Spotlight: Lunar New Year Films
February 12th marks the beginning of the Year of the Ox, a symbol of hard work and positivity. It’s also the time to dive into Lunar New Year films, an integral part of Chinese culture, and look forward to a prosperous year.
The Chinese Feast
(金玉滿堂)
A former triad member, Sun decides to become a great chef and follows the teaching master Au.
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- Hong Kong • 1995
- Director Tsui Hark
- Cast Leslie Cheung, Anita Yuen, Kenny Bee, Vincent Zhao, Law Kar-Ying, Xiong Xin-Xin
- Genre Action, Comedy, Romance
- Available on Apple TV, Amazon Video
Pegasus
(飞驰人生)
Zhang Chi dreams of his former life in the racing world. With no car, money, or teammates and an expiring license, he vows to return to driving.
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- China • 2019
- Director Han Han
- Cast Shen Teng, Johnny Huang, Yin Zheng, Winston Chao, Tian Yu, Yin Fang
- Genre Comedy, Action, Adventure
- Available on Netflix, Amazon Prime Video, Netflix basic with Ads, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Flix Premiere, Amazon Video, Tubi TV, Filmzie, Plex, Plex Channel, JustWatchTV
Infernal Affairs
(無間道)
Two moles tasked with infiltration struggle to expose one another.
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- Hong Kong • 2002
- Director Alan Mak, Andrew Lau
- Cast Andy Lau, Tony Leung Chiu-Wai, Anthony Wong, Eric Tsang Chi-Wai, Kelly Chen, Sammi Cheng
- Genre Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
- Available on Criterion Channel, Max Amazon Channel, Max, Apple TV, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube
Operation Red Sea
(红海行动)
A spec ops team of the Chinese Navy carries out a hostage rescue operation on the Arabian Peninsula while fighting local rebels and terrorists.
- China, Morocco, Hong Kong • 2018
- Director Dante Lam
- Cast Zhang Yi, Johnny Huang, Hai Qing, Du Jiang, Jiang Luxia, Sanaa Alaoui
- Genre Action, Thriller, War, Drama
- Available on Amazon Prime Video, Hi-YAH, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube, Tubi TV, Freevee, Plex, Plex Channel
CJ7
(長江七號)
A poor construction worker mistakes an orb he finds in a junk yard as a toy for his son, and it proves to be much more once the young boy starts to play with it.
- ✭ ✭
- Hong Kong, China • 2008
- Director Stephen Chow
- Cast Stephen Chow, Xu Jiao, Kitty Zhang, Lam Tze-chung, Lee Sheung-Ching, Huang Lei
- Genre Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Science Fiction
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Fandango At Home
The Mermaid
(美人鱼)
A mermaid assassin is sent to kill a business tycoon who has killed sea life for his greedy land reclamation project.
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- China • 2016
- Director Stephen Chow
- Cast Lin Yun, Deng Chao, Kitty Zhang, Show Lo, Tsui Hark, Wen Zhang
- Genre Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube, Spectrum On Demand
God of Gamblers
(賭神)
Ko, an extremely talented and well known gambler, walks into a trap set by Knife, an avid but so-so gambler, and ends up suffering from amnesia.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Hong Kong • 1989
- Director Wong Jing
- Cast Chow Yun-Fat, Andy Lau, Joey Wong, Sharla Cheung, Charles Heung, Lung Fong
- Genre Action, Comedy, Drama
- Available on Apple TV
All’s Well, Ends Well 1997
(97家有囍事)
On Kung's birthday, his two brothers decide to trick him into believing he has won the lottery. He spends all his money and when he realizes he is in huge debt, he pretends to go insane.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Hong Kong • 1997
- Director Alfred Cheung Kin-Ting
- Cast Roy Chiao, Stephen Chow, Christine Ng, Gigi Lai, Wu Chien-Lien, Christy Chung
- Genre Comedy, Romance
- Available on Apple TV
Rumble in the Bronx
(紅番區)
A Hong Kong policeman travels to New York for his uncle's wedding and finds himself in the middle of a gang war.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Hong Kong • 1995
- Director Stanley Tong
- Cast Jackie Chan, Anita Mui, Françoise Yip, Bill Tung, Marc Akerstream, Garvin Cross
- Genre Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube
Kung Fu Hustle
(功夫)
Sing and his friend Bone pretend to be members of the Axe Gang in order to gain respect.
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- Hong Kong, China • 2004
- Director Stephen Chow
- Cast Stephen Chow, Yuen Wah, Yuen Qiu, Lam Tze-chung, Bruce Leung Siu-Lung, Eva Huang
- Genre Action, Comedy, Crime, Fantasy
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube
Chinese Odyssey 2002
(天下無雙)
In Ming Dynasty China, two pairs of siblings are destined for each other, but fate throws countless obstacles in the path of their happiness.
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- Hong Kong • 2002
- Director Jeffrey Lau
- Cast Tony Leung Chiu-Wai, Zhao Wei, Faye Wong, Chang Chen, Athena Chu, Ning Jing
- Genre Action, Comedy, Romance
- Available on Criterion Channel, Fandango At Home, Kanopy
Us and Them
(后来的我们)
Fate brings Xiaoxiao and Jianqing together, but eventually, the harsh realities of life make them drift apart. Ten years later, they run into each other again.
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- China • 2018
- Director René Liu
- Cast Jing Boran, Zhou Dongyu, Tian Zhuangzhuang, Qu Zheming
- Genre Drama, Romance
- Available on Netflix, Netflix basic with Ads
Spotlight: Girls and Women in Sports
In honor of National Girls and Women in Sports Day being celebrated in the United States this week, we are spotlighting films about the experiences of women athletes and spectators in the historically male-dominated world of sports. From documentaries to biopics and coming of age dramas, these films call attention to the history and representation of these athletes and the work still left to do to support equity in sports.
