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Movies with atmospheric vibe

201. Teen Spirit

Teen Spirit
Music Drama Narrative Musical Coming-of-Age Drama
6.1
20191h 32minUnited Kingdom, United States
Director: Max Minghella

Overview

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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202. The Hummingbird Project

The Hummingbird Project
Thriller Drama Computer Threat Thriller Professional Drama
6.2
20191h 51minBelgium, Canada
Director: Kim Nguyen

Overview

A pair of high-frequency traders go up against their old boss in an effort to make millions in a fiber-optic cable deal.

Themes

Deception and betrayal, Technological arms race, Ambition and risk, Market pressure, Financial system fragility, Corporate loyalty vs independence

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203. Captive State

Captive State
Science Fiction Action Thriller Dystopian Sci-Fi Political Thriller
6.0
20191h 50minUnited States
Director: Rupert Wyatt

Overview

Nearly a decade after occupation by an extraterrestrial force, the lives of a Chicago neighborhood on both sides of the conflict are explored. In a working-class Chicago neighborhood occupied by an alien force for nine years, increased surveillance and the restriction of civil rights have given rise to an authoritarian system -- and dissent among the populace.

Themes

Class inequality, Surveillance state, Civil rights suppression, Resistance under occupation, Loyalty and betrayal, Alien occupation and resistance

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204. Five Feet Apart

Five Feet Apart
Romance Drama Bittersweet Romance Coming-of-Age Drama
7.2
20191h 56minUnited States
Director: Justin Baldoni

Overview

Stella lives to follow every rule that might keep her alive. Will lives to break the rules that cage him. When falling in love means staying six feet apart—or risking everything to take one step closer—they have to choose which life is worth saving.

Themes

Hospital boundaries, Cystic fibrosis stakes, Forbidden love under illness, Terminal illness constraints, Star crossed lovers motif, First date tension, Resilience through isolation

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205. The Professor and the Madman

The Professor and the Madman
History Drama Mystery Thriller Biographical History
7.2
20192h 4minFrance, Ireland
Director: Farhad Safinia

Overview

Professor James Murray begins work compiling words for the first edition of the Oxford English Dictionary in the mid 19th century, and receives over 10,000 entries from a patient at Broadmoor Criminal Lunatic Asylum, Dr. William Minor.

Themes

Public contribution to knowledge, Institutional gatekeeping of progress, Madness and intellect tension, Hidden contributions to language, Power dynamics in scholarly work, Care versus control in therapy

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206. Triple Frontier

Triple Frontier
Action Thriller Crime Adventure Heist
6.5
20192h 5minUnited States, Colombia
Director: J.C. Chandor

Overview

Struggling to make ends meet, former special ops soldiers reunite for a high-stakes heist: stealing $75 million from a South American drug lord.

Themes

Survival under pressure, Group dynamics under stress, Greed vs loyalty, Risk management in crime, Trust across outsiders, Moral cost of robbery

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207. Happy Death Day 2U

Happy Death Day 2U
Comedy Horror Science Fiction Slasher Horror Time Travel Sci-Fi
6.2
20191h 40minUnited States, Japan
Director: Christopher Landon

Overview

Collegian Tree Gelbman wakes up in horror to learn that she's stuck in a parallel universe. Her boyfriend Carter is now with someone else, and her friends and fellow students seem to be completely different versions of themselves. When Tree discovers that Carter's roommate has been altering time, she finds herself once again the target of a masked killer. When the psychopath starts to go after her inner circle, Tree soon realizes that she must die over and over again to save everyone.

Themes

Social pressure and control, Parallel universe pressures, Time loop ethics, University risk, Murder consequences, Repeated memory tensions

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208. Alita: Battle Angel

Alita: Battle Angel
Action Science Fiction Adventure Superhero Action Cyberpunk
7.3
20192h 2minUnited States
Director: Robert Rodriguez

Overview

When Alita awakens with no memory of who she is in a future world she does not recognize, she is taken in by Ido, a compassionate doctor who realizes that somewhere in this abandoned cyborg shell is the heart and soul of a young woman with an extraordinary past.

Themes

Class inequality, Loyalty and betrayal, Corporate manipulation, Memory and identity, Body augmentation ethics, Autonomy vs control, Sport as power

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209. Polar

Polar
Action Crime Drama One-Person Army Organized Crime
6.3
20191h 58minGermany, United States
Director: Jonas Åkerlund

Overview

When a retiring assassin realizes that he is the target of a hit, he winds up back in the game going head to head with a gang of younger, ruthless killers.

Themes

Loyalty and betrayal, Organized crime networks, Isolation and distrust, Violence as currency, Forced retirement pressure, Retirement benefits motive

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Netflix
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210. Glass

Glass
Thriller Drama Science Fiction Mind Game Thriller Psychological Drama
6.6
20192h 9minUnited States
Director: M. Night Shyamalan

Overview

In a series of escalating encounters, former security guard David Dunn uses his supernatural abilities to track Kevin Wendell Crumb, a disturbed man who has twenty-four personalities. Meanwhile, the shadowy presence of Elijah Price emerges as an orchestrator who holds secrets critical to both men.

Themes

Institutional secrecy, Surveillance specialist manipulation, Psychiatric hospital control, Comic book shop context, Former security guard perspective, Twenty-four personalities dynamics

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Amazon Video
Apple TV
HBO Max
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