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The Martian

1. The Martian

Drama Adventure Science Fiction Survival Adventure Space Sci-Fi
8.0
20152h 21min

Overview

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.

Themes

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

Available on

Amazon Video
Apple TV
fuboTV
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Hardcore Henry

2. Hardcore Henry

Action Adventure Science Fiction Epic Action Cyberpunk
6.7
20151h 37min

Overview

Henry, a newly resurrected cyborg who must save his wife/creator from the clutches of a psychotic tyrant with telekinetic powers, AKAN, and his army of mercenaries. Fighting alongside Henry is Jimmy, who is Henry's only hope to make it through the day. Hardcore Henry takes place over the course of one day, in Moscow, Russia.

Themes

Trust under pressure, Memory manipulation, Identity fragmentation, Deception as control, Power through technology, Cybernetic augmentation ethics

Available on

Amazon Video
Apple TV
The Roku Channel
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Winter on Fire: Ukraine's Fight for Freedom

3. Winter on Fire: Ukraine's Fight for Freedom

Documentary Social & Political Documentary
8.3
20151h 38min

Overview

Over 93 days in Ukraine, what started as peaceful student demonstrations became a violent revolution and full-fledged civil rights movement.

Themes

Grassroots political mobilization, State violence against protesters, Mass street occupations, Desire for european alignment, Legitimacy crisis, Election-driven political transition

Available on

Netflix
Netflix Standard with Ads
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We Are Your Friends

4. We Are Your Friends

Drama Music Romance Comedy Entertainment Industry Drama
6.2
20151h 36min

Overview

Young Cole Carter dreams of hitting the big time as a Hollywood disc jockey, spending his days and nights hanging with buddies and working on the one track that will set the world on fire. Opportunity comes knocking when he meets James Reed, a charismatic DJ who takes the 23-year-old under his wing. Soon, his seemingly clear path to success gets complicated when he starts falling for his mentor's girlfriend, jeopardizing his new friendship and the future he seems destined to fulfill.

Themes

Loyalty and betrayal, Ambition under mentorship, Risk of party culture, Work-life balance in art, Friendship fractures under pressure, Fame pursuit vs romance

Available on

Amazon Video
Apple TV
Google Play Movies
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Overview

A documentary on the life of Amy Winehouse, the immensely talented yet doomed songstress. We see her from her teen years, where she already showed her singing abilities, to her finding success and then her downward spiral into alcoholism and drugs.

Themes

Addiction and rehabilitation, Fame exposure and decline, Media attention and judgment, Troubled relationships and instability, Creative pressure and risk, Archival imagery and memory

Available on

Netflix
Amazon Video
Apple TV
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Terminator Genisys

6. Terminator Genisys

Science Fiction Action Thriller Adventure Time Travel Sci-Fi
6.3
20152h 6min

Overview

The year is 2029. John Connor, leader of the resistance continues the war against the machines. At the Los Angeles offensive, John's fears of the unknown future begin to emerge when TECOM spies reveal a new plot by SkyNet that will attack him from both fronts; past and future, and will ultimately change warfare forever.

Themes

Deception and disguise, Time travel ethics, Human-machine resistance, Sacrifice and protection, Dystopian system control, Causal paradox

Available on

Amazon Video
Apple TV
Google Play Movies
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Embrace of the Serpent

7. Embrace of the Serpent

Drama Adventure Adventure Epic Historical Drama
7.8
20152h 5min

Overview

The epic story of the first contact, encounter, approach, betrayal and, eventually, life-transcending friendship, between Karamakate, an Amazonian shaman, last survivor of his people, and two scientists that, over the course of 40 years, travel through the Amazon in search of a sacred plant that can heal them. Inspired by the journals of the first explorers of the Colombian Amazon, Theodor Koch-Grunberg and Richard Evans Schultes.

Themes

Religious conversion pressures, Colonial encounter and control, Nature as resource and stage, Indigenous knowledge vs extraction, Memory vs oblivion in contact, Power asymmetry and exploitation

Available on

Amazon Video
Apple TV
Google Play Movies
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Tomorrowland

8. Tomorrowland

Adventure Family Mystery Science Fiction Exploration Adventure
6.4
20152h 10min

Overview

Bound by a shared destiny, a bright, optimistic teen bursting with scientific curiosity and a former boy-genius inventor jaded by disillusionment embark on a danger-filled mission to unearth the secrets of an enigmatic place somewhere in time and space that exists in their collective memory as "Tomorrowland."

Themes

Optimism vs cynicism, Destiny vs agency, Technology and secrecy, Self-fulfilling prophecy risk, Collective memory and action, Recruitment and belonging

Available on

Disney Plus
Amazon Video
Apple TV
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Mad Max: Fury Road

9. Mad Max: Fury Road

Action Adventure Science Fiction Epic Action Post-Apocalyptic Sci-Fi
8.1
20152h 1min

Overview

An apocalyptic story set in the furthest reaches of our planet, in a stark desert landscape where humanity is broken, and most everyone is crazed fighting for the necessities of life. Within this world exist two rebels on the run who just might be able to restore order.

Themes

Betrayal under pressure, Authoritarian control under siege, Resource scarcity drives pursuit, Loyalty forged through adversity, Leadership through necessity, Survivor solidarity in desert

Available on

Amazon Video
Apple TV
Google Play Movies
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Dragon Ball Z: Resurrection 'F'

10. Dragon Ball Z: Resurrection 'F'

Action Animation Science Fiction Epic Action Anime
7.1
20151h 33min

Overview

One peaceful day on Earth, two remnants of Frieza's army named Sorbet and Tagoma arrive searching for the Dragon Balls with the aim of reviving Frieza. They succeed, and Frieza subsequently seeks revenge on the Saiyans.

Themes

Loyalty vs autonomy, Enduring imperial pressure, Invasion and resistance, Power form transformation, Warning and mobilization, Time manipulation and consequence

Available on

Apple TV
Crunchyroll
Crunchyroll Amazon Channel
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