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Films For When Youve Just Made A Decision You Cant Undo In Silence

Films for when youve just made a decision you cant undo in silence. Includes Casablanca, The Kid, Taxi Driver 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.

Casablanca movie poster
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1943 · ★★★★☆ 8.1/10

In Casablanca, Morocco in December 1941, a cynical American expatriate meets a former lover, with unforeseen complications.

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

Finds footing without shortcuts

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1921 · ★★★★☆ 8.1/10

A tramp cares for a boy after he's abandoned as a newborn by his mother. Later the mother has a change of heart and aches to be reunited with her son.

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

Aftermath honesty

Taxi Driver movie poster
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1976 · ★★★★☆ 8.1/10

Suffering from insomnia, disturbed loner Travis Bickle takes a job as a New York City cabbie, haunting the streets nightly, growing increasingly detached from reality as he dreams of cleaning up the filthy city.

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

Finds footing without shortcuts

Joker movie poster
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2019 · ★★★★☆ 8.1/10

During the 1980s, a failed stand-up comedian is driven insane and turns to a life of crime and chaos in Gotham City while becoming an infamous psychopathic crime figure.

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

Finds footing without shortcuts

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1987 · ★★★★☆ 8.1/10

A pragmatic U.S. Marine observes the dehumanizing effects the U.S.-Vietnam War has on his fellow recruits from their brutal boot camp training to the bloody street fighting in Hue.

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

Aftermath honesty

Finds footing without shortcuts

The silence is part of it. Let it be quiet.

Palmer movie poster
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2021 · ★★★★☆ 8.1/10

After 12 years in prison, former high school football star Eddie Palmer returns home to put his life back together—and forms an unlikely bond with Sam, an outcast boy from a troubled home. But Eddie's past threatens to ruin his new life and family.

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

Aftermath honesty

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1992 · ★★★★☆ 8.1/10

A botched robbery indicates a police informant, and the pressure mounts in the aftermath at a warehouse. Crime begets violence as the survivors -- veteran Mr. White, newcomer Mr. Orange, psychopathic parolee Mr. Blonde, bickering weasel Mr. Pink and Nice Guy Eddie -- unravel.

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

Aftermath honesty

Wonder movie poster
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2017 · ★★★★☆ 8.1/10

The story of August Pullman – a boy with facial differences – who enters fifth grade, attending a mainstream elementary school for the first time.

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

Finds footing without shortcuts

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2013 · ★★★★☆ 8.1/10

Keller Dover is facing every parent’s worst nightmare. His six-year-old daughter, Anna, is missing, together with her young friend, Joy, and as minutes turn to hours, panic sets in. The only lead is a dilapidated RV that had earlier been parked on their street.

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

Aftermath honesty

Paris, Texas movie poster
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1984 · ★★★★☆ 8.1/10

A man wanders out of the desert not knowing who he is. His brother finds him, and helps to pull his memory back of the life he led before he walked out on his family and disappeared four years earlier.

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

Finds footing without shortcuts

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