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Perfect Days
Wim Wenders · 2023 · Japan, Germany
The film follows the daily life of Hirayama, who works as a toilet cleaner in Tokyo. He spends his time reading, listening to music, and photographing trees as people wander in and out of his life. Altogether, it adds up to perfect days.
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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
Shaun of the Dead
"Dawn of the Dead" gets a satirical update with this 30-something loser.
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- United Kingdom, France • 2004
- Director Edgar Wright
- Cast Simon Pegg, Kate Ashfield, Lucy Davis, Nick Frost, Dylan Moran, Bill Nighy
- Genre Horror, Comedy
- Available on Starz, Starz Roku Premium Channel, Starz Amazon Channel, Starz Apple TV Channel, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube
The Mallorca Files
A German and British detective work together in the international community of Mallorca.
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- United Kingdom, France, Germany • 2019
- Creator Dan Sefton
- Cast Elen Rhys, Julian Looman, María Fernández Ache, Tábata Cerezo
- Genre Crime, Drama
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Amazon Prime Video, BritBox, BritBox Amazon Channel, Freevee, Britbox Apple TV Channel , Amazon Prime Video with Ads
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
Snowpiercer
In 2031, the passengers aboard the Snowpiercer are the only survivors on Earth.
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- Korea, Czech Republic • 2013
- Director Bong Joon-ho
- Cast Chris Evans, Song Kang-ho, Ed Harris, John Hurt, Tilda Swinton, Jamie Bell
- Genre Action, Science Fiction, Drama
- Available on MGM Plus, fuboTV, Epix Amazon Channel, MGM Plus Roku Premium Channel, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Tubi TV, The Roku Channel, Plex Channel
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
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
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
DodgeBall: A True Underdog Story
Hoping to stop a local gym's foreclosure, a team of underdogs enters a dodgeball competition with a 50,000 dollar cash prize.
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- Germany, United States • 2004
- Director Rawson Marshall Thurber
- Cast Vince Vaughn, Christine Taylor, Ben Stiller, Rip Torn, Justin Long, Stephen Root
- Genre Comedy
- Available on Hulu, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Tubi TV
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
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
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 No streaming locations found.
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
Anatomy of a Fall
(Anatomie d'une chute)
After Sandra is put on trial for the murder of her husband, their blind son faces a moral dilemma.
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- France • 2023
- Director Justine Triet
- Cast Sandra Hüller, Milo Machado-Graner, Swann Arlaud, Saadia Bentaïeb, Jehnny Beth, Samuel Theis
- Genre Crime, Drama
- Available on Hulu, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Spectrum On Demand
The Hunt
(Jagten)
The lie is spreading.
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- Denmark, Sweden • 2012
- Director Thomas Vinterberg
- Cast Mads Mikkelsen, Thomas Bo Larsen, Annika Wedderkopp, Lasse Fogelstrøm, Susse Wold, Anne Louise Hassing
- Genre Drama
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Crackle, Tubi TV, The Roku Channel, Pluto TV, VUDU Free, Kanopy, Hoopla, Plex, Plex Channel
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
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
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
Labyrinth
16-year-old Sarah must solve the labyrinth of Goblin King Jareth in order to save her baby half-brother Toby.
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- United Kingdom, United States • 1986
- Director Jim Henson
- Cast David Bowie, Jennifer Connelly, Toby Froud, Shelley Thompson, Christopher Malcolm, Natalie Finland
- Genre Adventure, Family, Fantasy
- Available on Amazon Prime Video, Hulu, fuboTV, Peacock Premium, Peacock Premium Plus, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Tubi TV, Pluto TV, Shout! Factory TV, Plex, Plex Channel
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Dogman
Matteo Garrone · 2018 · Italy, France
Marcello, a timid dog groomer who sells cocaine on the side, finds himself involved in a dangerous arrangement with Simone, a violent ex-boxer who terrorizes their entire suburban neighborhood. In an effort to reaffirm his dignity, Marcello will submit to an unexpected act of vengeance.
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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
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
All Good
(Alles ist gut)
A woman struggles with the trauma of being sexually assaulted.
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- Germany • 2018
- Director Eva Trobisch
- Cast Aenne Schwarz, Andreas Döhler, Hans Löw, Tilo Nest, Lisa Hagmeister, Lina Wendel
- Genre Drama
- Available on Netflix, Netflix basic with Ads, Apple TV
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
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
White Riot
The story of musicians who fought against racism.
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- United Kingdom • 2020
- Director Rubika Shah
- Cast Red Saunders, Dennis Bovell, Mykaell Riley, Pervez Bilgrami, Pauline Black
- Genre Documentary, Music
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube, Tubi TV, The Roku Channel, Pluto TV, Plex, Plex Channel
The Escape
A dissatisfied stay-at-home mom makes a fateful decision.
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- United Kingdom • 2018
- Director Dominic Savage
- Cast Gemma Arterton, Dominic Cooper, Frances Barber, Marthe Keller, Montserrat Lombard
- Genre Drama
- Available on 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, Kanopy
Ash Is Purest White
(江湖儿女)
The violent love story of a young dancer and a mobster spanning from 2001 to 2017.
