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Movies with rugged vibe

How to Train Your Dragon

1. How to Train Your Dragon

Fantasy Family Action Adventure Epic Fantasy
7.8
20252h 5min

Overview

On the rugged isle of Berk, where Vikings and dragons have been bitter enemies for generations, Hiccup stands apart, defying centuries of tradition when he befriends Toothless, a feared Night Fury dragon. Their unlikely bond reveals the true nature of dragons, challenging the very foundations of Viking society.

Themes

Community transformation, Mentorship and growth, Tradition vs innovation, Youth empowerment, Friendship across species, Coexistence with dragons

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Overview

Post-apocalyptic survivors find refuge in the Rocky Mountains to hide from giant, insect-like creatures that can't live above 8,000 feet. However, when one of them needs life-saving supplies, they risk it all to venture into the danger zone.

Themes

Alien invasion threat, High altitude survival, Abandoned mine resilience, Ski lift peril, Hospital supply urgency

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The Promised Land

3. The Promised Land

Action Drama History Historical Drama Epic Action
7.7
20232h 7min

Overview

Denmark, 1755. Captain Ludvig Kahlen sets out to conquer a Danish heath reputed to be uncultivable, with an impossible goal: to establish a colony in the name of the king, in exchange for a royal title. A single-minded ambition that the ruthless lord of the region will relentlessly seek to put down. Kahlen's fate hangs in the balance: will his endevours bring him wealth and honour, or cost him his life...?

Themes

Labor exploitation, Land ownership conflict, Colonial ambition, Legal bans and enforcement, Upheaval of settlers, Betrayal and power shifts

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Love and Monsters

4. Love and Monsters

Comedy Adventure Science Fiction Action Survival Adventure
6.9
20201h 49min

Overview

Seven years since the Monsterpocalypse began, Joel Dawson has been living underground in order to survive. But after reconnecting over radio with his high school girlfriend Aimee, Joel decides to venture out to reunite with her, despite all the dangerous monsters that stand in his way.

Themes

Survival under pressure, Trust and betrayal, Coming of age resilience, Intercolony cooperation, Rebuilding communities after disaster, Found family under threat

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True History of the Kelly Gang

5. True History of the Kelly Gang

Crime Drama Western Thriller Organized Crime
6.0
20192h 5min

Overview

Set against the badlands of Australia where the English rule with a bloody fist and the Irish endure, Ned Kelly discovers he comes from a line of Irish rebels — an uncompromising army of cross dressing bandits immortalised for terrorising their oppressors back in Ireland. Fuelled by the unfair arrest of his mother, Kelly recruits a wild bunch of warriors to plot one of the most audacious attacks of anarchy and rebellion the country has ever seen.

Themes

Colonial oppression, Bushranger identity, Cross dressing resistance, Irish rebels solidarity, Enduring loyalty under pressure, Australian bush setting

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Deadwood: The Movie

6. Deadwood: The Movie

Western Drama Modern Western Historical Drama
7.3
20191h 50min

Overview

Follow the 10-year reunion of the Deadwood camp to celebrate South Dakota's statehood. Former rivalries are reignited, alliances are tested and old wounds are reopened, as all are left to navigate the inevitable changes that modernity and time have wrought.

Themes

Loyalty under pressure, Deception and influence, Violence as negotiation, Land investment leverage, Frontier authority vs capital, Rivalries reemerge

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Triple Frontier

7. Triple Frontier

Action Thriller Crime Adventure Heist
6.5
20192h 5min

Overview

Struggling to make ends meet, former special ops soldiers reunite for a high-stakes heist: stealing $75 million from a South American drug lord.

Themes

Survival under pressure, Group dynamics under stress, Greed vs loyalty, Risk management in crime, Trust across outsiders, Moral cost of robbery

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Prospect

8. Prospect

Science Fiction Alien Contact Sci-Fi
6.3
20181h 38min

Overview

A teenage girl and her father travel to a remote alien moon, aiming to strike it rich. They've secured a contract to harvest a large deposit of the elusive gems hidden in the depths of the moon's toxic forest. But there are others roving the wilderness and the job quickly devolves into a fight to survive.

Themes

Trust under pressure, Alien planet resource extraction, Survival under toxic atmosphere, Giant forest hazards, Natural resources competition, Father daughter relationship under stress

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Alpha

9. Alpha

Adventure Drama Survival Adventure
6.6
20181h 37min

Overview

In the prehistoric past, Keda, a young and inexperienced hunter, struggles to return home after being separated from his tribe when bison hunting goes awry. On his way back he will find an unexpected ally.

Themes

Leadership under uncertainty, Interspecies collaboration, Wolf bond, Isolation and adaptation, Survival under harsh climate, Bonding through hardship

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Lean on Pete

10. Lean on Pete

Drama Adventure Coming-of-Age Drama Globetrotting Adventure
7.1
20182h 1min

Overview

Charley Thompson, a teenager living with his single father, gets a summer job working for horse trainer Del Montgomery. Bonding with an aging racehorse named Lean on Pete, Charley is horrified to learn he is bound for slaughter, and so he steals the horse, and the duo embark on an odyssey across the new American frontier.

Themes

Economic precarity, Family instability, Loyalty under pressure, Attachment to companion, Fugitive road journey

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