Psychological Drama movies

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Realistic Tense Dynamic Raw Claustrophobic

Overview

Although theorised, no one is really ready when a mountain pass above the scenic and narrow Geiranger fjord in Norway collapses and creates a tsunami over 300 feet high. A geologist is one of those caught in the middle of it.

Themes

Family in peril resilience, Avalanche risk management, Hotel evacuation ethics, Bomb shelter safety, Tsunami response timing, Tourism vulnerability

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Realistic Claustrophobic Dry Relentless Eerie

Overview

Simon and Robyn are a young married couple whose life is going as planned until a chance run-in with Simon's high school acquaintance sends their world into a tailspin.

Themes

Deception and manipulation, Intrusion and boundary violations, Trust and betrayal in marriage, Past secrets and rumor, Fear and anxiety in domestic life, Manipulation by past connections

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Realistic Tense Intimate Claustrophobic Bleak

Overview

On a small town college campus, a philosophy professor in existential crisis gives his life new purpose when he enters into a relationship with his student.

Themes

College campus ambition fuels risk, Existential crisis motivates dangerous acts, Philosophy professor ethical justification crime, His student emotional leverage, College campus romance risks, Existential crisis ethics in action

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Realistic Intimate Bleak Dry Clinical

Overview

In the late 1960s, the Beach Boys' Brian Wilson stops touring, produces "Pet Sounds" and begins to lose his grip on reality. By the 1980s, under the sway of a controlling therapist, he finds a savior in Melinda Ledbetter.

Themes

Romance under scrutiny, Creative autonomy under pressure, Guardianship and control, Ownership rights conflict, Mental health under fame, Therapeutic manipulation

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Tense Claustrophobic Bleak Procedural Restrained

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In a secluded house in a small seaside town live four unrelated men and the woman who tends to the house and their needs. All former priests, they have been sent to this quiet exile to purge the sins of their pasts, the separation from their communities the worst form of punishment by the Church. They keep to a strict daily schedule devoid of all temptation and spontaneity, each moment a deliberate effort to atone for their wrongdoings.

Themes

Moral ambiguity, Isolation and control, Institutional secrecy, Ritual restraint, Trauma and complicity, Surveillance and discipline

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Realistic Tense Steady Claustrophobic Relentless

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A single mother becomes Ariel Castro's first kidnapping victim, and finds herself trapped in his home with two other women for 11 years.

Themes

Trust under pressure, Survival under captivity, Resilience in crisis, Motherhood under danger, Coercive confinement, Bonding among captives

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Dynamic Dry Relentless Fast-paced Chaotic

Overview

A year in the life of Alice Klieg, a woman with Borderline personality disorder who wins the Mega Millions lottery, quits her meds and buys her own talk show.

Themes

Control of narrative, Mental health and medication, Social alienation from success, Media fame and instability, Performative life vs authenticity, Money and self-obsession

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Realistic Tense Claustrophobic Bleak Procedural

Overview

A woman who survived the brutal killing of her family as a child is forced to confront the events of that day.

Themes

Economic precarity, Unreliable testimony, Public memory and scrutiny, Deception and fabrication, Family loyalty vs survival, Pressure of truth under surveillance

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Tense Fast-paced Stylish Charged Shadowy

Overview

Damian Wayne is having a hard time coping with his father's "no killing" rule. Meanwhile, Gotham is going through hell with threats such as the insane Dollmaker, and the secretive Court of Owls.

Themes

Loyalty under threat, Identity and belonging, Duty vs autonomy, Brainwashing and control, Parental authority vs independence, Moral code under stress

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Tense Claustrophobic Bleak Procedural Fast-paced

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Eight years after fleeing the Congo following his assassination of that country's minister of mining, former assassin Jim Terrier is back, suffering from PTSD and digging wells to atone for his violent past. After an attempt is made on his life, Terrier flies to London to find out who wants him dead -- and why. Terrier's search leads him to a reunion with Annie, a woman he once loved, who is now married to an oily businessman with dealings in Africa.

Themes

Loyalty under pressure, Justice versus corporate interests, Corporate security overreach, Betrayal within mercenary networks, Resource-driven violence, External manipulation by firms

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