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HBO Max Amazon Channel
86
IMDb 72
8.8
/2781090/
86
/84783/
83
/38588/
4.2
/3651002/
87
/363/
91
/41622/
74
/42/
cc age 14+

Inception (2010)
Cobb, a skilled thief who commits corporate espionage by infiltrating the subconscious of his targets is offered a chance to regain his old life as payment for a task considered to be impossible: "inception", the implantation of another person's idea into a target's subconscious.
poster
83
8.1
/201242/
80
/3109/
78
/1894/
4.2
/106215/
94
/50/
95
/1867/
84
/16/
cc age 16+

In the Name of the Father (1993)
A small-time Belfast thief, Gerry Conlon, is wrongly convicted of an IRA bombing in London, along with his father and friends, and spends 15 years in prison fighting to prove his innocence.
poster
79
7.3
/155092/
71
/2942/
69
/1658/
3.6
/55703/
83
/189/
82
/7483/
82
/39/
cc age 16+

The Constant Gardener (2005)
Justin Quayle is a low-level British diplomat who has always gone about his work very quietly, not causing any problems. But after his radical wife Tessa is killed he becomes determined to find out why, thrusting himself into the middle of a very dangerous conspiracy.
poster
78
7.6
/204348/
76
/5526/
73
/3326/
3.7
/172350/
88
/126/
88
/7340/
76
/18/
cc age 17+

The Last of the Mohicans (1992)
In war-torn colonial America, in the midst of a bloody battle between British, the French and Native American allies, the aristocratic daughter of a British Colonel and her party are captured by a group of Huron warriors. Fortunately, a group of three Mohican trappers comes to their rescue.
poster
MGM Plus
78
8.5
/1227025/
83
/23000/
81
/11108/
4.1
/869842/
87
/83/
96
/25632/
76
/22/
cc age 17+

The Usual Suspects (1995)
Held in an L.A. interrogation room, Verbal Kint attempts to convince the feds that a mythic crime lord, Keyser Soze, not only exists, but was also responsible for drawing him and his four partners into a multi-million dollar heist that ended with an explosion in San Pedro harbor – leaving few survivors. Verbal lures his interrogators with an incredible story of the crime lord's almost supernatural prowess.
poster
HBO Max Amazon Channel
77
7.5
/443402/
75
/12087/
72
/5461/
3.7
/330528/
92
/235/
85
/12091/
74
/42/
cc age 17+

The Town (2010)
Doug MacRay is a longtime thief, who, smarter than the rest of his crew, is looking for his chance to exit the game. When a bank job leads to the group kidnapping an attractive branch manager, he takes on the role of monitoring her – but their burgeoning relationship threatens to unveil the identities of Doug and his crew to the FBI Agent who is on their case.
poster
Kanopy
74
7.4
/29325/
72
/593/
72
/607/
3.9
/36690/
74
/62/
83
/382/
70
/13/
cc age 11+

The Duellists (1977)
In 1800, as Napoleon Bonaparte rises to power in France, a rivalry erupts between Armand and Gabriel, two lieutenants in the French Army, over a perceived insult. For over a decade, they engage in a series of duels amidst larger conflicts, including the failed French invasion of Russia in 1812, and shifts in the political and social systems of Europe.
poster
fuboTV
72
7.2
/22157/
72
/370/
70
/291/
3.6
/11969/
79
/48/
79
/427/
60
/19/
cc age 15+

Brassed Off (1996)
A Yorkshire coal mine is threatened with closure and the only hope is for the men to enter their Grimley Colliery Brass Band into a national competition. They believe they have no hope until Gloria appears carrying her Flugelhorn. At first mocked for being a woman, she soon becomes the only chance for the band to win.
poster
Kanopy
72
7.3
/87012/
73
/2066/
70
/1381/
3.5
/49789/
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.
poster
Disney Plus
72
6.7
/78131/
68
/3194/
65
/1399/
3.4
/188592/
91
/75/
66
/5300/
78
/36/
cc age 7+

James and the Giant Peach (1996)
When the young orphan boy James spills a magic bag of crocodile tongues, he finds himself in possession of a giant peach that flies him away to strange lands.
poster
77
70
7.4
/5653/
71
/125/
68
/130/
4.0
/13092/
80
/41/
81
/84/
86
/21/

Distant Voices, Still Lives (1988)
Siblings Maisie and Tony, along with their mother, gather for their sister Eileen's wedding. It is a joyous occasion, but through flashbacks, it becomes clear that the family was not always happy. Their father was physically abusive to his wife and left the children emotionally traumatized. As a result, the children have grown into unhappy adults, looking for love they didn't receive when they were young.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
67
6.7
/24841/
66
/444/
66
/426/
3.2
/16739/
76
/38/
59
/1165/
53
/18/
cc age 14+

