Serena Zhang
Writer, creator, and storyteller from the Pacific Northwest. Stanford Class of 2021. My four loves are comfy yet funky socks, airports, movies, and Sriracha. Currently really into The Untamed and Dimension 20. You can find some of my work at: serena-l-zhang.squarespace.com
My Watchlist
Ascension
An exploration of contemporary China through the lens of consumerism, innovation, and pursuit of the "Chinese Dream."
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- China • 2021
- Director Jessica Kingdon
- Cast
- Genre Documentary
- Available on Paramount Plus, Paramount+ Amazon Channel, Paramount+ Roku Premium Channel, Paramount Plus Apple TV Channel , Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube
Sanremo
Two nursing home residents fall in love and then forget who the other is by the time they meet again.
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- Slovenia, Italy • 2020
- Director Miroslav Mandić
- Cast Sandi Pavlin, Silva Čušin, Boris Cavazza, Barbara Vidovič, Barbara Cerar, Mojca Funkl
- Genre Drama, Romance
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Zero to Hero
(媽媽的神奇小子)
The story of So Wa Wai, the gold medal winning paralympic athlete that had to overcome disability and poverty.
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- Hong Kong • 2021
- Director Wan Chi-Man
- Cast Sandra Ng Kwun-Yu, Louis Cheung, Leung Chung Hang, Fung Ho Yeung, Wu Tsz-Tung
- Genre Drama
- Available on Netflix, Netflix basic with Ads
Bad Luck Banging or Loony Porn
(Babardeala cu bucluc sau porno balamuc)
A secondary school teacher must face the wrath of her community when her sex tape spreads online.
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- Romania, Croatia, Czech Republic • 2021
- Director Radu Jude
- Cast Katia Pascariu, Claudia Ieremia, Olimpia Malai, Nicodim Ungureanu, Alexandru Potocean, Andi Vasluianu
- Genre Comedy, Drama
- Available on Hulu, Apple TV, Vudu, Microsoft Store
The Medium
(ร่างทรง)
A documentary team sets out to film the life of the medium Nim, who is possessed by the deity Bayan.
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- Thailand, Korea • 2021
- Director Banjong Pisanthanakun
- Cast Narilya Gulmongkolpech, Sawanee Utoomma, Sirani Yankittikan, Yasaka Chaisorn, Boonsong Nakphoo, Arunee Wattana
- Genre Horror, Thriller
- Available on Shudder, Shudder Amazon Channel, Hoopla, AMC+, AMC+ Amazon Channel, Shudder Apple TV Channel, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Microsoft Store, YouTube
Dad, I'm Sorry
(Bố Già)
Ba Sang deals with financial troubles and the escapades of his son Woan, who dreams of becoming a YouTube star.
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- Vietnam • 2021
- Director Trấn Thành, Vũ Ngọc Đãng
- Cast Trấn Thành, Tuấn Trần, Ngân Chi, Ngọc Giàu, Lê Giang, Hoàng Mèo
- Genre Comedy, Drama, Family
- Available on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads
Better Days
(少年的你)
A bullied teen gangs up with a mysterious criminal who uses violence to protect her.
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- 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
From What Is Before
(Mula sa kung ano ang noon)
An extraordinary epic that relates the strange, perhaps supernatural, occurrences that befall a remote village in the Philippine countryside.
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- Philippines • 2014
- Director Lav Diaz
- Cast Perry Dizon, Roeder, Hazel Orencio, Karenina Haniel, Reynan Abcede, Mailes Kanapi
- Genre Drama
- Available on MUBI, MUBI Amazon Channel, OVID, Metrograph, Kanopy
Mountain Patrol
(Kekexili)
Inspired by real life, a depiction of the struggle between vigilante rangers and bands of poachers in a remote region of Tibet.
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- China, Hong Kong • 2004
- Director Lu Chuan
- Cast Duobujie, Zhang Lei, Qi Dao, Xueying Zhao, Zhanlin Ma, Xueying Zhao
- Genre Action, Drama
- Available on Amazon Prime Video, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube, Amazon Prime Video with Ads
Angels Wear White
(嘉年华)
Respectability has no morals.
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- China • 2017
- Director Vivian Qu
- Cast Vicky Chen, Zhou Meijun, Shi Ke, Geng Le, Liu Weiwei, Peng Jing
- Genre Drama
- Available on Hoopla, OVID, Apple TV, Amazon Video, Kanopy
Tickled
It's not what you think.
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- New Zealand • 2016
- Director Dylan Reeve
- Cast David Farrier, Dylan Reeve, David Starr, Hal Karp, Marko Realmonte
- Genre Documentary, Mystery, Thriller
- Available on Hoopla, fuboTV, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Redbox, FlixFling, Spectrum On Demand, Vudu, Pluto TV, VUDU Free, Plex
A Touch of Sin
(天注定)
Sin is in all of us --- it just takes different forms.
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- China, Japan, France • 2013
- Director Jia Zhangke
- Cast Jiang Wu, Baoqiang Wang, Zhao Tao, Zhang Jiayi, Luo Lanshan, Han Dong
- Genre Drama
- Available on Hoopla, AMC+ Amazon Channel, Metrograph, Kino Now, Kanopy
Lawrence of Arabia
A Mighty Motion Picture Of Action And Adventure!
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- United Kingdom • 1962
- Director David Lean
- Cast Peter O'Toole, Alec Guinness, Anthony Quinn, Jack Hawkins, Omar Sharif, José Ferrer
- Genre Adventure, Drama, History, War
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Spectrum On Demand, AMC on Demand
Huda's Salon
(صالون هدى)
A young woman must fight for her life when an ordinary appointment turns into a terrifying nightmare.
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- Egypt, Netherlands, Occupied Palestinian Territory • 2022
- Director Hany Abu-Assad
- Cast Maisa Abd Elhadi, Ali Suliman, Manal Awad, Samer Bisharat
- Genre Thriller
- Available on AMC+, AMC+ Amazon Channel, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube
Paradise Now
Two Palestinian men attempt to carry out a suicide bombing in Tel Aviv.
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- Palestine, France, Germany • 2005
- Director Hany Abu-Assad
- Cast Ali Suliman, Amer Hlehel, Hiam Abbass, Ashraf Barhom, Mohammad Bustami
- Genre Crime, Drama, Thriller
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube
How to Win at Checkers (Every Time)
(พี่ชาย My Hero)
In Thailand, young Oat takes matters into his own hands when his brother faces the possibility of being drafted.
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- Thailand, United States, Indonesia • 2015
- Director Josh Kim
- Cast Theerachai Wimolchaireuk, Ingkarat Damrongsakkul, Thira Chutikul, Arthur Navarat
- Genre Drama
- Available on Apple TV, Vudu, Tubi TV, The Roku Channel, Kanopy
Tumbbad
(तुम्बाड)
A period horror like no other.
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- India, Sweden • 2018
- Director Rahi Anil Barve
- Cast Sohum Shah, Mohammad Samad, Jyoti Malshe, Dhundiraj Prabhakar Jogalekar, Ronjini Chakraborty, Anita Date
- Genre Fantasy, Horror
- Available on No streaming locations found.
The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind
A young Malawian genius uses invention and ambition to save his family and village from famine.
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- United Kingdom • 2019
- Director Chiwetel Ejiofor
- Cast Maxwell Simba, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Aïssa Maïga, Lily Banda, Joseph Marcell, Lemogang Tsipa
- Genre Drama, History
- Available on Netflix, Netflix basic with Ads
When I Saw You
(لما شفتك)
A young Palestinian refugee tires of his life in a refugee camp and leaves in search of his separated father.
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- Palestine, Jordan, Greece • 2014
- Director Annemarie Jacir
- Cast Mahmoud Asfa, Ruba Blal, Saleh Bakri, Anas Algaralleh, Ali Elayan
- Genre Drama
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube, Kino Now, VUDU Free, Kanopy
Armadillo
For you it's a movie. For them it's reality.
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- Denmark • 2010
- Director Janus Metz Pedersen
- Cast Rasmus, Mads 'Mini', Daniel 'Olby', Kim 'Birkerod'
- Genre Documentary, War
- Available on Apple TV, Vudu, Kino Now, Kanopy
Still Life
(三峡好人)
A man and woman witness societal changes in their hometown, which is headed for demolition.
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- China, Hong Kong • 2006
- Director Jia Zhangke
- Cast Han Sanming, Zhao Tao, Wang Hongwei, Zhubin Li, Haiyu Xiang, Lin Zhou
- Genre Drama
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, YouTube, Kanopy
The Resistance Banker
(Bankier van het Verzet)
The true story of how two banking brothers in Nazi-occupied Amsterdam risked everything to fund the Resistance.
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- Netherlands, Belgium • 2018
- Director Joram Lürsen
- Cast Barry Atsma, Jacob Derwig, Pierre Bokma, Götz Schubert, Fockeline Ouwerkerk, Raymond Thiry
- Genre Drama, War
- Available on Netflix, Netflix basic with Ads
First They Killed My Father
A 5-year-old girl becomes a child soldier during the terrifying reign of the Khmer Rouge.
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- Cambodia, United States • 2017
- Director Angelina Jolie
- Cast Sareum Srey Moch, Phoeung Kompheak, Sveng Socheata, Mun Kimhak, Heng Dara, Khoun Sothea
- Genre Drama, History, War
- Available on Netflix, Netflix basic with Ads
The Tinder Swindler
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- United Kingdom • 2022
- Director Felicity Morris
- Cast Shimon Yehuda Hayut, Cecilie Fjellhøy, Pernilla Sjöholm, Ayleen Charlotte, Kristoffer Kumar, Erlend Ofte Arntsen
- Genre Documentary, Crime
- Available on Netflix, Netflix basic with Ads
All My Friends Are Dead
(Wszyscy moi przyjaciele nie żyją)
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- Poland • 2020
- Director Jan Belcl
- Cast Julia Wieniawa-Narkiewicz, Mateusz Więcławek, Adam Woronowicz, Monika Krzywkowska, Paulina Gałązka, Aleksandra Pisula
- Genre Comedy, Drama, Thriller
- Available on Netflix, Netflix basic with Ads
Little Monsters
When zombies threaten a kindergarten field trip, a teacher, a struggling musician, and a television personality must protect the children.
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- Australia • 2019
- Director Abe Forsythe
- Cast Lupita Nyong'o, Alexander England, Josh Gad, Diesel La Torraca, Kat Stewart, Nadia Townsend
- Genre Comedy, Horror
- Available on Hulu
Mortal
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- Norway, United States • 2020
- Director André Øvredal
- Cast Nat Wolff, Iben Akerlie, Per Frisch, Priyanka Bose, Arthur Hakalahti, Kai Kolstad Rødseth
- Genre Action, Fantasy, Thriller
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, AMC on Demand
A Bluebird in My Heart
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- Belgium, France • 2018
- Director Jérémie Guez
- Cast Roland Møller, Veerle Baetens, Lola Le Lann, Lubna Azabal
- Genre Thriller
- Available on Shudder, Shudder Amazon Channel, AMC+, AMC+ Amazon Channel, AMC+ Roku Premium Channel, Shudder Apple TV Channel, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube
Young Ahmed
(Le jeune Ahmed)
A Belgian teenager hatches a plot to kill his teacher after embracing an extremist interpretation of the Quran.
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- Belgium • 2019
- Director Jean-Pierre Dardenne
- Cast Idir Ben Addi, Olivier Bonnaud, Myriem Akeddiou, Victoria Bluck, Claire Bodson
- Genre Drama
- Available on MUBI, MUBI Amazon Channel, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube, Kino Now, Kanopy
Bedevilled
(김복남 살인사건의 전말)
Nothing is more deadly than a woman seeking revenge.
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- 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
The Age of Shadows
(밀정)
An exhilarating tactical battle between Korean resistance fighters and the Japanese government in 1920s Korea.
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- Korea • 2016
- Director Kim Jee-woon
- Cast Song Kang-ho, Gong Yoo, Han Ji-min, Shingo Tsurumi, Um Tae-goo, Shin Sung-rok
- Genre Action, Drama, Thriller
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Memoir of a Murderer
(살인자의 기억법)
A former serial killer suffering from Alzheimer's realizes that his daughter is dating a psychotic murderer.
- Korea • 2017
- Director Won Shin-yeon
- Cast Sol Kyung-gu, Kim Nam-gil, Kim Seol-hyun, Oh Dal-su, Hwang Suk-jung, Kil Hae-yeon
- Genre Action, Crime, Thriller
- Available on Hoopla, Peacock, Kocowa, Rakuten Viki, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube, Tubi TV, The Roku Channel
Forgotten
(기억의 밤)
19 days’ missing, when my brother returns, my reality starts to crack down.
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- Korea • 2017
- Director Jang Hang-jun
- Cast Kang Ha-neul, Kim Moo-yul, Moon Sung-keun, Na Young-hee, Nam Myung-ryeol, Lee Na-ra
- Genre Thriller, Mystery, Drama
- Available on Netflix, Netflix basic with Ads
The Host
(괴물)
A father tries to save his daughter from a terrifying creature as it wreaks material and biological havoc on South Korea.
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- Korea • 2006
- Director Bong Joon-ho
- Cast Song Kang-ho, Byun Hee-bong, Park Hae-il, Bae Doo-na, Go Ah-sung, Oh Dal-su
- Genre Horror, Drama, Science Fiction
- Available on Amazon Prime Video, MUBI, Hulu, MUBI Amazon Channel, Hoopla, fuboTV, Peacock, Showtime Apple TV Channel, Paramount Plus Apple TV Channel , Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Redbox, FlixFling, Crackle, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Kanopy, Plex
Monstrum
(물괴)
A man-eating creature wreaks havoc on an already plague-infested capital.
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- Korea • 2018
- Director Huh Jong-ho
- Cast Kim Myung-min, Kim In-kwon, Lee Hye-ri, Choi Woo-shik, Lee Kyung-young, Park Hee-soon
- Genre Action, Horror, Drama, Fantasy
- Available on Shudder, Shudder Amazon Channel, AMC+ Amazon Channel, AMC+ Roku Premium Channel, Shudder Apple TV Channel, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube, Redbox, The Roku Channel
Hope
(소원)
We won't let her shed tears again
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- Korea • 2013
- Director Lee Joon-ik
- Cast Sol Kyung-gu, Uhm Ji-won, Lee Re, Kim Sang-ho, Kim Hae-sook, Ra Mi-ran
- Genre Drama, Family
- Available on No streaming locations found.
The Thieves
(도둑들)
South Korean thieves teams up with a Hong Kong crew to steal a diamond from a heavily-guarded casino.
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- Korea • 2012
- Director Choi Dong-hoon
- Cast Kim Yoon-seok, Kim Hye-soo, Lee Jung-jae, Jun Ji-hyun, Simon Yam, Angelica Lee
- Genre Action, Crime
- Available on Hoopla, Peacock, Kocowa, Hi-YAH, Rakuten Viki, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube, FlixFling, Tubi TV, The Roku Channel, YouTube Free, Pluto TV, Freevee, Plex
Dying to Survive
(我不是药神)
A man with leukemia starts smuggling a forbidden cancer drug into China, changing the lives of thousands of cancer patients.
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- China • 2018
- Director Muye Wen
- Cast Xu Zheng, Eric Wang, Zhou Yiwei, Tan Zhuo, Zhang Yu, Yang Xinming
- Genre Comedy, Drama
- Available on Rakuten Viki, Apple TV, Vudu, Amazon Video, Tubi TV, AsianCrush, Freevee
The Flowers of War
(金陵十三釵)
Fighting for freedom
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- China, Hong Kong • 2011
- Director Zhang Yimou
- Cast Christian Bale, Ni Ni, Tong Dawei, Zhang Xin Yi, Shigeo Kobayashi, Atsuro Watabe
- Genre Drama, History, War
- Available on Amazon Prime Video, Hoopla, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Tubi TV, The Roku Channel, Pluto TV, VUDU Free, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Kanopy, Plex
Monkey King: Hero Is Back
(西游记之大圣归来)
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- China • 2015
- Director Tian Xiao Peng
- Cast Zhang Lei, Lin Zijie, Tong Zirong, 刘北辰, Zhou Shuai, Liu Jiurong
- Genre Fantasy, Animation, Comedy
- Available on Hoopla, Vudu, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, Tubi TV, The Roku Channel, VUDU Free, Freevee
White Snake
(白蛇：缘起)
A tale of deadly mythical beasts, wuxia action, and the promise of eternal love.
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- China, United States • 2019
- Director Zhao Ji, Amp Wong
- Cast Zhang Zhe, Yang Tianxiang, Tang Xiaoxi, Liu Ziling, Zhang Yaohan, Zheng Xiaopu
- Genre Animation, Fantasy, Romance
- Available on Hoopla, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Redbox
Silenced
(도가니)
A new teacher at a hearing-impaired school is shocked when he realizes the children are being molested by faculty members.
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- Korea • 2011
- Director Hwang Dong-hyuk
- Cast Gong Yoo, Jung Yu-mi, Kim Hyun-soo, Jung In-seo, Baek Seung-hwan, Jang Gwang
- Genre Drama
- Available on Netflix, Netflix basic with Ads, Tubi TV
Miracle in Cell No. 7
(7번방의 선물)
A father with an intellectual disability tries to keep in contact with his young daughter after being wrongfully jailed.
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- Korea • 2013
- Director Lee Hwan-kyung
- Cast Ryu Seung-ryong, Park Shin-hye, Kal So-won, Jung Jin-young, Oh Dal-su, Park Won-sang
- Genre Comedy, Drama, Family
- Available on Rakuten Viki, Tubi TV, The Roku Channel, Freevee, Plex
The Beauty Inside
(뷰티 인사이드)
Woo-Jin, who wakes up in a different body every day, falls for Yi-Soo, a girl at a furniture store.
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- Korea • 2015
- Director Baik
- Cast Han Hyo-joo, Kim Dae-myung, Do Ji-han, Bae Sung-woo, Park Shin-hye, Lee Beom-soo
- Genre Fantasy, Romance
- Available on Kocowa, Rakuten Viki, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Tubi TV, The Roku Channel, YouTube Free, Pluto TV, AsianCrush, Kanopy
20 Once Again
(重返20岁)
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- China, Korea, Taiwan • 2015
- Director Leste Chen
- Cast Yang Zishan, Gua Ah-leh, Chen Bolin, Lu Han, Deshun Wang
- Genre Comedy
- Available on Google Play Movies, YouTube
Himizu
(ヒミズ)
The coming-of-age story of two teenagers struck by tragedy and disaster.
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- Japan • 2011
- Director Sion Sono
- Cast Shota Sometani, Fumi Nikaido, Tetsu Watanabe, Taro Suwa, Setchin Kawaya, Mitsuru Fukikoshi
- Genre Crime, Drama
- Available on No streaming locations found.
3-Iron
(빈집)
A young man rides around Seoul entering empty apartments, eating residents' food, and completing housework before he leaves.
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- Korea, Japan • 2004
- Director Kim Ki-duk
- Cast Lee Seung-yeon, Jae Hee, Kwon Hyuk-ho, Choi Jeong-ho, Lee Mi-suk, Lee Ju-seok
- Genre Crime, Drama, Romance
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Tubi TV
Wolf Girl and Black Prince
(オオカミ少女と黒王子)
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- Japan • 2016
- Director Ryuichi Hiroki
- Cast Fumi Nikaido, Kento Yamazaki, Nobuyuki Suzuki, Mugi Kadowaki, Ryusei Yokohama, Elaiza Ikeda
- Genre Romance
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Rurouni Kenshin Part I: Origins
(るろうに剣心)
The Journey Begins
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- Japan • 2012
- Director Keishi Ōtomo
- Cast Takeru Satoh, Emi Takei, Koji Kikkawa, Yu Aoi, Munetaka Aoki, Go Ayano
- Genre Adventure, Action, Drama, History
- Available on Netflix, Netflix basic with Ads
Your Lie in April
(四月は君の嘘)
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- Japan • 2016
- Director Takehiko Shinjo
- Cast Kento Yamazaki, Suzu Hirose, Anna Ishii, Taishi Nakagawa, Yuka Itaya, Rei Dan
- Genre Drama, Music, Romance
- Available on No streaming locations found.
L♡DK
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 2014
- Director Taisuke Kawamura
- Cast Ayame Gouriki, Kento Yamazaki, Akiyoshi Nakao, Rei Okamoto, Anna Ishibashi, Reiko Takashima
- Genre Romance, Drama
- Available on No streaming locations found.
