Psychological Drama movies

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Realistic Tense Fast-paced Minimalist Hopeful

Overview

Dr. Ryan Stone, a brilliant medical engineer, is on her first Shuttle mission, with veteran astronaut Matt Kowalski in command of his last flight before retiring. But on a seemingly routine spacewalk, disaster strikes. The Shuttle is destroyed, leaving Stone and Kowalski completely alone-tethered to nothing but each other and spiraling out into the blackness of space. The deafening silence tells them they have lost any link to Earth and any chance for rescue. As fear turns to panic, every gulp of air eats away at what little oxygen is left. But the only way home may be to go further out into the terrifying expanse of space.

Themes

Survival under pressure, Memory and longing, Isolation in space, Trust and dependence, Human connection under crisis, Improvisation under crisis

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Tense Claustrophobic Dry Stylish Oppressive

Overview

A bigoted junkie cop suffering from borderline personality disorder and drug addiction manipulates and hallucinates his way in a bid to secure promotion.

Themes

Manipulation under pressure, Drugs and bipolar disorder, Misanthrope mindset, Promotion pursuit, Investigation under strain, Corrupt cop dynamics

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Claustrophobic Dry Stylish Measured Oppressive

Overview

A computer hacker's goal to discover the reason for human existence continually finds his work interrupted thanks to the Management; this time, they send a teenager and lusty love interest to distract him.

Themes

Video game control, Virtual reality escape, Dystopia under surveillance, Computer driven manipulation, Obsessive work pressure, Faith against system

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Realistic Claustrophobic Procedural Dry Stylish

Overview

An enigmatic vagrant cons himself into the home life of an arrogant upper-class family, turning their lives into a psychological nightmare in the process.

Themes

Wealth disparity, Psychological manipulation, Deception and control, Vagrant intrusion, Domestic infiltration, Erosion of trust

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Realistic Tense Intimate Claustrophobic Bleak

Overview

Grace, a compassionate young supervisor at a foster care facility, helps at-risk teens. But when a new charge dredges up memories of her own troubled past, Grace's tough exterior begins eroding.

Themes

Foster care pressure, Intergenerational abuse trauma, Pregnancy and autonomy, Therapy as turning point, Protective relationships under strain, Self-harm and healing

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Realistic Tense Claustrophobic Dry Deliberate

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After experiencing a traumatic misfortune, Jasmine French, a wealthy woman from New York, moves to San Francisco to live with her foster sister Ginger and the firm purpose of getting a new life, but she will be haunted by anxiety and memories of the past.

Themes

Appearance vs reality, Sibling relationship dynamics, Economic insecurity, Nervous breakdown pressure, Financial fraud consequences, Wealthy widower lure

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Realistic Tense Claustrophobic Atmospheric Bleak

Overview

At an international school in Jakarta, a philosophy teacher challenges his class of twenty graduating seniors to choose which ten of them would take shelter underground and reboot the human race in the event of a nuclear apocalypse.

Themes

Authority under pressure, Family cohesion under threat, Ethical dilemma under extinction risk, Fear of unknown intrusion, Agency in the face of abductors, Protective parental instincts

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Immersive Fast-paced Stylish Dreamlike Measured

Overview

An aging, out-of-work actress accepts one last job, though the consequences of her decision affect her in ways she didn't consider.

Themes

Reality versus simulation, Ethics of digital likeness, Autonomy under corporate control, Commodification of identity, Avatar replication, Hallucinogenic drugs ethics

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Tense Claustrophobic Brutal Bleak Dry

Overview

Jim is an average New Yorker living a peaceful life with a well paying job and a loving family. Suddenly, everything changes when the economy crashes causing Jim to lose everything. Filled with anger and rage, Jim snaps and goes to extreme lengths to seek revenge for the life taken from him.

Themes

Economic precarity, Personal crisis, Vigilante violence, Greed and corruption, Distrust of finance, Systemic instability

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Tense Atmospheric Dry Dreamlike Vast

Overview

Jep Gambardella has seduced his way through the lavish nightlife of Rome for decades, but after his 65th birthday and a shock from the past, Jep looks past the nightclubs and parties to find a timeless landscape of absurd, exquisite beauty.

Themes

Deception and revelation, Socialite culture and emptiness, Aging and beauty obsession, Performative culture and authenticity, Art versus religion tension, Memory and longing for significance

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