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Kanopy
87
8.2
/43499/
79
/1519/
76
/730/
4.4
/90196/
96
/163/
85
/536/
92
/34/
cc age 14+

The Act of Killing (2012)
In this chilling and groundbreaking documentary, former Indonesian death squad leaders reenact their real-life mass killings in the style of various film genres, from gangster epics to musicals. As they recreate their past atrocities, the line between reality and performance blurs, exposing the lingering impact of Indonesia’s 1965-66 anti-communist purge and the unsettling psychology of its perpetrators.
poster
Kanopy
82
7.7
/35198/
72
/402/
72
/342/
3.9
/21732/
90
/78/
89
/1274/
85
/26/

The Edge of Heaven (2007)
The lives of six German-Turkish immigrants are drawn together by circumstance: An old man and a prostitute forging a partnership, a young scholar reconciling his past, two young women falling in love, and a mother putting the shattered pieces of her life back together.
poster
82
7.5
/106962/
74
/2194/
74
/1404/
3.7
/78117/
90
/83/
87
/3504/
86
/33/
cc age 17+

Boys Don't Cry (1999)
A young transgender man explores his gender identity and searches for love in rural Nebraska.
poster
81
8.5
/1256428/
84
/23335/
83
/12194/
4.2
/754967/
84
/88/
96
/34093/
62
/32/
cc age 17+

American History X (1998)
Derek Vineyard is paroled after serving 3 years in prison for killing two African-American men. Through his brother, Danny Vineyard's narration, we learn that before going to prison, Derek was a skinhead and the leader of a violent white supremacist gang that committed acts of racial crime throughout L.A. and his actions greatly influenced Danny. Reformed and fresh out of prison, Derek severs contact with the gang and becomes determined to keep Danny from going down the same violent path as he did.
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Netflix
81
7.7
/655952/
76
/20825/
75
/11187/
4.0
/1626136/
90
/264/
77
/27620/
79
/40/
cc age 18+

Zodiac (2007)
The Zodiac murders cause the lives of Paul Avery, David Toschi and Robert Graysmith to intersect.
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Kanopy
81
7.6
/14211/
72
/374/
71
/314/
3.5
/27620/
100
/35/
80
/279/
cc age 12+

Nanook of the North (1922)
This pioneering documentary film depicts the lives of the indigenous Inuit people of Canada's northern Quebec region. Although the production contains some fictional elements, it vividly shows how its resourceful subjects survive in such a harsh climate, revealing how they construct their igloo homes and find food by hunting and fishing. The film also captures the beautiful, if unforgiving, frozen landscape of the Great White North, far removed from conventional civilization.
poster
80
7.7
/178507/
75
/4944/
74
/2624/
3.8
/159825/
89
/53/
90
/3811/
87
/10/
cc age 17+

Dirty Harry (1971)
When a madman dubbed 'Scorpio' terrorizes San Francisco, hard-nosed cop, Harry Callahan – famous for his take-no-prisoners approach to law enforcement – is tasked with hunting down the psychopath.
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Hoopla
79
7.3
/119993/
73
/2735/
73
/1710/
3.7
/133166/
92
/239/
76
/19/
78
/36/
cc age 17+

Precious (2009)
In Harlem in 1987, Claireece "Precious" Jones is a 16-year-old African American girl born into a life no one would want. She's pregnant for the second time by her absent father, and at home she must wait hand and foot on her mother, an angry woman who abuses her emotionally and physically. School is chaotic and Precious has reached the ninth grade with good marks and a secret – she can't read.
poster
77
7.2
/96917/
72
/1754/
68
/1103/
4.0
/80313/
86
/157/
77
/1905/
81
/36/
cc age 17+

Beginners (2011)
Oliver meets the irreverent and unpredictable Anna only months after his father Hal Fields has passed away. This new love floods Oliver with memories of his father, who, following the death of his wife of 44 years, came out of the closet at age 75 to live a full, energized, and wonderfully tumultuous gay life – which included a younger boyfriend.
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Criterion Channel
78
76
7.6
/18711/
74
/336/
74
/340/
4.0
/36620/
67
/6/
86
/209/
89
/7/

