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The Legend of Barney Thomson

331. The Legend of Barney Thomson

Comedy Drama Dark Comedy
6.2

20151h 36min

United Kingdom, Canada

Director: Robert Carlyle

Barney Thomson, awkward, diffident, Glasgow barber, lives a life of desperate mediocrity and his uninteresting life is about to go from 0 to 60 in five seconds, as he enters the grotesque and comically absurd world of the serial killer.

Themes

Appearance vs reality, Secrecy and consequence, Mediocrity under pressure, Deception within families, Violence in daily life, Accidental crime

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Ricki and the Flash

332. Ricki and the Flash

Comedy Drama Music Family Drama Narrative Musical
6.0

20151h 40min

United States

Director: Jonathan Demme

Meryl Streep stars as Ricki Rendazzo, a guitar heroine who made a world of mistakes as she followed her dreams of rock-and-roll stardom. Returning home, Ricki gets a shot at redemption and a chance to make things right as she faces the music with her family.

Themes

Absent parenting consequences, Fame vs family duty, Romantic betrayal, Financial precarity, Family hostility and acceptance, Generational tensions

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Magic Mike XXL

333. Magic Mike XXL

Comedy Drama Ensemble Comedy Entertainment Industry Drama
5.6

20151h 55min

United States

Director: Gregory Jacobs

Three years after Mike bowed out of the stripper life at the top of his game, he and the remaining Kings of Tampa hit the road to Myrtle Beach to put on one last blow-out performance.

Themes

Reinvention under pressure, Romance vs career, Road trip bonding, Enduring male friendship, Spectacle as self expression, Group cohesion under change, Pursuit of a final performance

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Staten Island Summer

334. Staten Island Summer

Comedy Buddy Comedy
5.6

20151h 48min

United States

Director: Rhys Thomas

Pals Danny and Frank spend the summer after high school working as lifeguards while figuring out their future.

Themes

Friendship under pressure, Romance vs ambition, Lifeguard camaraderie, Anticipation of college, Post-high school uncertainty, Summer job pressures

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Sleeping with Other People

335. Sleeping with Other People

Comedy Romance Romantic Comedy Awkward Comedy
6.5

20151h 40min

United States

Director: Leslye Headland

Jake and Lainey have known each other since college: on one awkward night, they lost their virginity. Twelve years later, they run into each other at a support group for sex addicts—and this time a friendship starts to form between them.

Themes

Loyalty under pressure, Commitment issues, Career vs romance, Friends to lovers, Deception and desire, Casual dating expectations

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Ted 2

336. Ted 2

Comedy Fantasy Adult Comedy
6.3

20151h 55min

United States

Director: Seth MacFarlane

Newlywed couple Ted and Tami-Lynn want to have a baby, but in order to qualify to be a parent, Ted will have to prove he's a person in a court of law.

Themes

State control over autonomy, Family formation pressures, Civil rights litigation, Legal personhood struggle, Corporate power over individuals, Public spectacle and privacy

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One Wild Moment

337. One Wild Moment

Drama Romance Family Drama Passionate Romance
6.2

20151h 46min

France

Director: Jean-François Richet

Antoine and Laurent, old friends, spend their vacation in Corsica with their respective daughters: seventeen-year-old Louna and eighteen-year-old Marie. One evening at the beach, Louna seduces Laurent. Louna is in love, but for Laurent it was nothing more than a momentary distraction. Without revealing her lover's name, Louna confides in her father, who tries by any means to discover who his daughter's lover is. How long will the secret be able to be kept hidden?

Themes

Secrecy and exposure, Age gap temptation, Parental authority vs desire, Betrayal among friends, Gender expectations pressure, Isolation amplifies temptation

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Paper Towns

338. Paper Towns

Mystery Drama Romance Coming-of-Age Drama Passionate Romance
6.2

20151h 49min

United States

Director: Jake Schreier

Quentin Jacobsen has spent a lifetime loving the magnificently adventurous Margo Roth Spiegelman from afar. So when she cracks open a window and climbs back into his life dressed like a ninja and summoning him for an ingenious campaign of revenge, he follows. After their all-nighter ends and a new day breaks, Quentin arrives at school to discover that Margo, always an enigma, has now become a mystery. But Quentin soon learns that there are clues, and they're for him. Urged down a disconnected path, the closer Quentin gets, the less he sees of the girl he thought he knew.

Themes

Group belonging and betrayal, Public image vs reality, Adolescent agency under risk, Deception and self-discovery, Peers pressure conformity

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Inside Out

339. Inside Out

Animation Family Adventure Drama Comedy
8.1

20151h 35min

United States

Director: Pete Docter

When 11-year-old Riley moves to a new city, her Emotions team up to help her through the transition. Joy, Fear, Anger, Disgust and Sadness work together, but when Joy and Sadness get lost, they must journey through unfamiliar places to get back home.

Themes

Imagined childhood companion and resilience, Relocation stress and adaptation, Emotional regulation under change, Memory as identity anchor, Parental support during transition

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Me and Earl and the Dying Girl

340. Me and Earl and the Dying Girl

Drama Comedy Coming-of-Age Drama Awkward Comedy
7.7

20151h 45min

United States

Director: Alfonso Gomez-Rejon

A socially invisible senior hides in a bubble of parody films and closed bedroom doors, convinced distance keeps him safe. When his mother forces him to befriend a classmate with leukemia, his carefully built isolation cracks, and he scrambles to turn their awkward new bond into the one story he doesn’t know how to control.

Themes

Friendship under strain, Melancholy with humor, Coming of age under illness, Art as coping mechanism, Mortality awareness in youth, Selflessness vs self-interest

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