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Kanopy
89
8.6
/863015/
85
/13825/
84
/7961/
4.6
/1018323/
91
/162/
97
/15605/
79
/33/
cc age 18+

City of God (2002)
In the poverty-stricken favelas of Rio de Janeiro in the 1970s, two young men choose different paths. Rocket is a budding photographer who documents the increasing drug-related violence of his neighborhood, while José “Zé” Pequeno is an ambitious drug dealer diving into a dangerous life of crime.
poster
Kanopy
89
8.1
/74637/
78
/1195/
78
/856/
4.5
/115908/
99
/95/
95
/1192/
96
/22/

The Battle of Algiers (1966)
Paratrooper commander Colonel Mathieu, a former French Resistance fighter during World War II, is sent to Algeria to reinforce efforts to squelch the uprisings of the Algerian War. There he faces Ali la Pointe, a former petty criminal who, as the leader of the Algerian Front de Liberation Nationale, directs terror strategies against the colonial French government occupation. As each side resorts to ever-increasing brutality, no violent act is too unthinkable.
poster
Kanopy
89
8.3
/181487/
80
/2643/
81
/2381/
4.3
/201528/
100
/63/
95
/2238/

M (1931)
In this classic German thriller, Hans Beckert, a serial killer who preys on children, becomes the focus of a massive Berlin police manhunt. Beckert's heinous crimes are so repellant and disruptive to city life that he is even targeted by others in the seedy underworld network. With both cops and criminals in pursuit, the murderer soon realizes that people are on his trail, sending him into a tense, panicked attempt to escape justice.
poster
YouTube TV
88
8.1
/176516/
77
/2318/
79
/1712/
4.2
/136297/
99
/115/
95
/3159/
91
/15/
cc age 13+

On the Waterfront (1954)
A prizefighter-turned-longshoreman with a conscience goes up against labor leaders to expose corruption, extortion, and murder among the union ranks.
poster
Kanopy
88
8.1
/30367/
79
/526/
79
/721/
4.3
/46189/
98
/41/
93
/453/
92
/9/

Umberto D. (1952)
When elderly pensioner Umberto Domenico Ferrari returns to his boarding house from a protest calling for a hike in old-age pensions, his landlady demands her 15,000-lire rent by the end of the month or he and his small dog will be turned out onto the street. Unable to get the money in time, Umberto fakes illness to get sent to a hospital, giving his beloved dog to the landlady's pregnant and abandoned maid for temporary safekeeping.
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Amazon Prime Video
88
8.2
/191116/
80
/2690/
81
/2588/
4.3
/254338/
99
/67/
94
/2156/
cc age 12+

Bicycle Thieves (1948)
Unemployed Antonio is elated when he finally finds work hanging posters around war-torn Rome. However on his first day, his bicycle—essential to his work—gets stolen. His job is doomed unless he can find the thief. With the help of his son, Antonio combs the city, becoming desperate for justice.
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.
poster
Disney Plus
87
8.0
/502118/
79
/21693/
77
/10474/
3.9
/846352/
95
/170/
94
/105/
95
/22/
cc age 6+

Beauty and the Beast (1991)
Follow the adventures of Belle, a bright young woman who finds herself in the castle of a prince who's been turned into a mysterious beast. With the help of the castle's enchanted staff, Belle soon learns the most important lesson of all -- that true beauty comes from within.
poster
87
8.0
/106596/
77
/2205/
78
/1764/
4.3
/223739/
93
/87/
90
/1894/
97
/21/

The Night of the Hunter (1955)
In Depression-era West Virginia, a serial-killing preacher hunts two young children who know the whereabouts of a stash of money.
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Criterion Channel
87
8.2
/3568/
81
/167/
75
/64/
4.4
/18284/
100
/12/

Streetwise (1984)
This documentary about teenagers living on the streets in Seattle began as a magazine article. The film follows nine teenagers who discuss how they live by panhandling, prostitution, and petty theft.
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Kanopy
86
8.0
/27887/
77
/514/
76
/539/
4.1
/45197/
97
/32/
90
/404/

Viridiana (1962)
Viridiana is preparing to start her life as a nun when she is sent, somewhat unwillingly, to visit her aging uncle, Don Jaime. He supports her; but the two have met only once. Jaime thinks Viridiana resembles his dead wife. Viridiana has secretly despised this man all her life and finds her worst fears proven when Jaime grows determined to seduce his pure niece. Viridiana becomes undone as her uncle upends the plans she had made to join the convent.
poster
Netflix
84
7.7
/139513/
75
/3035/
74
/1677/
4.2
/420519/
90
/195/
88
/4337/
89
/36/
cc age 18+

