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Kanopy
89
8.6
/862921/
85
/13825/
84
/7961/
4.6
/1018323/
91
/162/
97
/15605/
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.
poster
Criterion Channel
89
8.1
/116085/
78
/1658/
79
/1514/
4.3
/175614/
100
/62/
94
/1327/
100
/11/

Three Colors: Red (1994)
Part-time model Valentine unexpectedly befriends a retired judge after she runs over his dog. At first, the grumpy man shows no concern about the dog, and Valentine decides to keep it. But the two form a bond when she returns to his house and catches him listening to his neighbors’ phone calls.
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HBO Max Amazon Channel
89
9.0
/2139870/
88
/54968/
84
/25940/
4.5
/1998728/
94
/305/
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
FXNow
89
8.5
/505474/
86
/22656/
83
/8203/
4.4
/3263024/
95
/397/
95
/4558/
86
/60/
cc age 9+

Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (2023)
After reuniting with Gwen Stacy, Brooklyn’s full-time, friendly neighborhood Spider-Man is catapulted across the Multiverse, where he encounters the Spider Society, a team of Spider-People charged with protecting the Multiverse's very existence. But when the heroes clash on how to handle a new threat, Miles finds himself pitted against the other Spiders and must set out on his own to save those he loves most.
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Kanopy
89
8.0
/125091/
81
/4725/
81
/2844/
4.4
/1006806/
97
/338/
92
/98/
95
/48/
cc age 15+

Portrait of a Lady on Fire (2019)
On an isolated island in Brittany at the end of the eighteenth century, a female painter is obliged to paint a wedding portrait of a young woman.
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HBO Max Amazon Channel
87
7.8
/167690/
77
/7040/
77
/2161/
4.2
/1618282/
95
/321/
93
/210/
94
/52/
cc age 13+

Past Lives (2023)
After decades apart, childhood friends Nora and Hae Sung are reunited in New York for one fateful weekend as they confront notions of destiny, love, and the choices that make a life.
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HBO Max Amazon Channel
87
IMDb 46
8.9
/2179731/
87
/64258/
84
/26902/
4.4
/2601880/
91
/270/
95
/80557/
92
/34/
cc age 11+

The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)
Young hobbit Frodo Baggins, after inheriting a mysterious ring from his uncle Bilbo, must leave his home in order to keep it from falling into the hands of its evil creator. Along the way, a fellowship is formed to protect the ringbearer and make sure that the ring arrives at its final destination: Mt. Doom, the only place where it can be destroyed.
poster
87
8.5
/1433778/
85
/47446/
83
/21318/
4.2
/2451052/
92
/118/
95
/40123/
88
/27/
cc age 10+

Back to the Future (1985)
Eighties teenager Marty McFly is accidentally sent back in time to 1955, inadvertently disrupting his parents' first meeting and attracting his mother's romantic interest. Marty must repair the damage to history by rekindling his parents' romance and - with the help of his eccentric inventor friend Doc Brown - return to 1985.
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Criterion Channel
87
8.2
/3567/
81
/167/
75
/64/
4.4
/18284/
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.
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Kanopy
87
8.1
/36487/
82
/765/
79
/654/
4.4
/62486/
90
/52/
93
/726/
84
/28/

Farewell My Concubine (1993)
In an epic tale of theater, gender, love and class, two Beijing opera actors navigate political turmoil as their friendship evolves over decades.
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.
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Kanopy
86
8.2
/25455/
79
/399/
80
/641/
4.3
/40825/
91
/33/
94
/189/
84
/7/

Rocco and His Brothers (1960)
When a impoverished widow’s family moves to the big city, two of her five sons become romantic rivals with deadly results.
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Criterion Channel
86
7.7
/24601/
73
/457/
75
/493/
4.1
/61081/
100
/45/
85
/385/
98
/20/

Au Hasard Balthazar (1966)
The story of a donkey Balthazar as he is passed from owner to owner, some kind and some cruel but all with motivations beyond his understanding. Balthazar, whose life parallels that of his first keeper, Marie, is truly a beast of burden, suffering the sins of humankind. But despite his powerlessness, he accepts his fate nobly.
poster
86
8.1
/311449/
80
/6519/
78
/3688/
4.3
/799335/
94
/181/
91
/5132/
91
/39/
cc age 16+

