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Marinas Picks
Ida
A young novitiate discovers a family secret dating back to World War II and must follow her history — wherever it takes her.
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- Poland, Denmark, France • 2013
- Director Paweł Pawlikowski
- Cast Agata Trzebuchowska, Agata Kulesza, Dawid Ogrodnik, Joanna Kulig, Adam Szyszkowski, Jerzy Trela
- Genre Drama
- Available on Amazon Prime Video, Fandor Amazon Channel, fuboTV, OVID, Chai Flicks, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, YouTube, Crackle, Tubi TV, VUDU Free, Kanopy, Hoopla, Plex, Reveel, Plex Channel
Volver
Two daughters encounter their mother's spirit after a family tragedy.
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- Spain • 2006
- Director Pedro Almodóvar
- Cast Penélope Cruz, Carmen Maura, Lola Dueñas, Blanca Portillo, Yohana Cobo, Chus Lampreave
- Genre Comedy, Drama, Romance
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube
Aquarius
Sometimes staying put is the greatest challenge.
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- Brazil, France • 2016
- Director Kleber Mendonça Filho
- Cast Sônia Braga, Maeve Jinkings, Irandhir Santos, Humberto Carrão, Fernando Teixeira, Zoraide Coleto
- Genre Drama
- Available on Kino Film Collection, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube, Kanopy
We Are the Best!
(Vi är bäst!)
Three girls in 1980s Stockholm decide to form a punk band.
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- Sweden, Denmark • 2013
- Director Lukas Moodysson
- Cast Mira Barkhammar, Mira Grosin, Liv LeMoyne, David Dencik, Johan Liljemark, Mattias Wiberg
- Genre Drama, Music
- Available on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube, FlixFling, Spectrum On Demand, Tubi TV, The Roku Channel, Pluto TV, VUDU Free, Freevee, DistroTV, Kanopy, Hoopla, Plex, Plex Channel
A Separation
(جدایی نادر از سیمین)
Simin wants to leave Iran to give her daughter, Termeh, a different kind of life outside the country. But Nader, Termeh’s father, refuses to leave his ailing father behind.
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- Iran, France • 2011
- Director Asghar Farhadi
- Cast Leila Hatami, Payman Maadi, Shahab Hosseini, Sareh Bayat, Sarina Farhadi, Babak Karimi
- Genre Drama
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Spectrum On Demand
Portrait of a Lady on Fire
(Portrait de la jeune fille en feu)
Marianne, a painter, is commissioned to do the wedding portrait of Héloïse, a young woman who has just left the convent.
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- France • 2019
- Director Céline Sciamma
- Cast Noémie Merlant, Adèle Haenel, Luàna Bajrami, Valeria Golino, Christel Baras, Armande Boulanger
- Genre Drama, History, Romance
- Available on Hulu, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, YouTube, Kanopy
My Neighbor Totoro
(となりのトトロ)
Sisters and spirits come together in this magical tale.
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- Japan • 1988
- Director Hayao Miyazaki
- Cast Noriko Hidaka, Hitoshi Takagi, Chika Sakamoto, Shigesato Itoi, Sumi Shimamoto, Tanie Kitabayashi
- Genre Animation, Family, Fantasy
- Available on Max Amazon Channel, Max, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube
Pride & Prejudice
Elizabeth Bennet will marry for love, no matter what the consequences.
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- France, United Kingdom, United States • 2005
- Director Joe Wright
- Cast Keira Knightley, Matthew Macfadyen, Rosamund Pike, Simon Woods, Donald Sutherland, Brenda Blethyn
- Genre Drama, Romance
- Available on Starz, Starz Roku Premium Channel, Starz Apple TV Channel, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Spectrum On Demand
Y Tu Mamá También
(Y tu mamá también)
Two teenage boys and an older woman embark on a road trip and learn about life — and each other.
