Kenny Nixon
Superstar Rajinikanth
Kaala
(காலா)
Kaala is the godfather of a Tamil-majority slum in Mumbai, fighting to keep the land safe from the politicians and land mafia.
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- India • 2018
- Director Pa. Ranjith
- Cast Rajinikanth, Nana Patekar, Samuthirakani, Easwari Rao, Huma Qureshi, K. Manikandan
- Genre Action, Drama
- Available on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads
Darbar
(தர்பார்)
The recklessly violent commissioner of the Mumbai police attempts to curb drug-trafficking and prostitution in his city.
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- India • 2020
- Director A.R. Murugadoss
- Cast Rajinikanth, Nayanthara, Sunil Shetty, Nivetha Thomas, Yogi Babu, Nawab Shah
- Genre Action, Drama, Thriller
- Available on Amazon Prime Video, Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, YouTube, Apple TV, Xumo Play, Amazon Prime Video with Ads
Thalapathi
(தளபதி)
Surya, abandoned at birth, has a dedicated friendship with local don Devaraj, but a new district-collect tries to take charge of their town.
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- India • 1991
- Director Mani Ratnam
- Cast Rajinikanth, Mammootty
- Genre Action, Crime, Drama
- Available on Eros Now
Kabali
(கபாலி)
An aging gangster is freed after 25 years in prison and searches for his family and those responsible for his imprisonment.
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- India • 2016
- Director Pa. Ranjith
- Cast Rajinikanth, Winston Chao, Nassar, Radhika Apte, Kishore, Dinesh Ravi
- Genre Action, Crime, Drama
- Available on Sun Nxt, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, YouTube
Enthiran
(எந்திரன்)
A scientist struggles to control his humanoid robot after giving it the capability to understand and display human emotions.
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- India • 2010
- Director Shankar
- Cast Rajinikanth, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, Danny Denzongpa, Santhanam, Karunas, Devadarshini
- Genre Action, Science Fiction
- Available on Sun Nxt
Baasha
(பாட்ஷா)
An auto-rickshaw driver strives to fulfill the wishes of his late father, but the appearance of a rival forces him to relive his underworld past.
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- India • 1995
- Director Suresh Krishna
- Cast Rajinikanth, Nagma, Raghuvaran, Janagaraj, Devan, Vijayakumar
- Genre Action
- Available on Sun Nxt, Google Play Movies, YouTube
Mullum Malarum
(முள்ளும் மலரும்)
Kali works as a winch operator for a cable trolley, struggling to care for his sister and clashing with his boss.
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- India • 1978
- Director J. Mahendran
- Cast Rajinikanth, Shoba, Sarath Babu, Fatafat Jayalakshmi
- Genre Drama, Family, Romance
- Available on aha, Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, YouTube
Chandramukhi
(சந்திரமுகி)
An abandoned mansion seems to be haunted by an ancient courtesan back for revenge.
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- India • 2005
- Director P. Vasu
- Cast Jyothika, Rajinikanth, Prabhu Ganesan, Vadivelu, Nayanthara, Nassar
- Genre Action, Comedy, Drama
- Available on Amazon Prime Video, Sun Nxt, Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, YouTube, Amazon Prime Video with Ads
Petta
(பேட்ட)
An elderly man becomes a hostel warden for a college and is forced to deal with a group of gangsters.
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- India • 2019
- Director Karthik Subbaraj
- Cast Rajinikanth, Vijay Sethupathi, Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Bobby Simha, Guru Somasundaram, Sananth Reddy
- Genre Action, Drama
- Available on Sun Nxt
Mannan
(மன்னன்)
A factory union leader is forced to marry his boss, a woman who rules the factory with an iron fist.
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- India • 1992
- Director P. Vasu
- Cast Rajinikanth, Vijayashanti, Khushboo, Visu, Goundamani, Pandari Bai
- Genre Drama
- Available on Eros Now
Sivaji: The Boss
(சிவாஜி)
Corrupt businessmen and politicians strike back against a software engineer trying to improve the welfare of lower class people in society.
