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Kanopy
90
8.4
/259141/
81
/3785/
82
/2851/
4.4
/335756/
98
/125/
95
/3486/
94
/32/
cc age 13+

Sunset Boulevard (1950)
A hack screenwriter writes a screenplay for a former silent film star who has faded into Hollywood obscurity.
poster
AMC
89
IMDb 50
9.3
/3153488/
91
/52592/
87
/29667/
4.6
/2523308/
89
/146/
98
/53482/
82
/22/
cc age 15+

The Shawshank Redemption (1994)
Imprisoned in the 1940s for the double murder of his wife and her lover, upstanding banker Andy Dufresne begins a new life at the Shawshank prison, where he puts his accounting skills to work for an amoral warden. During his long stretch in prison, Dufresne comes to be admired by the other inmates -- including an older prisoner named Red -- for his integrity and unquenchable sense of hope.
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Criterion Channel
87
8.1
/33645/
78
/572/
78
/602/
4.4
/48548/
94
/51/
93
/387/
86
/19/

Z (1969)
A prominent politician is murdered during a demonstration. The government and army are trying to suppress the truth, but a tenacious magistrate is determined to not to let them get away with it.
poster
Netflix
87
8.2
/39132/
81
/2484/
79
/773/
4.3
/117244/
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.
poster
87
8.4
/440472/
82
/6494/
80
/3996/
4.3
/187684/
92
/162/
96
/11154/
89
/39/
cc age 17+

The Lives of Others (2006)
In 1984 East Berlin, dedicated Stasi officer Gerd Wiesler begins spying on a famous playwright and his actress-lover Christa-Maria. Wiesler becomes unexpectedly sympathetic to the couple, and faces conflicting loyalties when his superior takes a liking to Christa-Maria.
poster
87
8.2
/465235/
80
/8928/
79
/4799/
4.2
/290973/
96
/108/
93
/6480/
85
/34/
cc age 18+

Unforgiven (1992)
William Munny is a retired, once-ruthless killer turned gentle widower and hog farmer. To help support his two motherless children, he accepts one last bounty-hunter mission to find the men who brutalized a prostitute. Joined by his former partner and a cocky greenhorn, he takes on a corrupt sheriff.
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Criterion Channel
86
7.9
/10565/
79
/308/
79
/229/
4.2
/48777/
94
/17/
93
/134/

Pixote (1980)
10-year-old Pixote endures torture, degradation, and corruption at a local youth detention center where two of its members are murdered by policemen who frame Lilica, a 17-year-old trans hustler. Pixote helps Lilica and three other boys escape and they start to make their living by a life of crime which only escalates to more violence and death.
poster
86
8.6
/1149014/
84
/15834/
84
/11178/
4.4
/889557/
93
/135/
96
/14990/
84
/21/
cc age 16+

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975)
A petty criminal fakes insanity to serve his sentence in a mental ward rather than prison. He soon finds himself as a leader to the other patients—and an enemy to the cruel, domineering nurse who runs the ward.
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Disney Plus
84
7.7
/110429/
74
/5558/
73
/3250/
3.9
/280576/
95
/61/
83
/3768/
96
/18/
cc age 6+

Fantasia (1940)
Walt Disney's timeless masterpiece is an extravaganza of sight and sound! See the music come to life, hear the pictures burst into song and experience the excitement that is Fantasia over and over again.
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HBO Max Amazon Channel
83
8.0
/4249/
79
/146/
72
/63/
3.9
/2821/
98
/49/
90
/118/

Mea Maxima Culpa: Silence in the House of God (2012)
Academy Award®–winning documentary filmmaker Alex Gibney (Taxi to the Dark Side) explores the charged issue of pedophilia in the Catholic Church, following a trail from the first known protest against clerical sexual abuse in the United States and all way to the Vatican.
poster
83
8.1
/201327/
80
/3121/
79
/1902/
4.2
/106854/
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
Netflix
82
7.6
/2997/
75
/129/
75
/35/
3.9
/9189/
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
/3285/
76
/210/
69
/42/
3.8
/8497/
100
/56/
87
/17/
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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AMC+ Amazon Channel
82
8.6
/1543861/
86
/32278/
85
/18797/
4.3
/1173458/
78
/134/
94
/31678/
61
/36/
cc age 16+

The Green Mile (1999)
A supernatural tale set on death row in a Southern prison, where gentle giant John Coffey possesses the mysterious power to heal people's ailments. When the cell block's head guard, Paul Edgecomb, recognizes Coffey's miraculous gift, he tries desperately to help stave off the condemned man's execution.
poster
82
7.6
/115629/
75
/2310/
72
/1263/
3.7
/54955/
93
/258/
88
/7711/
80
/38/
cc age 14+

