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Movies with intimate vibe

Someone Great

281. Someone Great

Comedy Romance Romantic Comedy Buddy Comedy
6.2

20191h 32min

United States

Director: Jennifer Kaytin Robinson

An aspiring music journalist lands her dream job and is about to move to San Francisco when her boyfriend of nine years decides to call it quits. To nurse her broken heart, she and her two best friends spend one outrageous last adventure in New York City.

Themes

Female friendship under pressure, Career vs personal life, Heartbreak recovery through adventure, Commitment anxiety and growth, Urban social dynamics, Pursuit of closure

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Wild Rose

282. Wild Rose

Music Comedy Drama Narrative Musical Coming-of-Age Drama
7.1

20191h 41min

Canada, United Kingdom

Director: Tom Harper

A young Scottish singer, Rose-Lynn Harlan, dreams of making it as a country artist in Nashville after being released from prison.

Themes

Family vs ambition, Stigma of conviction, Local roots vs distant dreams, Economic precarity of artists, Motherhood and career, Support networks and resilience

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Teen Spirit

283. Teen Spirit

Music Drama Narrative Musical Coming-of-Age Drama
6.1

20191h 32min

United Kingdom, United States

Director: Max Minghella

A shy teenager living on the Isle of Wight dreams of pop stardom. With the help of an unlikely mentor, she enters a singing competition that will test her integrity, talent, and ambition.

Themes

Ambition vs integrity, Class aspiration and gatekeeping, Exploitative mentorship, Deception and age misrepresentation, Family debt and pressure, Industry pressure and contracts

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The Best of Enemies

284. The Best of Enemies

Drama History Historical Drama Biographical History
7.3

20192h 13min

United States

Director: Robin Bissell

Centers on the unlikely relationship between Ann Atwater, an outspoken civil rights activist, and C.P. Ellis, a local Ku Klux Klan leader who reluctantly co-chaired a community summit, battling over the desegregation of schools in Durham, North Carolina during the racially-charged summer of 1971. The incredible events that unfolded would change Durham and the lives of Atwater and Ellis forever.

Themes

Interracial friendship, Desegregation pressure, Activism shaping policy, Housing inequality, Charrette negotiation, Community resistance under threat

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Pain and Glory

285. Pain and Glory

Drama Psychological Drama
7.5

20191h 54min

Spain

Director: Pedro Almodóvar

Salvador Mallo, a filmmaker in the twilight of his career, remembers his life: his mother, his lovers, the actors he worked with. The sixties in a small village in Valencia, the eighties in Madrid, the present, when he feels an immeasurable emptiness, facing his mortality, the incapability of continuing filming, the impossibility of separating creation from his own life. The need of narrating his past can be his salvation.

Themes

Addiction and coping, Aging creative crisis, Art as salvation, Mother-child memory, Memory as art material, Professional relationships across decades

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Gloria Bell

286. Gloria Bell

Drama Romance Relationship Drama Bittersweet Romance
6.3

20191h 42min

Chile, United States

Director: Sebastián Lelio

Gloria is a free-spirited divorcée who spends her days at a straight-laced office job and her nights on the dance floor, joyfully letting loose at clubs around Los Angeles. After meeting Arnold on a night out, she finds herself thrust into an unexpected new romance, filled with both the joys of budding love and the complications of dating, identity, and family.

Themes

Social performance pressure, Freedom vs obligation, Identity through reinvention, Self-expression through nightlife, Romantic pursuit vs stability, Emotional volatility

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The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind

287. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind

Drama History Historical Drama Biographical History
7.6

20191h 53min

Malawi, United Kingdom

Director: Chiwetel Ejiofor

Against all the odds, a thirteen year old boy in Malawi invents an unconventional way to save his family and village from famine.

Themes

Ingenuity through self-education, Drought resilience, Family duty vs personal pursuit, Community collaboration, Resource scarcity driving innovation, Education access and persistence

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Paddleton

288. Paddleton

Comedy Drama Tragic Drama Buddy Comedy
7.2

20191h 29min

United States

Director: Alexandre Lehmann

An unlikely friendship between two neighbors becomes an unexpectedly emotional journey when the younger man is diagnosed with terminal cancer.

Themes

Friendship under pressure, Caregiving boundaries, Terminal illness autonomy, Shared vulnerability, Quiet rituals and meaning, Loneliness after loss

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Late Night

289. Late Night

Comedy Drama Workplace Comedy
6.5

20191h 42min

United States

Director: Nisha Ganatra

A legendary late-night talk show host's world is turned upside down when she hires her only female staff writer. Originally intended to smooth over diversity concerns, her decision has unexpectedly hilarious consequences as the two women separated by culture and generation are united by their love of a biting punchline.

Themes

Public image management, Ratings pressure, Diversity in media, Authenticity vs branding, Intergenerational clash, Workplace transformation

Available on

Amazon Prime Video
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The Upside

290. The Upside

Comedy Drama Buddy Comedy Family Drama
7.1

20192h 6min

United States

Director: Neil Burger

Phillip is a wealthy quadriplegic who needs a caretaker to help him with his day-to-day routine in his New York penthouse. He decides to hire Dell, a struggling parolee who's trying to reconnect with his ex and his young son. Despite coming from two different worlds, an unlikely friendship starts to blossom.

Themes

Class differences, Social difference tension, Disability and independence, Friendship across worlds, Caregiver and employer bond, Art as transformation, Pursuit of purpose

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