Spotlight: Actresses, Acting
In a film industry so heavily driven by the male gaze and gender performance, what does it mean for a woman to act? How do female characters influence reality? This Spotlight's films explore actresses' experiences with gender, identity, memory, appearance, parenthood, friendship, and relationships, as well as the nature of performance itself.
Clouds of Sils Maria
A veteran actress faces some uncomfortable truths when she agrees to take part in a revival of the play that launched her career.
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- France, Germany, Switzerland • 2014
- Director Olivier Assayas
- Cast Juliette Binoche, Kristen Stewart, Chloë Grace Moretz, Lars Eidinger, Johnny Flynn, Brady Corbet
- Genre Drama
- Available on MUBI, MUBI Amazon Channel, fuboTV, Criterion Channel, AMC+, AMC+ Amazon Channel, Paramount+ Amazon Channel, Paramount+ with Showtime, IFC Films Unlimited Apple TV Channel, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube, The Roku Channel, Pluto TV, Kanopy, Plex, Plex Channel
Mulholland Drive
An aspiring actress tries to help a woman with amnesia solve the mystery of her identity.
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- France, United States • 2001
- Director David Lynch
- Cast Naomi Watts, Laura Harring, Justin Theroux, Ann Miller, Dan Hedaya, Brent Briscoe
- Genre Thriller, Drama, Mystery
- Available on Criterion Channel, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Microsoft Store, YouTube
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 Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Spectrum On Demand
The Girls
(Flickorna)
A group of female actresses revolt in their personal lives, inspired by their performance of Lysistrata.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Sweden • 1968
- Director Mai Zetterling
- Cast Bibi Andersson, Harriet Andersson, Gunnel Lindblom, Gunnar Björnstrand, Erland Josephson, Frank Sundström
- Genre Comedy, Drama
- Available on Criterion Channel
Persona
Two separate people. Will they combine into one?
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Sweden • 1966
- Director Ingmar Bergman
- Cast Bibi Andersson, Liv Ullmann, Margaretha Krook, Gunnar Björnstrand, Jörgen Lindström
- Genre Drama
- Available on Criterion Channel, Max Amazon Channel, Max, Apple TV, Amazon Video, JustWatchTV, Darkroom
Millennium Actress
(千年女優)
A documentary filmmaker interviews an aged actress about her legendary career.
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- Japan • 2002
- Director Satoshi Kon
- Cast Miyoko Shoji, Mami Koyama, Fumiko Orikasa, Shozo Iizuka, Masaya Onosaka, Showko Tsuda
- Genre Animation, Drama, Romance
- Available on Amazon Prime Video, Fandor Amazon Channel, Crunchyroll, RetroCrush Amazon Channel, Peacock Premium, Peacock Premium Plus, Retrocrush, AsianCrush, Crunchyroll Amazon Channel, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Apple TV, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Shout! Factory TV, Freevee, Cineverse
The Last Metro
(Le Dernier Métro)
A story of love and conflict in Nazi-occupied Paris.
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- France • 1980
- Director François Truffaut
- Cast Catherine Deneuve, Gérard Depardieu, Jean Poiret, Andréa Ferréol, Paulette Dubost, Jean-Louis Richard
- Genre Drama, Romance, War
- Available on Criterion Channel, Max Amazon Channel, Max, Apple TV, Amazon Video
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.
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- 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, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube
Floating Weeds
(浮草)
Members of a traveling theater troupe meddle in the personal life of the troupe's leader.
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- Japan • 1959
- Director Yasujirō Ozu
- Cast Ganjiro Nakamura, Machiko Kyō, Hiroshi Kawaguchi, Ayako Wakao, Haruko Sugimura, Chishū Ryū
- Genre Drama
- Available on Criterion Channel, Max Amazon Channel, Max, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube, Kanopy, Plex, Plex Channel, Darkroom
Ginger and Fred
(Ginger e Fred)
After thirty years apart, two impersonators of iconic dance duo Ginger Rogers and Fred Astair reunite in this homage to 1930’s Hollywood.
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- Italy, France, West Germany • 1986
- Director Federico Fellini
- Cast Giulietta Masina, Marcello Mastroianni, Franco Fabrizi, Friedrich von Ledebur, Augusto Poderosi, Martin Maria Blau
- Genre Comedy, Drama, Romance
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube
La Strada
(La strada)
Gelsoma, a circus performer, endures her husbands coldness and abuse as they travel the Italian countryside performing together.
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- Italy • 1954
- Director Federico Fellini
- Cast Anthony Quinn, Giulietta Masina, Richard Basehart, Aldo Silvani, Marcella Rovere, Lidia Venturini
- Genre Drama
- Available on Criterion Channel, Max Amazon Channel, Max, Apple TV, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube, Kanopy
Hiroshima Mon Amour
(Hiroshima mon amour)
The story of a young French actress and her affair with a Japanese man while on assignment in Hiroshima.
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- France, Japan • 1959
- Director Alain Resnais
- Cast Emmanuelle Riva, Eiji Okada, Stella Dassas, Pierre Barbaud, Bernard Fresson
- Genre Drama, History, Romance
- Available on Criterion Channel, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube, Darkroom
Irma Vep
A Hong Kong actress goes to France to star in a remake of a French silent film.
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- France • 1996
- Director Olivier Assayas
- Cast Maggie Cheung, Jean-Pierre Léaud, Nathalie Richard, Antoine Basler, Nathalie Boutefeu, Alex Descas
- Genre Comedy, Drama
- Available on Criterion Channel, Max Amazon Channel, Max
Spotlight: Chinese New Year
Chinese Lunar New Year is coming up this Wednesday! Which, under the Chinese zodiac system, means we’re about to leave behind the Year of the Dragon and begin the Year of the Snake. In celebration, we’ve created a Spotlight whereby each film is dedicated to one of the Chinese zodiac’s twelve animals.
Umberto D.
What will you do when you can't afford to live?
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- Italy • 1952
- Director Vittorio De Sica
- Cast Carlo Battisti, Maria Pia Casilio, Lina Gennari, Elena Rea, Memmo Carotenuto, Ileana Simova
- Genre Drama
- Available on Criterion Channel, Max Amazon Channel, Max, Apple TV, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Kanopy, Darkroom
The Snake Girl and the Silver-Haired Witch
(蛇娘と白髪魔)
A young girl raised in an orphanage is reunited with her estranged family and uncovers sinister secrets surrounding their history.
