Movies with relentless vibe

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Realistic Steady Claustrophobic Bleak Relentless

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After being expelled from Beecher Prep for his treatment of a classmate with a facial deformity, Julian has struggled to fit in at his new school. To transform his life, Julian's grandmother finally reveals her own story of courage of her youth in Nazi-occupied France, where a classmate shelters her from mortal danger.

Themes

Coming of age under threat, Occupation era resilience, Family memory and legacy, Interfaith sheltering, Propaganda and schooling, Loss and remembrance

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Realistic Tense Claustrophobic Dry Clinical

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After losing her job, a single mom falls into a lucrative but ultimately dangerous scheme selling prescription drugs.

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Class inequality, Social climbing, Corporate deception, Pharmaceutical ethics, Labor precarity, Whistleblowing risk

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Realistic Tense Atmospheric Bleak Procedural

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When oil is discovered in 1920s Oklahoma under Osage Nation land, the Osage people are murdered one by one—until the FBI steps in to unravel the mystery.

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Investigative pressure, Guardianship exploitation, Greed and murder, Wealth extraction through manipulation, Systemic racism and exploitation, Courtroom manipulation

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Realistic Tense Atmospheric Restrained Deliberate

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Athlete Diana Nyad sets out at 60 to achieve a nearly impossible lifelong dream: to swim from Cuba to Florida across more than 100 miles of open ocean.

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Aging as obstacle, Public doubt pressure, Trauma resurfaces memory, Team dynamics under strain, Trauma memory informs drive, Perseverance amid failures

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Tense Raw Claustrophobic Brutal Atmospheric

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In a remote Irish village, a damaged Finbar is forced to fight for redemption after a lifetime of sins, but what price is he willing to pay? In the land of saints and sinners, some sins can't be buried.

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Deception and betrayal, Loyalty under threat, Cycles of violence, Moral ambiguity under pressure, Trauma of conflict, Vigilantism versus law

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Tense Raw Claustrophobic Atmospheric Bleak

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Grieving the loss of a best friend she couldn't protect, an ex-bodyguard sets out to fulfill her dear friend's last wish: sweet revenge.

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Trauma and resilience, Secrecy and exposure, Exploitation and resistance, Evidence as leverage, Power and control networks, Vigilantism and justice

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Realistic Tense Brutal Relentless Measured

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Denmark, 1755. Captain Ludvig Kahlen sets out to conquer a Danish heath reputed to be uncultivable, with an impossible goal: to establish a colony in the name of the king, in exchange for a royal title. A single-minded ambition that the ruthless lord of the region will relentlessly seek to put down. Kahlen's fate hangs in the balance: will his endevours bring him wealth and honour, or cost him his life...?

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Labor exploitation, Land ownership conflict, Colonial ambition, Legal bans and enforcement, Upheaval of settlers, Betrayal and power shifts

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Realistic Tense Claustrophobic Brutal Bleak

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Residents of a small rural town discover that a demon is about to be born among them. They desperately try to escape before the evil is born, but it may be too late.

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Rural isolation and fear, Possession as contagion, Failed authority response, Family cohesion under threat, Ritual as control attempt, Violence as boundary rupture

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Realistic Tense Claustrophobic Bleak Deliberate

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Spain, 1949. Narcisa, a novice, arrives at an old convent, converted into a girls' school, to work as a teacher.

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Hauntings as memory, Wartime sexual violence, Female education under constraint, Concealment within convent, Religious authority and fear, Memory of war in education

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Realistic Claustrophobic Relentless Fast-paced Surreal

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A young pregnant woman named Mia escapes from a country at war by hiding in a maritime container aboard a cargo ship. After a violent storm, Mia gives birth to the child while lost at sea, where she must fight to survive.

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Survival under pressure, Resource scarcity, Trauma and endurance, Gendered vulnerability, Separation and resilience, Motherhood under crisis, War displacement

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