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Peaky Blinders
Steven Knight · 2013-2019 · United Kingdom
Thomas heads the Peaky Blinders, one of the most powerful gangs in Britain. He returns home from the first World War psychologically ravaged but committed to turn his fledgling gambling operation into a lucrative criminal enterprise.
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Downton Abbey
A chronicle of the lives of the aristocratic Crawley family and their servants in the post-Edwardian era.
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- United Kingdom • 2010
- Creator Julian Fellowes
- Cast Maggie Smith, Michelle Dockery, Laura Carmichael, Joanne Froggatt, Hugh Bonneville, Phyllis Logan
- Genre Drama
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Amazon Prime Video, BritBox, BritBox Amazon Channel, Peacock Premium, Peacock Premium Plus, Britbox Apple TV Channel , Amazon Prime Video with Ads
Cucumber
Henry's perfect life is turned upside following a breakup with his boyfriend of nine years and a suspension at work.
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- United Kingdom • 2015
- Creator Russell T Davies
- Cast Vincent Franklin, Cyril Nri, Ceallach Spellman, Hannah John-Kamen, James Murray, Julie Hesmondhalgh
- Genre Comedy, Drama
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Amazon Prime Video, Peacock Premium, Peacock Premium Plus, Freevee, OUTtv Apple TV Channel, Amazon Prime Video with Ads
Pachinko
A Korean immigrant family leaves their homeland in an indomitable quest to survive and thrive.
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- United States, Korea, Canada • 2022
- Creator Justin Chon, Kogonada
- Cast Kim Min-ha, Youn Yuh-jung, Jin Ha, Steven SangHyun Noh
- Genre Drama, Family
- Available on Apple TV Plus, Apple TV Plus Amazon Channel
Wicked Little Letters
When the residents of Littlehampton begin receiving anonymous letters filled with profanity, rowdy Irish migrant Rose is accused of the crime.
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- France • 2023
- Director Thea Sharrock
- Cast Jessie Buckley, Olivia Colman, Anjana Vasan, Timothy Spall, Joanna Scanlan, Malachi Kirby
- Genre Comedy
- Available on Netflix, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Spectrum On Demand
Murdoch Mysteries
In murder mysteries, science is always the answer.
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- Canada, United Kingdom • 2008
- Creator Maureen Jennings
- Cast Yannick Bisson, Helene Joy, Jonny Harris, Lachlan Murdoch
- Genre Drama, Mystery
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Hulu, Acorn TV, AcornTV Amazon Channel, The Roku Channel, Hoopla, Spectrum On Demand, Freevee, DistroTV, Acorn TV Apple TV
Slow Horses
All the intelligence agents at Slough House have one thing in common: they’ve all screwed up royally in their careers.
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- United Kingdom, United States • 2022
- Creator
- Cast Gary Oldman, Jack Lowden, Kristin Scott Thomas
- Genre Crime, Drama
- Available on Apple TV Plus, Apple TV Plus Amazon Channel
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
American CIA agent Napoleon Solo and Soviet KGB agent Illya Kuryakin put aside their differences to stop a criminal organization from creating nuclear weapons.
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- United Kingdom, United States • 2015
- Director Guy Ritchie
- Cast Henry Cavill, Armie Hammer, Alicia Vikander, Elizabeth Debicki, Luca Calvani, Sylvester Groth
- Genre Action, Adventure, Comedy
- Available on Netflix, Netflix basic with Ads, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Spectrum On Demand
Poor Things
When a young woman, Bella, is reanimated by an eccentric physician, she begins her life anew, exploring the pleasures of the world.
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- Ireland, United Kingdom, United States • 2023
- Director Yorgos Lanthimos
- Cast Emma Stone, Mark Ruffalo, Willem Dafoe, Ramy Youssef, Jerrod Carmichael, Christopher Abbott
- Genre Comedy, Drama, Science Fiction
- Available on Hulu, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Spectrum On Demand
Aliens
Ellen Ripley investigates a space colony who's communication has gone silent, only to find an onslaught of alien attackers.
