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Kanopy
90
8.1
/76785/
81
/1455/
82
/1177/
4.4
/137727/
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.
poster
89
8.4
/27472/
82
/465/
81
/593/
4.3
/17582/
94
/62/
98
/603/
89
/28/

The Best of Youth (2003)
After a fateful encounter in the summer of 1966, the lifepaths of two brothers from a middle-class Roman family diverge, intersecting with some of the most significant events of postwar Italian history in the following decades.
poster
89
8.3
/275756/
80
/3258/
78
/1903/
4.4
/178177/
99
/177/
92
/1634/
95
/41/
cc age 16+

A Separation (2011)
A married couple are faced with a difficult decision - to improve the life of their child by moving to another country or to stay in Iran and look after a deteriorating parent who has Alzheimer's disease.
poster
Netflix
88
8.4
/773262/
86
/44819/
84
/16799/
4.4
/4057135/
97
/399/
93
/6142/
87
/50/
cc age 9+

Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018)
Struggling to find his place in the world while juggling school and family, Brooklyn teenager Miles Morales is unexpectedly bitten by a radioactive spider and develops unfathomable powers just like the one and only Spider-Man. While wrestling with the implications of his new abilities, Miles discovers a super collider created by the madman Wilson "Kingpin" Fisk, causing others from across the Spider-Verse to be inadvertently transported to his dimension.
poster
Kanopy
88
8.1
/42945/
80
/958/
79
/722/
4.4
/149254/
98
/65/
91
/825/
cc age 10+

The Red Shoes (1948)
A fledgling ballerina falls in love with a brilliant composer, but the jealous head of the ballet company plots to drive them apart.
poster
87
8.0
/104627/
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.
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Kanopy
86
8.0
/41648/
77
/663/
76
/588/
4.1
/25175/
100
/51/
93
/729/
cc age 13+

Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949)
When his mother eloped with an Italian opera singer, Louis Mazzini was cut off from her aristocratic family. After the family refuses to let her be buried in the family mausoleum, Louis avenges his mother's death by attempting to murder every family member who stands between himself and the family fortune. But when he finds himself torn between his longtime love and the widow of one of his victims, his plans go awry.
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Kanopy
85
7.7
/50114/
73
/918/
74
/878/
4.0
/98803/
98
/60/
88
/744/
93
/12/

The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie (1972)
In Luis Buñuel’s deliciously satiric masterpiece, an upper-class sextet sits down to dinner but never eats, their attempts continually thwarted by a vaudevillian mixture of events both actual and imagined.
poster
Kanopy
85
7.7
/11642/
79
/265/
75
/198/
4.0
/28376/
100
/13/
89
/128/

The Official Story (1985)
Buenos Aires, Argentina, 1983. In the last and turbulent days of the military dictatorship, Alicia, a high school history teacher, begins to ask uncomfortable questions about the dark origins of Gaby, her adopted daughter.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
84
7.8
/7508/
79
/516/
83
/485/
4.0
/30789/
96
/75/
99
/113/
70
/17/
cc age 13+

Radical (2023)
In a Mexican border town plagued by neglect, corruption, and violence, a frustrated teacher tries an unorthodox new method to break through his students’ apathy and unlock their curiosity, their potential... and perhaps even their genius.
poster
Kanopy
84
7.6
/7530/
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.
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Kanopy
84
7.8
/14627/
77
/346/
76
/323/
4.2
/34988/
100
/72/
86
/6642/
87
/24/

Poetry (2010)
A South Korean woman in her sixties enrolls in a poetry class as she grapples with her faltering memory and her grandson's appalling wrongdoing.
poster
Kanopy
84
8.2
/88942/
79
/1060/
79
/692/
4.2
/50807/
83
/30/
95
/979/
77
/14/
cc age 10+

Children of Heaven (1997)
Zohre's shoes are gone; her older brother Ali lost them. They are poor, there are no shoes for Zohre until they come up with an idea: they will share one pair of shoes. School awaits.
poster
HBO Max Amazon Channel
84
8.1
/54061/
82
/3269/
82
/2419/
4.1
/160860/
95
/21/
92
/288/
76
/8/
8.5
/482337/
cc age 10+

Wolf Children (2012)
After her werewolf lover unexpectedly dies in an accident, a woman must find a way to raise the son and daughter that she had with him. However, their inheritance of their father's traits prove to be a challenge for her.
poster
83
8.1
/19231/
79
/164/
76
/183/
4.0
/11526/
87
/31/
96
/332/
80
/25/

The Color of Paradise (1999)
Mohammad joyfully returns to his tiny village on summer vacation from the Institute for the Blind, unaware of his widowed father's intentions to disown him in order to win the hand—and dowry—of a local woman. With the wedding swiftly approaching, Mohammad's future hangs precariously in the balance as his father struggles against his destiny, unable to see the wonder of life and love that's so clear to his son.
poster
The Roku Channel
83
7.9
/19061/
77
/476/
76
/280/
3.9
/14896/
100
/23/
91
/474/
cc age 10+

