My Watchlist, a list by BSM.Venger

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4.0

age 17+

As children in the loving Ekdahl family, Fanny and Alexander enjoy a happy life with their parents, who run a theater company. After their father dies unexpectedly, however, the siblings end up in a joyless home when their mother, Emilie, marries a stern bishop. The bleak situation gradually grows worse as the bishop becomes more controlling, but dedicated relatives make a valiant attempt to aid Emilie, Fanny and Alexander.

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8.3

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82

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82

/1724/

4.6

/408767/

90

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95

/929/

4.0

age 16+

The invasion of a village in Belarus by German forces sends young Florya into the forest to join the weary Resistance fighters, against his family's wishes. There he meets a girl, Glasha, who accompanies him back to his village. On returning home, Florya finds his family and fellow peasants massacred. His continued survival amidst the brutal debris of war becomes increasingly nightmarish, a battle between despair and hope.

87

8.5

/313776/

84

/4805/

84

/4690/

4.5

/417211/

90

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96

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80

/21/

3.5

age 14+

A filmmaker recalls his childhood, when he fell in love with the movies at his village's theater and formed a deep friendship with the theater's projectionist.

85

7.9

/289621/

76

/4938/

77

/4126/

4.0

/337688/

97

/129/

92

/6502/

92

/20/

3.5

age 14+

New York comedian Alvy Singer falls in love with the ditsy Annie Hall.

85

7.7

/83394/

74

/1767/

74

/1295/

4.0

/169002/

97

/61/

90

/1404/

94

/20/

4.0

An impressionable teenage girl from a dead-end town and her older greaser boyfriend embark on a killing spree in the South Dakota badlands.

85

7.8

/108720/

77

/1986/

76

/2003/

4.2

/247556/

98

/99/

93

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87

/34/

3.5

age 17+

Following the tragic death of her teenage son, Manuela travels from Madrid to Barcelona in an attempt to contact the long-estranged father the boy never knew. She reunites with an old friend, an outspoken transgender sex worker, and befriends a troubled actress and a pregnant, HIV-positive nun.

84

8.0

/905302/

78

/17278/

77

/11059/

3.9

/618672/

92

/286/

90

/50237/

84

/36/

4.0

age 16+

A teenager reflects on his life after being accused of cheating on the Indian version of "Who Wants to be a Millionaire?".

83

7.4

/37976/

70

/544/

69

/414/

3.9

/23026/

98

/61/

86

/722/

91

/23/

4.0

A small mountain community in Canada is devastated when a school bus accident leaves more than a dozen of its children dead. A big-city lawyer arrives to help the survivors' and victims' families prepare a class-action suit, but his efforts only seem to push the townspeople further apart. At the same time, one teenage survivor of the accident has to reckon with the loss of innocence brought about by a different kind of damage.

83

8.3

/402741/

81

/8002/

80

/4562/

4.3

/517177/

92

/131/

93

/1068/

77

/30/

3.0

A teacher lives a lonely life, all the while struggling over his son’s custody. His life slowly gets better as he finds love and receives good news from his son, but his new luck is about to be brutally shattered by an innocent little lie.

83

7.8

/151369/

79

/7679/

77

/2220/

4.1

/350491/

97

/208/

91

/1197/

81

/30/

3.5

age 12+

Ricky is a defiant young city kid who finds himself on the run with his cantankerous foster uncle in the wild New Zealand bush. A national manhunt ensues, and the two are forced to put aside their differences and work together to survive.

82

7.8

/135474/

75

/3501/

75

/2230/

4.0

/181591/

92

/61/

90

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71

/14/

4.0

age 16+

During an ever-growing epidemic of zombies that have risen from the dead, two Philadelphia SWAT team members, a traffic reporter, and his television-executive girlfriend seek refuge in a secluded shopping mall.

82

8.0

/99726/

78

/1338/

77

/1201/

4.3

/125476/

91

/47/

94

/1114/

82

/7/

3.0

The family of a wealthy businessman gather to celebrate his 60th birthday. During the course of the party, his eldest son presents a speech that reveals a devastating secret that turns the night into a battle of truth and denial.

