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Amazon Prime Video
89
8.5
/283357/
82
/4511/
82
/3970/
4.3
/255991/
98
/113/
95
/1797/
96
/4/
cc age 6+

Modern Times (1936)
A bumbling tramp desires to build a home with a young woman, yet is thwarted time and time again by his lack of experience and habit of being in the wrong place at the wrong time..
poster
87
8.4
/440243/
82
/6482/
80
/3986/
4.3
/186686/
92
/162/
96
/11153/
89
/39/
cc age 17+

The Lives of Others (2006)
In 1984 East Berlin, dedicated Stasi officer Gerd Wiesler begins spying on a famous playwright and his actress-lover Christa-Maria. Wiesler becomes unexpectedly sympathetic to the couple, and faces conflicting loyalties when his superior takes a liking to Christa-Maria.
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
85
8.3
/22100/
82
/474/
80
/357/
4.2
/22767/
87
/23/
96
/404/

To Live (1994)
Married couple Fugui and Jiazhen endure tumultuous events in mid-20th century mainland China as their personal fortunes move from wealthy landownership to peasantry.
poster
Criterion Channel
84
7.8
/51078/
75
/822/
78
/1178/
4.1
/67485/
88
/49/
90
/772/
cc age 17+

Amarcord (1973)
In an Italian seaside town, young Titta gets into trouble with his friends and watches various local eccentrics as they engage in often absurd behavior. Frequently clashing with his stern father and defended by his doting mother, Titta witnesses the actions of a wide range of characters, from his extended family to Fascist loyalists to sensual women, with certain moments shifting into fantastical scenarios.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
83
7.5
/64983/
73
/2051/
74
/1554/
4.0
/172444/
92
/254/
82
/174/
90
/45/
cc age 16+

Cold War (2018)
A man and a woman meet in the ruins of post-war Poland. With vastly different backgrounds and temperaments, they are fatally mismatched and yet drawn to each other.
poster
82
7.7
/16894/
77
/243/
73
/199/
3.8
/6232/
96
/25/
92
/329/
cc age 12+

Kolya (1996)
After a fictitious marriage with a Russian emigrant, Cellisten Louka, a Czech man, must suddenly take responsibility for her son. However, it’s not long before the communication barrier is broken between the two new family members.
poster
82
7.6
/7421/
74
/336/
73
/155/
3.8
/4317/
92
/99/
85
/116/
83
/33/
cc age 9+

Red Army (2014)
A documentary highlighting the Soviet Union's legendary and enigmatic hockey training culture and world-dominating team through the eyes of the team's Captain Slava Fetisov, following his shift from hockey star and celebrated national hero to political enemy.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
82
7.4
/62799/
72
/1463/
72
/1035/
4.0
/90423/
95
/167/
79
/480/
91
/35/
cc age 14+

Ida (2013)
In 1960s Poland, young novitiate Anna is on the verge of taking her vows when she discovers a family secret dating back to the years of the German occupation.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
81
7.0
/5289/
71
/273/
67
/118/
3.5
/6501/
94
/140/
83
/54/
70
/23/
cc age 15+

Herself (2020)
Struggling to provide her daughters with a safe, happy home, Sandra decides to build one - from scratch. Using all her ingenuity to make her ambitious dream a reality, Sandra draws together a community to lend a helping hand to build her house and ultimately recover her own sense of self.
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
Criterion Channel
80
7.4
/18836/
71
/341/
72
/413/
3.8
/82923/
96
/47/
86
/379/
93
/14/

Masculin Féminin (1966)
Paul, a young idealist trying to figure out what he wants to do with his life, takes a job interviewing people for a marketing research firm. He moves in with aspiring pop singer Madeleine. Paul, however, is disillusioned by the growing commercialism in society, while Madeleine just wants to be successful. The story is told in a series of 15 unrelated vignettes.
poster
Kanopy
79
7.3
/3695/
74
/115/
71
/96/
3.8
/5377/
99
/88/
77
/51/
87
/23/

The Missing Picture (2013)
Rithy Panh uses clay figures, archival footage, and his narration to recreate the atrocities Cambodia's Khmer Rouge committed between 1975 and 1979.
poster
83
79
8.1
/6942/
84
/350/
79
/106/
4.2
/11343/
91
/32/

