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Talk to Me
Michael Philippou, Danny Philippou · 2023 · Australia
Mia is an Australian teen who spends her time doing normal teen things - and summoning ghosts. Using a mummified hand, she's able to temporarily communicate with spirits, and even permit them to possess her. When the ghost of her dead mother gets involved, things take a dark and deadly turn.
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Shetland
D.I. Jimmy Perez and his team investigate crime within the close knit community living on the Shetland Islands.
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- United Kingdom • 2013
- Creator Ann Cleeves
- Cast Douglas Henshall, Alison O'Donnell, Steven Robertson, Mark Bonnar, Erin Armstrong, Julie Graham
- Genre Crime, Drama, Mystery
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, BritBox, BritBox Amazon Channel, Britbox Apple TV Channel
Fleabag
All hail the hot priest!
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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 Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, Redbox, Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads
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, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, BritBox, Max Amazon Channel, Britbox Apple TV Channel , Max
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, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube, Spectrum On Demand, Microsoft Store
Perfect Days
The film follows the daily life of Hirayama, who works as a toilet cleaner in Tokyo.
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- Japan, Germany • 2023
- Director Wim Wenders
- Cast Koji Yakusho, Arisa Nakano, Aoi Yamada, Tokio Emoto, Yumi Asou, Sayuri Ishikawa
- Genre Drama
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube, Spectrum On Demand
Attack on Titan
(進撃の巨人)
When the human race is hunted nearly to extinction by giant monsters, a small group of humans fight back.
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- Japan • 2013
- Creator
- Cast Yūki Kaji, Marina Inoue, Yui Ishikawa, Hiroshi Kamiya, Saki Fujita, Yoshimasa Hosoya
- Genre Action & Adventure, Animation, Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, War & Politics
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, Hulu, Microsoft Store, Crunchyroll, Adult Swim, Spectrum On Demand, Crunchyroll Amazon Channel
Wolf Like Me
Gary's an emotional wreck, striving to provide for his daughter after his wife's death. Mary harbors a secret that binds them, revealing a cosmic connection between these two souls.
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- Australia • 2022
- Creator Abe Forsythe
- Cast Isla Fisher, Josh Gad, Emma Lung, Ariel Joy Donoghue, Madeleine Wilson, Anthony Taufa
- Genre Comedy, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
- Available on Peacock, Peacock Premium
Pagan Peak
(Der Pass)
When a gruesomely staged body is found on a mountain pass in the Alps near the German-Austrian border, two detectives are sent to investigate.
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- Germany, Austria • 2019
- Creator Cyrill Boss, Philipp Stennert
- Cast Julia Jentsch, Nicholas Ofczarek, Dominic Marcus Singer
- Genre Crime, Drama
- Available on Hoopla, MZ Choice Amazon Channel, Mhz Choice, Topic, Plex, , Topic Apple TV Channel
Ghosts
A cash-strapped young couple inherit a rickety country mansion, only to find it teeming with restless spirits.
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- United Kingdom • 2019
- Creator Simon Farnaby, Jim Howick, Ben Willbond, Martha Howe-Douglas, Mathew Baynton, Laurence Rickard
- Cast Charlotte Ritchie, Kiell Smith-Bynoe, Mathew Baynton, Simon Farnaby, Martha Howe-Douglas, Jim Howick
- Genre Comedy, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, fuboTV, Spectrum On Demand, Paramount Plus, Paramount+ Amazon Channel, Paramount+ Roku Premium Channel, Paramount Plus Apple TV Channel
Black Mirror
Technology turns horrific in this anthology series.
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- United Kingdom, United States • 2011
- Creator Charlie Brooker
- Cast
- Genre Drama, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
- Available on Apple TV, Amazon Video, Netflix, Netflix basic with Ads
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 No streaming locations found.
Foundation
The Galactic Empire is on the brink of destruction, as a band of exiles embark on a mission to save humanity.
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- Ireland, United States • 2021
- Creator David S. Goyer
- Cast Jared Harris, Lou Llobell, Lee Pace, Leah Harvey, Laura Birn, Terrence Mann
- Genre Drama, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
- Available on Apple TV Plus
Annika
Glasgow detective Annika is put in charge of a new homicide unit focused on murders by the shore.
