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Movies with patient vibe

The Wild Pear Tree

1. The Wild Pear Tree

Drama Coming-of-Age Drama
8.0
20183h 8min

Overview

Fresh out of university, a Turkish young man with literary aspirations returns to his home village and starts scraping together money to publish his book. While trying to reconnect with his old friends and environment; his uncertainty, existential struggle and his father’s gambling addiction bring him difficulties.

Themes

Failed literary ambition, Economic precarity in rural settings, Tradition versus modernity, Gambling addiction and debt, Family obligation and isolation, Religion and modern world, Generational disconnect

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Amazon Video
Apple TV
Google Play Movies
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Kedi

2. Kedi

Documentary Nature & Wildlife Documentary
7.6
20171h 19min

Overview

A profile of Istanbul and its unique people, seen through the eyes of the most mysterious and beloved animal humans have ever known, the Cat.

Themes

Human-animal relationship, Urban caregiving networks, Daily rhythms of city life, Mutual dependence, Care as social glue, Interspecies interaction

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Amazon Video
Apple TV
Google Play Movies
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Paterson

3. Paterson

Drama Comedy Romance Everyday Life Drama Bittersweet Romance
7.3
20161h 58min

Overview

A week in the life of Paterson, a poet bus driver, and his wife Laura, a very creative artist, who live in Paterson, New Jersey, hometown of many famous poets and artists.

Themes

Notebook as self extension, Poetry as craft, Bus driver routine, Poem writing as craft, Dog as companion, Hobby as identity

Available on

Amazon Prime Video
Fandango At Home
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Beware the Slenderman

4. Beware the Slenderman

Documentary Crime True Crime Documentary Serial Killer Crime
6.2
20161h 55min

Overview

In this horrifyingly modern fairytale lurks an online Boogeyman and two 12-year-old girls who would kill for him. The entrance to the internet quickly leads to its darkest basement. How responsible are our children for what they find there?

Themes

Media framing of crime, Online influence on youth, Parental responsibility in digital age, Online communities and harm, Creepypasta culture and fear, Peer pressure within internet folklore

Available on

Amazon Video
Apple TV
HBO Max
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The End of the Tour

5. The End of the Tour

Drama Professional Drama
7.2
20151h 46min

Overview

The story of the five-day interview between Rolling Stone reporter David Lipsky and acclaimed novelist David Foster Wallace, which took place right after the 1996 publication of Wallace's groundbreaking epic novel, 'Infinite Jest.'

Themes

Artistic integrity vs exposure, Loneliness in dialogue, Fame under scrutiny, Rumors and denial, Alcoholism and stigma, Interview ethics

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Amazon Video
Apple TV
Google Play Movies
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The Little Prince

6. The Little Prince

Adventure Animation Fantasy Family Adventure Epic
7.6
20151h 48min

Overview

Based on the best-seller book 'The Little Prince', the movie tells the story of a little girl that lives with resignation in a world where efficiency and work are the only dogmas. Everything will change when accidentally she discovers her neighbor that will tell her about the story of the Little Prince that he once met.

Themes

Parent child tension, Utopia vs dystopia, Efficiency vs imagination, Adult conformity, Social differences, Education as control

Available on

Amazon Video
Apple TV
fuboTV
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Boulevard

7. Boulevard

Drama Relationship Drama
5.8
20141h 28min

Overview

Nolan Mack, a soft-spoken bank employee, undoubtedly loves his wife Joy, though their cavernous empty house only underscores how disconnected they’ve always been from each other. Nolan finds himself drifting from his familiar present-day life in pursuit of lost time after meeting a troubled young man named Leo on his drive home. What begins as an aimless drive down an unfamiliar street turns into a life-altering series of events.

Themes

Deception within marriage, Escape from monotony, Care and boundary testing, Affair implications, Commitment vs authenticity, Routine vs longing

Available on

Google Play Movies
YouTube
Kanopy
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Overview

In the not so distant future, Theodore, a lonely writer, purchases a newly developed operating system designed to meet the user's every need. To Theodore's surprise, a romantic relationship develops between him and his operating system. This unconventional love story blends science fiction and romance in a sweet tale that explores the nature of love and the ways that technology isolates and connects us all.

Themes

Loneliness and connection, Artificial intelligence companionship, Future tech and heartbreak, Operating system mediation of affection, Singularity and selfhood, Love as mediated by machines, Dehumanization via intimate tech

Available on

Amazon Video
Apple TV
Google Play Movies
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Prince Avalanche

9. Prince Avalanche

Comedy Drama Buddy Comedy Relationship Drama
6.3
20131h 34min

Overview

Two highway road workers spend the summer of 1988 away from their city lives. The isolated landscape becomes a place of misadventure as the men find themselves at odds with each other and the women they left behind.

Themes

Isolation in rural landscape, Absence and loyalty tensions, Male camaraderie under strain, Responsibility and fatherhood anxiety, Improvisation and resilience in isolation, Work as refuge and discipline

Available on

Amazon Prime Video
Amazon Video
Apple TV
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Laurence Anyways

10. Laurence Anyways

Drama Romance Relationship Drama Dark Romance
7.6
20122h 48min

Overview

The story of an impossible love between a woman named Fred and a transgender woman named Laurence who reveals her inner desire to become her true self.

Themes

Social expectations pressure, Family support dynamics, Career disruption during transition, Gender transition challenges, Enduring love vs autonomy, Aging self-definition

Available on

Netflix
Amazon Prime Video
Amazon Video
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