Spotlight: Actors: La Lollo e le Sue Amiche, Part II
Due to the outpouring of enthusiasm for our Spotlight on Gina Lollobrigida and the other Ieading ladies of Italian cinema in the 1950s and 1960s, we are adding a second installment, stretching from the height of the Neorealist movement right up to the present day.
Variety Lights
(Luci del varietà)
A gorgeous young dancer joins a traveling troupe of third-rate vaudevillians.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Italy • 1950
- Director Federico Fellini, Alberto Lattuada
- Cast Peppino De Filippo, Carla Del Poggio, Giulietta Masina, John Kitzmiller, Folco Lulli, Dante Maggio
- Genre Drama, Music, Romance
- Available on Criterion Channel
Bellissima
How far will one mother go?
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Italy • 1951
- Director Luchino Visconti
- Cast Anna Magnani, Walter Chiari, Tina Apicella, Gastone Renzelli, Tecla Scarano
- Genre Comedy, Drama
- Available on Amazon Video, Plex, Plex Channel
The Swindle
(Il bidone)
A humorous yet poignant film about a trio of con men who deal with hope, desperation, and redemption.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Italy, France • 1955
- Director Federico Fellini
- Cast Broderick Crawford, Giulietta Masina, Franco Fabrizi, Richard Basehart, Lorella De Luca, Xenia Valderi
- Genre Comedy, Crime, Drama
- Available on Criterion Channel
The Life Ahead
(La vita davanti a sé)
A Holocaust survivor and a young Senegalese orphan form an unlikely bond.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Italy • 2020
- Director Edoardo Ponti
- Cast Sophia Loren, Ibrahima Gueye, Renato Carpentieri, Diego Iosif Pirvu, Massimiliano Rossi, Abril Zamora
- Genre Drama
- Available on Netflix, Netflix basic with Ads
Fanfan the Tulip
(Fanfan la Tulipe)
A Parisian peasant escapes an arraigned marriage for a career in the military.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Italy, France • 1952
- Director Christian-Jaque
- Cast Gérard Philipe, Gina Lollobrigida, Marcel Herrand, Olivier Hussenot, Noël Roquevert, Geneviève Page
- Genre Adventure, Comedy, Romance, War
- Available on Criterion Channel
A Special Day
(Una giornata particolare)
When Hitler visits Rome, everyone flocks to the square except two neighbors who become fascinated with each other.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Italy, Canada • 1977
- Director Ettore Scola
- Cast Sophia Loren, Marcello Mastroianni, John Vernon, Françoise Berd, Patrizia Basso, Tiziano De Persio
- Genre Drama, Romance
- Available on Criterion Channel, TCM, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube
Once Upon a Time in the West
(C'era una volta il West)
There were three men in her life. One to take her... one to love her... and one to kill her.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Italy, United States • 1968
- Director Sergio Leone
- Cast Claudia Cardinale, Henry Fonda, Jason Robards, Charles Bronson, Gabriele Ferzetti
- Genre Western
- Available on Amazon Prime Video, MGM Plus, fuboTV, MGM Plus Roku Premium Channel, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Epix Amazon Channel, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube, Spectrum On Demand, AMC on Demand
L'Avventura
(L'avventura)
A new adventure in filmmaking...
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Italy, France • 1960
- Director Michelangelo Antonioni
- Cast Gabriele Ferzetti, Monica Vitti, Lea Massari, Dominique Blanchar, Renzo Ricci, James Addams
- Genre Drama, Mystery
- Available on Criterion Channel, Max Amazon Channel, Max, Apple TV, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Kanopy
Two Women
(La ciociara)
Suddenly, love becomes lust and innocence becomes shame, as two women are trapped by violent passion and unforgettable terror!
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Italy, France • 1960
- Director Vittorio De Sica
- Cast Sophia Loren, Jean-Paul Belmondo, Raf Vallone, Eleonora Brown, Carlo Ninchi, Andrea Checchi
- Genre Drama, War
- Available on Apple TV, Tubi TV, Kanopy, Plex, Plex Channel
Juliet of the Spirits
(Giulietta degli spiriti)
The inhibitions... the desires... the obsessions... of a jealous woman held prisoner by her own dreams
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Italy, France • 1965
- Director Federico Fellini
- Cast Giulietta Masina, Sandra Milo, Mario Pisu, Valentina Cortese, Valeska Gert, José Luis de Villalonga
- Genre Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
- Available on Criterion Channel, Max Amazon Channel, Max, Amazon Video
La Notte
(La notte)
A married couple attend a bourgeois party and wade through the stifling strain that long-term marriage has imposed upon them.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Italy, France • 1961
- Director Michelangelo Antonioni
- Cast Marcello Mastroianni, Jeanne Moreau, Monica Vitti, Bernhard Wicki, Rosy Mazzacurati, Maria Pia Luzi
- Genre Drama
- Available on Criterion Channel, TCM, Max Amazon Channel, Max, Apple TV, Amazon Video, Kanopy
L'amore
An emotional anthology about two women traversing the waters of heartbreak and sadness.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Italy • 1948
- Director Roberto Rossellini
- Cast Anna Magnani, Federico Fellini, Lia Corelli
- Genre Drama
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Spotlight: Actors: La Lollo e le Sue Amiche
In honor of the passing of Gina Lollobrigida this week, we wanted to take a moment to celebrate La Lollo, as she was affectionately known, and the other Ieading ladies of Italian cinema in the 1950s and 1960s. These actresses' style, sass, strength, and alluring beauty made them icons in their native country and beyond.
