Movies with raw vibe

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Raw Bleak Deliberate Clinical Intense

An in-depth look at the torture practices of the United States in Afghanistan, Iraq and Guantanamo Bay, focusing on an innocent taxi driver in Afghanistan who was tortured and killed in 2002.

Themes

State sanctioned interrogation, Civilian vulnerability in conflict, Bounty driven detentions, Accountability under military power, Expansion of torture practices, Violation of international norms

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Raw Claustrophobic Fast-paced Stylish Witty

The students of Suzuran High compete for the King of School title. An ex-graduate yakuza is sent to kill the son of a criminal group, but he can't make himself do it as he reminds him of his youth.

Themes

Deception and manipulation, Loyalty under pressure, Violence as social currency, Rival factions at school, Ambition and ascent, Group formation and recruitment

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Raw Atmospheric Bleak Dry Restrained

Shotgun Stories tracks a feud that erupts between two sets of half brothers following the death of their father. Set against the cotton fields and back roads of Southeast Arkansas, these brothers discover the lengths to which each will go to protect their family.

Themes

Family loyalty under strain, Cycles of kin violence, Abandonment and blame, Intergenerational mistrust, Fragile ceasefire and restraint, Territorial protectiveness

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Dynamic Raw Claustrophobic Atmospheric Bleak

Pursued by formidable Chinese assassins, young Kotaro and his dog run into No Name, a mysterious stranger who gets pulled into the chase. The unlikely companions form a bond over saving the dog from a poison attack, but chaos erupts when the assassins find Kotaro, and No Name must face his past before a horrible fate is met again.

Themes

Loyalty under pressure, Identity through disguise, Betrayal and survival, Duty vs personal cost

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Realistic Tense Raw Minimalist Intense

With winter closing in and his supplies nearly gone, a young drifter in the Alaskan wild races to outlast the cold, the hunger, and his own past—alone in a broken-down bus at the edge of the world.

Themes

Search for belonging, Self-sufficiency vs society, Isolation vs connection, Disillusionment with progress, Rebellion against modern life, Quest for meaning

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Realistic Tense Raw Claustrophobic Relentless

A woman struggles to recover from a brutal attack by setting out on a mission for revenge.

Themes

Trauma and resilience, Female agency under threat, Vigilante ethics vs law, Urban vulnerability and self-protection, Revenge versus justice

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Tense Raw Claustrophobic Dry Relentless

A young journalist, an experienced cameraman and a discredited reporter find their bold plan to capture Bosnia's top war criminal quickly spiraling out of control when a UN representative mistakes them for a CIA hit squad.

Themes

Revenge versus justice, Media ethics under siege, War crimes accountability, Mob justice consequences, Bounty as motive, Deception and misidentification

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Realistic Tense Intimate Raw Atmospheric

Best buddies Acerola and Laranjinha, about to turn 18, discover things about their missing fathers' pasts which will shatter their solid friendship, in the middle of a war between rival drug gangs from Rio's favelas.

Themes

Loyalty under pressure, Poverty and opportunity, Absent father impact, Violence and survival, Coming of age in danger, Gang dynamics and power

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Tense Intimate Raw Claustrophobic Bleak

Two college roommates have 24 hours to make the ultimate choice as they finalize arrangements for a black market abortion.

Themes

Economic precarity, Gendered coercion, Female solidarity, Bureaucratic pressure, Reproductive control

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Realistic Tense Steady Intimate Raw

In 1970s Iran, Marjane 'Marji' Satrapi watches events through her young eyes and her idealistic family of a long dream being fulfilled of the hated Shah's defeat in the Iranian Revolution of 1979. However as Marji grows up, she witnesses first hand how the new Iran, now ruled by Islamic fundamentalists, has become a repressive tyranny on its own.

Themes

Coming of age under totalitarian regime, Civil war backdrop and growth, Exile and displacement, Punk rock as self-expression, Gender norms under fundamentalists

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