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Movies with nerve-wracking vibe

171. Looks That Kill

Looks That Kill
Comedy Romance Drama Romantic Comedy Coming-of-Age Drama
6.3
20201h 32minUnited States
Director: Kellen Moore

Overview

A teenager lives out the hilarious and often tragic consequences of being lethally attractive, until he meets a girl with a congenital defect.

Themes

Caregiving under pressure, Unconventional romance, Appearance and stigma, Illness and emotional risk, Physical difference and belonging, Self-destructive impulses

Available on

Amazon Video
Apple TV
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172. A Whisker Away

A Whisker Away
Animation Drama Romance Fantasy Anime
6.7
20201h 44minJapan
Director: Tomotaka Shibayama

Overview

A peculiar girl transforms into a cat to catch her crush's attention. But before she realizes it, the line between human and animal starts to blur.

Themes

Personal growth under pressure, Unrequited love, Identity through transformation, Bullying and social pressure, Parallel world longing, Appearance via disguise

Available on

Netflix
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173. Babyteeth

Babyteeth
Drama Comedy Romance Coming-of-Age Drama Bittersweet Romance
7.2
20201h 58minAustralia
Director: Shannon Murphy

Overview

A terminally ill teen upsets her parents when she falls in love with a small-time drug dealer.

Themes

Loyalty under pressure, Cancer shaped care, Coming of age love, Drugs access and control, Family obligations under illness, Caregiver boundary tension

Available on

Amazon Video
Apple TV
Google Play Movies
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174. The Lovebirds

The Lovebirds
Romance Comedy Romantic Comedy High-Concept Comedy
6.1
20201h 27minUnited States
Director: Michael Showalter

Overview

A couple experiences a defining moment in their relationship when they are unintentionally embroiled in a murder mystery. As their journey to clear their names takes them from one extreme – and hilarious - circumstance to the next, they must figure out how they, and their relationship, can survive the night.

Themes

Deception under pressure, Secret society influence, Perceptions and blame, Relationship strain, Racial profiling, Crime and misdirection

Available on

Netflix
Amazon Video
Apple TV
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175. The Willoughbys

The Willoughbys
Animation Comedy Family Fantasy Family Animation
6.4
20201h 32minCanada
Director: Kris Pearn

Overview

When the four Willoughby children are abandoned by their selfish parents, they must learn how to adapt their Old-Fashioned values to the contemporary world in order to create something new: The Modern Family.

Themes

Deception as survival, Found family formation, Emotional neglect, Caregiver warmth vs neglect, Old fashioned values vs modern world, Independence through alliance

Available on

Netflix
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176. Rising High

Rising High
Comedy Drama Satire Professional Drama
6.0
20201h 34minGermany
Director: Cüneyt Kaya

Overview

Charting the rise and fall of three corrupt real estate agents who accumulate absurd wealth in no time but fall into a vortex of fraud, greed and drugs.

Themes

Ambition and consequences, Greed and rapid wealth, Fraud and deception, Drug involvement and excess, Risk and instability in markets, Power and money dynamics

Available on

Netflix
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177. The Invisible Man

The Invisible Man
Thriller Science Fiction Horror Domestic Thriller Psychological Horror
7.1
20202h 4minAustralia, United States
Director: Leigh Whannell

Overview

When Cecilia's abusive ex takes his own life and leaves her his fortune, she suspects his death was a hoax. As a series of coincidences turn lethal, Cecilia works to prove that she is being hunted by someone nobody can see.

Themes

Stalker dynamics, Domestic abuse, Murder framing, Fake suicide, Manipulations and framing, Pregnancy tension

Available on

Amazon Video
Apple TV
Peacock Premium
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178. The Call of the Wild

The Call of the Wild
Adventure Family Drama Adventure Epic Animal Companion Family
6.7
20201h 40minUnited States
Director: Chris Sanders

Overview

Buck is a big-hearted dog whose blissful domestic life is turned upside down when he is suddenly uprooted from his California home and transplanted to the exotic wilds of the Yukon during the Gold Rush of the 1890s. As the newest rookie on a mail delivery dog sled team—and later its leader—Buck experiences the adventure of a lifetime, ultimately finding his true place in the world and becoming his own master.

Themes

Freedom vs captivity, Leadership under pressure, Labor exploitation, Loyalty under hardship, Gold vs wilderness, Ancestral guidance

Available on

Disney Plus
Amazon Video
Apple TV
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179. Buffaloed

Buffaloed
Comedy Drama Dark Comedy Professional Drama
6.2
20201h 35minUnited States
Director: Tanya Wexler

Overview

Set in the underworld of debt-collecting, homegrown hustler Peg Dahl will do anything to escape Buffalo, NY.

Themes

Class inequality, Economic precarity, Debt culture, Deception in debt market, Entrepreneurial hustle, Power and risk in urban enterprise

Available on

Amazon Video
Apple TV
Hulu
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180. Breaking Surface

Breaking Surface
Drama Thriller Survival Thriller Family Drama
6.1
20201h 22minBelgium, Norway
Director: Joachim Hedén

Overview

Two Swedish/Norwegian half sisters go on a winter diving trip in Northern Norway, when they get trapped after a rockslide.

Themes

Sisterhood under pressure, Resourcefulness in crisis, Survival and resilience, Time as adversary, Trust and reliance, Risk vs duty

Available on

Amazon Prime Video
Amazon Video
Apple TV
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