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- United Kingdom • 2021
- Creator Nick Walker
- Cast Nicola Walker, Silvie Furneaux, Katie Leung, Jamie Sives, Ukweli Roach
- Genre Crime, Drama, Mystery
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, PBS Masterpiece Amazon Channel
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
The Killing of a Sacred Deer
Domestic bliss requires sacrifice.
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- United Kingdom, Ireland, United States • 2017
- Director Yorgos Lanthimos
- Cast Colin Farrell, Nicole Kidman, Barry Keoghan, Raffey Cassidy, Sunny Suljic, Alicia Silverstone
- Genre Drama, Thriller, Mystery
- Available on Showtime Apple TV Channel, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Spectrum On Demand, Tubi TV, VUDU Free, Xumo Play, Kanopy, Plex, Plex Player
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
One ring to rule them all
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- New Zealand, United States • 2001
- Director Peter Jackson
- Cast Elijah Wood, Ian McKellen, Viggo Mortensen, Sean Astin, Liv Tyler, Orlando Bloom
- Genre Adventure, Fantasy, Action
- Available on Max Amazon Channel, Max, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Spectrum On Demand, AMC on Demand
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 Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, AMC on Demand
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, Vudu, 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, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Apple TV, Vudu, Amazon Video
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Carmine Street Guitars
Ron Mann · 2018 · Canada
This documentary chronicles five days in the life of a Carmine Street Guitars, a small guitar store in New York City’s Greenwich Village. It features conversations between Rick Kelly, the store’s owner, and a variety of famous legends about music, guitars, and Kelly’s own guitar-making process.
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Roma
A meditative portrait of a domestic worker's journey through adversity in turbulent 1970s Mexico City.
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- Mexico, United States • 2018
- Director Alfonso Cuarón
- Cast Yalitza Aparicio, Marina de Tavira, Diego Cortina Autrey, Carlos Peralta, Marco Graf, Daniela Demesa
- Genre Drama
- Available on Netflix, Netflix basic with Ads
Athena
In the wake of the apparent police killing of a 13-year-old French-Algerian boy, social turmoil erupts through the eyes of his three older brothers.
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- France • 2022
- Director Romain Gavras
- Cast Dali Benssalah, Anthony Bajon, Alexis Manenti, Ouassini Embarek, Sami Slimane, Radostina Rogliano
- Genre Action, Drama, Thriller
- Available on Netflix, Netflix basic with Ads
The Heiresses
(Las herederas)
After her girlfriend is imprisoned on fraud charges, Chela is forced to face a new reality.
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- Paraguay, Germany, Uruguay • 2018
- Director Marcelo Martinessi
- Cast Ana Brun, Margarita Irún, Ana Ivanova, Nilda Gonzalez, María Martins, Alicia Guerra
- Genre Drama
- Available on Hoopla, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Amazon Video
Ruben Brandt, Collector
Ruben Brandt, a famous psychotherapist, is forced to steal 13 paintings from world-renowned museums and private collections to prevent his suffering from terrible nightmares.
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- Hungary • 2018
- Director Milorad Krstić
- Cast Iván Kamarás, Gabriella Hámori, Zalán Makranczi, Csaba Márton, Paul Bellantoni, Matt Devere
- Genre Animation, Action, Thriller, Crime
- Available on Starz, Starz Roku Premium Channel, Starz Amazon Channel, Starz Apple TV Channel, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Spectrum On Demand
Nafi's Father
(Baamum Nafi)
An imam and his powerful brother fight over the wedding of the brother's child and its effects on the town.
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- Senegal • 2019
- Director Mamadou Dia
- Cast Alassane Sy, Aïcha Talla, Saikou Lo, Penda Daly Sy, Alassane Ndoye, Abdou Yerim Ndiaye
- Genre Drama
- Available on MZ Choice Amazon Channel, Topic
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
Portrait of a Lady on Fire
(Portrait de la jeune fille en feu)
Marianne, a painter, is commissioned to do the wedding portrait of Héloïse, a young woman who has just left the convent.