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- United Kingdom, United States • 1986
- Director James Cameron
- Cast Sigourney Weaver, Carrie Henn, Michael Biehn, Paul Reiser, Lance Henriksen, Bill Paxton
- Genre Action, Science Fiction, Thriller
- Available on Hulu, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Spectrum On Demand
Ghosts
A cash-strapped young couple inherit a rickety country mansion, only to find it teeming with restless spirits.
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- United Kingdom • 2019
- Creator Simon Farnaby, Jim Howick, Ben Willbond, Martha Howe-Douglas, Mathew Baynton, Laurence Rickard
- Cast Charlotte Ritchie, Kiell Smith-Bynoe, Mathew Baynton, Simon Farnaby, Martha Howe-Douglas, Jim Howick
- Genre Comedy, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Paramount Plus, Paramount+ Amazon Channel, Paramount+ Roku Premium Channel, Paramount Plus Apple TV Channel
The Fall
Detective Superintendent Stella Gibson must work to keep Belfast safe from a dedicated killer.
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- United Kingdom • 2013
- Creator Allan Cubitt
- Cast Jamie Dornan, Gillian Anderson, John Lynch
- Genre Drama, Crime
- Available on Tubi TV, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Amazon Prime Video, Acorn TV, Sundance Now, BritBox, AcornTV Amazon Channel, BritBox Amazon Channel, Pluto TV, Spectrum On Demand, AMC+, AMC+ Amazon Channel, Britbox Apple TV Channel , AMC Plus Apple TV Channel , DistroTV, Acorn TV Apple TV, Plex Channel, Amazon Prime Video with Ads
Orphan Black
A troubled woman is drawn into a dark conspiracy after stealing the identity of her doppelganger.
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- Canada • 2013
- Creator John Fawcett, Graeme Manson
- Cast Tatiana Maslany, Jordan Gavaris, Josh Vokey, Maria Doyle Kennedy, Ari Millen, Kevin Hanchard
- Genre Drama, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Spectrum On Demand, AMC+, AMC+ Amazon Channel, AMC+ Roku Premium Channel, AMC Plus Apple TV Channel
Triangle
After being rescued from a shipwreck, a mother finds herself in a seemingly inescapable time loop on a cruise.
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- United Kingdom, Australia • 2009
- Director Christopher Smith
- Cast Melissa George, Liam Hemsworth, Emma Lung, Rachael Carpani, Michael Dorman, Joshua McIvor
- Genre Horror
- Available on Amazon Prime Video, Shudder Amazon Channel, fuboTV, Peacock Premium, Peacock Premium Plus, AMC+, AMC+ Amazon Channel, AMC Plus Apple TV Channel , Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Shudder Apple TV Channel, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Crackle, Tubi TV, The Roku Channel, Pluto TV, VUDU Free, Freevee, Kanopy, Hoopla, Plex, Plex Channel
Oldboy
(올드보이)
15 years of imprisonment, 5 days of vengeance...
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- Korea • 2003
- Director Park Chan-wook
- Cast Choi Min-sik, Yoo Ji-tae, Kang Hye-jung, Kim Byung-ok, Oh Dal-su, Lee Seung-Shin
- Genre Action, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
- Available on Netflix, Netflix basic with Ads, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Spectrum On Demand
The Night Manager
Ex-British soldier Jonathan Pine is recruited by MI-6 to infiltrate the inner circle of an arms trader.
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- United Kingdom, United States • 2016
- Creator David Farr
- Cast Tom Hiddleston, Hugh Laurie, Olivia Colman, Tom Hollander, Elizabeth Debicki, Douglas Hodge
- Genre Crime, Drama, Mystery
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home
I Used to Be Funny
When a girl nannied goes missing, Sam, a stand-up comic, decides if she will join the search party.
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- • 2023
- Director Ally Pankiw
- Cast Rachel Sennott, Olga Petsa, Jason Jones, Sabrina Jalees, Caleb Hearon, Ennis Esmer
- Genre Comedy, Drama
- Available on Netflix, Netflix basic with Ads, Apple TV, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video
Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga
The origin story of Furiosa and her decades-long fight for survival before the events of Mad Max: Fury Road (2015).
