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.
My Watchlist
Revolutionary Girl Utena
(少女革命ウテナ)
A student who strives to be a prince fights to protect the Rose Bride.
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- Japan • 1997
- Creator Kunihiko Ikuhara, Yoji Enokido
- Cast Yuri Shiratori
- Genre Animation, Drama, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
- Available on Apple TV, Hoopla, Crunchyroll, Crunchyroll Amazon Channel
Rafiki
When Kena and Ziki start to become more than friends, they need to make a choice between their happiness and their safety.
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- 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
The Neon Demon
Beauty is vicious.
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- Denmark, France, United States • 2016
- Director Nicolas Winding Refn
- Cast Elle Fanning, Jena Malone, Desmond Harrington, Bella Heathcote, Karl Glusman, Abbey Lee
- Genre Horror, Thriller
- Available on Amazon Prime Video, Hoopla, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, YouTube, FlixFling, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Freevee
I Am Love
(Io sono l'amore)
Emma, an unfulfilled mother of three adult children, finds her senses rekindled by her son's friend.
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- 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
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, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Freevee
A Bigger Splash
When Marianne invites a former lover and his teenage daughter to visit her and her husband on vacation, the couple is threatened by jealousy and dangerous sexual scenarios.
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- Italy, France • 2015
- Director Luca Guadagnino
- Cast Tilda Swinton, Matthias Schoenaerts, Ralph Fiennes, Dakota Johnson, Aurore Clément, Corrado Guzzanti
- Genre Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube, AMC on Demand
The Pianist
Music was his passion. Survival was his masterpiece.
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- France, Poland, Germany • 2002
- Director Roman Polanski
- Cast Adrien Brody, Thomas Kretschmann, Frank Finlay, Maureen Lipman, Emilia Fox, Ed Stoppard
- Genre Drama, War
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Tubi TV, Pluto TV
Let the Right One In
(Låt den rätte komma in)
Oskar's new neighbor has been 12 years old for 200 years...and she's looking for a friend.
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- Sweden • 2008
- Director Tomas Alfredson
- Cast Kåre Hedebrant, Lina Leandersson, Per Ragnar, Henrik Dahl, Karin Bergquist, Peter Carlberg
- Genre Horror, Drama
- Available on Hoopla, fuboTV, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Redbox, FlixFling, Kanopy
Graves Without a Name
(Les tombeaux sans noms)
The filmmaker Rithy Panh attempts to find out where his parents, victims of the Khmer Rouge, are buried.
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- Cambodia, France • 2019
- Director Rithy Panh
- Cast Randal Douc
- Genre Documentary
- Available on Apple TV, Kanopy
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 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
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."
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- 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
The Other Side of Everything
(Druga strana svega)
A combination family memoir and subjective look at the history of Serbia in the late 20th and early 21st centuries.
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- Serbia, France, Qatar • 2017
- Director Mila Turajlić
- Cast Mila Turajlić, Srbijanka Turajlić
- Genre Documentary
- Available on OVID, Apple TV, Amazon Video, Kanopy
RUMBLE: The Indians Who Rocked the World
A documentary on the impacts of Native American musicians on the history of American music.
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- Canada • 2017
- Director Catherine Bainbridge, Alfonso Maiorana
- Cast Robbie Robertson, Buffy Sainte-Marie, Martin Scorsese, Tony Bennett, Steven Tyler, Iggy Pop
- Genre Documentary, Music
- Available on Amazon Prime Video, Hoopla, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube, Kino Now, Amazon Prime Video with Ads
Arna's Children
Juliano Mer Khamis' documentary on his mother, Arna, an anti-Israeli occupation activist who founded a theatre group for Palestinian refugee children.
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- Israel, Netherlands • 2004
- Director Danniel Danniel
- Cast Arna Mer-Kh
- Genre Documentary
- Available on Peacock, Tubi TV, Cineverse, Kanopy
Lourdes
Wheelchair-bound Christine joins a group for a pilgrimage to Lourdes, with miraculous results.
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- Austria, France, Germany • 2009
- Director Jessica Hausner
- Cast Sylvie Testud, Léa Seydoux, Elina Löwensohn, Bruno Todeschini, Gilette Barbier, Gerhard Liebmann
- Genre Drama
- Available on Apple TV, Vudu, Amazon Video, Tubi TV, Kanopy
The Mouth of the Wolf
(La bocca del lupo)
A remarkable story of an ex-con's love for his city and the beautiful transgender woman who has been waiting for him to return from prison.
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- Italy, France • 2009
- Director Pietro Marcello
- Cast Vincenzo Motta, Mary Monaco, Franco Leo
- Genre Documentary, Drama
- Available on Amazon Video
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
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, Vudu, Amazon Video, Spectrum On Demand, Max Amazon Channel, Max
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
Audition
(オーディション)
She always gets her part.
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- Japan • 1999
- Director Takashi Miike
- Cast Ryo Ishibashi, Eihi Shiina, Jun Kunimura, Tetsu Sawaki, Renji Ishibashi, Miyuki Matsuda
- Genre Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
- Available on Screambox, Fandor Amazon Channel, Screambox Amazon Channel, Hi-YAH, AsianCrush, ARROW, Apple TV, Vudu, Tubi TV, Midnight Pulp, Kanopy
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 IFC Films Unlimited Apple TV Channel
Italian for Beginners
(Italiensk for begyndere)
A group of strangers find friendship, family and love within an Italian beginners’ course.
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- Denmark, Sweden • 2000
- Director Lone Scherfig
- Cast Peter Gantzler, Ann Eleonora Jørgensen, Anders W. Berthelsen, Anette Støvelbæk, Lars Kaalund, Sara Indrio Jensen
- Genre Comedy, Drama, Romance
- Available on Hoopla, Criterion Channel, Paramount Plus Apple TV Channel , Vudu, Amazon Video
Okja
A young girl risks everything to prevent a powerful, multi-national company from kidnapping her best friend — a massive animal named Okja.
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- Korea, United States • 2017
- Director Bong Joon Ho
- Cast Tilda Swinton, Paul Dano, Ahn Seo-hyun, Byun Hee-bong, Steven Yeun, Lily Collins
- Genre Action, Adventure, Drama, Science Fiction
- Available on Netflix, Netflix basic with Ads
The Last King of Scotland
A Scottish doctor becomes the confidante of President Idi Amin.
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- United Kingdom, Germany • 2006
- Director Kevin Macdonald
- Cast Forest Whitaker, James McAvoy, Simon McBurney, Gillian Anderson, Kerry Washington, David Oyelowo
- Genre Drama
- Available on Starz Apple TV Channel, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, AMC on Demand
Carol
Some people change your life forever.
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- United Kingdom, United States • 2015
- Director Todd Haynes
- Cast Rooney Mara, Cate Blanchett, Kyle Chandler, Sarah Paulson, Jake Lacy, John Magaro
- Genre Romance, Drama
- Available on fuboTV, Paramount+ Amazon Channel, Paramount+ Roku Premium Channel, Showtime Apple TV Channel, Paramount+ with Showtime, Paramount Plus Apple TV Channel , Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Spectrum On Demand, AMC on Demand
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, MUBI, Fandor Amazon Channel, MUBI Amazon Channel, Hoopla, fuboTV, OVID, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, YouTube, Crackle, Tubi TV, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Kanopy, Plex, Reveel
The Tale of the Princess Kaguya
(かぐや姫の物語)
A princess's crime and punishment
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- Japan • 2013
- Director Isao Takahata
- Cast Aki Asakura, Kengo Kora, Nobuko Miyamoto, Atsuko Takahata
- Genre Animation, Drama, Fantasy
- Available on Max Amazon Channel, Max, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube
Happy as Lazzaro
(Lazzaro felice)
A pure-hearted sharecropper Lazzaro forms an unlikely friendship that will change his world.
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- Italy, Switzerland, France • 2018
- Director Alice Rohrwacher
- Cast Adriano Tardiolo, Agnese Graziani, Luca Chikovani, Alba Rohrwacher, Sergi López, Tommaso Ragno
- Genre Drama
- Available on Netflix, Netflix basic with Ads
Orlando
In this adaption of Virginia Woolf's novel, Orlando, a gender bending aristocrat, travels through more than 400 years of English history as a man and then a woman.
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- United Kingdom, Russia, Italy • 1992
- Director Sally Potter
- Cast Tilda Swinton, Billy Zane, Lothaire Bluteau, John Wood, Charlotte Valandrey, Heathcote Williams
- Genre Drama, Fantasy
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube, AMC on Demand, Tubi TV
April and the Extraordinary World
(Avril et le monde truqué)
In an alternate steampunk reality, April embarks on a quest to save her family and the world.
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- France, Belgium, Canada • 2015
- Director Christian Desmares
- Cast Marion Cotillard, Philippe Katerine, Jean Rochefort, Olivier Gourmet, Marc-André Grondin, Bouli Lanners
- Genre Adventure, Animation, Comedy, Fantasy, Science Fiction, Thriller
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Microsoft Store
Millennium Actress
(千年女優)
A documentary filmmaker interviews an aged actress about her legendary career.
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- 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
Weekend
(Week End)
A bourgeoisie couple's weekend getaway to the French countryside goes bizarrely awry.
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- France, Italy • 1967
- Director Jean-Luc Godard
- Cast Mireille Darc, Jean Yanne, Jean-Pierre Léaud, Jean-Pierre Kalfon, Valérie Lagrange, Juliet Berto
- Genre Adventure, Comedy, Drama
- Available on Criterion Channel, Max Amazon Channel, Max
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 Adventures of Baron Munchausen
An account of Baron Munchausen's supposed adventures with his band of misfits.