Cosy Dens (1999)
Two families, Sebkovi and Krausovi, are celebrating Christmas, but not everyone is in a good mood. The teenage kids think that their fathers are totally stupid, and the fathers are sure that their children are nothing more than rebels, hating anything they say.
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
79
7.7
/158856/
77
/3401/
75
/2557/
3.9
/156815/
91
/108/
93
/2983/
68
/32/
cc age 14+

Good Bye, Lenin! (2003)
Alex Kerner's mother was in a coma while the Berlin wall fell. When she wakes up he must try to keep her from learning what happened (as she was an avid communist supporter) to avoid shocking her which could lead to another heart attack.
poster
MUBI
79
7.3
/125026/
72
/6151/
70
/2072/
3.8
/270046/
94
/254/
79
/721/
88
/43/
cc age 15+

The Death of Stalin (2017)
When dictator Joseph Stalin dies, his parasitic cronies square off in a frantic power struggle to become the next Soviet leader. As they bumble, brawl and back-stab their way to the top, the question remains — just who is running the government?
poster
78
7.7
/27851/
78
/897/
77
/737/
3.9
/31270/
77
/140/
87
/74/
68
/28/
cc age 17+

Never Look Away (2018)
German artist Kurt Barnert has escaped East Germany and now lives in West Germany, but is tormented by his childhood under the Nazis and the GDR regime.
poster
Kanopy
82
78
7.6
/6510/
76
/217/
73
/162/
4.0
/15418/
100
/49/
84
/108/
91
/19/

Nostalgia for the Light (2010)
In Chile's Atacama Desert, astronomers peer deep into the cosmos in search for answers concerning the origins of life. Nearby, a group of women sift through the sand searching for body parts of loved ones, dumped unceremoniously by Pinochet's regime.
poster
MGM Plus
78
7.3
/26513/
71
/473/
69
/361/
3.9
/24267/
90
/50/
82
/612/
76
/16/

Reds (1981)
An account of the revolutionary years of the legendary American journalist John Reed, who shared his adventurous professional life with his radical commitment to the socialist revolution in Russia, his dream of spreading its principles among the members of the American working class, and his troubled romantic relationship with the writer Louise Bryant.
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
77
7.2
/2051/
73
/36/
59
/29/
3.7
/1167/
92
/12/
74
/21/
76
/11/

The Iceman Cometh (1973)
Set in 1912, inside a dive bar named The Last Chance Saloon, its destitute patrons eagerly await the arrival of Hickey, who arrives annually and props everyone up with free drinks and spirited stories of his travels. However, when Hickey does show up this year, it is with a message of temperance and an exhortation to give up hopeless dreams and face reality.
poster
77
7.7
/108425/
75
/1822/
74
/1391/
3.9
/79364/
83
/159/
92
/4665/
75
/37/
cc age 16+

The Motorcycle Diaries (2004)
Based on the journals of Che Guevara, leader of the Cuban Revolution. In his memoirs, Guevara recounts adventures he and best friend Alberto Granado had while crossing South America by motorcycle in the early 1950s.
poster
Kanopy
76
7.6
/3057/
77
/98/
69
/73/
3.9
/6227/
93
/46/
80
/10/
80
/18/

The Pearl Button (2015)
The ocean contains the history of all humanity. The sea holds all the voices of the earth and those that come from outer space. Water receives impetus from the stars and transmits it to living creatures. Water, the longest border in Chile, also holds the secret of two mysterious buttons which were found on its ocean floor. Chile, with its 2,670 miles of coastline and the largest archipelago in the world, presents a supernatural landscape. In it are volcanoes, mountains and glaciers. In it are the voices of the Patagonian Indigenous people, the first English sailors and also those of its political prisoners. Some say that water has memory. This film shows that it also has a voice.
poster
Kanopy
76
7.4
/5369/
73
/273/
71
/118/
3.7
/5598/
94
/32/
70
/14/
81
/14/

Under the Sun (2015)
Over the course of one year, this film follows the life of an ordinary Pyongyang family whose daughter was chosen to take part in Day of the Shining Star (Kim Jong-il's birthday) celebration. While North Korean government wanted a propaganda film, the director kept on filming between the scripted scenes. The ritualized explosions of color and joy contrast sharply with pale everyday reality, which is not particularly terrible, but rather quite surreal.
poster
Kanopy
75
7.3
/101009/
73
/2244/
73
/2136/
3.6
/122449/
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
Fandor
80
75
7.7
/13118/
77
/187/
77
/209/
3.8
/19841/
87
/38/
91
/351/
76
/19/