The Seventh Continent (1989)
Chronicles three years of a middle-class family seemingly caught up in their daily routines, troubled only by minor incidents. Behind their apparent calm and repetitive existence, however, they're planning something much more sinister.
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HBO Max Amazon Channel
75
7.1
/469850/
71
/18389/
71
/7753/
3.8
/3298447/
83
/413/
63
/1147/
72
/54/
cc age 17+

Midsommar (2019)
Several friends travel to Sweden to study as anthropologists a summer festival that is held every ninety years in the remote hometown of one of them. What begins as a dream vacation in a place where the sun never sets, gradually turns into a dark nightmare as the mysterious inhabitants invite them to participate in their disturbing festive activities.
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Amazon Prime Video
76
75
8.2
/18920/
74
/498/
72
/249/
3.4
/2360/
85
/238/

Zeitgeist: Addendum (2008)
Zeitgeist: Addendum premiered at the 5th Annual Artivist Film Festival. Director Peter Joseph stated: "The failure of our world to resolve the issues of war, poverty, and corruption, rests within a gross ignorance about what guides human behavior to begin with. It address the true source of the instability in our society, while offering the only fundamental, long-term solution."
poster
74
7.2
/3728/
70
/59/
66
/64/
3.5
/1325/
81
/37/
87
/47/

The Harmonists (1997)
Comedian Harmonists tells the story of a famous, German male sextet, five vocals and piano, the "Comedian Harmonists", from the day they meet first in 1927 to the day in 1934, when they become banned by the upcoming Nazis, because three of them are Jewish.
poster
74
7.7
/98355/
75
/1924/
74
/1155/
3.7
/24566/
72
/65/
88
/1039/
59
/20/

The Experiment (2001)
20 volunteers agree to take part in a seemingly well-paid experiment advertised by the university. It is supposed to be about aggressive behavior in an artificial prison situation. A journalist senses a story behind the ad and smuggles himself in among the test subjects. They are randomly divided into prisoners and guards. What seems like a game at the beginning soon turns into bloody seriousness.
poster
73
6.7
/7877/
65
/138/
62
/105/
3.7
/12047/
82
/62/
66
/119/
72
/7/

Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice (1969)
After returning to Los Angeles from a group therapy session, documentary filmmaker Bob Sanders and his wife, Carol, find themselves becoming vigilante couples counselors, offering unsolicited advice to their best friends, Ted and Alice Henderson. Not wanting to be rude, the Hendersons play along, but some latent sexual tension among the four soon comes bubbling to the surface, and long-buried desires don't stay buried for long.
poster
73
7.0
/13656/
68
/349/
68
/261/
3.8
/30602/
83
/99/
61
/112/
76
/31/

Like Someone in Love (2012)
An old man and a young woman meet in Tokyo. She knows nothing about him, he thinks he knows her. He welcomes her into his home, she offers him her body. But the web that is woven between them in the space of twenty four hours bears no relation to the circumstances of their encounter.
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Hoopla
73
8.1
/51144/
72
/1218/
69
/512/
3.0
/9382/
86
/1928/

Zeitgeist (2007)
A documentary examining possible historical and modern conspiracies surrounding Christianity, the 9/11 terrorist attacks, and the Federal Reserve bank.
poster
72
6.7
/29572/
72
/956/
65
/490/
3.3
/13243/
100
/12/
73
/680/
64
/17/
cc age 17+

Hamburger Hill (1987)
The men of Bravo Company are facing a battle that's all uphill… up Hamburger Hill. Fourteen war-weary soldiers are battling for a mud-covered mound of earth so named because it chews up soldiers like chopped meat. They are fighting for their country, their fellow soldiers and their lives. War is hell, but this is worse. Hamburger Hill tells it the way it was, the way it really was. It's a raw, gritty and totally unrelenting dramatic depiction of one of the fiercest battles of America's bloodiest war. This happened. Hamburger Hill - war at its worst, men at their best.
poster
85
72
8.1
/3549/
81
/56/
72
/74/
4.3
/5447/
100
/12/
89
/67/

