80+ Movies, a list by BW

6.8

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55

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70

/1/

3.8

/1815/

100

/20/

92

/9/

4.0

Adapted from Kahlil Joseph’s renowned video art installation, BLKNWS: Terms & Conditions is a distinctive cinematic experience that mirrors the sonic textures of a record album, weaving fiction and history in an immersive journey where the fictionalized figures of W. E. B Du Bois and Marcus Garvey join artists, musicians, Joseph’s family, and even Twitter chats, in a vision for black consciousness.

80

IMDb 14

8.1

/10844/

79

/183/

76

/38/

4.2

/197443/

86

/286/

93

/527/

84

/53/

2.5

age 13+

The powerful story of love and loss that inspired the creation of Shakespeare's timeless masterpiece, Hamlet.

81

IMDb 6

7.4

/173346/

75

/9145/

72

/1729/

3.8

/1676886/

92

/326/

93

/257/

80

/59/

3.5

age 13+

When young priest Jud Duplenticy is sent to assist charismatic firebrand Monsignor Jefferson Wicks, it’s clear that all is not well in the pews. After a sudden and seemingly impossible murder rocks the town, the lack of an obvious suspect prompts local police chief Geraldine Scott to join forces with renowned detective Benoit Blanc to unravel a mystery that defies all logic.

80

IMDb 10

7.3

/78957/

75

/4383/

76

/1163/

3.5

/294608/

86

/267/

95

/2984/

71

/43/

4.0

age 14+

Cast out from his clan, a young Predator finds an unlikely ally in a damaged android and embarks on a treacherous journey in search of the ultimate adversary.

84

IMDb 21

7.6

/48469/

74

/1792/

73

/454/

4.1

/249348/

95

/223/

90

/17/

88

/42/

4.0

age 13+

A logger leads a life of quiet grace as he experiences love and loss during an era of monumental change in early 20th-century America.

82

IMDb 17

7.5

/229088/

76

/5436/

76

/2593/

3.9

/1857701/

85

/365/

94

/622/

78

/58/

4.0

age 16+

Dr. Victor Frankenstein, a brilliant but egotistical scientist, brings a creature to life in a monstrous experiment that ultimately leads to the undoing of both the creator and his tragic creation.

85

IMDb 72

7.5

/15646/

74

/459/

72

/266/

4.0

/153479/

98

/189/

92

/7/

91

/41/

4.0

An unassuming mechanic is reminded of his time in an Iranian prison when he encounters a man he suspects to be his sadistic jailhouse captor.

87

8.6

/4955/

83

/67/

82

/123/

4.3

/28694/

95

/88/

84

/20/

4.0

January 29, 2024. Red Crescent volunteers receive an emergency call. A five-year old girl is trapped in a car under fire in Gaza, pleading for rescue. While trying to keep her on the line, they do everything they can to get an ambulance to her. Her name was Hind Rajab.

86

IMDb 22

7.6

/22853/

75

/835/

78

/362/

4.2

/228999/

98

/172/

94

/26/

85

/39/

4.0

age 16+

Looking for a job? When a happy family man is dismissed after twenty-five years of loyal service at a paper company, he finds the perfect solution to land his next role: truly eliminate the competition.

85

IMDb 4

7.8

/269114/

74

/9643/

74

/2357/

4.2

/1758488/

94

/428/

85

/1999/

95

/63/

4.0

age 16+

Washed-up revolutionary Bob exists in a state of stoned paranoia, surviving off-grid with his spirited, self-reliant daughter, Willa. When his evil nemesis resurfaces after 16 years and she goes missing, the former radical scrambles to find her, father and daughter both battling the consequences of his past.

88

85

8.5

/8253/

85

/280/

79

/48/

4.2

/33775/

100

/29/

99

/120/

Diagnosed with Tourette Syndrome at 15, John Davidson navigates his way against the odds through troubled teenage years and into adulthood, finding inspiration in the kindness of others to discover his true purpose in life.