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- India • 2007
- Director Shankar
- Cast Rajinikanth, Suman Talwar, Shriya Saran, Vivek, Raghuvaran, Cochin Haneefa
- Genre Action, Drama
- Available on aha, Apple TV, Amazon Video
2.0
Dr. Vaseegeran gets Chitti back in action after cell phones mysteriously start to fly out of people’s hands.
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- India • 2018
- Director Shankar
- Cast Rajinikanth, Akshay Kumar, Amy Jackson, Sudhanshu Pandey, Adil Hussain, Kalabhavan Shajon
- Genre Action, Science Fiction
- Available on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads
Apoorva Raagangal
(அபூர்வ ராகங்கள்)
Two relationships with large gaps in age between the couples are tested when familial strife and disapproval interfere.
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- India • 1975
- Director K. Balachander
- Cast Kamal Haasan, Major Sundarrajan, Srividhya, Jayasudha, Nagesh, Rajinikanth
- Genre Drama, Romance
- Available on Eros Now, Eros Now Select Apple TV Channel, Amazon Video
Muthu
(முத்து)
A zamindar and his worker love the same woman, but she only loves the worker, unbeknownst to the zamindar.
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- India • 1995
- Director K. S. Ravikumar
- Cast Rajinikanth, Meena, Sarath Babu, Radha Ravi, Senthil, Vadivelu
- Genre Action, Comedy, Drama
- Available on Sun Nxt, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, YouTube
Manithan
(மனிதன்)
After coming out of prison, Raja joins a welfare organization to help the needy, but must deal with his many enemies.
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- India • 1987
- Director S. P. Muthuraman
- Cast Rajinikanth, Rupini, Cho Ramaswamy, Srividhya, Delhi Ganesh, Senthil
- Genre Drama
- Available on aha, Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, YouTube
Thillu Mullu
(தில்லு முல்லு)
A boisterous student has to create an alternate and wild persona to keep his job with his strict employer.
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- India • 1981
- Director K. Balachander
- Cast Rajinikanth, Madhavi, Sowcar Janaki, Poornam Viswanathan, Viji Chandrasekhar, Thengai Srinivasan
- Genre Comedy, Romance
- Available on aha
Director's Final Statements
No Home Movie
Conversations between Chantal Akerman and her mother, chatting and sharing memories both in person and through Skype.
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- Belgium, France • 2015
- Director Chantal Akerman
- Cast Chantal Akerman, Natalia Akerman, Sylvaine Akerman
- Genre Documentary
- Available on OVID, Amazon Video, Kanopy
Querelle
A handsome sailor becomes involved in a dangerous web of murder, sex, drugs, and family rivalry while in the port city of Brest.
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- West Germany, France • 1982
- Director Rainer Werner Fassbinder
- Cast Brad Davis, Franco Nero, Jeanne Moreau, Laurent Malet, Hanno Pöschl
- Genre Drama
- Available on Criterion Channel, Max Amazon Channel, Max, Tubi TV
An Autumn Afternoon
(秋刀魚の味)
An aging widower arranges a marriage for his only daughter.
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- Japan • 1962
- Director Yasujirō Ozu
- Cast Chishū Ryū, Shima Iwashita, Keiji Sada, Mariko Okada, Teruo Yoshida, Noriko Maki
- Genre Drama
- Available on Criterion Channel, Max Amazon Channel, Max, Apple TV, Amazon Video, Tubi TV, Plex,
L'Argent
When Yvon accidentally uses a forged 500-franc note at a restaurant, his life begins to spiral into fear and crime.
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- France, Switzerland • 1983
- Director Robert Bresson
- Cast Christian Patey, Vincent Risterucci, Sylvie Van den Elsen, Michel Briguet, Caroline Lang, Marc Ernest Fourneau
- Genre Crime, Drama, Thriller
- Available on Criterion Channel, Max Amazon Channel, Max, Apple TV, Vudu, Amazon Video
24 Frames
An experimental project in which filmmaker Abbas Kiarostami combines photography and filmmaking.
