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Movies with tense vibe

Me, Myself & Irene

3941. Me, Myself & Irene

Comedy Adult Comedy
6.6

20001h 57min

United States

Director: Peter Farrelly

Rhode Island State Trooper Charlie Baileygates has a multiple personality disorder. One personality is crazy and aggressive, while the other is more friendly and laid back. Both of these personalities fall in love with the same woman named Irene after Charlie loses his medication.

Themes

Romantic entanglements under pressure, Split personality dynamics, Unreliable authority figures, Deception under duress, Family responsibility under threat, Media spectacle

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Shaft

3942. Shaft

Action Adventure Crime Thriller Organized Crime
6.0

20001h 39min

Germany, United States

Director: John Singleton

New York police detective John Shaft arrests Walter Wade Jr. for a racially motivated slaying. But the only eyewitness disappears, and Wade jumps bail for Switzerland. Two years later Wade returns to face trial, confident his money and influence will get him acquitted -- especially since he's paid a drug kingpin to kill the witness.

Themes

Racially motivated violence, Wealth and influence, Corruption and power dynamics, Vigilantism vs justice, Witness manipulation, Organized crime networks

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Amazon Video
Apple TV
fuboTV
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Gangster No. 1

3943. Gangster No. 1

Action Drama Thriller Crime Organized Crime
6.7

20001h 43min

Germany, Ireland

Director: Paul McGuigan

An old gangster is advised that Freddie Mays would leave jail after thirty years in prison. His mood changes and he recalls when he was a young punk and who joined Freddie's gang—a man he both envied and ultimately betrayed.

Themes

Revenge and consequences, Loyalty under pressure, Betrayal within crime networks, Rise and fall of crime, Leadership through violence, Prison as turning point

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Gone in Sixty Seconds

3944. Gone in Sixty Seconds

Action Crime Thriller Vehicle-Driven Action Heist
6.5

20001h 58min

United States

Director: Dominic Sena

Upon learning that he has to come out of retirement to steal 50 cars in one night to save his brother Kip's life, former car thief Randall "Memphis" Raines enlists help from a few "boost happy" pals to accomplish a seemingly impossible feat. From countless car chases to relentless cops, the high-octane excitement builds as Randall swerves around more than a few roadblocks to keep Kip alive.

Themes

Loyalty under pressure, Risk and improvisation, Trust under deception, Family stakes, Crime and pursuit, Mentorship influence

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Amazon Video
Apple TV
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Shanghai Noon

3945. Shanghai Noon

Adventure Action Comedy Western Globetrotting Adventure
6.6

20001h 50min

United States, Hong Kong SAR China

Director: Tom Dey

Chon Wang, a clumsy imperial guard, trails Princess Pei Pei when she's kidnapped from the Forbidden City and transported to America. Wang follows her captors to Nevada, where he teams up with an unlikely partner, outcast outlaw Roy O'Bannon, and tries to spring the princess from her imprisonment.

Themes

Frontier justice, Duty vs desire, Belonging and loyalty, Cross-cultural alliance, Honor among outlaws, Power and autonomy

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With computer genius Luther Stickell at his side and a beautiful thief on his mind, agent Ethan Hunt races across Australia and Spain to stop a former IMF agent from unleashing a genetically engineered biological weapon called Chimera. This mission, should Hunt choose to accept it, plunges him into the center of an international crisis of terrifying magnitude.

Themes

Loyalty under manipulation, Secret government organization pressure, Biological weapon threat, Deception through secret identity, Infiltration through deceit, Stock options leverage

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Amazon Prime Video
Amazon Video
Apple TV
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Small Time Crooks

3947. 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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Dinosaur

3948. Dinosaur

Animation Family Adventure Drama Family Animation
6.4

20001h 22min

United States

Director: Ralph Zondag

An orphaned dinosaur raised by lemurs joins an arduous trek to a sancturary after a meteorite shower destroys his family home.

Themes

Loyalty under pressure, Leadership under crisis, Interspecies cooperation, Resource scarcity resilience, Migration toward sanctuary, Care across generations

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Disney Plus
Amazon Video
Apple TV
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Center Stage

3949. Center Stage

Drama Music Professional Drama Dance-Centered Music Film
6.7

20001h 55min

United States

Director: Nicholas Hytner

A group of 12 teenagers from various backgrounds enroll at the American Ballet Academy in New York to make it as ballet dancers and each one deals with the problems and stress of training and getting ahead in the world of dance.

Themes

Class inequality, Body image pressure, Competition pressure, Mentor influence, Family expectations, Peer rivalry

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Amazon Video
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Beau Travail

3950. Beau Travail

Drama Tragic Drama
7.3

20001h 33min

France

Director: Claire Denis

Foreign Legion officer Galoup recalls his once glorious life, training troops in the Gulf of Djibouti. His existence there was happy, strict and regimented, until the arrival of a promising young recruit, Sentain, plants the seeds of jealousy in Galoup's mind.

Themes

Jealousy under hierarchy, Desertion and consequence, Discipline versus ambition, Masculinity under pressure, Power dynamics within unit, Betrayal and retaliation

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Amazon Video
Apple TV
HBO Max
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