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Disney Plus
87
8.2
/1185735/
81
/43837/
78
/20080/
4.0
/2029428/
99
/266/
86
/1434748/
90
/38/
cc age 5+

Finding Nemo (2003)
Nemo, an adventurous young clownfish, is unexpectedly taken from his Great Barrier Reef home to a dentist's office aquarium. It's up to his worrisome father Marlin and a friendly but forgetful fish Dory to bring Nemo home -- meeting vegetarian sharks, surfer dude turtles, hypnotic jellyfish, hungry seagulls, and more along the way.
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Amazon Prime Video
79
7.5
/49007/
75
/1841/
75
/901/
3.9
/63844/
93
/70/
86
/2058/
76
/15/
cc age 8+

The Secret of NIMH (1982)
A widowed field mouse must move her family -- including an ailing son -- to escape a farmer's plow. Aided by a crow and a pack of superintelligent, escaped lab rats, the brave mother struggles to transplant her home to firmer ground.
poster
Crunchyroll
79
7.6
/29226/
79
/2307/
79
/1552/
3.9
/66994/
90
/67/
88
/141/
65
/15/
8.2
/237035/
cc age 11+

The Boy and the Beast (2015)
Kyuta, a boy living in Shibuya, and Kumatetsu, a lonesome beast from Jutengai, an imaginary world. One day, Kyuta forays into the imaginary world and, as he's looking for his way back, meets Kumatetsu who becomes his spirit guide. That encounter leads them to many adventures.
poster
HBO Max Amazon Channel
73
6.9
/185187/
71
/12259/
70
/4134/
3.2
/1420801/
82
/333/
90
/2439/
66
/64/
cc age 8+

Wonka (2023)
Willy Wonka – chock-full of ideas and determined to change the world one delectable bite at a time – is proof that the best things in life begin with a dream, and if you’re lucky enough to meet Willy Wonka, anything is possible.
poster
73
7.2
/14646/
73
/287/
72
/284/
3.4
/7210/
74
/38/
79
/427/
cc age 12+

The Mighty (1998)
Kevin, an intelligent guy helps out Maxwell to improve his reading skills. In return, Kevin wants Maxwell to take him out places since he is not authorized to go out. Being the social outcasts of the town, Kevin and Maxwell come to realize that they are similar to each other and accept that they are "freaks" and nothing will stop them.
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
Fandango at Home Free
71
7.6
/60980/
73
/1858/
70
/618/
3.3
/16449/
69
/154/
78
/4736/
56
/31/
cc age 16+

Religulous (2008)
Commentator-comic Bill Maher plays devil's advocate with religion as he talks to believers about their faith. Traveling around the world, Maher examines the tenets of Christianity, Judaism and Islam and raises questions about homosexuality, proof of Christ's existence, Jewish Sabbath laws, violent Muslim extremists.
poster
Criterion Channel
74
68
7.1
/6663/
70
/194/
68
/148/
3.8
/32693/
92
/38/
70
/42/

Wanda (1970)
After a string of abusive relationships, Wanda abandons her family and seeks solace in the company of a petty criminal.
poster
73
66
6.8
/5629/
68
/113/
67
/82/
3.2
/3989/
100
/12/
67
/182/
77
/5/
cc age 6+

Annie Get Your Gun (1950)
Gunslinger Annie Oakley romances fellow sharpshooter Frank Butler as they travel with Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
65
6.9
/469422/
72
/20084/
69
/11381/
3.6
/942929/
55
/192/
67
/29801/
57
/36/
cc age 7+

Madagascar (2005)
Four animal friends get a taste of the wild life when they break out of captivity at the Central Park Zoo and wash ashore on the island of Madagascar.
poster
The Roku Channel
62
6.3
/24602/
67
/1787/
62
/702/
3.1
/16452/
74
/77/
55
/108/
63
/20/

The Limehouse Golem (2016)
A series of murders has shaken the community to the point where people believe that only a legendary creature from dark times – the mythical Golem – must be responsible.
poster
68
61
7.4
/5018/
73
/148/
71
/98/
3.5
/1473/
62
/76/
76
/126/
56
/21/
cc age 15+

The First Grader (2010)
The true story of an 84 year-old Kenyan villager and ex Mau Mau freedom fighter who fights for his right to go to school for the first time to get the education he could never afford.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
72
60
6.7
/3765/
66
/75/
65
/55/
3.3
/1383/
91
/11/
79
/104/

The Inspector General (1949)
An illiterate stooge in a traveling medicine show wanders into a strange town and is picked up on a vagrancy charge. The town's corrupt officials mistake him for the inspector general whom they think is traveling in disguise. Fearing he will discover they've been pocketing tax money, they make several bungled attempts to kill him.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
69
60
7.2
/4336/
72
/116/
66
/187/
3.6
/2315/
70
/10/
67
/39/