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- Iran, France • 2017
- Director Abbas Kiarostami
- Cast
- Genre Documentary
- Available on Criterion Channel
That Obscure Object of Desire
(Cet obscur objet du désir)
In flashback, an aging man recounts his sexual frustrations when falling for his 19 year-old former chambermaid Conchita.
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- France, Spain • 1977
- Director Luis Buñuel
- Cast Carole Bouquet, Ángela Molina, Fernando Rey, Milena Vukotić, Julien Bertheau, André Weber
- Genre Comedy, Drama, Romance
- Available on No streaming locations found.
The Ascent
(Восхождение)
Two Soviet partisans must go on a journey deep into occupied German territory.
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- Soviet Union • 1977
- Director Larisa Shepitko
- Cast Boris Plotnikov, Vladimir Gostyukhin, Lyudmila Polyakova, Viktoriya Goldentul, Mariya Vinogradova
- Genre Drama, War
- Available on Criterion Channel
Taboo
(御法度)
The arrival of a handsome young samurai causes trouble in a Shogun-era samurai compound.
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- Japan, France, United Kingdom • 1999
- Director Nagisa Ōshima
- Cast Takeshi Kitano, Ryuhei Matsuda, Tadanobu Asano, Yôichi Sai, Shinji Takeda, Susumu Terajima
- Genre Drama, History, Thriller
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Street of Shame
(赤線地帯)
The daily personal dramas of five women employed as sex workers in Tokyo’s Yoshiwara district.
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- Japan • 1956
- Director Kenji Mizoguchi
- Cast Machiko Kyō, Aiko Mimasu, Ayako Wakao, Michiyo Kogure, Kumeko Urabe, Yasuko Kawakami
- Genre Drama
- Available on Criterion Channel
Kaagaz Ke Phool
(कागज़ के फूल)
Told in flashback, the story of a famous film director and his tumultuous relationship with an aspiring actress.
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- India • 1959
- Director Guru Dutt
- Cast Waheeda Rehman, Guru Dutt, Kumari Naaz, Johnny Walker, Mahesh Kaul, Veena
- Genre Drama, Romance
- Available on Amazon Video
Gertrud
In pursuit of an idealized version of true love, Gertrud divorces her husband and begins an affair with a young concert pianist.
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- Denmark • 1964
- Director Carl Theodor Dreyer
- Cast Nina Pens Rode, Bendt Rothe, Ebbe Rode, Baard Owe, Axel Strøbye, Karl Gustav Ahlefeldt
- Genre Drama, Romance
- Available on Criterion Channel
Yi Yi
(一一)
Each member of a family in Taipei asks hard questions about life's meaning as they face everyday dilemmas.
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- Taiwan, Japan • 2000
- Director Edward Yang
- Cast Wu Nien-Jen, Elaine Jin, Issei Ogata, Kelly Lee, Jonathan Chang, Hsi-Sheng Chen
- Genre Drama, Romance
- Available on Criterion Channel, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube
The 1,000 Eyes of Dr. Mabuse
(Die 1000 Augen des Dr. Mabuse)
The potential re-emergence of the shadowy Dr. Mabuse hangs over the unsolved murder of a reporter.
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- West Germany, France, Italy • 1960
- Director Fritz Lang
- Cast Peter van Eyck, Gert Fröbe, Wolfgang Preiss, Dawn Addams, Werner Peters, Andrea Checchi
- Genre Crime, Mystery, Thriller
- Available on Amazon Video, Tubi TV
The Sacrifice
(Offret)
To avert the end of the world, Alexander promises God that he'll give up everything he values in life, including his beloved son.
