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85
7.8
/124278/
76
/2805/
74
/1402/
3.9
/104540/
97
/159/
91
/18305/
90
/33/
cc age 13+

Once (2007)
A vacuum repairman moonlights as a street musician and hopes for his big break. One day a Czech immigrant, who earns a living selling flowers, approaches him with the news that she is also an aspiring singer-songwriter. The pair decide to collaborate, and the songs that they compose reflect the story of their blossoming love.
poster
HBO Max Amazon Channel
82
7.4
/54252/
71
/856/
71
/515/
3.8
/36630/
94
/185/
86
/2157/
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
Hulu
79
8.1
/624477/
82
/16055/
83
/12080/
4.3
/2700335/
85
/66/
92
/13615/
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
Netflix
77
7.6
/311023/
76
/8008/
75
/4719/
3.8
/458857/
75
/260/
89
/35582/
66
/35/
cc age 14+

Moulin Rouge! (2001)
A celebration of love and creative inspiration takes place in the infamous, gaudy and glamorous Parisian nightclub, at the cusp of the 20th century. A young poet, who is plunged into the heady world of Moulin Rouge, begins a passionate affair with the club's most notorious and beautiful star.
poster
76
7.4
/1812/
64
/19/
68
/32/
3.5
/730/
88
/8/
74
/31/

Carmen (1984)
A film version of the famous Bizet opera, where a soldier (Don Jose) falls in love with a beautiful factory worker (Carmen), but she does not reciprocate his feelings.
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Kanopy
80
76
7.9
/13626/
77
/248/
70
/121/
3.9
/8262/
88
/16/
93
/628/

Auntie Mame (1958)
Mame Dennis, a progressive and independent woman of the 1920s, is left to care for her nephew Patrick after his wealthy father dies. Conflict ensues when the executor of the father's estate objects to the aunt's lifestyle and tries to force her to send Patrick to prep school.
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The Roku Channel
76
6.8
/35051/
65
/1385/
66
/769/
3.5
/85052/
95
/168/
73
/290/
87
/35/
cc age 18+

The Diary of a Teenage Girl (2015)
Minnie Goetze is a 15-year-old aspiring comic-book artist, coming of age in the haze of the 1970s in San Francisco. Insatiably curious about the world around her, Minnie is a pretty typical teenage girl. Oh, except that she’s sleeping with her mother’s boyfriend.
poster
The Roku Channel
76
7.2
/137245/
69
/2065/
68
/1320/
3.6
/51721/
86
/203/
74
/2732/
85
/40/
cc age 17+

About Schmidt (2002)
A recently retired man embarks on a journey to his estranged daughter's wedding, only to discover more about himself and life than he ever expected.
poster
HBO Max Amazon Channel
75
7.0
/153082/
71
/7433/
72
/2398/
3.7
/1763774/
93
/218/
83
/195/
76
/39/
cc age 17+

Pearl (2022)
Trapped on her family’s isolated farm, Pearl must tend to her ailing father under the bitter and overbearing watch of her devout mother. Lusting for a glamorous life like she’s seen in the movies, Pearl’s ambitions, temptations, and repressions collide.
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Kanopy
75
7.3
/100713/
73
/2212/
74
/2114/
3.6
/117810/
77
/159/
85
/2516/
61
/38/
cc age 16+

Frida (2002)
A biography of artist Frida Kahlo, who channeled the pain of a crippling injury and her tempestuous marriage into her work.
poster
Kanopy
75
7.0
/35083/
73
/870/
70
/714/
3.7
/83531/
87
/39/
80
/1547/
75
/16/
cc age 9+

Funny Face (1957)
A shy Greenwich Village book clerk is discovered by a fashion photographer and whisked off to Paris where she becomes a reluctant model.
poster
85
72
8.1
/3549/
81
/56/
72
/74/
4.3
/5447/
100
/12/
89
/67/

Edvard Munch (1974)
Edvard Munch's childhood is overshadowed by death: he suffers the loss of his sister and mother, while enduring serious illness himself, almost dying. At university, Munch discovers his talent as a painter. As he immerses himself in the art world, he becomes part of a cultural revolution lead by the likes of nihilist Hans Jæger.
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Kanopy
72
7.1
/278401/
69
/4376/
68
/3895/
3.5
/193305/
80
/211/
74
/10321/
70
/36/
cc age 17+

Vicky Cristina Barcelona (2008)
Two girlfriends on a summer holiday in Spain become enamored with the same painter, unaware that his ex-wife, with whom he has a tempestuous relationship, is about to re-enter the picture.
poster
71
7.0
/2654/
71
/49/
63
/41/
3.6
/2061/
86
/22/
63
/31/