Machuca (2004)
Santiago, capital of Chile during the Marxist government of elected, highly controversial president Salvador Allende. Father McEnroe supports his leftist views by introducing a program at the prestigious "collegio" (Catholic prep school) St. Patrick to allow free admission of some proletarian kids. One of them is Pedro Machuca, slum-raised son of the cleaning lady in Gonzalo Infante's liberal-bourgeois home. Yet the new classmates become buddies, paradoxically protesting together as Gonzalo gets adopted by Pedro's slum family and gang. But the adults spoil that too, not in the least when general Pinochet's coup ousts Allende, and supporters such as McEnroe.
poster
Fandor
75
6.7
/751/
69
/46/
69
/17/
3.6
/1945/
93
/61/
59
/9/
87
/22/

Bisbee '17 (2018)
It’s 2017 in Bisbee, Arizona, an old copper-mining town just miles from the Mexican border. The town’s close-knit community prepares to commemorate the 100th anniversary of Bisbee’s darkest hour: the infamous Bisbee Deportation of 1917, during which 1,200 striking miners were violently taken from their homes, banished to the middle of the desert, and left to die. Townspeople confront this violent, misunderstood past by staging dramatic recreations of the escalating strike. These dramatized scenes are based on subjective versions of the story and “directed,” in a sense, by residents with conflicting views of the event. Deeply personal segments torn from family history build toward a massive restaging of the deportation itself on the exact day of its 100th anniversary.
poster
Kanopy
75
7.6
/2132/
69
/52/
69
/28/
3.5
/775/
95
/57/
78
/58/
72
/23/

The Trials of Henry Kissinger (2002)
This riveting documentary depicts former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger as a warmonger responsible for military cover-ups in Vietnam, Cambodia and East Timor, as well as the assassination of a Chilean leader in 1970. Based on a book by journalist Christopher Hitchens, the film includes interviews with historians, political analysts and such journalists as New York Times writer William Safire, a former Nixon speechwriter.
poster
Criterion Channel
82
75
7.8
/9018/
76
/151/
74
/180/
4.1
/19095/
90
/10/
92
/89/

Camera Buff (1979)
Filip buys an 8mm movie camera when his first child is born. Because it's the first camera in town, he's named official photographer by the local Party boss. His horizons widen when he is sent to regional film festivals with his first works but his focus on movie making also leads to domestic strife and philosophical dilemmas.
poster
75
7.8
/5802/
73
/191/
71
/88/
3.7
/5089/
79
/20/

Jonestown: The Life and Death of Peoples Temple (2006)
Featuring never-before-seen footage, this documentary delivers a startling new look at the Peoples Temple, headed by preacher Jim Jones who, in 1978, led more than 900 members to Guyana, where he orchestrated a mass suicide via tainted punch.
poster
74
7.3
/1029/
63
/19/
56
/9/
3.5
/600/
100
/15/
70
/47/

Theremin: An Electronic Odyssey (1995)
After escaping Russia's communist revolution, Léon Theremin travels to New York, where he pioneers the field of electronic music with his synthesizer. But at the height of his popularity, Soviet agents kidnap and force him to develop spy technology.
poster
74
7.0
/7318/
70
/99/
66
/79/
3.4
/2771/
86
/50/
76
/171/
75
/31/
cc age 14+

Liberty Heights (1999)
This semi-autobiographical film by Barry Levinson follows various members of the Kurtzman clan, a Jewish family living in suburban Baltimore during the 1950s. As teenaged Ben completes high school, he falls for Sylvia, a black classmate, creating inevitable tensions. Meanwhile, Ben's brother, Van, attends college and becomes smitten with a mysterious woman while their father tries to maintain his burlesque business.
poster
Kanopy
73
6.7
/2184/
62
/79/
70
/50/
3.5
/9463/
91
/56/
96
/9/
78
/19/

Chile '76 (2022)
Chile, 1976. Carmen heads off to her beach house. When the family priest asks her to take care of a young man he is sheltering in secret, Carmen steps onto unexplored territories, away from the quiet life she is used to.
poster
Criterion Channel
73
7.3
/5276/
68
/87/
69
/102/
3.7
/5622/
83
/18/
85
/69/

