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Loving Annabelle

341. Loving Annabelle

Drama Romance Relationship Drama Dark Romance
6.2

20071h 17min

United States

Director: Katherine Brooks

Annabelle is the wise-beyond-her-years newcomer to an exclusive Catholic girls school. Having been expelled from her first two schools she's bound to stir some trouble. Sparks fly though when sexual chemistry appears between her and the Head of her dorm and English teacher, Simone Bradley. Annabelle pursues her relentlessly and until the end the older woman manages to avoid the law.

Themes

Secrecy and exposure, Institutional conformity pressure, Romance within authority, Religious code vs desire, Teacher student power dynamics, Lgbt relationship stigma

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Secret Sunshine

342. Secret Sunshine

Drama Tragic Drama
7.5

20072h 23min

South Korea

Director: Lee Chang-dong

Shin-ae moves to her recently late husband’s hometown. Despite her efforts to settle in this unfamiliar and too-normal place, she finds that she can’t fit in. After a sudden tragedy, Shin-ae turns to Christianity to relieve her pain, but when even this is not permitted, she wages a war against God.

Themes

Trust under pressure, Loss and resilience, Grief and faith, Family displacement, Belonging and alienation, Religion as refuge

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This Is England

343. This Is England

Drama Crime Coming-of-Age Drama Organized Crime
7.7

20071h 41min

United Kingdom

Director: Shane Meadows

A story about a troubled boy growing up in England, set in 1983. He comes across a few skinheads on his way home from school, after a fight. They become his new best friends, even like family. Based on experiences of director Shane Meadows.

Themes

Alienation and belonging, Class tensions, Family fragility, Racism and nationalism, Gang belonging, Peer influence

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Once

344. Once

Drama Music Romance Narrative Musical Passionate Romance
7.8

20071h 25min

Ireland, United States

Director: John Carney

A vacuum repairman moonlights as a street musician and hopes for his big break. One day a Czech immigrant, who earns a living selling flowers, approaches him with the news that she is also an aspiring singer-songwriter. The pair decide to collaborate, and the songs that they compose reflect the story of their blossoming love.

Themes

Romantic collaboration under pressure, Busker life and aspiration, Lovesickness and artistic longing, Creative collaboration dynamics, Bank loan as turning point, Identity through music

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Freedom Writers

345. Freedom Writers

Crime Drama Coming-of-Age Drama
7.6

20072h 3min

Germany, United States

Director: Richard LaGravenese

A young teacher inspires her class of at-risk students to learn tolerance, apply themselves, and pursue education beyond high school.

Themes

Educational equity at high school, Gang violence dynamics, Diary entries shape identity, High school pressure, Racial segregation pressures, Cross-cultural empathy in class

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Black Snake Moan

346. Black Snake Moan

Drama Relationship Drama
6.9

20061h 56min

United States

Director: Craig Brewer

A God-fearing bluesman takes to a wild young woman who, as a victim of childhood sexual abuse, is looking everywhere for love, but never quite finding it.

Themes

Autonomy vs care, Trauma and healing, Religious duty vs agency, Confinement and release, Sexuality and stigma, Violence and protection

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We Are Marshall

347. We Are Marshall

Drama History Historical Drama
7.1

20062h 4min

United States

Director: McG

When a plane crash claims the lives of members of the Marshall University football team and some of its fans, the team's new coach and his surviving players try to keep the football program alive.

Themes

Plane crash resilience, American football identity, Community resilience and renewal, Trainer led rebuilding, Sports culture under pressure, College level change

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Little Children

348. Little Children

Drama Romance Relationship Drama Dark Romance
7.5

20062h 17min

United States

Director: Todd Field

The lives of two lovelorn spouses from separate marriages, a registered sex offender, and a disgraced ex-police officer intersect as they struggle to resist their vulnerabilities and temptations.

Themes

Suburban dissatisfaction, Extramarital temptation, Feminism and domestic life, Social stigma and prejudice, Parenting and secrecy

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The Departed

349. The Departed

Drama Thriller Crime Organized Crime Political Thriller
8.5

20062h 31min

Hong Kong SAR China, United States

Director: Martin Scorsese

A young Boston cop goes undercover and infiltrates a mob crew led by crime boss Frank Costello. At the same time, Costello plants his own man in the police to uncover the “rat.”

Themes

Deception and betrayal, Dual loyalties under pressure, Identity and role conflict, Police-mob power struggle, Trust under scrutiny, Undercover risk and exposure

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Amazon Video
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fuboTV
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Candy

350. Candy

Drama Romance Relationship Drama Dark Romance
7.2

20061h 56min

Australia, United Kingdom

Director: Neil Armfield

A poet falls in love with an art student, who gravitates to his bohemian lifestyle — and his love of heroin. Hooked as much on one another as they are on the drug, their relationship alternates between states of oblivion, self-destruction, and despair.

Themes

Romance under strain, Addiction under pressure, Economic precarity driving crime, Creativity vs dependency, Co-dependency in partnership, Relapse cycles

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