Telescope Film: Find international movies and series

Princess Mononoke
(もののけ姫)

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• Japan • 1997
• Director Hayao Miyazaki
• Cast Yōji Matsuda, Yuriko Ishida, Yūko Tanaka, Kaoru Kobayashi, Masahiko Nishimura, Tsunehiko Kamijô
• Genre Adventure, Fantasy, Animation
• Available on VUDU, Amazon, Google Play, YouTube, FandangoNOW, iTunes, HBO Max

The fate of the world rests on the courage of one warrior.

Casino Royale

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• United Kingdom, Czech Republic, USA • 2006
• Director Martin Campbell
• Cast Daniel Craig, Eva Green, Mads Mikkelsen, Judi Dench, Jeffrey Wright, Giancarlo Giannini
• Genre Adventure, Action, Thriller
• Available on FandangoNOW, VUDU, Redbox, YouTube, Hulu, Amazon, iTunes, DIRECTV, Netflix, Google Play

Everyone has a past. Every legend has a beginning.

3 Idiots

• ✭ ✭ ✭
• India • 2009
• Director Rajkumar Hirani
• Cast Aamir Khan, R. Madhavan, Sharman Joshi, Omi Vaidya, Boman Irani, Ali Fazal
• Genre Drama, Comedy, Romance
• Available on Mubi, Amazon, Google Play, YouTube, Netflix, AMC, iTunes

You've never met a college student quite like Rancho.

Amélie
(Le Fabuleux Destin d'Amélie Poulain)

• ✭ ✭ ✭
• France, Germany • 2001
• Director Jean-Pierre Jeunet
• Cast Audrey Tautou, Mathieu Kassovitz, Rufus, Jamel Debbouze, Claire Maurier, Isabelle Nanty
• Genre Comedy, Romance
• Available on VUDU, FandangoNOW, DIRECTV, HBO GO

A whimsical love letter to contemporary Parisian life in the form of an eccentric romantic comedy.

Pan's Labyrinth
(El laberinto del fauno)

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• Mexico, Spain • 2006
• Director Guillermo del Toro
• Cast Ivana Baquero, Maribel Verdú, Sergi López, Doug Jones, Ariadna Gil, Álex Angulo
• Genre Fantasy, Drama, War
• Available on Google Play, YouTube, DIRECTV, iTunes, FandangoNOW, Redbox, Amazon, VUDU, AMC, Netflix

What happens when make-believe believes it's real?

Seven Samurai
(七人の侍)

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• Japan • 1954
• Director Akira Kurosawa
• Cast Toshirō Mifune, Takashi Shimura, Yoshio Inaba, Seiji Miyaguchi, Minoru Chiaki, Daisuke Katô
• Genre Action, Drama
• Available on iTunes, VUDU, Google Play, YouTube, Criterion, HBO Max, Amazon

The Mighty Warriors Who Became the Seven National Heroes of a Small Town

Fleabag

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• United Kingdom • 2016
• Creator Phoebe Waller-Bridge
• Cast Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Olivia Colman, Bill Paterson, Hugh Dennis
• Genre Comedy
• Available on FandangoNOW, Amazon, iTunes, VUDU

All hail the hot priest!

Sherlock

• ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
• United Kingdom, USA • 2010
• Creator Mark Gatiss, Steven Moffat
• Cast Mark Gatiss, Una Stubbs
• Genre Crime, Drama, Mystery
• Available on Amazon, Netflix, pbs, iTunes, Google Play, VUDU

The classic duo takes on modern London.

Sex Education

• ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
• USA, 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

After accidentally helping a bully with his performance anxiety, an insecure teen sets up a sex advice business at his school.

