Marjorie Testa
Marjorie graduated in 2019 from Davidson College, where she studied Political Science and Studio Art. Her favorite way to watch films is smothered in blankets and surrounded by friends, or her cats, or (preferably) a combination of both.
Marjorie's Foreign Film Favorites
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
The Great Beauty
(La grande bellezza)
A colorful, enchanting tale of one man's search for grand beauty and purpose in the majestic city of Rome.
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- Italy, France • 2013
- Director Paolo Sorrentino
- Cast Toni Servillo, Carlo Verdone, Sabrina Ferilli, Carlo Buccirosso, Iaia Forte, Pamela Villoresi
- Genre Drama
- Available on Criterion Channel, Max Amazon Channel, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube
Cinema Paradiso
(Nuovo Cinema Paradiso)
A celebration of youth, friendship, and the everlasting magic of the movies.
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- Italy, France • 1988
- Director Giuseppe Tornatore
- Cast Philippe Noiret, Jacques Perrin, Marco Leonardi, Salvatore Cascio, Agnese Nano, Antonella Attili
- Genre Drama, Romance
- Available on Amazon Prime Video, MGM Plus, fuboTV, Paramount Plus, MGM Plus Amazon Channel, Paramount+ Roku Premium Channel, MGM Plus Roku Premium Channel, Paramount Plus Apple TV Channel , Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Kanopy
Call Me by Your Name
Is it better to speak or die?
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- Italy, France, Brazil • 2017
- Director Luca Guadagnino
- Cast Timothée Chalamet, Armie Hammer, Michael Stuhlbarg, Amira Casar, Esther Garrel, Victoire Du Bois
- Genre Drama, Romance
- Available on Amazon Prime Video, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Amazon Video, AMC on Demand, Amazon Prime Video with Ads
Train to Busan
(부산행)
Martial law is declared when a mysterious viral outbreak pushes Korea into a state of emergency.
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- Korea • 2016
- Director Yeon Sang-ho
- Cast Gong Yoo, Ma Dong-seok, Jung Yu-mi, Choi Woo-shik, Ahn So-hee, Kim Soo-an
- Genre Action, Horror, Thriller
- Available on Hoopla, Peacock, Kocowa, Hi-YAH, Showtime Apple TV Channel, Rakuten Viki, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, AMC on Demand, Tubi TV, The Roku Channel, Pluto TV, Kanopy, Plex
Princess Mononoke
(もののけ姫)
The fate of the world rests on the courage of one warrior.
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- Japan • 1997
- Director Hayao Miyazaki
- Cast Yōji Matsuda, Yuriko Ishida, Yūko Tanaka, Kaoru Kobayashi, Masahiko Nishimura, Tsunehiko Kamijô
- Genre Adventure, Animation, Fantasy
- Available on Max Amazon Channel, Max, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube
What We Do in the Shadows
Some interviews with some vampires.
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- New Zealand, United States • 2014
- Director Taika Waititi
- Cast Taika Waititi, Jemaine Clement, Jonny Brugh, Cori Gonzalez-Macuer, Stuart Rutherford, Ben Fransham
- Genre Comedy, Horror
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube
Akame ga Kill!
(アカメが斬る!)
A team of assassins rid their world of evil and corruption using incredible weapons.
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- Japan • 2014
- Creator
- Cast Yukari Tamura, Sora Amamiya, Sōma Saitō, Yū Asakawa, Anri Katsu, Ayaka Ohashi
- Genre Action & Adventure, Animation, Crime, Drama
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, Hulu, The Roku Channel
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 Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, AMC on Demand, Tubi TV, Plex
I'm Not Scared
(Io non ho paura)
A story about friendship, mystery, secrets, and crime in the 1970s Italian countryside.
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- Italy, Spain, United Kingdom • 2003
- Director Gabriele Salvatores
- Cast Giuseppe Cristiano, Dino Abbrescia, Aitana Sánchez-Gijón, Diego Abatantuono, Fabio Tetta, Riccardo Zinna
- Genre Mystery, Drama, Thriller, Crime
- Available on Vudu, Amazon Video
Spirited Away
(千と千尋の神隠し)
A ten-year-old girl must save her parents from hostile spirits.
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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 Max Amazon Channel, Max, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube
Good Bye, Lenin!
The German Democratic Republic lives on -- in 79 square meters!
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- Germany • 2003
- Director Wolfgang Becker
- Cast Daniel Brühl, Katrin Sass, Chulpan Khamatova, Maria Simon, Florian Lukas, Alexander Beyer
- Genre Comedy, Drama
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Tubi TV
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
Bend It Like Beckham
18-year-old Jess Bharma secretly joins a semi-pro soccer team in England, against her strict parent's wishes.
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- United Kingdom, Germany, United States • 2002
- Director Gurinder Chadha
- Cast Parminder Nagra, Keira Knightley, Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Anupam Kher, Shaheen Khan, Frank Harper
- Genre Comedy, Drama, Romance
- Available on Hulu, Disney Plus, Showtime Apple TV Channel, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Spectrum On Demand, AMC on Demand, The Roku Channel
The Rocky Horror Picture Show
Two straight-laced newlyweds find themselves the guests of maniacal transvestite alien Dr. Frank-N-Furter.
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- United Kingdom, United States • 1975
- Director Jim Sharman
- Cast Tim Curry, Susan Sarandon, Barry Bostwick, Richard O'Brien, Patricia Quinn, Nell Campbell
- Genre Comedy, Science Fiction, Fantasy, Horror
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, AMC on Demand
Gomorrah
(Gomorra)
Under the rule of the Camorra, residents of Naples and Caserta think only of power, money, and blood.
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- Italy • 2008
- Director Matteo Garrone
- Cast Toni Servillo, Gianfelice Imparato, Maria Nazionale, Salvatore Cantalupo, Gigio Morra, Marco Macor
- Genre Drama, Crime
- Available on Amazon Prime Video, Apple TV, Amazon Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads
Attack the Block
Inner City vs. Outer Space
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- United Kingdom, France • 2011
- Director Joe Cornish
- Cast Jodie Whittaker, John Boyega, Luke Treadaway, Nick Frost, Terry Notary, Selom Awadzi
- Genre Action, Comedy, Science Fiction
- Available on Cinemax Amazon Channel, Cinemax Apple TV Channel, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, AMC on Demand
The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert
Three drag queens journey through the Australian outback in a lavender tour bus named Priscilla.
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- Australia • 1994
- Director Stephan Elliott
- Cast Terence Stamp, Hugo Weaving, Guy Pearce, Bill Hunter, Sarah Chadwick, June Marie Bennett
- Genre Drama, Comedy
- Available on Hoopla, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube, Tubi TV, The Roku Channel, Pluto TV, Kanopy
Pride
Gay activists and mine workers form an unlikely partnership to fight for their rights in 1980s London.
