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Criterion Channel
91
8.6
/87753/
85
/1829/
84
/1133/
4.7
/191892/
100
/10/
97
/415/
85
/9/

Harakiri (1962)
Down-on-his-luck veteran Tsugumo Hanshirō enters the courtyard of the prosperous House of Iyi. Unemployed, and with no family, he hopes to find a place to commit seppuku—and a worthy second to deliver the coup de grâce in his suicide ritual. The senior counselor for the Iyi clan questions the ronin’s resolve and integrity, suspecting Hanshirō of seeking charity rather than an honorable end. What follows is a pair of interlocking stories which lay bare the difference between honor and respect, and promises to examine the legendary foundations of the Samurai code.
poster
Kanopy
88
7.9
/93485/
79
/3517/
78
/2201/
4.3
/274626/
99
/230/
91
/198/
93
/40/
cc age 16+

Shoplifters (2018)
In the outskirts of Tokyo, a poor but close-knit group living on the fringes of society survives through shoplifting and odd jobs. When Osamu and his son take in a neglected young girl, their already fragile existence begins to unravel. As the family grows attached to her, buried secrets surface, forcing them to confront the true meaning of love, belonging, and what makes a family.
poster
88
8.1
/56407/
79
/777/
80
/819/
4.4
/72745/
100
/45/
94
/619/

Nights of Cabiria (1957)
Rome, 1957. A woman, Cabiria, is robbed and left to drown by her boyfriend, Giorgio. Rescued, she resumes her life and tries her best to find happiness in a cynical world. Even when she thinks her struggles are over and she has found happiness and contentment, things may not be what they seem.
poster
Kanopy
85
7.7
/67579/
74
/1374/
75
/1106/
4.1
/149233/
94
/66/
89
/1295/
94
/20/
cc age 14+

Days of Heaven (1978)
In 1916, a Chicago steel worker accidentally kills his supervisor and flees to the Texas panhandle with his girlfriend and little sister to work harvesting wheat in the fields of a stoic farmer.
poster
84
8.0
/11450/
72
/203/
73
/193/
4.0
/11798/
96
/27/
90
/150/

Greed (1924)
A lottery win of $5,000 forever changes the lives of a miner turned dentist and his wife.
poster
84
8.4
/121040/
83
/2682/
81
/1879/
4.2
/114476/
90
/181/
93
/198/
75
/33/
cc age 16+

Capernaum (2018)
After running away from his negligent parents, committing a violent crime and being sentenced to five years in jail, a hardened, streetwise 12-year-old Lebanese boy sues his parents in protest of the life they have given him.
poster
HBO Max Amazon Channel
83
7.4
/104984/
74
/5628/
74
/2405/
3.9
/1112539/
96
/275/
88
/474/
91
/55/
7.6
/87528/
cc age 10+

The Boy and the Heron (2023)
While the Second World War rages, the teenage Mahito, haunted by his mother's tragic death, is relocated from Tokyo to the serene rural home of his new stepmother Natsuko, a woman who bears a striking resemblance to the boy's mother. As he tries to adjust, this strange new world grows even stranger following the appearance of a persistent gray heron, who perplexes and bedevils Mahito, dubbing him the "long-awaited one."
poster
Kanopy
86
83
8.2
/13670/
77
/283/
81
/283/
4.4
/35247/
100
/26/
92
/176/

Satantango (1994)
Inhabitants of a small village in Hungary deal with the effects of the fall of Communism. The town's source of revenue, a factory, has closed, and the locals, who include a doctor and three couples, await a cash payment offered in the wake of the shuttering. Irimias, a villager thought to be dead, returns and, unbeknownst to the locals, is a police informant. In a scheme, he persuades the villagers to form a commune with him.
poster
83
7.8
/40935/
77
/616/
79
/1185/
4.0
/30185/
94
/36/
94
/968/
81
/13/
cc age 13+

The Postman (1994)
Simple Italian postman learns to love poetry while delivering mail to a famous poet; he uses this to woo local beauty Beatrice.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
82
7.9
/89573/
77
/1727/
77
/1179/
4.0
/80961/
96
/91/
92
/1187/
76
/15/
cc age 15+