88

8.3

/136290/

83

/5833/

73

/61/

4.3

/612242/

98

/204/

99

/599/

88

/42/

4.0

age 11+

Presenting the tale of American founding father Alexander Hamilton, this filmed version of the original Broadway smash hit is the story of America then, told by America now.

81

7.4

/8497/

74

/473/

71

/70/

3.8

/96584/

97

/131/

94

/53/

80

/25/

3.5

age 15+

Two young men meet in a twin support group and form an unlikely friendship.

81

7.7

/776/

66

/20/

67

/16/

4.0

/5351/

98

/50/

83

/13/

4.0

An Iranian filmmaker participates in a series of video calls with a young Palestinian photojournalist who describes her life confined in Gaza during the current regional conflict.

86

IMDb 26

7.9

/28374/

78

/679/

77

/284/

4.2

/341725/

97

/218/

94

/51/

86

/44/

4.0

age 14+

Sisters Nora and Agnes reunite with their estranged father, the charismatic Gustav, a once-renowned director who offers stage actress Nora a role in what he hopes will be his comeback film. When Nora turns it down, she soon discovers he has given her part to an eager young Hollywood star.

87

7.6

/105/

80

/3/

100

/1/

3.9

/594/

93

/13/

4.0

American filmmaker Julia Loktev, born in the Soviet Union, returned to Moscow in 2021 to make a documentary on the persistence of independent media journalism in Putin’s Russia—just months, as it turned out, before the country’s invasion of Ukraine. Structured in five chapters, Loktev’s film is an extraordinary vérité document of a moment of immense change and anxiety.

81

8.5

/2231/

80

/97/

82

/21/

4.3

/6828/

94

/49/

91

/19/

2.0

Amid the failing counteroffensive, a journalist follows a Ukrainian platoon on their mission to traverse one mile of heavily fortified forest and liberate a strategic village from Russian occupation. But the farther they advance through their destroyed homeland, the more they realize that this war may never end.

85

IMDb 57

7.9

/10423/

78

/291/

79

/140/

3.9

/156794/

99

/150/

82

/42/

92

/34/

4.0

In 1977 Brazil, technology specialist Marcelo, fleeing a mysterious past, returns to Recife in search of peace, but realizes the city is far from the refuge he seeks.

80

7.5

/2534/

74

/166/

75

/44/

3.7

/30757/

91

/43/

85

/12/

82

/16/

3.5

age 14+

When does a democracy end and a theocracy begin? Petra Costa investigates the increasingly powerful grip Christian evangelical leaders hold over politics in Brazil. She gains extraordinary access to the country’s top political leaders, including President Lula and former president Bolsonaro, as well as to Brazil’s most famous televangelist: a magnetic pastor who aspires to play puppet master to the far-right leader.

83

IMDb 84

7.2

/17203/

71

/731/

68

/186/

4.1

/237787/

97

/187/

85

/58/

90

/36/

4.0

age 15+

Agnes feels stuck. Unlike her best friend, Lydie, who’s moved to New York and is now expecting a baby, Agnes still lives in the New England house they once shared as graduate students, now working as a professor at her alma mater. A ‘bad thing’ happened to Agnes a few years ago and, since then, despite her best efforts, life hasn’t gotten back on track.

83

8.3

/4563/

82

/228/

80

/39/

4.0

/15227/

100

/35/

94

/96/

75

/7/

3.0

Through deeply personal interviews with her siblings and an examination of the photographs, letters, and belongings left behind, Mariska assembles a new portrait of her mother Jayne Mansfield, an extraordinary and complex woman.

84

82

7.8

/5420/

79

/354/

81

/128/

4.1

/159869/

91

/455/

95

/8963/

From a repressive childhood to artistic revolution, Ney Matogrosso transforms Brazil's stages — and himself — through music, creativity and inner fire.

