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Amazon Prime Video
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75
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3.9
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81
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90
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76
/38/
cc age 17+

American Gangster (2007)
Loosely based on the criminal career of Frank Lucas, a gangster from La Grange, North Carolina, who smuggled heroin into the United States on American service planes returning from the Vietnam War, before being detained by a task force led by Newark Detective Richie Roberts.
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Criterion Channel
80
7.9
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78
/4431/
78
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4.1
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84
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91
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66
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Carlito's Way (1993)
Free after years in prison, Carlito Brigante intends to give up his criminal ways, but it's not long before the ex-con is sucked back into the New York City underworld.
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80
7.7
/769685/
75
/20129/
71
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3.7
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92
/260/
86
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81
/45/
cc age 16+

Silver Linings Playbook (2012)
After losing his job and wife, and spending time in an institution, a former teacher winds up living with his parents. He wants to rebuild his life and reconcile with his wife, but his father would be happy if he shared his obsession with the Philadelphia Eagles. Things get complicated when he meets Tiffany Maxwell who offers to help him reconnect with his wife if he will do something very important for her in exchange.
poster
78
7.5
/131687/
74
/5507/
72
/1249/
3.7
/527668/
93
/296/
95
/483/
81
/54/
cc age 15+

American Fiction (2023)
A novelist fed up with the establishment profiting from "Black" entertainment uses a pen name to write a book that propels him into the heart of hypocrisy and the madness he claims to disdain.
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HBO Max Amazon Channel
78
7.0
/41857/
71
/2177/
75
/1269/
3.5
/291847/
90
/71/
83
/182/
84
/12/
cc age 15+

The Fallout (2021)
In the wake of a school tragedy, Vada, Mia and Quinton form a unique and dynamic bond as they navigate the never linear, often confusing journey to heal in a world that feels forever changed.
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76
7.2
/186248/
68
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67
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3.6
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85
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73
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82
/45/
cc age 14+

Steve Jobs (2015)
Set backstage at three iconic product launches and ending in 1998 with the unveiling of the iMac, Steve Jobs takes us behind the scenes of the digital revolution to paint an intimate portrait of the brilliant man at its epicenter.
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75
7.1
/27144/
69
/342/
66
/294/
3.6
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74
/100/
83
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85
/26/

Before Night Falls (2000)
Spanning several decades, this powerful biopic offers a glimpse into the life of famed Cuban poet and novelist Reinaldo Arenas, an artist who was vilified for his homosexuality in Fidel Castro's Cuba.
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73
7.1
/45147/
70
/961/
67
/568/
3.6
/16543/
83
/156/
79
/1064/
70
/34/
cc age 18+

Narc (2002)
Narcotics Sergeant Nick Tellis, on leave after a trauma, is called back to investigate the murder of fellow undercover operative Michael Calvess, joined by the victim's unpredictable and brutal ex-partner, Henry Oak. Working together in the back alleys of Detroit, Tellis and Oak delve into a dark investigation that leads them to uncover shocking secrets and question the corruption and morality within the department, encountering unorthodox methods and a brutal truth about Calvess's death.
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73
7.0
/169119/
70
/5557/
68
/2359/
3.5
/74285/
88
/198/
76
/1332/
69
/36/
cc age 17+

The Drop (2014)
Bob Saginowski finds himself at the center of a robbery gone awry and entwined in an investigation that digs deep into the neighborhood's past where friends, families, and foes all work together to make a living - no matter the cost.
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Kanopy
72
7.3
/86997/
73
/2058/
70
/1380/
3.5
/49537/
78
/68/
79
/1629/
64
/23/
cc age 15+

Amistad (1997)
In 1839, the slave ship Amistad set sail from Cuba to America. During the long trip, Cinque leads the slaves in an unprecedented uprising. They are then held prisoner in Connecticut, and their release becomes the subject of heated debate. Freed slave Theodore Joadson wants Cinque and the others exonerated and recruits property lawyer Roger Baldwin to help his case. Eventually, John Quincy Adams also becomes an ally.
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FXNow
70
6.5
/277628/
63
/17461/
61
/7040/
3.4
/437843/
83
/398/
40
/2655/
80
/56/
cc age 13+

Ad Astra (2019)
The near future, a time when both hope and hardships drive humanity to look to the stars and beyond. While a mysterious phenomenon menaces to destroy life on planet Earth, astronaut Roy McBride undertakes a mission across the immensity of space and its many perils to uncover the truth about a lost expedition that decades before boldly faced emptiness and silence in search of the unknown.
poster
68
6.9
/333288/
68
/7327/
66
/4718/
3.2
/184707/
68
/278/
59
/20362/
70
/35/
cc age 17+

