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88
8.1
/37574/
79
/721/
79
/775/
4.3
/50076/
97
/30/
94
/1032/

Raise the Red Lantern (1991)
In 1920s China, 19-year-old Songlian becomes a concubine of a powerful lord and is forced to compete with his three wives for the privileges gained.
poster
87
8.0
/104612/
79
/2457/
78
/2080/
4.2
/213062/
96
/163/
92
/7559/
90
/31/
cc age 15+

Persepolis (2007)
In 1970s Iran, Marjane 'Marji' Satrapi watches events through her young eyes and her idealistic family of a long dream being fulfilled of the hated Shah's defeat in the Iranian Revolution of 1979. However as Marji grows up, she witnesses first hand how the new Iran, now ruled by Islamic fundamentalists, has become a repressive tyranny on its own.
poster
Disney Plus
87
8.4
/692890/
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
Criterion Channel
86
8.3
/5515/
79
/122/
78
/99/
4.2
/13227/
93
/27/
92
/28/

The Big City (1963)
After her husband loses his job, a housewife from a middle-class, conservative family in Calcutta gets a job as a salesperson.
poster
Criterion Channel
85
8.0
/60074/
78
/887/
79
/915/
4.4
/90103/
96
/46/
93
/674/

Andrei Rublev (1966)
An expansive Russian drama, this film focuses on the life of revered religious icon painter Andrei Rublev. Drifting from place to place in a tumultuous era, the peace-seeking monk eventually gains a reputation for his art. But after Rublev witnesses a brutal battle and unintentionally becomes involved, he takes a vow of silence and spends time away from his work. As he begins to ease his troubled soul, he takes steps towards becoming a painter once again.
poster
85
7.5
/75206/
76
/3609/
74
/1507/
4.1
/321107/
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
84
7.6
/4352/
75
/79/
72
/74/
4.0
/5639/
99
/74/
84
/153/
91
/26/

Moolaadé (2004)
When a woman shelters a group of girls from suffering female genital mutilation, she starts a conflict that tears her village apart.
poster
84
7.9
/121239/
75
/1654/
75
/1400/
3.9
/98065/
91
/135/
92
/2449/
86
/34/

Talk to Her (2002)
Two men share an odd friendship while they care for two women who are both in deep comas.
poster
Criterion Channel
83
7.8
/4100/
76
/101/
75
/84/
4.0
/7806/
86
/7/
88
/33/

The Ballad of Narayama (1958)
In Kabuki style, the film tells the story of a remote mountain village where the scarcity of food leads to a voluntary but socially-enforced policy in which relatives carry 70-year-old family members up Narayama mountain to die. Granny Orin is approaching 70, content to embrace her fate. Her widowed son Tatsuhei cannot bear losing his mother, even as she arranges his marriage to a widow his age. Her grandson Kesa, who's girlfriend is pregnant, is selfishly happy to see Orin die. Around them, a family of thieves are dealt with severely, and an old man, past 70, whose son has cast him out, scrounges for food. Will Orin's loving and accepting spirit teach and ennoble her family?
poster
Netflix
83
8.0
/84541/
76
/953/
85
/4542/
4.0
/44130/
86
/7/
94
/960/
cc age 11+

Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge (1995)
Raj is a rich, carefree, happy-go-lucky second generation NRI. Simran is the daughter of Chaudhary Baldev Singh, who in spite of being an NRI is very strict about adherence to Indian values. Simran has left for India to be married to her childhood fiancé. Raj leaves for India with a mission at his hands, to claim his lady love under the noses of her whole family. Thus begins a saga.
poster
Kanopy
83
7.6
/42677/
75
/1470/
77
/1430/
4.2
/119442/
97
/156/
88
/159/
83
/29/
cc age 14+

Mustang (2015)
In a Turkish village, five orphaned sisters live under strict rule while members of their family prepare their arranged marriages.
poster
Netflix
82
7.6
/2978/
76
/127/
75
/35/
3.9
/9081/
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.
poster
Netflix
82
8.2
/232302/
83
/10496/
82
/4528/
4.2
/617208/
95
/79/
96
/928/
65
/13/
cc age 6+

Klaus (2019)
A selfish postman and a reclusive toymaker form an unlikely friendship, delivering joy to a cold, dark town that desperately needs it.
poster
Kanopy
82
7.4
/3569/
73
/34/
66
/47/
3.5
/858/
85
/41/
80
/171/
70
/23/

