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87
IMDb 100
8.2
/995833/
80
/33689/
80
/11273/
4.2
/3873565/
93
/513/
91
/6024/
90
/69/
cc age 15+

Oppenheimer (2023)
The story of J. Robert Oppenheimer's role in the development of the atomic bomb during World War II.
poster
HBO Max Amazon Channel
86
7.8
/353723/
78
/12378/
80
/12559/
3.9
/2697889/
95
/365/
86
/1861/
94
/53/
cc age 16+

Call Me by Your Name (2017)
In the summer of 1983, a 17-year-old Elio spends his days in his family's villa in Italy. One day Oliver, a graduate student, arrives to assist Elio's father, a professor of Greco-Roman culture. Soon, Elio and Oliver discover a summer that will alter their lives forever.
poster
HBO Max Amazon Channel
83
7.2
/19006/
71
/832/
68
/207/
4.1
/278496/
97
/190/
85
/58/
90
/36/
cc age 15+

Sorry, Baby (2025)
Agnes feels stuck. Unlike her best friend, Lydie, who’s moved to New York and is now expecting a baby, Agnes still lives in the New England house they once shared as graduate students, now working as a professor at her alma mater. A ‘bad thing’ happened to Agnes a few years ago and, since then, despite her best efforts, life hasn’t gotten back on track.
poster
Criterion Channel
83
7.6
/11714/
75
/297/
73
/251/
4.1
/75311/
98
/49/
83
/51/
91
/14/

A Summer's Tale (1996)
Awaiting his girlfriend Léna’s arrival at the Breton seaside resort of Dinard, Gaspard befriends — and flirts heavily with — two other women, the companionable ethnology student Margot and the sensual townie Solène, making for a rather complicated situation when Léna finally arrives.
poster
Hulu
83
7.8
/552437/
78
/13136/
76
/7643/
4.2
/1982246/
91
/216/
91
/45115/
80
/36/
cc age 16+

Little Miss Sunshine (2006)
A family loaded with quirky, colorful characters piles into an old van and road trips to California for little Olive to compete in a beauty pageant.
poster
Kanopy
75
6.9
/3421/
60
/48/
66
/36/
3.4
/712/
89
/96/
70
/417/
78
/33/

Starting Out in the Evening (2007)
Leonard Schiller once counted among New York's literary lions, but illness and ten years of writer's block have lowered his profile, almost to the point of obscurity. When Heather Wolfe, an ambitious literature major, asks to interview him for her thesis on his work, her interest forces him to address the issues that he has avoided all these years, and stirs in him feelings he has long forgotten, much to his daughter's consternation.
poster
Kanopy
74
7.4
/74850/
72
/1384/
71
/1172/
3.8
/62537/
82
/50/
81
/1137/
64
/7/
cc age 17+

Marathon Man (1976)
A graduate student and obsessive runner in New York is drawn into a mysterious plot involving his brother, a member of the secretive Division.
poster
72
6.7
/120601/
71
/6634/
67
/2338/
3.6
/161772/
72
/130/
79
/4076/
68
/25/
cc age 13+

Primer (2004)
A group of fledgling inventors discover a complex method to manipulate reality. At first, they successfully game the stock market with it, but the consequences of the invention start to catch up with them.
poster
Hulu
72
6.9
/17633/
68
/674/
66
/389/
3.5
/9294/
83
/118/
72
/195/
64
/32/
cc age 15+

Infinitely Polar Bear (2014)
A manic-depressive mess of a father tries to win back his wife by attempting to take full responsibility of their two young, spirited daughters, who don't make the overwhelming task any easier.
poster
The Roku Channel
72
6.9
/41949/
68
/1326/
67
/727/
3.7
/69739/
86
/51/
71
/883/
58
/13/

