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92
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90
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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.
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Kanopy
85
7.8
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78
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77
/751/
4.2
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93
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89
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87
/22/

Cléo from 5 to 7 (1962)
Agnès Varda eloquently captures Paris in the sixties with this real-time portrait of a singer set adrift in the city as she awaits test results of a biopsy. A chronicle of the minutes of one woman’s life, Cléo from 5 to 7 is a spirited mix of vivid vérité and melodrama, featuring a score by Michel Legrand and cameos by Jean-Luc Godard and Anna Karina.
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Criterion Channel
85
7.7
/9980/
76
/301/
76
/214/
4.3
/56911/
93
/45/
87
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86
/20/

The Gleaners and I (2000)
Varda focuses her eye on gleaners: those who scour already-reaped fields for the odd potato or turnip. Her investigation leads from forgotten corners of the French countryside to off-hours at the green markets of Paris, following those who insist on finding a use for that which society has cast off, whether out of necessity or activism.
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Amazon Prime Video
84
7.7
/7165/
72
/230/
75
/141/
4.0
/5324/
100
/78/
81
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90
/20/

Gett: The Trial of Viviane Amsalem (2014)
The trial story of Viviane Amsalem's five year fight to obtain her divorce in front of the only legal authority competent for divorce cases in Israel, the Rabbinical Court.
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Hulu
83
7.6
/204856/
75
/8166/
75
/3113/
4.1
/1398525/
96
/287/
91
/63/
86
/44/
cc age 14+

Anatomy of a Fall (2023)
A woman is suspected of her husband's murder, and their blind son faces a moral dilemma as the sole witness.
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83
7.9
/10995/
76
/135/
72
/116/
3.9
/9830/
93
/29/
93
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79
/18/

Salaam Bombay! (1988)
Young Krishna is abandoned at the Apollo Circus by his mother, who informs him that he can only return home when he can afford ₹500 for his brother's bicycle that he destroyed. The circus leaves Krishna behind and he travels to Bombay, where he delivers tee and befriends a heroin addict and a young prostitute. Krishna dreams of saving ₹500 to return home, but Bombay street life isn't easy.
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Kanopy
83
7.8
/19047/
81
/1008/
80
/765/
4.2
/131391/
98
/91/
90
/83/
82
/26/

The Second Mother (2015)
After leaving her daughter Jessica in a small town in Pernambuco to be raised by relatives, Val spends the next 13 years working as a nanny to Fabinho in São Paulo. She has financial stability but has to live with the guilt of having not raised Jessica herself. As Fabinho’s university entrance exams approach, Jessica reappears in her life and seems to want to give her mother a second chance. However, Jessica has not been raised to be a servant and her very existence will turn Val’s routine on its head. With precision and humour, the subtle and powerful forces that keep rigid class structures in place and how the youth may just be the ones to shake it all up.
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Kanopy
83
7.6
/42685/
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.
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Kanopy
83
7.5
/98735/
75
/3419/
73
/2287/
3.8
/106788/
99
/310/
86
/2324/
79
/52/
cc age 13+

Selma (2014)
"Selma," as in Alabama, the place where segregation in the South was at its worst, leading to a march that ended in violence, forcing a famous statement by President Lyndon B. Johnson that ultimately led to the signing of the Voting Rights Act.
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Apple TV
82
8.0
/203456/
80
/7153/
78
/2477/
3.9
/408347/
94
/301/
91
/563/
72
/46/
cc age 13+

CODA (2021)
As a CODA (Child of Deaf Adults), Ruby is the only hearing person in her deaf family. When the family's fishing business is threatened, Ruby finds herself torn between pursuing her love of music and her fear of abandoning her parents.
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Criterion Channel
82
7.4
/9338/
74
/221/
70
/179/
3.9
/13395/
96
/23/
90
/164/
79
/18/

An Angel at My Table (1990)
Based on the autobiographical work of New Zealand writer Janet Frame, this production depicts the author at various stage of her life. Afflicted with mental and emotional issues, Frame grows up in an impoverished family and experiences numerous tragedies while still in her youth, including the deaths of two of her siblings. Portrayed as an adult by Kerry Fox, Frame finds acclaim for her writing while still in a mental institution, and her success helps her move on with her life.
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82
8.2
/94641/
80
/1134/
75
/389/
4.0
/57463/
89
/18/
86
/403/
cc age 13+

Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara (2011)
Three friends who were inseparable in childhood decide to go on a three-week-long bachelor road trip to Spain, in order to re-establish their bond and explore thrilling adventures, before one of them gets married. What will they learn of themselves and each other during the adventure?
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Amazon Prime Video
82
7.4
/4304/
76
/196/
75
/112/
4.1
/31618/
98
/49/
74
/12/
82
/10/
cc age 14+

House of Hummingbird (2019)
14-year-old Eun-hee moves through life like a hummingbird searching for a taste of sweetness wherever she may find it. Ignored by her parents and abused by her brother, she finds her escape by roaming the neighborhood with her best friend, going on adventures, and exploring young love.
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HBO Max Amazon Channel
82
7.4
/54440/
71
/874/
72
/523/
3.8
/37582/
94
/185/
86
/2156/
90
/42/
cc age 15+

American Splendor (2003)
An original mix of fiction and reality illuminates the life of comic book hero everyman Harvey Pekar.
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Kanopy
81
7.5
/45404/
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
/30402/
78
/1710/
78
/893/
4.1
/83162/
95
/106/
88
/135/
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
81
7.3
/54657/
72
/1719/
69
/1059/
4.0
/70489/
93
/239/
73
/183/
93
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Toni Erdmann (2016)
Convinced that his daughter has forgotten how to laugh, a father shows up unannounced while she's living abroad and bombards her with outrageous jokes.
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80
7.0
/3270/
69
/143/
70
/43/
3.8
/22150/
100
/61/
81
/10/
79
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Girls Will Be Girls (2024)
In a strict boarding school nestled in the Himalayas, 16-year-old Mira discovers desire and romance. But her sexual, rebellious awakening is disrupted by her mother who never got to come of age herself.
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Netflix
80
7.1
/41238/
71
/2151/
71
/740/
3.8
/632472/
96
/175/
76
/140/
79
/24/
cc age 16+

Shiva Baby (2021)
College student Danielle must cover her tracks when she unexpectedly runs into her sugar daddy at a shiva - with her parents, ex-girlfriend and family friends also in attendance.
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The Roku Channel
80
7.6
/27085/
79
/587/
72
/334/
3.9
/23779/
92
/25/
93
/804/

Beautiful Thing (1996)
During a long, hot summer on the Thamesmead Estate in Southeast London, three teenagers edge towards adulthood.
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fuboTV
80
7.1
/139150/
73
/7875/
70
/2781/
3.7
/866086/
96
/384/
77
/1235/
84
/52/
cc age 16+

Booksmart (2019)
Two academic teenage superstars realize, on the eve of their high school graduation, that they should have worked less and played more. Determined to never fall short of their peers, the girls set out on a mission to cram four years of fun into one night.
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MUBI
80
7.3
/13145/
71
/365/
72
/238/
3.9
/9813/
98
/84/
81
/134/
83
/22/
cc age 15+

The Selfish Giant (2013)
A hyperactive boy and his best friend, a slow-witted youth with an affinity for horses, start collecting scrap metal for a shady dealer.
poster
80
7.5
/22248/
73
/543/
72
/503/
3.8
/25511/
99
/122/
88
/297/
81
/26/
cc age 9+

Wadjda (2013)
An enterprising Saudi girl signs on for her school's Quran recitation competition as a way to raise the remaining funds she needs in order to buy the green bicycle that has captured her interest.
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Criterion Channel
80
7.4
/23204/
74
/836/
72
/739/
4.0
/83143/
96
/73/
83
/265/
74
/20/

Tomboy (2011)
Ten-year-old Laure isn't like most girls. She prefers football to dolls and sweaters to dresses. When Laure and her family move to a new neighbourhood, local girl Lisa mistakes Laure for a boy. Indulging in this exciting new identity, Laure becomes Mickaël, and so begins a summer of long sunny afternoons, playground games and first kisses. Yet with the school term fast approaching, and with suspicions arising amongst friends and family, Laure must face up to an uncertain future.
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Netflix
80
7.3
/68399/
73
/1675/
73
/1313/
3.9
/183206/
92
/99/
84
/3055/
87
/23/
cc age 11+

