Favorite Films
Belle de Jour
(Belle de jour)
Luis Bunuel's erotic masterpiece.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- France, Italy • 1967
- Director Luis Buñuel
- Cast Catherine Deneuve, Jean Sorel, Michel Piccoli, Geneviève Page, Pierre Clémenti, Françoise Fabian
- Genre Drama, Romance
- Available on Criterion Channel, Max Amazon Channel, Max, Apple TV, Amazon Video
Diary of a Chambermaid
(Le journal d'une femme de chambre)
A young chambermaid believes her colleague committed a horrible crime and uses her sexuality to try to coax a confession out of him.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- France, Italy • 1964
- Director Luis Buñuel
- Cast Jeanne Moreau, Georges Géret, Michel Piccoli, Françoise Lugagne, Jean Ozenne, Daniel Ivernel
- Genre Crime, Drama
- Available on Tubi TV, Plex,
Despair
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- West Germany, France • 1978
- Director Rainer Werner Fassbinder
- Cast Dirk Bogarde, Andréa Ferréol, Klaus Löwitsch, Volker Spengler, Bernhard Wicki, Armin Meier
- Genre Drama, Thriller
- Available on No streaming locations found.
M
(M - Eine Stadt sucht einen Mörder)
When police in a German city are unable to catch a child killer, local criminals agree to join in the manhunt.
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- Germany • 1931
- Director Fritz Lang
- Cast Peter Lorre, Ellen Widmann, Inge Landgut, Otto Wernicke, Theodor Loos, Gustaf Gründgens
- Genre Drama, Action, Thriller, Crime
- Available on Criterion Channel, Max Amazon Channel, Max, Classix, Apple TV, Vudu, Amazon Video, Pantaflix, Kanopy, Plex,
Ran
(乱)
The Greatest Shakespeare Film
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- Japan, France • 1985
- Director Akira Kurosawa
- Cast Tatsuya Nakadai, Akira Terao, Jinpachi Nezu, Daisuke Ryû, Mieko Harada, Yoshiko Miyazaki
- Genre Action, Drama, History
- Available on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Video, AMC on Demand, Amazon Prime Video with Ads
A Tale of Love and Desire
(Une histoire d'amour et de désir)
Sparks fly between literature students Ahmed and Farah when their study of erotic Arabic poetry moves beyond the classroom.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- France, Tunisia • 2021
- Director Leyla Bouzid
- Cast Sami Outalbali, Zbeida Belhajamor, Diong-Kéba Tacu, Aurélia Petit, Mahia Zrouki, Bellamine Abdelmalek
- Genre Drama, Romance
- Available on Amazon Prime Video, Hoopla, OVID, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube, Tubi TV, VUDU Free, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Kanopy
Brief Encounter
After a chance meeting, two married people begin a passionate, but doomed, romantic affair.
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- United Kingdom • 1945
- Director David Lean
- Cast Celia Johnson, Trevor Howard, Stanley Holloway, Joyce Carey, Cyril Raymond, Everley Gregg
- Genre Drama, Romance
- Available on Criterion Channel, FlixFling, TCM, Max Amazon Channel, Max, Apple TV, Amazon Video, The Roku Channel, Freevee, Shout! Factory TV, Plex,
La Dolce Vita
(La dolce vita)
A paprazzo's search for love and happiness through booze and sex.
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- Italy, France • 1960
- Director Federico Fellini
- Cast Marcello Mastroianni, Anita Ekberg, Anouk Aimée, Yvonne Furneaux, Magali Noël, Alain Cuny
- Genre Comedy, Drama
- Available on Plex,
Loves of a Blonde
(Lásky jedné plavovlásky)
A girl working in a factory town follows a one-night stand to his parents' house in Prague.