82

8.4

/83246/

83

/3479/

81

/1142/

4.3

/92587/

93

/121/

95

/1590/

79

/30/

2.5

age 13+

The remarkable story of Brazilian racing driver Ayrton Senna, charting his physical and spiritual achievements on the track and off, his quest for perfection, and the mythical status he has since attained, is the subject of Senna, a documentary feature that spans the racing legend's years as an F1 driver, from his opening season in 1984 to his untimely death a decade later.

82

7.4

/170804/

73

/4508/

71

/2847/

4.0

/362701/

92

/293/

74

/2187/

93

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4.0

age 16+

In Greenwich Village in the early 1960s, gifted but volatile folk musician Llewyn Davis struggles with money, relationships, and his uncertain future.

81

8.0

/264267/

81

/14332/

80

/6825/

3.9

/352145/

84

/268/

91

/1552/

69

/45/

3.5

age 13+

A five-year-old Indian boy gets lost on the streets of Calcutta, thousands of kilometers from home. He survives many challenges before being adopted by a couple in Australia; 25 years later, he sets out to find his lost family.

79

81

/13165/

81

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4.0

/274632/

75

/67/

93

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67

/33/

3.0

age 17+

A card shark and his unwillingly-enlisted friends need to make a lot of cash quick after losing a sketchy poker match. To do this they decide to pull a heist on a small-time gang who happen to be operating out of the flat next door.

79

7.6

/216443/

74

/4907/

72

/2469/

3.9

/231256/

93

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90

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79

/31/

3.0

age 15+

Lola receives a phone call from her boyfriend Manni. He lost 100,000 DM in a subway train that belongs to a very bad guy. She has 20 minutes to raise this amount and meet Manni. Otherwise, he will rob a store to get the money. Three different alternatives may happen depending on some minor event along Lola's run.

79

7.3

/124730/

72

/6119/

70

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3.8

/267349/

94

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79

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88

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3.5

age 15+

When dictator Joseph Stalin dies, his parasitic cronies square off in a frantic power struggle to become the next Soviet leader. As they bumble, brawl and back-stab their way to the top, the question remains — just who is running the government?

77

7.2

/97024/

72

/1762/

68

/1107/

4.0

/80313/

86

/157/

77

/1905/

81

/36/

3.5

age 17+

Oliver meets the irreverent and unpredictable Anna only months after his father Hal Fields has passed away. This new love floods Oliver with memories of his father, who, following the death of his wife of 44 years, came out of the closet at age 75 to live a full, energized, and wonderfully tumultuous gay life – which included a younger boyfriend.

77

7.4

/101272/

75

/2955/

73

/1770/

4.0

/597933/

92

/192/

78

/1004/

82

/35/

2.5

age 16+

An aspiring dancer moves to New York City and becomes caught up in a whirlwind of flighty fair-weather friends, diminishing fortunes and career setbacks.

77

7.3

/100278/

75

/2670/

73

/1544/

3.9

/322133/

88

/153/

82

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76

/37/

3.0

age 17+

15-year-old deep-thinking Welsh schoolboy Oliver Tate struggles to initiate and maintain a relationship with Jordana, his devilish, dark-haired classmate at their Swansea high school. As his parents' marriage begins to fall apart, similar problems arise in his relationship with Jordana.

75

7.1

/3299/

72

/200/

66

/63/

3.7

/7303/

96

/96/

83

/24/

68

/19/

3.0

age 14+

For his 45th birthday, wealthy Californian Adam receives a surprise gift from his choreographer partner: 100 weekly Spanish lessons with Cariño, a vivacious expat who teaches virtually from her home in Costa Rica. Adam's unconvinced at first; a self-described “creature-of-habit”, he’s unsure about where or how this new element will fit into his carefully-structured routine.

75

7.1

/125618/

73

/4204/

73

/1826/

3.8

/646221/

95

/59/

83

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72

/20/

2.5

age 16+

A girl who halfheartedly tries to be part of the "in crowd" of her school meets a rebel who teaches her a more devious way to play social politics: by killing the popular kids.