Frost/Nixon (2008)
For three years after being forced from office, Nixon remained silent. But in summer 1977, the steely, cunning former commander-in-chief agreed to sit for one all-inclusive interview to confront the questions of his time in office and the Watergate scandal that ended his presidency. Nixon surprised everyone in selecting Frost as his televised confessor, intending to easily outfox the breezy British showman and secure a place in the hearts and minds of Americans. Likewise, Frost's team harboured doubts about their boss's ability to hold his own. But as the cameras rolled, a charged battle of wits resulted.
poster
Crunchyroll
82
8.0
/223749/
81
/10829/
79
/4625/
4.3
/759115/
91
/55/
90
/8615/
68
/22/
8.1
/556914/
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.
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Fandango at Home Free
81
7.4
/108508/
72
/3980/
70
/1471/
3.9
/607536/
91
/361/
74
/222/
93
/60/
cc age 15+

TÁR (2022)
As celebrated conductor Lydia Tár starts rehearsals for a career-defining symphony, the consequences of her past choices begin to echo in the present.
poster
81
7.7
/11922/
75
/121/
73
/111/
3.7
/2831/
92
/26/
92
/121/

Character (1997)
In pre-WWII Holland, the penniless, illegitimate son of a powerful bailiff sets out to become a lawyer as he spends a lifetime struggling to prove his worth to his relentlessly spiteful father.
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Amazon Prime Video
82
81
7.9
/11271/
75
/362/
71
/207/
3.8
/4777/
100
/72/
89
/19403/
86
/23/
cc age 18+

Deliver Us from Evil (2006)
Documentary filmmaker Amy Berg investigates the life of 30-year pedophile Father Oliver O'Grady and exposes the corruption inside the Catholic Church that allowed him to abuse countless children. Victims' stories and a disturbing interview with O'Grady offer a view into the troubled mind of the spiritual leader who moved from parish to parish gaining trust ... all the while betraying so many.
poster
81
7.4
/27051/
73
/566/
72
/460/
3.8
/37735/
93
/132/
80
/421/
81
/36/

No (2012)
In 1988, Chilean military dictator Augusto Pinochet, due to international pressure, is forced to call a plebiscite on his presidency. The country will vote ‘Yes’ or ‘No’ to Pinochet extending his rule for another eight years. Opposition leaders for the ‘No’ vote persuade a brash young advertising executive, René Saavedra, to spearhead their campaign. Against all odds, with scant resources and while under scrutiny by the despot’s minions, Saavedra and his team devise an audacious plan to win the election and set Chile free.
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Kanopy
81
7.1
/18933/
68
/588/
69
/507/
3.8
/17885/
98
/123/
77
/140/
92
/31/

Timbuktu (2014)
Just outside of the Malian city of Timbuktu, now occupied by militant Islamic rebels who impose the Sharia on civilians and inconvenience their daily life, a cattleman kills a fisherman.
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Amazon Prime Video
80
7.8
/126648/
77
/2926/
76
/1862/
3.9
/135975/
79
/29/
90
/1311/
65
/11/
cc age 16+

Mississippi Burning (1988)
Two FBI agents investigating the murder of civil rights workers during the 60s seek to breach the conspiracy of silence in a small Southern town where segregation divides black and white. The younger agent trained in FBI school runs up against the small town ways of his partner, a former sheriff.
poster
HBO Max Amazon Channel
80
7.8
/913842/
76
/35420/
76
/11577/
4.0
/3662836/
85
/527/
87
/9068/
72
/68/
cc age 14+

The Batman (2022)
In his second year of fighting crime, Batman uncovers corruption in Gotham City that connects to his own family while facing a serial killer known as the Riddler.
poster
80
7.4
/4088/
73
/80/
72
/101/
3.8
/2941/
80
/10/
84
/52/
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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fuboTV
80
7.5
/60830/
74
/1615/
72
/1476/
3.7
/30339/
93
/118/
87
/3549/
82
/30/

Tell No One (2006)
A man receives a mysterious email appearing to be from his wife, who was murdered years earlier. As he frantically tries to find out whether she's alive, he finds himself being implicated in her death.
poster
80
7.8
/48877/
77
/1894/
78
/1439/
4.0
/32657/
91
/105/
89
/114/
75
/26/

Land of Mine (2015)
In the days following the surrender of Germany in May 1945, a group of young German prisoners of war is handed over to the Danish authorities and subsequently sent to the West Coast, where they are ordered to remove the more than two million mines that the Germans had placed in the sand along the coast. With their bare hands, crawling around in the sand, the boys are forced to perform the dangerous work under the leadership of a Danish sergeant.
poster
Criterion Channel
80
7.6
/214505/
75
/5835/
73
/2203/
3.9
/546913/
94
/69/
90
/12147/
82
/21/
cc age 15+