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- Japan • 1968
- Director Noriaki Yuasa
- Cast Yachie Matsui, Mayumi Takahashi, Sei Hiraizumi, Yuko Hamada, Yoshirô Kitahara, Kuniko Miyake
- Genre Horror, Mystery, Thriller
- Available on Fandor Amazon Channel, ARROW, Midnight Pulp, Apple TV
Oink
(Knor)
A young girl is gifted an adorable piglet for her birthday and tries to train it.
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- Netherlands, Belgium • 2022
- Director Mascha Halberstad
- Cast Hiba Ghafry, Kees Prins, Jelka van Houten, Henry van Loon, Matsen Montsma, Loes Luca
- Genre Animation, Comedy, Family
- Available on Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Darkroom
Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster
(三大怪獣 地球最大の決戦)
Godzilla must team up with old enemies to take down the world's biggest threat yet: King Ghidorah.
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- Japan • 1964
- Director Ishirō Honda
- Cast Yōsuke Natsuki, Yuriko Hoshi, Akiko Wakabayashi, Hisaya Itô, Hiroshi Koizumi, Takashi Shimura
- Genre Action, Adventure, Science Fiction
- Available on Criterion Channel, Max Amazon Channel, Max, Apple TV, Fandango At Home, Crackle, Freevee, Plex Channel
The Tiger
(대호)
A legendary hunter is tasked with killing the last Korean tiger.
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- Korea • 2015
- Director Park Hoon-jung
- Cast Choi Min-sik, Jeong Man-sik, Kim Sang-ho, Seong Yu-bin, Jung Suk-won, Lee Na-ra
- Genre Action, Fantasy, History, Thriller
- Available on Amazon Prime Video, Hi-YAH, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Tubi TV, Pluto TV, Freevee, Hoopla, Plex, Plex Channel
The Ox
(Oxen)
A Swedish peasant kills his master's ox to avoid starvation and tries to cover up the act.
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- Sweden, Norway, Denmark • 1991
- Director Sven Nykvist
- Cast Max von Sydow, Stellan Skarsgård, Ewa Fröling, Erland Josephson, Liv Ullmann, Björn Granath
- Genre Drama
- Available on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Amazon Video, Tubi TV, Freevee
Eeb Allay Ooo!
A young migrant in New Delhi is granted an unusual government job as a monkey repeller.
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- India • 2020
- Director Prateek Vats
- Cast Shardul Bhardwaj, Mahender Nath, Nutan Sinha, Shashi Bhushan, Naina Sareen, Nitin Goel
- Genre Comedy, Drama
- Available on Netflix, Netflix basic with Ads, Amazon Video, Tubi TV
Lean on Pete
You can’t get anywhere on your own.
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- United Kingdom • 2018
- Director Andrew Haigh
- Cast Charlie Plummer, Travis Fimmel, Steve Buscemi, Chloë Sevigny, Amy Seimetz, Steve Zahn
- Genre Drama, Adventure
- Available on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Spectrum On Demand, Kanopy
Watership Down
A community of rabbits must leave their homeland when it is threatened by real estate development.
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- United Kingdom • 1978
- Director Martin Rosen
- Cast John Hurt, Richard Briers, Michael Graham Cox, John Bennett, Ralph Richardson, Simon Cadell
- Genre Adventure, Animation, Drama
- Available on Criterion Channel, Max Amazon Channel, Max, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, YouTube
Lamb
Accompanied by his pet sheep, Ephraim moves in with distant relatives, but the upcoming holidays spell danger for his friend.
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- Ethiopia, France, Germany, Norway, Qatar • 2015
- Director Yared Zeleke
- Cast Rediat Amare, Kidist Siyum, Wolela Assefa, Rahel Teshome, Bitania Aberaham
- Genre Drama
- Available on OVID, Apple TV, Amazon Video, The Roku Channel, Hoopla
Tungrus
Do your research. And like all pets, prepare for your life to become hell.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- India • 2018
- Director Rishi Chandna
- Cast
- Genre Comedy, Documentary
- Available on GuideDoc, Amazon Video, MovieSaints
Rat
Skyscrapers, sewers, subway stations... No place in New York City is safe from the rat.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- United Kingdom, Canada, United States • 1998
- Director Mark Lewis
- Cast
- Genre Documentary
- Available on Criterion Channel
Spotlight: International Movie Musicals
While some movie musicals are still marketed in a way that downplays or downright conceals their genre, critical darling Emilia Perez has garnered ten Golden Globe nominations and is already shortlisted for six Academy Awards. In celebration of the movie musical, the following list features some of our favorites from around the world.
Oliver!
An orphan meets a pickpocket on the streets of London and joins a gang who are trained to steal for their master.
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- United Kingdom • 1968
- Director Carol Reed
- Cast Ron Moody, Shani Wallis, Oliver Reed, Harry Secombe, Joseph O'Conor, Peggy Mount
- Genre Drama, Family, Music
- Available on Paramount Plus, Paramount+ Amazon Channel, Paramount+ Roku Premium Channel, Paramount Plus Apple TV Channel , Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube
Hipsters
(Стиляги)
Hot Jazz meets Cold War in this Soviet-era forbidden love story!
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- Russia • 2008
- Director Valery Todorovsky
- Cast Anton Shagin, Oksana Akinshina, Maksim Matveev, Igor Voynarovskiy, Ekaterina Vilkova
- Genre Drama, Romance
- Available on Kanopy
Mother India
In this Bollywood classic, a poverty-stricken woman rises above her circumstances to be there for her children and for herself.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- India • 1957
- Director Mehboob Khan
- Cast Nargis, Sunil Dutt, Rajendra Kumar, Raaj Kumar, Kanhaiyalal, Kumkum
- Genre Drama
- Available on Eros Now Select Apple TV Channel, Amazon Video
Le Million
(Le million)
Chase the jacket! Follow the money!
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- France • 1931
- Director René Clair
- Cast René Lefèvre, Annabella, Jean-Louis Allibert, Paul Ollivier, Vanda Gréville, Constantin Siroesco
- Genre Comedy, Music
- Available on Criterion Channel
Changing Partners
Through four gender-bending variations, this film showcases the downfall of Alex and Chris’s love story.