Edvard Munch (1974)
Edvard Munch's childhood is overshadowed by death: he suffers the loss of his sister and mother, while enduring serious illness himself, almost dying. At university, Munch discovers his talent as a painter. As he immerses himself in the art world, he becomes part of a cultural revolution lead by the likes of nihilist Hans Jæger.
poster
70
7.0
/10036/
73
/619/
65
/227/
3.3
/2108/
77
/700/
7.3
/23029/

Appleseed: Ex Machina (2007)
As members of ESWAT, the elite forces serving Olympus, Deunan and Briaereos are deployed anywhere trouble strikes. Olympus finds itself under a stealth attack - cyborg terrorism, deadly nanotech zealots, and rioting citizens are just some of the threats that Deunan must contend with as she fights to save Olympus!
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Kanopy
78
70
7.4
/5379/
74
/121/
72
/152/
4.1
/24939/
85
/13/
81
/51/

Vive L'Amour (1995)
Three lonely young denizens of Taipei unknowingly share an apartment: May, a real estate agent who uses it for her sexual affairs; Ah-jung, her current lover; and Hsiao-kang, who's stolen the key and uses the apartment as a retreat.
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Amazon Prime Video
73
70
8.1
/18948/
73
/408/
71
/218/
3.4
/1637/

Zeitgeist: Moving Forward (2011)
A presentation of a case for a needed transition out of the current socioeconomic monetary paradigm which governs the entire world society. This subject matter will transcend the issues of cultural relativism and traditional ideology and move to relate the core, empirical 'life ground' attributes of human and social survival, extrapolating those immutable natural laws into a new sustainable social paradigm called a 'Resource-Based Economy'.
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Kanopy
70
7.1
/21803/
69
/570/
72
/728/
3.6
/20521/
88
/116/
72
/150/
69
/33/
cc age 18+

Venus in Fur (2013)
An enigmatic actress may have a hidden agenda when she auditions for a part in a misogynistic writer's play.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
67
7.1
/81859/
68
/2298/
67
/1670/
3.6
/135285/
85
/216/
70
/169/
73
/33/
cc age 16+

The Square (2017)
A prestigious Stockholm museum's chief art curator finds himself in times of both professional and personal crisis as he attempts to set up a controversial new exhibit.
poster
79
67
8.2
/8104/
81
/542/
74
/151/
4.2
/24510/
78
/7/

HyperNormalisation (2016)
We live in a world where the powerful deceive us. We know they lie. They know we know they lie. They do not care. We say we care, but we do nothing, and nothing ever changes. It is normal. Welcome to the post-truth world. How we got to where we are now…
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Criterion Channel
79
66
8.0
/4100/
76
/116/
78
/80/
4.2
/17562/

Talking Heads (1980)
People of different age, profession and social status answer two simple questions: who they are and what they want from life.
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Kanopy
66
6.2
/3057/
63
/134/
65
/94/
3.4
/7550/
82
/51/
54
/11/
64
/14/

Before We Vanish (2017)
Narumi is on bad terms with her husband, Shinji, when, one day, Shinji goes missing. He comes back a couple of days later, but he seems like a totally different person, and he is now gentle and tender. He goes for a walk every day. Meanwhile, journalist Sakurai covers the story of a family that was brutally murdered, when an unexplained phenomenon takes place.
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Kanopy
66
7.9
/12458/
79
/710/
74
/203/
3.0
/4067/
17
/6/
92
/445/
cc age 15+

The Red Pill (2016)
When a feminist filmmaker sets out to document the mysterious and polarizing world of the Men’s Rights Movement, she begins to question her own beliefs. Chronicling Cassie Jaye’s journey exploring an alternate perspective on gender equality, power and privilege.
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Starz
65
6.9
/278388/
71
/11523/
67
/6061/
3.1
/273361/
70
/204/
62
/8182/
57
/37/
cc age 17+