Ladies First
Born into abject poverty, she went searching for food and stumbled upon archery, changing her life forever.
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- India • 2017
- Director Shaana Levy
- Cast Deepika Kumari
- Genre Documentary
- Available on Netflix, Netflix basic with Ads
Bend It Like Beckham
18-year-old Jess Bharma secretly joins a semi-pro soccer team in England, against her strict parent's wishes.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- United Kingdom, Germany, United States • 2002
- Director Gurinder Chadha
- Cast Parminder Nagra, Keira Knightley, Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Anupam Kher, Shaheen Khan, Frank Harper
- Genre Comedy, Drama, Romance
- Available on Disney Plus, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Spectrum On Demand
Water Lilies
(Naissance des pieuvres)
Marie joins the local pool’s synchronized swim team for a chance to get close to Floriane—the “bad girl” of the team.
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- France • 2007
- Director Céline Sciamma
- Cast Pauline Acquart, Adèle Haenel, Louise Blachère, Warren Jacquin, Christel Baras, Marie Gili-Pierre
- Genre Drama, Romance
- Available on Criterion Channel
Dangal
(दंगल)
A former wrestler raises a family of international wrestling champions in this inspiring biopic.
- India, United States • 2016
- Director Nitesh Tiwari
- Cast Aamir Khan, Fatima Sana Shaikh, Sanya Malhotra, Sakshi Tanwar, Aparshakti Khurana, Zaira Wasim
- Genre Action, Bollywood, Drama
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Maiden
Director Alex Holmes chronicles the unprecedented journey of 24-year-old Tracy Edwards and the first all-female sailing crew to enter the nine-month Whitbread Round the World Race.
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- United Kingdom • 2019
- Director Alex Holmes
- Cast Tracy Edwards
- Genre Documentary
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube, Spectrum On Demand
Cold Sweat
(عرق سرد)
Based on a real-life incident: an Iranian futsal champion can’t travel to a match abroad without her husband’s permission.
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- Iran • 2018
- Director Soheil Beiraghi
- Cast Baran Kosari, Amir Jadidi, Sahar Dolatshahi, Leili Rashidi, Hoda Zeynolabedin
- Genre Drama
- Available on Kanopy
Over the Limit
An elite Russian rhythmic gymnast pushes herself to extremes in an attempt to win a gold medal at the Olympic Games.
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- Poland, Germany, Finland • 2018
- Director Marta Prus
- Cast Margarita Mamun
- Genre Documentary
- Available on Film Movement Plus, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube, Kanopy, Hoopla
Learning to Skateboard in a Warzone (If You're a Girl)
The story of young Afghan girls learning to read, write and skateboard in Kabul.
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- United Kingdom • 2019
- Director Carol Dysinger
- Cast
- Genre Documentary
- Available on Apple TV, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Kanopy
Battle of the Sexes
The true story of the 1973 tennis match between World number one Billie Jean King and ex-champ and serial hustler Bobby Riggs.
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- United Kingdom, United States • 2017
- Director Valerie Faris
- Cast Emma Stone, Steve Carell, Andrea Riseborough, Sarah Silverman, Bill Pullman, Alan Cumming
- Genre Comedy, Drama, History
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Spectrum On Demand
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.
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- 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
Mary Kom
(मैरी कोम)
A chronicle of the life of Indian boxer 'Mary Kom' who went through several hardships before audaciously accomplishing her ultimate dream.
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- India • 2014
- Director Omung Kumar
- Cast Priyanka Chopra, Darshan Kumaar, Shishir Sharma, Sunil Thapa, Robin Das, Zachary Coffin
- Genre Action, Drama, History
- Available on Netflix, Netflix basic with Ads, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, YouTube
Fighting with My Family
A comedy about a family that fights a little differently.
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- United Kingdom, United States • 2019
- Director Stephen Merchant
- Cast Florence Pugh, Vince Vaughn, Lena Headey, Nick Frost, Dwayne Johnson, Jack Lowden
- Genre Comedy, Drama
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube, Plex, Microsoft Store, Tubi TV
Spotlight: British Crime Dramas (2010s Edition)
When it comes to crime dramas, few countries are as known for their shows about police officers, detectives, and criminal investigations as the British. The past decade in particular was a spectacular period for British crime dramas, so we present here a selection of our favorites from the 2010s.
Line of Duty
Steve Arnett and his partner Kate Fleming work to uncover corruption in the police force and bring those responsible to justice.
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- United Kingdom • 2012
- Creator Jed Mercurio
- Cast Martin Compston, Vicky McClure, Adrian Dunbar, Gregory Piper
- Genre Crime, Drama, Mystery
- Available on Tubi TV, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Amazon Prime Video, Crackle, Hulu, The CW, Acorn TV, BritBox, AcornTV Amazon Channel, BritBox Amazon Channel, The Roku Channel, Hoopla, fuboTV, Pluto TV, Peacock Premium, Peacock Premium Plus, Spectrum On Demand, Plex, Freevee, Britbox Apple TV Channel , Acorn TV Apple TV, Plex Channel, Amazon Prime Video with Ads
Sherlock
The classic duo takes on modern London.
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- United Kingdom, United States • 2010
- Creator Mark Gatiss, Steven Moffat
- Cast Mark Gatiss, Una Stubbs
- Genre Crime, Drama, Mystery
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Hulu, BritBox, BritBox Amazon Channel, PBS Masterpiece Amazon Channel, Britbox Apple TV Channel
Happy Valley
Catherine, a dedicated copper in West Yorkshire, must keep Calder Valley safe as she investigates drug cases.
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- United Kingdom • 2014
- Creator Sally Wainwright
- Cast Shane Zaza
- Genre Drama, Crime
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, fuboTV, AMC+ Amazon Channel, AMC+ Roku Premium Channel
Vera
A sharp detective with a messy life, detective inspector Vera Stanhope investigates crimes taking place in her "patch" of northeast England.
