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One Day in the Life of Andrei Arsenevich
(Cinéma, de notre temps: Une journée d'Andrei Arsenevitch)
Made prior to his death, this documentary shows Andrei Tarkovsky in the process of working on his final film.
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- France • 1999
- Director Chris Marker
- Cast Andrei Tarkovsky, Marina Vlady, Eva Mattes, Alexandra Stewart, Margarita Terekhova
- Genre TV Movie, Documentary
- Available on OVID
Coup 53
A documentary about the 1953 Iranian Coup D'etat, nicknamed Operation Ajax, which was orchestrated by the CIA and MI6.
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- United Kingdom • 2019
- Director Taghi Amirani
- Cast Ralph Fiennes, Taghi Amirani, Farhad Diba, Malcolm Byrne, Stephen Kinzer, Hedayat Matine-Daftary
- Genre Documentary, History
- Available on Eventive
The Train
The train carried their hopes, and their nation's honour!
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- France, Italy, United States • 1964
- Director John Frankenheimer
- Cast Burt Lancaster, Paul Scofield, Jeanne Moreau, Suzanne Flon, Michel Simon, Wolfgang Preiss
- Genre Action, Thriller, War
- Available on Hoopla, fuboTV, MGM Plus Amazon Channel, MGM Plus Roku Premium Channel, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Tubi TV, Pluto TV
The Day of the Jackal
French radicals hire an assassin named ‘The Jackal’ to assassinate Charles de Gaulle.
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- United Kingdom, France • 1973
- Director Fred Zinnemann
- Cast Edward Fox, Terence Alexander, Michel Auclair, Alan Badel, Tony Britton, Denis Carey
- Genre Action, Thriller
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Spectrum On Demand
Deep Water
An amatuer yachtsman embarks on the most daring nautical challenge ever – the very first solo, non-stop, round-the-world boat race.
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- United Kingdom • 2006
- Director Jerry Rothwell
- Cast Tilda Swinton, Simon Russell Beale, Jean Badin, Donald Crowhurst, Clare Crowhurst, Simon Crowhurst
- Genre Documentary, Adventure, Drama, Action
- Available on Amazon Video
The Sparks Brothers
Chronicles the story of the hugely influential rock band Sparks: your favorite band’s favorite band.
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- United Kingdom • 2021
- Director Edgar Wright
- Cast Ron Mael, Russell Mael, Beck, Jane Wiedlin, Christi Haydon, Dean Menta
- Genre Comedy, Documentary, Music
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, AMC on Demand
Frost/Nixon
Former President Nixon sits down for his first interview following his resignation from office in the wake of the Watergate scandal.
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- United Kingdom, France, United States • 2008
- Director Ron Howard
- Cast Michael Sheen, Frank Langella, Kevin Bacon, Sam Rockwell, Matthew Macfadyen, Oliver Platt
- Genre Drama, History
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube
Taste of Cherry
(طعم گيلاس)
A middle-aged man, Mr. Badii, seeks someone to bury him after he commits suicide.
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- Iran, France • 1997
- Director Abbas Kiarostami
- Cast Homayoun Ershadi, Abdolrahman Bagheri, Afshin Khorshid Bakhtiari, Safar Ali Moradi, Mir Hossein Noori, Ahmad Ansari
- Genre Drama
- Available on Criterion Channel, Max Amazon Channel, Max, Kanopy
The Turin Horse
(A torinói ló)
A horse's refusal to work or eat signals the beginning of the end for a poor farmer and his daughter.
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- Hungary, France, Switzerland • 2011
- Director Béla Tarr
- Cast János Derzsi, Erika Bók, Mihály Kormos, Ricsi, Lajos Kovács
- Genre Drama
- Available on MUBI, MUBI Amazon Channel, Apple TV, Kanopy
Bergman Island
Watch Ingmar Bergman show where he shot his film, Persona, and fell in love - and hear him list his worst personal demons!
