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Resident Evil: Apocalypse

381. Resident Evil: Apocalypse

Horror Action Science Fiction Zombie Horror Epic Action
6.1

20041h 34min

Canada, United Kingdom

Director: Alexander Witt

Overview

As the city is locked down under quarantine, Alice finds out that the people that died from the previous incident at the Umbrella Corporation have turned into zombies. She then joins a small band of elite soldiers, who are enlisted to rescue the missing daughter of the creator of the mutating T-virus. Once lack of luck and resources happen, they begin to wage an exhilarating battle to survive and escape before the Umbrella Corporation erases its experiment from the face of the earth.

Themes

Control through fear, Corporate malfeasance and secrecy, Ethics of experimentation, Survival under quarantine, Trust under conspiracy, Resilience amid crisis

Available on

Amazon Video
Apple TV
Google Play Movies
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Summer Storm

382. Summer Storm

Comedy Drama Coming-of-Age Drama Buddy Comedy
7.2

20041h 38min

Germany

Director: Marco Kreuzpaintner

Overview

Tobi and Achim, the pride of the local crew club, have been the best of friends for years and are convinced that nothing will ever stand in the way of their friendship. They look forward to the upcoming summer camp and the crew competition. Then the gay team from Berlin arrives and Tobi is totally confused. The evening before the races begin, the storm that breaks out is more than meteorological.

Themes

Competition vs pride, Identity and acceptance, Peer group dynamics, Lgbt representation under pressure, Unspoken loyalty vs honesty, Camp community tensions

Available on

Fandango At Home
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Mean Creek

383. Mean Creek

Crime Drama Coming-of-Age Drama
7.1

20041h 30min

United States

Director: Jacob Aaron Estes

Overview

Teenagers living in small-town Oregon take a boat trip for a birthday celebration. When they get an idea to play a mean trick on the town bully, it suddenly goes too far. Soon they're forced to deal with the unexpected consequences of their actions.

Themes

Birthday pressure toward belonging, Prank as group deception, Lake setting instability, Video diary accountability, Bully presence shaping group dynamics, Loneliness and social danger

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Amazon Video
Apple TV
Google Play Movies
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The Football Factory

384. The Football Factory

Drama Sports Competition
6.7

20041h 31min

United Kingdom

Director: Nick Love

Overview

The Football Factory is more than just a study of the English obsession with football violence, it's about men looking for armies to join, wars to fight and places to belong. A forgotten culture of Anglo Saxon males fed up with being told they're not good enough and using their fists as a drug they describe as being more potent than sex and drugs put together.

Themes

Loyalty under pressure, Memory and trauma, Masculinity under threat, Belonging through violence, Subculture violence, Drugs amplify risk

Available on

Amazon Prime Video
Amazon Prime Video
Apple TV
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The Alamo

385. The Alamo

History War Drama Historical Event 19th Century Wars
6.1

20042h 17min

United States

Director: John Lee Hancock

Overview

Based on the 1836 standoff between a group of Texan and Tejano men, led by Davy Crockett and Jim Bowie, and Mexican dictator Santa Anna's forces at the Alamo in San Antonio, Texas.

Themes

Leadership in crisis, Defense under siege, Retreat and pursuit, Legitimacy under pressure, Resource constraints, Sacrifice and endurance

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Amazon Video
Apple TV
Google Play Movies
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Head-On

386. Head-On

Drama Romance Relationship Drama Dark Romance
7.9

20041h 57min

Germany, Türkiye

Director: Fatih Akin

Overview

With the intention to break free from the strict familial restrictions, a suicidal young woman sets up a marriage of convenience with a forty-year-old addict, an act that will lead to an outburst of envious love.

Themes

Family conservatism, Addiction and escape, Pursuit of autonomy, Social ostracism, Marriage of convenience, Infidelity and betrayal

Available on

Strand Releasing Amazon Channel
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Latter Days

387. Latter Days

Drama Comedy Romance Romantic Comedy Relationship Drama
7.0

20041h 48min

United States

Director: C. Jay Cox

Overview

Christian, a hunky, 20-something, West Hollywood party boy gets more than he bargains for when he tries to seduce Aaron, a sexually confused Mormon missionary who moves into his apartment complex.

Themes

Belonging vs rejection, Religion vs sexuality, Coming out pressures, Excommunication consequences, Romance across faith boundaries, Identity vs community

Available on

Amazon Video
Apple TV
Kanopy
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Monster

388. Monster

Crime Drama Serial Killer Crime Tragic Drama
7.3

20031h 49min

United States, Germany

Director: Patty Jenkins

Overview

In 1989, prostitute Aileen Wuornos befriends and enters a relationship with a young woman named Selby. Determined to straighten out her life, Aileen's limited education lands her back on the corner. She's raped by a trick, who she kills. A string of murder and robbery follows that ultimately leads Aileen to becoming America's first female serial killer.

Themes

Economic precarity, Trauma and abuse, Survival through exploitation, Self-preservation under pressure, Prostitution as economy, Gendered violence

Available on

Apple TV
Google Play Movies
YouTube
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House of Sand and Fog

389. House of Sand and Fog

Drama Legal Drama
7.5

20032h 6min

United States, United Kingdom

Director: Vadim Perelman

Overview

Behrani, an Iranian immigrant buys a California bungalow, thinking he can fix it up, sell it again, and make enough money to send his son to college. However, the house is the legal property of former drug addict Kathy. After losing the house in an unfair legal dispute with the county, she is left with nowhere to go. Wanting her house back, she hires a lawyer and befriends a police officer. Neither Kathy nor Behrani have broken the law, so they find themselves involved in a difficult moral dilemma.

Themes

Deception and manipulation, Power and control, Economic desperation, Immigrant displacement, Housing injustice, Legal ownership conflict

Available on

Amazon Video
Apple TV
Google Play Movies
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In Hell

390. In Hell

Action Drama Thriller One-Person Army Survival Thriller
6.1

20031h 36min

United States

Director: Ringo Lam Ling-Tung

Overview

A man must survive a prison where hardened criminals battle to the death for the warden's entertainment.

Themes

Loyalty under pressure, Survival under confinement, Trauma and endurance, Prison corruption, Power abuse in institutions, Gang politics and alliances

Available on

Apple TV
fuboTV
Google Play Movies
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