These films were chosen by the Moviepiq editorial team for when secret admiration you cant confess. No forced resolution. These films sit with the feeling rather than rush past it.
Films for feelings you are not going to say out loud. Because of the situation, or what it would cost, or what it would change.
The anger is clean and it has a legitimate address and you are not done with it yet, which is fine. Some feelings need to run their full length before they turn into something else, and the anger is one of those feelings, and you do not owe anyone a faster turnaround. These films let it run. They understand the particular dignity of a feeling that knows it is justified, and they will not talk you down or rush you through to the resolution on the other side.
Everyone deserves a great love story, but for 17-year-old Simon Spier, it's a little more complicated. He hasn't told his family or friends that he's gay, and he doesn't know the identity of the anonymous classmate that he's fallen for online.
It runs on the same fuel you are running on. The anger has somewhere to go inside this story, and it moves.
Runs on the same fuel
Japan, 1943, during World War II. Young Suzu leaves her village near Hiroshima to marry and live with her in-laws in Kure, a military harbor. Her creativity to overcome deprivation quickly makes her indispensable at home. Inhabited by an ancestral wisdom, Suzu impregnates the sim
The film does not ask you to be reasonable about it. It lets the feeling run at the temperature it is actually at.
Lets the anger move
On a post-apocalyptic Earth, a robot, built to protect the life of his dying creator's beloved dog, learns about life, love, friendship, and what it means to be human.
Nobody is going to tell you to calm down in this one. The anger is treated as information, which is all you need right now.
No rush to the other side
A young Spanish woman who has newly moved to Berlin finds her flirtation with a local guy turn potentially deadly as their night out with his friends reveals a dangerous secret.
It validates the feeling without resolving it too quickly. You will come out the other side with slightly less pressure, on your own schedule.
Justified
The best thing about these films is that nobody is going to tell you to calm down.
Jessica knows exactly what her life is supposed to look like and where it takes her. But then she meets Danny. He has a complicated past and could confuse all their plans. Jessica has to decide.
It runs on the same fuel you are running on. The anger has somewhere to go inside this story, and it moves.
Runs on the same fuel
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 insta
The film does not ask you to be reasonable about it. It lets the feeling run at the temperature it is actually at.
Lets the anger move
The lives of a young couple intertwine with a much older man as he reflects back on a lost love while he's trapped in an automobile crash.
Nobody is going to tell you to calm down in this one. The anger is treated as information, which is all you need right now.
No rush to the other side
During a dinner, a group of friends decide to share whatever message or phone call they will receive during the evening, with unforeseen consequences.
It validates the feeling without resolving it too quickly. You will come out the other side with slightly less pressure, on your own schedule.
Justified
After an outburst at school involving her son, a concerned single mother demands answers, triggering a sequence of deepening suspicion and turmoil.
It runs on the same fuel you are running on. The anger has somewhere to go inside this story, and it moves.
Runs on the same fuel
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.
The film does not ask you to be reasonable about it. It lets the feeling run at the temperature it is actually at.
Lets the anger move
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
Nobody is going to tell you to calm down in this one. The anger is treated as information, which is all you need right now.
No rush to the other side
Luca and his best friend Alberto experience an unforgettable summer on the Italian Riviera. But all the fun is threatened by a deeply-held secret: they are sea monsters from another world just below the water’s surface.
It validates the feeling without resolving it too quickly. You will come out the other side with slightly less pressure, on your own schedule.
Justified
The anger will move when it's ready. These let it.
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