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The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
Guy Ritchie · 2015 · United Kingdom, United States
American CIA agent Napoleon Solo and Soviet KGB agent Illya Kuryakin hate one another. When the two are forced to work together, they must put aside their differences. Collaborating with the daughter of a German scientist, the team must stop a multinational criminal organization from creating nuclear weapons.
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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
Signora Volpe
Ex-spy Sylvia becomes involved in a murder investigation while visiting her sister in Panicale, Umbria.
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- United Kingdom • 2022
- Creator Rachel Cuperman, Sally Griffiths
- Cast Emilia Fox, Tara Fitzgerald, Giovanni Cirfiera, Issy Knopfler, Jamie Bamber, Eleonora Albrecht
- Genre Crime, Drama, Mystery
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, Acorn TV, AcornTV Amazon Channel, Hoopla, BBC America, Spectrum On Demand, Acorn TV Apple TV
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
Fight Club
A man, thoroughly dissatisfied with his life, finds new meaning when he forms a fight club with soap salesman Tyler Durden.
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- Germany, United States • 1999
- Director David Fincher
- Cast Edward Norton, Brad Pitt, Helena Bonham Carter, Meat Loaf, Jared Leto, Zach Grenier
- Genre Drama
- Available on Hulu, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube
Taboo
When penniless James Delaney returns to London, he must fight for vengeance and to regain his family fortune.
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- United Kingdom • 2017
- Creator Tom Hardy, Steven Knight, Chips Hardy
- Cast Tom Hardy, David Hayman, Jonathan Pryce, Oona Chaplin, Richard Dixon, Leo Bill
- Genre Drama, Mystery
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, The Roku Channel, fuboTV, Peacock Premium, Peacock Premium Plus, Freevee, Xumo Play
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 Amazon Prime Video, Apple TV Plus, Apple TV Plus Amazon Channel
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
The Usual Suspects
Con artist Roger "Verbal" Kint describes his involvement in organized crime to his interrogators, as they try to figure out crime boss Keyser Söze's identity.
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- Germany, United States • 1995
- Director Bryan Singer
- Cast Stephen Baldwin, Kevin Spacey, Gabriel Byrne, Chazz Palminteri, Kevin Pollak, Pete Postlethwaite
- Genre Crime, Drama, Thriller
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Tubi TV, The Roku Channel, Pluto TV, VIX , Hoopla
The IT Crowd
Who supports tech support?
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- United Kingdom • 2006
- Creator Graham Linehan
- Cast Chris O'Dowd, Richard Ayoade, Katherine Parkinson, Matt Berry
- Genre Comedy
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, BritBox, BritBox Amazon Channel, Pluto TV, Britbox Apple TV Channel
Hotel Portofino
British expat Bella runs her hotel in Portofino amidst the turmoil and corruption of 1920s Italy.
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- United Kingdom • 2022
- Creator Adam Wimpenny
- Cast Natascha McElhone
- Genre Drama
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, PBS Masterpiece Amazon 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, Spectrum On Demand, Paramount+ Amazon Channel, Paramount+ Roku Premium Channel, Paramount+ with Showtime, Paramount Plus Apple TV Channel
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
Argylle
A spy novelist is hunted as the plots to her books begin to bizarrely come true.
- United Kingdom • 2024
- Director Matthew Vaughn
- Cast Henry Cavill, Bryce Dallas Howard, Sam Rockwell, Samuel L. Jackson, Bryan Cranston, Catherine O'Hara
- Genre Action, Thriller
- Available on Apple TV Plus, Apple TV Plus Amazon Channel, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube
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
Time Bandits
All the dreams you've ever had and not just the good ones.
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- United Kingdom • 1981
- Director Terry Gilliam
- Cast Craig Warnock, David Rappaport, Kenny Baker, Mike Edmonds, Malcolm Dixon, Tiny Ross
- Genre Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Science Fiction
- Available on Criterion Channel, Max Amazon Channel, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
Let the Magic Begin.
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- United Kingdom, United States • 2001
- Director Chris Columbus
- Cast Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, Emma Watson, Richard Harris, Tom Felton, Alan Rickman
- Genre Adventure, Fantasy
- Available on NBC, fuboTV, USA Network, Peacock Premium, Peacock Premium Plus, Max, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Spectrum On Demand
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
Peaky Blinders
A series about one of the most powerful gangs in Birmingham post-World War I.
