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Kanopy
90
8.3
/100987/
82
/1727/
83
/1284/
4.5
/178105/
98
/57/
96
/1465/
92
/20/
cc age 11+

Ikiru (1952)
Kanji Watanabe is a middle-aged man who has worked in the same monotonous bureaucratic position for decades. Learning he has cancer, he starts to look for the meaning of his life.
poster
86
8.1
/311520/
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.
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HBO Max Amazon Channel
83
8.2
/1695262/
81
/49785/
77
/22170/
3.8
/1892812/
85
/285/
94
/66671/
70
/41/
cc age 13+

Batman Begins (2005)
Driven by tragedy, billionaire Bruce Wayne dedicates his life to uncovering and defeating the corruption that plagues his home, Gotham City. Unable to work within the system, he instead creates a new identity, a symbol of fear for the criminal underworld - The Batman.
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Criterion Channel
82
7.9
/22511/
76
/523/
77
/435/
4.2
/56847/
91
/46/
89
/336/

Kwaidan (1965)
Taking its title from an archaic Japanese word meaning "ghost story," this anthology adapts four folk tales. A penniless samurai marries for money with tragic results. A man stranded in a blizzard is saved by Yuki the Snow Maiden, but his rescue comes at a cost. Blind musician Hoichi is forced to perform for an audience of ghosts. An author relates the story of a samurai who sees another warrior's reflection in his teacup.
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Kanopy
81
7.3
/10928/
72
/197/
70
/210/
3.8
/20390/
100
/18/
82
/299/
81
/19/

The Scent of Green Papaya (1993)
A young Vietnamese peasant girl named Mùi becomes the servant of a house in pre-unification Saigon.
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Netflix
80
6.9
/103406/
69
/5667/
66
/1643/
3.7
/299486/
97
/272/
83
/195/
82
/39/
cc age 15+

Pig (2021)
A truffle hunter who lives alone in the Oregon wilderness must visit Portland to find the mysterious person who stole his beloved foraging pig.
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Netflix
80
8.2
/1758306/
81
/59214/
80
/25413/
4.0
/3573785/
79
/283/
83
/9438/
75
/47/
cc age 17+

The Wolf of Wall Street (2013)
A New York stockbroker refuses to cooperate in a large securities fraud case involving corruption on Wall Street, corporate banking world and mob infiltration. Based on Jordan Belfort's autobiography.
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
79
7.5
/30799/
72
/489/
70
/392/
3.9
/42949/
87
/39/
87
/456/
86
/16/

The Last Detail (1973)
Two Navy men are ordered to bring a young offender to prison, but decide to show him one last good time along the way.
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Kanopy
78
7.2
/45385/
71
/822/
68
/479/
3.6
/15150/
94
/142/
82
/1224/
78
/35/

Dirty Pretty Things (2002)
An undocumented immigrant finds a human heart in one of the toilets of the west London hotel where he works with other undocumented immigrants.
poster
The Roku Channel
76
7.7
/460373/
75
/7659/
72
/3745/
3.0
/147543/
73
/239/
88
/29737/
66
/36/
cc age 16+

Crash (2005)
In post-Sept. 11 Los Angeles, tensions erupt when the lives of a Brentwood housewife, her district attorney husband, a Persian shopkeeper, two cops, a pair of carjackers and a Korean couple converge during a 36-hour period.
poster
Kanopy
84
75
7.9
/5778/
77
/101/
76
/120/
4.1
/7449/
100
/20/
93
/99/

Fires on the Plain (1959)
In the closing days of WWII, a Japanese soldier afflicted with tuberculosis is abandoned by his company and left to wander the Philippine island of Leyte.
poster
75
6.7
/18726/
66
/451/
66
/415/
3.9
/64057/
90
/103/
61
/435/
87
/21/

Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives (2010)
Suffering from acute kidney failure, Boonmee has chosen to spend his final days surrounded by his loved ones in the countryside. Surprisingly, the ghost of his deceased wife appears to care for him, and his long lost son returns home in a non-human form. Contemplating the reasons for his illness, Boonmee treks through the jungle with his family to a mysterious hilltop cave—the birthplace of his first life.
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Kanopy
75
7.1
/81072/
73
/2601/
71
/1799/
3.6
/41599/
85
/106/
84
/5350/
69
/28/

Ong-Bak (2003)
When the head of a statue sacred to a village is stolen, a young martial artist goes to the big city and finds himself taking on the underworld to retrieve it.
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Kanopy
75
7.4
/127637/
74
/3842/
73
/1823/
3.9
/183961/
72
/69/
84
/2892/
62
/20/
cc age 16+

