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Disney Plus
87
8.4
/693142/
83
/38177/
81
/20594/
4.1
/2699839/
97
/358/
94
/3825/
81
/48/
cc age 7+

Coco (2017)
Despite his family’s baffling generations-old ban on music, Miguel dreams of becoming an accomplished musician like his idol, Ernesto de la Cruz. Desperate to prove his talent, Miguel finds himself in the stunning and colorful Land of the Dead following a mysterious chain of events. Along the way, he meets charming trickster Hector, and together, they set off on an extraordinary journey to unlock the real story behind Miguel's family history.
poster
82
8.1
/874584/
80
/31751/
79
/14646/
4.1
/1327762/
89
/132/
91
/25113/
84
/15/
cc age 16+

Blade Runner (1982)
In the smog-choked dystopian Los Angeles of 2019, blade runner Rick Deckard is called out of retirement to terminate a quartet of replicants who have escaped to Earth seeking their creator for a way to extend their short life spans.
poster
82
8.0
/742888/
78
/38935/
75
/14725/
4.1
/1990230/
88
/440/
88
/606/
81
/54/
cc age 16+

Blade Runner 2049 (2017)
Thirty years after the events of the first film, a new blade runner, LAPD Officer K, unearths a long-buried secret that has the potential to plunge what's left of society into chaos. K's discovery leads him on a quest to find Rick Deckard, a former LAPD blade runner who has been missing for 30 years.
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Kanopy
81
7.8
/20663/
78
/845/
76
/418/
3.9
/32418/
93
/15/
87
/608/

12 Angry Men (1997)
During the trial of a man accused of his father's murder, a lone juror takes a stand against the guilty verdict handed down by the others as a result of their preconceptions and prejudices.
poster
80
7.3
/4812/
72
/97/
74
/81/
3.7
/4281/
79
/58/
88
/176/
cc age 17+

My Family (1995)
Traces over three generations an immigrant family's trials, tribulations, tragedies, and triumphs. Maria and Jose, the first generation, come to Los Angeles, meet, marry, face deportation all in the 1930s. They establish their family in East L.A., and their children Chucho, Paco, Memo, Irene, Toni, and Jimmy deal with youth culture and the L.A. police in the '50s. As the second generation become adults in the '60s, the focus shifts to Jimmy, his marriage to Isabel (a Salvadorian refugee), their son, and Jimmy's journey to becoming a responsible parent.
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82
77
8.2
/7285/
79
/540/
77
/134/
4.2
/16307/
96
/28/
93
/21/
66
/8/
cc age 16+

LA 92 (2017)
Twenty-five years after the verdict in the Rodney King trial sparked several days of protests, violence and looting in Los Angeles, LA 92 immerses viewers in that tumultuous period through stunning and rarely seen archival footage.
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Crunchyroll
77
7.3
/10658/
71
/1119/
71
/432/
3.6
/24911/
89
/132/
91
/25113/

Blade Runner: Black Out 2022 (2017)
This animated short revolves around the events causing an electrical systems failure on the west coast of the US. According to Blade Runner 2049’s official timeline, this failure leads to cities shutting down, financial and trade markets being thrown into chaos, and food supplies dwindling. There’s no proof as to what caused the blackouts, but Replicants — the bio-engineered robots featured in the original Blade Runner, are blamed.
poster
75
7.3
/23658/
75
/698/
76
/426/
3.5
/28900/
89
/63/
79
/720/
77
/11/
cc age 13+

Stand and Deliver (1988)
Jaime Escalante is a mathematics teacher in a school in a hispanic neighbourhood. Convinced that his students have potential, he adopts unconventional teaching methods to try and turn gang members and no-hopers into some of the country's top algebra and calculus students.
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75
7.1
/11389/
76
/530/
73
/388/
3.5
/7740/
73
/11/
90
/450/
66
/11/
cc age 17+

American Me (1992)
During his 18 years in Folsom Prison, street-gang leader Santana rules over all the drug-and-murder activities behind bars. Upon his release, Santana goes back to his old neighborhood, intending to lead a peaceful, crime-free life. But his old gang buddies force him back into his old habits.
poster
75
7.6
/25064/
75
/1502/
71
/447/
3.5
/4575/
83
/864/

Battlestar Galactica: Razor (2007)
The history and adventures of the Battlestar Pegasus, from shortly before the Cylon invasion to shortly after Lee Adama is made commander. The story is told through the eyes of and largely focuses on one particular member of Pegasus's crew, Kendra Shaw.
poster
84
74
8.2
/2199/
81
/201/
79
/72/
4.1
/3199/
94
/18/
90
/353/