- Australia, United States • 2024
- Director George Miller
- Cast Anya Taylor-Joy, Tom Burke, Chris Hemsworth, Angus Sampson, Nathan Jones, Quaden Bayles
- Genre Action, Adventure, Science Fiction
- Available on Max Amazon Channel, Max, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Spectrum On Demand, Plex
The Gentlemen
When his old man croaks, Eddie Horniman inherits his father's title, a lavish country estate, and a massive weed farm hidden under the property.
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- United Kingdom, United States • 2024
- Creator Guy Ritchie
- Cast Theo James, Kaya Scodelario, Daniel Ings, Joely Richardson, Vinnie Jones
- Genre Comedy, Crime, Drama
- Available on Netflix, Netflix basic with Ads
Broadchurch
A big case in a small town gains media attention as cops try to solve a murder.
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- United Kingdom • 2013
- Creator Chris Chibnall
- Cast David Tennant, Hannah Millward
- Genre Crime, Drama, Mystery
- Available on Tubi TV, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Amazon Prime Video, The Roku Channel, Hoopla, PBS Masterpiece Amazon Channel, Pluto TV, Peacock Premium, Peacock Premium Plus, Plex, Freevee, Xumo Play, Plex Channel, Amazon Prime Video with Ads
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Bellingcat: Truth in a Post-Truth World
Hans Pool · 2018 · Netherlands
The Bellingcat Method explores the promise of open-source investigation. For the first time, we are allowed into Bellingcat's worldwide online society. By following the members in their quest for truth, the filmmaker examines the fundamentals of journalistic integrity, which have been heavily scrutinized in our modern times of fake news and alternative facts.
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Parallel Mothers
(Madres paralelas)
Two single mothers give birth at the same time in the same place, and their chance connection will change their lives forever.
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- Spain • 2021
- Director Pedro Almodóvar
- Cast Penélope Cruz, Milena Smit, Israel Elejalde, Aitana Sánchez-Gijón, Rossy de Palma, Julieta Serrano
- Genre Drama
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Spectrum On Demand
Collective
(Colectiv)
A documentary portrait of a group of Romanian journalists attempting to uncover fraud and corruption in public healthcare.
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- Romania • 2020
- Director Alexander Nanau
- Cast Catalin Tolontan, Mirela Neag, Razvan Lutac, Tedy Ursuleanu, Vlad Voiculescu
- Genre Documentary
- Available on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube, The Roku Channel, Kanopy, Hoopla, Plex Channel
Nocturne
(Notturno)
Filmmaker Gianfranco Rosi explores the borders of the Middle East under the cover of night.
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- Italy, France, Germany • 2020
- Director Gianfranco Rosi
- Cast
- Genre Documentary
- Available on Apple TV, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Tubi TV, Kanopy
Barbarian
There is more to fear than an unexpected guest in a double-booked rental.
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- United States • 2022
- Director Zach Cregger
- Cast Richard Brake, Justin Long, Bill Skarsgård, Georgina Campbell, Jaymes Butler, Sophie Sörensen
- Genre Horror, Thriller
- Available on Hulu, fuboTV, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Spectrum On Demand
The Charmer
(Charmøren)
A young Iranian man desperately tries to seduce a woman who can secure his citizenship in Denmark.
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- Denmark, Sweden • 2018
- Director Milad Alami
- Cast Ardalan Esmaili, Soho Rezanejad, Lars Brygmann, Susan Taslimi, Stine Fischer Christensen, Amalie Lindegård
- Genre Drama, Thriller
- Available on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Apple TV, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Tubi TV, Freevee, Kanopy, Hoopla, Plex, Plex Channel
The Painter and the Thief
(Kunstneren og tyven)
When two valuable paintings are stolen, the police find the thief after a few days, but the paintings have disappeared.
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- Norway • 2020
- Director Benjamin Ree
- Cast Barbora Kysilkova, Karl-Bertil Nordland, Øystein Stene, Linda Ville Marie Ruud, Bjørn Inge Nordland
- Genre Documentary
- Available on Max Amazon Channel, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube, Kanopy
The Sisters Brothers
Make a killing. Make a living.