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- United Kingdom, West Germany • 1988
- Director Terry Gilliam
- Cast John Neville, Eric Idle, Sarah Polley, Oliver Reed, Charles McKeown, Winston Dennis
- Genre Action, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy, Family
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, AMC on Demand
Belladonna of Sadness
(哀しみのベラドンナ)
A peasant woman is ravished on her wedding night and makes a pact with the Devil to get revenge.
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- Japan • 1973
- Director Eiichi Yamamoto
- Cast Aiko Nagayama, Tatsuya Nakadai, Takao Ito, Masaya Takahashi, Shigako Shimegi
- Genre Animation, Drama, Fantasy
- Available on Google Play Movies, Vudu, Microsoft Store, YouTube
Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence
(イノセンス)
A beautiful and poignant anime about a robot revolution in the year 2032.
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- Japan • 2004
- Director Mamoru Oshii
- Cast Atsuko Tanaka, Akio Otsuka, Kouichi Yamadera, Tamio Ohki, Yutaka Nakano, Naoto Takenaka
- Genre Animation, Drama, Science Fiction
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, YouTube, AMC on Demand
The Night Is Short, Walk on Girl
(夜は短し歩けよ乙女)
One fateful, adventurous night --- that feels like a dream.
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- Japan • 2017
- Director Masaaki Yuasa
- Cast Gen Hoshino, Kana Hanazawa, Aoi Yuki, Hiroshi Kamiya, Hiroyuki Yoshino
- Genre Comedy, Romance, Animation
- Available on Hoopla, Max Amazon Channel, Max, Apple TV, Amazon Video
Kapo
(Kapò)
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- Italy, France, Yugoslavia • 1960
- Director Gillo Pontecorvo
- Cast Susan Strasberg, Laurent Terzieff, Emmanuelle Riva, Didi Perego, Gianni Garko, Annabella Besi
- Genre Drama, History, War
- Available on Criterion Channel
Mala Mala
In a celebration of the trans community in Puerto Rico, the fissure between internal and external is an ever-present battle.
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- Puerto Rico, United States • 2014
- Director Antonio Santini
- Cast Samantha Close, Ivana Fred, Denise Rivera, Soraya Santiango Solla, Alberic Prados
- Genre Documentary, Drama
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube
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
Breakfast on Pluto
Patrick "Kitten" Braden moves to London to live as a transgender woman.
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- Ireland, United Kingdom • 2005
- Director Neil Jordan
- Cast Cillian Murphy, Liam Neeson, Ruth Negga, Laurence Kinlan, Stephen Rea, Brendan Gleeson
- Genre Drama, Comedy
- Available on Amazon Prime Video, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube, The Roku Channel, Pluto TV, Freevee, Amazon Prime Video with Ads
For Sama
Director Waad Al-Kateab captures the bombing of Aleppo as she and her husband lived it.
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- United Kingdom, Syria, United States • 2019
- Director Edward Watts
- Cast Sama Al-Khateab, Hamza Al-Khateab, Waad al-Kateab
- Genre Documentary
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube, Kanopy
Shirkers
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- United States • 2018
- Director Sandi Tan
- Cast Sandi Tan, Sophia Siddique Harvey, Georges Cardona, Philip Cheah, Jasmine Ng Kin Kia, Stephen Tyler
- Genre Documentary
- Available on Netflix
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
The Extraordinary Adventures of Adèle Blanc-Sec
(Les Aventures extraordinaires d'Adèle Blanc-Sec)
A popular novelist and archaeologist whisks herself off to Egypt in a quest to save her comatose sister.
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- France, United States • 2010
- Director Luc Besson
- Cast Louise Bourgoin, Mathieu Amalric, Gilles Lellouche, Jean-Paul Rouve, Jacky Nercessian, Philippe Nahon
- Genre Fantasy, Adventure, Action, Mystery
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Tubi TV, Freevee, Shout! Factory TV, Plex
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 Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube, FlixFling, Spectrum On Demand, Kanopy
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 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
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
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
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
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
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
Timbuktu
The peaceful lives of a Timbuktu cattle herder and his family are abruptly upended by the arrival of militant Islamic rebels.
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- 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
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.
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 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
Jackie
I want them to see what they have done to Jack.
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- Chile, France, United States • 2016
- Director Pablo Larraín
- Cast Natalie Portman, Peter Sarsgaard, Greta Gerwig, Billy Crudup, John Hurt, Richard E. Grant
- Genre Drama
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, AMC on Demand
Paris, Texas
A place for dreams. A place for heartbreak. A place to pick up the pieces.
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- West Germany, France, United Kingdom • 1984
- Director Wim Wenders
- Cast Harry Dean Stanton, Nastassja Kinski, Dean Stockwell, Hunter Carson, Aurore Clément, Bernhard Wicki
- Genre Drama
- Available on Criterion Channel, Max Amazon Channel, Max, Apple TV, Amazon Video
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
You Are the Apple of My Eye
(那些年，我們一起追的女孩)
A coming-of-age story that explores the complexities and bitter sweetness of high school life.
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- Taiwan • 2011
- Director Giddens Ko
- Cast Kai Ko, Michelle Chen, Hao Shao-Wen, Owodog Chuang, Tsai Chang-Hsien, Yan Sheng-Yu
- Genre Drama, Romance, Comedy
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Atonement
Torn apart by betrayal. Separated by war. Bound by love.
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- United Kingdom, France, United States • 2007
- Director Joe Wright
- Cast Keira Knightley, James McAvoy, Romola Garai, Saoirse Ronan, Brenda Blethyn, Vanessa Redgrave
- Genre Drama, Romance
- Available on Amazon Prime Video, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Spectrum On Demand, Amazon Prime Video with Ads
Head-On
(Gegen die Wand)
A marriage of convenience becomes something more—something complicated.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Germany, Turkey • 2004
- Director Fatih Akin
- Cast Birol Ünel, Sibel Kekilli, Catrin Striebeck, Güven Kıraç, Meltem Cumbul, Stefan Gebelhoff
- Genre Drama, Romance
- Available on No streaming locations found.
The Way He Looks
(Hoje Eu Quero Voltar Sozinho)
Not every love happens at first sight.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Brazil • 2014
- Director Daniel Ribeiro
- Cast Ghilherme Lobo, Fábio Audi, Tess Amorim, Lúcia Romano, Eucir de Souza, Selma Egrei
- Genre Drama, Romance
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube, Kanopy
A Short Film About Love
(Krótki film o miłości)
Love can be strange at times.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Poland • 1988
- Director Krzysztof Kieślowski
- Cast Grażyna Szapołowska, Olaf Lubaszenko, Stefania Iwińska, Piotr Machalica, Artur Barciś, Stanisław Gawlik
- Genre Drama, Romance
- Available on Criterion Channel
Chungking Express
(重慶森林)
Two tales of love and loss told in sequence.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Hong Kong • 1994
- Director Wong Kar-wai
- Cast Brigitte Lin, Tony Leung Chiu-Wai, Faye Wong, Takeshi Kaneshiro, Valerie Chow, Piggy Chan
- Genre Comedy, Drama, Romance
- Available on Criterion Channel, Max Amazon Channel, Max, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube
Infernal Affairs
(無間道)
Two moles tasked with infiltration struggle to expose one another.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Hong Kong • 2002
- Director Alan Mak, Andrew Lau
- Cast Andy Lau, Tony Leung Chiu-Wai, Anthony Wong, Eric Tsang Chi-Wai, Kelly Chen, Sammi Cheng
- Genre Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
- Available on Criterion Channel, Max Amazon Channel, Max, Apple TV, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube
Pegasus
(飞驰人生)
Zhang Chi dreams of his former life in the racing world. With no car, money, or teammates and an expiring license, he vows to return to driving.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- China • 2019
- Director Han Han
- Cast Shen Teng, Johnny Huang, Yin Zheng, Winston Chao, Tian Yu, Yin Fang
- Genre Comedy, Action, Adventure
- Available on Netflix, Amazon Prime Video, Netflix basic with Ads, Flix Premiere, Amazon Video, Tubi TV, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Plex,
Offside
(آفساید)
Since women are banned from attending men's sporting events in Iran, a group of female soccer fans disguise themselves as men to watch a match at Tehran's stadium.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Iran • 2006
- Director Jafar Panahi
- Cast Sima Mobarak-Shahi, Shayesteh Irani, Ayda Sadeqi, Golnaz Farmani, Mahnaz Zabihi
- Genre Comedy, Drama
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube
Dangal
(दंगल)
A former wrestler raises a family of international wrestling champions in this inspiring biopic.
- India, United States • 2016
- Director Nitesh Tiwari
- Cast Aamir Khan, Fatima Sana Shaikh, Sanya Malhotra, Sakshi Tanwar, Aparshakti Khurana, Zaira Wasim
- Genre Action, Bollywood, Drama
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Learning to Skateboard in a Warzone (If You're a Girl)
The story of young Afghan girls learning to read, write and skateboard in Kabul.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- United Kingdom • 2019
- Director Carol Dysinger
- Cast
- Genre Documentary
- Available on Hoopla, Apple TV, Vudu, Amazon Video, Kanopy
Informer
Raza, a young second-generation British-Pakistani man from London is coerced by Gabe, a counterterrorism officer, into informing.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- United Kingdom • 2018
- Creator
- Cast Nabhaan Rizwan, Paddy Considine
- Genre Drama, Crime
- Available on MZ Choice Amazon Channel
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.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- 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
Happy Valley
Catherine, a dedicated copper in West Yorkshire, must keep Calder Valley safe as she investigates drug cases.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- 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
Luther
For Luther, the job always comes first. But his dedication may be both a blessing and a curse.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- 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
Father Brown
Based on G. K. Chesterton's detective stories about a Catholic priest who doubles as an amateur detective.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- 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
Vera
A sharp detective with a messy life, detective inspector Vera Stanhope investigates crimes taking place in her "patch" of northeast England.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- 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
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.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Germany • 2008
- Director Philip Selkirk
- Cast
- Genre
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, YouTube
The Rise of Phoenixes
(天盛長歌)
An intense political drama set in the early years of the fictional Tiansheng dynasty.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- 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.
