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Films for the Person Who Almost Changed Everything

Every film here was picked because it works for when the person who almost changed everything. The editorial team picks for emotional honesty over comfort or spectacle.

Films for the person who almost changed everything. You can say it with the right tone now. Most of the time.

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.

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

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

Casablanca movie poster
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1943 · 102min · ★★★★☆ 7.7/10

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

Cinema Paradiso movie poster
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1988 · 124min · ★★★★☆ 8.3/10

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

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 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.

Lucy Shimmers and the Prince of Peace movie poster
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2020 · 87min · ★★★★☆ 8.2/10

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.

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

Forgotten Love movie poster
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2023 · 140min · ★★★★☆ 8.5/10

A once-respected surgeon who's lost his family and his memory gets a chance at redemption when he reconnects with someone from his forgotten past.

Characters who were underestimated and did not disappear. The spite is in the architecture of the whole thing.

Knows this engine

Five Feet Apart movie poster
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2019 · 116min · ★★★★☆ 8.1/10

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 knows this energy and treats it as legitimate. You will feel understood before you feel better, which is the right order.

Clean conversion

F1 movie poster
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2025 · 156min · ★★★★☆ 8.5/10

Racing legend Sonny Hayes is coaxed out of retirement to lead a struggling Formula 1 team:and mentor a young hotshot driver:while chasing one more chance at glory.

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

Tune in for Love movie poster
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2019 · 122min · ★★★★☆ 7.9/10

During the 1990s, hardworking Mi-soo and optimistic Hyun-woo meet at a bakery and fall in love while exchanging stories on a radio station, but while their paths keep crossing, the timing never seems to work out.

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

Midnight Sun movie poster
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2018 · 92min · ★★★☆☆ 6.7/10

Katie, a 17-year-old, has been sheltered since childhood and confined to her house during the day by a rare disease that makes even the smallest amount of sunlight deadly. Fate intervenes when she meets Charlie and they embark on a summer romance.

Characters who were underestimated and did not disappear. The spite is in the architecture of the whole thing.

Knows this engine

Kitbull movie poster
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2019 · 9min · ★★★★☆ 7.6/10

An unlikely connection sparks between two creatures: a fiercely independent stray kitten and a pit bull. Together, they experience friendship for the first time.

It knows this energy and treats it as legitimate. You will feel understood before you feel better, which is the right order.

Clean conversion

Past Lives movie poster
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2023 · 106min · ★★★☆☆ 6.7/10

After decades apart, childhood friends Nora and Hae Sung are reunited in New York for one fateful weekend as they confront notions of destiny, love, and the choices that make a life.

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.

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