Before Sunset (2004)
Nine years later, Jesse travels across Europe giving readings from a book he wrote about the night he spent in Vienna with Celine. After his reading in Paris, Celine finds him, and they spend part of the day together before Jesse has to again leave for a flight. They are both in relationships now, and Jesse has a son, but as their strong feelings for each other start to return, both confess a longing for more.
poster
Criterion Channel
85
8.0
/59624/
78
/1065/
79
/948/
4.3
/110305/
96
/49/
93
/1068/

Throne of Blood (1957)
Returning to their lord's castle, samurai warriors Washizu and Miki are waylaid by a spirit who predicts their futures. When the first part of the spirit's prophecy comes true, Washizu's scheming wife, Asaji, presses him to speed up the rest of the spirit's prophecy by murdering his lord and usurping his place. Director Akira Kurosawa's resetting of William Shakespeare's "Macbeth" in feudal Japan is one of his most acclaimed films.
poster
85
8.3
/22095/
82
/474/
81
/353/
4.2
/22767/
87
/23/
96
/404/

To Live (1994)
Married couple Fugui and Jiazhen endure tumultuous events in mid-20th century mainland China as their personal fortunes move from wealthy landownership to peasantry.
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Hoopla
85
7.7
/55046/
76
/921/
74
/687/
3.9
/26869/
97
/34/
90
/910/
91
/16/

The Man Who Would Be King (1975)
Tired of life as soldiers, Peachy Carnehan and Danny Dravot travel to the isolated land of Kafiristan, where they are ultimately embraced by the people and revered as rulers. After a series of misunderstandings, the natives come to believe that Dravot is a god, but he and Carnehan can't keep up their deception forever.
poster
84
8.0
/11512/
72
/204/
73
/196/
4.0
/12547/
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
7.7
/13538/
76
/225/
75
/279/
4.1
/26482/
95
/39/
85
/190/

Diary of a Country Priest (1951)
An inexperienced, sickly priest shows up in the rural French community of Ambricourt, where he joins the community's clergy. But the locals don't take kindly to the priest, and his ascetic ways and unsociable demeanor make him an outcast. During Bible studies at the nearby girls school, he is continually mocked by his students. Then his attempt to intervene in a family feud backfires into a scandal. His failures, compounded with his declining health, begin to erode his faith.
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Kanopy
84
7.6
/7531/
77
/209/
73
/327/
3.9
/12758/
100
/8/
88
/127/
cc age 9+

My Father's Glory (1990)
Raised by his science teacher father, Joseph Pagnol, and seamstress mother Augustine, young Marcel grows up during the turn of the century in awe of his rationalist dad. When the family takes a summer vacation in the countryside, Marcel becomes friends with Lili, who teaches him about rural life.
poster
83
8.0
/347434/
77
/6300/
77
/3879/
4.2
/521574/
82
/218/
89
/10075/
78
/34/
cc age 17+

Magnolia (1999)
On one random day in the San Fernando Valley, a dying father, a young wife, a male caretaker, a famous lost son, a police officer in love, a boy genius, an ex-boy genius, a game show host and an estranged daughter will each become part of a dazzling multiplicity of plots, but one story.
poster
83
7.8
/9852/
73
/192/
75
/192/
4.0
/11148/
93
/15/
88
/99/

The Ballad of Narayama (1983)
In a small village in a valley everyone who reaches the age of 70 must leave the village and go to a certain mountain top to die. If anyone should refuse they would disgrace their family. Old Orin is 69. This winter it is her turn to go to the mountain. But first she must make sure that her eldest son Tatsuhei finds a wife.
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Criterion Channel
83
82
7.8
/23018/
75
/383/
76
/719/
4.0
/39633/
100
/29/
90
/242/
87
/10/

I Vitelloni (1953)
Five young men dream of success as they drift lazily through life in a small Italian village. Fausto, the group's leader, is a womanizer; Riccardo craves fame; Alberto is a hopeless dreamer; Moraldo fantasizes about life in the city; and Leopoldo is an aspiring playwright. As Fausto chases a string of women, to the horror of his pregnant wife, the other four blunder their way from one uneventful experience to the next.
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Netflix
82
8.1
/993352/
80
/28476/
76
/14216/
3.9
/908175/
90
/130/
89
/19870/
84
/21/
cc age 15+

The Terminator (1984)
In the post-apocalyptic future, reigning tyrannical supercomputers teleport a cyborg assassin known as the "Terminator" back to 1984 to kill Sarah Connor, whose unborn son is destined to lead insurgents against 21st century mechanical hegemony. Meanwhile, the human-resistance movement dispatches a lone warrior to safeguard Sarah. Can he stop the virtually indestructible killing machine?
poster
82
8.0
/30393/
77
/495/
74
/297/
4.1
/39238/
94
/81/
83
/23/
86
/22/

