Something tipped. The feeling that used to just sit there turned into something with direction, something that has decided it is going somewhere rather than staying where it is, and you are now the kind of person who gets up early and moves fast and builds things with a very specific subtext nobody else can read. The spite is not ugly. It is a feeling that found a use for itself. These films run on the same conversion and they know how to make it look like something more than what it is, which is what you need right now.
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
Built from the same fuel you are running on right now. The conversion from feeling dismissed to doing something about it is very clean in this story.
Built for forward motion
In Casablanca, Morocco in December 1941, a cynical American expatriate meets a former lover, with unforeseen complications.
Characters who were underestimated and did not disappear. The spite is in the architecture of the whole thing.
Knows this engine
A filmmaker recalls his childhood, when he fell in love with the movies at his village's theater and formed a deep friendship with the theater's projectionist.
It knows this energy and treats it as legitimate. You will feel understood before you feel better, which is the right order.
Clean conversion
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 runs on the same engine and it knows how to use it. You will recognize the feeling in here without having to name it.
Doesn't look away
Built from the same conversion you are running right now. Feeling into motion.
1930s Korea, in the period of Japanese occupation, a new girl, Sook-hee, is hired as a handmaiden to a Japanese heiress, Hideko, who lives a secluded life on a large countryside estate with her domineering Uncle Kouzuki. But the maid has a secret. She is a pickpocket recruited by
Built from the same fuel you are running on right now. The conversion from feeling dismissed to doing something about it is very clean in this story.
Built for forward motion
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.
Characters who were underestimated and did not disappear. The spite is in the architecture of the whole thing.
Knows this engine
Second chances start when a hardened criminal crosses paths with a precocious little girl who is helped by an angel to change hearts during the holiday season.
It knows this energy and treats it as legitimate. You will feel understood before you feel better, which is the right order.
Clean conversion
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
It runs on the same engine and it knows how to use it. You will recognize the feeling in here without having to name it.
Doesn't look away
During a dinner, a group of friends decide to share whatever message or phone call they will receive during the evening, with unforeseen consequences.
Built from the same fuel you are running on right now. The conversion from feeling dismissed to doing something about it is very clean in this story.
Built for forward motion
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
Characters who were underestimated and did not disappear. The spite is in the architecture of the whole thing.
Knows this engine
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 knows this energy and treats it as legitimate. You will feel understood before you feel better, which is the right order.
Clean conversion
Shouya Ishida starts bullying the new girl in class, Shouko Nishimiya, because she is deaf. But as the teasing continues, the rest of the class starts to turn on Shouya for his lack of compassion. When they leave elementary school, Shouko and Shouya do not speak to each other aga
It runs on the same engine and it knows how to use it. You will recognize the feeling in here without having to name it.
Doesn't look away
The fuel is real. These know how to use it.