Y Tu Mamá También (2001)
In Mexico, two teenage boys and an attractive older woman embark on a road trip and learn a thing or two about life, friendship, sex, and each other.
poster
85
84
8.2
/23463/
80
/429/
80
/520/
4.2
/52503/
91
/43/
95
/281/

The Young and the Damned (1950)
A group of juvenile delinquents live a violent life in the infamous slums of Mexico City; among them Pedro, whose morality is gradually corrupted and destroyed by the others.
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Disney Plus
83
8.0
/17755/
78
/2204/
77
/971/
3.8
/63210/
100
/8/
91
/246/

Mickey's Christmas Carol (1983)
Ebenezer Scrooge is far too greedy to understand that Christmas is a time for kindness and generosity. But with the guidance of some new found friends, Scrooge learns to embrace the spirit of the season. A retelling of the classic Dickens tale with Disney's classic characters.
poster
83
8.1
/269235/
78
/4663/
79
/3018/
4.1
/121332/
87
/54/
89
/3851/
90
/9/
cc age 13+

Ben-Hur (1959)
In 26 AD, Judah Ben-Hur, a Jew in ancient Judea, opposes the occupying Roman empire. Falsely accused by a Roman childhood friend-turned-overlord of trying to kill the Roman governor, he is put into slavery and his mother and sister are taken away as prisoners.
poster
83
7.9
/10995/
76
/135/
72
/116/
3.9
/9830/
93
/29/
93
/218/
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.
poster
Criterion Channel
82
7.6
/18438/
76
/660/
75
/402/
4.1
/72346/
100
/10/
86
/416/
80
/6/

Lady Snowblood (1973)
Yuki's family is nearly wiped out before she is born due to the machinations of a band of criminals. These criminals kidnap and brutalize her mother but leave her alive. Later her mother ends up in prison with only revenge to keep her alive. She creates an instrument for this revenge by purposefully getting pregnant. Yuki never knows the love of a family but only killing and revenge.
poster
Disney Plus
82
8.0
/496582/
80
/25796/
76
/11795/
3.9
/975078/
96
/130/
92
/26841/
86
/25/
cc age 6+

Aladdin (1992)
In the boorish city of Agrabah, kind-hearted street urchin Aladdin and Princess Jasmine fall in love, although she can only marry a prince. He and power-hungry Grand Vizier Jafar vie for a magic lamp that can fulfill their wishes.
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Kanopy
82
8.2
/12004/
81
/243/
78
/240/
4.4
/40688/
100
/5/
62
/5/
91
/20/

I Am Cuba (1964)
Four vignettes on the lives of the Cuban people in the pre-revolutionary era. In Havana, Maria is ashamed when a man she loves discovers how she makes a living. Pedro, an old farmer, discovers that the land he cultivates is being sold to an American company. A student sees his friends attacked by the police while they distribute leaflets supporting Fidel Castro. Finally, a peasant family is threatened by Batista's army.
poster
Kanopy
82
7.4
/15659/
74
/338/
71
/288/
3.7
/13824/
100
/29/
81
/250/
cc age 8+

The Thief of Bagdad (1940)
When Prince Ahmad is blinded and cast out of Bagdad by the nefarious Jaffar, he joins forces with the scrappy thief Abu to win back his royal place, as well as the heart of a beautiful princess.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
81
7.3
/41465/
72
/902/
69
/496/
3.8
/51370/
87
/99/
87
/1633/
85
/29/
cc age 17+

24 Hour Party People (2002)
Manchester, 1976. Tony Wilson is an ambitious but frustrated local TV news reporter looking for a way to make his mark. After witnessing a life-changing concert by a band known as the Sex Pistols, he persuades his station to televise one of their performances, and soon Manchester's punk groups are clamoring for him to manage them. Riding the wave of a musical revolution, Wilson and his friends create the legendary Factory Records label and The Hacienda club.
poster
Criterion Channel
81
7.4
/28110/
74
/731/
72
/562/
3.8
/91492/
91
/33/
88
/534/
93
/21/

Days of Being Wild (1990)
Yuddy, a Hong Kong playboy known for breaking girls' hearts, tries to find solace and truth after discovering the woman who raised him isn't his mother.
poster
81
7.4
/37452/
73
/913/
73
/659/
3.9
/29376/
90
/134/
79
/1217/
82
/31/
cc age 10+