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- Sweden, Denmark, Norway • 2006
- Director Marie Nyreröd
- Cast Ingmar Bergman, Erland Josephson, Marie Nyreröd
- Genre Documentary
- Available on Criterion Channel
Moonage Daydream
The life and genius of David Bowie.
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- • 2022
- Director Brett Morgen
- Cast David Bowie, Russell Harty, Lou Reed, Dick Cavett, Iman, Bing Crosby
- Genre Documentary, Music
- Available on Max Amazon Channel, Max, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube
Lady Snowblood
(修羅雪姫)
Raised to avenge her family's brutal murder, skilled assassin Yuki goes on a bloody quest for revenge.
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- Japan • 1973
- Director Toshiya Fujita
- Cast Meiko Kaji, Kō Nishimura, Toshio Kurosawa, Masaaki Daimon, Miyoko Akaza, Eiji Okada
- Genre Action, Drama, Thriller
- Available on Criterion Channel, Max Amazon Channel, Max, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, YouTube
Bob le Flambeur
(Bob le flambeur)
Bob, making a desperate gamble, soon learns that his game is rigged and the cops are onto him.
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- France • 1956
- Director Jean-Pierre Melville
- Cast Roger Duchesne, Isabelle Corey, Daniel Cauchy, André Garet, Gérard Buhr, Guy Decomble
- Genre Action, Crime, Drama
- Available on Kanopy
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.
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- 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
The Pearl Button
(El botón de nácar)
Some say the water has memory. This film shows that it also has a voice.
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- France, Spain, Chile • 2015
- Director Patricio Guzmán
- Cast Patricio Guzmán, Raúl Zurita, Gabriel Salazar, Javier Rebolledo, Cristina Calderón, Claudio Mercado
- Genre Documentary
- Available on OVID, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, YouTube, Kino Now, Kanopy
The Fear of 13
We are the stories we tell.
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- United Kingdom • 2015
- Director David Sington
- Cast Sammy Silverwatch
- Genre Documentary, Crime
- Available on Apple TV
Father
(Отац)
A Serbian man fights to regain custody of his children.
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- Serbia, France, Germany • 2020
- Director Srdan Golubović
- Cast Goran Bogdan, Boris Isaković, Ljubomir Bandović, Nada Šargin, Milica Janevski, Muharem Hamzić
- Genre Drama
- Available on Apple TV, Vudu, YouTube
Children of the Mist
(Những đứa trẻ trong sương)
A documentarian traces a Hmong girl’s experience with a custom that permits men to kidnap young girls for marriage.
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- Vietnam • 2022
- Director Diem Ha Le
- Cast
- Genre Documentary
- Available on Hoopla, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube
Mayflies
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- United Kingdom • 2022
- Creator
- Cast Martin Compston, Tony Curran, Matt Littleson, Tom Glynn-Carney, Shauna Macdonald, Cal Macaninch
- Genre Drama
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, Acorn TV, AcornTV Amazon Channel, Spectrum On Demand, Acorn TV Apple TV
A Fish Called Wanda
A tale of murder, lust, greed, revenge and seafood.
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- United Kingdom, United States • 1988
- Director Charles Crichton
- Cast John Cleese, Jamie Lee Curtis, Kevin Kline, Michael Palin, Maria Aitken, Tom Georgeson
- Genre Comedy, Crime
- Available on MGM Plus, fuboTV, MGM Plus Amazon Channel, MGM Plus Roku Premium Channel, Showtime Apple TV Channel, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Kanopy
Dead Man Walking
A man on death row finds spirituality and learns lessons of forgiveness from a nun.
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- United Kingdom, United States • 1995
- Director Tim Robbins
- Cast Susan Sarandon, Sean Penn, Robert Prosky, Raymond J. Barry, R. Lee Ermey, Celia Weston
- Genre Drama
- Available on Hoopla, Showtime Apple TV Channel, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube, AMC on Demand
Whale Rider
A contemporary story of family, rejection and triumph.