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- United Kingdom, France • 2014
- Director Matthew Warchus
- Cast Bill Nighy, Imelda Staunton, Dominic West, Paddy Considine, Andrew Scott, George MacKay
- Genre Drama, Comedy
- Available on Hoopla, Showtime Apple TV Channel, Paramount Plus Apple TV Channel , Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube, Pluto TV
The Handmaiden
(아가씨)
Her heart may not be the only thing stolen.
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- Korea • 2016
- Director Park Chan-wook
- Cast Kim Min-hee, Kim Tae-ri, Ha Jung-woo, Cho Jin-woong, Kim Hae-sook, Moon So-ri
- Genre Drama, Romance, Thriller
- Available on Amazon Prime Video, Vudu
The Death of Stalin
In the Kremlin, no one can hear you scheme.
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- United Kingdom, France, Belgium • 2017
- Director Armando Iannucci
- Cast Steve Buscemi, Simon Russell Beale, Paddy Considine, Rupert Friend, Jason Isaacs, Olga Kurylenko
- Genre Comedy, History
- Available on MUBI, Hulu, MUBI Amazon Channel, AMC+, AMC+ Amazon Channel, AMC Plus Apple TV Channel , IFC Films Unlimited Apple TV Channel, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, AMC on Demand, The Roku Channel, Pluto TV, Kanopy, Plex
Ali: Fear Eats the Soul
(Angst essen Seele auf)
Finding love at an old age isn't always easy, but when Emmi meets Ali, both their lives are changed.
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- West Germany • 1974
- Director Rainer Werner Fassbinder
- Cast Brigitte Mira, El Hedi ben Salem, Barbara Valentin, Irm Hermann, Elma Karlowa, Anita Bucher
- Genre Romance, Drama
- Available on Criterion Channel, Max Amazon Channel, Max, Apple TV, Amazon Video
Tampopo
(タンポポ)
Two Japanese truck drivers help a widowed restaurant owner learn to cook amazing ramen noodles.
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- Japan • 1985
- Director Juzo Itami
- Cast Tsutomu Yamazaki, Nobuko Miyamoto, Ken Watanabe, Koji Yakusho, Rikiya Yasuoka, Hyôe Enoki
- Genre Comedy
- Available on Criterion Channel, Max Amazon Channel, Max, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, YouTube
Women in Politics
The Crown
The decades-spanning inside story of Queen Elizabeth II and the prime ministers who shaped post-war Britain.
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- United Kingdom • 2016
- Creator Peter Morgan
- Cast Olivia Colman, Tobias Menzies, Helena Bonham Carter, Josh O'Connor, Emma Corrin, Marion Bailey
- Genre Drama
- Available on Netflix, Netflix basic with Ads
Borgen
Denmark's first female Prime Minister grapples with her new role and the sacrifices she must make as her country's leader.
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- Denmark • 2010
- Creator Adam Price
- Cast Lars Knutzon, Lars Mikkelsen
- Genre Drama
- Available on Netflix, Netflix basic with Ads
The Kingmaker
A journey through the Marcos family's history of corruption, extravagance and brutality as former First Family of the Philippines.
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- Denmark, United States • 2019
- Director Lauren Greenfield
- Cast Imelda Marcos
- Genre Documentary
- Available on Showtime, fuboTV, Paramount+ Amazon Channel, Showtime Roku Premium Channel, Showtime Apple TV Channel, Paramount+ with Showtime, Paramount Plus Apple TV Channel , Vudu, Amazon Video
The Great Queen Seondeok
(선덕여왕)
A riveting historical piece about Queen Seondeok of Silla (632-647AD), the first female monarch in Korean history.
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- Korea • 2009
- Creator
- Cast Lee Yo-won, Nam Ji-hyeon, Kim Nam-gil, Ko Hyun-jung, Uhm Tae-woong, Lee Hyun-woo
- Genre Drama, History
- Available on Rakuten Viki, Kocowa, KoreaOnDemand
The Favourite
Two cousins compete viciously for the favor of their Queen.
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- Ireland, United Kingdom, United States • 2019
- Director Yorgos Lanthimos
- Cast Olivia Colman, Emma Stone, Rachel Weisz, Nicholas Hoult, Joe Alwyn, Mark Gatiss
- Genre Drama, History, Comedy
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, AMC on Demand
The Rise of Phoenixes
(天盛長歌)
An intense political drama set in the early years of the fictional Tiansheng dynasty.
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- China • 2018
- Creator
- Cast Chen Kun, Ni Ni, Ni Dahong, Qu Gaowei, Bai Jing Ting, Wang Ou
- Genre Drama
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Benazir Bhutto - Daughter of Power
(Benazir Bhutto - Tochter der Macht)
A documentary about Benazir Bhutto, former Pakistani prime minister and the world's first female Muslim leader.
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- Germany • 2008
- Director Philip Selkirk
- Cast
- Genre
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, YouTube
The Iron Lady
Power has a price.
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- United Kingdom, France • 2011
- Director Phyllida Lloyd
- Cast Meryl Streep, Anthony Stewart Head, Harry Lloyd, Jim Broadbent, Susan Brown, Alice da Cunha
- Genre History, Drama
- Available on Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, AMC on Demand, Tubi TV
The Edge of Democracy
(Democracia em Vertigem)
A disturbing exploration into the complex truths behind the unraveling of two Brazilian presidencies.
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- Brazil • 2019
- Director Petra Costa
- Cast Dilma Rousseff, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, Michel Temer, Eduardo Cunha, Jair Bolsonaro
- Genre Documentary
- Available on Netflix, Netflix basic with Ads
Eye in the Sky
American and British military officers face high stakes moral and political dilemmas as civilians enter the kill zone of a remotely operated drone.
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- United Kingdom, Canada • 2015
- Director Gavin Hood
- Cast Helen Mirren, Aaron Paul, Alan Rickman, Barkhad Abdi, Jeremy Northam, Phoebe Fox
- Genre Drama, Thriller, War
- Available on Max Amazon Channel, Max, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Kanopy
This Is Our Land
(Chez nous)
A young nurse runs for mayor as a member of a far-right political party.
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- France, Belgium • 2017
- Director Lucas Belvaux
- Cast André Dussollier, Guillaume Gouix, Catherine Jacob, Anne Marivin
- Genre Drama
- Available on OVID, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube, Tubi TV, VUDU Free, Kanopy
Advocate
(לאה צמל, עורכת דין)
The gripping true story of Lea Tsemel, a Jewish Israeli lawyer who represents Palestinian political prisoners.