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- Mexico • 2001
- Director Alfonso Cuarón
- Cast Maribel Verdú, Gael García Bernal, Diego Luna, Diana Bracho, Verónica Langer, María Aura
- Genre Drama, Romance
- Available on Hulu
Roma
A meditative portrait of a domestic worker's journey through adversity in turbulent 1970s Mexico City.
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- Mexico, United States • 2018
- Director Alfonso Cuarón
- Cast Yalitza Aparicio, Marina de Tavira, Diego Cortina Autrey, Carlos Peralta, Marco Graf, Daniela Demesa
- Genre Drama
- Available on Netflix, Netflix basic with Ads
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, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video
La Haine
In the banlieues of France, the immigrant populations' resentment simmers away -- until it starts to boil.
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- 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, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video
Mustang
In a small Turkish village, five sisters struggle against the restrictions of their conservative family.
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- Turkey, France, Germany • 2015
- Director Deniz Gamze Ergüven
- Cast Güneş Nezihe Şensoy, Doğa Zeynep Doğuşlu, Elit İşcan, Tuğba Sunguroğlu, Ilayda Akdoğan, Nihal Koldaş
- Genre Drama
- Available on Fandor Amazon Channel, Cohen Media Amazon Channel, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, Tubi TV, Cineverse, Kanopy
Cold War
(Zimna wojna)
Two performers find and lose love in Cold War Poland — only to find it again years later.
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- Poland, United Kingdom, France • 2018
- Director Paweł Pawlikowski
- Cast Joanna Kulig, Tomasz Kot, Borys Szyc, Agata Kulesza, Cédric Kahn, Jeanne Balibar
- Genre Drama, Music, Romance
- Available on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Freevee
All About My Mother
(Todo sobre mi madre)
After Manuela’s teenage son Esteban is tragically killed, she searches for Esteban’s biological father, a transgender woman.
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- Spain, France • 1999
- Director Pedro Almodóvar
- Cast Cecilia Roth, Marisa Paredes, Penélope Cruz, Candela Peña, Antonia San Juan, Rosa María Sardà
- Genre Comedy, Drama
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Spectrum On Demand
Closely Watched Trains
(Ostře sledované vlaky)
All it takes to make a man of a boy is a woman.
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- Czechoslovakia • 1966
- Director Jiří Menzel
- Cast Václav Neckář, Josef Somr, Vlastimil Brodský, Vladimír Valenta, Alois Vachek, Ferdinand Krůta
- Genre Comedy, Drama, War
- Available on Criterion Channel, Apple TV
My Life as a Zucchini
(Ma vie de courgette)
A stop-motion tale of loss, friendship, and young love.
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- Switzerland, France • 2016
- Director Claude Barras
- Cast Gaspard Schlatter, Sixtine Murat, Paulin Jaccoud, Michel Vuillermoz, Raul Ribera
- Genre Animation, Drama, Family
- Available on Criterion Channel
Boy
In a small New Zealand town, an 11-year-old named Boy, explores adolescence with his vivid imagination and reunites with his estranged father.
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- New Zealand • 2010
- Director Taika Waititi
- Cast James Rolleston, Te Aho Aho Eketone-Whitu, Taika Waititi, Moerangi Tihore, Cherilee Martin, RickyLee Waipuka-Russell
- Genre Drama, Comedy
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube, Kanopy, Hoopla
Kiki's Delivery Service
(魔女の宅急便)
A young witch goes on fantastic adventures as she runs her own delivery service.
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- Japan • 1989
- Director Hayao Miyazaki
- Cast Minami Takayama, Rei Sakuma, Kappei Yamaguchi, Keiko Toda, Mieko Nobusawa, Kôichi Miura
- Genre Animation, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Family
- Available on Max Amazon Channel, Max, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store
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, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube
Tomboy
When a young girl moves to a new neighborhood with her family, she assumes a new identity as a boy.