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- France • 2019
- Director Céline Sciamma
- Cast Noémie Merlant, Adèle Haenel, Luàna Bajrami, Valeria Golino, Christel Baras, Armande Boulanger
- Genre Drama, History, Romance
- Available on Hulu, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, YouTube, Kanopy
Sundown
While vacationing in Mexico, Neil and his family’s tight-knit order is disrupted by a distant family emergency.
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- France, Mexico • 2022
- Director Michel Franco
- Cast Tim Roth, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Iazua Larios, Henry Goodman, Albertine Kotting
- Genre Drama
- Available on Hulu, Hoopla, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, AMC on Demand, Kanopy
The Northman
A viking prince returns home after years of training in order to take revenge on his uncle.
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- United States • 2022
- Director Robert Eggers
- Cast Alexander Skarsgård, Nicole Kidman, Claes Bang, Anya Taylor-Joy, Ethan Hawke, Björk
- Genre Action, Adventure, Drama
- Available on Starz, Starz Roku Premium Channel, Starz Amazon Channel, Starz Apple TV Channel, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Spectrum On Demand, FlixFling, AMC on Demand
Uppercase Print
(Tipografic Majuscul)
The heroic story of Romanian teenager Mugur Călinescu, whose graffiti messages protesting dictator Nicolae Ceausescu made him a target of the secret police.
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- Romania • 2020
- Director Radu Jude
- Cast Bogdan Zamfir, Serban Lazarovici, Ioana Iacob, Șerban Pavlu, Alexandru Potocean, Silvian Vâlcu
- Genre Documentary, Drama, History
- Available on Kanopy
José
The coming-of-age story of a young gay man in Guatemala who must choose between his home and his heart.
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- Guatemala, United States • 2020
- Director Li Cheng
- Cast Enrique Salanic, Manolo Herrera, Ana Cecilia Mota, Jhakelyn Waleska Gonzalez Gonzalez, Esteban Lopez Ramirez
- Genre Drama
- Available on Hoopla, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube, Tubi TV, Freevee
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, Vudu, YouTube, Pluto TV
Aquarela
A film that explores and investigates water in all of its forms.
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- United Kingdom, Germany, Denmark • 2019
- Director Viktor Kossakovsky
- Cast
- Genre Documentary
- Available on Starz Apple TV Channel, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube, AMC on Demand
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, Vudu, YouTube, Kanopy
The Whistlers
(La Gomera)
A corrupt policeman is intent on freeing a crooked businessman from a prison on Gomera, an island in the Canaries.
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- Romania, France, Germany • 2019
- Director Corneliu Porumboiu
- Cast Vlad Ivanov, Catrinel Marlon, Rodica Lazăr, Sabin Tambrea, Agustí Villaronga, István Téglás
- Genre Crime, Thriller
- Available on Amazon Prime Video, Apple TV, Vudu, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, VUDU Free, Amazon Prime Video with Ads
The Worst Person in the World
(Verdens Verste Menneske)
Julie must navigate the troubled waters of her romantic life while struggling to find her career path in contemporary Oslo.
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- Norway • 2021
- Director Joachim Trier
- Cast Renate Reinsve, Anders Danielsen Lie, Herbert Nordrum, Hans Olav Brenner, Helene Bjørnebye, Vidar Sandem
- Genre Comedy, Drama, Romance
- Available on Hulu, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, AMC on Demand, Kanopy
Just 6.5
(متری شش و نیم)
Who is trafficking all these drugs for just 6.5 addicts?
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- Iran • 2019
- Director Saeed Roustaee
- Cast Payman Maadi, Navid Mohammadzade, Parinaz Izadyar, Farhad Aslani, Houman Kiai, Maziar Seyedi
- Genre Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
- Available on Google Play Movies, Apple TV
I May Destroy You
After a traumatic event, Arabella is finds herself reevaluating her life.
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- United Kingdom, United States • 2020
- Creator Michaela Coel
- Cast Michaela Coel
- Genre Drama
- Available on Apple TV, Vudu, Amazon Video, Spectrum On Demand, Max Amazon Channel, Max
The Tourist
An amnesiac stranded in Australia has to piece together his past while being hunted by mysterious figures.
