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Kanopy
89
8.6
/857997/
85
/13573/
84
/7895/
4.6
/959916/
91
/163/
97
/15603/
79
/33/
cc age 18+

City of God (2002)
In the poverty-stricken favelas of Rio de Janeiro in the 1970s, two young men choose different paths. Rocket is a budding photographer who documents the increasing drug-related violence of his neighborhood, while José “Zé” Pequeno is an ambitious drug dealer diving into a dangerous life of crime.
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Criterion Channel
87
8.2
/3514/
81
/163/
74
/64/
4.4
/17109/
100
/12/

Streetwise (1984)
This documentary about teenagers living on the streets in Seattle began as a magazine article. The film follows nine teenagers who discuss how they live by panhandling, prostitution, and petty theft.
poster
86
7.8
/106488/
77
/2160/
76
/1658/
4.2
/83038/
96
/163/
89
/2109/
90
/31/

A Prophet (2009)
Sentenced to six years in prison, Malik El Djebena is alone in the world and can neither read nor write. On his arrival at the prison, he seems younger and more brittle than the others detained there. At once he falls under the sway of a group of Corsicans who enforce their rule in the prison. As the 'missions' go by, he toughens himself and wins the confidence of the Corsican group.
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Netflix
86
8.2
/38971/
81
/2462/
78
/771/
4.3
/115785/
97
/105/
90
/240/
81
/29/
cc age 16+

13th (2016)
An in-depth look at the prison system in the United States and how it reveals the nation's history of racial inequality.
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Amazon Prime Video
84
IMDb 60
7.9
/839684/
80
/40040/
78
/13298/
4.0
/3425167/
97
/472/
92
/12386/
82
/52/
cc age 13+

Knives Out (2019)
When renowned crime novelist Harlan Thrombey is found dead at his estate just after his 85th birthday, the inquisitive and debonair Detective Benoit Blanc is mysteriously enlisted to investigate. From Harlan's dysfunctional family to his devoted staff, Blanc sifts through a web of red herrings and self-serving lies to uncover the truth behind Harlan's untimely death.
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Kanopy
83
7.8
/653954/
77
/22911/
77
/11359/
4.0
/1539660/
95
/278/
86
/5004/
76
/45/
cc age 17+

Nightcrawler (2014)
When Lou Bloom, desperate for work, muscles into the world of L.A. crime journalism, he blurs the line between observer and participant to become the star of his own story. Aiding him in his effort is Nina, a TV-news veteran.
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Netflix
82
7.6
/2933/
76
/122/
75
/34/
3.9
/8917/
100
/23/
87
/16/
cc age 15+

To Kill a Tiger (2023)
Ranjit, a farmer in India, takes on the fight of his life when he demands justice for his 13-year-old daughter, the victim of a brutal gang rape. His decision to support his daughter is virtually unheard of, and his journey unprecedented.
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fuboTV
82
7.5
/3271/
76
/206/
69
/40/
3.8
/8415/
100
/56/
87
/18/
87
/11/

Attica (2021)
Follows the largest prison uprising in US history, conducting dozens of new interviews with inmates, journalists, and other witnesses.
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Hoopla
82
7.5
/76805/
73
/1579/
72
/952/
3.8
/55933/
97
/116/
87
/1045/
92
/27/
cc age 14+

Quiz Show (1994)
Herbert Stempel's transformation into an unexpected television personality unfolds as he secures victory on the cherished American game show, 'Twenty-One.' However, when the show introduces the highly skilled contestant Charles Van Doren to replace Stempel, it compels Stempel to let out his frustrations and call out the show as rigged. Lawyer Richard Goodwin steps in and attempts to uncover the orchestrated deception behind the scenes.
poster
82
7.8
/80776/
75
/1368/
74
/1086/
4.2
/77474/
85
/146/
79
/1747/
84
/34/