No Longer Heroine
(ヒロイン失格)
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- Japan • 2015
- Director Tsutomu Hanabusa
- Cast Mirei Kiritani, Kento Yamazaki, Kentaro Sakaguchi, Ayano Fukuda, Miwako Wagatsuma, Maryjun Takahashi
- Genre Comedy, Drama, Romance
- Available on No streaming locations found.
ReLIFE
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 2017
- Director Takeshi Furusawa
- Cast Taishi Nakagawa, Yuna Taira, Mahiro Takasugi, Elaiza Ikeda, Sae Okazaki, Yudai Chiba
- Genre Comedy, Drama, Romance
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Happy Flight
(ハッピーフライト)
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- Japan • 2008
- Director Shinobu Yaguchi
- Cast Seiichi Tanabe, Saburo Tokito, Haruka Ayase, Kazue Fukiishi, Tomoko Tabata, Shinobu Terajima
- Genre Comedy, Drama
- Available on No streaming locations found.
In the Mood for Love
(花樣年華)
Longing and loneliness collide in this understated romance.
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- Hong Kong, China • 2000
- Director Wong Kar-wai
- Cast Tony Leung Chiu-Wai, Maggie Cheung, Rebecca Pan, Kelly Lai Chen, Siu Ping-Lam, Mama Hung
- Genre Drama, Romance
- Available on Criterion Channel, Max Amazon Channel, Max, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube
From Me to You
(君に届け)
A misunderstood girl's life changes when she is befriended by the nicest boy in school.
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- Japan • 2010
- Director Naoto Kumazawa
- Cast Mikako Tabe, Haruma Miura, Misako Renbutsu, Mirei Kiritani, Natsuna Watanabe, Haru Aoyama
- Genre Drama, Romance
- Available on Crunchyroll Amazon Channel
Our Times
(我的少女時代)
A stressed office worker reminisces about her high school days from 20 years ago.
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- Taiwan • 2015
- Director Frankie Chen
- Cast Vivian Sung, Darren Wang, Dino Lee, Dewi Chien, Andy Lau, Joe Chen
- Genre Comedy, Romance
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Unforgettable
(순정)
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- Korea • 2016
- Director Lee Eun-hee
- Cast Doh Kyung-soo, Kim So-hyun, Yeon Jun-seok, Lee Da-wit, Joo Da-young, Park Hae-jun
- Genre Drama, Romance
- Available on No streaming locations found.
The Witness
(我是证人)
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- China • 2015
- Director Ahn Sang-hoon
- Cast Yang Mi, Lu Han, Wang Jingchun, Yawen Zhu, Liu Ruilin, Lai Yi
- Genre Crime, Mystery
- Available on Fandor Amazon Channel, Rakuten Viki, AsianCrush, Vudu, Amazon Video
The Continent
(后会无期)
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- China • 2014
- Director Han Han
- Cast William Feng, Chen Bolin, Wallace Chung, Joe Chen, Wang Luodan, Yuan Quan
- Genre Drama
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Lost in Thailand
(人再囧途之泰囧)
Two businessmen go on a quest to compete for the shares for a new technology.
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- China • 2012
- Director Xu Zheng
- Cast Baoqiang Wang, Xu Zheng, Huang Bo, Hong Tao, Fan Bingbing, Xie Nan
- Genre Adventure, Comedy, Drama
- Available on Hoopla, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube, Tubi TV, YouTube Free, AsianCrush, Cineverse, Midnight Pulp, Plex
Lost in Hong Kong
(港囧)
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- China, Hong Kong • 2015
- Director Xu Zheng
- Cast Xu Zheng, Zhao Wei, Bao Bei Er, Du Juan, Eric Kot Man-Fai, Sam Lee
- Genre Comedy
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube, Tubi TV, YouTube Free, AsianCrush, Plex
American Dreams in China
(中国合伙人)
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- China • 2013
- Director Peter Chan
- Cast Huang Xiaoming, Deng Chao, Tong Dawei, Du Juan, Tong Lei, Liu Tianzuo
- Genre Drama
- Available on No streaming locations found.
A Little Thing Called Love
(สิ่งเล็กเล็กที่เรียกว่า...รัก)
First Love
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Thailand • 2010
- Director Puttipong Pormsaka Na-Sakonnakorn, Wasin Pokpong
- Cast Mario Maurer, Pimchanok Luevisadpaibul, Sudarat Butrprom, Peerawat Herapath, Pijitra Siriwerapan, Acharanat Ariyaritwikol
- Genre Comedy, Romance
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Secret
(不能說的秘密)
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Hong Kong, Taiwan • 2007
- Director Jay Chou
- Cast Jay Chou, Gwei Lun-mei, Anthony Wong, Alice Tzeng, So Ming-Ming, Huang Jun-Lang
- Genre Fantasy, Drama, Thriller
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Yes or No
(Yes or No อยากรัก ก็รักเลย)
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Thailand • 2010
- Director Saratswadee Wongsomphet
- Cast Sushar Manaying, Suppanad Jittaleela, Arisara Thongborisut, Soranut Yupanun, Inthira Yeunyong, Phuttipong Promasakha Na Sakolnakorn
- Genre Comedy, Romance
- Available on Amazon Video
Tiny Times 3
(小时代3：刺金时代)
To be blind, to be loved.
- ✭ ✭
- China • 2014
- Director Guo Jingming
- Cast Yang Mi, Amber Kuo, Bea Hayden Kuo, Xie Yi-lin, Kai Ko, Chen Xuedong
- Genre Romance, Drama
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Girls
(閨蜜)
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- China • 2014
- Director Barbara Wong
- Cast Fiona Sit, Ivy Chen, Yang Zishan, Shawn Yue, Wallace Chung, Vanness Wu
- Genre Comedy, Romance
- Available on Google Play Movies, YouTube
The Silenced
(경성학교: 사라진 소녀들)
The lost girls, suspicious school, and abnormal changes...
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Korea • 2015
- Director Lee Hae-young
- Cast Park Bo-young, Uhm Ji-won, Park So-dam, Kong Ye-ji, Shim Hee-sub, Go Won-hee
- Genre Horror, Thriller, Mystery
- Available on Tubi TV, The Roku Channel
Farewell My Concubine
(霸王别姬)
When one member of an acting duo gets married their explosive breakup and tragic fall begin to take root.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- China, Hong Kong • 1993
- Director Chen Kaige
- Cast Leslie Cheung, Zhang Fengyi, Gong Li, Jiang Wenli, Ge You, Lu Qi
- Genre Drama
- Available on Criterion Channel, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube
Raise the Red Lantern
(大红灯笼高高挂)
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- China, Hong Kong • 1991
- Director Zhang Yimou
- Cast Gong Li, Ma Jing-Wu, He Saifei, Cao Cuifen, Kong Lin, Jin Shu-Yuan
- Genre Drama
- Available on No streaming locations found.
The Wedding Banquet
(喜宴)
A gay Taiwanese American man plans a marriage of convenience to a Chinese woman in order to appease his parents
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Taiwan, United States • 1993
- Director Ang Lee
- Cast Winston Chao, May Chin, Gua Ah-leh, Sihung Lung, Mitchell Lichtenstein, Dion Birney
- Genre Comedy, Drama, Romance
- Available on Hoopla, Vudu, Spectrum On Demand, Pluto TV, Freevee, Kanopy
In the Heat of the Sun
(阳光灿烂的日子)
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- China, Hong Kong • 1994
- Director Jiang Wen
- Cast Xia Yu, Geng Le, Ning Jing, Hong Tao, Siqin Gaowa, Feng Xiaogang
- Genre Drama, Romance
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Rouge
(胭脂扣)
The ghost of a courtesan who died in 1934 returns to Hong Kong fifty-three years later, seeking to reunite with the man she loved.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Hong Kong • 1987
- Director Stanley Kwan
- Cast Anita Mui, Leslie Cheung, Alex Man, Emily Chu Bo-Yee, Irene Wan, Tam Sin-Hung
- Genre Drama, Fantasy, Romance
- Available on Criterion Channel
Crazy Stone
(疯狂的石头)
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- China, Hong Kong • 2006
- Director Ning Hao
- Cast Guo Tao, Liu Hua, Liu Gang, Xu Zheng, Huang Bo, Xiaojun Yue
- Genre Action, Comedy
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Parasyte: Part 1
(寄生獣)
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 2014
- Director Takashi Yamazaki
- Cast Shota Sometani, Eri Fukatsu, Ai Hashimoto, Kazuki Kitamura, Masahiro Higashide, Tadanobu Asano
- Genre Science Fiction, Horror
- Available on Vudu
Monster Hunt
(捉妖记)
What can bring monsters and humans together?
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- China, Hong Kong • 2015
- Director Raman Hui
- Cast Bai Baihe, Jing Boran, Jiang Wu, Elaine Jin, Wallace Chung, Eric Tsang
- Genre Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy
- Available on Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, YouTube, Kanopy
Hello Mr. Billionaire
(西虹市首富)
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- China • 2018
- Director Yan Fei, Peng Damo
- Cast Shen Teng, Vivian Sung, Zhang Yiming, Morning Chang, Chang Yuan, Wei Xiang
- Genre Comedy
- Available on Amazon Prime Video, Apple TV, Amazon Video, Tubi TV, The Roku Channel, AsianCrush, Cineverse, Amazon Prime Video with Ads
Spellbound
(오싹한 연애)
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Korea • 2011
- Director Hwang In-ho
- Cast Son Ye-jin, Lee Min-ki, Park Chul-min, Hwang Seung-eon, Kim Hyun-sook, Yoon Ji-min
- Genre Horror, Romance, Comedy
- Available on Tubi TV, Pluto TV
Confession of Murder
(내가 살인범이다)
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Korea • 2012
- Director Jung Byung-gil
- Cast Jung Jae-young, Park Si-hoo, Jung Hae-kyun, Kim Young-ae, Choi Won-young, Kim Jong-goo
- Genre Action, Thriller
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube, FlixFling, Tubi TV, Pluto TV, Kanopy, Plex
The Prison
(프리즌)
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Korea • 2017
- Director Na Hyun
- Cast Han Suk-kyu, Kim Rae-won, Jung Woong-in, Jo Jae-yun, Shin Sung-rok, Jeon Bae-soo
- Genre Crime, Action
- Available on Hoopla, Hi-YAH, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube, Tubi TV, Pluto TV, Plex
Psychokinesis
(염력)
A security guard gains telekinetic powers and uses them to defend his daughter's fried chicken shop from an evil conglomerate.
- Korea • 2018
- Director Yeon Sang-ho
- Cast Ryu Seung-ryong, Shim Eun-kyung, Park Jeong-min, Kim Min-jae, Jung Yu-mi, Yoo Seung-mok
- Genre Action, Fantasy
- Available on Netflix, Netflix basic with Ads
The Tower
(타워)
Tower Sky. 108 Stories. Survive at any cost.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Korea • 2012
- Director Kim Ji-hoon
- Cast Sol Kyung-gu, Son Ye-jin, Kim Sang-kyung, Jo Min-ah, Do Ji-han, Ahn Sung-ki
- Genre Action, Drama
- Available on Apple TV, Amazon Video
A Violent Prosecutor
(검사외전)
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Korea • 2016
- Director Lee Il-hyung
- Cast Hwang Jung-min, Gang Dong-won, Lee Sung-min, Park Sung-woong, Kim Eung-soo, Park Jong-hwan
- Genre Crime, Comedy
- Available on Kocowa, Rakuten Viki, Amazon Video, Tubi TV, The Roku Channel, Freevee, KoreaOnDemand
My Annoying Brother
(형)
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Korea • 2016
- Director Kwon Soo-kyung
- Cast Cho Jung-seok, Doh Kyung-soo, Park Shin-hye, Kim Kang-hyun, Ji Dae-han, Lee Yeon-su
- Genre Drama, Comedy
- Available on Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, YouTube
New Trial
(재심)
10 years behind bars - the only chance to find the truth
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Korea • 2017
- Director Kim Tae-yun
- Cast Jung Woo, Kang Ha-neul, Kim Hae-sook, Lee Dong-hwi, Lee Kyung-young, Han Jae-yeong
- Genre Drama, Crime
- Available on Kocowa, Apple TV, Amazon Video, Tubi TV
Lucid Dream
(루시드 드림)
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Korea • 2017
- Director Kim Joon-Sung
- Cast Go Soo, Sol Kyung-gu, Park Yoo-chun, Kang Hye-jung, Park In-hwan, Cheon Ho-jin
- Genre Science Fiction, Thriller
- Available on Netflix, Netflix basic with Ads
The Swindlers
(꾼)
A TEAM OF SWINDLERS HUNT DOWN A CON MAN BUT WITH SECRET
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Korea • 2017
- Director Jang Chang-won
- Cast Hyun Bin, Yoo Ji-tae, Bae Sung-woo, Park Sung-woong, Nana, Ahn Se-ha
- Genre Crime, Action
- Available on Kocowa, Rakuten Viki, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube, Tubi TV, The Roku Channel, Pluto TV, Plex
Secrets in the Hot Spring
(切小金家的旅館)
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Taiwan • 2018
- Director Lin Kuan Hui
- Cast Zhang Ting Hu, Hung Yan Siang, He-Hsuan Lin, Kuo Shu-yao, Mimi Chu, Law Kar-Ying
- Genre Comedy, Horror
- Available on Netflix, Netflix basic with Ads
The Witch: Part 1. The Subversion
(마녀)
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Korea • 2018
- Director Park Hoon-jung
- Cast Kim Da-mi, Cho Min-soo, Park Hee-soon, Choi Woo-shik, Go Min-si, Choi Jung-woo
- Genre Action, Mystery, Science Fiction
- Available on Shudder, Shudder Amazon Channel, Hoopla, Rakuten Viki, Peacock, Kocowa, AMC+, AMC+ Amazon Channel, Shudder Apple TV Channel, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Tubi TV, The Roku Channel, Freevee
The Four
(四大名捕)
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- China • 2012
- Director Gordon Chan, Janet Chun
- Cast Deng Chao, Liu Yifei, Ronald Cheng, Collin Chou, Anthony Wong, Wu Xiubo
- Genre Action, Crime, Fantasy
- Available on Hi-YAH, Rakuten Viki, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube, FlixFling, Tubi TV, Plex
Fabricated City
(조작된 도시)
When an unemployed gamer is falsely framed for murder, his online friends rally to help him secure his innocence.
- Korea • 2017
- Director Bae Jong
- Cast Ji Chang-wook, Shim Eun-kyung, Oh Jung-se, Ahn Jae-hong, Kim Sang-ho, Kim Min-kyo
- Genre Action, Crime, Thriller
- Available on Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, YouTube
Extreme Job
(극한직업)
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Korea • 2019
- Director Lee Byeong-heon
- Cast Ryu Seung-ryong, Lee Ha-nee, Jin Sun-kyu, Lee Dong-hwi, Gong Myoung, Shin Ha-kyun
- Genre Action, Comedy, Crime
- Available on Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, YouTube
10 Days Without Mum
(10 jours sans maman)
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- France • 2020
- Director Ludovic Bernard
- Cast Franck Dubosc, Aure Atika, Alice David, Alexis Michalik, Héléna Noguerra, Marc Bodnar
- Genre Family, Comedy
- Available on Hoopla, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Tubi TV, VUDU Free
Sputnik
(Спутник)
A cosmonaut returns to Earth, accompanied by a dangerous extraterrestrial living inside him.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Russia • 2020
- Director Egor Abramenko
- Cast Oksana Akinshina, Pyotr Fyodorov, Fyodor Bondarchuk, Anton Vasilyev, Pavel Ustinov
- Genre Drama, Horror, Science Fiction
- Available on AMC+ Amazon Channel, IFC Films Unlimited Apple TV Channel, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube
Double World
(征途)
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- China • 2020
- Director Teddy Chan
- Cast Henry Lau, Peter Ho, Lin Chenhan, Jiang Luxia, Him Law, Hu Ming
- Genre Action, Adventure, Fantasy
- Available on Netflix, Netflix basic with Ads
The Predator
The hunt has evolved
- ✭ ✭
- Canada, United States • 2018
- Director Shane Black
- Cast Boyd Holbrook, Trevante Rhodes, Sterling K. Brown, Jacob Tremblay, Keegan-Michael Key, Olivia Munn
- Genre Science Fiction, Action, Adventure
- Available on FXNow, fuboTV, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Vudu, AMC on Demand
Skyfall
Even spies can't hide from the past.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- United Kingdom, United States • 2012
- Director Sam Mendes
- Cast Daniel Craig, Judi Dench, Javier Bardem, Ralph Fiennes, Naomie Harris, Bérénice Marlohe
- Genre Action, Adventure, Thriller
- Available on Max Amazon Channel, Max, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube
Spectre
A cryptic message from Bond’s past sends him on a trail to uncover a sinister organization
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- United Kingdom, United States • 2015
- Director Sam Mendes
- Cast Daniel Craig, Christoph Waltz, Léa Seydoux, Ralph Fiennes, Naomie Harris, Ben Whishaw
- Genre Action, Adventure, Thriller
- Available on Amazon Prime Video, MGM Plus, fuboTV, MGM Plus Roku Premium Channel, MGM Plus Amazon Channel, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Spectrum On Demand, Amazon Prime Video with Ads
Why Don't You Just Die!
(Папа, сдохни)
An attempt at revenge becomes incredibly complicated.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Russia • 2018
- Director Kirill Sokolov
- Cast Vitaliy Khaev, Aleksandr Kuznetsov, Mikhail Gorevoy, Igor Grabuzov, Vladimir Afanasyev, Alexandr Domogarov Jr.
- Genre Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
- Available on ARROW, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, YouTube
The Eight Hundred
(八佰)
During World War II, 800 Chinese soldiers fight to defend a warehouse complex from the Japanese army.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- China • 2020
- Director Guan Hu
- Cast Wang Qian-Yuan, Zhang Yi, Huang Zhizhong, Jiang Wu, Oho Ou, Du Chun
- Genre Action, Drama, History, War
- Available on Peacock, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube, Redbox, Tubi TV, Freevee
Space Sweepers
(승리호)
Chasing after space debris and faraway dreams, four misfits unearth explosive secrets during the attempted trade of a wide-eyed humanoid.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Korea • 2021
- Director Jo Sung-hee
- Cast Song Joong-ki, Kim Tae-ri, Yoo Hae-jin, Jin Sun-kyu, Richard Armitage, Kim Moo-yul
- Genre Drama, Fantasy, Science Fiction
- Available on Netflix, Netflix basic with Ads
The Skin of the Wolf
(Bajo la piel de lobo)
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Spain • 2018
- Director Samu Fuentes
- Cast Mario Casas, Irene Escolar, Ruth Díaz, Quimet Pla, Paco Sagarzazu, Kandido Uranga
- Genre Romance, Drama
- Available on Netflix, Netflix basic with Ads
22 July
The true story of Norway's deadly 2011 terrorist attack, which left 77 people dead.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Norway, Iceland, United States • 2018
- Director Paul Greengrass
- Cast Jonas Strand Gravli, Anders Danielsen Lie, Jon Øigarden, Seda Witt, Ola G. Furuseth, Maria Bock
- Genre Crime, Drama, History, Thriller
- Available on Netflix, Netflix basic with Ads
The Angel
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Israel, United Kingdom, Egypt • 2018
- Director Ariel Vromen
- Cast Marwan Kenzari, Toby Kebbell, Hannah Ware, Waleed Zuaiter, Maisa Abd Elhadi, Sasson Gabai
- Genre Action, Drama, History, Thriller, War
- Available on Netflix, Netflix basic with Ads
Turkish Ice Cream
(Türk İşi Dondurma)
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Turkey • 2019
- Director Can Ulkay
- Cast Erkan Kolçak Köstendil, Ali Atay, Şebnem Bozoklu, Will Thorp, James Farley, Caner Kurtaran
- Genre History, Drama, War
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Ayla: The Daughter of War
(Ayla)
The touching true story of a Turkish soldier who adopted and raised a young orphan girl during the Korean War.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Turkey • 2017
- Director Can Ulkay
- Cast Исмаил Хаджиоглу, Kim Seol, Ali Atay, Murat Yildirim, Çetin Tekindor, Lee Kyung-jin
- Genre Drama, War
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Return to Homs
Filmed over three years in Homs, this film accompanies two young men as the war alters their lives.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Syria, Germany • 2013
- Director Talal Derki
- Cast
- Genre Documentary
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, YouTube, Kanopy
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 Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube, Redbox, Xumo Play, 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
Full Metal Jacket
Vietnam can kill me, but it can’t make me care.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- United Kingdom, United States • 1987
- Director Stanley Kubrick
- Cast Matthew Modine, Adam Baldwin, Vincent D'Onofrio, R. Lee Ermey, Dorian Harewood, Arliss Howard
- Genre Drama, War
- Available on Showtime Apple TV Channel, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Spectrum On Demand, AMC on Demand, Tubi TV
2001: A Space Odyssey
Humanity finds a mysterious monolith buried beneath the lunar surface and sets off to find its origins.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- United Kingdom, United States • 1968
- Director Stanley Kubrick
- Cast Keir Dullea, Gary Lockwood, William Sylvester, Douglas Rain, Daniel Richter, Leonard Rossiter
- Genre Adventure, Mystery, Science Fiction
- Available on TCM, Max Amazon Channel, Max, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Spectrum On Demand, AMC on Demand
Inglourious Basterds
Once upon a time in Nazi occupied France...