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- Israel, Canada, Switzerland • 2019
- Director Philippe Bellaiche
- Cast Lea Tsemel
- Genre Documentary
- Available on Hoopla, Film Movement Plus, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube, Kanopy
2010s British Crime Dramas
Sherlock
The classic duo takes on modern London.
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- United Kingdom, United States • 2010
- Creator Mark Gatiss, Steven Moffat
- Cast Mark Gatiss, Una Stubbs
- Genre Crime, Drama, Mystery
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, Hulu, Microsoft Store, BritBox, BritBox Amazon Channel, Britbox Apple TV Channel
Luther
For Luther, the job always comes first. But his dedication may be both a blessing and a curse.
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- United Kingdom • 2010
- Creator Neil Cross
- Cast Idris Elba, Ruth Wilson, Dermot Crowley
- Genre Crime, Drama, Mystery
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, Tubi TV, BritBox, BritBox Amazon Channel, Hoopla, Pluto TV, Peacock, Britbox Apple TV Channel
Happy Valley
Catherine, a dedicated copper in West Yorkshire, must keep Calder Valley safe as she investigates drug cases.
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- United Kingdom • 2014
- Creator Sally Wainwright
- Cast Shane Zaza
- Genre Drama, Crime
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, Acorn TV, AcornTV Amazon Channel, fuboTV, Spectrum On Demand, AMC+ Amazon Channel, AMC Plus Apple TV Channel , Acorn TV Apple TV
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 Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, Amazon Prime Video, Tubi TV, The Roku Channel, PBS Masterpiece Amazon Channel, Plex, , Xumo Play, Amazon Prime Video with Ads
Endeavour
This prequel to the long-running series "Inspector Morse" follows the titular Endeavour Morse's early days as a detective with the Oxford City Police CID.
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- United Kingdom • 2013
- Creator Russell Lewis
- Cast Shaun Evans, Roger Allam, James Bradshaw, Sean Rigby
- Genre Crime, Drama, Mystery
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, Amazon Prime Video, PBS, PBS Masterpiece Amazon Channel, Amazon Prime Video with Ads
The Fall
Detective Superintendent Stella Gibson must work to keep Belfast safe from a dedicated killer.
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- United Kingdom • 2013
- Creator Allan Cubitt
- Cast Jamie Dornan, Gillian Anderson, John Lynch
- Genre Drama, Crime
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, Amazon Prime Video, Tubi TV, Acorn TV, Sundance Now, BritBox, AcornTV Amazon Channel, BritBox Amazon Channel, Hoopla, Pluto TV, Spectrum On Demand, AMC+ Amazon Channel, Plex, Britbox Apple TV Channel , AMC Plus Apple TV Channel , , DistroTV, Acorn TV Apple TV, Amazon Prime Video with Ads
Line of Duty
Steve Arnett and his partner Kate Fleming work to uncover corruption in the police force and bring those responsible to justice.
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- United Kingdom • 2012
- Creator Jed Mercurio
- Cast Martin Compston, Vicky McClure, Adrian Dunbar, Gregory Piper
- Genre Crime, Drama, Mystery
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, Redbox, Amazon Prime Video, Crackle, Hulu, Tubi TV, Acorn TV, BritBox, AcornTV Amazon Channel, BritBox Amazon Channel, The Roku Channel, Hoopla, fuboTV, Pluto TV, Peacock, Spectrum On Demand, Plex, Freevee, Britbox Apple TV Channel , , Acorn TV Apple TV, Amazon Prime Video with Ads
Informer
Raza, a young second-generation British-Pakistani man from London is coerced by Gabe, a counterterrorism officer, into informing.
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- United Kingdom • 2018
- Creator
- Cast Nabhaan Rizwan, Paddy Considine
- Genre Drama, Crime
- Available on MZ Choice Amazon Channel
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, Amazon Prime Video, BritBox, BritBox Amazon Channel, The Roku Channel, Britbox Apple TV Channel , Amazon Prime Video with Ads
Vera
A sharp detective with a messy life, detective inspector Vera Stanhope investigates crimes taking place in her "patch" of northeast England.
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- United Kingdom • 2011
- Creator Ann Cleeves
- Cast Brenda Blethyn, Jon Morrison
- Genre Crime, Drama, Mystery
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, BritBox, BritBox Amazon Channel, Hoopla, Britbox Apple TV Channel
Father Brown
Based on G. K. Chesterton's detective stories about a Catholic priest who doubles as an amateur detective.
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- United Kingdom • 2013
- Creator Tahsin Guner, Rachel Flowerday
- Cast Mark Williams, Sorcha Cusack, Nancy Carroll, Jack Deam
- Genre Drama, Crime, Mystery
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, BritBox, BritBox Amazon Channel, Hoopla, Britbox Apple TV Channel
Scott & Bailey
A detective constable odd couple duo investigate murders for the Manchester Metropolitan Police Department.
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- United Kingdom • 2011
- Creator Sally Wainwright
- Cast Lesley Sharp, Suranne Jones, Sally Lindsay
- Genre Crime, Drama
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, BritBox, BritBox Amazon Channel, Hoopla, Britbox Apple TV Channel
Celebrating Black History Month
Amandla! A Revolution in Four-Part Harmony
An exploration of the role that music played in the eradication of apartheid.
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- South Africa, United States • 2002
- Director Lee Hirsch
- Cast Walter Cronkite, F.W. de Klerk, Abdullah Ibrahim, Jesse Jackson, Duma Ka Ndlovu, Ronnie Kasrils
- Genre Documentary
- Available on Hoopla, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube, The Roku Channel, Pluto TV
The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind
A young Malawian genius uses invention and ambition to save his family and village from famine.
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- United Kingdom • 2019
- Director Chiwetel Ejiofor
- Cast Maxwell Simba, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Aïssa Maïga, Lily Banda, Joseph Marcell, Lemogang Tsipa
- Genre Drama, History
- Available on Netflix, Netflix basic with Ads
Belle
A unique period piece about Dido Elizabeth Belle, the mixed race daughter of a British aristocrat raised in high society.
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- United Kingdom • 2013
- Director Amma Asante
- Cast Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Tom Wilkinson, Sam Reid, Emily Watson, Sarah Gadon, Miranda Richardson
- Genre Drama, History
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, AMC on Demand
Sometimes in April
A Hutu man's story of family and processing the trauma of the Rwandan genocide.
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- France, Rwanda, United States • 2005
- Director Raoul Peck
- Cast Idris Elba, Carole Karemera, Pamela Nomvete, Oris Erhuero, Fraser James, Abby Mukiibi Nkaaga
- Genre Drama, History, TV Movie, War, War & Politics
- Available on Max Amazon Channel, Max, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube
A United Kingdom
A love story that shook an empire.