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- United Kingdom • 2011
- Creator Ann Cleeves
- Cast Brenda Blethyn, Jon Morrison
- Genre Crime, Drama, Mystery
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, Amazon Prime Video, BritBox, BritBox Amazon Channel, The Roku Channel, Britbox Apple TV Channel , Amazon Prime Video with Ads
Shetland
D.I. Jimmy Perez and his team investigate crime within the close knit community living on the Shetland Islands.
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- United Kingdom • 2013
- Creator Ann Cleeves
- Cast Douglas Henshall, Alison O'Donnell, Steven Robertson, Mark Bonnar, Erin Armstrong, Julie Graham
- Genre Crime, Drama, Mystery
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, BritBox, BritBox Amazon Channel, Britbox Apple TV Channel
Endeavour
This prequel to the long-running series "Inspector Morse" follows the titular Endeavour Morse's early days as a detective with the Oxford City Police CID.
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- United Kingdom • 2013
- Creator Russell Lewis
- Cast Shaun Evans, Roger Allam, James Bradshaw, Sean Rigby
- Genre Crime, Drama, Mystery
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Amazon Prime Video, PBS, PBS Masterpiece Amazon Channel, Amazon Prime Video with Ads
Informer
Raza, a young second-generation British-Pakistani man from London is coerced by Gabe, a counterterrorism officer, into informing.
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- United Kingdom • 2018
- Creator
- Cast Nabhaan Rizwan, Paddy Considine
- Genre Drama, Crime
- Available on BritBox, BritBox Amazon Channel, MZ Choice Amazon Channel, Mhz Choice, Britbox Apple TV Channel
Luther
For Luther, the job always comes first. But his dedication may be both a blessing and a curse.
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- United Kingdom • 2010
- Creator Neil Cross
- Cast Idris Elba, Ruth Wilson, Dermot Crowley
- Genre Crime, Drama, Mystery
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Hulu, BritBox, BritBox Amazon Channel, Hoopla, Pluto TV, Britbox Apple TV Channel
Scott & Bailey
A detective constable odd couple duo investigate murders for the Manchester Metropolitan Police Department.
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- United Kingdom • 2011
- Creator Sally Wainwright
- Cast Lesley Sharp, Suranne Jones, Sally Lindsay
- Genre Crime, Drama
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, BritBox, BritBox Amazon Channel, Hoopla, Britbox Apple TV Channel
The Fall
Detective Superintendent Stella Gibson must work to keep Belfast safe from a dedicated killer.
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- United Kingdom • 2013
- Creator Allan Cubitt
- Cast Jamie Dornan, Gillian Anderson, John Lynch
- Genre Drama, Crime
- Available on Tubi TV, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Amazon Prime Video, Acorn TV, Sundance Now, BritBox, AcornTV Amazon Channel, BritBox Amazon Channel, Pluto TV, Spectrum On Demand, AMC+, AMC+ Amazon Channel, Britbox Apple TV Channel , AMC Plus Apple TV Channel , DistroTV, Acorn TV Apple TV, Plex Channel, Amazon Prime Video with Ads
Broadchurch
A big case in a small town gains media attention as cops try to solve a murder.
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- United Kingdom • 2013
- Creator Chris Chibnall
- Cast David Tennant, Hannah Millward
- Genre Crime, Drama, Mystery
- Available on Tubi TV, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Amazon Prime Video, The Roku Channel, Hoopla, PBS Masterpiece Amazon Channel, Pluto TV, Peacock Premium, Peacock Premium Plus, Plex, Freevee, Xumo Play, Plex Channel, Amazon Prime Video with Ads
Father Brown
Based on G. K. Chesterton's detective stories about a Catholic priest who doubles as an amateur detective.
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- United Kingdom • 2013
- Creator Tahsin Guner, Rachel Flowerday
- Cast Mark Williams, Sorcha Cusack, Nancy Carroll, Jack Deam
- Genre Drama, Crime, Mystery
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, BritBox, BritBox Amazon Channel, Hoopla, Britbox Apple TV Channel
Spotlight: Welcome, Madam Vice President!
On January 20th, the United States will admit to office the first female Vice President in the country's history. To commemorate this historic moment, we present these stories -- both fiction and non-fiction -- of other women who have made their mark on the political landscape.
The Edge of Democracy
(Democracia em Vertigem)
A disturbing exploration into the complex truths behind the unraveling of two Brazilian presidencies.
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- Brazil • 2019
- Director Petra Costa
- Cast Dilma Rousseff, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, Michel Temer, Eduardo Cunha, Jair Bolsonaro
- Genre Documentary
- Available on Netflix, Netflix basic with Ads
The Crown
The decades-spanning inside story of Queen Elizabeth II and the prime ministers who shaped post-war Britain.
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- United Kingdom • 2016
- Creator Peter Morgan
- Cast Olivia Colman, Tobias Menzies, Helena Bonham Carter, Josh O'Connor, Emma Corrin, Marion Bailey
- Genre Drama
- Available on Netflix, Netflix basic with Ads
The Great Queen Seondeok
(선덕여왕)
A riveting historical piece about Queen Seondeok of Silla (632-647AD), the first female monarch in Korean history.
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- Korea • 2009
- Creator
- Cast Lee Yo-won, Nam Ji-hyeon, Kim Nam-gil, Ko Hyun-jung, Uhm Tae-woong, Lee Hyun-woo
- Genre Drama, History
- Available on Kocowa, OnDemandKorea
The Iron Lady
Power has a price.
