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The Decalogue
(Dekalog)

• ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
• Poland, West Germany • 1989
• Creator Krzysztof Kieślowski
• Cast Artur Barciś
• Genre Drama
• Available on Sling TV

A mini-series based on the Ten Commandments set in 1980s Poland.

Three Colors: Red
(Trois couleurs : Rouge)

• ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
• Switzerland, France, Poland • 1994
• Director Krzysztof Kieślowski
• Cast Irène Jacob, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Jean-Pierre Lorit, Frédérique Feder, Samuel Le Bihan, Marion Stalens
• Genre Drama, Mystery, Romance
• Available on Amazon, iTunes, Criterion, HBO Max

Valentine is outraged that an ex-judge in her neighborhood taps phone calls, but their debates lead to a strange bond.

Lawrence of Arabia

• ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
• 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 DIRECTV, YouTube, AMC, Redbox, FandangoNOW, iTunes, VUDU, Google Play, Amazon

A Mighty Motion Picture Of Action And Adventure!

The Leopard
(Il gattopardo)

• ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
• Italy, France • 1963
• Director Luchino Visconti
• Cast Burt Lancaster, Alain Delon, Claudia Cardinale, Paolo Stoppa, Terence Hill, Pierre Clémenti
• Genre Drama
• Available on DIRECTV, Amazon, VUDU, Google Play, YouTube, iTunes, FandangoNOW

Luchino Visconti's enduring romantic adventure, set amidst the social changes of Italian unification.

Fanny & Alexander
(Fanny och Alexander)

• ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
• Sweden, France, West Germany • 1982
• Director Ingmar Bergman
• Cast Bertil Guve, Pernilla Allwin, Allan Edwall, Ewa Fröling, Erland Josephson, Jan Malmsjö
• Genre Fantasy, Drama, Mystery
• Available on No streaming locations found.

In the wake of their father's death, siblings Fanny and Alexander must adjust to their new life and new home.

Au Hasard Balthazar
(Au hasard Balthazar)

• ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
• France, Sweden • 1966
• Director Robert Bresson
• Cast Anne Wiazemsky, Walter Green, François Lafarge, Jean-Claude Guilbert, Philippe Asselin, Pierre Klossowski
• Genre Drama
• Available on Amazon, iTunes, Kanopy, Criterion

The donkey Balthazar lives through many owners, kind and cruel, in the French countryside.

The Conformist
(Il conformista)

• ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
• Italy, France, West Germany • 1970
• Director Bernardo Bertolucci
• Cast Jean-Louis Trintignant, Stefania Sandrelli, Gastone Moschin, Dominique Sanda, Enzo Tarascio, Fosco Giachetti
• Genre Drama
• Available on VUDU, Kanopy, YouTube, Google Play, IndieFlix, Mubi, Amazon

A facist is ordered to assassinate his former professor, a political dissident exiled in Paris.

Journey to Italy
(Viaggio in Italia)

• ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
• Italy, France • 1954
• Director Roberto Rossellini
• Cast Ingrid Bergman, George Sanders, Jackie Frost, Maria Mauban, Anna Proclemer, Leslie Daniels
• Genre Drama, Romance
• Available on Criterion, HBO Max, iTunes, Amazon, Kanopy

A bored English couple must face the cracks in their marriage on a trip to Italy.

Shoah

• ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
• France, United Kingdom • 1985
• Director Claude Lanzmann
• Cast Simon Srebnik, Michael Podchlebnik, Motke Zaidl, Claude Lanzmann, Jan Karski
• Genre Documentary, History
• Available on No streaming locations found.

Claude Lanzmann's Holocaust documentary reveals the horrors of the Nazi genocide and exposes the persistence of anti-Semitism in Europe.

Army of Shadows
(L'Armée des ombres)

• ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
• 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 Google Play, VUDU, Amazon, iTunes, YouTube

Betrayal. Loyalty. Collaboration. Resistance.

