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89
8.2
/488892/
79
/7362/
79
/5829/
4.2
/578429/
99
/132/
90
/11624/
100
/19/
cc age 12+

Citizen Kane (1941)
Newspaper magnate Charles Foster Kane is taken from his mother as a boy and made the ward of a rich industrialist. As a result, every well-meaning, tyrannical or self-destructive move he makes for the rest of his life appears in some way to be a reaction to that deeply wounding event.
poster
The Roku Channel
87
8.0
/17904/
77
/364/
74
/261/
4.2
/24878/
97
/37/
90
/298/
93
/20/
cc age 10+

The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp (1943)
General Candy, who's overseeing an English squad in 1943, is a veteran leader who doesn't have the respect of the men he's training and is considered out-of-touch with what's needed to win the war. But it wasn't always this way. Flashing back to his early career in the Boer War and World War I, we see a dashing young officer whose life has been shaped by three different women, and by a lasting friendship with a German soldier.
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
8.1
/8230/
76
/133/
77
/186/
4.2
/11874/
100
/14/
89
/66/

The Life of Oharu (1952)
In 17th century Edo Period Japan, a noblewoman's banishment for her love affair with a lowly page signals the beginning of her inexorable fall.
poster
Netflix
85
7.9
/379079/
75
/10155/
75
/5377/
3.8
/585634/
97
/332/
80
/5049/
100
/50/
cc age 15+

Boyhood (2014)
The film tells a story of a divorced couple trying to raise their young son. The story follows the boy for twelve years, from first grade at age 6 through 12th grade at age 17-18, and examines his relationship with his parents as he grows.
poster
The Roku Channel
84
7.8
/254097/
76
/4667/
75
/3402/
3.8
/164001/
95
/321/
87
/6582/
89
/41/
cc age 13+

The Artist (2011)
Hollywood, 1927: As silent movie star George Valentin wonders if the arrival of talking pictures will cause him to fade into oblivion, he sparks with Peppy Miller, a young dancer set for a big break.
poster
84
8.0
/903299/
78
/17115/
77
/11014/
3.9
/602105/
92
/286/
90
/50238/
84
/36/
cc age 16+

Slumdog Millionaire (2008)
A teenager reflects on his life after being accused of cheating on the Indian version of "Who Wants to be a Millionaire?".
poster
83
7.8
/40935/
77
/616/
79
/1185/
4.0
/30185/
94
/36/
94
/968/
81
/13/
cc age 13+

The Postman (1994)
Simple Italian postman learns to love poetry while delivering mail to a famous poet; he uses this to woo local beauty Beatrice.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
82
8.0
/432255/
80
/11855/
77
/4720/
4.0
/359681/
96
/73/
93
/10665/
77
/15/
cc age 15+

Life of Brian (1979)
Brian Cohen is an average young Jewish man, but through a series of ridiculous events, he gains a reputation as the Messiah. When he's not dodging his followers or being scolded by his shrill mother, the hapless Brian has to contend with the pompous Pontius Pilate and acronym-obsessed members of a separatist movement. Rife with Monty Python's signature absurdity, the tale finds Brian's life paralleling Biblical lore, albeit with many more laughs.
poster
Kanopy
82
8.3
/959638/
81
/18212/
80
/10617/
4.1
/1408638/
80
/182/
93
/28637/
71
/32/
cc age 18+

Requiem for a Dream (2000)
The drug-induced utopias of four Coney Island residents are shattered when their addictions run deep.
poster
Criterion Channel
81
7.6
/7257/
73
/153/
69
/195/
3.9
/9630/
86
/14/
87
/72/

My American Uncle (1980)
Prof. Henri Laborit uses the stories of the lives of three people to discuss behaviorist theories of survival, combat, rewards and punishment, and anxiety. René is a technical manager at a textile factory and must face the anxiety caused by corporate downsizing. Janine is a self-educated actress/stylist who learns that the wife of her lover is dying and must decide to let them reunite. Jean is a controversial career-climbing writer/politician at a crossroads in life.
poster
81
7.7
/38855/
77
/1003/
74
/406/
4.1
/66509/
92
/117/
93
/3140/
85
/29/
cc age 15+

Hedwig and the Angry Inch (2001)
Raised a boy in East Berlin, Hedwig undergoes a personal transformation in order to emigrate to the U.S., where she reinvents herself as an 'internationally ignored' but divinely talented rock diva, inhabiting a 'beautiful gender of one'.
poster
81
7.6
/45653/
75
/838/
74
/898/
3.9
/37321/
97
/31/
88
/774/

