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Movies with clinical vibe

Dark Waters

1. Dark Waters

Drama Thriller Legal Drama Courtroom Thriller
7.6
20192h 7min

Overview

A tenacious attorney uncovers a dark secret that connects a growing number of unexplained deaths to one of the world's largest corporations. In the process, he risks everything — his future, his family, and his own life — to expose the truth.

Themes

Environmental injustice, Community resilience, Corporate accountability, Corporate concealment, Scientific opacity, Public health stakes, Legal activism

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The Cleansing Hour

2. The Cleansing Hour

Horror Psychological Horror
6.0
20191h 31min

Overview

Two millennial entrepreneurs stage elaborate fake exorcisms on social media until one of their girlfriends becomes possessed by a demon.

Themes

Exorcism spectacle, Livestream deception, Hoax ethics, Social media pressure, Screenlife aesthetics, Exorcism as performance

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The Specials

3. The Specials

Comedy Drama Psychological Drama Workplace Comedy
7.4
20191h 54min

Overview

For twenty years, Bruno and Malik have lived in a different world—the world of autistic children and teens. In charge of two separate nonprofit organizations (The Hatch & The Shelter), they train young people from underprivileged areas to be caregivers for extreme cases that have been refused by all other institutions. It’s an exceptional partnership, outside of traditional settings, for some quite extraordinary characters.

Themes

Caregiver training vs certification, Funding instability and resilience, Oversight pressure and compliance, Autism-focused support networks, Pragmatic care vs formal training, Urban youth empowerment through care

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Terminator: Dark Fate

4. Terminator: Dark Fate

Science Fiction Action Adventure Thriller AI Sci-Fi
6.2
20192h 8min

Overview

Decades after Sarah Connor prevented Judgment Day, a lethal new Terminator is sent to eliminate the future leader of the resistance. In a fight to save mankind, battle-hardened Sarah Connor teams up with an unexpected ally and an enhanced super soldier to stop the deadliest Terminator yet.

Themes

Time travel ethics, Resistance leadership, Border resilience, Augmentation ethics, Ai governance and war, Machine autonomy humanity

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The Kill Team

5. The Kill Team

War Action Drama Modern Conflicts Military Action
6.0
20191h 27min

Overview

When Andrew Briggman — a young soldier in the US Army during the invasion of Afghanistan — witnesses the murderous behavior of fellow soldiers, under the direction of a malevolent Sergeant, he faces a moral dilemma. His increasingly-violent platoon becomes suspicious that someone in their ranks has turned on them, and Andrew begins to fear for his safety. A fictionalized dramatization based on a true story.

Themes

Moral injury under orders, Obedience under coercion, Deception and violence, Group complicity, Trauma from combat actions, Investigation and accountability

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Mr. Jones

6. Mr. Jones

Thriller Drama History Political Thriller Historical Drama
6.9
20191h 59min

Overview

In 1933, Welsh journalist Gareth Jones travels to Ukraine, where he experiences the horrors of a famine. Everywhere he goes he meets henchmen of the Soviet secret service who are determined to prevent news about the catastrophe from getting out. Stalin’s forced collectivisation of agriculture has resulted in misery and ruin—the policy is tantamount to mass murder.

Themes

Ethics under pressure, State censorship, Political manipulation of media, Propaganda vs reporting, Famine as political instrument, Risk to whistleblowers

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The Laundromat

7. The Laundromat

Crime Drama Comedy Con Artist Crime Legal Drama
6.3
20191h 36min

Overview

When a widow gets swindled out of insurance money, her search for answers leads to two cunning lawyers in Panama who hide cash for the superrich.

Themes

Wealth manipulation and fraud, Corporate shell structures, Offshore finance ethics, Accountability gaps in regulation, Victims seeking restitution, Power through money

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Fractured

8. Fractured

Thriller Drama Cover-Up Thriller Family Drama
6.5
20191h 41min

Overview

Driving cross-country, Ray and his wife and daughter stop at a highway rest area where his daughter falls and breaks her arm. After a frantic rush to the hospital and a clash with the check-in nurse, Ray is finally able to get her to a doctor. While the wife and daughter go downstairs for an MRI, Ray, exhausted, passes out in a chair in the lobby. Upon waking up, they have no record or knowledge of Ray's family ever being checked in.

Themes

Perception vs reality, Grief and memory, Family fragility, Institutional power, Trauma denial, Trust vs doubt

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System Crasher

9. System Crasher

Drama Family Drama
7.8
20191h 58min

Overview

Wherever 9-year-old Benni ends up, she is expelled. She has become what child protection services call a “system crasher.” But she is not looking to change her ways, and has one goal: go back home to her mother. When anger management trainer Micha is hired to help, suddenly there is hope.

Themes

Anger management demands, Care system pressure, Family stability fragility, Trauma imprint effects, Foster care fragility, Protection system friction

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Ad Astra

10. Ad Astra

Science Fiction Drama Space Sci-Fi Psychological Drama
6.5
20192h 3min

Overview

The near future, a time when both hope and hardships drive humanity to look to the stars and beyond. While a mysterious phenomenon menaces to destroy life on planet Earth, astronaut Roy McBride undertakes a mission across the immensity of space and its many perils to uncover the truth about a lost expedition that decades before boldly faced emptiness and silence in search of the unknown.

Themes

Resilience under pressure, Duty vs father son relationship, Isolation in space walk, Longing for home world, Risk under secrecy, Exploration and consequence

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