Spotlight: World Cup 2022
With a billion people estimated to watch the World Cup, soccer is everywhere this month. With that in mind, we present these soccer stories from around the world, ranging from documentaries on the star players, to dramas about the impact of those players on the rest of us.
The Keeper
(Trautmann)
A former Nazi becomes a British hero when he finds he excels at soccer.
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- Germany, United Kingdom • 2018
- Director Marcus H. Rosenmüller
- Cast David Kross, Freya Mavor, John Henshaw, Gary Lewis, Harry Melling, Michael Socha
- Genre Drama, History, War
- Available on Amazon Prime Video, Peacock Premium, Peacock Premium Plus, Chai Flicks, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Strand Releasing Amazon Channel, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, YouTube, Tubi TV, The Roku Channel, VUDU Free, Kanopy
The Damned United
The controversial story of Brian Clough’s 44 day reign as head manager of the Leeds United football club in 1974.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- United Kingdom • 2009
- Director Tom Hooper
- Cast Michael Sheen, Timothy Spall, Colm Meaney, Jim Broadbent, Maurice Roeves, Stephen Graham
- Genre Drama
- Available on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube
Gregory's Girl
Teenager Gregory develops a crush on Dorothy, the only girl on his soccer team.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- United Kingdom • 1981
- Director Bill Forsyth
- Cast John Gordon Sinclair, Dee Hepburn, Jake D'Arcy, Clare Grogan, Robert Buchanan, Billy Greenlees
- Genre Comedy, Romance
- Available on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube, Tubi TV, Freevee, Kanopy, Hoopla, Plex, Plex Channel
Captains of Za'atari
(كباتن الزعتري)
Fawzi and Mahmoud, two best friends living in Za'atari, the world’s largest camp for Syrian refugees, dream of being professional soccer players.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- • 2021
- Director Ali El Arabi
- Cast Fawzi Qatleesh, Mahmoud Dagher, Xavi Hernández, Robert Lewandowski, Franck Ribéry
- Genre Documentary
- Available on Hulu, Apple TV, Kanopy, Hoopla
The Pass
The night before their debut game, Jason and Ade, two nineteen-year-old professional soccer players, share a kiss.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- United Kingdom • 2016
- Director Ben A. Williams
- Cast Russell Tovey, Arinzé Kene, Lisa McGrillis, Nico Mirallegro, Rory J. Saper
- Genre Drama, Romance
- Available on Dekkoo, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube, Crackle, The Roku Channel, Pluto TV, VUDU Free, Plex Channel
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
Shaolin Soccer
(少林足球)
Get ready to kick some grass!
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Hong Kong, China • 2001
- Director Stephen Chow
- Cast Stephen Chow, Zhao Wei, Ng Man-tat, Patrick Tse Yin, Wong Yat-fei, Tenky Tin Kai-Man
- Genre Action, Comedy
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube, Hoopla
Diego Maradona
Rebel, Hero, Hustler, God.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- United Kingdom • 2019
- Director Asif Kapadia
- Cast Diego Maradona, Pelé, Dalma Maradona, Daniel Arcucci, Alberto Bigon, Gonzalo Bonadeo
- Genre Documentary
- Available on Max Amazon Channel, Max
Infinite Football
(Fotbal infinit)
A former Romanian soccer player works toward uncovering and evaluating new theories and practices with the aim of making the sport of soccer safer for all.
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- Romania • 2018
- Director Corneliu Porumboiu
- Cast Laurențiu Ginghină, Corneliu Porumboiu
- Genre Documentary
- Available on Fandor, Fandor Amazon Channel, Apple TV, Kanopy, Hoopla
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
Offside
(آفساید)
Since women are banned from attending men's sporting events in Iran, a group of female soccer fans disguise themselves as men to watch a match at Tehran's stadium.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Iran • 2006
- Director Jafar Panahi
- Cast Sima Mobarak-Shahi, Shayesteh Irani, Ayda Sadeqi, Golnaz Farmani, Mahnaz Zabihi
- Genre Comedy, Drama
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube
The Hand of God
(È stata la mano di Dio)
Based in part on the life of director Paolo Sorrentino, this film tells the story of a fateful encounter with soccer superstar Diego Maradona.
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- Italy • 2021
- Director Paolo Sorrentino
- Cast Filippo Scotti, Toni Servillo, Teresa Saponangelo, Luisa Ranieri, Marlon Joubert, Massimiliano Gallo
- Genre Comedy, Drama
- Available on Netflix, Netflix basic with Ads
Spotlight: Movies about Math
Abstract thinking is one of those activities that is notoriously difficult to represent onscreen in a compelling way. And yet mathematicians have been among the most important and consequential figures in human history – what could be more cinematic? These films try to do justice to their stories.
Shakuntala Devi
(शकुंतला देवी)
The movie explores Shakuntala Devi's life and her personal relationships, in addition to her mathematical capabilities.
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- India • 2020
- Director Anu Menon
- Cast Vidya Balan, Sanya Malhotra, Jisshu Sengupta, Amit Sadh, Luca Calvani, Sheeba Chaddha
- Genre Bollywood, Comedy, Drama, Family
- Available on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads
The Imitation Game
Alan Turing and his team race against time to decipher Nazi codes during World War II.
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- United Kingdom, United States • 2014
- Director Morten Tyldum
- Cast Benedict Cumberbatch, Keira Knightley, Matthew Goode, Rory Kinnear, Allen Leech, Matthew Beard
- Genre History, Drama, Thriller, War
- Available on Britbox Apple TV Channel , Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube
The Man Who Knew Infinity
The story of Indian mathematician Srinivasa Ramanujan and his mentor G.H. Hardy.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- United Kingdom, United States • 2016
- Director Matt Brown
- Cast Stephen Fry, Kevin McNally, Dev Patel, Devika Bhise, Jeremy Northam, Anthony Calf
- Genre Drama
- Available on fuboTV, AMC+, AMC+ Amazon Channel, Paramount+ Amazon Channel, Paramount+ with Showtime, Paramount Plus Apple TV Channel , AMC Plus Apple TV Channel , IFC Films Unlimited Apple TV Channel, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, The Roku Channel, Pluto TV, Kanopy, Plex, Plex Channel
Fermat's Room
(La Habitación de Fermat)
Four mathematicians must solve a puzzle in order to escape death.