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- United Kingdom, Australia, United States • 2022
- Creator Harry Williams, Jack Williams
- Cast Jamie Dornan, Danielle Macdonald, Shalom Brune-Franklin
- Genre Drama, Mystery
- Available on Netflix, Netflix basic with Ads
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Întregalde
Radu Muntean · 2021 · Romania
The suspense story follows a group of three humanitarians from Bucharest, whose mission in a remote village in the Apuseni Mountains goes awry. The three humanitarians are left stranded after their car gets stuck in a ditch on the way to drop off a hitchhiker in Întregalde.
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20 Days in Mariupol
(20 днів у Маріуполі)
As the Russian invasion begins, a team of Ukrainian journalists trapped in the besieged city of Mariupol struggles to continue their work.
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- Ukraine • 2023
- Director Mstyslav Chernov
- Cast
- Genre Documentary, War
- Available on Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube
A Light Never Goes Out
(燈火闌珊)
Accomplishing her late husband's wish of remaining a mysterious neon sign, a depressed middle-aged widow and the neon signmaker's protégé discover surprises and bitterness amidst the city's vanishing glow.
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- Hong Kong • 2023
- Director Anastasia Tsang
- Cast Sylvia Chang, Simon Yam, Cecilia Choi, Henick Chou
- Genre Drama
- Available on Vudu
The Burial of Kojo
When her father is left for dead in an abandoned mineshaft, young Esi embarks on a magical journey to rescue him.
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- Ghana, United States • 2018
- Director Blitz Bazawule
- Cast Ama K. Abebrese, Joe Addo, Henry Adofo, Kobina Amissah-Sam, Brian Angels, Cynthia Dankwa
- Genre Drama, Fantasy, Thriller
- Available on Criterion Channel
Ayka
(Айка)
A young immigrant worker in Moscow desperately works to pay off her debts while dealing with postpartum health issues.
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- Russia, Germany, Poland • 2019
- Director Sergei Dvortsevoy
- Cast Samal Yeslyamova, Dzhipargul Abdilova, David Alaverdyan, Cholponay Borubaeva, Nurzhan Kunnazarova
- Genre Drama
- Available on MUBI, MUBI Amazon Channel
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, Max, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube, Spectrum On Demand, Microsoft Store
The Restless
(Les Intranquilles)
A bipolar painter's family life becomes strained as his disorder grows less manageable.
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- Belgium, France, Luxembourg • 2021
- Director Joachim Lafosse
- Cast Leïla Bekhti, Damien Bonnard, Gabriel Merz Chammah, Patrick Descamps, Jules Waringo, Alexandre Gavras
- Genre Drama, Family
- Available on Film Movement Plus
Hammer
Having a bad day? Maybe Dad can help.
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- Canada • 2019
- Director Christian Sparkes
- Cast Will Patton, Mark O'Brien, Dayle McLeod, Lara Jean Chorostecki, Ben Cotton, Connor Price
- Genre Crime, Drama, Thriller
- Available on Amazon Prime Video, The Roku Channel, Amazon Prime Video with Ads
PLUTO
When the world's seven most advanced robots and their human allies are murdered one by one, Inspector Gesicht soon discovers that he's also in danger.
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- • 2023
- Creator Toshio Kawaguchi
- Cast Shinshu Fuji, Yoko Hikasa, Minori Suzuki
- Genre Animation, Mystery, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
- Available on Netflix, Netflix basic with Ads
Walk Up
(탑)
A director and his estranged daughter tour a building owned by an old friend, who is also the designer.
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- Korea • 2022
- Director Hong Sang-soo
- Cast Kwon Hae-hyo, Lee Hye-young, Song Sun-mi, Cho Yun-hee, Park Mi-so, Shin Seok-ho
- Genre Drama
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, YouTube
The Tourist
An amnesiac stranded in Australia has to piece together his past while being hunted by mysterious figures.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- United Kingdom, Australia, United States • 2022
- Creator Harry Williams, Jack Williams
- Cast Jamie Dornan, Danielle Macdonald, Shalom Brune-Franklin
- Genre Drama, Mystery
- Available on Netflix, Netflix basic with Ads
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, Vudu, Amazon Video, Paramount Plus, Paramount+ Amazon Channel, Paramount+ Roku Premium Channel, Paramount Plus Apple TV Channel
Criminal Record
A young hotshot detective butts heads with a seasoned veteran over the apparent mishandling of an old murder case.
