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Movies with bleak vibe

The Last Witch Hunter

931. The Last Witch Hunter

Action Adventure Fantasy Epic Action Adventure Epic
5.9

20151h 46min

Canada, Hong Kong SAR China

Director: Breck Eisner

The modern world holds many secrets, but by far the most astounding is that witches still live among us; vicious supernatural creatures intent on unleashing the Black Death upon the world and putting an end to the human race once and for all. Armies of witch hunters have battled this unnatural enemy for centuries, including Kaulder, a valiant warrior who many years ago slayed the all-powerful Witch Queen, decimating her followers in the process. In the moments right before her death, the Queen cursed Kaulder with immortality, forever separating him from his beloved wife and daughter. Today, Kaulder is the last living hunter who has spent his immortal life tracking down rogue witches, all the while yearning for his long-lost family.

Themes

Memory as weapon, Ancient magic modern city, Immortality burden, Revival of power, Secret organization oversight, Human witch truce

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Room

932. Room

Drama Thriller Kidnapping & Captivity Thriller Family Drama
8.1

20151h 58min

Canada, Ireland

Director: Lenny Abrahamson

A little boy and his mother have been held captive in a locked room since his birth. One day they finally dare to escape, and he gets his first chance to experience the world outside.

Themes

Deception and manipulation, Trauma and resilience, Isolation and perception, Confinement and isolation, Escape and hospital, Family fracture and reunification

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Suffragette

933. Suffragette

Drama History Historical Drama Political History
6.9

20151h 46min

France, United Kingdom

Director: Sarah Gavron

Based on true events about the foot soldiers of the early feminist movement, women who were forced underground to pursue a dangerous game of cat and mouse with an increasingly brutal State.

Themes

Class and gender constraints, Women's rights movement, Hunger and endurance, Radicalization under oppression, State repression of dissent, Public spectacle and banners

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Truth

934. Truth

Drama Historical Drama
6.8

20152h 5min

United Kingdom, United States

Director: James Vanderbilt

As a renowned producer and close associate of Dan Rather, Mary Mapes believes she’s broken the biggest story of the 2004 election: revelations of a sitting U.S. President’s military service. But when allegations come pouring in, sources change their stories, document authenticity is questioned, and the casualties begin to mount.

Themes

Journalism under pressure, Sources credibility under doubt, Presidential election dynamics, Institutional accountability through reporting, Document authenticity scrutiny, Bias vs objectivity tensions

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Experimenter

935. Experimenter

Drama History Historical Drama Biographical History
6.6

20151h 37min

United States

Director: Michael Almereyda

Yale University, 1961. Stanley Milgram designs a psychology experiment that still resonates to this day, in which people think they’re delivering painful electric shocks to an affable stranger strapped into a chair in another room. Despite his pleads for mercy, the majority of subjects don’t stop the experiment, administering what they think is a near-fatal electric shock, simply because they’ve been told to do so. With Nazi Adolf Eichmann’s trial airing in living rooms across America, Milgram strikes a nerve in popular culture and the scientific community with his exploration into people’s tendency to comply with authority. Celebrated in some circles, he is also accused of being a deceptive, manipulative monster, but his wife Sasha stands by him through it all.

Themes

Obedience to authority, Public scrutiny of science, Ethics in research, Career implications of controversy, Social pressure dynamics, Balancing curiosity and caution

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Tales of Halloween

936. Tales of Halloween

Horror Thriller Adventure Comedy Fantasy
5.5

20151h 37min

United States

Director: Axelle Carolyn

Ten stories from horror's top directors. Ghosts, ghouls, monsters, and the devil delight in terrorizing unsuspecting residents of a suburban neighborhood on Halloween night. This creepy anthology combines classic Halloween tales with the stuff of nightmares.

Themes

Unreliable appearances, Spectral haunting, Suburban dread, Candy legend fear, Competition and aggression, Deception and cruelty

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Bridge of Spies

937. Bridge of Spies

Thriller Drama Political Thriller Historical Drama
7.6

20152h 21min

United States, Germany

Director: Steven Spielberg

During the Cold War, the Soviet Union captures U.S. pilot Francis Gary Powers after shooting down his U-2 spy plane. Sentenced to 10 years in prison, Powers' only hope is New York lawyer James Donovan, recruited by a CIA operative to negotiate his release. Donovan boards a plane to Berlin, hoping to win the young man's freedom through a prisoner exchange. If all goes well, the Russians would get Rudolf Abel, the convicted spy who Donovan defended in court.

Themes

Cold war pressures, Legal drama ethics, Spy vs lawyer, Courtroom defense integrity, State recognition ambitions, Prisoner exchange diplomacy

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Suburra

938. Suburra

Crime Drama Thriller Organized Crime Modern Noir Thriller
7.4

20152h 10min

Italy

Director: Stefano Sollima

A gangster known as "Samurai" wants to turn the waterfront of Rome into a new Las Vegas. All the local mob bosses have agreed to work for this common goal. But peace is not to last long.

Themes

Parliamentary immunity under threat, Illicit finance and influence, Crime-fueled urban development, Political corruption networks, Loyalty and betrayal in criminal factions, Violence as transaction in organized crime

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Secret in Their Eyes

939. Secret in Their Eyes

Thriller Mystery Crime Detective Mystery Crime Investigation Mystery
6.3

20151h 51min

South Korea, Spain

Director: Billy Ray

A tight-knit team of FBI investigators, along with their District Attorney supervisor, is suddenly torn apart when they discover that one of their own teenage daughters has been brutally murdered.

Themes

Duty versus family, Loyalty under professional pressure, Deception within investigation, Grief shaping judgment, Betrayal through patsy setup, Power and accountability pressure

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Freeheld

940. Freeheld

Romance Drama Legal Drama Bittersweet Romance
6.6

20151h 43min

United States

Director: Peter Sollett

New Jersey car mechanic Stacie Andree and her police detective girlfriend Laurel Hester both battle to secure Hester's pension benefits after she was diagnosed with a terminal illness.

Themes

Pension rights amid illness, Advocacy through persistent appeals, Equality under legal pressure, Institutional resistance and reform, Domestic partnership protections, Public scrutiny of rights

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