Dangerous Days: Making Blade Runner (2007)
The definitive 3½-hour documentary about the troubled creation and enduring legacy of the science fiction classic 'Blade Runner', culled from 80 interviews and hours of never-before-seen outtakes and lost footage.
poster
73
6.9
/33839/
74
/1191/
76
/1291/
3.6
/54604/
67
/84/
78
/4969/
67
/17/
cc age 10+

Selena (1997)
In this biographical drama, Selena Quintanilla is born into a musical Mexican-American family in Texas. Her father, Abraham, realizes that his young daughter is talented and begins performing with her at small venues. She finds success and falls for her guitarist, Chris Perez, who draws the ire of her father. Seeking mainstream stardom, Selena begins recording an English-language album which, tragically, she would never complete.
poster
69
7.0
/21983/
73
/1591/
67
/464/
3.3
/3484/

Battlestar Galactica: The Plan (2009)
When the initial Cylon attack against the Twelve Colonies fails to achieve complete extermination of human life as planned, twin Number Ones (Cavils) embedded on Galactica and Caprica must improvise to destroy the human survivors.
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67
6.5
/1823/
65
/27/
57
/25/
3.3
/325/
77
/13/
70
/15/

Caught (1996)
A middle-aged couple has a drifter enter their lives. The fish-store owners find that the mysterious young man awakens the couple in ways they didn't expect. Things get tense when the drifter begins an affair with the woman of the house.
poster
66
6.7
/22409/
75
/2347/
74
/1166/
2.9
/27663/
59
/79/
71
/590/
50
/14/
cc age 10+

A Dog's Way Home (2019)
The adventure of Bella, a dog who embarks on an epic 400-mile journey home after she is separated from her beloved human.
poster
65
6.9
/117924/
73
/5729/
72
/3968/
3.6
/279595/
49
/105/
66
/1879/
51
/29/
cc age 7+

The Road to El Dorado (2000)
Stowing away after a failed con, a pair of swindlers end up on El Dorado, the fabled "city of gold", where they quickly get in over their heads when they are mistaken as gods by the inhabitants.
poster
65
6.4
/690/
70
/20/
60
/16/
3.4
/473/
73
/56/
54
/14/
59
/23/

Go for Sisters (2013)
Bernice and Fontayne grew up so tight they could ‘go for sisters’. After twenty years apart, they are reunited when Bernice is assigned to be Fontayne’s parole officer — just when she needs help on the wrong side of the law.
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65
6.3
/12639/
64
/337/
59
/249/
3.2
/12220/
77
/26/
48
/217/
64
/8/

Wolfen (1981)
A New York City cop and an expert criminologist trying to solve a series of grisly deaths in which the victims have seemingly been maimed by feral animals discover a sinister connection between the crimes and an old legend.
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YouTube TV
65
6.7
/236112/
70
/10218/
65
/4389/
2.9
/89244/
64
/186/
66
/2981/
55
/43/
cc age 17+

2 Guns (2013)
A DEA agent and an undercover Naval Intelligence officer who have been tasked with investigating one another find they have been set up by the mob -- the very organization the two men believe they have been stealing money from.
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Amazon Prime Video
58
6.8
/3077/
70
/75/
66
/57/
3.3
/1230/
63
/8/
53
/35/

Triumph of the Spirit (1989)
During World War II, Salamo Arouch, a passionate boxer, is arrested and sent to a concentration camp. Soon, he is forced to box against his fellow prisoners for the sake of entertainment.
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Amazon Prime Video
58
57
5.0
/2440/
60
/677/
66
/212/
2.3
/8133/
56
/18/
64
/39/
cc age 15+

One Fast Move (2024)
A dishonorably discharged soldier seeks out his estranged father to help him pursue his dream of becoming a professional motorcycle racer. While training, he meets a small-town, aspiring singer and a motorcycle shop owner who begin to break down the walls his father's absence had built up.
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Kanopy
57
6.1
/24837/
59
/648/
60
/392/
3.3
/34637/
53
/129/
38
/1038/
48
/33/
cc age 18+

I'm Still Here (2010)
I'm Still Here is a portrayal of a tumultuous year in the life of actor Joaquin Phoenix. With remarkable access, the film follows the Oscar-nominee as he announces his retirement from a successful film career in the fall of 2008 and sets off to reinvent himself as a hip-hop musician. The film is a portrait of an artist at a crossroads and explores notions of courage and creative reinvention, as well as the ramifications of a life spent in the public eye.
poster
Kanopy
56
4.3
/598/
66
/65/
45
/11/
3.0
/324/
47
/17/
75
/43/
52
/6/
cc age 15+