The Source (2011)
A comedy/drama set in a village and centered on a battle of the sexes, where women threaten to withhold sexual favours as long as the men refuse to install a water pipe.
poster
72
59
6.7
/3376/
67
/67/
64
/64/
3.3
/2256/
100
/9/
67
/33/

Blood and Sand (1941)
Bullfighter Juan Gallardo falls for socialite Dona Sol, turning from the faithful Carmen who nevertheless stands by her man as he continues to face real danger in the bullring.
poster
70
58
7.2
/3680/
75
/47/
70
/47/
3.3
/2058/
67
/18/
72
/53/

Pinky (1949)
Pinky, a light skinned black woman, returns to her grandmother's house in the South after graduating from a Northern nursing school. Pinky tells her grandmother that she has been "passing" for white while at school in the North. In addition, she has fallen in love with a young white doctor, who knows nothing about her black heritage.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
58
5.9
/10275/
65
/668/
62
/294/
2.8
/19016/
66
/151/
48
/53/
59
/32/
cc age 17+

Lizzie (2018)
Massachusetts, 1892. An unmarried woman of 32 and a social outcast, Lizzie lives a claustrophobic life under her father's cold and domineering control. When Bridget Sullivan, a young maid, comes to work for the family, Lizzie finds a sympathetic, kindred spirit, and a secret intimacy soon blossoms into a wicked plan.
poster
Starz Apple TV Channel
57
6.0
/1724/
70
/184/
76
/90/
3.1
/774/
67
/15/
64
/16/
39
/4/
cc age 13+

Emperor (2020)
An escaped slave travels north and has chance encounters with Frederick Douglass and John Brown. Based on the life story of Shields Green.
poster
74
57
7.5
/3397/
70
/35/
66
/45/
3.6
/701/
91
/92/
70
/473/
74
/25/

The Italian (2005)
Set in 2002, an abandoned 5-year-old boy living in a rundown orphanage in a small Russian village is adopted by an Italian family.
poster
56
5.8
/26538/
60
/819/
59
/495/
3.2
/29377/
49
/39/
53
/933/
46
/9/

Zardoz (1974)
In the far future, a savage trained only to kill finds a way into the community of bored immortals that alone preserves humanity's achievements.
poster
78
55
8.1
/2582/
80
/42/
75
/41/
3.7
/619/
75
/12/
87
/231/

The War on Democracy (2007)
Set both in Latin America and the United States, the film explores the historic and current relationship of Washington with countries such as Venezuela, Bolivia and Chile. Pilger says that the film "...tells a universal story... analysing and revealing, through vivid testimony, the story of great power behind its venerable myths. It allows us to understand the true nature of the so-called "war on terror". According to Pilger, the film’s message is that the greed and power of empire is not invincible and that people power is always the "seed beneath the snow".
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Kanopy
54
5.4
/101207/
61
/2886/
61
/2009/
2.8
/121679/
37
/148/
44
/8057/
45
/32/
cc age 11+

Maid in Manhattan (2002)
Marisa Ventura is a struggling single mom who works at a posh Manhattan hotel and dreams of a better life for her and her young son. One fateful day, hotel guest and senatorial candidate Christopher Marshall meets Marisa and mistakes her for a wealthy socialite. After an enchanting evening together, the two fall madly in love. But when Marisa's true identity is revealed, issues of class and social status threaten to separate them. Can two people from very different worlds overcome their differences and live happily ever after?
poster
Netflix
84
47
8.3
/788/
83
/71/
82
/10/
4.1
/4282/
100
/19/
90
/6/
69
/4/
cc age 10+

Butterfly in the Sky (2024)
Two seconds into the bubbling synth sounds of its theme song will have a child of the 1980s or ‘90s exclaiming “Reading Rainbow!” Such is the beloved and ubiquitous nature of the classic children’s literary television show that introduced millions of kids to the wonder and importance of books. Not only did the series insist on having kids speak to kids about their favorite stories, but Reading Rainbow introduced the world to one of the most adored television hosts of all time in LeVar Burton. Thanks to his direct, non-patronizing and, most importantly, kind delivery, Burton became a conduit to learning for children of every background—an entrancing guide to subjects unknown.
poster
54
44
6.2
/3872/
62
/91/
61
/69/
3.2
/2283/
20
/10/
55
/34/

The Hunting Party (1971)
A ruthless rancher, and his gang, use extremely long range rifles to kill the men who kidnapped his wife.
poster
Kanopy
69
39
6.5
/810/
63
/32/
59
/41/
3.3
/564/
100
/17/
57
/1/
75
/5/

The Sower (2017)
In 1852, the mountain village in Provence where Violette lives is brutally deprived of all its men after the repression of the republicans ordered by Napoleon III. Women spend months in total isolation, desperate to see their men again. In this situation, they make an oath in case a man arrives in the village.
poster
66
37
6.6
/960/
68
/75/
66
/45/
3.4
/490/
6.6
/494/
cc age 7+