Farewell, My Queen
(Les adieux à la reine)
In France, the Queen’s life of extraordinary luxury begins to collapse as the monarchy teeters on the edge of disaster.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- France, Spain • 2012
- Director Benoît Jacquot
- Cast Léa Seydoux, Diane Kruger, Virginie Ledoyen, Xavier Beauvois, Noémie Lvovsky, Julie-Marie Parmentier
- Genre Drama, History
- Available on Cohen Media Amazon Channel, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, YouTube, Kino Now, Tubi TV, Kanopy
The Motorcycle Diaries
(Diarios de motocicleta)
Before he changed the world, the world changed him.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Argentina, United States, Chile • 2004
- Director Walter Salles
- Cast Gael García Bernal, Rodrigo de la Serna, Mercedes Morán, Mía Maestro, Jean Pierre Noher
- Genre Drama
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube
In the Mood for Love
(花樣年華)
Longing and loneliness collide in this understated romance.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- 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, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube
Fallen Angels
(墮落天使)
In this bifurcated crime narrative, a disillusioned hitman attempts to escape from his violent lifestyle against the wishes of his partner.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Hong Kong • 1995
- Director Wong Kar-wai
- Cast Leon Lai, Michelle Reis, Takeshi Kaneshiro, Charlie Yeung, Karen Mok, Chan Man-Lei
- Genre Drama, Action, Romance
- Available on Criterion Channel, Max Amazon Channel, Max, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube
Days of Being Wild
(阿飛正傳)
A young heartbreaker struggles with commitment while searching for his biological mother's identity.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Hong Kong • 1990
- Director Wong Kar-wai
- Cast Andy Lau, Leslie Cheung, Maggie Cheung, Jacky Cheung, Tony Leung Chiu-Wai, Carina Lau
- Genre Crime, Drama, Romance
- Available on Criterion Channel, Max Amazon Channel, Max
Wajib
(واجب)
A family wedding gives a son and father a chance to reconnect.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Occupied Palestinian Territory, France, Colombia • 2017
- Director Annemarie Jacir
- Cast Mohammad Bakri, Saleh Bakri, Maria Zreik
- Genre Drama
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Omar
(عمر)
A Palestinian freedom fighter is captured and forced to work as a double agent for the Israeli authorities.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Palestine • 2013
- Director Hany Abu-Assad
- Cast Adam Bakri, Waleed Zuaiter, Leem Lubany, Samer Bisharat, Iyad Hoorani, Mousa Habiib Allah
- Genre Drama, Romance, Thriller
- Available on Netflix, Chai Flicks, Netflix basic with Ads, Apple TV, Amazon Video, Tubi TV, Kanopy
The Time That Remains
(الزمن الباقي)
A semi-biographical film about the lives of the Palestinians who remained during the creation of the state of Israel from 1948 to present day.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- United Kingdom, Italy, Belgium • 2009
- Director Elia Suleiman
- Cast Saleh Bakri, Elia Suleiman, Amer Hlehel, Ali Suliman, Menashe Noy, Ayman Espanioli
- Genre Drama, History
- Available on AMC+, AMC+ Amazon Channel, IFC Films Unlimited Apple TV Channel, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, YouTube
Divine Intervention
(يد إلهية)
Separated by a checkpoint, Palestinian lovers from Jerusalem and Ramallah arrange clandestine meetings.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- France, Morocco, Germany • 2002
- Director Elia Suleiman
- Cast Elia Suleiman, Manal Khader, George Ibrahim, Amer Daher, Jamel Daher, Lufuf Nuweiser
- Genre Drama, Romance
- Available on Netflix, Chai Flicks, Netflix basic with Ads, Kino Now, Kanopy
I Saw the Devil
(악마를 보았다)
Abandon all compassion.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Korea • 2010
- Director Kim Jee-woon
- Cast Lee Byung-hun
- Genre Horror, Thriller
- Available on Hulu, Hoopla, fuboTV, Peacock, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Redbox, FlixFling, Crackle, Tubi TV, Popcornflix, Pluto TV, VUDU Free, Kanopy, Plex
The Handmaiden
(아가씨)
Her heart may not be the only thing stolen.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- 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 Chaser
(추격자)
An ex-detective turned pimp hunts a dangerous killer.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Korea • 2008
- Director Na Hong-jin
- Cast Kim Yoon-seok, Ha Jung-woo, Seo Young-hee, Kim Yoo-jung, Jung In-gi, Park Hyo-joo
- Genre Crime, Drama, Thriller
- Available on AMC+, AMC+ Amazon Channel, IFC Films Unlimited Apple TV Channel, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, YouTube
The Wailing
(곡성)
"Somebody better call the exorcist!"
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Korea, United States • 2016
- Director Na Hong-jin
- Cast Kwak Do-won, Hwang Jung-min, Chun Woo-hee, Jun Kunimura, Kim Hwan-hee, Heo Jin
- Genre Horror, Mystery, Thriller
- Available on Netflix, Hoopla, fuboTV, Rakuten Viki, Peacock, Kocowa, Hi-YAH, Netflix basic with Ads, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Kanopy
Burning
(버닝)
Jongsu's solitude is interrupted when he runs into a childhood neighbor and her enigmatic friend.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Korea • 2018
- Director Lee Chang-dong
- Cast Yoo Ah-in, Steven Yeun, Jun Jong-seo, Kim Soo-kyung, Choi Seung-ho, Moon Sung-keun
- Genre Drama, Mystery, Thriller
- Available on Netflix, Hoopla, Peacock, AsianCrush, Netflix basic with Ads, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Kanopy
Sympathy for Lady Vengeance
(친절한 금자씨)
It's time for beautiful Lee Guem-ja's revenge.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Korea • 2005
- Director Park Chan-wook
- Cast Lee Young-ae, Choi Min-sik, Kwon Yea-young, Kim Shi-hoo, Nam Il-woo, Kim Byung-ok
- Genre Drama, Thriller
- Available on Metrograph, Kino Now, Tubi TV, Pluto TV, Kanopy, Plex
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
Black Orpheus
(Orfeu Negro)
A retelling of the Greek legend of Orpheus and Eurydice that introduced Bossa Nova to the world.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Brazil, France, Italy • 1959
- Director Marcel Camus
- Cast Breno Mello, Marpessa Dawn, Marcel Camus, Fausto Guerzoni, Lourdes de Oliveira, Léa Garcia
- Genre Drama, Fantasy, Music, Romance
- Available on Criterion Channel, Max Amazon Channel, Max, Apple TV, Vudu, Amazon Video, Kanopy
Bacurau
A Brazilian village is targeted by a group of armed mercenaries… who may have met their match.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Brazil • 2019
- Director Kleber Mendonça Filho, Juliano Dornelles
- Cast Bárbara Colen, Udo Kier, Sônia Braga, Thomas Aquino, Silvero Pereira, Wilson Rabelo
- Genre Mystery, Thriller, Western
- Available on Showtime Apple TV Channel, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube, Kino Now, Kanopy
Arabian Nights: Volume 1, The Restless One
(As Mil e Uma Noites: Volume 1, O Inquieto)
To avoid being beheaded, Scheherazade tells King Shahryar unfinished tales of modern Portugal each night.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Portugal, France, Germany • 2015
- Director Miguel Gomes
- Cast Crista Alfaiate, Miguel Gomes, Carloto Cotta, Adriano Luz, Rogério Samora, Maria Rueff
- Genre Drama
- Available on Apple TV, Vudu, Amazon Video, Kino Now, Kanopy
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.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- 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, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube, Kanopy, Plex
Arabian Nights: Volume 2, The Desolate One
(As Mil e Uma Noites: Volume 2, O Desolado)
In this second installment of Gomes’ trilogy, Scheherazade tells three tales of a Portugal in crisis
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Portugal, France, Germany • 2015
- Director Miguel Gomes
- Cast Crista Alfaiate, Chico Chapas, Luísa Cruz, Pedro Caldas, Gonçalo Waddington, Margarida Carpinteiro
- Genre Drama
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube, Kino Now, Kanopy
Invisible Life
(A Vida Invisível)
Two estranged sisters struggle to make lives for themselves despite the restrictive expectations of 1950s Brazil.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Brazil • 2019
- Director Karim Aïnouz
- Cast Carol Duarte, Julia Stockler, Fernanda Montenegro, Gregório Duvivier, Bárbara Santos, Flávia Gusmão
- Genre Drama
- Available on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Freevee
Pather Panchali
(পথের পাঁচালী)
Together, Apu and his sister, Durga, make do with what they have and enjoy the simple joys of childhood.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- India • 1955
- Director Satyajit Ray
- Cast Subir Banerjee, Uma Das Gupta, Karuna Banerjee, Kanu Bannerjee, Chunibala Devi, Runki Banerjee
- Genre Drama
- Available on Criterion Channel, Max Amazon Channel, Max, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube, Tubi TV, Kanopy, Plex
The Hero
(নায়ক)
A matinee idol is going by train to collect an acting award and is suddenly interviewed by a reluctant journalist.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- India • 1966
- Director Satyajit Ray
- Cast Uttam Kumar, Sharmila Tagore, Bireswar Sen, Somen Bose, Nirmal Ghosh, Premangshu Bose
- Genre Drama
- Available on Criterion Channel, Max Amazon Channel, Apple TV, Amazon Video
A Prophet
(Un prophète)
The timeless tale of the student who becomes the master -- set in a French prison.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- France, Italy • 2009
- Director Jacques Audiard
- Cast Tahar Rahim, Niels Arestrup, Adel Bencherif, Hichem Yacoubi, Reda Kateb, Jean-Philippe Ricci
- Genre Crime, Drama
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube
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
Volver
Two daughters encounter their mother's spirit after a family tragedy.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- 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, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube, AMC on Demand
Shoplifters
(万引き家族)
Sometimes it's better to choose your own family.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 2018
- Director Hirokazu Kore-eda
- Cast Lily Franky, Sakura Ando, Mayu Matsuoka, Jyo Kairi, Miyu Sasaki, Kirin Kiki
- Genre Crime, Drama
- Available on Hulu, Hoopla, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, Redbox, FlixFling, Spectrum On Demand, Tubi TV
Breathless
(À bout de souffle)
When you discover the dirty truth about the person you love...
