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AVP: Alien vs. Predator
Paul W. S. Anderson · 2004 · Czech Republic, United Kingdom, Germany
Scientists in the Arctic begin a research investigation when they believe that they have discovered a buried pyramid. They are beginning to explore the site, when they uncover that they have entered a hunting ground, where Aliens are being grown for Predator's. The team must work together to survive.
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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
Oddity
Darcy seeks to avenge her sister's murder by haunting the perpatrators.
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- Ireland • 2024
- Director Damian Mc Carthy
- Cast Carolyn Bracken, Jonathan French, Steve Wall, Joe Rooney, Gwilym Lee, Tadhg Murphy
- Genre Horror, Mystery
- Available on Shudder, Shudder Amazon Channel, AMC+, AMC+ Amazon Channel, AMC Plus Apple TV Channel , Shudder Apple TV Channel, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Spectrum On Demand, Plex
Kalki 2898-AD
(కల్కి 2898-ఎ.డి)
In a dystopian society in 2898 AD, a group works hard to save a prophesied baby.
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- India • 2024
- Director Nag Ashwin
- Cast Amitabh Bachchan, Prabhas, Deepika Padukone, Kamal Haasan, Saswata Chatterjee, Shobana
- Genre Action, Drama, Fantasy, Science Fiction
- Available on Netflix, Amazon Prime Video, Netflix basic with Ads, Amazon Prime Video with Ads
Dark
The complicated lives of locals living in a small German town are revealed during a search for missing children.
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- Germany, United States • 2017
- Creator Baran bo Odar, Jantje Friese
- Cast
- Genre Crime, Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
- Available on Netflix, Netflix basic with Ads
Alien
In space no one can hear you scream.
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- United Kingdom, United States • 1979
- Director Ridley Scott
- Cast Tom Skerritt, Sigourney Weaver, Veronica Cartwright, Harry Dean Stanton, John Hurt, Ian Holm
- Genre Horror, Science Fiction
- Available on Hulu, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube
Pokémon
(ポケットモンスター サン&ムーン)
Join Ash Ketchum on his adventures of becoming a Pokémon Master!
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- Japan • 1997
- Creator Satoshi Tajiri, Junichi Masuda, Ken Sugimori
- Cast Rica Matsumoto, Ikue Otani
- Genre Animation, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
- Available on Tubi TV, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, Hulu, The Roku Channel
Doctor Who
A humanoid alien and their companions adventure across space and time.
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- United Kingdom, United States • 2005
- Creator Sydney Newman, Donald Wilson, C. E. Webber
- Cast Jodie Whittaker
- Genre Action & Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, BritBox, Max Amazon Channel, Britbox Apple TV Channel , Max
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
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
Godzilla Minus One
(ゴジラ)
Kōichi Shikishima carries a heavy burden of guilt. But when Godzilla attacks mainland Japan, he sees an opportunity to redeem himself.
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- Japan • 2023
- Director Takashi Yamazaki
- Cast
- Genre Action, Horror, Science Fiction
- Available on Netflix, Netflix basic with Ads, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Plex
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
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
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
Drive-Away Dolls
Jamie and Marian drive a rental car from Philadelphia to Miami, unaware of their budding romance, and a senators head in their trunk.
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- United Kingdom, United States • 2024
- Director Ethan Coen
- Cast Margaret Qualley, Geraldine Viswanathan, Beanie Feldstein, Joey Slotnick, C.J. Wilson, Colman Domingo
- Genre Comedy, Crime
- Available on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Spectrum On Demand, FlixFling
Laurence Anyways
What does it take to live life to the fullest?
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- Canada (Quebec), France • 2012
- Director Xavier Dolan
- Cast Melvil Poupaud, Suzanne Clément, Nathalie Baye, Monia Chokri, Yves Jacques, Anne Dorval
- Genre Drama, Romance
- Available on Kanopy
Silent Witness
A team of forensic pathology experts from a range of disciplines work together to investigate crimes in England.
- United Kingdom • 1996
- Creator Nigel McCrery
- Cast Emilia Fox, David Caves, Alastair Michael
- Genre Crime, Drama
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, BritBox, BritBox Amazon Channel, Hoopla, fuboTV, Britbox Apple TV Channel
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
One ring to rule them all
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- New Zealand, United States • 2001
- Director Peter Jackson
- Cast Elijah Wood, Ian McKellen, Viggo Mortensen, Sean Astin, Liv Tyler, Orlando Bloom
- Genre Adventure, Fantasy, Action
- Available on Max Amazon Channel, Max, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Spectrum On Demand, Plex
Mad Max: Fury Road
In an apocalyptic future, two rebels join forces.