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- Philippines • 2017
- Director Dan Villegas
- Cast Agot Isidro, Jojit Lorenzo, Sandino Martin, Anna Luna, Nicco Manalo
- Genre Music, Romance
- Available on Apple TV, Amazon Video
Where Do We Go Now?
(Et maintenant on va où ?)
The women of a Middle Eastern village must quell rising tensions between their Christian and Muslim men.
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- France, Lebanon, Egypt • 2011
- Director Nadine Labaki
- Cast Claude Msawbaa, Leyla Hakim, Nadine Labaki, Yvonne Maalouf, Antoinette Noufaily, Julian Farhat
- Genre Comedy, Drama
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube
Black Orpheus
(Orfeu Negro)
A retelling of the Greek legend of Orpheus and Eurydice that introduced Bossa Nova to the world.
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- Brazil, France, Italy • 1959
- Director Marcel Camus
- Cast Breno Mello, Marpessa Dawn, Marcel Camus, Fausto Guerzoni, Lourdes de Oliveira, Léa Garcia
- Genre Drama, Fantasy, Music, Romance
- Available on Criterion Channel, Max Amazon Channel, Max, Apple TV, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Kanopy
Black Cat, White Cat
(Crna mačka, beli mačor)
After a failed business deal, a small time hustler forces his teenage son into an arranged marriage.
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- Yugoslavia, France, Germany • 1998
- Director Emir Kusturica
- Cast Bajram Severdzhan, Srđan Todorović, Zabit Memedov, Florijan Ajdini, Branka Katić, Ljubica Adzovic
- Genre Comedy, Romance
- Available on Klassiki
Tokyo Tribe
(TOKYO TRIBE)
In dystopian Japan, a war breaks out between the warring gangs that dominate the streets of Tokyo.
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- Japan • 2014
- Director Sion Sono
- Cast Ryohei Suzuki, Young Dais, Nana Seino, Ryuta Sato, Shota Sometani, Denden
- Genre Action, Crime, Drama, Music, Science Fiction
- Available on Apple TV, Amazon Video, Hoopla
Once
Two aspiring musicians collaborate, finding love along the way.
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- Ireland • 2007
- Director John Carney
- Cast Glen Hansard, Markéta Irglová, Hugh Walsh, Gerard Hendrick, Alaistair Foley, Geoff Minogue
- Genre Drama, Music, Romance
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube
The Umbrellas of Cherbourg
(Les parapluies de Cherbourg)
A film for all the young lovers of the world.
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- France, West Germany • 1964
- Director Jacques Demy
- Cast Catherine Deneuve, Nino Castelnuovo, Anne Vernon, Mireille Perrey, Marc Michel, Ellen Farner
- Genre Drama, Romance
- Available on Criterion Channel, Max Amazon Channel, Max, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube, Kanopy
Office
(華麗上班族)
A takedown of capitalist corruption and greed that's savvily packaged as a song-and-dance extravaganza.
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- China, Hong Kong • 2015
- Director Johnnie To
- Cast Chow Yun-Fat, Sylvia Chang, Eason Chan, Tang Wei, Wang Ziyi, Lang Yueting
- Genre Music, Drama
- Available on Fandor, OVID, Apple TV, Fandango At Home, Tubi TV, AsianCrush, Cineverse
The Saddest Music in the World
In Depression-era Winnipeg, a legless beer baroness hosts a contest for the saddest music in the world, offering a grand prize of $25,000.
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- Canada • 2003
- Director Guy Maddin
- Cast Isabella Rossellini, Mark McKinney, Maria de Medeiros, David Fox, Ross McMillan, Louis Negin
- Genre Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Music
- Available on AMC+, AMC+ Amazon Channel, IFC Films Unlimited Apple TV Channel, Fandango At Home
Dancer in the Dark
A Czech immigrant on the verge of blindness, uses her love of musicals to escape her life's troubles.
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- Denmark, Germany, Netherlands • 2000
- Director Lars Von Trier
- Cast Björk, Catherine Deneuve, David Morse, Peter Stormare, Joel Grey, Cara Seymour
- Genre Drama
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Tubi TV, The Roku Channel, Plex, Plex Channel
Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham
(कभी ख़ुशी कभी ग़म)
When Rahul marries a poor woman, his father disowns him and Rahul moves to London to build a new life.
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- India • 2001
- Director Karan Johar
- Cast Amitabh Bachchan, Jaya Bachchan, Shah Rukh Khan, Kajol, Hrithik Roshan, Kareena Kapoor Khan
- Genre Comedy, Drama
- Available on Netflix, Amazon Prime Video, Netflix basic with Ads, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, YouTube
Dil Se..
(दिल से..)
When journalist Amar falls for a mysterious woman on an assignment, she does not reciprocate his feelings.
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- India • 1998
- Director Mani Ratnam
- Cast Shah Rukh Khan, Manisha Koirala, Preity Zinta, Mita Vasisht, Arundhati Rao, Raghuvir Yadav
- Genre Drama, Romance
- Available on Netflix, aha, Netflix basic with Ads, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, YouTube
Spotlight: Best of 2024
At the dawn of a new year, we wanted to share some our favorite films released in the previous one. Some of these picks are awards season frontrunners, others may have passed under the radar. They are big films and small, fiction, documentary, animation, and of course, a musical.
The Zone of Interest
The commandant of Auschwitz and his wife create an idyllic life right beside the concentration camp.
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- United Kingdom, Poland, United States • 2023
- Director Jonathan Glazer
- Cast Sandra Hüller, Christian Friedel
- Genre Drama, History, War
- Available on Max Amazon Channel, Max, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Spectrum On Demand, Plex
Crossing
A retired teacher, Lia, and her young neighbor, Achi, travel to Istanbul to find Lia’s long-lost transgender niece.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Sweden, Denmark, France • 2024
- Director Levan Akin
- Cast
- Genre
- Available on MUBI, MUBI Amazon Channel, Apple TV, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video
The Count of Monte-Cristo
(Le Comte de Monte-Cristo)
"Until the day when God will deign to reveal the future to man, all human wisdom is contained in these two words: 'Wait and Hope.'"
