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Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga
George Miller · 2024 · Australia, United States
The fifth installment of the Mad Max franchise, this film follows Furiosa and almost two decades of her life before her introduction in Mad Max: Fury Road (2015). Following her kidnapping by the warlord Dementus, she must survive the war that breaks out between his Biker Horde and the forces of The Immortan Joe.
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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, AMC on Demand
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, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Spectrum On Demand, AMC 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
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
A Gentleman in Moscow
In the wake of the Russian Revolution, Count Alexander Rostov is placed under house arrest in an opulent Moscow hotel.
- United Kingdom • 2024
- Creator Ben Vanstone
- Cast Ewan McGregor, Mary Elizabeth Winstead
- Genre Drama
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, fuboTV, Paramount+ Amazon Channel, Paramount+ Roku Premium Channel, Paramount+ with Showtime, Paramount Plus Apple TV Channel
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 Boy and the Heron
(君たちはどう生きるか)
With the help of a mysterious grey heron, Mahito ventures into a mystical world to find his dead mother.
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- Japan • 2023
- Director Hayao Miyazaki
- Cast
- Genre Adventure, Animation, Drama
- Available on Max Amazon Channel, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Spectrum On Demand
Schitt's Creek
A wealthy couple suddenly finds themselves completely broke. They must come to terms with their newfound poverty.
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- Canada, United States • 2015
- Creator Eugene Levy, Dan Levy
- Cast Eugene Levy, Catherine O'Hara, Dan Levy, Annie Murphy, Emily Hampshire, Chris Elliott
- Genre Comedy
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Hulu, fuboTV, Spectrum On Demand, Freevee
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
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
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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- • 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
La Chimera
Arthur, an archaeologist with a supernatural gift for locating Etruscan relics, reunites with a ragtag group of tomb raiders.
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- Italy, France, Switzerland • 2023
- Director Alice Rohrwacher
- Cast Isabella Rossellini, Josh O'Connor, Carol Duarte, Alba Rohrwacher, Vincenzo Nemolato, Chiara Pazzaglia
- Genre Drama
- Available on Hulu, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Spectrum On Demand
Babylon Berlin
Welcome to the city of sin.
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- Germany • 2017
- Creator Tom Tykwer, Achim von Borries, Henk Handloegten
- Cast Volker Bruch, Liv Lisa Fries, Leonie Benesch, Denis Burgazliev
- Genre Drama
- Available on Amazon Video, Hoopla, MZ Choice Amazon Channel, Mhz Choice
Tarot
When a group of college students have a tarot party in the mountains everything seems fun, until the figures from the cards begin to kill them.
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- Serbia, United States • 2024
- Director Spenser Cohen, Anna Halberg
- Cast Harriet Slater, Adain Bradley, Avantika, Jacob Batalon, Humberly González, Wolfgang Novogratz
- Genre Horror
- Available on Netflix, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Spectrum On Demand
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
Troppo
An ex-cop running from false accustations and eccentric private investigator investigate a murder in North Queensland.
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- United States, Australia • 2022
- Creator Yolanda Ramke
- Cast Thomas Jane, Nicole Chamoun, David Lyons, Sun Park, Yerin Ha, Ling Cooper Tang
- Genre Crime, Drama
- Available on Amazon Prime Video, Freevee, Amazon Prime Video with Ads
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
A Discovery of Witches
Reluctant witch Diana Bishop enlists the help of a vampire to unravel the secrets of an ancient manuscript.
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- United Kingdom • 2018
- Creator Kate Brooke
- Cast Matthew Goode, Teresa Palmer
- Genre Drama, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
- Available on No streaming locations found.
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, AMC on Demand
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For Sama
Edward Watts · 2019 · United Kingdom, Syria, United States
Waad Al-Kateab is a documentary filmmaker who became a citizen journalist in 2011, after protests broke out across Syria against the Assad regime. In this film, she captures the brutal bombing of Aleppo, as she and her doctor husband, braving the destruction of the city's last standing hospital, lived it.
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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
Non-Fiction
(Doubles vies)
Deaf to the desires of their wives, Alain and Léonard struggle to find their place in a society whose code they can no longer crack.
