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The Endurance: Shackleton's Legendary Antarctic Expedition
The harrowing tale of Shackleton's ill-fated expedition to Antarctica.
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- United States, United Kingdom, Germany • 2000
- Director George Butler
- Cast Liam Neeson, David Cale, Brian d'Arcy James, Julian Ayer
- Genre Documentary, History
- Available on Amazon Video, Tubi TV
Sound and Fury
Parents of two deaf children — and cousins to each other — must decide whether or not to move forward with surgery for a cochlear implant.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- United Kingdom, United States • 2000
- Director Josh Aronson
- Cast
- Genre Documentary
- Available on Apple TV
Amy
An intimate and delicate portrait of Amy Winehouse's rise to fame.
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- United Kingdom • 2015
- Director Asif Kapadia
- Cast Amy Winehouse, Mark Ronson, Tony Bennett, Pete Doherty, Blake Fielder
- Genre Documentary
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Kanopy
My Life as a Zucchini
(Ma vie de courgette)
A stop-motion tale of loss, friendship, and young love.
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- Switzerland, France • 2016
- Director Claude Barras
- Cast Gaspard Schlatter, Sixtine Murat, Paulin Jaccoud, Michel Vuillermoz, Raul Ribera
- Genre Animation, Drama, Family
- Available on Criterion Channel
The Edge of Heaven
(Auf der anderen Seite)
The story of the relationship between Turkey and Germany as told through a cluster of overlapping narratives that center around the search for connection in the wake of tragedy.
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- Germany, Turkey, Italy • 2007
- Director Fatih Akin
- Cast Baki Davrak, Tuncel Kurtiz, Hanna Schygulla, Patrycia Ziolkowska, Nursel Köse
- Genre Drama
- Available on Strand Releasing Amazon Channel, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube, Tubi TV, Hoopla
City of Life and Death
(南京!南京!)
"For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom..."
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- China, Hong Kong • 2009
- Director Lu Chuan
- Cast Liu Ye, Gao Yuanyuan, Hideo Nakaizumi, John Paisley, Beverly Peckous, Fan Wei
- Genre Drama, History, War
- Available on Kanopy
Touchez Pas au Grisbi
(Touchez pas au grisbi)
Even criminals need a retirement plan.
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- France, Italy • 1954
- Director Jacques Becker
- Cast Jean Gabin, René Dary, Dora Doll, Vittorio Sanipoli, Marilyn Buferd, Gaby Basset
- Genre Crime, Drama
- Available on Kanopy
Vengeance Is Mine
(復讐するは我にあり)
A murderous thief and charming lady-killer goes on the run from the police.
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- Japan • 1979
- Director Shôhei Imamura
- Cast Ken Ogata, Rentaro Mikuni, Chôchô Miyako, Mitsuko Baisho, Mayumi Ogawa, Nijiko Kiyokawa
- Genre Crime, Drama
- Available on Criterion Channel, Apple TV, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video
Victim
A closeted lawyer faces extortion but seeks justice in this film far ahead of its time.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- United Kingdom • 1961
- Director Basil Dearden
- Cast Dirk Bogarde, Sylvia Syms, Dennis Price, Anthony Nicholls, Peter Copley, Norman Bird
- Genre Crime, Drama, Thriller
- Available on Criterion Channel, Max Amazon Channel, Apple TV, Amazon Video
Paragraph 175
The Nazi persecution of gay men and women is one of the least-told stories of the Third Reich—until now.
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- United Kingdom, Germany, United States • 2000
- Director Jeffrey Friedman
- Cast Rupert Everett
- Genre Documentary, History
- Available on Criterion Channel, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube, Kanopy
The Past
(Le passé)
With every mystery comes another, and another, and another...