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- France, Belgium • 2024
- Director Alexandre de La Patellière, Matthieu Delaporte
- Cast Pierre Niney, Bastien Bouillon, Anaïs Demoustier, Anamaria Vartolomei, Laurent Lafitte, Pierfrancesco Favino
- Genre Action, Adventure, Drama, History, Romance, Thriller
- Available on Apple TV, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, Plex, Google Play Movies, YouTube
Made in England: The Films of Powell and Pressburger
This documentary looks into the careers of Micheal Powell and Emeric Pressburger and their impact on cinema.
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- United Kingdom • 2024
- Director David Hinton
- Cast Martin Scorsese, Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger, Deborah Kerr, Roger Livesey, David Niven
- Genre Documentary
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube
Karmen Gei
(Karmen Geï)
The story of Bizet's Carmen is placed in contemporary Dakar, Senegal in this exciting and challenging adaptation.
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- Senegal, France, Canada • 2001
- Director Joseph Gaï Ramaka
- Cast Djeïnaba Diop Gaï, Magaye Niang, Stephanie Biddle, Thierno Ndiaye Doss, Dieynaba Niang, El Hadg Ndiaye
- Genre Drama, Music, Romance
- Available on OVID, Kanopy
Io Capitano
Two young men from Senegal, Seydou and Moussa, embark on a Homeric journey from Dakar to Europe.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Italy, Belgium • 2023
- Director Matteo Garrone
- Cast Seydou Sarr, Moustapha Fall, Bamar Kane, Didier Njikam
- Genre Adventure, Drama
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Plex
Terrestrial Verses
(آیه های زمینی)
The lives of ordinary people in Iran as showcased in nine separate vignettes.
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- Iran • 2023
- Director Alireza Khatami, Ali Asgari
- Cast Majid Salehi, Gohar Kheyrandish, Farzin Mohades, Sadaf Asgari, Hossein Soleymani, Faezeh Rad
- Genre Comedy, Drama
- Available on Criterion Channel
Inshallah a Boy
(Inshallah walad)
To protect her daughter and home, and navigate the complexities of Jordan's patriarchal laws, a widow feigns pregnancy with a son.
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- Jordan, France, Saudi Arabia • 2023
- Director Amjad Al-Rasheed
- Cast Mouna Hawa
- Genre
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube
Dahomey
This documentary highlights the journey of 26 stolen artifacts returning to Benin from France.
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- France, Senegal, Benin • 2024
- Director Mati Diop
- Cast Gildas Adannou, Habib Ahandessi, Joséa Guedje, Imelda Batamoussi
- Genre Documentary
- Available on MUBI, MUBI Amazon Channel, Apple TV, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video
Do Not Expect Too Much of the End of the World
While Angela is filming a work safety video for a large company, an interviewee reveals the company’s liability in an accident.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Romania, Luxembourg, France • 2023
- Director Radu Jude
- Cast
- Genre
- Available on MUBI, MUBI Amazon Channel, Apple TV, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video
Emilia Perez
A formal cartel leader seeks out legal help to retire, disappear, and pursuing her long-desired gender transition.
- United States • 2024
- Director Jacques Audiard
- Cast Karla Sofia Gascón, Selena Gomez, Zoe Saldaña
- Genre Comedy, Crime
- Available on Netflix, Netflix basic with Ads
Evil Does Not Exist
(悪は存在しない)
Takumi and his village are slowly convinced to allow a company to develop a glamping site, unaware of the consequences that will follow.
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- Japan • 2023
- Director Ryūsuke Hamaguchi
- Cast Hitoshi Omika, Ryo Nishikawa, Ryuji Kosaka, Ayaka Shibutani, Hazuki Kikuchi, Hiroyuki Miura
- Genre Drama
- Available on Criterion Channel, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube
Conclave
When the Pope dies, Cardinal Lawrence is tasked with leading the secretive ritual of selecting a new one.
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- United Kingdom, United States • 2024
- Director Edward Berger
- Cast Ralph Fiennes, John Lithgow, Stanley Tucci, Isabella Rossellini, Lucian Msamati, Brían F. O'Byrne
- Genre Thriller
- Available on Peacock Premium, Peacock Premium Plus, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube
Touch
(Snerting)
Kristófer, an Icelander widower struggling with his health aims to find his first love again before it is too late.
- Iceland • 2024
- Director Baltasar Kormákur
- Cast Egill Ólafsson, Kōki, Masahiro Motoki, Pálmi Kormákur Baltasarsson, Sigurður Ingvarsson, Yōko Narahashi
- Genre Drama, Romance
- Available on Peacock Premium, Peacock Premium Plus, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Spectrum On Demand, FlixFling
Chicken for Linda!
(Linda veut du poulet!)
Paulette must find ingredients to make a meal for her daughter in the middle of a city-wide strike.
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- France, Italy • 2023
- Director Chiara Malta, Sébastien Laudenbach
- Cast Milan Cerisier
- Genre Animation, Comedy, Family
- Available on Criterion Channel, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube, Plex
Spotlight: Fall of the Wall
Thirty-five years ago on November 9, 1989, the Berlin Wall fell, marking a beginning to the end of a divided Germany. Here are some of our picks, from both sides of the Wall, depicting the impact of the division of Germany on its inhabitants.
Good Bye, Lenin!
The German Democratic Republic lives on -- in 79 square meters!