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- United Kingdom, France • 2011
- Director Phyllida Lloyd
- Cast Meryl Streep, Anthony Stewart Head, Harry Lloyd, Jim Broadbent, Susan Brown, Alice da Cunha
- Genre History, Drama
- Available on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Tubi TV, The Roku Channel, Pluto TV, Freevee, Hoopla, Plex Channel
Borgen
Denmark's first female Prime Minister grapples with her new role and the sacrifices she must make as her country's leader.
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- Denmark • 2010
- Creator Adam Price
- Cast Lars Knutzon, Lars Mikkelsen
- Genre Drama
- Available on Netflix, Netflix basic with Ads
The Favourite
Two cousins compete viciously for the favor of their Queen.
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- Ireland, United Kingdom, United States • 2019
- Director Yorgos Lanthimos
- Cast Olivia Colman, Emma Stone, Rachel Weisz, Nicholas Hoult, Joe Alwyn, Mark Gatiss
- Genre Drama, History, Comedy
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube
Princess Mononoke
(もののけ姫)
The fate of the world rests on the courage of one warrior.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 1997
- Director Hayao Miyazaki
- Cast Yōji Matsuda, Yuriko Ishida, Yūko Tanaka, Kaoru Kobayashi, Masahiko Nishimura, Tsunehiko Kamijô
- Genre Adventure, Animation, Fantasy
- Available on Max Amazon Channel, Max, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube
The Rise of Phoenixes
(天盛長歌)
An intense political drama set in the early years of the fictional Tiansheng dynasty.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- China • 2018
- Creator
- Cast Chen Kun, Ni Ni, Ni Dahong, Qu Gaowei, Bai Jing Ting, Wang Ou
- Genre Drama
- Available on Rakuten Viki
Farewell, My Queen
(Les adieux à la reine)
In France, the Queen’s life of extraordinary luxury begins to collapse as the monarchy teeters on the edge of disaster.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- France, Spain • 2012
- Director Benoît Jacquot
- Cast Léa Seydoux, Diane Kruger, Virginie Ledoyen, Xavier Beauvois, Noémie Lvovsky, Julie-Marie Parmentier
- Genre Drama, History
- Available on Cohen Media Amazon Channel, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, YouTube, Tubi TV, Kanopy
This Is Our Land
(Chez nous)
A young nurse runs for mayor as a member of a far-right political party.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- France, Belgium • 2017
- Director Lucas Belvaux
- Cast André Dussollier, Guillaume Gouix, Catherine Jacob, Anne Marivin
- Genre Drama
- Available on OVID, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube, Tubi TV, VUDU Free, Kanopy
Benazir Bhutto - Daughter of Power
(Benazir Bhutto - Tochter der Macht)
A documentary about Benazir Bhutto, former Pakistani prime minister and the world's first female Muslim leader.
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- Germany • 2008
- Director Philip Selkirk
- Cast
- Genre
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, YouTube
The Kingmaker
A journey through the Marcos family's history of corruption, extravagance and brutality as former First Family of the Philippines.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Denmark, United States • 2019
- Director Lauren Greenfield
- Cast Imelda Marcos
- Genre Documentary
- Available on fuboTV, Paramount+ Amazon Channel, Paramount+ Roku Premium Channel, Paramount+ with Showtime, Paramount Plus Apple TV Channel , Fandango At Home, Amazon Video
Spotlight: Directors: Happy 80th, Hayao Miyazaki!
Happy 80th birthday to Hayao Miyazaki! A co-founder of the famed animation studio, Studio Ghibli, he is the screenwriter, animator, director, and producer behind several of the most acclaimed and beloved animation films ever made.
Castle in the Sky
(天空の城ラピュタ)
Two kids race to find a lost civilization and keep a magic crystal out of the wrong hands.
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- Japan • 1986
- Director Hayao Miyazaki
- Cast Keiko Yokozawa, Mayumi Tanaka, Minori Terada, Kotoe Hatsui, Fujio Tokita, Ichirō Nagai
- Genre Adventure, Fantasy, Animation, Action, Family, Romance
- Available on Max Amazon Channel, Max, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Plex
Kiki's Delivery Service
(魔女の宅急便)
A young witch goes on fantastic adventures as she runs her own delivery service.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 1989
- Director Hayao Miyazaki
- Cast Minami Takayama, Rei Sakuma, Kappei Yamaguchi, Keiko Toda, Mieko Nobusawa, Kôichi Miura
- Genre Animation, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Family
- Available on Max Amazon Channel, Max, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store
My Neighbor Totoro
(となりのトトロ)
Sisters and spirits come together in this magical tale.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 1988
- Director Hayao Miyazaki
- Cast Noriko Hidaka, Hitoshi Takagi, Chika Sakamoto, Shigesato Itoi, Sumi Shimamoto, Tanie Kitabayashi
- Genre Animation, Family, Fantasy
- Available on Max Amazon Channel, Max, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Plex
The Wind Rises
(風立ちぬ)
We must live.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 2013
- Director Hayao Miyazaki
- Cast Hideaki Anno, Miori Takimoto, Hidetoshi Nishijima, Masahiko Nishimura, Stephen Alpert, Morio Kazama
- Genre Animation
- Available on Max Amazon Channel, Max, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube
Ponyo
(崖の上のポニョ)
A fish makes herself human to return to a boy on land, but she must fix the disastrous consequences of her magic.
