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Movies with restrained vibe

Misbehaviour

1. Misbehaviour

Drama History Comedy Historical Drama Satire
6.4
20201h 47min

Overview

A group of women involved in the Women's Liberation Movement hatched a plan to invade the stage and disrupt the live broadcast at the 1970 Miss World competition in London, resulting in overnight fame for the newly-formed organization. When the show resumed, the results caused an uproar and turned the Western ideal of beauty on its head.

Themes

Beauty contest disruption, Women's liberation movement, Student protest, Feminist activist, Intersectionality tensions, Women's rights discourse

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Amazon Prime Video
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Radioactive

2. Radioactive

Drama Romance History Historical Drama Passionate Romance
6.3
20201h 51min

Overview

The story of Nobel Prize winner Marie Curie and her extraordinary scientific discoveries—through the prism of her marriage to husband Pierre—and the seismic and transformative effects their discovery of radium had on the 20th century.

Themes

Gender bias in science, Recognition via prizes, Harassment over origins, Wartime medical innovation, Health risks of radioactivity, Ethics of scientific progress

Available on

Amazon Prime Video
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Escape from Pretoria

3. Escape from Pretoria

Drama History Thriller Historical Event Political Drama
6.8
20201h 42min

Overview

South Africa, 1978. Tim Jenkin and Stephen Lee, two white political activists from the African National Congress imprisoned by the apartheid regime, put a plan in motion to escape from the infamous Pretoria Prison.

Themes

Surveillance pressure, Political imprisonment, Resourceful escape tactics, Anti-apartheid resistance, Collective risk for freedom, Protest and exile

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Amazon Video
Apple TV
fuboTV
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The Way Back

4. The Way Back

Drama Sports Competition
6.7
20201h 48min

Overview

A former basketball all-star, who has lost his wife and family foundation in a struggle with addiction, attempts to regain his soul and salvation by becoming the coach of a disparate ethnically mixed high school basketball team at his alma mater.

Themes

Widower isolation, Basketball team dynamics, Addiction recovery pressure, Family grief impact, Coaching authority challenge, Alcoholism relapse risk

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Amazon Video
Apple TV
Google Play Movies
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The Call of the Wild

5. The Call of the Wild

Adventure Family Drama Adventure Epic Animal Companion Family
6.7
20201h 40min

Overview

Buck is a big-hearted dog whose blissful domestic life is turned upside down when he is suddenly uprooted from his California home and transplanted to the exotic wilds of the Yukon during the Gold Rush of the 1890s. As the newest rookie on a mail delivery dog sled team—and later its leader—Buck experiences the adventure of a lifetime, ultimately finding his true place in the world and becoming his own master.

Themes

Freedom vs captivity, Leadership under pressure, Labor exploitation, Loyalty under hardship, Gold vs wilderness, Ancestral guidance

Available on

Disney Plus
Amazon Video
Apple TV
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The Photograph

6. The Photograph

Drama Romance Passionate Romance Family Drama
6.1
20201h 46min

Overview

When famed photographer Christina Eames dies unexpectedly, she leaves her estranged daughter, Mae, hurt, angry and full of questions. When Mae finds a photograph tucked away in a safe-deposit box, she soon finds herself delving into her mother's early life -- an investigation that leads to an unexpected romance with a rising journalist.

Themes

Memory as legacy, Long distance commitment, Parental lineage, Art vs romance, Archival legacy, Identity through photograph

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Amazon Video
Apple TV
Peacock Premium
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The Last Full Measure

7. The Last Full Measure

Drama Action War Vietnam War Historical Drama
6.8
20201h 50min

Overview

The incredible true story of Vietnam War hero William H. Pitsenbarger, a U.S. Air Force Pararescuemen medic who personally saved over sixty men. Thirty-two years later, Pentagon staffer Scott Huffman investigates a Congressional Medal of Honor request for Pitsenbarger and uncovers a high-level conspiracy behind the decades-long denial of the medal, prompting Huffman to put his own career on the line to seek justice for the fallen airman.

Themes

Duty under fire, Based on true story, True story grounding, Vietnam war context, Valor and sacrifice, Political infighting

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Amazon Video
Apple TV
fuboTV
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Just Mercy

8. Just Mercy

Drama Crime History Legal Drama Biographical History
7.6
20192h 17min

Overview

The powerful true story of Harvard-educated lawyer Bryan Stevenson, who goes to Alabama to defend the disenfranchised and wrongly condemned — including Walter McMillian, a man sentenced to death despite evidence proving his innocence. Bryan fights tirelessly for Walter with the system stacked against them.

Themes

Racial injustice under law, Coercion-driven testimony reversal, Appeal and retrial pressure, Advocacy confronting system bias, Disenfranchised seeking equality, Media scrutiny shaping juries

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Amazon Video
Apple TV
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Richard Jewell

9. Richard Jewell

Drama History Biographical History Historical Drama
7.5
20192h 11min

Overview

Richard Jewell thinks quick, works fast, and saves hundreds, perhaps thousands, of lives after a domestic terrorist plants several pipe bombs and they explode during a concert, only to be falsely suspected of the crime by sloppy FBI work and sensational media coverage.

Themes

Media bias shaping perception, Authority accountability under spotlight, Public memory shaped by reporting, Glory seeking and media manipulation, Institutional scrutiny under pressure, False accusations under procedural pressure

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Amazon Video
Apple TV
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Seberg

10. Seberg

Thriller Drama Political Thriller Political Drama
6.0
20191h 43min

Overview

An ambitious young FBI agent is assigned to investigate iconic actress Jean Seberg when she becomes embroiled in the tumultuous civil rights movement in late 1960s Los Angeles.

Themes

Surveillance overreach, Civil rights pressure, Media manipulation, Privacy erosion, Institutional coercion, Personal vulnerability

Available on

Amazon Prime Video
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