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Movies with fast-paced vibe

Kill List

1331. Kill List

Horror Thriller Crime Psychological Horror Revenge Thriller
6.4

20111h 35min

United Kingdom, Australia

Director: Ben Wheatley

Nearly a year after a botched job, a hitman takes a new assignment with the promise of a big payoff for three killings. What starts off as an easy task soon unravels, sending the killer into the heart of darkness.

Themes

Loyalty under threat, Trauma under pressure, Family safety in danger, Cult ritual pressure, Betrayal within professional bonds

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Amazon Video
Apple TV
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The Three Musketeers

1332. The Three Musketeers

Adventure Action Thriller Adventure Epic Epic Action
5.7

20111h 50min

United States, United Kingdom

Director: Paul W. S. Anderson

The hot-headed young D'Artagnan along with three former legendary but now down on their luck Musketeers must unite and defeat a beautiful double agent and her villainous employer from seizing the French throne and engulfing Europe in war.

Themes

Deception and betrayal, Loyalty under pressure, Power struggles, Political manipulation, King of france power, Three musketeers loyalty, Alliance and trust dynamics

Available on

Amazon Prime Video
Amazon Video
Apple TV
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The Caller

1333. The Caller

Horror Thriller Mystery Supernatural Horror Mind Game Thriller
6.0

20111h 32min

United Kingdom, Puerto Rico

Director: Matthew Parkhill

Troubled divorcee Mary Kee is tormented by a series of sinister phone calls from a mysterious woman. When the stranger reveals she's calling from the past, Mary tries to break off contact. But the caller doesn't like being ignored, and looks for revenge in a unique and terrifying way...

Themes

Abuse and control, Time intrusion, Deception and manipulation, Isolation and distrust, Haunting imagery, Psychological torment

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Amazon Video
Apple TV
Google Play Movies
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Teen Spirit

1334. Teen Spirit

Drama Fantasy Comedy TV Movie Coming-of-Age Drama
5.4

20111h 21min

United States

Director: Gil Junger

Amber, a mean popular girl who gets electrocuted and dies, is not allowed to enter into heaven unless she helps the least popular girl in school become Prom Queen within a week, but things do not go as planned.

Themes

Social climbing, Appearance versus reality, Peer judgment, Popularity pressure, Social manipulation, Moral consequence

Available on

Amazon Video
fuboTV
YouTube TV
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The Change-Up

1335. The Change-Up

Comedy Buddy Comedy
6.3

20111h 52min

United States

Director: David Dobkin

Lifelong friends Dave and Mitch are envious of the other's life. Mitch thinks Dave has it all: a beautiful, loving family and a high-paying job at a prestigious law firm. But Dave thinks Mitch’s stress-free playboy life without obligation or consequence is the real dream come true. One fateful drunken night, they both admit that they wish they had the other’s life while peeing in a fountain when lightning strikes. The next morning, they wake up, hungover, in each other’s bodies! With time not on their side, Mitch and Dave comically struggle to avoid completely destroying each other’s lives before they can find a way to get their old ones back.

Themes

Authenticity vs performance, Deception under social pressure, Role-switch consequences, Professional vs family obligations, Envy-driven life comparison, Friendship tested by change

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Amazon Video
Apple TV
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After his capture for attempted assassination of the Raikage, leader of Kumogakure, as well as killing Jōnin from Kirigakure and Iwagakure, Naruto is imprisoned in Hōzukijou: A criminal containment facility known as the Blood Prison. Mui, the castle master, uses the ultimate imprisonment technique to steal power from the prisoners, which is when Naruto notices his life has been targeted. Thus begins the battle to uncover the truth behind the mysterious murders and prove Naruto's innocence.

Themes

Deception and manipulation, Trust under pressure, Authority and individual rights, Confinement and injustice, Loyalty and duty, Justice and accountability

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Netflix
Amazon Video
Apple TV
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Crazy, Stupid, Love.

1337. Crazy, Stupid, Love.

Comedy Drama Romance Romantic Comedy Relationship Drama
7.4

20111h 58min

United States

Director: Glenn Ficarra

Cal’s perfect suburban life collapses into a lonely apartment and a barstool confessional. Trapped in middle-aged heartbreak, he lets a slick womanizer rebuild him from the ground up, one reckless pickup at a time, until his new persona crashes headfirst into the family he’s desperate not to lose.

Themes

Parental expectations, Marital strain, Midlife crisis, Friendship and loyalty, Mentorship and influence, Deceit in romance

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Amazon Video
Apple TV
Google Play Movies
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Cowboys & Aliens

1338. Cowboys & Aliens

Action Science Fiction Thriller Western Epic Action
6.0

20111h 59min

India, United States

Director: Jon Favreau

A stranger stumbles into the desert town of Absolution with no memory of his past and a futuristic shackle around his wrist. With the help of mysterious beauty Ella and the iron-fisted Colonel Dolarhyde, he finds himself leading an unlikely posse of cowboys, outlaws, and Apache warriors against a common enemy from beyond this world in an epic showdown for survival.

Themes

Frontier violence and law, Outsider loyalty and belonging, Resource extraction and resistance, Memory and identity formation, Alliance against shared threat, Indigenous agency and sovereignty

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Amazon Video
Apple TV
Google Play Movies
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The Smurfs

1339. The Smurfs

Animation Family Adventure Comedy Fantasy
5.4

20111h 43min

United States, Belgium

Director: Raja Gosnell

When the evil wizard Gargamel chases the tiny blue Smurfs out of their village, they tumble from their magical world and into ours -- in fact, smack dab in the middle of Central Park. Just three apples high and stuck in the Big Apple, the Smurfs must find a way to get back to their village before Gargamel tracks them down.

Themes

Power and vulnerability, Trust across strangers, Magic as power, Vortex driven transit, Displacement under blue moon, Cat and mouse pursuit

Available on

Amazon Video
Apple TV
Google Play Movies
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Starbuck

1340. Starbuck

Comedy Dark Comedy
7.2

20111h 43min

Canada

Director: Ken Scott

David Wozniak is a perpetual adolescent who discovers that, as a sperm donor, he has fathered 533 children. He is advised that more than 100 of his offspring are trying to force the fertility clinic to reveal the true identity of "Starbuck," the pseudonym he used when donating his sperm. To make matters worse, his girlfriend Valérie is pregnant with his child, but doesn't feel that he is mature enough to be a father.

Themes

Unplanned fatherhood pressure, Privacy versus exposure, Legal action and settlements, Debt driven risk taking, Donor offspring solidarity, Redefinition of family

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Amazon Video
Google Play Movies
YouTube
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