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- France • 2011
- Director Céline Sciamma
- Cast Zoé Héran, Malonn Lévana, Jeanne Disson, Sophie Cattani, Mathieu Demy, Rayan Boubekri
- Genre Drama
- Available on Criterion Channel, Microsoft Store
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, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube
Cléo from 5 to 7
(Cléo de cinq à sept)
A young singer awaiting life-changing medical results embarks on a journey of self-discovery.
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- France, Italy • 1962
- Director Agnès Varda
- Cast Corinne Marchand, Antoine Bourseiller, Dominique Davray, Dorothée Blanck, Michel Legrand, José Luis de Vilallonga
- Genre Comedy, Drama
- Available on Criterion Channel, Max Amazon Channel, Max, 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
Lamb
(Dýrið)
An Icelandic couple takes a human-sheep hybrid as their child, with tragic consequences.
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- Iceland, Sweden, Poland • 2021
- Director Valdimar Jóhannsson
- Cast Noomi Rapace, Hilmir Snær Guðnason, Björn Hlynur Haraldsson, Ingvar E. Sigurðsson, Ester Bibi
- Genre Drama, Horror, Mystery
- Available on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Hoopla
The Swimming Pool
(La Piscine)
Tensions rise when a woman invites her ex and his teenage daughter to a villa where she is spending the summer with her boyfriend.
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- France, Italy • 1969
- Director Jacques Deray
- Cast Romy Schneider, Alain Delon, Maurice Ronet, Jane Birkin, Paul Crauchet, Steve Eckardt
- Genre Crime, Drama
- Available on Criterion Channel, Max Amazon Channel, Max, Apple TV, Fandango At Home
World on a Wire
(Welt am Draht)
Cybernetics engineer Fred Stiller uncovers a massive corporate conspiracy involving a virtual reality computer project.
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- West Germany • 1973
- Director Rainer Werner Fassbinder
- Cast Klaus Löwitsch, Barbara Valentin, Mascha Rabben, Karl-Heinz Vosgerau, Wolfgang Schenck, Günter Lamprecht
- Genre Drama, Science Fiction, Thriller, Mystery
- Available on Criterion Channel
Toni Erdmann
In this absurdist tale of estrangement, a practical joker visits his workaholic daughter in an attempt to rekindle their relationship.
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- Germany, Austria, Monaco • 2016
- Director Maren Ade
- Cast Sandra Hüller, Peter Simonischek, Michael Wittenborn, Thomas Loibl, Trystan Pütter, Ingrid Bisu
- Genre Comedy, Drama
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube, Spectrum On Demand
The Second Mother
(Que Horas Ela Volta?)
Unspoken class barriers within a home come crashing down when the live-in housekeeper's daughter suddenly appears.
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- Brazil • 2015
- Director Anna Muylaert
- Cast Regina Casé, Camila Márdila, Karine Teles, Lourenço Mutarelli, Michel Joelsas, Helena Albergaria
- Genre Drama
- Available on OVID, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube, Kanopy, Hoopla, Plex, Plex Channel
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.
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- Brazil, France • 2002
- Director Fernando Meirelles
- Cast Alexandre Rodrigues, Leandro Firmino, Phellipe Haagensen, Douglas Silva, Jonathan Haagensen, Matheus Nachtergaele
- Genre Drama, Crime
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube, Spectrum On Demand
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 Netflix, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube
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.
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- 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.
Spotlight on Punk
Sid & Nancy
A biographical portrayal of the destructive relationship between Sid Vicious of The Sex Pistols and his girlfriend Nancy Spungen.
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- United Kingdom • 1986
- Director Alex Cox
- Cast Gary Oldman, Chloe Webb, David Hayman, Debby Bishop, Andrew Schofield, Xander Berkeley
- Genre Drama, Music, Romance
- Available on IndieFlix, Plex, Plex Channel
24 Hour Party People
In 1976, Tony Wilson sets up Factory Records and brings Manchester's music to the world.