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- France, Spain, Romania • 2018
- Director Jacques Audiard
- Cast John C. Reilly, Joaquin Phoenix, Jake Gyllenhaal, Riz Ahmed, Rebecca Root, Allison Tolman
- Genre Comedy, Drama, Western
- Available on Netflix, Netflix basic with Ads, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Tubi TV, The Roku Channel, Pluto TV, Kanopy, Hoopla
Buoyancy
A teenage Cambodian rice farmer finds himself enslaved on a fish trawling boat after attempting to find work in Thailand.
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- Australia • 2019
- Director Rodd Rathjen
- Cast Sarm Heng, Thanawut Kasro, Mony Rous, Saichia Wongwirot, Yothin Udomsanti
- Genre Crime, Drama
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube, Kanopy
Acasă, My Home
(Acasă)
When their home is turned into a public park, a family living in nature is forced to relocate to the city.
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- Romania, Germany • 2020
- Director Radu Ciorniciuc
- Cast
- Genre Documentary
- Available on Klassiki, Kino Film Collection, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube, Kanopy, Hoopla
Luzzu
A struggling fisherman enters the black market to provide for his family.
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- Malta • 2021
- Director Alex Camilleri
- Cast Jesmark Scicluna, Michela Farrugia, David Scicluna, Frida Cauchi
- Genre Drama
- Available on Kino Film Collection, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube, Kanopy
Donbass
(Донбас)
In the Donbass, war is called peace, propaganda is presented as truth, and hatred is declared to be love.
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- Germany, Ukraine, France • 2018
- Director Sergey Loznitsa
- Cast Valeriu Andriuță, Irina Plesnyaeva, Evgeny Chistyakov, Georgiy Deliev, Vadim Dubovsky
- Genre Drama
- Available on Film Movement Plus, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube, Kanopy
My Brilliant Friend
(L'amica geniale)
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- Italy, United States • 2018
- Creator Saverio Costanzo
- Cast Gaia Girace, Margherita Mazzucco, Ludovica Nasti, Elisa del Genio, Dora Romano
- Genre Drama
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Spectrum On Demand, Max Amazon Channel, Max
Another Round
(Druk)
It is time to sweep off the dust of everyday life.
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- Denmark, Sweden, Netherlands • 2020
- Director Thomas Vinterberg
- Cast Mads Mikkelsen, Thomas Bo Larsen, Lars Ranthe, Magnus Millang, Maria Bonnevie, Susse Wold
- Genre Comedy, Drama
- Available on Amazon Prime Video, Peacock Premium, Peacock Premium Plus, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube, Spectrum On Demand, Microsoft Store, Tubi TV, The Roku Channel, Kanopy, Hoopla, Plex, Plex Channel
Loveling
(Benzinho)
There's nothing more bittersweet than letting your kids grow up.
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- Brazil, Uruguay, Germany • 2018
- Director Gustavo Pizzi
- Cast Karine Teles, Otávio Müller, Adriana Esteves, César Troncoso, Mateus Solano, Camilo Pellegrini
- Genre Drama
- Available on Film Movement Plus, Amazon Video, Pluto TV, Kanopy
The Earth Is Blue as an Orange
(Земля блакитна, ніби апельсин)
Hanna and her four children live in war-torn Ukraine and attempt to make a film about their traumatic experiences.
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- Ukraine, Lithuania • 2020
- Director Iryna Tsilyk
- Cast Hanna Hladka, Stanislav Hladkyi, Anastasiia Trofymchuk, Myroslava Trofymchuk, Vladyslav Trofymchuk
- Genre Documentary
- Available on Film Movement Plus, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube, Kanopy
Beanpole
(Дылда)
A war movie about what happens after battle.
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- Russia • 2019
- Director Kantemir Balagov
- Cast Viktoriya Miroshnichenko, Vasilisa Perelygina, Konstantin Balakirev, Kseniya Kutepova, Olga Dragunova, Andrey Bykov
- Genre Drama
- Available on OVID, Kino Film Collection, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube, Kanopy, Hoopla
The Edge of Democracy
(Democracia em Vertigem)
A disturbing exploration into the complex truths behind the unraveling of two Brazilian presidencies.
