistant with a lazy eye and obsession with perfection descends into depravity after developing a crush on a boy with perfect hands.

Themes

Mental illness stigma, Childhood trauma, Social isolation, Murder motif, Lgbt relationship tension, Obsession with perfection

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Immersive Realistic Tense Bleak Restrained

Five American soldiers fighting in Europe during World War II struggle to return to Allied territory after being separated from U.S. forces during the historic Malmedy Massacre.

Themes

Loyalty under strain, Duty under fire, Faith under pressure, Trust under stress, Survival under duress, Teamwork amid danger

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Realistic Bleak Contemplative Restrained Deliberate

During the early 16th century, idealistic German monk Martin Luther, disgusted by the materialism in the church, begins the dialogue that will lead to the Protestant Reformation.

Themes

Vernacular bible emergence, Translation as accessibility, Religious reform vs tradition, Institutional power vs dissent, Leadership protection vs exile, Public debate over indulgences

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Realistic Tense Steady Dry Clinical

Quiet, unassuming Adam is changing in a major way, thanks to his new girlfriend, art student Evelyn. Adam's friends are a little freaked by the transformation.

Themes

Deception in relationships, Appearance as social currency, Self-image versus spectacle, Consent and autonomy, Art as manipulation, Public performance of identity

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