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Realistic Tense Steady Restrained Clinical

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Eric O'Neill, a low-level surveillance expert with the FBI, believes he is accomplishing his dream of becoming a full-fledged agent, with his unexpected promotion and assignment to clerk for Robert Hanssen, a renowned senior agent with 25 years in the FBI. However, he soon learns the reason for his promotion is to gain Hanssen's trust and find proof that he is a traitor to the country. Determined to draw the suspected double-agent out of deep cover, O'Neill finds himself in a lethal game of spy vs. spy, where nothing is as it seems.

Themes

Deception and manipulation, Loyalty under pressure, Surveillance as control, Institutional trust vs betrayal, Information ethics in security, Moral costs of undercover work

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Tense Bleak Deliberate Clinical Measured

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Documentary filmmaker Amy Berg investigates the life of 30-year pedophile Father Oliver O'Grady and exposes the corruption inside the Catholic Church that allowed him to abuse countless children. Victims' stories and a disturbing interview with O'Grady offer a view into the troubled mind of the spiritual leader who moved from parish to parish gaining trust ... all the while betraying so many.

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Institutional secrecy, Protecting reputation, Systemic abuse awareness, Survivor testimony, Transparency versus concealment, Power dynamics in leadership

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Realistic Steady Claustrophobic Dry Deliberate

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An Eastern European tourist unexpectedly finds himself stranded in JFK airport, and must take up temporary residence there.

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Language barrier, Immigration bureaucracy, Airport community, Passport status, Immigration law, Workplace solidarity

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Dry Clinical Intense Measured Oppressive

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British documentarian Nick Broomfield creates a follow-up piece to his 1992 documentary of the serial killer Aileen Wuornos, a highway prostitute who was convicted of killing six men in Florida between 1989 and 1990. Interviewing an increasingly mentally unstable Wuornos, Broomfield captures the distorted mind of a murderer whom the state of Florida deems of sound mind -- and therefore fit to execute. Throughout the film, Broomfield includes footage of his testimony at Wuornos' trial.

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Death penalty scrutiny, Post-conviction appeals, Trauma under trial, Legal strategy under pressure, Finances and ethics in defense, State vs defense tension

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Realistic Tense Steady Measured Charged

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With a team of the world's foremost historic and marine experts as well as friend Bill Paxton, James Cameron embarks on an unscripted adventure back to the wreck of the Titanic where nearly 1,500 souls lost their lives almost a century ago.

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Memory of ship wreck, Observational documentary frame, Oceanic expedition anxieties, Ship wreck memory politics, Underwater heritage ethics, Cross disciplinary collaboration

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Tense Claustrophobic Clinical Relentless Oppressive

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A lawyer is asked to come to the police station to clear up a few loose ends in his witness report of a foul murder. "This will only take ten minutes", they say, but it turns out to be one loose end after another, and the ten minutes he is away from his speech become longer and longer.

Themes

Betrayal and loyalty, Moral ambiguity in justice, Family secrets and scandal, Deception under interrogation, Public scrutiny and rumor, Fabricating stories under pressure

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Tense Fast-paced Oppressive Gritty Charged

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A mysterious extraterrestrial being resembling Godzilla rapidly approaches Earth. The monster, dubbed SpaceGodzilla, lands to challenge the King of the Monsters.

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Alliance under pressure, Crystal fortress siege, Military tech escalation, Psychic manipulation vs autonomy, External threat containment, Urban invasion and defense

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