Jacob's Ladder (1990)
After returning home from the Vietnam War, veteran Jacob Singer struggles to maintain his sanity. Plagued by hallucinations and flashbacks, Singer rapidly falls apart as the world and people around him morph and twist into disturbing images. His girlfriend, Jezzie, and ex-wife, Sarah, try to help, but to little avail. Even Singer's chiropractor friend, Louis, fails to reach him as he descends into madness.
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Criterion Channel
81
74
8.0
/7170/
76
/131/
79
/165/
4.1
/9064/
90
/10/
91
/154/
73
/7/

The Burmese Harp (1956)
In Burma during the closing days of WWII, a Japanese soldier separated from his unit disguises himself as a Buddhist monk to escape imprisonment as a POW.
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Kanopy
73
7.1
/286116/
72
/8394/
68
/4156/
3.7
/246725/
82
/216/
71
/4372/
66
/43/
cc age 17+

Seven Psychopaths (2012)
A struggling screenwriter inadvertently becomes entangled in the Los Angeles criminal underworld after his oddball friends kidnap a gangster's beloved Shih Tzu.
poster
Criterion Channel
72
7.2
/22130/
73
/566/
73
/507/
3.9
/47266/
86
/29/
79
/364/
53
/13/

Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence (1983)
Island of Java, 1942, during World War II. British Major Jack Celliers arrives at a Japanese prison camp, run by the strict Captain Yonoi. Colonel John Lawrence, who has a profound knowledge of Japanese culture, and Sergeant Hara, brutal and simpleton, will witness the struggle of wills between two men from very different backgrounds who are tragically destined to clash.
poster
72
7.0
/31933/
69
/528/
67
/477/
3.5
/26178/
76
/62/
78
/660/
74
/26/

Kundun (1997)
The Tibetans refer to the Dalai Lama as 'Kundun', which means 'The Presence'. He was forced to escape from his native home, Tibet, when communist China invaded and enforced an oppressive regime upon the peaceful nation. The Dalai Lama escaped to India in 1959 and has been living in exile in Dharamsala ever since.
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MUBI
72
7.2
/93773/
72
/2803/
73
/1930/
3.8
/231943/
73
/97/
72
/1374/
69
/19/

Enter the Void (2010)
This psychedelic tour of life after death is seen entirely from the point of view of Oscar, a young American drug dealer and addict living in Tokyo with his prostitute sister, Linda. When Oscar is killed by police during a bust gone bad, his spirit journeys from the past -- where he sees his parents before their deaths -- to the present -- where he witnesses his own autopsy -- and then to the future, where he looks out for his sister from beyond the grave.
poster
71
7.5
/848/
67
/27/
63
/13/
3.6
/342/
81
/36/
88
/66/
66
/15/

Unmistaken Child (2009)
In Nepal, a venerable monk, Geshe Lama Konchog, dies and one of his disciples, a youthful monk named Tenzin Zopa, searches for his master's reincarnation. The film follows his search to the Tsum Valley where he finds a young boy of the right age who uncannily responds to Konchog's possessions. Is this the reincarnation of the master? After the boy passes several tests, Tenzin takes him to meet the Dali Lama. Will the parents agree to let the boy go to the monastery, and, if so, how will the child respond? Central to the film is the relationship the child develops with Tenzin.
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Kanopy
71
7.4
/1551/
72
/18/
71
/36/
3.9
/1560/
100
/7/
80
/28/

Why Has Bodhi-Dharma Left for the East? (1989)
About three monks in a remote monastery; an aging master, a small orphan and a young man who left his city life to seek Enlightenment.
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Kanopy
70
6.7
/3041/
60
/52/
65
/52/
3.5
/2108/
80
/46/
76
/60/
70
/18/

Warm Water Under a Red Bridge (2001)
A down-and-out businessman travels to a seaside town, where he meets a woman with unusual sexual powers.
poster
81
70
7.7
/8461/
73
/106/
74
/129/
3.7
/1541/
100
/5/
89
/152/

Samsara (2002)
A love story situated in the Himalayas. A Buddhist monk can't choose between life and the way of the Buddha.
poster
74
70
7.3
/10736/
71
/230/
73
/583/
3.6
/12404/
74
/35/
89
/132/
69
/16/

His Secret Life (2001)
When Antonia's husband Massimo is killed in a car accident, she accidentally discovers that he has been having a same-sex affair with a produce wholesaler named Michele.
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Kanopy
75
69
7.1
/6733/
71
/152/
67
/138/
4.1
/24893/
80
/50/
76
/120/
81
/16/

Tropical Malady (2004)
The passionate relationship between two men with unusual consequences. The film is divided in two parts. The first half charts the modest attraction between two men in the sunny, relaxing countryside and the second half charts the confusion and terror of an unknown menace lurking deep within the jungle shadows.
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Kanopy
75
69
7.1
/4933/
71
/155/
67
/65/
3.6
/2208/
94
/16/
80
/54/
70
/9/