Hamlet (1990)
Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, finds out that his uncle Claudius killed his father to obtain the throne, and plans revenge.
poster
66
6.7
/257989/
69
/6146/
67
/5242/
3.5
/659598/
74
/69/
77
/25124/
60
/20/
cc age 16+

Romeo + Juliet (1996)
In director Baz Luhrmann's contemporary take on William Shakespeare's classic tragedy, the Montagues and Capulets have moved their ongoing feud to the sweltering suburb of Verona Beach, where Romeo and Juliet fall in love and secretly wed. Though the film is visually modern, the bard's dialogue remains.
poster
Kanopy
65
6.4
/552/
54
/13/
56
/14/
3.5
/1236/
74
/10/

Anchoress (1993)
A 14th-century peasant becomes transfixed by a statue of the Virgin Mary, and petitions to be walled into a cell attached to the church as a religious hermit.
poster
69
63
7.0
/6588/
67
/208/
65
/146/
3.3
/2681/
76
/86/

Treasure Island (1990)
Young Jim Hawkins, while running the Benbow Inn with his mother, meets Captain Billy Bones, who dies at the inn while it is beseiged by buccaneers led by Blind Pew. Jim and his mother fight off the attackers and discover Billy Bones' treasure map for which the buccaneers had come. Jim agrees to sail on the S.S. Espaniola with Squire Trelawney and Dr. Livesey to find the treasure on a mysterious isiand. Upon arriving at the island, ship's cook and scaliwag Long John Silver leads a mutiny of crew members who want the treasure for themselves. Jim helps the Squire and Espaniola officers to survive the mutiny and fight back against Silver's men, who have taken over the Espaniola.
poster
61
6.6
/2612/
65
/32/
63
/39/
3.3
/859/
47
/17/
62
/37/

Waterland (1992)
The story of a mentally anguished high school history teacher going through a complete reassessment of his life. His method for reassessing his life is to narrate it to his class and interweave in it three generations of his family's history.
poster
61
6.4
/105344/
68
/3401/
65
/2096/
3.1
/44012/
48
/29/
60
/5665/
49
/27/
cc age 10+

DragonHeart (1996)
In an ancient time when majestic fire-breathers soared through the skies, a knight named Bowen comes face to face and heart to heart with the last dragon on Earth, Draco. Taking up arms to suppress a tyrant king, Bowen soon realizes his task will be harder than he'd imagined: If he kills the king, Draco will die as well.
poster
YouTube TV
60
6.6
/473770/
69
/18126/
65
/9007/
3.1
/566913/
57
/152/
52
/15433/
59
/18/
cc age 12+

The Lost World: Jurassic Park (1997)
Four years after Jurassic Park's genetically bred dinosaurs ran amok, multimillionaire John Hammond shocks chaos theorist Ian Malcolm by revealing that he has been breeding more beasties at a secret location. Malcolm, his paleontologist ladylove and a wildlife videographer join an expedition to document the lethal lizards' natural behavior in this action-packed thriller.
poster
59
6.1
/1780/
55
/20/
59
/28/
3.2
/513/
67
/6/
59
/13/

To Kill a Priest (1988)
A young priest speaks out against the Communist regime in Poland and is killed for it.
poster
Criterion Channel
69
58
6.5
/3707/
66
/52/
63
/63/
3.3
/2572/
91
/11/
63
/52/
cc age 13+

A Private Function (1984)
In the summer of 1947, Britain prepares to commemorate the wedding of Princess Elizabeth and Prince Phillip. To get around food-rationing laws, Dr. Charles Swaby, accountant Henry Allardyce and solicitor Frank Lockwood are fattening a black-market pig for the big day. Egged on by his wife, meek Gilbert Chilvers steals the swine, but the couple must conceal it from inspector Morris Wormold.
poster
Hoopla
68
58
7.0
/4812/
70
/168/
65
/72/
3.3
/1020/
73
/15/
68
/187/

The Age of Stupid (2009)
Pete Postlethwaite stars as a man living alone in the devastated future world of 2055, looking at old footage from 2008 and asking: why didn’t we stop climate change when we had the chance?
poster
Hoopla
58
6.7
/34674/
68
/541/
63
/403/
3.1
/7343/
53
/129/
61
/694/
47
/31/
cc age 17+

The Shipping News (2001)
An emotionally-beaten man with his young daughter moves to his ancestral home in Newfoundland to reclaim his life.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
58
6.1
/80099/
63
/2833/
60
/1491/
2.8
/19747/
70
/47/
49
/1649/
48
/15/
cc age 17+

Solomon Kane (2009)
A nomadic 16th century warrior, condemned to hell for his brutal past, seeks redemption by renouncing violence, but finds some things are worth burning for as he fights to free a young Puritan woman from the grip of evil.
poster
56
5.9
/1016/
56
/8/
45
/7/
64
/22/
40
/9/

