Movies with minimalist vibe

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Realistic Tense Dry Deliberate Clinical

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In the near future, due to a breakthrough scientific discovery by Dr. Thomas Harbor, there is now definitive proof of an afterlife. While countless people have chosen suicide to reset their existence, others try to decide what it all means. Among them is Dr. Harbor's son Will, who has arrived at his father's isolated compound with a mysterious young woman named Isla. There, they discover the strange acolytes who help Dr. Harbor with his experiments.

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Grief and memory, Investigative deception, Ethical risk of experimentation, Afterlife hypothesis, Mass suicide pressure, Memory as reality

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Claustrophobic Atmospheric Dry Eerie Stylish

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Two young women at a prestigious prep school are assailed by an evil, invisible power when they're stranded over winter break.

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Isolation within boarding school, Loneliness and abandonment, Ritual violence and exorcism, Boiler room danger, Murder-driven intimidation, Deception via forged identity

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Realistic Tense Restrained Deliberate Sun-drenched

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After her mother's death, six-year-old Frida is sent to her uncle's family to live with them in the countryside. But Frida finds it hard to forget her mother and adapt to her new life.

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Based on true story, Death of mother, Countryside life, Family ties, Childhood memories, Summer mood

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Tense Claustrophobic Clinical Relentless Eerie

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The six-member crew of the International Space Station is tasked with studying a sample from Mars that may be the first proof of extra-terrestrial life, which proves more intelligent than ever expected.

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Isolation in space, High stakes improvisation, Sacrifice under pressure, Emergent alien intelligence, Containment under quarantine, Technology dependence

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Realistic Tense Claustrophobic Bleak Deliberate

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A true-life drama in the 1920s, centering on British explorer Col. Percy Fawcett, who discovered evidence of a previously unknown, advanced civilization in the Amazon and disappeared whilst searching for it.

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Loyalty under strain, Expedition pressure, Amazon rainforest myth, Frontier isolation and resilience, Myth versus science, Legacy through exploration

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Realistic Bleak Deliberate Minimalist Measured

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A grieving man receives a mysterious, personal invitation to meet with God at a place called 'The Shack'.

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Guilt and accountability, Loss shaping faith, Abuse eroding trust, Grief guiding healing, Family fragility and resilience, Meaning making after tragedy

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Immersive Tense Intimate Claustrophobic Atmospheric

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Susannah Cahalan, an up-and-coming journalist at the New York Post becomes plagued by voices in her head and seizures, causing a rapid descent into insanity.

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Autoimmune brain disease, Medical misdiagnosis pressure, Symptom-driven investigation, Patient resilience, Medical uncertainty

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Intimate Dry Deliberate Minimalist Measured

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An intimate journey through the formative years of David Lynch's life. From his idyllic upbringing in small town America to the dark streets of Philadelphia, we follow Lynch as he traces the events that have helped to shape one of cinema's most enigmatic directors.

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Baby as motif in art, Art school influenced career, Family relationships under pressure, Mother son relationship tensions, Father son relationship dynamics, Upbringing shaping artistic path

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Intimate Bleak Contemplative Deliberate Minimalist

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Working from the text of James Baldwin’s unfinished final novel, director Raoul Peck creates a meditation on what it means to be Black in the United States.

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Racial inequality, Economic exploitation, White supremacy, National identity and accountability, Civil rights struggle, Media representation

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Intimate Bleak Dry Clinical Minimalist

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A service which creates holographic projections of late family members allows an elderly woman to spend time with a younger version of her deceased husband.

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Memory technology ethics, Aging memory fragility, Memory as coping mechanism, Family secrecy and silence, Affection projection deception, Caregiving power dynamics

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