Movies with neon-lit vibe
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After a battle with a high-tech villain named, Saiko-Tek, the Teen Titans travel to the city of Tokyo where they find themselves embroiled in a conflict with an ancient enemy.
Themes
Cultural clash and adaptation, Framing and deception, Technology escalation, Power vs accountability, Team cohesion under threat, Mythmaking and manipulation
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An undercover cop in a not-too-distant future becomes involved with a dangerous new drug and begins to lose his own identity as a result.
Themes
Deception and betrayal, Corporate influence on justice, Surveillance society, Ethics of undercover policing, Addiction and decline, Dystopian social order
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Gotham City is terrorized not only by recent escapees Joker and Penguin, but by the original creature of the night, Dracula! Can Batman stop the ruthless vampire before he turns everyone in the city, including The Caped Crusader, Joker and Penguin, into his mindless minions?
Themes
Vampire contagion and fear, Duty to protect innocents, Disguise and manipulation, Power without mercy, Pursuit of a cure, Loyalty and control
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Employees at a Bennigan's-like restaurant (called, creatively enough, Shenanigan's), kill time before their real lives get started. But while they wait, they'll have to deal with picky customers who want their steak cooked to order and enthusiastic managers who want to build the perfect wait staff. Luckily, these employees have effective revenge tactics.
Themes
Workplace pranks and consequences, Power dynamics in service, Promotion vs job security, Customer demands and conflict, Labor relations and hierarchy, Staff culture and revolt
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A petty thief posing as an actor has one shot in Hollywood and a dead body on his hands. As the detective trains him for a role that looks more like a murder rap, every hour pulls him deeper into a real-life crime script he can't improvise his way out of.
Themes
Deception through misdirection, Thief masquerading as investigator, Neo-noir atmosphere, Series of murders motif, Whodunit structure, Los angeles setting
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Women enter and exit a science fiction author's life over the course of a few years after the author loses the woman he considers his one true love.
Themes
Lovesickness and longing, Economic precarity and transactional romance, Nostalgia and memory, Sexual boundaries and exclusivity, Past relationships lingering, Modern urban loneliness
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A playboy has the tables turned on him when he finds himself being used as a plaything by an undesirable woman.
Themes
Social climbing, Blackmail and leverage, Workplace manipulation, Performative media power, Deception and survival, Coercive marriage
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Matthew, a young advertising executive in Chicago, puts his life and a business trip to China on hold when he thinks he sees Lisa, the love of his life who left him without a word two years earlier, walking out of a restaurant one day.
Themes
Deception and misdirection, Memory and loss, Appearance versus reality, Romantic obsession under pressure, Urban suspense mood, Choices and consequences
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Cyborg detective Batou is assigned to investigate a series of murders committed by gynoids—doll-like cyborgs, which all malfunctioned, killed, then self-destructed afterwards. The brains of the gynoids initialize in order to protect their manufacturer's software, but in one gynoid, which Batou himself neutralized, one file remains: a voice speaking the phrase "Help me."
Themes
Surveillance and control, Corporate exploitation, Human ghosts in machines, Duplicated consciousness, Manipulation through hacking, Dehumanization by design, Ethics of artificial life
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Join uptight David Starsky and laid-back Ken "Hutch" Hutchinson as they're paired for the first time as undercover cops. The new partners must overcome their differences to solve an important case with help from street informant Huggy Bear and persuasive criminal Reese Feldman.
Themes
Undercover deception, Partnership under pressure, Informant collaboration risk, Untraceable cocaine threat, Crime underworld exposure, Suspension and reconciliation
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