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Devdas
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The Metamorphosis
Carries a strong pull into film through urban isolation and memory.

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The Sound of the Mountain
Carries a strong pull into anime through folklore and identity.
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Dummy
Carries a strong pull into film through after-hours and longing.

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Closer
Carries a strong pull into film through after-hours and longing.
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Olive Kitteridge
Carries a strong pull into music through power and after-hours.
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Devdas
Carries a strong pull into music through after-hours and longing.
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Blackadder
1980s
Four series across British history. Goes Not Forth into the most devastating sitcom finale ever.
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The Metamorphosis
1910s
A man wakes up as an insect. Alienation, family, and the absurd in 60 devastating pages.
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Dummy
1990s
Trip-hop's most cinematic album. Noir, samples, and Beth Gibbons's devastating voice.
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Angel Beats!
2010s
Dead teenagers in a purgatory school rebel against God. Comedy, action, and devastating endings.
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Television 2010s
Olive Kitteridge
A prickly retired teacher in a Maine coastal town. Frances McDormand at her most devastating.
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Books 1950s
The Sound of the Mountain
An aging man contemplates mortality in postwar Japan. Kawabata at his most quietly devastating.
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Music 1980s
Closer
Ian Curtis's final recordings. Post-punk reaching toward something devastating and transcendent.
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Anime 2020s
Ranking of Kings
A deaf, powerless prince proves his worth. Fairy tale aesthetics with devastating emotional depth.
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Film 1990s
A Brighter Summer Day
Youth, violence, and political displacement in 1960s Taipei. Four hours of devastating precision.

Television 2010s
When They See Us
The Central Park Five. Wrongful conviction and systemic racism told with devastating clarity.