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- China, France, Japan • 2018
- Director Jia Zhangke
- Cast Zhao Tao, Liao Fan, Feng Xiaogang, Xu Zheng, Zhang Yibai, Diao Yi'nan
- Genre Crime, Drama, Romance
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube, Tubi TV, Kanopy
Josée
(조제)
University student Young-Seok becomes enamored with Josée, a strange, imaginative woman who lives in a book-filled house.
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- Korea • 2020
- Director Kim Jong-kwan
- Cast Han Ji-min, Nam Joo-hyuk, Heo Jin, Park Ye-jin, Jo Bok-rae, Lee So-hee
- Genre Drama, Romance
- Available on Kocowa, OnDemandKorea, Rakuten Viki, Amazon Video, Tubi TV
Sunless Shadows
The lives of Iranian girls imprisoned for murdering male family members.
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- Iran, Norway • 2022
- Director Mehrdad Oskouei
- Cast
- Genre Documentary
- Available on Kanopy
Invisible Life
(A Vida Invisível)
Two estranged sisters struggle to make lives for themselves despite the restrictive expectations of 1950s Brazil.
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- Brazil • 2019
- Director Karim Aïnouz
- Cast Carol Duarte, Julia Stockler, Fernanda Montenegro, Gregório Duvivier, Bárbara Santos, Flávia Gusmão
- Genre Drama
- Available on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Freevee
3 Faces
(سه رخ)
Actress Behnaz Jafari and director Jafar Panahi take a road trip to rural Iran in hopes of saving a missing girl.
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- Iran • 2018
- Director Jafar Panahi
- Cast Behnaz Jafari, Jafar Panahi, Marziyeh Rezaei, Maedeh Erteghaei, Narges Del Aram
- Genre Drama
- Available on Kino Film Collection, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube, Kanopy
Lunana: A Yak in the Classroom
(ལུང་ནག་ན)
A teacher in search of inspiration travels to the most remote school in the world.
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- Bhutan, China • 2019
- Director Pawo Choyning Dorji
- Cast Sherab Dorji, Ugyen Norbu Lhendup, Keldon Lhamo Gurung, Pem Zam, Chimi Dem
- Genre Drama
- 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, Freevee, Kanopy, Hoopla
Babyteeth
Milla, a terminally ill teen, falls for a drug dealer named Moses.
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- Australia • 2020
- Director Shannon Murphy
- Cast Eliza Scanlen, Ben Mendelsohn, Essie Davis, Toby Wallace, Andrea Demetriades, Emily Barclay
- Genre Drama, Comedy
- Available on AMC+, AMC+ Amazon Channel, AMC Plus Apple TV Channel , IFC Films Unlimited Apple TV Channel, Apple TV, Amazon Video, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, YouTube
Joy
A drama that tackles the vicious cycle of sex trafficking in Europe.
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- Austria • 2018
- Director Sudabeh Mortezai
- Cast Anwulika Alphonsus, Mariam Precious Sanusi, Angela Ekeleme, Gift Igweh, Sandra John
- Genre Drama
- Available on Netflix
A Hero
(قهرمان)
A good deed turns a man into a local celebrity, and also raises the suspicions of those closest to him.
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- France, Iran • 2021
- Director Asghar Farhadi
- Cast
- Genre Drama
- Available on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Freevee
Argentina, 1985
A team of lawyers sets out to prosecute Argentina's brutal military dictatorship in this legal thriller inspired by real events.
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- Argentina, United States • 2022
- Director Santiago Mitre
- Cast Ricardo Darín, Peter Lanzani, Alejandra Flechner, Paula Ransenberg, Carlos Portaluppi, Antonia Bengoechea
- Genre Drama, History
- Available on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads
The August Virgin
(La virgen de agosto)
An Éric Rohmer-esque love letter to Madrid and affairs of the heart.
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- Spain • 2019
- Director Jonás Trueba
- Cast Itsaso Arana, Vito Sanz, Isabelle Stoffel, Joe Manjón, Mikele Urroz, Luis Alberto Heras
- Genre Comedy, Drama
- Available on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Strand Releasing Amazon Channel, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube, Tubi TV, Pluto TV, Freevee, Plex, Plex Channel
Sunday's Illness
(La enfermedad del domingo)
Family is the strongest...and strangest...bond.
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- Spain • 2018
- Director Ramón Salazar
- Cast Bárbara Lennie, Susi Sánchez, Greta Fernández, Miguel Ángel Solá, Richard Bohringer
- Genre Drama
- Available on Netflix, Netflix basic with Ads
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Slow Horses
· 2022-2022 · United Kingdom, United States
All the intelligence agents at Slough House have one thing in common: they’ve all screwed up royally in their careers, which is how they’ve found themselves in this dead-end department of MI5. Based on a novel by Mick Herron, as part of his Slough House series.
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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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
War and Peace
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- 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
Barry Lyndon
Redmon Barry is a young farm boy who challenges a British Captain to a duel over the woman he loves.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- 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
Pride & Prejudice
Elizabeth Bennet will marry for love, no matter what the consequences.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- 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
Hamlet
David Tennant stars in a film of the Royal Shakespeare Company's award-winning production of Shakespeare's great play.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- 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 Tin Drum
(Die Blechtrommel)
A savage, sweeping epic of a German society in chaos.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- 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
Beau Travail
(Beau travail)
Maybe freedom begins with remorse.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- 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
Solaris
(Солярис)
A psychologist must keep his mind intact as he navigates a space station full of strange visions.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- 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
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.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- 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