A Night to Remember (1958)
The sinking of the Titanic is presented in a highly realistic fashion in this tense British drama. The disaster is portrayed largely from the perspective of the ocean liner's second officer, Charles Lightoller. Despite numerous warnings about ice, the ship sails on, with Capt. Edward John Smith keeping it going at a steady clip. When the doomed vessel finally hits an iceberg, the crew and passengers discover that they lack enough lifeboats, and tragedy follows.
poster
Crunchyroll
83
8.0
/8764/
82
/754/
78
/277/
4.2
/19735/
94
/85/
8.5
/326318/

The Disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiya (2010)
A week before Christmas, Kyon wakes up in a world where the SOS Brigade doesn't exist. Mikuru and Yuki don't recognize him, and Haruhi and Itsuki seem to have vanished.
poster
Hulu
83
7.5
/157728/
73
/6101/
73
/3208/
3.8
/229590/
97
/277/
87
/1772/
88
/45/
cc age 14+

Brooklyn (2015)
In 1950s Ireland and New York, young Eilis Lacey has to choose between two men and two countries.
poster
Crunchyroll Amazon Channel
84
82
8.3
/9428/
82
/751/
82
/574/
3.9
/20868/
95
/35/
8.5
/509915/

Rascal Does Not Dream of a Dreaming Girl (2019)
In Fujisawa, Sakuta Azusagawa is in his second year of high school. Blissful days with his girlfriend and upperclassman, Mai Sakurajima, are interrupted by the appearance of his first crush, Shoko Makinohara.
poster
82
7.5
/10512/
70
/127/
74
/162/
4.0
/9675/
88
/59/
85
/171/
86
/18/

The Son (2002)
A joinery instructor at a rehab center refuses to take a new teen as his apprentice, but then begins to follow the boy through the hallways and streets.
poster
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.
poster
Criterion Channel
81
7.5
/11530/
70
/263/
70
/206/
3.8
/13196/
94
/18/
86
/173/
7.1
/5136/
cc age 18+

Murmur of the Heart (1971)
This loosely plotted coming-of-age tale follows the life of 15-year-old Laurent Chevalier as he stumbles his way over the burgeoning swell of adolescence in 1950s France. After having his first sexual experience with a prostitute and dodging the lips of a priest, Chevalier contracts a case of scarlet fever. When the fever leaves him with a heart murmur, Chevalier is placed in a sanatorium, along with his over-attentive and adulterous mother.
poster
81
7.7
/11918/
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.
poster
81
7.6
/13664/
75
/364/
74
/267/
4.2
/39170/
94
/87/
80
/389/
80
/22/

Tokyo Sonata (2008)
A young boy takes interest in piano while his family begins to disintegrate around him after his father loses his job.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
82
81
7.9
/11270/
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.
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Kanopy
81
7.4
/38318/
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
81
7.4
/27035/
73
/565/
72
/460/
3.8
/37440/
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.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
81
7.6
/78771/
74
/1567/
73
/753/
3.8
/46695/
94
/159/
89
/2035/
81
/36/
cc age 16+

The Station Agent (2003)
When his only friend dies, a man born with dwarfism moves to rural New Jersey to live a life of solitude, only to meet a chatty hot dog vendor and a woman dealing with her own personal loss.
poster
80
7.8
/110935/
78
/2900/
77
/1379/
3.8
/137884/
90
/72/
88
/3013/
71
/23/
cc age 10+

October Sky (1999)
The true story of Homer Hickam, a coal miner's son who was inspired by the first Sputnik launch to take up rocketry against his father's wishes.
poster
80
7.5
/37175/
73
/1460/
74
/780/
4.0
/507902/
84
/257/
81
/92/
80
/45/
cc age 16+

Waves (2019)
A controlling father’s attempts to ensure that his two children succeed in high school backfire after his son experiences a career-ending sports injury. Their familial bonds are eventually placed under severe strain by an unexpected tragedy.
poster
Kanopy
80
7.3
/446961/
73
/20746/
72
/8322/
3.9
/2464672/
90
/386/
72
/4646/
87
/49/
cc age 17+

Hereditary (2018)
Following the death of the Leigh family matriarch, Annie and her children uncover disturbing secrets about their heritage. Their daily lives are not only impacted, but they also become entangled in a chilling fate from which they cannot escape, driving them to the brink of madness.
poster
Criterion Channel
80
7.7
/2273/
78
/60/
74
/61/
4.2
/8388/
83
/6/
84
/16/

Jacquot (1991)
Jacquot Demy, the son of a garage owner and a hairdresser, is fascinated by cinema and decides to pursue his dream of becoming a filmmaker by any means necessary.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
80
7.3
/9846/
72
/136/
70
/126/
3.7
/4873/
96
/101/
87
/459/
83
/35/

Osama (2004)
After the rise of the Taliban in Afghanistan and the restriction of women in public life, a preteen girl is forced to masquerade as a boy in order to find work to support her mother and grandmother.
poster
80
7.5
/5297/
74
/72/
69
/64/
3.9
/2567/
93
/45/
91
/383/
74
/14/