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- New Zealand, Germany • 2003
- Director Niki Caro
- Cast Keisha Castle-Hughes, Rawiri Paratene, Vicky Haughton, Cliff Curtis, Grant Roa, Mana Taumaunu
- Genre Drama, Family
- Available on Starz, Hoopla, Starz Roku Premium Channel, Starz Amazon Channel, Starz Apple TV Channel, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Kanopy
The Band's Visit
(ביקור התזמורת)
A traveling band comprised of members of the Egyptian Police Force travel to the wrong Israeli town prior to a performance.
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- Israel, United States, France • 2007
- Director Eran Kolirin
- Cast Sasson Gabai, Ronit Elkabetz, Khalifa Natour, Saleh Bakri, Shlomi Avraham, Rubi Moskovitz
- Genre Comedy, Drama
- Available on Apple TV, Vudu, Amazon Video, Spectrum On Demand, Tubi TV
Tokyo Sonata
(トウキョウソナタ)
When Megumi accidentally finds out Ryûhei's secret and doesn't tell him, her trust in him, and their marriage, suffers.
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- Japan, Netherlands, Hong Kong • 2008
- Director Kiyoshi Kurosawa
- Cast Teruyuki Kagawa, Kyoko Koizumi, Kai Inowaki, Yū Koyanagi, Koji Yakusho, Haruka Igawa
- Genre Drama
- Available on Amazon Video, Tubi TV
The Last Temptation of Christ
The burden of being the savior of mankind torments Jesus throughout his life, leading him to doubt.
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- Canada, United States • 1988
- Director Martin Scorsese
- Cast Willem Dafoe, Harvey Keitel, Barbara Hershey, Harry Dean Stanton, David Bowie, Steve Shill
- Genre Drama
- Available on Amazon Prime Video, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Amazon Prime Video with Ads
Everlasting Moments
(Maria Larssons eviga ögonblick)
In a time of social change and unrest, Maria's decision to keep a camera changes her whole life.
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- Sweden, Denmark, Norway • 2008
- Director Jan Troell
- Cast Maria Heiskanen, Mikael Persbrandt, Jesper Christensen, Emil Jensen, Callin Öhrvall, Nellie Almgren
- Genre Drama
- Available on Google Play Movies, YouTube
Saraband
The movie is a sequel to Bergman's Scenes from a Marriage (1973), which revisits Johan and Marianne who've been divorced for 32 years.
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- Sweden, Denmark, Norway • 2003
- Director Ingmar Bergman
- Cast Liv Ullmann, Erland Josephson, Börje Ahlstedt, Julia Dufvenius Wollter, Gunnel Fred
- Genre Drama, Music
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube
Boy & the World
(O Menino e o Mundo)
A boy leaves his village and discovers a fantastic, surreal world.
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- Brazil • 2014
- Director Alê Abreu
- Cast Vinicius Garcia, Lu Horta, Marco Aurélio Campos, Felipe Zilse, Alê Abreu, Cassius Romero
- Genre Animation, Adventure, Family, Science Fiction
- Available on Vudu, Amazon Video, Google Play Movies, YouTube
Concerning Violence
(Om våld)
Based on newly discovered archival material, this film portrays the most daring moments in the struggle for liberation in the Third World.
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- Sweden, Finland, Denmark • 2014
- Director Göran Olsson
- Cast Lauryn Hill
- Genre Documentary, History
- Available on Hoopla, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube, Kino Now, Kanopy
Unrest
Determined to live, Jennifer Brea sets out on a virtual journey to document her story - and four other families' stories - fighting a disease medicine forgot.
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- United Kingdom, United States • 2017
- Director Jennifer Brea
- Cast Jennifer Brea, Whitney Dafoe, Samuel Bearman, Jessica Taylor, Omar Wasow
- Genre Documentary
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, YouTube
The Great Buddha+
(大佛普拉斯)
The night security guard at a Buddha statue factory along with his friend, a recyclables collector, become entangled in a web of dark secrets after stumbling upon videos that document the promiscuous meetings of the factory's wealthy owner.
