Movies with unsettling vibe

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Tense Fast-paced Stylish Measured Oppressive

Something bizarre has come over the land. The kingdom is deteriorating. People are beginning to act strange... What's even more strange is that people are beginning to see dragons, which shouldn't enter the world of humans. Due to all these bizarre events, Ged, a wandering wizard, is investigating the cause. During his journey, he meets Prince Arren, a young distraught teenage boy. While Arren may look like a shy young teen, he has a severe dark side, which grants him strength, hatred, ruthlessness and has no mercy, especially when it comes to protecting Teru. For the witch Kumo this is a perfect opportunity. She can use the boy's "fears" against the very one who would help him, Ged.

Themes

Deception and manipulation, Imbalance between life and death, Fate vs agency, Power and fear manipulation, True name tension, Duty under collapse

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Tense Bleak Deliberate Clinical Measured

Documentary filmmaker Amy Berg investigates the life of 30-year pedophile Father Oliver O'Grady and exposes the corruption inside the Catholic Church that allowed him to abuse countless children. Victims' stories and a disturbing interview with O'Grady offer a view into the troubled mind of the spiritual leader who moved from parish to parish gaining trust ... all the while betraying so many.

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Institutional secrecy, Protecting reputation, Systemic abuse awareness, Survivor testimony, Transparency versus concealment, Power dynamics in leadership

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Claustrophobic Bleak Dry Deliberate Clinical

Forty-year-old Andreas arrives in a strange city with no memory of how he got there. He is presented with a job, an apartment - even a wife. But before long, Andreas notices that something is wrong. Andreas makes an attempt to escape the city, but he discovers there's no way out. Andreas meets Hugo, who has found a crack in a wall in his cellar. Beautiful music streams out from the crack. Maybe it leads to "the other side"? A new plan for escape is hatched.

Themes

Dreams confinement, Modern society pressure, Surreal alienation, Consumerism emptiness, Romance isolation, Revolution suppression

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Realistic Tense Claustrophobic Relentless Fast-paced

A real-time account of the events on United Flight 93, one of the planes hijacked on 9/11 that crashed near Shanksville, Pennsylvania when passengers foiled the terrorist plot.

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Collective action under threat, Real-time information flow, Crisis leadership under pressure, Group solidarity under duress, Calculated risk taking

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Tense Claustrophobic Bleak Deliberate Eerie

Rose, a desperate mother takes her adopted daughter, Sharon, to the town of Silent Hill in an attempt to cure her of her ailment. After a violent car crash, Sharon disappears and Rose begins a desperate search to get her back. She descends into the center of the twisted reality of a town's terrible secret. Pursued by grotesquely deformed creatures and townspeople stuck in permanent purgatory, Rose begins to uncover the truth behind the apocalyptic disaster that burned the town 30 years earlier.

Themes

Trauma and resilience, Religious fanaticism and purification, Limbo between dimensions, Abuse and victimization, Persecution and scapegoating, Maternal protection under siege

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Tense Raw Claustrophobic Brutal Bleak

Heavyweight Champ George "Iceman" Chambers is sent to a Russian jail on trumped-up drug charges. In order to win his freedom he must fight against the jailhouse fighting champ Uri Boyka in a battle to the death. This time he is not fighting for a title, he is fighting for his life!

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Loyalty and betrayal, Corruption and control, Power dynamics in confinement, Exploitation for profit, Confinement endurance, Survival through discipline

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Tense Claustrophobic Atmospheric Procedural Restrained

When an armed, masked gang enter a Manhattan bank, lock the doors and take hostages, the detective assigned to effect their release enters negotiations preoccupied with corruption charges he is facing.

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Deception and manipulation, Corruption and complicity, Tainted wealth origins, Hostage dynamics, Negotiation under pressure, Control of information

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Tense Claustrophobic Stylish Intense Oppressive

The erotic novelist Taeko is writing a morbid story of a family destroyed by incest, murder and abuse. Her assistant, Yuji, sets on a mission to uncover the reality of this story, but the reality might be too much to bear.

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Parent child relationship, Incest dynamics, Murder echoes, Art as confession, Child abuse trauma, Reality and fiction

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Claustrophobic Procedural Relentless Measured Oppressive

A Japanese actress begins having strange visions and experiences after landing a role in a horror film about a real-life murder spree that took place over forty years ago.

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Body as vessel, Past life visions, Film within film, Haunting by victims, Trauma and possession, Spectral intrusion in cinema

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Realistic Tense Claustrophobic Stylish Intense

Haunted by memories of a patient's death, a nurse takes a job at an antiquated hospital for children. Soon she learns that the kids fear a ghost that prowls the floors and will not allow anyone to leave. Amy tries to protect them and convince the other staffers of the evil that lurks there.

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Haunted hospital atmosphere, Caregiver guilt and memory, Child vulnerability in care, Unseen threats in medical spaces, Obsession and trauma in care work, Evacuation under pressure

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