Movies with surreal vibe

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Claustrophobic Dry Fast-paced Satirical Edgy

Overview

86-year-old Irving Zisman is on a journey across America with the most unlikely companion: his 8 year-old grandson, Billy.

Themes

Family dysfunction, Age versus youth, Caregiver irresponsibility, Humor through mischief, Boundaries of legality, Survival on the road

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Realistic Tense Claustrophobic Dry Fast-paced

Overview

When a giant alien spider escapes from a military lab and rampages across the city of Los Angeles, it is up to one clever exterminator and his security guard sidekick to kill the creature before the entire city is destroyed.

Themes

Cooperation under pressure, Military escalation, Urban threat response, Bioengineering risks, Unexpected growth consequences, Science versus ethics

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Whimsical Fast-paced Chaotic Witty Intense

Overview

After the disastrous food storm in the first film, Flint and his friends are forced to leave the town. Flint accepts the invitation from his idol Chester V to join The Live Corp Company, which has been tasked to clean the island, and where the best inventors in the world create technologies for the betterment of mankind. When Flint discovers that his machine still operates and now creates mutant food beasts like living pickles, hungry tacodiles, shrimpanzees and apple pie-thons, he and his friends must return to save the world.

Themes

Trust under pressure, Unintended consequences, Public risk from invention, Scientific responsibility, Corporate pressure, Ambition vs caution

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Claustrophobic Dry Stylish Measured Oppressive

Overview

A computer hacker's goal to discover the reason for human existence continually finds his work interrupted thanks to the Management; this time, they send a teenager and lusty love interest to distract him.

Themes

Video game control, Virtual reality escape, Dystopia under surveillance, Computer driven manipulation, Obsessive work pressure, Faith against system

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Atmospheric Dry Fast-paced Witty Oppressive

Overview

Forty-year-old misanthrope, Guy Trilby, enters the National Golden Quill Spelling Bee through a loophole in the rules.

Themes

Unlikely friendship dynamics, Misanthropy and competition, Revenge through humiliation, Media spectacle and ethics, Abandonment and motive, Power and legitimacy in contests

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Tense Claustrophobic Brutal Relentless Stylish

Overview

A wife, overwhelmed with hatred for her husband, inflicts an unspeakable wound on their son, as the family heads towards horrific destruction.

Themes

Trauma and memory, Gendered power dynamics, Family violence and control, Silence and no dialogue, Bodily autonomy and violation, Social hierarchies and stigma

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Claustrophobic Dry Fast-paced Intense Oppressive

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A horror comedy centered on a guy who learns that his unusual stomach problems are being caused by a demon living in his intestines.

Themes

Family pressure, Violence as consequence, Stress as literal monster, Bonding as coping, Workplace pressure dynamics

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Claustrophobic Dry Fast-paced Intense Oppressive

Overview

An underachieving vocal coach is motivated by her father, the king of movie-trailer voice-overs, to pursue her aspirations of becoming a voice-over star. Amidst pride, sexism and family dysfunction, she sets out to change the voice of a generation.

Themes

Identity through performance, Family dysfunction and independence, Sexism in creative fields, Narration as self-expression, Parental pressure and ambition, Gender bias in industry

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Realistic Claustrophobic Bleak Measured Oppressive

Overview

Paranormal investigators Ed and Lorraine Warren work to help a family terrorized by a dark presence in their farmhouse. Forced to confront a powerful entity, the Warrens find themselves caught in the most terrifying case of their lives.

Themes

External investigators vs unseen forces, Haunting intrudes family life, Domestic space as battleground, Memory as trauma driver, Permission and authority dynamics, Belief systems under pressure

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Tense Claustrophobic Dry Fast-paced Witty

Overview

Five friends who reunite in an attempt to top their epic pub crawl from 20 years earlier unwittingly become humankind's only hope for survival.

Themes

Group loyalty under threat, Group dynamics under pressure, Assimilation and resistance, Nostalgia vs apocalypse, Addiction and alcoholism, Replacement and mistrust

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