Movies with procedural vibe

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Tense Claustrophobic Atmospheric Bleak Procedural

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The vice president is dead, and as the president makes his choice for a replacement, a secret contest of wills is being waged by a formidable rival. When Senator Laine Hanson is nominated as the first woman in history to hold the office, hidden agendas explode into a battle for power.

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Vice president expectations, Public scrutiny and integrity, Sex scandal dynamics, Gender barriers and ambition, Media influence on leadership, Partisan obstruction and negotiation

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Tense Claustrophobic Procedural Clinical Oppressive

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A series of terrifying ritual crimes sweeps the country, seemingly unrelated at first. The investigation leads a young detective and a seasoned police commissioner into the mountains, where they soon realize it’s all part of a single sinister plan.

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Graveyard desecration, Skinhead violence, Intellectual elitism vs village, Mountain isolation, Inbreeding consequences, Ritual murder motifs

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Tense Dynamic Bleak Procedural Measured

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A Marine Colonel is brought to court-martial after ordering his men to fire on demonstrators surrounding the American embassy in Yemen.

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Leadership under fire, Political interference, Military accountability, Ethical duty, Propaganda vs evidence, Civilian casualties

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Claustrophobic Bleak Procedural Clinical Relentless

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Seven years after the death of his wife, widower Shigeharu seeks advice on how to find a new wife from a colleague. Taking advantage of their position as a film company, they stage an audition. Interviewing a series of women, Shigeharu is enchanted by the quiet Asami. But soon things take a twisted turn as Asami isn’t what she seems to be.

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Power dynamics in relationships, Appearance versus reality, Deception in dating, Desire versus control, Loneliness and coercion, Trust and manipulation

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Tense Claustrophobic Procedural Restrained Eerie

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When elementary school teacher Kobayashi investigates the absence of one of his young pupils from the classroom, he finds himself at the doorstep of an anonymous suburban house that harbours a horrible secret, and into which all who enter are doomed.

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Family fracture, Violence and aftermath, Haunted space anxiety, Possession and control, Deception and infidelity, Secrecy and obligation

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Tense Claustrophobic Procedural Relentless Intense

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Tom Ripley is a calculating young man who believes it's better to be a fake somebody than a real nobody. Opportunity knocks in the form of a wealthy U.S. shipbuilder who hires Tom to travel to Italy to bring back his playboy son, Dickie. Ripley worms his way into the idyllic lives of Dickie and his girlfriend, plunging into a daring scheme of duplicity, lies and murder.

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Deception and manipulation, Double life, Secret identity, Fake identity, Identity theft, Social climbing and envy

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Realistic Tense Intimate Claustrophobic Procedural

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Set in the changing world of the late 1960s, Susanna Kaysen's prescribed "short rest" from a psychiatrist she had met only once becomes a strange, unknown journey into Alice's Wonderland, where she struggles with the thin line between normal and crazy. Susanna soon realizes how hard it is to get out once she has been committed, and she ultimately has to choose between the world of people who belong inside or the difficult world of reality outside.

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Authority vs rebellion, Female friendship under pressure, Diagnosis and stigma, Coping through self-harm, Autonomy under confinement, Therapy and medication tension, Institutional control vs escape

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Realistic Tense Intimate Atmospheric Bleak

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Following an unexpected tragedy, child psychologist Malcolm Crowe meets a nine year old boy named Cole Sear, who is hiding a dark secret.

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Grief and unresolved loss, Paranormal phenomena interpretation, Trauma and psychological coping, Family strain and resilience, Afterlife expectations and doubt, Professional duty vs personal life

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Tense Claustrophobic Bleak Procedural Clinical

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A former U.S. intelligence agent tries to track down a mysterious package that both Russian and Irish secret services are hunting at the same time.

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Loyalty vs self-interest, Deception and betrayal, Risk and consequence, Trust under scrutiny, Mercenary ethics under pressure, Power and money dynamics

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Tense Claustrophobic Atmospheric Procedural Clinical

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A group of strangers find themselves trapped in a maze-like prison. It soon becomes clear that each of them possesses the peculiar skills necessary to escape, if they don't wind up dead first.

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Collective problem solving, Confinement under pressure, Betrayal under threat, Numerical puzzles under risk, Environment as trap, Survival through cooperation

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