80

IMDb 11

7.5

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76

/16187/

75

/3203/

4.1

/3126357/

97

/425/

96

/9466/

84

/55/

2.5

age 16+

Trying to leave their troubled lives behind, twin brothers return to their hometown to start again, only to discover that an even greater evil is waiting to welcome them back.

81

7.3

/6784/

73

/326/

74

/48/

3.6

/38199/

95

/75/

96

/45/

85

/7/

3.5

When Naveen brings his fiancé Jay home to meet his traditional Indian family, they must contend with accepting his white-orphan-artist boyfriend and helping them plan the Indian wedding of their dreams.

80

7.7

/159/

73

/6/

83

/3/

4.0

/1569/

3.5

In this enveloping second part of the Youth trilogy, shot between 2015 and 2019, Wang Bing deepens his vérité portrait of a generation struggling to survive on meager wages amidst a nation’s economic expansion, emphasizing the distrustful, increasingly combative relationship between workers and management.

80

7.2

/1459/

68

/64/

71

/44/

3.8

/14922/

88

/41/

85

/12/

4.0

The life of the bullfighter Andrés Roca Rey during a day of bullfighting, from the moment he dresses up to the moment he undresses.

82

7.8

/155/

78

/6/

90

/1/

3.9

/1332/

73

/5/

4.0

Explores the life and career of cartoonist Art Spiegelman including the creation and ground-breaking impact of his Pulitzer Prize-winning graphic novel MAUS.

80

7.9

/678/

76

/10/

76

/5/

3.8

/1724/

100

/14/

3.0

Intercepted is a journey through Ukraine that reveals the banality of evil behind the Russian invasion with the shocking juxtaposition of two realities: the Ukrainians who have been suffering and resisting the war violence, and the Russian military, and civilians, who have been perpetrating it.

83

8.0

/819/

76

/51/

80

/14/

4.1

/3949/

82

/10/

4.0

Discover the story of the greatest civil rights movement most people have never heard about. During eight tumultuous days in 1988 at the world's only Deaf university, four students must find a way to lead a revolution—and change the course of history.

80

6.7

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65

/91/

68

/41/

3.7

/20843/

99

/73/

87

/25/

4.0

Years after her boyfriend left her for the big city and promised to bring her there after he’s settled down, a Chinese woman sets out on a journey to be reunited with him.

81

7.2

/130257/

70

/4581/

69

/1485/

3.9

/719787/

93

/337/

79

/519/

90

/57/

4.0

age 17+

When an innovative modern architect flees post-war Europe, he is given the opportunity to rebuild his legacy. Set during the dawn of the modern United States (in Pennsylvania), his wife joins him, and their lives are forever changed by a demanding, wealthy patron.

80

6.9

/23224/

67

/1134/

66

/307/

4.0

/216463/

92

/213/

75

/123/

91

/49/

4.0

age 14+

Chronicles the powerful friendship between two young Black teenagers navigating the harrowing trials of reform school together in Florida.

80

7.0

/2311/

69

/71/

78

/25/

3.8

/21340/

100

/104/

67

/36/

87

/28/

4.0

On an empty road in the middle of the night, Shula stumbles across the body of her uncle. As funeral proceedings begin around them, she and her cousins bring to light the buried secrets of their middle-class Zambian family.

80

7.2

/8539/

69

/389/

65

/131/

3.8

/61653/

95

/187/

82

/43/

88

/46/

4.0

age 14+

Pansy is a woman so full of rage that every interaction she has devolves into lashing out, whether at her utterly cowed husband and son, or random strangers who have the temerity to address her. In contrast, her younger sister Chantelle lives with her two vivacious daughters and plies a successful trade as a hairdresser, putting clients at their ease all day long. Yet beneath Pansy’s abrasive exterior are hints of a more fragile psyche, one motivated by fear and damaged by repressed pain.