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Germany • 2003
- Director Wolfgang Becker
- Cast Daniel Brühl, Katrin Sass, Chulpan Khamatova, Maria Simon, Florian Lukas, Alexander Beyer
- Genre Comedy, Drama
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube
Wings of Desire
(Der Himmel über Berlin)
There are angels on the streets of Berlin.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- West Germany, France • 1987
- Director Wim Wenders
- Cast Bruno Ganz, Otto Sander, Solveig Dommartin, Curt Bois, Peter Falk, Hans Martin Stier
- Genre Drama, Fantasy, Romance
- Available on Criterion Channel, Max Amazon Channel, Max, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube
The Lives of Others
(Das Leben der Anderen)
Before the fall of the Berlin Wall, East Germany's secret police listened to your secrets.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Germany • 2006
- Director Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck
- Cast Martina Gedeck, Ulrich Mühe, Sebastian Koch, Ulrich Tukur, Thomas Thieme, Hans-Uwe Bauer
- Genre Drama, Thriller
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube
Deutschland 83
A young spy comes of age in the divided Germany of 1983 where everyone is hiding something.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Germany • 2015
- Creator Anna Winger
- Cast Jonas Nay, Maria Schrader
- Genre Drama
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads
Line of Separation
(Tannbach – Schicksal eines Dorfes)
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Germany, Czech Republic • 2015
- Creator
- Cast Henriette Confurius, Heiner Lauterbach, Martina Gedeck
- Genre Drama
- Available on PBS Masterpiece Amazon Channel
Barbara
A Story of Love and Subterfuge with Simmering Intelligence.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Germany • 2012
- Director Christian Petzold
- Cast Nina Hoss, Ronald Zehrfeld, Jasna Fritzi Bauer, Mark Waschke, Rainer Bock, Alicia von Rittberg
- Genre Drama
- Available on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Kino Film Collection, Apple TV, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Kanopy, Hoopla
Coming Out
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- East Germany • 1989
- Director Heiner Carow
- Cast Matthias Freihof, Dagmar Manzel, Dirk Kummer, Michael Gwisdek, Werner Dissel, Gudrun Ritter
- Genre Drama, Romance
- Available on Kanopy
Apprehension
(Die Beunruhigung)
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- East Germany • 1982
- Director Lothar Warneke
- Cast Christine Schorn, Hermann Beyer, Wilfried Pucher, Mike Lepke, Christoph Engel, Sina Fiedler-Engel
- Genre Drama
- Available on Tubi TV, Kanopy
whisper & SHOUT
(flüstern & SCHREIEN)
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- East Germany • 1988
- Director Dieter Schumann
- Cast
- Genre Documentary, Music
- Available on Kanopy
The Tunnel
(Der Tunnel)
An East German Olympic swimmer hatches an unlikely plot to defect from East Germany through an underground tunnel.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Germany • 2001
- Director Roland Suso Richter
- Cast Heino Ferch, Nicolette Krebitz, Sebastian Koch, Alexandra Maria Lara, Claudia Michelsen, Felix Eitner
- Genre Drama, Thriller
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Bulky Trash
(Sperrmüll)
In early summer 1989, Helke Misselwitz portrays a band of young musicians who produce their music on others' waste items.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Germany • 1991
- Director Helke Misselwitz
- Cast Helke Misselwitz
- Genre Documentary
- Available on GuideDoc, DocAlliance Films, Kanopy
The Spy Who Came In from the Cold
A spy's last mission proves to be his most deadly.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- United Kingdom • 1965
- Director Martin Ritt
- Cast Richard Burton, Claire Bloom, Oskar Werner, Sam Wanamaker, George Voskovec, Rupert Davies
- Genre Drama, Thriller
- Available on MGM Plus, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Pluto TV, Kanopy
Kleo
A former assassin betrayed by her agency embarks on a quest for revenge in this post-Cold War thriller.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Germany • 2022
- Creator Richard Kropf, Hanno Hackfort, Bob Konrad
- Cast Jella Haase, Dimitrij Schaad, Julius Feldmeier, Vladimir Burlakov, Vincent Redetzki, Marta Sroka
- Genre Action & Adventure, Comedy, Drama
- Available on Netflix, Netflix basic with Ads
Spotlight: The Vampire
With Halloween upon us, sink your teeth into this selection of films about everyone’s favorite blood-sucker: the vampire. With entries ranging from the comic to the political, and from the swoon-worthy to the truly terrifying, the vampire transcends genre.
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 Kino Film Collection, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube, Kanopy
Nosferatu
(Nosferatu, eine Symphonie des Grauens)
A symphony of horror.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Germany • 1922
- Director F.W. Murnau
- Cast Max Schreck, Gustav von Wangenheim, Greta Schröder, Alexander Granach, Georg H. Schnell, Ruth Landshoff
- Genre Drama, Fantasy, Horror
- Available on Amazon Prime Video, Screambox, Screambox Amazon Channel, FlixFling, AMC+ Amazon Channel, Cultpix, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Kino Film Collection, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube, Crackle, Tubi TV, The Roku Channel, VUDU Free, Freevee, Cineverse, Kanopy, Hoopla, Plex, Public Domain Movies, Plex Channel, JustWatchTV, Darkroom
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, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube
Only Lovers Left Alive
A depressed musician reunites with his lover in the desolate streets of Detroit.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Germany, United Kingdom, France • 2013
- Director Jim Jarmusch
- Cast Tom Hiddleston, Tilda Swinton, Mia Wasikowska, John Hurt, Anton Yelchin, Slimane Dazi
- Genre Drama, Romance
- Available on Paramount Plus Apple TV Channel , Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Pluto TV
The Count
(El Conde)
A black comedy reimagining Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet as a vampire.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Chile • 2023
- Director Pablo Larraín
- Cast Jaime Vadell, Gloria Münchmeyer, Alfredo Castro, Paula Luchsinger
- Genre Comedy, History, Horror
- Available on Netflix, Netflix basic with Ads
The Vourdalak
(Le Vourdalak)
Lost and without allies, the Marquis d’Urfe shelters with a strange family, encountering the vurdulak.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- France • 2023
- Director Adrien Beau
- Cast Ariane Labed, Kacey Mottet Klein, Grégoire Colin, Vassili Schneider, Claire Duburcq, Gabriel Pavie
- Genre Drama, Fantasy, Horror
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube, Hoopla
Nosferatu the Vampyre
(Nosferatu - Phantom der Nacht)
A real estate agent seeks to buy property from Count Dracula, whose true interests lie in the agent's wife.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- West Germany, France • 1979
- Director Werner Herzog
- Cast Klaus Kinski, Isabelle Adjani, Bruno Ganz, Roland Topor, Walter Ladengast, Martje Grohmann
- Genre Drama, Horror