Rome, Open City
(Roma città aperta)
A powerful portrayal of dignity and courage.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Italy • 1945
- Director Roberto Rossellini
- Cast Aldo Fabrizi, Anna Magnani, Marcello Pagliero, Francesco Grandjacquet, Harry Feist, Maria Michi
- Genre Drama, History
- Available on Criterion Channel, Max Amazon Channel, Max, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube
Mamma Roma
A former sex worker attempts to make a new life for herself, despite the looming threats of her past.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Italy • 1962
- Director Pier Paolo Pasolini
- Cast Anna Magnani, Ettore Garofolo, Franco Citti, Silvana Corsini, Luisa Loiano, Paolo Volponi
- Genre Drama
- Available on Criterion Channel
Beat the Devil
A motley crew of con artists race to lay claim on a bogus uranium mine.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- United Kingdom, Italy, United States • 1953
- Director John Huston
- Cast Humphrey Bogart, Jennifer Jones, Gina Lollobrigida, Robert Morley, Peter Lorre, Edward Underdown
- Genre Adventure, Comedy, Crime
- Available on fuboTV, Pure Flix, FlixFling, Epix Amazon Channel, Apple TV, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Tubi TV, The Roku Channel, Pluto TV, VUDU Free, Freevee, DistroTV, Kanopy, Hoopla, Public Domain Movies
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
(Notre-Dame de Paris)
The timeless tale of the seductive gypsy Esmeralda and the tortured hunchback Quasimodo.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- France, Italy • 1956
- Director Jean Delannoy
- Cast Gina Lollobrigida, Anthony Quinn, Jean Danet, Damia, Marianne Oswald, Danielle Dumont
- Genre Drama, History
- Available on Amazon Video
Nights of Cabiria
(Le notti di Cabiria)
The story of a betrayed but unquenchable little Roman street-walker.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Italy, France • 1957
- Director Federico Fellini
- Cast Giulietta Masina, François Périer, Franca Marzi, Amedeo Nazzari, Dorian Gray, Aldo Silvani
- Genre Drama
- Available on Amazon Video
The Leopard
(Il gattopardo)
Luchino Visconti's enduring romantic adventure, set amidst the social changes of Italian unification.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Italy, France • 1963
- Director Luchino Visconti
- Cast Burt Lancaster, Alain Delon, Claudia Cardinale, Paolo Stoppa, Terence Hill, Pierre Clémenti
- Genre Drama
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube, AMC on Demand, Hoopla
L'Eclisse
(L'eclisse)
… the ache and ecstasy of love…
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Italy, France • 1962
- Director Michelangelo Antonioni
- Cast Alain Delon, Monica Vitti, Francisco Rabal, Lilla Brignone, Rossana Rory, Louis Seigner
- Genre Romance, Drama
- Available on Criterion Channel, Apple TV, Amazon Video
La Strada
(La strada)
Gelsoma, a circus performer, endures her husbands coldness and abuse as they travel the Italian countryside performing together.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Italy • 1954
- Director Federico Fellini
- Cast Anthony Quinn, Giulietta Masina, Richard Basehart, Aldo Silvani, Marcella Rovere, Lidia Venturini
- Genre Drama
- Available on Criterion Channel, Max Amazon Channel, Max, Fandango At Home, Kanopy
Red Desert
(Il deserto rosso)
Her tenuous grip on reality is starting to slip... can a new man save her or will it only get worse?
