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Movies with deliberate vibe

Sylvia

1021. Sylvia

Drama Romance Relationship Drama Passionate Romance
6.3

20031h 49min

United Kingdom

Director: Christine Jeffs

Story of the relationship between the poets Ted Hughes and Sylvia Plath.

Themes

Public vs private life, Creativity under pressure, Infidelity and accusation, Female writing under shadow, Posthumous literary legacy, Domestic life and ambition

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Young Adam

1022. Young Adam

Drama Thriller Crime Romance Psychological Drama
6.3

20031h 33min

United Kingdom, France

Director: David Mackenzie

A young drifter working on a river barge disrupts his employers' lives while hiding the fact that he knows more about a dead woman found in the river than he admits.

Themes

Extramarital affair, Court case, Precarious labor, Memory and trauma, Domestic power struggle, Pregnancy and obligation

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Amazon Prime Video
Rakuten TV
Amazon Prime Video
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The Barbarian Invasions

1023. The Barbarian Invasions

Comedy Drama Family Drama Dark Comedy
7.5

20031h 39min

Canada, France

Director: Denys Arcand

In this belated sequel to 'The Decline of the American Empire', middle-aged Montreal college professor, Remy, learns that he is dying of liver cancer. His ex-wife, Louise, asks their estranged son, Sebastian, a successful businessman living in London, to come home. Sebastian makes the impossible happen, using his contacts and disrupting the Canadian healthcare system in every way possible to help his father fight his terminal illness to the bitter end, while reuniting some of Remy's old friends, including Pierre, Alain, Dominique, Diane, and Claude, who return to see their friend before he passes on.

Themes

Terminal illness and care access, Family conflict dynamics, Aging and vitality decline, Social democracy and nationalism, Money and influence, University setting and professor

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Elephant

1024. Elephant

Crime Drama Psychological Drama
7.1

20031h 21min

United States

Director: Gus Van Sant

Several ordinary high school students go through their daily routine as two others prepare for something more malevolent.

Themes

Peer alienation, Youth violence stakes, Family stress dynamics, Body image pressure, Routine under threat, Media influence on behavior

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Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter... and Spring

1025. Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter... and Spring

Drama Coming-of-Age Drama
8.0

20031h 43min

South Korea, Germany

Director: Kim Ki-duk

An isolated lake, where an old monk lives in a small floating temple. The monk has a young boy living with him, learning to become a monk. We watch as seasons and years pass by.

Themes

Cycles of life and renewal, Nature as teacher, Ascetic discipline and desire, Isolation and contemplation, Apprenticeship and authority, Mortality and ritual

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Lost in Translation

1026. Lost in Translation

Drama Romance Comedy Bittersweet Romance Relationship Drama
7.7

20031h 42min

United Kingdom, United States

Director: Sofia Coppola

A washed-up movie star and a young wife drift through Tokyo on separate, lonely trips—until a chance meeting in a hotel bar pulls them into a fragile, electric connection that makes going back to their real lives suddenly unbearable.

Themes

Culture clash and loneliness, Midlife crisis and longing, Homesickness in foreign city, Age-difference relationship, Quiet companionship in foreign city, Nostalgic melancholy and hope

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The Snow Walker

1027. The Snow Walker

Adventure Drama Survival Adventure Tragic Drama
7.3

20031h 43min

Canada

Director: Charles Martin Smith

A bush pilot in nothern Canada who with the aid of modernity thinks he can handle it all & knows it all. After reluctantly agreeing to transport a local indian girl to a medical facility his light plane crashes & they have to survive whilst finding their way back to civilization. Along the journey the man finds a new respect for the native ways as they battle to survive the elements.

Themes

Survival under pressure, Respect for native knowledge, Clash of modernity and tradition, Isolation and survival, Cross-cultural trust, Remote wilderness as test

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Amazon Prime Video
Amazon Video
fuboTV
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The Corporation

1028. The Corporation

Documentary Social & Political Documentary
8.0

20032h 25min

Canada

Director: Mark Achbar

Since the late 18th century American legal decision that the business corporation organizational model is legally a person, it has become a dominant economic, political and social force around the globe. This film takes an in-depth psychological examination of the organization model through various case studies. What the study illustrates is that in the its behaviour, this type of "person" typically acts like a dangerously destructive psychopath without conscience. Furthermore, we see the profound threat this psychopath has for our world and our future, but also how the people with courage, intelligence and determination can do to stop it.

Themes

Corporate personhood debate, Corporate social responsibility, Economic externalities, Democracy vs markets, Limited liability concept, Private power public welfare

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Amazon Video
Apple TV
Kanopy
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21 Grams

1029. 21 Grams

Drama Crime Thriller Relationship Drama Mind Game Thriller
7.6

20032h 4min

United States

Director: Alejandro González Iñárritu

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

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Zatoichi

1030. Zatoichi

Adventure Drama Action Martial Arts Action Adventure Epic
7.4

20031h 56min

France, Japan

Director: Takeshi Kitano

Blind traveler Zatoichi is a master swordsman and a masseur with a fondness for gambling on dice games. When he arrives in a village torn apart by warring gangs, he sets out to protect the townspeople.

Themes

Loyalty under pressure, Protection money coercion, Revenge and justice, Gang violence and control, Duty to protect, Hidden identity tension

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