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- United Kingdom, United States • 2024
- Creator Paul Rutman
- Cast Peter Capaldi, Cush Jumbo
- Genre Crime, Drama
- Available on Apple TV Plus
Spotlight: Cyberpunk Around the World
Cyberpunk is the sci-fi genre of “high-tech and low-life,” but it’s not just neon and rain. Cyberpunk examines human relationships with technology and the corruption of progress by greed. Look to the future for a grim picture of the present.
Burst City
(爆裂都市)
Bikers, yakuza, and real-life punk bands gather in a dystopic Tokyo after a nuclear powerplant is set to be constructed.
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- Japan • 1982
- Director Gakuryu Ishii
- Cast Michiro Endo, Shigeru Izumiya, Takanori Jinnai, Kou Machida, Shigeru Muroi, Hitomi Tsurukawa
- Genre Action, Music, Science Fiction
- Available on ARROW, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, YouTube
Metropolis
This silent science-fiction classic follows a couple from different backgrounds who attempt to reform a dystopian city defined by class division.
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- Germany • 1927
- Director Fritz Lang
- Cast Gustav Fröhlich, Brigitte Helm, Alfred Abel, Rudolf Klein-Rogge, Theodor Loos, Fritz Rasp
- Genre Drama, Science Fiction
- Available on Hoopla, fuboTV, FlixFling, Classix, Metrograph, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube, Kino Now, Crackle, Tubi TV, The Roku Channel, Pluto TV, Kanopy, Plex, Popflick, Plex Player
Akira
(AKIRA
)
Neo-Tokyo is about to E.X.P.L.O.D.E.
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- Japan • 1988
- Director Takashi Nakamura
- Cast Mitsuo Iwata, Nozomu Sasaki, Mami Koyama, Tesshou Genda, Hiroshi Ohtake, Kōichi Kitamura
- Genre Science Fiction, Animation
- Available on Hulu, Crunchyroll, Crunchyroll Amazon Channel, Vudu
Ghost in the Shell
(GHOST IN THE SHELL/攻殻機動隊
)
A group of cybernetically enhanced cops are called into a stop a biohacking threat.
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- Japan, United Kingdom • 1995
- Director Mamoru Oshii
- Cast Atsuko Tanaka, Akio Otsuka, Iemasa Kayumi, Kouichi Yamadera, Yutaka Nakano, Tesshou Genda
- Genre Action, Animation, Science Fiction
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Spectrum On Demand, AMC on Demand, Tubi TV, Freevee
Decoder
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- West Germany • 1984
- Director Muscha
- Cast FM Einheit, William Rice, Christiane Felscherinow, William S. Burroughs, Genesis P-Orridge, Ralf Richter
- Genre Horror, Mystery, Science Fiction
- Available on Fandor Amazon Channel, Tubi TV
Alphaville
(Alphaville, une étrange aventure de Lemmy Caution)
A spy journeys to a tyrannical space city to complete three secret missions.
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- France, Italy • 1965
- Director Jean-Luc Godard
- Cast Eddie Constantine, Anna Karina, Akim Tamiroff, Howard Vernon, Christa Lang, Valérie Boisgel
- Genre Drama, Science Fiction, Mystery
- Available on Hoopla, Kanopy
Upgrade
Not man. Not machine. More.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Australia • 2018
- Director Leigh Whannell
- Cast Logan Marshall-Green, Betty Gabriel, Harrison Gilbertson, Simon Maiden, Benedict Hardie, Melanie Vallejo
- Genre Action, Thriller, Science Fiction
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, AMC on Demand
eXistenZ
Play it. Live it. Kill for it.
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- Canada, United Kingdom, France • 1999
- Director David Cronenberg
- Cast Jennifer Jason Leigh, Christopher Eccleston, Jude Law, Ian Holm, Willem Dafoe, Don McKellar
- Genre Action, Thriller, Science Fiction, Horror
- Available on Showtime Apple TV Channel, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Pluto TV, Kanopy
Dark City
Memory loss, manipulation, and paranoia abound in this neo-noir sci-fi film.
