Movies with sun-drenched vibe
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Hoping to bring his family closer together and to recreate his childhood vacation for his own kids, a grown up Rusty Griswold takes his wife and their two sons on a cross-country road trip to the coolest theme park in America, Walley World. Needless to say, things don't go quite as planned.
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Fidelity concerns, Fragile family bonds, Nostalgia versus reality, Parental expectations vs mishaps, Travel chaos and resilience, Teenage conflict and growth
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Pals Danny and Frank spend the summer after high school working as lifeguards while figuring out their future.
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Friendship under pressure, Romance vs ambition, Lifeguard camaraderie, Anticipation of college, Post-high school uncertainty, Summer job pressures
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When characters from the movie musical “Wet Side Story” get stuck in the real world, teens Brady and Mack must find a way to return them home.
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Adaptation under pressure, Belonging and autonomy, Relationship strain in adolescence, Identity in transition, Group dynamics under change, Cross world disruption
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Antoine and Laurent, old friends, spend their vacation in Corsica with their respective daughters: seventeen-year-old Louna and eighteen-year-old Marie. One evening at the beach, Louna seduces Laurent. Louna is in love, but for Laurent it was nothing more than a momentary distraction. Without revealing her lover's name, Louna confides in her father, who tries by any means to discover who his daughter's lover is. How long will the secret be able to be kept hidden?
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Secrecy and exposure, Age gap temptation, Parental authority vs desire, Betrayal among friends, Gender expectations pressure, Isolation amplifies temptation
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After the death of their estranged father, 3 adult sisters invite their teenaged half-sister to live with them.
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Sibling solidarity, Funeral driven family, Divorced parents aftermath, Half sister integration, Local football team bond, Grandparents space
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A celebrated military contractor returns to the site of his greatest career triumphs and re-connects with a long-ago love while unexpectedly falling for the hard-charging Air Force watchdog assigned to him.
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Trust and deception, Loyalty across relationships, Private interests vs public good, Development vs tradition, Power dynamics and responsibility, Cultural mediation
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In the Old West, a 17-year-old Scottish boy teams up with a mysterious gunman to find the woman with whom he is infatuated.
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Deception and disguise, Isolation and belonging, Loyalty under threat, Frontier violence, Pursuit and protection of loved ones, Vengeance and its costs
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An apocalyptic story set in the furthest reaches of our planet, in a stark desert landscape where humanity is broken, and most everyone is crazed fighting for the necessities of life. Within this world exist two rebels on the run who just might be able to restore order.
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Betrayal under pressure, Authoritarian control under siege, Resource scarcity drives pursuit, Loyalty forged through adversity, Leadership through necessity, Survivor solidarity in desert
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Straight-arrow policewoman Cooper is excited and thrilled about her next assignment. Her task is to escort Daniella Riva, a wisecracking Colombian beauty, from San Antonio to Dallas so both she and her husband can testify against a drug lord. Plans go awry when Mr. Riva gets ambushed, leaving Daniella a widow. Cooper and her witness must now use their wits to escape from crooked cops and murderous gunmen, while not killing each other in the process.
Themes
Loyalty and betrayal, Deception under pressure, Duty vs autonomy, Appearances and misdirection, Protective duty vs self-preservation, Money laundering exposure
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A group of Mexican emigrants attempts to cross the Mexican-US border. What begins as a hopeful journey becomes a harrowing, bloody and primal fight for survival when a deranged, rifle-toting vigilante and his loyal Belgian Malinois dog chase the group of unarmed men and women through the treacherous borderland. In the harsh, unforgiving desert terrain, the odds are stacked firmly against them as they discover there’s nowhere to hide from the unrelenting, merciless killer.
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Trust under pressure, Vigilante justice, Family obligation, Survival under threat, Border violence, Desert as adversary
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