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Kanopy
90
8.3
/100945/
82
/1727/
83
/1284/
4.5
/178105/
98
/57/
96
/1465/
92
/20/
cc age 11+

Ikiru (1952)
Kanji Watanabe is a middle-aged man who has worked in the same monotonous bureaucratic position for decades. Learning he has cancer, he starts to look for the meaning of his life.
poster
Kanopy
90
8.1
/76772/
81
/1449/
82
/1174/
4.4
/137156/
100
/52/
93
/872/
100
/19/

Tokyo Story (1953)
The elderly Shukishi and his wife, Tomi, take the long journey from their small seaside village to visit their adult children in Tokyo. Their elder son, Koichi, a doctor, and their daughter, Shige, a hairdresser, don't have much time to spend with their aged parents, and so it falls to Noriko, the widow of their younger son who was killed in the war, to keep her in-laws company.
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HBO Max Amazon Channel
90
8.3
/280080/
82
/5535/
81
/3398/
4.3
/581102/
100
/78/
95
/7923/
99
/17/
cc age 6+

Singin' in the Rain (1952)
In 1927 Hollywood, a silent film star falls for a chorus girl just as he and his paranoid screen partner struggle to make the difficult transition to talking pictures.
poster
HBO Max Amazon Channel
89
9.0
/2139533/
88
/54782/
84
/25905/
4.5
/1974447/
94
/304/
86
/2050091/
94
/41/
cc age 11+

The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)
As armies mass for a final battle that will decide the fate of the world--and powerful, ancient forces of Light and Dark compete to determine the outcome--one member of the Fellowship of the Ring is revealed as the noble heir to the throne of the Kings of Men. Yet, the sole hope for triumph over evil lies with a brave hobbit, Frodo, who, accompanied by his loyal friend Sam and the hideous, wretched Gollum, ventures deep into the very dark heart of Mordor on his seemingly impossible quest to destroy the Ring of Power.​
poster
HBO Max Amazon Channel
86
7.6
/28137/
76
/1326/
74
/318/
4.3
/297514/
97
/215/
98
/77/
83
/43/
cc age 15+

Sing Sing (2024)
Divine G, imprisoned at Sing Sing for a crime he didn't commit, finds purpose by acting in a theatre group alongside other incarcerated men in this story of resilience, humanity, and the transformative power of art.
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Amazon Prime Video
86
8.3
/23105/
81
/387/
81
/392/
4.4
/32161/
73
/15/
94
/388/
90
/10/

Red Beard (1965)
Aspiring to an easy job as personal physician to a wealthy family, Noboru Yasumoto is disappointed when his first post after medical school takes him to a small country clinic under the gruff doctor Red Beard. Yasumoto rebels in numerous ways, but Red Beard proves a wise and patient teacher. He gradually introduces his student to the unglamorous side of the profession, ultimately assigning him to care for a prostitute rescued from a local brothel.
poster
MGM Plus
86
8.4
/159779/
82
/2431/
82
/1602/
4.4
/113664/
100
/41/
95
/743/
76
/12/
cc age 11+

Witness for the Prosecution (1957)
An ailing barrister is thrust back into the courtroom in what becomes one of the most unusual and eventful murder cases of the lawyer's career when he finds himself defending a man being tried for the murder of a socialite.
poster
85
7.5
/75199/
76
/3579/
74
/1505/
4.1
/320635/
97
/350/
87
/477/
89
/47/
cc age 11+

The Farewell (2019)
A headstrong Chinese-American woman returns to China when her beloved grandmother is given a terminal diagnosis. Billi struggles with her family's decision to keep grandma in the dark about her own illness as they all stage an impromptu wedding to see grandma one last time.
poster
85
8.3
/229415/
81
/2480/
80
/1282/
4.0
/93450/
93
/14/
96
/2312/
cc age 13+