The White Ribbon (2009)
An aged tailor recalls his life as the schoolteacher of a small village in Northern Germany that was struck by a series of strange events in the year leading up to WWI.
poster
Crunchyroll
82
8.0
/221937/
81
/10613/
79
/4571/
4.3
/724827/
91
/55/
90
/8615/
68
/22/
8.1
/549630/
cc age 16+

Akira (1988)
A secret military project endangers Neo-Tokyo when it turns a biker gang member into a rampaging psychic psychopath that only two teenagers and a group of psychics can stop.
poster
Hoopla
81
8.0
/18470/
81
/1328/
78
/452/
3.9
/8041/
93
/59/
91
/117/
72
/23/
cc age 14+

The Internet's Own Boy: The Story of Aaron Swartz (2014)
Programming prodigy and information activist Aaron Swartz achieved groundbreaking work in social justice and political organizing. His passion for open access ensnared him in a legal nightmare that ended with the taking of his own life at the age of 26.
poster
80
7.4
/4068/
73
/79/
72
/101/
3.8
/2785/
82
/11/
84
/51/
83
/23/

Ladybird Ladybird (1994)
Maggie has had four children, by four different fathers, removed by social services because of a previous violent relationship. When she meets Jorge, a gentle Latin American refugee, she gradually sees her chance for happiness, but her history still haunts her.
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Kanopy
80
7.7
/8251/
78
/398/
70
/118/
3.9
/6631/
92
/76/
86
/161/
79
/20/

The Central Park Five (2012)
In 1989, five black and Latino teenagers from Harlem were arrested and later convicted of raping a white woman in New York City's Central Park. They spent between 6 and 13 years in prison before a serial rapist confessed that he alone had committed the crime, leading to their convictions being overturned. Set against a backdrop of a decaying city beset by violence and racial tension, this is the story of that horrific crime, the rush to judgment by the police, a media clamoring for sensational stories and an outraged public, and the five lives upended by this miscarriage of justice.
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Kanopy
80
7.2
/62742/
71
/1178/
68
/814/
3.6
/37809/
95
/73/
78
/1276/
90
/22/
cc age 16+

The Crying Game (1992)
Irish Republican Army member Fergus forms an unexpected bond with Jody, a kidnapped British soldier in his custody, despite the warnings of fellow IRA members Jude and Maguire. Jody makes Fergus promise he'll visit his girlfriend, Dil, in London, and when Fergus flees to the city, he seeks her out. Hounded by his former IRA colleagues, he finds himself increasingly drawn to the enigmatic, and surprising, Dil.
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Kanopy
80
78
7.5
/14203/
76
/316/
70
/204/
4.0
/15281/
89
/9/
91
/581/
78
/11/

Scum (1979)
Powerful, uncompromising drama about two boys' struggle for survival in the nightmare world of Britain's notorious Borstal Reformatory.
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Hoopla
78
7.5
/10196/
75
/419/
71
/119/
3.7
/8560/
92
/12/
84
/191/

Paradise Lost 2: Revelations (2000)
Revisiting the 1994 Arkansas murder of three 8-year-old boys and the three teenagers convicted of the crime. A follow up to Paradise Lost, Revelations features new interviews with the convicted men, as well as with the original judge and police investigators.
poster
78
7.3
/74686/
72
/1846/
69
/849/
4.0
/132158/
87
/143/
84
/2183/
79
/30/
cc age 17+

Sexy Beast (2001)
Ex-safecracker Gal Dove has served his time behind bars and is blissfully retired to a Spanish villa paradise with a wife he adores. The idyll is shattered by the arrival of his nemesis Don Logan, intent on persuading Gal to return to London for one last big job.
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Netflix
77
7.2
/83911/
73
/4732/
70
/1264/
3.5
/103033/
86
/173/
92
/157/
69
/39/
cc age 15+

The Outfit (2022)
Leonard is an English tailor who used to craft suits on London’s world-famous Savile Row. After a personal tragedy, he’s ended up in Chicago, operating a small tailor shop in a rough part of town where he makes beautiful clothes for the only people around who can afford them: a family of vicious gangsters.
poster
81
77
7.8
/14578/
75
/242/
74
/242/
4.0
/11473/
94
/18/
88
/138/