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Germany, United States • 2009
- Director Quentin Tarantino
- Cast Brad Pitt, Mélanie Laurent, Christoph Waltz, Eli Roth, Michael Fassbender, Diane Kruger
- Genre Drama, Action, Thriller, War
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube
After the Storm
(海よりもまだ深く)
Who knows what a bright new morning can bring?
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 2016
- Director Hirokazu Kore-eda
- Cast Hiroshi Abe, Kirin Kiki, Yoko Maki, Taiyô Yoshizawa, Satomi Kobayashi
- Genre Drama
- Available on Hoopla, Film Movement Plus, Apple TV, Vudu, Amazon Video, Spectrum On Demand, Kanopy
Flying Colors
(ビリギャル)
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 2015
- Director Nobuhiro Doi
- Cast Kasumi Arimura, Shuhei Nomura, Atsushi Ito, Yo Yoshida, Tetsushi Tanaka, Ken Yasuda
- Genre Comedy, Drama
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Nobody Knows
(誰も知らない)
After being abandoned by their mother, 12-year-old Akira must figure out how to keep his three siblings alive.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 2004
- Director Hirokazu Kore-eda
- Cast Yuya Yagira, Ayu Kitaura, Hiei Kimura, Momoko Shimizu, Hanae Kan, You
- Genre Drama
- Available on AMC+, AMC+ Amazon Channel, IFC Films Unlimited Apple TV Channel, Apple TV
After Life
(ワンダフルライフ)
What is the one memory you would take with you?
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 1998
- Director Hirokazu Kore-eda
- Cast Arata Iura, Erika Oda, Susumu Terajima, Takashi Naitō, Kei Tani, Kyōko Kagawa
- Genre Fantasy, Drama
- Available on Criterion Channel
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
Love Exposure
(愛のむきだし)
The complicated love triangle between a young Catholic upskirt photographer, a misandric girl, and a powerful cult leader.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 2009
- Director Sion Sono
- Cast Takahiro Nishijima, Hikari Mitsushima, Sakura Ando, Makiko Watanabe, Atsuro Watabe, Yutaka Shimizu
- Genre Action, Comedy, Drama, Romance
- Available on No streaming locations found.
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
The Yellow Sea
(황해)
The only thing he must not have crossed.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Korea, United States, Hong Kong • 2010
- Director Na Hong-jin
- Cast Ha Jung-woo, Kim Yoon-seok, Cho Seong-ha, Lee Cheol-min, Kwak Do-won, Im Ye-won
- Genre Drama, Thriller, Crime
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, AMC on Demand
The Bow
(활)
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Korea, Japan • 2005
- Director Kim Ki-duk
- Cast Han Yeo-reum, Seong-hwang Jeon, Seo Ji-seok, Jeon Kuk-hwan, Kim Ik-tae, Jang Dae-sung
- Genre Drama
- Available on Kino Now, 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
Dolls
(ドールズ)
Love is eternal—for better or for worse.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 2002
- Director Takeshi Kitano
- Cast Miho Kanno, Hidetoshi Nishijima, Tatsuya Mihashi, Chieko Matsubara, Kyoko Fukada, Tsutomu Takeshige
- Genre Drama, Romance
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Oasis
(오아시스)
Have you really loved someone?
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Korea • 2002
- Director Lee Chang-dong
- Cast Sol Kyung-gu, Moon So-ri, Ahn Nae-sang, Ryoo Seung-wan, Son Byung Ho, Chu Kwi-jung
- Genre Drama, Romance
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Peppermint Candy
(박하사탕)
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Korea, Japan • 2000
- Director Lee Chang-dong
- Cast Sol Kyung-gu, Moon So-ri, Kim Yeo-jin, Suh Jung, Go Seo-hee, Kim In-kwon
- Genre Drama
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Maborosi
(幻の光)
Years after her husband died Yumiko has remarried and all but moved on, still searching for whether or not he truly committed suicide.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 1995
- Director Hirokazu Kore-eda
- Cast 江角真纪子, Takashi Naitō, Tadanobu Asano, Gohki Kashiyama, Naomi Watanabe, Midori Kiuchi
- Genre Drama
- Available on OVID, Metrograph, Kino Now, Kanopy
Hana
(花よりもなほ)
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 2006
- Director Hirokazu Kore-eda
- Cast Junichi Okada, Rie Miyazawa, Arata Furuta, Teruyuki Kagawa, Tomoko Tabata, Ryûhei Ueshima
- Genre Action, Drama, History, Comedy
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Still Walking
(歩いても 歩いても)
Twelve years after their beloved eldest son, Junpei, drowned while saving a stranger's life, Kyohei and Toshiko welcome their surviving children home for a family reunion.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 2008
- Director Hirokazu Kore-eda
- Cast Hiroshi Abe, Kirin Kiki, Yui Natsukawa, Yoshio Harada, You, Kazuya Takahashi
- Genre Drama, Family
- Available on Criterion Channel, AMC+ Amazon Channel, IFC Films Unlimited Apple TV Channel, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, YouTube
Yi Yi
(一一)
Each member of a family in Taipei asks hard questions about life's meaning as they face everyday dilemmas.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Taiwan, Japan • 2000
- Director Edward Yang
- Cast Wu Nien-Jen, Elaine Jin, Issei Ogata, Kelly Lee, Jonathan Chang, Hsi-Sheng Chen
- Genre Drama, Romance
- Available on Criterion Channel, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube
Ex Machina
After winning a contest to spend a week with the CEO of his company, coder Caleb is given the opportunity of a lifetime
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- United Kingdom • 2015
- Director Alex Garland
- Cast Domhnall Gleeson, Alicia Vikander, Oscar Isaac, Sonoya Mizuno, Corey Johnson, Claire Selby
- Genre Drama, Science Fiction
- Available on Cinemax Amazon Channel, Max Amazon Channel, Max, Cinemax Apple TV Channel, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, FlixFling, Spectrum On Demand, Kanopy
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
24 City
(二十四城记)
Three generations reflect on the history of state-owned factory 420 before it is closed and demolished to make way for luxury apartments.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- China, Hong Kong, Japan • 2008
- Director Jia Zhangke
- Cast Joan Chen, Lü Liping, Zhao Tao, Chen Jianbin
- Genre Drama
- Available on Vudu, Kanopy, Plex
Fleabag
All hail the hot priest!
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- United Kingdom • 2016
- Creator Phoebe Waller-Bridge
- Cast Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Olivia Colman, Bill Paterson, Hugh Dennis
- Genre Comedy
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, Redbox, Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads
Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom
Nelson Mandela's journey from childhood in a rural village to anti-apartheid revolutionary, and finally to South Africa's first democratically-elected president.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- United Kingdom, South Africa, France • 2013
- Director Justin Chadwick
- Cast Idris Elba, Naomie Harris, Tony Kgoroge, Riaad Moosa, Fana Mokoena, Robert Hobbs
- Genre Drama, History
- Available on Apple TV, Vudu, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store
Peaky Blinders
A series about one of the most powerful gangs in Birmingham post-World War I.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- United Kingdom • 2013
- Creator Steven Knight
- Cast Cillian Murphy, Paul Anderson, Sam Claflin, Finn Cole, Anya Taylor-Joy, Helen McCrory
- Genre Crime, Drama
- Available on Apple TV, Amazon Video, Netflix
Jackie
I want them to see what they have done to Jack.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- 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
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
Atonement
Torn apart by betrayal. Separated by war. Bound by love.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- 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
The Young Victoria
The only legitimate heir to the throne, Victoria finds herself caught up in the political machinations of her family.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- United Kingdom, United States • 2009
- Director Jean-Marc Vallée
- Cast Emily Blunt, Rupert Friend, Paul Bettany, Miranda Richardson, Jim Broadbent, Thomas Kretschmann
- Genre Drama, History, Romance
- Available on Netflix, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube, AMC on Demand
Jane Eyre
She sought refuge... and found a place haunted by secrets.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- United Kingdom, United States • 2011
- Director Cary Joji Fukunaga
- Cast Mia Wasikowska, Michael Fassbender, Jamie Bell, Judi Dench, Su Elliott, Holliday Grainger
- Genre Drama, Romance
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, AMC on Demand
A Dangerous Method
Dr. Carl Jung takes the unbalanced yet beautiful Sabina Spielrein as his patient under the supervision of Sigmund Freud.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- United Kingdom, Germany, Canada • 2011
- Director David Cronenberg
- Cast Keira Knightley, Viggo Mortensen, Michael Fassbender, Sarah Gadon, Vincent Cassel, André Hennicke
- Genre Drama, Thriller
- Available on Amazon Prime Video, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, YouTube, Vudu, AMC on Demand, Amazon Prime Video with Ads
Pride & Prejudice
Elizabeth Bennet will marry for love, no matter what the consequences.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- France, United Kingdom, United States • 2005
- Director Joe Wright
- Cast Keira Knightley, Matthew Macfadyen, Rosamund Pike, Simon Woods, Donald Sutherland, Brenda Blethyn
- Genre Drama, Romance
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Spectrum On Demand, AMC on Demand
Becoming Jane
A biographical portrait of a young Jane Austen and her early experiences of love, loss, and rebellion.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- United Kingdom, Ireland • 2007
- Director Julian Jarrold
- Cast Anne Hathaway, James McAvoy, Julie Walters, James Cromwell, Maggie Smith, Joe Anderson
- Genre Drama, Romance
- Available on Showtime Apple TV Channel, Paramount Plus Apple TV Channel , Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, AMC on Demand
The Duchess
A chronicle of the life of a dutchess, who was reviled for her extravagant political and personal life.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- United Kingdom, Italy, France • 2008
- Director Saul Dibb
- Cast Keira Knightley, Ralph Fiennes, Charlotte Rampling, Dominic Cooper, Hayley Atwell, Simon McBurney
- Genre Drama, History, Romance
- Available on Hoopla, Showtime Apple TV Channel, Paramount Plus Apple TV Channel , Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Spectrum On Demand, AMC on Demand, Pluto TV
The Edge of Love
The only thing more dangerous than war... is love.
- ✭ ✭
- United Kingdom • 2008
- Director John Maybury
- Cast Keira Knightley, Sienna Miller, Matthew Rhys, Cillian Murphy, Lisa Stansfield, Richard Dillane
- Genre Drama, History, Romance
- Available on Hoopla, fuboTV, Peacock, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Crackle, Tubi TV, The Roku Channel, Pluto TV, VUDU Free, Freevee, Xumo Play, Redbox, Kanopy, Plex
Anna Karenina
In St. Petersburg, members of aristocratic society pine after objects of their affection who are seldom their own spouses.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- United Kingdom • 2012
- Director Joe Wright
- Cast Keira Knightley, Jude Law, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Kelly Macdonald, Matthew Macfadyen, Domhnall Gleeson
- Genre Drama, Romance
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube
The King's Speech
Find your voice.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- United Kingdom, United States, Australia • 2010
- Director Tom Hooper
- Cast Colin Firth, Geoffrey Rush, Helena Bonham Carter, Guy Pearce
- Genre Drama, History
- Available on Max Amazon Channel, Starz Apple TV Channel, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Spectrum On Demand, AMC on Demand
Boy A
Who decides who gets a second chance?
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- United Kingdom • 2007
- Director John Crowley
- Cast Andrew Garfield, Katie Lyons, Peter Mullan, Shaun Evans, Siobhan Finneran, Alfie Owen
- Genre Crime, Drama
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, YouTube, Tubi TV, The Roku Channel, VUDU Free, Kanopy
High-Rise
Leave the real world behind.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- United Kingdom, Belgium, Ireland • 2015
- Director Ben Wheatley
- Cast Tom Hiddleston, Sienna Miller, Jeremy Irons, Luke Evans, Elisabeth Moss, Reece Shearsmith
- Genre Drama
- Available on Netflix, Amazon Prime Video, Hulu, Hoopla, Netflix basic with Ads, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Redbox, FlixFling, Tubi TV, Pluto TV, VUDU Free, DistroTV, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Plex
Victor Frankenstein
Eccentric scientist Frankenstein creates a grotesque creature in an unorthodox scientific experiment.
- ✭ ✭
- United Kingdom, Canada, United States • 2015
- Director Paul McGuigan
- Cast James McAvoy, Daniel Radcliffe, Jessica Brown Findlay, Andrew Scott, Freddie Fox, Charles Dance
- Genre Drama, Science Fiction, Thriller
- Available on Cinemax Amazon Channel, Max Amazon Channel, Max, Cinemax Apple TV Channel, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, AMC on Demand
Sightseers
Death has a ginger beard.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- United Kingdom • 2012
- Director Ben Wheatley
- Cast Alice Lowe, Steve Oram, Eileen Davies, Roger Michael, Tony Way, Seamus O'Neill
- Genre Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Horror
- Available on AMC+ Amazon Channel, IFC Films Unlimited Apple TV Channel, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, YouTube, The Roku Channel, Kanopy
Tucker and Dale vs. Evil
Evil just messed with the wrong hillbillies.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Canada, United States, India • 2010
- Director Eli Craig
- Cast Alan Tudyk, Tyler Labine, Katrina Bowden, Jesse Moss, Philip Granger, Brandon Jay McLaren
- Genre Comedy, Horror
- Available on Hoopla, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Redbox, FlixFling, Kanopy
Boy
In a small New Zealand town, an 11-year-old named Boy, explores adolescence with his vivid imagination and reunites with his estranged father.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- New Zealand • 2010
- Director Taika Waititi
- Cast James Rolleston, Te Aho Aho Eketone-Whitu, Taika Waititi, Moerangi Tihore, Cherilee Martin, RickyLee Waipuka-Russell
- Genre Drama, Comedy
- Available on Showtime Apple TV Channel, Apple TV, Vudu, Kino Now, Kanopy
What We Do in the Shadows
Some interviews with some vampires.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- New Zealand, United States • 2014
- Director Taika Waititi
- Cast Taika Waititi, Jemaine Clement, Jonny Brugh, Cori Gonzalez-Macuer, Stuart Rutherford, Ben Fransham
- Genre Comedy, Horror
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube
Air Doll
(空気人形)
A life-size blow-up doll suddenly develops human feelings.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 2009
- Director Hirokazu Kore-eda
- Cast Bae Doo-na, Arata Iura, Itsuji Itao, Joe Odagiri, Sumiko Fuji, Masaya Takahashi
- Genre Drama
- Available on Criterion Channel, OVID, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube, Tubi TV, VUDU Free, Freevee
Kwaidan
(怪談)
Bizarre, unearthly, terrifying— a nation's legend, an author's imagination, a director's creation manifest in the superlative— Kwaidan
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 1964
- Director Masaki Kobayashi
- Cast Michiyo Aratama, Misako Watanabe, Rentarou Mikuni, Kenjiro Ishiyama, Ranko Akagi, Fumie Kitahara
- Genre Drama, Fantasy, Horror
- Available on Criterion Channel, Max Amazon Channel, Max, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube
Cure
(キュア)
A detective and a psychologist must solve a series of murders, but this killing spree is beyond both their fields.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 1997
- Director Kiyoshi Kurosawa
- Cast Koji Yakusho, Tsuyoshi Ujiki, Anna Nakagawa, Yukijiro Hotaru, Yoriko Douguchi, Denden
- Genre Crime, Thriller, Horror, Mystery
- Available on Criterion Channel, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video
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
A Tale of Two Sisters
(장화, 홍련)
Strange things began to happen after Su-mi returns from a mental institution to live with her father and stepmother.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Korea • 2003
- Director Kim Jee-woon
- Cast Im Soo-jung, Yum Jung-ah, Moon Geun-young, Kim Kap-soo, Park Mi-Hyeon, Lee Seung-Bi
- Genre Drama, Horror, Mystery
- Available on AMC+
One Missed Call
(着信アリ)
Death cannot be put on hold...
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 2003
- Director Takashi Miike
- Cast Ko Shibasaki, Shinichi Tsutsumi, Kazue Fukiishi, Anna Nagata, Atsushi Ida, Mariko Tsutsui
- Genre Horror, Thriller
- Available on Fandor, Screambox, Fandor Amazon Channel, Screambox Amazon Channel, AsianCrush, ARROW, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, YouTube, Tubi TV, Midnight Pulp
Dark Water
(仄暗い水の底から)
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 2002
- Director Hideo Nakata
- Cast Hitomi Kuroki, Rio Kanno, Mirei Oguchi, Asami Mizukawa, Shigemitsu Ogi, Yuu Tokui
- Genre Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
- Available on Screambox, Fandor Amazon Channel, Screambox Amazon Channel, Night Flight Plus, AsianCrush, ARROW, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Cineverse, Midnight Pulp, Kanopy
Silk
(詭絲)
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Taiwan • 2006
- Director Chao-Bin Su
- Cast Yosuke Eguchi, Chang Chen, Karena Lam, Barbie Hsu, Chen Bolin, Leon Dai
- Genre Drama, Horror, Thriller, Science Fiction, Mystery
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube, The Roku Channel
Oldboy
(올드보이)
15 years of imprisonment, 5 days of vengeance...
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Korea • 2003
- Director Park Chan-wook
- Cast Choi Min-sik, Yoo Ji-tae, Kang Hye-jung, Kim Byung-ok, Oh Dal-su, Lee Seung-Shin
- Genre Action, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
- Available on Netflix, Netflix basic with Ads, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Spectrum On Demand
Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance
(복수는 나의 것)
Blood must be shed after a kidnapping goes wrong.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Korea • 2002
- Director Park Chan-wook
- Cast Song Kang-ho, Shin Ha-kyun, Bae Doo-na, Im Ji-eun, Han Bo-bae, Lee Dae-yeon
- Genre Action, Drama, Thriller
- Available on Hoopla, Metrograph, Vudu, Kino Now, Tubi TV, VUDU Free, Kanopy, Plex
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.