The Syrian Bride (2004)
In Majdal Shams, the largest Druze village in Golan Heights on the Israeli-Syrian border, the Druze bride Mona is engaged to get married with Tallel, a television comedian that works in the Revolution Studios in Damascus, Syria. They have never met each other because of the occupation of the area by Israel since 1967; when Mona moves to Syria, she will lose her undefined nationality and will never be allowed to return home. Mona's father Hammed is a political activist pro-Syria that is on probation by the Israeli government. His older son Hatten married a Russian woman eight years ago and was banished from Majdal Shams by the religious leaders and his father. His brother Marwan is a wolf trader that lives in Italy. His sister Amal has two teenager daughters and has the intention to join the university, but her marriage with Amin is in crisis. When the family gathers for Mona's wedding, an insane bureaucracy jeopardizes the ceremony.
poster
82
7.7
/19515/
76
/357/
70
/155/
4.0
/24961/
86
/85/
89
/1116/
84
/20/
cc age 16+

The Joy Luck Club (1993)
Through a series of flashbacks, four Chinese women born in America and their respective mothers born in feudal China explore their pasts.
poster
Netflix
82
8.2
/105339/
79
/808/
73
/362/
3.9
/29134/
89
/9/
91
/481/
cc age 9+

Swades (2004)
A successful Indian scientist returns home to his village to take his nanny back to America with him, and in the process rediscovers his roots.
poster
82
7.8
/81053/
75
/1389/
74
/1104/
4.2
/80094/
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
Kanopy
82
8.4
/39704/
81
/1433/
80
/665/
4.2
/37155/
75
/77/
87
/439/
65
/24/

Samsara (2011)
Filmed over nearly five years in twenty-five countries on five continents, and shot on seventy-millimetre film, Samsara transports us to the varied worlds of sacred grounds, disaster zones, industrial complexes, and natural wonders.
poster
Kanopy
81
7.5
/45403/
73
/841/
70
/433/
3.7
/27720/
91
/156/
88
/2447/
80
/31/
cc age 10+

Whale Rider (2003)
A contemporary story of love, rejection, and triumph as a young Maori girl fights to fulfill a destiny her grandfather refuses to recognize.
poster
81
7.7
/28763/
76
/536/
73
/439/
4.1
/33109/
93
/88/
81
/445/
88
/17/
cc age 10+

How Green Was My Valley (1941)
Huw Morgan, the academically inclined youngest son in a proud family of Welsh coal miners, witnesses the tumultuous events of his young life during a period of rapid social change. At the dawn of the 20th-century, a miners' strike divides the Morgans: the sons demand improvements, and the father doesn't want to rock the boat.
poster
Kanopy
81
7.7
/45392/
77
/934/
73
/592/
3.8
/34353/
91
/46/
91
/1726/
85
/17/
cc age 9+

The Quiet Man (1952)
An American man returns to the village of his birth in Ireland, where he finds love and conflict.
poster
81
7.4
/7068/
72
/68/
69
/75/
3.7
/4066/
93
/132/
82
/229/
91
/29/

Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner (2002)
Based on a local legend and set in an unknown era, it deals with universal themes of love, possessiveness, family, jealousy and power. Beautifully shot, and acted by Inuit people, it portrays a time when people fought duels by taking turns to punch each other until one was unconscious, made love on the way to the caribou hunt, ate walrus meat and lit their igloos with seal-oil lamps.
poster
80
8.1
/856002/
80
/18512/
79
/11302/
3.8
/454011/
81
/234/
90
/31594/
73
/34/
cc age 17+

Gran Torino (2008)
Disgruntled Korean War veteran Walt Kowalski sets out to reform his neighbor, Thao Lor, a Hmong teenager who tried to steal Kowalski's prized possession: a 1972 Gran Torino.
poster
80
7.8
/60380/
76
/750/
75
/610/
4.1
/55871/
91
/86/
93
/749/
78
/33/

Head-On (2004)
With the intention to break free from the strict familial restrictions, a suicidal young woman sets up a marriage of convenience with a forty-year-old addict, an act that will lead to an outburst of envious love.
poster
Plex
80
7.6
/28508/
73
/482/
73
/463/
3.9
/38865/
89
/47/
84
/403/
93
/17/

The Magnificent Ambersons (1942)
The spoiled young heir to the decaying Amberson fortune comes between his widowed mother and the man she has always loved.
poster
Netflix
80
8.0
/732359/
79
/21726/
76
/8621/
3.8
/821844/
94
/144/
88
/14898/
72
/14/
cc age 11+