Room

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• Ireland, Canada, United Kingdom • 2015
• Director Lenny Abrahamson
• Cast Brie Larson, Jacob Tremblay, Joan Allen, William H. Macy, Sean Bridgers, Tom McCamus
• Genre Drama, Thriller
• Available on VUDU, YouTube, FandangoNOW, DIRECTV, Showtime Anytime, Amazon, FuboTV, iTunes, Google Play, Kanopy

A young mother raises her 5-year-old son in captivity and struggles to answer his mounting questions.

Unorthodox

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• Germany • 2020
• Creator Alexa Karolinski, Anna Winger
• Cast Shira Haas, Tamar Amit-Joseph, Aaron Altaras, Ronit Asheri, Felix Mayr
• Genre Drama
• Available on Netflix

A young Hasidic Jewish woman flees to Berlin.

Money Heist
(La casa de papel)

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• Spain • 2017
• Creator Álex Pina
• Cast Úrsula Corberó, Álvaro Morte, Itziar Ituño, Pedro Alonso, Alba Flores, Miguel Herrán
• Genre Crime, Drama
• Available on Netflix

Grave of the Fireflies
(火垂るの墓)

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• Japan • 1988
• Director Isao Takahata
• Cast Tsutomu Tatsumi, Ayano Shiraishi, Yoshiko Shinohara, Akemi Yamaguchi
• Genre Animation, Drama, War
• Available on iTunes, VUDU, Hulu

Can these two siblings beat the odds?

Spirited Away
(千と千尋の神隠し)

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• Japan • 2001
• Director Hayao Miyazaki
• Cast Rumi Hiiragi, Miyu Irino, Mari Natsuki, Bunta Sugawara, Yumi Tamai, Ryunosuke Kamiki
• Genre Animation, Family, Fantasy
• Available on HBO Max, VUDU, Amazon, iTunes, Google Play, YouTube

A ten-year-old girl must save her parents from hostile spirits.

Attack on Titan
(進撃の巨人)

• ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
• Japan • 2013
• Creator
• Cast Yūki Kaji, Marina Inoue, Yui Ishikawa, Hiroshi Kamiya, Saki Fujita, Yoshimasa Hosoya
• Genre Animation, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Drama, War & Politics, Mystery, Action & Adventure
• Available on Google Play, FandangoNOW, Tubi, iTunes, Netflix, Hulu, Funimation Now, Crunchyroll, Turner Broadcasting, DIRECTV, Amazon

Titans, large humanoid figures, devour human beings without any rhyme or reason.

District 9

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• South Africa, USA, New Zealand • 2009
• Director Neill Blomkamp
• Cast Sharlto Copley, Jason Cope, Nathalie Boltt, Sylvaine Strike, Elizabeth Mkandawie, John Sumner
• Genre Science Fiction
• Available on iTunes, VUDU, AMC, Redbox, YouTube, Amazon, DIRECTV, FandangoNOW, Netflix, Google Play

You are not welcome here.

City of God
(Cidade de Deus)

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• Brazil, France • 2002
• Director Fernando Meirelles
• Cast Alexandre Rodrigues, Leandro Firmino, Phellipe Haagensen, Douglas Silva, Jonathan Haagensen, Matheus Nachtergaele
• Genre Drama, Crime
• Available on Google Play, VUDU, Redbox, FandangoNOW, iTunes, Amazon, YouTube, DIRECTV, HBO GO, HBO Max

Two young men embark on different yet intertwined paths in a dangerous neighborhood.

Peaky Blinders

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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 Drama, Crime
• Available on Netflix

Tommy Shelby aims to turn his fledgling gambling operation into a lucrative criminal enterprise.

Once Upon a Time in the West
(C'era una volta il West)

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• Italy, USA • 1968
• Director Sergio Leone
• Cast Claudia Cardinale, Henry Fonda, Jason Robards, Charles Bronson, Gabriele Ferzetti
• Genre Western
• Available on Google Play, YouTube, DIRECTV, Redbox, Amazon, iTunes, AMC, VUDU

There were three men in her life. One to take her... one to love her... and one to kill her.

