Nightmare Alley
2021 · Thriller · Guillermo del Toro · 2h 30m
A drifter learns a mind-reading act at a travelling carnival in 1939 and takes it to the rich people of Buffalo. Slow, handsome and steadily nastier.
- Strongly heavy
- Clearly realistic
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Changeling
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2008 · Mystery
A single mother in 1928 Los Angeles reports her son missing, and months later the police return a boy she says is not hers. Slow, and the real fight is with the department.
- Strongly realistic
- Strongly heavy
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Dark Waters
94% alike
2019 · Drama
A corporate defence lawyer takes a favour case for a West Virginia farmer and ends up spending twenty years suing a chemical company. Paperwork, depositions and a lot of waiting.
- Strongly realistic
- Clearly heavy
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The Place Beyond the Pines
94% alike
2012 · Crime
A motorcycle stunt rider starts robbing banks to support a son he has just learned about, and the film then hands over to somebody else, twice. Three stories in sequence.
- Strongly realistic
- Strongly heavy
- Clearly character-driven
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