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Films For When Youve Just Made A Decision You Cant Undo Alone

Films for when youve just made a decision you cant undo alone. Includes The Silence of the Lambs, Gabriel's Inferno: Part III, Rear Window and more, curated ...

You made it. You cannot go back. Now you are living in the aftermath of your own choice. These films are about exactly that -- what happens after the point of no return, and how people find their footing.

The Silence of the Lambs movie poster
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1991 · ★★★★☆ 8.3/10

Clarice Starling is a top student at the FBI's training academy. Jack Crawford wants Clarice to interview Dr. Hannibal Lecter, a brilliant psychiatrist who is also a violent psychopath, serving life behind bars for various acts of murder and cannibalism. Crawford believes that Lecter may have insight into a case and that Starling, as an attractive young woman, may be just the bait to draw him out.

About living in the aftermath of an irreversible choice. No going back in this film either.

Aftermath honesty

Gabriel's Inferno: Part III movie poster
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2020 · ★★★★☆ 8.3/10

The final part of the film adaption of the erotic romance novel Gabriel's Inferno written by an anonymous Canadian author under the pen name Sylvain Reynard.

About living in the aftermath of an irreversible choice. No going back in this film either.

Aftermath honesty

Rear Window movie poster
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1954 · ★★★★☆ 8.3/10

A wheelchair-bound photographer spies on his neighbors from his apartment window and becomes convinced one of them has committed murder.

About living in the aftermath of an irreversible choice. No going back in this film either.

Finds footing without shortcuts

American History X movie poster
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1998 · ★★★★☆ 8.3/10

Derek Vineyard is paroled after serving 3 years in prison for killing two African-American men. Through his brother, Danny Vineyard's narration, we learn that before going to prison, Derek was a skinhead and the leader of a violent white supremacist gang that committed acts of racial crime throughout L.A. and his actions greatly influenced Danny. Reformed and fresh out of prison, Derek severs contact with the gang and becomes determined to keep Danny from going down the same violent path as he did.

About living in the aftermath of an irreversible choice. No going back in this film either.

Finds footing without shortcuts

Dead Poets Society movie poster
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1989 · ★★★★☆ 8.3/10

At an elite, old-fashioned boarding school in New England, a passionate English teacher inspires his students to rebel against convention and seize the potential of every day, courting the disdain of the stern headmaster.

The character finds their footing after the point of no return. Not quickly. Honestly.

Aftermath honesty

Aftermath honesty

Best watched alone. This is between you and the film.

It's a Wonderful Life movie poster
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1946 · ★★★★☆ 8.3/10

George Bailey has spent his entire life giving to the people of Bedford Falls. All that prevents rich skinflint Mr. Potter from taking over the entire town is George's modest building and loan company. But on Christmas Eve the business's $8,000 is lost and George's troubles begin.

About living in the aftermath of an irreversible choice. No going back in this film either.

Finds footing without shortcuts

Modern Times movie poster
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1936 · ★★★★☆ 8.3/10

A bumbling tramp desires to build a home with a young woman, yet is thwarted time and time again by his lack of experience and habit of being in the wrong place at the wrong time..

The character finds their footing after the point of no return. Not quickly. Honestly.

Finds footing without shortcuts

Sunset Boulevard movie poster
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1950 · ★★★★☆ 8.3/10

A hack screenwriter writes a screenplay for a former silent film star who has faded into Hollywood obscurity.

The character finds their footing after the point of no return. Not quickly. Honestly.

Finds footing without shortcuts

Apocalypse Now movie poster
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1979 · ★★★★☆ 8.3/10

At the height of the Vietnam war, Captain Benjamin Willard is sent on a dangerous mission that, officially, "does not exist, nor will it ever exist." His goal is to locate - and eliminate - a mysterious Green Beret Colonel named Walter Kurtz, who has been leading his personal army on illegal guerrilla missions into enemy territory.

About living in the aftermath of an irreversible choice. No going back in this film either.

Finds footing without shortcuts

Paths of Glory movie poster
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1957 · ★★★★☆ 8.3/10

A commanding officer defends three scapegoats on trial for a failed offensive that occurred within the French Army in 1916.

The character finds their footing after the point of no return. Not quickly. Honestly.

Finds footing without shortcuts

The right film for the right state is a specific thing. These are specific.

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