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- France • 1960
- Director Jean-Luc Godard
- Cast Jean-Paul Belmondo, Jean Seberg, Daniel Boulanger, Jean-Pierre Melville, Henri-Jacques Huet, Van Doude
- Genre Crime, Drama
- Available on Criterion Channel, Max Amazon Channel, Max, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube, Kanopy
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.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- 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, Vudu, YouTube, Kanopy
Repulsion
Beautiful young manicurist Carole suffers from androphobia—the pathological fear of interaction with men.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- United Kingdom • 1965
- Director Roman Polanski
- Cast Catherine Deneuve, Ian Hendry, John Fraser, Yvonne Furneaux, Patrick Wymark, Renée Houston
- Genre Drama, Horror, Thriller
- Available on fuboTV, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Spectrum On Demand, Crackle, Plex
Throne of Blood
(蜘蛛巣城)
Akira Kurosawa's resetting of William Shakespeare's "Macbeth" in feudal Japan ranks among his most acclaimed films.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 1957
- Director Akira Kurosawa
- Cast Toshirō Mifune, Isuzu Yamada, Akira Kubo, Takashi Shimura, Minoru Chiaki, Hiroshi Tachikawa
- Genre Drama, History
- Available on Criterion Channel, TCM, Max Amazon Channel, Apple TV, Amazon Video, Plex
Woman in the Dunes
(砂の女)
An entomologist suffers extreme psychological and sexual torture after being taken captive by the residents of a poor seaside village.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 1964
- Director Hiroshi Teshigahara
- Cast Eiji Okada, Kyôko Kishida, Ginzô Sekiguchi, Kôji Mitsui, Sen Yano
- Genre Drama, Thriller
- Available on Criterion Channel, Apple TV, Amazon Video
Death by Hanging
(絞死刑)
A Korean man is sentenced to death by hanging, but he survives the execution.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 1968
- Director Nagisa Ōshima
- Cast Kei Satō, Fumio Watanabe, Toshirô Ishidô, Masao Adachi, Rokkō Toura, Hōsei Komatsu
- Genre Comedy, Drama
- Available on Criterion Channel, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube
Ikiru
(生きる)
Mr. Watanabe tries to find a meaningful human connection after he is diagnosed with terminal cancer.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 1952
- Director Akira Kurosawa
- Cast Takashi Shimura, Haruo Tanaka, Nobuo Kaneko, Bokuzen Hidari, Miki Odagiri, Shinichi Himori
- Genre Drama
- Available on Criterion Channel, Max Amazon Channel, Max, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube, Kanopy
The Insect Woman
(にっぽん昆虫記)
She lives by instinct with no sense of right or wrong.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 1963
- Director Shōhei Imamura
- Cast Emiko Aizawa, Masumi Harukawa, Sachiko Hidari, Emiko Higashi, Daizaburo Hirata, Seizaburō Kawazu
- Genre Drama
- Available on Criterion Channel
Rashomon
(羅生門)
A singular crime from four different perspectives.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 1950
- Director Akira Kurosawa
- Cast Toshirō Mifune, Machiko Kyō, Takashi Shimura, Masayuki Mori, Minoru Chiaki, Kichijirô Ueda
- Genre Crime, Drama, Mystery
- Available on Criterion Channel, Max Amazon Channel, Max, Apple TV, Amazon Video, Tubi TV, Kanopy, Plex
Stray Dog
(野良犬)
During a sweltering summer, a rookie detective searches Tokyo’s streets for his stolen Colt pistol.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 1949
- Director Akira Kurosawa
- Cast Toshirō Mifune, Takashi Shimura, Keiko Awaji, Eiko Miyoshi, Noriko Sengoku, Noriko Honma
- Genre Crime, Drama, Thriller
- Available on fuboTV, Criterion Channel, Crackle, Tubi TV, Plex
Harakiri
(切腹)
The world has never understood why the Japanese prefer death to dishonor. This winner of Prix Special du Jury at Cannes 1963 provides the answer!
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 1962
- Director Masaki Kobayashi
- Cast Tatsuya Nakadai, Rentarou Mikuni, Shima Iwashita, Akira Ishihama, Yoshio Inaba
- Genre Action, Drama, History
- Available on Criterion Channel, Apple TV, Amazon Video
Chandramukhi
(சந்திரமுகி)
An abandoned mansion seems to be haunted by an ancient courtesan back for revenge.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- 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
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.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- India • 1995
- Director Suresh Krishna
- Cast Rajinikanth, Nagma, Raghuvaran, Janagaraj, Devan, Vijayakumar
- Genre Action
- Available on Sun Nxt, Google Play Movies, YouTube
Dear Comrades!
(Дорогие товарищи!)
A Communist party worker finds her worldview changed after her daughter disappears in the chaos of a major labor conflict.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Russia • 2020
- Director Andrei Konchalovsky
- Cast Yuliya Vysotskaya, Vladislav Komarov, Andrei Gusev, Yulia Burova, Sergei Erlish
- Genre Drama, History
- Available on Apple TV, Vudu, Amazon Video, Tubi TV, Kanopy
I'm No Longer Here
(Ya no estoy aqui)
A teenage immigrant struggles with the death of his brother and feelings of isolation and loneliness in his new surroundings.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Mexico, United States • 2019
- Director Fernando Frias
- Cast Juan Daniel Garcia Treviño, Bianca Coral Puernte Valenzuela, Xueming Angelina Chen, Luis Leonardo Zapata, Yesica Avigail Silvia Rios
- Genre Drama
- Available on Netflix, Netflix basic with Ads
Collective
(Colectiv)
A documentary portrait of a group of Romanian journalists attempting to uncover fraud and corruption in public healthcare.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Romania • 2020
- Director Alexander Nanau
- Cast Catalin Tolontan, Mirela Neag, Razvan Lutac, Tedy Ursuleanu, Vlad Voiculescu
- Genre Documentary
- Available on Hoopla, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube, Redbox, Xumo Play, Kanopy
Night of the Kings
(La nuit des rois)
African fairy tale meets stark realism in this powerful prison drama.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- France, Canada, Côte d'Ivoire • 2021
- Director Philippe Lacôte
- Cast Koné Bakary, Steve Tientcheu, Digbeu Jean Cyrille, Rasmané Ouédraogo, Issaka Sawadogo, Denis Lavant
- Genre Drama
- Available on Hulu, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube, AMC on Demand, Kanopy, Neonrated
The Mole Agent
(El agente topo)
An elderly man is recruited to infiltrate a retirement home in this documentary.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Chile • 2020
- Director Maite Alberdi
- Cast Sergio Chamy, Rómulo Aitken
- Genre Documentary
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube, Tubi TV, Pluto TV, Kanopy, Plex,
Better Days
(少年的你)
A bullied teen gangs up with a mysterious criminal who uses violence to protect her.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- China • 2019
- Director Derek Tsang
- Cast Zhou Dongyu, Jackson Yee, Huang Jue, Yin Fang
- Genre Drama
- Available on Fandor Amazon Channel, Hoopla, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, Spectrum On Demand, Tubi TV, Pluto TV, AsianCrush, Freevee, Cineverse, Kanopy
Another Round
(Druk)
It is time to sweep off the dust of everyday life.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Denmark, Sweden, Netherlands • 2020
- Director Thomas Vinterberg
- Cast Mads Mikkelsen, Thomas Bo Larsen, Lars Ranthe, Magnus Millang, Maria Bonnevie, Susse Wold
- Genre Comedy, Drama
- Available on Amazon Prime Video, Hoopla, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube, Spectrum On Demand, Microsoft Store, Tubi TV, The Roku Channel, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Kanopy, Plex,
Quo Vadis, Aida?