Teddy Bear (2012)
After failing to find love in Denmark, a painfully shy bodybuilder sets off for Thailand to escape from his overbearing mother and search for a bride.
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Hoopla
68
6.7
/3266/
70
/68/
61
/57/
3.3
/975/
64
/11/
73
/38/

Come See the Paradise (1990)
In this drama from director Alan Parker, on-the-lam Jack McGurn flees to Los Angeles and takes a job as a projectionist at a movie theater owned by a Japanese-American man. Jack falls for the owner's daughter, Lily, but they are forced to elope to Seattle when her father forbids the relationship. The couple marry and have a daughter, but when World War II breaks out, Jack is powerless to stop his new family's forced internment.
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The Roku Channel
68
6.6
/2883/
60
/45/
63
/42/
3.4
/995/
83
/42/
71
/114/
65
/18/

The Warrior (2001)
In feudal India, a warrior who renounces his role as the longtime enforcer to a local lord becomes the prey in a murderous hunt through the Himalayan mountains.
poster
68
6.7
/7968/
64
/89/
60
/85/
3.2
/1874/
79
/47/
69
/283/
70
/30/
cc age 16+

The Tao of Steve (2000)
In college, Dex was the big man on campus. Ten years later, now an overweight kindergarten teacher, Dex is immune to the shocked stares of the women who were once his conquests. While trying to pick up the bartender, he is struck by the gorgeous Syd. Through a series of circumstances, Syd and Dex are thrown together and he soon finds himself questioning his belief in all things Steve.
poster
66
6.6
/1689/
53
/20/
58
/18/
3.3
/374/
67
/33/
63
/19/
74
/23/

Joe Gould's Secret (2000)
Around 1940, New Yorker staff writer Joe Mitchell meets Joe Gould, a Greenwich Village character who cadges meals, drinks, and contributions to the Joe Gould Fund and who is writing a voluminous Oral History of the World, a record of 20,000 conversations he's overheard. Mitchell is fascinated with this Harvard grad and writes a 1942 piece about him, "Professor Seagull," bringing Gould some celebrity and an invitation to join the Greenwich Village Ravens, a poetry club he's often crashed. Gould's touchy, querulous personality and his frequent dropping in on Mitchell for hours of chat lead to a breakup, but the two Joes stay in touch until Gould's death and Mitchell's unveiling of the secret.
poster
66
7.4
/201629/
74
/5598/
72
/2643/
3.4
/52917/
41
/140/
75
/3023/
49
/31/
cc age 15+

K-PAX (2001)
Prot is a patient at a mental hospital who claims to be from a far away planet. His psychiatrist tries to help him, only to begin to doubt his own explanations.
poster
Criterion Channel
75
66
7.1
/4747/
71
/100/
71
/93/
3.7
/8117/
93
/15/
75
/40/

Gate of Hell (1953)
Japan, 1159. Moritō, a brave samurai, performs a heroic act by rescuing the lovely Kesa during a violent uprising. Moritō falls in love with her, but becomes distraught when he finds out that she is married.
poster
66
7.1
/166019/
72
/3869/
71
/3039/
3.5
/106682/
57
/35/
73
/1609/
55
/18/
cc age 13+

Seven Years in Tibet (1997)
Austrian mountaineer Heinrich Harrer journeys to the Himalayas without his family to head an expedition in 1939. But when World War II breaks out, the arrogant Harrer falls into Allied forces' hands as a prisoner of war. He escapes with a fellow detainee and makes his way to Lhasa, Tibet, where he meets the 14-year-old Dalai Lama, whose friendship ultimately transforms his outlook on life.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
69
65
6.9
/12218/
69
/298/
64
/176/
3.4
/1680/
62
/13/
85
/467/

To End All Wars (2001)
Based on a real-life story, this drama focuses on a small group of Allied soldiers in Burma who are held captive by the Japanese. Capt. Ernest Gordon, Lt. Jim Reardon and Maj. Ian Campbell are among the military officers kept imprisoned and routinely beaten and deprived of food. While Campbell wants to rebel and attempt an escape, Gordon tries to take a more stoic approach, an attitude that proves to be surprisingly resonant.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
65
6.4
/17371/
64
/396/
59
/173/
3.2
/10085/
79
/150/
61
/2395/
72
/39/

The Aristocrats (2005)
One hundred superstar comedians tell the same very, VERY dirty, filthy joke--one shared privately by comics since Vaudeville.
poster
81
64
7.8
/2562/
75
/63/
72
/42/
3.7
/917/
97
/62/
91
/144/
82
/13/

