Junyi Zhou
Stuck
Happy Hour
(ハッピーアワー)
Jun, Akari, Sakurako, and Fumi truly believe that they can confide in each other, until Jun confesses that she's seeking a divorce from her husband and the news upsets the other three.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 2018
- Director Ryūsuke Hamaguchi
- Cast Hiromi Demura, Shoko Fukunaga, Yuichiro Ito, Rira Kawamura, Hazuki Kikuchi
- Genre Drama
- Available on Criterion Channel
The Piano
A pianist who has been sold into marriage begins a new life with her daughter by her side.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- New Zealand, Australia, France • 1993
- Director Jane Campion
- Cast Holly Hunter, Harvey Keitel, Sam Neill, Anna Paquin, Cliff Curtis, Kerry Walker
- Genre Drama, Romance
- Available on Apple TV, AMC on Demand, Pluto TV
When a Woman Ascends the Stairs
(女が階段を上る時)
A middle-aged bar hostess, constantly in debt, is faced with numerous social constraints and challenges.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 1960
- Director Mikio Naruse
- Cast Hideko Takamine, Masayuki Mori, Reiko Dan, Tatsuya Nakadai, Daisuke Katō, Ganjirô Nakamura II
- Genre Drama
- Available on Criterion Channel
Jeanne Dielman, 23, Quai du Commerce 1080 Bruxelles
A lonely widowed housewife cares for her apartment and teenage son, and uses sex work to make ends meet.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Belgium, France • 1975
- Director Chantal Akerman
- Cast Delphine Seyrig, Jan Decorte, Henri Storck, Jacques Doniol-Valcroze, Yves Bical
- Genre Drama
- Available on Criterion Channel, Max Amazon Channel, Max, Apple TV, Vudu, Amazon Video
Nights of Cabiria
(Le notti di Cabiria)
The story of a betrayed but unquenchable little Roman street-walker.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Italy, France • 1957
- Director Federico Fellini
- Cast Giulietta Masina, François Périer, Franca Marzi, Amedeo Nazzari, Dorian Gray, Aldo Silvani
- Genre Drama
- Available on Amazon Video
Belle de Jour
(Belle de jour)
Luis Bunuel's erotic masterpiece.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- France, Italy • 1967
- Director Luis Buñuel
- Cast Catherine Deneuve, Jean Sorel, Michel Piccoli, Geneviève Page, Pierre Clémenti, Françoise Fabian
- Genre Drama, Romance
- Available on Criterion Channel, Max Amazon Channel, Max, Apple TV, Amazon Video
A Woman Like Eve
(Een Vrouw als Eva)
A married mother of two finds herself irresistibly drawn to a young feminist and commune-dweller.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Netherlands • 1979
- Director Nouchka van Brakel
- Cast Monique van de Ven, Maria Schneider, Marijke Merckens, Peter Faber, Renée Soutendijk, Truus Dekker
- Genre Drama, Romance
- Available on Fandor Amazon Channel, Night Flight Plus, Vudu, Tubi TV, VUDU Free, Kanopy
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.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- 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
I Am Love
(Io sono l'amore)
Emma, an unfulfilled mother of three adult children, finds her senses rekindled by her son's friend.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Italy • 2009
- Director Luca Guadagnino
- Cast Tilda Swinton, Flavio Parenti, Edoardo Gabbriellini, Alba Rohrwacher, Gabriele Ferzetti, Marisa Berenson
- Genre Drama, Romance
- Available on Hulu, Hoopla, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube, Kanopy
Things to Come
(L'avenir)
Thinking through things is one thing; doing them is another...