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- Czechoslovakia • 1965
- Director Miloš Forman
- Cast Hana Brejchová, Vladimír Pucholt, Vladimír Menšík, Ivan Kheil, Jiří Hrubý, Milada Ježková
- Genre Comedy, Drama
- Available on Criterion Channel
Black Narcissus
A story of exquisite yearning in a strange and beautiful land.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- United Kingdom • 1947
- Director Emeric Pressburger, Michael Powell
- Cast Deborah Kerr, David Farrar, Flora Robson, Kathleen Byron, Sabu, Jean Simmons
- Genre Drama
- Available on Criterion Channel, Max Amazon Channel, Max, Apple TV, Amazon Video, Tubi TV, The Roku Channel, Freevee, Shout! Factory TV, Plex,
This Sporting Life
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- United Kingdom • 1963
- Director Lindsay Anderson
- Cast Richard Harris, Rachel Roberts, Alan Badel, William Hartnell, Colin Blakely, Vanda Godsell
- Genre Drama
- Available on Criterion Channel, Apple TV, Amazon Video, Tubi TV, The Roku Channel, Freevee, Shout! Factory TV, Plex,
The Big City
(মহানগর)
Life at home changes when a housewife from a middle-class, conservative family in Calcutta gets a job as a salesperson.
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- India • 1963
- Director Satyajit Ray
- Cast Anil Chatterjee, Madhabi Mukherjee, Jaya Bachchan, Haren Chatterjee, Sefalika Devi, Prasenjit Sarkar
- Genre Drama
- Available on Criterion Channel, Max Amazon Channel, Max, Apple TV, Amazon Video
Le Notti Bianche
(Le notti bianche)
A lonely city transplant and a sheltered girl begin a tentative romance.
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- Italy, France • 1957
- Director Luchino Visconti
- Cast Maria Schell, Marcello Mastroianni, Jean Marais, Marcella Rovena, Maria Zanoli, Elena Fancera
- Genre Drama, Romance
- Available on Criterion Channel
Victim
A closeted lawyer faces extortion but seeks justice in this film far ahead of its time.
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- United Kingdom • 1961
- Director Basil Dearden
- Cast Dirk Bogarde, Sylvia Syms, Dennis Price, Anthony Nicholls, Peter Copley, Norman Bird
- Genre Crime, Drama, Thriller
- Available on Criterion Channel, Max Amazon Channel, Apple TV, Amazon Video
King and Country
The most intense excitement you have ever experienced in this shock-filled story of the incident that rocked an empire!
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- United Kingdom • 1964
- Director Joseph Losey
- Cast Dirk Bogarde, Tom Courtenay, Leo McKern, Peter Copley, Barry Foster, Barry Justice
- Genre War, Drama
- Available on FlixFling, Amazon Video, Kanopy, Plex,
The Magician
(Ansiktet)
A nineteenth-century traveling mesmerist and potion-peddler’s magic is put to the test by a cruel, eminently rational royal medical advisor.
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- Sweden • 1958
- Director Ingmar Bergman
- Cast Max von Sydow, Gunnar Björnstrand, Ingrid Thulin, Bibi Andersson, Erland Josephson, Naima Wifstrand
- Genre Drama
- Available on Kanopy, Criterion Channel, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube
Y Tu Mamá También
(Y tu mamá también)
Two teenage boys and an older woman embark on a road trip and learn about life — and each other.
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- Mexico • 2001
- Director Alfonso Cuarón
- Cast Maribel Verdú, Gael García Bernal, Diego Luna, Diana Bracho, Verónica Langer, María Aura
- Genre Drama, Romance
- Available on AMC+, IFC Films Unlimited Apple TV Channel, Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, YouTube
Tommy
A psychosomatically deaf, mute, and blind boy becomes a master pinball player and the object of a religious cult.
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- 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, Vudu, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, AMC on Demand
Women in Love
The relationship between four sensual people is limited: They must find a new way.
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- United Kingdom • 1969
- Director Ken Russell
- Cast Alan Bates, Oliver Reed, Glenda Jackson, Jennie Linden, Eleanor Bron, Alan Webb
- Genre Drama, Romance
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Lady Snowblood
(修羅雪姫)
Raised to avenge her family's brutal murder, skilled assassin Yuki goes on a bloody quest for revenge.
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- Japan • 1973
- Director Toshiya Fujita
- Cast Meiko Kaji, Kō Nishimura, Toshio Kurosawa, Masaaki Daimon, Miyoko Akaza, Eiji Okada
- Genre Action, Drama, Thriller
- Available on Criterion Channel, Max Amazon Channel, Max, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, YouTube
Writing with Fire
Armed with smartphones, the journalists of India’s only female-run newspaper break traditions and tackle the country’s biggest issues.