Seven Samurai
(七人の侍)

• ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
• Japan • 1954
• Director Akira Kurosawa
• Cast Toshirō Mifune, Takashi Shimura, Yoshio Inaba, Seiji Miyaguchi, Minoru Chiaki, Daisuke Katô
• Genre Action, Drama
• Available on iTunes, VUDU, Google Play, YouTube, Criterion, HBO Max, Amazon

The Mighty Warriors Who Became the Seven National Heroes of a Small Town

Metropolis

• ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
• Germany • 1927
• Director Fritz Lang
• Cast Gustav Fröhlich, Brigitte Helm, Alfred Abel, Rudolf Klein-Rogge, Theodor Loos, Fritz Rasp
• Genre Drama, Science Fiction
• Available on FandangoNOW, iTunes, Kanopy, Google Play, FlixFling, Classix, Pantaflix, Amazon, YouTube, Hoopla, Mubi

There can be no understanding between the hands and the brain unless the heart acts as mediator.

Pan's Labyrinth
(El laberinto del fauno)

• ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
• Mexico, Spain • 2006
• Director Guillermo del Toro
• Cast Ivana Baquero, Maribel Verdú, Sergi López, Doug Jones, Ariadna Gil, Álex Angulo
• Genre Fantasy, Drama, War
• Available on Google Play, YouTube, DIRECTV, iTunes, FandangoNOW, Redbox, Amazon, VUDU, AMC, Netflix

What happens when make-believe believes it's real?

Pépé le Moko

• ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
• France • 1937
• Director Julien Duvivier
• Cast Jean Gabin, Mireille Balin, Gabriel Gabrio, Lucas Gridoux, Gilbert Gil, Line Noro
• Genre Crime, Romance, Drama
• Available on Criterion, iTunes, HBO Max

A wanted criminal risks his safety for love while hiding out in Algiers.

The Third Man

• ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
• United Kingdom • 1949
• Director Carol Reed
• Cast Joseph Cotten, Alida Valli, Orson Welles, Trevor Howard, Bernard Lee, Paul Hörbiger
• Genre Thriller, Mystery
• Available on VUDU, IndieFlix, iTunes, Amazon, AMC, Google Play, YouTube, Redbox, FandangoNOW

Hunted by men ... Sought by WOMEN!

Rififi
(Du rififi chez les hommes)

• ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
• France • 1955
• Director Jules Dassin
• Cast Jean Servais, Carl Möhner, Robert Manuel, Jules Dassin, Marcel Lupovici, Magali Noël
• Genre Drama, Action, Crime
• Available on DIRECTV, TCM

After four jewel thieves execute a perfect heist, they learn the hard part is getting away with it.

4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days
(4 luni, 3 săptămîni și 2 zile)

• ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
• Romania, Belgium • 2007
• Director Cristian Mungiu
• Cast Anamaria Marinca, Laura Vasiliu, Vlad Ivanov, Alexandru Potocean, Luminița Gheorghiu, Adi Cărăuleanu
• Genre Drama
• Available on iTunes, VUDU, Criterion, Amazon

At what moment do we begin to live?

My Left Foot: The Story of Christy Brown

• ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
• Ireland, United Kingdom • 1989
• Director Jim Sheridan
• Cast Daniel Day-Lewis, Brenda Fricker, Alison Whelan, Declan Croghan, Eanna MacLiam
• Genre Drama
• Available on YouTube, Google Play, VUDU, HBO GO, FandangoNOW, HBO Max, DIRECTV, Redbox, Amazon, iTunes

A film about life, laughter, and the occasional miracle.

Dragon Inn
(龍門客棧)

• ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
• 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 iTunes, Google Play, YouTube, Realeyz, Criterion

A eunuch's murderous plans are confounded by rebels who are intent on protecting the innocent.