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- Spain • 2007
- Director Luis Piedrahita, Rodrigo Sopeña
- Cast Lluís Homar, Santi Millán, Alejo Sauras, Federico Luppi, Elena Ballesteros, Helena Carrión
- Genre Mystery, Thriller
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Cartesius
The story of French philosopher René Descartes.
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- Italy, France • 1974
- Director Roberto Rossellini
- Cast Ugo Cardea, Renato Montalbano, Anne Pouchie, Claude Berthy, Vernon Dobtcheff, Joshua Sinclair
- Genre Drama
- Available on Criterion Channel
Inside Einstein's Mind: The Enigma of Space and Time
A documentary on Albert Einstein's theory of general relativity.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- United Kingdom • 2015
- Director Jamie E. Lochhead
- Cast Jay O. Sanders, David Tennant, Hamza Ripley
- Genre Documentary
- Available on Kanopy
A Brief History of Time
A documentary film about the life of English theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking.
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- United Kingdom, Japan, United States • 1991
- Director Errol Morris
- Cast Stephen Hawking, Isobel Hawking, Janet Humphrey, Mary Hawking
- Genre Documentary
- Available on Criterion Channel, Max Amazon Channel, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube
Breaking the Code
A biography of the English Alan Turing, a genius codebreaker during WWII who was persecuted for his homosexuality.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- United Kingdom • 1996
- Director Herbert Wise
- Cast Derek Jacobi, Alun Armstrong, Blake Ritson, Prunella Scales, Harold Pinter, Julian Kerridge
- Genre Drama, History, TV Movie
- Available on No streaming locations found.
In Our Prime
(이상한 나라의 수학자)
An outcast student as a prestigious high school gets math lessons from the school's security guard.
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- Korea • 2022
- Director Park Dong-hun
- Cast Choi Min-sik, Kim Dong-hwi, Park Hae-jun, Park Byung-eun, Jo Yoon-seo, Tang Jun-sang
- Genre Drama
- Available on Kocowa, OnDemandKorea, Rakuten Viki, Amazon Video, Tubi TV
The Theory of Everything
His mind changed our world; her love changed his.
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- United Kingdom, Japan, United States • 2014
- Director James Marsh
- Cast Eddie Redmayne, Felicity Jones, Charlie Cox, Emily Watson, Simon McBurney, David Thewlis
- Genre Drama, Romance
- 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, FlixFling
The Oxford Murders
At Oxford University, a professor and a grad student work together to try and stop a potential series of murders seemingly linked by mathematical symbols.
- Spain, United Kingdom, France • 2008
- Director Álex de la Iglesia
- Cast Julie Cox, Burn Gorman, Leonor Watling, Tom Frederic, Elijah Wood, Anna Massey
- Genre Crime, Mystery, Thriller
- Available on fuboTV, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube, FlixFling, Hoopla, Plex Channel
X+Y
A math prodigy finds new friendships when he lands a spot at the International Mathematics Olympiad.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- United Kingdom • 2014
- Director Morgan Matthews
- Cast Asa Butterfield, Rafe Spall, Sally Hawkins, Eddie Marsan, Jo Yang, Alex Lawther
- Genre Drama
- Available on Peacock Premium, Peacock Premium Plus, Starz Apple TV Channel, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube, Tubi TV, The Roku Channel, Pluto TV, Kanopy, Hoopla, Plex, Plex Channel
Spotlight: No Man's Land
In honor of Veterans Day, we offer this selection of films about war and the toll it takes on soldiers and civilians alike. These 12 films address conflicts around the world, from those that ended over a century ago to those playing out in the present day.
Donbass
(Донбас)
In the Donbass, war is called peace, propaganda is presented as truth, and hatred is declared to be love.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Germany, Ukraine, France • 2018
- Director Sergey Loznitsa
- Cast Valeriu Andriuță, Irina Plesnyaeva, Evgeny Chistyakov, Georgiy Deliev, Vadim Dubovsky
- Genre Drama
- Available on Film Movement Plus, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube, Kanopy
Foxtrot
(פוֹקְסטְרוֹט)
After Michael and Daphna receive terrible news about their soldier son, they experience one of life's unfathomable twists.
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- Israel, Switzerland, Germany • 2017
- Director Samuel Maoz
- Cast Lior Ashkenazi, Sarah Adler, Yonaton Shiray, Shira Haas, Yehuda Almagor, Karin Ugowski
- Genre Drama
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, YouTube, Fandango At Home
The Earth Is Blue as an Orange
(Земля блакитна, ніби апельсин)
Hanna and her four children live in war-torn Ukraine and attempt to make a film about their traumatic experiences.
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- Ukraine, Lithuania • 2020
- Director Iryna Tsilyk
- Cast Hanna Hladka, Stanislav Hladkyi, Anastasiia Trofymchuk, Myroslava Trofymchuk, Vladyslav Trofymchuk
- Genre Documentary
- Available on Film Movement Plus, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube, Kanopy
See You Up There
(Au revoir là-haut)
Two soldiers bonded by tragedy navigate the changing world of post World War 1 France.
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- France, Canada • 2017
- Director Albert Dupontel
- Cast Nahuel Pérez Biscayart, Albert Dupontel, Laurent Lafitte, Niels Arestrup, Émilie Dequenne, Mélanie Thierry
- Genre Comedy, Crime, Drama, War
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube, Hoopla
Son of Babylon
(Syn Babilonu)
A boy and his grandmother travel across Iraq in search of the boy’s missing father, a stranger to him.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Iraq, United Kingdom, France • 2009
- Director Mohamed Al Daradji
- Cast Shazada Hussein, Yasser Talib, Bashir Al Majid
- Genre Drama, Road Movie
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, YouTube
Grave of the Fireflies
(火垂るの墓)
Can these two siblings beat the odds?
