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Kanopy
90
8.1
/76222/
81
/1411/
82
/1162/
4.4
/133439/
100
/52/
93
/871/
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
Fandor
89
8.2
/21093/
80
/445/
80
/449/
4.3
/57652/
100
/25/
92
/256/
93
/18/

Late Spring (1949)
Noriko is perfectly happy living at home with her widowed father, Shukichi, and has no plans to marry -- that is, until her aunt Masa convinces Shukichi that unless he marries off his 27-year-old daughter soon, she will likely remain alone for the rest of her life. When Noriko resists Masa's matchmaking, Shukichi is forced to deceive his daughter and sacrifice his own happiness to do what he believes is right.
poster
MGM Plus
87
8.5
/312368/
84
/4767/
84
/4659/
4.5
/417211/
90
/84/
96
/5148/
80
/21/
cc age 14+

Cinema Paradiso (1988)
A filmmaker recalls his childhood, when he fell in love with the movies at his village's theater and formed a deep friendship with the theater's projectionist.
poster
Criterion Channel
86
7.7
/24471/
73
/449/
75
/482/
4.1
/56721/
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
MGM Plus
86
7.9
/24997/
77
/557/
74
/418/
4.2
/47489/
100
/32/
91
/620/
cc age 13+

Kes (1970)
Bullied at school and ignored and abused at home by his indifferent mother and older brother, Billy Casper, a 15-year-old working-class Yorkshire boy, tames and trains his pet kestrel falcon whom he names Kes. Helped and encouraged by his English teacher and his fellow students, Billy finally finds a positive purpose to his unhappy existence.
poster
Criterion Channel
85
7.8
/14309/
76
/286/
77
/276/
4.1
/32181/
97
/33/
89
/209/

Orpheus (1950)
A famous poet in postwar Paris, scorned by the Left Bank youth, is in love with both his wife Eurydice and a mysterious princess. Seeking inspiration, the poet becomes obsessed and follows the princess from the world of the living to the land of the dead.
poster
Kanopy
85
7.8
/179334/
79
/4179/
78
/2704/
4.1
/235261/
97
/35/
93
/2805/
80
/15/
cc age 15+

A Bronx Tale (1993)
Set in the Bronx during the tumultuous 1960s, an adolescent boy is torn between his honest, working-class father and a violent yet charismatic crime boss. Complicating matters is the youngster's growing attraction - forbidden in his neighborhood - for a beautiful black girl.
poster
Criterion Channel
85
7.5
/50494/
73
/1070/
73
/718/
3.9
/102274/
98
/112/
89
/2426/
96
/24/
cc age 8+

A Hard Day's Night (1964)
Capturing John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr in their electrifying element, 'A Hard Day's Night' is a wildly irreverent journey through this pastiche of a day in the life of The Beatles during 1964. The band have to use all their guile and wit to avoid the pursuing fans and press to reach their scheduled television performance, in spite of Paul's troublemaking grandfather and Ringo's arrest.
poster
83
7.6
/102214/
73
/2037/
75
/1712/
3.8
/161790/
93
/60/
88
/3196/
89
/19/
cc age 13+

Rebel Without a Cause (1955)
After moving to a new town, troublemaking teen Jim Stark is supposed to have a clean slate, although being the new kid in town brings its own problems. While searching for some stability, Stark forms a bond with a disturbed classmate, Plato, and falls for local girl Judy. However, Judy is the girlfriend of neighborhood tough, Buzz. When Buzz violently confronts Jim and challenges him to a drag race, the new kid's real troubles begin.
poster
Criterion Channel
83
7.8
/4074/
76
/100/
75
/84/
4.0
/7431/
86
/7/
88
/33/

The Ballad of Narayama (1958)
In Kabuki style, the film tells the story of a remote mountain village where the scarcity of food leads to a voluntary but socially-enforced policy in which relatives carry 70-year-old family members up Narayama mountain to die. Granny Orin is approaching 70, content to embrace her fate. Her widowed son Tatsuhei cannot bear losing his mother, even as she arranges his marriage to a widow his age. Her grandson Kesa, who's girlfriend is pregnant, is selfishly happy to see Orin die. Around them, a family of thieves are dealt with severely, and an old man, past 70, whose son has cast him out, scrounges for food. Will Orin's loving and accepting spirit teach and ennoble her family?
poster
83
7.4
/104278/
73
/2372/
70
/1526/
3.7
/134271/
95
/62/
84
/2634/
97
/15/
cc age 13+