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- Australia, United States • 2015
- Director George Miller
- Cast Tom Hardy, Charlize Theron, Nicholas Hoult, Hugh Keays-Byrne, Josh Helman, Nathan Jones
- 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
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
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Annihilation
Alex Garland · 2018 · United Kingdom, United States
Lena, a biologist and former soldier, signs up for an expedition in search of her husband, who vanished mysteriously in an autonomous zone called "the Shimmer." Inside lies a biological disaster of alien origin and incomprehensible horrors that defy the laws of nature in this mind-bending blend of science fiction and horror.
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Anne at 13,000 Ft.
When 27-year-old Anne gets the chance to skydive for the first time, her behavior and mentality start shifting radically.
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- Canada • 2019
- Director Kazik Radwanski
- Cast Deragh Campbell, Matt Johnson, Dorothea Paas, Lawrene Denkers
- Genre Drama
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, YouTube
And Breathe Normally
(Andið eðlilega)
A delicate bond will form between a struggling Icelandic mother and an asylum seeker from Guinea-Bissau.
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- Iceland, Sweden, Belgium • 2018
- Director Ísold Uggadóttir
- Cast Kristín Þóra Haraldsdóttir, Babetida Sadjo, Patrik Nökkvi Pétursson, Þorsteinn Bachmann, Gunnar Jónsson, Sveinn Geirsson
- Genre Drama
- Available on Netflix, Netflix basic with Ads
Aquarela
A film that explores and investigates water in all of its forms.
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- United Kingdom, Germany, Denmark • 2019
- Director Viktor Kossakovsky
- Cast
- Genre Documentary
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube
The Forever Prisoner
Follows the story of the first high-value detainee subjected to the CIA's interrogation program, which was later identified as torture.
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- United States • 2021
- Director Alex Gibney
- Cast
- Genre Documentary
- Available on Max Amazon Channel, Max
Happy as Lazzaro
(Lazzaro felice)
A pure-hearted sharecropper Lazzaro forms an unlikely friendship that will change his world.
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- Italy, Switzerland, France • 2018
- Director Alice Rohrwacher
- Cast Adriano Tardiolo, Agnese Graziani, Luca Chikovani, Alba Rohrwacher, Sergi López, Tommaso Ragno
- Genre Drama
- Available on Netflix, Netflix basic with Ads
The Super 8 Years
(Les Années Super 8)
Writer Annie Ernaux looks at French society from the 1960s onward through the lens of her family's home videos.
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- France • 2022
- Director Annie Ernaux, David Ernaux-Briot
- Cast
- Genre Documentary
- Available on Kino Film Collection, Amazon Video, Kanopy
The Cordillera of Dreams
(La Cordillère des songes)
An examination of the tumultuous political, economic, and personal histories of Chile.
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- Chile, France • 2019
- Director Patricio Guzmán
- Cast
- Genre Documentary
- Available on OVID, Apple TV, Amazon Video
Bacurau
A Brazilian village is targeted by a group of armed mercenaries… who may have met their match.
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- Brazil • 2019
- Director Kleber Mendonça Filho, Juliano Dornelles
- Cast Bárbara Colen, Udo Kier, Sônia Braga, Thomas Aquino, Silvero Pereira, Wilson Rabelo
- Genre Mystery, Thriller, Western
- Available on Kino Film Collection, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube, Kanopy, Hoopla
Islands
A deeply shy middle-aged Filipino-Canadian man who lives with his aging parents is forced to confront sudden changes to his life.
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- Canada • 2021
- Director Martin Edralin
- Cast Rogelio Balagtas, Sheila Lotuaco, Esteban Comilang, Vangie Alcasid, Pablo Quiogue
- Genre Drama
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, YouTube, Tubi TV, Plex, Plex Channel
The African Desperate
Palace has a very long day that starts at an MFA program in upstate New York and ends at the Chicago Blue Line Station.
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- United States • 2022
- Director Martine Syms
- Cast Diamond Stingily, Erin Leland, Cammisa Buerhaus, Aaron Bobrow, Ruby McCollister, Erin Meuchner
- Genre Comedy
- Available on MUBI, MUBI Amazon Channel, Apple TV, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video
The Banshees of Inisherin
Colm abruptly ends his lifelong friendship with Pádraic, resulting in alarming consequences for both.