The Wild Pear Tree (2018)
Fresh out of university, a Turkish young man with literary aspirations returns to his home village and starts scraping together money to publish his book. While trying to reconnect with his old friends and environment; his uncertainty, existential struggle and his father’s gambling addiction bring him grave difficulties.
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Plex
82
8.0
/57169/
80
/1164/
78
/892/
4.1
/31523/
80
/108/
92
/1971/
68
/27/

Departures (2008)
Daigo, a cellist, is laid off from his orchestra and moves with his wife back to his small hometown where the living is cheaper. Thinking he’s applying for a job at a travel agency he finds he’s being interviewed for work with departures of a more permanent nature – as an undertaker’s assistant.
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Kanopy
82
7.9
/108928/
79
/3162/
79
/2101/
4.3
/684159/
89
/71/
93
/2267/
78
/18/

Chungking Express (1994)
Two melancholic Hong Kong policemen fall in love: one with a mysterious underworld figure, the other with a beautiful and ethereal server at a late-night restaurant.
poster
81
7.7
/696/
66
/42/
77
/9/
4.0
/12670/
95
/59/
95
/218/
78
/11/
cc age 13+

Merrily We Roll Along (2025)
Franklin Shepard is a talented Broadway composer who abandons his theater career and all his friends in New York in order to produce films in Los Angeles. The story begins at the height of his Hollywood fame and moves backwards in time, showing snapshots of the most important moments in Frank’s life that shaped the man he is today. A live recording of the 2024 Tony Award-winning Broadway revival of Stephen Sondheim and George Furth's musical, filmed at the Hudson Theatre in New York City.
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Kanopy
81
7.9
/850381/
78
/65276/
76
/18906/
4.1
/2277605/
94
/441/
83
/6111/
81
/52/
cc age 11+

Arrival (2016)
Taking place after alien crafts land around the world, an expert linguist is recruited by the military to determine whether they come in peace or are a threat.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
81
7.3
/21706/
73
/551/
72
/394/
3.8
/45123/
98
/42/
77
/304/

Detour (1945)
The life of Al Roberts, a pianist in a New York nightclub, turns into a nightmare when he decides to hitchhike to Los Angeles to visit his girlfriend.
poster
Criterion Channel
81
7.5
/21388/
73
/371/
70
/303/
4.1
/29145/
88
/34/
90
/380/
77
/15/

Songs from the Second Floor (2000)
A monumental traffic jam serves as the backdrop for the lives of the inhabitants of a Swedish city.
poster
Kanopy
81
7.4
/38317/
72
/651/
69
/579/
3.7
/28726/
94
/71/
81
/535/
88
/11/
cc age 13+

Howards End (1992)
A saga of class relations and changing times in an Edwardian England on the brink of modernity, the film centers on liberal Margaret Schlegel, who, along with her sister Helen, becomes involved with two couples: wealthy, conservative industrialist Henry Wilcox and his wife Ruth, and the downwardly mobile working-class Leonard Bast and his mistress Jackie.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
81
8.0
/79487/
75
/719/
68
/319/
3.7
/22544/
100
/6/
94
/901/

Dil Chahta Hai (2001)
Three inseparable childhood friends are just out of college. Nothing comes between them - until they each fall in love, and their wildly different approaches to relationships creates tension.
poster
81
8.1
/126071/
75
/919/
70
/482/
3.8
/20853/
90
/10/
94
/972/

Rang De Basanti (2006)
After a group of friends graduate from Delhi University, they listlessly haunt their old campus, until a British filmmaker casts them in a film she's making about freedom fighters under British rule. Although the group is largely apolitical, the tragic death of a friend owing to local government corruption awakens their patriotism. Inspired by the freedom fighters they represent in the film, the friends collectively decide to avenge the killing.
poster
Kanopy
81
7.3
/28173/
71
/1074/
73
/623/
3.9
/44398/
97
/150/
82
/137/
80
/34/
cc age 14+

Lucky (2017)
Follows the journey of a 90-year-old atheist and the quirky characters that inhabit his off-the-map desert town. He finds himself at the precipice of life, thrust into a journey of self-exploration.
poster
Criterion Channel
80
7.4
/39788/
73
/813/
73
/916/
4.0
/147689/
88
/50/
86
/644/