In the Heat of the Night (1967)
African-American Philadelphia police detective Virgil Tibbs is arrested on suspicion of murder by Bill Gillespie, the racist police chief of tiny Sparta, Mississippi. After Tibbs proves not only his own innocence but that of another man, he joins forces with Gillespie to track down the real killer. Their investigation takes them through every social level of the town, with Tibbs making enemies as well as unlikely friends as he hunts for the truth.
poster
Criterion Channel
82
7.5
/51116/
75
/1094/
73
/599/
4.0
/86627/
84
/86/
93
/3760/
84
/18/
cc age 16+

Withnail & I (1987)
Two out-of-work actors -- the anxious, luckless Marwood and his acerbic, alcoholic friend, Withnail -- spend their days drifting between their squalid flat, the unemployment office and the pub. When they take a holiday "by mistake" at the country house of Withnail's flamboyantly gay uncle, Monty, they encounter the unpleasant side of the English countryside: tedium, terrifying locals and torrential rain.
poster
81
7.3
/1106/
73
/29/
67
/35/
3.8
/1923/
100
/41/
80
/36/

Sugar Cane Alley (1983)
Martinique, in the early 1930s. Young José and his grandmother live in a small village. Nearly everyone works cutting cane and barely earning a living. The overseer can fine a worker for the smallest infraction. The way to advance is to do well in school. José studies hard and succeeds in an exam allowing him to attend school in the capital. With only a partial scholarship, the tuition is very costly. José and his grandmother move to Fort-de-France to make José's studies easier...
poster
Criterion Channel
81
7.2
/25058/
72
/478/
70
/458/
3.9
/30641/
99
/98/
75
/324/
82
/26/

Le Havre (2011)
In the French harbor city of Le Havre, fate throws young African refugee Idrissa into the path of Marcel Marx, a well-spoken bohemian who works as a shoe-shiner. With innate optimism and the tireless support of his community, Marcel stands up to officials pursuing the boy for deportation.
poster
Kanopy
81
7.8
/54212/
77
/965/
76
/626/
4.2
/179474/
84
/70/
91
/885/
83
/27/

Lilya 4-ever (2002)
In a struggling post-Soviet community, Lilya a teenage girl is abandoned when her mother moves to the United States with her boyfriend. Facing neglect and poverty, she meets Andrei, who offers her a job in Sweden, giving her hope for a better life — and a journey that will change everything.
poster
81
7.7
/30222/
78
/1693/
78
/888/
4.1
/79162/
95
/106/
88
/137/
78
/20/
cc age 11+

The Breadwinner (2017)
A headstrong young girl in Afghanistan, ruled by the Taliban, disguises herself as a boy in order to provide for her family.
poster
Kanopy
80
7.5
/257562/
75
/12381/
75
/6024/
3.9
/1071391/
90
/384/
88
/1269/
77
/47/
cc age 16+

I, Tonya (2017)
Competitive ice skater Tonya Harding rises amongst the ranks at the U.S. Figure Skating Championships, but her future in the sport is thrown into doubt when her ex-husband intervenes.
poster
Netflix
80
7.8
/514219/
78
/16283/
75
/7264/
3.8
/353561/
93
/279/
89
/6811/
82
/48/
cc age 14+

Captain Phillips (2013)
The true story of Captain Richard Phillips and the 2009 hijacking by Somali pirates of the US-flagged MV Maersk Alabama, the first American cargo ship to be hijacked in two hundred years.
poster
79
7.7
/12489/
72
/138/
72
/154/
3.9
/5309/
84
/25/
89
/109/

Pelle the Conqueror (1987)
In the late 19th century, two Swedish emigrants, Lasse Karlsson and his son Pelle, arrive on the Danish island of Bornholm hoping to find work on a farm and save enough money to travel to the United States of America.
poster
Criterion Channel
79
7.4
/16828/
72
/273/
71
/324/
3.9
/31080/
90
/31/
83
/161/
76
/19/