- Italy, France • 1964
- Director Michelangelo Antonioni
- Cast Monica Vitti, Richard Harris, Carlo Chionetti, Xenia Valderi, Rita Renoir, Lili Rheims
- Genre Drama
- Available on Criterion Channel, Max Amazon Channel, Max
Marriage Italian Style
(Matrimonio all'italiana)
A businessman's mistress of 20 years learns he plans to marry a young woman and schemes to protect her family's interests.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Italy, France • 1964
- Director Vittorio De Sica
- Cast Sophia Loren, Marcello Mastroianni, Aldo Puglisi, Tecla Scarano, Marilù Tolo, Gianni Ridolfi
- Genre Comedy, Drama, Romance
- Available on Criterion Channel, Kino Film Collection, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube, Kanopy, Hoopla
Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow
(Ieri, oggi, domani)
A playful anthology comedy following the romantic complications faced by three sets of lovers.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Italy, France • 1963
- Director Vittorio De Sica
- Cast Sophia Loren, Marcello Mastroianni, Aldo Giuffrè, Agostino Salvietti, Lino Mattera, Tecla Scarano
- Genre Comedy, Drama, Romance
- Available on Criterion Channel, Kino Film Collection, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube, Tubi TV, Kanopy, Hoopla
8½
A film director suffers creative block as he prepares his next movie and navigates the relationships of his life.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Italy, France • 1963
- Director Federico Fellini
- Cast Marcello Mastroianni, Claudia Cardinale, Anouk Aimée, Sandra Milo, Rossella Falk, Barbara Steele
- Genre Drama
- Available on Criterion Channel, Max Amazon Channel, Max, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube, Kanopy
Spotlight: The Idle Rich
Are the very rich different from the rest of us? The films in this week’s Spotlight certainly make it look that way. They satirize and skewer the one percent in merciless detail — their greed and gluttony, moral failings, mental shortcomings, and spectacular, soul-killing selfishness.
Triangle of Sadness
A cruise for the ultra-wealthy goes awry when the ship sinks, leaving the survivors stranded on a desert island.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- United States, Sweden, United Kingdom • 2022
- Director Ruben Östlund
- Cast Harris Dickinson, Charlbi Dean, Zlatko Burić, Dolly de Leon, Vicki Berlin, Henrik Dorsin
- Genre Comedy
- Available on Hulu, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Spectrum On Demand, AMC on Demand
Divorce Italian Style
(Divorzio all'italiana)
How do you end a marriage when divorce is illegal? It's easier than you think.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Italy • 1961
- Director Pietro Germi
- Cast Marcello Mastroianni, Daniela Rocca, Stefania Sandrelli, Leopoldo Trieste, Odoardo Spadaro, Margherita Girelli
- Genre Comedy
- Available on Criterion Channel, Max Amazon Channel, Max
PlayTime
The clumsy Monsieur Hulot gets into various mishaps in Paris.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- France, Italy • 1967
- Director Jacques Tati
- Cast Jacques Tati, Barbara Dennek, Rita Maiden, France Rumilly, France Delahalle, Valérie Camille
- Genre Comedy
- Available on Criterion Channel, Apple TV, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Kanopy
La Grande Bouffe
Four middle aged men retire to a villa for a weekend of culinary and sexual excess.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- France, Italy • 1973
- Director Marco Ferreri
- Cast Marcello Mastroianni, Ugo Tognazzi, Michel Piccoli, Philippe Noiret, Andréa Ferréol, Solange Blondeau
- Genre Comedy, Drama
- Available on Fandor Amazon Channel
The Rules of the Game
(La Règle du jeu)
A weekend at a marquis’ country château lays bare some ugly truths about a group of haut aristocratic acquaintances.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- France • 1939
- Director Jean Renoir
- Cast Marcel Dalio, Nora Gregor, Paulette Dubost, Mila Parély, Odette Talazac, Claire Gérard
- Genre Comedy, Drama, Romance
- Available on Criterion Channel, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube, Kanopy
We Are the Nobles
(Nosotros los nobles)
Three spoiled siblings are forced to get jobs as their father's successful company weathers a scandal.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Mexico • 2013
- Director Gary Alazraki
- Cast Gonzalo Vega, Luis Gerardo Méndez, Karla Souza, Juan Pablo Gil, Ianis Guerrero, Mario Haddad
- Genre Comedy
- Available on Amazon Video
Get Duked!
Four boys find themselves fighting for their lives while trying to earn their Duke of Edinburgh award.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- United Kingdom • 2019
- Director Ninian Doff
- Cast Samuel Bottomley, Viraj Juneja, Rian Gordon, Lewis Gribben, Eddie Izzard, Georgie Glen
- Genre Action, Comedy, Horror, Music
- Available on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Freevee
Swept Away
(Travolti da un insolito destino nell'azzurro mare d'agosto)
A spoiled rich woman and a brutish Communist deckhand become stranded on a desert island.
