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Movies with intimate vibe

Coffee and Cigarettes

1041. Coffee and Cigarettes

Comedy Drama Ensemble Comedy
7.0

20041h 37min

United States, Italy

Director: Jim Jarmusch

An anthology of eleven vignettes featuring star-studded casts of extremely unique individuals who all share the common activities of conversing while drinking coffee and smoking cigarettes.

Themes

Casual conversations under caffeine, Addiction and restraint, Coffee culture rituals, Fame and performativity, Music as social glue, Unfamiliar encounters

Available on

HBO Max
HBO Max Amazon Channel
Criterion Channel
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Don't Move

1042. Don't Move

Drama Romance Relationship Drama Passionate Romance
7.0

20042h 5min

Italy, Spain

Director: Sergio Castellitto

While waiting for the brain surgery of his daughter Angela, victim of a motorcycle accident, the surgeon Timoteo recalls his torrid affair with and passion for Italia, a simple woman from slums in the periphery of the big city where he lives. The ghost of the beloved and sexual object of desire Italia chases him in his memories.

Themes

Power dynamics in relationships, Economic disparity, Marital strain, Memory and longing, Consequences of infidelity, Pregnancy and choice

Available on

Movistar Plus+ Ficción Total
FlixOlé
Telia Play
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Head-On

1043. Head-On

Drama Romance Relationship Drama Dark Romance
7.9

20041h 57min

Germany, Türkiye

Director: Fatih Akin

With the intention to break free from the strict familial restrictions, a suicidal young woman sets up a marriage of convenience with a forty-year-old addict, an act that will lead to an outburst of envious love.

Themes

Family conservatism, Addiction and escape, Pursuit of autonomy, Social ostracism, Marriage of convenience, Infidelity and betrayal

Available on

Strand Releasing Amazon Channel
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Machuca

1044. Machuca

Drama Historical Drama
7.7

20041h 56min

Chile, France

Director: Andrés Wood

Santiago, capital of Chile during the Marxist government of elected, highly controversial president Salvador Allende. Father McEnroe supports his leftist views by introducing a program at the prestigious "collegio" (Catholic prep school) St. Patrick to allow free admission of some proletarian kids. One of them is Pedro Machuca, slum-raised son of the cleaning lady in Gonzalo Infante's liberal-bourgeois home. Yet the new classmates become buddies, paradoxically protesting together as Gonzalo gets adopted by Pedro's slum family and gang. But the adults spoil that too, not in the least when general Pinochet's coup ousts Allende, and supporters such as McEnroe.

Themes

Class inequality, Loyalty under pressure, Educational integration, Political upheaval, Economic redistribution, Cross class friendship

Available on

Kanopy
Fandor
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The Motorcycle Diaries

1045. The Motorcycle Diaries

Drama Historical Drama
7.7

20042h 6min

Argentina, France

Director: Walter Salles

Based on the journals of Che Guevara, leader of the Cuban Revolution. In his memoirs, Guevara recounts adventures he and best friend Alberto Granado had while crossing South America by motorcycle in the early 1950s.

Themes

Class inequality, Labor exploitation, Social division, Solidarity across divides, Adventure vs duty, Regional unity

Available on

Amazon Video
Apple TV
Google Play Movies
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Latter Days

1046. Latter Days

Drama Comedy Romance Romantic Comedy Relationship Drama
7.0

20041h 48min

United States

Director: C. Jay Cox

Christian, a hunky, 20-something, West Hollywood party boy gets more than he bargains for when he tries to seduce Aaron, a sexually confused Mormon missionary who moves into his apartment complex.

Themes

Belonging vs rejection, Religion vs sexuality, Coming out pressures, Excommunication consequences, Romance across faith boundaries, Identity vs community

Available on

Amazon Video
Apple TV
Kanopy
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If Only

1047. If Only

Drama Romance Fantasy Bittersweet Romance Tragic Drama
7.0

20041h 32min

United Kingdom, United States

Director: Gil Junger

After his impetuous musician girlfriend, Samantha, dies in an accident shortly after they had a fight (and nearly broke up), Ian Wyndham, a grief-stricken British businessman living in London gets a chance to relive the day all over again, in the hope of changing the events that led up to her getting killed.

Themes

Memory shaping identity, Grief and coping, Devotion under pressure, Time loop and agency, Love vs ambition, Creative pursuit vs relationship

Available on

Amazon Video
fuboTV
The Roku Channel
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Vizontele Tuuba

1048. Vizontele Tuuba

Comedy Drama Political Drama Awkward Comedy
6.5

20041h 51min

Türkiye

Director: Yılmaz Erdoğan

Guner Sernikli is a government official who, with his wife and their wheelchair bound daughter, has been assigned as the head librarian to this isolated province, virtually an exile since there is no library in the village. The family is warmly welcome, but these are the years of political anarchy and leftist/rightist clashes in big cities and the youth of the village inevitably follow the tides. They arrive in Vizontele, just as the situation is becoming really absurd. Guner brings wisdom; his daughter Tuba brings beauty, innocence and love. Some like the Mayor, Nazmi Dogan and crazy Emin appreciate these things but they are in the minority and confusion continues to reign. The story is based on the memories of writer-director Yılmaz Erdoğan of the last summer of his childhood in Hakkâri, Turkey in 1980.

Themes

Family resilience, Rural isolation, Political violence, Community tensions, Cultural clashes, Library as beacon

Available on

Apple TV
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The Company

1049. The Company

Romance Music Drama Dance-Centered Music Film Passionate Romance
6.2

20031h 52min

United States, Germany

Director: Robert Altman

Ensemble drama centered around a group of ballet dancers, with a focus on one young dancer who's poised to become a principal performer.

Themes

Work life balance, Mentorship under scrutiny, Career ambition under pressure, Injury and resilience, Creative collaboration under strain, Romance and ambition conflict

Available on

Amazon Prime Video
Amazon Video
Apple TV
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Mona Lisa Smile

1050. Mona Lisa Smile

Drama History Romance Historical Drama Passionate Romance
6.6

20031h 57min

United States

Director: Mike Newell

Katherine Watson is a recent UCLA graduate hired to teach art history at the prestigious all-female Wellesley College, in 1953. Determined to confront the outdated mores of society and the institution that embraces them, Katherine inspires her traditional students, including Betty and Joan, to challenge the lives they are expected to lead.

Themes

Gendered expectations, Tradition vs modernity, Women's independence, Education as emancipation, Professional ambitions of women, Institutional conformity pressure

Available on

Amazon Video
Apple TV
Google Play Movies
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