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
Perfect Blue
(パーフェクトブルー)
A retired pop singer starts to lose her hold on reality when she is stalked by an obsessive fan.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 1998
- Director Satoshi Kon
- Cast Junko Iwao, Rica Matsumoto, Shinpachi Tsuji, Masaaki Ōkura, Yōsuke Akimoto, Yoku Shioya
- Genre Animation, Thriller
- Available on Shudder, Shudder Amazon Channel, AMC+, AMC+ Amazon Channel, Shudder Apple TV Channel, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube
Qallunaat! Why White People Are Funny
A satirical study of white Western culture from Inuit perspectives.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Canada • 2007
- Director Mark Sandiford
- Cast John Amagoalik, Lori Idlout, Alexina Kublu, Zebedee Nungak, Jeff Tabvahtah
- Genre Documentary
- Available on Amazon Video, Tubi TV, Kanopy, Nfb
Annihilation
A biologist signs up for an expedition in search of her husband, who has vanished in a logic-defying alien landscape.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- United Kingdom, United States • 2018
- Director Alex Garland
- Cast Natalie Portman, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Gina Rodriguez, Tessa Thompson, Tuva Novotny, Oscar Isaac
- Genre Horror, Science Fiction
- Available on Hoopla, fuboTV, Paramount Plus, Paramount+ Amazon Channel, Paramount+ Roku Premium Channel, Showtime Apple TV Channel, Paramount Plus Apple TV Channel , Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Spectrum On Demand, AMC on Demand
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
Carol
Some people change your life forever.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- 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
Promising Young Woman
An unexpected encounter gives a haunted young woman the chance to get revenge…
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- United Kingdom, United States • 2020
- Director Emerald Fennell
- Cast Carey Mulligan, Bo Burnham, Alison Brie, Adam Brody, Connie Britton
- Genre Thriller
- Available on fuboTV, Peacock, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Spectrum On Demand, AMC on Demand
The Witch
Evil takes many forms.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- United Kingdom, Canada, United States • 2016
- Director Robert Eggers
- Cast Anya Taylor-Joy, Ralph Ineson, Kate Dickie, Harvey Scrimshaw, Ellie Grainger, Lucas Dawson
- Genre Mystery, Horror
- Available on Cinemax Amazon Channel, Max Amazon Channel, Max, Cinemax Apple TV Channel, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Kanopy
Raw
(Grave)
When vegetarian Justine is forced to eat raw meat for the first time in her life, unexpected consequences occur.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- France, Belgium, Italy • 2016
- Director Julia Ducournau
- Cast Garance Marillier, Ella Rumpf, Rabah Nait Oufella, Laurent Lucas, Joana Preiss
- Genre Drama, Horror
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Microsoft Store, YouTube
Thirst
(박쥐)
A priest finds himself torn between faith and bloodlust.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Korea, United States • 2009
- Director Park Chan-wook
- Cast Song Kang-ho, Kim Ok-bin, Kim Hae-sook, Shin Ha-kyun, Song Young-chang, Mercedes Cabral
- Genre Drama, Horror, Thriller
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube
I Wish
(奇跡)
A little bit of magic and a little bit of love.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 2011
- Director Hirokazu Kore-eda
- Cast Koki Maeda, Oshiro Maeda, Nene Otsuka, Joe Odagiri, Ryôga Hayashi, Hoshinosuke Yoshinaga
- Genre Drama
- Available on Amazon Prime Video, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube, FlixFling, Crackle, Pluto TV, VUDU Free, Freevee, DistroTV, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Kanopy, Plex
Like Father, Like Son
(そして父になる)
Ryota Nonomiya learns that his biological son was switched with another child after birth, and he must make a life-changing decision,
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 2013
- Director Hirokazu Kore-eda
- Cast Masaharu Fukuyama, Machiko Ono, Yoko Maki, Lily Franky, Keita Ninomiya, Shôgen Hwang
- Genre Drama
- Available on AMC+ Amazon Channel, IFC Films Unlimited Apple TV Channel, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Kanopy
Little Forest: Summer/Autumn
(リトル・フォレスト 夏・秋)
Back to nature.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 2014
- Director Junichi Mori
- Cast Ai Hashimoto, Takahiro Miura, Mayu Matsuoka, Yoichi Nukumizu, Karen Kirishima, Momone Shinokawa
- Genre Drama
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Hero
(英雄)
After surviving an assassination attempt, King of Qin summons a renowned warrior in hopes of uniting the Warring States of ancient China.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- China, Hong Kong • 2002
- Director Zhang Yimou
- Cast Jet Li, Tony Leung Chiu-Wai, Maggie Cheung, Donnie Yen, Zhang Ziyi, Chen Dao-Ming
- Genre Action, Adventure, Drama, History
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube, Pluto TV
Midnight Diner
(深夜食堂)
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 2014
- Director Joji Matsuoka
- Cast Kaoru Kobayashi, Saki Takaoka, Mikako Tabe, Michitaka Tsutsui, Tokio Emoto, Kimiko Yo
- Genre Drama
- Available on Rakuten Viki
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
(卧虎藏龙)
In another time, in a distant place... an epic adventure is about to unfold.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Taiwan, Hong Kong, United States • 2000
- Director Ang Lee
- Cast Chow Yun-Fat, Michelle Yeoh, Zhang Ziyi, Chang Chen, Cheng Pei-Pei, Sihung Lung
- Genre Action, Adventure, Drama, Romance
- Available on Amazon Prime Video, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Spectrum On Demand, AMC on Demand, Tubi TV
The Garden of Words
(言の葉の庭)
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 2013
- Director Makoto Shinkai
- Cast Miyu Irino, Kana Hanazawa, Fumi Hirano, Takeshi Maeda, Yuka Terasaki, Takanori Hoshino
- Genre Animation, Drama, Romance
- Available on Criterion Channel, HiDive
The Secret World of Arrietty
(借りぐらしのアリエッティ)
Do not be seen by humans. That's been the law of children of the underfloor.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 2010
- Director Hiromasa Yonebayashi
- Cast Mirai Shida, Ryunosuke Kamiki, Tomokazu Miura, Keiko Takeshita, Kirin Kiki, Shinobu Ōtake
- Genre Fantasy, Animation, Family
- Available on Max Amazon Channel, Max, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube
Whisperer of the Heart
(耳をすませば)
Shizuki lives a simple life, dominated by her love of stories and writing, until one day she meets her “Prince of Books.”
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 1995
- Director Yoshifumi Kondou
- Cast Yoko Honna, Issey Takahashi, Takashi Tachibana, Shigeru Muroi, Shigeru Tsuyuguchi, Keiju Kobayashi
- Genre Animation, Drama, Family
- Available on Max Amazon Channel, Max, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube
5 Centimeters per Second
(秒速5センチメートル)
Covering three stages of Takaki's life, from elementary school to adulthood, and the relationships with women that he navigates.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 2007
- Director Makoto Shinkai
- Cast Kenji Mizuhashi, Yoshimi Kondou, Satomi Hanamura, Risa Mizuno, Ayaka Onoue, Hiroshi Shimozaki
- Genre Animation, Drama, Romance
- Available on Criterion Channel, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Redbox
Children Who Chase Lost Voices
(星を追う子ども - Children who Chase Lost Voices from Deep Below)
Asuna travels to a mystical realm to find the boy who saved her from a monster attack.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 2011
- Director Makoto Shinkai
- Cast Hisako Kanemoto, Kazuhiko Inoue, Miyu Irino, Rina Hidaka, Fumiko Orikasa, Sumi Shimamoto
- Genre Animation, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
- Available on Criterion Channel, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Redbox
Hotarubi no Mori e
(蛍火の杜へ)
A story of friendship and romance between two unlikely beings; a human girl and a mountain spirit.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 2011
- Director Takahiro Omori
- Cast Ayane Sakura, Koki Uchiyama, Shinpachi Tsuji, Hayato Taya, Izumi Sawada, Kanehira Yamamoto
- Genre Romance, Animation, Fantasy
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Wolf Children
(おおかみこどもの雨と雪)
After her werewolf lover unexpectedly dies in an accident, a woman must find a way to raise the son and daughter that she had with him.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 2012
- Director Mamoru Hosoda
- Cast Aoi Miyazaki, Takao Osawa, Haru Kuroki, Yukito Nishii, Momoka Ohno, Amon Kabe
- Genre Animation, Drama, Family, Fantasy
- Available on Crunchyroll, Crunchyroll Amazon Channel
A Silent Voice: The Movie
(映画 聲の形
)
A high-school boy seeks forgiveness from the deaf girl he bullied in elementary school.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 2016
- Director Naoko Yamada
- Cast Miyu Irino, Saori Hayami, Aoi Yuki, Kensho Ono, Yuki Kaneko, Yui Ishikawa
- Genre Animation, Drama, Romance
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube
Voices of a Distant Star
(ほしのこえ)
A love story that transcends time and space...
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 2002
- Director Makoto Shinkai
- Cast Makoto Shinkai, Mika Shinohara, Donna Burke
- Genre Animation, Science Fiction, Romance
- Available on Criterion Channel
Ghost in the Shell
(GHOST IN THE SHELL/攻殻機動隊
)
A group of cybernetically enhanced cops are called into a stop a biohacking threat.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan, United Kingdom • 1995
- Director Mamoru Oshii
- Cast Atsuko Tanaka, Akio Otsuka, Iemasa Kayumi, Kouichi Yamadera, Yutaka Nakano, Tesshou Genda
- Genre Action, Animation, Science Fiction
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, AMC on Demand, Tubi TV, Freevee
Tales from Earthsea
(ゲド戦記)
A powerful wizard and his prince companion must find the cause of the troubles facing their world.
- ✭ ✭
- Japan • 2006
- Director Goro Miyazaki
- Cast Junichi Okada, Aoi Teshima, Bunta Sugawara, Yūko Tanaka, Teruyuki Kagawa, Jun Fubuki
- Genre Adventure, Fantasy, Animation, Science Fiction
- Available on Max Amazon Channel, Max, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube
Porco Rosso
(紅の豚)
When pigs fly...
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 1992
- Director Hayao Miyazaki
- Cast Shûichirô Moriyama, Tokiko Katô, Sanshi Katsura, Tsunehiko Kamijô, Akemi Okamura, Akio Otsuka
- Genre Comedy, Animation, Adventure
- Available on Max Amazon Channel, Max, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube
Our Little Sister
(海街diary)
A father's secret.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 2015
- Director Hirokazu Kore-eda
- Cast Haruka Ayase, Masami Nagasawa, Kaho, Suzu Hirose, Ryo Kase, Ryohei Suzuki
- Genre Drama, Comedy
- Available on Starz, Starz Roku Premium Channel, Starz Amazon Channel, Starz Apple TV Channel, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube, Spectrum On Demand
The Banquet
(夜宴)
Nothing is more poisonous than the human heart.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- China • 2006
- Director Feng Xiaogang
- Cast Zhang Ziyi, Ge You, Daniel Wu, Zhou Xun, Ma Jingwu, Huang Xiaoming
- Genre Fantasy, Drama, Action, History
- Available on Hoopla, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Tubi TV, The Roku Channel, VUDU Free
O Brother, Where Art Thou?
They have a plan...but not a clue.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- United Kingdom, France, United States • 2000
- Director Joel Coen
- Cast George Clooney, John Turturro, Tim Blake Nelson, Chris Thomas King, John Goodman, Holly Hunter
- Genre Adventure, Comedy, Crime
- Available on Hulu, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, AMC on Demand
Eat Drink Man Woman
(飲食男女)
Food unites the diverging lives of a widowed chef and his four daughters
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Taiwan, China • 1994
- Director Ang Lee
- Cast Sihung Lung, Yu-Wen Wang, Wu Chien-Lien, Yang Kuei-Mei, Winston Chao, Sylvia Chang
- Genre Comedy, Drama, Romance
- Available on Hoopla, ScreenPix Apple TV Channel, Apple TV, Vudu, Amazon Video, The Roku Channel, Pluto TV, Kanopy
Enter the Dragon
A skilled martial artist is recruited to go undercover in a crime lord's tournament.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Hong Kong, United States • 1973
- Director Robert Clouse
- Cast Bruce Lee, John Saxon, Jim Kelly, Sek Kin, Ahna Capri, Robert Wall
- Genre Action
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Spectrum On Demand, AMC on Demand, Tubi TV
Kung Fu Hustle
(功夫)
Sing and his friend Bone pretend to be members of the Axe Gang in order to gain respect.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Hong Kong, China • 2004
- Director Stephen Chow
- Cast Stephen Chow, Yuen Wah, Yuen Qiu, Lam Tze-chung, Bruce Leung Siu-Lung, Eva Huang
- Genre Action, Comedy, Crime, Fantasy
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Spectrum On Demand, AMC on Demand, Pluto TV
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon: Sword of Destiny
The past returns with a vengeance.
- ✭ ✭
- China, United States • 2016
- Director Yuen Woo-ping
- Cast Michelle Yeoh, Donnie Yen, Jason Scott Lee, Natasha Liu Bordizzo, Harry Shum Jr., Eugenia Yuan
- Genre Action, Adventure, Drama
- Available on Netflix, Netflix basic with Ads
Pushing Hands
(推手)
An elderly tai chi teacher emigrates from Beijing to New York, but he does not speak a word of English.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Taiwan, United States • 1991
- Director Ang Lee
- Cast Sihung Lung, Wang Bozhao, Deb Snyder, Wang Lai, Fanny De Luz, Haan Lee
- Genre Comedy, Drama
- Available on Criterion Channel, Film Movement Plus, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube, Apple TV, Kanopy
Castle in the Sky
(天空の城ラピュタ)
Two kids race to find a lost civilization and keep a magic crystal out of the wrong hands.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 1986
- Director Hayao Miyazaki
- Cast Keiko Yokozawa, Mayumi Tanaka, Minori Terada, Kotoe Hatsui, Fujio Tokita, Ichirō Nagai
- Genre Adventure, Fantasy, Animation, Action, Family, Romance
- Available on Max Amazon Channel, Max, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube
Grave of the Fireflies
(火垂るの墓)
Can these two siblings beat the odds?
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 1988
- Director Isao Takahata
- Cast Tsutomu Tatsumi, Ayano Shiraishi, Yoshiko Shinohara, Akemi Yamaguchi
- Genre Animation, Drama, War
- Available on No streaming locations found.
The Girl Who Leapt Through Time
(時をかける少女)
A teenage girl finds out she can travel through time and, after some missteps, must make things right again.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 2006
- Director Mamoru Hosoda
- Cast Riisa Naka, Takuya Ishida, Mitsutaka Itakura, Ayami Kakiuchi, Mitsuki Tanimura, Yuki Sekido
- Genre Animation, Drama, Fantasy, Science Fiction
- Available on Crunchyroll, Crunchyroll Amazon Channel, Apple TV
I Want to Eat Your Pancreas
(君の膵臓をたべたい)
This is a story about an unforgettable spring...
- Japan • 2018
- Director Shinichiro Ushijima
- Cast Mahiro Takasugi, Lynn, Jun Fukushima, Shin-ichiro Miki, Atsuko Tanaka, Yuma Uchida
- Genre Animation, Drama, Romance
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Weathering with You
(天気の子)
Hodaka runs away from home to rainy Tokyo and meets a young girl with a mysterious and magical power.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 2019
- Director Makoto Shinkai
- Cast Kotaro Daigo, Nana Mori, Tsubasa Honda, Sakura Kiryu, Sei Hiraizumi, Yūki Kaji
- Genre Animation, Drama, Fantasy, Romance
- Available on Hoopla, Max Amazon Channel, Max, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube
When Marnie Was There
(思い出のマーニー)
Upon being sent to live with relatives in the countryside due to an illness, an emotionally distant adolescent girl becomes obsessed with an abandoned mansion and infatuated with a girl who lives there - a girl who may or may not be real.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 2014
- Director Hiromasa Yonebayashi
- Cast Sara Takatsuki, Kasumi Arimura, Nanako Matsushima, Susumu Terajima, Toshie Negishi, Ryôko Moriyama
- Genre Animation, Drama
- Available on Max Amazon Channel, Max, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube
Little Forest: Winter/Spring
(リトル・フォレスト 冬・春)
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 2015
- Director Junichi Mori
- Cast Ai Hashimoto, Takahiro Miura, Mayu Matsuoka, Yoichi Nukumizu, Karen Kirishima, Momone Shinokawa
- Genre Drama
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind
(風の谷のナウシカ)
A young girl's love called forth miracles.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan, United States • 1984
- Director Hayao Miyazaki
- Cast Sumi Shimamoto, Ichirō Nagai, Gorō Naya, Yōji Matsuda, Yoshiko Sakakibara, Iemasa Kayumi
- Genre Adventure, Animation, Fantasy
- Available on Max Amazon Channel, Max, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, 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
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
Midnight Diner: Tokyo Stories
(深夜食堂: Tokyo Stories)
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 2016
- Creator Joji Matsuoka
- Cast Kaoru Kobayashi
- Genre Drama
- Available on Netflix, Netflix basic with Ads
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
Pan's Labyrinth
(El laberinto del fauno)
What happens when make-believe believes it's real?
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Mexico, Spain • 2006
- Director Guillermo del Toro
- Cast Ivana Baquero, Maribel Verdú, Sergi López, Doug Jones, Ariadna Gil, Álex Angulo
- Genre Drama, Fantasy, War
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Spectrum On Demand, AMC on Demand
Furie
(Hai Phượng)
- Vietnam • 2019
- Director Lê Văn Kiệt
- Cast Veronica Ngo, Phan Thanh Nhiên, Phạm Anh Khoa, Thanh Hoa, Mai Cát Vi, Lê Trang
- Genre Action, Drama, Thriller
- Available on Peacock, Hi-YAH, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube, Tubi TV, The Roku Channel, Pluto TV, Freevee, Plex
The Third Wife
In 19th-century rural Vietnam, 14-year-old May becomes the third wife of wealthy landowner.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Vietnam • 2019
- Director Ash Mayfair
- Cast Nguyễn Phương Trà My, Trần Nữ Yên Khê, Lê Vũ Long, Mai Thu Hường, Như Quỳnh
- Genre Drama
- Available on Hoopla, Apple TV, Vudu, Amazon Video, Tubi TV, The Roku Channel, Kanopy, Plex
Girl
A transgender 15-year-old girl dreams of becoming a ballerina.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Belgium, Netherlands • 2018
- Director Lukas Dhont
- Cast Victor Polster, Arieh Worthalter, Oliver Bodart, Tijmen Govaerts, Chris Thys, Nele Hardiman
- Genre Drama
- Available on Netflix, Netflix basic with Ads
The Breadwinner
An enchanting story of a brave young girl who puts her life at risk to provide for her family.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Ireland, Canada, Luxembourg • 2017
- Director Nora Twomey
- Cast Saara Chaudry, Soma Bhatia, Laara Sadiq, Shaista Latif, Ali Badshah, Noorin Gulamgaus
- Genre Animation, Drama, Family, War
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, AMC on Demand
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
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
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
Run Lola Run
(Lola rennt)
Every second of every day, you're faced with a decision that can change your life.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Germany • 1998
- Director Tom Tykwer
- Cast Franka Potente, Moritz Bleibtreu, Herbert Knaup, Nina Petri, Armin Rohde, Joachim Król
- Genre Action, Drama, Thriller
- Available on Amazon Prime Video, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube, AMC on Demand, Amazon Prime Video with Ads
Kaili Blues
(路边野餐)
In search of his brother's abandoned son, a doctor encounters a mysterious town of dreams and memories.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- China • 2016
- Director Bi Gan
- Cast Chen Yongzhong, Guo Yue, Linyan Liu, Feiyang Luo, Lixun Xie
- Genre Drama, Mystery
- Available on Hoopla, Metrograph, Apple TV, Amazon Video, Fandor
I Lost My Body
(J'ai perdu mon corps)
A hand escapes a lab for a journey through Paris to reunite with its body.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- France • 2019
- Director Jérémy Clapin
- Cast Hakim Faris, Victoire Du Bois, Patrick d'Assumçao, Hichem Mesbah, Myriam Loucif
- Genre Animation, Drama, Fantasy
- Available on Netflix, Netflix basic with Ads
Darkest Hour
Never surrender.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- United Kingdom, United States • 2017
- Director Joe Wright
- Cast Gary Oldman, Kristin Scott Thomas, Lily James, Stephen Dillane, Ronald Pickup, Ben Mendelsohn
- Genre Drama, History
- Available on Netflix, Netflix basic with Ads, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, AMC on Demand
Hacksaw Ridge
One of the greatest heroes in American history never fired a bullet.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Australia, United States • 2016
- Director Mel Gibson
- Cast Andrew Garfield, Sam Worthington, Vince Vaughn, Luke Bracey, Teresa Palmer, Hugo Weaving
- Genre Drama, History, War
- Available on Netflix, AMC, VIX , AMC+ Amazon Channel, Netflix basic with Ads, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Spectrum On Demand, AMC on Demand, Tubi TV, The Roku Channel
Baby Driver
After being coerced into working for a crime boss, a young getaway driver finds himself taking part in a heist doomed to fail.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- United Kingdom, United States • 2017
- Director Edgar Wright
- Cast Ansel Elgort, Lily James, Kevin Spacey, Jon Hamm, Jamie Foxx, Eiza González
- Genre Action, Crime
- Available on Netflix, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Spectrum On Demand, AMC on Demand
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
The epic conclusion to the adventure of Bilbo Baggins, who joins the Battle of the Five Armies.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- New Zealand, United States • 2014
- Director Peter Jackson
- Cast Ian McKellen, Martin Freeman, Richard Armitage, Orlando Bloom, Evangeline Lilly, Luke Evans
- Genre Action, Adventure, Fantasy
- Available on Max Amazon Channel, Max, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube
Chappie
I am consciousness. I am alive. I am Chappie.