Widows

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• United Kingdom, USA • 2018
• Director Steve McQueen
• Cast Viola Davis, Michelle Rodriguez, Elizabeth Debicki, Cynthia Erivo, Colin Farrell, Brian Tyree Henry
• Genre Crime, Thriller
• Available on DIRECTV, Cinemax, FandangoNOW, Cinemax Amazon Channel, Redbox, Google Play, iTunes, VUDU, Amazon, YouTube

Left with nothing. Capable of anything.

The 24th

• ✭ ✭
• • 2020
• Director Kevin Willmott
• Cast Trai Byers, Bashir Salahuddin, Aja Naomi King, Mo McRae, Tosin Morohunfola, Mykelti Williamson
• Genre Drama, History
• Available on VUDU, FandangoNOW, DIRECTV, Google Play, YouTube, Spectrum On Demand, Amazon

An African American military regiment revolts against racial violence in the onset of WWI.

The Extraordinary Journey of Celeste García
(El viaje extraordinario de Celeste García)

• Cuba, Germany • 2018
• Director Arturo Infante
• Cast María Isabel Díaz, Omar Franco, Néstor Jiménez
• Genre Comedy, Drama
• Available on YouTube, Amazon, Google Play

Follows a kindly Havana-based planetarium worker who accepts a very special invitation from her neighbor, an extraterrestrial.

Missing Link

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• Canada, USA • 2019
• Director Chris Butler
• Cast Hugh Jackman, Zoe Saldana, Zach Galifianakis, Stephen Fry, Timothy Olyphant, Emma Thompson
• Genre Animation, Comedy, Adventure, Fantasy, Family
• Available on Google Play, YouTube, VUDU, Redbox, DIRECTV, iTunes, AMC, Hulu

Mr. Link, an investigator of myths and monsters, sets out to prove the existence of the Sasquatch.

Shoplifters
(万引き家族)

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• Japan • 2018
• Director Hirokazu Kore-eda
• Cast Lily Franky, Sakura Ando, Mayu Matsuoka, Jyo Kairi, Miyu Sasaki, Kirin Kiki
• Genre Drama, Crime
• Available on Google Play, FlixFling, Hoopla, Redbox, Hulu, Amazon, VUDU, iTunes, YouTube, FandangoNOW

Sometimes it's better to choose your own family.

A Whisker Away
(泣きたい私は猫をかぶる)

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• Japan • 2020
• Director Tomotaka Shibayama
• Cast Mirai Shida, Natsuki Hanae, Kouichi Yamadera, Hiroaki Ogi, Minako Kotobuki
• Genre Animation, Drama, Romance, Fantasy
• Available on Netflix

A magical mask gives Muge the power to turn into a cat and spend time with her crush.

Berlin, Berlin

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• Germany • 2020
• Director Franziska Meyer Price
• Cast Felicitas Woll, Jan Sosniok, Matthias Klimsa, Janina Uhse, Kai Lentrodt, Sandra Borgmann
• Genre Comedy, Drama, Romance
• Available on Netflix

Lolle is finally getting married! That is, if Sven, her cousin and former boyfriend, doesn't get in the way.

Amateurs
(Amatörer)

• ✭ ✭ ✭
• Sweden • 2018
• Director Gabriela Pichler
• Cast Zahraa Aldoujaili, Yara Aliadotter, Fredrik Dahl, Janine Splettstößer, Shada Ismaeel
• Genre Comedy
• Available on iTunes, Amazon

Will these two highschoolers beat the commerical filmmaker?

Edge of Extinction

• ✭ ✭
• United Kingdom • 2020
• Director Andrew Gilbert
• Cast Luke Hobson, Chris Kaye, Georgie Smibert, Susan Lee Burton, Nicholas Chambers
• Genre Science Fiction, Horror, Action, Drama
• Available on Amazon

In a nuclear wasteland, starvation isn't the only way you could meet your demise.

