Movies with cerebral vibe

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Immersive Steady Procedural Relentless Measured

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During a manned mission to Mars, Astronaut Mark Watney is presumed dead after a fierce storm and left behind by his crew. But Watney has survived and finds himself stranded and alone on the hostile planet. With only meager supplies, he must draw upon his ingenuity, wit and spirit to subsist and find a way to signal to Earth that he is alive.

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Reliance on scarce resources, Isolation and ingenuity, Improvisation under pressure, Survival through resourcefulness, Technology mediated connectivity, Risk versus safety expediency

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Tense Claustrophobic Clinical Relentless Fast-paced

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A UK-based military officer in command of a top secret drone operation to capture terrorists in Kenya discovers the targets are planning a suicide bombing and the mission escalates from “capture” to “kill.” As American pilot Steve Watts is about to engage, a nine-year old girl enters the kill zone, triggering an international dispute reaching the highest levels of US and British government over the moral, political, and personal implications of modern warfare.

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Political decision making under pressure, Civilian risk and collateral damage, Moral implications of warfare, Due diligence and proportionality, Command hierarchy and accountability, Legal counsel influence

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Tense Dynamic Atmospheric Noir-style Unsettling

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A daring physicist travels into the past to stop a mysterious woman from stealing his invention. But once there, he uncovers a surprising truth about the machine, the woman, and his own fractured reality.

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Time travel ethics, Trust and betrayal, Corporate control of invention, Altered reality perception, Parallel universe instability, Ownership of ideas

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Bleak Deliberate Clinical Minimalist Measured

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GOING CLEAR intimately profiles eight former members of the Church of Scientology, shining a light on how they attract true believers and the things they do in the name of religion.

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Abuse of power, Cult dynamics, Coercive leadership, Indoctrination pressure, Surveillance and harassment, Recruitment manipulation

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Tense Intimate Bleak Restrained Deliberate

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Alice Howland, happily married with three grown children, is a renowned linguistics professor who starts to forget words. When she receives a devastating diagnosis, Alice and her family find their bonds tested.

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Caregiving within illness, Memory erosion in aging, Professional identity under strain, Genetic risk and testing, Communication challenges within a family, Caregiving boundaries and roles

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Realistic Tense Claustrophobic Bleak Dry

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Based on the real life story of legendary cryptanalyst Alan Turing, the film portrays the nail-biting race against time by Turing and his brilliant team of code-breakers at Britain's top-secret Government Code and Cypher School at Bletchley Park, during the darkest days of World War II.

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Code breaking pursuit, World war ii pressure, Homophobia prejudice, Cryptography under pressure, Secrecy burden, Intellectual isolation

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Tense Intimate Bleak Restrained Deliberate

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The Theory of Everything is the extraordinary story of one of the world’s greatest living minds, the renowned astrophysicist Stephen Hawking, who falls deeply in love with fellow Cambridge student Jane Wilde.

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Illness drives perseverance, Caregiving shapes resilience, Marital strain from caregiving, Biographical influence on ambition, Ambition versus family life, Scientific curiosity under pressure

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Tense Intimate Atmospheric Contemplative Vast

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The adventures of a group of explorers who make use of a newly discovered wormhole to surpass the limitations on human space travel and conquer the vast distances involved in an interstellar voyage.

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Trust vs deception, Family bonds under strain, Survival under catastrophe, Time and memory, Duty and personal choice, Scientific uncertainty

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Realistic Tense Raw Claustrophobic Relentless

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Under the direction of a ruthless instructor, a talented young drummer begins to pursue perfection at any cost, even his humanity.

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Obsessive perfectionism, Performance under pressure, Competitive culture, Abusive mentorship, Discipline vs humanity, Romance under ambition

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Tense Atmospheric Procedural Restrained Clinical

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In June 2013, Laura Poitras and reporter Glenn Greenwald flew to Hong Kong for the first of many meetings with Edward Snowden. She brought her camera with her.

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Media accountability, Whistleblower risk, Privacy vs security, State secrecy tension, Surveillance ethics, Journalist ethics, Asylum politics

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