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- France, Italy, Belgium • 2013
- Director Asghar Farhadi
- Cast Bérénice Bejo, Ali Mosaffa, Tahar Rahim, Pauline Burlet, Elyes Aguis, Jeanne Jestin
- Genre Drama, Mystery
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube
The Salesman
(فروشنده)
Emad and Rana move into a new flat, but an incident with the previous tenant dramatically changes their life.
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- Iran, France • 2016
- Director Asghar Farhadi
- Cast Shahab Hosseini, Taraneh Alidoosti, Babak Karimi, Mina Sadati, Mehdi Koushki, Farid Sajjadi Hosseini
- Genre Drama, Thriller
- Available on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Freevee
Starless Dreams
(رویاهای بدون ستاره)
This gentle, honest documentary takes the viewer within the walls of an Iranian center of correction and rehabilitation for women.
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- Iran • 2017
- Director Mehrdad Oskouei
- Cast
- Genre Documentary
- Available on Apple TV, Kanopy
Walkabout
Two city-bred children are saved by an Aboriginal boy after escaping from their murderous father in the Australian outback.
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- United Kingdom, Australia • 1971
- Director Nicolas Roeg
- Cast Jenny Agutter, Luc Roeg, David Gulpilil, John Meillon, Robert McDarra, Peter Carver
- Genre Adventure, Drama
- Available on Criterion Channel, Max Amazon Channel, Apple TV, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video
Wake in Fright
Brutality and degradation await one man in the Australian outback.
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- Australia, United States, United Kingdom • 1971
- Director Ted Kotcheff
- Cast Gary Bond, Donald Pleasence, Chips Rafferty, Sylvia Kay, Jack Thompson, Peter Whittle
- Genre Drama, Thriller
- Available on Fandor, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Plex, Plex Channel
Return to Homs
Filmed over three years in Homs, this film accompanies two young men as the war alters their lives.
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- Syria, Germany • 2013
- Director Talal Derki
- Cast
- Genre Documentary
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, YouTube, Kanopy
Athlete A
This film examines the world of elite gymnastics and the toxic culture that allowed sexual abuse to go on for decades unchecked.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- • 2020
- Director Bonni Cohen
- Cast Maggie Nichols
- Genre Documentary, Sport
- Available on Netflix, Netflix basic with Ads
God's Own Country
A young farmer numbs his frustrations with binge drinking and casual sex, until the arrival of a Romanian migrant worker.
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- United Kingdom • 2017
- Director Francis Lee
- Cast Josh O'Connor, Alec Secareanu, Ian Hart, Gemma Jones, Patsy Ferran, Naveed Choudhry
- Genre Drama, Romance
- Available on AMC+ Amazon Channel, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube, The Roku Channel, Pluto TV, Kanopy, Hoopla
Little Girl
(Petite fille)
A documentary portrait of eight year-old Sasha, currently questioning her gender identity and dealing with (oftentimes negative) societal reactions.
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- France, Denmark • 2020
- Director Sébastien Lifshitz
- Cast
- Genre Documentary
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube, Tubi TV, VUDU Free, Kanopy, Hoopla, Plex, Plex Channel
The Janes
The story of the women behind an underground abortion network in pre-Roe v. Wade Chicago.
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- United States • 2022
- Director Tia Lessin, Emma Pildes
- Cast
- Genre Documentary
- Available on Max Amazon Channel, Max
Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown
(Mujeres al Borde de un Ataque de Nervios)
Spanish icon of cinema Pedro Almodovar's jaunty feminist masterpiece.
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- Spain • 1988
- Director Pedro Almodóvar
- Cast Carmen Maura, Antonio Banderas, Julieta Serrano, María Barranco, Rossy de Palma, Kiti Mánver
- Genre Comedy, Drama
- Available on Apple TV, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store
Since Otar Left
(Depuis qu'Otar est parti...)
