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Movies with ice-cold vibe

The Accountant

1. The Accountant

Crime Thriller Drama Con Artist Crime Mind Game Thriller
7.3
20162h 8min

Overview

As a math savant uncooks the books for a new client, the Treasury Department closes in on his activities and the body count starts to rise.

Themes

Money laundering ethics, Embezzlement awareness, Accountant morality under pressure, Numbers as leverage, Forensic accountant pressure, Brother relationship tension

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Amazon Video
Apple TV
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Hacker

2. Hacker

Crime Drama Thriller Organized Crime Computer Threat Thriller
6.1
20161h 35min

Overview

Alex, an immigrant from Ukraine comes to Canada and becomes involved with an online criminal organization called Darkweb. What starts off as a way to help his parents financially, soon becomes a personal vendetta against the entire banking system, when his mother is fired from her job at the bank

Themes

Trust and betrayal, Economic precarity under pressure, Immigrant family aspiration, Crime economy dynamics, Digital crime networks, Technological illicit tools

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Amazon Video
Apple TV
Google Play Movies
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Hush

3. Hush

Horror Thriller Home Invasion Horror Survival Thriller
6.6
20161h 22min

Overview

A deaf woman is stalked by a psychotic killer in her secluded home.

Themes

Isolation and vulnerability, Deception under duress, Survival through quick decisions, Home as trap, Lip-reading as leverage, Stalking and siege dynamics

Available on

Amazon Prime Video
Amazon Video
Apple TV
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Beware the Slenderman

4. Beware the Slenderman

Documentary Crime True Crime Documentary Serial Killer Crime
6.2
20161h 55min

Overview

In this horrifyingly modern fairytale lurks an online Boogeyman and two 12-year-old girls who would kill for him. The entrance to the internet quickly leads to its darkest basement. How responsible are our children for what they find there?

Themes

Media framing of crime, Online influence on youth, Parental responsibility in digital age, Online communities and harm, Creepypasta culture and fear, Peer pressure within internet folklore

Available on

Amazon Video
Apple TV
HBO Max
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The Last King

5. The Last King

Action Adventure Drama History Epic Action
6.1
20161h 39min

Overview

Norway, 1204. A civil war between the birkebeiners —the king's men— and the baglers —supporters of the Norwegian aristocracy and the Church— ravages the country. Two men must protect a baby, the illegitimate son of King Håkon, who will be the future king and peacemaker, from those who want to kill him.

Themes

Loyalty under pressure, Protecting royal heir, Political religious division, Fragile succession, Hope for peace, War torn kingdom

Available on

Amazon Prime Video
Amazon Video
Apple TV
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The Revenant

6. The Revenant

Western Drama Adventure Modern Western Historical Drama
8.0
20152h 37min

Overview

A seasoned frontiersman who knows every rule of the wild is crushed, broken, and left for dead in a wilderness that suddenly obeys none of them. Stripped of his weapons, allies, and power, he must crawl through the frozen frontier as both nature and man hunt him down.

Themes

Trust under duress, Loyalty under pressure, Moral ambiguity, Revenge and violence, Nature as adversary, Survival under betrayal

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Amazon Video
Apple TV
Google Play Movies
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Sicario

7. Sicario

Action Crime Thriller Narcotics Crime Political Thriller
7.7
20152h 2min

Overview

An idealistic FBI agent is enlisted by a government task force to aid in the escalating war against drugs at the border area between the U.S. and Mexico.

Themes

Deception and betrayal, Covert operations and legality, Corruption and state complicity, Borders and cross-border violence, Moral ambiguity in violence, Power and restraint in enforcement

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Amazon Video
Apple TV
Peacock Premium
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Goosebumps

8. Goosebumps

Adventure Horror Comedy Adventure Epic Monster Horror
6.3
20151h 43min

Overview

After moving to a small town, Zach Cooper finds a silver lining when he meets next door neighbor Hannah, the daughter of bestselling Goosebumps series author R.L. Stine. When Zach unintentionally unleashes real monsters from their manuscripts and they begin to terrorize the town, it’s suddenly up to Stine, Zach and Hannah to get all of them back in the books where they belong.

Themes

Trust under pressure, Writer isolation coping, Coping through storytelling, Manuscripts breach reality, Community defense under threat, Imagination as threat

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Amazon Video
Apple TV
Google Play Movies
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We Are Still Here

9. We Are Still Here

Horror Supernatural Horror
5.7
20151h 23min

Overview

After the death of their college age son, Anne and Paul Sacchetti relocate to the snowswept New England hamlet of Aylesbury, a sleepy village where all is most certainly not as it seems. When strange sounds and eerie feelings convince Anne that her son's spirit is still with them, they invite an eccentric, New Age couple to help them get to the bottom of the mystery.

Themes

Grief and coping, Supernatural retaliation, Haunted rural secrecy, Place-based sacrifice, Communal fear and violence, Spiritualism vs exploitation

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Apple TV
Google Play Movies
YouTube
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Rams

10. Rams

Drama Family Drama
7.2
20151h 33min

Overview

In a secluded valley in Iceland, Gummi and Kiddi live side by side, tending to their sheep. Their ancestral sheep-stock is considered one of the country’s best and the two brothers are repeatedly awarded for their prized rams who carry an ancient lineage. Although they share the land and a way of life, Gummi and Kiddi have not spoken to each other in four decades. When a lethal disease suddenly infects Kiddi’s sheep, the entire valley comes under threat. The authorities decide to cull all the animals in the area to contain the outbreak. But Gummi and Kiddi don’t give up so easily – and each brother tries to stave off the disaster in his own fashion: Kiddi by using his rifle and Gummi by using his wits.

Themes

Sibling rivalry, Cooperation under pressure, Land ownership tension, Duty vs pride, Sheep disease threat, Alcoholism and temper

Available on

Apple TV
Kanopy
Cohen Media Amazon Channel
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