- Available on Amazon Prime Video, Fandor Amazon Channel, fuboTV, Peacock Premium, Peacock Premium Plus, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Crackle, Tubi TV, The Roku Channel, Pluto TV, Shout! Factory TV, Freevee, Kanopy, Plex, Plex Channel
Let the Right One In
(Låt den rätte komma in)
Oskar's new neighbor has been 12 years old for 200 years...and she's looking for a friend.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Sweden • 2008
- Director Tomas Alfredson
- Cast Kåre Hedebrant, Lina Leandersson, Per Ragnar, Henrik Dahl, Karin Bergquist, Peter Carlberg
- Genre Horror, Drama
- Available on Amazon Prime Video, fuboTV, Peacock Premium, Peacock Premium Plus, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, FlixFling, Tubi TV, The Roku Channel, Pluto TV, VUDU Free, DistroTV, Kanopy, Hoopla, Plex, Plex Channel
Daughters of Darkness
(Les lèvres rouges)
A newlywed couple passing through a resort crosses paths with a mysterious countess.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Belgium, France, West Germany • 1971
- Director Harry Kümel
- Cast Delphine Seyrig, John Karlen, Danielle Ouimet, Andrea Rau, Paul Esser, Georges Jamin
- Genre Horror, Thriller
- Available on Shudder Amazon Channel, AMC+ Amazon Channel, Shudder Apple TV Channel, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube, Tubi TV, VUDU Free
Vampyr
(Vampyr - Der Traum des Allan Grey)
After a vampire bites a young girl, Allan Gray is enlisted to save her life and kill the vampire responsible.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Germany, France • 1932
- Director Carl Theodor Dreyer
- Cast Nicolas de Gunzburg, Maurice Schutz, Rena Mandel, Sybille Schmitz, Jan Hieronimko, Henriette Gérard
- Genre Fantasy, Horror
- Available on Screambox, Screambox Amazon Channel, Criterion Channel, FlixFling, Max Amazon Channel, Max, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube, Plex, Plex Channel
Shadow of the Vampire
The fictionalized tale of the making of Nosferatu (1922), and the lead actor’s quirky demands.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- United Kingdom, United States, Luxembourg • 2000
- Director E. Elias Merhige
- Cast John Malkovich, Willem Dafoe, Udo Kier, Cary Elwes, Catherine McCormack, Eddie Izzard
- Genre Drama, Horror
- Available on Amazon Video
Cronos
The more he uses the device, the younger he becomes...but nothing comes without a price.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Mexico • 1993
- Director Guillermo del Toro
- Cast Federico Luppi, Ron Perlman, Claudio Brook, Margarita Isabel, Tamara Shanath, Mario Iván Martínez
- Genre Drama, Horror, Thriller
- Available on Criterion Channel, Max Amazon Channel, Max, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, 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, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube
Humanist Vampire Seeking Consenting Suicidal Person
(Vampire humaniste cherche suicidaire consentant)
A reluctant vampire and a suicidal teenager concoct a plan.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Canada (Quebec) • 2023
- Director Ariane Louis-Seize
- Cast Sara Montpetit, Félix-Antoine Bénard, Steve Laplante, Sophie Cadieux, Noémie O'Farrell, Arnaud Vachon
- Genre Comedy, Fantasy, Horror, Romance
- Available on MUBI, MUBI Amazon Channel, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube
Mr. Vampire
(殭屍先生)
A Taoist priest must stop a corpse that has come back to life as a vampire.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Hong Kong • 1985
- Director Ricky Lau
- Cast Lam Ching-Ying, Ricky Hui, Chin Siu-ho, Moon Lee, Huang Ha, Yuen Wah
- Genre Action, Comedy, Horror
- Available on Criterion Channel
Spotlight: Coming of Age, the Nordic Edition
With a new school year well under way, our thoughts turn to other rituals of youth. Here are some of our favorite coming of age films, in this case from the Nordics. From befriending vampires, to forming a punk rock band, these young people in Iceland, Norway, Sweden, Denmark, and Finland seek to find their way in life.
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 Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube, FlixFling, Spectrum On Demand, Tubi TV, The Roku Channel, Pluto TV, VUDU Free, Freevee, DistroTV, Kanopy, Hoopla, Plex, Plex Channel
Amateurs
(Amatörer)
Will these two highschoolers beat the commerical filmmaker?
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Sweden • 2018
- Director Gabriela Pichler
- Cast Zahraa Aldoujaili, Yara Aliadotter, Fredrik Dahl, Janine Splettstößer, Shada Ismaeel
- Genre Comedy
- Available on Apple TV, Amazon Video
What Will People Say
(Hva vil folk si)
Sent to a country she's never known… She must risk everything to break free.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Norway, Germany, Sweden • 2017
- Director Iram Haq
- Cast Maria Mozhdah, Adil Hussain, Ekavali Khanna, Rohit Saraf, Ali Arfan, Sheeba Chaddha
- Genre Drama
- Available on Kino Film Collection, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, YouTube, Kanopy
Becoming Astrid
(Unga Astrid)
Be the author of your own story.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Sweden, Denmark • 2018
- Director Pernille Fischer Christensen
- Cast Alba August, Maria Bonnevie, Trine Dyrholm, Henrik Rafaelsen, Magnus Krepper, Björn Gustafsson
- Genre Drama
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube, Tubi TV, VUDU Free, Freevee, Kanopy, Hoopla, Plex, Plex Channel
Let the Right One In
(Låt den rätte komma in)
Oskar's new neighbor has been 12 years old for 200 years...and she's looking for a friend.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Sweden • 2008
- Director Tomas Alfredson
- Cast Kåre Hedebrant, Lina Leandersson, Per Ragnar, Henrik Dahl, Karin Bergquist, Peter Carlberg
- Genre Horror, Drama
- Available on Amazon Prime Video, fuboTV, Peacock Premium, Peacock Premium Plus, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, FlixFling, Tubi TV, The Roku Channel, Pluto TV, VUDU Free, DistroTV, Kanopy, Hoopla, Plex, Plex Channel
Sami Blood
(Sameblod)
Elle Marja, 14, is a reindeer-breeding Sami girl dreaming of another life.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Norway, Denmark, Sweden • 2016
- Director Amanda Kernell
- Cast Lene Cecilia Sparrok, Mia Sparrok, Maj-Doris Rimpi, Julius Fleischanderl, Olle Sarri
- Genre Drama
- Available on Peacock Premium, Peacock Premium Plus, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube, VUDU Free, Kanopy, Hoopla, Darkroom
Utøya: July 22
(Utøya 22. juli)
The day that changed us forever
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Norway • 2018
- Director Erik Poppe
- Cast Andrea Berntzen, Aleksander Holmen, Brede Fristad, Elli Rhiannon Müller Osbourne, Sorosh Sadat, Ada Eide
- Genre Drama
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Metalhead
(Málmhaus)
Grieving, Hera finds solace in the dark music of Heavy Metal and dreams of one day becoming a rock star.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Iceland • 2013
- Director Ragnar Bragason
- Cast Þorbjörg Helga Þorgilsdóttir, Ingvar E. Sigurðsson, Þröstur Leó Gunnarsson, Sveinn Ólafur Gunnarsson, Halldóra Geirharðsdóttir, Sigrún Edda Björnsdóttir
- Genre Drama, Music
- Available on History Vault, Kanopy
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, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Kanopy
Heartstone