Public Enemies (2009)
Depression-era bank robber John Dillinger's charm and audacity endear him to much of America's downtrodden public, but he's also a thorn in the side of J. Edgar Hoover and the fledgling FBI. Desperate to capture the elusive outlaw, Hoover makes Dillinger his first Public Enemy Number One and assigns his top agent, Melvin Purvis, the task of bringing him in dead or alive.
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HBO Max Amazon Channel
68
6.7
/371071/
71
/35308/
65
/10935/
3.1
/556619/
75
/390/
70
/3715/
62
/50/
cc age 14+

Kong: Skull Island (2017)
Explore the mysterious and dangerous home of the king of the apes as a team of explorers ventures deep inside the treacherous, primordial island.
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FXNow
67
6.7
/205784/
71
/17539/
67
/6493/
3.2
/348931/
91
/251/
75
/2961/
66
/39/
cc age 11+

Bumblebee (2018)
On the run in the year 1987, Bumblebee finds refuge in a junkyard in a small Californian beach town. Charlie, on the cusp of turning 18 and trying to find her place in the world, discovers Bumblebee, battle-scarred and broken. When Charlie revives him, she quickly learns this is no ordinary yellow VW bug.
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67
6.7
/142905/
69
/3302/
66
/2002/
3.3
/51984/
74
/73/
63
/1794/
61
/21/

Ransom (1996)
When a rich man's son is kidnapped, he cooperates with the police at first but then tries a unique tactic against the criminals.
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Peacock Premium
66
6.3
/72727/
69
/9278/
70
/1204/
2.9
/175961/
76
/205/
88
/746/
59
/32/
cc age 16+

Nobody 2 (2025)
Former assassin Hutch Mansell takes his family on a nostalgic vacation to a small-town theme park, only to be pulled back into violence when they clash with a corrupt operator, a crooked sheriff, and a ruthless crime boss.
poster
66
7.0
/436930/
71
/17850/
68
/11001/
3.1
/368586/
71
/208/
84
/9719/
61
/39/
cc age 14+

Fast & Furious 6 (2013)
Hobbs has Dominic and Brian reassemble their crew to take down a team of mercenaries; Dominic unexpectedly gets sidetracked with facing his presumed deceased girlfriend, Letty.
poster
65
6.6
/27342/
69
/687/
68
/729/
3.3
/9053/
44
/121/
77
/11237/
55
/30/
cc age 14+

Take the Lead (2006)
A former professional dancer volunteers to teach dance in the New York public school system and, while his background first clashes with his students' tastes, together they create a completely new style of dance. Based on the story of ballroom dancer, Pierre Dulane.
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Amazon Prime Video
64
5.9
/11920/
66
/888/
73
/821/
2.5
/31296/
64
/11/
77
/41/
cc age 13+

The In Between (2022)
After surviving a car accident that took the life of her boyfriend, a teenage girl believes he's attempting to reconnect with her from the after world.
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Kanopy
63
5.4
/497/
54
/19/
59
/15/
3.2
/522/
86
/14/
53
/2/
66
/8/

A Woman, a Part (2017)
An exhausted, workaholic actress, Anna Baskin, 44, abruptly extricates herself from a successful but mind-numbing TV role, returning to her past life in New York to reinvent herself.
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Amazon Prime Video
63
6.3
/9081/
63
/196/
60
/135/
3.3
/4753/
67
/107/
48
/352/
64
/27/
cc age 17+

Jack Goes Boating (2010)
A limo driver's blind date sparks a tale of love, betrayal, friendship and grace—centered on two working-class New York City couples.
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Disney Plus
63
6.7
/74208/
73
/6346/
65
/1697/
3.1
/28588/
64
/200/
66
/769/
58
/39/
cc age 12+

The Finest Hours (2016)
The Coast Guard makes a daring rescue attempt off the coast of Cape Cod after a pair of oil tankers are destroyed during a blizzard in 1952.
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Netflix
61
6.0
/21725/
59
/1280/
56
/589/
3.0
/64696/
72
/57/
49
/146/
61
/17/
cc age 16+

Horse Girl (2020)
A socially awkward woman with a fondness for arts and crafts, horses, and supernatural crime shows finds her increasingly lucid dreams trickling into her waking life.
poster
60
5.7
/1367/
60
/13/
57
/19/
3.1
/239/
54
/28/
47
/13/
71
/24/