A UN translator returns to Bosnia to help her family at the height of the 1995 War with Serbia.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Bosnia and Herzegovina, Austria, Romania • 2021
- Director Jasmila Žbanić
- Cast Jasna Đuričić, Izudin Bajrović, Boris Ler, Dino Bajrović, Johan Heldenbergh, Raymond Thiry
- Genre Drama, War
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Tubi TV, Kanopy
Nocturne
(Notturno)
Filmmaker Gianfranco Rosi explores the borders of the Middle East under the cover of night.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Italy, France, Germany • 2020
- Director Gianfranco Rosi
- Cast
- Genre Documentary
- Available on Apple TV, Vudu, Amazon Video, Tubi TV, Kanopy
Sincerely Yours, Dhaka
(ইতি, তোমারই ঢাকা)
In this anthology film, 11 Bangladeshi filmmakers create personal love letters to Dhaka, with gritty stories of city life.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Bangladesh • 2019
- Director Syed Ahmed Shawki
- Cast Nusrat Imroz Tisha, Orchita Sporshia, Allen Shubhro, Iresh Zaker, Fazlur Rahman Babu, Shatabdi Wadud
- Genre Drama
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Jallikattu
(ജെല്ലിക്കെട്ട്)
In the eternal contest of man vs. buffalo, which will emerge victorious?
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- India • 2019
- Director Lijo Jose Pellissery
- Cast Antony Varghese, Chemban Vinod Jose, Sabumon Abdusamad, Santhy Balachandran, Jaffer Idukki, Vinod Kozhikode
- Genre Drama
- Available on Amazon Prime Video, aha, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Kanopy, Plex,
Utopia
A group of diehard comic fans uncover a grave message in their favorite graphic novel, putting the fate of the entire world in their hands.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- United Kingdom • 2013
- Creator Dennis Kelly
- Cast Adeel Akhtar, Paul Higgins, Neil Maskell, Fiona O'Shaughnessy, Alexandra Roach, Nathan Stewart-Jarrett
- Genre Action & Adventure, Drama, Mystery
- Available on Amazon Prime Video, BritBox, BritBox Amazon Channel, Britbox Apple TV Channel , Amazon Prime Video with Ads
The Gospel According to Matthew
(Il vangelo secondo Matteo)
A retelling of the story of Christ.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Italy, France • 1965
- Director Pier Paolo Pasolini
- Cast Enrique Irazoqui, Margherita Caruso, Susanna Pasolini, Marcello Morante, Mario Socrate, Settimio Di Porto
- Genre History, Drama
- Available on Fandor Amazon Channel, Criterion Channel, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube, Tubi TV, Freevee, Cineverse, Kanopy, Plex
Sometimes in April
A Hutu man's story of family and processing the trauma of the Rwandan genocide.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- 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
Pierrot le Fou
(Pierrot le fou)
How is life going to look like if one is always on the run?
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- France, Italy • 1965
- Director Jean-Luc Godard
- Cast Jean-Paul Belmondo, Anna Karina, Graziella Galvani, Dirk Sanders, Jimmy Karoubi, Roger Dutoit
- Genre Drama, Thriller
- Available on Vudu
Over the Limit
An elite Russian rhythmic gymnast pushes herself to extremes in an attempt to win a gold medal at the Olympic Games.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Poland, Germany, Finland • 2018
- Director Marta Prus
- Cast Margarita Mamun
- Genre Documentary
- Available on Hoopla, Film Movement Plus, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube, Kanopy
The Intouchables
(Intouchables)
In some friendships, opposites repel before they attract.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- France • 2011
- Director Olivier Nakache
- Cast François Cluzet, Omar Sy, Audrey Fleurot, Anne Le Ny, Clotilde Mollet, Alba Gaïa Bellugi
- Genre Comedy, Drama
- Available on Hoopla, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Kanopy
Hamlet
David Tennant stars in a film of the Royal Shakespeare Company's award-winning production of Shakespeare's great play.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- United Kingdom, Japan, United States • 2009
- Director Gregory Doran
- Cast David Tennant, Patrick Stewart, Penny Downie, Oliver Ford Davies, Mariah Gale, Edward Bennett
- Genre Drama
- Available on Vudu, Amazon Video
Ran
(乱)
The Greatest Shakespeare Film
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan, France • 1985
- Director Akira Kurosawa
- Cast Tatsuya Nakadai, Akira Terao, Jinpachi Nezu, Daisuke Ryû, Mieko Harada, Yoshiko Miyazaki
- Genre Action, Drama, History
- Available on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Video, AMC on Demand, Amazon Prime Video with Ads
Emma.
A young woman heedlessly meddles in people’s romantic affairs as she tries to play matchmaker.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- United Kingdom • 2020
- Director Autumn de Wilde
- Cast Anya Taylor-Joy, Johnny Flynn, Josh O'Connor, Callum Turner, Mia Goth, Miranda Hart
- Genre Comedy, Drama, Romance
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, AMC on Demand, Freevee
Shutter
(ชัตเตอร์ กดติดวิญญาณ)
Photographs can capture what the eyes can't see.
- ✭ ✭
- Thailand • 2004
- Director Parkpoom Wongpoom
- Cast Ananda Everingham, Natthaweeranuch Thongmee, Achita Sikamana, Unnop Chanpaibool, Titikarn Tongprasearth, Sivagorn Muttamara
- Genre Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
- Available on Hoopla, Vudu, VUDU Free, Kanopy
We Are What We Are
(Somos lo que hay)
A man's death leaves his family destitute... and hungry for human flesh.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Mexico • 2010
- Director Jorge Michel Grau
- Cast Paulina Gaitán, Francisco Barreiro, Alan Chávez, Carmen Beato, Adrián Aguirre, Miriam Balderas
- Genre Horror, Thriller
- Available on AMC+ Amazon Channel, Apple TV, Amazon Video
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
Divines
Dounia is a drug dealer who lusts for power, until an encounter with Djigui, a young dancer, changes her course.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- France, Qatar • 2016
- Director Houda Benyamina
- Cast Oulaya Amamra, Déborah Lukumuena, Kévin Mischel, Jisca Kalvanda, Yasin Houicha, Majdouline Idrissi
- Genre Drama
- Available on Netflix, Netflix basic with Ads
Kitchen Stories
(Salmer fra kjøkkenet)
Swedish researcher's observe the emergence of the modern housewife in the 1950s and plan to revolutionize the home kitchen.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Norway, Sweden • 2003
- Director Bent Hamer
- Cast Joachim Calmeyer, Tomas Norström, Bjørn Floberg, Reine Brynolfsson, Sverre Anker Ousdal, Jan Gunnar Røise
- Genre Drama, Comedy
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Alice
(Něco z Alenky)
A memorably bizarre screen version of Lewis Carroll’s novel ‘Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland’.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Czechoslovakia, Switzerland, United Kingdom • 1988
- Director Jan Švankmajer
- Cast Kristýna Kohoutová
- Genre Animation, Comedy, Fantasy
- Available on Fandor Amazon Channel, OVID, Kanopy
The Murder Case of Hana & Alice
(花とアリス殺人事件)
Alice and Hana investigate the disappearance of their missing classmate.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 2015
- Director Shunji Iwai
- Cast Yū Aoi, Anne Suzuki, Shôko Aida, Ranran Suzuki, Haru Kuroki
- Genre Drama, Animation, Comedy
- Available on Hoopla, Apple TV, Amazon Video, Kanopy
Liyana
Five children discover the healing power of storytelling.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Swaziland, Qatar, United States • 2018
- Director Aaron Kopp
- Cast Gcina Mhlophe
- Genre Animation, Documentary
- Available on IndieFlix, Peacock, Apple TV, Vudu, Amazon Video, Tubi 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
Beanpole
(Дылда)
A war movie about what happens after battle.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Russia • 2019
- Director Kantemir Balagov
- Cast Viktoriya Miroshnichenko, Vasilisa Perelygina, Konstantin Balakirev, Kseniya Kutepova, Olga Dragunova, Andrey Bykov
- Genre Drama
- Available on Hoopla, OVID, Showtime Apple TV Channel, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube, Kino Now, Kanopy
At Eternity's Gate
The story of Vincent van Gogh's artistic genius — and the misunderstanding public.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Switzerland, Ireland, United Kingdom • 2018
- Director Julian Schnabel
- Cast Willem Dafoe, Rupert Friend, Oscar Isaac, Mads Mikkelsen, Mathieu Amalric, Emmanuelle Seigner
- Genre Drama
- Available on Hoopla, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, AMC on Demand, Freevee
Sunday's Illness
(La enfermedad del domingo)
Family is the strongest...and strangest...bond.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Spain • 2018
- Director Ramón Salazar
- Cast Bárbara Lennie, Susi Sánchez, Greta Fernández, Miguel Ángel Solá, Richard Bohringer
- Genre Drama
- Available on Netflix, Netflix basic with Ads
The Year Earth Changed
As we retreat into lockdown, Mother Nature makes a comeback.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- United Kingdom • 2021
- Director Tom Beard
- Cast David Attenborough, Bhashkar Bara, Dulu Bora, Anshul Chopra, Christine Gabriele
- Genre Documentary
- Available on Apple TV Plus
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 Max Amazon Channel, Max, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Microsoft Store, YouTube, AMC on Demand, Kanopy
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
Bedevilled
(김복남 살인사건의 전말)
Nothing is more deadly than a woman seeking revenge.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Korea • 2010
- Director Jang Cheol-soo
- Cast Seo Young-hee, Hwang Geum-hee, Baek Su-Ryeon, Park Jeong-hak, Bae Sung-woo, Oh Yong
- Genre Crime, Drama, Horror, Thriller
- Available on Hi-YAH, Amazon Video, Apple TV, The Roku Channel
Kind Hearts and Coronets
A hilarious study in the gentle art of murder.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- United Kingdom • 1949
- Director Robert Hamer
- Cast Dennis Price, Valerie Hobson, Joan Greenwood, Alec Guinness, Audrey Fildes, Miles Malleson
- Genre Comedy, Drama
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube, Kanopy
The Ladykillers
An oddball group of criminals plan a robbery.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- United Kingdom • 1955
- Director Alexander Mackendrick
- Cast Alec Guinness, Cecil Parker, Herbert Lom, Peter Sellers, Danny Green, Katie Johnson
- Genre Comedy, Crime
- Available on Criterion Channel, AMC on Demand
My Beautiful Laundrette
A British-Pakistani man renovates a rundown laundrette after rekindling love with a former flame.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- United Kingdom • 1985
- Director Stephen Frears
- Cast Gordon Warnecke, Daniel Day-Lewis, Roshan Seth, Saeed Jaffrey, Derrick Branche, Rita Wolf
- Genre Comedy, Drama, Romance
- Available on Hoopla, ScreenPix Apple TV Channel, Apple TV, Vudu, Amazon Video, Pluto TV
Blow-Up
Michelangelo Antonioni's first British film
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- United Kingdom, Italy, United States • 1966
- Director Michelangelo Antonioni
- Cast David Hemmings, Vanessa Redgrave, Sarah Miles, John Castle, Veruschka von Lehndorff, Jane Birkin
- Genre Drama, Mystery, Thriller
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Tubi TV
The Long Good Friday
Who lit the fuse that tore Harold's world apart?