Groundhog Day (1993)
A narcissistic TV weatherman, along with his attractive-but-distant producer, and his mawkish cameraman, is sent to report on Groundhog Day in the small town of Punxsutawney, where he finds himself repeating the same day over and over.
poster
80
7.4
/4084/
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.
poster
Kanopy
80
7.6
/11470/
73
/159/
72
/216/
3.9
/8386/
85
/13/
90
/198/

A Heart in Winter (1992)
Beautiful violin virtuoso Camille has two obsessions: the music of Ravel, and a friend of her husband's who crafts violins. But his heart seems to be as cold as her playing is passionate.
poster
79
7.3
/27738/
71
/407/
68
/214/
3.8
/20483/
95
/131/
87
/1154/
77
/36/
cc age 15+

Monsoon Wedding (2001)
A stressed father, a bride-to-be with a secret, a smitten event planner, and relatives from around the world create much ado about the preparations for an arranged marriage in India.
poster
79
8.1
/637036/
82
/16514/
83
/12224/
4.3
/3083198/
85
/66/
92
/13619/
79
/15/
cc age 13+

Dead Poets Society (1989)
At an elite, old-fashioned boarding school in New England, a passionate English teacher inspires his students to rebel against convention and seize the potential of every day, courting the disdain of the stern headmaster.
poster
Hulu
79
7.3
/7955/
78
/1285/
80
/1080/
3.5
/18374/
90
/272/
87
/2132/
cc age 7+

How to Train Your Dragon: Homecoming (2019)
It's been ten years since the dragons moved to the Hidden World, and even though Toothless doesn't live in New Berk anymore, Hiccup continues the holiday traditions he once shared with his best friend. But the Vikings of New Berk were beginning to forget about their friendship with dragons. Hiccup, Astrid, and Gobber know just what to do to keep the dragons in the villagers' hearts. And across the sea, the dragons have a plan of their own...
poster
The Roku Channel
79
7.7
/3593/
76
/55/
73
/62/
3.8
/1462/
89
/19/
91
/135/

The King of Masks (1995)
Wang Bianlian is an aging street performer known as the King of Mask for his mastery of Sichuan Change Art in a true story. His wife left him with and infant son over 30 years ago. The son died from illness at age 10. This left Wang a melancholy loner aching for a male descendent to learn his rare and dying art.
poster
Kanopy
79
7.6
/18710/
75
/384/
71
/277/
3.8
/23669/
94
/95/
87
/387/
81
/25/

The Wedding Banquet (1993)
A Taiwanese-American man is happily settled in New York with his American boyfriend. He plans a marriage of convenience to a Chinese woman in order to keep his parents off his back and to get the woman a green card. Chaos follows when his parents arrive in New York for the wedding.
poster
Kanopy
79
7.3
/112698/
72
/2506/
70
/1819/
3.7
/94108/
94
/48/
80
/1512/
76
/14/
cc age 15+

Witness (1985)
While protecting an Amish boy – the sole witness to a brutal murder – and his mother, a detective is forced to seek refuge within their community when his own life comes under threat.
poster
78
7.5
/4335/
73
/70/
68
/71/
3.7
/1732/
87
/30/
91
/202/

Shower (1999)
An aged father and his younger, mentally challenged son have been working hard every day to keep the bathhouse running for a motley group of regular customers. When his elder son, who left years ago to seek his fortune in the southern city of Shenzhen, abruptly returns one day, it once again puts under stress the long-broken father-son ties. Presented as a light-hearted comedy, Shower explores the value of family, friendship, and tradition.
poster
Kanopy
78
7.4
/16079/
75
/739/
73
/1029/
3.8
/33981/
91
/180/

The Mad Adventures of Rabbi Jacob (1973)
In this riot of frantic disguises and mistaken identities, Victor Pivert, a blustering, bigoted French factory owner, finds himself taken hostage by Slimane, an Arab rebel leader. The two dress up as rabbis as they try to elude not only assasins from Slimane's country, but also the police, who think Pivert is a murderer. Pivert ends up posing as Rabbi Jacob, a beloved figure who's returned to France for his first visit after 30 years in the United States. Adding to the confusion are Pivert's dentist-wife, who thinks her husband is leaving her for another woman, their daughter, who's about to get married, and a Parisian neighborhood filled with people eager to celebrate the return of Rabbi Jacob.
poster
Kanopy
78
7.3
/2351/
75
/44/
72
/39/
3.7
/3087/
100
/14/
79
/29/