Le Petit Soldat
(Le petit soldat)

• ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
• France • 1963
• Director Jean-Luc Godard
• Cast Michel Subor, Anna Karina, Henri-Jacques Huet, Paul Beauvais, László Szabó, Georges de Beauregard
• Genre Drama, War
• Available on Criterion

Split between love and his country, Bruno, a French deserter during the Algerian war, is forced to prove his loyalty.

Spirited Away
(千と千尋の神隠し)

• ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
• Japan • 2001
• Director Hayao Miyazaki
• Cast Rumi Hiiragi, Miyu Irino, Mari Natsuki, Bunta Sugawara, Yumi Tamai, Ryunosuke Kamiki
• Genre Animation, Family, Fantasy
• Available on HBO Max, VUDU, Amazon, iTunes, Google Play, YouTube

A ten-year-old girl must save her parents from hostile spirits.

Ran
(乱)

• ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
• 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 iTunes, Google Play, YouTube, VUDU, DIRECTV, Redbox, Amazon

The Greatest Shakespeare Film

Roma

• ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
• Mexico, USA • 2018
• Director Alfonso Cuarón
• Cast Yalitza Aparicio, Marina de Tavira, Diego Cortina Autrey, Carlos Peralta, Marco Graf, Daniela Demesa
• Genre Drama
• Available on Netflix

A meditative portrait of a domestic worker's journey through adversity in turbulent 1970s Mexico City.

A Hard Day's Night

• ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
• United Kingdom • 1964
• Director Richard Lester
• Cast John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, Ringo Starr, Wilfrid Brambell, Norman Rossington
• Genre Comedy, Music
• Available on iTunes, VUDU, Kanopy, YouTube, Criterion, FuboTV, Google Play, DIRECTV, HBO Max, Amazon

The Beatles, starring in their first full-length, hilarious, action-packed film!

Days of Being Wild
(阿飛正傳)

• ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
• 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 No streaming locations found.

A young heartbreaker struggles with commitment while searching for his biological mother's identity.

Gravity

• ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
• United Kingdom, USA • 2013
• Director Alfonso Cuarón
• Cast Sandra Bullock, George Clooney, Ed Harris, Orto Ignatiussen, Phaldut Sharma, Amy Warren
• Genre Science Fiction, Thriller, Drama
• Available on iTunes, VUDU, Google Play, AMC, Amazon, YouTube, DIRECTV, IndieFlix, FandangoNOW, Redbox

No one will hear you, nothing will hold you down...

Virunga

• ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
• 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

Conservation is war.

The Battle of Algiers
(La battaglia di Algeri)

• ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
• Algeria, Italy • 1966
• Director Gillo Pontecorvo
• Cast Brahim Hadjadj, Jean Martin, Yacef Saadi, Ugo Paletti, Fusia El Kader, Samia Kerbash
• Genre Drama, War, History
• Available on Kanopy, YouTube, Google Play, Criterion, iTunes, Amazon, HBO Max

The revolt that stirred the world!

A Separation
(جدایی نادر از سیمین)

• ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
• Iran, France • 2011
• Director Asghar Farhadi
• Cast Leila Hatami, Payman Maadi, Shahab Hosseini, Sareh Bayat, Sarina Farhadi, Babak Karimi
• Genre Drama
• Available on DIRECTV, Amazon, VUDU, YouTube, Google Play, FandangoNOW

Ugly truth, sweet lies.

I Am Not Your Negro

• ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
• Switzerland, France, Belgium • 2017
• Director Raoul Peck
• Cast Samuel L. Jackson, James Baldwin, Malcolm X, Martin Luther King, Medgar Evers, Ray Charles
• Genre Documentary
• Available on iTunes, Amazon, Redbox, Hulu, VUDU, Kanopy, DIRECTV, Netflix, FlixFling, The Roku Channel, Google Play, YouTube, Hoopla, FandangoNOW, Tubi, Magnolia Selects

A study of race in America then and now, inspired by James Baldwin's unpublished writings.