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- France • 2018
- Director Olivier Assayas
- Cast Guillaume Canet, Juliette Binoche, Vincent Macaigne, Nora Hamzawi, Christa Théret, Pascal Greggory
- Genre Comedy, Drama
- Available on MUBI, MUBI Amazon Channel, AMC+, AMC+ Amazon Channel, AMC Plus Apple TV Channel , IFC Films Unlimited Apple TV Channel, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube
Hotel by the River
(강변호텔)
An aging poet staying in a riverside hotel summons his two estranged sons to give his final goodbyes.
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- Korea • 2019
- Director Hong Sang-soo
- Cast Ki Joo-bong, Kim Min-hee, Song Seon-mi, Kwon Hae-hyo, Yu Jun-sang
- Genre Drama
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, YouTube, Kanopy
Lost Illusions
(Illusions perdues)
The life of the young poet Lucien de Rubempre, who leaves Angouleme for Paris to become an author.
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- France, Belgium • 2021
- Director Xavier Giannoli
- Cast Benjamin Voisin, Cécile de France, Vincent Lacoste, Xavier Dolan, Jeanne Balibar, André Marcon
- Genre Drama, Romance
- Available on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube, Tubi TV, VUDU Free, Hoopla, Plex, Plex Channel
Midnight Family
The Ochoa family runs a private ambulance, competing with other for-profit EMTs for patients in need of urgent help.
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- Mexico • 2019
- Director Luke Lorentzen
- Cast
- Genre Documentary
- Available on Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, YouTube, Pluto TV
Stray
Stray depicts life through the eyes of three stray dogs wandering the streets of Istanbul searching for food and shelter.
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- United States • 2020
- Director Elizabeth Lo
- Cast
- Genre Documentary
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube, Spectrum On Demand, Kanopy, Hoopla, Plex, Plex Channel
Drive My Car
(ドライブ・マイ・カー)
A car ride across Japan leads to an unlikely connection between a widowed stage director and his introverted young driver.
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- Japan • 2021
- Director Ryusuke Hamaguchi
- Cast Hidetoshi Nishijima, Toko Miura, Masaki Okada, Reika Kirishima, Park Yu-rim, Jin Dae-yeon
- Genre Drama
- Available on Max Amazon Channel, Max, Apple TV, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video
Lingui, The Sacred Bonds
(Lingui, les liens sacrés)
A single mother goes against the church and the patriarchy to obtain an illegal abortion for her fifteen-year-old daughter.
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- France, Germany, Belgium • 2021
- Director Mahamat-Saleh Haroun
- Cast Achouackh Abakar Souleymane, Rihane Khalil Alio, Youssouf Djaoro, Briya Gomdigue, Saleh Sambo, Mounira Michala
- Genre Drama
- Available on MUBI, MUBI Amazon Channel, Apple TV, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video
Heimat Is a Space in Time
(Heimat ist ein Raum aus Zeit)
Descendants of a family torn apart in the early 20th century retrace their heritage.
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- Germany, Austria • 2019
- Director Thomas Heise
- Cast
- Genre Documentary
- Available on OVID, Apple TV, Kanopy
Touch Me Not
Through blending reality and fiction, this film follows characters who crave intimacy yet also deeply afraid of it.
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- Romania, Germany, Czech Republic • 2018
- Director Adina Pintilie
- Cast Laura Benson, Tómas Lemarquis, Christian Bayerlein, Irmena Chichikova, Grit Uhlemann, Adina Pintilie
- Genre Drama
- Available on Kanopy
The Hand of God
(È stata la mano di Dio)
Based in part on the life of director Paolo Sorrentino, this film tells the story of a fateful encounter with soccer superstar Diego Maradona.
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- Italy • 2021
- Director Paolo Sorrentino
- Cast Filippo Scotti, Toni Servillo, Teresa Saponangelo, Luisa Ranieri, Marlon Joubert, Massimiliano Gallo
- Genre Comedy, Drama
- Available on Netflix, Netflix basic with Ads
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
Sweet Country
Justice itself is put on trial.
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- Australia • 2018
- Director Warwick Thornton
- Cast Hamilton Morris, Bryan Brown, Sam Neill, Thomas M. Wright, Ewen Leslie, Matt Day
- Genre Drama, History, Western
- Available on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube, Tubi TV, The Roku Channel, Pluto TV, VIX , Freevee, Kanopy, Hoopla, Plex, Plex Channel
Isle of Dogs
Welcome to the Isle of Dogs.