Rosetta (1999)
Young, impulsive Rosetta lives a hard and stressful life as she struggles to support herself and her alcoholic mother. Refusing all charity, she is desperate to maintain a dignified job.
poster
fuboTV
79
7.1
/156161/
69
/3669/
67
/1900/
3.5
/100313/
94
/173/
76
/4474/
90
/38/
cc age 15+

Winter's Bone (2010)
After discovering her father put their house up for his bail bond and then disappeared, 17-year-old Ree Dolly must confront the local criminal underworld and the harsh Ozark wilderness in order to to track down her father and save her family.
poster
The Roku Channel
78
7.3
/171163/
73
/4035/
72
/2451/
3.7
/141795/
81
/189/
81
/4288/
74
/40/
cc age 18+

Monster (2003)
An emotionally scarred highway drifter shoots a sadistic trick who rapes her, and ultimately becomes America's first female serial killer.
poster
Criterion Channel
78
7.2
/4757/
70
/102/
69
/88/
4.0
/21618/
95
/39/
79
/59/
78
/8/

Out of the Blue (1981)
A young girl whose father is an ex-convict and whose mother is a junkie finds it difficult to conform and tries to find comfort in a quirky combination of Elvis and the punk scene.
poster
78
7.7
/33932/
76
/1324/
74
/619/
4.3
/129614/
84
/56/
83
/321/
68
/13/

Sorcerer (1977)
Four men from different parts of the globe, all hiding from their pasts in the same remote South American town, agree to risk their lives transporting several cases of dynamite (which is so old that it is dripping unstable nitroglycerin) across dangerous jungle terrain.
poster
83
77
8.5
/6997/
83
/258/
80
/215/
4.3
/37517/

Isle of Flowers (1989)
A tomato is planted, harvested and sold at a supermarket, but it rots and ends up in the trash. But it doesn’t end there: Isle of Flowers follows it up until its real end, among animals, trash, women and children. And then the difference between tomatoes, pigs and human beings becomes clear.
poster
Criterion Channel
82
77
7.6
/10960/
75
/200/
77
/502/
3.9
/25096/
100
/16/
88
/56/

Accattone (1961)
A pimp with no other means to provide for himself finds his life spiralling out of control when his prostitute is sent to prison.
poster
Netflix
77
7.3
/53266/
72
/1541/
75
/1730/
3.8
/154909/
84
/158/
76
/93/
76
/36/
cc age 16+

The Hand of God (2021)
In 1980s Naples, Italy, an awkward Italian teen struggling to find his place experiences heartbreak and liberation after he's inadvertently saved from a freak accident by football legend Diego Maradona.
poster
77
7.9
/46455/
77
/728/
73
/197/
3.7
/22757/
96
/26/
81
/72/
65
/4/
cc age 14+

Gully Boy (2019)
A coming-of-age story based on the lives of street rappers in Mumbai.
poster
Kanopy
77
7.3
/17616/
72
/499/
70
/455/
3.8
/30357/
96
/110/
79
/67/
91
/25/

Taxi (2015)
A yellow cab is driving through the vibrant and colourful streets of Tehran. Very diverse passengers enter the taxi, each candidly expressing their views while being interviewed by the driver who is no one else but the director Jafar Panahi himself. His camera placed on the dashboard of his mobile film studio captures the spirit of Iranian society through this comedic and dramatic drive…
poster
Kanopy
76
7.5
/5744/
66
/79/
66
/59/
3.7
/2585/
96
/28/
83
/91/

Bandit Queen (1994)
Born a lower-caste girl in rural India's patriarchal society, "married" at 11, repeatedly raped and brutalized, Phoolan Devi finds freedom only as an avenging warrior, the eponymous Bandit Queen. Devi becomes a kind a bloody Robin Hood; this extraordinary biographical film offers both a vivid portrait of a driven woman and a savage critique of the society that made her.
poster
85
76
8.1
/5158/
79
/235/
78
/122/
4.0
/10769/
100
/9/
92
/25/