(Hjartasteinn)
Teenage boys Thor and Christian experience a turbulent summer as one tries to win the heart of a girl while the other discovers new feelings toward his best friend.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Iceland, Denmark • 2016
- Director Guðmundur Arnar Guðmundsson
- Cast Baldur Einarsson, Blær Hinriksson, Diljá Valsdóttir, Katla Njálsdóttir, Søren Malling
- Genre Romance, Drama
- Available on Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Tubi TV, The Roku Channel, VUDU Free, Filmzie, Cineverse, Kanopy, Plex, Plex Channel, Darkroom
Girl Picture
(Tytöt tytöt tytöt)
Three teenage girls experience love and pleasure during the intense Finland winter.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Finland • 2022
- Director Alli Haapasalo
- Cast Linnea Leino, Aamu Milonoff, Eleonoora Kauhanen, Bruno Baer, Amos Brotherus, Oona Airola
- Genre Drama, Romance
- Available on Strand Releasing Amazon Channel, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube
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, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube, Spectrum On Demand
Spotlight: Marcello Mastroianni Part 2
In honor of the centenary of the birth of Marcello Mastroianni, perhaps the most iconic Italian actor of the 20th century, we present a two-part Spotlight on films from a career that spanned six decades and comprised collaborations with directors including Federico Fellini, Vittorio De Sica, and Ettore Scola. We hope you enjoy part two.
Allonsanfan
(Allonsanfàn)
During an 1816 Italian revolution, an aging political prisoner decides whether he will betray his allies.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Italy • 1974
- Director Paolo Taviani, Vittorio Taviani
- Cast Marcello Mastroianni, Lea Massari, Mimsy Farmer, Laura Betti, Claudio Cassinelli, Benjamin Lev
- Genre Drama, History
- Available on OVID, Fandango At Home, Hoopla
Sunflower
(I girasoli)
Giovanna travels to Russia to try to find her husband, Antonio, believed to have died during World War II.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Italy, France, Soviet Union • 1970
- Director Vittorio De Sica
- Cast Sophia Loren, Marcello Mastroianni, Ludmila Savelyeva, Galina Andreyeva, Anna Carena, Germano Longo
- Genre Drama, War
- Available on Kino Film Collection, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Kanopy, Hoopla
A Special Day
(Una giornata particolare)
When Hitler visits Rome, everyone flocks to the square except two neighbors who become fascinated with each other.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Italy, Canada • 1977
- Director Ettore Scola
- Cast Sophia Loren, Marcello Mastroianni, John Vernon, Françoise Berd, Patrizia Basso, Tiziano De Persio
- Genre Drama, Romance
- Available on Criterion Channel, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube
Ginger and Fred
(Ginger e Fred)
After thirty years apart, two impersonators of iconic dance duo Ginger Rogers and Fred Astair reunite in this homage to 1930’s Hollywood.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Italy, France, West Germany • 1986
- Director Federico Fellini
- Cast Giulietta Masina, Marcello Mastroianni, Franco Fabrizi, Friedrich von Ledebur, Augusto Poderosi, Martin Maria Blau
- Genre Comedy, Drama, Romance
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube
The Sunday Woman
(La donna della domenica)
Inspector Santamaria investigates Turin's high society to solve the murder of an architect.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Italy, France • 1975
- Director Luigi Comencini
- Cast Marcello Mastroianni, Jacqueline Bisset, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Aldo Reggiani, Maria Teresa Albani, Omero Antonutti
- Genre Comedy, Crime
- Available on Fandor Amazon Channel, FlixFling, Night Flight Plus, Midnight Pulp, Amazon Video, Tubi TV, Darkroom
La Grande Bouffe
Four middle aged men retire to a villa for a weekend of culinary and sexual excess.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- France, Italy • 1973
- Director Marco Ferreri
- Cast Marcello Mastroianni, Ugo Tognazzi, Michel Piccoli, Philippe Noiret, Andréa Ferréol, Solange Blondeau
- Genre Comedy, Drama
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Marriage Italian Style
(Matrimonio all'italiana)
A businessman's mistress of 20 years learns he plans to marry a young woman and schemes to protect her family's interests.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Italy, France • 1964
- Director Vittorio De Sica
- Cast Sophia Loren, Marcello Mastroianni, Aldo Puglisi, Tecla Scarano, Marilù Tolo, Gianni Ridolfi
- Genre Comedy, Drama, Romance
- Available on Criterion Channel, Kino Film Collection, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube, Kanopy, Hoopla
Marcello Mastroianni: I Remember
(Marcello Mastroianni - Mi ricordo, sì, io mi ricordo)
Marcello Mastroianni talks about his life and career as one of the most iconic stars of Italian cinema.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Italy • 1997
- Director Anna Maria Tatò
- Cast Marcello Mastroianni, Renato Berta, Manoel de Oliveira, Diogo Dória, Leonor Silveira
- Genre Documentary
- Available on Criterion Channel
I Don't Want to Talk About It
(De eso no se habla)
A young woman with dwarfism’s world perception shifts as a man falls for her and the circus comes to town.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Argentina, Italy • 1993
- Director María Luisa Bemberg
- Cast Marcello Mastroianni, Luisina Brando, Alejandra Podestá, Betiana Blum, Roberto Carnaghi, Alberto Segado
- Genre Drama, Romance
- Available on Amazon Video
The Night of Varennes
(La Nuit de Varennes)
A group of passengers in a stagecoach find themselves caught up in the events of the French Revolution.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- France, Italy • 1982
- Director Ettore Scola
- Cast Jean-Louis Barrault, Marcello Mastroianni, Hanna Schygulla, Harvey Keitel, Jean-Claude Brialy, Andréa Ferréol
- Genre Drama, History
- Available on Criterion Channel
City of Women
(La città delle donne)
A businessman follows a woman to a feminist conference and then tries to escape.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Italy, France • 1980
- Director Federico Fellini
- Cast Marcello Mastroianni, Anna Prucnal, Bernice Stegers, Donatella Damiani, Ettore Manni, Jole Silvani
- Genre Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
- Available on Fandor Amazon Channel, Cohen Media Amazon Channel, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Kanopy
Dark Eyes
(Очи черные)
While Pavel takes an Italian cruise on his honeymoon, he listens to Romano recount his story of lost love.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Italy, Soviet Union • 1987
- Director Nikita Mikhalkov
- Cast Marcello Mastroianni, Marthe Keller, Silvana Mangano, Vsevolod Larionov, Elena Safonova, Innokentiy Smoktunovskiy
- Genre Comedy, Drama, Romance
- Available on Amazon Video
Spotlight: Marcello Mastroianni, Part 1
In honor of the centenary of the birth of Marcello Mastroianni, perhaps the most iconic Italian actor of the 20th century, we present a two-part Spotlight on films from a career that spanned six decades and comprised collaborations with directors including Federico Fellini, Vittorio De Sica, and Ettore Scola. We hope you enjoy part one.
