Hannah Benson
New York NY
Currently a senior at NYU studying Literature and French. An aspiring film critic.
Isolation Spotlight
Two Years at Sea
Follow a bearded Scottish hermit as he goes about his outcast life.
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- United Kingdom • 2011
- Director Ben Rivers
- Cast Jake Williams
- Genre Documentary
- Available on MUBI, MUBI Amazon Channel, Apple TV, Kanopy
Wild Strawberries
(Smultronstället)
A retired doctor reflects on his life during a long road trip to receive an honorary degree.
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- Sweden • 1957
- Director Ingmar Bergman
- Cast Victor Sjöström, Bibi Andersson, Ingrid Thulin, Gunnar Björnstrand, Jullan Kindahl, Gunnar Sjöberg
- Genre Drama
- Available on Criterion Channel, Max Amazon Channel, Apple TV, Amazon Video, Kanopy
In the Mood for Love
(花樣年華)
Longing and loneliness collide in this understated romance.
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- Hong Kong, China • 2000
- Director Wong Kar-wai
- Cast Tony Leung Chiu-Wai, Maggie Cheung, Rebecca Pan, Kelly Lai Chen, Siu Ping-Lam, Mama Hung
- Genre Drama, Romance
- Available on Criterion Channel, Max Amazon Channel, Max, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube
Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter... and Spring
(봄 여름 가을 겨울 그리고 봄)
What you like, others will also like.
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- Korea, Germany • 2003
- Director Kim Ki-duk
- Cast Kim Ki-duk, Kim Young-min, Ha Yeo-jin, Oh Yeong-su, Seo Jae-kyeong, Kim Jong-ho
- Genre Drama
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Tubi TV
God's Own Country
A young farmer numbs his frustrations with binge drinking and casual sex, until the arrival of a Romanian migrant worker.
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- United Kingdom • 2017
- Director Francis Lee
- Cast Josh O'Connor, Alec Secareanu, Ian Hart, Gemma Jones, Patsy Ferran, Naveed Choudhry
- Genre Drama, Romance
- Available on Hoopla, AMC+ Amazon Channel, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube, Kanopy
Three Colors: Blue
(Trois couleurs : Bleu)
Julie distances herself from everywhere and everyone after her husband and daughter are killed in a car accident.
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- France, Poland, Switzerland • 1993
- Director Krzysztof Kieślowski
- Cast Juliette Binoche, Benoît Régent, Florence Pernel, Charlotte Véry, Hélène Vincent, Philippe Volter
- Genre Drama
- Available on Criterion Channel, Max Amazon Channel, Apple TV, Amazon Video
Le Samouraï
His only friend was his gun!
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- France, Italy • 1967
- Director Jean-Pierre Melville
- Cast Alain Delon, François Périer, Nathalie Delon, Cathy Rosier, Catherine Jourdan, Jacques Leroy
- Genre Crime, Thriller
- Available on Criterion Channel, TCM, Max Amazon Channel, Max, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube, Tubi TV, Kanopy
Hotel Monterey
(Hôtel Monterey)
Get a peak into the lives of the outcasts of Hotel Monterey.
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- Belgium, United States • 1972
- Director Chantal Akerman
- Cast
- Genre Documentary
- Available on Criterion Channel, Apple TV, Amazon Video
The Sower
(Le Semeur)
After all the men in Violette's village are arrested, the women must run everything without them.
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- France, Belgium • 2017
- Director Marine Francen
- Cast Pauline Burlet, Géraldine Pailhas, Alban Lenoir, Iliana Zabeth, Françoise Lebrun, Raphaëlle Agogué
- Genre Drama
- Available on Hoopla, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube, Kanopy, Plex, Plex Player
Louise by the Shore
(Louise en hiver)
Louise must survive winter all alone in a seaside resort town.