For a mother, a sister and a niece, nothing is the same... Since Otar Left
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- France, Belgium, Georgia • 2003
- Director Julie Bertuccelli
- Cast Esther Gorintin, Nino Khomassouridze, Dinara Drukarova, Temur Kalandadze, Rusudan Bolkvadze, Sasha Sarishvili
- Genre Drama
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Behemoth
(悲兮魔兽)
A sobering Chinese documentary about the environmental, sociological, and public health effects of coal-mining in China and Inner Mongolia.
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- China, France • 2015
- Director Zhao Liang
- Cast
- Genre Documentary
- Available on Fandor, Apple TV, Microsoft Store, Kanopy
Vortex
The final days of an elderly couples suffering from dementia.
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- France • 2022
- Director Gaspar Noé
- Cast Françoise Lebrun, Dario Argento, Alex Lutz, Jean-Pierre Bouyxou, Loup 'Vuk' Brankovic
- Genre Drama
- Available on OVID, Apple TV, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Kanopy, Hoopla
The Circle
(دایره)
Her only crime was being a woman.
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- Iran, Italy, Switzerland • 2000
- Director Jafar Panahi
- Cast Nargess Mamizadeh, Maryiam Palvin Almani, Mojgan Faramarzi, Elham Saboktakin, Monir Arab, Maede Tahmasbi
- Genre Drama
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Festival Express
Documentary film about a 1970 train tour across Canada taken by some of America’s most popular rock bands.
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- United Kingdom, Netherlands • 2003
- Director Bob Smeaton, Frank Cvitanovich
- Cast Rick Danko, Levon Helm, Garth Hudson, Richard Manuel, Robbie Robertson, Janis Joplin
- Genre Documentary, History, Music
- Available on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Apple TV, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Crackle, Tubi TV, The Roku Channel, Pluto TV, VUDU Free, Shout! Factory TV, Freevee, Plex, Plex Channel
Nothing Like a Dame
The Dames of British Theatre gather together to reflect upon their countless stories---and you're invited.
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- United Kingdom • 2018
- Director Roger Michell
- Cast Maggie Smith, Judi Dench, Eileen Atkins
- Genre Documentary
- Available on Acorn TV, AcornTV Amazon Channel, AMC+, AMC+ Amazon Channel, AMC Plus Apple TV Channel , Acorn TV Apple TV, IFC Films Unlimited Apple TV Channel, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Kanopy
Judas and the Black Messiah
The story of Fred Hampton, Chairman of the Illinois Black Panther Party, and his betrayal by FBI informant Bill O'Neal.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- United States • 2021
- Director Shaka King
- Cast Lakeith Stanfield, Daniel Kaluuya, Jesse Plemons, Dominique Fishback, Ashton Sanders, Algee Smith
- Genre Drama, History
- Available on Max Amazon Channel, Max, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Spectrum On Demand
24 Hour Party People
In 1976, Tony Wilson sets up Factory Records and brings Manchester's music to the world.
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- United Kingdom • 2002
- Director Michael Winterbottom
- Cast Steve Coogan, Paddy Considine, Sean Harris, Lennie James, Shirley Henderson, Andy Serkis
- Genre Comedy, Drama, Music
- Available on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, ScreenPix Apple TV Channel, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube, Tubi TV, The Roku Channel, Pluto TV, Kanopy
An Education
An education isn't always by the book.
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- 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, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube
Mona Lisa
A call-girl and an ex-convict work together to find a young prositute in London's criminal underworld.
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- United Kingdom • 1986
- Director Neil Jordan
- Cast Bob Hoskins, Cathy Tyson, Michael Caine, Robbie Coltrane, Clarke Peters, Kate Hardie
- Genre Crime, Drama, Romance
- Available on Criterion Channel, Max Amazon Channel
Offside
(آفساید)
Since women are banned from attending men's sporting events in Iran, a group of female soccer fans disguise themselves as men to watch a match at Tehran's stadium.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Iran • 2006
- Director Jafar Panahi
- Cast Sima Mobarak-Shahi, Shayesteh Irani, Ayda Sadeqi, Golnaz Farmani, Mahnaz Zabihi
- Genre Comedy, Drama
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube
Atlantic City
Lou, a small-time gangster, falls for a casino employee who dreams of traveling to Monte Carlo to fulfill a glamorous fantasy.
