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* F. W. Murnau's classic silent film ''Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans''. If your husband attempts to drown you but then backs out at the last second, you should totally forgive him and not tell the police or anything. In fact, it will even breathe new life into your failing marriage.
* ''[[The Dark Knight Saga]]'' argues through Rachel's letter and the ending that sometimes a deception is better than the truth.
** Subverted in the next movie, where its quite plainly shown that if Alfred had been truthful with Bruce about Rachel's letter he could have saved the man ''years'' of pain.
** Or that [[The Power of Legacy|it's better to frame yourself]] '''''[[The Power of Legacy|for murder]]''''' [[The Power of Legacy|than to let people know an elected official wasn't really made of]] [[Incorruptible Pure Pureness]].
** In reality, the Batman franchise as a whole has a Family-Unfriendly Aesop: a single vigilante who is outside of the law, or any form of regulation aside from what he imposes on himself, going around beating people to a pulp is what people really need, because [[Police Are Useless|the police are too corrupt and incompetent to do anything right.]] Due process of the law is unnecessary. Especially if you're a rich white guy.
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* The Director's Cut version of [[The Butterfly Effect]]: Everyone would be better off if you'd never been born.
* In [[Other People's Money]], the moral is that businesses exist to make money, and if a business is worth more shut down than running, someone's going to shut it down, no matter how noble, selfless or idealistic the CEO is.
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