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- Taiwan • 2017
- Director Huang Hsin-yao
- Cast Cres Chuang, Bamboo Chen, Leon Dai, Lin Na-Dou, Michael Chang Shao-Huai
- Genre Comedy, Drama
- Available on Amazon Video, Kanopy
The Other One
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- United Kingdom • 2020
- Creator
- Cast Ellie White, Lauren Socha, Rebecca Front, Siobhan Finneran, Amit Shah
- Genre Drama
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, Acorn TV, AcornTV Amazon Channel, Hoopla, Spectrum On Demand, Acorn TV Apple TV
In the Court of the Crimson King: King Crimson at 50
A film by Toby Amies recording the relentless suffering and fleeting glory of playing in the world's most demanding rock band: King Crimson. Contains extraordinary music, complex time signatures, meditations on mortality, and bad jokes.
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- United Kingdom • 2022
- Director Toby Amies
- Cast Robert Fripp, Mel Collins, Jakko Jakszyk, Tony Levin, Pat Mastelotto, Bill Bruford
- Genre Documentary, Music
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, YouTube
Rabbit-Proof Fence
Follow Your Heart, Follow The Fence
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- Australia • 2002
- Director Phillip Noyce
- Cast Everlyn Sampi, Tianna Sansbury, Laura Monaghan, Kenneth Branagh, David Gulpilil, Jason Clarke
- Genre Adventure, Drama, Action, History
- Available on Hoopla, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube, AMC on Demand
I Wish
(奇跡)
A little bit of magic and a little bit of love.
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- 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, Pluto TV, VUDU Free, Freevee, DistroTV, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Kanopy, Plex, Plex Player
We Come as Friends
Documentarian Hubert Sauper examines the independence struggle of South Sudan.
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- France, Austria • 2014
- Director Hubert Sauper
- Cast
- Genre Documentary
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube
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.
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- 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
Liyana
Five children discover the healing power of storytelling.
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- Swaziland, Qatar, United States • 2018
- Director Aaron Kopp
- Cast Gcina Mhlophe
- Genre Animation, Documentary
- Available on IndieFlix, Apple TV, Vudu, Amazon Video, Tubi TV, Peacock, Peacock Premium
Bergman: A Year in a Life
(Bergman - ett år, ett liv)
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- Sweden, Norway • 2018
- Director Jane Magnusson
- Cast Lena Endre, Thorsten Flinck, Mikael Persbrandt, Ingmar Bergman, Jane Magnusson, Elliott Gould
- Genre Documentary
- Available on Sundance Now, Hoopla, AMC+, AMC+ Amazon Channel, Tubi TV, Kanopy, Plex, Plex Player
F@ck This Job
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- United Kingdom, Germany • 2021
- Director Vera Krichevskaya
- Cast Natalya Sindeeva, Aleksandr Vinokurov, Vera Krichevskaya, Anna Forshtreter, Anna Mongayt, Renat Davletgildeev
- Genre Documentary
- Available on Kanopy
Four Lives
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- United Kingdom • 2022
- Creator
- Cast Stephen Merchant, Sheridan Smith, Leanne Best, Samuel Barnett, Kris Hitchen, Robert Emms
- Genre Crime, Drama
- Available on BritBox, BritBox Amazon Channel, Britbox Apple TV Channel
Much Ado About Nothing
Hero and her groom-to-be, Claudio, team up with Claudio's commanding officer the week before their wedding to hatch a matchmaking scheme.
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- United Kingdom, United States • 1993
- Director Kenneth Branagh
- Cast Denzel Washington, Keanu Reeves, Michael Keaton, Kenneth Branagh, Richard Briers, Robert Sean Leonard
- Genre Comedy, Drama, Romance
- Available on MGM Plus, Hoopla, fuboTV, TCM, MGM Plus Amazon Channel, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, AMC on Demand, Tubi TV, The Roku Channel, Pluto TV
Last Resort
After her English fiancé fails to show up at the airport, Tonya and her son must declare political asylum.