Altered States (1980)
A research scientist explores the boundaries and frontiers of human consciousness. Using sensory deprivation and hallucinogenic mixtures from Native American shamans, he explores these altered states of cognizance and finds that memory, time, and reality itself are states of mind.
poster
71
7.0
/21080/
71
/780/
69
/498/
3.4
/10786/
84
/32/
69
/377/
cc age 9+

Journey to the Center of the Earth (1959)
An Edinburgh professor and assorted colleagues follow an explorer's trail down an extinct Icelandic volcano to the earth's center.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
74
71
7.5
/9822/
76
/264/
68
/135/
3.5
/4433/
79
/29/
83
/75/
69
/12/

Out in the Dark (2012)
Two young men — a Palestinian grad student and an Israeli lawyer — meet and fall in love amidst personal and political intrigue.
poster
69
6.7
/108639/
69
/3836/
67
/1743/
3.7
/259508/
79
/82/
64
/3012/
61
/15/
cc age 16+

Candyman (1992)
The Candyman, a murderous soul with a hook for a hand, is accidentally summoned to reality by a skeptic grad student researching the monster's myth.
poster
Kanopy
68
6.6
/30537/
66
/1196/
66
/638/
3.7
/153243/
76
/54/
60
/811/
68
/21/

Pulse (2001)
In the immense city of Tokyo, the darkness of the afterlife lures some of its inhabitants who are desperately trying to escape the sadness and isolation of the modern world.
poster
68
6.7
/38810/
70
/1071/
73
/1095/
3.2
/18726/
46
/28/
75
/1802/
54
/26/
cc age 14+

A Walk in the Clouds (1995)
World War II vet Paul Sutton falls for a pregnant and unwed woman who persuades him -- during their first encounter -- to pose as her husband so she can face her family.
poster
MGM Plus
68
6.9
/159896/
71
/4474/
67
/2219/
3.5
/121436/
76
/59/
65
/1556/
58
/16/
cc age 16+

The Firm (1993)
Mitch McDeere is a young man with a promising future in Law. About to sit his Bar exam, he is approached by 'The Firm' and made an offer he doesn't refuse. Seduced by the money and gifts showered on him, he is totally oblivious to the more sinister side of his company. Then, two Associates are murdered. The FBI contact him, asking him for information and suddenly his life is ruined. He has a choice - work with the FBI, or stay with the Firm. Either way he will lose his life as he knows it. Mitch figures the only way out is to follow his own plan...
poster
68
7.3
/140042/
73
/5247/
75
/3390/
3.7
/142600/
51
/105/
70
/360/
57
/36/
cc age 17+

I Origins (2014)
A molecular biologist's study of the human eye has far-reaching implications about humanity's scientific and spiritual beliefs.
poster
Kanopy
67
6.6
/47503/
65
/995/
63
/720/
3.1
/13900/
62
/142/
59
/2335/
64
/37/
cc age 14+

Proof (2005)
Catherine is a woman in her late twenties who is strongly devoted to her father, Robert, a brilliant and well-known mathematician whose grip on reality is beginning to slip away. As Robert descends into madness, Catherine begins to wonder if she may have inherited her father's mental illness along with his mathematical genius.
poster
67
6.7
/9831/
67
/144/
63
/122/
3.6
/10349/
61
/31/
73
/169/
64
/9/

Looking for Mr. Goodbar (1977)
A short, unhappy affair with a married man leads a dedicated schoolteacher into the alcohol-and-drug fueled underworld of singles’ bars, where she begins to engage in a pattern of dangerous sexual activity.
poster
Kanopy
67
6.6
/16007/
64
/383/
61
/232/
3.4
/52518/
56
/36/
75
/661/
75
/18/

Kicking and Screaming (1995)
After college graduation, Grover's girlfriend Jane tells him she's moving to Prague to study writing. Grover declines to accompany her, deciding instead to move in with several friends, all of whom can't quite work up the inertia to escape their university's pull. Nobody wants to make any big decisions that would radically alter his life, yet none of them wants to end up like Chet, the professional student who tends bar and is in his tenth year of university studies.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
66
7.2
/97442/
72
/2115/
70
/1190/
3.5
/34020/
62
/90/
74
/1657/
65
/26/
cc age 18+