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- Czech Republic, United Kingdom, United States • 2016
- Director Amma Asante
- Cast David Oyelowo, Rosamund Pike, Tom Felton, Jack Davenport, Terry Pheto, Laura Carmichael
- Genre Drama, History, Romance
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, AMC on Demand
Yeelen
A young man with magical powers journeys to his uncle to request help in fighting his sorcerer father.
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- Mali, Burkina Faso, France • 1987
- Director Souleymane Cissé
- Cast Issiaka Kane, Balla Moussa Keita, Aoua Sangare, Ismaila Sarr, Niamanto Sanogo
- Genre Adventure, Drama, History
- Available on Kanopy
The African Doctor
(Bienvenue À Marly-Gomont)
A Congolese doctor and his family struggle to help the xenophobic citizens of a rural French village.
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- France • 2016
- Director Julien Rambaldi
- Cast Marc Zinga, Aïssa Maïga, Jonathan Lambert, Rufus, Bayron Lebli, Médina Diarra
- Genre Comedy, Drama
- Available on No streaming locations found.
The Black Power Mixtape 1967-1975
An examination of the evolution of the Black Power Movement in American society from 1967 to 1975.
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- Sweden, United States • 2011
- Director Göran Olsson
- Cast Abiodun Oyewole, Talib Kweli, Angela Davis, Harry Belafonte, Stokely Carmichael, Erykah Badu
- Genre Documentary
- Available on AMC+, AMC+ Amazon Channel, IFC Films Unlimited Apple TV Channel, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, YouTube, Kanopy
Concerning Violence
(Om våld)
Based on newly discovered archival material, this film portrays the most daring moments in the struggle for liberation in the Third World.
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- Sweden, Finland, Denmark • 2014
- Director Göran Olsson
- Cast Lauryn Hill
- Genre Documentary, History
- Available on Hoopla, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube, Kino Now, Kanopy
Olympic Pride, American Prejudice
An illuminating documentary about the 18 African Americans who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympic Games in Berlin.
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- Germany, United States • 2016
- Director Deborah Riley Draper
- Cast Blair Underwood
- Genre Documentary, History
- Available on Amazon Prime Video, fuboTV, Peacock, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, YouTube, Tubi TV, The Roku Channel, Pluto TV, Freevee, Amazon Prime Video with Ads
Small Axe
An anthology series consisting of five films telling stories from the lives of West Indian immigrants in London from the 1960s to 1980s.
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- United Kingdom • 2020
- Creator Steve McQueen
- Cast
- Genre Drama, History
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads
Selma
The inspiring story of the epic march at Selma, where, battered and bruised, protestors battled together for black suffrage, led by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
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- United Kingdom, United States, France • 2014
- Director Ava DuVernay
- Cast David Oyelowo, Tom Wilkinson, Carmen Ejogo, Tim Roth, Oprah Winfrey, Giovanni Ribisi
- Genre History, Drama
- Available on Amazon Prime Video, MGM Plus, fuboTV, Paramount Plus, Paramount+ Amazon Channel, MGM Plus Amazon Channel, MGM Plus Roku Premium Channel, Paramount Plus Apple TV Channel , Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Spectrum On Demand, FlixFling, AMC on Demand, Amazon Prime Video with Ads
Black Girl
(La Noire de...)
Senegalese woman goes to work for a family in France, only to be blindsided by her new employers' racism and brutality.
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- Senegal, France • 1966
- Director Ousmane Sembène
- Cast Mbissine Thérèse Diop, Anne-Marie Jelinek, Robert Fontaine, Momar Nar Sene, Toto Bissainthe, Sophie Leclerc
- Genre Drama
- Available on Criterion Channel, Max Amazon Channel, Max, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube, Plex
Timbuktu
The peaceful lives of a Timbuktu cattle herder and his family are abruptly upended by the arrival of militant Islamic rebels.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Mauritania, France • 2014
- Director Abderrahmane Sissako
- Cast Ibrahim Ahmed, Toulou Kiki, Layla Walet Mohamed, Abel Jafri, Kettly Noel, Hichem Yacoubi
- Genre Drama
- Available on MUBI, Fandor Amazon Channel, Cohen Media Amazon Channel, Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, YouTube, Kino Now, Tubi TV, Kanopy
Fig Tree
(עץ תאנה)
A Jewish teenager tries to keep her Christian boyfriend from conscription in the Ethiopian War as her family prepares to flee.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Israel, France, Ethiopia • 2018
- Director Alamork Davidian
- Cast Betalehem Asmamawe, Rodas Gizaw, Weyenshiet Belachew, Yohannes Musa, Mitiku Haylu
- Genre Drama
- Available on Chai Flicks, Amazon Video, Tubi TV, 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, Redbox, FlixFling, Crackle, Tubi TV, The Roku Channel, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Kanopy
The Politics of Music
Trances
(El hal)
The story of Nass El Ghiwane, the "Rolling Stones of Africa."
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Morocco, France • 1981
- Director Ahmed El Maanouni
- Cast Nass-El Ghiwane, Larbi Batma, Larbi Batma, Omar Sayed, Abderrahman Paco
- Genre Documentary, Music
- Available on Criterion Channel
Electro Shaabi
(Electro Chaabi)
In the slums of Cairo, rebellious youths find release in the feverish rhythms of Electro Chaabi.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Egypt, France • 2013
- Director Hind Meddeb
- Cast
- Genre Documentary, Music
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, YouTube
Song from the Forest
25 years ago, Louis Sarno heard a song on the radio and followed its melody into the Central Africa Jungle.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Germany • 2014
- Director Michael Obert
- Cast Louis Sarno, Samedi Mathurin Bokombe, Brad Connor, Jim Jarmusch
- Genre Documentary
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, YouTube
Mama Goema: The Cape Town Beat in Five Movements
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- South Africa • 2011
- Director Angela Ramirez
- Cast
- Genre Music, Documentary, History
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Mali Blues
A documentary showcasing four musicians in Mali who perform in the face of the takeover of much of the country by Islamic fundamentalists.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Germany, Mali • 2016
- Director Lutz Gregor
- Cast
- Genre
- Available on OVID, Apple TV, Amazon Video, Kanopy
Black Films - General
Morris from America
The romantic, coming-of-age misadventures of a 13-year-old American who just relocated to Germany with his single father.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Germany, United States • 2016
- Director Chad Hartigan
- Cast Markees Christmas, Craig Robinson, Lina Keller, Carla Juri, Jakub Gierszał
- Genre Drama, Romance
- Available on Cinemax Amazon Channel, Cinemax Apple TV Channel, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Kanopy
Smoke
Where there's smoke... there's laughter!
