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Movies with fast-paced vibe

The Tigger Movie

2051. The Tigger Movie

Animation Family Comedy Family Animation Animal Companion Family
6.3

20001h 17min

United States

Director: Jun Falkenstein

Winnie the Pooh, Piglet, Owl, Kanga, Roo, and Rabbit are preparing a suitable winter home for Eeyore, the perennially dejected donkey, but Tigger's continual bouncing interrupts their efforts. Rabbit suggests that Tigger go find others of his kind to bounce with, but Tigger thinks "the most wonderful thing about tiggers is" he's "the only one!" Just in case though, the joyously jouncy feline sets out to see if he can find relatives.

Themes

Deception and disguise, Misinterpreted guidance, Belonging under pressure, Communal care under winter, Search for relatives, Friendship resilience

Available on

Disney Plus
Amazon Video
Apple TV
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Anatomy

2052. Anatomy

Horror Thriller Body Horror Investigation Suspense
6.0

20001h 43min

Germany

Director: Stefan Ruzowitzky

Medical student Paula wins a place at an exclusive Heidelberg medical school. When the body of a young man she met on the train turns up on her dissection table, she begins to investigate the mysterious circumstances surrounding his death.

Themes

Secrecy enabling manipulation, Prestige-driven exploitation, Ethics erosion in science, Control over bodies, Deception within institutions, Violence as discipline

Available on

Amazon Video
Apple TV
Google Play Movies
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Happy Accidents

2053. Happy Accidents

Comedy Romance Science Fiction Romantic Comedy Time Travel Sci-Fi
7.1

20001h 50min

United States

Director: Brad Anderson

A comedy that pays tribute to the science fiction genre -- specifically, the sub-genre of time travel. But here the alternate reality is contemporary New York City where past and future experiences of trust, commitment and denial are cleverly put to the test. Just as Ruby is beginning to relish her first-ever healthy relationship, Sam begins muttering about being a time traveler from the year 2470.

Themes

Trust under pressure, Time travel ethics, Reality versus illusion, Future obsession, Manipulation across timelines, Commitment and doubt

Available on

Amazon Video
History Vault
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Saving Grace

2054. Saving Grace

Crime Comedy Narcotics Crime Satire
6.9

20001h 33min

France, United Kingdom

Director: Nigel Cole

Unexpectedly widowed, prim and proper housewife Grace Trevethyn finds herself in dire financial straits when she inherits massive debts her late husband had been accruing for years. Faced with losing her house, she decides to use her talent for horticulture and hatches a plan to grow potent marijuana which can be sold at an astronomical price, thus solving her financial crisis.

Themes

Community scrutiny and interference, Risk driven entrepreneurship, Marginal ascent through illicit means, Loyalty under conflicting relationships, Economic precarity under debt, Resourcefulness and improvisation

Available on

Amazon Video
Apple TV
Google Play Movies
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Next Friday

2055. Next Friday

Comedy Buddy Comedy
6.1

20001h 38min

United States

Director: Steve Carr

A streetwise man flees South Central Los Angeles heading to the suburbs and his lottery-winner uncle and cousin to avoid a neighborhood thug with a grudge who has just escaped from prison. But trouble soon follows and the suburbs will never be the same.

Themes

Economic precarity, Loyalty under strain, Revenge cycle, Gang violence, Neighborhood displacement, Crime and improvisation

Available on

Amazon Video
Apple TV
Google Play Movies
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Ordinary Decent Criminal

2056. Ordinary Decent Criminal

Comedy Thriller Dark Comedy Domestic Thriller
6.3

20001h 33min

Germany, United Kingdom

Director: Thaddeus O'Sullivan

Michael Lynch is a notorious criminal with two wives and a flair for showmanship. He's also a huge embarrassment to the local police, who are determined to bring him down once and for all.

Themes

Dual lives of criminals, Public fascination with crime, Art theft and prestige, Family vs crime dynamics, Showmanship in crime, Law enforcement obsession

Available on

Apple TV
Google Play Movies
YouTube
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Magnolia

2057. Magnolia

Drama Relationship Drama
8.0

19993h 9min

United States

Director: Paul Thomas Anderson

On one random day in the San Fernando Valley, a dying father, a young wife, a male caretaker, a famous lost son, a police officer in love, a boy genius, an ex-boy genius, a game show host and an estranged daughter will each become part of a dazzling multiplicity of plots, but one story.

Themes

Chance and choice, Parent-child estrangement, Reconciliation and contact, Pressure of performance, Mortality and illness, Fragmented urban life

Available on

Amazon Video
Apple TV
Google Play Movies
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A Christmas Carol

2058. A Christmas Carol

Drama Fantasy Psychological Drama Supernatural Fantasy
7.4

19991h 37min

United States

Director: David Hugh Jones

Miser Ebenezer Scrooge is awakened on Christmas Eve by spirits who reveal to him his own miserable existence, what opportunities he wasted in his youth, his current cruelties, and the dire fate that awaits him if he does not change his ways. Scrooge is faced with his own story of growing bitterness and meanness, and must decide what his own future will hold: death or redemption.

Themes

Class inequality, Family obligation, Charity vs self-interest, Social responsibility, Time as moral force, Transformation through experience

Available on

Amazon Video
Apple TV
Google Play Movies
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Toy Story 2

2059. Toy Story 2

Animation Comedy Family Family Animation Parent-Child Family
7.9

19991h 32min

United States

Director: John Lasseter

Andy heads off to Cowboy Camp, leaving his toys to their own devices. Things shift into high gear when an obsessive toy collector named Al McWhiggen, owner of Al's Toy Barn kidnaps Woody. Andy's toys mount a daring rescue mission, Buzz Lightyear meets his match and Woody has to decide where he and his heart truly belong.

Themes

Abandonment and trust, Loyalty through adversity, Belonging versus commodification, Identity and origin, Friendship and cooperation, Ownership vs exploitation

Available on

Disney Plus
Amazon Video
Apple TV
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Fight Club

2060. Fight Club

Drama Thriller Mind Game Thriller Psychological Drama
8.8

19992h 19min

Germany, United States

Director: David Fincher

A weary office worker suffers from chronic insomnia and tries to escape his inner emptiness and indifference to everything around him. One day during a trip, he meets Tyler Durden, who convinces him that self-destruction is the only true path in life. Together, they found an underground fight club where anyone can unleash their pent-up aggression and feel alive.

Themes

Insomniac alienation, Consumerism critique, Deception and imposture, Dual identities, Debt-system disruption, Underground violence

Available on

Amazon Video
Apple TV
fuboTV
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