- ✭ ✭
- South Africa, United States • 2015
- Director Neill Blomkamp
- Cast Sharlto Copley, Dev Patel, Hugh Jackman, Ninja, Yo-Landi Visser, Sigourney Weaver
- Genre Crime, Action, Science Fiction
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, AMC on Demand
Bohemian Rhapsody
Fearless lives forever
- ✭ ✭
- United Kingdom, United States • 2018
- Director Bryan Singer
- Cast Rami Malek, Gwilym Lee, Ben Hardy, Joseph Mazzello, Lucy Boynton, Aidan Gillen
- Genre Drama, Music
- Available on FXNow, fuboTV, Apple TV Plus, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Amazon Video, AMC on Demand
Alita: Battle Angel
An angel falls. A warrior rises.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Canada, Argentina, United States • 2019
- Director Robert Rodriguez
- Cast Rosa Salazar, Christoph Waltz, Mahershala Ali, Keean Johnson, Jennifer Connelly, Ed Skrein
- Genre Action, Adventure, Science Fiction
- Available on FXNow, fuboTV, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, AMC on Demand
Pacific Rim: Uprising
Rise Up
- ✭ ✭
- United Kingdom, China, Japan • 2018
- Director Steven S. DeKnight
- Cast John Boyega, Scott Eastwood, Cailee Spaeny, Jing Tian, Rinko Kikuchi, Burn Gorman
- Genre Action, Fantasy, Science Fiction, Adventure
- Available on Hulu, Apple TV Plus, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Spectrum On Demand, AMC on Demand
Tomb Raider
Lara Croft pushes herself beyond her limits to investigate the island where her father disappeared.
- ✭ ✭
- United Kingdom, United States • 2018
- Director Roar Uthaug
- Cast Alicia Vikander, Walton Goggins, Daniel Wu, Dominic West, Kristin Scott Thomas, Derek Jacobi
- Genre Action, Adventure, Fantasy
- Available on fuboTV, TNT, TBS, tru TV, Apple TV, Vudu, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, AMC on Demand
The Commuter
A businessman is caught up in a criminal conspiracy during his daily commute home.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- France, United States • 2018
- Director Jaume Collet-Serra
- Cast Liam Neeson, Vera Farmiga, Patrick Wilson, Jonathan Banks, Sam Neill, Elizabeth McGovern
- Genre Action, Thriller
- Available on Netflix, FilmBox+, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube, AMC on Demand
Molly's Game
Deal with her.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- China, Canada, United States • 2017
- Director Aaron Sorkin
- Cast Jessica Chastain, Idris Elba, Kevin Costner, Michael Cera, Jeremy Strong, Chris O'Dowd
- Genre Crime, Drama
- Available on Netflix, Netflix basic with Ads, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube
District 9
You are not welcome here.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- South Africa, United States, New Zealand • 2009
- Director Neill Blomkamp
- Cast Sharlto Copley, Jason Cope, Nathalie Boltt, Sylvaine Strike, Elizabeth Mkandawie, John Sumner
- Genre Science Fiction
- Available on AMC+, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, AMC on Demand
Kick-Ass
A nerdy teenager decides to become a superhero despite having no powers or training of his own.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- United Kingdom, United States • 2010
- Director Matthew Vaughn
- Cast Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Chloë Grace Moretz, Nicolas Cage, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Mark Strong, Omari Hardwick
- Genre Action, Crime
- Available on Peacock, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, AMC on Demand, Vudu
Furious 7
Vengeance Hits Home
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- United States, China, Japan • 2015
- Director James Wan
- Cast Vin Diesel, Paul Walker, Dwayne Johnson, Michelle Rodriguez, Tyrese Gibson, Ludacris
- Genre Action, Adventure, Crime, Thriller
- Available on Max Amazon Channel, Max, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Spectrum On Demand, AMC on Demand
In Bruges
Shoot first. Sightsee later.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- United Kingdom, United States • 2008
- Director Martin McDonagh
- Cast Colin Farrell, Brendan Gleeson, Ralph Fiennes, Clémence Poésy, Thekla Reuten, Jordan Prentice
- Genre Comedy, Drama, Crime
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Spectrum On Demand, AMC on Demand
Moon
The last place you'd ever expect to find yourself.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- United Kingdom, United States • 2009
- Director Duncan Jones
- Cast Sam Rockwell, Kevin Spacey, Dominique McElligott, Rosie Shaw, Adrienne Shaw, Kaya Scodelario
- Genre Science Fiction, Drama
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, AMC on Demand
The Prestige
Are you watching closely?
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- United Kingdom, United States • 2006
- Director Christopher Nolan
- Cast Christian Bale, Hugh Jackman, Michael Caine, Scarlett Johansson, Rebecca Hall, David Bowie
- Genre Drama, Mystery, Thriller
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, AMC on Demand
Lion
A five-year-old Indian boy gets lost on the streets of Calcutta, thousands of kilometers from home.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- United Kingdom, Australia, United States • 2016
- Director Garth Davis
- Cast Sunny Pawar, Dev Patel, Rooney Mara, David Wenham, Nicole Kidman, Abhishek Bharate
- Genre Drama
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, AMC on Demand, Tubi TV, The Roku Channel, Freevee, Plex
Lost in Translation
Everyone wants to be found.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- United States, Japan • 2003
- Director Sofia Coppola
- Cast Bill Murray, Scarlett Johansson, Giovanni Ribisi, Anna Faris, Akiko Takeshita, Fumihiro Hayashi
- Genre Comedy, Drama, Romance
- Available on Max Amazon Channel, Max, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Spectrum On Demand, AMC on Demand
Russian Ark
(Русский ковчег)
2000 cast members, 3 orchestras, 33 rooms, 300 years. All in one take.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Russia, Germany, Japan • 2002
- Director Aleksandr Sokurov
- Cast Sergei Dreiden, Mariya Kuznetsova, Leonid Mozgovoy, Maksim Sergeev, Vladimir Baranov, Kirill Miller
- Genre Drama, Fantasy, History, Mystery
- Available on Hoopla, Kino Now, Kanopy, Plex
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
Birdshot
A young farm girl mistakenly shoots and kills an endangered Philippine eagle, leading to unexpected horrifying consequences.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Philippines, Korea, Qatar • 2017
- Director Mikhail Red
- Cast Mary Joy Apostol, Manuel Aquino, John Arcilla, Arnold Reyes, Ku Aquino
- Genre Drama, Mystery, Thriller
- Available on No streaming locations found.
A Taxi Driver
(택시운전사)
The incredible true story of a South Korean taxi driver who became the most unlikely of heroes.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Korea • 2017
- Director Jang Hoon
- Cast Song Kang-ho, Thomas Kretschmann, Yoo Hae-jin, Ryu Jun-yeol, Park Hyuk-kwon, Ko Chang-seok
- Genre Action, Drama, History
- Available on Amazon Prime Video, Hoopla, Peacock, Kocowa, Rakuten Viki, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, The Roku Channel, Pluto TV, Freevee, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Kanopy
Ode To My Father
(국제시장)
A young boy's promise to his father during the Korean War guides his choices over a lifetime.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Korea • 2014
- Director JK Youn
- Cast Hwang Jung-min, Yunjin Kim, Oh Dal-su, Jung Jin-young, Jang Young-nam, Ra Mi-ran
- Genre Drama
- Available on Tubi TV
Ten Years
(十年)
Five Hong Kong stories, one uncertain future.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Hong Kong • 2015
- Director Ng Ka-Leung
- Cast Leung Kin-Ping, Catherine Chau, Ng Siu-Hin, Yau Hok-Sau, Liu Kai-Chi
- Genre Drama
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, YouTube
Aurora
A chance encounter at a hot dog stand in the Finnish Lapland could mean the difference between life or death.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- 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
Jirga
A former soldier seeks forgiveness for his mistakes, risking his life for a chance at redemption.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Australia • 2018
- Director Benjamin Gilmour
- Cast Sam Smith, Mohammad Mosam, Kefayat Lag Humani, Naqibullah Khan Shinwari, Sharif Ullah
- Genre Drama, War
- Available on Film Movement Plus, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube, Tubi TV, VUDU Free, Kanopy
Dead Pigs
(海上浮城)
A pig farmer, a busboy, a salon owner, an expat architect and a jaded rich girl cross paths as thousands of dead pigs float down the Yangtze River toward Shanghai.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- China, United States • 2018
- Director Cathy Yan
- Cast Vivian Wu, Haoyu Yang, Meng Li, Mason Lee, David Rysdahl, Zazie Beetz
- Genre Comedy, Drama, Family
- Available on Hoopla, Film Movement Plus, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube, Kanopy
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Caché
All the moments they thought nobody was watching, caught on tape.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- France, Austria, Germany • 2005
- Director Michael Haneke
- Cast Daniel Auteuil, Juliette Binoche, Annie Girardot, Bernard Le Coq, Daniel Duval, Maurice Bénichou
- Genre Mystery, Drama, Thriller
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube, AMC on Demand, Tubi TV
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
The Truth
(La Vérité)
A French film superstar's decision to publish her memoirs causes old tensions, feelings, and conflicts with her daughter to resurface.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- France, Japan, Switzerland • 2019
- Director Hirokazu Kore-eda
- Cast Catherine Deneuve, Juliette Binoche, Ethan Hawke, Clémentine Grenier, Manon Clavel, Alain Libolt
- Genre Drama
- Available on AMC+ Amazon Channel, IFC Films Unlimited Apple TV Channel, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube
Supernova
A gay couple visits places and people of the past as one of them begins to experience dementia.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- United Kingdom • 2021
- Director Harry Macqueen
- Cast Colin Firth, Stanley Tucci, Pippa Haywood, Peter MacQueen, Nina Marlin, Ian Drysdale
- Genre Drama, Romance
- Available on Hulu, Hoopla, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, AMC on Demand, Kanopy
Gloria Bell
A middle-aged divorcée lives a joyful and free-spirited life — until romance finds her once again.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Chile, United States • 2018
- Director Sebastián Lelio
- Cast Julianne Moore, John Turturro, Alanna Ubach, Michael Cera, Sean Astin, Jeanne Tripplehorn
- Genre Drama, Romance
- Available on Max Amazon Channel, Max, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube, Kanopy
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
Elle
A businesswoman decides not to report her assault by a masked intruder due to her past experience with police.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- France, Germany, Belgium • 2016
- Director Paul Verhoeven
- Cast Isabelle Huppert, Laurent Lafitte, Anne Consigny, Charles Berling, Virginie Efira, Judith Magre
- Genre Drama, Thriller
- Available on Starz Apple TV Channel, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube, Spectrum On Demand, AMC on Demand
My Happy Family
(ჩემი ბედნიერი ოჯახი)
In a patriarchal society, Manana defies her family to create her own path--unafraid of any and all consequences.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Georgia, Germany, France • 2017
- Director Simon Groß
- Cast Ia Shugliashvili, Merab Ninidze, Berta Khapava, Tsisia Qumsashvili, Giorgi Khurtsilava
- Genre Drama
- Available on No streaming locations found.
The World's End
Good food. Fine ales. Total Annihilation.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- United Kingdom, United States, Japan • 2013
- Director Edgar Wright
- Cast Simon Pegg, Nick Frost, Paddy Considine, Martin Freeman, Eddie Marsan, Rosamund Pike
- Genre Comedy, Action, Science Fiction
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Spectrum On Demand, AMC on Demand
Gran Torino
A teenage immigrant forced into a life of crime starts by trying to steal his neighbor's prize car.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Germany, United States • 2008
- Director Clint Eastwood
- Cast Clint Eastwood, Christopher Carley, Scott Eastwood, Bee Vang, Ahney Her, Brian Haley
- Genre Drama
- Available on Max Amazon Channel, Max, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Spectrum On Demand
Rush
Everyone's driven by something.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- United Kingdom, Germany, United States • 2013
- Director Ron Howard
- Cast Chris Hemsworth, Daniel Brühl, Olivia Wilde, Alexandra Maria Lara, Pierfrancesco Favino, David Calder
- Genre Action, Drama
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Spectrum On Demand, AMC on Demand
Prisoners
Every moment matters.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- United States • 2013
- Director Denis Villeneuve
- Cast Jake Gyllenhaal, Hugh Jackman, Paul Dano, Maria Bello, Melissa Leo, Terrence Howard
- Genre Crime, Drama, Thriller
- Available on FilmBox+, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, AMC on Demand
Ginger Snaps
Hungry like the Wolf.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Canada • 2000
- Director John Fawcett
- Cast Emily Perkins, Katharine Isabelle, Kris Lemche, Mimi Rogers, Jesse Moss, Danielle Hampton
- Genre Drama, Horror
- Available on Amazon Prime Video, Shudder Amazon Channel, fuboTV, Peacock, Night Flight Plus, AMC+ Amazon Channel, Shudder Apple TV Channel, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Crackle, Tubi TV, The Roku Channel, Pluto TV, VUDU Free, Freevee, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Redbox, Plex
Billy Elliot
A coal miner's eleven-year-old son abandons his boxing training to begin ballet classes.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- United Kingdom, France • 2000
- Director Stephen Daldry
- Cast Jamie Bell, Julie Walters, Jean Heywood, Jamie Draven, Gary Lewis, Stephen Mangan
- Genre Drama, Comedy, Music
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Spectrum On Demand
Pina
Dance, dance, otherwise we are lost.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Germany, France, United Kingdom • 2011
- Director Wim Wenders
- Cast Regina Advento, Malou Airaudo, Ruth Amarante, Pina Bausch, Jorge Puerta, Mechthild Großmann
- Genre Documentary
- Available on MUBI, MUBI Amazon Channel, AMC+ Amazon Channel, IFC Films Unlimited Apple TV Channel, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, YouTube, Kanopy, Plex
The Eighth Day
(Le huitième jour)
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Belgium, France, United Kingdom • 1996
- Director Jaco Van Dormael
- Cast Daniel Auteuil, Pascal Duquenne, Miou-Miou, Henri Garcin, Isabelle Sadoyan, Fabienne Loriaux
- Genre Drama
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Dheepan
To escape the Sri Lankan civil war, a former soldier, a woman, and a little girl pose as a family.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- France • 2015
- Director Jacques Audiard
- Cast Jesuthasan Antonythasan, Kalieaswari Srinivasan, Claudine Vinasithamby, Vincent Rottiers, Marc Zinga, Faouzi Bensaïdi
- Genre Crime, Drama
- Available on Criterion Channel, AMC+, AMC+ Amazon Channel, IFC Films Unlimited Apple TV Channel, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube, Kanopy
The Class
(Entre les murs)
Based on his real life, a teacher must deal with the challenging dynamics of his multicultural classroom.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- France • 2008
- Director Laurent Cantet
- Cast François Bégaudeau, Franck Keïta, Louise Grinberg, Rabah Nait Oufella, Esmeralda Ouertani, Rachel Regulier
- Genre Drama
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube, Tubi TV
Rust and Bone
(De rouille et d'os)
Catastrophe Is A Means For Growth.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- France, Belgium • 2012
- Director Jacques Audiard
- Cast Marion Cotillard, Matthias Schoenaerts, Bouli Lanners, Céline Sallette, Corinne Masiero, Mourad Frarema
- Genre Drama, Romance
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube
Twinsters
Two lives. Changed forever. With just one click.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- United Kingdom, France, Korea • 2015
- Director Ryan Miyamoto
- Cast Anais Bordier, Samantha Futerman, Kanoa Goo
- Genre Family, Documentary
- Available on Criterion Channel, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube
Brooklyn
Two countries. Two loves. One heart.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- United Kingdom, Canada, Ireland • 2015
- Director John Crowley
- Cast Saoirse Ronan, Domhnall Gleeson, Emory Cohen, Jim Broadbent, Julie Walters, Jessica Paré
- Genre Drama, Romance
- Available on Max Amazon Channel, Max, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, AMC on Demand
Hector and the Search for Happiness
Sometimes to find yourself you need to get a little lost.
- ✭
- Germany, Canada, United Kingdom • 2014
- Director Peter Chelsom
- Cast Simon Pegg, Rosamund Pike, Toni Collette, Stellan Skarsgård, Christopher Plummer, Jean Reno
- Genre Adventure, Drama, Comedy
- Available on Amazon Prime Video, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Redbox, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Plex
Amanda Knox
Either I'm a psychopath in sheep's clothing, or I am you.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Denmark, United States • 2016
- Director Rod Blackhurst
- Cast Amanda Knox, Raffaele Sollecito, Giuliano Mignini, Nick Pisa, Valter Biscotti, Stefano Conti
- Genre Documentary
- Available on Netflix, Netflix basic with Ads
The Propaganda Game
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Spain, France • 2015
- Director Álvaro Longoria
- Cast Kim Jong-un, Kim Jong-il, Kim Il-sung, Barack Obama, Harry S. Truman, Alejandro Cao de Benós
- Genre Documentary
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Blade of the Immortal
(無限の住人)
His path is paved in blood.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan, United Kingdom, Korea • 2017
- Director Takashi Miike
- Cast Takuya Kimura, Hana Sugisaki, Sota Fukushi, Hayato Ichihara, Erika Toda, Ebizo Ichikawa
- Genre Action, Drama
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Redbox, FlixFling, Kanopy
Kingdom: Ashin of the North
(킹덤: 아신전)
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Korea • 2021
- Director Kim Seong-hun
- Cast Jun Ji-hyun, Park Byung-eun, Kim Si-a, Kim Roi-ha, Koo Kyo-hwan, Jung Suk-won
- Genre Drama, Fantasy, Thriller
- Available on Netflix, Netflix basic with Ads
Rurouni Kenshin: The Beginning
(るろうに剣心 最終章 The Beginning)
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 2021
- Director Keishi Ōtomo
- Cast Takeru Satoh, Kasumi Arimura, Issey Takahashi, Nijiro Murakami, Masanobu Ando, Kazuki Kitamura
- Genre Action, Adventure, Drama
- Available on Netflix, Netflix basic with Ads
Rurouni Kenshin Part II: Kyoto Inferno
(るろうに剣心 京都大火編)
Fate Hangs On His Sword
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 2014
- Director Keishi Ōtomo
- Cast Takeru Satoh, Emi Takei, Munetaka Aoki, Kaito Oyagi, Yu Aoi, Yosuke Eguchi
- Genre Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
- Available on Apple TV
Rurouni Kenshin Part III: The Legend Ends
(るろうに剣心 伝説の最期編)
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 2014
- Director Keishi Ōtomo
- Cast Takeru Satoh, Emi Takei, Munetaka Aoki, Yu Aoi, Kaito Oyagi, Yosuke Eguchi
- Genre Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
- Available on Apple TV
Rurouni Kenshin: The Final
(るろうに剣心 最終章 The Final)
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 2021
- Director Keishi Ōtomo
- Cast Takeru Satoh, Emi Takei, Mackenyu, Munetaka Aoki, Yu Aoi, Yûsuke Iseya
- Genre Action, Adventure, Drama
- Available on Netflix, Netflix basic with Ads
Jolt
You're in for a shock.
- ✭ ✭
- Bulgaria, United States • 2021
- Director Tanya Wexler
- Cast Kate Beckinsale, Stanley Tucci, Bobby Cannavale, Jai Courtney, Laverne Cox, David Bradley
- Genre Action, Thriller
- Available on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads
Dynasty Warriors
(真・三國無双)
- ✭ ✭
- Hong Kong, China, Japan • 2021
- Director Roy Chow Hin-Yeung
- Cast Louis Koo, Nick Wang, Tony Yang, Han Geng, Ray Lui, Carina Lau
- Genre Action, Adventure, Fantasy
- Available on Netflix, Netflix basic with Ads
The Yin Yang Master
(侍神令)
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- China • 2021
- Director Li Weiran
- Cast Chen Kun, Zhou Xun, William Chan Wai-Ting, Qu Chuxiao, Wang Likun, Shen Yue
- Genre Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Romance
- Available on Netflix, Netflix basic with Ads
Monster Hunter: Legends of the Guild
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- United States, Japan • 2021
- Director Steve Yamamoto
- Cast Erica Lindbeck, Dante Basco, Brando Eaton, Stephen Kramer Glickman, Caroline Caliston
- Genre Animation, Adventure, Action, Fantasy
- Available on Netflix, Netflix basic with Ads
The Way We Wait
- United Kingdom, Korea • 2020
- Director Park Ji-yoon
- Cast
- Genre Documentary
- Available on True Story
Widows
Left with nothing. Capable of anything.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- United Kingdom, United States • 2018
- Director Steve McQueen
- Cast Viola Davis, Michelle Rodriguez, Elizabeth Debicki, Cynthia Erivo, Colin Farrell, Brian Tyree Henry
- Genre Crime, Thriller
- Available on FXNow, fuboTV, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube
The Guardians
(Les Gardiennes)
While the men go off to war, the women of the Paridier farm take charge.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- France, Switzerland • 2017
- Director Xavier Beauvois
- Cast Nathalie Baye, Laura Smet, Iris Bry, Cyril Descours, Olivier Rabourdin, Gilbert Bonneau
- Genre Drama
- Available on Hoopla, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube, Spectrum On Demand, Tubi TV, Freevee, Kanopy, Plex
The Longest Summer
(夏日往事)
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- China • 2020
- Director Shi Sun
- Cast Jinqi Huang, Fu Xiaoxian, Hu Hongyu, Bao Boyu, Du Mingyang, Wang Longnuo
- Genre Romance
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Summer is the Coldest Season
(少女佳禾)
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- China • 2020
- Director Zhou Sun
- Cast Deng Enxi, Li Gang, Yichen LI, Wang Zichen, Zhang Jian-Wen
- Genre Drama
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Wind Blew That Summer
(那年夏天有风吹过)
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- China • 2019
- Creator
- Cast Cai Yao, Zhu Yu, Sun Zihang
- Genre Family, Drama
- Available on No streaming locations found.