Little Women (1994)
Four sisters come of age in America in the aftermath of the Civil War.
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80
7.2
/140720/
71
/2228/
69
/1390/
3.5
/83561/
93
/198/
80
/4687/
85
/34/
cc age 15+

An Education (2009)
Despite her sheltered upbringing, Jenny is a teen with a bright future; she's smart, pretty, and has aspirations of attending Oxford University. When David, a charming but much older suitor, motors into her life in a shiny automobile, Jenny gets a taste of adult life that she won't soon forget.
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79
7.3
/27740/
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.
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HBO Max Amazon Channel
79
7.2
/21289/
73
/1076/
70
/460/
3.9
/41575/
99
/81/
82
/68/
90
/26/

The Tale (2018)
An investigation into one woman’s memory as she‘s forced to re-examine her first sexual relationship and the stories we tell ourselves in order to survive.
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FXNow
79
7.2
/93382/
72
/4780/
69
/1709/
3.6
/146512/
95
/381/
92
/2619/
80
/50/
cc age 10+

A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood (2019)
An award-winning cynical journalist, Lloyd Vogel, begrudgingly accepts an assignment to write an Esquire profile piece on the beloved television icon Fred Rogers. After his encounter with Rogers, Vogel's perspective on life is transformed.
poster
79
7.5
/3859/
78
/45/
71
/46/
3.8
/2776/
96
/24/
84
/96/

Xiu Xiu: The Sent-Down Girl (1998)
Young teen girl Xiu Xiu is sent away to a remote corner of the Sichuan steppes for manual labor in 1975 (sending young people to there was a part of Cultural Revolution in China). A year later, she agrees to go to even more remote spot with a Tibetan saddle tramp Lao Jin to learn horse herding.
poster
79
7.4
/8011/
73
/80/
68
/108/
3.8
/2946/
93
/42/
84
/119/

The Dreamlife of Angels (1998)
Isa and Marie bond while working in a French sweatshop and soon begin sharing an apartment that Marie is watching for a hospitalized mother and daughter. Marie, hoping to avoid a life of struggle and poverty, takes up with Chriss, a nightclub owner whose most attractive asset is his money. Isa recognizes the ultimate futility of the relationship and tries to keep Marie away from him, but her interference puts their friendship at risk.
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Kanopy
79
7.5
/14690/
73
/200/
70
/175/
3.6
/3860/
85
/101/
88
/329/
72
/31/

Nowhere in Africa (2001)
A Jewish woman named Jettel Redlich flees Nazi Germany with her daughter Regina, to join her husband, Walter, on a farm in Kenya. At first, Jettel refuses to adjust to her new circumstances, bringing with her a set of china dishes and an evening gown. While Regina adapts readily to this new world, forming a strong bond with her father's cook, an African named Owuor.
poster
Kanopy
79
7.4
/9969/
72
/175/
69
/140/
3.9
/6250/
69
/52/
91
/311/

Antonia's Line (1995)
After World War II, Antonia and her daughter, Danielle, go back to their Dutch hometown, where Antonia's late mother has bestowed a small farm upon her. There, Antonia settles down and joins a tightly-knit but unusual community. Those around her include quirky friend Crooked Finger, would-be suitor Bas and, eventually for Antonia, a granddaughter and great-granddaughter who help create a strong family of empowered women.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
79
7.2
/12663/
71
/333/
63
/150/
3.8
/27129/
83
/133/
90
/364/
78
/21/
cc age 16+

Eve's Bayou (1997)
Summer heats up in rural Louisiana beside Eve’s Bayou, 1962, as the Batiste family tries to survive the secrets they’ve kept and the betrayals they’ve endured.
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Criterion Channel
79
7.2
/7988/
74
/355/
68
/162/
4.0
/36343/
95
/122/
82
/296/
79
/34/
cc age 17+

Pariah (2011)
A Brooklyn teenager juggles conflicting identities and risks friendship, heartbreak, and family in a desperate search for sexual expression.
poster
78
6.7
/3875/
65
/290/
64
/58/
3.7
/23875/
98
/122/
72
/43/
87
/30/
cc age 15+

