Movies with scenic vibe

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Realistic Tense Deliberate Hopeful Surreal

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The story of the last Seal Child’s journey home. After their mother’s disappearance, Ben and Saoirse are sent to live with Granny in the city. When they resolve to return to their home by the sea, their journey becomes a race against time as they are drawn into a world Ben knows only from his mother’s folktales. But this is no bedtime story; these fairy folk have been in our world far too long. It soon becomes clear to Ben that Saoirse is the key to their survival.

Themes

Grief and memory, Isolation on remote island, Silence and communication, Family duty vs longing, Folklore vs reality, Sea as home and threat

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Realistic Tense Deliberate Stylish Oppressive

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A burglar falls for an heiress as she dies in his arms. When he learns that he has the gift of reincarnation, he sets out to save her.

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Memory and identity, Deception and loyalty, Forbidden love, Wealth disparity, Miracle and destiny, Immigrant hardship

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Realistic Tense Brutal Atmospheric Bleak

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Kai—an outcast—joins Oishi, the leader of 47 outcast samurai. Together they seek vengeance upon the treacherous overlord who killed their master and banished their kind. To restore honour to their homeland, the warriors embark upon a quest that challenges them with a series of trials that would destroy ordinary warriors.

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Honor under duress, Ronin loyalty under pressure, Revenge as social order, Half breed belonging, Samurai sword ethics, Shogun era tensions

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Tense Intimate Stylish Minimalist Measured

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Found inside a shining stalk of bamboo by an old bamboo cutter and his wife, a tiny girl grows rapidly into an exquisite young lady. The mysterious young princess enthrals all who encounter her. But, ultimately, she must confront her fate.

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Class inequality, Social climbing, Appearance vs reality, Freedom vs obligation, Emotional displacement, Wealth shaping identity

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Realistic Bleak Restrained Deliberate Stylish

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A lifelong love of flight inspires Japanese aviation engineer Jiro Horikoshi, whose storied career includes the creation of the A-6M World War II fighter plane.

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Illness as catalyst, Romance under hardship, Artistry vs warfare, Industrial ascent and failure, War-driven technology, Dream as legacy

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Tense Dry Fast-paced Stylish Oppressive

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Amber, a mean popular girl who gets electrocuted and dies, is not allowed to enter into heaven unless she helps the least popular girl in school become Prom Queen within a week, but things do not go as planned.

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Social climbing, Appearance versus reality, Peer judgment, Popularity pressure, Social manipulation, Moral consequence

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Bleak Deliberate Dreamlike Minimalist Lingering

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Suffering from acute kidney failure, Boonmee has chosen to spend his final days surrounded by his loved ones in the countryside. Surprisingly, the ghost of his deceased wife appears to care for him, and his long lost son returns home in a non-human form. Contemplating the reasons for his illness, Boonmee treks through the jungle with his family to a mysterious hilltop cave—the birthplace of his first life.

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Karma and illness, Mortality and caregiving, Nonhuman transformation, Reincarnation and longing, Spirits and human bonds, Ritual memory

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Playful Tense Fast-paced Stylish Dreamlike

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Alice, now 19 years old, returns to the whimsical world she first entered as a child and embarks on a journey to discover her true destiny.

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Power and legitimacy, Resistance against tyranny, Quest for agency, Constraints of society, Gender role pressure, Rebellion and revolution

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Tense Whimsical Restrained Fast-paced Ironic

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A week before Christmas, Kyon wakes up in a world where the SOS Brigade doesn't exist. Mikuru and Yuki don't recognize him, and Haruhi and Itsuki seem to have vanished.

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Supernatural influence, Sequel expectations, High school pressures, Alternate dimension anxiety, Christmas disruption, Collective identity tension

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Realistic Tense Steady Intimate Bleak

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Clare falls for Henry, the man who keeps vanishing into other moments of her life. At first she just wants to know when he’ll show up next. Then every missed dinner, every empty bed, every unexplained bruise on a future Henry turns into one question that eats her alive: what moment in time finally takes him from her?

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Memory shaping relationships, Love across eras, Unstable marriage, Time as burden, Bounded agency, Infertility and loss

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