poetic backdrop

Movies with poetic vibe

Candy

1. Candy

Drama Romance Relationship Drama Dark Romance
7.2
20061h 56min

Overview

A poet falls in love with an art student, who gravitates to his bohemian lifestyle — and his love of heroin. Hooked as much on one another as they are on the drug, their relationship alternates between states of oblivion, self-destruction, and despair.

Themes

Romance under strain, Addiction under pressure, Economic precarity driving crime, Creativity vs dependency, Co-dependency in partnership, Relapse cycles

Available on

Amazon Prime Video
Amazon Video
Apple TV
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The Hidden Blade

2. The Hidden Blade

Drama Romance Historical Drama Passionate Romance
7.7
20042h 12min

Overview

Set in 19th Century Japan a young samurai who finds himself in love with a farm girl leaves his home to begin a new life. He has to take stock of his new life when he is put to the test and ordered to kill a traitor who just happens to be his dearest friend.

Themes

Class inequality, Duty vs desire, Social hierarchy, Romance under constraint, Honor vs happiness, Modernization pressure

Available on

Kanopy
Hoopla
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Big Fish

3. Big Fish

Adventure Fantasy Drama Adventure Epic Narrative Fantasy
8.0
20032h 5min

Overview

Throughout his life Edward Bloom has always been a man of big appetites, enormous passions and tall tales. In his later years, he remains a huge mystery to his son, William. Now, to get to know the real man, Will begins piecing together a true picture of his father from flashbacks of his amazing adventures.

Themes

Tall tales vs reality, Parent-child relationship, Aging and illness, Magical realism in life, Fame from storytelling, Love and commitment

Available on

Amazon Video
Apple TV
Google Play Movies
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21 Grams

4. 21 Grams

Drama Crime Thriller Relationship Drama Mind Game Thriller
7.6
20032h 4min

Overview

Paul Rivers, an ailing mathematician lovelessly married to an English émigré; Christina Peck, an upper-middle-class suburban housewife and mother of two girls; and Jack Jordan, a born-again ex-con, are brought together by a terrible accident that changes their lives.

Themes

Class inequality, Family instability, Grief and guilt, Trauma and memory, Bodily integrity, Moral responsibility

Available on

Amazon Video
Apple TV
Google Play Movies
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Il Mare

5. Il Mare

Fantasy Drama Romance Relationship Drama Fantasy Romance
7.5
20001h 36min

Overview

In the year 1999, a young woman leaves her quaint seaside house and returns to the city, leaving in the mailbox a card for the next owner, with instructions to forward any mail of hers to the new address. In the year 1997, a jaded young architect moves into the same house and finds the letter. His reply, which he slips into the mailbox, finds its way to her, beginning a parallel-time love story separated by a span of two years.

Themes

Letter-based connection, Mailbox as conduit, Millenium drift, Beach interludes, Time travel romance, Parallel timelines

Available on

Plex
Plex Channel
Kocowa
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