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- Japan • 1988
- Director Isao Takahata
- Cast Tsutomu Tatsumi, Ayano Shiraishi, Yoshiko Shinohara, Akemi Yamaguchi
- Genre Animation, Drama, War
- Available on Netflix, Netflix basic with Ads
For Sama
Director Waad Al-Kateab captures the bombing of Aleppo as she and her husband lived it.
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- United Kingdom, Syria, United States • 2019
- Director Edward Watts
- Cast Sama Al-Khateab, Hamza Al-Khateab, Waad al-Kateab
- Genre Documentary
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube, Kanopy
Tangerines
(Mandariinid)
An Estonian man Ivo has stayed behind to harvest his crops of tangerines despite the war. In a bloody conflict at his door, a wounded man is left behind, and Ivo is forced to take him in.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Estonia, Georgia • 2013
- Director Zaza Urushadze
- Cast Lembit Ulfsak, Giorgi Nakashidze, Elmo Nüganen, Misha Meskhi, Raivo Trass, Zura Begalishvili
- Genre Drama, War
- Available on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube, Tubi TV, Pluto TV, Freevee, Kanopy, Plex, Plex Channel
Hive
(Zgjoi)
Fahrije’s husband has been missing since the war in Kosovo: does she wait for his return, or move forward on her own?
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Kosovo, Switzerland, Albania • 2021
- Director Blerta Basholli
- Cast Yllka Gashi, Çun Lajçi, Aurita Agushi, Kumrije Hoxha, Adriana Matoshi, Molike Maxhuni
- Genre Drama
- Available on Criterion Channel, Kino Film Collection, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube, Kanopy, Hoopla
All Quiet on the Western Front
(Im Westen nichts Neues)
A German film adaptation of the epic 1929 anti-war novel by Erich Maria Remarque.
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- Germany, United States, United Kingdom • 2022
- Director Edward Berger
- Cast Felix Kammerer, Albrecht Schuch, Aaron Hilmer, Edin Hasanović, Devid Striesow, Daniel Brühl
- Genre Action, Drama, War
- Available on Netflix, Netflix basic with Ads
Sophie Scholl: The Final Days
(Sophie Scholl – Die letzten Tage)
The true story of a young woman who did what few in Nazi Germany dared even think!
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- Germany • 2005
- Director Marc Rothemund
- Cast Julia Jentsch, Fabian Hinrichs, Alexander Held, Johanna Gastdorf, André Hennicke, Florian Stetter
- Genre Drama, History
- Available on Chai Flicks, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube, Hoopla
Quo Vadis, Aida?
A UN translator returns to Bosnia to help her family at the height of the 1995 War with Serbia.
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- Bosnia and Herzegovina, Austria, Romania • 2021
- Director Jasmila Žbanić
- Cast Jasna Đuričić, Izudin Bajrović, Boris Ler, Dino Bajrović, Johan Heldenbergh, Raymond Thiry
- Genre Drama, War
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Tubi TV, Kanopy
Spotlight: Cuffing Season
Cuffing season, the time of year when people are more likely to start new romantic relationships, is upon us! Whether you’ve found someone to cuddle up to as the weather gets colder or are remaining single and uncuffed, we offer these films about the early stages of courtship.
Gregory's Girl
Teenager Gregory develops a crush on Dorothy, the only girl on his soccer team.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- United Kingdom • 1981
- Director Bill Forsyth
- Cast John Gordon Sinclair, Dee Hepburn, Jake D'Arcy, Clare Grogan, Robert Buchanan, Billy Greenlees
- Genre Comedy, Romance
- Available on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube, Tubi TV, Freevee, Kanopy, Hoopla, Plex, Plex Channel
Loves of a Blonde
(Lásky jedné plavovlásky)
A girl working in a factory town follows a one-night stand to his parents' house in Prague.
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- Czechoslovakia • 1965
- Director Miloš Forman
- Cast Hana Brejchová, Vladimír Pucholt, Vladimír Menšík, Ivan Kheil, Jiří Hrubý, Milada Ježková
- Genre Comedy, Drama
- Available on Criterion Channel
Sylvia and the Ghost
(Sylvie et le fantôme)
A girl's sixteenth birthday party is made all the more interesting when the ghost she is in love with makes an appearance.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- France • 1946
- Director Claude Autant-Lara
- Cast Odette Joyeux, François Périer, Pierre Larquey, Claude Marcy, Jean Desailly, Paul Demange
- Genre Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
- Available on Criterion Channel, TCM
Aurora
A chance encounter at a hot dog stand in the Finnish Lapland could mean the difference between life or death.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Finland • 2019
- Director Miia Tervo
- Cast Mimosa Willamo, Amir Escandari, Oona Airola, Hannu-Pekka Björkman, Ria Kataja, Chike Ohanwe
- Genre Comedy, Drama, Romance
- Available on Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, YouTube
Portrait of a Lady on Fire
(Portrait de la jeune fille en feu)
Marianne, a painter, is commissioned to do the wedding portrait of Héloïse, a young woman who has just left the convent.
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- France • 2019
- Director Céline Sciamma
- Cast Noémie Merlant, Adèle Haenel, Luàna Bajrami, Valeria Golino, Christel Baras, Armande Boulanger
- Genre Drama, History, Romance
- Available on Hulu, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, YouTube, Kanopy
2046
Reality and fiction blend for a grieving sci-fi writer desperate to understand — and forget.
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- Hong Kong, China, France • 2004
- Director Wong Kar-wai
- Cast Tony Leung Chiu-Wai, Gong Li, Faye Wong, Takuya Kimura, Zhang Ziyi, Carina Lau
- Genre Drama, Fantasy, Romance, Science Fiction
- Available on Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Spectrum On Demand, Tubi TV
Rafiki
When Kena and Ziki start to become more than friends, they need to make a choice between their happiness and their safety.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Kenya, South Africa, Germany • 2018
- Director Wanuri Kahiu
- Cast Samantha Mugatsia, Sheila Munyiva, Jimmi Gathu, Nini Wacera, Dennis Musyoka, Patricia Amira
- Genre Drama, Romance
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube, Spectrum On Demand, Kanopy, Hoopla
I Know Where I'm Going!