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- Germany, United States • 2018
- Director Wes Anderson
- Cast Bryan Cranston, Koyu Rankin, Edward Norton, Bob Balaban, Bill Murray, Jeff Goldblum
- Genre Adventure, Comedy, Animation
- Available on Disney Plus, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube
Monos
Eight child soldiers on a remote mountain in Latin America watch over a hostage and a conscripted milk cow.
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- Colombia, Argentina, Netherlands • 2019
- Director Alejandro Landes
- Cast Moisés Arias, Julianne Nicholson, Sofia Buenaventura, Karen Quintero, Julian Giraldo, Laura Castrillón
- Genre Adventure, Drama, Thriller
- Available on Max Amazon Channel, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, YouTube, Spectrum On Demand
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
Rehana Maryam Noor
(রেহানা মরিয়ম নূর)
Struggling to balance her work and family life, an assistant professor seeks justice after witnessing an assault on her campus.
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- Bangladesh, Singapore, Qatar • 2021
- Director Abdullah Mohammad Saad
- Cast Azmeri Haque Badhon, Afia Jahin Jaima, Kazi Sami Hassan, Afia Tabassum Born, Yasir Al Haq, Zopari Lue
- Genre Drama
- Available on Amazon Video
Utama
An elderly Quechua couple must decide if they want to leave their home and move to the city.
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- Bolivia, Uruguay, France • 2022
- Director Alejandro Loayza Grisi
- Cast José Calcina, Luisa Quispe, Santos Choque
- Genre Drama
- Available on Kino Film Collection, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube, Hoopla
Incitement
Yigal Amir's warped mind sees only one way forward to bring salvation to his people.
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- Israel • 2019
- Director Yaron Zilberman
- Cast Yehuda Nahari Halevi, Amitay Yaish, Ben Ousilio, Daniella Kertesz, Sivan Mast
- Genre Thriller
- Available on Apple TV, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Tubi TV, The Roku Channel, Pluto TV, Kanopy, Hoopla
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Thirst Street
Nathan Silver · 2018 · France, United States
Gina is an American flight attendant who is coming to terms with the recent suicide of her boyfriend. Yet, on a layover in Paris, she hits it off with a Parisian bartender named Jerome. Quickly, Gina finds herself attached to Jerome --- so much so, that she'll stop at nothing to be in his life.
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The Nightingale
In 1829, Claire, a young Irish convict, chases a British soldier through the Tasmanian wilderness to avenge her family.
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- Australia, Canada, United States • 2019
- Director Jennifer Kent
- Cast Aisling Franciosi, Sam Claflin, Damon Herriman, Ewen Leslie, Harry Greenwood, Baykali Ganambarr
- Genre Adventure, Drama, Thriller
- Available on MUBI, Shudder, MUBI Amazon Channel, AMC+ Amazon Channel, IFC Films Unlimited Apple TV Channel, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Kanopy
I Kill Giants
Slaying giants isn't easy...
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- Belgium, United Kingdom, United States • 2018
- Director Anders Walter
- Cast Sydney Wade, Madison Wolfe, Imogen Poots, Rory Jackson, Zoe Saldana, Noel Clarke
- Genre Drama, Fantasy
- Available on Hulu, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, The Roku Channel, Pluto TV, Hoopla
The Favourite
Two cousins compete viciously for the favor of their Queen.
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- Ireland, United Kingdom, United States • 2019
- Director Yorgos Lanthimos
- Cast Olivia Colman, Emma Stone, Rachel Weisz, Nicholas Hoult, Joe Alwyn, Mark Gatiss
- Genre Drama, History, Comedy
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube
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
Have a Nice Day
(大世界)
A darkly funny animated neo-noir following a young driver who steals a million dollars from a crime boss.
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- China • 2018
- Director Liu Jian
- Cast Yang Siming, Cao Kou, Ma Xiaofeng, Zhu Changlong, Cao Ka
- Genre Animation, Crime
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube, Tubi TV, VUDU Free, Kanopy
Possessor Uncut
A corporate assassin uses advanced technology to inhabit others’ bodies — at the cost of her own sanity.
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- Canada, United Kingdom • 2020
- Director Brandon Cronenberg
- Cast Andrea Riseborough, Christopher Abbott, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Sean Bean, Tuppence Middleton, Rossif Sutherland
- Genre Horror, Science Fiction, Thriller
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Tubi TV
Leaning Into the Wind: Andy Goldsworthy
A visual and aural sensation that takes viewers into the hillsides, terrains, and other outdoor spaces where Goldsworthy feels most at home and inspired.
