Movies with lyrical vibe

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Tense Intimate Atmospheric Bleak Restrained

Overview

An unexpected phone call brings an elderly woman to her childhood country cottage, and memories of an orphan boy she knew 47 years ago come flooding back to her.

Themes

Memory and longing, Outsider integration and care, Power dynamics in housing, Loyalty under isolation, Resilience through nurture, Stigma and acceptance

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Realistic Tense Intimate Atmospheric Bleak

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Put in charge of his young son, Ali leaves Belgium for Antibes to live with his sister and her husband as a family. Ali's bond with Stephanie, a killer whale trainer, grows deeper after Stephanie suffers a horrible accident.

Themes

Economic precarity, Surveillance and control, Parental responsibility, Trauma and recovery, Disability adaptation

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Tense Atmospheric Stylish Smoky Nostalgic

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Chico is a young piano player with big dreams. Rita is a beautiful singer with an extraordinary voice. Music and romantic desire unites them, but their journey - in the tradition of the Latin ballad, the bolero - brings heartache and torment.

Themes

Loyalty under pressure, Racial prejudice, Jazz influence, Artistic ambition, Romantic desire, Adult animation

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Realistic Heartwarming Steady Intimate Contemplative

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In 1818, high-spirited young Fanny Brawne finds herself increasingly intrigued by the handsome but aloof poet John Keats, who lives next door to her family friends the Dilkes. After reading a book of his poetry, she finds herself even more drawn to the taciturn Keats. Although he agrees to teach her about poetry, Keats cannot act on his reciprocated feelings for Fanny, since as a struggling poet he has no money to support a wife.

Themes

Family expectation pressure, Romantic attachment vs practicality, Economic status constraint, Artistic vocation vs romance, Financial security anxiety, Social reputation concerns

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Realistic Tense Bleak Fast-paced Fantastical

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Adventure awaits 12 year old Brendan who must fight Vikings and a serpent god to find a crystal and complete the legendary Book of Kells. In order to finish Brother Aiden's book, Brendan must overcome his deepest fears on a secret quest that will take him beyond the abbey walls and into the enchanted forest where dangerous mythical creatures hide. Will Brendan succeed in his quest?

Themes

Mythology under siege, Sacred knowledge preservation, Forest as refuge, Craft under pressure, Intergenerational learning, Raiders as external threat

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Intimate Stylish Dreamlike Measured Vast

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Born under unusual circumstances, Benjamin Button springs into being as an elderly man in a New Orleans nursing home and ages in reverse. Twelve years after his birth, he meets Daisy, a child who flits in and out of his life as she grows up to be a dancer. Though he has all sorts of unusual adventures over the course of his life, it is his relationship with Daisy, and the hope that they will come together at the right time, that drives Benjamin forward.

Themes

Love across time, Time reversal, Aging and memory, Caregiving and loyalty, Legacy and inheritance, Memory and mortality

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Realistic Tense Intimate Atmospheric Eerie

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A lonely boy discovers a mysterious egg that hatches a sea creature of Scottish legend.

Themes

Wartime disruption, Protective bonds in crisis, Coming-of-age under pressure, Guardianship and isolation, Resilience through uncertainty, Coexistence with mythic presence

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Tense Fast-paced Chaotic Cinematic Charged

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When young dockworker Jude leaves Liverpool to find his estranged father in the United States, he is swept up by the waves of change that are re-shaping the nation. Jude falls in love with Lucy, who joins the growing anti-war movement. As the body count in Vietnam rises, political tensions at home spiral out of control and the star-crossed lovers find themselves in a psychedelic world gone mad.

Themes

Anti-war activism, Working-class identity, Bohemian enclave culture, Romance amid turmoil, Music as social force, Cross-cultural exchange

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Playful Realistic Heartwarming Steady Intimate

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In a beauty salon in Beirut the lives of five women cross paths. The beauty salon is a colorful and sensual microcosm where they share and entrust their hopes, fears and expectations.

Themes

Female friendship under pressure, Aging and desire, Societal expectations, Premarital pressure, Romance and stigma, Beauty as social currency

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Realistic Tense Intimate Claustrophobic Restrained

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Set during a sultry summer in a French suburb, Marie is desperate to join the local pool's synchronized swimming team, but is her interest solely for the sake of sport or for a chance to get close to Floriane, the bad girl of the team? Sciamma, and the two leads, capture the uncertainty of teenage sexuality with a sympathetic eye in this delicate drama of the angst of coming-of-age.

Themes

Forbidden love dynamics, Peer pressure and belonging, Female friendship under strain, Rumors and reputation, Coming of age identity, Competition and desire in sport

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