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- United Kingdom • 2013
- Creator Steven Knight
- Cast Cillian Murphy, Paul Anderson, Sam Claflin, Finn Cole, Anya Taylor-Joy, Helen McCrory
- Genre Crime, Drama
- Available on Apple TV, Amazon Video, Netflix
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
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Roma
Alfonso Cuarón · 2018 · Mexico, United States
In turbulent 1970s Mexico City, quiet domestic worker Cleo assists Sofia, a wealthy mother of four, while her husband is away. As Sofia struggles to hold her family together, Cleo faces problems of her own — boys, money, love — all while acting as a surrogate mother for Sofia’s children.
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Les Misérables
A policeman discovers how deep tensions run among gangs in the Parisian suburbs.
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- France • 2019
- Director Ladj Ly
- Cast Damien Bonnard, Alexis Manenti, Djibril Zonga, Steve Tientcheu, Jeanne Balibar
- Genre Crime, Drama, Thriller
- Available on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Freevee
I'm Your Man
(Ich bin dein Mensch)
To secure funding for her work, an archeologist signs up to test a robot designed to be her perfect partner.
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- Germany • 2021
- Director Maria Schrader
- Cast Maren Eggert, Dan Stevens, Sandra Hüller, Hans Löw, Annika Meier
- Genre Comedy, Romance, Science Fiction
- Available on Hulu, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube, Kanopy, Hoopla
The Zone of Interest
The commandant of Auschwitz and his wife create an idyllic life right beside the concentration camp.
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- United Kingdom, Poland, United States • 2023
- Director Jonathan Glazer
- Cast Sandra Hüller, Christian Friedel
- Genre Drama, History, War
- Available on Max Amazon Channel, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Spectrum On Demand
Angels Are Made of Light
A portrait of Afghan students and their teachers weathering national turbulence.
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- Denmark, Norway, United States • 2018
- Director James Longley
- Cast
- Genre Documentary
- Available on Apple TV, Tubi TV, Hoopla
Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy
(偶然と想像)
Three women deal with the problems of modern relationships in this anthology of unique stories.
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- Japan • 2021
- Director Ryusuke Hamaguchi
- Cast Kotone Furukawa, Ayumu Nakajima, Hyunri, Kiyohiko Shibukawa, Katsuki Mori, Shouma Kai
- Genre Drama, Romance
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube, Kanopy, Hoopla
The Load
(Teret)
During the NATO bombing of Serbia in 1999, a truck driver is tasked with transporting a mysterious load from Kosovo to Belgrade.
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- Serbia, France, Croatia • 2019
- Director Ognjen Glavonić
- Cast Leon Lučev, Pavle Čemerikić, Tamara Krcunović, Ivan Lučev, Igor Benčina, Kosta Bekrić
- Genre Drama
- Available on Fandor Amazon Channel, Apple TV, Amazon Video, Fandor, Kanopy, Hoopla
Dear Comrades!
(Дорогие товарищи!)
A Communist party worker finds her worldview changed after her daughter disappears in the chaos of a major labor conflict.
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- Russia • 2020
- Director Andrei Konchalovsky
- Cast Yuliya Vysotskaya, Vladislav Komarov, Andrei Gusev, Yulia Burova, Sergei Erlish
- Genre Drama, History
- Available on Apple TV, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Tubi TV, Kanopy
Promare
(プロメア)
A young hero's burning desire to protect humanity from the threat of fire wielding mutants.
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- Japan • 2019
- Director Hiroyuki Imaishi
- Cast Kenichi Matsuyama, Taichi Saotome, Masato Sakai, Ayane Sakura, Hiroyuki Yoshino, Tetsu Inada
- Genre Animation, Action, Science Fiction
- Available on Max Amazon Channel, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Hoopla
The Salt of Tears
(Le Sel des larmes)
A callow young Frenchman pursues tumultuous relationships with three different women.