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- Sweden, France, United Kingdom • 1986
- Director Andrei Tarkovsky
- Cast Erland Josephson, Susan Fleetwood, Allan Edwall, Guðrún Gísladóttir, Sven Wollter, Valérie Mairesse
- Genre Drama
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, YouTube, Kino Now, Kanopy
Eyes Wide Shut
The sexually charged odyssey of Dr. Bill Hartford, shocked after his wife reveals she contemplated an affair a year earlier.
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- United Kingdom, United States • 1999
- Director Stanley Kubrick
- Cast Tom Cruise, Nicole Kidman, Sydney Pollack, Madison Eginton, Vinessa Shaw, Rade Šerbedžija
- Genre Drama, Mystery, Thriller
- Available on Showtime Apple TV Channel, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Spectrum On Demand, AMC on Demand
The Romance of Astrea and Celadon
(Les Amours d'Astrée et de Céladon)
The final Rohmer film, a 5th century fairytale romance between a shepherd and shepherdess in an enchanted forest.
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- France, Italy, Spain • 2007
- Director Éric Rohmer
- Cast Cécile Cassel, Stéphanie Crayencour, Andy Gillet, Véronique Reymond, Rosette, Jocelyn Quivrin
- Genre Drama, Romance
- Available on Kanopy
Tales of Sun, Sweat, and Relaxation
A Summer's Tale
(Conte d'été)
Summer romances aren't all what they're cracked up to be...
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- France • 1996
- Director Éric Rohmer
- Cast Melvil Poupaud, Amanda Langlet, Gwenaëlle Simon, Aurelia Nolin, Alain Guellaff, Evelyne Lahana
- Genre Comedy, Drama, Romance
- Available on Criterion Channel, Max Amazon Channel, Max, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube
Summertime
A secretary from Ohio takes a solo trip to Venice, as she hopes to take advantage of her dream vacation.
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- United Kingdom, United States • 1955
- Director David Lean
- Cast Katharine Hepburn, Rossano Brazzi, Isa Miranda, Darren McGavin, Mari Aldon, Jane Rose
- Genre Drama, Romance
- Available on Criterion Channel, Max Amazon Channel, Max, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube, Kanopy, Plex,
Sunday in August
(Domenica d'agosto)
A look into the lives of a variety of people taking a relaxing Sunday at the beach in Ostia, Italy.
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- Italy • 1950
- Director Luciano Emmer
- Cast Marcello Mastroianni, Anna Baldini, Franco Interlenghi, Vera Carmi, Massimo Serato, Corrado Verga
- Genre Comedy, Drama
- Available on Amazon Video
La Collectionneuse
Adrien's plan to spend a quiet summer with friends gets interrupted when he learns a young girl is staying with them.
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- France • 1967
- Director Éric Rohmer
- Cast Patrick Bauchau, Haydée Politoff, Daniel Pommereulle, Alain Jouffroy, Mijanou Bardot, Annik Morice
- Genre Drama, Comedy, Romance
- Available on Criterion Channel
L'Avventura
(L'avventura)
A new adventure in filmmaking...
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- Italy, France • 1960
- Director Michelangelo Antonioni
- Cast Gabriele Ferzetti, Monica Vitti, Lea Massari, Dominique Blanchar, Renzo Ricci, James Addams
- Genre Drama, Mystery
- Available on Criterion Channel, Max Amazon Channel, Max, Apple TV, Vudu, Amazon Video, Kanopy
Summer with Monika
(Sommaren med Monika)
During a summer, two teenagers in love leave their small town and get married after an unexpected pregnancy.
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- Sweden • 1953
- Director Ingmar Bergman
- Cast Harriet Andersson, Lars Ekborg, Dagmar Ebbesen, Åke Fridell, Naemi Briese, Åke Grönberg
- Genre Drama, Romance
- Available on Criterion Channel, TCM, Apple TV, Amazon Video, Kanopy
Monsieur Hulot's Holiday
(Les vacances de Monsieur Hulot)
Monsieur Hulot heads to a beach resort for summer vacation, wreaking havoc on the idyllic calmness present along the seaside.