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- France, Canada, Belgium • 2016
- Director Jean-François Laguionie
- Cast Dominique Frot, Jean-François Laguionie, Diane Dassigny, Tom Anthony
- Genre Animation
- Available on OVID, Apple TV, Tubi TV, Kanopy
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 Cinemax Amazon Channel, Cinemax Apple TV Channel, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube, Spectrum On Demand, 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, Max, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, YouTube
Solaris
(Солярис)
A psychologist must keep his mind intact as he navigates a space station full of strange visions.
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- 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, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube
Amélie
(Le Fabuleux Destin d'Amélie Poulain)
A whimsical love letter to contemporary Parisian life in the form of an eccentric romantic comedy.
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- France, Germany • 2001
- Director Jean-Pierre Jeunet
- Cast Audrey Tautou, Mathieu Kassovitz, Rufus, Jamel Debbouze, Claire Maurier, Isabelle Nanty
- Genre Comedy, Romance
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Spectrum On Demand
The Passenger
(Professione: reporter)
He used to be somebody else…but he traded himself in.
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- Italy, Spain, France • 1975
- Director Michelangelo Antonioni
- Cast Jack Nicholson, Maria Schneider, Jenny Runacre, Ian Hendry, Steven Berkoff, Ambroise Mbia
- Genre Thriller, Drama
- Available on Vudu
Into Great Silence
(Die große Stille)
After sixteen years of waiting, Philip Gröning was finally allowed inside a French monastery.
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- France, Switzerland, Germany • 2005
- Director Philip Gröning
- Cast
- Genre Documentary
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Doctor spotlight
The English Surgeon
A doctor works to save patients with limited resources.
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- United Kingdom • 2009
- Director Geoffrey Smith
- Cast
- Genre Documentary
- Available on Amazon Video
The Freshmen
(Première année)
An unlikely friendship develops between two medical students in Paris.
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- France • 2018
- Director Thomas Lilti
- Cast Vincent Lacoste, William Lebghil, Alexandre Brazy, Darina Al Joundi, Michel Lerousseau
- Genre Comedy, Drama
- Available on Hoopla, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube, Tubi TV, VUDU Free, Kanopy
The Last King of Scotland
A Scottish doctor becomes the confidante of President Idi Amin.
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- United Kingdom, Germany • 2006
- Director Kevin Macdonald
- Cast Forest Whitaker, James McAvoy, Simon McBurney, Gillian Anderson, Kerry Washington, David Oyelowo
- Genre Drama
- Available on Starz Apple TV Channel, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, AMC on Demand
Concussion
Even legends need a hero.
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- United Kingdom, Australia, United States • 2015
- Director Peter Landesman
- Cast Will Smith, Alec Baldwin, Albert Brooks, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, David Morse, Arliss Howard
- Genre Drama
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, AMC on Demand
The Intouchables
(Intouchables)
In some friendships, opposites repel before they attract.
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- France • 2011
- Director Olivier Nakache
- Cast François Cluzet, Omar Sy, Audrey Fleurot, Anne Le Ny, Clotilde Mollet, Alba Gaïa Bellugi
- Genre Comedy, Drama
- Available on Hoopla, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Kanopy
The Death of Mr. Lazarescu
(Moartea domnului Lăzărescu)
A retired engineer falls ill and finds himself stuck in an ambulance with a talkative nurse.
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- Romania • 2005
- Director Cristi Puiu
- Cast Ioan Fiscuteanu, Luminița Gheorghiu, Doru Ana, Monica Bârlădeanu, Alina Berzunțeanu, Alexandru Potocean
- Genre Comedy, Drama
- Available on Vudu, VUDU Free, Kanopy
The Rebel Surgeon
(Rebellkirurgen)
A doctor moves to a remote village in Ethiopia searching for meaning and an escape from the highly regulated Swedish medical system.
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- Sweden, Norway • 2017
- Director Erik Gandini
- Cast Erik Erichsen, Sennait Erichsen
- Genre Documentary, TV Movie
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Darse cuenta
See without seeing, be without being... until you realize.