Englishwoman Joan Webster travels to the Scottish Hebrides and finds herself unexpectedly attracted to a charming local naval officer.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- United Kingdom • 1945
- Director Emeric Pressburger, Michael Powell
- Cast Wendy Hiller, Roger Livesey, Pamela Brown, Finlay Currie, George Carney, Nancy Price
- Genre Drama, Romance
- Available on Amazon Prime Video, Criterion Channel, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Amazon Video, Tubi TV, Pluto TV, Freevee, Plex, Plex Channel
A Tale of Love and Desire
(Une histoire d'amour et de désir)
Sparks fly between literature students Ahmed and Farah when their study of erotic Arabic poetry moves beyond the classroom.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- France, Tunisia • 2021
- Director Leyla Bouzid
- Cast Sami Outalbali, Zbeida Belhajamor, Diong-Kéba Tacu, Aurélia Petit, Mahia Zrouki, Bellamine Abdelmalek
- Genre Drama, Romance
- Available on Amazon Prime Video, OVID, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube, Tubi TV, VUDU Free, Kanopy, Hoopla
The Visitor
(La visita)
A man travels from Rome to a small Italian village to meet a woman who placed a lonelyhearts ad in the newspaper.
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- Italy, France • 1963
- Director Antonio Pietrangeli
- Cast Sandra Milo, François Périer, Mario Adorf, Gastone Moschin, Angela Minervini, Ettore Baraldi
- Genre Comedy, Romance
- Available on Google Play Movies, YouTube, Kanopy
Stormy Waters
(Remorques)
A married tugboat captain falls for a woman he rescues from a sinking ship.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- France • 1941
- Director Jean Grémillon
- Cast Jean Gabin, Madeleine Renaud, Michèle Morgan, Fernand Ledoux, Charles Blavette, Jean Marchat
- Genre Action, Drama, Romance
- Available on fuboTV, Criterion Channel
My Night at Maud's
(Ma nuit chez Maud)
The rigid principles of a devout Catholic man are challenged during one night with a divorced woman.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- France • 1969
- Director Éric Rohmer
- Cast Jean-Louis Trintignant, Françoise Fabian, Marie-Christine Barrault, Antoine Vitez, Léonide Kogan, Guy Léger
- Genre Comedy, Drama, Romance
- Available on Criterion Channel, Max Amazon Channel
Spotlight: Film from Turkey
From a country with a long filmmaking history comes a remarkable crop of recent films. Despite challenging political and economic conditions, these directors tell powerful personal stories that interrogate larger social issues including gendered violence and discrimination, corruption, immigration, and more.
Saf
As gentrification hits Istanbul, one desperate young resident must decide whether to sacrifice his ideals to pay his rent.
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- Turkey, Germany, Romania • 2022
- Director Ali Vatansever
- Cast Erol Afsin, Saadet Işıl Aksoy, Onur Buldu, Ümmü Pütgül, Kida Khodr Ramadan
- Genre Drama
- Available on Kanopy
Brothers
(Kardeşler)
Yusuf's return home after spending four years at a detention center raises questions about the family dynamics that sent him there.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Turkey, Germany, Bulgaria • 2018
- Director Ömür Atay
- Cast Yiğit Ege Yazar
- Genre Drama
- Available on Amazon Video
Chronology
(Kronoloji)
When Hakan's wife mysteriously disappears, he must face his inner demons to discover what happened to her.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Turkey • 2019
- Director Ali Aydın
- Cast Birkan Sokullu, Cemre Ebuzziya, Tansu Biçer, Serkan Keskin, Esra Kızıldoğan, Beran Soysal
- Genre Thriller
- Available on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube, Tubi TV, VUDU Free, Hoopla
A Tale of Three Sisters
(Kız Kardeşler)
Three sisters are sent back to their father in a poor village in central Anatolia after failing in affluent foster families.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Turkey, Germany, Netherlands • 2019
- Director Emin Alper
- Cast Cemre Ebuzziya, Ece Yüksel, Helin Kandemir, Kayhan Açıkgöz, Müfit Kayacan, Hilmi Özçelik
- Genre Drama
- Available on Google Play Movies, YouTube
The Wild Pear Tree
(Ahlat Ağacı)
A son returns home to only to be met with his father's debt.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Turkey, Macedonia, France • 2018
- Director Nuri Bilge Ceylan
- Cast Aydın Doğu Demirkol, Murat Cemcir, Bennu Yıldırımlar, Hazar Ergüçlü, Serkan Keskin, Tamer Levent
- Genre Drama
- Available on Metrograph, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube, Kanopy
Between Two Dawns
(İki Şafak Arasında)
When a worker is injured at his family's factory, Kadir must determine exactly what happened, who’s to blame, and what to do.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Turkey, Romania, France • 2021
- Director Selman Nacar
- Cast Mücahit Koçak, Nezaket Erden, Burcu Gölgedar, Ünal Silver, Bedir Bedir, Erdem Şenocak
- Genre Drama
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Clair Obscur
(Tereddüt)
A parallel study of two women — a psychiatrist with a long-time live-in partner and a wife in a conservative, nearly tyrannical household.
