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Movies with lyrical vibe

Little Women

21. Little Women

Drama Romance History Historical Drama Passionate Romance
7.8

20192h 15min

United States

Director: Greta Gerwig

Four young sisters live with their mother during the Civil War, while their father is away serving in it. As time passes, the girls grow up, fall in love, and face choices that will shape their entire future.

Themes

Sibling bonds under pressure, Female authorship and ambition, Coming of age under constraint, Class and social expectations, Romance and autonomy, Family duty and sacrifice

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Klaus

22. Klaus

Animation Family Adventure Comedy Fantasy
8.2

20191h 37min

Spain

Director: Sergio Pablos

A selfish postman and a reclusive toymaker form an unlikely friendship, delivering joy to a cold, dark town that desperately needs it.

Themes

Creative collaboration, Education as empowerment, Intergenerational collaboration, Community cohesion through acts, Duty under inheritance pressure, Outsider catalyst for change

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Violet Evergarden: Eternity and the Auto Memory Doll

23. Violet Evergarden: Eternity and the Auto Memory Doll

Drama Fantasy Animation Coming-of-Age Drama Low Fantasy
7.5

20191h 31min

Japan

Director: Haruka Fujita

Violet Evergarden comes to a private women's academy to tutor Isabella in the ways of being a lady. Heir to the York family, Isabella feels trapped in this new and uncomfortable world. She still grieves for the only person to ever bring her happiness – now lost to her. Violet's lessons do give her a brief respite from the melancholy but with the absence of joy, how long does it take to truly heal?

Themes

Writing as obligation, Adoption as pressure, Letter as tether, Slice of life framing, Work identity, Post war resilience

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Weathering with You

24. Weathering with You

Animation Drama Fantasy Romance Anime
7.5

20191h 52min

Japan

Director: Makoto Shinkai

The summer of his high school freshman year, Hodaka runs away from his remote island home to Tokyo, and quickly finds himself pushed to his financial and personal limits. The weather is unusually gloomy and rainy every day, as if taking its cue from his life. After many days of solitude, he finally finds work as a freelance writer for a mysterious occult magazine. Then, one day, Hodaka meets Hina on a busy street corner. This bright and strong-willed girl possesses a strange and wonderful ability: the power to stop the rain and clear the sky.

Themes

Romance under pressure, Precarity in the city, Cost of power, Power over weather, Media exposure and scrutiny, Myth and modernity

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Never Look Away

25. Never Look Away

Drama Romance History Historical Drama Bittersweet Romance
7.7

20183h 9min

Germany, Italy

Director: Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck

German artist Kurt Barnert has escaped East Germany and now lives in West Germany, but is tormented by his childhood under the Nazis and the GDR regime.

Themes

Abuse of power, State censorship of art, Fugitive romance under regimes, Artistic voice under repression, Familial legacy and trauma, Resilience through migration

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I Want to Eat Your Pancreas

26. I Want to Eat Your Pancreas

Animation Drama Romance Anime Tragic Drama
8.1

20181h 48min

Japan

Director: Shinichiro Ushijima

After his classmate and crush is diagnosed with a pancreatic disease, an average high schooler sets out to make the most of her final days.

Themes

Friendship under pressure, Romance under constraint, Terminal illness vulnerability, Social scrutiny and resentment, Care through proximity, Memory through diaries

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The Children Act

27. The Children Act

Drama Legal Drama
6.7

20181h 45min

United Kingdom, United States

Director: Richard Eyre

In the midst of a marital crisis, a High Court judge must decide if she should order a life-saving blood transfusion for a teen with cancer despite his family's refusal to accept medical treatment for religious reasons.

Themes

Professional duty vs personal life, Minor welfare vs parental rights, Marital strain and loneliness, Judicial authority and autonomy, Religion vs medicine, Emotional burden of crisis

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Maquia: When the Promised Flower Blooms

28. Maquia: When the Promised Flower Blooms

Animation Fantasy Drama Adventure Anime
7.4

20181h 55min

Japan

Director: Mari Okada

Fleeing the war, the immortal Machia, graced with eternal youth, finds a baby abandoned in the forest and decides to raise it as her own child, sparking a moving story between a mortal and a being who does not age.

Themes

Family relationships, Coming of age, Captivity and escape, Dragon presence, Military conflict, Time skip consequences

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The Tale

29. The Tale

Drama Mystery Psychological Drama Unreliable Perspective Mystery
7.2

20181h 55min

Germany, United States

Director: Jennifer Fox

An investigation into one woman’s memory as she‘s forced to re-examine her first sexual relationship and the stories we tell ourselves in order to survive.

Themes

Trauma and resilience, Trust under pressure, Power and manipulation, Memory vs forgetting, Stories as survival, Memory as miracle

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The Shape of Water

30. The Shape of Water

Drama Fantasy Romance Sword & Sorcery Dark Romance
7.3

20172h 3min

United States

Director: Guillermo del Toro

An other-worldly story, set against the backdrop of Cold War era America circa 1962, where a mute janitor working at a lab falls in love with an amphibious man being held captive there and devises a plan to help him escape.

Themes

Cold war paranoia, Otherness and belonging, Interspecies romance, State power vs science, Prejudice and discrimination, Humanity through empathy

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