The Illusionist (2010)
A French illusionist travels to Scotland to work. He meets a young woman in a small village. Their ensuing adventure in Edinburgh changes both their lives forever.
poster
HBO Max Amazon Channel
80
7.4
/474023/
76
/32282/
74
/11447/
3.7
/933575/
89
/358/
86
/12668/
73
/50/
cc age 17+

John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum (2019)
Super-assassin John Wick returns with a $14 million price tag on his head and an army of bounty-hunting killers on his trail. After killing a member of the shadowy international assassin’s guild, the High Table, John Wick is excommunicado, but the world’s most ruthless hit men and women await his every turn.
poster
Fandango at Home Free
80
7.1
/24075/
70
/1215/
70
/512/
3.9
/100344/
96
/224/
65
/160/
90
/44/
cc age 13+

First Cow (2020)
In the 1820s, a taciturn loner and skilled cook travels west to Oregon Territory, where he meets a Chinese immigrant also seeking his fortune. Soon the two team up on a dangerous scheme to steal milk from the wealthy landowner’s prized Jersey cow—the first, and only, in the territory.
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
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
7.6
/16985/
76
/310/
74
/365/
4.2
/52311/
86
/22/
88
/249/

The Lovers on the Bridge (1991)
Set against Paris' oldest bridge, the Pont Neuf, while it was closed for repairs, this film is a love story between two young vagrants: Alex, a would be circus performer addicted to alcohol and sedatives and Michele, a painter driven to a life on the streets because of a failed relationship and an affliction which is slowly turning her blind.
poster
fuboTV
79
7.3
/404510/
72
/9932/
71
/6213/
3.5
/487703/
86
/231/
81
/64752/
83
/39/
cc age 16+

Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007)
The infamous story of Benjamin Barker, a.k.a Sweeney Todd, who sets up a barber shop down in London which is the basis for a sinister partnership with his fellow tenant, Mrs. Lovett. Based on the hit Broadway musical.
poster
HBO Max Amazon Channel
79
7.4
/563218/
77
/54622/
73
/13939/
3.7
/1041112/
89
/283/
85
/3431/
75
/43/
cc age 17+

John Wick: Chapter 2 (2017)
John Wick is forced out of retirement by a former associate looking to seize control of a shadowy international assassins’ guild. Bound by a blood oath to aid him, Wick travels to Rome and does battle against some of the world’s most dangerous killers.
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
7.7
/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
Kanopy
82
78
7.6
/12884/
75
/244/
72
/221/
3.9
/16755/
100
/33/
86
/139/
87
/18/

Odd Man Out (1947)
Belfast police conduct a door-to-door manhunt for an IRA gunman wounded in a daring robbery.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
78
8.0
/51614/
77
/1179/
77
/616/
4.1
/55425/
81
/78/
92
/2338/
67
/13/
cc age 10+

Fiddler on the Roof (1971)
In a pre-revolutionary Russia, a poor Jewish milkman struggles with the challenges of a changing world as his daughters fall in love and antisemitism grows.
poster
Starz
77
7.5
/180846/
76
/6760/
72
/3560/
3.6
/141928/
87
/53/
85
/3021/
69
/11/
cc age 15+

Trading Places (1983)
A snobbish investor and a wily street con-artist find their positions reversed as part of a bet by two callous millionaires.
poster
Criterion Channel
82
77
7.6
/11051/
75
/201/
77
/509/
3.9
/26255/
100
/16/
88
/56/

Accattone (1961)
A pimp with no other means to provide for himself finds his life spiralling out of control when his prostitute is sent to prison.
poster
77
7.7
/15756/
70
/184/
68
/120/
3.7
/5223/
90
/94/
90
/1783/
77
/25/

Water (2005)
The year is 1938, and Mahatma Gandhi's groundbreaking philosophies are sweeping across India, but 8-year-old Chuyia, newly widowed, must go to live with other outcast widows on an ashram. Her presence transforms the ashram as she befriends two of her compatriots.
poster
Netflix
77
7.5
/115901/
77
/4739/
74
/2423/
3.6
/66754/
97
/31/
84
/1345/
67
/13/

Ip Man 2 (2010)
Having defeated the best fighters of the Imperial Japanese army in occupied Shanghai, Ip Man and his family settle in post-war Hong Kong. Struggling to make a living, Master Ip opens a kung fu school to bring his celebrated art of Wing Chun to the troubled youth of Hong Kong. His growing reputation soon brings challenges from powerful enemies, including pre-eminent Hung Gar master, Hung Quan.
poster
Kanopy
77
7.2
/32241/
72
/538/
69
/336/
3.5
/11335/
82
/130/
86
/1673/
70
/35/
cc age 17+