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- Brazil • 2019
- Director Petra Costa
- Cast Dilma Rousseff, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, Michel Temer, Eduardo Cunha, Jair Bolsonaro
- Genre Documentary
- Available on Netflix, Netflix basic with Ads
Pity
(Οίκτος)
After his wife falls into a coma, a man becomes accustomed and addicted to the sad void left in his life.
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- Greece, Poland • 2018
- Director Babis Makridis
- Cast Giannis Drakopoulos, Evi Saoulidou, Nota Tserniafski, Makis Papadimitriou, Georgina Chryskioti, Evdoxia Androulidaki
- Genre Drama
- Available on Film Movement Plus, Kanopy
Olga
A Ukrainian gymnast living in Switzerland finds her life changing with the 2013 protests in her home country.
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- France, Switzerland, Ukraine • 2021
- Director Elie Grappe
- Cast Thea Brogli, Nastya Budiashkina, Sabrina Rubtsova, Caterina Barloggio, Tanya Mikhina
- Genre Drama
- Available on Kino Film Collection, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube, Kanopy, Hoopla
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Bad Sisters
Sharon Horgan · 2022-2022 · United States, Belgium, United Kingdom
The sudden death of an abusive brother-in-law named John Paul tests the seemingly unbreakable bond between the five Garvey sisters as they undergo an investigation by an insurance agent who suspects that foul play is at hand. With each sister secretly having a legitimate reason to have murdered John Paul, it's only a matter of time before one or all of them run into legal trouble.
Available on Amazon Prime Video, Apple TV Plus, Apple TV Plus Amazon Channel
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Sex Education
After accidentally helping a bully with his performance anxiety, an insecure teen sets up a sex advice business at his school.
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- United Kingdom • 2019
- Creator Laurie Nunn
- Cast Gillian Anderson, Asa Butterfield, Ncuti Gatwa, Emma Mackey, Kedar Williams-Stirling, Aimée-Lou Wood
- Genre Comedy, Drama
- Available on Netflix, Netflix basic with Ads
The Outrun
To aid her healing process, Rona, a recovering alcoholic, returns home to Scotland’s Orkney Islands.
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- United Kingdom • 2024
- Director Nora Fingscheidt
- Cast Saoirse Ronan, Paapa Essiedu, Stephen Dillane, Nabil Elouahabi, Scott Miller, Tony Hamilton
- Genre Drama
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Spectrum On Demand
Derry Girls
A teenage girl comes of age amidst violent political tensions in Northern Ireland in the mid-1990s.
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- United Kingdom • 2018
- Creator Lisa McGee
- Cast Saoirse-Monica Jackson, Louisa Harland, Nicola Coughlan, Jamie Lee O'Donnell, Dylan Llewellyn, Tara Lynne O'Neill
- Genre Comedy
- Available on Netflix, Netflix basic with Ads
The Body Remembers When the World Broke Open
After a chance encounter, two Indigenous women navigate trauma and its aftermath.
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- Canada, Norway • 2019
- Director Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers
- Cast Violet Nelson, Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers, Charlie Hannah, Barbara Eve Harris, Sonny Surowiec
- Genre Drama
- Available on Amazon Video
My Brilliant Friend
(L'amica geniale)
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Italy, United States • 2018
- Creator Saverio Costanzo
- Cast Gaia Girace, Margherita Mazzucco, Ludovica Nasti, Elisa del Genio, Dora Romano
- Genre Drama
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Spectrum On Demand, Max Amazon Channel, Max
Honey Boy
A child star spends a decade trying to mend his broken relationship with his abusive father.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- United States • 2019
- Director Alma Har'el
- Cast Shia LaBeouf, Lucas Hedges, Noah Jupe, Byron Bowers, Laura San Giacomo, FKA twigs
- Genre Drama
- Available on Amazon Prime Video, Freevee
Pachinko
A Korean immigrant family leaves their homeland in an indomitable quest to survive and thrive.