Like Stars on Earth (2007)
Ishaan Awasthi is an eight-year-old whose world is filled with wonders that no one else seems to appreciate. Colours, fish, dogs, and kites don't seem important to the adults, who are much more interested in things like homework, marks, and neatness. Ishaan cannot seem to get anything right in class; he is then sent to boarding school, where his life changes forever.
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Fandango at Home Free
83
7.4
/123829/
74
/4615/
73
/1784/
4.1
/501470/
98
/325/
92
/96/
89
/49/
cc age 13+

Minari (2021)
A Korean American family moves to an Arkansas farm in search of its own American dream. Amidst the challenges of this new life in the strange and rugged Ozarks, they discover the undeniable resilience of family and what really makes a home.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
83
7.5
/64977/
73
/2051/
74
/1554/
4.0
/172444/
92
/254/
82
/174/
90
/45/
cc age 16+

Cold War (2018)
A man and a woman meet in the ruins of post-war Poland. With vastly different backgrounds and temperaments, they are fatally mismatched and yet drawn to each other.
poster
Peacock Premium
83
7.9
/757268/
81
/46157/
80
/22759/
4.1
/2653773/
91
/264/
86
/45081/
82
/40/
cc age 10+

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004)
Year three at Hogwarts means new fun and challenges as Harry learns the delicate art of approaching a Hippogriff, transforming shape-shifting Boggarts into hilarity and even turning back time. But the term also brings danger: soul-sucking Dementors hover over the school, an ally of the accursed He-Who-Cannot-Be-Named lurks within the castle walls, and fearsome wizard Sirius Black escapes Azkaban. And Harry will confront them all.
poster
Criterion Channel
82
7.6
/18430/
76
/660/
75
/402/
4.1
/72346/
100
/10/
86
/416/
80
/6/

Lady Snowblood (1973)
Yuki's family is nearly wiped out before she is born due to the machinations of a band of criminals. These criminals kidnap and brutalize her mother but leave her alive. Later her mother ends up in prison with only revenge to keep her alive. She creates an instrument for this revenge by purposefully getting pregnant. Yuki never knows the love of a family but only killing and revenge.
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Criterion Channel
86
82
8.0
/10542/
78
/206/
78
/200/
4.2
/20700/
100
/11/
92
/97/
94
/5/

Early Summer (1951)
A 28-year-old single woman is pressured to marry.
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Kanopy
82
7.8
/36271/
76
/723/
74
/536/
3.9
/31785/
97
/71/
90
/975/
cc age 7+

A Night at the Opera (1935)
The Marx Brothers take on high society and the opera world to bring two lovers together. A sly business manager and two wacky friends of two opera singers help them achieve success while humiliating their stuffy and snobbish enemies.
poster
82
7.8
/112111/
78
/8439/
74
/2679/
4.1
/633993/
99
/253/
89
/1263/
88
/38/
cc age 6+

Paddington 2 (2017)
Paddington, now happily settled with the Browns, picks up a series of odd jobs to buy the perfect present for his Aunt Lucy, but it is stolen.
poster
81
7.6
/17912/
74
/301/
70
/225/
3.5
/13335/
91
/32/
83
/487/
89
/10/
cc age 8+

Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942)
A film of the life of the renowned musical composer, playwright, actor, dancer and singer George M. Cohan.
poster
Criterion Channel
81
7.4
/159694/
72
/5706/
73
/3695/
4.2
/595026/
91
/359/
71
/914/
90
/51/
cc age 15+

Phantom Thread (2017)
In 1950s London, a renowned dressmaker's meticulous lifestyle begins drastically changing as his relationship with his young muse intensifies.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
81
7.8
/13712/
77
/829/
79
/608/
4.1
/39837/
97
/74/
87
/21/
73
/21/
8.2
/83648/
cc age 10+

In This Corner of the World (2016)
Japan, 1943, during World War II. Young Suzu leaves her village near Hiroshima to marry and live with her in-laws in Kure, a military harbor. Her creativity to overcome deprivation quickly makes her indispensable at home. Inhabited by an ancestral wisdom, Suzu impregnates the simple gestures of everyday life with poetry and beauty. The many hardships, the loss of loved ones, the frequent air raids of the enemy, nothing alters her enthusiasm…
poster
Amazon Prime Video
81
7.7
/68278/
75
/1424/
72
/916/
3.8
/56846/
96
/196/
85
/140/
85
/36/
cc age 14+

