Movies with moody vibe

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Realistic Restrained Deliberate Intense Hopeful

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When his son dies while hiking the famed Camino de Santiago pilgrimage route in the Pyrenees, Tom flies to France to claim the remains. Looking for insights into his estranged child’s life, he decides to complete the 500-mile mountain trek to Spain. Tom soon joins up with other travelers and realizes they’re all searching for something.

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Death of son memory, Pilgrimage pressure, Communal journey and companionship, Physical hardship and endurance, Group dynamics and guidance, Memory through ashes

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Tense Raw Brutal Bleak Fast-paced

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Set in ancient China, Zeng Jing is a skilled assassin who finds herself in possession of a mystical Buddhist monk's remains. She begins a quest to return the remains to its rightful resting place, and thus places herself in mortal danger because a team of assassins is in a deadly pursuit to possess the remains which holds an ancient power-wielding secret.

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Revenge and loyalty, False appearances, Pursuit and concealment, Identity masquerade, Power and possession, Transformation and reinvention

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Realistic Tense Steady Intimate Dry

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A woman's consuming love forces her to bear the clone of her dead beloved. From his infancy to manhood, she faces the unavoidable complexities of her controversial decision.

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Reproductive control, Obsessive love, Cloning ethics, Parent-child ambiguity, Social prejudice against copies, Biotech ethics

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Realistic Tense Relentless Fast-paced Intense

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A group of cold-blooded killers find themselves trapped on an alien planet to be hunted by extraterrestrial Predators.

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Perpetual hunt dynamics, Predator hierarchy tension, Group cohesion under threat, Alien environment hostility, Predator blood feud, Abduction across worlds

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Tense Intimate Atmospheric Stylish Measured

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Bella once again finds herself surrounded by danger as Seattle is ravaged by a string of mysterious killings and a malicious vampire continues her quest for revenge. In the midst of it all, she is forced to choose between her love for Edward and her friendship with Jacob, knowing that her decision has the potential to ignite the ageless struggle between vampire and werewolf. With her graduation quickly approaching, Bella is confronted with the most important decision of her life.

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Duty vs desire, Loyalty under pressure, Identity and transformation, Secrecy vs disclosure, Forbidden romance tension, Intergroup alliance under threat

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Realistic Tense Bleak Deliberate Measured

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As a seasoned homicide detective, Thomas Craven has seen the bleakest side of humanity. But nothing prepares him for the toughest investigation of his life: the search for his only daughter Emma's killer. Now, he is on a personal mission to uncover the disturbing secrets surrounding her murder, including corporate corruption, government collusion and Emma's own mysterious life.

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Government private collusion, Corporate corruption, Activist risk, Weapon industry influence, Investigative resilience, Public accountability vs secrecy

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Realistic Tense Intimate Bleak Deliberate

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A glimpse at the life of French singer Serge Gainsbourg, from growing up in 1940s Nazi-occupied Paris through his successful song-writing years in the 1960s to his death in 1991 at the age of 62.

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Creative ambition under pressure, Parent-child dynamics, Public image vs private conscience, Romantic entanglements shaping career, Illusion vs reality in fame, Musical experimentation across genres

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Realistic Tense Intimate Claustrophobic Deliberate

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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.

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

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Steady Dry Restrained Reflective Cynical

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Corporate downsizing expert Ryan Bingham spends his life in planes, airports, and hotels, but just as he’s about to reach a milestone of ten million frequent flyer miles, he meets a woman who causes him to rethink his transient life.

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Corporate downsizing ethics, Wanderer identity conflict, Emotional labor, Performance vs empathy, Personal professional boundaries, Loyalty to craft vs relationships, Transience and belonging

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Realistic Tense Claustrophobic Bleak Dry

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Jealousy flares after the headmistress of an elite boarding school for girls becomes obsessed with a new student.

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Class and status pressure, Power abuse and control, Reputation vs truth, Gendered dynamics, Peer group pressure, Mentor-student boundaries

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