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- United States, Korea, Canada • 2022
- Creator Justin Chon, Kogonada
- Cast Kim Min-ha, Youn Yuh-jung, Jin Ha, Steven SangHyun Noh
- Genre Drama, Family
- Available on Apple TV Plus, Apple TV Plus Amazon Channel
Silo
Would you be willing to sacrifice order for truth?
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- United Kingdom, United States • 2023
- Creator Graham Yost
- Cast Rebecca Ferguson, Tim Robbins, Rashida Jones, David Oyelowo, Common, Harriet Walter
- Genre Drama, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
- Available on Amazon Prime Video, Apple TV Plus, Apple TV Plus Amazon Channel
Slow Horses
All the intelligence agents at Slough House have one thing in common: they’ve all screwed up royally in their careers.
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- United Kingdom, United States • 2022
- Creator
- Cast Gary Oldman, Jack Lowden, Kristin Scott Thomas
- Genre Crime, Drama
- Available on Apple TV Plus, Apple TV Plus Amazon Channel
His Dark Materials
Magic lies within.
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- United Kingdom, United States • 2019
- Creator Philip Pullman
- Cast Dafne Keen, Ruth Wilson, Ariyon Bakare
- Genre Drama, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, Spectrum On Demand, Max Amazon Channel, Max
Spotlight: Classic Literary Adaptations
Some stories are just more cinematic than others, including many written long before cinema even existed. This week, we’ve compiled a list of some of our favorite classic literary adaptations — several of which have been brought to the big screen more than twice.
Peter Pan
Peter Pan leads Wendy Darling and her brothers over moonlit rooftops through a galaxy of stars and to the lush jungles of Neverland.
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- United Kingdom, Australia, United States • 2003
- Director P.J. Hogan
- Cast Jeremy Sumpter, Jason Isaacs, Rachel Hurd-Wood, Lynn Redgrave, Richard Briers, Olivia Williams
- Genre Adventure, Fantasy, Family
- Available on Starz Apple TV Channel, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Spectrum On Demand
The Tin Drum
(Die Blechtrommel)
A savage, sweeping epic of a German society in chaos.
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- West Germany, France, Poland • 1979
- Director Volker Schlöndorff
- Cast Mario Adorf, Angela Winkler, David Bennent, Katharina Thalbach, Daniel Olbrychski, Tina Engel
- Genre Drama, History, War
- Available on Criterion Channel, Max, Apple TV
Alice
(Něco z Alenky)
A memorably bizarre screen version of Lewis Carroll’s novel ‘Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland’.
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- Czechoslovakia, Switzerland, United Kingdom • 1988
- Director Jan Švankmajer
- Cast Kristýna Kohoutová
- Genre Animation, Comedy, Fantasy
- Available on OVID, Kanopy, Hoopla
Emma.
A young woman heedlessly meddles in people’s romantic affairs as she tries to play matchmaker.
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- United Kingdom • 2020
- Director Autumn de Wilde
- Cast Anya Taylor-Joy, Johnny Flynn, Josh O'Connor, Callum Turner, Mia Goth, Miranda Hart
- Genre Comedy, Drama, Romance
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, Freevee
Beau Travail
(Beau travail)
Maybe freedom begins with remorse.
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- France • 2000
- Director Claire Denis
- Cast Denis Lavant, Michel Subor, Grégoire Colin, Nicolas Duvauchelle, Richard Courcet, Adiatou Massudi
- Genre Drama
- Available on Criterion Channel, Max Amazon Channel, Max, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube
All Quiet on the Western Front
(Im Westen nichts Neues)
A German film adaptation of the epic 1929 anti-war novel by Erich Maria Remarque.
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- Germany, United States, United Kingdom • 2022
- Director Edward Berger
- Cast Felix Kammerer, Albrecht Schuch, Aaron Hilmer, Edin Hasanović, Devid Striesow, Daniel Brühl
- Genre Action, Drama, War
- Available on Netflix, Netflix basic with Ads
Anna Karenina
In St. Petersburg, members of aristocratic society pine after objects of their affection who are seldom their own spouses.