Outlaw Posse (2024)
1908. Chief returns from years of hiding in Mexico to claim stolen reparations gold hidden in the hills of Montana but is chased by Angel, whose rationale to the gold leaves a trail of dead bodies.
poster
55
6.1
/1050/
59
/14/
52
/18/
29
/7/
58
/13/

Death in Granada (1996)
A journalist starts an investigation into the disappearance of famed poet and political agitator, Garcia Lorca, who disappeared in the early days of the Spanish Civil War in the the 1930's.
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Plex
60
51
6.2
/3475/
61
/108/
63
/69/
3.2
/2486/
55
/47/

Virus (1980)
Scientists in Antarctica desperately try to find a cure to a military virus that was released in a plane crash and has wiped out the rest of the world.
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Amazon Prime Video
50
5.5
/1587/
56
/144/
53
/61/
3.0
/505/
36
/25/
42
/9/
50
/9/
cc age 15+

The Devil Has a Name (2019)
An oil baron and a farmer standoff after the water on his farm is poisoned by her company.
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Amazon Prime Video
65
50
6.6
/2623/
65
/67/
62
/42/
3.0
/1935/
76
/162/

In the Time of the Butterflies (2001)
Based on the book by Julia Alvarez. Three sisters become activists during the Dominican Republic's Trujillo regime when members of their family are killed by the government's troops.
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Amazon Prime Video
49
5.9
/18319/
63
/357/
58
/261/
3.0
/12720/
29
/66/
47
/467/
31
/21/

Gossip (2000)
For a class project, three college students decide to invent an unfounded rumor about the most popular girl on campus. But as the rumor spreads, it begins to spiral out of control.
poster
Disney Plus
47
4.0
/27286/
54
/1247/
53
/1090/
2.6
/95940/
41
/96/
51
/3049/
41
/22/
cc age 5+

Beverly Hills Chihuahua (2008)
A pampered Beverly Hills chihuahua named Chloe who, while on vacation in Mexico with her owner Viv's niece, Rachel, gets lost and must rely on her friends to help her get back home before she is caught by a dognapper who wants to ransom her.
poster
78
46
6.8
/110/
70
/17/
69
/9/
3.5
/590/
94
/18/
90
/352/

The Blade Runner Phenomenon (2021)
Ridley Scott's cult film Blade Runner, based on a novel by Philip K. Dick and released in 1982, is one of the most influential science fiction films ever made. Its depiction of Los Angeles in the year 2019 is oppressively prophetic: climate catastrophe, increasing public surveillance, powerful monopolistic corporations, highly evolved artificial intelligence; a fantastic vision of the future world that has become a frightening reality.
poster
46
5.8
/168514/
57
/6429/
55
/3405/
2.5
/118695/
45
/235/
43
/9374/
39
/39/
cc age 13+

The Green Hornet (2011)
Britt Reid, the heir to the largest newspaper fortune in Los Angeles, is a spoiled playboy who has been, thus far, happy to lead an aimless life. After his father dies, Britt meets Kato, a resourceful company employee. Realizing that they have the talent and resources to make something of their lives, Britt and Kato join forces as costumed crime-fighters to bring down the city's most-powerful criminal, Chudnofsky.
poster
65
45
6.7
/1510/
64
/40/
63
/21/
3.6
/2544/
55
/11/
75
/57/

Zoot Suit (1981)
Part fact and part fiction, Zoot Suit is the film version of Luis Valdez's critically acclaimed play, based on the actual Sleepy Lagoon murder case and the zoot suit riots of 1940s Los Angeles. Henry Reyna is the leader of a group of Mexican-Americans being sent to San Quentin without substantial evidence for the death of a man at Sleepy Lagoon. As part of the defense committee, Alice Bloomfield and George Shearer fight the blatant miscarriage of justice for the freedom of Henry and his friends.
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Criterion Channel
76
39
7.3
/904/
73
/36/
57
/20/
3.8
/1635/
100
/6/
78
/4/

Alambrista! (1977)
After the birth of his first child, Roberto, a young Mexican man, slips across the border into the United States. Seeking work to support his family back home, he finds that working hard is not enough.
poster
HBO Max Amazon Channel
65
38
6.7
/1639/
61
/37/
53
/14/
3.3
/1521/
80
/93/

Walkout (2006)
Walkout is the true story of a young Mexican American high school teacher, Sal Castro. He mentors a group of students in East Los Angeles, when the students decide to stage a peaceful walkout to protest the injustices of the public school system. Set against the background of the civil rights movement of 1968, it is a story of courage and the fight for justice and empowerment.
poster
34
4.3
/8193/
47
/97/
43
/134/
2.7
/6190/
17
/29/
28
/194/
28
/16/