Among Giants (1998)
A manager hires Ray, off the books, to paint all the power towers in a 15-mile stretch of high-tension wires outside Sheffield. Ray's crew of men are friends, especially Ray with Steve, a young Romeo. Into the mix comes Gerry, an Australian with a spirit of adventure and mountain climbing skills. She wants a job, and against the others' advice, who don't want a woman on the job, Ray hires her. Then she and Ray fall in love. He asks her to marry him, gives her a ring. Steve's jealous; Ray's ex-wife complains that he spends on Gerry, not his own kids, and she predicts that Gerry won't stay around. Plus, there's pressure to finish the job fast. Economics, romance, and wanderlust spark the end.
poster
FXNow
56
6.4
/349752/
66
/12464/
63
/6190/
2.8
/389628/
44
/126/
46
/9225/
59
/20/
cc age 16+

Alien³ (1992)
After escaping with Newt and Hicks from the alien planet, Ripley crash lands on Fiorina 161, a prison planet and host to a correctional facility. Unfortunately, although Newt and Hicks do not survive the crash, a more unwelcome visitor does. The prison does not allow weapons of any kind, and with aid being a long time away, the prisoners must simply survive in any way they can.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
56
54
6.3
/9468/
67
/294/
62
/387/
3.3
/8946/
20
/5/
62
/574/
cc age 9+

Alice in Wonderland (1999)
Alice follows a white rabbit down a rabbit-hole into a whimsical Wonderland, where she meets characters like the delightful Cheshire Cat, the clumsy White Knight, a rude caterpillar, and the hot-tempered Queen of Hearts and can grow ten feet tall or shrink to three inches. But will she ever be able to return home?
poster
57
53
6.4
/6858/
67
/172/
62
/108/
3.2
/4012/
55
/44/
47
/171/
46
/12/

Killing Bono (2011)
The true story of Neil and Ivan McCormick, two Irish brothers who attempt to become rock stars but can only look on as their high school friends U2 become the biggest band in the world.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
53
6.0
/18364/
60
/566/
59
/343/
3.0
/13966/
56
/230/
26
/15/

Split Second (1992)
In a flooded future London, Detective Harley Stone hunts a serial killer who murdered his partner and has haunted him ever since — but he soon discovers what he is hunting might not be human.
poster
53
5.6
/67646/
59
/1396/
56
/1087/
2.7
/26019/
47
/150/
28
/3105/
52
/35/
cc age 16+

Dark Water (2005)
Dahlia Williams and her daughter Cecelia move into a rundown apartment on New York's Roosevelt Island. Dahlia is in the midst of divorce proceedings, and the apartment, though near an excellent school for her daughter, is all she can afford. From the time she arrives, there are mysterious occurrences—and there is a constant drip from the ceiling in her daughter's bedroom…
poster
51
5.8
/303632/
62
/9728/
59
/6556/
2.5
/177275/
27
/265/
40
/18696/
39
/37/
cc age 14+

Clash of the Titans (2010)
Born of a god but raised as a man, Perseus is helpless to save his family from Hades, vengeful god of the underworld. With nothing to lose, Perseus volunteers to lead a dangerous mission to defeat Hades before he can seize power from Zeus and unleash hell on earth. Battling unholy demons and fearsome beasts, Perseus and his warriors will only survive if Perseus accepts his power as a god, defies fate and creates his own destiny.
poster
76
50
7.5
/82/
67
/73/
65
/842/
3.4
/994/
91
/204/
91
/38371/

Return to Jurassic Park (2011)
A multi-part documentary about the making of the Jurassic Park trilogy. Each part walks through the making of part of one of the films, including the hurricane during the shooting of the first film, and how advances in CGI for Jurassic Park helped change the world of special effects forever. All interviews for these retrospective documentaries come with comments from Spielberg, Johnston, Neill, Dern, Goldblum, the effects crews, the child actors, and Peter Stormare. This documentary is broken into six parts: Dawn of a New Era (25 min), Making Prehistory (20 min), The Next Step in Evolution (15 min), Finding the Lost World (28 min), Something Survived (16 min), and The Third Adventure (25 min).
poster
50
5.5
/66037/
59
/1680/
56
/1157/
2.4
/39877/
26
/167/
40
/9987/
43
/34/
cc age 16+

The Omen (2006)
A diplomatic couple adopts the son of the devil without knowing it. A remake of the classic horror film of the same name from 1976.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
52
48
6.0
/6865/
60
/227/
56
/150/
2.5
/7016/
38
/235/