Next Stop, Greenwich Village (1976)
An aspiring Jewish actor moves out of his parents' Brooklyn apartment to seek his fortune in the bohemian life of Greenwich Village in 1953.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
71
6.8
/8299/
66
/147/
67
/96/
3.3
/3695/
78
/85/
76
/310/
63
/29/

I Capture the Castle (2003)
In 1930s England, 17-year-old Cassandra Mortmain and her eccentric family struggle to survive in a decaying English castle.
poster
Kanopy
70
7.0
/22251/
70
/550/
71
/595/
3.5
/21864/
81
/54/
79
/551/
55
/8/
cc age 10+

Barefoot in the Park (1967)
In this film based on a Neil Simon play, newlyweds Corie, a free spirit, and Paul Bratter, an uptight lawyer, share a sixth-floor apartment in Greenwich Village. Soon after their marriage, Corie tries to find a companion for mother, Ethel, who is now alone, and sets up Ethel with neighbor Victor. Inappropriate behavior on a double date causes conflict, and the young couple considers divorce.
poster
Hoopla
69
6.6
/17460/
68
/415/
65
/326/
3.3
/9136/
69
/29/
66
/252/
71
/5/
cc age 13+

Little Man Tate (1991)
Dede is a sole parent trying to bring up her son Fred. When it is discovered that Fred is a genius, she is determined to ensure that Fred has all the opportunities that he needs, and that he is not taken advantage of by people who forget that his extremely powerful intellect is harboured in the body and emotions of a child.
poster
68
6.6
/2187/
65
/35/
57
/31/
3.6
/1537/
81
/21/
64
/25/

The Moderns (1988)
Nick Hart is a struggling American artist who lives amongst the expatriate community in 1920s Paris. He spends most of his time drinking and socializing in local café's and pestering gallery owner Libby Valentin to sell his paintings. He becomes involved in a plot by wealthy art patroness Nathalie de Ville to forge three paintings. This leads to several run-ins with American rubber magnate Bertram Stone, who happens to be married to Hart's ex-wife Rachel.
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Netflix
75
68
7.7
/23374/
74
/175/
68
/102/
3.6
/5466/
87
/553/

Rock On!! (2008)
Aditya, Joe, Kedar and Rob form a rock band, but break up after they fail to make a success of it. They establish regular lives until they decide to reunite and take another shot at fulfilling their dreams.
poster
67
6.6
/1686/
53
/19/
58
/18/
3.3
/361/
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.
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67
6.9
/1903/
63
/20/
61
/25/
3.6
/1967/
55
/11/
78
/19/

Savage Messiah (1972)
In the Paris of the 1910s, brash young sculptor Henri Gaudier begins a creative partnership with an older writer, Sophie Brzeska. Though the couple is 20 years apart in age, Gaudier finds that his untamed work is complemented by the older woman's cultural refinement. He then moves to London with Brzeska, where he falls in with a group of avant-garde artists. There, Gaudier encounters yet another artistic muse in passionate suffragette Gosh Boyle.
poster
Criterion Channel
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67
7.5
/7057/
73
/101/
74
/141/
4.0
/11014/
86
/43/

La Vie de Bohème (1992)
Three penniless artists become friends in modern-day Paris: Rodolfo, an Albanian painter with no visa, Marcel, a playwright and magazine editor with no publisher, and Schaunard, a post-modernist composer of execrable noise.
poster
Hoopla
66
5.9
/2835/
61
/40/
57
/37/
3.2
/952/
85
/34/
53
/61/
67
/25/

Guinevere (1999)
A young girl from an affluent family rebels and becomes involved with a much older photographer.
poster
Hoopla
65
6.6
/14277/
66
/234/
63
/171/
3.2
/4436/
50
/117/
67
/676/
59
/34/
cc age 18+

A Home at the End of the World (2004)
Three friends form a bond over the year, Johnathan is gay, Clare is straight and Bobby is neither, instead he loves the people he loves. As their lives go on there is tension and tears which culminate in a strong yet fragile friendship between the three.
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Amazon Prime Video
64
6.3
/1625/
61
/16/
57
/16/
3.3
/464/
69
/29/
60
/17/

Keep the Aspidistra Flying (1997)
Gordon Comstock is a copywriter at an ad agency, and his girlfriend Rosemary is a designer. Gordon believes he is a genius, a marvelous poet and quits the ad agency, trying to live on his poems, but poverty soon comes to him.
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77
64
7.6
/5549/
72
/76/
71
/54/
3.7
/1193/
90
/62/
90
/94/
69
/23/