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- Japan • 2008
- Director Hayao Miyazaki
- Cast Yuria Nara, Hiroki Doi, George Tokoro, Tomoko Yamaguchi, Yuki Amami, Kazushige Nagashima
- Genre Animation, Family
- Available on Max Amazon Channel, Max, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Plex
Lupin III: The Castle of Cagliostro
(ルパン三世 カリオストロの城)
A plucky master thief must find the source of a forgery and save a beautiful princess in the country of Cagliostro.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 1979
- Director Hayao Miyazaki
- Cast Yasuo Yamada, Eiko Masuyama, Kiyoshi Kobayashi, Gorō Naya, Sumi Shimamoto
- Genre Adventure, Animation, Comedy, Crime
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Hoopla
Princess Mononoke
(もののけ姫)
The fate of the world rests on the courage of one warrior.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 1997
- Director Hayao Miyazaki
- Cast Yōji Matsuda, Yuriko Ishida, Yūko Tanaka, Kaoru Kobayashi, Masahiko Nishimura, Tsunehiko Kamijô
- Genre Adventure, Animation, Fantasy
- Available on Max Amazon Channel, Max, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube
Howl's Moving Castle
(ハウルの動く城)
A young woman cursed with old age seeks the help of an insecure magician and his companions, who live in a moving castle.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 2004
- Director Hayao Miyazaki
- Cast Chieko Baisho, Takuya Kimura, Akihiro Miwa, Tatsuya Gashūin, Ryunosuke Kamiki
- Genre Fantasy, Animation, Adventure
- Available on Max Amazon Channel, Max, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube
Spirited Away
(千と千尋の神隠し)
A ten-year-old girl must save her parents from hostile spirits.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 2001
- Director Hayao Miyazaki
- Cast Rumi Hiiragi, Miyu Irino, Mari Natsuki, Bunta Sugawara, Yumi Tamai, Ryunosuke Kamiki
- Genre Animation, Family, Fantasy
- Available on Max Amazon Channel, Max, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Plex
Porco Rosso
(紅の豚)
When pigs fly...
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 1992
- Director Hayao Miyazaki
- Cast Shûichirô Moriyama, Tokiko Katô, Sanshi Katsura, Tsunehiko Kamijô, Akemi Okamura, Akio Otsuka
- Genre Comedy, Animation, Adventure
- Available on Max Amazon Channel, Max, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube
Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind
(風の谷のナウシカ)
A young girl's love called forth miracles.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan, United States • 1984
- Director Hayao Miyazaki
- Cast Sumi Shimamoto, Ichirō Nagai, Gorō Naya, Yōji Matsuda, Yoshiko Sakakibara, Iemasa Kayumi
- Genre Adventure, Animation, Fantasy
- Available on Max Amazon Channel, Max, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube
Sherlock Hound
(名探偵ホームズ)
A loose retelling of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's "Sherlock Holmes" where all the characters are animals.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan, Italy • 1984
- Creator Hayao Miyazaki, Kyosuke Mikuriya
- Cast Taichirō Hirokawa, Chikao Ohtsuka, Yôko Asagami, Kousei Tomita, Shozo Iizuka, Hiroshi Masuoka
- Genre Action & Adventure, Animation, Mystery
- Available on Amazon Video, Hulu, The Roku Channel, Retrocrush, Freevee
Spotlight: 2021, Here We Come!
After the tumultuous events of 2020, we’re all looking forward to new beginnings in 2021. From fresh starts to second chances, these films will inspire you with stories of redemption, rebirth, renewal, and a sense of hope toward the prospect of starting anew.
Slumdog Millionaire
What does it take to find a lost love? A. Money, B. Luck, C. Smarts, or D. Destiny?
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- United Kingdom, United States, France • 2008
- Director Danny Boyle, Loveleen Tandan
- Cast Dev Patel, Freida Pinto, Anil Kapoor, Mia Drake Inderbitzin, Saurabh Shukla, Rajendranath Zutshi
- Genre Drama, Romance
- Available on Fandango At Home, Microsoft Store
Brooklyn
Two countries. Two loves. One heart.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- United Kingdom, Canada (Quebec), Ireland, Belgium • 2015
- Director John Crowley
- Cast Saoirse Ronan, Domhnall Gleeson, Emory Cohen, Jim Broadbent, Julie Walters, Jessica Paré
- Genre Drama, Romance
- Available on Max Amazon Channel, Max, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube
A Paris Education
(Mes provinciales)
An impressionable film student tries to find his own voice in the vibrant, but sometimes suffocating, Sorbonne environment.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- France • 2018
- Director Jean-Paul Civeyrac
- Cast Andranic Manet, Corentin Fila, Gonzague Van Bervesseles, Diane Rouxel, Jenna Thiam, Nicolas Bouchaud
- Genre Drama
- Available on Kino Film Collection, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, YouTube, Kanopy
My Happy Family
(ჩემი ბედნიერი ოჯახი)
In a patriarchal society, Manana defies her family to create her own path--unafraid of any and all consequences.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Georgia, Germany, France • 2017
- Director Simon Groß
- Cast Ia Shugliashvili, Merab Ninidze, Berta Khapava, Tsisia Qumsashvili, Giorgi Khurtsilava
- Genre Drama
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Phoenix
A noirish study of treachery, identity, and survival.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Germany, Poland • 2014
- Director Christian Petzold
- Cast Nina Hoss, Ronald Zehrfeld, Nina Kunzendorf, Trystan Pütter, Michael Maertens, Imogen Kogge
- Genre Drama
- Available on MUBI, MUBI Amazon Channel, Criterion Channel, AMC+ Amazon Channel, IFC Films Unlimited Apple TV Channel, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, YouTube, Kanopy
The Big City
(মহানগর)
Life at home changes when a housewife from a middle-class, conservative family in Calcutta gets a job as a salesperson.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- India • 1963
- Director Satyajit Ray
- Cast Anil Chatterjee, Madhabi Mukherjee, Jaya Bachchan, Haren Chatterjee, Sefalika Devi, Prasenjit Sarkar
- Genre Drama
- Available on Criterion Channel, Max Amazon Channel, Max, Apple TV, Amazon Video
The Passenger
(Professione: reporter)
He used to be somebody else…but he traded himself in.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Italy, Spain, France • 1975
- Director Michelangelo Antonioni
- Cast Jack Nicholson, Maria Schneider, Jenny Runacre, Ian Hendry, Steven Berkoff, Ambroise Mbia
- Genre Thriller, Drama
- Available on Fandango At Home
Les Misérables
An epic tale of the life of a French prisoner set against the backdrop of the June 1832 Rebellion
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- United Kingdom, United States, France • 2012
- Director Tom Hooper
- Cast Hugh Jackman, Russell Crowe, Anne Hathaway, Amanda Seyfried, Sacha Baron Cohen, Helena Bonham Carter
- Genre Drama, History
- Available on Peacock Premium, Peacock Premium Plus, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Spectrum On Demand
The Intouchables
(Intouchables)
In some friendships, opposites repel before they attract.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- France • 2011
- Director Olivier Nakache
- Cast François Cluzet, Omar Sy, Audrey Fleurot, Anne Le Ny, Clotilde Mollet, Alba Gaïa Bellugi
- Genre Comedy, Drama
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Freevee, Kanopy, Hoopla, Plex, Plex Channel
Billy Liar
Three girls. One Liar. One ring. What could go wrong?