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- United Kingdom • 2002
- Director Michael Winterbottom
- Cast Steve Coogan, Paddy Considine, Sean Harris, Lennie James, Shirley Henderson, Andy Serkis
- Genre Comedy, Drama, Music
- Available on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, ScreenPix Apple TV Channel, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube, Tubi TV, The Roku Channel, Pluto TV, Kanopy
Poly Styrene: I Am a Cliché
The life and times of the late X-Ray Spex singer and iconoclast Poly Styrene.
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- United Kingdom • 2021
- Director Paul Sng, Celeste Bell
- Cast Poly Styrene, Celeste Bell, Ruth Negga, Neneh Cherry, Youth, Bruno Aleph Wizard
- Genre Documentary, Music
- Available on Apple TV, Amazon Video, Kanopy, Hoopla
We Are the Best!
(Vi är bäst!)
Three girls in 1980s Stockholm decide to form a punk band.
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- Sweden, Denmark • 2013
- Director Lukas Moodysson
- Cast Mira Barkhammar, Mira Grosin, Liv LeMoyne, David Dencik, Johan Liljemark, Mattias Wiberg
- Genre Drama, Music
- Available on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube, FlixFling, Spectrum On Demand, Tubi TV, The Roku Channel, Pluto TV, VUDU Free, Freevee, DistroTV, Kanopy, Hoopla, Plex, Plex Channel
Pussy Riot: A Punk Prayer
(Показательный процесс: История Pussy Riot)
A group of radical-feminist punk rockers protested Putin's reelection in 2011. Now they are victims of a show trial.
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- Russia, United Kingdom • 2013
- Director Maxim Pozdorovkin
- Cast Mariya Alyokhina, Yekaterina Samutsevich, Nadezhda Tolokonnikova, Andrey Tolokonnikov, Pussy Riot, Petr Verzilov
- Genre Documentary, Music
- Available on Fandor, Fandor Amazon Channel, FlixFling, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Tubi TV, Freevee, Cineverse
Good Vibrations
The joyful story of Terri Hooley, who promoted Belfast punk rock during the Troubles.
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- United Kingdom, Ireland • 2012
- Director Lisa Barros D'Sa, Glenn Leyburn
- Cast Richard Dormer, Jodie Whittaker, Karl Johnson, Michael Colgan, Liam Cunningham, Dylan Moran
- Genre Drama, Music
- Available on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, The Roku Channel, Freevee
Hard Core Logo
An off-kilter rock mockumentary that follows punk bank Hard Core Logo on a harrowing reunion tour through Western Canada.
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- Canada • 1996
- Director Bruce McDonald
- Cast Hugh Dillon, Callum Keith Rennie, John Pyper-Ferguson, Bernie Coulson, Julian Richings, Benita Ha
- Genre Comedy, Drama, Music
- Available on Hoopla, Night Flight Plus, Apple TV
Taqwacore: The Birth of Punk Islam
Young American Muslims form their own punk bands and go on tour, exploring the rebellion and subversion of the genre.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Canada • 2009
- Director Omar Majeed
- Cast Michael Muhammad Knight, Basim Usmani, Shahjehan Khan, Arjun Ray
- Genre Documentary, Music
- Available on Kanopy
Punk in London
Exclusive interviews and live concert footage capture the riotous energy of the Great British punk rock explosion of 1977.
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- West Germany • 1977
- Director Wolfgang Büld
- Cast Gaye Black, Kevin Rowland, Paul Simonon, John William Weller, Bob Geldof
- Genre Documentary, Music
- Available on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, YouTube, Tubi TV, The Roku Channel, VUDU Free, Freevee, Hoopla
Burst City
(爆裂都市)
Bikers, yakuza, and real-life punk bands gather in a dystopic Tokyo after a nuclear powerplant is set to be constructed.
