A trapped climber faces an impossible choice, enduring bleak, gritty suspense in a relentless fight for survival.
Suspenseful. A full-attention watch at full speed. Emotionally it is devastating. Based on a book.
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What we could confirm fits an R: some violence and some strong language.
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The true story of mountain climber Aron Ralston's remarkable adventure to save himself after a fallen boulder crashes on his arm and traps him in an isolated canyon in Utah.
Bittersweet. It earns its ending, but not everyone gets what they want.
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Room (2015)Tense · light gore · strong violence · emotionally devastatingA mother and son escape their grim captivity, facing a bittersweet and suspenseful world for the very first time.
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Nightcrawler (2014)Gritty · light gore · strong violence · emotionally devastatingA relentless, darkly-comic descent into L.A.'s gritty crime journalism, blurring lines for a chilling ascent.
Breaking Bad (2008)Dark satire · gritty · full attention · brutal violenceA chemistry teacher's bleak diagnosis ignites a darkly-comic, relentless spiral into the criminal underworld.
Saving Private Ryan (1998)Gritty · full attention · brutal violence · extreme goreA squad of soldiers battles across a war-torn landscape to save one man, as history unfolds around them.Prompts we typed into CouchRot, and the lists that share its tags.
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