American Graffiti (1973)
A couple of high school graduates spend one final night cruising the strip with their buddies before they go off to college.
poster
AMC
81
8.1
/852345/
81
/18237/
79
/11225/
3.8
/436360/
81
/234/
90
/31596/
73
/34/
cc age 17+

Gran Torino (2008)
Disgruntled Korean War veteran Walt Kowalski sets out to reform his neighbor, Thao Lor, a Hmong teenager who tried to steal Kowalski's prized possession: a 1972 Gran Torino.
poster
Kanopy
81
7.5
/45273/
73
/817/
70
/430/
3.7
/26102/
91
/156/
88
/2446/
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
YouTube TV
81
7.5
/30181/
74
/802/
70
/407/
3.8
/61884/
99
/81/
86
/1443/
94
/18/
cc age 6+

Meet Me in St. Louis (1944)
A year in the life of a turn-of-the-century middle class family, leading up to the opening of the 1904 St. Louis World's Fair.
poster
Criterion Channel
83
81
7.8
/14753/
77
/321/
76
/324/
4.2
/35859/
100
/19/
91
/98/
78
/9/

Alice in the Cities (1974)
German journalist Philip Winter has a case of writer’s block when trying to write an article about the United States. He decides to return to Germany, and while trying to book a flight, encounters a German woman and her nine year old daughter Alice doing the same. The three become friends (almost out of necessity) and while the mother asks Winter to mind Alice temporarily, it quickly becomes apparent that Alice will be his responsibility for longer than he expected.
poster
81
7.4
/43554/
70
/725/
71
/564/
3.9
/57533/
89
/55/
84
/884/
85
/15/
cc age 17+

Five Easy Pieces (1970)
Robert Dupea spends his days doing various odd jobs, drinking and womanizing until an encounter with his sister makes him revisit his past.
poster
81
7.4
/26968/
73
/563/
71
/454/
3.8
/36339/
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
81
8.1
/125723/
75
/910/
71
/478/
3.8
/19850/
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
80
7.8
/109498/
78
/2800/
77
/1358/
3.8
/128475/
90
/72/
88
/3009/
71
/23/
cc age 10+

October Sky (1999)
Homer Hickam is a kid with only one future in sight, to work in the local coal mine like his father. However, in October 1957 everything changes when the first artificial satellite, Sputnik, goes into orbit. When Homer sees the Soviet satellite streak overhead, he becomes inspired to learn how to build rockets. With the help of his friends, and the local nerd, Homer sets to do just that by trial and a lot of error. Unfortunately, most of the town, and especially Homer's father, thinks that they are wasting their time. Only one teacher understands their efforts and lets them know that they could become contenders in the national science fair with college scholarships being the prize. Now the gang must learn to perfect their craft and overcome the many problems facing them as they shoot for the stars.
poster
Criterion Channel
80
7.6
/14787/
72
/248/
71
/254/
3.9
/19663/
90
/21/
86
/237/

Closely Watched Trains (1966)
At a village railway station in occupied Czechoslovakia, a bumbling dispatcher’s apprentice longs to liberate himself from his virginity. Oblivious to the war and the resistance that surrounds him, this young man embarks on a journey of sexual awakening and self-discovery, encountering a universe of frustration, eroticism, and adventure within his sleepy backwater depot.
poster
fuboTV
80
7.4
/3338/
68
/39/
64
/38/
3.7
/1923/
100
/10/
84
/32/

I Never Sang for My Father (1970)
Hackman plays a New York professor who wants a change in his life, and plans to get married to his girlfriend and move to California. His mother understands his need to get away, but warns him that moving so far away could be hard on his father. Just before the wedding, the mother dies. Hackman's sister (who has been disowned by their father for marrying a Jewish man) advises him to live his own life, and not let himself be controlled by their father.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
80
7.6
/37147/
74
/670/
72
/492/
3.7
/20855/
91
/45/
87
/928/
68
/14/
cc age 9+

On Golden Pond (1981)
For Norman and Ethel Thayer, this summer on golden pond is filled with conflict and resolution. When their daughter Chelsea arrives, the family is forced to renew the bonds of love and overcome the generational friction that has existed for years.
poster
MGM Plus
80
7.4
/224108/
73
/6679/
73
/4138/
3.9
/766449/
94
/81/
77
/8904/
86
/21/
cc age 15+

