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Here's a list of tons of leftist movies.
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This has nothing to do with analysis and everything to do with being a dipshit comes from endlessly consuming empty, self-aggrandizing slop of the 'I Am Very Smart' variety.
Filmmakers, film critics, and film writers more generally are nearly always by far and away the absolute, most film obsessed viewers and most of them could tell you exactly how every shot is constructed, what lens it's shot on, picture the script layout in their head etc. It doesn't ruin their ability to enjoy film at all.
So I'd suggest actually going deeper into understanding and analysing film, from people who aren't fucking lazy edgelord YouTubers trying to seem clever, to unlearn some of the shit habits they've conditioned themselves with.
Additionally, human empathy will get you a long way with being absorbed by characters. Try going outside, talking to people, not self-consciously trying to be the smartest person in the room, and then apply that same mindset to fictional characters. You'll never enjoy a film if you've decided you're already above it and the characters are just puppets you want to dance in particular way instead of the representations of real people.
People who view characters as just utilitarian automatons for plot progression are wildin