- ✭
- Italy • 1974
- Director Lina Wertmüller
- Cast Mariangela Melato, Giancarlo Giannini, Riccardo Salvino, Isa Danieli, Aldo Puglisi, Eros Pagni
- Genre Comedy, Drama, Romance
- Available on OVID, Kino Film Collection, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube, Kanopy, Hoopla
The Good Boss
(El buen patrón)
A CEO meddles in the lives of his employees in order to prepare for an inspection by a national committee.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Spain • 2021
- Director Fernando León de Aranoa
- Cast Javier Bardem, Manolo Solo, Almudena Amor, Óscar de la Fuente, Sonia Almarcha, Fernando Albizu
- Genre Comedy
- Available on fuboTV, Paramount+ Amazon Channel, Paramount+ Roku Premium Channel, Paramount+ with Showtime, Paramount Plus Apple TV Channel , Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube, Spectrum On Demand
L'Avventura
(L'avventura)
A new adventure in filmmaking...
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Italy, France • 1960
- Director Michelangelo Antonioni
- Cast Gabriele Ferzetti, Monica Vitti, Lea Massari, Dominique Blanchar, Renzo Ricci, James Addams
- Genre Drama, Mystery
- Available on Criterion Channel, Max Amazon Channel, Max, Apple TV, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Kanopy
The Menu
A couple encounters shocking surprises at an exclusive island restaurant.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- • 2022
- Director Mark Mylod
- Cast Emma Stone, Ralph Fiennes
- Genre Comedy, Horror
- Available on Amazon Prime Video, fuboTV, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Spectrum On Demand, AMC on Demand, FXNow
Weekend
(Week End)
A bourgeoisie couple's weekend getaway to the French countryside goes bizarrely awry.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- France, Italy • 1967
- Director Jean-Luc Godard
- Cast Mireille Darc, Jean Yanne, Jean-Pierre Léaud, Jean-Pierre Kalfon, Valérie Lagrange, Juliet Berto
- Genre Adventure, Comedy, Drama
- Available on Criterion Channel, Max Amazon Channel, Max
The Exterminating Angel
(El ángel exterminador)
A high society party devolves into chaos when the guests are mysteriously unable to leave the room.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Mexico • 1962
- Director Luis Buñuel
- Cast Silvia Pinal, Jacqueline Andere, José Baviera, Augusto Benedico, Luis Beristáin, Antonio Bravo
- Genre Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
- Available on Criterion Channel, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, YouTube, Plex, Plex Channel
Spotlight: Volcanoes
From disaster flicks to documentaries, from Mount Vesuvius to Mount Paektu, to Mount Doom, this week we‘re watching movies about volcanoes. With computer generated imagery, stop-motion animation, and spectacular live action footage, these filmmakers attempt to capture the singularly cinematic phenomenon of fire-breathing mountains.
Ashfall
(백두산)
A series of eruptions of Mount Paektu threaten to destroy the entire Korean peninsula.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Korea • 2019
- Director Lee Hae-jun, Kim Byung-seo
- Cast Lee Byung-hun, Ha Jung-woo, Ma Dong-seok, Jeon Hye-jin, Bae Suzy, Lee Kyung-young
- Genre Action, Adventure, Thriller
- Available on Amazon Prime Video, Peacock Premium, Peacock Premium Plus, AsianCrush, Midnight Pulp, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube, Tubi TV, Pluto TV, VUDU Free, Freevee, Hoopla, Plex, Plex Channel
Fire of Love
Katia and Maurice Krafft loved two things: each other, and volcanoes.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Canada, United States • 2022
- Director Sara Dosa
- Cast Miranda July
- Genre Documentary
- Available on Hulu, Disney Plus, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Spectrum On Demand, AMC on Demand
Gamera vs. Gyaos
(大怪獣空中戦 ガメラ対ギャオス)
A gigantic bat emerges from a volcano to terrorize Japan and only one thing can stop it...Gamera!
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 1967
- Director Noriaki Yuasa
- Cast Kōjirō Hongō, Kichijirô Ueda, Reiko Kasahara, Naoyuki Abe, Taro Marui, Yukitaro Hotaru
- Genre Action, Adventure, Horror, Science Fiction
- Available on Amazon Prime Video, Screambox Amazon Channel, ARROW, Midnight Pulp, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, YouTube, Tubi TV, Pluto TV, Shout! Factory TV, Cineverse, Plex, Plex Channel
Journey to Italy
(Viaggio in Italia)
A bored English couple must face the cracks in their marriage on a trip to Italy.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Italy, France • 1954
- Director Roberto Rossellini
- Cast Ingrid Bergman, George Sanders, Jackie Frost, Maria Mauban, Anna Proclemer, Leslie Daniels
- Genre Drama, Romance
- Available on Criterion Channel, Max Amazon Channel, Max, Apple TV, Amazon Video, Kanopy
Islands of Fire
(Isole di fuoco)
This prize-winning short is a poetic portrait of life on the coast of Sicily before, during, and following a volcanic eruption.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Italy • 1955
- Director Vittorio De Seta
- Cast
- Genre Documentary
- Available on Criterion Channel
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
As dark forces threaten, a king reignites a broken fellowship and a quest is undergone.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- New Zealand, United States • 2003
- Director Peter Jackson
- Cast Elijah Wood, Ian McKellen, Viggo Mortensen, Sean Astin, Liv Tyler, Orlando Bloom
- Genre Action, Adventure, Fantasy
- Available on Amazon Prime Video, Max Amazon Channel, Max, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, AMC on Demand
Mysterious Island
A world beyond imagination! Adventure beyond belief!
