Asia Cureton
Asia is a senior at UC Santa Barbara studying English and German. When she's not reading, she's usually watching movies.
My Watchlist
Tiger Milk
(Tigermilch)
It's summer break and Nini and Jameelah just want to have fun.
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- Germany • 2017
- Director Ute Wieland
- Cast Flora Thiemann, Emily Kusche, Eva Löbau, Lars Rudolph, Ludwig Trepte, Heiko Pinkowski
- Genre Drama, Comedy
- Available on Amazon Video, The Roku Channel, Freevee, Kanopy
System Crasher
(Systemsprenger)
Too young for psychiatric treatment, too aggressive to stay in foster care: where can this little girl go?
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- Germany • 2019
- Director Nora Fingscheidt
- Cast Helena Zengel, Albrecht Schuch, Gabriela Maria Schmeide, Lisa Hagmeister, Maryam Zaree, Melanie Straub
- Genre Drama
- Available on Netflix, Netflix basic with Ads
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, Fandango At Home
Suspiria
A darkness swirls at the center of a world-renowned dance company.
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- Italy, United States • 2018
- Director Luca Guadagnino
- Cast Dakota Johnson, Tilda Swinton, Mia Goth, Angela Winkler, Ingrid Caven, Elena Fokina
- Genre Horror, Fantasy
- Available on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Freevee
Welcome to the Hartmanns
(Willkommen bei den Hartmanns)
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- Germany • 2016
- Director Simon Verhoeven
- Cast Senta Berger, Heiner Lauterbach, Florian David Fitz, Palina Rojinski, Elyas M'Barek, Eric Kabongo
- Genre Comedy, Drama
- Available on Amazon Video
Run Lola Run
(Lola rennt)
Every second of every day, you're faced with a decision that can change your life.
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- Germany • 1998
- Director Tom Tykwer
- Cast Franka Potente, Moritz Bleibtreu, Herbert Knaup, Nina Petri, Armin Rohde, Joachim Król
- Genre Action, Drama, Thriller
- Available on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube
Aurora
A chance encounter at a hot dog stand in the Finnish Lapland could mean the difference between life or death.
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- Finland • 2019
- Director Miia Tervo
- Cast Mimosa Willamo, Amir Escandari, Oona Airola, Hannu-Pekka Björkman, Ria Kataja, Chike Ohanwe
- Genre Comedy, Drama, Romance
- Available on Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, YouTube
The Coming Days
(Die kommenden Tage)
Set in the imagined, dystopian collapse of the European Union, three siblings attempt to cope with their new reality.
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- Germany • 2010
- Director Lars Kraume
- Cast Bernadette Heerwagen, Daniel Brühl, Johanna Wokalek, August Diehl, Susanne Lothar, Ernst Stötzner
- Genre Drama, Science Fiction
- Available on Amazon Video
Inglourious Basterds
Once upon a time in Nazi occupied France...
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- Germany, United States • 2009
- Director Quentin Tarantino
- Cast Brad Pitt, Mélanie Laurent, Christoph Waltz, Eli Roth, Michael Fassbender, Diane Kruger
- Genre Drama, Action, Thriller, War
- Available on fuboTV, Paramount Plus, Paramount+ Amazon Channel, Paramount Plus Apple TV Channel , Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube
Ex Machina
After winning a contest to spend a week with the CEO of his company, coder Caleb is given the opportunity of a lifetime
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- United Kingdom • 2015
- Director Alex Garland
- Cast Domhnall Gleeson, Alicia Vikander, Oscar Isaac, Sonoya Mizuno, Corey Johnson, Claire Selby
- Genre Drama, Science Fiction
- Available on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, FlixFling, Spectrum On Demand, Kanopy
District 9
You are not welcome here.
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- South Africa, United States, New Zealand • 2009
- Director Neill Blomkamp
- Cast Sharlto Copley, Jason Cope, Nathalie Boltt, Sylvaine Strike, Elizabeth Mkandawie, John Sumner
- Genre Science Fiction
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube
Pan's Labyrinth
(El laberinto del fauno)
What happens when make-believe believes it's real?
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- Mexico, Spain • 2006
- Director Guillermo del Toro
- Cast Ivana Baquero, Maribel Verdú, Sergi López, Doug Jones, Ariadna Gil, Álex Angulo
- Genre Drama, Fantasy, War
- Available on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Spectrum On Demand
Oldboy
(올드보이)
15 years of imprisonment, 5 days of vengeance...