The Lost Honor of Katharina Blum (1975)
After a chance encounter with a wanted man, a woman is harassed by the police and press until she takes violent action.
poster
Criterion Channel
77
73
7.7
/12143/
73
/240/
75
/234/
4.0
/20753/
73
/11/
86
/123/

Blind Chance (1987)
Witek runs after a train. Three variations follow on how such a seemingly banal incident could influence the rest of Witek's life.
poster
73
7.7
/3458/
76
/107/
72
/57/
3.7
/1660/
93
/7/

The Elementary School (1991)
The time is 1945-46. 10 year old Eda and his friend Tonda live in a small village outside Prague. In school, their class is so wild and indisciplined that their teacher quits and is replaced by the militant Igor Hnidzo. He is very strict – but also very fair. His weakness though, is his interest in young women.
poster
77
72
8.2
/6169/
77
/280/
71
/113/
3.9
/6073/

The Mole: Undercover in North Korea (2020)
A real-life undercover thriller about two ordinary men who embark on an outrageously dangerous ten-year mission to penetrate the world's most secretive and brutal dictatorship: North Korea.
poster
Fandango at Home Free
72
7.2
/2934/
73
/110/
65
/68/
3.5
/5197/
86
/77/
68
/25/
72
/22/

Meeting Gorbachev (2019)
Mikhail Gorbachev, former president of the Soviet Union, sits down with filmmaker Werner Herzog to discuss his many achievements. Topics include the talks to reduce nuclear weapons, the reunification of Germany and the dissolution of his country.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
72
7.2
/526/
71
/26/
69
/12/
3.6
/999/
83
/23/
75
/4/
66
/12/

By Sidney Lumet (2015)
An analysis of director Sidney Lumet's work (12 Angry Men, Dog Day Afternoon, Before The Devil Knows You're Dead) in his own words, based on a five-day interview recorded shortly before his death.
poster
72
6.9
/2544/
66
/33/
58
/31/
3.5
/882/
80
/15/
75
/18/

The Legend of Rita (2000)
Radical West German terrorist Rita Vogt abandons the revolution and settles in East Germany with a new identity provided by the secret service. She lives in constant fear of having her cover blown, which unavoidably happens after the reunification.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
72
7.1
/6091/
71
/189/
67
/337/
3.5
/9726/
75
/12/
76
/38/

Germinal (1993)
It's mid 19th century, north of France. The story of a coal miner's town. They are exploited by the mine's owner. One day the decide to go on strike, and then the authorities repress them.
poster
72
7.0
/31928/
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.
poster
71
7.0
/441/
61
/13/
61
/8/
3.4
/243/
100
/42/
90
/607/

Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? (1975)
Period music, film clips and newsreel footage combined into a visual exploration of the American entertainment industry during the Great Depression.
poster
Hulu
71
7.2
/212472/
69
/8217/
70
/2716/
3.7
/855325/
72
/285/
80
/71/
63
/47/
cc age 15+

Triangle of Sadness (2022)
A celebrity model couple are invited on a luxury cruise for the uber-rich, helmed by an unhinged, alcoholic captain. What first appears Instagrammable ends catastrophically, leaving the survivors stranded on a desert island in a struggle of hierarchy.
poster
71
6.8
/28121/
65
/483/
63
/262/
3.4
/17597/
76
/68/
68
/563/
75
/28/
cc age 17+

Bulworth (1998)
A suicidally disillusioned liberal politician puts a contract out on himself and takes the opportunity to be bluntly honest with his voters by affecting the rhythms and speech of hip-hop music and culture.
poster
71
7.0
/30429/
72
/587/
70
/500/
3.7
/36553/
65
/37/
81
/1197/
61
/11/
cc age 13+

The Way We Were (1973)
Opposites attract when, during their college days, Katie Morosky, a politically active Jew, meets Hubbell Gardiner, a feckless WASP. Years later, in the wake of World War II, they meet once again and, despite their obvious differences, attempt to make their love for each other work.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
71
7.0
/87022/
69
/2683/
67
/1592/
3.4
/74923/
75
/32/
71
/2111/
67
/8/
cc age 16+

Nineteen Eighty-Four (1984)
Imagine a world where absolute conformity rules, and word and thought, including loyalty to Big Brother is demanded. It's the year 1984 and such a world exists. Divided into three vast states, whose inhabitants are dominated by all powerful governments, an illegal love affair begins. Soon, worker drone Winston becomes the target of a brain-washing campaign to force him back to conformity.


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