Animal Farm (1999)
Animals on a farm lead a revolution against the farmers to put their destiny in their own hands. However this revolution eats their own children and they cannot avoid corruption.
poster
Hoopla
43
5.4
/136481/
61
/5810/
56
/2390/
2.3
/46524/
9
/107/
39
/10711/
36
/23/
cc age 14+

Æon Flux (2005)
400 years into the future, disease has wiped out the majority of the world's population, except one walled city, Bregna, ruled by a congress of scientists. When Æon Flux, the top operative in the underground 'Monican' rebellion, is sent on a mission to kill a government leader, she uncovers a world of secrets.
poster
62
41
6.2
/2081/
59
/55/
56
/31/
3.1
/403/
80
/5/
58
/78/

Strange Bedfellows (2004)
Two 'very straight' old timers have to learn how to pass as a loving gay couple after falsely claiming same-sex status to take advantage of newly legislated tax laws.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
61
39
6.1
/2669/
61
/60/
56
/27/
3.1
/882/
65
/96/

When Saturday Comes (1996)
Jimmy Muir comes from a typical gritty, northern town where there are only two options: working down the pit or in a factory. But Jimmy has other ideas — he dreams of becoming a professional footballer. Confronted by a bitter and unsupportive father, hard-drinking friends and a lifetime of bad habits...has Jimmy the will to achieve his ultimate goal?
poster
The Roku Channel
69
37
5.6
/1028/
70
/21/
59
/21/
91
/121/

Cowboy Up (2002)
"Cowboy Up" is a celebration of the risk-taking, daredevil personalities of modern rodeo. In the world of professional bull riding, newcomer Ely Braxton (Marcus Thomas) is the craziest guy around; his brother Hank (Kiefer Sutherland) is a rodeo clown, and the two use each other to play up their acts. But love may be one thing that tears the brothers apart. When Ely falls for the rodeo's sweetheart (Daryl Hannah), Hank is filled with jealousy and hatred. The brothers try to come to grips with their differences, but the competition gets as fierce as the bulls in the ring.
poster
65
24
6.4
/1100/
54
/24/
57
/28/
88
/10/

Brute (1997)
Shipped off to a Romanian orphanage to finish his sentence, a British criminal finds romance but also discovers corruption inside the facility.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
51
22
5.6
/1918/
46
/13/
54
/21/
3.0
/470/
38
/26/

The Serpent's Kiss (1997)
A man sends a young architect to build an extravagant garden to bankrupt the husband of the woman he once loved.
poster
58
21
5.9
/1058/
50
/16/
59
/26/
3.3
/297/
58
/19/

Rat (2000)
After a night of drinking Guiness at the local watering hole, an ordinary, working-class, family man in Dublin's life is turned upside-down when he wakes up as a rat.
poster
48
19
5.8
/1441/
50
/17/
46
/17/
40
/22/

Triggermen (2002)
Two British conmen in Chicago are mistaken for hired hitmen by mobsters wanting to rub out a rival gangster. Keen to make a fast buck, they pretend they are the hitmen but soon find they get more than they bargained for when the real ones turn up.
poster
43
18
6.0
/1148/
28
/6/
58
/17/
25
/8/
46
/12/

Between Strangers (2002)
Three women confront their pasts which changes their futures.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
76
11
8.0
/403/
60
/2/
70
/1/
95
/12/

Lost for Words (1999)
Deric Longden and his wife, Aileen, come to terms with the fact that his mother, Annie, is getting too old to live on her own. Annie suffers her first stroke and a nursing home is the obvious solution, but which one and where?
poster
58
11
5.7
/689/
55
/8/
55
/14/
65
/4/

Suite 16 (1994)
After an argument and fight with a wealthy one night stand in a posh hotel, young hustler Chris finds himself trapped inside. With nowhere to go and the cops closing in on the hotel fast, he wanders into "Suite 16" in a fit of despair. Inside, a handicapped and wheelchair bound Glover is held captive for the evening once discovered by Chris. However, things change the next day when Glover informs Chris that the woman he slept with is now dead; and that he surely will be sought out for her murder. Lonely and bored, Glover offers to shelter Chris for awhile while the cuts and bruises from the previous nights escapades have time to heal.
poster
41
11
4.4
/871/
46
/9/
44
/22/
2.9
/213/
15
/23/

Ghost Son (2007)
A widowed newlywed stays on her deceased husband's South African farm, then bears a child who seems to be possessed by the dead man.
poster
42
8
4.6
/943/
57
/7/
39
/12/
29
/4/

Crimetime (1996)
The star of a TV crime reenactment show becomes caught up in the mind of the killer he is playing.
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6.5
/52/
40
/1/

Tattoos: A Scarred History (2009)
An exploration of how the once taboo art form has become socially acceptable.
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?
10
/1/

Strike: The Birth of Solidarity (1981)
British TV Movie drama/documentary detailing the birth of Poland's Solidarity union


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