Burning
(버닝)

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• Korea • 2018
• Director Lee Chang-dong
• Cast Yoo Ah-in, Steven Yeun, Jun Jong-seo, Kim Soo-kyung, Choi Seung-ho, Moon Sung-keun
• Genre Mystery, Drama, Thriller
• Available on Microsoft Movies & TV, Netflix, Redbox, FandangoNOW, iTunes, VUDU, Google Play, YouTube, Amazon, Hoopla

Jongsu's solitude is interrupted when he runs into a childhood neighbor and meets an enigmatic friend of hers.

Tomb Raider

• ✭ ✭
• United Kingdom, USA • 2018
• Director Roar Uthaug
• Cast Alicia Vikander, Walton Goggins, Daniel Wu, Dominic West, Kristin Scott Thomas, Derek Jacobi
• Genre Action, Adventure, Fantasy
• Available on FandangoNOW, Redbox, NBCUniversal, DIRECTV, Spectrum On Demand, VUDU, iTunes, Amazon, Google Play, YouTube

Lara Croft pushes herself beyond her limits to investigate the island where her father disappeared.

Nothing Like a Dame

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• United Kingdom • 2018
• Director Roger Michell
• Cast Maggie Smith, Judi Dench, Eileen Atkins
• Genre Documentary
• Available on Hulu, Amazon, iTunes, VUDU, Google Play, YouTube

The Dames of British Theatre gather together to reflect upon their countless stories---you're invited.

Freaks – You're One of Us
(Freaks – Du bist eine von uns)

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• Germany • 2020
• Director Felix Binder
• Cast Cornelia Gröschel, Tim Oliver Schultz, Wotan Wilke Möhring, Nina Kunzendorf, Frederic Linkemann, Finnlay Berger
• Genre Drama, Fantasy
• Available on Netflix

Wife. Mother. Waitress. Superhero?

I'm Standing on a Million Lives
(100万の命の上に俺は立っている)

• Japan • 2020
• Creator Kumiko Habara
• Cast Yūto Uemura
• Genre Animation, Drama, Action & Adventure, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
• Available on Crunchyroll

A lone-wolf middle schooler is transported to a dangerous, game-like world with his two classmates.

Luccas Neto in: The End of Christmas
(Luccas Neto em: O Fim do Natal)

• ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
• • 2019
• Director Lucas Margutti
• Cast Luccas Neto, Giovanna Alparone, Cleber Salgado, Lucas Margutti
• Genre
• Available on Netflix, Netflix Kids

Santa calls upon Luccas and Gi to recover his stolen presents and save Christmas.

Forky Asks a Question: What Is Time?

• ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
• • 2019
• Director Bob Peterson
• Cast Tony Hale, Wallace Shawn, Alan Oppenheimer, Bob Peterson
• Genre Animation
• Available on Disney+

Forky asks Rex to explain the concept of time.

Witch Trilogy 13+

• Turkey • 2019
• Director Ceylan Özgün Özçelik
• Cast Tuğrul Tülek, Derya Pinar Ak
• Genre Drama, Horror
• Available on Mubi

A girl sits alone in a dark basement, with only a spider to accompany her.

Three Identical Strangers

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• United Kingdom • 2018
• Director Tim Wardle
• Cast David Kellman, Robert Shafran, Eddy Galland, Lawrence Wright
• Genre Documentary
• Available on Google Play, Redbox, Hulu, Amazon, FandangoNOW, iTunes, VUDU, YouTube, AMC, DIRECTV

They didn't know they were brothers. But someone did.

A Season in France
(Une saison en France)

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• France • 2018
• Director Mahamat-Saleh Haroun
• Cast Eriq Ebouaney, Sandrine Bonnaire, Aalayna Lys, Ibrahim Burama Darboe, Bibi Tanga, Léonie Simaga
• Genre Drama
• Available on Amazon

An African high school teacher seeks to find comfort in a place that is all-too prepared to reject him.