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- United Kingdom • 1961
- Director Cy Endfield
- Cast Michael Craig, Joan Greenwood, Michael Callan, Gary Merrill, Herbert Lom, Beth Rogan
- Genre Adventure, Family, Fantasy
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Tubi TV
Into the Inferno
What we worship can destroy us.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- United Kingdom, Germany, Canada • 2016
- Director Werner Herzog
- Cast Werner Herzog, Clive Oppenheimer, Katia Krafft, Maurice Krafft, Sri Sumarti
- Genre Documentary
- Available on Netflix, Netflix basic with Ads
The Northman
A viking prince returns home after years of training in order to take revenge on his uncle.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- United States • 2022
- Director Robert Eggers
- Cast Alexander Skarsgård, Nicole Kidman, Claes Bang, Anya Taylor-Joy, Ethan Hawke, Björk
- Genre Action, Adventure, 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, FlixFling, AMC on Demand
Ixcanul
María, a 17-year-old Kaqchikel Maya, hopes to escape her arranged marriage and explore the world.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Guatemala, France • 2015
- Director Jayro Bustamante
- Cast María Mercedes Coroy, María Telón, Manuel Antún, Justo Lorenzo, Marvin Coroy, Fernando Martínez
- Genre Drama
- Available on Kino Film Collection, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube, Kanopy
Pompeii
No warning. No escape.
- ✭ ✭
- Canada, Germany, United States • 2014
- Director Paul W. S. Anderson
- Cast Kit Harington, Emily Browning, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, Kiefer Sutherland, Carrie-Anne Moss, Jared Harris
- Genre Action, Adventure, Drama, History, Romance
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Fandango At Home, AMC on Demand, Tubi TV
You Only Live Twice
James Bond travels to Japan to investigate the disappearance of American and Russian spacecraft.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- United Kingdom, United States, Japan • 1967
- Director Lewis Gilbert
- Cast Sean Connery, Akiko Wakabayashi, Mie Hama, Tetsurō Tamba, Teru Shimada, Karin Dor
- Genre Action, Adventure, Thriller
- Available on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube
Spotlight: Cities: New York
New York has served as a port of entry, both literally and imaginatively, for people from around the world coming to America. These films tell their stories, and in so doing, offer a kaleidoscopic vision of the city from the outside in.
Shame
When his wayward younger sister moves into his apartment stirring memories of their shared painful past, Brandon's insular life spirals out of control.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- United Kingdom • 2011
- Director Steve McQueen
- Cast Michael Fassbender, Carey Mulligan, James Badge Dale, Nicole Beharie, Alex Manette, Hannah Ware
- Genre Drama
- Available on Apple TV, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, AMC on Demand
Chico & Rita
The romance between a piano player and a singer in 1940s Havana is tested as they pursue musical success.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Spain, United Kingdom • 2010
- Director Fernando Trueba
- Cast Mario Guerra, Limara Meneses, Eman Xor Oña, Jon Adams, Renny Arozarena, Blanca Rosa Blanco
- Genre Animation, Music, Romance
- Available on Fandango At Home, Apple TV, Kanopy, Hoopla
Hair
Protesting the Vietnam War through peace, drugs, and stylish hair
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- West Germany, United States • 1979
- Director Miloš Forman
- Cast John Savage, Treat Williams, Beverly D'Angelo, Annie Golden, Dorsey Wright, Don Dacus
- Genre Comedy, Drama, Music, Romance, War
- Available on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube, AMC on Demand, Tubi TV, Pluto TV, Freevee, Kanopy
Brooklyn
Two countries. Two loves. One heart.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- United Kingdom, Canada, Ireland • 2015
- Director John Crowley
- Cast Saoirse Ronan, Domhnall Gleeson, Emory Cohen, Jim Broadbent, Julie Walters, Jessica Paré
- Genre Drama, Romance
- Available on Max Amazon Channel, Max, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, AMC on Demand
Son of Monarchs
(Hijo de monarcas)
A Mexican biologist living in NYC returns to his hometown following the death of his grandmother, undergoing an intense personal journey.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Mexico, United States • 2020
- Director Alexis Gambis
- Cast Tenoch Huerta, Kaarlo Isaacs Barria, Noé Hernández, Angel Adrian Flores, Ignacio Guadalupe, Alexia Rasmussen
- Genre Drama
- Available on Max Amazon Channel, Max, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, YouTube
Man on Wire
1974. 1350 feet up. The artistic crime of the century.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- United Kingdom, United States • 2008
- Director James Marsh
- Cast Philippe Petit, Jean François Heckel, Jean-Louis Blondeau, Annie Allix, David Forman, Alan Welner
- Genre Documentary
- Available on Netflix, Amazon Prime Video, Peacock Premium, Peacock Premium Plus, Netflix basic with Ads, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, FlixFling, Tubi TV, The Roku Channel, Pluto TV, VUDU Free, DistroTV, Kanopy, Hoopla, Plex, Plex Channel
King Kong
An overly ambitious movie producer must save his leading lady from the clutches of a giant ape monster.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- New Zealand, United States, Germany • 2005
- Director Peter Jackson
- Cast Naomi Watts, Jack Black, Adrien Brody, Thomas Kretschmann, Colin Hanks
- Genre Action, Adventure, 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, AMC on Demand
A King in New York
The king of comedians!