The Photographer of Mauthausen
(El fotógrafo de Mauthausen)
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Spain • 2018
- Director Mar Targarona
- Cast Mario Casas, Richard van Weyden, Alain Hernández, Adrià Salazar, Eduard Bunch, Stefan Weinert
- Genre Drama, History, Thriller
- Available on Netflix, Netflix basic with Ads
The Cave
(غار)
The patriarchy has no place in a war.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Syria, Denmark, Germany • 2019
- Director Feras Fayyad
- Cast Amani Ballour, Salim Namour
- Genre Documentary
- Available on Hulu, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, YouTube, Vudu, National Geographic
The Dawn Wall
Legendary rock climber Tommy Caldwell takes on his most formidable challenge yet --- El Capitan.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Austria • 2018
- Director Peter Mortimer
- Cast Tommy Caldwell, John Branch, Kevin Jorgeson
- Genre Documentary, Adventure
- Available on Outside Watch, Kanopy
The Metamorphosis of Birds
(A Metamorfose dos Pássaros)
An experimental memoir that follows filmmaker Catarina Vasconcelos' attempt to document and preserve her grandparents life histories and stories.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Portugal • 2021
- Director Catarina Vasconcelos
- Cast Manuel Rosa, João Móra, Ana Vasconcelos, Henrique Vasconcelos, Inês Campos
- Genre Documentary, Drama
- Available on No streaming locations found.
The Falls
(瀑布)
Quarantining during the COVID-19 pandemic takes its toll on the relationship of a divorced mother and her teenage daughter.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Taiwan • 2021
- Director Chung Mong-Hong
- Cast Alyssa Chia, Gingle Wang, Lee-zen Lee, Waa Wei, Yi-Wen Chen, Guan-Ting Liu
- Genre Drama
- Available on Netflix, Netflix basic with Ads
Bad Roads
(Погані дороги)
An anthology of four short stories, all set on the roads of Ukraine during the war in the Donbas.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Ukraine • 2021
- Director Natalya Vorozhbit
- Cast Ihor Koltovskyi, Andrey Lelyukh, Anna Zhurakovskaya, Yuliya Matrosova, Oksana Cherkashyna
- Genre Drama
- Available on Film Movement Plus, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube, Kanopy
Holy Beasts
(La fiera y la fiesta)
A filmmaker faces increasing challenges as she tries, decades later, to complete Dominican filmmaker Jean-Louis Jorge’s unfinished work.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Dominican Republic, Argentina, Mexico • 2019
- Director Israel Cárdenas, Laura Amelia Guzmán
- Cast Geraldine Chaplin, Udo Kier, Jackie Ludueña, Jaime Piña, Luis Ospina, Pau Bertolini
- Genre Drama
- Available on Film Movement Plus
The Tambour of Retribution
(حد الطار)
Dayel and Shama must hide their relationship while dealing with the religious and cultural traditions of their community.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Saudi Arabia • 2021
- Director Abdulaziz Alshlahei
- Cast Faisal Aldokhei, Adwaa Fahad, Rawya Ahmed
- Genre Drama
- Available on Netflix, Netflix basic with Ads
Fallet
British and Swedish police join forces to solve a case in this spoof on the Nordic noir genre.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Sweden • 2017
- Creator Erik Hultkvist, Rikard Ulvshammar
- Cast Adam Godley
- Genre Comedy, Crime, Drama
- Available on No streaming locations found.
The Bridge
(Bron/Broen)
Detectives from neighboring countries must work together on the case of a body found on the Swedish-Danish border.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Sweden, Denmark, Germany • 2011
- Creator Hans Rosenfeldt
- Cast Sofia Helin, Thure Lindhardt, Mikael Birkkjær, Sarah Boberg, Selma Modéer Wiking, Rafael Pettersson
- Genre Crime, Mystery
- Available on Amazon Video, Tubi TV, MZ Choice Amazon Channel, Mhz Choice, Topic, Plex, Topic Apple TV Channel
Bordertown
(Sorjonen)
DI Kari Sorjonen heads the Serious Crime Unit in the Finnish city of Lappeenranta, near the Russian Border.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Finland, France • 2016
- Creator Miikko Oikkonen
- Cast Ville Virtanen, Matleena Kuusniemi, Olivia Ainali, Anu Sinisalo, Lenita Susi, Kristiina Halttu
- Genre Crime, Drama, Mystery
- Available on MZ Choice Amazon Channel, Mhz Choice
The Sandhamn Murders
(Morden i Sandhamn)
Lawyer Nora Linde assists in the police force's investigations in this Swedish series based on the books by Viveca Sten.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Sweden • 2010
- Creator Viveca Sten
- Cast Jakob Cedergren, Alexandra Rapaport, Jonas Malmsjö, Anki Lidén, Louise Edlind
- Genre Drama, Thriller
- Available on Amazon Video, Hoopla, MZ Choice Amazon Channel, Mhz Choice
Ragnarok
Norwegian teeanger Magne discovers that he is the reincarnation of Thor and must help prevent the end of the world.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Denmark • 2020
- Creator Adam Price
- Cast David Alexander Sjøholt, Jonas Strand Gravli, Theresa Frostad Eggesbø, Herman Tømmeraas, Emma Bones, Synnøve Macody Lund
- Genre Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
- Available on Netflix, Netflix basic with Ads
Trapped
(Ófærð)
A small town is trapped after a heavy snowstorm, with a killer hiding among them.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Iceland, Denmark, Finland • 2015
- Creator Baltasar Kormákur
- Cast Ólafur Darri Ólafsson, Ilmur Kristjánsdóttir
- Genre Crime, Drama, Mystery
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Kahaani
A pregnant mother desperately tried to find her husband in Kolkata, a city drenched in corruption.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- India • 2012
- Director Sujoy Ghosh
- Cast Vidya Balan, Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Parambrata Chatterjee, Saswata Chatterjee, Indraneil Sengupta, Darshan Jariwala
- Genre Mystery, Thriller
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Dear Zindagi
An unconventional thinker helps a budding cinematographer gain a new perspective on life.
- India • 2016
- Director Gauri Shinde
- Cast Alia Bhatt, Shah Rukh Khan, Ali Zafar, Kunal Kapoor, Angad Bedi, Ira Dubey
- Genre Bollywood, Drama, Romance
- Available on Netflix, Netflix basic with Ads, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, YouTube
Margarita with a Straw
A college student with cerebral palsy seeks her independence by spending a semester abroad in New York City.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- India • 2015
- Director Shonali Bose
- Cast Kalki Koechlin, Revathi, Sayani Gupta, William Moseley, Hussain Dalal
- Genre Bollywood, Drama, Family
- Available on The Roku Channel, Kanopy
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
Raazi
(राज़ी)
A young woman from India agrees to marry a Pakistani military officer in order to spy for her country.
- India • 2018
- Director Meghna Gulzar
- Cast Alia Bhatt, Jaideep Ahlawat, Vicky Kaushal, Soni Razdan, Rajit Kapoor
- Genre Action, Bollywood, Drama, Thriller
- Available on Amazon Prime Video, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Amazon Prime Video with Ads
Thappad
(थप्पड़)
Amrita, a devoted house wife, finds her perfect life shattered when her husband slaps her.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- India • 2020
- Director Anubhav Sinha
- Cast Taapsee Pannu, Pavail Gulati, Dia Mirza, Manav Kaul, Naila Grewal, Ram Kapoor
- Genre Bollywood, Drama
- Available on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads
Pink
In this gripping courtroom drama, three women are accused of solicitation and attempted murder.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- India • 2016
- Director Aniruddha Roy Chowdhury
- Cast Amitabh Bachchan, Taapsee Pannu, Kirti Kulhari, Andrea Tariang, Angad Bedi
- Genre Bollywood, Drama, Thriller
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, YouTube, Tubi TV, Plex
Lipstick Under My Burkha
Four ordinary women, inflicted by silly societal norms, have to steal, lie, cheat and hide in order to lead the lives that they rightfully deserve.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- India • 2017
- Director Alankrita Shrivastava
- Cast Konkona Sen Sharma, Ratna Pathak, Aahana Kumra, Plabita Borthakur, Sushant Singh, Vikrant Massey
- Genre Comedy, Drama
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Neerja
(नीरजा)
Based on Neerja Bhanot, a flight attendant who sacrificed her life to save the other passengers during a terrorist hijacking.
- India • 2016
- Director Ram Madhvani
- Cast Sonam Kapoor, Shabana Azmi, Shekhar Ravjiani, Yogendra Tiku, Jim Sarbh
- Genre Bollywood, Drama, Thriller
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Queen
When her fiancé calls off their wedding, Rani embarks on a journey around Europe to find who she truly is.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- India • 2013
- Director Vikas Bahl
- Cast Kangana Ranaut, Rajkummar Rao, Lisa Haydon, Mish Boyko, Jeffrey Ho, Yogendra Tiku
- Genre Bollywood, Comedy, Drama
- Available on Netflix, Netflix basic with Ads, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, YouTube
Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy
(偶然と想像)
Three women deal with the problems of modern relationships in this anthology of unique stories.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 2021
- Director Ryusuke Hamaguchi
- Cast Kotone Furukawa, Ayumu Nakajima, Hyunri, Kiyohiko Shibukawa, Katsuki Mori, Shouma Kai
- Genre Drama, Romance
- Available on Hoopla, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Kanopy
Identifying Features
(Sin señas particulares)
Magdalena sets out on an epic journey in search of her son, who disappeared en route to the US border.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Mexico, Spain • 2020
- Director Fernanda Valadez
- Cast Mercedes Hernández, David Illescas, Juan Jesús Varela
- Genre Drama
- Available on Hoopla, Max Amazon Channel, Max, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, YouTube, Kino Now
Mogul Mowgli
A terminal illness threatens a British Pakistani rapper's career.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- United Kingdom, United States • 2020
- Director Bassam Tariq
- Cast Riz Ahmed, Aiysha Hart, Nabhaan Rizwan, Kiran Sonia Sawar, Anjana Vasan
- Genre Drama, Music
- Available on Max Amazon Channel, Max, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube
Bergman Island
Art imitates life and life imitates art.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- France • 2021
- Director Mia Hansen-Løve
- Cast Tim Roth, Vicky Krieps, Mia Wasikowska, Anders Danielsen Lie, Wouter Hendrickx, Gabe Klinger
- Genre Drama, Romance
- Available on MUBI, Hulu, Criterion Channel, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, YouTube
Spencer
A fictionalized account of Princess Diana's decision to leave the British royal family
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Germany, Chile, United Kingdom • 2021
- Director Pablo Larraín
- Cast Kristen Stewart, Jack Farthing, Sally Hawkins, Timothy Spall, Sean Harris, Thomas Douglas
- Genre Drama
- Available on Hulu, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube, AMC on Demand, Kanopy
The Disciple
A young man devotes his life to achieving greatness in Indian classical music, which proves difficult.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- India • 2020
- Director Chaitanya Tamhane
- Cast Aditya Modak, Arun Dravid, Sumitra Bhave, Deepika Bhida Bhagwat, Kiran Yadnyopavit, Abhishek Kale
- Genre Drama, Music
- Available on Netflix, Netflix basic with Ads
I'm Your Man
(Ich bin dein Mensch)
To secure funding for her work, an archeologist signs up to test a robot designed to be her perfect partner.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Germany • 2021
- Director Maria Schrader
- Cast Maren Eggert, Dan Stevens, Sandra Hüller, Hans Löw, Annika Meier
- Genre Comedy, Romance, Science Fiction
- Available on Hulu, Hoopla, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube, AMC on Demand, Kanopy
Early Spring
(早春)
A young salary man and his wife struggle within the confines of their passionless relationship while he has an extramarital affair.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 1956
- Director Yasujirō Ozu
- Cast Chikage Awashima, Takako Fujino, Ryô Ikebe, Daisuke Katô, Keiko Kishi, Kuniko Miyake
- Genre Drama
- Available on Criterion Channel, Max Amazon Channel, Max, Tubi TV
Early Summer
(麦秋)
28-year-old Noriko's parents pressure her to marry in postwar Japan.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 1951
- Director Yasujirō Ozu
- Cast Setsuko Hara, Chishū Ryū, Chikage Awashima, Kuniko Miyake, Ichirô Sugai, Chieko Higashiyama
- Genre Drama
- Available on Criterion Channel, Max Amazon Channel, Max, Apple TV
There Was a Father
(父ありき)
Widower and father Shuhei Horikawa grapples with raising his son amidst financial strife and personal failings of honor.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 1942
- Director Yasujirō Ozu
- Cast Chishū Ryū, Shûji Sano, Haruhiko Tsuda, Shin Saburi, Takeshi Sakamoto, Mitsuko Mito
- Genre Drama
- Available on Criterion Channel, Plex
Late Spring
(晩春)
Widower Shukichi feels obligated to marry off his only daughter.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 1949
- Director Yasujirō Ozu
- Cast Chishū Ryū, Setsuko Hara, Yumeji Tsukioka, Haruko Sugimura, Hohi Aoki, Jun Usami
- Genre Drama
- Available on Fandor, Fandor Amazon Channel, Criterion Channel, Max Amazon Channel, Max, Apple TV, Amazon Video, Tubi TV, Plex
The Waiter
Renos, a lonely professional waiter, sees his well-organized life routine changing after an unexpected series of events.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Greece • 2018
- Director Steve Krikris
- Cast Aris Servetalis, Yannis Stankoglou, Alexandros Mavropoulos, Chiara Gensini, Maria Kallimani, Yorgos Glastras
- Genre Mystery
- Available on Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, YouTube, VUDU Free
Ethos
(Bir Başkadır)
In modern-day Istanbul, a group of women from different social, cultural, religious, and economic worlds find their lives intersecting.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Turkey • 2020
- Creator Berkun Oya
- Cast Öykü Karayel, Fatih Artman, Funda Eryiğit, Defne Kayalar, Settar Tanrıöğen, Tülin Özen
- Genre Drama, Mystery
- Available on Netflix, Netflix basic with Ads
It's a Sin
Four gay men form a close friendship group and live fiercely through the rise of the 1980s UK HIV/AIDS crisis.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- United Kingdom • 2021
- Creator Russell T Davies
- Cast Olly Alexander, Omari Douglas, Callum Scott Howells, Lydia West, Nathaniel Curtis, Keeley Hawes
- Genre Comedy, Drama
- Available on Max Amazon Channel, Max
We Are Lady Parts
A geeky doctoral student becomes the unlikely lead guitarist of an all-female Muslim punk band.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- United Kingdom • 2021
- Creator Nida Manzoor
- Cast Anjana Vasan
- Genre Comedy
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, Peacock
Lupin
Gentleman thief Assane Diop sets out to avenge his father for an injustice inflicted by a wealthy family.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- France, United States • 2021
- Creator George Kay
- Cast Omar Sy, Hervé Pierre, Nicole Garcia, Clotilde Hesme, Ludivine Sagnier, Soufiane Guerrab
- Genre Crime, Drama, Mystery
- Available on Netflix, Netflix basic with Ads
Terrorizers
(恐怖分子)
The intertwining lives of three groups of people cause a butterfly effect that leads to a tragic event.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Taiwan • 1986
- Director Edward Yang
- Cast Cora Miao, Lee Lichun, Chin Shih-Chieh, Wang An, Shaojun Ma, Gu Bao-Ming
- Genre Crime, Drama
- Available on MUBI, MUBI Amazon Channel, Kanopy
A Brighter Summer Day
(牯嶺街少年殺人事件)
A colorful coming of age odyssey set against the backdrop of 1960s Taiwan.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Taiwan • 1991
- Director Edward Yang
- Cast Chang Chen, Lisa Yang, Elaine Jin, Chen Shiang-Chyi
- Genre Crime, Drama, Romance
- Available on Criterion Channel, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube
Three Times
(最好的時光)
There's a time for love, a time for freedom, and a time for youth.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- France, Taiwan • 2005
- Director Hou Hsiao-hsien
- Cast Shu Qi, Chang Chen, Mei Fang, Su-jen Liao, Mei Di, Chen Shi-Zheng
- Genre Drama, Romance
- Available on Amazon Video
Tropical Fish
(熱帶魚)
A junior high student with a vivid imagination goes on an unusual adventure when he is accidentally kidnapped
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Taiwan • 1995
- Director Chen Yu-Hsun
- Cast Yi-fan Chen, Wen Ying, Akio Chen, Lin Cheng-sheng, Lien Pi-tung
- Genre Comedy, Drama
- Available on No streaming locations found.
The Time to Live and the Time to Die
(童年往事)
Born in mainland China and raised in Taiwan, a young boy grapples with generational differences and conflicting cultural identities.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Taiwan • 1985
- Director Hou Hsiao-hsien
- Cast Tien Feng, Mei Fang, Tang Ru-Yun, Hsiao Ai, Yu An-Shun
- Genre Drama
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Reunion
(我們都是這樣長大的)
The reunions of an elementary school class over a span of nearly 40 years
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Taiwan • 1986
- Director Ko I-Chen
- Cast Terry Hu, Hsu Ming, Chang Fu-Mei
- Genre Drama
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Vive L'Amour
(愛情萬歲)
Three lonely people unknowingly share an apartment in Taipei.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Taiwan • 1994
- Director Tsai Ming-liang
- Cast Lee Kang-Sheng, Yang Kuei-Mei, Chen Chao-jung, Lu Yi-Ching
- Genre Drama
- Available on Hoopla, Criterion Channel, Film Movement Plus, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube, Kanopy
Growing Up
(小畢的故事)
A mischievous boy's journey from childhood to adulthood.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Taiwan • 1983
- Director Chen Kun-Hou
- Cast Doze Niu Cheng-Tse, Fanny Chang Chun-Fang, Yen Cheng-kuo, Hsi Chang, Chang Ping-Yu
- Genre Drama, Family, Romance
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Kuei-mei, a Woman
(我這樣過了一生)
The story of how a girl from mainland China raised a family from poverty to stability in Taiwan
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Taiwan • 1985
- Director Chang Yi
- Cast Yang Hui-shan, Lee Lichun, Elten Ting, Wen Ying, Hu Hsiang-Ping
- Genre Drama
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Flowers of Shanghai
(海上花)
The lives of four "flower girls" in an upscale brothel in 19th century Shanghai
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Taiwan, Japan • 1998
- Director Hou Hsiao-hsien
- Cast Tony Leung Chiu-wai, Michiko Hada, Carina Lau, Michelle Reis, Jack Kao, Rebecca Pan
- Genre Drama
- Available on Criterion Channel, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube
The Power of the Dog
In Montana, in 1925, a rancher responds with cruelty when his brother brings home a new wife and her son.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- United Kingdom, Australia, United States • 2021
- Director Jane Campion
- Cast Benedict Cumberbatch, Kirsten Dunst, Jesse Plemons, Kodi Smit-McPhee, Thomasin McKenzie, Frances Conroy
- Genre Drama, Western
- Available on Netflix, Netflix basic with Ads
What Time Is It There?
(你那邊幾點)
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Taiwan, France • 2001
- Director Tsai Ming-liang
- Cast Lee Kang-sheng, Chen Shiang-Chyi, Lu Yi-Ching, Miao Tien, Cecilia Yip, Chen Chao-jung
- Genre Drama, Romance
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Tropical Malady
(สัตว์ประหลาด)
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Thailand, France, Germany • 2004
- Director Apichatpong Weerasethakul
- Cast Banlop Lomnoi, Sakda Kaewbuadee, Huai Dessom, Sirivech Jareonchon, Udom Promma
- Genre Drama, Romance, Fantasy
- Available on Kanopy
Buffalo Boys
Two brothers raised in exile in the American Wild West return to Indonesia to avenge their slain father.
