Films for when youve just made a decision you cant undo when you cant sleep. Includes Five Feet Apart, The Prestige, The Shining and more, curated by Moviepiq.
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.
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.
About living in the aftermath of an irreversible choice. No going back in this film either.
Finds footing without shortcuts
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.
About living in the aftermath of an irreversible choice. No going back in this film either.
Aftermath honesty
Jack Torrance accepts a caretaker job at the Overlook Hotel, where he, along with his wife Wendy and their son Danny, must live isolated from the rest of the world for the winter. But they aren't prepared for the madness that lurks within.
The character finds their footing after the point of no return. Not quickly. Honestly.
Finds footing without shortcuts
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 character finds their footing after the point of no return. Not quickly. Honestly.
Aftermath honesty
Aibileen Clark is a middle-aged African-American maid who has spent her life raising white children and has recently lost her only son; Minny Jackson is an African-American maid who has often offended her employers despite her family's struggles with money and her desperate need for jobs; and Eugenia "Skeeter" Phelan is a young white woman who has recently moved back home after graduating college to find out her childhood maid has mysteriously disappeared. These three stories intertwine to explain how life in Jackson, Mississippi revolves around "the help"; yet they are always kept at a certain distance because of racial lines.
About living in the aftermath of an irreversible choice. No going back in this film either.
Aftermath honesty
Aftermath honesty
World War II soldier-turned-U.S. Marshal Teddy Daniels investigates the disappearance of a patient from a hospital for the criminally insane, but his efforts are compromised by troubling visions and a mysterious doctor.
About living in the aftermath of an irreversible choice. No going back in this film either.
Aftermath honesty
WWII American Army Medic Desmond T. Doss, who served during the Battle of Okinawa, refuses to kill people and becomes the first Conscientious Objector in American history to receive the Congressional Medal of Honor.
The character finds their footing after the point of no return. Not quickly. Honestly.
Finds footing without shortcuts
With the help of a German bounty hunter, a freed slave sets out to rescue his wife from a brutal Mississippi plantation owner.
The character finds their footing after the point of no return. Not quickly. Honestly.
Finds footing without shortcuts
Bud Baxter is a minor clerk in a huge New York insurance company, until he discovers a quick way to climb the corporate ladder. He lends out his apartment to the executives as a place to take their mistresses. Although he often has to deal with the aftermath of their visits, one night he's left with a major problem to solve.
About living in the aftermath of an irreversible choice. No going back in this film either.
Aftermath honesty
Leonard Shelby is tracking down the man who raped and murdered his wife. The difficulty of locating his wife's killer, however, is compounded by the fact that he suffers from a rare, untreatable form of short-term memory loss. Although he can recall details of life before his accident, Leonard cannot remember what happened fifteen minutes ago, where he's going, or why.
About living in the aftermath of an irreversible choice. No going back in this film either.
Finds footing without shortcuts
The right film for the right state is a specific thing. These are specific.
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