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Movies with restrained vibe

Ain't Them Bodies Saints

451. Ain't Them Bodies Saints

Crime Drama Romance Western Organized Crime
6.4

20131h 36min

United States

Director: David Lowery

Overview

Bob Muldoon and Ruth Guthrie, an impassioned young outlaw couple on an extended crime spree, are finally apprehended by lawmen after a shootout in the Texas hills. Although Ruth wounds a local officer, Bob takes the blame. But four years later, Bob escapes from prison and sets out to find Ruth and their daughter, born during his incarceration.

Themes

Loyalty under pressure, Duty versus affection, Imprisonment and escape, Family bonds under strain, Deception within relationships, Pursuit and capture

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Particle Fever

452. Particle Fever

Documentary Biographical Documentary
7.4

20131h 39min

United States

Director: Mark Levinson

Overview

As the Large Hadron Collider is about to be launched for the first time, physicists are on the cusp of the greatest scientific discovery of all time - or perhaps their greatest failure.

Themes

Theory vs experiment tension, Scientific ambition under pressure, Uncertainty in data interpretation, Competition of ideas, Public perception and risk, Collaboration under scrutiny

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Blackfish

453. Blackfish

Documentary Social & Political Documentary
8.1

20131h 23min

United States

Director: Gabriela Cowperthwaite

Overview

Notorious killer whale Tilikum is responsible for the deaths of three individuals, including a top killer whale trainer. Blackfish shows the sometimes devastating consequences of keeping such intelligent and sentient creatures in captivity.

Themes

Animal trainer dynamics, Confinement and care, Killer whale ethics, Industry vs welfare, Witness testimony debates, Stress of capture

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Free Fall

454. Free Fall

Drama Romance Passionate Romance Relationship Drama
7.5

20131h 37min

Germany

Director: Stephan Lacant

Overview

A promising career with the police, a baby on the way... Marc's life seems to be right on track. Then he meets fellow policeman Kay and during their regular jogs Marc experiences a never-before-felt sense of ease and effortlessness – and what it means to fall in love with another man.

Themes

Duty vs desire, Double life, Trust and deception, Homophobia pressure, Infidelity conflict, Coming out struggle

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Belle

455. Belle

Drama Historical Drama
7.3

20131h 45min

United Kingdom

Director: Amma Asante

Overview

Dido Elizabeth Bell, the illegitimate, mixed-race daughter of a Royal Navy admiral, plays an important role in the campaign to abolish slavery in England.

Themes

Class inequality, Illegitimacy and inheritance, Interracial relationship, Abolitionist pressure, Social expectations and autonomy, Legal reform and justice

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Remember Sunday

456. Remember Sunday

TV Movie Romance Drama Romance TV Movie Relationship Drama
6.9

20131h 36min

United States

Director: Jeff Bleckner

Overview

A lonely, down-on-her-luck waitress meets a handsome, quirky jewelry store clerk and thinks that maybe, finally, she's met Mr. Right. The more Molly gets to know Gus, the more she's intrigued by him. But she's also mystified. Gus is absent-minded, preoccupied. Is he hiding something? The short answer is: yes. He's reluctant to share with her that since suffering a brain aneurysm, he's totally lost his short-term memory. Every day is a brand new day, his life starts anew. Every day he sees Molly he struggles to remember who she is and what she represents. Every day, he has to fall in love with her all over again.

Themes

Memory loss challenges, Trust and misperception, Daily memory resets, Romantic commitment under uncertainty, Caretaking dynamics, Pursuit of healing

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The Numbers Station

457. The Numbers Station

Action Thriller Spy Action Survival Thriller
5.6

20131h 30min

United Kingdom, United States

Director: Kasper Barfoed

Overview

When the moral values of a longtime wetwork black ops agent is tested during his last operation, he receives an unfavorable psych evaluation. Now he is given a break and a seemingly uncomplicated assignment of simply protecting the security of a young female code announcer, code resources and remote station they are assigned to. After an ambush and one phone call later, it becomes a complicated fight for their survival.

Themes

Loyalty under pressure, Protecting the vulnerable, Moral ambiguity of duty, Numbers station governance, Code-broadcast manipulation, Deception in operations

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42

458. 42

Drama Sports Biography
7.5

20132h 8min

United States

Director: Brian Helgeland

Overview

In 1947, Jackie Robinson becomes the first Black man to play in Major League Baseball facing unabashed racism from the public, the press and other players.

Themes

Racial segregation pressures, Institutional racism and discipline, Baseball culture, Public scrutiny and bias, Teammate loyalty

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Oblivion

459. Oblivion

Action Science Fiction Adventure Mystery Post-Apocalyptic Sci-Fi
7.0

20132h 4min

United States

Director: Joseph Kosinski

Overview

After a war with alien invaders, Earth is no longer habitable, and what’s left of humanity has moved to the orbital station Tet. Jack Harper carries out technical missions on the devastated planet and coordinates resource-harvesting drones, but a chance discovery makes him question everything he believed about the war and his own assignment.

Themes

Isolation and belonging, Survival under surveillance, Memory erasure ethics, Human vs machine, Identity and autonomy, Postwar resource extraction

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Before Midnight

460. Before Midnight

Romance Drama Bittersweet Romance Relationship Drama
7.9

20131h 49min

Greece, United States

Director: Richard Linklater

Overview

It has been nine years since we last met Jesse and Celine, the French-American couple who once met on a train in Vienna. They now live in Paris with twin daughters but have spent a summer in Greece at the invitation of an author colleague of Jesse's. When the vacation is over and Jesse must send his teenage son off to the States, he begins to question his life decisions, and his relationship with Celine is at risk.

Themes

Parenting versus partnership, Career vs family choices, Communication under strain, Long-term relationship tension, Aging and life stages, Gendered perspectives

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