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- United Kingdom, Germany • 2018
- Director Thomas Riedelsheimer
- Cast Andy Goldsworthy, Tina Fiske, Holly Goldsworthy
- Genre Documentary
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube, FlixFling, Tubi TV, The Roku Channel, DistroTV, Kanopy, Plex Channel
Days of the Whale
(Los días de la ballena)
Two young graffiti artists stir up trouble when they paint a mural over a criminal gang’s tag.
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- Colombia • 2019
- Director Catalina Arroyave Restrepo
- Cast Laura Tobón Ochoa, David Escallón Orrego, Carlos Fonnegra, Julián Giraldo, Christian Tappán
- Genre Drama
- Available on Hoopla
About Dry Grasses
(Kuru Otlar Üstüne)
An art teacher completing his mandatory duty at an elementary school in rural Anatolia dreams of being reassigned to Istanbul.
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- Turkey, France, Germany • 2023
- Director Nuri Bilge Ceylan
- Cast Deniz Celiloğlu, Merve Dizdar, Musab Ekici, Murat Kılıç, Onur Gürçay
- Genre Drama
- Available on Criterion Channel, Apple TV, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video
Lean on Pete
You can’t get anywhere on your own.
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- United Kingdom • 2018
- Director Andrew Haigh
- Cast Charlie Plummer, Travis Fimmel, Steve Buscemi, Chloë Sevigny, Amy Seimetz, Steve Zahn
- Genre Drama, Adventure
- 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, Kanopy
Lupin
Gentleman thief Assane Diop sets out to avenge his father for an injustice inflicted by a wealthy family.
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- France, United States • 2021
- Creator George Kay
- Cast Omar Sy, Hervé Pierre, Nicole Garcia, Clotilde Hesme, Ludivine Sagnier, Soufiane Guerrab
- Genre Crime, Drama, Mystery
- Available on Netflix, Netflix basic with Ads
Claire's Camera
(클레어의 카메라)
Sometimes you need to see the photo to see the truth.
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- Korea, France • 2018
- Director Hong Sang-soo
- Cast Isabelle Huppert, Kim Min-hee, Chang Mi-hee, Jung Jin-young, Shahira Fahmy, Yoon Heesun
- Genre Drama
- Available on Metrograph, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, YouTube, Kanopy
Vigil
The mysterious disappearance of a fishing trawler and a death on board a submarine lead to a deep investigation into a conspiracy.
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- United Kingdom • 2021
- Creator Tom Edge
- Cast Suranne Jones, Rose Leslie, Shaun Evans, Anjli Mohindra, Martin Compston, Paterson Joseph
- Genre Crime, Drama
- Available on Peacock Premium, Peacock Premium Plus
Celebration
(Célébration)
The man behind the fashion empire that is Saint Laurent.
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- France • 2018
- Director Olivier Meyrou
- Cast Yves Saint-Laurent, Pierre Bergé, Laetitia Casta, Loulou de la Falaise, Catherine Deneuve
- Genre Documentary
- Available on MUBI, MUBI Amazon Channel, Hoopla
Monos
Eight child soldiers on a remote mountain in Latin America watch over a hostage and a conscripted milk cow.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Colombia, Argentina, Netherlands • 2019
- Director Alejandro Landes
- Cast Moisés Arias, Julianne Nicholson, Sofia Buenaventura, Karen Quintero, Julian Giraldo, Laura Castrillón
- Genre Adventure, Drama, Thriller
- Available on Max Amazon Channel, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, YouTube, Spectrum On Demand
School Life
An observational documentary that follows two inspirational teachers at an Irish boarding school as their retirements loom.
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- Ireland, Spain • 2019
- Director David Rane
- Cast
- Genre Documentary
- Available on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube, FlixFling, Tubi TV, The Roku Channel, VUDU Free, DistroTV, Hoopla, Plex, Plex Channel
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 Amazon Prime Video, Apple TV Plus, Apple TV Plus Amazon Channel
Normal People
Marianne and Connell fall in love as teenagers and weave in and out of each other's lives over the course of several years.
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- Ireland, United Kingdom, United States • 2020
- Creator
- Cast Daisy Edgar-Jones, Paul Mescal, Frank Blake
- Genre Drama
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, Hulu
Days
(日子)
Two solitary men come together in a lonely urban landscape and find a moment of healing and tenderness.