Tsotsi (2005)
A young South African boy from the Johannesburg ghetto named Tsotsi, meaning Gangster, leaves home as a child to get away from his helpless parents. Now a teenage thug, Tsotsi finds a baby in the back seat of a car he's just stolen. He decides that it is his responsibility to care for the infant and in the process learns that maybe the criminal life isn’t the best way.
poster
Fandor
77
7.0
/51018/
70
/1476/
69
/1224/
3.9
/96371/
91
/185/
71
/707/
85
/35/
cc age 17+

Holy Motors (2012)
We follow 24 hours in the life of a being moving from life to life like a cold and solitary assassin moving from hit to hit. In each of these interwoven lives, the being possesses an entirely distinct identity: sometimes a man, sometimes a woman, sometimes youthful, sometimes old. By turns murderer, beggar, company chairman, monstrous creature, worker, family man.
poster
fuboTV
76
7.5
/563816/
76
/19921/
73
/9893/
3.6
/732302/
77
/138/
82
/22502/
57
/14/
cc age 11+

Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984)
After arriving in India, Indiana Jones is asked by a desperate village to find a mystical stone. He agrees – and stumbles upon a secret cult plotting a terrible plan in the catacombs of an ancient palace.
poster
Criterion Channel
83
76
7.6
/8637/
72
/132/
72
/188/
3.8
/9939/
100
/33/
87
/95/
98
/12/

Pépé le Moko (1937)
Pépé le Moko, one of France's most wanted criminals, hides out in the Casbah section of Algiers. He knows police will be waiting for him if he tries to leave the city. When Pépé meets Gaby, a gorgeous woman from Paris who is lost in the Casbah, he falls for her.
poster
Criterion Channel
83
76
7.8
/6589/
75
/145/
77
/151/
4.2
/14684/
100
/13/
86
/51/

Marketa Lazarová (1967)
Mikolás and his brother Adam end up with a young German hostage of noble blood during a robbery. While their clan prepares for the wrath of the German king, Mikolás is sent to pressure his neighbor Lazar into a defense pact. Persuasion fails and he abducts Lazar's daughter Marketa on the eve of her initiation as a nun in an act of vengeance.
poster
76
7.3
/10932/
69
/172/
68
/144/
3.8
/8053/
79
/34/
87
/481/
76
/20/
cc age 17+

Nil by Mouth (1997)
The family of Raymond, his wife Val and her brother Billy live in working-class London district. Also in their family is Val and Billy's mother Janet and grandmother Kath. Billy is a drug addict and Raymond kicks him out of the house, making him live on his own. Raymond is generally a rough and even violent person, and that leads to problems in the life of the family.
poster
75
6.8
/18058/
67
/291/
66
/356/
3.7
/23678/
76
/33/
74
/405/

Satyricon (1969)
After his young lover, Gitone, leaves him for another man, Encolpio decides to kill himself, but a sudden earthquake destroys his home before he has a chance to do so. Now wandering around Rome in the time of Nero, Encolpio encounters one bizarre and surreal scene after another.
poster
Netflix
75
7.5
/402459/
75
/11514/
73
/5190/
3.4
/135327/
74
/193/
83
/26475/
68
/37/
cc age 14+

The Illusionist (2006)
With his eye on a lovely aristocrat, a gifted illusionist named Eisenheim uses his powers to win her away from her betrothed, a crown prince. But Eisenheim's scheme creates tumult within the monarchy and ignites the suspicion of a dogged inspector.
poster
75
7.3
/13932/
73
/474/
73
/339/
3.6
/10821/
80
/5/
82
/220/

Snake in the Eagle's Shadow (1978)
Everyone abuses and humiliates a downtrodden orphan until he befriends an old man, who turns out to be the last master of the snake fist fighting style. Jackie becomes the old man's student and finds himself in battle with the master of the eagle's claw style, who has vowed to destroy the snake fist clan.
poster
84
75
8.3
/8136/
77
/108/
72
/70/
4.2
/12306/
100
/8/
90
/50/

Pyaasa (1957)
Vijay, a destitute poet, searches for true love while attempting to get his work published. With the assistance of two women in his life, his dream comes true - but at a cost that causes Vijay to rethink his worldview.


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