Movies with nerve-wracking vibe

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Realistic Claustrophobic Procedural Dry Restrained

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While investigating a terroristic threat that goes viral online, Korean authorities discover that a suspect has recently boarded an international flight bound for the United States. When a healthy passenger on the same flight suddenly dies a gruesome death of unknown cause, panic erupts both in-flight and on the ground. With steadily decreasing fuel and international refusals to offer aid, the captain and crew will be forced to take unprecedented emergency measures in an attempt to save the lives of their passengers.

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Crisis decision making, Institutional accountability, Terrorism and security culture, Bio threat on board, Public panic and trust

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Realistic Tense Brutal Relentless Intense

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When danger threatens her camp, the fierce and highly skilled Comanche warrior Naru sets out to protect her people. But the prey she stalks turns out to be a highly evolved alien predator with a technically advanced arsenal.

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Survival under threat, Gendered expectations, Leadership legitimacy, Indigenous resilience, Alien life-form dynamics, Bear attack consequences

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Realistic Tense Steady Dry Sun-drenched

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A journalist and podcaster from New York City travels to West Texas in order to report on the death of a girl he was hooking up with.

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Grief and denial, Outsider adaptation, Deception in storytelling, Media ethics, Narrative power, Isolation from modern america

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Realistic Tense Steady Claustrophobic Bleak

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Based on the true nail-biting mission that captivated the world. Twelve boys and the coach of a Thai soccer team explore the Tham Luang cave when an unexpected rainstorm traps them in a chamber inside the mountain. Entombed behind a maze of flooded cave tunnels, they face impossible odds. A team of world-class divers navigate through miles of dangerous cave networks to discover that finding the boys is only the beginning.

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Collaborative rescue effort, Trust in specialists, Expertise under pressure, Risk management in crisis, International cooperation in rescue, Humanitarian stakes

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Tense Bleak Fast-paced Fantastical Stylish

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After his retirement is interrupted by Gorr the God Butcher, a galactic killer who seeks the extinction of the gods, Thor Odinson enlists the help of King Valkyrie, Korg, and ex-girlfriend Jane Foster, who now wields Mjolnir as the Mighty Thor. Together they embark upon a harrowing cosmic adventure to uncover the mystery of the God Butcher’s vengeance and stop him before it’s too late.

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Power and control dynamics, Divine vengeance and survival, Alliance across rival groups, Illness as motivation, Sacrifice as path forward, Legacy and guardianship

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Playful Steady Whimsical Dynamic Fantastical

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When a young girl stows away on the ship of a legendary sea monster hunter, they launch an epic journey into uncharted waters — and make history to boot.

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Power and accountability, Coexistence with beasts, Propaganda by authority, Outsiders and kinship, Beliefs vs evidence, Challenge to tradition

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Realistic Tense Steady Claustrophobic Brutal

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After emigrating to Greece from Nigeria, Vera and Charles Antetokounmpo struggled to survive and provide for their five children, while living under the daily threat of deportation. Desperate to obtain Greek citizenship but undermined by a system that blocked them at every turn, the family's vision, determination and faith lifted them out of obscurity to launch the careers of three NBA champions.

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Immigrant struggle and citizenship, Legal precarity and residency barriers, Family resilience under hardship, Sport as social ascent, Institutional bias and gatekeeping, Dreams vs logistical constraints

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Claustrophobic Clinical Eerie Fast-paced Intense

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A girl wakes up in a huge secret laboratory, then accidentally meets another girl who is trying to protect her house from a gang. The mystery girl overthrows the gang with her unexpected powers, and laboratory staff set out to find her.

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Deception and manipulation, Survival under threat, Biotech ethics, Power under oppression, Secret laboratory containment, Kinship and identity

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Tense Adventurous Bleak Hopeful Nerve-wracking

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Four years after Isla Nublar was destroyed, dinosaurs now live—and hunt—alongside humans all over the world. This fragile balance will reshape the future and determine, once and for all, whether human beings are to remain the apex predators on a planet they now share with history's most fearsome creatures.

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Relentless Fast-paced Gritty Nerve-wracking Electric

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After more than thirty years of service as one of the Navy’s top aviators, and dodging the advancement in rank that would ground him, Pete “Maverick” Mitchell finds himself training a detachment of TOP GUN graduates for a specialized mission the likes of which no living pilot has ever seen.

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Mentorship shaping restraint, Duty vs personal promises, Team cohesion under pressure, Loyalty tested under conflict, Risk-taking within hierarchy, Intergenerational guidance dynamics

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