Blame It on Fidel! (2006)
A 9-year-old girl weathers big changes in her household as her parents become radical political activists in 1970-71 Paris.
poster
80
7.3
/25328/
73
/602/
71
/554/
3.5
/18827/
93
/40/
80
/589/
80
/21/
cc age 13+

Lorenzo's Oil (1992)
Augusto and Michaela Odone are dealt a cruel blow by fate when their five-year-old son Lorenzo is diagnosed with a rare and incurable disease. But the Odones' persistence and faith leads to an unorthodox cure which saves their boy and re-writes medical history.
poster
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.
poster
MUBI
80
7.9
/29320/
82
/1763/
79
/969/
3.9
/106408/
93
/42/
90
/156/
71
/16/

The Way He Looks (2014)
Leonardo is a blind teenager dealing with an overprotective mother while trying to live a more independent life. To the disappointment of his best friend, Giovana, he plans to go on an exchange program abroad. When Gabriel, a new student in town, arrives at their classroom, new feelings blossom in Leonardo making him question his plans.
poster
81
79
8.1
/13050/
79
/375/
76
/223/
4.0
/14310/
Popcorn
90
/47/

Day of the Wacko (2002)
It is a bitter story about a middle-aged man, who hates his life and other people, including himself. Adam Miauczynski, the character known from director Marek Koterski's previous films, is a 44 year-old teacher, who reads poetry during school lessons and later goes home swearing and calling his neighbours' names. The worst pain for him is the next 5 minutes of living. He doesn't accept himself and even everyday contacts with others cause his aggression. Though constantly dreaming of a romantic love, he is not bold enough to make his dreams come true. The desperate Miauczynski personalizes our own fears and obsessions, which have become so visible recently.
poster
79
7.2
/70566/
70
/1380/
69
/1008/
3.8
/71597/
95
/107/
83
/1849/
86
/31/
cc age 17+

Heavenly Creatures (1994)
Precocious teenager Juliet moves to New Zealand with her family and soon befriends the quiet, brooding Pauline through their shared love of fantasy and literature. This friendship gradually develops into an intense and obsessive bond.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
79
7.5
/205721/
74
/7447/
72
/3703/
3.9
/383314/
90
/51/
89
/8548/
81
/7/
cc age 17+

Battle Royale (2000)
In the future, the Japanese government captures a class of ninth-grade students and forces them to kill each other under the revolutionary "Battle Royale" act.
poster
79
6.9
/2031/
71
/40/
66
/29/
3.4
/376/
83
/65/
74
/73/
78
/27/

Up and Down (2004)
Milan and Goran are two criminals who smuggle illegal immigrants. One night after they complete a smuggle, they discover that one of the immigrants has left a baby behind. Milan and Goran decide to sell the baby to Lubos and Eman, who are responsible for running an illegal baby adoption center. Lubos and Eman make attempts to sell the baby to Miluska and Frantisek, a barren couple.
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
7.3
/7173/
70
/155/
70
/142/
3.8
/9913/
100
/10/
87
/76/
83
/19/

Wild Reeds (1994)
As the Algerian War draws to a close, a teenager with a girlfriend starts feeling homosexual urges for two of his classmates: a country boy, and a French-Algerian intellectual.
poster
79
7.7
/9768/
74
/151/
74
/188/
3.9
/5435/
96
/46/
90
/269/
73
/22/

Not One Less (1999)
Set in the People's Republic of China during the 1990s, the film centers on a 13-year-old substitute teacher, Wei Minzhi, in the Chinese countryside. Called in to substitute for a village teacher for one month, Wei is told not to lose any students.
poster
Hoopla
79
7.2
/18720/
69
/315/
68
/244/
3.8
/4756/
95
/106/
91
/1029/
78
/32/

Born Into Brothels: Calcutta's Red Light Kids (2004)
Documentary depicting the lives of child prostitutes in the red light district of Songachi, Calcutta. Director Zana Briski went to photograph the prostitutes when she met and became friends with their children. Briski began giving photography lessons to the children and became aware that their photography might be a way for them to lead better lives.
poster
79
7.6
/21037/
75
/264/
72
/230/
3.8
/5554/
89
/125/
85
/1555/
79
/28/

I've Loved You So Long (2008)
A woman struggles to interact with her family and find her place in society after spending fifteen years in prison.
poster
79
7.7
/25361/
75
/472/
72
/413/
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.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
79
7.1
/95089/
68
/1493/
66
/924/
3.6
/78773/
91
/156/
82
/5415/
85
/31/
cc age 16+

Half Nelson (2006)
Despite his dedication to the junior-high students who fill his classroom, idealistic teacher Dan Dunne leads a secret life of addiction that the majority of his students will never know. But things change when a troubled student Drey makes a startling discovery of his secret life, causing a tenuous bond between the two that could either end disastrously or provide a catalyst of hope.


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