Movies with deliberate vibe

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Realistic Tense Claustrophobic Dry Deliberate

After experiencing a traumatic misfortune, Jasmine French, a wealthy woman from New York, moves to San Francisco to live with her foster sister Ginger and the firm purpose of getting a new life, but she will be haunted by anxiety and memories of the past.

Themes

Appearance vs reality, Sibling relationship dynamics, Economic insecurity, Nervous breakdown pressure, Financial fraud consequences, Wealthy widower lure

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Realistic Tense Brutal Bleak Deliberate

Oakland, California. Young Afro-American Oscar Grant crosses paths with family members, friends, enemies and strangers before facing his fate on the platform at Fruitvale Station, in the early morning hours of New Year's Day 2009.

Themes

Family ties under strain, Racial identity under pressure, Collective memory and protest, Policing and accountability, Racism as social pressure, Urban fragility and everyday life

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Tense Intimate Deliberate Clinical Stylish

The story of the forbidden relationship between a 'low born' boy and a 'high born' girl in an alternate reality where every person's relationships and life worth are determined by their innate 'frequencies'.

Themes

Class inequality, Forbidden romance, Fate and choice, Mind control ethics, Predestined relationships, Technological intervention

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Realistic Bleak Restrained Deliberate Stylish

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.

Themes

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

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Realistic Tense Bleak Deliberate Minimalist

Two veterans of the Bosnian War, one American, one Serbian, clash in the remote Smoky Mountain wilderness.

Themes

Survival under pressure, Betrayal and deception, Revenge cycles, War legacy, Trauma persistence, Isolation and restraint

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Realistic Tense Claustrophobic Atmospheric Bleak

At an international school in Jakarta, a philosophy teacher challenges his class of twenty graduating seniors to choose which ten of them would take shelter underground and reboot the human race in the event of a nuclear apocalypse.

Themes

Authority under pressure, Family cohesion under threat, Ethical dilemma under extinction risk, Fear of unknown intrusion, Agency in the face of abductors, Protective parental instincts

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Realistic Tense Claustrophobic Deliberate Stylish

'Having broken away from my illusory self, I was desperately seeking a path and a meaning to life.' This phrase perfectly sums up Alejandro Jodorowsky’s biographical project: reconstituting the incredible adventure of his life. He was born in 1929 Tocopilla, a coastal town on edge of the Chilean desert, where he discovered the fundamentals of reality, as he underwent an unhappy and alienated childhood as part of an uprooted family.

Themes

Fear and resilience, Quest for meaning, Ideology versus family, Artistic self-creation, Surreal memory and mythmaking, Political violence and spectacle

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Tense Atmospheric Procedural Contemplative Restrained

As the Large Hadron Collider is about to be launched for the first time, physicists are on the cusp of the greatest scientific discovery of all time - or perhaps their greatest failure.

Themes

Theory vs experiment tension, Scientific ambition under pressure, Uncertainty in data interpretation, Competition of ideas, Public perception and risk, Collaboration under scrutiny

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Realistic Tense Intimate Claustrophobic Atmospheric

Frank spends his summer days hopelessly searching for companionship at a popular cruising spot on the shores of a lake in rural France. One day, he meets Michel, an attractive yet darkly mysterious man and falls blindly in love.

Themes

Loneliness and companionship, Secrecy and suspicion, Desire and danger, Intimate space and risk, Surveillance and vulnerability, Casual sex and risk

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Realistic Tense Intimate Dry Deliberate

Based on the autobiographical novel, the tempestuous 6-year relationship between Liberace and his (much younger) lover, Scott Thorson, is recounted.

Themes

Legal battles and settlements, Based on novel dynamics, Celebrity influence and control, In the closet pressures, Drug dependency erosion, Memoir-driven image preservation

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