Fury (1936)
Joe, who owns a gas station along with his brothers and is about to marry Katherine, travels to the small town where she lives to visit her, but is wrongly mistaken for a wanted kidnapper and arrested.
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Netflix
82
76
7.6
/11254/
78
/349/
77
/246/
3.9
/30272/
94
/18/
89
/25/
cc age 16+

A Sun (2019)
A family of four fractures under the weight of unmet expectations, unexpected tragedy, and uncompromising pride.
poster
79
76
7.8
/16249/
75
/250/
75
/239/
4.1
/9444/
75
/8/
92
/202/
81
/7/

The Hill (1965)
North Africa, World War II. British soldiers on the brink of collapse push beyond endurance to struggle up a brutal incline. It's not a military objective. It's The Hill, a manmade instrument of torture, a tower of sand seared by a white-hot sun. And the troops' tormentors are not the enemy, but their own comrades-at-arms.
poster
The Roku Channel
77
75
7.6
/19137/
73
/358/
74
/368/
3.7
/17647/
83
/29/
83
/178/

The Woman in the Window (1944)
A seductive woman gets an innocent professor mixed up in murder.
poster
75
7.8
/5788/
73
/185/
71
/88/
3.7
/5006/
79
/20/

Jonestown: The Life and Death of Peoples Temple (2006)
Featuring never-before-seen footage, this documentary delivers a startling new look at the Peoples Temple, headed by preacher Jim Jones who, in 1978, led more than 900 members to Guyana, where he orchestrated a mass suicide via tainted punch.
poster
Criterion Channel
75
7.2
/21411/
72
/383/
69
/478/
3.7
/20277/
86
/100/
84
/600/
75
/32/

The Beat That My Heart Skipped (2005)
A ruthless real estate agent discovers a passion for piano and auditions with help from a young virtuoso, but the pressures of his corrupt career threaten to derail his musical aspirations.
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Amazon Prime Video
74
7.6
/811668/
75
/24524/
74
/11776/
3.8
/3208213/
68
/249/
85
/19488/
64
/35/
cc age 18+

American Psycho (2000)
A wealthy New York investment banking executive hides his alternate psychopathic ego from his co-workers and friends as he escalates deeper into his illogical, gratuitous fantasies.
poster
Hoopla
74
7.2
/89354/
73
/2494/
70
/1407/
3.5
/63759/
82
/60/
78
/926/
72
/19/
cc age 13+

The Rainmaker (1997)
Fresh out of law school and desperate for work, idealistic rookie Rudy Baylor takes on a powerful insurance company accused of denying a dying boy’s claim. Teaming up with a scrappy, unlicensed paralegal, he finds himself in a David-versus-Goliath courtroom battle that tests his ethics, courage, and belief in justice.
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MGM Plus
74
7.1
/42491/
72
/924/
71
/651/
3.6
/22041/
93
/27/
79
/656/
65
/12/
cc age 17+

The Accused (1988)
Out drinking one night after a fight with her boyfriend, three men brutally rape Sarah Tobias in a bar while people watch and cheer. District Attorney Kathryn Murphy takes the case; however, she allows the rapists to receive a mild sentence. A distraught Sarah decides to seek punishment for the men who witnessed and encouraged the rape. To get justice, Sarah must take the stand and revisit the night of her attack.
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MGM Plus
74
7.0
/6747/
66
/99/
66
/110/
3.6
/4044/
82
/74/
75
/64/
68
/19/

A Dry White Season (1989)
During the 1976 Soweto uprising, a white school teacher's life and values are threatened when he asks questions about the death of a young black boy who died in police custody.
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AMC+
74
7.2
/22029/
68
/399/
68
/231/
3.7
/21681/
77
/99/
76
/481/
71
/26/