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- United Kingdom • 1963
- Director John Schlesinger
- Cast Tom Courtenay, Wilfred Pickles, Mona Washbourne, Ethel Griffies, Finlay Currie, Gwendolyn Watts
- Genre Comedy, Drama, Romance
- Available on Kanopy
Girl
A transgender 15-year-old girl dreams of becoming a ballerina.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Belgium, Canada (Quebec), Netherlands • 2018
- Director Lukas Dhont
- Cast Victor Polster, Arieh Worthalter, Oliver Bodart, Tijmen Govaerts, Chris Thys, Nele Hardiman
- Genre Drama
- Available on Netflix, Netflix basic with Ads
The Other Side of Hope
(Toivon tuolla puolen)
A gambler and a refugee look to smuggle the refugee's sister out of Lithuania.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Finland, Germany • 2017
- Director Aki Kaurismäki
- Cast Sakari Kuosmanen, Sherwan Haji, Simon Al-Bazoon, Janne Hyytiäinen, Nuppu Koivu
- Genre Comedy, Drama
- Available on Criterion Channel, Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, YouTube
Spotlight: Surviving the Apocalypse
The coronavirus pandemic made 2020 a year like no other, but the end is finally in sight. With this apocalyptic period coming to a close, we now enter the “post-apocalypse” — a chance to reunite, rebuild, and relish the fact that things didn’t get quite as bad as they did in these movies.
Snowpiercer
In 2031, the passengers aboard the Snowpiercer are the only survivors on Earth.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Korea, Czech Republic • 2013
- Director Bong Joon-ho
- Cast Chris Evans, Song Kang-ho, Ed Harris, John Hurt, Tilda Swinton, Jamie Bell
- Genre Action, Science Fiction, Drama
- Available on MGM Plus, fuboTV, Epix Amazon Channel, MGM Plus Roku Premium Channel, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Tubi TV, The Roku Channel, Plex Channel
One Cut of the Dead
(カメラを止めるな!)
Real zombies attack a director and his film crew who are shooting a low-budget zombie film in an abandoned building.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 2017
- Director Shinichiro Ueda
- Cast Takayuki Hamatsu, Yuzuki Akiyama, Kazuaki Nagaya, Harumi Shuhama, Mao, Hiroshi Ichihara
- Genre Comedy, Horror
- Available on Shudder, Shudder Amazon Channel, AMC+, AMC+ Amazon Channel, AMC+ Roku Premium Channel, AMC Plus Apple TV Channel , Shudder Apple TV Channel, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Hoopla
Time of the Wolf
(Le temps du loup)
One family struggles for survival after an unknown disaster leads to the collapse of civilization.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- France, Austria, Germany • 2003
- Director Michael Haneke
- Cast Isabelle Huppert, Patrice Chéreau, Brigitte Roüan, Daniel Duval, Béatrice Dalle, Anaïs Demoustier
- Genre Drama
- Available on Metrograph, Strand Releasing Amazon Channel, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube, Tubi TV, Kanopy
Attack on Titan
(進撃の巨人)
When the human race is hunted nearly to extinction by giant monsters, a small group of humans fight back.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 2013
- Creator
- Cast Yūki Kaji, Marina Inoue, Yui Ishikawa, Hiroshi Kamiya, Saki Fujita, Yoshimasa Hosoya
- Genre Action & Adventure, Animation, Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, War & Politics
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, Hulu, Microsoft Store, Crunchyroll, Adult Swim, Spectrum On Demand, Crunchyroll Amazon Channel
Mad Max: Fury Road
In an apocalyptic future, two rebels join forces.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Australia, United States • 2015
- Director George Miller
- Cast Tom Hardy, Charlize Theron, Nicholas Hoult, Hugh Keays-Byrne, Josh Helman, Nathan Jones
- Genre Action, Adventure, Science Fiction
- Available on Max Amazon Channel, Max, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Spectrum On Demand, Plex
Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind
(風の谷のナウシカ)
A young girl's love called forth miracles.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan, United States • 1984
- Director Hayao Miyazaki
- Cast Sumi Shimamoto, Ichirō Nagai, Gorō Naya, Yōji Matsuda, Yoshiko Sakakibara, Iemasa Kayumi
- Genre Adventure, Animation, Fantasy
- Available on Max Amazon Channel, Max, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube
The Survivalist
In a time of starvation, a survivalist lives off a small plot of land hidden deep in the forest.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- United Kingdom • 2015
- Director Stephen Fingleton
- Cast Mia Goth, Martin McCann, Olwen Fouéré, Barry Ward, Andrew Simpson
- Genre Drama, Science Fiction, Thriller
- Available on Shudder, Shudder Amazon Channel, AMC+ Amazon Channel, Shudder Apple TV Channel, IFC Films Unlimited Apple TV Channel, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Kanopy
Shaun of the Dead
"Dawn of the Dead" gets a satirical update with this 30-something loser.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- United Kingdom, France • 2004
- Director Edgar Wright
- Cast Simon Pegg, Kate Ashfield, Lucy Davis, Nick Frost, Dylan Moran, Bill Nighy
- Genre Horror, Comedy
- Available on Starz, Starz Roku Premium Channel, Starz Amazon Channel, Starz Apple TV Channel, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube
Z for Zachariah
After the end of the world she thought she was alone. She was wrong.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Iceland, Switzerland, United States • 2015
- Director Craig Zobel
