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Movies with clinical vibe

Hot Girls Wanted

381. Hot Girls Wanted

Documentary Social & Political Documentary
6.1

20151h 24min

United States

Director: Ronna Gradus

Overview

A first-ever look at the realities of the professional “amateur” porn world and the steady stream of 18-to-19-year old girls entering into it.

Themes

Economic vulnerability, Labor market precarity, Agency versus exploitation, Porn star labor, Consent negotiation dynamics, Sex trade stigma

Available on

Netflix
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Ex Machina

382. Ex Machina

Drama Science Fiction AI Sci-Fi Psychological Drama
7.7

20151h 48min

United Kingdom, United States

Director: Alex Garland

Overview

Caleb, a coder at the world's largest internet company, wins a competition to spend a week at a private mountain retreat belonging to Nathan, the reclusive CEO of the company. But when Caleb arrives at the remote location he finds that he will have to participate in a strange and fascinating experiment in which he must interact with the world's first true artificial intelligence, housed in the body of a beautiful robot girl.

Themes

Surveillance and manipulation, Isolation and distrust, Man vs machine, Artificial intelligence ethics, Employer employee relationship, Consciousness and agency

Available on

Amazon Video
Apple TV
HBO Max
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Testament of Youth

383. Testament of Youth

History Drama War Biographical History Tragic Drama
7.2

20152h 9min

Denmark, United Kingdom

Director: James Kent

Overview

Testament of Youth is a powerful story of love, war and remembrance, based on the First World War memoir by Vera Brittain, which has become the classic testimony of that war from a woman’s point of view. A searing journey from youthful hopes and dreams to the edge of despair and back again, it’s a film about young love, the futility of war and how to make sense of the darkest times.

Themes

War fuels pacifism, Trauma fosters resilience, Loss fuels memory, Education preserves agency, Care nurtures compassion, Gendered wartime roles

Available on

Amazon Video
Apple TV
Google Play Movies
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Cyberbully

384. Cyberbully

Drama Thriller TV Movie Computer Threat Thriller Thriller TV Movie
6.7

20151h 2min

United Kingdom

Director: Ben Chanan

Overview

A chilling real-time thriller featuring a teenager, Casey, battling with an anonymous cyber-stalker.

Themes

Privacy versus exposure, Anonymous accountability tension, Online reputation vulnerability, Vigilantism risks, Cyberbullying ethics, Digital harm escalation

Available on

Rakuten TV
Plex
Plex Channel
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Blackhat

385. Blackhat

Crime Thriller Action Organized Crime Computer Threat Thriller
5.5

20152h 13min

United States

Director: Michael Mann

Overview

Nicholas Hathaway, a furloughed convict, and his American and Chinese partners hunt a high-level cybercrime network from Chicago to Los Angeles to Hong Kong to Jakarta. As Hathaway closes in, the stakes become personal as he discovers that the attack on a Chinese nuclear power plant was just the beginning.

Themes

Technology as weapon, Betrayal under pressure, Race against time, Cross border pursuit, Rogue networks, Conspiracy and deception

Available on

Amazon Prime Video
Amazon Video
Apple TV
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Goodnight Mommy

386. Goodnight Mommy

Horror Mystery Thriller Psychological Horror Unreliable Perspective Mystery
6.7

20151h 40min

Austria

Director: Severin Fiala

Overview

In the heat of the summer lays a lonesome house in the countryside where nine year old twin brothers await their mother’s return. When she comes home, bandaged after cosmetic surgery, nothing is like before and the children start to doubt whether this woman is actually who she says she is.

Themes

Memory and trauma, Appearance vs reality, Parent-child tension, Isolation and control, Cosmetic surgery deception, Doppelgänger suspicion, Torture and coercion

Available on

Amazon Prime Video
Amazon Video
Google Play Movies
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The Atticus Institute

387. The Atticus Institute

Horror Supernatural Horror
5.5

20151h 32min

United States

Director: Chris Sparling

Overview

In the early 1970s, Dr. Henry West creates an institute to find people with supernatural abilities. When Judith Winstead comes to the facility, she exhibits amazing abilities that the military wants to turn into a weapon.

Themes

Military coercion, Ethical ambiguity, Institutional overreach, Government secrecy, Supernatural exploitation, Inhumane experiments

Available on

Amazon Video
Apple TV
Google Play Movies
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Big Eyes

388. Big Eyes

Drama Entertainment Industry Drama
7.0

20141h 46min

United States, Canada

Director: Tim Burton

Overview

In the late 1950s and early '60s, artist Walter Keane achieves unbelievable fame and success with portraits of saucer-eyed waifs. However, no one realizes that his wife, Margaret, is the real painter behind the brush. Although Margaret is horrified to learn that Walter is passing off her work as his own, she is too meek to protest too loudly. It isn't until the Keanes' marriage comes to an end and a lawsuit follows that the truth finally comes to light.

Themes

Public image vs private life, Gendered power dynamics, Ownership of art, Creative credit disputes, Economic manipulation, Exploitation in marriage

Available on

Amazon Video
Apple TV
Google Play Movies
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Poker Night

389. Poker Night

Thriller Action Crime Horror Kidnapping & Captivity Thriller
6.2

20141h 44min

United States, Canada

Director: Greg Francis

Overview

When a new detective is caught by a vicious psychopath and locked in a basement, he must use the knowledge he learned from some of the best detectives at Poker Night, then match wits against his captor.

Themes

Confinement under pressure, Risk management under threat, Group storytelling as strategy, Shared tactical knowledge, Cat and mouse dynamic, Trust under coercion

Available on

Apple TV
Google Play Movies
YouTube
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Still Alice

390. Still Alice

Drama Psychological Drama
7.5

20141h 41min

France, United Kingdom

Director: Richard Glatzer

Overview

Alice Howland, happily married with three grown children, is a renowned linguistics professor who starts to forget words. When she receives a devastating diagnosis, Alice and her family find their bonds tested.

Themes

Caregiving within illness, Memory erosion in aging, Professional identity under strain, Genetic risk and testing, Communication challenges within a family, Caregiving boundaries and roles

Available on

Netflix
Amazon Video
Apple TV
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