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- France • 1953
- Director Jacques Tati
- Cast Jacques Tati, Nathalie Pascaud, Micheline Rolla, Louis Perrault, Valentine Camax, André Dubois
- Genre Comedy
- Available on Criterion Channel, Max Amazon Channel, Apple TV, Amazon Video, Kanopy
Five Dolls for an August Moon
(5 bambole per la luna d'agosto)
An industrialist invites his co-workers and their wives to a private island vacation, but is interrupted by a killer on the loose.
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- Italy • 1970
- Director Mario Bava
- Cast Ira von Fürstenberg, Edwige Fenech, Howard Ross, Helena Ronee, Teodoro Corrà
- Genre Mystery, Thriller
- Available on Tubi TV, Kanopy, Shout! Factory TV,
Sonatine
A disenchanted Yakuza member is sent to Okinawa by his boss to quell a gang war, but realizes he has been set up.
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- Japan • 1993
- Director Takeshi Kitano
- Cast Takeshi Kitano, Aya Kokumai, Tetsu Watanabe, Masanobu Katsumura, Susumu Terajima, Ren Osugi
- Genre Action, Crime, Thriller
- Available on Apple TV
La Ciénaga
The self-pitying lives of a bored bourgeois family set during the summer in a small provincial town in Argentina.
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- Argentina, France, Spain • 2001
- Director Lucrecia Martel
- Cast Mercedes Morán, Graciela Borges, Martín Adjemián, Leonora Balcarce, Silvia Baylé, Sofia Bertolotto
- Genre Comedy, Drama
- Available on Criterion Channel, Max Amazon Channel, 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
Passing Summer
(Mein langsames Leben)
A woman spends her summer in a web of relationships, acquaintances, and family as she faces an emotional crisis.
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- Germany • 2001
- Director Angela Schanelec
- Cast Ursina Lardi, Andreas Patton, Anne Tismer, Wolfgang Michael, Sophie Aigner, Clara Enge
- Genre Drama
- Available on DocAlliance Films
In Another Country
(다른 나라에서)
A three part film telling the story of three different women named Anne, charming French visitors to a Korean seaside town.
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- Korea • 2012
- Director Hong Sang-soo
- Cast Isabelle Huppert, Yu Jun-sang, Jung Yu-mi, Moon Sung-keun, Youn Yuh-jung, Kwon Hae-hyo
- Genre Drama
- Available on Metrograph, Kino Now, Kanopy
By the Bluest of Seas
(У самого синего моря)
Two shipwrecked sailors land on an island and fall in love with the same woman while working for "The Lights of Communism" kolkhoz.
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- Soviet Union • 1936
- Director Boris Barnet
- Cast Yelena Kuzmina, Lev Sverdlin, Nikolay Kryuchkov, Boris Barnet, Mirzaagha Aliyev, Ismail Afandiyev
- Genre Comedy, Drama, Romance
- Available on Pantaflix, Kanopy
The End of Summer
(小早川家の秋)
The Kohayakawa family is thrown into distress when childlike father Manbei takes up with his old mistress.
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- Japan • 1961
- Director Yasujirō Ozu
- Cast Ganjiro Nakamura, Setsuko Hara, Yôko Tsukasa, Michiyo Aratama, Keiju Kobayashi, Masahiko Shimazu
- Genre Drama
- Available on Kanopy, Criterion Channel, Max Amazon Channel
An Easy Girl
(Une fille facile)
The arrival of Naïma's cousin, Sofia, could change the outcome of her summer - and her life.
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- France • 2019
- Director Rebecca Zlotowski
- Cast Mina Farid, Zahia Dehar, Clotilde Courau, Nuno Lopes, Benoît Magimel, Lakdhar Dridi
- Genre Comedy, Drama
- Available on Netflix, Netflix basic with Ads