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- Argentina • 1984
- Director Alejandro Doria
- Cast Luis Brandoni, Dora Baret, Luisina Brando, Lito Cruz, Oscar Ferrigno, María Vaner
- Genre Drama
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Munna Bhai M.B.B.S.
(मुन्ना भाई एम बी बी एस)
He might just cure you.
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- India • 2003
- Director Rajkumar Hirani
- Cast Sanjay Dutt, Arshad Warsi, Sunil Dutt, Gracy Singh, Rohini Hattangadi, Boman Irani
- Genre Comedy, Drama
- Available on Amazon Prime Video, Apple TV, Amazon Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads
Call the Midwife
New midwife Jenny moves into a home with nuns and nurses as she settles into communal living.
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- United Kingdom • 2012
- Creator Heidi Thomas
- Cast Helen George, Jenny Agutter, Judy Parfitt, Pam Ferris
- Genre Drama, Family
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, Netflix, PBS, Hoopla, Spectrum On Demand, Netflix basic with Ads
Charité at War
(Charité)
Doctors at a Berlin hospital struggle under the political pressure of the Nazi regime.
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- Germany • 2017
- Creator Sönke Wortmann, Anno Saul
- Cast Mala Emde, Ulrich Noethen, Jannik Schümann, Luise Wolfram, Artjom Gilz, Jacob Matschenz
- Genre Drama
- Available on PBS Masterpiece Amazon Channel
Life
(라이프)
Drama ensues when a new director takes over Sangkook hospital.
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- Korea • 2018
- Creator Hong Jong-Chan
- Cast Lee Dong-wook, Cho Seung-woo, Won Jin-ah, Moon So-ri
- Genre Drama
- Available on Netflix, Netflix basic with Ads
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
Hannah's Recommendations
And Then We Danced
(და ჩვენ ვიცეკვეთ)
A dancer on the brink of adulthood falls unwillingly in love with his greatest rival.
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- Sweden, Georgia • 2019
- Director Levan Akin
- Cast Levan Gelbakhiani, Bachi Valishvili, Ana Javakishvili, Giorgi Tsereteli, Tamar Bukhnikashvili, Anano Makharadze
- Genre Drama, Romance
- Available on Amazon Prime Video, Hoopla, OVID, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube, Tubi TV, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Kanopy, Plex,
Babyteeth
Milla, a terminally ill teen, falls for a drug dealer named Moses.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- 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, IFC Films Unlimited Apple TV Channel, Apple TV, Amazon Video, Google Play Movies, Vudu, YouTube
The Wife
A demure and faithful wife reconsiders her endless devotion to her husband.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- United Kingdom, Sweden, United States • 2018
- Director Björn Runge
- Cast Glenn Close, Jonathan Pryce, Christian Slater, Max Irons, Annie Starke, Harry Lloyd
- Genre Drama
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube, Spectrum On Demand, AMC on Demand
Burning
(버닝)
Jongsu's solitude is interrupted when he runs into a childhood neighbor and her enigmatic friend.
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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 Drama, Mystery, Thriller
- Available on Netflix, Hoopla, Peacock Premium, AsianCrush, Netflix basic with Ads, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Kanopy
I Am Not Your Negro
A study of race in America then and now, inspired by James Baldwin's unpublished writings.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Switzerland, France, Belgium • 2017
- Director Raoul Peck
- Cast Samuel L. Jackson, James Baldwin, Malcolm X, Martin Luther King, Medgar Evers, Ray Charles
- Genre Documentary, History
- Available on Amazon Prime Video, Hoopla, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, FlixFling, Tubi TV, The Roku Channel, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Kanopy
The Souvenir
A young film student struggles to find her voice while navigating a relationship with a troubled man.