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- France • 2020
- Director Philippe Garrel
- Cast Logann Antuofermo, Oulaya Amamra, Louise Chevillotte, Souheila Yacoub, André Wilms, Aline Belibi
- Genre Drama
- Available on OVID, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube, Kanopy
Carmine Street Guitars
Five days in the life of Carmine Street Guitars, a small guitar store in New York City’s Greenwich Village.
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- Canada • 2018
- Director Ron Mann
- Cast Rick Kelly, Cindy Hulej, Dorothy Kelly, Jim Jarmusch, Eszter Balint
- Genre Documentary
- Available on Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Tubi TV, The Roku Channel, Freevee, Kanopy, Hoopla
Transit
Georg, after assuming the identity of a dead writer, meets Marie — the wife of the man whose identity he stole.
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- Germany, France • 2018
- Director Christian Petzold
- Cast Franz Rogowski, Paula Beer, Godehard Giese, Lilien Batman, Barbara Auer, Matthias Brandt
- Genre Drama
- Available on Amazon Prime Video, OVID, Chai Flicks, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube, Tubi TV, VUDU Free, Kanopy, Hoopla, Plex, Plex Channel
Other People's Children
(Les Enfants des autres)
When a woman falls in love with a single father, she starts to develop a bond with his daughter.
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- France • 2022
- Director Rebecca Zlotowski
- Cast Virginie Efira, Roschdy Zem, Chiara Mastroianni, Callie Ferreira-Goncalves, Yamée Couture, Henri-Noël Tabary
- Genre Drama, Family
- Available on MUBI, MUBI Amazon Channel, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube
And Tomorrow the Entire World
(Und morgen die ganze Welt)
How far is too far?
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- Germany • 2020
- Director Julia von Heinz
- Cast Mala Emde, Noah Saavedra, Tonio Schneider, Luisa-Céline Gaffron, Andreas Lust, Nadine Sauter
- Genre Drama
- Available on Netflix, Netflix basic with Ads
Escape from Mogadishu
(모가디슈)
In the Somali civil war, embassy staff from North and South Korea must come together if they want to make it out of the country alive.
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- Korea • 2021
- Director Ryoo Seung-wan
- Cast Kim Yoon-seok, Jo In-sung, Heo Joon-ho, Kim So-jin, Jeong Man-sik, Koo Kyo-hwan
- Genre Action, Drama
- Available on Amazon Prime Video, Peacock Premium, Peacock Premium Plus, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Rakuten Viki, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube, Tubi TV, The Roku Channel, Pluto TV, Kanopy, Hoopla, Plex, Plex Channel
Graves Without a Name
(Les tombeaux sans noms)
The filmmaker Rithy Panh attempts to find out where his parents, victims of the Khmer Rouge, are buried.
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- Cambodia, France • 2019
- Director Rithy Panh
- Cast Randal Douc
- Genre Documentary
- Available on Apple TV, Kanopy
Honeyland
Hatidze Muratova, one of the last "bee hunters" in Europe, raises bees based in a sustainable and minimally invasive manner.
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- Macedonia • 2019
- Director Tamara Kotevska
- Cast Hatidzhe Muratova, Nazife Muratova, Hussein Sam, Ljutvie Sam
- Genre Documentary
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Tubi TV, Kanopy
Coup 53
A documentary about the 1953 Iranian Coup D'etat, nicknamed Operation Ajax, which was orchestrated by the CIA and MI6.
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- United Kingdom • 2019
- Director Taghi Amirani
- Cast Ralph Fiennes, Taghi Amirani, Farhad Diba, Malcolm Byrne, Stephen Kinzer, Hedayat Matine-Daftary
- Genre Documentary, History
- Available on Eventive
Wife of a Spy
(スパイの妻)
When Satoko probes into her husband's recent strange behavior, she discovers he stumbled upon a horrifying national secret
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- Japan • 2020
- Director Kiyoshi Kurosawa
- Cast Yu Aoi, Issey Takahashi, Masahiro Higashide, Ryota Bando, Yuri Tsunematsu, Minosuke
- Genre Drama, War
- Available on MZ Choice Amazon Channel, Kino Film Collection, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube, Kanopy
The Janes
The story of the women behind an underground abortion network in pre-Roe v. Wade Chicago.