The Salesman (2016)
Forced out of their apartment due to dangerous works on a neighboring building, Emad and Rana move into a new flat in the center of Tehran. An incident linked to the previous tenant will dramatically change the young couple’s life.
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Disney Plus
81
7.7
/342222/
79
/18379/
79
/10241/
4.2
/1127623/
91
/141/
85
/15695/
72
/24/
cc age 5+

Mulan (1998)
To save her father from certain death in the army, a young woman secretly enlists in his place and becomes one of China's greatest heroines in the process.
poster
Kanopy
80
7.3
/458/
72
/29/
49
/11/
3.9
/961/
100
/26/
90
/65/
85
/11/

Passing Strange (2009)
A young black artist leaves his Los Angeles digs and travels to Europe to find himself. A theatrical stage production of the original Broadway musical.
poster
MGM Plus
80
7.2
/19882/
69
/385/
67
/253/
3.6
/10003/
93
/45/
81
/344/
89
/19/
cc age 13+

The Madness of King George (1994)
Aging King George III of England is exhibiting signs of madness, a problem little understood in 1788. As the monarch alternates between bouts of confusion and near-violent outbursts of temper, his hapless doctors attempt the ineffectual cures of the day. Meanwhile, Queen Charlotte and Prime Minister William Pitt the Younger attempt to prevent the king's political enemies, led by the Prince of Wales, from usurping the throne.
poster
MUBI
79
7.3
/66889/
73
/2941/
73
/1423/
4.0
/375206/
94
/246/
84
/125/
85
/44/
cc age 15+

Decision to Leave (2022)
From a mountain peak in South Korea, a man plummets to his death. Did he jump, or was he pushed? When detective Hae-joon arrives on the scene, he begins to suspect the dead man’s wife Seo-rae. But as he digs deeper into the investigation, he finds himself trapped in a web of deception and desire.
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Criterion Channel
81
79
7.6
/14514/
75
/317/
76
/299/
3.9
/29821/
94
/16/
89
/222/

Drunken Angel (1948)
In postwar Tokyo, a blunt, alcohol-soaked doctor diagnoses a swaggering young yakuza with tuberculosis, forging an uneasy bond that’s tested when the gangster’s ruthless former boss returns and drags him back toward the swampy underworld he can’t escape.
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Kanopy
79
7.0
/11489/
70
/543/
69
/349/
3.8
/29953/
99
/159/
70
/48/
85
/36/

Ash Is Purest White (2018)
Set in China's underworld, this tale of love and betrayal follows a dancer who fired a gun to protect her mobster boyfriend during a fight. On release from prison 5 years later, she sets out to find him.
poster
The Roku Channel
81
79
6.9
/8417/
72
/359/
78
/281/
3.8
/22896/
100
/6/
92
/92/

Godzilla vs. Destoroyah (1995)
A burning Godzilla, on the verge of meltdown, emerges to lay siege to Hong Kong. At the same time horrifying new organisms are discovered in Japan. These crustacean-like beings are seemingly born of the Oxygen Destroyer, the weapon that killed the original Godzilla.
poster
Netflix
78
7.1
/157560/
69
/5868/
70
/2544/
3.5
/754216/
90
/326/
65
/548/
90
/55/
cc age 15+

Licorice Pizza (2021)
The story of Gary Valentine and Alana Kane growing up, running around and going through the treacherous navigation of first love in the San Fernando Valley, 1973.
poster
Netflix
78
7.9
/194395/
81
/12255/
81
/8138/
3.6
/574941/
86
/189/
88
/1327/
66
/33/
cc age 10+