82

7.5

/43237/

76

/2707/

76

/769/

3.8

/283158/

89

/227/

90

/136/

77

/42/

4.0

age 15+

Follow Robbie Williams' journey from childhood, to being the youngest member of chart-topping boyband Take That, through to his unparalleled achievements as a record-breaking solo artist – all the while confronting the challenges that stratospheric fame and success can bring.

91

8.2

/33174/

83

/661/

79

/256/

4.6

/103646/

100

/105/

100

/64/

93

/24/

4.0

This film made by a Palestinian-Israeli collective shows the destruction of the occupied West Bank's Masafer Yatta by Israeli soldiers and the alliance which develops between the Palestinian activist Basel and Israeli journalist Yuval.

85

8.2

/5776/

83

/509/

80

/77/

4.0

/19596/

100

/49/

97

/52/

74

/12/

3.5

age 10+

His unforgettable scores are an essential part of some of the most beloved movies of our time, over a career that spans decades. See and hear maestro John Williams' own story, with insights from filmmakers, musicians, and others he has inspired, complete with rare behind-the-scenes looks at the making of movie history.

80

7.0

/136467/

69

/5701/

67

/1266/

3.7

/1047319/

96

/278/

82

/242/

85

/55/

4.0

age 16+

Mismatched cousins David and Benji reunite for a tour through Poland to honor their beloved grandmother. The adventure takes a turn when the pair's old tensions resurface against the backdrop of their family history.

80

7.5

/19095/

74

/1047/

71

/345/

3.6

/27763/

100

/11/

95

/52/

3.0

age 14+

On the brink of the Second World War, a young Norwegian man's drive to resist the Nazis sets a new course for his future – and the future of his country.

82

7.9

/7876/

83

/350/

84

/198/

4.0

/86060/

91

/22/

97

/59/

69

/4/

3.0

14-year-old Elias increasingly feels like an outsider in his village. When he meets his new neighbour of the same age, Alexander, Elias is confronted with his burgeoning sexuality.

81

7.4

/247100/

73

/13765/

71

/3110/

3.9

/1778755/

93

/336/

86

/1902/

79

/54/

4.0

age 13+

After the unexpected death of the Pope, Cardinal Lawrence is tasked with managing the covert and ancient ritual of electing a new one. Sequestered in the Vatican with the Catholic Church’s most powerful leaders until the process is complete, Lawrence finds himself at the center of a conspiracy that could lead to its downfall.

82

7.5

/4316/

76

/242/

76

/78/

4.0

/22553/

99

/72/

81

/13/

82

/18/

3.5

Journalist Shiori Ito embarks on a courageous investigation of her own sexual assault in an improbable attempt to prosecute her high-profile offender. Her quest becomes a landmark case in Japan, exposing the country's outdated judicial and societal systems.

82

7.4

/258407/

72

/11001/

71

/2854/

3.8

/2228755/

93

/352/

85

/490/

91

/62/

4.0

age 17+

A young sex worker from Brooklyn gets her chance at a Cinderella story when she meets and impulsively marries the son of an oligarch. Once the news reaches Russia, her fairytale is threatened as his parents set out to get the marriage annulled.

82

7.6

/6041/

75

/372/

74

/337/

4.1

/81562/

100

/61/

83

/16/

3.5

As he pedals through the streets of Paris to deliver meals, Souleymane recounts his story. In two days, he has to go through his asylum application interview, the key to obtaining papers, but Souleymane is not ready.

83

8.0

/11334/

82

/870/

80

/190/

4.1

/40806/

98

/107/

98

/312/

76

/22/

3.0

age 11+

Christopher Reeve portrayed the Man of Steel in four Superman films and played dozens of other roles that displayed his talent and range as an actor, before being injured in a near-fatal horse-riding accident in 1995 that left him paralyzed from the neck down. After becoming a quadriplegic, he became a charismatic leader and activist in the quest to find a cure for spinal cord injuries, as well as a passionate advocate for disability rights and care.

80

6.9

/2912/

73

/104/

73

/37/

3.8

/26834/

95

/84/

73

/16/

84

/24/