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- Japan • 1982
- Director Gakuryu Ishii
- Cast Michiro Endo, Shigeru Izumiya, Takanori Jinnai, Kou Machida, Shigeru Muroi, Hitomi Tsurukawa
- Genre Action, Music, Science Fiction
- Available on ARROW, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, YouTube
We Are Little Zombies
(WE ARE LITTLE ZOMBIES)
Their parents are dead. They should be sad, but they can’t cry. So they form a kick-ass rock band.
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- Japan • 2019
- Director Makoto Nagahisa
- Cast Keita Ninomiya, Satoshi Mizuno, Mondo Okumura, Sena Nakajima, Kuranosuke Sasaki, Youki Kudoh
- Genre Drama, Music
- Available on Fandor Amazon Channel, Peacock Premium, Peacock Premium Plus, OVID, Night Flight Plus, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube, Kanopy, Plex, Plex Channel
No One Knows About Persian Cats
(کسی از گربههای ایرانی خبر نداره)
Two young Iranian songwriters must find musicians for their underground band while trying to receive visas to perform in Europe.
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- Iran • 2009
- Director Bahman Ghobadi
- Cast Negar Shaghaghi, Ashkan Koshanejad, Hamed Behdad, Babak Mirzakhani, Kosh Mirzahi
- Genre Drama
- Available on AMC+, AMC+ Amazon Channel, AMC Plus Apple TV Channel , IFC Films Unlimited Apple TV Channel, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, YouTube
Farm Life
Gunda
An intimate look at the life of a sow and her companions.
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- Norway, United States • 2021
- Director Viktor Kossakovsky
- Cast
- Genre Documentary
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Tubi TV, Kanopy
The County
(Héraðið)
A widowed dairy farmer stands up for her contained community in rural Iceland.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Iceland • 2019
- Director Grímur Hákonarson
- Cast Arndís Hrönn Egilsdóttir, Sigurður Sigurjónsson, Sveinn Ólafur Gunnarsson, Þorsteinn Bachmann, Ævar Þór Benediktsson
- Genre Comedy, Drama
- Available on OVID, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Tubi TV, VUDU Free, Kanopy
Honeyland
Hatidze Muratova, one of the last "bee hunters" in Europe, raises bees based in a sustainable and minimally invasive manner.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Macedonia • 2019
- Director Tamara Kotevska
- Cast Hatidzhe Muratova, Nazife Muratova, Hussein Sam, Ljutvie Sam
- Genre Documentary
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, YouTube, Tubi TV, Kanopy
Jean de Florette
When Jean de Florette inherits land in Provence, he decides to take up farming. But his scheming neighbors have other plans…
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- France, Switzerland, Italy • 1986
- Director Claude Berri
- Cast Yves Montand, Gérard Depardieu, Daniel Auteuil, Elisabeth Depardieu, Margarita Lozano, Ernestine Mazurowna
- Genre Drama
- Available on Criterion Channel, Apple TV, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video
Red Persimmons
(満山紅柿)
A small Japanese village has grown and packaged persimmons for centuries, but their traditional culture faces the threat of disappearance.
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- Japan • 2001
- Director Shinsuke Ogawa, Peng Xiaolian
- Cast
- Genre Documentary
- Available on OVID, Amazon Video
The Moo Man
A British dairy farmer sells raw, unpasteurized organic milk and cultivates an intimate relationship with his small herd of cows.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- United Kingdom • 2013
- Director Andy Heathcote, Heike Bachelier
- Cast Stephen Hook
- Genre Documentary
- Available on Amazon Prime Video, fuboTV, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, YouTube, Tubi TV, Freevee, Hoopla
The Auction
(Le Démantèlement)
A sheep farmer must choose between his livelihood and his family when his daughter is in need of financial support.