The Holy Innocents (1984)
Somewhere in the spanish country, in the 60s. Paco and his wife Régula are very poor. They work as tenant farmers for a very wealthy landowner. They have 3 children. One is backward. The others can not got to school because the master "needs" their work. When Regula's brother is fired from where he has worked for 61 years, he settles down at their little place... An attack against the archaism of the spanish country of the 60s.
poster
76
6.9
/93028/
70
/5976/
68
/1677/
3.7
/484485/
93
/309/
70
/1397/
78
/51/
cc age 17+

Sorry to Bother You (2018)
In an alternate present-day version of Oakland, black telemarketer Cassius Green discovers a magical key to professional success – which propels him into a macabre universe.
poster
HBO Max Amazon Channel
76
7.3
/660/
74
/28/
59
/16/
3.5
/580/
100
/6/
75
/4/

Class Divide (2016)
A look at NYC’s gentrification and growing inequality in a microcosm, Class Divide explores two distinct worlds that share the same Chelsea intersection – 10th Avenue and 26th Street. On one side of the avenue, the Chelsea-Elliot Houses have provided low-income public housing to residents for decades. Their neighbor across the avenue since 2012 is Avenues: The World School, a costly private school. What happens when kids from both of these worlds attempt to cross the divide?
poster
76
7.1
/1547/
75
/31/
65
/25/
3.5
/377/
82
/71/
82
/49/
65
/26/

Life, Above All (2010)
A touching mother-daughter relationship that reflects the modern South Africa.
poster
76
6.9
/65929/
70
/1532/
70
/1187/
3.9
/224724/
80
/61/
80
/1720/
77
/18/
cc age 17+

My Own Private Idaho (1991)
In this loose adaptation of Shakespeare's "Henry IV," Mike Waters is a hustler afflicted with narcolepsy. Scott Favor is the rebellious son of a mayor. Together, the two travel from Portland, Oregon to Idaho and finally to the coast of Italy in a quest to find Mike's estranged mother. Along the way they turn tricks for money and drugs, eventually attracting the attention of a wealthy benefactor and sexual deviant.
poster
Kanopy
75
7.1
/2572/
72
/97/
70
/126/
3.5
/5229/
98
/51/
74
/4/
74
/12/
cc age 15+

Buñuel in the Labyrinth of the Turtles (2019)
Paris, 1930. Luis Buñuel is penniless after the scandal surrounding the release of his last movie. Sculptor Ramón Acín, a good friend, buys a lottery ticket and promises Buñuel that he will pay for his next movie if he wins the prize.
poster
82
75
8.0
/8912/
75
/140/
75
/101/
4.0
/4071/
94
/18/
91
/133/
cc age 10+

A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (1945)
In Brooklyn circa 1900, the Nolans manage to enjoy life on pennies despite great poverty and Papa's alcoholism. We come to know these people well through big and little troubles: Aunt Sissy's scandalous succession of "husbands"; the removal of the one tree visible from their tenement; and young Francie's desire to transfer to a better school...if irresponsible Papa can get his act together.
poster
Fandor
75
7.0
/5181/
70
/102/
67
/111/
3.7
/4370/
90
/10/
83
/45/

Riff-Raff (1991)
Stevie, fresh from prison in Scotland, finds a job on a London construction site. The working conditions are poor and most of the men are working under aliases, due to immigration status and to not conflict with their "signing on" for unemployment benefits. Some coworkers help Stevie secure housing, squatting in a council estate. Then Stevie meets Susan, from Ireland, who's struggling to be a professional singer.
poster
Kanopy
75
7.1
/20807/
70
/546/
68
/348/
3.9
/45109/
85
/183/
67
/1018/
80
/32/

Wendy and Lucy (2008)
A near-penniless drifter's journey to Alaska in search of work is interrupted when she loses her dog while attempting to shoplift food for it.
poster
74
6.2
/1698/
65
/120/
60
/44/
3.3
/2697/
92
/71/
75
/21/
76
/16/
cc age 15+