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- Turkey, France, Germany • 2016
- Director Yeşim Ustaoğlu
- Cast Okan Yalabık, Metin Akdulger, Mehmet Kurtuluş, Funda Eryiğit, Ecem Uzun
- Genre Drama
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Passed by Censor
(Görülmüştür)
By day, Zakir works as a censor at a prison in Istanbul; by night, he is a student in a creative writing course. Then the two worlds collide.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Turkey, Germany, France • 2019
- Director Serhat Karaaslan
- Cast Berkay Ateş, Saadet Işıl Aksoy, Füsun Demirel, Erdem Şenocak, Müfit Kayacan, İpek Türktan
- Genre Drama
- Available on Fandor Amazon Channel, Tubi TV
Queen Lear
(Kraliçe Lear)
A group of women from the mountains of southern Turkey form a theater group and take to the road with an adaptation of King Lear.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Turkey • 2019
- Director Pelin Esmer
- Cast Behiye Yanık, Cennet Güneş, Ümmü Kurt
- Genre Documentary
- Available on GuideDoc, IndieFlix, True Story, DocAlliance Films
Sibel
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Turkey, France, Germany • 2019
- Director Cagla Zencirci
- Cast Damla Sönmez, Erkan Kolçak Köstendil, Emin Gürsoy, Elit İşcan, Gülcin Kultur
- Genre Drama
- Available on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, YouTube, Tubi TV, The Roku Channel, VUDU Free, Filmzie, Freevee, Kanopy, Hoopla, Plex, Plex Channel
When I'm Done Dying
(Bir Nefes Daha)
An aspiring young rapper's ambitions are threatened by his addiction to a cheap and dangerous drug.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Turkey, United States, Germany • 2021
- Director Nisan Dağ
- Cast Oktay Çubuk, Hayal Köseoğlu, Eren Çiğdem, Ushan Çakır, Müfit Kayacan, Ayris Alptekin
- Genre Drama, Music
- Available on Amazon Prime Video, OVID, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube, VUDU Free, Hoopla
The Pigeon
(Güvercin)
A quiet young man finds peace and comfort in the pigeons he keeps on the rooftop of his apartment building.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Turkey • 2018
- Director Banu Sıvacı
- Cast Evren Erler, Kemal Burak Alper, Ruhi Sarı, Demet Genç, Michal Elia Kamal
- Genre Drama
- Available on Flix Premiere
The Announcement
(Anons)
In this deadpan black comedy loosely based on actual events, four retired colonels attempt to take over Turkey’s national radio station.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Turkey, Bulgaria • 2019
- Director Mahmut Fazıl Coşkun
- Cast Murat Kılıç, Ali Seçkiner Alıcı, Tarhan Karagöz, Sencan Güleryüz, Serkan Ercan, Erdem Şenocak
- Genre Drama
- Available on Flix Premiere, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, VUDU Free, Filmzie, Kanopy, Plex, Plex Channel
Spotlight: Horror without Borders
As Halloween approaches, we present this selection of recent scary movies from around the world, ranging from the unsettling to the downright terrifying, from ghost stories to body horror, about haunted houses, deadly diseases, ruthless revenge, and so much more…
Ghost Stories
An anthology of four short horror tales by Bollywood's premier directors.
- ✭ ✭
- India • 2020
- Director Karan Johar, Zoya Akhtar, Anurag Kashyap, Dibakar Banerjee
- Cast Jhanvi Kapoor, Surekha Sikri, Vijay Varma, Sobhita Dhulipala, Sagar Arya, Zachary Braz
- Genre Bollywood, Horror
- Available on Netflix, Netflix basic with Ads
The Sadness
A virus mutates into a disease that turns ordinary people into vicious monsters.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Taiwan • 2021
- Director Robert Jabbaz
- Cast Berant Zhu, Regina Lei, Ying-Ru Chen, Tzu-Chiang Wang, Tsai Chang-Hsien, Lan Wei-Hua
- Genre Action, Horror
- Available on Shudder, Shudder Amazon Channel, AMC+ Amazon Channel, Shudder Apple TV Channel, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, Hoopla
Crimes of the Future
Surgery is the new sex!
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Canada, France, Greece • 2022
- Director David Cronenberg
- Cast Viggo Mortensen, Léa Seydoux, Kristen Stewart, Scott Speedman, Welket Bungué, Don McKellar
- Genre Drama, Horror, Science Fiction
- Available on Hulu, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Spectrum On Demand
Saloum
A trio of mercenaries navigate a mysterious region of Senegal in this genre-shifting thriller.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Senegal • 2021
- Director Jean Luc Herbulot
- Cast Yann Gael, Evelyne Ily Juhen, Roger Felmont Sallah, Mentor Ba, Bruno Henry, Marielle Salmier
- Genre Action, Fantasy, Horror
- Available on Shudder, Shudder Amazon Channel, AMC+, AMC+ Amazon Channel, AMC Plus Apple TV Channel , Shudder Apple TV Channel, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube, Hoopla
Piggy
(Cerdita)
An overweight teenager witnesses her bullies getting abducted and debates informing the police of what she saw.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Spain • 2022
- Director Carlota Pereda
- Cast Laura Galán, Adrian Grösser, Carmen Machi, Julián Valcárcel, José Pastor, Irene Ferreiro
- Genre Drama, Horror, Thriller
- Available on Hulu, AMC+ Amazon Channel, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Spectrum On Demand, Hoopla
Hatching
(Pahanhautoja)
A young gymnast keeps a strange secret from her overbearing mother.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Finland, Sweden • 2022
- Director Hanna Bergholm
- Cast Siiri Solalinna, Sophia Heikkilä, Jani Volanen, Reino Nordin, Oiva Ollila
- Genre Fantasy, Horror
- Available on Hulu, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Kanopy
His House
This unique film fuses haunted-house horror with the modern-day refugee crisis.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- United Kingdom • 2020
- Director Remi Weekes
- Cast Sope Dirisu, Wunmi Mosaku, Matt Smith, Malaika Wakoli-Abigaba, Javier Botet, Emily Taaffe
- Genre Drama, Horror, Thriller
- Available on Netflix, Netflix basic with Ads
Relic
A daughter, mother, and grandmother are haunted by a manifestation of dementia that consumes their family's home.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Australia, United States • 2020
- Director Natalie Erika James
- Cast Emily Mortimer, Bella Heathcote, Robyn Nevin, Chris Bunton, Steve Rodgers, Catherine Glavicic
- Genre Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
- Available on Shudder, Shudder Amazon Channel, AMC+, AMC+ Amazon Channel, AMC Plus Apple TV Channel , Shudder Apple TV Channel, IFC Films Unlimited Apple TV Channel, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube
Amulet
The inhabitants of a decaying house fear something insidious might be living alongside them.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- United Kingdom • 2020
- Director Romola Garai
- Cast Carla Juri, Alec Secăreanu, Imelda Staunton, Angeliki Papoulia, Paul O'Kelly
- Genre Horror
- Available on Hulu, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube, Tubi TV, The Roku Channel, VUDU Free, DistroTV, Kanopy, Hoopla, Plex, Plex Channel
Bloody Oranges
(Oranges sanguines)
A retired couple enters a dance competition, a minister faces a scandal, and a teenage girl wants to lose her virginity.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- France • 2021
- Director Jean-Christophe Meurisse
- Cast Alexandre Steiger, Christophe Paou, Lilith Grasmug, Olivier Saladin, Lorella Cravotta, Fred Blin
- Genre Comedy, Horror
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube, Tubi TV, VUDU Free
Titane
A near-fatal car crash leaves a girl with physical and emotional trauma that shapes her future — and her fetishes.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- France, Belgium • 2021
- Director Julia Ducournau
- Cast Vincent Lindon, Agathe Rousselle, Garance Marillier, Laïs Salameh, Mara Cissé, Marin Judas
- Genre Drama, Horror, Thriller
- Available on Hulu, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Microsoft Store, Kanopy
Speak No Evil
(Gæsterne)
While visiting a Dutch family they met on holiday, a Danish family is met with a a series of bizarre and grotesque events.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Denmark, Netherlands • 2022
- Director Christian Tafdrup
- Cast Morten Burian, Sidsel Siem Koch, Fedja van Huêt, Karina Smulders, Liva Forsberg, Marius Damslev
- Genre Horror, Mystery
- Available on Shudder, Shudder Amazon Channel, AMC+, AMC+ Amazon Channel, AMC Plus Apple TV Channel , Shudder Apple TV Channel, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube, Spectrum On Demand, Hoopla
Spotlight: No Place Like Home
Home is where the heart is and this week’s Spotlight features films with homes, and the idea of home, at their emotional center. More than simple sets, these homes offer insight into the innermost lives of their inhabitants as they confront questions of isolation and togetherness, exclusion and belonging.
Our Little Sister
(海街diary)
A father's secret.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 2015
- Director Hirokazu Kore-eda
- Cast Haruka Ayase, Masami Nagasawa, Kaho, Suzu Hirose, Ryo Kase, Ryohei Suzuki
- Genre Drama, Comedy
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube, Spectrum On Demand
Dogtooth
(Κυνόδοντας)
A teenager confined to a family compound with her siblings concocts an escape plan.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Greece • 2009
- Director Yorgos Lanthimos
- Cast Christos Stergioglou, Michele Valley, Angeliki Papoulia, Hristos Passalis, Mary Tsoni, Anna Kalaitzidou
- Genre Drama
- Available on Kino Film Collection, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, YouTube, Kanopy
Call Me by Your Name
Is it better to speak or die?
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Italy, France, Brazil • 2017
- Director Luca Guadagnino
- Cast Timothée Chalamet, Armie Hammer, Michael Stuhlbarg, Amira Casar, Esther Garrel, Victoire Du Bois
- Genre Drama, Romance
- Available on Netflix, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube
The Father
An elderly man refuses to accept assistance from his daughter, even as his grip on reality starts to slip.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- United Kingdom • 2020
- Director Florian Zeller
- Cast Anthony Hopkins, Olivia Colman, Mark Gatiss, Olivia Williams, Imogen Poots, Rufus Sewell
- Genre Drama
- 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, Spectrum On Demand
Mon Oncle
(Mon oncle)
Mr Hulot takes a precious, playful ... and purely premeditated look at modern times...
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- France, Italy • 1958
- Director Jacques Tati
- Cast Jacques Tati, Jean-Pierre Zola, Adrienne Servantie, Lucien Frégis, Betty Schneider, Jean-François Martial
- Genre Comedy
- Available on Criterion Channel, Max Amazon Channel, Apple TV, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video
Mustang
In a small Turkish village, five sisters struggle against the restrictions of their conservative family.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Turkey, France, Germany • 2015
- Director Deniz Gamze Ergüven
- Cast Güneş Nezihe Şensoy, Doğa Zeynep Doğuşlu, Elit İşcan, Tuğba Sunguroğlu, Ilayda Akdoğan, Nihal Koldaş
- Genre Drama
- Available on Fandor Amazon Channel, Cohen Media Amazon Channel, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, Tubi TV, Cineverse, Kanopy
The Handmaiden
(아가씨)
Her heart may not be the only thing stolen.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Korea • 2016
- Director Park Chan-wook
- Cast Kim Min-hee, Kim Tae-ri, Ha Jung-woo, Cho Jin-woong, Kim Hae-sook, Moon So-ri
- Genre Drama, Romance, Thriller
- Available on Amazon Prime Video, Fandango At Home
Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown
(Mujeres al Borde de un Ataque de Nervios)
Spanish icon of cinema Pedro Almodovar's jaunty feminist masterpiece.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Spain • 1988
- Director Pedro Almodóvar
- Cast Carmen Maura, Antonio Banderas, Julieta Serrano, María Barranco, Rossy de Palma, Kiti Mánver
- Genre Comedy, Drama
- Available on Apple TV, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store
Aquarius
Sometimes staying put is the greatest challenge.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Brazil, France • 2016
- Director Kleber Mendonça Filho
- Cast Sônia Braga, Maeve Jinkings, Irandhir Santos, Humberto Carrão, Fernando Teixeira, Zoraide Coleto
- Genre Drama
- Available on Kino Film Collection, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube, Kanopy
Roma
A meditative portrait of a domestic worker's journey through adversity in turbulent 1970s Mexico City.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Mexico, United States • 2018
- Director Alfonso Cuarón
- Cast Yalitza Aparicio, Marina de Tavira, Diego Cortina Autrey, Carlos Peralta, Marco Graf, Daniela Demesa
- Genre Drama
- Available on Netflix, Netflix basic with Ads
Parasite
(기생충)
A poor family lies and schemes their way into the employ of a wealthy household — successfully, but with great consequences.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Korea • 2019
- Director Bong Joon-ho
- Cast Song Kang-ho, Lee Sun-kyun, Cho Yeo-jeong, Choi Woo-shik, Park So-dam, Chang Hyae-jin
- Genre Comedy, Drama, Thriller
- Available on Max, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Spectrum On Demand
Pain and Glory
(Dolor y gloria)
Aging film director Salvador Mallo turns to drugs to manage his chronic pain, triggering memories of childhood in rural Spain.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Spain • 2019
- Director Pedro Almodóvar
- Cast Antonio Banderas, Asier Etxeandia, Leonardo Sbaraglia, Nora Navas, Julieta Serrano, Penélope Cruz
- Genre Drama
- Available on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube
Spotlight: Autumn Tales
With the fall equinox well behind us, we head deep into autumn with the films in this week’s Spotlight. From pensive family dramas to stories of rebellion and revolution, these 12 films share warm color palettes, images of falling leaves and crisp autumn skies, and themes of transformation.
I Vitelloni
(I vitelloni)
Five young men dream of success as they drift lazily through life in a small Italian village.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Italy, France • 1953
- Director Federico Fellini
- Cast Franco Interlenghi, Alberto Sordi, Franco Fabrizi, Leopoldo Trieste, Riccardo Fellini, Leonora Ruffo
- Genre Comedy, Drama
- Available on Criterion Channel, Max Amazon Channel, Apple TV, Amazon Video, Plex, Plex Channel
Late August, Early September
(Fin août, début septembre)
After struggling writer Adrien reveals to his friends that he is dying, they are prompted to reassess the trajectories of their lives.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- France • 1999
- Director Olivier Assayas
- Cast Mathieu Amalric, Virginie Ledoyen, François Cluzet, Jeanne Balibar, Alex Descas, Arsinée Khanjian
- Genre Drama, Romance
- Available on Criterion Channel
Maurice
After his lover rejects him, a young man trapped by Edwardian society tries to accept his sexuality.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- United Kingdom • 1987
- Director James Ivory
- Cast James Wilby, Hugh Grant, Rupert Graves, Denholm Elliott, Simon Callow, Billie Whitelaw
- Genre Drama, Romance
- Available on Fandor Amazon Channel, Criterion Channel, Cohen Media Amazon Channel, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Tubi TV, Cineverse, Kanopy
November
In a medieval Estonian village, a group of peasants use magic and folk wisdom to survive the winter.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Estonia, Netherlands, Poland • 2017
- Director Rainer Sarnet
- Cast Rea Lest, Jörgen Liik, Arvo Kukumägi, Katariina Unt, Taavi Eelmaa, Heino Kalm
- Genre Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Romance
- Available on Fandor Amazon Channel, OVID, Night Flight Plus, Midnight Pulp, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Spamflix, Kanopy
Petite Maman
(Petite maman)
A young girl ventures into the woods around her grandmother's house and forms a friendship with a lonely local girl.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- France • 2021
- Director Céline Sciamma
- Cast Joséphine Sanz, Gabrielle Sanz, Nina Meurisse, Stéphane Varupenne, Margot Abascal
- Genre Drama, Family, Fantasy
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube, Spectrum On Demand, Kanopy
October (Ten Days that Shook the World)
(Октябрь)
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Soviet Union • 1928
- Director Sergei Eisenstein, Grigori Aleksandrov
- Cast Vladimir Popov, Vasili Nikandrov, Layaschenko, Boris Livanov, Mikholyev, Chibisov
- Genre Drama, History
- Available on Amazon Video, Tubi TV, Kanopy, Plex, Plex Channel
The Wild Pear Tree
(Ahlat Ağacı)
A son returns home to only to be met with his father's debt.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Turkey, Macedonia, France • 2018
- Director Nuri Bilge Ceylan
- Cast Aydın Doğu Demirkol, Murat Cemcir, Bennu Yıldırımlar, Hazar Ergüçlü, Serkan Keskin, Tamer Levent
- Genre Drama
- Available on Metrograph, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube, Kanopy
The Double Life of Véronique
(La double vie de Véronique)
Each of us is matched somewhere in the world by our exact double, someone who shares our thoughts and dreams.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- France, Poland, Norway • 1991
- Director Krzysztof Kieślowski
- Cast Irène Jacob, Halina Gryglaszewska, Philippe Volter, Guillaume de Tonquédec, Kalina Jędrusik, Aleksander Bardini
- Genre Drama, Thriller
- Available on Criterion Channel, Apple TV, Amazon Video
The Tree of Wooden Clogs
(L'albero degli zoccoli)
When the family of man was still--- a family.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Italy • 1978
- Director Ermanno Olmi
- Cast Luigi Ornaghi, Francesca Moriggi, Omar Brignoli, Antonio Ferrari, Teresa Brescianini, Giuseppe Brignoli
- Genre Drama, History
- Available on Criterion Channel, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube
An Autumn Afternoon
(秋刀魚の味)
An aging widower arranges a marriage for his only daughter.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 1962
- Director Yasujirō Ozu
- Cast Chishū Ryū, Shima Iwashita, Keiji Sada, Mariko Okada, Teruo Yoshida, Noriko Maki
- Genre Drama
- Available on Criterion Channel, Max Amazon Channel, Apple TV, Amazon Video, Tubi TV, Plex, Plex Channel
Autumn Sonata
(Höstsonaten)
Time can't heal all wounds.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- West Germany, United Kingdom • 1978
- Director Ingmar Bergman
- Cast Ingrid Bergman, Liv Ullmann, Lena Nyman, Halvar Björk, Marianne Aminoff, Arne Bang-Hansen
- Genre Drama
- Available on Criterion Channel, Max Amazon Channel, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, YouTube
The Duke of Burgundy
Tell me when to stop...
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- United Kingdom, Hungary • 2014
- Director Peter Strickland
- Cast Sidse Babett Knudsen, Chiara D'Anna, Eugenia Caruso, Zita Kraszkó, Monica Swinn, Eszter Tompa
- Genre Drama, Mystery, Romance
- Available on MUBI, MUBI Amazon Channel, AMC+, AMC+ Amazon Channel, IFC Films Unlimited Apple TV Channel, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Amazon Video, Pluto TV, Kanopy, Plex, Plex Channel
Spotlight: World Teachers' Day
With school back in session and in celebration of World Teachers' Day (October 5th), we present this Spotlight on films about those entrusted with the responsibility of education, the powerful impact they can have, and the struggles and rewards involved in their work.
The Teacher
(Učiteľka)
The strange story of Mrs. Drazdechova --- a teacher who blackmails her students' parents.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Slovakia, Czech Republic • 2016
- Director Jan Hřebejk
- Cast Zuzana Mauréry, Csongor Kassai, Zuzana Konečná, Tamara Fischer, Martin Havelka
- Genre Drama, Comedy
- Available on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Apple TV, Amazon Video, Fandango At Home, Tubi TV, Freevee, Kanopy, Hoopla, Plex, Plex Channel
Bad Luck Banging or Loony Porn
(Babardeala cu bucluc sau porno balamuc)
A secondary school teacher must face the wrath of her community when her sex tape spreads online.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Romania, Croatia, Czech Republic • 2021
- Director Radu Jude
- Cast Katia Pascariu, Claudia Ieremia, Olimpia Malai, Nicodim Ungureanu, Alexandru Potocean, Andi Vasluianu
- Genre Comedy, Drama
- Available on Hulu, Apple TV, Fandango At Home, Microsoft Store, Hoopla
The Class
(Entre les murs)
Based on his real life, a teacher must deal with the challenging dynamics of his multicultural classroom.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- France • 2008
- Director Laurent Cantet
- Cast François Bégaudeau, Franck Keïta, Louise Grinberg, Rabah Nait Oufella, Esmeralda Ouertani, Rachel Regulier
- Genre Drama
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube
Lunana: A Yak in the Classroom
(ལུང་ནག་ན)
A teacher in search of inspiration travels to the most remote school in the world.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Bhutan, China • 2019
- Director Pawo Choyning Dorji
- Cast Sherab Dorji, Ugyen Norbu Lhendup, Keldon Lhamo Gurung, Pem Zam, Chimi Dem
- Genre Drama
- Available on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube, Tubi TV, The Roku Channel, Pluto TV, Freevee, Kanopy, Hoopla
Miss Kiet's Children
(De kinderen van Juf Kiet)
Through her tenderness and insistence, a teacher inspires a classroom of refugee children, teaching them to solve problems and respect each other.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Netherlands • 2016
- Director Petra Lataster-Czisch
- Cast
- Genre Documentary
- Available on OVID, Apple TV, Amazon Video, Hoopla
Bad Education
(La mala educación)
A filmmaker must confront uncomfortable memories when he receives a script from an old friend.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Spain • 2004
- Director Pedro Almodóvar
- Cast Gael García Bernal, Fele Martínez, Daniel Giménez Cacho, Lluís Homar, Francisco Maestre, Francisco Boira
- Genre Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller, Mystery
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube
House of Hummingbird
(벌새)
Seoul, 1994. Fourteen-year-old Eunhee struggles to navigate the treacherous waters of adolescence, until the arrival of a sympathetic new teacher.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Korea • 2019
- Director Kim Bo-ra
- Cast Park Ji-hu, Kim Sae-byuk, Jeong In-gi, Lee Seung-yeon, Park Soo-yeon, Son Sang-yeon
- Genre Drama
- Available on Amazon Prime Video, Fandor Amazon Channel, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube, Tubi TV, The Roku Channel, Pluto TV, AsianCrush, Freevee, Cineverse, Kanopy, Hoopla, Plex, Plex Channel
Mr. Bachmann and His Class
(Herr Bachmann und seine Klasse)
This inspiring documentary explores the close bond between a German school teacher and his students.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Germany • 2021
- Director Maria Speth
- Cast Dieter Bachmann, Aynur Bal, Önder Cavdar
- Genre Documentary
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Monsieur Lazhar
An elementary school class is left reeling after their teacher dies by suicide—until the substitute arrives…
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Canada • 2011
- Director Philippe Falardeau
- Cast Mohamed Fellag, Émilien Néron, Danielle Proulx, Sophie Nélisse, Marie-Ève Beauregard, Denise Lamontagne
- Genre Comedy, Drama
- Available on Amazon Prime Video, Fandor Amazon Channel, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube, Spectrum On Demand, Crackle, Tubi TV, VUDU Free, Kanopy, Hoopla, Plex, Plex Channel
The Wave
(Die Welle)
A high school teacher's unorthodox lesson on autocracy spirals out of control and causes students to turn against one another.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Germany, France • 2008
- Director Dennis Gansel
- Cast Jürgen Vogel, Frederick Lau, Max Riemelt, Jennifer Ulrich, Christiane Paul, Elyas M'Barek
- Genre Drama, Thriller
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, YouTube, The Roku Channel
The Kindergarten Teacher
(Haganenet)
A kindergartner's gift for poetry makes him an object of fascination for his teacher.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Israel, France • 2014
- Director Nadav Lapid
- Cast Sarit Larry, Avi Shnaidman, Lior Raz, Gilad ben David, Ester Rada
- Genre Drama
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, YouTube, Kanopy, Hoopla
Another Round
(Druk)
It is time to sweep off the dust of everyday life.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Denmark, Sweden, Netherlands • 2020
- Director Thomas Vinterberg
- Cast Mads Mikkelsen, Thomas Bo Larsen, Lars Ranthe, Magnus Millang, Maria Bonnevie, Susse Wold
- Genre Comedy, Drama
- Available on Amazon Prime Video, Criterion Channel, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube, Spectrum On Demand, Microsoft Store, Tubi TV, The Roku Channel, Kanopy, Hoopla, Plex, Plex Channel