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- Korea • 2003
- Director Park Chan-wook
- Cast Choi Min-sik, Yoo Ji-tae, Kang Hye-jung, Kim Byung-ok, Oh Dal-su, Lee Seung-Shin
- Genre Action, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
- Available on Netflix, Netflix basic with Ads, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Spectrum On Demand
Joker
A failed stand-up comedian is driven insane, turning to a life of crime in chaos in Gotham City.
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- Canada, United States • 2019
- Director Todd Phillips
- Cast Joaquin Phoenix, Robert De Niro, Zazie Beetz, Frances Conroy, Brett Cullen, Shea Whigham
- Genre Crime, Thriller, Drama
- Available on Max Amazon Channel, Max, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Spectrum On Demand
Pandora's Box
(Die Büchse der Pandora)
Lulu is seductive, beautiful, and most of all, deadly.
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- Germany • 1929
- Director G.W. Pabst
- Cast Louise Brooks, Fritz Kortner, Francis Lederer, Carl Goetz, Krafft-Raschig, Alice Roberts
- Genre Drama, Romance, Crime
- Available on Criterion Channel, Max Amazon Channel, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube, Kanopy
Vikings
A series detailing the tales of legendary hero Ragnar Lothbrok and his descendants.
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- Ireland, Canada • 2013
- Creator Michael Hirst
- Cast Alexander Ludwig, Jordan Patrick Smith, Marco Ilsø, Katheryn Winnick
- Genre Action & Adventure, Drama
- Available on Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, Netflix
Babylon Berlin
Welcome to the city of sin.
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- Germany • 2017
- Creator Tom Tykwer, Achim von Borries, Henk Handloegten
- Cast Volker Bruch, Liv Lisa Fries, Leonie Benesch, Denis Burgazliev
- Genre Drama
- Available on Amazon Video, Hoopla, MZ Choice Amazon Channel, Mhz Choice
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, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube
Deutschland 83
A young spy comes of age in the divided Germany of 1983 where everyone is hiding something.
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- Germany • 2015
- Creator Anna Winger
- Cast Jonas Nay, Maria Schrader
- Genre Drama
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads
I Am Not Your Negro
A study of race in America then and now, inspired by James Baldwin's unpublished writings.
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- 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 Hulu, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube, FlixFling, Kanopy, Hoopla
Jojo Rabbit
It takes the friendship with a young girl to change this boy's mind about the tyrannical leader of his country.
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- Germany, United States • 2019
- Director Taika Waititi
- Cast Roman Griffin Davis, Thomasin McKenzie, Scarlett Johansson, Taika Waititi, Sam Rockwell, Rebel Wilson
- Genre Comedy, War, Drama
- Available on fuboTV, Paramount Plus Apple TV Channel , Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Spectrum On Demand, FXNow
I May Destroy You
After a traumatic event, Arabella is finds herself reevaluating her life.
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- United Kingdom, United States • 2020
- Creator Michaela Coel
- Cast Michaela Coel
- Genre Drama
- Available on Apple TV, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Spectrum On Demand, Max Amazon Channel, Max
4 Blocks
Toni Hamady is tired of running a crime gang and wishes to turn his life around, but life has other plans...
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- Germany • 2017
- Creator Hanno Hackfort, Bob Konrad, Richard Kropf
- Cast Frederick Lau
- Genre Drama
- Available on Max Amazon Channel, Max
Wentworth
Wentworth prison has it all: murderers, drug-dealers, rapists, and guards who are just as lawless as the prisoners.
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- Australia • 2013
- Creator Reg Watson, Lara Radulovich
- Cast Kate Atkinson
- Genre Drama, Crime
- Available on Google Play Movies
Fish Tank
Everything changes for 15 year old Mia when her mum brings home a new boyfriend.
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- Netherlands, United Kingdom • 2009
- Director Andrea Arnold
- Cast Katie Jarvis, Michael Fassbender, Kierston Wareing, Rebecca Griffiths, Harry Treadaway, Jason Maza
- Genre Drama
- Available on MUBI, MUBI Amazon Channel, fuboTV, AMC+, AMC+ Amazon Channel, IFC Films Unlimited Apple TV Channel, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube
Beyto
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- Switzerland • 2021
- Director Gitta Gsell
- Cast Burak Ates, Dimitri Stapfer, Ecem Aydin, Beren Tuna, Serkan Tastemur, Ahmet Talay
- Genre Drama, Romance
- Available on Dekkoo, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube, Tubi TV, VUDU Free, Freevee