The Opportunists (2000)
Vic is a struggling auto mechanic with a safe-cracking past and a lot of debt. His girlfriend runs a bar and offers to loan him the money she's saved for remodeling, but Vic is reluctant to take it. When a long-lost cousin from Ireland shows up on his doorstep, the two team up for one last heist.
poster
60
7.3
/85586/
79
/10038/
76
/3471/
3.5
/148875/
35
/147/
74
/1359/
43
/32/
cc age 10+

A Dog's Purpose (2017)
A dog goes on quest to discover his purpose in life over the course of several lifetimes with multiple owners.
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60
6.6
/98101/
73
/12600/
66
/2956/
3.1
/76520/
47
/171/
58
/495/
50
/31/
cc age 13+

Going in Style (2017)
Desperate to pay the bills and come through for their loved ones, three lifelong pals risk it all by embarking on a daring bid to knock off the very bank that absconded with their money.
poster
58
6.1
/130120/
63
/3450/
60
/1909/
3.4
/125131/
47
/226/
43
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66
/37/
cc age 17+

Miami Vice (2006)
A case involving drug lords and murder in South Florida takes a personal turn for undercover detectives Sonny Crockett and Ricardo Tubbs. Unorthodox Crockett gets involved romantically with the Chinese-Cuban wife of a trafficker of arms and drugs, while Tubbs deals with an assault on those he loves.
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Hoopla
54
5.5
/5485/
66
/121/
71
/123/
3.0
/2136/
24
/105/
63
/901/
46
/24/
cc age 17+

El Cantante (2006)
The rise and fall of salsa singer, Héctor Lavoe (1946-1993), as told from the perspective of his wife Puchi, who looks back from 2002.
poster
54
5.9
/24974/
66
/768/
58
/378/
2.8
/9529/
31
/39/
47
/515/
47
/23/

Sgt. Bilko (1996)
The US army is known for churning out lean mean fighting machines intent on protecting our great nation. Sergeant Ernie Bilko is the leader of a ragtag group of the sorriest soldiers ever to enlist in the armed forces.
poster
54
6.6
/65384/
66
/1287/
63
/921/
3.1
/14437/
35
/154/
49
/2898/
45
/29/
cc age 18+

Pride and Glory (2008)
A saga centered on a multi-generational family of New York City Police officers. The family's moral codes are tested when Ray Tierney, investigates a case that reveals an incendiary police corruption scandal involving his own brother-in-law. For Ray, the truth is revelatory, a Pandora's Box that threatens to upend not only the Tierney legacy but the entire NYPD.
poster
54
6.5
/332255/
69
/15812/
66
/7656/
3.0
/394027/
28
/176/
67
/19338/
46
/28/
cc age 14+

Fast & Furious (2009)
When a crime brings them back to L.A., fugitive ex-con Dom Toretto reignites his feud with agent Brian O'Conner. But as they are forced to confront a shared enemy, Dom and Brian must give in to an uncertain new trust if they hope to outmaneuver him. And the two men will find the best way to get revenge: push the limits of what's possible behind the wheel.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
53
6.4
/3816/
57
/167/
62
/66/
3.1
/2318/
38
/71/
60
/197/
51
/26/
cc age 13+

Cesar Chavez (2014)
A biography of the civil-rights activist and labor organizer Cesar Chavez. Chronicling the birth of a modern American labour movement, Cesar Chavez tells the story of the famed civil rights leader and labour organiser torn between his duties as a husband and father and his commitment to securing a living wage for farm workers. Passionate but soft-spoken, Chavez embraced non-violence as he battled greed and prejudice in his struggle to bring dignity to working people.
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Amazon Prime Video
53
5.5
/67115/
59
/5173/
55
/2140/
3.0
/64292/
33
/190/
24
/857/
52
/37/
cc age 16+

Blackhat (2015)
Nicholas Hathaway, a furloughed convict, and his American and Chinese partners hunt a high-level cybercrime network from Chicago to Los Angeles to Hong Kong to Jakarta. As Hathaway closes in, the stakes become personal as he discovers that the attack on a Chinese nuclear power plant was just the beginning.
poster
49
6.5
/75282/
72
/7401/
67
/2189/
2.7
/35614/
13
/150/
70
/1363/
29
/26/
cc age 16+