- Cast Margot Robbie, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Chris Pine
- Genre Drama, Science Fiction, Thriller
- Available on Starz, Starz Amazon Channel, Starz Apple TV Channel, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Spectrum On Demand
Into the Forest
When society collapses, two sisters take their chances in the wild -- but the forest can be unforgiving.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Canada • 2016
- Director Patricia Rozema
- Cast Ellen Page, Evan Rachel Wood, Max Minghella, Callum Keith Rennie, Michael Eklund, Wendy Crewson
- Genre Drama, Science Fiction
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Kanopy
Threads
The closest you'll ever want to come to a nuclear winter.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- United Kingdom, Australia, United States • 1984
- Director Mick Jackson
- Cast Karen Meagher, Reece Dinsdale, David Brierly, Rita May, Nicholas Lane, Jane Hazlegrove
- Genre War, Drama, TV Movie, Horror
- Available on MUBI, Shudder, Fandor Amazon Channel, MUBI Amazon Channel, Shudder Amazon Channel, Night Flight Plus, Midnight Pulp, Shudder Apple TV Channel, Apple TV, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, Tubi TV, Filmzie, Cineverse, Kanopy, Hoopla, FlixHouse, Darkroom
28 Days Later
His fear began when he woke up alone. His terror began when he realised he wasn't.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- United Kingdom • 2002
- Director Danny Boyle
- Cast Cillian Murphy, Naomie Harris, Brendan Gleeson, Megan Burns, Christopher Eccleston, Noah Huntley
- Genre Horror, Thriller, Science Fiction
- Available on Apple TV, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store
Spotlight: I Spy a Spy: A Tribute to John le Carré
Having worked for both MI5 and MI6, John le Carré was uniquely qualified to write espionage novels, many of which were made into movies, which went on to influence the genre as a whole. This week we offer a tribute to the spymaster himself.
Le Petit Soldat
(Le petit soldat)
Split between love and his country, a French deserter during the Algerian war is forced to prove his loyalty.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- France • 1963
- Director Jean-Luc Godard
- Cast Michel Subor, Anna Karina, Henri-Jacques Huet, Paul Beauvais, László Szabó, Georges de Beauregard
- Genre Drama, War
- Available on Criterion Channel
A Most Wanted Man
A Chechen Muslim illegally immigrates to Hamburg and becomes a person of interest for a covert government team
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- United Kingdom, United States, Germany • 2014
- Director Anton Corbijn
- Cast Philip Seymour Hoffman, Rachel McAdams, Robin Wright, Daniel Brühl, Willem Dafoe, Grigoriy Dobrygin
- Genre Thriller
- Available on Max Amazon Channel, Max, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube
Black Book
(Zwartboek)
To fight the enemy, she must become one of them.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Netherlands, Germany, United Kingdom • 2006
- Director Paul Verhoeven
- Cast Carice van Houten, Sebastian Koch, Thom Hoffman, Halina Reijn, Waldemar Kobus, Matthias Schoenaerts
- Genre Drama, Thriller, War
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube
Bridge of Spies
An American lawyer is charged with defending a Soviet spy and negotiating his exchange for an American hostage in the USSR.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Germany, India, United States • 2015
- Director Steven Spielberg
- Cast Tom Hanks, Mark Rylance, Amy Ryan, Alan Alda, Sebastian Koch, Austin Stowell
- Genre Thriller, Drama
- Available on MGM Plus, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube
OSS 117: Cairo, Nest of Spies
(OSS 117 : Le Caire, nid d'espions)
The Pride of French Intelligence.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- France • 2006
- Director Michel Hazanavicius
- Cast Jean Dujardin, Bérénice Bejo, Aure Atika, Philippe Lefebvre, Constantin Alexandrov, Saïd Amadis
- Genre Crime, Action, Adventure, Comedy
- Available on Fandor Amazon Channel, fuboTV, OVID, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube, Crackle, Tubi TV, Kanopy, Hoopla, Plex, Plex Channel
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
Kingsman: The Secret Service
A suave spy takes a scrappy teenager under his wing. The kid's got talent, but manners maketh man.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- United Kingdom, United States • 2014
- Director Matthew Vaughn
- Cast Taron Egerton, Colin Firth, Mark Strong, Samuel L. Jackson, Sophie Cookson, Sofia Boutella
- Genre Crime, Comedy, Action, Adventure
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube
Atomic Blonde
Talents can be overrated.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Germany, Sweden, United States • 2017
- Director David Leitch
- Cast Charlize Theron, James McAvoy, Sofia Boutella, Eddie Marsan, Toby Jones, John Goodman
- Genre Action, Mystery, Thriller
- Available on Peacock Premium, Peacock Premium Plus, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube
Army of Shadows
(L'Armée des ombres)
Betrayal. Loyalty. Collaboration. Resistance.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- France, Italy • 1969
- Director Jean-Pierre Melville
- Cast Lino Ventura, Paul Meurisse, Jean-Pierre Cassel, Simone Signoret, Paul Crauchet, Christian Barbier
- Genre War, Drama
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube
From Russia with Love
The world's masters of murder pull out all the stops to destroy Agent 007!