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- United Kingdom, United States • 1957
- Director Charlie Chaplin
- Cast Charlie Chaplin, Maxine Audley, Jerry Desmonde, Oliver Johnston, Dawn Addams, Sid James
- Genre Comedy, Drama
- Available on Amazon Prime Video, Criterion Channel, Max Amazon Channel, Max, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Amazon Video
Carol
Some people change your life forever.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- United Kingdom, United States • 2015
- Director Todd Haynes
- Cast Rooney Mara, Cate Blanchett, Kyle Chandler, Sarah Paulson, Jake Lacy, John Magaro
- Genre Romance, Drama
- Available on Netflix, fuboTV, Paramount+ Amazon Channel, Paramount+ Roku Premium Channel, Paramount+ with Showtime, Paramount Plus Apple TV Channel , Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Spectrum On Demand, AMC on Demand
Two Men in Manhattan
(Deux hommes dans Manhattan)
Two French journalists become embroiled in a criminal plot in New York City involving a disappeared United Nations diplomat.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- France • 1959
- Director Jean-Pierre Melville
- Cast Jean-Pierre Melville, Pierre Grasset, Christiane Eudes, Ginger Hall, Jean Darcante, Paula Dehelly
- Genre Crime, Drama, Thriller
- Available on Kanopy
News from Home
A female film director explores New York City while enduring demanding letters from her mother.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Belgium, France, West Germany • 1977
- Director Chantal Akerman
- Cast Chantal Akerman
- Genre Documentary
- Available on Criterion Channel, Max Amazon Channel, Max, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube
Unorthodox
A young Hasidic Jewish woman flees to Berlin.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Germany • 2020
- Creator Alexa Karolinski, Anna Winger
- Cast Shira Haas, Tamar Amit-Joseph, Aaron Altaras, Ronit Asheri, Felix Mayr
- Genre Drama
- Available on Netflix, Netflix basic with Ads
Spotlight: More is More
At a time of year that lends itself to over-indulgence, we offer a slate of films that take a "more is more" approach. Over-the-top, campy, and melodramatic, these films invite the viewer to embrace the excess and worry about the consequences in the morning.
Branded to Kill
(殺しの烙印)
A rice-obsessed hit-man botches an assignment and is forced to play a cruel game of kill or be killed.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 1967
- Director Seijun Suzuki
- Cast Jō Shishido, Kôji Nanbara, Isao Tamagawa, Annu Mari, Mariko Ogawa, Hiroshi Minami
- Genre Action, Crime
- Available on Criterion Channel, Apple TV, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video
Tommy
A psychosomatically deaf, mute, and blind boy becomes a master pinball player and the object of a religious cult.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- United Kingdom • 1975
- Director Ken Russell
- Cast Roger Daltrey, Oliver Reed, Ann-Margret, Elton John, Eric Clapton, Tina Turner
- Genre Drama, Music
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, AMC on Demand
The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant
(Die bitteren Tränen der Petra von Kant)
Sex is the ultimate weapon.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- West Germany • 1972
- Director Rainer Werner Fassbinder
- Cast Margit Carstensen, Hanna Schygulla, Katrin Schaake, Eva Mattes, Gisela Fackeldey, Irm Hermann
- Genre Drama
- Available on Criterion Channel, Max Amazon Channel, Max, Apple TV, Amazon Video
The Legend of the Stardust Brothers
(星くず兄弟の伝説)
The story of a fictional New Wave duo manufactured by a devious music mogul, and their meteoric rise to fame.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 1985
- Director Makoto Tezuka
- Cast Shingo Kubota, Kan Takagi, Kyôko Togawa, Issay, Kiyohiko Ozaki, Jun Togawa
- Genre Comedy, Music
- Available on Amazon Prime Video, FlixFling, Night Flight Plus, ARROW, Midnight Pulp, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube, Tubi TV, Freevee, Hoopla
Céline and Julie Go Boating
(Céline et Julie vont en bateau)