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Germany, Japan, United States • 1995
- Director Paul Auster
- Cast Harvey Keitel, William Hurt, Giancarlo Esposito, José Zúñiga, Stephen Gevedon, Jared Harris
- Genre Comedy, Drama
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube, AMC on Demand, Pluto TV
To Sir, with Love
A teacher in London's East End takes an unconventional approach to connecting with his rebellious students.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- United Kingdom • 1967
- Director James Clavell
- Cast Sidney Poitier, Christian Roberts, Judy Geeson, Suzy Kendall, Lulu, Ann Bell
- Genre Drama
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube
Leave It on the Floor
Step Up and Vogue!
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Canada, United States • 2011
- Director Sheldon Larry
- Cast Cameron Koa, Ephraim Sykes, Phillip Evelyn, Michael Franklin, Andre Darnell Myers, Miss Barbie-Q
- Genre Music, Drama, War
- Available on Apple TV, Vudu, Amazon Video, The Roku Channel
War Witch
(Rebelle)
Behold, magic is in your soul...
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Canada • 2012
- Director Kim Nguyen
- Cast Rachel Mwanza, Alain Lino Mic Eli Bastien, Serge Kanyinda, Mizinga Mwinga, Ralph Prosper, Jean Kabuya
- Genre Drama, War
- Available on Hoopla, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube, Tubi TV, Pluto TV, Kanopy, Plex
Les Misérables
A policeman discovers how deep tensions run among gangs in the Parisian suburbs.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- France • 2019
- Director Ladj Ly
- Cast Damien Bonnard, Alexis Manenti, Djibril Zonga, Steve Tientcheu, Jeanne Balibar
- Genre Crime, Drama, Thriller
- Available on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Freevee
La Haine
In the banlieues of France, the immigrant populations' resentment simmers away -- until it starts to boil.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- France, United States • 1995
- Director Mathieu Kassovitz
- Cast Vincent Cassel, Hubert Koundé, Saïd Taghmaoui, Abdel Ahmed Ghili, Souleymane Dicko, Héloïse Rauth
- Genre Drama
- Available on Criterion Channel, Apple TV, Amazon Video
Lionheart
After her worthless uncle is put in charge of the family business, Adaeze must fight to save it.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Nigeria • 2019
- Director Genevieve Nnaji
- Cast Genevieve Nnaji, Nkem Owoh, Pete Edochie, Onyeka Onwenu
- Genre Drama, Comedy
- Available on Netflix, Netflix basic with Ads
Black Earth Rising
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- United Kingdom • 2018
- Creator
- Cast Michaela Coel, John Goodman, Noma Dumezweni, Lucian Msamati, Tyrone Huggins, Tamara Tunie
- Genre Drama, Crime
- Available on Netflix, Netflix basic with Ads
Sanditon
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- United Kingdom • 2019
- Creator Andrew Davies
- Cast Rose Williams, Anne Reid, Kris Marshall, Crystal Clarke, Jack Fox
- Genre Drama
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, PBS Masterpiece Amazon Channel
Òlòtūré
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Nigeria • 2019
- Director Kenneth Gyang
- Cast Ada Ameh, Beverly Osu, Blossom Chukwujekwu, Bukola Oladipupo, Daniel Etim Effiong, David Jones David
- Genre Drama, Crime
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Off the Rails
A man’s love of public transit has landed him in jail 32 times, impersonating NYC subway drivers and conductors.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Canada, United States • 2016
- Director Adam Irving
- Cast
- Genre Documentary
- Available on Lifetime Movie Club Amazon Channel, Lifetime Movie Club Apple TV Channel, Amazon Video
The First Grader
The true story of an 84 year-old Kenyan villager who fights for his right to go to school for the first time.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- United Kingdom, United States, Kenya • 2010
- Director Justin Chadwick
- Cast Naomie Harris, Tony Kgoroge, Nick Reding, Oliver Litondo, Alfred Munyua, Kamau Mbaya
- Genre Drama, Romance
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube, Redbox, AMC on Demand
Tsotsi
In this world... Redemption comes just once.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- United Kingdom, South Africa • 2005
- Director Gavin Hood
- Cast Presley Chweneyagae, Jerry Mofokeng, Terry Pheto, Kenneth Nkosi, Zenzo Ngqobe, Zola
- Genre Crime, Drama
- Available on Hoopla, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube
Nairobi Half Life
Have we decided to be the way we are?
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Kenya, Germany • 2012
- Director David 'Tosh' Gitonga
- Cast Joseph Wairimu, Olwenya Maina, Nancy Wanjiku Karanja, Mugambi Nthiga, Paul Ogola, Antony Ndung'u
- Genre Drama
- Available on Netflix, Netflix basic with Ads, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, YouTube, MovieSaints
Yesterday
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- South Africa • 2004
- Director Darrell James Roodt
- Cast Leleti Khumalo, Kenneth Khambula, Harriet Lenabe, Lihle Mvelase, Camilla Walker
- Genre Drama
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube
Timbuktu
The peaceful lives of a Timbuktu cattle herder and his family are abruptly upended by the arrival of militant Islamic rebels.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Mauritania, France • 2014
- Director Abderrahmane Sissako
- Cast Ibrahim Ahmed, Toulou Kiki, Layla Walet Mohamed, Abel Jafri, Kettly Noel, Hichem Yacoubi
- Genre Drama
- Available on MUBI, Fandor Amazon Channel, Cohen Media Amazon Channel, Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, YouTube, Kino Now, Tubi TV, Kanopy
Lila Says
(Lila dit ça)
A French girl engages a writer in a game of sexual discovery that walks the line between innocence and danger.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- France, United Kingdom • 2005
- Director Ziad Doueiri
- Cast Vahina Giocante, Moa Khouas, Karim Ben Haddou, Edmonde Franchi, Lotfi Chakri, Hamid Dkhissi
- Genre Crime, Drama, Romance
- Available on Hoopla, Apple TV, Amazon Video, Tubi TV, Xumo Play, Kanopy, Plex
Juju Factory
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Congo • 2007
- Director Balufu Bakupa-Kanyinda
- Cast Dieudonné Kabongo, Carole Karemera
- Genre Drama
- Available on No streaming locations found.
The Story of a Three-Day Pass
A black American soldier is demoted for fraternizing with a white girl in France.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- France • 1968
- Director Melvin Van Peebles
- Cast Harry Baird, Nicole Berger, Pierre Doris, Christian Marin
- Genre Drama, Romance
- Available on Criterion Channel, Max Amazon Channel, Max, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube
Dirty Pretty Things
Two immigrants only wish to avoid possible deportation. What happens when they unknowingly enter a corrupt situation?