Pierrot le Fou (1965)
Pierrot escapes his boring society and travels from Paris to the Mediterranean Sea with Marianne, a girl chased by hit-men from Algeria. They lead an unorthodox life, always on the run.
poster
80
7.5
/7859/
71
/120/
68
/138/
3.9
/10719/
86
/29/
85
/122/

The Scarlet Empress (1934)
During the 18th century, German noblewoman Sophia Frederica, who would later become Catherine the Great, travels to Moscow to marry the dimwitted Grand Duke Peter, the heir to the Russian throne. Their arranged marriage proves to be loveless, and Catherine takes many lovers, including the handsome Count Alexei, and bears a son. When the unstable Peter eventually ascends to the throne, Catherine plots to oust him from power.
poster
Hoopla
80
7.6
/6082/
76
/177/
72
/293/
3.9
/9259/
73
/11/
87
/97/

My Mother's Castle (1990)
To his chagrin, young Marcel Pagnol and his family move back to their home in Marseille, France, far from their pastoral holiday cottage in the hills. Determined, Marcel makes the long voyage back to the cottage on foot and lands himself in trouble. One day Marcel's father discovers a shortcut to the cottage, but it requires trespassing. Despite their trepidations, Marcel and his family begin using the secret trail to reach their cottage.
poster
Criterion Channel
79
7.4
/8316/
69
/146/
68
/173/
3.7
/7713/
85
/13/
82
/106/

Danton (1983)
Danton and Robespierre were close friends and fought together in the French Revolution, but by 1793 Robespierre was France's ruler, determined to wipe out opposition with a series of mass executions that became known as the Reign of Terror. Danton, well known as a spokesman of the people, had been living in relative solitude in the French countryside, but he returned to Paris to challenge Robespierre's violent rule and call for the people to demand their rights. Robespierre, however, could not accept such a challenge, even from a friend and colleague, and he blocked out a plan for the capture and execution of Danton and his allies.
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
7.0
/19780/
67
/242/
64
/205/
3.4
/6406/
79
/112/
73
/455/
76
/30/
cc age 15+

Iris (2001)
True story of the lifelong romance between novelist Iris Murdoch and her husband John Bayley, from their student days through her battle with Alzheimer's disease.
poster
79
7.6
/216681/
74
/4941/
72
/2477/
3.9
/234636/
93
/92/
90
/7076/
79
/31/
cc age 15+

Run Lola Run (1998)
Lola receives a phone call from her boyfriend Manni. He lost 100,000 DM in a subway train that belongs to a very bad guy. She has 20 minutes to raise this amount and meet Manni. Otherwise, he will rob a store to get the money. Three different alternatives may happen depending on some minor event along Lola's run.
poster
Kanopy
78
7.5
/93745/
75
/2288/
73
/1582/
3.8
/96013/
90
/59/
91
/3015/
66
/17/
cc age 16+

Delicatessen (1991)
In a post-apocalyptic world, the residents of an apartment above the butcher shop receive an occasional delicacy of meat, something that is in low supply. A young man new in town falls in love with the butcher's daughter, which causes conflicts in her family, who need the young man for other business-related purposes.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
78
7.5
/53711/
74
/1164/
74
/922/
3.7
/35164/
90
/110/
82
/503/
73
/27/
cc age 16+

A Royal Affair (2012)
A young queen falls in love with her physician, and they start a revolution that changes their nation forever.
poster
78
7.7
/34760/
77
/1382/
74
/629/
4.3
/137615/
84
/56/
83
/325/
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
78
7.7
/343902/
79
/13425/
75
/6744/
3.8
/344580/
82
/68/
87
/8359/
64
/20/
cc age 14+

Gattaca (1997)
Vincent is an all-too-human man who dares to defy a system obsessed with genetic perfection. He is an "In-Valid" who assumes the identity of a member of the genetic elite to pursue his goal of traveling into space with the Gattaca Aerospace Corporation.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
77
7.1
/257452/
69
/12709/
67
/3412/
3.7
/2442577/
85
/381/
73
/2959/
78
/59/
cc age 16+

Nosferatu (2024)
A gothic tale of obsession between a haunted young woman and the terrifying vampire infatuated with her, causing untold horror in its wake.
poster
Kanopy
77
7.1
/67939/
67
/1627/
69
/1149/
3.8
/121701/
93
/84/
76
/1355/
95
/27/
cc age 15+

Don't Look Now (1973)
While grieving a terrible loss, a married couple meet two mysterious sisters, one of whom gives them a message sent from the afterlife.


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