Carrie (1976)
Withdrawn and sensitive teenager Carrie White faces bullying from classmates and abuse from her fanatically pious mother. When she begins to suspect that she has supernatural powers, things take a dark and violent turn.
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
Amazon Prime Video
79
7.5
/204534/
74
/7292/
72
/3653/
3.9
/363456/
90
/51/
89
/8531/
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
The Roku Channel
79
7.7
/3584/
76
/55/
73
/61/
3.8
/1394/
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
7.3
/6655/
72
/104/
70
/94/
3.7
/3743/
88
/32/
81
/128/
72
/13/

Harry and Tonto (1974)
Harry is a retired teacher in his 70s who has lived in the Upper West Side of New York City all his life. When his building is torn down to make way for a parking garage, Harry and his beloved cat Tonto begin a journey across the United States — visiting his children, seeing a world he never seemed to have the time to see before, making new friends, and saying goodbye to old friends.
poster
Kanopy
79
7.4
/9921/
72
/172/
69
/136/
3.9
/6081/
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
Kanopy
79
7.6
/18596/
75
/379/
72
/273/
3.8
/21743/
94
/95/
87
/385/
81
/25/

The Wedding Banquet (1993)
A Taiwanese-American man is happily settled in New York with his American boyfriend. He plans a marriage of convenience to a Chinese woman in order to keep his parents off his back and to get the woman a green card. Chaos follows when his parents arrive in New York for the wedding.
poster
79
7.5
/30597/
71
/482/
70
/392/
3.9
/41099/
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.
poster
78
7.3
/62889/
70
/1042/
69
/712/
3.8
/44546/
86
/70/
82
/1336/
72
/23/
cc age 17+

The Ice Storm (1997)
In the weekend after thanksgiving 1973 the Hood family is skidding out of control. Then an ice storm hits, the worst in a century.
poster
Hulu
78
7.2
/71756/
69
/1911/
69
/1165/
3.9
/123123/
94
/161/
76
/411/
87
/37/
cc age 14+

Force Majeure (2014)
While holidaying in the French Alps, a Swedish family deals with acts of cowardliness as an avalanche breaks out.
poster
MGM Plus
78
7.5
/141776/
75
/3659/
72
/1795/
3.7
/125528/
85
/96/
79
/6197/
71
/32/
cc age 15+

Pleasantville (1998)
Geeky teenager David and his popular twin sister, Jennifer, get sucked into the black-and-white world of a 1950s TV sitcom called "Pleasantville," and find a world where everything is peachy keen all the time. But when Jennifer's modern attitude disrupts Pleasantville's peaceful but boring routine, she literally brings color into its life.
poster
77
7.1
/1947/
68
/24/
63
/31/
3.4
/596/
91
/11/
80
/19/

A World Apart (1988)
A White enclave in Johannesburg, South Africa, in the 1960s. Molly Roth, 13 years old, is the daughter of leftist parents, and she must piece together what's happening around her when her father disappears one night, barely evading arrest, and, not long after, her mother is detained by the authorities. Some of Molly's White friends turn against her, and her family's friendships with Blacks take on new meaning. Relationships are fragile in the world of apartheid. How will she manage?
poster
77
7.3
/9719/
69
/97/
67
/76/
3.5
/2094/
97
/36/
78
/128/
79
/28/
cc age 9+

The Winslow Boy (1999)
Early 20th century England: while toasting his daughter Catherine's engagement, Arthur Winslow learns the royal naval academy expelled his 14-year-old son, Ronnie, for stealing five shillings. Father asks son if it is true; when the lad denies it, Arthur risks fortune, health, domestic peace, and Catherine's prospects to pursue justice.
poster
The Roku Channel
77
7.4
/14928/
77
/537/
72
/248/
4.0
/73460/
88
/90/
88
/679/
65
/28/
cc age 15+

Saving Face (2004)
A Chinese-American lesbian and her traditionalist mother are reluctant to go public with secret loves that clash against cultural expectations.
poster
Kanopy
77
7.2
/183462/
72
/4228/
71
/3481/
3.9
/1078705/
80
/106/
81
/6368/
77
/31/
cc age 17+