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- United Kingdom, United States • 1963
- Director Terence Young
- Cast Sean Connery, Daniela Bianchi, Lotte Lenya, Bernard Lee, Desmond Llewelyn, Lois Maxwell
- Genre Action, Adventure, Thriller
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Plex
The Constant Gardener
After a British diplomat's wife is murdered, he discovers those with the most reason to silence her are closer to home than he ever imagined.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- United Kingdom, Germany, United States • 2005
- Director Fernando Meirelles
- Cast Ralph Fiennes, Rachel Weisz, Danny Huston, Bill Nighy, Donald Sumpter, Pete Postlethwaite
- Genre Drama, Mystery, Thriller
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Spectrum On Demand
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
Flame & Citron
(Flammen & Citronen)
During World War II, two assassins in the Danish resistance must navigate doubt and betrayal in order to survive and identify a double agent.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Denmark, Germany, Norway • 2008
- Director Ole Christian Madsen
- Cast Thure Lindhardt, Mads Mikkelsen, Stine Stengade, Peter Mygind, Mille Lehfeldt, Christian Berkel
- Genre Drama, History, Thriller, Adventure
- Available on AMC+, AMC+ Amazon Channel, IFC Films Unlimited Apple TV Channel, Amazon Video, Kanopy
Enter the Dragon
A skilled martial artist is recruited to go undercover in a crime lord's tournament.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Hong Kong, United States • 1973
- Director Robert Clouse
- Cast Bruce Lee, John Saxon, Jim Kelly, Sek Kin, Ahna Capri, Robert Wall
- Genre Action
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Spectrum On Demand
Casino Royale
Everyone has a past. Every legend has a beginning.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- United Kingdom, Czech Republic, United States • 2006
- Director Martin Campbell
- Cast Daniel Craig, Eva Green, Mads Mikkelsen, Judi Dench, Jeffrey Wright, Giancarlo Giannini
- Genre Adventure, Action, Thriller
- Available on Paramount Plus Apple TV Channel , Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Pluto TV
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
Spotlight: Movies about Movies (about Movies)
In this week’s Spotlight, directors turn the camera on their own craft, investigating what goes into making great cinema. The result is a series of stories about actors, writers, directors, and producers -- as well as massive budgets and microbudgets, meticulous planning and random chance, political pressure and personal passion.
Contempt
(Le Mépris)
A vivid display of conflict between passion and art.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- France, Italy • 1963
- Director Jean-Luc Godard
- Cast Brigitte Bardot, Michel Piccoli, Jack Palance, Giorgia Moll, Fritz Lang, Raoul Coutard
- Genre Drama
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Claire's Camera
(클레어의 카메라)
Sometimes you need to see the photo to see the truth.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Korea, France • 2018
- Director Hong Sang-soo
- Cast Isabelle Huppert, Kim Min-hee, Chang Mi-hee, Jung Jin-young, Shahira Fahmy, Yoon Heesun
- Genre Drama
- Available on Metrograph, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, YouTube, Kanopy
Their Finest
During the Blitz of World War II, a female screenwriter works on a film celebrating England's resilience as a way to buoy a weary populace's spirits.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- United Kingdom, Sweden • 2017
- Director Lone Scherfig
- Cast Gemma Arterton, Sam Claflin, Bill Nighy, Richard E. Grant, Jack Huston, Helen McCrory
- Genre Romance, War, Comedy, Drama
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube
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
Bellissima
How far will one mother go?
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Italy • 1951
- Director Luchino Visconti
- Cast Anna Magnani, Walter Chiari, Tina Apicella, Gastone Renzelli, Tecla Scarano
- Genre Comedy, Drama
- Available on Amazon Video, Plex, Plex Channel
Broken Embraces
(Los abrazos rotos)
Facing the past to survive the present.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Spain • 2009
- Director Pedro Almodóvar
- Cast Penélope Cruz, Lluís Homar, Blanca Portillo, José Luis Gómez, Rubén Ochandiano, Tamar Novas
- Genre Drama, Romance, Thriller
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube
8½
A film director suffers creative block as he prepares his next movie and navigates the relationships of his life.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- 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
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.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- 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
The Beaches of Agnès
(Les Plages d'Agnès)
Filmmaking icon Agnès Varda turns the camera on herself.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- France • 2008
- Director Agnès Varda
- Cast Agnès Varda, André Lubrano, Blaise Fournier, Vincent Fournier, Rosalie Varda, Mathieu Demy
- Genre Documentary
- Available on Criterion Channel, DocAlliance Films, Kanopy
The Artist
An homage to Hollywood silent filmmaking about a romance between a fading silent film star and a rising actress at the dawn of film's sound era.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- France, United States, Belgium • 2011
- Director Michel Hazanavicius
- Cast Jean Dujardin, Bérénice Bejo, John Goodman, James Cromwell, Penelope Ann Miller, Malcolm McDowell
- Genre Comedy, Drama, Romance
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Spectrum On Demand, Tubi TV, The Roku Channel, Pluto TV, Hoopla, Plex, Plex Channel
Cinema Paradiso
(Nuovo Cinema Paradiso)
A celebration of youth, friendship, and the everlasting magic of the movies.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Italy, France • 1988
- Director Giuseppe Tornatore
- Cast Philippe Noiret, Jacques Perrin, Marco Leonardi, Salvatore Cascio, Agnese Nano, Antonella Attili
- Genre Drama, Romance
- Available on Amazon Prime Video, MGM Plus, fuboTV, Epix Amazon Channel, MGM Plus Roku Premium Channel, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube
This Is Not a Film
(این فیلم نیست)
If we could tell a film, then why make a film?
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Iran • 2011
- Director Jafar Panahi
- Cast Jafar Panahi, Igi, Mrs. Gheirat, Mojtaba Mirtahmasb, Rakhsan, Sima
- Genre Documentary
- Available on Kanopy