The old self does not fit anymore but the new one is not fully here yet. You are in the gap -- that slightly uncomfortable place between who you were and who you are becoming. These films know that territory.
A 17 year old finds out that his girlfriend is dying, so he sets out to give her an entire life, in the last year she has left.
Set entirely in the transitional state. Nobody in this film has arrived yet.
Set in the in-between
After the death of Emperor Marcus Aurelius, his devious son takes power and demotes Maximus, one of Rome's most capable generals who Marcus preferred. Eventually, Maximus is forced to become a gladiator and battle to the death against other men for the amusement of paying audiences.
Set entirely in the transitional state. Nobody in this film has arrived yet.
Set in the in-between
Tony Lip, a bouncer in 1962, is hired to drive pianist Don Shirley on a tour through the Deep South in the days when African Americans, forced to find alternate accommodations and services due to segregation laws below the Mason-Dixon Line, relied on a guide called The Negro Motorist Green Book.
Set entirely in the transitional state. Nobody in this film has arrived yet.
The transition is the subject
As U.S. troops storm the beaches of Normandy, three brothers lie dead on the battlefield, with a fourth trapped behind enemy lines. Ranger captain John Miller and seven men are tasked with penetrating German-held territory and bringing the boy home.
The film treats the in-between as a place with its own value. That helps.
Set in the in-between
The unlikely friendship of a boy, a mole, a fox and a horse traveling together in the boy's search for home.
The film treats the in-between as a place with its own value. That helps.
Set in the in-between
Set in the in-between
Best watched alone. This is between you and the film.
In Nazi-occupied France during World War II, a group of Jewish-American soldiers known as "The Basterds" are chosen specifically to spread fear throughout the Third Reich by scalping and brutally killing Nazis. The Basterds, lead by Lt. Aldo Raine soon cross paths with a French-Jewish teenage girl who runs a movie theater in Paris which is targeted by the soldiers.
Set entirely in the transitional state. Nobody in this film has arrived yet.
The transition is the subject
Seventeen-year-old Stella spends most of her time in the hospital as a cystic fibrosis patient. Her life is full of routines, boundaries and self-control — all of which get put to the test when she meets Will, an impossibly charming teen who has the same illness. There's an instant flirtation, though restrictions dictate that they must maintain a safe distance between them. As their connection intensifies, so does the temptation to throw the rules out the window and embrace that attraction.
Set entirely in the transitional state. Nobody in this film has arrived yet.
The transition is the subject
Science teacher Ryland Grace wakes up on a spaceship light years from home with no recollection of who he is or how he got there. As his memory returns, he begins to uncover his mission: solve the riddle of the mysterious substance causing the sun to die out. He must call on his scientific knowledge and unorthodox ideas to save everything on Earth from extinction.
The film treats the in-between as a place with its own value. That helps.
Set in the in-between
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.
Set entirely in the transitional state. Nobody in this film has arrived yet.
Set in the in-between
An ailing barrister is thrust back into the courtroom in what becomes one of the most unusual and eventful murder cases of the lawyer's career when he finds himself defending a man being tried for the murder of a socialite.
The film treats the in-between as a place with its own value. That helps.
The transition is the subject
The right film for the right state is a specific thing. These are specific.