Paul (2011)
For the past 60 years, a space-traveling smart-ass named Paul has been locked up in a top-secret military base, advising world leaders about his kind. But when he worries he’s outlived his usefulness and the dissection table is drawing uncomfortably close, Paul escapes on the first RV that passes by his compound in Area 51. Fortunately, it contains the two earthlings who are most likely to rescue and harbor an alien on the run.
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Kanopy
65
6.7
/8871/
72
/541/
66
/289/
3.1
/3486/
72
/81/
66
/86/
53
/16/
cc age 12+

Viceroy's House (2017)
In 1947, Lord Mountbatten assumes the post of last Viceroy, charged with handing India back to its people, living upstairs at the house which was the home of British rulers, whilst 500 Hindu, Muslim and Sikh servants lived downstairs.
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Kanopy
70
64
6.5
/3940/
64
/165/
65
/100/
3.7
/11358/
83
/54/
54
/58/
81
/17/

Leviathan (2012)
An experimental portrait of the North American commercial fishing industry through the lens of GoPro cameras placed on a fishing vessel off the coast of New England.
poster
63
6.5
/2944/
62
/29/
62
/86/
3.3
/2587/
64
/809/

A Gorgeous Girl Like Me (1972)
Young sociologist Stanislas Previne is writing a thesis on criminal women, so he visits Camille Bliss in prison for an interview. Accused of murdering her husband and her lover, Camille recounts her life and love affairs.
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AMC+
78
62
7.5
/2236/
77
/150/
71
/69/
3.9
/13029/
100
/38/
70
/21/

Horror Noire: A History of Black Horror (2019)
Delving into a century of genre films that by turns utilized, caricatured, exploited, sidelined, and finally embraced them, this is the untold history of black Americans in Hollywood through their connection to the horror genre.
poster
Criterion Channel
73
62
7.5
/3941/
72
/106/
71
/110/
3.9
/13440/
72
/653/

Chronicle of a Summer (1961)
Paris, summer 1960. Anthropologist and filmmaker Jean Rouch and sociologist and film critic Edgar Morin wander through the crowded streets asking passersby how they cope with life's misfortunes.
poster
78
62
7.7
/2969/
76
/49/
73
/56/
3.9
/3321/
90
/478/

A Place in the World (1992)
Mario and Ana, in voluntary exile from Buenos Aires, live in a remote Argentine valley with their 12-year-old son Ernesto. Mario runs a school and a wool cooperative; Ana, a doctor, heads a clinic with Nelda, a progressive nun. Into this idealistic family comes Hans, a jaded Spanish geological engineer -- surveying the land for the local patron, to see if it can be dammed for hydro-electric power, which would drive the peasants from the land into the cities.
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Kanopy
71
61
7.5
/7982/
69
/71/
69
/59/
3.5
/1364/
63
/24/
86
/118/
71
/7/

Bliss (2007)
A young woman of about 17 years old, named Meryem (Ozgu Namal), has been raped, and her village's customs call for her to be killed to restore honor and dignity to her family and village. The eldest son of the village leader, Cemal (Murat Han), is ordered to take Meryem to Istanbul and kill her, but at the last minute he cannot complete the task.
poster
65
60
6.6
/5497/
66
/183/
62
/96/
3.2
/3888/
70
/10/
63
/76/

Panic in Year Zero! (1962)
While on a fishing trip, Harry Baldwin and his family hear an explosion and realize that Los Angeles has been leveled by a nuclear attack. Looters and killers are everywhere. Escaping to the hills with his family, he sets about the business of surviving in a world where, he knows, the old ideals of humanity will be the first casualties.
poster
59
6.7
/43792/
67
/1088/
65
/692/
3.1
/22693/
54
/56/
56
/1056/
53
/21/