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- Ireland, United Kingdom, United States • 2022
- Director Martin McDonagh
- Cast Colin Farrell, Brendan Gleeson, Kerry Condon, Barry Keoghan, Gary Lydon, Pat Shortt
- Genre Comedy, Drama
- Available on fuboTV, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Spectrum On Demand
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
The Heiresses
(Las herederas)
After her girlfriend is imprisoned on fraud charges, Chela is forced to face a new reality.
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- Paraguay, Germany, Uruguay • 2018
- Director Marcelo Martinessi
- Cast Ana Brun, Margarita Irún, Ana Ivanova, Nilda Gonzalez, María Martins, Alicia Guerra
- Genre Drama
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Hoopla
Azor
A private banker travels to Argentina in the midst of a dictatorship to search for his missing partner
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- Argentina, Switzerland, France • 2021
- Director Andreas Fontana
- Cast Fabrizio Rongione, Stéphanie Cléau, Elli Medeiros, Juan Pablo Geretto, Alexandre Trocki, Yvain Juillard
- Genre Drama
- Available on MUBI, MUBI Amazon Channel, Apple TV, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video
Flee
(Flugt)
Part memoir, part documentary, this animated film recounts the story of a refugee from Afghanistan to Denmark.
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- Denmark, France, Sweden • 2021
- Director Jonas Poher Rasmussen
- Cast Daniel Karimyar, Fardin Mijdzadeh, Milad Eskandari, Belal Faiz, Elaha Faiz, Zahra Mehrwarz
- Genre Animation, Documentary
- Available on Hulu, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube
Sound of Metal
A drummer loses his hearing and has to come to grips with a future that will be filled with silence.
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- United States • 2020
- Director Darius Marder
- Cast Riz Ahmed, Olivia Cooke, Paul Raci, Lauren Ridloff, Mathieu Amalric, Tom Kemp
- Genre Drama, Music
- Available on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Freevee
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
A Light Never Goes Out
(燈火闌珊)
Accomplishing her late husband's wish of remaining a mysterious neon sign, a depressed middle-aged widow and the neon signmaker's protégé discover surprises and bitterness amidst the city's vanishing glow.
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- Hong Kong • 2023
- Director Anastasia Tsang
- Cast Sylvia Chang, Simon Yam, Cecilia Choi, Henick Chou
- Genre Drama
- Available on OVID, Fandango At Home
The Little Drummer Girl
Things are not what they seem when Charlie strikes up an acquaintance with an intriguing stranger while on holiday in Greece.
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- United Kingdom, United States • 2018
- Creator Park Chan-wook
- Cast Florence Pugh, Michael Shannon, Alexander Skarsgård, Michael Moshonov, Kate Sumpter, Simona Brown
- Genre Drama, War & Politics
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, Amazon Prime Video, Acorn TV, Sundance Now, AcornTV Amazon Channel, The Roku Channel, Spectrum On Demand, AMC+, AMC+ Amazon Channel, AMC Plus Apple TV Channel , Acorn TV Apple TV
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My Brilliant Friend
Saverio Costanzo · 2018-2020 · Italy, United States
When the most important friend in her life seems to have disappeared without a trace, Elena Greco, a now-elderly woman immersed in a house full of books, turns on her computer and starts writing the story of their friendship.
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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
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
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
Bad Sisters
The death of an abusive brother-in-law tests the powerful bond between five sisters as they are investigated for murder.
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- United States, Belgium, United Kingdom • 2022
- Creator Sharon Horgan
- Cast Sharon Horgan, Anne-Marie Duff, Eva Birthistle, Sarah Greene, Eve Hewson, Claes Bang
- Genre Comedy, Crime, Drama
- Available on Amazon Prime Video, 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
Pachinko
A Korean immigrant family leaves their homeland in an indomitable quest to survive and thrive.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- 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
Honey Boy
A child star spends a decade trying to mend his broken relationship with his abusive father.
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- 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
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
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
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
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.
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
Alice
(Něco z Alenky)
A memorably bizarre screen version of Lewis Carroll’s novel ‘Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland’.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Czechoslovakia, Switzerland, United Kingdom • 1988
- Director Jan Švankmajer
- Cast Kristýna Kohoutová
- Genre Animation, Comedy, Fantasy
- Available on OVID, Kanopy, Hoopla
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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