Zelig (1983)
Fictional documentary about the life of human chameleon Leonard Zelig, a man who becomes a celebrity in the 1920s due to his ability to look and act like whoever is around him. Clever editing places Zelig in real newsreel footage of Woodrow Wilson, Babe Ruth, and others.
poster
81
7.9
/693166/
77
/19546/
74
/13502/
3.7
/857711/
86
/253/
84
/9219/
79
/44/
cc age 12+

Life of Pi (2012)
The story of an Indian boy named Pi, a zookeeper's son who finds himself in the company of a hyena, zebra, orangutan, and a Bengal tiger after a shipwreck sets them adrift in the Pacific Ocean.
poster
Criterion Channel
80
7.7
/2250/
78
/60/
74
/59/
4.2
/7854/
83
/6/
84
/16/

Jacquot (1991)
Jacquot Demy, the son of a garage owner and a hairdresser, is fascinated by cinema and decides to pursue his dream of becoming a filmmaker by any means necessary.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
80
7.7
/73432/
78
/2592/
76
/1247/
3.9
/51367/
91
/119/
88
/235/
70
/21/
cc age 13+

A Man Called Ove (2015)
Despite being deposed as president of his condominium association, grumpy 59-year-old Ove continues to watch over his neighbourhood with an iron fist. When pregnant Parvaneh and her family move into the terraced house opposite Ove and she accidentally back into Ove’s mailbox, it sets off a series of unexpected changes in his life.
poster
Kanopy
77
7.2
/68526/
70
/1008/
68
/631/
3.6
/31987/
81
/123/
83
/1552/
74
/36/
cc age 16+

Wonder Boys (2000)
Grady is a 50-ish English professor who hasn't had a thing published in years—not since he wrote his award winning 'Great American Novel' 7 years ago. This weekend proves even worse than he could imagine as he finds himself reeling from one misadventure to another in the company of a new wonder boy author.
poster
77
7.2
/1081/
72
/18/
59
/34/
3.8
/1303/
89
/9/
83
/22/

Thérèse (1986)
The life of little St. Therese of Lisieux, depicted in minimalist vignettes. Therese and her sisters are all nuns in a Carmelite convent. Her devotion to Jesus and her concept of "the little way" to God are shown clearly, using plain modern language. A sense of angelic simplicity comes across without fancy lights, choirs, or showy miracles.
poster
76
7.1
/20525/
70
/467/
68
/358/
3.9
/55022/
84
/64/
82
/551/
75
/14/

Orlando (1992)
England, 1600. Queen Elizabeth I promises Orlando, a young nobleman obsessed with poetry, that she will grant him land and fortune if he agrees to satisfy a very particular request.
poster
HBO Max
77
76
7.6
/15871/
76
/418/
74
/211/
3.8
/21658/
85
/87/

Stuart: A Life Backwards (2007)
Story about the remarkable friendship between a reclusive writer and illustrator and a chaotic homeless man, whom he gets to know during a campaign to release two charity workers from prison.
poster
74
7.9
/474760/
78
/11100/
78
/7538/
3.9
/505002/
76
/220/
89
/26326/
58
/42/
cc age 12+

Big Fish (2003)
Throughout his life Edward Bloom has always been a man of big appetites, enormous passions and tall tales. In his later years, he remains a huge mystery to his son, William. Now, to get to know the real man, Will begins piecing together a true picture of his father from flashbacks of his amazing adventures.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
74
6.8
/3656/
71
/61/
65
/74/
3.5
/2156/
85
/33/
77
/70/

Wish You Were Here (1987)
In a staid English seaside town after the Second World War, young Lynda grows up with her widowed father and younger sister. Rebellious Lynda has been swearing constantly from an early age. At sixteen, she becomes more exhibitionist and seeks out sexual encounters challenging the prevailing lower-middle class attitudes to sex. She eventually becomes pregnant by an acquaintance of her father.
poster
Kanopy
74
6.8
/20614/
72
/516/
66
/299/
3.5
/23889/
79
/29/
80
/925/
71
/7/
cc age 8+

Bugsy Malone (1976)
New York, 1929, a war rages between two rival gangsters, Fat Sam and Dandy Dan. Dan is in possession of a new and deadly weapon, the dreaded "splurge gun". As the custard pies fly, Bugsy Malone, an all-round nice guy, falls for Blousey Brown, a singer at Fat Sam's speakeasy. His designs on her are disrupted by the seductive songstress Tallulah who wants Bugsy for herself.
poster
Netflix
73
7.8
/735195/
76
/18412/
75
/13374/
3.7
/868172/
72
/254/
80
/37444/
70
/37/
cc age 15+