Dazed and Confused (1993)
The adventures of a group of Texas teens on their last day of school in 1976, centering on student Randall Floyd, who moves easily among stoners, jocks and geeks. Floyd is a star athlete, but he also likes smoking weed, which presents a conundrum when his football coach demands he sign a "no drugs" pledge.
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Peacock Premium
80
7.7
/744246/
79
/43834/
78
/21808/
3.9
/2179283/
88
/259/
74
/1869818/
81
/38/
cc age 12+

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005)
When Harry Potter's name emerges from the Goblet of Fire, he becomes a competitor in a grueling battle for glory among three wizarding schools—the Triwizard Tournament. But since Harry never submitted his name for the Tournament, who did? Now Harry must confront a deadly dragon, fierce water demons and an enchanted maze only to find himself in the cruel grasp of He Who Must Not Be Named.
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MGM Plus
79
7.3
/404697/
72
/9932/
71
/6222/
3.5
/487703/
86
/231/
81
/64752/
83
/39/
cc age 16+

Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007)
The infamous story of Benjamin Barker, a.k.a Sweeney Todd, who sets up a barber shop down in London which is the basis for a sinister partnership with his fellow tenant, Mrs. Lovett. Based on the hit Broadway musical.
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Netflix
79
7.3
/16484/
77
/799/
76
/373/
3.8
/41267/
97
/34/
68
/174/
81
/13/

The Edge of Democracy (2019)
A cautionary tale for these times of democracy in crisis—the personal and political fuse to explore one of the most dramatic periods in Brazilian history. With unprecedented access to Presidents Dilma Rousseff and Lula da Silva, we witness their rise and fall and the tragically polarized nation that remains.
poster
MGM Plus
79
7.3
/16298/
69
/248/
67
/191/
3.7
/11103/
96
/52/
85
/377/
86
/24/
cc age 15+

Richard III (1995)
A murderous lust for the British throne sees Richard III descend into madness. Though the setting is transposed to the 1930s, England is torn by civil war, split between the rivaling houses of York and Lancaster. Richard aspires to a fascist dictatorship, but must first remove the obstacles to his ascension—among them his brother, his nephews and his brother's wife. When the Duke of Buckingham deserts him, Richard's plans are compromised.
poster
79
7.7
/25391/
75
/472/
72
/415/
3.9
/21137/
94
/35/
85
/269/
78
/10/
cc age 14+

Missing (1982)
Based on the real-life experiences of Ed Horman. A conservative American businessman travels to Chile to investigate the sudden disappearance of his son after a military takeover. Accompanied by his son's wife he uncovers a trail of cover-ups that implicate the US State department which supports the dictatorship.
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Kanopy
79
7.1
/120400/
76
/6168/
70
/2072/
3.5
/98030/
93
/46/
76
/1989/
77
/15/
cc age 11+

WarGames (1983)
High school student David Lightman has a talent for hacking. But while trying to hack into a computer system to play unreleased video games, he unwittingly taps into the Department of Defense's war computer and initiates a confrontation of global proportions. Together with his friend and a wizardly computer genius, David must race against time to outwit his opponent and prevent a nuclear Armageddon.
poster
Peacock Premium
78
7.3
/48944/
72
/1957/
71
/689/
3.6
/110397/
88
/279/
91
/177/
74
/51/
cc age 15+

She Said (2022)
New York Times reporters Megan Twohey and Jodi Kantor break one of the most important stories in a generation — a story that helped launch the #MeToo movement and shattered decades of silence around the subject of sexual assault in Hollywood.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
78
7.5
/1352/
72
/33/
70
/16/
3.7
/982/
100
/20/
84
/43/

Incident at Oglala (1992)
On June 26, 1975, during a period of high tensions on the Pine Ridge reservation in South Dakota, two FBI agents were killed in a shootout with a group of Indians. Although several men were charged with killing the agents, only one, Leonard Peltier, was found guilty. This film describes the events surrounding the shootout and suggests that Peltier was unjustly convicted.
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Kanopy
82
78
7.6
/6513/
76
/217/
73
/162/
4.0
/15418/
100
/49/
84
/108/
91
/19/

Nostalgia for the Light (2010)
In Chile's Atacama Desert, astronomers peer deep into the cosmos in search for answers concerning the origins of life. Nearby, a group of women sift through the sand searching for body parts of loved ones, dumped unceremoniously by Pinochet's regime.
poster
Kanopy
80
78
7.5
/14313/
76
/318/
70
/207/
4.0
/16672/
89
/9/
91
/580/
78
/11/

Scum (1979)
Powerful, uncompromising drama about two boys' struggle for survival in the nightmare world of Britain's notorious Borstal Reformatory.
poster
Kanopy
78
7.5
/145259/
73
/2853/
72
/1859/
4.0
/123150/
79
/220/
78
/10454/
68
/36/
cc age 17+