Carol

• ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
• United Kingdom, USA • 2015
• Director Todd Haynes
• Cast Rooney Mara, Cate Blanchett, Kyle Chandler, Sarah Paulson, Jake Lacy, John Magaro
• Genre Romance, Drama
• Available on VUDU, AMC, DIRECTV, Redbox, FandangoNOW, Tubi, Hoopla, iTunes

Some people change your life forever.

L'Argent

• ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
• France, Switzerland • 1983
• Director Robert Bresson
• Cast Christian Patey, Vincent Risterucci, Sylvie Van den Elsen, Michel Briguet, Caroline Lang, Marc Ernest Fourneau
• Genre Crime, Drama, Thriller
• Available on VUDU, Criterion, Amazon, HBO Max

One man's crime is another man's pitfall.

The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King

• ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
• New Zealand, USA • 2003
• Director Peter Jackson
• Cast Elijah Wood, Ian McKellen, Viggo Mortensen, Sean Astin, Liv Tyler, Orlando Bloom
• Genre Adventure, Fantasy, Action
• Available on YouTube, AMC, Redbox, HBO Max, iTunes, VUDU, Google Play, DIRECTV, FandangoNOW, Amazon

As dark forces threaten, a king re-forms a broken fellowship and a quest is undergone.

Amour

• ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
• 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 FandangoNOW, iTunes, VUDU, Amazon, Google Play, YouTube, DIRECTV

Love never ends.

Faces Places
(Visages, villages)

• ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
• France • 2017
• Director Agnès Varda, JR
• Cast Agnès Varda, JR
• Genre Documentary
• Available on No streaming locations found.

A creative odd-couple takes an extraordinary road trip.

Elevator to the Gallows
(Ascenseur pour l'échafaud)

• ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
• France • 1958
• Director Louis Malle
• Cast Jeanne Moreau, Maurice Ronet, Georges Poujouly, Yori Bertin, Lino Ventura, Iván Petrovich
• Genre Crime, Drama, Thriller
• Available on iTunes, Criterion, Amazon, HBO Max

Frantic for life and love - frantic for excitement

Carlos / Le prix du Chacal

• ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
• France, Germany • 2010
• Director Daniel LeConte
• Cast Alexander Scheer, Nora von Waldstätten
• Genre Drama, Crime, War & Politics, Reality
• Available on iTunes, Google Play, Amazon, YouTube, Criterion

The man who hijacked the world.

Dunkirk

• ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
• United Kingdom, Netherlands, France • 2017
• Director Christopher Nolan
• Cast Fionn Whitehead, Tom Glynn-Carney, Aneurin Barnard, Jack Lowden, Harry Styles, James D'Arcy
• Genre War, Action, Drama
• Available on Microsoft Movies & TV, Amazon, FandangoNOW, DIRECTV, VUDU, AMC, Redbox, Google Play, YouTube

Hope is a weapon, survival is a victory.

Maborosi
(幻の光)

• ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
• 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 No streaming locations found.

Years after her husband died Yumiko has remarried and all but moved on, still searching for whether or not he truly committed suicide.

45 Years

• ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
• United Kingdom • 2015
• Director Andrew Haigh
• Cast Charlotte Rampling, Tom Courtenay, Geraldine James, Dolly Wells, David Sibley, Richard Cunningham
• Genre Drama, Romance
• Available on Google Play, YouTube, Amazon, FandangoNOW, Redbox, VUDU, Criterion, iTunes

How well do we know those we love?

Mr. Turner

• ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
• United Kingdom, France, Germany • 2014
• Director Mike Leigh
• Cast Timothy Spall, Dorothy Atkinson, Marion Bailey, Paul Jesson, Lesley Manville, Martin Savage
• Genre History, Drama
• Available on DIRECTV, Redbox, YouTube, AMC, FandangoNOW, Amazon, Google Play, VUDU

A singular Romantic painter discovers a new life and love.

