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Small Time Crooks

791. Small Time Crooks

Comedy Crime Satire Con Artist Crime
6.7

20001h 34min

United States

Director: Woody Allen

A loser of a crook and his wife strike it rich when a botched bank job's cover business becomes a spectacular success.

Themes

Front business disguise, Crime financing ambition, Class tension through social climbing, Deception and exploitation, Taste as status marker, Materialism shaping identity

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Amazon Prime Video
Amazon Video
Apple TV
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Road Trip

792. Road Trip

Comedy Adventure Buddy Comedy City Adventure
6.5

20001h 33min

United States

Director: Todd Phillips

After cheating at a party, Josh accidentally sends his girlfriend Tiffany a video from that scandalous night. Now he and his friends have to get to Tiffany’s college as fast as possible and intercept the incriminating footage.

Themes

Sex tape intrusion, Road trip tension, Authority confrontation, Cross country pursuit, Misadventure resilience, Campus disruption

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Amazon Video
Apple TV
Google Play Movies
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Keeping the Faith

793. Keeping the Faith

Comedy Romance Romantic Comedy Buddy Comedy
6.4

20002h 7min

United States

Director: Edward Norton

Best friends since they were kids, Rabbi Jacob Schram and Father Brian Finn are dynamic and popular young men living and working on New York's Upper West Side. When Anna Reilly, once their childhood friend and now grown into a beautiful corporate executive, suddenly returns to the city, she reenters Jake and Brian's lives and hearts with a vengeance. Sparks fly and an unusual and complicated love triangle ensues.

Themes

Friendship under pressure, Interfaith romance tension, Clerical vows vs desire, Modernization of religious practice, Love triangle dynamics, Family expectations vs personal choice

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Amazon Video
Apple TV
Google Play Movies
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Taxi 2

794. Taxi 2

Action Comedy Adventure Crime Vehicle-Driven Action
6.5

20001h 22min

France

Director: Gérard Krawczyk

A cabdriver and a cop race to Paris to rescue a love interest and the Japanese minister of defense from kidnappers.

Themes

Law enforcement pressure, Deception as tactic, Duty vs danger, Crime disruption ethics, Time pressure urgency, Policy and crime clash

Available on

Apple TV
Amazon Prime Video
Amazon Video
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High Fidelity

795. High Fidelity

Drama Comedy Romance Music Romantic Comedy
7.4

20001h 53min

United Kingdom, United States

Director: Stephen Frears

After his long-time girlfriend dumps him, a thirty-year-old record store owner seeks to understand why he is unlucky in love while recounting his "top five breakups of all time".

Themes

Insecurity in relationships, Fear of commitment, Deception in relationships, Top five fixation, Artistic identity vs romance, Music culture influence

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Amazon Video
Apple TV
Google Play Movies
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The Taste of Others

796. The Taste of Others

Drama Comedy Romance Romantic Comedy Awkward Comedy
7.2

20001h 52min

France

Director: Agnès Jaoui

Unpolished and ultra-pragmatic industrialist Jean-Jacques Castella reluctantly attends Racine's tragedy "Berenice" in order to see his niece play a bit part. He is taken with the play's strangely familiar-looking leading lady Clara Devaux. During the course of the show, Castella soon remembers that he once hired and then promptly fired the actress as an English language tutor. He immediately goes out and signs up for language lessons. Thinking that he is nothing but an ill-tempered philistine with bad taste, Clara rejects him until Castella charms her off her feet.

Themes

Extramarital affair, Marital strain, Teacher student tension, Class vs art, Art and business collide, Language lessons romance

Available on

Netflix
Google Play Movies
Orange VOD
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An Extremely Goofy Movie

797. An Extremely Goofy Movie

Animation Family Comedy Family Animation Parent-Child Family
6.4

20001h 19min

Australia, United States

Director: Douglas McCarthy

It's all extreme sports and a life of freedom as Max sets off for college -- but Goofy misses Max so much he loses his job and goes to finish college alongside Max and his friends. But as Goofy tries to get closer to Max, both must go to the extreme to learn how to live their own lives together.

Themes

Parent child relationship, Single father, Father son conflict, College transition, Skateboarding culture, Competition and integrity

Available on

Disney Plus
Amazon Video
Apple TV
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Love & Sex

798. Love & Sex

Comedy Drama Romance Romantic Comedy Relationship Drama
6.1

20001h 22min

Canada, United States

Director: Valerie Breiman

When her rather explicit copy is rejected, magazine journalist Kate is asked by her editor to come up with an article on loving relationships instead, and to do so by the end of the day. This gets Kate thinking back over her own various experiences, and to wondering if she is in much of a position to write on the subject.

Themes

Loving relationships dynamics, Magazine journalist perspective, End of day pressure, Explicit copy tension, Timing conflicts, Woman director influence

Available on

Google Play Movies
YouTube
Starz Apple TV Channel
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The Whole Nine Yards

799. The Whole Nine Yards

Comedy Crime Parody Organized Crime
6.7

20001h 38min

United States

Director: Jonathan Lynn

After a mobster agrees to cooperate with an FBI investigation in order to stay out of prison, he's relocated by the authorities to a life of suburban anonymity as part of a witness protection program. It's not long before a couple of his new neighbours figure out his true identity and come knocking to see if he'd be up for one more hit—suburban style.

Themes

Deception in relationships, Witness protection strain, Money-driven manipulation, Loyalty vs survival, Suburban disguise, Crime and family ties

Available on

Amazon Video
Apple TV
fuboTV
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Notting Hill

800. Notting Hill

Romance Comedy Romantic Comedy Awkward Comedy
7.2

19992h 4min

United Kingdom, United States

Director: Roger Michell

The life of William, the owner of a small bookshop in London, changes dramatically after a famous movie star visits his store. From there, the already unusual encounter grows into a romance.

Themes

Class differences, Fame and privacy, Public romance pressures, Media scrutiny, Friendship networks, Ordinary life vs stardom

Available on

Amazon Prime Video
Amazon Video
Apple TV
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