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- United Kingdom • 1980
- Director John Mackenzie
- Cast Bob Hoskins, Helen Mirren, Dave King, Bryan Marshall, Derek Thompson, Eddie Constantine
- Genre Crime, Drama, Mystery
- Available on Criterion Channel, Max Amazon Channel
Rocks
A British teen is forced to play parent for herself and her younger brother.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- United Kingdom • 2020
- Director Sarah Gavron
- Cast Bukky Bakray, Kosar Ali, D'angelou Osei Kissiedu, Shaneigha-Monik Greyson, Ruby Stokes
- Genre Drama
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Shaun of the Dead
"Dawn of the Dead" gets a satirical update with this 30-something loser.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- United Kingdom, France • 2004
- Director Edgar Wright
- Cast Simon Pegg, Kate Ashfield, Lucy Davis, Nick Frost, Dylan Moran, Bill Nighy
- Genre Horror, Comedy
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, AMC on Demand
Mustang
In a small Turkish village, five sisters struggle against the restrictions of their conservative family.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- 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 MUBI, Fandor Amazon Channel, Cohen Media Amazon Channel, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, Kino Now, Tubi TV, Cineverse, Kanopy
The Scent of Green Papaya
(Mùi đu đủ xanh)
An orphan and a servant for a merchant family in Saigon, Mui witnesses all their darkest secrets, but never loses her childlike love for the world.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Vietnam, France • 1993
- Director Tran Anh Hung
- Cast Trần Nữ Yên Khê, Man San Lu, Thi Loc Truong, Nguyen Anh Hoa, Hoa Hoi Vuong, Ngoc Trung Tran
- Genre Drama, Romance
- Available on Kanopy, Hoopla, Metrograph, Vudu, Amazon Video, Kino Now
A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night
A lonely vampire preys on the depraved residents of Bad City — but finds love in another tortured soul.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Iran, United States • 2014
- Director Ana Lily Amirpour
- Cast Sheila Vand, Arash Marandi, Marshall Manesh, Mozhan Marnò, Dominic Rains, Rome Shadanloo
- Genre Horror, Romance, Western
- Available on Hoopla, Metrograph, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube, Kino Now, Kanopy
I Am Not a Witch
An 8-year-old girl is convicted of witchcraft and brought to a penal colony where witches do hard labor.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- United Kingdom, France, Germany • 2017
- Director Rungano Nyoni
- Cast Maggie Mulubwa, Henry B.J. Phiri, Gloria Huwiler, Nellie Munamonga, Dyna Mufuni
- Genre Drama
- Available on Hoopla, AMC+ Amazon Channel, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube, Tubi TV, Pluto TV, Freevee, Kanopy, Plex,
Poetry
(시)
A Korean grandmother enrolls in a poetry class, where she finds solace amid the chaos of her personal life.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Korea • 2010
- Director Lee Chang-dong
- Cast Yoon Jeong-hee, Lee Da-wit, Kim Hee-ra, Ahn Nae-sang, Kim Yong-taek, Park Myung-shin
- Genre Drama
- Available on Kanopy
Amour
Love never ends.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Austria, France, Germany • 2012
- Director Michael Haneke
- Cast Jean-Louis Trintignant, Emmanuelle Riva, Isabelle Huppert, William Shimell, Ramón Agirre, Rita Blanco
- Genre Drama, Romance
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube, AMC on Demand
Old Cats
(Gatos viejos)
An elderly woman must hide her senility from her scheming daughter — while trapped in the same apartment together.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Chile, United States • 2010
- Director Pedro Peirano
- Cast Bélgica Castro, Claudia Celedón, Catalina Saavedra, Alejandro Sieveking, Alejandro Goic, Alicia Rodríguez
- Genre Comedy, Drama
- Available on fuboTV, Amazon Video, Kanopy, Plex
The Life Ahead
(La vita davanti a sé)
A Holocaust survivor and a young Senegalese orphan form an unlikely bond.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Italy • 2020
- Director Edoardo Ponti
- Cast Sophia Loren, Ibrahima Gueye, Renato Carpentieri, Diego Iosif Pirvu, Massimiliano Rossi, Abril Zamora
- Genre Drama
- Available on Netflix, Netflix basic with Ads
Twilight's Kiss
(叔・叔)
Two closeted gay men in the twilight years of their lives contemplate a future together.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Hong Kong • 2020
- Director Ray Yeung
- Cast Tai Bo, Ben Yuen, Patra Au, Lo Chun Yip, Lam Yiu-Sing, Wong Kwok-Fai
- Genre Drama
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube, Kanopy
The Wife
A demure and faithful wife reconsiders her endless devotion to her husband.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- United Kingdom, Sweden, United States • 2018
- Director Björn Runge
- Cast Glenn Close, Jonathan Pryce, Christian Slater, Max Irons, Annie Starke, Harry Lloyd
- Genre Drama
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube, Spectrum On Demand, AMC on Demand
A Woman Is a Woman
(Une femme est une femme)
Sometimes women can't escape what nature makes them desire.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- France, Italy • 1961
- Director Jean-Luc Godard
- Cast Anna Karina, Jean-Claude Brialy, Jean-Paul Belmondo, Marie Dubois, Jeanne Moreau, Dominique Zardi
- Genre Comedy, Drama, Romance
- Available on No streaming locations found.
That Man from Rio
(L'Homme de Rio)
On a mission to Brazil, military man Adrien Dufourquet learns that a stolen statue is the key to a hidden Amazon treasure.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- France, Italy • 1964
- Director Philippe de Broca
- Cast Jean-Paul Belmondo, Françoise Dorléac, Jean Servais, Simone Renant, Adolfo Celi, Roger Dumas
- Genre Action, Adventure, Comedy
- Available on Cohen Media Amazon Channel, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, YouTube, Tubi TV, Kanopy
Two Women
(La ciociara)
Suddenly, love becomes lust and innocence becomes shame, as two women are trapped by violent passion and unforgettable terror!
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Italy, France • 1960
- Director Vittorio De Sica
- Cast Sophia Loren, Jean-Paul Belmondo, Raf Vallone, Eleonora Brown, Carlo Ninchi, Andrea Checchi
- Genre Drama, War
- Available on Fandor Amazon Channel, Apple TV, Kanopy, Plex
Le Doulos
A burglar betraying other criminals prepares for a big heist with a trusted friend that might be as untrustworthy as he.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- France, Italy • 1962
- Director Jean-Pierre Melville
- Cast Jean-Paul Belmondo, Serge Reggiani, Jean Desailly, René Lefèvre, Marcel Cuvelier, Philippe March
- Genre Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
- Available on Criterion Channel, Apple TV, Kino Now, Kanopy, Plex
Borsalino
In 1930s Marseilles, two small-time crooks join forces when they meet while brawling over a woman.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- France, Italy • 1970
- Director Jacques Deray
- Cast Jean-Paul Belmondo, Alain Delon, Catherine Rouvel, Françoise Christophe, Corinne Marchand, Laura Adani
- Genre Crime, Drama
- Available on Apple TV, Vudu, Amazon Video, Kanopy
Léon Morin, Priest
(Léon Morin, prêtre)
An atheist begins a series of conversations about religion with a handsome priest, which leads to her conversion -- and more...
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- France, Italy • 1961
- Director Jean-Pierre Melville
- Cast Jean-Paul Belmondo, Emmanuelle Riva, Irène Tunc, Marc Eyraud, Monique Hennessy, Nicole Mirel
- Genre Drama, Romance
- Available on Criterion Channel, Kanopy
Unforgiven
(許されざる者)
Jubei vowed to never again pick up a sword, but poverty gives him no choice, and he must become a bounty hunter.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 2013
- Director Lee Sang-il
- Cast Ken Watanabe, Koichi Sato, Akira Emoto, Yuya Yagira, Shiori Kutsuna, Eiko Koike
- Genre Action, Crime, Drama
- Available on Apple TV, Vudu, Amazon Video
Aferim!
A policeman is hired to track down a Roma slave in this black-and-white historical drama.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Romania, Bulgaria, Czech Republic • 2015
- Director Radu Jude
- Cast Teodor Corban, Mihai Comanoiu, Toma Cuzin, Alexandru Dabija, Luminița Gheorghiu
- Genre Drama, History
- Available on OVID, Apple TV, Vudu, Kanopy
Western
When darkness descends upon two border towns, a cowboy and a lawman must face a new and threatening reality.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Mexico, United States • 2015
- Director Bill Ross, Turner Ross
- Cast
- Genre Documentary, Western
- Available on OVID, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube, Tubi TV, Kanopy
They Call Me Trinity
(Lo chiamavano Trinità...)