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- United Kingdom • 2002
- Director Stephen Frears
- Cast Chiwetel Ejiofor, Audrey Tautou, Sergi López, Benedict Wong, Sophie Okonedo, Zlatko Burić
- Genre Crime, Drama, Thriller
- Available on Hoopla, Showtime Apple TV Channel, Paramount Plus Apple TV Channel , Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, AMC on Demand, Pluto TV
Daughters of the Dust
At the dawn of the twentieth century, a family from the Gullah community experiences a generational split.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- United Kingdom, United States • 1991
- Director Julie Dash
- Cast Cora Lee Day, Alva Rogers, Barbarao, Trula Hoosier, Umar Abdurrahamn, Adisa Anderson
- Genre Drama, Romance
- Available on MUBI, Fandor Amazon Channel, MUBI Amazon Channel, Criterion Channel, Cohen Media Amazon Channel, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, YouTube, Kino Now, Tubi TV, Kanopy
Girlhood
(Bande de filles)
A girl with few real prospects joins a gang, reinventing herself and gaining a sense of self confidence in the process.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- France • 2014
- Director Céline Sciamma
- Cast Karidja Touré, Assa Sylla, Lindsay Karamoh, Mariétou Touré, Idrissa Diabaté, Rabah Nait Oufella
- Genre Drama
- Available on Hoopla, Showtime Apple TV Channel, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube, Kanopy
Pressure
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- United Kingdom • 1976
- Director Horace Ové
- Cast Herbert Norville, Oscar James, Corinne Skinner-Carter, Frank Singuineau, Lucita Lijertwood, Sheila Scott-Wilkenson
- Genre Drama
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Frantz Fanon: Black Skin, White Mask
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- United Kingdom • 1996
- Director Isaac Julien
- Cast Colin Salmon, Frantz Fanon, Amir M. Korangy, Al Nedjari, Halima Daoud, Joey Attawia
- Genre Documentary, Drama
- Available on Hoopla, Apple TV, Vudu, Amazon Video, Tubi TV, Kanopy
No Fear, No Die
(S'en fout la mort)
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- France, West Germany • 1990
- Director Claire Denis
- Cast Isaach De Bankolé, Alex Descas, Jean-Claude Brialy, Solveig Dommartin, Christopher Buchholz, Gilbert Felmar
- Genre Drama
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Rafiki
When Kena and Ziki start to become more than friends, they need to make a choice between their happiness and their safety.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Kenya, South Africa, Germany • 2018
- Director Wanuri Kahiu
- Cast Samantha Mugatsia, Sheila Munyiva, Jimmi Gathu, Nini Wacera, Dennis Musyoka, Patricia Amira
- Genre Drama, Romance
- Available on Hoopla, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube, Spectrum On Demand, Kanopy
Queen Sono
A highly trained South African spy must face changes in her personal life while tackling her most dangerous mission yet.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- South Africa • 2020
- Creator Kagiso Lediga
- Cast Pearl Thusi
- Genre Action & Adventure, Drama, Crime
- Available on Netflix, Netflix basic with Ads
City of God
(Cidade de Deus)
Three young men embark on different yet intertwined paths as they try to survive in the dangerous favelas of Rio.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Brazil, France • 2002
- Director Fernando Meirelles
- Cast Alexandre Rodrigues, Leandro Firmino, Phellipe Haagensen, Douglas Silva, Jonathan Haagensen, Matheus Nachtergaele
- Genre Drama, Crime
- Available on Showtime Apple TV Channel, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube, Spectrum On Demand
Letters from Alou
(Las cartas de Alou)
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Spain • 1990
- Director Montxo Armendáriz
- Cast Mulie Jarju, Eulalia Ramón, Ahmed El-Maaroufi, Akonio Dolo, Albert Vidal, Rosa Morata
- Genre Drama
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Bamako
A trial in Mali’s capital city debates whether to take action against the IMF and World Bank as life goes on around the courtyard.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Mali, United States, France • 2006
- Director Abderrahmane Sissako
- Cast Aïssa Maïga, Tiécoura Traoré, Maimouna Hélène Diarra, Balla Habib Dembélé, Djénéba Koné
- Genre Drama
- Available on Hoopla, OVID, Apple TV, Amazon Video, Kanopy
Dry Season
(Daratt)
In postwar Chad, the government declares amnesty for war criminals and Atim is tasked by his grandfather with tracking down his father’s killer.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Chad, France, Belgium • 2006
- Director Mahamat-Saleh Haroun
- Cast Ali Barkai, Youssouf Djaoro, Aziza Hisseine, Aziza Hisseine, Khayar Oumar Defallah
- Genre Action, Drama, Thriller
- Available on MUBI, Amazon Video, Kanopy
Touki Bouki
(Touki-Bouki)
Tired of poverty, two Senegalese men steal money and clothing, then book passage to France to begin new lives.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Senegal • 1973
- Director Djibril Diop Mambéty
- Cast Magaye Niang, Myriam Niang, Christoph Colomb, Mustapha Ture, Aminata Fall
- Genre Drama, Romance
- Available on Criterion Channel, Max Amazon Channel, Max
Mandabi
An unemployed family man receives a money order from his nephew that he cannot cash due to endless bureaucratic obstacles.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- France, Senegal • 1968
- Director Ousmane Sembène
- Cast Makhouredia Gueye, Ynousse N'Diaye, Isseu Niang, Mustapha Ture, Mouss Diouf, Christoph Colomb
- Genre Comedy, Drama
- Available on Criterion Channel, Max Amazon Channel, Max
Hyenas
(Hyènes)
Linguere returns after being exiled for pregnancy out of wedlock, offering aid to the village if they execute her child's absentee father.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Senegal, France, Switzerland • 1992
- Director Djibril Diop Mambéty
- Cast Djibril Diop Mambéty, Mansour Diouf, Ami Diakhate, Makhouredia Gueye, Calgou Fall, Faly Gueye
- Genre Comedy, Drama
- Available on Metrograph, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, YouTube, Kino Now, Kanopy
Teza
Anberber needs to decide whether he wants to bear the strain or piece together a life from the fragments that lie around him.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Ethiopia, Germany, France • 2008
- Director Haile Gerima
- Cast Aaron Arefe, Abiye Tedla, Takelech Beyene, Teje Tesfahun, Nebiyu Baye
- Genre Drama
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Life on Earth
(La vie sur terre)
A man returns to his home country to visit his father and ends up befriending a beautiful woman.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Mali, Mauritania, France • 1998
- Director Abderrahmane Sissako
- Cast Abderrahmane Sissako, Nana Baby, Mohamed Sissako, Bourama Coulibaly, Keita Bina Gaousso, Mahamadou Dramé
- Genre Comedy, Drama
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Films About Animals
Virunga
Journalists and park rangers struggle to save the mountain gorillas and their natural habitat, and to expose political corruption.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- United Kingdom, Congo • 2014
- Director Orlando von Einsiedel
- Cast André Bauma, Emmanuel de Merode, Mélanie Gouby, Rodrigue Mugaruka Katembo, Vianney Kazarama
- Genre Documentary, War
- Available on Netflix, Netflix basic with Ads
Trophy
An in-depth look into the powerhouse industries of big-game hunting, breeding, and wildlife conservation in the U.S. and Africa.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- United Kingdom, Namibia, South Africa • 2017
- Director Christina Clusiau
- Cast Tim Black, Philip Glass, Christo Gomes, John Hume, Bill Travers Jr.