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- Canada • 2013
- Director Sébastien Pilote
- Cast Gabriel Arcand, Gilles Renaud, Lucie Laurier, Sophie Desmarais, Dominique Leduc, Pierre-Luc Brillant
- Genre Drama
- Available on Film Movement Plus, Apple TV, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Kanopy
The Levelling
After learning of her brother's death, Clover returns home to find her family's farm in shambles.
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- United Kingdom • 2017
- Director Hope Dickson Leach
- Cast Ellie Kendrick, David Troughton, Jack Holden, Joe Blakemore, Angela Curran, Joe Attewell
- Genre Drama
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Tubi TV, Kanopy, Hoopla, Plex, Plex Channel
Qu'est-ce qu'on attend ?
A French village transforms its practices to implement renewable energy and food sovereignty and radically reduce its carbon emissions.
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- France • 2016
- Director Marie-Monique Robin
- Cast
- Genre Documentary
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Hadithi za Kumekucha: Fatuma
A woman and her daughter struggle to find recognition for their contributions to the family farm.
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- Tanzania • 2018
- Director Jordan Riber
- Cast Ayoub Bombwe, Cathryn Credo, Beatrice Taisamo, Kulthum Maabad, MacDonald Haule
- Genre Drama
- Available on Netflix, Netflix basic with Ads
Back Home
(Revenir)
After twelve years abroad, Thomas returns to his family farm in southeastern France and finds past tensions resurfacing.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- France • 2020
- Director Jessica Palud
- Cast Niels Schneider, Adèle Exarchopoulos, Roman Coustère Hachez, Patrick d'Assumçao, Hélène Vincent, Franck Falise
- Genre Drama
- Available on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Flix Premiere, Amazon Video, Tubi TV, VUDU Free, Freevee, Plex, Plex Channel, JustWatchTV
Rams
(Hrútar)
Sheep farming brothers Gummi and Kiddi haven't spoken in 40 years—until a lethal disease threatens their flock.
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- Iceland, Denmark, Norway • 2015
- Director Grímur Hákonarson
- Cast Sigurður Sigurjónsson, Theodór Júlíusson, Charlotte Bøving, Jón Benónýsson, Gunnar Jónsson, Sveinn Ólafur Gunnarsson
- Genre Drama
- Available on Cohen Media Amazon Channel, Apple TV, Tubi TV, Kanopy
Immersed in the Elements
Kon-Tiki
In 1948, six Scandinavian scientists sailed from South America to the Polynesian Islands in 101 days using only a wooden raft.
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- Norway, Sweden • 1950
- Director Thor Heyerdahl
- Cast Thor Heyerdahl, Herman Watzinger, Erik Hesselberg, Knut Haugland, Torstein Raaby, Bengt Danielsson
- Genre Documentary
- Available on Apple TV, Amazon Video, Tubi TV, The Roku Channel, Pluto TV, Kanopy, Hoopla, Plex, Plex Channel
Alamar
Before his five-year-old son moves to Italy, Jorge takes him to a Mexican coral reef to teach him about his Mayan origins.
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- Mexico • 2010
- Director Pedro González-Rubio
- Cast Jorge Machado, Roberta Palombini, Natan Machado Palombini, Nestor Marin
- Genre Documentary, Drama, Family
- Available on Apple TV, Amazon Video, FlixFling, Tubi TV, Kanopy, Hoopla, Plex, Plex Channel
The Wall
(Die Wand)
A woman finds herself inexplicably cut off from all human contact when an invisible wall suddenly surrounds her countryside cabin.
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- Austria, Germany • 2012
- Director Julian Pölsler
- Cast Martina Gedeck, Ulrike Beimpold, Karlheinz Hackl, Wolfgang Maria Bauer, Julia Gschnitzer, Hans-Michael Rehberg
- Genre Drama, Science Fiction
- Available on Amazon Prime Video, Fandor, Fandor Amazon Channel, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Tubi TV, VUDU Free, Freevee, Kanopy, Plex, Plex Channel, JustWatchTV
Happy People: A Year in the Taiga
Inhabitants of the Siberian village Bakhta maintain cultural traditions and uphold a lifestyle that has barely changed in centuries.