Brought together by chance, two young women playfully switch identities until the lines separating reality from fantasy begin to blur.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- France • 1974
- Director Jacques Rivette
- Cast Juliet Berto, Dominique Labourier, Bulle Ogier, Marie-France Pisier, Barbet Schroeder, Nathalie Asnar
- Genre Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
- Available on Criterion Channel
One Hundred and One Nights
(Les Cent et Une Nuits de Simon Cinéma)
Centenarian Simon Cinema engages a young woman to tell him the stories of all the movies ever made.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- United Kingdom, France • 1995
- Director Agnès Varda
- Cast Michel Piccoli, Marcello Mastroianni, Henri Garcin, Julie Gayet, Mathieu Demy, Emmanuel Salinger
- Genre Comedy, History, Romance
- Available on Criterion Channel
That Obscure Object of Desire
(Cet obscur objet du désir)
In flashback, an aging man recounts his sexual frustrations when falling for his 19 year-old former chambermaid Conchita.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- France, Spain • 1977
- Director Luis Buñuel
- Cast Carole Bouquet, Ángela Molina, Fernando Rey, Milena Vukotić, Julien Bertheau, André Weber
- Genre Comedy, Drama, Romance
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Summer Night with Greek Profile, Almond Eyes and Scent of Basil
(Notte d'estate con profilo greco, occhi a mandorla e odore di basilico)
A charming billionaire kidnaps a criminal and locks him up in her private villa in Sardinia.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Italy • 1986
- Director Lina Wertmüller
- Cast Mariangela Melato, Michele Placido, Roberto Herlitzka, John Steiner, Arnaldo Ninchi
- Genre Comedy
- Available on Kino Film Collection, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Kanopy
The Umbrellas of Cherbourg
(Les parapluies de Cherbourg)
A film for all the young lovers of the world.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- France, West Germany • 1964
- Director Jacques Demy
- Cast Catherine Deneuve, Nino Castelnuovo, Anne Vernon, Mireille Perrey, Marc Michel, Ellen Farner
- Genre Drama, Romance
- Available on Criterion Channel, Max Amazon Channel, Max, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube, Kanopy
Rouge
(胭脂扣)
The ghost of a courtesan who died in 1934 returns to Hong Kong fifty-three years later, seeking to reunite with the man she loved.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Hong Kong • 1987
- Director Stanley Kwan
- Cast Anita Mui, Leslie Cheung, Alex Man, Emily Chu Bo-Yee, Irene Wan, Tam Sin-Hung
- Genre Drama, Fantasy, Romance
- Available on Criterion Channel
Mr. Freedom
A pro-America superhero flies to France to prevent Communists from taking over.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- France • 1969
- Director William Klein
- Cast John Abbey, Delphine Seyrig, Philippe Noiret, Serge Gainsbourg, Catherine Rouvel, Jean-Claude Drouot
- Genre Comedy, Drama
- Available on Criterion Channel
La Cage aux Folles
(La Cage aux folles)
Two gay men living in St. Tropez try to hide their homosexuality when their son's fiancée and her conservative parents come to visit.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- France, Italy • 1978
- Director Édouard Molinaro
- Cast Ugo Tognazzi, Michel Serrault, Claire Maurier, Michel Galabru, Venantino Venantini, Rémi Laurent
- Genre Comedy
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, YouTube, Tubi TV, Pluto TV
Spotlight: The End Times
As 2022 careens to a close, we present a selection of films about endings of all kinds -- from the end of childhood to the end of the world, and all the many things that end along the way.
Mad Max: Fury Road
In an apocalyptic future, two rebels join forces.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Australia, United States • 2015
- Director George Miller
- Cast Tom Hardy, Charlize Theron, Nicholas Hoult, Hugh Keays-Byrne, Josh Helman, Nathan Jones
- Genre Action, Adventure, Science Fiction
- Available on Max Amazon Channel, Max, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Spectrum On Demand, AMC on Demand
The Past
(Le passé)
With every mystery comes another, and another, and another...