Family Diary
(Cronaca familiare)
Two brothers from practically different worlds.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Italy • 1962
- Director Valerio Zurlini
- Cast Marcello Mastroianni, Jacques Perrin, Salvo Randone, Valeria Ciangottini, Sylvie, Marco Guglielmi
- Genre Drama
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube
The Organizer
(I compagni)
Following a workplace accident in a sweatshop, Professor Sinigaglia put himself at risk to help employees start a stike.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Italy, France, Yugoslavia • 1963
- Director Mario Monicelli
- Cast Marcello Mastroianni, Renato Salvatori, Gabriella Giorgelli, Folco Lulli, Bernard Blier, Raffaella Carrà
- Genre Crime, Drama
- Available on Criterion Channel
La Dolce Vita
(La dolce vita)
A paprazzo's search for love and happiness through booze and sex.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Italy, France • 1960
- Director Federico Fellini
- Cast Marcello Mastroianni, Anita Ekberg, Anouk Aimée, Yvonne Furneaux, Magali Noël, Alain Cuny
- Genre Comedy, Drama
- Available on Plex, Plex Channel
Handsome Antonio
(Il bell'Antonio)
Dashing Antonio faces scandal when it's revealed he has yet to consummate the year-long marriage to his beloved wife.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Italy, France • 1960
- Director Mauro Bolognini
- Cast Marcello Mastroianni, Claudia Cardinale, Pierre Brasseur, Rina Morelli, Tomas Milian, Fulvia Mammi
- Genre Drama
- Available on Criterion Channel
Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow
(Ieri, oggi, domani)
A playful anthology comedy following the romantic complications faced by three sets of lovers.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Italy, France • 1963
- Director Vittorio De Sica
- Cast Sophia Loren, Marcello Mastroianni, Aldo Giuffrè, Agostino Salvietti, Lino Mattera, Tecla Scarano
- Genre Comedy, Drama, Romance
- Available on Criterion Channel, Kino Film Collection, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube, Tubi TV, Kanopy, Hoopla, Darkroom
Le Notti Bianche
(Le notti bianche)
A lonely city transplant and a sheltered girl begin a tentative romance.
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- Italy, France • 1957
- Director Luchino Visconti
- Cast Maria Schell, Marcello Mastroianni, Jean Marais, Marcella Rovena, Maria Zanoli, Elena Fancera
- Genre Drama, Romance
- Available on Criterion Channel
Too Bad She's Bad
(Peccato che sia una canaglia)
Lina meets Paolo while stealing his taxi, and their meeting has unintended consequences for both parties.
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- Italy • 1954
- Director Alessandro Blasetti
- Cast Vittorio De Sica, Sophia Loren, Marcello Mastroianni, Giorgio Sanna, Mauro Sacripanti, Michael Simone
- Genre Comedy, Romance
- Available on Amazon Video
Divorce Italian Style
(Divorzio all'italiana)
How do you end a marriage when divorce is illegal? It's easier than you think.
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- Italy • 1961
- Director Pietro Germi
- Cast Marcello Mastroianni, Daniela Rocca, Stefania Sandrelli, Leopoldo Trieste, Odoardo Spadaro, Margherita Girelli
- Genre Comedy
- Available on Criterion Channel, Max Amazon Channel, Max
Sunday in August
(Domenica d'agosto)
A look into the lives of a variety of people taking a relaxing Sunday at the beach in Ostia, Italy.
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- Italy • 1950
- Director Luciano Emmer
- Cast Marcello Mastroianni, Anna Baldini, Franco Interlenghi, Vera Carmi, Massimo Serato, Corrado Verga
- Genre Comedy, Drama
- Available on Amazon Video
Adua and Her Friends
(Adua e le compagne)
When the Merlin law made prostitution illegal, four sex workers pool their savings and open a restaurant.
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- Italy • 1960
- Director Antonio Pietrangeli
- Cast Simone Signoret, Sandra Milo, Emmanuelle Riva, Gina Rovere, Marcello Mastroianni, Valeria Fabrizi
- Genre Drama
- Available on Amazon Video, Kanopy
La Notte
(La notte)
A married couple attend a bourgeois party and wade through the stifling strain that long-term marriage has imposed upon them.
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- Italy, France • 1961
- Director Michelangelo Antonioni
- Cast Marcello Mastroianni, Jeanne Moreau, Monica Vitti, Bernhard Wicki, Rosy Mazzacurati, Maria Pia Luzi
- Genre Drama
- Available on Criterion Channel, Max Amazon Channel, Max, Apple TV, Amazon Video, Kanopy
8½
A film director suffers creative block as he prepares his next movie and navigates the relationships of his life.
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- Italy, France • 1963
- Director Federico Fellini
- Cast Marcello Mastroianni, Claudia Cardinale, Anouk Aimée, Sandra Milo, Rossella Falk, Barbara Steele
- Genre Drama
- Available on Criterion Channel, Max Amazon Channel, Max, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube, Kanopy