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- France, Germany • 2016
- Director Mia Hansen-Løve
- Cast Isabelle Huppert, André Marcon, Edith Scob, Roman Kolinka, Sarah Le Picard, Solal Forte
- Genre Drama
- Available on MUBI, MUBI Amazon Channel, AMC+ Amazon Channel, AMC+ Roku Premium Channel, IFC Films Unlimited Apple TV Channel, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube, Kanopy
Vivre Sa Vie
(Vivre sa vie: film en douze tableaux)
A young Parisian woman’s existential crisis — and eventual turn to sex work.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- France • 1962
- Director Jean-Luc Godard
- Cast Anna Karina, Sady Rebbot, André S. Labarthe, Guylaine Schlumberger, Gérard Hoffman, Monique Messine
- Genre Drama
- Available on Criterion Channel, Max Amazon Channel, Max, Kanopy
The Woman Who Ran
(도망친 여자)
When her husband goes away on business, a woman visits her friends to ruminate over marriage, closeness, and the shapes of their friendships.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Korea • 2020
- Director Hong Sang-soo
- Cast Kim Min-hee, Seo Young-hwa, Song Seon-mi, Kim Sae-byuk, Kwon Hae-hyo, Lee Eun-mi
- Genre Drama
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, YouTube
Memories
Hiroshima Mon Amour
(Hiroshima mon amour)
The story of a young French actress and her affair with a Japanese man while on assignment in Hiroshima.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- France, Japan • 1959
- Director Alain Resnais
- Cast Emmanuelle Riva, Eiji Okada, Stella Dassas, Pierre Barbaud, Bernard Fresson
- Genre Drama, History, Romance
- Available on Criterion Channel, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube
Mirror
(Зеркало)
The thoughts, emotions, and memories of 40 year-old Alexei, reflecting on his life experiences in different time periods.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Soviet Union • 1975
- Director Andrei Tarkovsky
- Cast Margarita Terekhova, Ignat Daniltsev, Larisa Tarkovskaya, Alla Demidova, Anatoliy Solonitsyn, Nikolay Grinko
- Genre Drama, History
- Available on Criterion Channel, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube, Plex,
La Jetée
The story of a post-nuclear war experiment with time travel, constructed almost entirely from still photos.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- France • 1962
- Director Chris Marker
- Cast Jean Négroni, Hélène Chatelain, Davos Hanich, Jacques Ledoux, André Heinrich, Jacques Branchu
- Genre Romance, Science Fiction
- Available on Criterion Channel, DocAlliance Films, Apple TV, Amazon Video
Reminiscences of a Journey to Lithuania
Jonas Mekas takes a trip back to Semeniškiai, the village of his birth.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- United Kingdom, West Germany • 1972
- Director Jonas Mekas
- Cast Pola Chapelle, Peter Kubelka, Adolfas Mekas, Jonas Mekas, Hollis Melton, Annette Michelson
- Genre Documentary
- Available on Fandor Amazon Channel
No Home Movie
Conversations between Chantal Akerman and her mother, chatting and sharing memories both in person and through Skype.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Belgium, France • 2015
- Director Chantal Akerman
- Cast Chantal Akerman, Natalia Akerman, Sylvaine Akerman
- Genre Documentary
- Available on OVID, Amazon Video, Kanopy
Wild Strawberries
(Smultronstället)
A retired doctor reflects on his life during a long road trip to receive an honorary degree.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Sweden • 1957
- Director Ingmar Bergman
- Cast Victor Sjöström, Bibi Andersson, Ingrid Thulin, Gunnar Björnstrand, Jullan Kindahl, Gunnar Sjöberg
- Genre Drama
- Available on Criterion Channel, Max Amazon Channel, Max, Apple TV, Amazon Video, Kanopy
After Life
(ワンダフルライフ)
What is the one memory you would take with you?
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 1998
- Director Hirokazu Kore-eda
- Cast Arata Iura, Erika Oda, Susumu Terajima, Takashi Naitō, Kei Tani, Kyōko Kagawa
- Genre Fantasy, Drama
- Available on Criterion Channel
My Memories of Old Beijing
(城南旧事)
A woman recalls her childhood and the troubled times of China in the 1930s.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- China • 1983
- Director Wu Yigong
- Cast Shen Jie, Zhang Feng Yi, Zheng Zhenyao, Zhang Min, Yan Xiang, Yan Qin
- Genre Drama
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives
(ลุงบุญมีระลึกชาติ)
Contemplating the reasons for his illness, Boonmee treks through the jungle with his family to a mysterious hilltop cave.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Thailand, United Kingdom, France • 2010
- Director Apichatpong Weerasethakul
- Cast Sakda Kaewbuadee, Jenjira Pongpas, Thanapat Saisaymar, Natthakarn Aphaiwonk, Geerasak Kulhong, Wallapa Mongkolprasert, Kanokporn Tongaram
- Genre Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube
Time Regained
(Le Temps Retrouvé)
For Marcel Proust, to live is to remember and to capture memories is to create a great work of art.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- France, Italy, Portugal • 1999
- Director Raúl Ruiz
- Cast Catherine Deneuve, Emmanuelle Béart, Vincent Pérez, John Malkovich, Pascal Greggory, Marcello Mazzarella
- Genre Drama
- Available on OVID, Amazon Video, Kanopy
Muriel, or the Time of Return
(Muriel, ou le Temps d'un retour)
A middle-aged widow reunites with an old flame, and both grow increasingly haunted by their own past.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- France, Italy • 1963
- Director Alain Resnais
- Cast Delphine Seyrig, Jean-Pierre Kérien, Jean-Baptiste Thiérrée, Nita Klein, Claude Sainval, Laurence Badie
- Genre Drama
- Available on Criterion Channel, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube
Three Colors: Blue
(Trois couleurs : Bleu)
Julie distances herself from everywhere and everyone after her husband and daughter are killed in a car accident.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- France, Poland, Switzerland • 1993
- Director Krzysztof Kieślowski
- Cast Juliette Binoche, Benoît Régent, Florence Pernel, Charlotte Véry, Hélène Vincent, Philippe Volter
- Genre Drama
- Available on Criterion Channel, Max Amazon Channel, Max, Apple TV, Amazon Video