75

7.1

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69

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70

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3.8

/1068375/

87

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65

/1968/

82

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3.5

age 18+

In a dystopian near future, single people, according to the laws of The City, are taken to The Hotel, where they are obliged to find a romantic partner in forty-five days or are transformed into animals and sent off into The Woods.

74

6.9

/22689/

72

/1190/

74

/1076/

3.6

/212708/

83

/6/

79

/190/

age 8+

When five ragtag freshman first meet in detention, it seems they have nothing in common. But, through music, they form an unbreakable bond and discover they have the makings of the greatest high school garage band in history! In the face of incredible odds, Olivia, Stella, Wen, Mohini and Charlie find they can make a real difference when they learn to lean on each other and let go of everything holding back their dreams.

73

6.8

/22064/

72

/1440/

66

/431/

3.3

/12962/

90

/168/

72

/209/

76

/30/

3.0

age 15+

During the Blitz of World War II, a female screenwriter works on a film celebrating England's resilience as a way to buoy a weary populace's spirits. Her efforts to dramatise the true story of two sisters who undertook their own maritime mission to rescue wounded soldiers are met with mixed feelings by a dismissive all-male staff.

73

6.6

/48473/

67

/2737/

64

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3.5

/155659/

87

/167/

68

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75

/37/

3.5

age 16+

Lily and Amanda, two high school students living in suburban Connecticut, rekindle their unlikely friendship after years of drifting apart. Together, they devise a plan to kill Lily's abusive stepfather by hiring a lowlife drug dealer.

73

7.1

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70

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71

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4.0

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85

/257/

62

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86

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2.5

age 17+

Freddie, a volatile, heavy-drinking veteran who suffers from post-traumatic stress disorder, finds some semblance of a family when he stumbles onto the ship of Lancaster Dodd, the charismatic leader of a new "religion" he forms after World War II.

73

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6.7

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67

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3.6

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73

/39/

Two large, ignorant bullies ruthlessly pursue a small, brilliant boy in this young adult Roald Dahl short story.

72

7.5

/34161/

76

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77

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3.7

/49317/

63

/19/

89

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55

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age 13+

Valentin is Acapulco's resident playboy, until a former fling leaves a baby on his doorstep and him heading with her out of Mexico.

71

6.5

/11584/

69

/1012/

74

/419/

3.2

/39771/

86

/21/

78

/48/

66

/6/

age 14+

Honor is an ambitious high school senior whose sole focus is getting into Harvard, assuming she can first score the coveted recommendation from her guidance counselor, Mr. Calvin. Willing to do whatever it takes, Honor concocts a Machiavellian-like plan to take down her top three student competitors, until things take a turn when she unexpectedly falls for her biggest competition, Michael.

71

6.4

/23594/

66

/1482/

62

/516/

3.7

/105733/

90

/213/

47

/33/

78

/35/

3.5

age 14+

Two con artists have spent 26 years training their only daughter to swindle, scam and steal at every turn. During a desperate and hastily conceived heist, they charm a stranger into joining them, only to have their entire world turned upside down.

71

6.5

/6595/

66

/435/

61

/240/

3.3

/13339/

91

/23/

68

/20/

76

/11/

3.0

age 15+

A young man and woman find love in an unlikely place while carrying out a shady deal.

71

6.7

/18379/

66

/574/

65

/298/

3.4

/11444/

83

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68

/359/

71

/32/

3.5

age 17+

Kate and Charlie like to have a good time. Their marriage thrives on a shared fondness for music, laughter… and getting smashed. When Kate’s partying spirals into hard-core asocial behavior, compromising her job as an elementary schoolteacher, something’s got to give. But change isn’t exactly a cakewalk. Sobriety means she will have to confront the lies she’s been spinning at work, her troubling relationship with her mother, and the nature of her bond with Charlie.