The Virgin Suicides (2000)
A group of male friends become obsessed with five mysterious sisters who are sheltered by their strict, religious parents.
poster
MGM Plus
77
7.8
/410019/
79
/14738/
75
/5201/
4.0
/1226663/
83
/80/
92
/28535/
61
/13/
cc age 12+

Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986)
After high school slacker Ferris Bueller successfully fakes an illness in order to skip school for the day, he goes on a series of adventures throughout Chicago with his girlfriend Sloane and best friend Cameron, all the while trying to outwit his wily school principal and fed-up sister.
poster
76
7.7
/89493/
78
/2574/
76
/1415/
4.0
/110881/
76
/46/
87
/42/
64
/21/
cc age 13+

Fried Green Tomatoes (1991)
Amidst her own personality crisis, a southern housewife meets an outgoing old woman who tells her the story of Idgie Threadgoode and Ruth Jamison, two young women who experienced hardships and love in 1920s Whistle Stop, Alabama.
poster
76
7.3
/2676/
76
/33/
70
/24/
3.5
/1091/
78
/41/
69
/23/

Up the Down Staircase (1967)
Sylvia, a novice schoolteacher, is hired to teach English in a high school, but she’s met with an apathetic faculty, a delinquent student body and an administration that drowns its staff in paperwork. The following days go from bad to worse as Sylvia struggles to reach her most troubled students.
poster
76
7.0
/24882/
70
/716/
68
/432/
3.6
/62853/
98
/47/
79
/4091/
77
/14/
cc age 14+

Hairspray (1988)
'Pleasantly plump' teenager Tracy Turnblad achieves her dream of becoming a regular on the Corny Collins Dance Show. Now a teen hero, she starts using her fame to speak out for the causes she believes in, most of all integration. In doing so, she earns the wrath of the show's former star, Amber Von Tussle, as well as Amber's manipulative, pro-segregation parents. The rivalry comes to a head as Amber and Tracy vie for the title of Miss Auto Show 1963.
poster
Kanopy
77
76
7.8
/25529/
74
/381/
73
/335/
4.0
/21089/
86
/35/
89
/461/
62
/8/
cc age 12+

Hud (1963)
Hud Bannon is a ruthless young man who tarnishes everything and everyone he touches. Hud represents the perfect embodiment of alienated youth, out for kicks with no regard for the consequences. There is bitter conflict between the callous Hud and his stern and highly principled father, Homer. Hud's nephew Lon admires Hud's cheating ways, though he soon becomes too aware of Hud's reckless amorality to bear him anymore. In the world of the takers and the taken, Hud is a winner. He's a cheat, but, he explains, "I always say the law was meant to be interpreted in a lenient manner."
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
75
7.6
/36668/
73
/476/
72
/174/
3.6
/24259/
83
/6/
75
/352/
cc age 10+

Wake Up Sid (2009)
Wake Up Sid! is the story of a lazy Mumbai college student who does absolutely nothing, with a turn of events will Sid realize his potential in this world and become a success in the fast-paced life of Mumbai.
poster
75
7.3
/11931/
74
/146/
70
/156/
3.6
/3537/
86
/78/
86
/309/
69
/32/

Monsieur Ibrahim (2003)
Paris, 1960s. Momo, a resolute and independent Jewish teenager who lives with his father, a sullen and depressed man, in a working-class neighborhood, develops a close friendship with Monsieur Ibrahim, an elderly Muslim who owns a small grocery store.
poster
YouTube TV
75
6.8
/3660/
65
/30/
58
/45/
3.7
/3287/
85
/13/
81
/72/

Petulia (1968)
Dr. Archie Bollen is having a midlife crisis. He's just divorced his wife and is establishing a new life for himself. One night, he catches the eye of Petulia Danner, a charming, free-spirited young woman. Petulia's vibrant personality hides her fear of her abusive husband, David, whose father is a powerful society figure. As Petulia and Archie's feelings for each other grow, they must decide what it is they truly want.
poster
Criterion Channel
84
75
7.9
/6613/
77
/138/
77
/168/
4.1
/11604/
100
/16/
87
/46/

Late Autumn (1960)
A woman and her daughter are each forced to contend with an increasing pressure to marry, particularly from three men who knew her late husband.
poster
The Roku Channel
75
7.3
/9050/
75
/235/
71
/135/
3.8
/13007/
85
/13/
84
/226/
67
/9/

Over the Edge (1979)
A group of bored teenagers rebel against authority in the community of New Granada.


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