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- Germany • 2010
- Director Dmitry Vasyukov
- Cast Werner Herzog
- Genre Documentary
- Available on Amazon Prime Video, Fandor Amazon Channel, OVID, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Tubi TV, VUDU Free, Freevee, Kanopy, Hoopla, Plex, Plex Channel, JustWatchTV
Walkabout
Two city-bred children are saved by an Aboriginal boy after escaping from their murderous father in the Australian outback.
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- United Kingdom, Australia • 1971
- Director Nicolas Roeg
- Cast Jenny Agutter, Luc Roeg, David Gulpilil, John Meillon, Robert McDarra, Peter Carver
- Genre Adventure, Drama
- Available on Criterion Channel, Max Amazon Channel, Max, Apple TV, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video
Hunt for the Wilderpeople
Forced to flee into the New Zealand bush, city kid Ricky must learn to survive with his uncle as a national manhunt ensues.
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- New Zealand • 2016
- Director Taika Waititi
- Cast Sam Neill, Julian Dennison, Rima Te Wiata, Rachel House, Rhys Darby, Oscar Kightley
- Genre Adventure, Comedy, Drama
- Available on fuboTV, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Crackle, The Roku Channel, Pluto TV, Kanopy, Plex, Plex Channel
Acasă, My Home
(Acasă)
When their home is turned into a public park, a family living in nature is forced to relocate to the city.
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- Romania, Germany • 2020
- Director Radu Ciorniciuc
- Cast
- Genre Documentary
- Available on Klassiki, Kino Film Collection, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube, Kanopy, Hoopla
The Survivalist
In a time of starvation, a survivalist lives off a small plot of land hidden deep in the forest.
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- United Kingdom • 2015
- Director Stephen Fingleton
- Cast Mia Goth, Martin McCann, Olwen Fouéré, Barry Ward, Andrew Simpson
- Genre Drama, Science Fiction, Thriller
- Available on Shudder, Shudder Amazon Channel, AMC+ Amazon Channel, Shudder Apple TV Channel, IFC Films Unlimited Apple TV Channel, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Kanopy
All The Time In The World
In search of a new perspective, one family decides to spend nine months living off the grid in the Yukon wilderness
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- Canada • 2015
- Director Suzanne Crocker
- Cast Suzanne Crocker, Gerard Parsons
- Genre Adventure, Documentary, Family
- Available on Apple TV
The Red Turtle
(La tortue rouge)
Come discover the magic of nature...
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- France, Belgium, Japan • 2016
- Director Michael Dudok de Wit
- Cast Emmanuel Garijo, Tom Hudson, Baptiste Goy, Axel Devillers, Barbara Beretta
- Genre Animation, Drama, Family, Fantasy
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Spectrum On Demand
Watchtower
(Gözetleme Kulesi)
Deep in the wilderness, a fire warden haunted by his past finds himself drawn toward a woman with secrets of her own.
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- Turkey, France, Germany • 2012
- Director Pelin Esmer
- Cast Olgun Şimşek, Nilay Erdönmez, Laçin Ceylan, Menderes Samancılar, Rıza Akın, Kadir Çermik
- Genre Drama
- Available on Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Tubi TV, Cineverse, Kanopy, Plex, Plex Channel
Styx
A successful doctor’s solo sailing voyage is turned upside down when she comes across a group of refugees at sea.
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- Germany, Austria, Netherlands • 2018
- Director Wolfgang Fischer
- Cast Susanne Wolff, Alexander Beyer, Inga Birkenfeld, Gedion Oduor Wekesa, Kelvin Mutuku Ndinda
- Genre Drama
- Available on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube, Tubi TV, The Roku Channel, Freevee, Kanopy, Hoopla, Plex, Plex Channel