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- United Kingdom • 2012
- Director Joe Wright
- Cast Keira Knightley, Jude Law, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Kelly Macdonald, Matthew Macfadyen, Domhnall Gleeson
- Genre Drama, Romance
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, FlixFling
Great Expectations
We follow Pip, and orphan in Victorian England, as he learns the ways of high society.
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- United Kingdom • 1946
- Director David Lean
- Cast John Mills, Tony Wager, Valerie Hobson, Jean Simmons, Bernard Miles, Francis L. Sullivan
- Genre Drama, Romance
- Available on Amazon Prime Video, fuboTV, Criterion Channel, FlixFling, Max Amazon Channel, Max, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Apple TV, Amazon Video, Tubi TV, The Roku Channel, Pluto TV, Shout! Factory TV, Freevee, Plex, Plex Channel, JustWatchTV
Pride & Prejudice
Elizabeth Bennet will marry for love, no matter what the consequences.
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- France, United Kingdom, United States • 2005
- Director Joe Wright
- Cast Keira Knightley, Matthew Macfadyen, Rosamund Pike, Simon Woods, Donald Sutherland, Brenda Blethyn
- Genre Drama, Romance
- Available on Peacock Premium, Peacock Premium Plus, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Spectrum On Demand
War and Peace
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- United Kingdom • 2016
- Creator Tom Harper
- Cast Lily James, James Norton, Paul Dano, Gillian Anderson
- Genre Drama, History, Romance
- Available on Tubi TV, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Amazon Prime Video, The Roku Channel, Peacock Premium, Peacock Premium Plus, Freevee, Amazon Prime Video with Ads
Hamlet
David Tennant stars in a film of the Royal Shakespeare Company's award-winning production of Shakespeare's great play.
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- United Kingdom, Japan, United States • 2009
- Director Gregory Doran
- Cast David Tennant, Patrick Stewart, Penny Downie, Oliver Ford Davies, Mariah Gale, Edward Bennett
- Genre Drama
- Available on Fandango At Home
The Leopard
(Il gattopardo)
Luchino Visconti's enduring romantic adventure, set amidst the social changes of Italian unification.
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- Italy, France • 1963
- Director Luchino Visconti
- Cast Burt Lancaster, Alain Delon, Claudia Cardinale, Paolo Stoppa, Terence Hill, Pierre Clémenti
- Genre Drama
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube, Hoopla
Ran
(乱)
The Greatest Shakespeare Film
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- Japan, France • 1985
- Director Akira Kurosawa
- Cast Tatsuya Nakadai, Akira Terao, Jinpachi Nezu, Daisuke Ryû, Mieko Harada, Yoshiko Miyazaki
- Genre Action, Drama, History
- Available on Kanopy
Throne of Blood
(蜘蛛巣城)
Akira Kurosawa's resetting of William Shakespeare's "Macbeth" in feudal Japan ranks among his most acclaimed films.
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- Japan • 1957
- Director Akira Kurosawa
- Cast Toshirō Mifune, Isuzu Yamada, Akira Kubo, Takashi Shimura, Minoru Chiaki, Hiroshi Tachikawa
- Genre Drama, History
- Available on Criterion Channel, Max Amazon Channel, Max, Apple TV, Amazon Video
Solaris
(Солярис)
A psychologist must keep his mind intact as he navigates a space station full of strange visions.
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- Soviet Union • 1972
- Director Andrei Tarkovsky
- Cast Donatas Banionis, Natalya Bondarchuk, Jüri Järvet, Anatoliy Solonitsyn, Nikolay Grinko, Vladislav Dvorzhetsky
- Genre Adventure, Drama, Mystery, Science Fiction
- Available on Criterion Channel, Max Amazon Channel, Max, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube
Barry Lyndon
Redmon Barry is a young farm boy who challenges a British Captain to a duel over the woman he loves.
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- United Kingdom, United States • 1975
- Director Stanley Kubrick
- Cast Ryan O'Neal, Marisa Berenson, Patrick Magee, Hardy Krüger, Diana Körner, Gay Hamilton
- Genre Drama, Romance, War
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube