Spotlight: Series for Bingeing
As we all unexpectedly find ourselves with a lot more time on our hands, we wanted to recommend some of our favorite international series. From the Spanish crime drama Money Heist to Hibana, about two Manzai artists navigating Japan’s competitive comedy scene, there’s something for everyone.
My Brilliant Friend
(L'amica geniale)
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- Italy, United States • 2018
- Creator Saverio Costanzo
- Cast Gaia Girace, Margherita Mazzucco, Ludovica Nasti, Elisa del Genio, Dora Romano
- Genre Drama
- Available on No streaming locations found.
The Night Manager
Ex-British soldier Jonathan Pine is recruited by MI-6 to infiltrate the inner circle of an arms trader.
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- United Kingdom, United States • 2016
- Creator David Farr
- Cast Tom Hiddleston, Hugh Laurie, Olivia Colman, Tom Hollander, Elizabeth Debicki, Douglas Hodge
- Genre Crime, Drama, Mystery
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads
Poldark
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- United Kingdom • 2015
- Creator Debbie Horsfield, Winston Graham
- Cast Aidan Turner, Eleanor Tomlinson, Heida Reed, Ruby Bentall
- Genre Drama
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, PBS, Hoopla, PBS Masterpiece Amazon Channel, Spectrum On Demand
Hibana: Spark
(火花)
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 2016
- Creator
- Cast Masao Yoshii, Kento Hayashi
- Genre Drama
- Available on Netflix, Netflix basic with Ads
Babylon Berlin
Welcome to the city of sin.
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- Germany • 2017
- Creator Tom Tykwer, Achim von Borries, Henk Handloegten
- Cast Volker Bruch, Liv Lisa Fries, Leonie Benesch, Denis Burgazliev
- Genre Drama
- Available on Amazon Video, Amazon Prime Video, The Roku Channel, Hoopla, MZ Choice Amazon Channel, Mhz Choice, Amazon Prime Video with Ads
Elite
(Élite)
When three working class kids get into an elite school, their rich classmates react with hostility and violence.
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- Spain • 2018
- Creator Carlos Caridad Montero, Darío Madrona, María Pedraza, Miguel Herrán
- Cast Itzan Escamilla, Mina El Hammani, Ester Expósito, Miguel Bernardeau
- Genre Crime, Drama, Mystery
- Available on Netflix, Netflix basic with Ads
The Hook Up Plan
(Plan Cœur)
In an attempt to boost the perpetually single Elsa's confidence, her friends hire a male escort to date her.
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- France • 2018
- Creator Noémie Saglio, Chris Lang, Julien Teisseire
- Cast Zita Hanrot, Sabrina Ouazani, Joséphine Drai, Marc Ruchmann, Guillaume Labbé, Tom Dingler
- Genre Comedy
- Available on Netflix, Netflix basic with Ads
Ekaterina
(Екатерина)
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Russia • 2014
- Creator
- Cast Marina Aleksandrova, Vladimir Yaglych, Pavel Tabakov, Sergey Koltakov, Angelina Strechina, Станислав Стрелков
- Genre Drama
- Available on Tubi TV, Amazon Video, Amazon Prime Video, The Roku Channel, VIX , Magellan TV, Freevee, Amazon Prime Video with Ads
Bonus Family
(Bonusfamiljen)
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Sweden • 2017
- Creator Felix Herngren
- Cast Vera Vitali
- Genre Drama, Comedy
- Available on Netflix, Netflix basic with Ads
Money Heist
(La casa de papel)
A criminal mastermind enlists a ragtag team of robbers to carry out his perfect crime: a heist on the Royal Mint of Spain.
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- Spain • 2017
- Creator Álex Pina
- Cast Úrsula Corberó, Álvaro Morte, Itziar Ituño, Pedro Alonso, Alba Flores, Miguel Herrán
- Genre Crime, Drama
- Available on Netflix
Call My Agent
(Dix Pour Cent)
At a top Paris talent firm, agents scramble to keep their star clients happy—and their business afloat.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- France • 2015
- Creator Dominique Besnehard, Fanny Herrero
- Cast Camille Cottin
- Genre Drama, Comedy
- Available on Netflix, Hoopla, Netflix basic with Ads
Patrick Melrose
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- United Kingdom, United States • 2018
- Creator David Nicholls
- Cast Benedict Cumberbatch, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Hugo Weaving, Jessica Raine, Pip Torrens, Anna Madeley
- Genre Comedy, Drama
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Netflix, Hoopla, Netflix basic with Ads
War and Peace
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- United Kingdom • 2016
- Creator
- Cast Lily James, James Norton, Paul Dano, Gillian Anderson
- Genre Drama, History, Romance
- Available on Tubi TV, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Amazon Prime Video, The Roku Channel, Peacock Premium, Peacock Premium Plus, Freevee, Amazon Prime Video with Ads
Black Mirror
Technology turns horrific in this anthology series.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- United Kingdom, United States • 2011
- Creator Charlie Brooker
- Cast
- Genre Drama, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
- Available on Apple TV, Amazon Video, Netflix, Netflix basic with Ads
Fleabag
All hail the hot priest!
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- United Kingdom • 2016
- Creator Phoebe Waller-Bridge
- Cast Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Olivia Colman, Bill Paterson, Hugh Dennis
- Genre Comedy
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads
Velvet
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Spain • 2014
- Creator Ramón Campos, Gema R. Neira
- Cast Paula Echevarría, Miguel Ángel Silvestre, Aitana Sánchez-Gijón, Manuela Velasco, Marta Hazas
- Genre Drama
- Available on PBS Masterpiece Amazon Channel
Spotlight: Escape into the Past
If you’re feeling the need to escape our present reality, let one of these period films transport you into the past. Whether it’s 19th century India or 1950’s Italy, time travel can make for effective distraction.
Seven Samurai
(七人の侍)
Seven samurai answer a village's request for protection after they lose their masters and fall on hard times.
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- Japan • 1954
- Director Akira Kurosawa
- Cast Toshirō Mifune, Takashi Shimura, Yoshio Inaba, Seiji Miyaguchi, Minoru Chiaki, Daisuke Katô
- Genre Action, Drama
- Available on Criterion Channel, Max Amazon Channel, Max, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube
The Motorcycle Diaries
(Diarios de motocicleta)
Before he changed the world, the world changed him.
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- Argentina, United States, Chile • 2004
- Director Walter Salles
- Cast Gael García Bernal, Rodrigo de la Serna, Mercedes Morán, Mía Maestro, Jean Pierre Noher
- 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
Lagaan: Once Upon a Time in India
(लगान)
Local politics and colonial justice meet in a game of cricket.
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- India • 2001
- Director Ashutosh Gowariker
- Cast Aamir Khan, Gracy Singh, Rachel Shelley, Paul Blackthorne, Kulbhushan Kharbanda, Rajendranath Zutshi
- Genre Adventure, Drama, Music, Romance
- Available on No streaming locations found.
The Piano
A pianist who has been sold into marriage begins a new life with her daughter by her side.
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- New Zealand, Australia, France • 1993
- Director Jane Campion
- Cast Holly Hunter, Harvey Keitel, Sam Neill, Anna Paquin, Cliff Curtis, Kerry Walker
- Genre Drama, Romance
- Available on Apple TV, AMC on Demand
Raise the Red Lantern
(大红灯笼高高挂)
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- China, Hong Kong • 1991
- Director Zhang Yimou
- Cast Gong Li, Ma Jing-Wu, He Saifei, Cao Cuifen, Kong Lin, Jin Shu-Yuan
- Genre Drama
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Roma
A meditative portrait of a domestic worker's journey through adversity in turbulent 1970s Mexico City.
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- 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
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 Hulu, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, AMC on Demand
Gosford Park
Tea at four. Dinner at eight. Murder at midnight.
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- United Kingdom, United States, Italy • 2001
- Director Robert Altman
- Cast Helen Mirren, Clive Owen, Maggie Smith, Ryan Phillippe, Stephen Fry, Geraldine Somerville
- Genre Drama, Mystery, Thriller
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, AMC on Demand
Looking for Oum Kulthum
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Germany, Austria, Italy • 2017
- Director Shoja Azari
- Cast Neda Rahmanian, Yasmin Raeis, Mehdi Moinzadeh, Kais Nashif
- Genre Music
- Available on No streaming locations found.
La Chinoise
(La chinoise)
In this dark political comedy, a group of French university students are studying Mao and decide to start a revolution.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- France • 1967
- Director Jean-Luc Godard
- Cast Anne Wiazemsky, Jean-Pierre Léaud, Juliet Berto, Michel Semeniako, Lex De Bruijn, Omar Diop
- Genre Comedy, Drama
- Available on Metrograph, Kino Film Collection, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube, Kanopy, Hoopla
Sami Blood
(Sameblod)
Elle Marja, 14, is a reindeer-breeding Sami girl dreaming of another life.
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- Norway, Denmark, Sweden • 2016
- Director Amanda Kernell
- Cast Lene Cecilia Sparrok, Mia Sparrok, Maj-Doris Rimpi, Julius Fleischanderl, Olle Sarri
- Genre Drama
- Available on Peacock Premium, Peacock Premium Plus, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube, VUDU Free, Kanopy, Hoopla
Cold War
(Zimna wojna)
Two performers find and lose love in Cold War Poland — only to find it again years later.
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- Poland, United Kingdom, France • 2018
- Director Paweł Pawlikowski
- Cast Joanna Kulig, Tomasz Kot, Borys Szyc, Agata Kulesza, Cédric Kahn, Jeanne Balibar
- Genre Drama, Music, Romance
- Available on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Freevee
Ida
A young novitiate discovers a family secret dating back to World War II and must follow her history — wherever it takes her.
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- Poland, Denmark, France • 2013
- Director Paweł Pawlikowski
- Cast Agata Trzebuchowska, Agata Kulesza, Dawid Ogrodnik, Joanna Kulig, Adam Szyszkowski, Jerzy Trela
- Genre Drama
- Available on Amazon Prime Video, MUBI, Fandor Amazon Channel, MUBI Amazon Channel, fuboTV, OVID, Chai Flicks, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, YouTube, Crackle, Tubi TV, VUDU Free, Kanopy, Hoopla, Plex, Reveel, Plex Channel
Barry Lyndon
Redmon Barry is a young farm boy who challenges a British Captain to a duel over the woman he loves.
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- United Kingdom, United States • 1975
- Director Stanley Kubrick
- Cast Ryan O'Neal, Marisa Berenson, Patrick Magee, Hardy Krüger, Diana Körner, Gay Hamilton
- Genre Drama, Romance, War
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube
The Postman
(Il postino)
A simple Italian postman learns to love poetry while delivering mail to a famous poet.
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- Italy, France, Belgium • 1994
- Director Michael Radford
- Cast Philippe Noiret, Massimo Troisi, Maria Grazia Cucinotta, Renato Scarpa, Linda Moretti, Mariano Rigillo
- Genre Comedy, Drama, Romance
- Available on No streaming locations found.
The Lives of Others
(Das Leben der Anderen)
Before the fall of the Berlin Wall, East Germany's secret police listened to your secrets.
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- 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, AMC on Demand
Spotlight: Contagion
The threat of a global pandemic has inspired filmmakers for decades. Now that the threat has become our current reality, we look at the representation of the virus outbreak across genres including realist drama, science fiction, historical fantasy, thriller, and horror.
Black Death
In an age of darkness one man will face the ultimate battle against evil.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Germany, United Kingdom • 2010
- Director Christopher Smith
- Cast Sean Bean, Eddie Redmayne, Carice van Houten, Kimberley Nixon, John Lynch
- Genre Action, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
- Available on Amazon Prime Video, fuboTV, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, FlixFling, Crackle, Tubi TV, The Roku Channel, Pluto TV, VUDU Free, DistroTV, Hoopla
Daybreakers
A researcher must find a way to save humankind as vampires plot their survival against a dwindling blood supply.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Australia, United States • 2009
- Director Peter Spierig
- Cast Ethan Hawke, Sam Neill, Willem Dafoe, Claudia Karvan, Isabel Lucas, Vince Colosimo
- Genre Action, Fantasy, Horror, Science Fiction
- Available on AMC, AMC+, AMC Plus Apple TV Channel , Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, AMC on Demand
The Girl with All the Gifts
Our greatest threat is our only hope.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- United Kingdom • 2016
- Director Colm McCarthy
- Cast Sennia Nanua, Gemma Arterton, Paddy Considine, Glenn Close, Fisayo Akinade, Anamaria Marinca
- Genre Drama, Horror, Thriller, Science Fiction
- 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, Kanopy
Train to Busan
(부산행)
Martial law is declared when a mysterious viral outbreak pushes Korea into a state of emergency.
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- Korea • 2016
- Director Yeon Sang-ho
- Cast Gong Yoo, Ma Dong-seok, Jung Yu-mi, Choi Woo-shik, Ahn So-hee, Kim Soo-an
- Genre Action, Horror, Thriller
- Available on Peacock Premium, Peacock Premium Plus, Kocowa, Hi-YAH, Rakuten Viki, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, AMC on Demand, Tubi TV, The Roku Channel, Pluto TV, Kanopy, Hoopla, Plex, Plex Channel
The Painted Veil
Sometimes the greatest journey is the distance between two people.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- China, United States, Canada • 2006
- Director John Curran
- Cast Edward Norton, Naomi Watts, Liev Schreiber, Diana Rigg, Toby Jones, Anthony Wong
- Genre Romance, Drama
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube
The Last Man on Earth
A doctor-turned-vampire hunter fights for survival in a changed world. But nothing is as it seems…
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- Italy, United States • 1964
- Director Ubaldo Ragona, Sidney Salkow
- Cast Vincent Price, Franca Bettoia, Emma Danieli, Giacomo Rossi-Stuart, Umberto Raho
- Genre Horror, Science Fiction
- Available on Amazon Prime Video, Fandor Amazon Channel, fuboTV, FlixFling, Cultpix, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, ScreenPix Apple TV Channel, Apple TV, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, Crackle, Tubi TV, The Roku Channel, Pluto TV, Shout! Factory TV, Freevee, Cineverse, DistroTV, Hoopla, Plex, Public Domain Movies, Popflick, Plex Channel
November
In a medieval Estonian village, a group of peasants use magic and folk wisdom to survive the winter.
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- 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
Blindness
Your vision of the world will change forever.
- ✭ ✭
- Canada, Brazil, Japan • 2008
- Director Fernando Meirelles
- Cast Julianne Moore, Mark Ruffalo, Alice Braga, Gael García Bernal, Danny Glover, Yusuke Iseya
- Genre Drama, Mystery, Science Fiction, Thriller
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Pluto TV, Hoopla
The Flu
(감기)
Death goes viral.
- ✭ ✭
- Korea • 2013
- Director Kim Sung-soo
- Cast Jang Hyuk, Soo Ae, MinAh Park, Yoo Hae-jin, Ma Dong-seok, Lee Hee-joon
- Genre Action, Drama
- Available on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Apple TV, Amazon Video
28 Weeks Later
When days turn to weeks... the horror returns.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- United Kingdom, Spain • 2007
- Director Juan Carlos Fresnadillo
- Cast Imogen Poots, Robert Carlyle, Rose Byrne, Jeremy Renner, Harold Perrineau, Catherine McCormack
- Genre Horror, Thriller, Science Fiction
- Available on Hulu, fuboTV, Paramount Plus, Paramount+ Amazon Channel, Paramount+ Roku Premium Channel, Paramount Plus Apple TV Channel , Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, AMC on Demand, Pluto TV
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 No streaming locations found.
The Seventh Seal
(Det sjunde inseglet)
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Sweden • 1957
- Director Ingmar Bergman
- Cast Max von Sydow, Gunnar Björnstrand, Bengt Ekerot, Nils Poppe, Bibi Andersson, Erik Strandmark
- Genre Fantasy, Drama
- Available on Criterion Channel, Max Amazon Channel, Max, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube, Kanopy
Spotlight: Sisterhood
With the release of Greta Gerwig’s adaptation of Little Women, here are films from around the world that tell the stories of sisters. Whether biological or chosen, sisterhood becomes an essential part of a woman’s identity and understanding of the world.
Our Little Sister
(海街diary)
A father's secret.
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- 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
Ginger Snaps
Hungry like the Wolf.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Canada • 2000
- Director John Fawcett
- Cast Emily Perkins, Katharine Isabelle, Kris Lemche, Mimi Rogers, Jesse Moss, Danielle Hampton
- Genre Drama, Horror
- Available on Shudder, Shudder Amazon Channel, fuboTV, Peacock Premium, Peacock Premium Plus, AMC+ Amazon Channel, Shudder Apple TV Channel, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Xumo Play, Plex Channel
Walking on Sunshine
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- United Kingdom, United States, Italy • 2014
- Director Dania Pasquini
- Cast Annabel Scholey, Hannah Arterton, Giulio Berruti, Greg Wise, Katy Brand, Danny Kirrane
- Genre Comedy, Romance
- Available on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Fandango At Home, The Roku Channel, Pluto TV, Freevee, Hoopla
Beloved Sisters
(Die geliebten Schwestern)
The secret story of Schiller's passion.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Germany, Austria, Switzerland • 2014
- Director Dominik Graf
- Cast Florian Stetter, Henriette Confurius, Hannah Herzsprung, Ronald Zehrfeld, Andreas Pietschmann
- Genre Drama, History, Romance
- Available on Fandor Amazon Channel, OVID, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube, Tubi TV, VUDU Free, Xumo Play, Kanopy, Hoopla, Plex, Plex Channel
Mustang
In a small Turkish village, five sisters struggle against the restrictions of their conservative family.
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- 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
Twinsters
Two lives. Changed forever. With just one click.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- United Kingdom, France, Korea • 2015
- Director Ryan Miyamoto
- Cast Anais Bordier, Samantha Futerman, Kanoa Goo
- Genre Family, Documentary
- Available on Criterion Channel, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube
The Young Girls of Rochefort
(Les demoiselles de Rochefort)
They're singing and dancing in the streets.
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- France • 1967
- Director Jacques Demy
- Cast Catherine Deneuve, Françoise Dorléac, Jacques Perrin, George Chakiris, Grover Dale, Michel Piccoli
- Genre Music, Romance, Drama, Comedy
- Available on Criterion Channel, Max Amazon Channel, Max, Apple TV, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video
Atonement
Torn apart by betrayal. Separated by war. Bound by love.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- United Kingdom, France, United States • 2007
- Director Joe Wright
- Cast Keira Knightley, James McAvoy, Romola Garai, Saoirse Ronan, Brenda Blethyn, Vanessa Redgrave
- Genre Drama, Romance
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Spectrum On Demand
Hilary and Jackie
Two sisters. Two lives. One Love...
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- United Kingdom • 1998
- Director Anand Tucker
- Cast Emily Watson, Rachel Griffiths, James Frain, David Morrissey, Charles Dance, Celia Imrie
- Genre Music, Drama
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, YouTube
Sisters, or The Balance of Happiness
(Schwestern oder Die Balance des Glücks)
When one sister dies, another will take her place.
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- West Germany • 1979
- Director Margarethe von Trotta
- Cast Jutta Lampe, Gudrun Gabriel, Konstantin Wecker, Agnes Fink, Heinz Bennent
- Genre Drama
- Available on Fandor Amazon Channel, Amazon Video, Tubi TV
Melancholia
Two sisters find their already strained relationship challenged as a mysterious new planet threatens to collide with Earth.
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- Denmark, Sweden, France • 2011
- Director Lars von Trier
- Cast Kirsten Dunst, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Kiefer Sutherland, Charlotte Rampling, John Hurt, Alexander Skarsgård
- Genre Drama, Science Fiction
- Available on fuboTV, Max Amazon Channel, Max, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, FlixFling, Kanopy, Plex Channel
Fat Girl
(À ma soeur!)
Watching her beautiful older sister be desired, Anaïs struggles to come to terms with both her own body and her sister's pain.
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- France, Italy • 2001
- Director Catherine Breillat
- Cast Anaïs Reboux, Roxane Mesquida, Libero De Rienzo, Arsinée Khanjian, Romain Goupil, Laura Betti
- Genre Drama
- Available on Criterion Channel, Max, Apple TV, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video
A Tale of Two Sisters
(장화, 홍련)
Strange things began to happen after Su-mi returns from a mental institution to live with her father and stepmother.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Korea • 2003
- Director Kim Jee-woon
- Cast Im Soo-jung, Yum Jung-ah, Moon Geun-young, Kim Kap-soo, Park Mi-Hyeon, Lee Seung-Bi
- Genre Drama, Horror, Mystery
- Available on AMC+, AMC Plus Apple TV Channel
Indivisible
(Indivisibili)
The lives of two Siamese twin sisters are overturned when one of them falls in love for the first time.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Italy • 2016
- Director Edoardo de Angelis
- Cast Angela Fontana, Marianna Fontana, Antonia Truppo, Massimiliano Rossi, Toni Laudadio
- Genre Drama
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube, Kanopy
Girlhood
(Bande de filles)
A girl with few real prospects joins a gang, reinventing herself and gaining a sense of self confidence in the process.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- France • 2014
- Director Céline Sciamma
- Cast Karidja Touré, Assa Sylla, Lindsay Karamoh, Mariétou Touré, Idrissa Diabaté, Rabah Nait Oufella
- Genre Drama
- Available on Criterion Channel, Metrograph, Strand Releasing Amazon Channel, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube, Kanopy, Hoopla
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
Spotlight: Recent César Winners
The Césars, the national film awards of France (and the French equivalent of the Academy Awards), will be announced this week. In homage to the highest film honor in France, we review the winners of this prestigious award from the past decade.
Elle
A businesswoman decides not to report her assault by a masked intruder due to her past experience with police.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- France, Germany, Belgium • 2016
- Director Paul Verhoeven
- Cast Isabelle Huppert, Laurent Lafitte, Anne Consigny, Charles Berling, Virginie Efira, Judith Magre
- Genre Drama, Thriller
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Spectrum On Demand, AMC on Demand
The Secret of the Grain
(La graine et le mulet)
In southern France, a Franco-Arabic shipyard worker, assisted by his partner's daughter, pursues his dream of opening a restaurant.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- France • 2007
- Director Abdellatif Kechiche
- Cast Habib Boufares, Hafsia Herzi, Farida Benkhetache, Abdelhamid Aktouche, Alice Houri, Bouraouïa Marzouk
- Genre Comedy, Drama
- Available on Amazon Video, Kanopy, Plex, Plex Channel
Fatima
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- France, Canada • 2015
- Director Philippe Faucon
- Cast Soria Zeroual, Zita Hanrot, Kenza Noah Aïche, Chawki Amari, Dalila Bencherif, Edith Saulnier
- Genre Drama, Family
- Available on Kino Film Collection, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube, 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, AMC on Demand, Tubi TV, The Roku Channel, Pluto TV, Hoopla, Plex, Plex Channel
BPM (Beats per Minute)
(120 battements par minute)
A group of young activists desperately seek a cure for AIDS in 1990s Paris.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- France • 2017
- Director Robin Campillo
- Cast Nahuel Pérez Biscayart, Arnaud Valois, Adèle Haenel, Antoine Reinartz, Félix Maritaud, Ariel Borenstein
- Genre Drama
- Available on fuboTV, Dekkoo, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube, Crackle, Pluto TV, VUDU Free, Kanopy, Plex, Plex Channel
Custody
(Jusqu'à la garde)
A powerful story about unhealthy family relationships.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- France • 2018
- Director Xavier Legrand
- Cast Denis Ménochet, Léa Drucker, Thomas Gioria, Mathilde Auneveux, Mathieu Saikaly, Florence Janas
- Genre Drama
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube, Kanopy
Séraphine
Drudgery and mental illness were not enough to repress her eye for the colors of life.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- France, Belgium • 2008
- Director Martin Provost
- Cast Yolande Moreau, Ulrich Tukur, Anne Bennent, Geneviève Mnich, Nico Rogner
- Genre History, Drama
- Available on Fandor Amazon Channel, OVID, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube, Tubi TV, Kanopy, Hoopla, Plex, Plex Channel
Timbuktu
The peaceful lives of a Timbuktu cattle herder and his family are abruptly upended by the arrival of militant Islamic rebels.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Mauritania, France • 2014
- Director Abderrahmane Sissako
- Cast Ibrahim Ahmed, Toulou Kiki, Layla Walet Mohamed, Abel Jafri, Kettly Noel, Hichem Yacoubi
- Genre Drama
- Available on MUBI, Fandor Amazon Channel, Cohen Media Amazon Channel, Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, YouTube, Tubi TV, Kanopy
Amour
Love never ends.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Austria, France, Germany • 2012
- Director Michael Haneke
- Cast Jean-Louis Trintignant, Emmanuelle Riva, Isabelle Huppert, William Shimell, Ramón Agirre, Rita Blanco
- Genre Drama, Romance
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, AMC on Demand
A Prophet
(Un prophète)
The timeless tale of the student who becomes the master -- set in a French prison.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- France, Italy • 2009
- Director Jacques Audiard
- Cast Tahar Rahim, Niels Arestrup, Adel Bencherif, Hichem Yacoubi, Reda Kateb, Jean-Philippe Ricci
- Genre Crime, Drama
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube
Me, Myself and Mum
(Les Garçons et Guillaume, à Table !)
How to become a man when your mother and your closed circle have decided otherwise?
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- France, Belgium • 2013
- Director Guillaume Gallienne
- Cast Guillaume Gallienne, Françoise Fabian, André Marcon, Diane Kruger, Nanou Garcia, Götz Otto
- Genre Comedy
- Available on Apple TV, Hoopla
Of Gods and Men
(Des hommes et des dieux)
In the face of terror, their greatest weapon was faith...
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- France • 2010
- Director Xavier Beauvois
- Cast Lambert Wilson, Michael Lonsdale, Olivier Rabourdin, Philippe Laudenbach, Jacques Herlin, Loïc Pichon
- Genre Drama, History
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube
Spotlight: Berlinale Silver and Golden Bear Winners
This week marks the start of the 70th Berlin International Film Festival, which boasts the largest public attendance of any film festival worldwide. On this occasion, we look back at the recent winners of the festival’s main awards, the Golden Bear and the Silver Bear.
Elite Squad
(Tropa de Elite)
On the streets of Rio only the elite survive
- ✭ ✭
- Brazil, United States, Argentina • 2007
- Director José Padilha
- Cast Wagner Moura, Caio Junqueira, André Ramiro, Milhem Cortaz, Fernanda Machado, Maria Ribeiro
- Genre Drama, Action, Crime
- Available on Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Tubi TV, Plex, Plex Channel
45 Years
How well do we know those we love?
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- United Kingdom • 2015
- Director Andrew Haigh
- Cast Charlotte Rampling, Tom Courtenay, Geraldine James, Dolly Wells, David Sibley, Richard Cunningham
- Genre Drama, Romance
- Available on MUBI, MUBI Amazon Channel, Criterion Channel, AMC+, AMC+ Amazon Channel, IFC Films Unlimited Apple TV Channel, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube, Kanopy
Taxi
(تاکسی)
An exiled filmmaker posing as a cab driver captures incisive portraits of diverse passengers in present-day Tehran.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Iran • 2015
- Director Jafar Panahi
- Cast Jafar Panahi
- Genre Comedy, Documentary
- Available on Kino Film Collection, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, YouTube, Kanopy, Hoopla
Fire at Sea
(Fuocoammare)
More than 17,000 people were reported to have died trying to cross the Mediterranean in the last 15 years...
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Italy, France • 2016
- Director Gianfranco Rosi
- Cast Samuele Pucillo, Mattias Cucina, Samuele Caruana, Pietro Bartolo, Giuseppe Fragapane
- Genre Documentary
- Available on Kino Film Collection, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube, Kanopy, Hoopla
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
Caesar Must Die
(Cesare deve morire)
A scripted documentary showing inmates at a prison in Rome rehearsing for a performance of Shakespeare's Julius Caesar.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Italy • 2012
- Director Vittorio Taviani
- Cast Cosimo Rega, Salvatore Striano, Giovanni Arcuri, Antonio Frasca, J. Dario Bonetti, Vincenzo Gallo
- Genre Drama, Documentary
- Available on Kanopy
A Separation
(جدایی نادر از سیمین)
Simin wants to leave Iran to give her daughter, Termeh, a different kind of life outside the country. But Nader, Termeh’s father, refuses to leave his ailing father behind.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Iran, France • 2011
- Director Asghar Farhadi
- Cast Leila Hatami, Payman Maadi, Shahab Hosseini, Sareh Bayat, Sarina Farhadi, Babak Karimi
- Genre Drama
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Spectrum On Demand
Child's Pose
(Poziţia copilului)
After the accidental killing of a boy in a car crash, the mother tries to prevent her son being charged for the death, and she refuses to accept that her son is a grown-up man.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Romania • 2013
- Director Călin Peter Netzer
- Cast Vlad Ivanov, Luminița Gheorghiu, Bogdan Dumitrache, Florin Zamfirescu, Mimi Brănescu, Tania Popa
- Genre Drama
- Available on Apple TV, Kanopy
Black Coal, Thin Ice
(白日焰火)
A neo-noir exploring the serpentine city, its neon lights, and its coal-black heart.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- China • 2014
- Director Diao Yi'nan
- Cast Liao Fan, Kwai Lun-Mei, Wang Xuebing, Wang Jingchun, Yu Ailei, Ni Jingyang
- Genre Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
- 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, Pluto TV, Freevee, Plex, Plex Channel
Isle of Dogs
Welcome to the Isle of Dogs.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Germany, United States • 2018
- Director Wes Anderson
- Cast Bryan Cranston, Koyu Rankin, Edward Norton, Bob Balaban, Bill Murray, Jeff Goldblum
- Genre Adventure, Comedy, Animation
- Available on Disney Plus, Peacock Premium, Peacock Premium Plus, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, AMC on Demand
On Body and Soul
(Testről és lélekről)
Two introverts who discover they share the same dreams try to recreate them in real life.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Hungary • 2017
- Director Ildikó Enyedi
- Cast Alexandra Borbély, Morcsányi Géza, Réka Tenki, Nagy Ervin, Zoltán Schneider, Tamás Jordán
- Genre Drama, Romance
- Available on Netflix, Netflix basic with Ads
Synonyms
(Synonymes)
A young Israeli man absconds to Paris to flee his nationality, aided by his trusty Franco-Israeli dictionary.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- France, Israel, Germany • 2019
- Director Nadav Lapid
- Cast Tom Mercier, Louise Chevillotte, Quentin Dolmaire, Léa Drucker
- Genre Drama
- Available on Kino Film Collection, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube, Kanopy
Spotlight: Oscar Nominees for Foreign Language Film
After a groundbreaking year for international films at the Oscars, we look back at past nominees for Best Foreign Language Film. In the words of Bong Joon-ho, “Once you get over the one-inch tall barrier of subtitles, you will be introduced to so many more amazing films.”
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
(卧虎藏龙)
In another time, in a distant place... an epic adventure is about to unfold.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Taiwan, Hong Kong, United States • 2000
- Director Ang Lee
- Cast Chow Yun-Fat, Michelle Yeoh, Zhang Ziyi, Chang Chen, Cheng Pei-Pei, Sihung Lung
- Genre Action, Adventure, Drama, Romance
- Available on Max Amazon Channel, Max, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Spectrum On Demand, AMC on Demand
The Hunt
(Jagten)
The lie is spreading.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Denmark, Sweden • 2012
- Director Thomas Vinterberg
- Cast Mads Mikkelsen, Thomas Bo Larsen, Annika Wedderkopp, Lasse Fogelstrøm, Susse Wold, Anne Louise Hassing
- 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, Crackle, Tubi TV, The Roku Channel, Pluto TV, VUDU Free, Kanopy, Hoopla, Plex, Plex Channel
Loveless
(Нелюбовь)
A missing child. A marriage destroyed. A country in crisis.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Russia, France, Germany • 2017
- Director Andrey Zvyagintsev
- Cast Maryana Spivak, Aleksey Rozin, Matvey Novikov, Marina Vasilyeva, Andris Keiss, Oleg Grisevich
- Genre Drama
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Amazon Video, Fandango At Home, AMC on Demand
The Square
How much inhumanity does it take before you access your humanity?
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Sweden, Germany, France • 2017
- Director Ruben Östlund
- Cast Claes Bang, Elisabeth Moss, Dominic West, Terry Notary, Christopher Læssø, Lise Stephenson Engström
- 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, FlixFling, Tubi TV, The Roku Channel, Pluto TV, VUDU Free, Freevee, DistroTV, Hoopla
After the Wedding
(Efter brylluppet)
A manager of an orphanage in India is sent to Copenhagen, Denmark, where he discovers a life-altering family secret.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Denmark, Sweden, United Kingdom • 2006
- Director Susanne Bier
- Cast Mads Mikkelsen, Stine Fischer Christensen, Sidse Babett Knudsen, Rolf Lassgård, Christian Tafdrup, Frederik Gullits Ernst
- Genre Drama
- Available on AMC+ Amazon Channel, IFC Films Unlimited Apple TV Channel, Apple TV, Amazon Video
Biutiful
You don't choose your family. We all belong to somebody, but to belong to Uxbal and Marambra, is both a blessing and a curse.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Mexico, Spain • 2010
- Director Alejandro González Iñárritu
- Cast Javier Bardem, Maricel Álvarez, Hanaa Bouchaib, Guillermo Estrella, Eduard Fernández, Cheikh Ndiaye
- Genre Drama
- Available on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Tubi TV, Kanopy, Plex, Plex Channel
A Separation
(جدایی نادر از سیمین)
Simin wants to leave Iran to give her daughter, Termeh, a different kind of life outside the country. But Nader, Termeh’s father, refuses to leave his ailing father behind.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Iran, France • 2011
- Director Asghar Farhadi
- Cast Leila Hatami, Payman Maadi, Shahab Hosseini, Sareh Bayat, Sarina Farhadi, Babak Karimi
- Genre Drama
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Spectrum On Demand
Amélie
(Le Fabuleux Destin d'Amélie Poulain)
A whimsical love letter to contemporary Parisian life in the form of an eccentric romantic comedy.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- France, Germany • 2001
- Director Jean-Pierre Jeunet
- Cast Audrey Tautou, Mathieu Kassovitz, Rufus, Jamel Debbouze, Claire Maurier, Isabelle Nanty
- Genre Comedy, Romance
- Available on Max Amazon Channel, Max, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Spectrum On Demand
Toni Erdmann
In this absurdist tale of estrangement, a practical joker visits his workaholic daughter in an attempt to rekindle their relationship.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Germany, Austria, Monaco • 2016
- Director Maren Ade
- Cast Sandra Hüller, Peter Simonischek, Michael Wittenborn, Thomas Loibl, Trystan Pütter, Ingrid Bisu
- Genre Comedy, Drama
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube, Spectrum On Demand
Timbuktu
The peaceful lives of a Timbuktu cattle herder and his family are abruptly upended by the arrival of militant Islamic rebels.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Mauritania, France • 2014
- Director Abderrahmane Sissako
- Cast Ibrahim Ahmed, Toulou Kiki, Layla Walet Mohamed, Abel Jafri, Kettly Noel, Hichem Yacoubi
- Genre Drama
- Available on MUBI, Fandor Amazon Channel, Cohen Media Amazon Channel, Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, YouTube, Tubi TV, Kanopy
A Royal Affair
(En kongelig affære)
Their love affair would divide a nation.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Denmark, Sweden, Czech Republic • 2012
- Director Nikolaj Arcel
- Cast Mads Mikkelsen, Alicia Vikander, Mikkel Boe Følsgaard, David Dencik, Cyron Melville, Trine Dyrholm
- Genre Drama, History, Romance
- Available on Max Amazon Channel, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube, Hoopla, Plex Channel
Capernaum
(کفرناحوم)
Zain, a hardened 12-year-old boy struggling to survive on the streets of Beirut, sues his parents for his conception.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Lebanon, United States, France • 2018
- Director Nadine Labaki
- Cast Zain Al Rafeea, Yordanos Shiferaw, Boluwatife Treasure Bankole, Nadine Labaki, Kawthar Al Haddad, Fadi Kamel Youssef
- Genre Drama
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube
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 Salesman
(فروشنده)
Emad and Rana move into a new flat, but an incident with the previous tenant dramatically changes their life.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Iran, France • 2016
- Director Asghar Farhadi
- Cast Shahab Hosseini, Taraneh Alidoosti, Babak Karimi, Mina Sadati, Mehdi Koushki, Farid Sajjadi Hosseini
- Genre Drama, Thriller
- Available on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Freevee
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
Shoplifters
(万引き家族)
Sometimes it's better to choose your own family.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 2018
- Director Hirokazu Kore-eda
- Cast Lily Franky, Sakura Ando, Mayu Matsuoka, Jyo Kairi, Miyu Sasaki, Kirin Kiki
- Genre Crime, Drama
- Available on Hulu, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, FlixFling, Spectrum On Demand, Hoopla
Spotlight: 92nd Academy Awards
This week marks the 92nd Academy Awards and 18 international films are nominated, in categories including Best Picture, Best Documentary, Best Director, Best Actor, and of course, Best International Feature.
Rocketman
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- United Kingdom, United States • 2019
- Director Dexter Fletcher
- Cast Taron Egerton, Jamie Bell, Richard Madden, Bryce Dallas Howard, Gemma Jones, Steven Mackintosh
- Genre Drama
- Available on Paramount Plus Apple TV Channel , Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, AMC on Demand
For Sama
Director Waad Al-Kateab captures the bombing of Aleppo as she and her husband lived it.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- 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
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.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- United Kingdom • 2019
- Director Carol Dysinger
- Cast
- Genre Documentary
- Available on Apple TV, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Kanopy
Life Overtakes Me
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Sweden, United States • 2019
- Director Kristine Samuelson
- Cast Henry Ascher, Nadja Hatem, Mikael Billing, Karl Sallin, Elizabeth Hultcrantz
- Genre Documentary
- Available on Netflix, Netflix basic with Ads
The Cave
(غار)
The patriarchy has no place in a war.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Syria, Denmark, Germany • 2019
- Director Feras Fayyad
- Cast Amani Ballour, Salim Namour
- Genre Documentary
- Available on Hulu, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, YouTube, Fandango At Home, National Geographic
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 Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube, Spectrum On Demand, AMC on Demand, Tubi TV
The Edge of Democracy
(Democracia em Vertigem)
A disturbing exploration into the complex truths behind the unraveling of two Brazilian presidencies.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- 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
Les Misérables
A policeman discovers how deep tensions run among gangs in the Parisian suburbs.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- France • 2019
- Director Ladj Ly
- Cast Damien Bonnard, Alexis Manenti, Djibril Zonga, Steve Tientcheu, Jeanne Balibar
- Genre Crime, Drama, Thriller
- Available on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Freevee
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, AMC on Demand
Honeyland
Hatidze Muratova, one of the last "bee hunters" in Europe, raises bees based in a sustainable and minimally invasive manner.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Macedonia • 2019
- Director Tamara Kotevska
- Cast Hatidzhe Muratova, Nazife Muratova, Hussein Sam, Ljutvie Sam
- Genre Documentary
- Available on Max Amazon Channel, Max, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Microsoft Store, YouTube, AMC on Demand, Kanopy
Spotlight: British Academy Film Award Winners
The 2020 BAFTA ceremony takes place on Sunday, February 2nd. The BAFTAs, produced by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts, aims to recognize the very best in film of the past year. We look back at past winners of the BAFTA for Best Film NOT in the English Language.
I've Loved You So Long
(Il y a longtemps que je t'aime)
A woman struggles to interact with her family and find her place in society after spending fifteen years in prison.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- France, Germany • 2008
- Director Philippe Claudel
- Cast Kristin Scott Thomas, Elsa Zylberstein, Serge Hazanavicius, Claire Johnston, Frédéric Pierrot, Laurent Grévill
- Genre Drama
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube
1917
Two British soldiers race to deliver a message that will stop over 1,000 men from walking into a German ambush.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- United Kingdom, United States • 2019
- Director Sam Mendes
- Cast George MacKay, Dean-Charles Chapman, Mark Strong, Andrew Scott, Richard Madden, Claire Duburcq
- Genre War, Drama, Action
- Available on Netflix, Netflix basic with Ads, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Spectrum On Demand, AMC on Demand
In This World
Jamal and his older cousin Enayat embark on a hazardous overland trip from their refugee camp at Peshawar, north-west Pakistan.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- United Kingdom • 2002
- Director Michael Winterbottom
- Cast Jamal Udin Torabi, Enayatullah, Imran Paracha
- Genre Drama
- Available on No streaming locations found.
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
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, FilmBox+, Fandango At Home
The Motorcycle Diaries
(Diarios de motocicleta)
Before he changed the world, the world changed him.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Argentina, United States, Chile • 2004
- Director Walter Salles
- Cast Gael García Bernal, Rodrigo de la Serna, Mercedes Morán, Mía Maestro, Jean Pierre Noher
- 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
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
(Män som hatar kvinnor)
Only those discarded by society can uncover its most ugly truths
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- Sweden, Denmark, Germany • 2009
- Director Niels Arden Oplev
- Cast Michael Nyqvist, Noomi Rapace, Lena Endre, Sven-Bertil Taube, Peter Andersson, Peter Haber
- Genre Drama, Thriller, Crime, Mystery
- Available on Fandor, fuboTV, MZ Choice Amazon Channel, Amazon Video, Crackle, Plex, Plex Channel
The Skin I Live In
(La piel que habito)
A brilliant plastic surgeon creates a synthetic skin that withstands any kind of damage.
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- Spain • 2011
- Director Pedro Almodóvar
- Cast Antonio Banderas, Elena Anaya, Marisa Paredes, Jan Cornet, Roberto Álamo, Eduard Fernández
- Genre Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
- Available on Max Amazon Channel, Max, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Fandango At Home, AMC on Demand
Amour
Love never ends.
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- Austria, France, Germany • 2012
- Director Michael Haneke
- Cast Jean-Louis Trintignant, Emmanuelle Riva, Isabelle Huppert, William Shimell, Ramón Agirre, Rita Blanco
- Genre Drama, Romance
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, AMC 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.
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- 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, AMC on Demand
Wild Tales
(Relatos salvajes)
We can all lose control...
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- Argentina, Spain • 2014
- Director Damián Szifrón
- Cast Ricardo Darín, Leonardo Sbaraglia, Darío Grandinetti, Érica Rivas, Nancy Dupláa
- Genre Comedy, Drama, Thriller
- Available on Hulu, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Fandango At Home, AMC on Demand
Ida
A young novitiate discovers a family secret dating back to World War II and must follow her history — wherever it takes her.
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- Poland, Denmark, France • 2013
- Director Paweł Pawlikowski
- Cast Agata Trzebuchowska, Agata Kulesza, Dawid Ogrodnik, Joanna Kulig, Adam Szyszkowski, Jerzy Trela
- Genre Drama
- Available on Amazon Prime Video, MUBI, Fandor Amazon Channel, MUBI Amazon Channel, fuboTV, OVID, Chai Flicks, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, YouTube, Crackle, Tubi TV, VUDU Free, Kanopy, Hoopla, Plex, Reveel, Plex Channel
Pan's Labyrinth
(El laberinto del fauno)
What happens when make-believe believes it's real?
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Mexico, Spain • 2006
- Director Guillermo del Toro
- Cast Ivana Baquero, Maribel Verdú, Sergi López, Doug Jones, Ariadna Gil, Álex Angulo
- Genre Drama, Fantasy, War
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Spectrum On Demand, AMC on Demand, Tubi TV
Son of Saul
(Saul fia)
Humanity isn't something you can take away.
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- Hungary • 2015
- Director László Nemes
- Cast Géza Röhrig, Levente Molnár, Urs Rechn, Todd Charmont, Sándor Zsótér
- Genre Drama, Thriller, War
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube
A Prophet
(Un prophète)
The timeless tale of the student who becomes the master -- set in a French prison.
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- France, Italy • 2009
- Director Jacques Audiard
- Cast Tahar Rahim, Niels Arestrup, Adel Bencherif, Hichem Yacoubi, Reda Kateb, Jean-Philippe Ricci
- Genre Crime, Drama
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube
The Great Beauty
(La grande bellezza)
A colorful, enchanting tale of one man's search for grand beauty and purpose in the majestic city of Rome.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Italy, France • 2013
- Director Paolo Sorrentino
- Cast Toni Servillo, Carlo Verdone, Sabrina Ferilli, Carlo Buccirosso, Iaia Forte, Pamela Villoresi
- Genre Drama
- Available on Criterion Channel, Max Amazon Channel, Max, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube
The Beat That My Heart Skipped
(De battre mon cœur s'est arrêté)
Can music tame the raging soul?
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- France • 2005
- Director Jacques Audiard
- Cast Romain Duris, Niels Arestrup, Jonathan Zaccaï, Gilles Cohen, Linh Đan Phạm, Aure Atika
- Genre Music, Drama, Crime
- Available on No streaming locations found.