- Genre Documentary
- Available on Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube, Apple TV
Life on Earth
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- United Kingdom • 1979
- Creator David Attenborough
- Cast David Attenborough
- Genre Documentary
- Available on Tubi TV, Curiosity Stream, fuboTV, BBC Select Apple Tv channel, CuriosityStream Apple TV Channel
Docs that change your view on things
Plot for Peace
The untold story of apartheid's fall in South Africa and the mysterious businessman who helped secure Nelson Mandela's release from jail.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- South Africa • 2013
- Director Mandy Jacobson
- Cast Nelson Mandela, Winnie Mandela, Thabo Mbeki, Neels Van Tonder
- Genre Documentary
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Beyond Studio Ghibli (pre-2000s anime films)
Robot Carnival
(ロボットカーニバル
)
An anthology of nine robot themed shorts from some of Japan's most well known artists and directors.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 1987
- Director Koji Morimoto, Katsuhiro Otomo, Hiroyuki Kitakubo, Yasuomi Umetsu, Atsuko Fukushima, Hiroyuki Kitazume, Takashi Nakamura, Manabu Oohashi, Hidetoshi Omori
- Cast Kumiko Takizawa, Katsue Miwa, Chisa Yokoyama, Koji Moritsugu, Keiko Hanagata, Aya Murata
- Genre Animation, Science Fiction
- Available on Crunchyroll, Viewster Amazon Channel, Peacock, Vudu, Amazon Video, Tubi TV, The Roku Channel, Pluto TV, VUDU Free, Retrocrush, Freevee, Cineverse
Akira
(AKIRA
)
Neo-Tokyo is about to E.X.P.L.O.D.E.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- 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.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- 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, AMC on Demand, Tubi TV, Freevee
Perfect Blue
(パーフェクトブルー)
A retired pop singer starts to lose her hold on reality when she is stalked by an obsessive fan.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 1998
- Director Satoshi Kon
- Cast Junko Iwao, Rica Matsumoto, Shinpachi Tsuji, Masaaki Ōkura, Yōsuke Akimoto, Yoku Shioya
- Genre Animation, Thriller
- Available on Shudder, Shudder Amazon Channel, AMC+, AMC+ Amazon Channel, Shudder Apple TV Channel, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube
Ninja Scroll
(獣兵衛忍風帖)
Feudal Japan—a time of danger, intrigue and deception . . .
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 1993
- Director Yoshiaki Kawajiri
- Cast Koichi Yamadera, Emi Shinohara, Takeshi Aono, Daisuke Gouri, Toshihiko Seki, Shûichirô Moriyama
- Genre Adventure, Animation, Fantasy
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Barefoot Gen
(はだしのゲン)
Gen cares for his pregnant mother and assists other survivors in the aftermath of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 1983
- Director Mori Masaki
- Cast Issei Miyazaki, Masaki Kouda, Seiko Nakano, Takao Inoue, Yoshie Shimamura, Takeshi Aono
- Genre Animation, Drama, War
- Available on Viewster Amazon Channel, Retrocrush, Cineverse
Royal Space Force - The Wings Of Honneamise
(王立宇宙軍 オネアミスの翼)
On a future Earth, a small group seeks to propel mankind into space in order to escape Armageddon.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 1987
- Director Hiroyuki Yamaga
- Cast Leo Morimoto, Mitsuki Yayoi, Aya Murata, Kazuyuki Sogabe, Masato Hirano, Masahiro Anzai
- Genre Animation, Science Fiction
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Neo Tokyo
(迷宮物語)
Three shorts directed by the same names that brought you Metropolis, Ninja Scroll, and Akira.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 1989
- Director Katsuhiro Otomo, Yoshiaki Kawajiri, Rintaro
- Cast Banjo Ginga, Masane Tsukayama, Hideko Yoshida, Iemasa Kayumi, Hiroshi Ôtake, Kazumi Tanaka
- Genre Adventure, Animation, Fantasy, Science Fiction
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Memories
(MEMORIES)
An anime trilogy of sci-fi and the supernatural.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 1995
- Director Koji Morimoto, Katsuhiro Otomo, Tensai Okamura
- Cast Shigeru Chiba, Hisao Egawa
- Genre Animation, Fantasy, Science Fiction
- Available on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Kanopy
Vampire Hunter D
(吸血鬼ハンターD
)
A young girl requests the help of a vampire hunter to kill the vampire who has bitten her and thus prevent her from becoming a vampire herself.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 1985
- Director Toyoo Ashida
- Cast Kaneto Shiozawa, Michie Tomizawa, Seizō Katō, Ichirō Nagai, Kazuyuki Sogabe, Kan Tokumaru
- Genre Animation, Fantasy, Horror
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Jin-Roh: The Wolf Brigade
(人狼 JIN-ROH)
Trouble follows after officer Kazuki befriends the sister of a young girl he failed to stop from detonating a bomb.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 1999
- Director Hiroyuki Okiura
- Cast Yoshikatsu Fujiki, Sumi Mutou, Hiroyuki Kinosha, Eri Sendai, Kenji Nakagawa, Kohsei Hirota
- Genre Animation, Drama, Science Fiction, Thriller
- Available on Crunchyroll, Tubi TV
Angel's Egg
(天使のたまご)
A young girl protects a mysterious egg while exploring the ruins of a city and bonding with a young boy.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 1985
- Director Mamoru Oshii
- Cast Keiichi Noda, Mako Hyoudou, Jinpachi Nezu
- Genre Animation, Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Science Fiction
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Beyond Studio Ghibli (post-2000s anime films)
The Girl Who Leapt Through Time
(時をかける少女)
A teenage girl finds out she can travel through time and, after some missteps, must make things right again.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 2006
- Director Mamoru Hosoda
- Cast Riisa Naka, Takuya Ishida, Mitsutaka Itakura, Ayami Kakiuchi, Mitsuki Tanimura, Yuki Sekido
- Genre Animation, Drama, Fantasy, Science Fiction
- Available on Crunchyroll, Crunchyroll Amazon Channel, Apple TV
Your Name.