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- United Kingdom • 2000
- Director Paweł Pawlikowski
- Cast Paddy Considine, Dina Korzun, Artyom Strelnikov, Steve Perry, Perry Benson, Katie Drinkwater
- Genre Romance, Drama
- Available on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads
In the Mirror of Maya Deren
(Im Spiegel der Maya Deren)
Documentary about the life of avant-garde filmmaker Maya Deren, who led the independent film movement of the 1940s.
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- Austria, Czech Republic, Switzerland • 2002
- Director Martina Kudlácek
- Cast Maya Deren, Stan Brakhage, Judith Malina, Alexander Hammid, Chao Li Chi, Miriam Arsham
- Genre Documentary
- Available on OVID, Metrograph, Kino Now, Kanopy
The Last of the Unjust
(Le Dernier des Injustes)
The story of Benjamin Murmelstein, the only ‘Elder of the Jews’ to survive WWII, and the last president of the Jewish council in the Theresienstadt ghetto.
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- France, Austria • 2013
- Director Claude Lanzmann
- Cast Benjamin Murmelstein, Claude Lanzmann
- Genre Documentary
- Available on Apple TV, Vudu, Amazon Video, Kino Now, Tubi TV, Kanopy
Trophy
An in-depth look into the powerhouse industries of big-game hunting, breeding, and wildlife conservation in the U.S. and Africa.
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- United Kingdom, Namibia, South Africa • 2017
- Director Christina Clusiau
- Cast Tim Black, Philip Glass, Christo Gomes, John Hume, Bill Travers Jr.
- Genre Documentary
- Available on Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube, Apple TV
Nolly
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- United Kingdom • 2023
- Creator Russell T Davies
- Cast Helena Bonham Carter, Augustus Prew, Con O'Neill, Mark Gatiss, Max Brown, Bethany Antonia
- Genre Drama
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, PBS Masterpiece Amazon Channel
The Simpsons Movie
In the film based on the hit television series, Homer must save the world from a catastrophe he himself created.
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- United States • 2007
- Director David Silverman
- Cast Dan Castellaneta, Julie Kavner, Nancy Cartwright, Yeardley Smith, Hank Azaria, Harry Shearer
- Genre Animation, Comedy, Family
- Available on FXNow, fuboTV, Disney Plus, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, AMC on Demand
A Room with a View
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- United Kingdom • 1985
- Director James Ivory
- Cast Helena Bonham Carter, Julian Sands, Maggie Smith, Denholm Elliott, Daniel Day-Lewis, Simon Callow
- Genre Drama, Romance
- Available on BritBox, BritBox Amazon Channel, Criterion Channel, Max Amazon Channel, Britbox Apple TV Channel , Max, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube
Tony Takitani
(トニー滝谷)
A lonely illustrator falls in love with a woman secretly addicted to buying clothes, but is that all she's hiding?
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- Japan • 2005
- Director Jun Ichikawa
- Cast Issei Ogata, Rie Miyazawa, Hidetoshi Nishijima, Takahumi Shinohara, Miho Fujima
- Genre Drama
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube
The Four Times
(Le quattro volte)
An old shepherd lives his last days in a quiet medieval village perched high on the hills of Calabria, at the southernmost tip of Italy.
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- Italy, Germany, Switzerland • 2010
- Director Michelangelo Frammartino
- Cast Giuseppe Fuda, Bruno Timpano, Nazareno Timpan
- Genre Drama
- Available on Kino Now, Kanopy
Theeb
A young Bedouin boy is forced through a greatly hastened coming-of-age as he embarks on a perilous desert journey.
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- United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Jordan • 2014
- Director Naji Abu Nowar
- Cast Jacir Eid, Hassan Mutlag, Hussein Salameh, Marji Audeh, Jack Fox
- Genre Adventure, Drama, Thriller
- Available on Hoopla, Film Movement Plus, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube, FlixFling, Kanopy
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