Arlington Road (1999)
Bedraggled college professor Michael Faraday has been vexed — and increasingly paranoid — since his wife's accidental death in a botched FBI operation. When a seemingly all-American couple set up house next door, Michael begins to suspect there’s more to them than meets the eye.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
66
6.6
/2359/
67
/47/
60
/33/
3.2
/1466/
67
/24/

Fitzwilly (1967)
When Miss Vicki's father dies, she becomes the world's greatest philanthropist. Unfortunately, she is flat broke! Her loyal butler, Claude Fitzwilliam, leads the household staff to rob from various businesses by charging goods to various wealthy people and misdirecting the shipments, all to keep Miss Vicki's standard of living.
poster
66
6.8
/7307/
70
/115/
65
/90/
3.4
/2648/
61
/33/
74
/124/

The Milagro Beanfield War (1988)
The accidental breakdown of an irrigation valve launches a hot confrontation between the mainly Latino farmers in a tiny New Mexico town and the real estate developers and politicians determined to acquire their land for a golf resort.
poster
66
6.6
/12163/
64
/232/
61
/151/
3.3
/5591/
64
/136/
65
/532/
59
/35/

The Shape of Things (2003)
Quiet, unassuming Adam is changing in a major way, thanks to his new girlfriend, art student Evelyn. Adam's friends are a little freaked by the transformation.
poster
The Roku Channel
66
6.9
/8556/
70
/225/
62
/92/
3.4
/4808/
67
/27/
72
/309/
51
/17/

The Broken Hearts Club: A Romantic Comedy (2000)
A close-knit group of gay friends share the emotional roller coster of life, relationships, the death of friends, new beginnings, jealousy, fatherhood and professional success. At various stages of life's disarray, these young men share humorous and tragic relationships and always have each other to rely on.
poster
Kanopy
64
6.2
/5001/
61
/278/
60
/110/
3.5
/12344/
86
/81/
53
/100/
74
/26/

Computer Chess (2013)
At the American Computer Chess Convention, enthusiasts gather to pit their programs against other computer chess programs and human players in a tournament for a grand prize of $7500.
poster
68
64
6.7
/6518/
68
/222/
66
/117/
3.4
/4123/
79
/14/
70
/287/
59
/4/

The Trotsky (2010)
Leon Bronstein is not your average Montreal West high school student. For one thing, none of his peers can claim to be the reincarnation of early 20th century Soviet iconoclast and Red Army hero, Leon Trotsky. When his father sends Leon to public school as punishment for starting a hunger strike at Papa's clothing factory, Leon quickly lends new meaning to the term 'student union', determined as he is to live out his pre-ordained destiny to the fullest and change the world.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
62
5.9
/20260/
60
/889/
58
/328/
3.1
/17438/
74
/109/
46
/327/
69
/29/
cc age 17+

Welcome to Me (2015)
A year in the life of Alice Klieg, a woman with Borderline personality disorder who wins the Mega Millions lottery, quits her meds and buys her own talk show.
poster
AMC+ Amazon Channel
62
6.6
/54986/
68
/1854/
67
/1114/
3.6
/109692/
63
/41/
61
/827/
50
/10/

Prince of Darkness (1987)
A priest discovers an ancient canister containing a strange liquid in an abandoned church. When a group of graduate students and scientists are tasked with studying it, they unknowingly unleash an evil force waiting to destroy all of humanity.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
61
6.0
/796/
44
/7/
45
/12/
3.3
/212/
83
/41/
61
/5/
59
/18/

Lakeboat (2000)
A college student befriends various crew members while working a summer internship at sea.
poster
Netflix
61
7.1
/661853/
69
/25301/
70
/9036/
3.0
/2258614/
56
/304/
78
/69/
49
/52/
cc age 16+