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- United Kingdom, United States • 2019
- Director Joanna Hogg
- Cast Honor Swinton Byrne, Tom Burke, Tilda Swinton, Richard Ayoade, Ariane Labed, Jaygann Ayeh
- Genre Romance, Mystery, Drama
- Available on Showtime Apple TV Channel, Max Amazon Channel, Max, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube
I May Destroy You
After a traumatic event, Arabella is finds herself reevaluating her life.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- 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
Stories We Tell
Every family has a story.
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- Canada • 2012
- Director Sarah Polley
- Cast Michael Polley, Harry Gulkin, Susy Buchan, John Buchan, Mark Polley, Joanna Polley
- Genre Documentary
- Available on Hoopla, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube, The Roku Channel, Freevee, Kanopy
God's Own Country
A young farmer numbs his frustrations with binge drinking and casual sex, until the arrival of a Romanian migrant worker.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- United Kingdom • 2017
- Director Francis Lee
- Cast Josh O'Connor, Alec Secareanu, Ian Hart, Gemma Jones, Patsy Ferran, Naveed Choudhry
- Genre Drama, Romance
- Available on Hoopla, AMC+ Amazon Channel, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube, Kanopy
Paterson
A week in the life of a working-class poet named Paterson and his partner Laura—a DIY creative force—as they find inspiration through their daily activities and modest means.
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- France, Germany, United States • 2016
- Director Jim Jarmusch
- Cast Adam Driver, Golshifteh Farahani, Barry Shabaka Henley, Method Man, Chasten Harmon, William Jackson Harper
- Genre Comedy, Drama, Romance
- Available on Amazon Prime Video, Vudu, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Freevee
School of Babel
(La cour de Babel)
A documentary that follows young students that recently moved to France as they navigate a new environment and educational system.
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- France • 2014
- Director Julie Bertuccelli
- Cast
- Genre Documentary
- Available on OVID, Apple TV, Amazon Video
Stranger by the Lake
(L'Inconnu du Lac)
Franck falls in love with Michel, an attractive, potent, and lethally dangerous man.
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- France • 2013
- Director Alain Guiraudie
- Cast Pierre Deladonchamps, Christophe Paou, Patrick d'Assumçao, Jérôme Chappatte, Mathieu Vervisch, Gilbert Traina
- Genre Drama, Thriller
- Available on Vudu, Amazon Video, Kanopy
Atlantics
(Atlantique)
When one comes back to claim what was left behind, what are the consequences?
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- France, Senegal, Belgium • 2019
- Director Mati Diop
- Cast Ibrahima Traore, Mame Bineta Sane, Aminata Kane
- Genre Drama, Romance
- Available on Netflix, Netflix basic with Ads
Lean on Pete
You can’t get anywhere on your own.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- United Kingdom • 2018
- Director Andrew Haigh
- Cast Charlie Plummer, Travis Fimmel, Steve Buscemi, Chloë Sevigny, Amy Seimetz, Steve Zahn
- Genre Drama, Adventure
- Available on Cinemax Amazon Channel, Cinemax Apple TV Channel, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube, Spectrum On Demand, Kanopy
A Bigger Splash
When Marianne invites a former lover and his teenage daughter to visit her and her husband on vacation, the couple is threatened by jealousy and dangerous sexual scenarios.
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- Italy, France • 2015
- Director Luca Guadagnino
- Cast Tilda Swinton, Matthias Schoenaerts, Ralph Fiennes, Dakota Johnson, Aurore Clément, Corrado Guzzanti
- Genre Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube, AMC on Demand
The Square
How much inhumanity does it take before you access your humanity?
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- Sweden, Germany, France • 2017
- Director Ruben Östlund
- Cast Claes Bang, Elisabeth Moss, Dominic West, Terry Notary, Christopher Læssø, Lise Stephenson Engström
- Genre Drama
- Available on Hoopla, Cinemax Amazon Channel, Max Amazon Channel, Max, Cinemax Apple TV Channel, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube, FlixFling