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- France, Canada • 1980
- Director Louis Malle
- Cast Burt Lancaster, Susan Sarandon, Kate Reid, Michel Piccoli, Hollis McLaren, Robert Joy
- Genre Crime, Drama, Romance
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube, Pluto TV, Kanopy
The Long Day Closes
A lonely young boy copes with bullying and his burgeoning homosexuality by spending time at the movie theater.
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- United Kingdom • 1992
- Director Terence Davies
- Cast Leigh McCormack, Marjorie Yates, Anthony Watson, Nicholas Lamont, Ayse Owens, Tina Malone
- Genre Drama
- Available on Criterion Channel
The Sun
(Солнце)
Confronted by General Douglas MacArthur, Emperor Hirohito of Japan must negotiate the terms of the country’s surrender.
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- Russia, Italy, Switzerland • 2005
- Director Aleksandr Sokurov
- Cast Issei Ogata, Robert Dawson, Kaori Momoi, Shirô Sano, Dmitriy Podnozov
- Genre Drama, History
- Available on Google Play Movies, YouTube, Kanopy
Decision to Leave
(헤어질 결심)
A detective investigating a mysterious death finds himself both suspecting and falling for the dead man's wife.
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- Korea • 2022
- Director Park Chan-wook
- Cast Park Hae-il, Tang Wei, Lee Jung-hyun, Park Yong-woo, Go Kyung-pyo, Kim Shin-young
- Genre Crime, Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
- Available on MUBI, MUBI Amazon Channel, Apple TV, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video
Kaili Blues
(路边野餐)
In search of his brother's abandoned son, a doctor encounters a mysterious town of dreams and memories.
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- China • 2016
- Director Bi Gan
- Cast Chen Yongzhong, Guo Yue, Linyan Liu, Feiyang Luo, Lixun Xie
- Genre Drama, Mystery
- Available on Apple TV, Amazon Video, Fandor
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.
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- Mexico, Spain • 2020
- Director Fernanda Valadez
- Cast Mercedes Hernández, David Illescas, Juan Jesús Varela
- Genre Drama
- Available on Max Amazon Channel, Max, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube, Hoopla
Sunless Shadows
The lives of Iranian girls imprisoned for murdering male family members.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Iran, Norway • 2022
- Director Mehrdad Oskouei
- Cast
- Genre Documentary
- Available on Kanopy
Sound and Fury
(De bruit et de fureur)
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- France • 1988
- Director Jean-Claude Brisseau
- Cast Bruno Cremer, François Négret, Vincent Gasperitsch, Fabienne Babe, María Luisa García, Ferjria Deliba
- Genre Drama
- Available on OVID, Amazon Video
Ilo Ilo
A newly-hired housemaid must face the greatest of challenges: deal with a petulant young boy.
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- Singapore, Japan, Taiwan • 2013
- Director Anthony Chen
- Cast Yann Yann Yeo, Tian Wen Chen, Angeli Bayani, Koh Jia Ler, Jo Kukathas, Peter Wee
- Genre Drama
- Available on Film Movement Plus, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube, FlixFling, Kanopy
April and the Extraordinary World
(Avril et le monde truqué)
In an alternate steampunk reality, April embarks on a quest to save her family and the world.
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- France, Belgium, Canada • 2015
- Director Christian Desmares
- Cast Marion Cotillard, Philippe Katerine, Jean Rochefort, Olivier Gourmet, Marc-André Grondin, Bouli Lanners
- Genre Adventure, Animation, Comedy, Fantasy, Science Fiction, Thriller
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Microsoft Store
Mali Blues
A documentary showcasing four musicians in Mali who perform in the face of the takeover of much of the country by Islamic fundamentalists.