Don't Look Up (2021)
Two astronomers go on a media tour to warn humankind of a planet-killing comet hurtling toward Earth. The response from a distracted world: Meh.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
61
6.2
/9185/
62
/202/
60
/128/
3.2
/4037/
40
/52/
61
/941/
56
/27/

Winter Passing (2006)
Actress Reese Holden has been offered a small fortune by a book editor if she can secure for publication the love letters that her father, a reclusive novelist, wrote to her mother, who has since passed away. Returning to Michigan, Reese finds that an ex-grad student and a would-be musician have moved in with her father, who cares more about his new friends than he does about his own health and well-being.
poster
61
6.3
/13035/
65
/257/
63
/190/
3.2
/9796/
62
/34/
63
/342/
cc age 14+

How to Make an American Quilt (1995)
Soon-to-be-wed graduate student Finn Dodd develops cold feet when she suspects her fiancé is cheating on her. In order to clear her head, Finn visits her grandmother, Hy, and great aunt, Glady Joe Cleary, in Grasse, Calif. There, Finn learns that Hy and Glady Joe are members of a group of passionate quilters, and over the course of her visit she is regaled with tales of love and life by women who have collected rich experiences and much wisdom.
poster
Kanopy
61
6.7
/17943/
70
/458/
67
/222/
3.3
/12212/
22
/27/
74
/583/

With Honors (1994)
Convinced he'll graduate with honors because of his thesis paper, a stuffy Harvard student finds his paper being held hostage by a homeless man, who might be the guy to school the young man in life.
poster
Kanopy
61
6.6
/98363/
69
/2262/
69
/1867/
3.7
/197085/
33
/149/
60
/3839/
45
/40/
cc age 15+

Mona Lisa Smile (2003)
Katherine Watson is a recent UCLA graduate hired to teach art history at the prestigious all-female Wellesley College, in 1953. Determined to confront the outdated mores of society and the institution that embraces them, Katherine inspires her traditional students, including Betty and Joan, to challenge the lives they are expected to lead.
poster
Netflix
58
6.0
/62985/
66
/5504/
64
/1848/
2.5
/33996/
41
/111/
87
/650/
46
/21/
cc age 13+

Honest Thief (2020)
A bank robber tries to turn himself in because he's falling in love and wants to live an honest life...but when he realizes the Feds are more corrupt than him, he must fight back to clear his name.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
58
6.4
/34864/
69
/3759/
68
/1038/
2.8
/25021/
60
/30/
52
/76/
50
/4/
cc age 14+

The Vault (2021)
Madrid, Spain, 2010. While the whole city follows the national team's successful participation in the World Cup, a group of daring thieves look for a way into one of the most secure and guarded places on the planet.
poster
Kanopy
58
6.2
/74229/
65
/1928/
61
/1123/
2.9
/50478/
42
/173/
48
/3760/
43
/35/
cc age 15+

Jersey Girl (2004)
Ollie Trinke is a young, suave music publicist who seems to have it all, with a new wife and a baby on the way. But life deals him a bum hand when he's suddenly faced with single fatherhood, a defunct career and having to move in with his father. To bounce back, it takes a new love and the courage instilled in him by his daughter.
poster
57
6.3
/2637/
61
/33/
62
/30/
3.1
/965/
28
/43/
66
/96/
42
/20/

Love the Hard Way (2003)
Claire, a brilliant student, seeks answers to the meaning of life in the calm of her biology laboratory. One day, she meets a mysterious young man, Jack, at the cinema, and is intrigued by his style, assurance and audacity.
poster
54
5.4
/2981/
58
/32/
50
/57/
3.0
/878/
50
/6/
33
/20/