Apt Pupil (1998)
One day in 1984, Todd Bowden, a brilliant high school boy fascinated by the history of Nazism, stumbles across an old man whose appearance resembles that of Kurt Dussander, a wanted Nazi war criminal. A month later, Todd decides to knock on his door.
poster
59
6.9
/18925/
71
/984/
67
/378/
3.2
/4907/
26
/31/
73
/1030/
40
/17/
7.0
/42668/

Appleseed (2004)
In a utopian society created at the end of the third world war, a female warrior who has been plucked from the badlands begins to see cracks in this new facade. And what does this community have planned for the rest of humankind?
poster
77
58
7.4
/2537/
71
/110/
71
/58/
3.6
/1916/
100
/8/
78
/14/

Chuck Norris vs Communism (2015)
In late eighties, in Ceausescu's Romania, a black market VHS bootlegger and a courageous female translator brought the magic of Western films to the Romanian people and sowed the seeds of a revolution.
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Starz
73
56
7.3
/1723/
66
/24/
63
/88/
3.6
/1796/
90
/10/
78
/88/

Midnight Movies: From the Margin to the Mainstream (2006)
From 1970-1977, six low budget films shown at midnight transformed the way we make and watch films.
poster
64
53
7.0
/6738/
62
/48/
63
/59/
3.4
/1166/
70
/23/
56
/44/
64
/8/

If I Want to Whistle, I Whistle (2010)
A teenager prisoner awaits his release when two weeks before that happens he's told that his mother is returned home. Meanwhile, he finds himself in love with a Sociology student, Ana, working in the penitentiary as an intern.
poster
Kanopy
67
51
7.3
/1768/
72
/33/
68
/35/
3.6
/1842/
64
/14/
74
/81/
51
/9/

Žižek! (2005)
ŽIŽEK! trails the thinker as he crisscrosses the globe, racing from New York City lecture halls, through the streets of Buenos Aires, and even stopping at home in Ljubljana, Slovenia. All the while Žižek obsessively reveals the invisible workings of ideology through his unique blend of Lacanian psychoanalysis, Marxism, and critique of pop culture.
poster
Netflix
66
50
6.8
/3518/
68
/205/
67
/58/
3.1
/2175/
67
/11/
cc age 13+

Saving Capitalism (2017)
Former Secretary of Labor Robert Reich meets with Americans from all walks of life as he chronicles a seismic shift in the nation's economy.
poster
69
50
7.2
/2032/
66
/39/
68
/36/
3.5
/1193/
67
/6/
74
/71/

The American Nightmare (2000)
An examination into the nature of 1960's-70's horror films, the involved artists, and how they reflected contemporary society.
poster
Kanopy
76
49
7.5
/1692/
68
/28/
77
/27/
3.7
/867/
89
/18/
67
/16/
87
/8/

The Autobiography of Nicolae Ceausescu (2010)
The three-hour-long documentary covers 25 years in the life of Nicolae Ceaușescu and was made using 1,000 hours of original footage from the National Archives of Romania.
poster
Criterion Channel
45
6.0
/4518/
51
/94/
56
/74/
3.4
/4350/
14
/1098/

I Am Curious (Yellow) (1967)
Lena, aged twenty, wants to know all she can about life and reality. She collects information on everyone and everything, storing her findings in an enormous archive. She experiments with relationships, political activism, and meditation. Meanwhile, the actors, director and crew are shown in a humorous parallel plot about the making of the film and their reactions to the story and each other. Nudity, explicit sex, and controversial politics kept this film from being shown in the US while its seizure by Customs was appealed.
poster
79
43
8.0
/730/
72
/17/
78
/16/
4.1
/1674/
86
/158/

Videograms of a Revolution (1992)
Videograms of a Revolution is a 1992 documentary film compiled by Harun Farocki and Andrei Ujică from over 125 hours of amateur footage, news footage, and excerpts from the Bucharest TV studio overtaken by demonstrators as part of the December 1989 Romanian Revolution.


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