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Belfast

1. Belfast

Drama History Historical Drama
7.2
20211h 38min

Overview

Buddy is a young boy on the cusp of adolescence, whose life is filled with familial love, childhood hijinks, and a blossoming romance. Yet, with his beloved hometown caught up in increasing turmoil, his family faces a momentous choice: hope the conflict will pass or leave everything they know behind for a new life.

Themes

Class inequality under pressure, North ireland division, The troubles fracture, August 1969 riots effect, Ulster loyalism tension, Migration as choice and consequence

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The Irishman

2. The Irishman

Crime Drama History Organized Crime Historical Drama
7.8
20193h 29min

Overview

Pennsylvania, 1956. Frank Sheeran, a war veteran of Irish origin who works as a truck driver, accidentally meets mobster Russell Bufalino. Once Frank becomes his trusted man, Bufalino sends him to Chicago with the task of helping Jimmy Hoffa, a powerful union leader related to organized crime, with whom Frank will maintain a close friendship for nearly twenty years.

Themes

Violence and consequence, Memory and aging, Family ties under pressure, Aging and loyalty tension, Power within organized crime, Government scrutiny and influence

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Netflix
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A Monster Calls

3. A Monster Calls

Fantasy Adventure Family Supernatural Fantasy Parent-Child Family
7.4
20161h 48min

Overview

12-year-old Conor encounters an ancient tree monster who proceeds to help him cope with his mother's terminal illness and being bullied in school.

Themes

Intergenerational bonds, Caregiving burden, Fantasy as coping, Illness and coping, Truth and vulnerability, Bullying and isolation

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Love

4. Love

Drama Romance Passionate Romance Relationship Drama
6.1
20152h 14min

Overview

Murphy is an American living in Paris who enters a highly sexually and emotionally charged relationship with the unstable Electra. Unaware of the seismic effect it will have on their relationship, they invite their pretty neighbor into their bed.

Themes

Deception in relationships, Depression and vulnerability, Non-monogamy and threesome, Pregnancy as consequence, Unconventional households, Secrecy and break-up

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Fandango At Home
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Son of Saul

5. Son of Saul

War Drama Thriller World War II Historical Drama
7.4
20151h 47min

Overview

In the horror of 1944 Auschwitz, a prisoner forced to burn the corpses of his own people finds moral survival trying to save from the flames the body of a boy he takes for his son, seeking to give him a proper Jewish burial.

Themes

Disguise and deception, Resistance under oppression, Survival under atrocity, Duty vs kin, Rituals under duress, Sonderkommando role

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The Descendants

6. The Descendants

Comedy Drama Family Drama Dark Comedy
7.3
20111h 55min

Overview

With his wife Elizabeth on life support after a boating accident, Hawaiian land baron Matt King takes his daughters on a trip from Oahu to Kauai to confront a young real estate broker, who was having an affair with Elizabeth before her misfortune.

Themes

Intergenerational obligation, Secrecy and betrayal, Family estate vs market gain, Legal leverage under pressure, Care decisions under life risks, Trust and land ethics

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Amazon Video
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A Single Man

7. A Single Man

Drama Romance Psychological Drama Passionate Romance
7.5
20091h 40min

Overview

Set in Los Angeles in 1962, at the height of the Cuban missile crisis, is the story of a British college professor who dwells on the past and cannot see his future. We follow him through a single day, where a series of events and encounters ultimately lead him to decide if there is a meaning to life after the death of his long time partner, Jim.

Themes

Memory shapes present, Grief fuels longing, Loss prompts reflection, Secrecy fuels tension, Aging exposes vulnerability, Lgbt invisibility challenged

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Two Sons of Francisco

8. Two Sons of Francisco

Drama History Music Historical Drama Music Biopic
6.9
20052h 12min

Overview

The story of Francisco, a very simple and poor man whose dream was to see his children become country music stars, and who made all the efforts to make it happen.

Themes

Based on true story, Family relationships under strain, Peasant origins, Car accident impact, Rags to riches trajectory, Obsession with success, Brazilian music heritage


We Were Soldiers

9. We Were Soldiers

Action History War Vietnam War Military Action
7.2
20022h 18min

Overview

The story of the first major battle of the American phase of the Vietnam War and the soldiers on both sides that fought it.

Themes

Duty on battlefield, Death toll awareness, Comradeship amid combat, Carpet bombing impact, Epic battle endurance, Military discipline under threat

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Amazon Video
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