Tape (2001)
Jon, a first-time filmmaker, finds himself in Lansing, Michigan to present his film at a local film festival. Vince, his high school friend who is now a volunteer fireman and small-time drug dealer, also visits the town to support Jon on his big day, or so it seems. After a raucous hello and much backslapping, it appears that there is an undercurrent of tension in the air.
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Kanopy
73
8.0
/144412/
78
/2722/
78
/2037/
4.0
/56462/
73
/33/
90
/1634/
58
/10/
cc age 15+

Papillon (1973)
A man befriends a fellow criminal as the two of them begin serving their sentence on a dreadful prison island, which inspires the man to plot his escape.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
72
6.4
/6619/
65
/319/
60
/187/
3.5
/10028/
92
/177/
48
/115/
78
/31/
cc age 12+

A Quiet Passion (2016)
The story of American poet Emily Dickinson from her early days as a young schoolgirl to her later years as a reclusive, unrecognized artist.
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Kanopy
81
72
8.1
/5089/
82
/113/
75
/92/
3.9
/2644/
78
/9/
94
/177/

Manufacturing Consent: Noam Chomsky and the Media (1992)
A film about the noted American linguist/political dissident and his warning about corporate media's role in modern propaganda.
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Criterion Channel
74
72
7.2
/16008/
72
/342/
70
/279/
3.9
/43533/
79
/28/
82
/296/
65
/13/

The Killing of a Chinese Bookie (1976)
Cosmo Vittelli, the proprietor of a sleazy, low-rent Hollywood cabaret, has a real affection for the women who strip in his peepshows and the staff who keep up his dingy establishment. He also has a major gambling problem that has gotten him in trouble before. When Cosmo loses big-time at an underground casino run by mobster Mort, he isn't able to pay up. Mort then offers Cosmo the chance to pay back his debt by knocking off a pesky, Mafia-protected bookie.
poster
72
7.3
/58412/
74
/3617/
73
/1710/
3.7
/58350/
82
/301/
79
/634/
77
/49/
cc age 16+

Detroit (2017)
A police raid in Detroit in 1967 results in one of the largest citizens' uprisings in the history of the United States.
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Kanopy
71
7.2
/16773/
71
/416/
70
/288/
3.6
/9025/
74
/81/
78
/697/
63
/25/
cc age 17+

City of Men (2007)
Best buddies Acerola and Laranjinha, about to turn 18, discover things about their missing fathers' pasts which will shatter their solid friendship, in the middle of a war between rival drug gangs from Rio's favelas.
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Netflix
71
6.9
/45798/
72
/2403/
70
/1455/
3.3
/101893/
80
/266/
74
/300/
69
/48/
cc age 15+

Boy Erased (2018)
Jared, the son of a Baptist pastor in a small American town, is outed to his parents at age 19. Jared is faced with an ultimatum: attend a gay conversion therapy program – or be permanently exiled and shunned by his family, friends, and faith.
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Amazon Prime Video
71
7.9
/22868/
77
/374/
76
/246/
3.6
/8395/
58
/84/
87
/640/
50
/20/

The Stoning of Soraya M. (2009)
In 1986 Iran, Sahebjam, whose car breaks down in a remote village, enters into a conversation with Zahra, who relays to him the story about her niece, Soraya, whose arranged marriage to an abusive tyrant ended in tragedy.
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Kanopy
71
7.1
/43928/
74
/1630/
74
/1221/
3.6
/41414/
87
/15/
86
/1320/
58
/7/
cc age 15+

The Way of the Dragon (1972)
After a Chinese restaurant in Rome is threatened by the mafia, who will stop at nothing to acquire the property, the owner recruits a family friend in Hong Kong, kung fu expert Tang Lung, to help them defend their business.
poster
70
6.6
/1311/
67
/49/
67
/15/
3.6
/4115/
97
/98/
57
/6/
76
/18/

