Movies with deliberate vibe

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Realistic Tense Deliberate Relentless Measured

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A human child raised by wolves, must face off against a menacing tiger named Shere Khan, as well as his own origins.

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Belonging through guardianship, Jungle law vs survival, Upbringing shaping loyalty, Civilization intrusion on wild, Leadership tested under threat, Identity formation in exile

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Tense Claustrophobic Restrained Deliberate Eerie

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England, early 18th century. The close relationship between Queen Anne and Sarah Churchill is threatened by the arrival of Sarah's cousin, Abigail Hill, resulting in a bitter rivalry between the two cousins to be the Queen's favourite.

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Class inequality, Deception and manipulation, Social climbing, Power and influence, Palace intrigue, Gender dynamics

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Realistic Claustrophobic Atmospheric Restrained Deliberate

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In 1970s Mexico City, two domestic workers help a mother of four while her husband is away for an extended period of time.

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Class inequality, Family fragmentation, Domestic labor dynamics, Pregnancy and paternity doubt, Gendered vulnerability, Land tensions

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Realistic Intimate Deliberate Measured Hopeful

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Tony Lip, a bouncer in 1962, is hired to drive pianist Don Shirley on a tour through the Deep South in the days when African Americans, forced to find alternate accommodations and services due to segregation laws below the Mason-Dixon Line, relied on a guide called The Negro Motorist Green Book.

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Friendship under pressure, Racial discrimination in hospitality, Meritocracy vs prejudice, Protective duty vs independence, Dignity under pressure, Reconciliation after conflict

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Realistic Intimate Atmospheric Bleak Contemplative

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Famed but tormented artist Vincent van Gogh spends his final years in Arles, France, painting masterworks of the natural world that surrounds him.

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Meaning in nature, Mental health and art, Family ties and support, Artistic solitude, Fame and torment, Public mockery and alienation

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Tense Atmospheric Bleak Dry Restrained

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Vignettes weaving together the stories of six individuals in the old West at the end of the Civil War. Following the tales of a sharp-shooting songster, a wannabe bank robber, two weary traveling performers, a lone gold prospector, a woman traveling the West to an uncertain future, and a motley crew of strangers undertaking a carriage ride.

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Economic precarity, Frontier precariousness, Loyalty and debt, Spectacle for profit, Mass entertainment ethics, Fate and chance

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Realistic Claustrophobic Bleak Deliberate Oppressive

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Jaime, a doctor who lives in Seville, finds his life radically changed when his son is left fighting for his life after being beaten up during a robbery. The feelings of pain and helplessness soon change to feelings of hate and anger, converting a good dad into a dehumanised man.

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Violence and aftermath, Revenge dynamics, Parental protectiveness under threat, Dehumanisation under stress, Pain to anger, Investigation as moral test

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Tense Deliberate Eerie Stylish Intense

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A darkness swirls at the center of a world-renowned dance company, one that will engulf the artistic director, an ambitious young dancer, and a grieving psychotherapist. Some will succumb to the nightmare. Others will finally wake up.

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Ritual power dynamics, Art as spiritual battleground, Institutional secrecy and control, Female agency vs manipulation, Occult influence within institutions, Trauma under performance culture

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Realistic Tense Raw Claustrophobic Bleak

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Spanish photographer Francesc Boix, imprisoned in the Mauthausen-Gusen concentration camp, works in the SS Photographic Service. Between 1943 and 1945, he hides, with the help of other prisoners, thousands of negatives, with the purpose of showing the freed world the atrocities committed by the Nazis, exhaustively documented. He will be a key witness during the Nuremberg Trials.

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Survival under oppression, Duty under risk, Memory against erasure, Evidence through photography, Witness to atrocities

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Realistic Deliberate Clinical Relentless Minimalist

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A look at the life of the astronaut, Neil Armstrong, and the legendary space mission that led him to become the first man to walk on the Moon on July 20, 1969.

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Risk management under pressure, Grief-driven perseverance, Duty over personal life, Professional loyalty and sacrifice, Obsession with the mission, Public scrutiny vs private life

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