- ✭ ✭
- Indonesia, Singapore • 2018
- Director Mike Wiluan
- Cast Yoshi Sudarso, Ario Bayu, Pevita Pearce, Tio Pakusadewo, Reinout Bussemaker, Mikha Tambayong
- Genre Action, Drama
- Available on Peacock, Hi-YAH, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, YouTube, Tubi TV, The Roku Channel, Pluto TV, VIX , Plex
King of Devil's Island
(Kongen av Bastøy)
- Norway, France, Sweden • 2010
- Director Marius Holst
- Cast Stellan Skarsgård, Benjamin Helstad, Kristoffer Joner, Trond Nilssen, Morten Løvstad, Daniel Berg
- Genre Drama, Action
- Available on Apple TV, Amazon Video, Kanopy
Buried
170,000 square miles of desert. 90 minutes of oxygen. No way out.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Spain, United Kingdom, United States • 2010
- Director Rodrigo Cortés
- Cast Ryan Reynolds, José Luis García Pérez, Robert Paterson, Stephen Tobolowsky, Samantha Mathis, Ivana Miño
- Genre Drama, Mystery, Thriller
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Tubi TV, Freevee
Incendies
The search began at the opening of their mother's will.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Canada, France • 2010
- Director Denis Villeneuve
- Cast Lubna Azabal, Mélissa Désormeaux-Poulin, Maxim Gaudette, Rémy Girard, Allen Altman, Abdelghafour Elaaziz
- Genre Drama, Mystery, War
- Available on MUBI, MUBI Amazon Channel, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, AMC on Demand, Tubi TV
Headhunters
(Hodejegerne)
An accomplished headhunter risks everything to obtain a valuable painting owned by a former mercenary.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Norway, Sweden, Denmark • 2011
- Director Morten Tyldum
- Cast Aksel Hennie, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Synnøve Macody Lund, Julie R. Ølgaard, Eivind Sander, Baard Owe
- Genre Crime, Thriller
- Available on Hoopla, fuboTV, Paramount+ Amazon Channel, Showtime Apple TV Channel, Paramount+ with Showtime, Paramount Plus Apple TV Channel , Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube, Redbox, FlixFling
Starred Up
A violent 19 year-old is transferred to adult prison with his estranged father, as his temper gets him into more trouble.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- United Kingdom • 2013
- Director David Mackenzie
- Cast Jack O'Connell, Ben Mendelsohn, Rupert Friend, David Ajala, Peter Ferdinando, Gershwyn Eustache Jnr
- Genre Drama
- Available on MZ Choice Amazon Channel, Peacock, Topic, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Tubi TV, The Roku Channel, Pluto TV, VUDU Free, Kanopy, Plex
Seechers
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- United Kingdom • 2021
- Director Natalie Kavanagh
- Cast Kristian Wilkes, Betty Denville, Aurora Fearnley, Christopher Sciueref, Tom Cheshire
- Genre Science Fiction
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Secret Ingredient
(Исцелител)
A dutiful son finds his life turned upside down when his father’s marijuana cake attracts a host of nosy neighbors and angry drug dealers.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- North Macedonia, Greece • 2017
- Director Gjorče Stavreski
- Cast Blagoj Veselinov, Anastas Tanovski, Aksel Mehmet, Aleksandar Mikić, Miroslav Petković, Dime Iliev
- Genre Comedy, Drama
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Asia
(אסיה)
When Asia’s teenage daughter, Vika, starts experiencing serious health problems, she must learn to finally make peace with motherhood.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Israel • 2021
- Director Ruthy Pribar
- Cast Alena Yiv, Shira Haas, Tamir Mula, Gera Sandler, Eden Halili
- Genre Drama
- Available on Chai Flicks, Vudu, Amazon Video, Tubi TV, VUDU Free, Kanopy
The Interpreter
(Tlmočník)
An old man seeks revenge for the death of his parents, but instead finds a friend.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Slovakia, Czech Republic, Austria • 2018
- Director Martin Šulík
- Cast Jiří Menzel, Peter Simonischek, Zuzana Mauréry, Attila Mokos, Anna Jakab Rakovská
- Genre Comedy, Drama
- Available on Amazon Prime Video, Hoopla, Chai Flicks, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube, Kino Now, Tubi TV, VUDU Free, Freevee, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Kanopy
The Meaning of Hitler
Why do we talk about Hitler?
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- United States • 2021
- Director Petra Epperlein, Michael Tucker
- Cast Adolf Hitler, Martin Amis, Yehuda Bauer, Saul Friedländer, Deborah Lipstadt
- Genre Documentary
- Available on Hulu, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube
The Dark Maidens
(暗黒女子)
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 2017
- Director Saiji Yakumo
- Cast Marie Iitoyo, Fumika Shimizu, Nana Seino, Riria Kojima, Tina Tamashiro, Yuna Taira
- Genre Mystery, Drama
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Lan Yu
(藍宇)
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Hong Kong, China • 2001
- Director Stanley Kwan
- Cast Liu Ye, Hu Jun, Huatong Li, Shuang Li, Fang Lu, Zhang Shaohua
- Genre Drama, Romance
- Available on Criterion Channel
José
The coming-of-age story of a young gay man in Guatemala who must choose between his home and his heart.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Guatemala, United States • 2020
- Director Li Cheng
- Cast Enrique Salanic, Manolo Herrera, Ana Cecilia Mota, Jhakelyn Waleska Gonzalez Gonzalez, Esteban Lopez Ramirez
- Genre Drama
- Available on Hoopla, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube, Tubi TV, Freevee, Plex
Los Reyes
The lives of real teens revealed through the eyes of two stray dogs living in a Chilean skatepark.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Chile, Germany • 2019
- Director Bettina Perut, Iván Osnovikoff
- Cast
- Genre Documentary
- Available on Metrograph, Apple TV, Kanopy
Destierro
(Torotot)
Is the person lying next to you lying to you?
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Philippines • 2008
- Director Maryo J. de los Reyes
- Cast Maui Taylor, Yul Servo, Baron Geisler, Anton Bernardo, Maricar De Mesa, Andrew Schimmer
- Genre Drama
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Bagets
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Philippines • 1984
- Director Maryo J. de los Reyes
- Cast Aga Muhlach, William Martinez, Herbert Bautista, J.C. Bonin, Raymond Lauchengco, Yayo Aguila
- Genre Romance, Comedy, Drama
- Available on No streaming locations found.
The Cartel
(El Cartel de los Sapos)
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Colombia • 2008
- Creator Andrés López López
- Cast Juan Pablo Raba, Diego Cadavid
- Genre Action & Adventure, Drama
- Available on Netflix, Netflix basic with Ads
Nandito ako... Nagmamahal sa 'yo
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Philippines • 2009
- Director Maryo J. de los Reyes
- Cast Kris Bernal, Aljur Abrenica, Valeen Montenegro, Baron Geisler, Ana Capri, Lloyd Samartino
- Genre Drama, Romance
- Available on Amazon Video
The Wolves
(Los lobos)
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Mexico • 2020
- Director Samuel Kishi
- Cast Martha Reyes Arias, Leonardo Nájar Márquez, Maximiliano Nájar Márquez, Cici Lau, Celine R. Lopez, Robert Louder
- Genre Drama, Family
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Amazon Video
Aquarela
A film that explores and investigates water in all of its forms.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- United Kingdom, Germany, Denmark • 2019
- Director Viktor Kossakovsky
- Cast
- Genre Documentary
- Available on Starz Apple TV Channel, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube, AMC on Demand
House of Hummingbird
(벌새)
Seoul, 1994. Fourteen-year-old Eunhee struggles to navigate the treacherous waters of adolescence, until the arrival of a sympathetic new teacher.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Korea • 2019
- Director Kim Bo-ra
- Cast Park Ji-hu, Kim Sae-byuk, Jeong In-gi, Lee Seung-yeon, Park Soo-yeon, Son Sang-yeon
- Genre Drama
- Available on Fandor Amazon Channel, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube, Tubi TV, The Roku Channel, Pluto TV, AsianCrush, Freevee, Cineverse, Kanopy, Plex
Lingui, The Sacred Bonds
(Lingui, les liens sacrés)
A single mother goes against the church and the patriarchy to obtain an illegal abortion for her fifteen-year-old daughter.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- France, Germany, Belgium • 2021
- Director Mahamat-Saleh Haroun
- Cast Achouackh Abakar Souleymane, Rihane Khalil Alio, Youssouf Djaoro, Briya Gomdigue, Saleh Sambo, Mounira Michala
- Genre Drama
- Available on MUBI, MUBI Amazon Channel, Apple TV, Vudu, Amazon Video
Prayers for the Stolen
(Noche de fuego)
Three young girls come of age in a small and war-torn town in Mexico.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Mexico, Germany, Brazil • 2021
- Director Tatiana Huezo
- Cast Mayra Batalla, Norma Pablo, Olivia Lagunas, Teresa Sánchez, Guillermo Villegas
- Genre Drama
- Available on Netflix, Netflix basic with Ads
Drive My Car
(ドライブ・マイ・カー)
A car ride across Japan leads to an unlikely connection between a widowed stage director and his introverted young driver.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 2021
- Director Ryusuke Hamaguchi
- Cast Hidetoshi Nishijima, Toko Miura, Masaki Okada, Reika Kirishima, Park Yu-rim, Jin Dae-yeon
- Genre Drama
- Available on Criterion Channel, Apple TV, Vudu, Amazon Video
Memoria
For Jessica, it really isn't all in her head.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Colombia, Thailand, France • 2021
- Director Apichatpong Weerasethakul
- Cast Tilda Swinton, Agnes Brekke, Daniel Giménez Cacho, Jerónimo Barón, Juan Pablo Urrego, Jeanne Balibar
- Genre Drama, Fantasy, Mystery
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Nightmare Alley
A carny teams up with a psychiatrist and poses as a psychic that can communicate with the dead.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- United States, Mexico, Canada • 2021
- Director Guillermo del Toro
- Cast Bradley Cooper, Cate Blanchett, Toni Collette, Willem Dafoe, Richard Jenkins, Rooney Mara
- Genre Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
- Available on FXNow, fuboTV, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, AMC on Demand
Flee
(Flugt)
Part memoir, part documentary, this animated film recounts the story of a refugee from Afghanistan to Denmark.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Denmark, France, Sweden • 2021
- Director Jonas Poher Rasmussen
- Cast Daniel Karimyar, Fardin Mijdzadeh, Milad Eskandari, Belal Faiz, Elaha Faiz, Zahra Mehrwarz
- Genre Animation, Documentary
- Available on Hulu, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube, AMC on Demand
Last Night in Soho
A young girl is transported back to the Swinging Sixties in her dreams where she discovers a dark secret
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- United Kingdom • 2021
- Director Edgar Wright
- Cast Thomasin McKenzie, Anya Taylor-Joy, Matt Smith, Michael Ajao, Diana Rigg, Terence Stamp
- Genre Horror, Mystery, Thriller
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Spectrum On Demand, FlixFling, AMC on Demand, Freevee
Freaks Out
Four circus “freaks” use their supernatural powers to try and save their Jewish circus owner in World War Two era Italy.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Italy, Belgium • 2021
- Director Gabriele Mainetti
- Cast Claudio Santamaria, Aurora Giovinazzo, Pietro Castellitto, Giancarlo Martini, Giorgio Tirabassi, Max Mazzotta
- Genre Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, War
- Available on Amazon Prime Video, Hoopla, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Redbox, Tubi TV, Amazon Prime Video with Ads
Lunana: A Yak in the Classroom
(ལུང་ནག་ན)
A teacher in search of inspiration travels to the most remote school in the world.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Bhutan, China • 2019
- Director Pawo Choyning Dorji
- Cast Sherab Dorji, Ugyen Norbu Lhendup, Keldon Lhamo Gurung, Pem Zam, Chimi Dem
- Genre Drama
- Available on Netflix, Hoopla, Netflix basic with Ads, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, YouTube, Amazon Video, Kanopy
Petite Maman
(Petite maman)
A young girl ventures into the woods around her grandmother's house and forms a friendship with a lonely local girl.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- France • 2021
- Director Céline Sciamma
- Cast Joséphine Sanz, Gabrielle Sanz, Nina Meurisse, Stéphane Varupenne, Margot Abascal
- Genre Drama, Family, Fantasy
- Available on Hulu, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube, Spectrum On Demand, Kanopy
The Lost Daughter
A woman unexpectedly confronts her past while vacationing in Greece.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- United States, Greece • 2021
- Director Maggie Gyllenhaal
- Cast Olivia Colman, Dakota Johnson, Jessie Buckley, Ed Harris, Peter Sarsgaard, Paul Mescal
- Genre Drama
- Available on Netflix, Netflix basic with Ads
Lost Illusions
(Illusions perdues)
The life of the young poet Lucien de Rubempre, who leaves Angouleme for Paris to become an author.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- France, Belgium • 2021
- Director Xavier Giannoli
- Cast Benjamin Voisin, Cécile de France, Vincent Lacoste, Xavier Dolan, Jeanne Balibar, André Marcon
- Genre Drama, Romance
- Available on Amazon Prime Video, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube, Amazon Prime Video with Ads
Black Box
(Boîte noire)
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- France, Belgium • 2021
- Director Yann Gozlan
- Cast Pierre Niney, Lou de Laâge, André Dussollier, Sébastien Pouderoux, Olivier Rabourdin, Guillaume Marquet
- Genre Mystery, Thriller, Drama
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube, Tubi TV, VUDU Free, Kanopy
Just 6.5
(متری شش و نیم)
Who is trafficking all these drugs for just 6.5 addicts?
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Iran • 2019
- Director Saeed Roustaee
- Cast Payman Maadi, Navid Mohammadzade, Parinaz Izadyar, Farhad Aslani, Houman Kiai, Maziar Seyedi
- Genre Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
- Available on Google Play Movies, Apple TV
Candyman
Say it if you dare.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Canada, United States • 2021
- Director Nia DaCosta
- Cast Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Teyonah Parris, Colman Domingo, Nathan Stewart-Jarrett, Kyle Kaminsky, Vanessa Williams
- Genre Horror, Thriller
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Spectrum On Demand, AMC on Demand, Freevee
Prey
Can you live with letting someone die?
- ✭ ✭
- Germany • 2021
- Director Thomas Sieben
- Cast David Kross, Hanno Koffler, Maria Ehrich, Robert Finster, Livia Matthes
- Genre Thriller
- Available on Netflix
The Big Hit
(Un triomphe)
- ✭ ✭
- France • 2020
- Director Emmanuel Courcol
- Cast Kad Merad, Marina Hands, Laurent Stocker, Pierre Lottin, Wabinlé Nabié, Aleksandr Medvedev
- Genre Comedy, Drama
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Everything Went Fine
(Tout s’est bien passé)
A daughter must grapple with her ill elderly father's request to end his own life.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- France • 2021
- Director François Ozon
- Cast Sophie Marceau, André Dussollier, Géraldine Pailhas, Charlotte Rampling, Éric Caravaca, Hanna Schygulla
- Genre Comedy, Drama
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Kino Now
The Restless
(Les Intranquilles)
A bipolar painter's family life becomes strained as his disorder grows less manageable.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Belgium, France, Luxembourg • 2021
- Director Joachim Lafosse
- Cast Leïla Bekhti, Damien Bonnard, Gabriel Merz Chammah, Patrick Descamps, Jules Waringo, Alexandre Gavras
- Genre Drama, Family
- Available on Film Movement Plus
Farewell Mister Haffmann
(Adieu Monsieur Haffmann)
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- France, Belgium • 2022
- Director Fred Cavayé
- Cast Daniel Auteuil, Gilles Lellouche, Sara Giraudeau, Nikolai Kinski, Mathilde Bisson, Anne Coesens
- Genre Drama, History
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Compartment No. 6
(Hytti Nro 6)
On a long train ride, a Finnish student forms an unexpected bond with a Russian miner.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Finland, Russia, Estonia • 2021
- Director Juho Kuosmanen
- Cast Seidi Haarla, Yuriy Borisov, Dinara Drukarova, Yuliya Aug, Lidiya Kostina, Tomi Alatalo
- Genre Drama
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube, Spectrum On Demand, AMC on Demand
The Unforgivable
Ruth Slater, released from prison after serving a sentence for a violent crime, searches for her estranged younger sister.
- ✭ ✭
- United Kingdom, Germany, United States • 2021
- Director Nora Fingscheidt
- Cast Sandra Bullock, Viola Davis, Vincent D'Onofrio, Jon Bernthal, Richard Thomas, Linda Emond
- Genre Crime, Drama
- Available on Netflix, Netflix basic with Ads
Encounter
A decorated Marine goes on a rescue mission to save his two young sons from a mysterious threat.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- United Kingdom, United States • 2021
- Director Michael Pearce
- Cast Riz Ahmed, Octavia Spencer, Lucian-River Mirage Chauhan, Rory Cochrane, Aditya Geddada, Janina Gavankar
- Genre Adventure, Drama
- Available on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads
The Rescue
The story of the rescue of the Thai soccer team trapped in a flooded cave in 2018.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- United Kingdom, United States • 2021
- Director Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi, Jimmy Chin
- Cast Jim Warny, Thanet Natisri, John Volanthen, Derek Anderson, Rick Stanton
- Genre Documentary, Drama
- Available on Hulu, Disney Plus
The Worst Person in the World
(Verdens Verste Menneske)
Julie must navigate the troubled waters of her romantic life while struggling to find her career path in contemporary Oslo.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Norway • 2021
- Director Joachim Trier
- Cast Renate Reinsve, Anders Danielsen Lie, Herbert Nordrum, Hans Olav Brenner, Helene Bjørnebye, Vidar Sandem
- Genre Comedy, Drama, Romance
- Available on Hulu, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, AMC on Demand, Kanopy
CODA
Every family has its own language.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- France, United States • 2021
- Director Siân Heder
- Cast Emilia Jones, Marlee Matlin, Troy Kotsur, Eugenio Derbez, Ferdia Walsh-Peelo, Daniel Durant
- Genre Drama, Music, Romance
- Available on Apple TV Plus
The 355
- ✭ ✭
- China, United States • 2022
- Director Simon Kinberg
- Cast Jessica Chastain, Lupita Nyong'o, Penélope Cruz, Diane Kruger, Fan Bingbing, Sebastian Stan
- Genre Action, Thriller
- 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 Card Counter
An ex-military interrogator-turned-gambler is haunted by ghosts of his past.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- United Kingdom, China, United States • 2021
- Director Paul Schrader
- Cast Oscar Isaac, Tiffany Haddish, Tye Sheridan, Willem Dafoe, Alexander Babara, Bobby C. King
- Genre Crime, Drama, Thriller
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Spectrum On Demand, AMC on Demand, Freevee
Paris, 13th District
(Les Olympiades)
Three young people living in Paris fall in and out of love with each other.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- France • 2021
- Director Jacques Audiard
- Cast Noémie Merlant, Makita Samba, Lucie Zhang, Jehnny Beth, Geneviève Doang, Pol White
- Genre Drama, Romance
- Available on Hulu, AMC+, AMC+ Amazon Channel, IFC Films Unlimited Apple TV Channel, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube
Stuck Together
(8 Rue de l'Humanité)
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- France • 2021
- Director Dany Boon
- Cast Dany Boon, François Damiens, Laurence Arné, Élie Semoun, Nawell Madani, Jorge Calvo
- Genre Comedy
- Available on Netflix, Netflix basic with Ads
The Spirit of the Beehive
(El espíritu de la colmena)
In the aftermath of the Spanish Civil War, the 7 year-old Ana goes to search for Frankenstein's monster after seeing the film herself.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Spain • 1973
- Director Víctor Erice
- Cast Fernando Fernán Gómez, Teresa Gimpera, Ana Torrent, Isabel Tellería, Laly Soldevila, Miguel Picazo
- Genre Drama, Fantasy
- Available on Criterion Channel
All About My Mother
(Todo sobre mi madre)
After Manuela’s teenage son Esteban is tragically killed, she searches for Esteban’s biological father, a transgender woman.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Spain, France • 1999
- Director Pedro Almodóvar
- Cast Cecilia Roth, Marisa Paredes, Penélope Cruz, Candela Peña, Antonia San Juan, Rosa María Sardà
- Genre Comedy, Drama
- Available on Max Amazon Channel, Max, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube, Spectrum On Demand, AMC on Demand
To Be and to Have
(Être et avoir)
A passionate school teacher forges a warm and unique classroom community in rural France.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- France • 2002
- Director Nicolas Philibert
- Cast Georges Lopez
- Genre Documentary
- Available on Hoopla, Kino Now, Kanopy
We Are the Best!