Wonder (2017)
The story of August Pullman – a boy with facial differences – who enters fifth grade, attending a mainstream elementary school for the first time.
poster
The Roku Channel
82
78
7.8
/7977/
76
/234/
77
/156/
3.7
/5914/
100
/9/
89
/56/

Masquerade (2012)
Though it places his own life in danger, a look-alike commoner secretly takes the place of a poisoned king to save his country from falling into chaos.
poster
MGM Plus
77
7.0
/173635/
69
/8239/
69
/2531/
3.8
/2588691/
88
/381/
76
/257/
82
/64/
cc age 15+

Challengers (2024)
Tennis player turned coach Tashi has taken her husband, Art, and transformed him into a world-famous Major champion. To jolt him out of his recent losing streak, she signs him up for a "Challenger" event — close to the lowest level of pro tournament — where he finds himself standing across the net from his former best friend and Tashi's former boyfriend.
poster
Netflix
77
7.4
/70413/
75
/3998/
71
/1228/
3.5
/59430/
84
/262/
94
/5301/
64
/42/
cc age 13+

Downton Abbey (2019)
The beloved Crawleys and their intrepid staff prepare for the most important moment of their lives. A royal visit from the King and Queen of England will unleash scandal, romance and intrigue that will leave the future of Downton hanging in the balance.
poster
76
7.1
/11909/
73
/600/
72
/358/
3.7
/14795/
100
/49/
72
/44/
78
/14/

The Age of Shadows (2016)
Set in the late 1920s, The Age of Shadows follows the cat-and-mouse game that unfolds between a group of resistance fighters trying to bring in explosives from Shanghai to destroy key Japanese facilities in Seoul, and Japanese agents trying to stop them.
poster
75
6.9
/1758/
73
/106/
67
/46/
3.6
/1836/
94
/36/
68
/380/

Newtown (2016)
A look at how the community of Newtown, Connecticut came together in the aftermath of the largest mass shooting of schoolchildren in American history.
poster
Kanopy
75
6.9
/6981/
71
/252/
69
/241/
3.7
/12865/
89
/87/
69
/24/
79
/23/

Mountains May Depart (2015)
The life of Tao, and those close to her, is explored in three different time periods: 1999, 2014, and 2025.
poster
Kanopy
75
7.4
/13990/
76
/650/
74
/588/
3.9
/28219/
84
/58/
85
/47/
60
/16/

Sweet Bean (2015)
The master of a dorayaki pastry store hires a 76-year-old woman whose talents attract customers from all over. But she's hiding a troubling secret. Life's joys are found in the little details, and no matter what may be weighing you down, everyone loves a good pastry.
poster
Netflix
75
7.4
/30986/
75
/2000/
75
/878/
3.5
/21874/
85
/231/

Rurouni Kenshin Part I: Origins (2012)
In 1868, after the Bakumatsu war ends, the ex-assassin Kenshin Himura traverses Japan with an inverted sword, to defend the needy without killing.
poster
74
6.8
/100487/
71
/5389/
69
/1886/
3.2
/84799/
88
/270/
89
/779/
73
/45/
cc age 13+

News of the World (2020)
A Texan traveling across the wild West bringing the news of the world to local townspeople, agrees to help rescue a young girl who was kidnapped.
poster
fuboTV
74
7.6
/735884/
78
/48431/
74
/18876/
3.5
/1632961/
83
/417/
85
/4267/
66
/51/
cc age 17+

Deadpool 2 (2018)
Wisecracking mercenary Deadpool battles the evil and powerful Cable and other bad guys to save a boy's life.
poster
73
7.0
/5029/
69
/92/
64
/131/
3.2
/2393/
91
/33/
77
/134/
75
/17/