Shayda (2023)
Shayda, a young Iranian woman living in Australia, finds refuge in a women’s shelter with her 6-year-old daughter, Mona. Having fled her husband, Hossein, and filed for divorce, Shayda struggles to maintain normalcy for Mona. Buoyed by the approach of Nowruz, she tries to forge a fresh start with new and unfettered freedoms. But when a judge grants Hossein visitation rights, he reenters their life, stoking Shayda’s fear that he’ll attempt to take Mona back to Iran.
poster
Netflix
70
7.5
/70421/
75
/3560/
74
/1215/
3.7
/55831/
75
/219/
85
/196/
53
/35/
cc age 16+

The Mauritanian (2021)
The true story of the Mauritanian Mohamedou Ould Slahi, who was held at the U.S military's Guantanamo Bay detention center without charges for over a decade and sought help from a defense attorney for his release.
poster
The Roku Channel
70
6.6
/17102/
67
/502/
63
/351/
3.6
/27474/
74
/31/
78
/815/
65
/8/

Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill! (1965)
A trio of thrill-seeking go-go dancers kidnap a young girl and attempt to seduce an old rancher and his two sons out of their small fortune, but their scheme doesn't play out as intended.
poster
Criterion Channel
70
6.5
/3770/
63
/113/
62
/63/
3.6
/16266/
94
/31/
47
/41/
74
/13/

Smooth Talk (1985)
Connie, the fifteen-year-old black sheep of her family, finds her summertime idyll of beach trips, mall hangouts, and innocent flirtations shattered by an encounter with a mysterious stranger.
poster
Criterion Channel
70
6.4
/13793/
64
/363/
62
/241/
3.5
/40214/
73
/86/
64
/423/
77
/24/

Fat Girl (2001)
Anaïs is twelve and bears the weight of the world on her shoulders. She watches her older sister, Elena, whom she both loves and hates. Elena is fifteen and devilishly beautiful. Neither more futile, nor more stupid than her younger sister, she cannot understand that she is merely an object of desire. And, as such, she can only be taken. Or had. Indeed, this is the subject: a girl's loss of virginity. And, that summer, it opens a door to tragedy.
poster
Kanopy
70
6.6
/22183/
66
/753/
63
/339/
3.4
/25164/
85
/74/
66
/648/
66
/13/

Snowtown (2011)
Based on true events, 16 year-old Jamie falls in with his mother's new boyfriend and his crowd of self-appointed neighborhood watchmen, a relationship that leads to a spree of torture and murder.
poster
69
7.0
/6345/
65
/76/
62
/131/
3.5
/4113/
67
/63/
78
/117/
57
/19/

Bread and Roses (2000)
Maya is a quick-witted young woman who comes over the Mexican border without papers and makes her way to the LA home of her older sister Rosa. Rosa gets Maya a job as a janitor: a non-union janitorial service has the contract, the foul-mouthed supervisor can fire workers on a whim, and the service-workers' union has assigned organizer Sam Shapiro to bring its "justice for janitors" campaign to the building. Sam finds Maya a willing listener, she's also attracted to him. Rosa resists, she has an ailing husband to consider. The workers try for public support; management intimidates workers to divide and conquer. Rosa and Maya as well as workers and management may be set to collide.
poster
72
69
7.2
/7719/
73
/310/
68
/222/
3.5
/3631/
78
/102/

23 (1998)
The movie's plot is based on the true story of a group of young computer hackers from Hannover, Germany. In the late 1980s the orphaned Karl Koch invests his heritage in a flat and a home computer. At first he dials up to bulletin boards to discuss conspiracy theories inspired by his favorite novel, R.A. Wilson's "Illuminatus", but soon he and his friend David start breaking into government and military computers. Pepe, one of Karl's rather criminal acquaintances senses that there is money in computer cracking - he travels to east Berlin and tries to contact the KGB.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
69
6.6
/2744/
65
/57/
62
/25/
3.4
/1672/
57
/14/
66
/47/

Cold Turkey (1971)
Reverend Brooks leads his small Iowa town in a contest to stop smoking for a month. But some tobacco executives don't want them to win, and try everything they can to make them smoke. If townspeople don't go nuts from wanting a cigarette, or kill each other from irritation and frustration, they will win a huge prize.


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