Trinity and Bambino send the bad guys packing with humor instead of excessive violence, saving the day.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Italy • 1970
- Director Enzo Barboni
- Cast Terence Hill, Bud Spencer, Steffen Zacharias, Dan Sturkie, Gisela Hahn, Elena Pedemonte
- Genre Action, Comedy, Western
- Available on Amazon Video, Tubi TV
Seven Samurai
(七人の侍)
Seven samurai answer a village's request for protection after they lose their masters and fall on hard times.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 1954
- Director Akira Kurosawa
- Cast Toshirō Mifune, Takashi Shimura, Yoshio Inaba, Seiji Miyaguchi, Minoru Chiaki, Daisuke Katô
- Genre Action, Drama
- Available on Criterion Channel, Max Amazon Channel, Max, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
(Il buono, il brutto, il cattivo)
A silent gunslinger, a renegade Mexican bandit, and an evil hitman hunt for 200,000 dollars in Confederate gold.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Italy, Spain, West Germany • 1966
- Director Sergio Leone
- Cast Clint Eastwood, Eli Wallach, Lee Van Cleef, Aldo Giuffrè, Luigi Pistilli, Rada Rassimov
- Genre Western
- Available on Max Amazon Channel, Max, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Spectrum On Demand
The Proposition
Captain Stanley gives Charlie Burns 9 days to kill his older psychopathic brother, or else they'll hang his mentally challenged younger brother.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Australia, United Kingdom • 2005
- Director John Hillcoat
- Cast Guy Pearce, Ray Winstone, Emily Watson, Danny Huston, David Wenham, John Hurt
- Genre Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama, Thriller, Western
- Available on fuboTV, Peacock, Apple TV, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, Crackle, Tubi TV, The Roku Channel, Popcornflix, Pluto TV, VUDU Free, Freevee, Redbox, Kanopy, Plex
Miss Granny
(수상한 그녀)
When 74 year-old Oh Mal-Soon mysteriously turns 20 again, she decides to make the most out of her newfound youth.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Korea • 2014
- Director Hwang Dong-hyuk
- Cast Shim Eun-kyung, Lee Jin-wook, Jung Jin-young, Park In-hwan, Sung Dong-il, Na Moon-hee
- Genre Comedy, Drama, Family, Music
- Available on Netflix, Netflix basic with Ads, Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, YouTube
Child's Pose
(Poziţia copilului)
After the accidental killing of a boy in a car crash, the mother tries to prevent her son being charged for the death, and she refuses to accept that her son is a grown-up man.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Romania • 2013
- Director Călin Peter Netzer
- Cast Vlad Ivanov, Luminița Gheorghiu, Bogdan Dumitrache, Florin Zamfirescu, Mimi Brănescu, Tania Popa
- Genre Drama
- Available on Apple TV, Kino Now, Kanopy
The Autobiography of Nicolae Ceausescu
(Autobiografia lui Nicolae Ceaușescu)
This towering cinematic achievement tracks the rise, reign, and fall of the infamous Romanian dictator Nicolae Ceausescu through his own propaganda footage.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Romania, Germany • 2010
- Director Andrei Ujica
- Cast Nicolae Ceaușescu, Elena Ceausescu, Leonid Brezhnev, Mikhail Gorbachev
- Genre Documentary
- Available on OVID, Kino Now, Kanopy
The Death of Mr. Lazarescu
(Moartea domnului Lăzărescu)
A retired engineer falls ill and finds himself stuck in an ambulance with a talkative nurse.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Romania • 2005
- Director Cristi Puiu
- Cast Ioan Fiscuteanu, Luminița Gheorghiu, Doru Ana, Monica Bârlădeanu, Alina Berzunțeanu, Alexandru Potocean
- Genre Comedy, Drama
- Available on Vudu, VUDU Free, Kanopy
California Dreamin'
(Nesfârșit)
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Romania • 2007
- Director Cristian Nemescu
- Cast Armand Assante, Răzvan Vasilescu, Jamie Elman, Maria Dinulescu, Ion Sapdaru, Alexandru Mărgineanu
- Genre Drama
- Available on IFC Films Unlimited Apple TV Channel, Apple TV, Amazon Video, Plex
I Do Not Care If We Go Down in History as Barbarians
(Îmi este indiferent dacă în istorie vom intra ca barbari)
An ambitious young theater director faces censorship when she is hired to create a public art project related to Romania's past.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Romania, Germany, Bulgaria • 2018
- Director Radu Jude
- Cast Ioana Iacob, Alex Bogdan, Alexandru Dabija, Ion Rizea, Claudia Ieremia
- Genre Comedy, Drama, History
- Available on Klassiki, Kanopy
Ash Is Purest White
(江湖儿女)
The violent love story of a young dancer and a mobster spanning from 2001 to 2017.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- China, France, Japan • 2018
- Director Jia Zhangke
- Cast Zhao Tao, Liao Fan, Feng Xiaogang, Xu Zheng, Zhang Yibai, Diao Yi'nan
- Genre Crime, Drama, Romance
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube, Kino Now, Tubi TV, Kanopy
Free and Easy
(轻松+愉快)
A crime-comedy featuring a traveling soap salesman, two apathetic cops, and a nontraditional monk.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- China • 2017
- Director Jun Geng
- Cast Xu Gang, Zhang Zhiyong
- Genre Comedy
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube, Tubi TV, VUDU Free, Kanopy
Have a Nice Day
(大世界)
A darkly funny animated neo-noir following a young driver who steals a million dollars from a crime boss.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- China • 2018
- Director Liu Jian
- Cast Yang Siming, Cao Kou, Ma Xiaofeng, Zhu Changlong, Cao Ka
- Genre Animation, Crime
- Available on Metrograph, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube, Tubi TV, VUDU Free, Kanopy
Cities of Last Things
(幸福城市)
A story about the life and death of a bitter Taiwanese cop — told backward.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Taiwan, China, France • 2018
- Director Wi Ding Ho
- Cast Lee Hong Chi, Jack Kao, Louise Grinberg, Ding Ning, Huang Lu, Linda Liu
- Genre Crime, Drama, Science Fiction
- Available on Netflix, Netflix basic with Ads
Long Day's Journey Into Night
(地球最后的夜晚)
A man returns to his hometown, where he is haunted by memories of his long-lost love.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- China • 2018
- Director Bi Gan
- Cast Huang Jue, Tang Wei, Sylvia Chang, Lee Hong Chi, Chen Yongzhong
- Genre Drama, Mystery
- Available on OVID, Metrograph, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube, Kino Now, Kanopy
The Wild Goose Lake
(南方车站的聚会)
A gangster, recently freed from prison, finds trouble amid Wuhan's shadows and neon.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- China, France • 2019
- Director Diao Yi'nan
- Cast Hu Ge, Gwei Lun-mei, Liao Fan, Wan Qian, Qi Dao, Huang Jue
- Genre Crime, Drama
- Available on Hoopla, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube, Kanopy
2046
Reality and fiction blend for a grieving sci-fi writer desperate to understand — and forget.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Hong Kong, China, France • 2004
- Director Wong Kar-wai
- Cast Tony Leung Chiu-Wai, Gong Li, Faye Wong, Takuya Kimura, Zhang Ziyi, Carina Lau
- Genre Drama, Fantasy, Romance, Science Fiction
- Available on Peacock, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Spectrum On Demand
Black Coal, Thin Ice
(白日焰火)
A neo-noir exploring the serpentine city, its neon lights, and its coal-black heart.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- China • 2014
- Director Diao Yi'nan
- Cast Liao Fan, Kwai Lun-Mei, Wang Xuebing, Wang Jingchun, Yu Ailei, Ni Jingyang
- Genre Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
- Available on Hoopla, Hi-YAH, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube, Tubi TV, Pluto TV, Freevee, Plex
Aquarius
Sometimes staying put is the greatest challenge.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Brazil, France • 2016
- Director Kleber Mendonça Filho
- Cast Sônia Braga, Maeve Jinkings, Irandhir Santos, Humberto Carrão, Fernando Teixeira, Zoraide Coleto
- Genre Drama
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube, Kino Now, Kanopy
Bhaji on the Beach
A diverse group of British Punjabi women travel to a beach resort in Blackpool and navigate intergenerational tensions.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- United Kingdom • 1993
- Director Gurinder Chadha
- Cast Kim Vithana, Jimmi Harkishin, Sarita Khajuria, Akbar Kurtha, Mo Sesay, Lalita Ahmed
- Genre Comedy, Drama
- Available on No streaming locations found.
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.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- 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, Max, Apple TV, Amazon Video, Kanopy
Atlantics
(Atlantique)
When one comes back to claim what was left behind, what are the consequences?
