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Train Dreams

1. Train Dreams

Drama Historical Drama
7.5
20251h 42min

Overview

A logger leads a life of quiet grace as he experiences love and loss during an era of monumental change in early 20th-century America.

Themes

Memory shaping identity, Family bonds under strain, Railroad worker adaptation, Lumberjack life under change, Postwar economy pressure, Landscape and longing

Available on

Netflix
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The Outrun

2. The Outrun

Drama Coming-of-Age Drama
6.9
20241h 58min

Overview

Fresh out of rehab, Rona returns to the Orkney Islands—a place both wild and beautiful, right off the Scottish coast. Now 29 and after more than a decade of living life on the edge in London, where she both found and lost love, Rona attempts to come to terms with her troubled past. As she reconnects with the dramatic landscape where she grew up, memories of her traumatic childhood merge with more recent challenging events that have set her on the path to recovery.

Themes

Isolation and belonging, Addiction and recovery, Memory and healing, Nonlinear structure, Seaweed biology curiosity, Landscape as refuge

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A Million Miles Away

3. A Million Miles Away

Drama History Historical Drama Biographical History
7.3
20232h 2min

Overview

The life of engineer and former NASA astronaut José M. Hernández, the first migrant farmworker to go to space.

Themes

Resilience under pressure, Migrant origins to achievement, Work to space program, Merit over background, Family responsibility and ambition, Mentorship and perseverance

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Amazon Prime Video
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Pamela, A Love Story

4. Pamela, A Love Story

Documentary Biographical Documentary
7.2
20231h 53min

Overview

In her own words, through personal video and diaries, Pamela Anderson shares the story of her rise to fame, rocky romances and infamous sex tape scandal.

Themes

Fame and objectification, Public gaze vs privacy, Gendered media scrutiny, Diary-based memory, Turbulent marriage and autonomy

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Netflix
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Overview

The imagined life of one of the world’s most famous authors, Emily Brontë, as she finds her voice and writes the literary classic Wuthering Heights. Explore the relationships that inspired her – her raw, passionate sisterhood with Charlotte and Anne; her first aching, forbidden love for Weightman and her care for her maverick brother whom she idolises.

Themes

Romance under scrutiny, Sibling influence on craft, Family pressure shaping ambition, Education shaping identity, Gendered artistic pursuit, Mentorship under constraint

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Sick of Myself

6. Sick of Myself

Drama Thriller Entertainment Industry Drama Mind Game Thriller
7.1
20221h 37min

Overview

Increasingly overshadowed by her boyfriend's recent rise to fame as a contemporary artist creating sculptures from stolen furniture, Signe hatches a vicious plan to reclaim her rightfully deserved attention within the milieu of Oslo's cultural elite.

Themes

Social climbing, Media spectacle, Manipulation in relationships, Envy and self-image, Performative illness, Deception and attention

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Amazon Video
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Hoopla
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TÁR

7. TÁR

Music Drama Psychological Drama
7.4
20222h 38min

Overview

As celebrated conductor Lydia Tár starts rehearsals for a career-defining symphony, the consequences of her past choices begin to echo in the present.

Themes

Professional reputation under scrutiny, Artistic authority and control, Gendered leadership pressure, Personal life versus career, Public scandal and consequences, Media manipulation and rumor

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Amazon Video
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Father Stu

8. Father Stu

Drama Family Drama
6.5
20222h 4min

Overview

The true-life story of boxer-turned-priest. When an injury ends his amateur boxing career, Stuart Long moves to Los Angeles to find money and fame. While scraping by as a supermarket clerk, he meets Carmen, a Sunday school teacher who seems immune to his bad-boy charm. Determined to win her over, the longtime agnostic starts going to church to impress her. However, a motorcycle accident leaves him wondering if he can use his second chance to help others, leading to the surprising realization that he's meant to be a Catholic priest.

Themes

Illness as catalyst, Vocational discernment, Family and mentors, Service over ambition, Doubt and faith, Calling vs secular lure

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Amazon Video
Apple TV
Hulu
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Munich – The Edge of War

9. Munich – The Edge of War

Drama History Historical Event Historical Drama
6.8
20212h 10min

Overview

At the tense 1938 Munich Conference, former friends who now work for opposing governments become reluctant spies racing to expose a Nazi secret.

Themes

Loyalties under strain, Espionage under pressure, Secrecy vs transparency, Diplomatic brinkmanship, Moral ambiguity in decision, War-preparation under uncertainty

Available on

Netflix
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CODA

10. CODA

Drama Music Romance Family Drama Narrative Musical
8.0
20211h 52min

Overview

As a CODA (Child of Deaf Adults), Ruby is the only hearing person in her deaf family. When the family's fishing business is threatened, Ruby finds herself torn between pursuing her love of music and her fear of abandoning her parents.

Themes

Identity through music, Economic pressure on a fishing family, Family obligation vs personal ambition, Communication across deaf and hearing, Pursuit of art under constraint, Sign language as bridge

Available on

Apple TV
Amazon Video
Apple TV
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