Divided We Fall (2000)
In 1943, a childless couple, the Čížeks, decide to hide a Jewish refugee, David Wiener, the son of Čížek's former employer, in the secret pantry of their apartment. Čížek is aware of the danger into which he has brought his household and his neighbours, but he takes helping his fellow man in need for granted. But at the same time, as a largely unheroic hero, he is dying of fear. His personal situation is greatly complicated by the approaching end of the war, when he faces danger from both the Germans and his "honest" fellow Czechs...
poster
Amazon Prime Video
64
7.0
/3748/
75
/165/
66
/100/
3.6
/11089/
67
/39/
68
/31/
44
/8/

Reaching for the Moon (2013)
In 1951, New York poet Elizabeth Bishop travels to Rio de Janeiro to visit Mary, a college friend. The shy Elizabeth is overwhelmed by Brazilian sensuality. She is the antithesis to Mary’s dashing partner, architect Lota de Macedo Soares. Mary is jealous, but unconventional Lota is determined to have both women at all costs. This eternal triangle plays out against the backdrop of the military coup of 1964. Bishop’s moving poems are at the core of a film which lushly illustrates a crucial phase in the life of this influential Pulitzer prize-winning poet.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
67
63
6.7
/8766/
66
/222/
66
/155/
3.6
/17427/
69
/16/
68
/240/

A Bucket of Blood (1959)
Nerdy Walter Paisley, a maladroit busboy at a beatnik café who doesn't fit in with the cool scene around him, attempts to woo his beautiful co-worker, Carla, by making a bust of her. When his klutziness results in the death of his landlady's cat, he panics and hides its body under a layer of plaster. But when Carla and her friends enthuse over the resulting artwork, Walter decides to create some bigger and more elaborate pieces using the same artistic process.
poster
63
6.0
/3549/
65
/38/
57
/47/
3.1
/1240/
59
/17/
52
/40/

Plenty (1985)
David Hare's account of a one-time French freedom fighter who gradually realizes that her post-war life is not meeting her expectations.
poster
73
63
6.8
/3114/
68
/48/
69
/48/
3.7
/7614/
82
/17/
70
/96/
76
/7/

Regular Lovers (2005)
1968 and 1969 in Paris: during and after the student and trade union revolt. François is 20, a poet, dodging military service. He takes to the barricades, but won't throw a Molotov cocktail at the police. He smokes opium and talks about revolution with his friend, Antoine, who has an inheritance and a flat where François can stay. François meets Lilie, a sculptor who works at a foundry to support herself. They fall in love. A year passes; François continues to write, talk, smoke, and be with Lilie. Opportunities come to Lilie: what will she and François do?
poster
Netflix
62
6.2
/14497/
64
/932/
62
/147/
2.4
/31774/
93
/14/
45
/45/
cc age 15+

The Hatchet Wielding Hitchhiker (2023)
This shocking documentary chronicles a happy-go-lucky nomad's ascent to viral stardom and the steep downward spiral that resulted in his imprisonment.
poster
62
6.4
/6266/
66
/107/
63
/81/
3.2
/2479/
53
/17/
76
/212/
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
Kanopy
62
6.2
/3848/
63
/193/
62
/140/
3.5
/14653/
74
/73/
58
/16/
62
/17/

Let the Corpses Tan (2017)
With a heavy haul of 250 kilograms of gold bullion, the grizzled criminal mastermind, Rhino, and his ruthless gang of cutthroats, head to a ramshackle retreat somewhere in the Mediterranean to lay low on a scorching day of July. However, the unexpected and rather unwelcome arrival of the bohemian writer, Bernier, his muse, Luce, along with a pair of no-joke gendarmes further complicates things, as the frail allegiances will soon be put to the test.
poster
71
60
7.2
/3392/
65
/39/
62
/71/
3.7
/3836/
78
/9/
79
/51/

The Good Girls (1960)
Four Parisian women navigate the world of romance and daily life looking to fulfill their dreams.
poster
HBO Max Amazon Channel
60
6.7
/30637/
66
/576/
62
/461/
3.2
/14749/
47
/178/
47
/2004/
55
/35/
cc age 16+

Taking Woodstock (2009)
The story of Elliot Tiber and his family, who inadvertently played a pivotal role in making the famed Woodstock Music and Arts Festival into the happening that it was. When Elliot hears that a neighboring town has pulled the permit on a hippie music festival, he calls the producers thinking he could drum up some much-needed business for his parents' run-down motel. Three weeks later, half a million people are on their way to his neighbor’s farm in White Lake, New York, and Elliot finds himself swept up in a generation-defining experience that would change his life–and American culture–forever.
poster
76
59
7.6
/5039/
73
/114/
76
/179/
4.0
/8471/
67
/6/
88
/12/

