Movies with clinical vibe

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Realistic Tense Bleak Procedural Dry

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The story of Mark Felt, who under the name "Deep Throat" helped journalists Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein uncover the Watergate scandal in 1974.

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Bureaucratic pressure and control, Investigative independence, Political scandal and oversight, Media-government tension, Institutional accountability risk, Power dynamics under scrutiny

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Realistic Tense Dry Restrained Deliberate

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Five medical students, hoping to understand the mystery of what lies beyond life, embark on a dangerous experiment. When their hearts are stopped for a short period of time, they have a near-death experience…

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Deception and concealment, Guilt and accountability, Professional identity under strain, Ambition vs consequences, Peer pressure and competition, Ethical risk in experimentation

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Tense Claustrophobic Dry Clinical Nerve-wracking

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An unsettling look at reality television, where a disturbing game show has its contestants ending their lives for the public's enjoyment.

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Family loyalty under pressure, Media sensationalism drives ratings, Deception complicates accountability, Ethics in entertainment, Technology mediates audience impact, Economic precarity drives decisions

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Tense Claustrophobic Bleak Procedural Dry

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A lawyer tasked with defending a robbery-and-murder suspect begins developing doubts about what truly happened.

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Death penalty pressure, Courtroom drama tension, Confession pressure, Murder trial ambiguity, Confession-based inference, Murder trial strategy

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Realistic Tense Intimate Bleak Dry

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The Swedish Björn Borg and the American John McEnroe, the best tennis players in the world, maintain a legendary duel during the 1980 Wimbledon tournament.

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Rivalry under pressure, Parental pressure, Discipline vs temperament, Fame and scrutiny, Public expectations, Cost of success

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Claustrophobic Atmospheric Deliberate Clinical Measured

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The widow of a wise professor stumbles upon one of his inventions that's able to record and play a person's memory.

Themes

Memory technology consequences, Unintended mental deterioration, Responsibility for invention, Grief through invention, Ethics of memory recording, Memory as catalyst for guilt

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Tense Claustrophobic Atmospheric Bleak Clinical

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A former serial killer with Alzheimer's fights to protect his daughter from her mysterious boyfriend who may be a serial killer too.

Themes

Deception and manipulation, Protecting family under threat, Memory vs reality, Unreliable memory, Dementia and violence, Memory-driven crime

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Intimate Dry Deliberate Clinical Stylish

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Offbeat documentarian Chris Smith provides a behind-the-scenes look at how Jim Carrey adopted the persona of idiosyncratic comedian Andy Kaufman on the set of Man on the Moon.

Themes

Authenticity vs performance, Manipulation of perception, Backstage influence on audience, Obsession with persona, Blurring self and role, Memory shaping public image

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Claustrophobic Dry Restrained Clinical Measured

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A group of patients meet at a prestigious psychologist's office. Apart from the day and time of the appointment, something else unites them all: all six suffer from OCD. But the plane bringing the doctor is unexpectedly delayed, which forces them to spend an endless wait until the doctor shows up. Will they be able to keep their manias, impulses, convulsions, obsessions and rituals at bay during the wait?

Themes

Group therapy dynamics, Boundary negotiation, Obsessive rituals and control, Ritual vs spontaneity, Mutual irritation and tolerance, Collective coping under delay

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Tense Dry Deliberate Clinical Stylish

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A prestigious Stockholm museum's chief art curator finds himself in times of both professional and personal crisis as he attempts to set up a controversial new exhibit.

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Satire of art world, Theft as social critique, Public trust under scrutiny, Art and controversy, Media backlash, Institutional reputation under pressure

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