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008)
Born under unusual circumstances, Benjamin Button springs into being as an elderly man in a New Orleans nursing home and ages in reverse. Twelve years after his birth, he meets Daisy, a child who flits in and out of his life as she grows up to be a dancer. Though he has all sorts of unusual adventures over the course of his life, it is his relationship with Daisy, and the hope that they will come together at the right time, that drives Benjamin forward.
poster
78
72
7.3
/8184/
77
/191/
69
/135/
3.6
/2705/
100
/9/
78
/94/

Captain Horatio Hornblower R.N. (1951)
Captain Horatio Hornblower leads his ship HMS Lydia on a perilous transatlantic voyage, during which his faithful crew battle both a Spanish warship and a ragged band of Central American rebels.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
72
7.6
/271737/
74
/3996/
74
/3283/
3.6
/129540/
63
/201/
79
/10219/
58
/38/
cc age 17+

The Reader (2008)
The story of Michael Berg, a German lawyer who, as a teenager in the late 1950s, had an affair with an older woman, Hanna, who then disappeared only to resurface years later as one of the defendants in a war crimes trial stemming from her actions as a concentration camp guard late in the war. He alone realizes that Hanna is illiterate and may be concealing that fact at the expense of her freedom.
poster
Britbox Apple TV Channel
78
71
7.9
/12193/
77
/160/
74
/132/
3.7
/4936/
81
/21/
86
/287/

Goodbye, Mr. Chips (1939)
Over several decades throughout the late 19th-century and early 20th-century, Mr Arthur Chipping rises from a shy, nervous teacher to the beloved, revered headmaster of Brookfield School, with his life and career shaped by his love for his wife and his unwavering dedication to his students.
poster
The Roku Channel
73
70
7.1
/10555/
72
/294/
67
/213/
3.4
/6502/
91
/11/
71
/87/

Broken Arrow (1950)
Indian scout Tom Jeffords is sent out to stem the war between the American settlers and Apaches in the late 1870s Arizona. He learns that the Indians kill only to protect themselves, or out of retaliation for white atrocities.
poster
68
7.1
/5857/
68
/96/
66
/54/
3.5
/1755/
68
/25/
75
/109/

Mother Night (1996)
An American spy behind the lines during WWII serves as a Nazi propagandist, a role he cannot escape in his future life as he can never reveal his real role in the war.
poster
67
6.9
/40003/
71
/750/
68
/527/
3.8
/82339/
64
/50/
80
/2093/
65
/25/
cc age 16+

Velvet Goldmine (1998)
Almost a decade since larger-than-life glam-rock enigma Brian Slade disappeared from public eye, an investigative journalist is on assignment to uncover the truth behind his former idol.
poster
83
65
7.7
/3278/
75
/94/
74
/84/
4.2
/13267/
100
/15/
90
/9/
87
/4/

Happy Hour (2015)
Four women in their thirties reevaluate their relationships, both shared and private, after a startling revelation concerning one's marriage forces each of them to ask one of life's biggest questions: "Am I who I want to be?"
poster
Disney Plus
70
61
6.3
/1835/
65
/215/
68
/78/
2.8
/4988/
96
/24/
71
/31/
77
/5/
cc age 10+

Chang Can Dunk (2023)
Chang, a 16-year-old, Asian American, bets the high school basketball star that he can dunk by Homecoming. The bet leads 5' 8" Chang on a quest to learn to dunk—not only to impress his crush, Kristy, but to gain the respect of his high school peers too. But before he can rise up and truly throw one down, he'll have to reexamine everything he knows about himself, his friendships and his family.
poster
Criterion Channel
78
59
7.5
/2726/
72
/60/
74
/70/
3.9
/3878/
90
/10/
83
/18/

The Story of a Cheat (1936)
Life story of a charming scoundrel, with little dialogue other than the star/director's witty narration. As a boy, only he survives a family tragedy when he's deprived of supper (poisonous mushrooms!) for stealing...concluding that dishonesty pays. Through years of dabbling in crime and amusing adventures, two women appear and reappear in his life, a dazzling blonde jewel thief and a stunning brunette gambler. Finally, he meets the mysterious Charbonnier who had saved his life in World War I, leading to the surprising next phase in his career...
poster
75
56
7.3
/4180/
71
/65/
69
/53/
3.7
/1884/
88
/32/

The Adventures of Picasso (1978)
A farcical biopic about Pablo Picasso, from his early years, to his middle years, to the years right before his death, and some of the years before and in-between that.
poster
YouTube TV
72
56
7.2
/3374/
67
/53/
70
/50/
3.5
/1564/
83
/731/