(Vi är bäst!)
Three girls in 1980s Stockholm decide to form a punk band.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- 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
Little Girl
(Petite fille)
A documentary portrait of eight year-old Sasha, currently questioning her gender identity and dealing with (oftentimes negative) societal reactions.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- France, Denmark • 2020
- Director Sébastien Lifshitz
- Cast
- Genre Documentary
- Available on Hoopla, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube, Tubi TV, Kanopy, Plex
Stray
Stray depicts life through the eyes of three stray dogs wandering the streets of Istanbul searching for food and shelter.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- United States • 2020
- Director Elizabeth Lo
- Cast
- Genre Documentary
- Available on Hulu, Hoopla, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube, Redbox, Spectrum On Demand, Kanopy
Under the Sun
(Im Strahl der Sonne)
A year in the life of a family in Pyongyang, North Korea as the daughter prepares to join the Korean Children’s Union.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Czech Republic, Russia, Germany • 2016
- Director Vitaly Mansky
- Cast Lee Zin-Mi, Yu-Yong, Hye-Yong, Oh-Gyong, Choi Song-min
- Genre Documentary
- Available on OVID, Apple TV, Amazon Video, Tubi TV, Kanopy, Plex
Still I Strive
The children at an orphanage Phnom Penh work to achieve one of the highest honors in Cambodian society.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Cambodia, United States • 2014
- Director A. Todd Smith
- Cast
- Genre Action, Documentary, Drama
- Available on Amazon Video, Pantaflix, Tubi TV, The Roku Channel, Plex
Far from Men
(Loin des hommes)
A French teacher in a small Algerian village during the Algerian War forms an unexpected bond with a dissident.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- France • 2014
- Director David Oelhoffen
- Cast Viggo Mortensen, Reda Kateb, Djemel Barek, Vincent Martin, Nicolas Giraud
- Genre Drama, War
- Available on Hoopla, MZ Choice Amazon Channel, Topic, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube, Tubi TV, Pluto TV, Freevee, Kanopy, Plex
The Hunt
(Jagten)
The lie is spreading.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Denmark, Sweden • 2012
- Director Thomas Vinterberg
- Cast Mads Mikkelsen, Thomas Bo Larsen, Annika Wedderkopp, Lasse Fogelstrøm, Susse Wold, Anne Louise Hassing
- Genre Drama
- Available on Hoopla, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Kanopy
Turtles Can Fly
(لاکپشتها هم پرواز میکنند)
In 2003 at the Iraqi-Turkish border, Kurdish refugees await invasion by American soldiers.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Iran, France, Iraq • 2005
- Director Bahman Ghobadi
- Cast Soran Ebrahim, Avaz Latif, Saddam Hossein Feysal, Hiresh Feysal Rahman, Abdol Rahman Karim, Ajil Zibari
- Genre Drama
- Available on AMC+, AMC+ Amazon Channel, IFC Films Unlimited Apple TV Channel, Amazon Video
Of Gods and Men
(Des hommes et des dieux)
In the face of terror, their greatest weapon was faith...
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- France • 2010
- Director Xavier Beauvois
- Cast Lambert Wilson, Michael Lonsdale, Olivier Rabourdin, Philippe Laudenbach, Jacques Herlin, Loïc Pichon
- Genre Drama, History
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube
Fish Tank
Everything changes for 15 year old Mia when her mum brings home a new boyfriend.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Netherlands, United Kingdom • 2009
- Director Andrea Arnold
- Cast Katie Jarvis, Michael Fassbender, Kierston Wareing, Rebecca Griffiths, Harry Treadaway, Jason Maza
- Genre Drama
- Available on fuboTV, Criterion Channel, AMC+ Amazon Channel, IFC Films Unlimited Apple TV Channel, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, YouTube
Hunger
The true story of Bobby Sands, a courageous IRA political prisoner who led hunger strikes in the Maze prison in 1981.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Ireland, United Kingdom • 2008
- Director Steve McQueen
- Cast Michael Fassbender, Stuart Graham, Liam Cunningham, Helena Bereen, Laine Megaw, Brian Milligan
- Genre Drama, History
- Available on IndieFlix, AMC+ Amazon Channel
My Summer of Love
Two teen girls form an unlikely, and soon passionate, friendship.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- United Kingdom • 2005
- Director Paweł Pawlikowski
- Cast Natalie Press, Emily Blunt, Paddy Considine, Dean Andrews, Michelle Byrne, Paul Antony-Barber
- Genre Drama, Romance
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube
This Is England
A lonely young boy befriends some skinheads, but how far will he go to stay in the group?
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- United Kingdom • 2006
- Director Shane Meadows
- Cast Thomas Turgoose, Stephen Graham, Jo Hartley, Andrew Shim, Vicky McClure, Joseph Gilgun
- Genre Drama, Crime
- Available on AMC+, AMC+ Amazon Channel, IFC Films Unlimited Apple TV Channel, 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
An Education
An education isn't always by the book.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- United Kingdom, United States • 2009
- Director Lone Scherfig
- Cast Carey Mulligan, Peter Sarsgaard, Dominic Cooper, Rosamund Pike, Olivia Williams, Alfred Molina
- Genre Drama, Romance
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube, AMC on Demand
Shame
When his wayward younger sister moves into his apartment stirring memories of their shared painful past, Brandon's insular life spirals out of control.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- United Kingdom • 2011
- Director Steve McQueen
- Cast Michael Fassbender, Carey Mulligan, James Badge Dale, Nicole Beharie, Alex Manette, Hannah Ware
- Genre Drama
- Available on Apple TV, Vudu, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, AMC on Demand
American Honey
A teenage girl with nothing to lose joins a traveling magazine sales crew.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- United Kingdom, United States • 2016
- Director Andrea Arnold
- Cast Sasha Lane, Shia LaBeouf, Riley Keough, McCaul Lombardi, Arielle Holmes, Crystal Ice
- Genre Drama
- Available on Max Amazon Channel, Max, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Kanopy
Tomboy
When a young girl moves to a new neighborhood with her family, she assumes a new identity as a boy.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- France • 2011
- Director Céline Sciamma
- Cast Zoé Héran, Malonn Lévana, Jeanne Disson, Sophie Cattani, Mathieu Demy, Rayan Boubekri
- Genre Drama
- Available on Criterion Channel, Microsoft Store
Hit the Road
(جاده خاکی)
A family bonds on a road trip through northwestern Iran.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Iran • 2022
- Director Panah Panahi
- Cast Hassan Madjooni, Pantea Panahiha, Rayan Sarlak, Amin Simiar, Masoud Tosifyan
- Genre Drama
- Available on Hulu, Hoopla, 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, YouTube, Kino Now, Kanopy
Army of Shadows
(L'Armée des ombres)
Betrayal. Loyalty. Collaboration. Resistance.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- France, Italy • 1969
- Director Jean-Pierre Melville
- Cast Lino Ventura, Paul Meurisse, Jean-Pierre Cassel, Simone Signoret, Paul Crauchet, Christian Barbier
- Genre War, Drama
- Available on Amazon Video
My Left Foot: The Story of Christy Brown
The true story of an Irishman born with cerebral palsy who learns to use his left foot to paint and write.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Ireland, United Kingdom • 1989
- Director Jim Sheridan
- Cast Daniel Day-Lewis, Brenda Fricker, Alison Whelan, Declan Croghan, Eanna MacLiam
- Genre Drama
- Available on Amazon Prime Video, MGM Plus, fuboTV, Paramount Plus, Paramount+ Amazon Channel, MGM Plus Amazon Channel, Paramount+ Roku Premium Channel, Showtime Apple TV Channel, Paramount Plus Apple TV Channel , Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, AMC on Demand, Amazon Prime Video with Ads
4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days
(4 luni, 3 săptămîni și 2 zile)
At what moment do we begin to live?
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Romania, Belgium • 2007
- Director Cristian Mungiu
- Cast Anamaria Marinca, Laura Vasiliu, Vlad Ivanov, Alexandru Potocean, Luminița Gheorghiu, Adi Cărăuleanu
- Genre Drama
- Available on AMC+, AMC+ Amazon Channel, IFC Films Unlimited Apple TV Channel, Apple TV, Vudu, Amazon Video, Kanopy
Dragon Inn
(龍門客棧)
A eunuch's murderous plans are confounded by rebels who are intent on protecting the innocent.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Taiwan, Hong Kong • 1967
- Director King Hu
- Cast Shih Chun, Pai Ying, Polly Shang-Kuan Ling-Feng, Miao Tien, Cho Kin, Hsieh Han
- Genre Action, Adventure
- Available on Criterion Channel, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, YouTube
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
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
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
A Separation
(جدایی نادر از سیمین)
Simin wants to leave Iran to give her daughter, Termeh, a different kind of life outside the country. But Nader, Termeh’s father, refuses to leave his ailing father behind.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Iran, France • 2011
- Director Asghar Farhadi
- Cast Leila Hatami, Payman Maadi, Shahab Hosseini, Sareh Bayat, Sarina Farhadi, Babak Karimi
- Genre Drama
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Spectrum On Demand
Kedi
This documentary looks at the thousands of free-roaming cats in Istanbul, Turkey, showing the city through their perspective.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Turkey, United States • 2017
- Director Ceyda Torun
- Cast Bengu, Deniz, Duman, Gamsiz, Aslan Parcasi, Psikopat
- Genre Documentary
- Available on YouTube Premium, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube, Redbox, Kanopy
Lady Macbeth
The passionate affair of a young woman unleashes a maelstrom of murder and mayhem on a country estate.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- United Kingdom • 2016
- Director William Oldroyd
- Cast Florence Pugh, Cosmo Jarvis, Paul Hilton, Naomi Ackie, Christopher Fairbank, Golda Rosheuvel
- 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, Kanopy
My Cousin Rachel
A young man vows to avenge his murdered cousin, only to find himself falling for the potential killer.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- United Kingdom, United States • 2017
- Director Roger Michell
- Cast Rachel Weisz, Sam Claflin, Holliday Grainger, Iain Glen, Pierfrancesco Favino, Andrew Knott
- Genre Drama, Romance
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, YouTube, Vudu, AMC on Demand
Loveless
(Нелюбовь)
A missing child. A marriage destroyed. A country in crisis.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Russia, France, Germany • 2017
- Director Andrey Zvyagintsev
- Cast Maryana Spivak, Aleksey Rozin, Matvey Novikov, Marina Vasilyeva, Andris Keiss, Oleg Grisevich
- Genre Drama
- Available on Starz, Starz Roku Premium Channel, Starz Apple TV Channel, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Amazon Video, Vudu, AMC on Demand
Elena
(Елена)
When a man threatens to cut his wife and her son out of his will, his wife hatches a plan…
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Russia • 2011
- Director Andrey Zvyagintsev
- Cast Nadezhda Markina, Aleksey Rozin, Andrey Smirnov, Elena Lyadova, Yaroslav Zhalnin, Aleksey Maslodudov
- Genre Drama, Thriller
- Available on Klassiki, Apple TV, Kanopy
Leviathan
(Левиафан)
A universal parable about the individual versus the might of a corrupt state.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Russia • 2014
- Director Andrey Zvyagintsev
- Cast Aleksey Serebryakov, Elena Lyadova, Vladimir Vdovichenkov, Roman Madyanov, Anna Ukolova, Aleksey Rozin
- Genre Drama
- Available on Starz Apple TV Channel, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube, Spectrum On Demand
The Killing of a Sacred Deer
Domestic bliss requires sacrifice.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- United Kingdom, Ireland, United States • 2017
- Director Yorgos Lanthimos
- Cast Colin Farrell, Nicole Kidman, Barry Keoghan, Raffey Cassidy, Sunny Suljic, Alicia Silverstone
- Genre Drama, Thriller, Mystery
- Available on Showtime Apple TV Channel, Max Amazon Channel, Max, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Spectrum On Demand, Kanopy
The Square
How much inhumanity does it take before you access your humanity?
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Sweden, Germany, France • 2017
- Director Ruben Östlund
- Cast Claes Bang, Elisabeth Moss, Dominic West, Terry Notary, Christopher Læssø, Lise Stephenson Engström
- Genre Drama
- Available on Hoopla, Cinemax Amazon Channel, Max Amazon Channel, Cinemax Apple TV Channel, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube, Redbox, FlixFling
Last Men in Aleppo
(De sidste mænd i Aleppo)
A documentary about the White Helmets, ordinary citizens who rush towards military strikes in the hope of saving lives.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Denmark, Syria • 2017
- Director Feras Fayyad
- Cast Khaled Umar Harah, Batul
- Genre Documentary
- Available on Fandor, Fandor Amazon Channel, Hoopla, Apple TV, Amazon Video, Kanopy
On Body and Soul
(Testről és lélekről)
Two introverts who discover they share the same dreams try to recreate them in real life.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Hungary • 2017
- Director Ildikó Enyedi
- Cast Alexandra Borbély, Morcsányi Géza, Réka Tenki, Nagy Ervin, Zoltán Schneider, Tamás Jordán
- Genre Drama, Romance
- Available on Netflix, Netflix basic with Ads
A Gentle Creature
(Кроткая)
A woman travels to a prison in a remote region to track down her incarcerated husband.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- France, Germany, Russia • 2017
- Director Sergey Loznitsa
- Cast Vasilina Makovtseva, Valeriu Andriuta, Liya Akhedzhakova, Roza Khairullina, Sergey Kolesov, Boris Kamorzin
- Genre Drama, Mystery
- Available on No streaming locations found.
The Day After
(그 후)
A reflective story of love, duty, and the strain that comes from trying to find what you really want.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Korea • 2017
- Director Hong Sang-soo
- Cast Kwon Hae-hyo, Kim Min-hee, Kim Sae-byuk, Cho Yun-hee, Ki Joo-bong
- Genre Drama, Romance
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, YouTube
Arrhythmia
(Аритмия)
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Russia, Finland, Germany • 2017
- Director Boris Khlebnikov
- Cast Aleksandr Yatsenko, Irina Gorbacheva, Nikolay Shrayber, Sergey Nasedkin, Yevgeni Syty, Polina Volkova
- Genre Drama
- Available on Amazon Video
Cousins
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- New Zealand • 2021
- Director Ainsley Gardiner, Briar Grace Smith
- Cast Tanea Heke, Rachel House, Briar Grace Smith, Ana Scotney, Tioreore Ngatai-Melbourne, Cian Elyse White
- Genre Drama
- Available on Netflix, Netflix basic with Ads
Happy End
Don't believe the title.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- France, Austria, Germany • 2017
- Director Michael Haneke
- Cast Isabelle Huppert, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Mathieu Kassovitz, Fantine Harduin, Toby Jones, Franz Rogowski
- Genre Drama, Comedy
- Available on Starz, Starz Roku Premium Channel, Starz Amazon Channel, Starz Apple TV Channel, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, YouTube, Vudu
A Fantastic Woman
(Una mujer fantástica)
My name is Marina Vidal. Do you have any problem with that?
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Chile, Germany, Spain • 2017
- Director Sebastián Lelio
- Cast Daniela Vega, Francisco Reyes, Luis Gnecco, Aline Küppenheim, Nicolás Saavedra, Amparo Noguera
- Genre Drama
- Available on Starz Apple TV Channel, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, YouTube, Vudu, AMC on Demand
Western
A thriller on the frontier of Eastern Europe.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Germany, Bulgaria, Austria • 2017
- Director Valeska Grisebach
- Cast Meinhard Neumann, Reinhardt Wetrek, Syuleyman Alilov Letifo, Veneta Frangipova, Viara Borisova
- Genre Drama
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, YouTube
Of Fathers and Sons
(Die Kinder des Kalifats)
A rare glimpse into the life of a radicalist family, at the point where childhood dies and jihadism is born.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Germany, United States, Syria • 2017
- Director Talal Derki
- Cast Abu Osama
- Genre Documentary, War
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube, Kino Now
Isle of Dogs
Welcome to the Isle of Dogs.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Germany, United States • 2018
- Director Wes Anderson
- Cast Bryan Cranston, Koyu Rankin, Edward Norton, Bob Balaban, Bill Murray, Jeff Goldblum
- Genre Adventure, Comedy, Animation
- Available on Disney Plus, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, AMC on Demand
Cold War
(Zimna wojna)
Two performers find and lose love in Cold War Poland — only to find it again years later.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Poland, United Kingdom, France • 2018
- Director Paweł Pawlikowski
- Cast Joanna Kulig, Tomasz Kot, Borys Szyc, Agata Kulesza, Cédric Kahn, Jeanne Balibar
- Genre Drama, Music, Romance
- Available on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Freevee
Fauve
Two boys playing in an abandoned surface mine take turns outdoing each other until the stakes are suddenly raised.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Canada • 2018
- Director Jérémy Comte
- Cast Félix Grenier, Alexandre Perreault, Louise Bombardier
- Genre Drama
- Available on ShortsTV Amazon Channel, Apple TV
Border
(Gräns)
Sense something beautiful.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Sweden, Denmark • 2018
- Director Ali Abbasi
- Cast Eva Melander, Eero Milonoff, Sten Ljunggren, Ann Petrén, Rakel Wärmländer, Viktor Åkerblom-Nilsson
- Genre Thriller, Fantasy, Romance, Drama
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Microsoft Store, YouTube, AMC on Demand, Tubi TV
Ixcanul
María, a 17-year-old Kaqchikel Maya, hopes to escape her arranged marriage and explore the world.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Guatemala, France • 2015
- Director Jayro Bustamante
- Cast María Mercedes Coroy, María Telón, Manuel Antún, Justo Lorenzo, Marvin Coroy, Fernando Martínez
- Genre Drama
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube, Kino Now, Kanopy
Dogtooth
(Κυνόδοντας)
A teenager confined to a family compound with her siblings concocts an escape plan.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Greece • 2009
- Director Yorgos Lanthimos
- Cast Christos Stergioglou, Michele Valley, Angeliki Papoulia, Hristos Passalis, Mary Tsoni, Anna Kalaitzidou
- Genre Drama
- Available on Hoopla, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube, Kino Now, Kanopy
Mary Queen of Scots
Bow To No One
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- United Kingdom • 2018
- Director Josie Rourke
- Cast Saoirse Ronan, Margot Robbie, Jack Lowden, Joe Alwyn, David Tennant, Guy Pearce
- Genre Drama, History
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, AMC on Demand
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
Sisters with Transistors
A documentary focusing on the female pioneers of electronic music.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- United Kingdom • 2021
- Director Lisa Rovner
- Cast Laurie Anderson, Delia Derbyshire, Suzanne Ciani, Bebe Barron, Laurie Spiegel
- Genre Documentary, Music
- Available on Showtime Apple TV Channel, Amazon Video, Kino Now, Kanopy
Balloon
(དབུགས་ལྒང་།)
Following the death of a grandparent, a family grapples with whether to treat a surprise (and unwanted) pregnancy as the reincarnation of their lost relative.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- China • 2019
- Director Pema Tseden
- Cast Sonam Wangmo, Jinpa, Yangshik Tso, Konchok, Dudul
- Genre Drama
- Available on iQIYI
Writing with Fire
Armed with smartphones, the journalists of India’s only female-run newspaper break traditions and tackle the country’s biggest issues.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- India • 2021
- Director Sushmit Ghosh, Rintu Thomas
- Cast Meera Devi, Suneeta Prajapati, Shyamkali Devi
- Genre Documentary
- Available on Hoopla, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube, Kanopy
Ghost Tropic
A woman falls asleep on the train and must make her way home on foot.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Belgium, Netherlands • 2020
- Director Bas Devos
- Cast Maaike Neuville, Nora Dari, Saadia Bentaïeb, Stefan Gota, Cédric Luvuezo
- Genre Drama
- Available on Kanopy
What Do We See When We Look at the Sky?
(რას ვხედავთ, როდესაც ცას ვუყურებთ?)
After falling in love at first sight, two people find themselves incapable of locating or even recognizing each other.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Germany, Georgia • 2021
- Director Alexandre Koberidze
- Cast Oliko Barbakadze, Giorgi Ambroladze, Ani Karseladze, Giorgi Bochorishvili, Sofio Chanishvili, Vakhtang Panchulidze
- Genre Drama
- Available on MUBI, MUBI Amazon Channel, Apple TV, Vudu, Amazon Video