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- Australia, United States • 1998
- Director Alex Proyas
- Cast Rufus Sewell, William Hurt, Kiefer Sutherland, Jennifer Connelly, Richard O'Brien, Ian Richardson
- Genre Mystery, Science Fiction
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Tubi TV, The Roku Channel
Ex Machina
After winning a contest to spend a week with the CEO of his company, coder Caleb is given the opportunity of a lifetime
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- United Kingdom • 2015
- Director Alex Garland
- Cast Domhnall Gleeson, Alicia Vikander, Oscar Isaac, Sonoya Mizuno, Corey Johnson, Claire Selby
- Genre Drama, Science Fiction
- Available on Cinemax Amazon Channel, Max Amazon Channel, Max, Cinemax Apple TV Channel, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, FlixFling, Spectrum On Demand, Kanopy
Dredd
Part judge, part jury, all executioner.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- United Kingdom, South Africa, United States • 2012
- Director Pete Travis
- Cast Karl Urban, Olivia Thirlby, Lena Headey, Wood Harris, Langley Kirkwood, Tamer Burjaq
- Genre Action, Science Fiction
- Available on Peacock Premium, AMC+, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Vudu, AMC on Demand, Plex Player
Pulse
(回路)
After one of their friends commits suicide, strange things begin happening to a group of young Tokyo residents.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 2001
- Director Kiyoshi Kurosawa
- Cast Haruhiko Katō, Kumiko Aso, Koyuki, Kurume Arisaka, Masatoshi Matsuo, Shinji Takeda
- Genre Horror, Thriller
- Available on Amazon Prime Video, Hoopla, AMC+, AMC+ Amazon Channel, Apple TV, Vudu, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, Tubi TV, The Roku Channel, VUDU Free, Peacock, Peacock Premium, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Plex, Plex Player
Tetsuo: The Iron Man
(鉄男)
A salaryman undergoes a gruesome transformation which turns his flesh into metal.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 1989
- Director Kei Fujiwara
- Cast Tomorowo Taguchi, Kei Fujiwara, Nobu Kanaoka, Shinya Tsukamoto, Naomasa Musaka, Renji Ishibashi
- Genre Horror, Science Fiction
- Available on MUBI, Shudder, Fandor Amazon Channel, MUBI Amazon Channel, Shudder Amazon Channel, AsianCrush, AMC+, AMC+ Amazon Channel, ARROW, Midnight Pulp, Shudder Apple TV Channel, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Kanopy
Technotise: Edit and I
(Technotise - Edit i ja)
A girl installs black-market cybernetics to give her an edge on an exam, but the chip ends up giving her so much more.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Serbia • 2009
- Director Aleksa Gajić, Nebojša Andrić, Stevan Đorđević
- Cast Sanda Knežević, Nikola Đuričko, Nebojša Glogovac, Marija Karan, Igor Bugarski, Tatjana Đorđević
- Genre Animation, Science Fiction, Thriller
- Available on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Video, Tubi TV, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Plex, Plex Player
World on a Wire
(Welt am Draht)
Cybernetics engineer Fred Stiller uncovers a massive corporate conspiracy involving a virtual reality computer project.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- West Germany • 1973
- Director Rainer Werner Fassbinder
- Cast Klaus Löwitsch, Barbara Valentin, Mascha Rabben, Karl-Heinz Vosgerau, Wolfgang Schenck, Günter Lamprecht
- Genre Drama, Science Fiction, Thriller, Mystery
- Available on Criterion Channel
Avalon
A bleak future world finds young people increasingly addicted to a potentially deadly battle simulation game.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan, Poland • 2001
- Director Mamoru Oshii
- Cast Małgorzata Foremniak, Władysław Kowalski, Jerzy Gudejko, Dariusz Biskupski, Bartłomiej Świderski, Katarzyna Bargiełowska
- Genre Action, Science Fiction
- Available on Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video
Neptune Frost
A sci-fi punk musical about two lovers that create an anti-colonialist hacker collective in Rwanda.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- United States, Rwanda • 2022
- Director Saul Williams, Anisia Uzeyman
- Cast Cheryl Isheja, Bertrand Ninteretse, Eliane Umuhire, Elvis Ngabo, Rebecca Mucyo, Trésor Niyongabo
- Genre Drama, Music, Science Fiction
- Available on Criterion Channel, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube, Kino Now, Kanopy