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- 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
The Beaches of Agnès
(Les Plages d'Agnès)
Filmmaking icon Agnès Varda turns the camera on herself.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- France • 2008
- Director Agnès Varda
- Cast Agnès Varda, André Lubrano, Blaise Fournier, Vincent Fournier, Rosalie Varda, Mathieu Demy
- Genre Documentary
- Available on Criterion Channel, DocAlliance Films, Kanopy
Buddha Collapsed Out of Shame
(بودا از شرم فرو ریخت)
A young girl in Afghanistan desperately wants to go to school and learn to read and write, but isn’t allowed to.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Iran, France, Afghanistan • 2007
- Director Hana Makhmalbaf
- Cast Habbas Alijome, Abdolali Huseinali, Nikbakht Noruz
- Genre Drama, War
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Frame by Frame
Four Afghan photojournalists attempt to reframe their country in the post-Taliban photo revolution.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Afghanistan • 2015
- Director Alexandria Bombach, Mo Scarpelli
- Cast Massoud Hossaini, Wakil Kohsar, Najibullah Mosafer, Farzana Wahidy
- Genre Documentary
- Available on Apple TV
Osama
In Afghanistan, a teenaged girl dresses as a boy so she can work to support her mother and grandmother.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Afghanistan, Ireland, Japan • 2003
- Director Siddiq Barmak
- Cast Marina Golbahari, Arif Herati, Zubaida Sahar, Mohammad Nadir Khwaja, Khwaja Nader
- Genre Drama
- Available on Amazon Prime Video, MGM Plus, Hoopla, fuboTV, MGM Plus Amazon Channel, MGM Plus Roku Premium Channel, Vudu, Amazon Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads
Midnight Traveler
An intimate portrait of the search for safety and freedom.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- United States • 2019
- Director Hassan Fazili
- Cast Hassan Fazili, Fatima Hussaini, Nargis Fazili, Zahra Fazili
- Genre Documentary
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube, Kanopy
3 Idiots
From the moment he arrives at India's most prestigious university, Rancho's outlandish schemes turn the campus upside down.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- India • 2009
- Director Rajkumar Hirani
- Cast Aamir Khan, R. Madhavan, Sharman Joshi, Omi Vaidya, Boman Irani, Ali Fazal
- Genre Comedy, Drama, Romance
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, YouTube, AMC on Demand
The Bird with the Crystal Plumage
(L'uccello dalle piume di cristallo)
After witnessing a murder, an American vacationing in Rome becomes the killer’s next target.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Italy, West Germany • 1970
- Director Dario Argento
- Cast Tony Musante, Suzy Kendall, Enrico Maria Salerno, Eva Renzi, Umberto Raho, Renato Romano
- Genre Horror, Mystery, Thriller
- Available on Amazon Prime Video, Shudder, Screambox, Fandor Amazon Channel, Screambox Amazon Channel, Shudder Amazon Channel, FlixFling, IndieFlix, AMC+, AMC+ Amazon Channel, Full Moon Amazon Channel, Shudder Apple TV Channel, Vudu, Amazon Video, Kino Now, Tubi TV, Freevee, Midnight Pulp, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Kanopy
Don't Look Now
A classic in the horror genre featuring a grieving family, a psychic sister, and an ominous warning…
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- United Kingdom, Italy • 1973
- Director Nicolas Roeg
- Cast Julie Christie, Donald Sutherland, Hilary Mason, Clelia Matania, Massimo Serato, Renato Scarpa
- Genre Drama, Horror, Thriller
- Available on Criterion Channel, Showtime Apple TV Channel, Paramount Plus Apple TV Channel , Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, AMC on Demand
Deep Red
(Profondo rosso)
A pianist and a journalist investigate a series of murders committed by a killer who refuses to be found.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Italy • 1975
- Director Dario Argento
- Cast David Hemmings, Daria Nicolodi, Gabriele Lavia, Macha Méril, Eros Pagni
- Genre Horror, Mystery, Thriller
- Available on Shudder, Screambox, Fandor Amazon Channel, Screambox Amazon Channel, Shudder Amazon Channel, FlixFling, AMC+, AMC+ Amazon Channel, ARROW, Midnight Pulp, Shudder Apple TV Channel, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube, Pluto TV, VUDU Free, Cineverse, Kanopy, Plex
Suspiria
Unfortunately for an American transplant, a German ballet school is home to the strange, the sinister, and the supernatural…
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Italy • 1977
- Director Dario Argento
- Cast Jessica Harper, Stefania Casini, Flavio Bucci, Miguel Bosé, Barbara Magnolfi
- Genre Horror
- Available on Showtime Apple TV Channel, Kanopy
Blood and Black Lace
(Sei donne per l'assassino)
A masked killer, an incriminating diary, and a model house full of secrets — and sins.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Italy, France, West Germany • 1964
- Director Mario Bava
- Cast Cameron Mitchell, Eva Bartok, Thomas Reiner, Ariana Gorini, Dante DiPaolo, Mary Arden
- Genre Horror, Mystery, Thriller
- Available on Fandor, Shudder, Fandor Amazon Channel, Screambox Amazon Channel, Shudder Amazon Channel, FlixFling, AMC+ Amazon Channel, Full Moon Amazon Channel, Shudder Apple TV Channel, Amazon Video, Plex
Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge
(दिलवाले दुल्हनिया ले जायेंगे)
Two Indian expats in London make their way back to India, and to each other.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- India • 1995
- Director Aditya Chopra
- Cast Shah Rukh Khan, Kajol, Amrish Puri, Anupam Kher, Satish Shah
- Genre Bollywood, Comedy, Drama, Romance
- Available on Amazon Prime Video, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Amazon Prime Video with Ads
Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara
(ज़िन्दगी ना मिलेगी दोबारा)
Three childhood friends re-discover the meaning of love, life, and friendship on their adventurous road trip/bachelor party.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- India • 2011
- Director Zoya Akhtar
- Cast Hrithik Roshan, Farhan Akhtar, Abhay Deol, Katrina Kaif, Kalki Koechlin, Naseeruddin Shah
- Genre Bollywood, Comedy, Drama, Romance
- Available on Netflix, Eros Now, Netflix basic with Ads, Eros Now Select Apple TV Channel, Apple TV, Kanopy
Piku
(पीकू)
Piku and her cantankerous father, Bhashkor, embark on a road trip with the thorny owner of a taxi business.
- India • 2015
- Director Shoojit Sircar
- Cast Amitabh Bachchan, Deepika Padukone, Irrfan Khan, Jisshu Sengupta, Avijit Dutt
- Genre Bollywood, Comedy, Drama
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, YouTube
English Vinglish
(इंग्लिश विंग्लिश)
A middle-class Indian housewife enrolls in English language classes after her family makes her feel insecure for not knowing the language.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- India • 2012
- Director Gauri Shinde
- Cast Sridevi, Adil Hussain, Mehdi Nebbou, Navika Kotia, Shivansh Kotia, Priya Anand
- Genre Bollywood, Comedy, Drama, Family
- Available on Eros Now, Eros Now Select Apple TV Channel, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Kanopy
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
The Meetings of Anna
(Les Rendez-vous d'Anna)
People insist on sharing their most intimate secrets and discontents with Anna, despite her obvious and profound disinterest in these revelations.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- France, Belgium, West Germany • 1978
- Director Chantal Akerman
- Cast Aurore Clément, Helmut Griem, Magali Noël, Hanns Zischler, Jean-Pierre Cassel, Lea Massari
- Genre Drama
- Available on Criterion Channel, Apple TV, Vudu, Amazon Video
Law of Desire
(La ley del deseo)
A story of love, loss, obsession, and art.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Spain • 1987
- Director Pedro Almodóvar
- Cast Antonio Banderas, Carmen Maura, Eusebio Poncela, Miguel Molina, Manuela Velasco, Bibiana Fernández
- Genre Comedy, Drama, Romance, Thriller, Mystery
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, YouTube
Toni Erdmann
In this absurdist tale of estrangement, a practical joker visits his workaholic daughter in an attempt to rekindle their relationship.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- 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 Starz Apple TV Channel, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Spectrum On Demand
35 Shots of Rum
(35 rhums)
A close-knit father and daughter navigate changes in their relationship as the daughter prepares to live her own life.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- France, Germany • 2009
- Director Claire Denis
- Cast Mati Diop, Nicole Dogue, Grégoire Colin, Alex Descas, Ingrid Caven
- Genre Drama
- Available on MUBI Amazon Channel, Kanopy
An Autumn Afternoon
(秋刀魚の味)
An aging widower arranges a marriage for his only daughter.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- 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
Life Is Beautiful
(La vita è bella)
An unforgettable fable that proves love, family and imagination can conquer all.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Italy • 1997
- Director Roberto Benigni
- Cast Roberto Benigni, Nicoletta Braschi, Giorgio Cantarini, Giustino Durano, Amerigo Fontani, Sergio Bini Bustric
- Genre Comedy, Drama
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube
The Father
An elderly man refuses to accept assistance from his daughter, even as his grip on reality starts to slip.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- United Kingdom • 2020
- Director Florian Zeller
- Cast Anthony Hopkins, Olivia Colman, Mark Gatiss, Olivia Williams, Imogen Poots, Rufus Sewell
- Genre Drama
- Available on Starz, Starz Roku Premium Channel, Starz Amazon Channel, Starz Apple TV Channel, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Spectrum On Demand, AMC on Demand
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.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- 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
Sonatine
A disenchanted Yakuza member is sent to Okinawa by his boss to quell a gang war, but realizes he has been set up.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- 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
A Summer's Tale
(Conte d'été)
Summer romances aren't all what they're cracked up to be...
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- 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
Stranger by the Lake
(L'Inconnu du Lac)
Franck falls in love with Michel, an attractive, potent, and lethally dangerous man.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- 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
La Collectionneuse
Adrien's plan to spend a quiet summer with friends gets interrupted when he learns a young girl is staying with them.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- 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
La Ciénaga
The self-pitying lives of a bored bourgeois family set during the summer in a small provincial town in Argentina.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- 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, Max, Apple TV, Amazon Video
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.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- 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
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.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- 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