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Avicii: True Stories

1. Avicii: True Stories

Music Documentary Music Documentary Concert Film
7.6
20171h 37min

Overview

Documentary about the arena-packing Swedish DJ, chronicling his explosive rise to fame and surprising decision to retire from live performances in 2016.

Themes

Creative tension, Rise to fame, Workload realities, Visibility pressures, Retirement decision, Career narration


Only the Brave

2. Only the Brave

Drama Action Tragic Drama Epic Action
7.6
20172h 13min

Overview

Members of the Granite Mountain Hotshots battle deadly wildfires to save an Arizona town.

Themes

Trauma and resilience, Leadership under scrutiny, Work obsession vs family, Heroism under danger, Loss and survivor guilt, Memorialization and memory

Available on

Netflix
Amazon Video
Apple TV
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Dunkirk

3. Dunkirk

War Action Drama World War II Military Action
7.8
20171h 47min

Overview

The story of the miraculous evacuation of Allied soldiers from Belgium, Britain, Canada and France, who were cut off and surrounded by the German army from the beaches and harbour of Dunkirk between May 26th and June 4th 1940 during World War II.

Themes

Air-sea coordination under limits, Duty vs survival under siege, Evacuation under fire, Identity and deception, Civilian vessels in war, Hope amid grim odds

Available on

Amazon Video
Apple TV
Google Play Movies
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2:22

4. 2:22

Science Fiction Mystery Thriller Romance Time Travel Sci-Fi
5.7
20171h 39min

Overview

Two planes almost collide after a blinding flash of light paralyzes air traffic controller Dylan Branson for a few seconds. Suspended from his job, Dylan starts to notice an ominous pattern of sounds and events that repeats itself in exactly the same manner every day, ending precisely at 2:22 p.m. Also drawn into a complex relationship with a woman, Dylan must figure out a way to break the power of the past and take control of time itself.

Themes

Obsession and jealousy, Fate vs agency, Forbidden love under pressure, Time loop repetition, Memory as pattern, Public spaces and routine life

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Amazon Video
Apple TV
Google Play Movies
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Overview

A young girl named Mija risks everything to prevent a powerful, multi-national company from kidnapping her best friend - a massive animal named Okja.

Themes

Deception and betrayal, Animal commodification, Corporate image vs reality, Public spectacle manipulation, Activist resistance and risk, Ethical conflict in farming

Available on

Netflix
Netflix Standard with Ads
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Overview

Ren Amari is the driven inventor of a revolutionary new drug. OtherLife expands the brain's sense of time and creates virtual reality directly in the user's mind. With OtherLife, mere seconds in real life feel like hours or days of exciting adventures. As Ren and her colleagues race around the clock to launch OtherLife, the government muscles in to use the drugs as a radical solution to prison overcrowding. They will create virtual cells where criminals serve long sentences in just minutes of real time. When Ren resists, she finds herself an unwilling guinea pig trapped in a prison cell in her mind. She must escape before she descends into madness, and then regain control of OtherLife before others suffer the same fate.

Themes

Time manipulation ethics, Memory as reality, Corporate control of science, Confinement by technology, Overpopulation pressure, Government use of science

Available on

Amazon Prime Video
Amazon Video
Fandango At Home
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Wonder Woman

7. Wonder Woman

Action Adventure Fantasy Superhero Action Mythological Fantasy
7.3
20172h 21min

Overview

An Amazon princess comes to the world of Man in the grips of the First World War to confront the forces of evil and bring an end to human conflict.

Themes

Gendered wartime leadership, Female empowerment in conflict, Mythic influences on heroism, Feminism shapes wartime response, World war i era tension, Collective action under oppression

Available on

Amazon Video
Apple TV
HBO Max
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47 Meters Down

8. 47 Meters Down

Horror Thriller Survival Thriller Monster Horror
5.6
20171h 29min

Overview

Two sisters on Mexican vacation are trapped in a shark observation cage at the bottom of the ocean, with oxygen running low and great whites circling nearby, they have less than an hour of air left to figure out how to get to the surface.

Themes

Survival under pressure, Sibling relationship strain, Deception and consequences, Isolation under threat, Diving cage dynamics, Risk management underwater

Available on

Amazon Prime Video
Amazon Video
Apple TV
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Brain on Fire

9. Brain on Fire

Drama Psychological Drama
6.6
20171h 28min

Overview

Susannah Cahalan, an up-and-coming journalist at the New York Post becomes plagued by voices in her head and seizures, causing a rapid descent into insanity.

Themes

Autoimmune brain disease, Medical misdiagnosis pressure, Symptom-driven investigation, Patient resilience, Medical uncertainty

Available on

The Roku Channel
Shout! Factory TV
Plex
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Justice League Dark

10. Justice League Dark

Animation Action Adventure Fantasy Science Fiction
7.1
20171h 16min

Overview

When innocent civilians begin committing unthinkable crimes across Metropolis, Gotham City and beyond, Batman must call upon mystical counterparts to eradicate this demonic threat to the planet; enter Justice League Dark. This team of Dark Arts specialists must unravel the mystery of Earth's supernatural plague and contend with the rising, powerful villainous forces behind the siege—before it's too late for all of mankind.

Themes

Demonic threat dynamics, Supernatural power politics, Magic relics influence, Duty under crisis, Monster as catalyst, Creature dynamics ethics

Available on

Amazon Video
Apple TV
Google Play Movies
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