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Teen Spirit

661. Teen Spirit

Music Drama Narrative Musical Coming-of-Age Drama
6.1

20191h 32min

United Kingdom, United States

Director: Max Minghella

A shy teenager living on the Isle of Wight dreams of pop stardom. With the help of an unlikely mentor, she enters a singing competition that will test her integrity, talent, and ambition.

Themes

Ambition vs integrity, Class aspiration and gatekeeping, Exploitative mentorship, Deception and age misrepresentation, Family debt and pressure, Industry pressure and contracts

Available on

Amazon Video
Apple TV
Google Play Movies
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Breakthrough

662. Breakthrough

Drama Tragic Drama
6.3

20191h 56min

United States

Director: Roxann Dawson

Tragedy strikes when a woman named Joyce's son falls through the ice on a frozen lake and is trapped underwater for over 15 minutes. After being rushed to the hospital, the 14-year-old boy continues to fight for his life as Joyce, her husband and their pastor stay by his bedside and pray for a miracle.

Themes

Faith under pressure, Family strain under crisis, Caregiver burdens and boundaries, Medical uncertainty and hope, Community prayer and support, Resilience through recovery

Available on

Amazon Video
Apple TV
fuboTV
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The Ruthless

663. The Ruthless

Crime Drama Organized Crime
6.2

20191h 51min

France, Italy

Director: Renato De Maria

Milan, Italy, 1967. Santo Russo, a boy of Calabrian origin, arrives north with his parents and younger brother to find better living conditions. Due to an absurd misunderstanding and his father's contempt, Santo ends up in prison, where he gets a “true education.” In 1978, he and his friends Slim and Mario embark on a 15-year criminal career, a successful and ruthless spiral of robberies, kidnappings, murders and heroin smuggling.

Themes

Class inequality, Social mobility through crime, Migration and belonging, Loyalty within underworld, Law enforcement coercion, Family and crime ties

Available on

Netflix
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Pet Sematary

664. Pet Sematary

Horror Supernatural Horror
5.7

20191h 40min

United States

Director: Dennis Widmyer

Dr. Louis Creed and his wife, Rachel, move from Boston to Ludlow, in rural Maine, with their two young children. Hidden in the woods near the new family home, Ellie, their eldest daughter, discovers a mysterious cemetery where the pets of community members are buried.

Themes

Grief and denial, Memory and haunting, Boundaries of life and death, Family strain under trauma, Fear of loss and responsibility, Ethical harm of revival

Available on

Apple TV
Google Play Movies
Hoopla
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Dumbo

665. Dumbo

Family Fantasy Adventure Animal Companion Family Dark Fantasy
6.2

20191h 52min

United States

Director: Tim Burton

A young elephant, whose oversized ears enable him to fly, helps save a struggling circus, but when the circus plans a new venture, Dumbo and his friends discover dark secrets beneath its shiny veneer.

Themes

Loyalty under pressure, Animal captivity ethics, Commercial ambition vs humane care, Spectacle versus exploitation, Public perception shaping outcomes, Reorganization under new policy

Available on

Disney Plus
Amazon Video
Apple TV
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Fast Color

666. Fast Color

Thriller Science Fiction Bio-Genetic Sci-Fi Domestic Thriller
6.1

20191h 42min

United States

Director: Julia Hart

A woman is forced to go on the run when her superhuman abilities are discovered. Years after having abandoned her family, the only place she has left to hide is home.

Themes

Family loyalty under strain, Female agency under threat, Science versus autonomy, Memory and identity under pressure, Power as burden, Trauma shaping choices

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Amazon Video
Apple TV
Google Play Movies
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Pain and Glory

667. Pain and Glory

Drama Psychological Drama
7.5

20191h 54min

Spain

Director: Pedro Almodóvar

Salvador Mallo, a filmmaker in the twilight of his career, remembers his life: his mother, his lovers, the actors he worked with. The sixties in a small village in Valencia, the eighties in Madrid, the present, when he feels an immeasurable emptiness, facing his mortality, the incapability of continuing filming, the impossibility of separating creation from his own life. The need of narrating his past can be his salvation.

Themes

Addiction and coping, Aging creative crisis, Art as salvation, Mother-child memory, Memory as art material, Professional relationships across decades

Available on

Amazon Video
Apple TV
Google Play Movies
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The Highwaymen

668. The Highwaymen

Crime Drama Thriller Organized Crime Historical Drama
6.9

20192h 13min

United States

Director: John Lee Hancock

In 1934, Frank Hamer and Manny Gault, two former Texas Rangers, are commissioned to put an end to the wave of vicious crimes perpetrated by Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow, a notorious duo of infamous robbers and cold-blooded killers who nevertheless are worshiped by the public.

Themes

Public admiration of criminals, Retired lawman duty, Tracker led pursuit, Manhunt driven pursuit, Bank robber mythmaking, Forensic science guidance

Available on

Netflix
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The Mustang

669. The Mustang

Drama Psychological Drama
6.8

20191h 36min

Belgium, France

Director: Laure de Clermont-Tonnerre

While participating in a rehabilitation program training wild mustangs, a convict at first struggles to connect with the horses and his fellow inmates, but he learns to confront his violent past as he soothes an especially feisty horse.

Themes

Human-animal bond, Second chances, Confronting past violence, Rehabilitation through work, Discipline over impulse, Institutional structure

Available on

Netflix
Amazon Video
Apple TV
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The Hummingbird Project

670. The Hummingbird Project

Thriller Drama Computer Threat Thriller Professional Drama
6.2

20191h 51min

Belgium, Canada

Director: Kim Nguyen

A pair of high-frequency traders go up against their old boss in an effort to make millions in a fiber-optic cable deal.

Themes

Deception and betrayal, Technological arms race, Ambition and risk, Market pressure, Financial system fragility, Corporate loyalty vs independence

Available on

Apple TV
Google Play Movies
YouTube
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