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Movies with calculated vibe

Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning

1. Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning

Action Thriller Adventure Spy Action Computer Threat Thriller
7.2
20252h 50min

Overview

Ethan Hunt and team continue their search for the terrifying AI known as the Entity — which has infiltrated intelligence networks all over the globe — with the world's governments and a mysterious ghost from Hunt's past on their trail. Joined by new allies and armed with the means to shut the Entity down for good, Hunt is in a race against time to prevent the world as we know it from changing forever.

Themes

Trust under pressure, Deception and loyalty, Race against time, Ai governance and control, Information warfare ethics, Global security stakes

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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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Overview

Master car thieves square off against French gangsters in the South of France with money, women and lives all on the line.

Themes

Loyalty vs self-interest, Deception as leverage, Illicit collaboration under pressure, Betrayal through alliance, Risk and reward calculus, Competition over possessions

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Miss Sloane

4. Miss Sloane

Drama Crime Thriller Political Drama Political Thriller
7.5
20162h 13min

Overview

An ambitious lobbyist faces off against the powerful gun lobby in an attempt to pass gun control legislation.

Themes

Media manipulation, Power and accountability, Ethics vs lobbying, Gendered political strategy, Personal risk and exposure, Transparency and influence

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Our Kind of Traitor

5. Our Kind of Traitor

Thriller Political Thriller
6.3
20161h 48min

Overview

A young Oxford academic and his attorney girlfriend holiday in Morocco. They bump into a Russian millionaire who owns a peninsula and a diamond watch. He wants a game of tennis. What else he wants propels the lovers on a tortuous journey to the City of London and its unholy alliance with Britain's intelligence establishment, to Paris and the Alps.

Themes

Wealth and influence, Political corruption exposure, Loyalties under pressure, Money laundering networks, Financial leverage and crime, Asylum politics and borders

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Bridge of Spies

6. Bridge of Spies

Thriller Drama Political Thriller Historical Drama
7.6
20152h 21min

Overview

During the Cold War, the Soviet Union captures U.S. pilot Francis Gary Powers after shooting down his U-2 spy plane. Sentenced to 10 years in prison, Powers' only hope is New York lawyer James Donovan, recruited by a CIA operative to negotiate his release. Donovan boards a plane to Berlin, hoping to win the young man's freedom through a prisoner exchange. If all goes well, the Russians would get Rudolf Abel, the convicted spy who Donovan defended in court.

Themes

Cold war pressures, Legal drama ethics, Spy vs lawyer, Courtroom defense integrity, State recognition ambitions, Prisoner exchange diplomacy

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Focus

7. Focus

Romance Comedy Crime Romantic Comedy Con Artist Crime
6.6
20151h 45min

Overview

Nicky, an accomplished con artist, gets romantically involved with his disciple Jess but later ends their relationship. Years later, she returns as a femme fatale to spoil his plans.

Themes

Deception and trust, Loyalty versus ambition, Misdirection and manipulation, Emotional risk in crime, Romance and vulnerability in crime

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Poker Night

8. Poker Night

Thriller Action Crime Horror Kidnapping & Captivity Thriller
6.2
20141h 44min

Overview

When a new detective is caught by a vicious psychopath and locked in a basement, he must use the knowledge he learned from some of the best detectives at Poker Night, then match wits against his captor.

Themes

Confinement under pressure, Risk management under threat, Group storytelling as strategy, Shared tactical knowledge, Cat and mouse dynamic, Trust under coercion

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Transcendence

9. Transcendence

Thriller Science Fiction Drama Mystery Psychological Drama
6.2
20141h 59min

Overview

Two leading computer scientists work toward their goal of Technological Singularity, as a radical anti-technology organization fights to prevent them from creating a world where computers can transcend the abilities of the human brain.

Themes

Scientific responsibility, Mind uploading consequences, Mind control risks, Technological singularity ethics, Human versus machine, Anti-technology extremism

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Ninja: Shadow of a Tear

10. Ninja: Shadow of a Tear

Action Crime Thriller Martial Arts Action Narcotics Crime
6.1
20131h 35min

Overview

Fight everyone and trust no one: it's the code of survival practiced by martial-arts master Casey Bowman after his life of domestic bliss is shattered by a savage act of violence. Vowing revenge, the fearless American stealthily tracks the killer from Osaka to Bangkok to Rangoon with the help of a wise and crafty sensei. His only clues: a series of victims whose necks bear the distinctive mark of strangulation by barbed wire. Fighting to avenge as well as to survive, Casey must sharpen his razor-like responses and take his battle skills to the next level, even using deep meditation to fake his own death. His target: the sinister drug lord Goro, who is flooding the streets with deadly meth cooked at his remote jungle factory. To prepare for his ultimate confrontation, Casey must finally become an invisible warrior worthy of the name Ninja. But just when his prey is cornered, an unexpected twist shows Casey that his battle is only beginning: he truly can trust no one.

Themes

Loyalty under pressure, Deception and loyalty, Trauma and endurance, Revenge and violence, Code of survival, Mentor manipulation

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