Movies with lyrical vibe

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Atmospheric Bleak Restrained Deliberate Stylish

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The love affair between poet Percy Shelley and Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin resulted in the creation of an immortal novel, “Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus.”

Themes

Economic precarity, Romance and autonomy, 19th century constraints, Poet influence, Biography through literature, Gendered authorship, Prometheus myth

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Realistic Tense Intimate Deliberate Sun-drenched

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In the summer of 1983, a 17-year-old Elio spends his days in his family's villa in Italy. One day Oliver, a graduate student, arrives to assist Elio's father, a professor of Greco-Roman culture. Soon, Elio and Oliver discover a summer that will alter their lives forever.

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Coming of age, Family expectations, Lgbt romance, Class and privilege, Summer romance

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Realistic Intimate Claustrophobic Restrained Sun-drenched

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A girl allergic to the world lives sealed behind glass walls, until the boy next door drags messy, dangerous real life right up to her window. Secret texts turn into stolen moments, and her safe bubble strains under the weight of a love that demands she step outside or lose him forever.

Themes

Trust under pressure, Isolation vs connection, Overprotective guardianship, Medical deception, Forbidden proximity, Risk and defiance

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Realistic Claustrophobic Deliberate Eerie Measured

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Verena is a nurse who arrives at an old mansion in Italy to help a young boy who has fallen silent since the sudden passing of his mother.

Themes

Caregiving under pressure, Grief and memory, Family fragility, Art as lifeline, Heritage and decay, Silence as communication

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Realistic Intimate Dry Restrained Measured

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A week in the life of Paterson, a poet bus driver, and his wife Laura, a very creative artist, who live in Paterson, New Jersey, hometown of many famous poets and artists.

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Notebook as self extension, Poetry as craft, Bus driver routine, Poem writing as craft, Dog as companion, Hobby as identity

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Realistic Intimate Restrained Deliberate Relentless

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Japan, 1943, during World War II. Young Suzu leaves her village near Hiroshima to marry and live with her in-laws in Kure, a military harbor. Her creativity to overcome deprivation quickly makes her indispensable at home. Inhabited by an ancestral wisdom, Suzu impregnates the simple gestures of everyday life with poetry and beauty. The many hardships, the loss of loved ones, the frequent air raids of the enemy, nothing alters her enthusiasm…

Themes

Family resilience, Wartime rationing, Domestic labor under war, Postwar rebuilding, Adoption as survival, Air raid drills

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Realistic Tense Claustrophobic Eerie Fast-paced

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Lucinda Price is sent to a reform academy under the assumption that she has killed a boy. There, she meets two mysterious boys, Cam and Daniel, to whom she feels drawn to both. But as the love triangle unfurls, it is Daniel that Luce cannot keep herself away from, and things begin to take a darker turn when she finds out his true identity.

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Deception and manipulation, Power dynamics, Forbidden romance, Destiny and choice, Stigma and blame, Memory and past connections, Institutional confinement

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Bleak Fantastical Dreamlike Intense Measured

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12-year-old Conor encounters an ancient tree monster who proceeds to help him cope with his mother's terminal illness and being bullied in school.

Themes

Intergenerational bonds, Caregiving burden, Fantasy as coping, Illness and coping, Truth and vulnerability, Bullying and isolation

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Realistic Intimate Restrained Measured Earnest

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Canadian folk artist Maud Lewis falls in love with a fishmonger while working for him as a live-in housekeeper.

Themes

Economic dependency, Public gaze and privacy, Art as livelihood, Romantic stigma, Disability and resilience, Secret adoption

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Immersive Realistic Tense Steady Adventurous

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An epic journey into the world of dinosaurs where an Apatosaurus named Arlo makes an unlikely human friend.

Themes

Loss and resilience, Found family bonds, Fear of inadequacy, Protective duty versus independence, Growth through adversity, Inter-species friendship

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