The Truth (1960)
As Dominique Marceau is being tried for the murder of Gilbert Tellier, accounts by different witnesses paint a picture of the kind of relationship the two used to share.
poster
MGM Plus
58
6.8
/3055/
70
/73/
65
/57/
3.3
/1210/
63
/8/
53
/35/

Triumph of the Spirit (1989)
During World War II, Salamo Arouch, a passionate boxer, is arrested and sent to a concentration camp. Soon, he is forced to box against his fellow prisoners for the sake of entertainment.
poster
Hoopla
56
6.2
/2975/
59
/48/
55
/46/
3.1
/671/
41
/22/
45
/37/

Cousin Bette (1998)
In 19th century Paris, Bette Fischer, a poor and homely spinster, forms an alliance with the seductive courtesan Valerie Marneffe to orchestrate revenge on her handsome and wealthy relatives.
poster
Criterion Channel
60
56
6.1
/11517/
60
/180/
58
/205/
3.1
/23587/
55
/126/
69
/4/

Permanent Vacation (1981)
In downtown Manhattan, twentysomething Allie, whose father is not around and whose mother is institutionalized, is a big Charlie Parker fan. He almost subconsciously searches for meaning in his life and meets some idiosyncratic characters along the way.
poster
78
55
8.6
/3392/
74
/29/
76
/39/
4.0
/1610/

The Counterfeit Coin (1955)
Four stories, humorous, romantic or dramatic, are linked by a counterfeit gold sovereign. It is made by the honest engraver in the first story, seduced by the charms of a young widow, and it subsequently passes into the hands of a beggar and a prostitute, a wealthy miser and a newly married couple where the husband is a poor artist.
poster
62
55
6.9
/6570/
67
/131/
71
/98/
3.9
/15939/
25
/12/
67
/57/

What a Way to Go! (1964)
A four-time widow discusses her four marriages, in which all of her husbands became incredibly rich and died prematurely because of their drive to be rich.
poster
Hoopla
58
55
6.4
/10223/
61
/290/
62
/184/
3.5
/24547/
42
/12/
50
/223/
58
/9/

Let's Scare Jessica to Death (1971)
Newly released from a mental ward, Jessica hopes to return to life the way it was before her nervous breakdown. But when Jessica moves to a country house with her husband and a close friend, she finds a mysterious girl living in there. Jessica's terror and paranoia resurface as evil forces surround her.
poster
55
6.4
/17546/
67
/294/
64
/542/
3.0
/18241/
24
/17/
60
/283/
42
/17/

Total Eclipse (1995)
Young, wild poet Arthur Rimbaud and his mentor Paul Verlaine engage in a fierce, forbidden romance while feeling the effects of a hellish artistic lifestyle.
poster
Kanopy
75
53
7.5
/1278/
68
/53/
65
/30/
3.7
/1810/
94
/18/
78
/34/

Before Stonewall (1984)
New York City's Stonewall Inn is regarded by many as the site of gay and lesbian liberation since it was at this bar that drag queens fought back against police June 27-28, 1969. This documentary uses extensive archival film, movie clips and personal recollections to construct an audiovisual history of the gay community before the Stonewall riots.
poster
77
50
7.4
/1150/
80
/16/
62
/23/
3.6
/770/
94
/36/
86
/60/
71
/18/

The Nomi Song (2004)
Looks like an alien, sings like a diva - Klaus Nomi was one of the 1980s' most profoundly bizarre characters to emerge through rock music: a counter tenor who sang pop music like opera and brought opera to club audiences and made them like it. The Nomi Song is a film about fame, death, friendship, betrayal, opera, and the greatest New Wave rock star that never was!
poster
Amazon Prime Video
73
50
7.1
/1701/
71
/53/
67
/26/
3.5
/1056/
98
/46/
66
/209/

Surfwise (2007)
The inspiring and tumultuous story of 85-year old surfer, health advocate and sex guru, Dr. Dorian "Doc" Paskowitz, his wife Juliette, and their nine children who were all home-schooled and raised in a small camper on the beach, where they surfed and had to adhere to the strict diet and lifestyle of animals in the wild.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
68
45
6.8
/2828/
70
/43/
60
/35/
3.3
/1100/
80
/10/
65
/19/

Isadora (1968)
A biography of the dancer Isadora Duncan, the 1920s dancer who forever changed people's ideas of ballet. Her nude, semi-nude, and pro-Soviet dance projects as well as her attitudes on free love, debt, dress, and lifestyle shocked the public of her time.
poster
71
43
7.2
/2509/
69
/40/
70
/58/
3.5
/3682/
76
/7/

Sign of the Lion (1962)
An American in Paris lives by sponging off his working friends, and throws a party using borrowed money when his rich American aunt dies, believing firmly in his horoscope.


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