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- India • 2021
- Director Sushmit Ghosh, Rintu Thomas
- Cast Meera Devi, Suneeta Prajapati, Shyamkali Devi
- Genre Documentary
- Available on Hoopla, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube, Kanopy
Panic
(Panique)
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- France • 1947
- Director Julien Duvivier
- Cast Michel Simon, Viviane Romance, Paul Bernard, Charles Dorat, Lucas Gridoux, Lita Recio
- Genre Drama, Crime
- Available on Criterion Channel
The Ascent
(Восхождение)
Two Soviet partisans must go on a journey deep into occupied German territory.
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- Soviet Union • 1977
- Director Larisa Shepitko
- Cast Boris Plotnikov, Vladimir Gostyukhin, Lyudmila Polyakova, Viktoriya Goldentul, Mariya Vinogradova
- Genre Drama, War
- Available on Criterion Channel
The Battle of Algiers
(La battaglia di Algeri)
The revolt that stirred the world!
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- Algeria, Italy • 1966
- Director Gillo Pontecorvo
- Cast Brahim Hadjadj, Jean Martin, Yacef Saadi, Ugo Paletti, Fusia El Kader, Samia Kerbash
- Genre Drama, History, War
- Available on Criterion Channel, Max Amazon Channel, Max, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, YouTube, Kanopy
One Sings, the Other Doesn't
(L'une chante, l'autre pas)
This story of friendship and reproductive rights chronicles 14 years in the lives of two very dissimilar women.
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- France, Soviet Union • 1977
- Director Agnès Varda
- Cast Thérèse Liotard, Valérie Mairesse, Robert Dadies, Mona Mairesse, Francis Lemaire, Ali Rafie
- Genre Drama
- Available on Criterion Channel, Max Amazon Channel, Max
Death of a Cyclist
(Muerte de un ciclista)
After hitting and killing a cyclist with their car, two upper-crusters engaged in an extramarital affair coverup their crime.
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- Spain, Italy • 1955
- Director Juan Antonio Bardem
- Cast Lucía Bosé, Alberto Closas, Bruna Corrà, Carlos Casaravilla, Otello Toso, Alicia Romay
- Genre Crime, Drama, Thriller
- Available on Criterion Channel, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube
Good Morning
(お早よう)
Two young boys stop speaking in protest when their parents refuse to buy a television set.
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- Japan • 1959
- Director Yasujirō Ozu
- Cast Keiji Sada, Yoshiko Kuga, Chishū Ryū, Kuniko Miyake, Haruko Sugimura, Kôji Shitara
- Genre Comedy, Family, Drama
- Available on Criterion Channel, Max Amazon Channel, Max, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube, Tubi TV
Blood Feud
(Fatto di sangue fra due uomini per causa di una vedova. Si sospettano moventi politici)
A recent widow is romanced by both an attorney and a local crook.
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- Italy, United Kingdom • 1978
- Director Lina Wertmüller
- Cast Sophia Loren, Marcello Mastroianni, Giancarlo Giannini, Turi Ferro, Mario Scarpetta, Antonella Murgia
- Genre Thriller
- Available on Amazon Video, Tubi TV, The Roku Channel, Shout! Factory TV, Plex,
Immortal Love
(永遠の人)
While her fiancée is away fighting, a woman is raped by a landowner's son and forced into marriage.
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- Japan • 1961
- Director Keisuke Kinoshita
- Cast Hideko Takamine, Keiji Sada, Tatsuya Nakadai, Nobuko Otowa, Akira Ishihama, Masakazu Tamura
- Genre Drama, Romance
- Available on Criterion Channel
Veneno
Veneno focuses on the life of one of the most beloved LGBT icons in Spain, La Veneno.
- Spain • 2020
- Creator Javier Ambrossi, Javier Calvo
- Cast Lola Rodríguez, Isabel Torres, Daniela Santiago, Jedet, Marcos Sotkovszki, Guille Márquez
- Genre Drama
- Available on Max