71

6.9

/107899/

69

/3675/

67

/1817/

3.5

/307644/

77

/155/

82

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63

/39/

3.0

A young woman, recently released from a mental hospital, gets a job as a secretary to a demanding lawyer, where their employer-employee relationship turns into a sexual, sadomasochistic one.

70

7.7

/110036/

76

/2918/

76

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3.9

/198623/

59

/69/

74

/662/

52

/20/

age 17+

A chronicle of three weeks in the lives of several high school teachers, administrators and students through the eyes of substitute teacher, Henry Barthes. Henry roams from school to school, imparting modes of knowledge, but never staying long enough to form any semblance of sentient attachment.

70

7.3

/24558/

73

/954/

73

/426/

3.7

/42987/

77

/122/

83

/131/

58

/21/

2.0

age 16+

In 1973, when Frank Bledsoe and his 18-year-old niece Beth take a road trip from Manhattan to Creekville, South Carolina for the family patriarch's funeral, they're unexpectedly joined by Frank's lover Walid.

70

6.7

/29046/

67

/791/

65

/357/

3.4

/14012/

85

/143/

66

/660/

72

/29/

3.0

age 17+

Iris invites her friend Jack to stay at her family's island getaway after the death of his brother. At their remote cabin, Jack's drunken encounter with Hannah, Iris' sister, kicks off a revealing stretch of days.

69

6.9

/90243/

69

/1971/

69

/1755/

3.4

/54949/

62

/170/

67

/4449/

62

/34/

3.5

age 16+

A chronicle of the life of 18th century aristocrat Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire, who was reviled for her extravagant political and personal life.

67

6.9

/12865/

72

/784/

69

/300/

3.4

/21248/

69

/64/

75

/168/

58

/12/

2.5

age 10+

In rural 1977 Georgia, a misfit girl dreams of life in outer space. When a national competition offers her a chance at her dream, to be recorded on NASA’s Golden Record, she recruits a makeshift troupe of Birdie Scouts, forging friendships that last a lifetime and beyond.

67

6.6

/64409/

67

/1662/

63

/1070/

3.3

/49316/

70

/152/

62

/1392/

68

/38/

3.0

age 15+

A British college student falls for an American student, only to be separated from him when she's banned from the U.S. after overstaying her visa.

66

6.7

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69

/1626/

72

/838/

2.8

/150156/

70

/116/

68

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54

/25/

3.0

age 14+

Inspired by her mom's rebellious past and a confident new friend, a shy 16-year-old publishes an anonymous zine calling out sexism at her school.

65

6.7

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68

/1000/

73

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3.2

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55

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79

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57

/19/

2.5

age 14+

A young journalist in London becomes obsessed with a series of letters she discovers that recounts an intense star-crossed love affair from the 1960s.

65

6.4

/106383/

68

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67

/4438/

2.6

/275359/

73

/118/

66

/1075/

56

/28/

3.0

age 14+

Bianca's universe turns upside down when she learns that her high school refers to her as a ‘DUFF' (Designated Ugly Fat Friend). Hoping to erase that label, she enlists the help of a charming jock and her favorite teacher. Together they'll face the school's mean girl and remind everyone that we are all someone's DUFF… and that's totally fine.

64

5.9

/14682/

65

/1109/

63

/196/

2.8

/21585/

80

/55/

52

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65

/13/

3.0

age 13+

A father comes to grips with his daughter’s upcoming wedding through the prism of multiple relationships within a big, sprawling Cuban-American family.

64

7.1

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70

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69

/1343/

3.2

/32231/

47

/53/

77

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54

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2.5

After a painful breakup, Ben develops insomnia. To kill time, he starts working the late night shift at the local supermarket, where his artistic imagination runs wild.

64

6.6

/102731/

65

/3878/

67

/3070/

3.3

/156734/

59

/123/

55

/478/

61

/34/

3.0

The continuation of Joe's sexually dictated life delves into the darker aspects of her adult life and what led to her being in Seligman's care.

63

6.3

/17941/

65

/969/

73

/1152/

2.5

/51365/

60

/97/

68

/87/

57

/16/