Even Cowgirls Get the Blues (1994)
A girl born with enormous thumbs in the repressive era of the 1950s learns to turn her quirks into assets.
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Amazon Prime Video
58
33
5.6
/1224/
61
/41/
63
/19/
3.1
/215/
36
/11/
72
/89/
57
/7/
cc age 16+

Filly Brown (2013)
“Majo” Tonorio, a.k.a. Filly Brown, is a raw, young Los Angeles hip-hop artist who spits from the heart. When a sleazy record producer offers her a crack at rap stardom, Majo faces some daunting choices. With an incarcerated mother, a record contract could be the ticket out for her struggling family. But taking the deal means selling out her talent and the true friends who helped her to the cusp of success.
poster
69
31
6.2
/771/
70
/13/
67
/11/
3.3
/619/
80
/5/
70
/21/
cc age 10+

The Wonderful Ice Cream Suit (1998)
Gomez is a middle-aged man who dreams of buying a gorgeous white suit in a nearby store, but doesn't have enough cash. He finds 4 more people of same size, who each give $20 and get to wear the suit for an hour each in return. But the suit is not just a suit - it makes wishes of the one wearing it come true.
poster
Fandango at Home Free
68
31
7.3
/1084/
72
/61/
75
/33/
3.1
/556/
62
/18/

Unity (2015)
Despite the advent of science, literature, technology, philosophy, religion, and so on -- none of these has assuaged humankind from killing one another, the animals, and nature. UNITY is a film about why we can't seem to get along, even after thousands and thousands of years.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
64
25
5.4
/264/
62
/18/
47
/7/
69
/13/
88
/15/
cc age 15+

Chasing Wonders (2021)
A coming-of-age story set across the lush wine country of both Australia and Spain, a young man explores the nature of father-son relationships and the pathway toward understanding and forgiveness.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
53
24
5.3
/1284/
56
/32/
52
/20/
3.0
/537/
35
/7/
68
/4/

The Taking of Pelham One Two Three (1998)
In New York, armed men hijack a subway car and demand a ransom for the passengers. Even if it's paid, how could they get away?
poster
40
21
4.7
/1424/
52
/21/
43
/16/
33
/6/
28
/79/

Splinter (2006)
A gang member, suffering from severe memory loss, searches for his brother's murderer. He secretly enlists the aid of the investigating Detective, while other members of his gang are mysteriously and sadistically murdered.
poster
The Roku Channel
62
20
6.3
/801/
60
/26/
58
/15/
3.4
/1186/
61
/6/

Aloha Bobby and Rose (1975)
Bobby and Rose, two youngsters who are in love, have to run away from home when they are falsely accused to have committed a robbery and an assassination.
poster
59
18
5.2
/374/
73
/3/
50
/7/
63
/34/

The Princess and the Barrio Boy (2000)
A teenager who dreams of becoming an Olympic swimmer has a romance with a boy from the wrong side of town.
poster
67
18
7.2
/198/
65
/28/
69
/13/
3.1
/988/

The Disney Family Singalong - Volume II (2020)
Ryan Seacrest hosts the second Disney Family Singalong featuring celebrities and their families as they take on their favorite Disney tunes from their homes. Special guests include John Legend, Christina Aguilera, Shakira, and Katy Perry.
poster
59
17
6.5
/1173/
55
/26/
43
/6/
76
/15/

Bonanno: A Godfather's Story (1999)
The true life story of mafia boss Joesph Bonanno. The story spans from Bonanno's early beginings in Italy, to his conquests in America.
poster
The Roku Channel
46
17
4.2
/421/
46
/36/
53
/20/
40
/5/
50
/3/
cc age 7+

Americano (2016)
Cuco, a mexican parrot, goes on an adventure from Mexico to Hollywood in order to get help from El Americano, a famous superhero from TV, against an evil band of birds trying to take control of his family’s beloved circus.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
69
16
7.1
/791/
61
/7/
61
/8/
83
/13/

Saving Grace (1986)
A newly-elected Pope Leo XIV finds himself accidentally locked out of the Vatican. Unknown to the outside world, he winds up in an impoverished Italian village, where his adventures ultimately teach the Pope and his new friends some important lessons about friendship and self-esteem. Written by Chris DeSantis
poster
67
16
7.0
/809/
68
/8/
61
/23/
3.4
/355/
72
/3/

The Burning Season (1994)
Based on the true story of a Brazilian rubber tapper who leads his people in protest against government and developers, who want to cut down their part of the rainforest for a new road and ranch land. The rich and the powerful will stop at nothing, and frequently resort to murder


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