Half Moon Street (1986)
Dr. Lauren Slaughter, a research fellow at the Arab-Anglo Institute in London is utterly frustrated by her job. To supplement her income, she starts moonlighting at the Jasmine Escort Service, where she has more control over men and money than she does at the office. On one of her 'dates', Lauren meets the politician Lord Bulbeck who is trying to mediate a peace accord between the Arabs and Israelis. Bulbeck falls in love with his escort, and unwittingly, Lauren becomes a pawn in some very dirty politics.
poster
Kanopy
54
6.1
/5306/
63
/212/
57
/126/
2.9
/3006/
27
/44/
51
/49/
55
/19/
cc age 16+

Anesthesia (2016)
Multiple lives intersect in the aftermath of the violent mugging of a Columbia University philosophy professor.
poster
53
6.2
/3615/
58
/55/
53
/47/
3.1
/988/
45
/31/
47
/37/

Everybody's All-American (1988)
Louisiana football star Gavin Grey had it all. He was an All-American champion who married his high-school sweetheart, homecoming queen Babs Rogers, and who was a hero to his hometown. Yet after a failed professional career, Gavin realizes that fame and success have passed him by and that he no longer is the hero everyone keeps reminding him he should still be. His dissatisfaction with his life leads to strains in his marriage, and Gavin begins to wonder who he is, if he's not a hero anymore.
poster
74
51
7.5
/4717/
71
/43/
69
/32/
3.6
/1385/
86
/26/

The Bench (2000)
Kaj is a stubborn man with a great deal of pride. The former chef lives in a council flat. He has wasted his life and is now on a council job training scheme for the long-term unemployed, where he refuses to let the foreman of the activation project boss him about. When Kaj's daughter, with whom he has not been in touch for nineteen years, moves into the same council estate on the run from her violent husband, a change comes over Kaj. His initial instinct is to avoid her, but by chance he ends up helping to look after Jonas, her six-year-old son. For the first time for years Kaj need not survive on his own devices. Now he has responsibilities and a family of his own.
poster
The Roku Channel
62
46
6.5
/2465/
62
/78/
55
/32/
3.2
/683/
67
/43/
62
/261/
62
/15/

Ira & Abby (2006)
A neurotic, young psychology student, with low self-esteem, has a chance encounter with a free-spirited, extremely gregarious woman who works at the Paris Health Club in New York City, and who suggests that they immediately get married to see how it will work out. Both of the student's parents are analysts, and they provide the happy couple with a gift certificate for a year of marriage counseling as a wedding present.
poster
Hoopla
55
46
6.5
/7133/
65
/187/
63
/136/
3.1
/1018/
14
/7/
65
/433/

Neverwas (2005)
Zach Riley is a psychiatrist, who leaves a job at a prestigious university, to take up a job at the privately run mental institution, Millwood. What he doesn't reveal at the time of his appointment is that this was the very place where his novelist father, T.L. Pierson, spent many years of his life.
poster
Hoopla
70
43
7.1
/4030/
72
/202/
63
/99/
3.2
/705/
81
/6/
cc age 10+

Christmas with Holly (2012)
After being dumped at the altar on her wedding day, Maggie Conway moves to the island town of Friday Harbor in Washington State, where she meets Mark Nagle, the local coffee shop owner.
poster
The Roku Channel
53
40
6.3
/3393/
60
/64/
57
/55/
3.2
/790/
39
/57/
39
/111/
52
/19/

The City of Your Final Destination (2009)
28-year-old Kansas University doctoral student Omar Razaghi wins a grant to write a biography of Latin American writer Jules Gund. Omar must get through to three people who were close to Gund – his brother, widow, and younger mistress – so he can get authorization to write the biography.
poster
64
38
6.6
/1174/
67
/60/
63
/36/
60

Late Bloomer (2016)
Botanist Jenny fled her small town and cruel high school popular couple Shane and Allison to track rare flowers around the globe. Now back, she’s shocked to find Shane has become the local guidance counselor, and even more surprised when he’s determined to make it up to her


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