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- Germany, Mali • 2016
- Director Lutz Gregor
- Cast
- Genre
- Available on OVID, Apple TV, Amazon Video, Kanopy, Hoopla
Beanpole
(Дылда)
A war movie about what happens after battle.
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- Russia • 2019
- Director Kantemir Balagov
- Cast Viktoriya Miroshnichenko, Vasilisa Perelygina, Konstantin Balakirev, Kseniya Kutepova, Olga Dragunova, Andrey Bykov
- Genre Drama
- Available on OVID, Kino Film Collection, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube, Kanopy, Hoopla
The Host
(괴물)
A father tries to save his daughter from a terrifying creature as it wreaks material and biological havoc on South Korea.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- 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 Hulu, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, FlixFling, Kanopy, Hoopla, Plex Channel
Sauvage
A young sex worker longs for love as he navigates the trials of his profession.
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- France • 2018
- Director Camille Vidal-Naquet
- Cast Félix Maritaud, Éric Bernard, Nicolas Dibla, Philippe Ohrel, Marie Seux, Jean-Pierre Basté
- Genre Drama
- Available on Fandango At Home, Tubi TV, VUDU Free, Kanopy
The Last Seduction
A woman runs off with her husband’s drug money, meant for paying off a loan shark.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- United Kingdom, United States • 1994
- Director John Dahl
- Cast Linda Fiorentino, Bill Pullman, Peter Berg, J.T. Walsh, Bill Nunn, Michael Raysses
- Genre Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
- Available on Amazon Prime Video, fuboTV, Criterion Channel, Peacock Premium, Peacock Premium Plus, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Apple TV, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Tubi TV, Pluto TV, VUDU Free, Shout! Factory TV, Freevee, Hoopla, Plex Channel
Sabotage
He was a saboteur until his plans were sabotaged.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- United Kingdom • 1937
- Director Alfred Hitchcock
- Cast Sylvia Sidney, Oskar Homolka, Desmond Tester, John Loder, Joyce Barbour, Matthew Boulton
- Genre Drama, Thriller
- Available on Criterion Channel, Max, Apple TV, Amazon Video, Tubi TV, The Roku Channel, Pluto TV, Kanopy, Hoopla, Plex, Public Domain Movies, Plex Channel, JustWatchTV
The Marquise of O
(Die Marquise von O...)
After being saved from a group of rapists by a valiant count, the Marquise of O finds herself pregnant.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- West Germany, France • 1976
- Director Éric Rohmer
- Cast Edith Clever, Bruno Ganz, Edda Seippel, Peter Lühr, Otto Sander, Eduard Linkers
- Genre Drama, History
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, YouTube, FlixFling, The Roku Channel, Kanopy, Hoopla, Plex, Plex Channel
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
MI6 calls espionage veteran agent George Smiley out of his forced retirement to uncover a Soviet mole during the Cold War.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- France, United Kingdom, Germany • 2011
- Director Tomas Alfredson
- Cast Gary Oldman, Colin Firth, Tom Hardy, Mark Strong, Ciarán Hinds, Benedict Cumberbatch
- Genre Drama, Thriller, Mystery
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Spectrum On Demand
Valley of Saints
Gulzar, a young working-class boatman plans to run away in search of a better life, but a military curfew derails his departure.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- India, United States • 2012
- Director Musa Syeed
- Cast Mohammed Afzal, Gulzar Ahmed Bhat, Neelofar Hamid
- Genre Drama
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube
Holy Motors
A day in the life of an actor who has many appointments. But no audience.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- France, Germany • 2012
- Director Leos Carax
- Cast Denis Lavant, Eva Mendes, Kylie Minogue, Michel Piccoli, Edith Scob, Big John
- Genre Drama, Fantasy
- Available on Fandor, Fandor Amazon Channel, Midnight Pulp, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Tubi TV, The Roku Channel, Pluto TV, Shout! Factory TV, Kanopy, Plex, Plex Channel
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