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Films for Being the One They Did Not Quite Choose

The Moviepiq team selected these films specifically for when being someone elses almost. Chosen because they understand the specific weight of this moment.

Films for knowing exactly where you landed in their order of things. Close enough to understand the gap.

You are not going to talk to anyone about this. Not today. You have your reasons and they are real and you are not going to be talked out of them right now. So you are here instead, which is its own kind of decision, a way of getting close to the thing without having to say it out loud to someone who is going to respond. These films will get closer than you expect. They are not a substitute for the conversation you're avoiding, and they know it, and they will get as close as they can and leave the rest to you.

Amélie movie poster
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2001 · 122min · ★★★☆☆ 6.7/10

At a tiny Parisian café, the adorable yet painfully shy Amélie accidentally discovers a gift for helping others. Soon Amelie is spending her days as a matchmaker, guardian angel, and all-around do-gooder. But when she bumps into a handsome stranger, will she find the courage to b

It will not give you the tools your therapist would. It will get closer to the real question than the loop in your head has managed so far.

Gets close enough

Whiplash movie poster
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2014 · 107min · ★★★★☆ 8.3/10

Under the direction of a ruthless instructor, a talented young drummer begins to pursue perfection at any cost, even his humanity.

The film says something true at the right distance. Not advice, not instruction, just recognition of the specific thing you have been carrying.

Holds the question

The Host movie poster
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2013 · 126min · ★★★★☆ 8.0/10

A parasitic alien soul is injected into the body of Melanie Stryder. Instead of carrying out her race's mission of taking over the Earth, "Wanda" (as she comes to be called) forms a bond with her host and sets out to aid other free humans.

It holds the question without trying to answer it. That is enough for right now.

Better than nothing

Neon Genesis Evangelion: The End of Evangelion movie poster
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1997 · 87min · ★★★★☆ 8.2/10

SEELE orders an all-out attack on NERV, aiming to destroy the Evas before Gendo can advance his own plans for the Human Instrumentality Project. Shinji is pushed to the limits of his sanity as he is forced to decide the fate of humanity.

Closer than you expected. Not a replacement for the conversation, but the nearest available thing, and better than nothing.

Closer than expected

None of these are a substitute for the conversation you are avoiding. They are just the nearest available thing.

Clouds movie poster
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2020 · 121min · ★★★☆☆ 7.1/10

Young musician Zach Sobiech discovers his cancer has spread, leaving him just a few months to live. With limited time, he follows his dream and makes an album, unaware that it will soon be a viral music phenomenon.

It will not give you the tools your therapist would. It will get closer to the real question than the loop in your head has managed so far.

Gets close enough

Joker movie poster
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2019 · 122min · ★★★★☆ 8.2/10

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 film says something true at the right distance. Not advice, not instruction, just recognition of the specific thing you have been carrying.

Holds the question

The Quintessential Quintuplets Movie movie poster
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2022 · 136min · ★★★☆☆ 6.7/10

When five lovely young girls who hate studying hire part-time tutor Futaro, he guides not only their education but also their hearts. Time spent has brought them all closer, with feelings growing within the girls and Futaro. As they finish their third year of high school and thei

It holds the question without trying to answer it. That is enough for right now.

Better than nothing

Evangelion: 3.0+1.0 Thrice Upon a Time movie poster
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2021 · 155min · ★★★★☆ 7.8/10

In the aftermath of the Fourth Impact, stranded without their Evangelions, Shinji, Asuka and Rei find refuge in one of the rare pockets of humanity that still exist on the ruined planet Earth. There, each lives a life far different from their days as an Evangelion pilot. However,

Closer than you expected. Not a replacement for the conversation, but the nearest available thing, and better than nothing.

Closer than expected

Gabriel's Inferno: Part II movie poster
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2020 · 106min · ★★★☆☆ 7.3/10

Professor Gabriel Emerson finally learns the truth about Julia Mitchell's identity, but his realization comes a moment too late. Julia is done waiting for the well-respected Dante specialist to remember her and wants nothing more to do with him. Can Gabriel win back her heart bef

It will not give you the tools your therapist would. It will get closer to the real question than the loop in your head has managed so far.

Gets close enough

Capernaum movie poster
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2018 · 126min · ★★★★☆ 7.9/10

After running away from his negligent parents, committing a violent crime and being sentenced to five years in jail, a hardened, streetwise 12-year-old Lebanese boy sues his parents in protest of the life they have given him.

The film says something true at the right distance. Not advice, not instruction, just recognition of the specific thing you have been carrying.

Holds the question

The Invisible Guest movie poster
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2017 · 107min · ★★★☆☆ 6.9/10

Barcelona, Spain. Adrián Doria, a young and successful businessman accused of murder, meets one night with Virginia Goodman, an expert interrogation lawyer, in order to devise a defense strategy.

It holds the question without trying to answer it. That is enough for right now.

Better than nothing

The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse movie poster
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2022 · 35min · ★★★☆☆ 7.3/10

The unlikely friendship of a boy, a mole, a fox and a horse traveling together in the boy's search for home.

Closer than you expected. Not a replacement for the conversation, but the nearest available thing, and better than nothing.

Closer than expected

Not the session you need. The nearest available thing.

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