Burma VJ: Reporting from a Closed Country (2008)
Going beyond the occasional news clip from Burma, the acclaimed filmmaker, Anders Østergaard, brings us close to the video journalists who deliver the footage. Though risking torture and life in jail, courageous young citizens of Burma live the essence of journalism as they insist on keeping up the flow of news from their closed country.
poster
63
6.6
/1356/
54
/17/
60
/22/
3.2
/415/
60
/20/
58
/39/
80
/7/

Siddhartha (1972)
Siddhartha is the story of a young Brahmin and his search for a meaningful way of life. His journey takes him through periods of harsh asceticism, sensual pleasures, material wealth, self-revulsion and eventually to the oneness and harmony that he had been seeking. The story is based on the best-selling novel by German Nobel Prize winner Hermann Hesse.
poster
62
6.5
/5697/
62
/81/
66
/83/
3.1
/1502/
35
/34/
71
/113/

Beyond Rangoon (1995)
Dr. Laura Bowman is a young widow who's unwittingly drawn into political turmoil while vacationing in Burma in the late 1980s. Bowman initially left San Francisco with her sister in an attempt to escape painful memories of her husband and son's violent deaths. But her fight to escape to Thailand could prove just as harrowing.
poster
The Roku Channel
72
62
7.1
/2911/
68
/51/
64
/44/
3.6
/3433/
94
/18/
77
/73/
65
/8/

Wheel of Time (2003)
Wheel of Time is Werner Herzog's photographed look at the largest Buddhist ritual in Bodh Gaya, India.
poster
Criterion Channel
68
61
6.7
/6161/
63
/115/
65
/136/
3.4
/11709/
80
/5/
65
/77/

Sanshiro Sugata (1943)
A hotheaded youth in 1880s Meiji Japan apprentices to judo master Shōgorō Yano, trading brute jujutsu bravado for discipline and humility. As Sanshirō matures, he proves judo’s spirit against old-guard challengers—including a deadly duel—while falling for his vanquished opponent’s daughter. Based on the novel by Tsuneo Tomita, son of Tomita Tsunejirō, the earliest disciple of judo.
poster
The Roku Channel
61
6.4
/6296/
66
/107/
63
/82/
3.2
/2606/
47
/19/
76
/213/
47
/9/

The Razor's Edge (1984)
An American WWI veteran undertakes a spiritual quest that takes him from Paris to Nepal to the Himalayas and back to his hometown. Upon his return, he discovers he is not the only one who has changed.
poster
67
60
6.8
/5729/
68
/124/
65
/81/
3.2
/2798/
80
/5/
61
/63/

Across the Pacific (1942)
Rick Leland makes no secret of the fact he has no loyalty to his home country after he is court-martialed out of the army and boards a Japanese ship for the Orient in late 1941. But has Leland really been booted out, or is there some other motive for his getting close to fellow passenger Doctor Lorenz? Any motive for getting close to attractive traveler Alberta Marlow would however seem pretty obvious.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
66
60
6.3
/6419/
66
/195/
70
/160/
3.3
/2601/
65
/156/

Legend of the Red Dragon (1994)
A young father and his infant son are beset by forces of evil and corruption. They wander China, upholding their sense of honor and protecting the weak. When they are forced into combat, spectacular and hilarious fast-motion kung fu sequences follow. In the end, they must call on all of their abilities in a battle royale, to attempt to vanquish a supernatural man-monster or die trying.
poster
59
6.4
/2555/
60
/38/
59
/37/
3.3
/492/
52
/67/
52
/129/
62
/23/

The Dying Gaul (2005)
A grief-stricken screenwriter unknowingly enters a three-way relationship with a woman and her film executive husband - to chilling results.
poster
Kanopy
59
6.2
/19065/
66
/471/
62
/436/
3.0
/9328/
63
/27/
53
/342/
57
/33/

Little Buddha (1993)
After the death of Lama Dorje, Tibetan Buddhist monks find three children — one American and two Nepalese — who may be the rebirth of their great teacher.
poster
Hoopla
59
6.1
/36543/
66
/1309/
65
/786/
2.9
/13560/
50
/106/
46
/283/
58
/29/
cc age 17+

Undisputed (2002)
Monroe Hutchens is the heavyweight champion of Sweetwater, a maximum security prison. He was convicted to a life sentence due to a passionate crime. Iceman Chambers is the heavyweight champion, who lost his title due to a rape conviction to ten years in Sweetwater. When these two giants collide in the same prison, they fight against each other disputing who is the real champion.
poster
58
5.8
/3107/
64
/131/
56
/64/
3.0
/2055/
49
/76/
70
/64/
50
/24/
cc age 16+

Boundaries (2018)
Single mom Laura, along with her awkward 14 year-old son Henry is forced to drive Jack, her estranged, care-free pot dealing father across country after he's kicked out of yet another nursing home.


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