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- United States • 2022
- Director Tia Lessin, Emma Pildes
- Cast
- Genre Documentary
- Available on Max Amazon Channel, Max
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Isle of Dogs
Wes Anderson · 2018 · Germany, United States
In the future, an outbreak of canine flu leads the mayor of a Japanese city to banish all dogs to a foul garbage dump island. The outcasts must soon embark on an epic journey when a 12-year-old boy arrives on the island to find his beloved pet.
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Widows
Left with nothing. Capable of anything.
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- United Kingdom, United States • 2018
- Director Steve McQueen
- Cast Viola Davis, Michelle Rodriguez, Elizabeth Debicki, Cynthia Erivo, Colin Farrell, Brian Tyree Henry
- Genre Crime, Thriller
- Available on fuboTV, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube
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
Ad Astra
An astronaut ventures into space, hoping to find his father.
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- Brazil, United States • 2019
- Director James Gray
- Cast Brad Pitt, Tommy Lee Jones, Ruth Negga, Donald Sutherland, Kimberly Elise, Loren Dean
- Genre Science Fiction
- Available on Hulu, FXNow, fuboTV, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Fandango At Home
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
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
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
High Life
A father and daughter must rely on each other to survive a dangerous mission to deep space.
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- Germany, France, United Kingdom • 2018
- Director Claire Denis
- Cast Robert Pattinson, Juliette Binoche, André Benjamin, Mia Goth, Agata Buzek, Lars Eidinger
- Genre Drama, Mystery, Science Fiction, Thriller
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Kanopy
The Farthest
The captivating tales of the people and events behind one of humanity's greatest achievements in exploration: NASA's Voyager mission.
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- Ireland • 2018
- Director Emer Reynolds
- Cast Carl Sagan, Frank Drake, John Casani, Lawrence Krauss, Carolyn Porco, Timothy Ferris
- Genre Documentary
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, YouTube, Kanopy, Hoopla
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
Araby
(Arábia)
A collection of life experiences. A road movie for Brazil's underclass.
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- Brazil • 2018
- Director João Dumans
- Cast Aristides de Sousa, Murilo Caliari, Gláucia Vandeveld, Renata Cabral, Renan Rovida
- Genre Drama
- Available on OVID, Apple TV, Amazon Video, Kanopy, Hoopla
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
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
We Are Lady Parts
A geeky doctoral student becomes the unlikely lead guitarist of an all-female Muslim punk band.
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- United Kingdom • 2021
- Creator Nida Manzoor
- Cast Anjana Vasan
- Genre Comedy
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Peacock Premium, Peacock Premium Plus
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
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, Microsoft Store, Spectrum On Demand, Max Amazon Channel, Max
Nowhere Special
With only a few months left to live, a single father searches for a family to adopt his four-year-old son.
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- Italy, Romania, United Kingdom • 2020
- Director Uberto Pasolini
- Cast James Norton, Daniel Lamont, Eileen O'Higgins, Valerie O'Connor, Stella McCusker, Carol Moore
- Genre Drama
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube
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
Colin from Accounts
Ashley and Gordon are two single(ish) people brought together by fate, a car accident... and an injured dog.
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- Australia • 2022
- Creator Patrick Brammall, Harriet Dyer
- Cast Patrick Brammall, Harriet Dyer, Genevieve Hegney, Emma Harvie, Michael Logo, Helen Thomson
- Genre Comedy
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, fuboTV, Spectrum On Demand, Paramount Plus, Paramount+ Amazon Channel, Paramount+ Roku Premium Channel, Paramount Plus Apple TV Channel
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
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.
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, Microsoft Store, YouTube
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
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
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
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, Pluto TV, Kanopy
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
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
whisper & SHOUT
(flüstern & SCHREIEN)
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- East Germany • 1988
- Director Dieter Schumann
- Cast
- Genre Documentary, Music
- Available on Kanopy
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
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 Tunnel
(Der Tunnel)
An East German Olympic swimmer hatches an unlikely plot to defect from East Germany through an underground tunnel.
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- Germany • 2001
- Director Roland Suso Richter
- Cast Heino Ferch, Nicolette Krebitz, Sebastian Koch, Alexandra Maria Lara, Claudia Michelsen, Felix Eitner
- Genre Drama, Thriller
- Available on No streaming locations found.
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