The Keys of the Kingdom (1944)
A young priest, Father Chisholm is sent to China to establish a Catholic parish among the non-Christian Chinese. While his boyhood friend, also a priest, flourishes in his calling as a priest in a more Christian area of the world, Father Chisholm struggles. He encounters hostility, isolation, disease, poverty and a variety of set backs which humble him, but make him more determined than ever to succeed.
poster
79
54
8.1
/4134/
77
/35/
73
/38/
3.8
/912/
92
/34/

Hornblower: Retribution (2001)
Hornblower and the other officers of the Renown must return to Jamaica to face a court-martial and possible execution for their actions in relieving their unstable captain.
poster
53
5.8
/8825/
60
/518/
56
/165/
2.8
/10205/
50
/150/
32
/11/
52
/32/
cc age 16+

Greed (2019)
A retail billionaire's 60th birthday party is celebrated in an exclusive hotel on the Greek island of Mykonos.
poster
52
6.2
/6234/
62
/104/
52
/67/
3.0
/2729/
55
/75/
54
/114/
cc age 10+

Funny Lady (1975)
Famous singer Fanny Brice has divorced her first husband Nicky Arnstein. During the Great Depression she has trouble finding work as an artist, but meets Billy Rose, a newcomer who writes lyrics and owns a nightclub.
poster
50
5.7
/1640/
50
/12/
59
/28/
3.2
/904/
60
/5/
39
/15/

The Legend of Lylah Clare (1968)
A dictatorial film director hires an unknown actress to play the lead role in a planned movie biography of a late, great Hollywood star.
poster
71
48
7.3
/3415/
70
/25/
71
/34/
3.4
/906/
76
/1052/

The Corn Is Green (1945)
When a teacher reads an essay written by Morgan Evans, one of the boys, moved by his rough poetry she decides to hold classes in her house and believes that Morgan is smart enough to attend Oxford.
poster
77
47
7.9
/3607/
74
/29/
72
/33/
3.6
/813/
87
/27/

Hornblower: Duty (2003)
Admiral Pellew interrupts Hornblower's wedding reception and tasks him to locate a British ship which has disappeared off the French coast, where Napoleon's troops are engaged in covert activities.
poster
70
43
7.5
/1814/
67
/39/
66
/37/
3.7
/1793/

What's Up, Doc? (1950)
Bugs' showbiz career is recounted from babyhood to stardom. Bugs and Elmer Fudd perform the title song.
poster
57
42
6.1
/3436/
66
/33/
59
/34/
2.9
/1391/
60
/5/
41
/66/

Night and Day (1946)
When his first stage show fails, songwriter Cole Porter goes off to fight in WWI until, injured, he lands in a hospital. He impresses nurse Linda Lee with his creativity, but their budding romance must wait as Cole heads home. Back in New York, he mounts a series of popular shows, and when his work brings him back to Europe, he eventually marries Linda. But success doesn't spare him from marital complications or bad news about a beloved relative.
poster
70
41
6.9
/1813/
67
/28/
69
/22/
3.3
/365/
83
/101/
66
/4/

The Great Impostor (1960)
Fictionalized account of Ferdinand Waldo Demara Jr., who stole or created fictional identities and worked in a variety of occupations, most quite successfully.
poster
65
39
7.1
/2020/
61
/84/
63
/50/
3.4
/926/

Under the Hood (2009)
Stars from the Watchmen movie team up in the amazing live-action/CGI Under the Hood, based on Nite Owl's powerful firsthand account of how the hooded adventurers came into existence.
poster
72
38
7.1
/1237/
63
/30/
71
/35/
4.0
/3476/
77
/7/

Three Crowns of the Sailor (1991)
Shortly after murdering his professor, a young man encounters a sailor who offers him a position on his ship in exchange for 3 Danish crowns and his attention as he recounts his life story.
poster
68
36
6.8
/669/
66
/8/
65
/23/
75
/8/
77
/10/
59
/5/

The Child I Never Was (2002)
A serial killer dispassionately discusses the nuts and bolts of his grisly avocation, as well as the youthful traumas which helped to mold him into a psychopath, in this disturbing independent drama from Germany, based on the true story of of Germany's most famous child murderer Juergen Bartsch who, between the ages of 15 and 19, abused, tortured and killed four schoolboys in the Ruhr region of Germany from 1962 to 1966.
poster
Hoopla
59
36
6.2
/2438/
57
/19/
59
/30/
3.2
/341/
40
/5/
74
/71/

Entropy (1999)
Entropy is a semi-autobiographical film which tells the story of a young director struggling to make a film for a despotic studio while his life falls apart around him. Along the way, he goes on tour with U2 to help them make a music video, gets married in Vegas, and has a conversation with his cat.


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