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Realistic Tense Deliberate Stylish Measured

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The history of Sound City and their huge recording device; exploring how digital change has allowed 'people that have no place' in music to become stars. It follows former Nirvana drummer and Foo Fighter David Grohl as he attempts to resurrect the studio back to former glories.

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Heritage vs modernization, Recording studio identity, Studio system constraints, Economic and creative tensions, Collaborative craft under pressure, Technological disruption and adaptation

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Realistic Claustrophobic Dry Clinical Fast-paced

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A troubled hedge fund magnate, desperate to complete the sale of his trading empire, makes an error that forces him to turn to an unlikely person for help.

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Deception under pressure, Secrecy and exposure, Financial manipulation, Hedge fund ethics, Personal betrayal, Risk and consequences

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Realistic Tense Claustrophobic Fast-paced Gritty

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Decorated Vietnam hero, Frank Vega returns home only to get shunned by society leaving him without a job or his high school sweetheart. It's not until forty years later when an incident on a commuter bus makes him a local hero where he's suddenly celebrated once again. But his good fortune suddenly turns for the worse when his best friend is murdered and the police aren't doing anything about it.

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Corruption and accountability, Media spectacle, Power and influence, Vigilantism vs justice, Public perception manipulation, Veteran marginalization

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Steady Bleak Fast-paced Intense Gritty

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A stranger stumbles into the desert town of Absolution with no memory of his past and a futuristic shackle around his wrist. With the help of mysterious beauty Ella and the iron-fisted Colonel Dolarhyde, he finds himself leading an unlikely posse of cowboys, outlaws, and Apache warriors against a common enemy from beyond this world in an epic showdown for survival.

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Frontier violence and law, Outsider loyalty and belonging, Resource extraction and resistance, Memory and identity formation, Alliance against shared threat, Indigenous agency and sovereignty

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Tense Dynamic Fast-paced Intense Cinematic

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During World War II, Steve Rogers is a sickly man from Brooklyn who's transformed into super-soldier Captain America to aid in the war effort. Rogers must stop the Red Skull – Adolf Hitler's ruthless head of weaponry, and the leader of an organization that intends to use a mysterious device of untold powers for world domination.

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Power and responsibility, Duty under pressure, Technological arms race, Propaganda and public image, Loyalty under hardship, Transformation and identity

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Realistic Tense Steady Intimate Procedural

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Working-class father John Crowley is finally on the fast track to corporate success when his two young children are diagnosed with Pompe disease—a condition that prevents the body from breaking down sugar. With the support of his wife, John ditches his career and teams with unconventional specialist, Dr. Robert Stonehill to found a bio-tech company and develop a cure in time to save the lives of his children. As Dr. Stonehill works tirelessly to prove the theories that made him the black sheep of the medical community, a powerful bond is forged between the two unlikely allies.

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Venture funding pressures, Family sacrifice for science, Profit motive vs patient care, Scientific persistence under constraints, Unorthodox collaboration, Time pressure in research

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Realistic Bleak Restrained Deliberate Clinical

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After being brutally murdered, 14-year-old Susie Salmon watches from heaven over her grief-stricken family -- and her killer. As she observes their daily lives, she must balance her thirst for revenge with her desire for her family to heal.

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Trauma and resilience, Grieving family dynamics, Investigation and doubt, Afterlife presence, Revenge vs healing, Living with absence

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Realistic Tense Intimate Bleak Deliberate

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A heroic fire captain values dedication and service to others above all else, but the most important partnership in his life, his marriage, is about to go up in smoke.

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Trust under pressure, Duty versus desire, Caregiving and sacrifice, Marital strain under temptation, Faith as turning point, Transformation through hardship

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Realistic Claustrophobic Relentless Eerie Stylish

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Scarred for life after a harrowing near-death experience, emotionally fragile mother-to-be Sarah is still struggling to come to terms with her loss. Overcome with silent grief, Sarah now seeks solace in work; however, she is on a collision course with sheer terror when a knock at the door in the dead of night chills her bones to the marrow. Now, the raven-haired, late-night visitor in black wants something precious from Sarah, and will stop at nothing to get it.

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Pregnant vulnerability, Home invasion threat, Identity deception, Stalking and surveillance, Trauma and grief processing, Maternal replacement anxiety

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Tense Claustrophobic Dry Relentless Stylish

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A mysterious story of two magicians whose intense rivalry leads them on a life-long battle for supremacy -- full of obsession, deceit and jealousy with dangerous and deadly consequences.

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Class inequality, Obsession with craft, Social performance norms, Deception and jealousy, Showmanship versus secrecy, Rivalry under pressure

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