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Movies with dense vibe

Tigers Are Not Afraid

1. Tigers Are Not Afraid

Fantasy Horror Drama Thriller Supernatural Horror
6.9
20171h 23min

Overview

When her mother suddenly disappears with no one to care for her, young Estrella ends up on the street and joins a gang of children, triggering a dangerous and tragic chain of events.

Themes

Drug war marginalization, Gang coercion loyalty, Street orphans resilience, Ghost memory haunting, Police indifference complicity, Marginalized family absence

Available on

Amazon Video
Apple TV
Google Play Movies
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The Man from Earth: Holocene

2. The Man from Earth: Holocene

Drama Science Fiction Psychological Drama Time Travel Sci-Fi
5.2
20171h 38min

Overview

14,000-year-old "Man from Earth" John Oldman, now teaching in northern California, realizes that not only is he finally starting to age, but four students have discovered his deepest secret, putting his life in grave danger and potentially destroying the world's most popular religion.

Themes

Memory and legacy, Secrecy and disclosure, Deception and hidden identities, Immortality and aging, Publication and reputation, Religion and interpretation

Available on

Amazon Prime Video
Amazon Video
Apple TV
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Loving Pablo

3. Loving Pablo

Crime Drama Narcotics Crime Political Drama
6.4
20172h 3min

Overview

The film chronicles the rise and fall of the world's most feared drug lord Pablo Escobar and his volatile love affair with Colombia's most famous journalist Virginia Vallejo throughout a reign of terror that tore a country apart.

Themes

Rise and fall dynamics, Ambiguous loyalties, Illicit power and media, Romantic loyalty under danger, Public life vs crime, Terror-induced upheaval

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Amazon Video
Apple TV
Google Play Movies
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Brawl in Cell Block 99

4. Brawl in Cell Block 99

Action Crime Thriller One-Person Army Prison Crime
7.1
20172h 12min

Overview

After working as a drug courier and getting into a brutal shootout with police, a former boxer finds himself at the mercy of his enemies as they force him to instigate violent acts that turn the prison he resides in into a battleground.

Themes

Deception and coercion, Violence as control, Family under duress, Prison as battleground, Coercive manipulation under threat, Distrust in allies

Available on

Amazon Video
Apple TV
Hulu
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Gaga: Five Foot Two

5. Gaga: Five Foot Two

Music Documentary Music Documentary Backstage & Showbiz Music
7.0
20171h 41min

Overview

Follow pop provocateur Lady Gaga as she releases a new album, preps for her Super Bowl halftime show, and confronts physical and emotional struggles.

Themes

Creative resilience under pressure, Public performance and vulnerability, Illness and artistic stamina, Fame and personal boundary, Collaboration under ambiguity, Media portrayal vs reality

Available on

Netflix
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The Lego Ninjago Movie

6. The Lego Ninjago Movie

Family Comedy Adventure Animation Action
6.1
20171h 41min

Overview

Six young ninjas are tasked with defending their island home of Ninjago. By night, they’re gifted warriors using their skill and awesome fleet of vehicles to fight villains and monsters. By day, they’re ordinary teens struggling against their greatest enemy....high school.

Themes

Teamwork under pressure, Teen life disruption, Six young ninjas identity clash, Identity pressure, Elemental powers tension, Duty vs adolescence

Available on

Amazon Video
Apple TV
HBO Max
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Kingsman: The Golden Circle

7. Kingsman: The Golden Circle

Action Adventure Comedy Crime Spy Action
6.7
20172h 21min

Overview

When an attack on the Kingsman headquarters takes place and a new villain rises, Eggsy and Merlin are forced to work together with the American agency known as the Statesman to save the world.

Themes

Corruption and accountability, Duty vs personal life, Technology as leverage, Public health crisis, Cross-border alliance tensions, Secrecy vs loyalty

Available on

Amazon Video
Apple TV
HBO Max
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Papillon

8. Papillon

Adventure Crime Drama Adventure Epic Prison Crime
7.2
20172h 14min

Overview

Henri “Papillon” Charrière, a safecracker from the Parisian underworld, is wrongfully convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment in the penal colony of French Guiana, where he forges a strong friendship with Louis Dega, a counterfeiter who needs his protection.

Themes

Survival under confinement, Fragile alliances, Isolation and endurance, Resilience under duress, Wrongful conviction, System injustice

Available on

Amazon Video
Apple TV
Google Play Movies
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Bingo: The King of the Mornings

9. Bingo: The King of the Mornings

Comedy Drama Satire Entertainment Industry Drama
7.9
20171h 53min

Overview

1980s. Brazilian television exploding in color and auditorium programs not so politically correct. In the middle of this fervor, Augusto Mendes, a young rising actor, seeks his place in the sun. From porn studios to soap operas, he finally finds success and fame when he becomes "Bingo", a TV host clown from one of the audience leader TV shows for children. It turns out that behind the rice powder and red nose, nobody knows who he is.

Themes

Private life under public image, Fame under anonymity, Backstage culture exposure, Artistic value vs commercial demands, Performance as shield, Family strain from fame


BPM (Beats per Minute)

10. BPM (Beats per Minute)

Drama Political Drama
7.4
20172h 23min

Overview

Paris, in the early 1990s: a group of young activists is desperately tied to finding the cure against an unknown lethal disease. They target the pharmaceutical labs that are retaining potential cures, and multiply direct actions, with the hope of saving their lives as well as the ones of future generations.

Themes

Caregiving under crisis, Activism under pressure, Tensions within movements, Pharmaceutical ethics and transparency, Public protest vs negotiation, Identity and community in crisis

Available on

Amazon Video
fuboTV
Google Play Movies
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