Fear and Trembling (2003)
Amélie, a young Belgian woman, having spent her childhood in Japan, decides to return to live there and tries to integrate in the Japanese society. She is determined to be a "real Japanese" before her year contract runs out, though it precisely this determination that is incompatable with Japanese humility. Though she is hired for a choice position as a translator at an import/export firm, her inability to understand Japanese cultural norms results in increasingly humiliating demotions. Though Amelie secretly adulates her, her immediate supervisor takes sadistic pleasure in belittling her all along. She finally manages to break Amelie's will by making her the bathroom attendant, and is delighted when Amelie tells her the she will not renew her contract. Amelie realizes that she is finally a real Japanese when she enters the company president's office "with fear and trembling," which could only be possible because her determination was broken by Miss Fubuki's systematic torture.
poster
73
7.0
/19583/
72
/1442/
71
/821/
3.6
/57654/
91
/85/
79
/82/
81
/18/
7.2
/72830/
cc age 8+

Mirai (2018)
Unhappy after his new baby sister displaces him, four-year-old Kun begins meeting people and pets from his family's history in their unique house in order to help him become the big brother he was meant to be.
poster
fuboTV
73
7.8
/427456/
80
/17465/
79
/9038/
4.1
/1345651/
71
/168/
82
/2899/
55
/34/
cc age 14+

About Time (2013)
The night after another unsatisfactory New Year's party, Tim's father tells his son that the men in his family have always had the ability to travel through time. They can't change history, but they can change what happens and has happened in their own lives. Thus begins the start of a lesson in learning to appreciate life itself as it is, as it comes, and most importantly, the people living alongside us.
poster
Criterion Channel
72
7.2
/22122/
73
/566/
73
/507/
3.9
/47266/
86
/29/
79
/364/
53
/13/

Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence (1983)
Island of Java, 1942, during World War II. British Major Jack Celliers arrives at a Japanese prison camp, run by the strict Captain Yonoi. Colonel John Lawrence, who has a profound knowledge of Japanese culture, and Sergeant Hara, brutal and simpleton, will witness the struggle of wills between two men from very different backgrounds who are tragically destined to clash.
poster
72
7.0
/31922/
69
/528/
67
/477/
3.5
/26178/
76
/62/
78
/660/
74
/26/

Kundun (1997)
The Tibetans refer to the Dalai Lama as 'Kundun', which means 'The Presence'. He was forced to escape from his native home, Tibet, when communist China invaded and enforced an oppressive regime upon the peaceful nation. The Dalai Lama escaped to India in 1959 and has been living in exile in Dharamsala ever since.
poster
MUBI
72
7.2
/93736/
72
/2803/
73
/1930/
3.8
/231943/
73
/97/
72
/1374/
69
/19/

Enter the Void (2010)
This psychedelic tour of life after death is seen entirely from the point of view of Oscar, a young American drug dealer and addict living in Tokyo with his prostitute sister, Linda. When Oscar is killed by police during a bust gone bad, his spirit journeys from the past -- where he sees his parents before their deaths -- to the present -- where he witnesses his own autopsy -- and then to the future, where he looks out for his sister from beyond the grave.
poster
Disney Plus
72
7.6
/421870/
76
/13129/
75
/11442/
3.2
/698505/
81
/224/
85
/4465/
69
/45/
cc age 14+

The Fault in Our Stars (2014)
Despite the tumor-shrinking medical miracle that has bought her a few years, Hazel has never been anything but terminal, her final chapter inscribed upon diagnosis. But when a patient named Augustus Waters suddenly appears at Cancer Kid Support Group, Hazel's story is about to be completely rewritten.
poster
Kanopy
71
7.5
/5419/
77
/210/
67
/84/
3.6
/2604/
60
/25/
82
/124/
60
/12/

Kumaré (2012)
A documentary about a man who impersonates a wise Indian Guru and builds a following in Arizona. At the height of his popularity, the Guru Kumaré must reveal his true identity to his disciples and unveil his greatest teaching of all.
poster
Criterion Channel
84
71
8.0
/5387/
76
/103/
77
/146/
4.2
/9118/
100
/7/
92
/24/

Chikamatsu Monogatari (1954)
When the wife of a 17th century Kyoto scroll-maker is falsely accused of having an affair with his best employee, the pair flee the city and find themselves falling for one another.


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