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- Taiwan • 2021
- Director Tsai Ming-liang
- Cast Lee Kang-sheng, Anong Houngheuangsy
- Genre Drama
- Available on Apple TV, Amazon Video
Spotlight: Fall of the Wall
Thirty-five years ago on November 9, 1989, the Berlin Wall fell, marking a beginning to the end of a divided Germany. Here are some of our picks, from both sides of the Wall, depicting the impact of the division of Germany on its inhabitants.
whisper & SHOUT
(flüstern & SCHREIEN)
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- East Germany • 1988
- Director Dieter Schumann
- Cast
- Genre Documentary, Music
- Available on Kanopy
Bulky Trash
(Sperrmüll)
In early summer 1989, Helke Misselwitz portrays a band of young musicians who produce their music on others' waste items.
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- Germany • 1991
- Director Helke Misselwitz
- Cast Helke Misselwitz
- Genre Documentary
- Available on GuideDoc, DocAlliance Films, Kanopy
Kleo
A former assassin betrayed by her agency embarks on a quest for revenge in this post-Cold War thriller.
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- Germany • 2022
- Creator Richard Kropf, Hanno Hackfort, Bob Konrad
- Cast Jella Haase, Dimitrij Schaad, Julius Feldmeier, Vladimir Burlakov, Vincent Redetzki, Marta Sroka
- Genre Action & Adventure, Comedy, Drama
- Available on Netflix, Netflix basic with Ads
Wings of Desire
(Der Himmel über Berlin)
There are angels on the streets of Berlin.
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- West Germany, France • 1987
- Director Wim Wenders
- Cast Bruno Ganz, Otto Sander, Solveig Dommartin, Curt Bois, Peter Falk, Hans Martin Stier
- Genre Drama, Fantasy, Romance
- Available on Criterion Channel, Max Amazon Channel, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube
Barbara
A Story of Love and Subterfuge with Simmering Intelligence.
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- Germany • 2012
- Director Christian Petzold
- Cast Nina Hoss, Ronald Zehrfeld, Jasna Fritzi Bauer, Mark Waschke, Rainer Bock, Alicia von Rittberg
- Genre Drama
- Available on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Kino Film Collection, Apple TV, Amazon Video, Kanopy, Hoopla
Deutschland 83
A young spy comes of age in the divided Germany of 1983 where everyone is hiding something.
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- Germany • 2015
- Creator Anna Winger
- Cast Jonas Nay, Maria Schrader
- Genre Drama
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads
The Lives of Others
(Das Leben der Anderen)
Before the fall of the Berlin Wall, East Germany's secret police listened to your secrets.
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- Germany • 2006
- Director Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck
- Cast Martina Gedeck, Ulrich Mühe, Sebastian Koch, Ulrich Tukur, Thomas Thieme, Hans-Uwe Bauer
- Genre Drama, Thriller
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, AMC on Demand
Good Bye, Lenin!
The German Democratic Republic lives on -- in 79 square meters!
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- Germany • 2003
- Director Wolfgang Becker
- Cast Daniel Brühl, Katrin Sass, Chulpan Khamatova, Maria Simon, Florian Lukas, Alexander Beyer
- Genre Comedy, Drama
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube
Apprehension
(Die Beunruhigung)
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- East Germany • 1982
- Director Lothar Warneke
- Cast Christine Schorn, Hermann Beyer, Wilfried Pucher, Mike Lepke, Christoph Engel, Sina Fiedler-Engel
- Genre Drama
- Available on Tubi TV, Kanopy
Coming Out
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- East Germany • 1989
- Director Heiner Carow
- Cast Matthias Freihof, Dagmar Manzel, Dirk Kummer, Michael Gwisdek, Werner Dissel, Gudrun Ritter
- Genre Drama, Romance
- Available on Kanopy
The Spy Who Came In from the Cold
A spy's last mission proves to be his most deadly.
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- United Kingdom • 1965
- Director Martin Ritt
- Cast Richard Burton, Claire Bloom, Oskar Werner, Sam Wanamaker, George Voskovec, Rupert Davies
- Genre Drama, Thriller
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, AMC on Demand, Pluto TV, Kanopy
Line of Separation
(Tannbach – Schicksal eines Dorfes)
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- Germany, Czech Republic • 2015
- Creator
- Cast Henriette Confurius, Heiner Lauterbach, Martina Gedeck
- Genre Drama
- Available on PBS Masterpiece Amazon Channel