(君の名は。)
High schoolers Mitsuha and Taki are complete strangers living separate lives. But one night, they suddenly switch places.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 2016
- Director Makoto Shinkai
- Cast Ryunosuke Kamiki, Mone Kamishiraishi, Masami Nagasawa, Etsuko Ichihara, Ryou Narita, Aoi Yuki
- Genre Animation, Drama, Romance
- Available on Criterion Channel, Crunchyroll, Crunchyroll Amazon Channel, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, AMC on Demand
5 Centimeters per Second
(秒速5センチメートル)
Covering three stages of Takaki's life, from elementary school to adulthood, and the relationships with women that he navigates.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 2007
- Director Makoto Shinkai
- Cast Kenji Mizuhashi, Yoshimi Kondou, Satomi Hanamura, Risa Mizuno, Ayaka Onoue, Hiroshi Shimozaki
- Genre Animation, Drama, Romance
- Available on Criterion Channel, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Redbox
Weathering with You
(天気の子)
Hodaka runs away from home to rainy Tokyo and meets a young girl with a mysterious and magical power.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 2019
- Director Makoto Shinkai
- Cast Kotaro Daigo, Nana Mori, Tsubasa Honda, Sakura Kiryu, Sei Hiraizumi, Yūki Kaji
- Genre Animation, Drama, Fantasy, Romance
- Available on Hoopla, Max Amazon Channel, Max, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube
Metropolis
(メトロポリス)
Android Tima befriends young Kenichi, who must investigate how Tima is being used by those trying to gain destructive power.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 2001
- Director Rintaro
- Cast Kei Kobayashi, Yuka Imoto, Kōki Okada, Taro Ishida, Kousei Tomita, Norio Wakamoto
- Genre Animation, Science Fiction
- Available on No streaming locations found.
A Silent Voice: The Movie
(映画 聲の形
)
A high-school boy seeks forgiveness from the deaf girl he bullied in elementary school.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 2016
- Director Naoko Yamada
- Cast Miyu Irino, Saori Hayami, Aoi Yuki, Kensho Ono, Yuki Kaneko, Yui Ishikawa
- Genre Animation, Drama, Romance
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube
Wolf Children
(おおかみこどもの雨と雪)
After her werewolf lover unexpectedly dies in an accident, a woman must find a way to raise the son and daughter that she had with him.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 2012
- Director Mamoru Hosoda
- Cast Aoi Miyazaki, Takao Osawa, Haru Kuroki, Yukito Nishii, Momoka Ohno, Amon Kabe
- Genre Animation, Drama, Family, Fantasy
- Available on Crunchyroll, Crunchyroll Amazon Channel
Paprika
(パプリカ)
Just anyone can let themselves into your dreams now...
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 2006
- Director Satoshi Kon
- Cast Megumi Hayashibara, Tōru Furuya, Kouichi Yamadera, Katsunosuke Hori, Toru Emori
- Genre Animation, Drama, Mystery, Science Fiction, Thriller
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, AMC on Demand, Tubi TV
Tokyo Godfathers
(東京ゴッドファーザーズ)
A bizarre, heartwarming holiday tragicomedy film inspired by Peter B. Kyne's novel "Three Godfathers."
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 2003
- Director Satoshi Kon
- Cast Aya Okamoto, Yoshiaki Umegaki, Toru Emori, Satomi Kourogi, Mamiko Noto, Ryûji Saikachi
- Genre Animation, Drama
- Available on Amazon Prime Video, Hoopla, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, The Roku Channel, Freevee, Amazon Prime Video with Ads
Millennium Actress
(千年女優)
A documentary filmmaker interviews an aged actress about her legendary career.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 2002
- Director Satoshi Kon
- Cast Miyoko Shoji, Mami Koyama, Fumiko Orikasa, Shozo Iizuka, Masaya Onosaka, Showko Tsuda
- Genre Animation, Drama, Romance
- Available on Fandor Amazon Channel, Hoopla, Crunchyroll, Viewster Amazon Channel, Peacock, Retrocrush, AsianCrush, Crunchyroll Amazon Channel, Apple TV, Vudu, Amazon Video, Freevee, Cineverse, Shout! Factory TV, Plex
The Animatrix
A collection of short animated films that provide background for the Matrix universe from the creators of the Matrix trilogy.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- United States, Japan • 2003
- Director Koji Morimoto, Peter Chung, Andrew R. Jones, Yoshiaki Kawajiri, Takeshi Koike, Mahiro Maeda, Shinichiro Watanabe
- Cast Keanu Reeves, Carrie-Anne Moss, Clayton Watson, Pamela Adlon, Melinda Clarke
- Genre Animation, Science Fiction
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Tubi TV
Redline
(レッドライン)
Daredevil driver JP is ready for the most dangerous and exciting car race in the universe, Redline.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 2010
- Director Takeshi Koike
- Cast Takuya Kimura, Yu Aoi, Tadanobu Asano, Takeshi Aono, Tatsuya Gashūin, Unsho Ishizuka
- Genre Action, Animation, Science Fiction
- Available on Vudu
Tekkonkinkreet
(鉄コン筋クリート)
Orphans Black and White must fight off assassins' in order to save their town from an angered Yakuza boss.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 2006
- Director Michael Arias
- Cast Kazunari Ninomiya, Yusuke Iseya, Yu Aoi, Kankuro Kudo, Min Tanaka, Rokuro Naya
- Genre Action, Adventure, Animation
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Mind Game
(マインド・ゲーム
)
After an encounter with the Japanese mafia in which he fails to save his crush, Nishi journeys to heaven and back.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 2004
- Director Masaaki Yuasa
- Cast Koji Imada, Sayaka Maeda, Takashi Fujii, Seiko Takuma, Tomomitsu Yamaguchi
- Genre Adventure, Animation, Mystery
- Available on Shudder Amazon Channel, Hoopla, AMC+, AMC+ Amazon Channel, Shudder Apple TV Channel, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube
Cowboy Bebop: The Movie
(カウボーイビバップ 天国の扉)
The crew of the spaceship Bebop must stop a terrorist from destroying the human population of Mars.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan, United States • 2001
- Director Shinichiro Watanabe
- Cast Kouichi Yamadera, Unsho Ishizuka, Aoi Tada, Ai Kobayashi, Megumi Hayashibara
- Genre Action, Animation, Science Fiction
- Available on Tubi TV
Interstella 5555: The 5tory of the 5ecret 5tar 5ystem
A visual companion to Daft Punk's Discovery, this follows an interstellar pop band kidnapped and forced to perform as humans.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan, France • 2003
- Director Kazuhisa Takenouchi, Daisuke Nishio, Bernard Deyriès, Hirotoshi Rissen
- Cast Romanthony, Thomas Bangalter, Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo, Todd Edwards, DJ Sneak
- Genre Adventure, Animation, Music, Science Fiction
- Available on No streaming locations found.