Call Me by Your Name

• ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
• Italy, France, Brazil • 2017
• Director Luca Guadagnino
• Cast Timothée Chalamet, Armie Hammer, Michael Stuhlbarg, Amira Casar, Esther Garrel, Victoire Du Bois
• Genre Romance, Drama
• Available on VUDU, iTunes, Google Play, AMC, YouTube, DIRECTV, Redbox, Amazon, FandangoNOW, FlixFling

Is it better to speak or die?

La Dolce Vita
(La dolce vita)

• ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
• Italy, France • 1960
• Director Federico Fellini
• Cast Marcello Mastroianni, Anita Ekberg, Anouk Aimée, Yvonne Furneaux, Magali Noël, Alain Cuny
• Genre Comedy, Drama
• Available on No streaming locations found.

The world's most talked about movie today!

Yi Yi
(一一)

• ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
• 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

Each member of a family in Taipei asks hard questions about life's meaning as they live through everyday quandaries.

Shoah: Four Sisters
(Les quatre soeurs)

• ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
• France • 2018
• Director Claude Lanzmann
• Cast
• Genre Documentary
• Available on No streaming locations found.

Shoplifters
(万引き家族)

• ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
• Japan • 2018
• Director Hirokazu Kore-eda
• Cast Lily Franky, Sakura Ando, Mayu Matsuoka, Jyo Kairi, Miyu Sasaki, Kirin Kiki
• Genre Drama, Crime
• Available on Google Play, FlixFling, Hoopla, Redbox, Hulu, Amazon, VUDU, iTunes, YouTube, FandangoNOW

Sometimes it's better to choose your own family.

Monty Python and the Holy Grail

• ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
• United Kingdom • 1975
• Director Terry Jones
• Cast Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Terry Jones, Michael Palin
• Genre Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy
• Available on Google Play, YouTube, Netflix, iTunes, Amazon

A wacky take on the adventures of the legendary King Arthur.

The Servant

• ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
• United Kingdom • 1963
• Director Joseph Losey
• Cast Dirk Bogarde, James Fox, Sarah Miles, Wendy Craig, Catherine Lacey, Richard Vernon
• Genre Drama
• Available on Google Play, YouTube, VUDU, Amazon

The servant becomes the master.

They Shall Not Grow Old

• ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
• United Kingdom, New Zealand • 2018
• Director Peter Jackson
• Cast
• Genre Documentary, History, War
• Available on VUDU, YouTube, Amazon, HBO Max, HBO GO, AMC, DIRECTV, Google Play, iTunes, Redbox, FandangoNOW

Wars aren't fought by countries or armies, they're fought by human beings.

The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie
(Le Charme discret de la bourgeoisie)

• ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
• France • 1972
• Director Luis Buñuel
• Cast Fernando Rey, Delphine Seyrig, Paul Frankeur, Bulle Ogier, Stéphane Audran, Jean-Pierre Cassel
• Genre Comedy
• Available on YouTube, Google Play, Amazon

An upper-class sextet sits down to dinner but never eats, their attempts continually thwarted by a vaudevillian mixture of events both actual and imagined.

Sherpa

• ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
• Australia, Nepal • 2015
• Director Jennifer Peedom
• Cast
• Genre Documentary
• Available on Google Play, YouTube, Amazon, iTunes

Some live to climb. They climb to live.

Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
(卧虎藏龙)

• ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
• Taiwan, Hong Kong, USA • 2000
• Director Ang Lee
• Cast Chow Yun-Fat, Michelle Yeoh, Zhang Ziyi, Chang Chen, Cheng Pei-Pei, Sihung Lung
• Genre Adventure, Drama, Action, Romance
• Available on Amazon, Showtime Anytime, YouTube, Google Play, FuboTV, VUDU, FandangoNOW, Redbox, DIRECTV, iTunes, AMC

In another time, in a distant place... an epic adventure is about to unfold.