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- France, Italy, Belgium • 2013
- Director Asghar Farhadi
- Cast Bérénice Bejo, Ali Mosaffa, Tahar Rahim, Pauline Burlet, Elyes Aguis, Jeanne Jestin
- Genre Drama, Mystery
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube
35 Shots of Rum
(35 rhums)
A close-knit father and daughter navigate changes in their relationship as the daughter prepares to live her own life.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- France, Germany • 2009
- Director Claire Denis
- Cast Mati Diop, Nicole Dogue, Grégoire Colin, Alex Descas, Ingrid Caven
- Genre Drama
- Available on MUBI Amazon Channel, Metrograph, Amazon Video, Kanopy
Extinction: The Facts
An exploration of the consequences of millions of species being at risk for extinction.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- United Kingdom • 2020
- Director Charlotte Lathane
- Cast David Attenborough
- Genre Documentary
- Available on Amazon Video, Kanopy, Hoopla
An Education
An education isn't always by the book.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- United Kingdom, United States • 2009
- Director Lone Scherfig
- Cast Carey Mulligan, Peter Sarsgaard, Dominic Cooper, Rosamund Pike, Olivia Williams, Alfred Molina
- Genre Drama, Romance
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, AMC on Demand
No Home Movie
Conversations between Chantal Akerman and her mother, chatting and sharing memories both in person and through Skype.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Belgium, France • 2015
- Director Chantal Akerman
- Cast Chantal Akerman, Natalia Akerman, Sylvaine Akerman
- Genre Documentary
- Available on OVID, Amazon Video, Kanopy, Hoopla
Graduation
(Bacalaureat)
Is there anything a father wouldn't do to save his daughter's future?
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Romania, France, Belgium • 2016
- Director Cristian Mungiu
- Cast Adrian Titieni, Maria Dragus, Lia Bugnar, Mălina Manovici, Vlad Ivanov, Gelu Colceag
- Genre Drama
- Available on AMC+ Amazon Channel, IFC Films Unlimited Apple TV Channel, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube, 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
Au Revoir les Enfants
(Au revoir les enfants)
At a Catholic boarding school, the precocious youths enjoy true camaraderie—until a secret is revealed.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- France, West Germany, Italy • 1987
- Director Louis Malle
- Cast Gaspard Manesse, Raphael Fejtö, Francine Racette, Stanislas Carré de Malberg, Philippe Morier-Genoud, François Berléand
- Genre Drama, War
- Available on Criterion Channel, Max Amazon Channel, Max
Five Times Two
(5x2)
As a young French couple separates, the milestone moments in their relationship are unveiled in reverse order.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- France • 2004
- Director François Ozon
- Cast Valeria Bruni‑Tedeschi, Stéphane Freiss, Géraldine Pailhas, Françoise Fabian, Antoine Chappey, Michael Lonsdale
- Genre Drama, Romance
- Available on Amazon Video, Tubi TV, Pluto TV, Shout! Factory TV, Kanopy, Plex, Plex Channel
Sharkwater Extinction
Filmmaker and activist Rob Stewart is determined to save a shrinking shark population, investigating the corrupt fishing industry destroying aquatic wildlife.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Canada • 2018
- Director Rob Stewart
- Cast Rob Stewart, Paul Watson, Madison Stewart, Les Stroud, Boris Worm, Randall Arauz
- Genre Documentary
- Available on Fandango At Home
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
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.
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
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.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Romania • 2018
- Director Corneliu Porumboiu
- Cast Laurențiu Ginghină, Corneliu Porumboiu
- Genre Documentary
- Available on Fandor, Fandor Amazon Channel, Apple TV, Kanopy, Hoopla
The Keeper
(Trautmann)
A former Nazi becomes a British hero when he finds he excels at soccer.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- 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
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.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Iran • 2018
- Director Soheil Beiraghi
- Cast Baran Kosari, Amir Jadidi, Sahar Dolatshahi, Leili Rashidi, Hoda Zeynolabedin
- Genre Drama
- Available on Kanopy
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.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- 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
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
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, AMC 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, AMC on Demand, Pluto TV, Hoopla
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
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
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, AMC on Demand
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.
The Theory of Everything
His mind changed our world; her love changed his.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- 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 Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Spectrum On Demand, FlixFling, AMC on Demand
A Brief History of Time
A documentary film about the life of English theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- 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, Max, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube
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 Amazon Prime Video, Starz, Starz Amazon Channel, Starz Apple TV Channel, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube, Freevee, Kanopy, Hoopla
The Imitation Game
Alan Turing and his team race against time to decipher Nazi codes during World War II.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- 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, AMC on Demand, Tubi TV, The Roku Channel, Pluto TV, Hoopla
Fermat's Room
(La Habitación de Fermat)
Four mathematicians must solve a puzzle in order to escape death.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- 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.
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 AMC+, AMC+ Amazon Channel, IFC Films Unlimited Apple TV Channel, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, AMC on Demand, The Roku Channel, Pluto TV, Kanopy, Plex, Plex Channel
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.
Shakuntala Devi
(शकुंतला देवी)
The movie explores Shakuntala Devi's life and her personal relationships, in addition to her mathematical capabilities.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- 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 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, Microsoft Store, YouTube, FlixFling, Hoopla, Plex Channel
Cartesius
The story of French philosopher René Descartes.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- 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
In Our Prime
(이상한 나라의 수학자)
An outcast student as a prestigious high school gets math lessons from the school's security guard.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- 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
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