Peppermint (2018)
A grieving mother transforms herself into a vigilante following the murders of her husband and daughter, eluding the authorities to deliver her own personal brand of justice.
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Kanopy
49
5.6
/1571/
62
/92/
54
/31/
2.9
/1086/
38
/55/
45
/18/
47
/22/
cc age 15+

Nostalgia (2018)
A mosaic of stories about love and loss, exploring our relationship to the objects, artifacts, and memories that shape our lives.
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Netflix
44
5.5
/119913/
61
/10486/
56
/3471/
2.3
/157450/
22
/157/
41
/1251/
37
/27/
cc age 14+

The Cloverfield Paradox (2018)
Orbiting above a planet on the brink of war, scientists test a device to solve an energy crisis and end up face-to-face with a dark alternate reality.
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Hulu
38
4.0
/3116/
44
/319/
43
/60/
2.2
/9547/
24
/59/
20
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29
/15/
cc age 15+

Poolman (2024)
Darren Barrenman, an unwavering optimist and native Angeleno, spends his days looking after the pool of the Tahitian Tiki apartment block and fighting to make his hometown a better place to live.
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Amazon Prime Video
38
5.5
/44824/
64
/5576/
60
/1448/
2.1
/27425/
9
/54/
33
/413/
19
/15/
cc age 14+

Replicas (2018)
A scientist becomes obsessed with returning his family to normalcy after a terrible accident.
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FXNow
36
4.6
/145589/
54
/6535/
51
/3210/
1.6
/125122/
12
/77/
30
/16365/
29
/14/
cc age 17+

Aliens vs Predator: Requiem (2007)
After a horrifying PredAlien crash-lands near a small Colorado town, killing everyone it encounters and producing countless Alien offspring, a lone Predator arrives to "clean up" the infestation.
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66
22
6.5
/380/
55
/23/
66
/17/
3.3
/537/
57
/7/
91
/3/

Ms. White Light (2019)
Lex Cordova is a young woman who counsels terminally ill clients that have trouble letting go. While proving uniquely talented in her ability to connect with the dying, Lex is at a total loss when dealing with everyone else.
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55
20
5.8
/1440/
57
/38/
57
/33/
3.2
/225/
40
/11/

3 A.M. (2001)
The feature film directing debut of Spike Lee protege Lee Davis takes the viewer into the world of taxi drivers. Developed in the Sundance Laboratory, this film offers dove-tailing stories centering on the lives of individual taxi drivers as they reflect on and experience romance, politics, sociology, and spirituality.
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The Roku Channel
62
8
6.2
/418/
61
/15/
50
/11/
75
/2/

Riot (1997)
In April 1992, following the notorious Rodney King verdict, the streets of Los Angeles became a battlefield, the backdrop to four personal intertwined stories.
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8.6
/22/
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/1/
100
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The Diamond King (2025)
Dick Perez, official Baseball Hall of Fame artist for over 20 years, painted the game's history and every inductee - a project he continues in his 80s. This childhood immigrant's portraits changed commemoration of America's iconic pastime.
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40
/1/

Whalefall (2026)
A scuba diver in search of his deceased father's remains gets swallowed by an 80-foot, 60-ton sperm whale and has only one hour to escape before his oxygen runs out. After giving up on life, the young man is surprised to find a reason to live in the most dangerous and unlikely of places.
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?
10
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It Is Now Our Time: Peter Sellars’ The Merchant of Venice (1994)
A BBC documentary about a pre-rehearsal workshop held in New York prior to the Goodman Theater’s 1994 production of The Merchant of Venice, directed by Peter Sellars in Chicago.
poster
The Roku Channel
35
?
4.7
/216/
25
/2/

Italian Movie (1994)
Leonardo, a compulsive gambler, tries to make up for his losses by becoming a male escort.
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45
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5.2
/447/
64
/5/
31
/6/
20
/1/

The Last Marshal (1999)
Marshall McClary, one of the most violent, racist, foul- mouthed Marshalls in Texas, is in the middle of resolving a hostage situation (by shooting everyone he sees) when the FBI agents show up, interfering with his negotiation, and ending the event with McClary being wounded and two of the criminals escaping. After hearing that the two fugitives has fled to Miami, McClary follows behind them, working with the local police and offending every single person he encounters.
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?
10
/1/

The Mothership
One year after her husband mysteriously disappears, Sara Morse discovers a strange, extraterrestrial object underneath their home. Sara and her kids embark on a race to find their husband, father, and most important, the truth.


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