Good One (2024)
On a weekend backpacking trip in the Catskills, 17-year-old Sam contends with the competing egos of her father and his oldest friend.
poster
Kanopy
78
6.7
/3784/
67
/249/
63
/73/
3.7
/38734/
92
/90/
96
/24/
78
/20/
cc age 15+

The Starling Girl (2023)
17-year-old Jem Starling struggles with her place within her Christian fundamentalist community. But everything changes when her magnetic youth pastor Owen returns to their church.
poster
78
7.5
/12368/
72
/134/
67
/110/
3.7
/3417/
89
/72/
86
/196/
76
/30/

Brothers (2004)
A Danish officer, Michael, is sent away to the International Security Assistance Force operation in Afghanistan for three months. His first mission there is to find a young radar technician who had been separated from his squad some days earlier. While on the search, his helicopter is shot down and he is taken as a prisoner of war, but is reported dead to the family.
poster
AMC+ Amazon Channel
78
7.6
/39007/
75
/540/
71
/471/
3.8
/17097/
87
/102/
87
/1570/
78
/29/

After the Wedding (2006)
A manager of an orphanage in India is sent to Copenhagen, Denmark, where he discovers a life-altering family secret.
poster
MUBI
78
7.2
/38476/
71
/690/
70
/364/
3.7
/44637/
82
/115/
84
/3277/
76
/38/

Me and You and Everyone We Know (2005)
Single dad Richard meets Christine, a starving artist who moonlights as a cabbie. They awkwardly attempt to start a romance, but Richard’s divorce has left him emotionally damaged. Meanwhile, Richard’s sons—one a teenager, the other 6-years-old—take part in clumsy experiments with the opposite sex.
poster
Peacock Premium
78
7.4
/29501/
73
/1238/
71
/566/
4.0
/106238/
99
/245/
55
/117/
92
/38/
cc age 13+

Never Rarely Sometimes Always (2020)
A pair of teenage girls in rural Pennsylvania travel to New York City to seek out medical help after an unintended pregnancy.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
78
7.3
/12205/
71
/473/
70
/417/
3.8
/11504/
95
/113/
87
/61/
78
/23/
cc age 14+

The Innocents (2016)
Poland, 1945. Mathilde, a young French Red Cross doctor, is on a mission to help the war survivors. When a nun seeks for her help, she is brought to a convent where several pregnant sisters are hiding, unable to reconcile their faith with their pregnancy. Mathilde becomes their only hope.
poster
fuboTV
78
7.3
/149788/
74
/9713/
71
/4187/
3.5
/814669/
94
/221/
83
/986/
77
/38/
cc age 16+

The Edge of Seventeen (2016)
Two high school girls are best friends until one dates the other's older brother, who is totally his sister's nemesis.
poster
78
7.1
/36841/
73
/1888/
71
/736/
3.7
/92185/
82
/233/
92
/4259/
74
/43/
cc age 16+

Queen & Slim (2019)
While on a forgettable first date together in Ohio, a black man and a black woman are pulled over for a minor traffic infraction. The situation escalates, with sudden and tragic results.
poster
Criterion Channel
78
7.3
/17763/
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
79
78
7.5
/18442/
74
/339/
72
/271/
3.8
/13602/
95
/22/
90
/363/
75
/12/
cc age 15+

Europa Europa (1990)
A Jewish boy separated from his family in the early days of WWII poses as a German orphan and is taken into the heart of the Nazi world as a 'war hero' and eventually becomes a Hitler Youth.
poster
78
7.8
/44670/
76
/596/
72
/282/
3.8
/20565/
83
/6/
84
/209/

English Vinglish (2012)
In the United States for the first time, an Indian housewife with a limited command of English turns Manhattan into her personal language school.
poster
Disney Plus
78
7.4
/19841/
79
/1410/
72
/458/
3.6
/19345/
94
/188/
86
/279/
73
/40/
cc age 10+

Queen of Katwe (2016)
A young girl overcomes her disadvantaged upbringing in the slums of Uganda to become a Chess master.


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