Doubt (2008)
In 1964 Bronx, two Catholic school nuns question the new priest's ambiguous relationship with a troubled African-American student.
poster
Starz
77
7.5
/180967/
76
/6778/
72
/3565/
3.6
/142576/
87
/53/
85
/3021/
69
/11/
cc age 15+

Trading Places (1983)
A snobbish investor and a wily street con-artist find their positions reversed as part of a bet by two callous millionaires.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
77
7.3
/223938/
74
/12532/
69
/2842/
3.8
/2534869/
88
/407/
95
/15142/
73
/63/
cc age 10+

Wicked (2024)
In the land of Oz, ostracized and misunderstood green-skinned Elphaba is forced to share a room with the popular aristocrat Glinda at Shiz University, and the two's unlikely friendship is tested as they begin to fulfill their respective destinies as Glinda the Good and the Wicked Witch of the West.
poster
80
77
7.7
/8279/
75
/247/
73
/195/
4.2
/25696/
92
/12/
86
/231/

Punishment Park (1971)
In this fictional documentary, U.S. prisons are at capacity, and President Nixon declares a state of emergency. All new prisoners, most of whom are connected to the antiwar movement, are now given the choice of jail time or spending three days in Punishment Park, where they will be hunted for sport by federal authorities. The prisoners invariably choose the latter option, but learn that, between the desert heat and the brutal police officers, their chances of survival are slim.
poster
Kanopy
76
7.0
/1883/
73
/132/
69
/20/
3.5
/4842/
98
/126/
66
/16/
81
/29/
cc age 13+

MLK/FBI (2020)
Based on newly declassified files, the film explores the US government’s surveillance and harassment of Martin Luther King, Jr.
poster
Criterion Channel
79
76
7.5
/12621/
72
/236/
73
/202/
3.8
/14785/
95
/20/
87
/151/
80
/14/

Brute Force (1947)
Timeworn Joe Collins and his fellow inmates live under the heavy thumb of the sadistic, power-tripping guard Captain Munsey. Only Collins' dreams of escape keep him going, but how can he possibly bust out of Munsey's chains?
poster
Kanopy
76
7.6
/3058/
77
/98/
69
/73/
3.9
/6250/
93
/46/
80
/10/
80
/18/

The Pearl Button (2015)
The ocean contains the history of all humanity. The sea holds all the voices of the earth and those that come from outer space. Water receives impetus from the stars and transmits it to living creatures. Water, the longest border in Chile, also holds the secret of two mysterious buttons which were found on its ocean floor. Chile, with its 2,670 miles of coastline and the largest archipelago in the world, presents a supernatural landscape. In it are volcanoes, mountains and glaciers. In it are the voices of the Patagonian Indigenous people, the first English sailors and also those of its political prisoners. Some say that water has memory. This film shows that it also has a voice.
poster
76
7.3
/25602/
75
/883/
74
/726/
4.1
/145901/
82
/68/
84
/890/
67
/9/

Phantom of the Paradise (1974)
Singer-songwriter Winslow Leach seeks revenge on the nefarious music producer Swan, who steals both Winslow's music and his favorite singer for the grand opening of Swan's new rock palace, the Paradise.
poster
76
7.2
/33225/
76
/861/
70
/391/
3.7
/28698/
80
/41/
85
/1252/
77
/16/

Pump Up the Volume (1990)
Mark Hunter, a lonely high school student, uses his shortwave radio to moonlight as the popular pirate DJ "Hard Harry." When his show gets blamed for a teen committing suicide, the students clash with high school faculty and the authorities.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
76
7.3
/57588/
71
/1222/
70
/690/
3.8
/34163/
86
/131/
85
/3148/
73
/31/
cc age 17+

The Proposition (2005)
In 1880s Australia, a lawman offers renegade Charlie Burns a difficult choice. In order to save his younger brother from the gallows, Charlie must hunt down and kill his older brother, who is wanted for rape and murder. Venturing into one of the Outback's most inhospitable regions, Charlie faces a terrible moral dilemma that can end only in violence.
poster
76
7.3
/97221/
72
/2053/
72
/1537/
3.7
/113441/
85
/167/
76
/1914/
76
/35/
cc age 13+

Jane Eyre (2011)
After a bleak childhood, Jane Eyre goes out into the world to become a governess. As she lives happily in her new position at Thornfield Hall, she meets the dark, cold, and abrupt master of the house, Mr. Rochester. Jane and her employer grow close in friendship and she soon finds herself falling in love with him. Happiness seems to have found Jane at last, but could Mr. Rochester's terrible secret be about to destroy it forever?


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