You can't tell a therapist. That is the problem at the center of this, the specific way this situation has foreclosed the obvious options: you can't tell a therapist, you can't tell your closest friend, you can't tell anyone who would understand the full weight of it, because the secret belongs to someone else and telling it would be a different kind of betrayal. So you carry it alone and you look for the places where you can set it down briefly without anyone knowing. These films are one of those places. They can't know the specific thing, but they know the shape of carrying something you can't put down.
Loosely based on the criminal career of Frank Lucas, a gangster from La Grange, North Carolina, who smuggled heroin into the United States on American service planes returning from the Vietnam War, before being detained by a task force led by Newark Detective Richie Roberts.
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
Léon, the top hit man in New York, has earned a rep as an effective "cleaner". But when his next-door neighbors are wiped out by a loose-cannon DEA agent, he becomes the unwilling custodian of 12-year-old Mathilda. Before long, Mathilda's thoughts turn to revenge, and she conside
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
Two homicide detectives are on a desperate hunt for a serial killer whose crimes are based on the "seven deadly sins" in this dark and haunting film that takes viewers from the tortured remains of one victim to the next. The seasoned Det. Somerset researches each sin in an effort
It holds the question without trying to answer it. That is enough for right now.
Better than nothing
When the seaside community of Amity finds itself under attack by a dangerous great white shark, the town's chief of police, a young marine biologist, and a grizzled shark hunter embark on a desperate quest to kill the beast before it strikes again.
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.
Haruki secretly had feelings for Akihiko for years, but Akihiko was still in a relationship with his roommate, the violinist Ugetsu Murata. Haruki, Akihiko, and Ugetsu's love clashes and starts to move forward.
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
Edmond Dantès becomes the target of a sinister plot and is arrested on his wedding day for a crime he did not commit. After 14 years in the island prison of Ch--teau d’If, he manages a daring escape. Now rich beyond his dreams, he assumes the identity of the Count of Monte-Cristo
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
A tenacious attorney uncovers a dark secret that connects a growing number of unexplained deaths to one of the world's largest corporations. In the process, he risks everything : his future, his family, and his own life : to expose the truth.
It holds the question without trying to answer it. That is enough for right now.
Better than nothing
After his mother’s death, Zucchini is befriended by a kind police officer, Raymond, who accompanies him to his new foster home filled with other orphans his age. There, with the help of his newfound friends, Zucchini eventually learns to trust and love as he searches for a new fa
Closer than you expected. Not a replacement for the conversation, but the nearest available thing, and better than nothing.
Closer than expected
The story of J. Robert Oppenheimer's role in the development of the atomic bomb during World War II.
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
Bounty hunters seek shelter from a raging blizzard and get caught up in a plot of betrayal and deception.
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 powerful true story of Harvard-educated lawyer Bryan Stevenson, who goes to Alabama to defend the disenfranchised and wrongly condemned : including Walter McMillian, a man sentenced to death despite evidence proving his innocence. Bryan fights tirelessly for Walter with the s
It holds the question without trying to answer it. That is enough for right now.
Better than nothing
During a dinner, a group of friends decide to share whatever message or phone call they will receive during the evening, with unforeseen consequences.
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.