The Edge of the World (1937)
A way of life is dying on a remote Scottish island, but some of the inhabitants resist evacuating to the mainland.
poster
Kanopy
80
78
7.6
/16135/
75
/338/
73
/319/
4.1
/87030/
94
/17/
83
/162/

The Color of Pomegranates (1969)
The life of the revered 18th-century Armenian poet and musician Sayat-Nova. Portraying events in the life of the artist from childhood up to his death, the movie addresses in particular his relationships with women, including his muse. The production tells Sayat-Nova's dramatic story by using both his poems and largely still camerawork, creating a work hailed as revolutionary by Mikhail Vartanov.
poster
78
7.4
/6547/
69
/98/
70
/108/
3.8
/2437/
94
/101/
87
/386/
81
/30/

The Story of the Weeping Camel (2004)
When a Mongolian nomadic family's newest camel colt is rejected by its mother, a musician is needed for a ritual to change her mind.
poster
Criterion Channel
78
7.3
/17761/
70
/470/
70
/347/
4.1
/124082/
87
/47/
76
/166/
91
/20/

Beau Travail (2000)
Foreign Legion officer Galoup recalls his once glorious life, training troops in the Gulf of Djibouti. His existence there was happy, strict and regimented, until the arrival of a promising young recruit, Sentain, plants the seeds of jealousy in Galoup's mind.
poster
Criterion Channel
81
78
7.4
/13809/
74
/254/
71
/188/
4.1
/32119/
97
/32/
84
/126/
87
/19/

The Wind Will Carry Us (1999)
Irreverent city engineer Behzad comes to a rural Kurdish village in Iran to keep vigil for a dying relative. In the meanwhile the film follows his efforts to fit in with the local community and how he changes his own attitudes as a result.
poster
The Roku Channel
78
7.4
/6824/
71
/258/
63
/144/
3.8
/3061/
97
/65/
82
/71/
77
/20/
cc age 15+

The Dark Horse (2014)
One-time Maori speed-chess champ, Genesis Potini, lives with a bi-polar disorder and must overcome prejudice and violence in the battle to save his struggling chess club, his family and ultimately, himself.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
78
8.0
/51610/
77
/1179/
77
/615/
4.1
/55425/
81
/78/
92
/2338/
67
/13/
cc age 10+

Fiddler on the Roof (1971)
In a pre-revolutionary Russia, a poor Jewish milkman struggles with the challenges of a changing world as his daughters fall in love and antisemitism grows.
poster
Kanopy
77
6.9
/2148/
67
/108/
67
/32/
3.6
/3496/
98
/60/
78
/8/
78
/16/

Luzzu (2021)
Jesmark, a struggling fisherman on the island of Malta, is forced to turn his back on generations of tradition and risk everything by entering the world of black market fishing to provide for his girlfriend and newborn baby.
poster
77
7.7
/15756/
70
/184/
68
/120/
3.7
/5223/
90
/94/
90
/1783/
77
/25/

Water (2005)
The year is 1938, and Mahatma Gandhi's groundbreaking philosophies are sweeping across India, but 8-year-old Chuyia, newly widowed, must go to live with other outcast widows on an ashram. Her presence transforms the ashram as she befriends two of her compatriots.
poster
78
77
7.4
/26324/
72
/449/
70
/398/
3.8
/32017/
90
/49/
87
/887/

if.... (1968)
In an English boys' boarding school, social hierarchy reigns supreme and power remains in the hands of distanced and ineffectual teachers and callously vicious prefects in the Upper Sixth. Three Lower Sixth students, Wallace, Johnny and leader Mick Travis decide on a shocking course of action to redress the balance of privilege once and for all.
poster
77
6.9
/6378/
68
/78/
69
/99/
3.8
/8050/
86
/51/
71
/237/
82
/22/

Three Times (2005)
In three separate segments, set respectively in 1966, 1911, and 2005, three love stories unfold between three sets of characters, under three different periods of Taiwanese history and governance.
poster
The Roku Channel
77
7.4
/15063/
78
/545/
72
/254/
4.0
/81499/
88
/90/
88
/679/
65
/28/
cc age 15+

Saving Face (2004)
A Chinese-American lesbian and her traditionalist mother are reluctant to go public with secret loves that clash against cultural expectations.


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