Holler (2021)
In a forgotten pocket of Southern Ohio where American manufacturing and opportunity are drying up, a determined young woman finds a ticket out when she is accepted to college. Alongside her older brother, Ruth Avery joins a dangerous scrap metal crew in order to pay her way. Together, they spend one brutal winter working the scrap yards during the day and stealing valuable metal from the once thriving factories by night. With her goal in sight, Ruth finds that the ultimate cost of an education for a girl like her may be more than she bargained for, and she soon finds herself torn between a promising future and the family she would leave behind.
poster
Netflix
85
74
8.2
/5843/
80
/244/
75
/115/
4.1
/8908/
100
/8/
93
/20/
cc age 13+

Cuba and the Cameraman (2017)
This revealing portrait of Cuba follows the lives of Fidel Castro and three Cuban families affected by his policies over the last four decades.
poster
Criterion Channel
80
74
7.6
/9221/
73
/172/
73
/255/
3.9
/12698/
92
/13/
89
/57/
78
/8/

Miracle in Milan (1951)
Once upon a time a wise and kind old woman discovers a baby in her cabbage patch. She brings up the child and, when she dies, the boy, Totò, enters an orphanage. Totò leaves the orphanage a happy young man, and looks for work in post-war Milan. He ends up with the homeless and organizes them to build a shanty town in a vacant lot. But when greedy developers threaten the community’s land, Totò will need all the help he can get in order to find an impossible way out.
poster
74
7.3
/172943/
73
/4623/
71
/4255/
3.4
/102986/
76
/238/
75
/6973/
74
/34/
cc age 12+

Invictus (2009)
Newly elected President Nelson Mandela knows his nation remains racially and economically divided in the wake of apartheid. Believing he can bring his people together through the universal language of sport, Mandela rallies South Africa's rugby union team as they make their historic run to the 1995 Rugby World Cup Championship match.
poster
Criterion Channel
73
6.8
/6000/
66
/95/
60
/75/
3.6
/3597/
82
/60/
70
/323/
79
/23/

Keane (2004)
William Keane is barely able to cope. It has been six months since his six-year-old daughter was abducted from New York City’s Port Authority Bus Terminal while traveling with him. Repeatedly drawn to the site of the abduction, Keane wanders the bus station, compulsively replaying the events of that fateful day, as if hoping to change the outcome.
poster
Criterion Channel
73
7.3
/8179/
69
/114/
70
/144/
3.7
/8905/
73
/11/
77
/85/

Dodes'ka-den (1970)
On a Tokyo dump’s shantytown edge, interwoven vignettes follow residents scraping by: a boy who “drives” an imaginary trolley, a homeless father and son designing a dream house, a young woman brutalized at home, drunks, schemers, and saints of small kindnesses. Kurosawa crafts a ragged mosaic of hardship, fantasy, and flickers of grace that keep people moving forward.
poster
Kanopy
76
72
7.5
/9817/
70
/259/
72
/301/
3.7
/18165/
89
/682/

The Immigrant (1917)
A European immigrant endures a challenging voyage only to get into trouble as soon as he arrives in New York.
poster
72
6.5
/2596/
70
/60/
66
/35/
3.6
/3852/
73
/22/
87
/165/

Mi Vida Loca (1994)
Mousie and Sad Girl are childhood best friends in a contemporary Los Angeles poor Hispanic neighborhood. But when Sad Girl becomes pregnant by Mousie's boyfriend, a drug dealer named Ernesto, the two become bitter enemies. While their dispute escalates towards violence, the violence of the world around them soon also impacts their lives.
poster
Kanopy
74
72
7.3
/9943/
73
/349/
72
/191/
3.7
/10965/
76
/42/
75
/149/
76
/19/

Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai (2011)
A tale of revenge, honor and disgrace, centering on a poverty-stricken samurai who discovers the fate of his ronin son-in-law, setting in motion a tense showdown of vengeance against the house of a feudal lord.
poster
78
71
7.3
/6596/
68
/142/
71
/163/
3.6
/10165/
100
/5/
84
/61/

Land Without Bread (1933)
An exploration —manipulated and staged— of life in Las Hurdes, in the province of Cáceres, in Extremadura, Spain, as it was in 1932. Insalubrity, misery and lack of opportunities provoke the emigration of young people and the solitude of those who remain in the desolation of one of the poorest and least developed Spanish regions at that time.


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