Rudolf the Black Cat (2016)
Rudolf, a black stray cat, is suddenly separated from his beloved master. He unexpectedly wakes up in a long-distance truck that takes him to metropolis Tokyo. There, he meets Ippai-attena, a big boss cat feared by everyone in town. Unable to return home, Rudolf starts a life as a stray with Ippai-attena, but Ippai-attena isn't all that he seems to be.
poster
Criterion Channel
64
33
6.5
/1208/
60
/17/
56
/18/
3.4
/831/
75
/420/

The Emigrant (1994)
The biblical tale of Joseph is told from an Egyptian perspective in this interesting character study. In this film, Joseph is called Ram. Ram, tired of his family's backward superstitious life, and tired of being picked on by his brothers, wants to go to Egypt to study agriculture. His brothers travel with him across Sinai, but then suddenly sell him to Ozir, an Egyptian who works for a Theban military leader, Amihar. Amihar is impressed by Ram's drive and personal charm and so grants Ram some desolate land outside the capital. Ram soon finds himself a pawn in the political and sexual games between Amihar and his wife Simihit, a high priestess of the Cult of Amun.
poster
48
33
5.7
/3490/
72
/56/
60
/40/
2.9
/982/
20
/10/
26
/47/

The Pride and the Passion (1957)
During the Napoleonic Wars, when the French have occupied Spain, some Spanish guerrilla soldiers are going to move a big cannon across Spain in order to help the British defeat the French. A British officer is there to accompany the Spanish and along the way, he falls in love with the leader's girl.
poster
55
25
6.3
/1792/
60
/36/
57
/21/
3.1
/457/
38
/96/

Plymouth Adventure (1952)
During the Mayflower pilgrims' long voyage across the Atlantic Ocean on their way to America, Captain Christopher Jones falls in love with William Bradford's wife Dorothy.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
60
24
6.4
/393/
50
/3/
50
/6/
79
/88/

The Pride of Jesse Hallam (1981)
Jesse Hallum sells the family farm to see that his daughter receives the medical care she needs at the Cincinnati Children's Hospital. The big city challenges him, though, especially when his illiteracy is exposed.
poster
56
22
5.9
/1408/
60
/10/
65
/16/
2.9
/447/
40
/1085/

Dragon Seed (1944)
Life in a small Chinese village is turned upside down when the Japanese invade it. A heroic young Chinese woman leads her fellow villagers in an uprising against the Japanese invaders.
poster
65
16
6.8
/788/
70
/1/
73
/6/
50
/27/

The Cossacks (1928)
Stirring romance, hard riding, desperate fighting with the Cossacks playing their game of war and chivalry. A mighty picturization of Count Leo Tolstoi's famous novel of the same name.
poster
41
6
5.5
/368/
45
/4/
54
/5/
12
/54/

Texas Lady (1955)
Claudette Colbert plays Prudence Webb, who arrives in the wide-open town of Fort Ralston, Texas, to assume control of her late father's newspaper. Her first major print crusade is aimed at gambler Chris Mooney (Barry Sullivan), whom Prudence holds responsible for her dad's suicide. She then takes aim at a couple of crooked cattle barons (Ray Collins and Walter Sande), who'd like nothing better than to put Prudence out of the way for keeps.
poster
?
7.8
/47/
20
/1/
5
/1/

The Ad and the Ego (1997)
Witty, slick, sexy and sarcastic, shameless and in your face, The Ad and the Ego takes on advertising on its own terms. Intercutting thousands of contemporary and classic television commercials with insights by Stuart Ewen, Jean Kilbourne, Sut JhalIy and others, this film scrutinizes late 20th century American society and its prime inhabitant, Consumer Man. You will never look at an ad the same way again after viewing what critics are calling "the first comprehensive documentary on the cultural impact of advertising in America."
poster
?
50
/1/

Comic Book Literacy (2009)
Comic books are a medium as diverse as movies and encourage more thought than video games. Yet this misunderstood medium has always been the dirty little secret of the literature world. From the immigrant who learns English by reading Superman comics to the child who develops a love of literature from the X-Men, comics have kept America reading for decades with fantastic tales, well structured stories and amazing fantasies.
poster
?
6.0
/33/
10
/1/
100
/1/

Margaret Atwood: Once in August (1984)
In Margaret Atwood: Once in August, filmmaker Michael Rubbo attempts to discover what shapes the celebrated writer's fiction and what motivates her characters. As one of Canada's most distinguished poets and novelists, Atwood is also one of this country's most elusive literary figures.
poster
?
6.3
/12/

Celtic Legends: Irish Legends (1999)
This revealing program shows that the search for the Celtic Gods of Britain is an extremely difficult task. Their origins are shrouded in mystery, but they are kept alive in a series of enduring stories. This program presents many of these stories, which have been passed down from generation to generation.
poster
?
10
/1/

A Passage from Burnt Islands (1992)
In his crusade for literacy, principal Ray Brown enlisted the help of the community and broke through the cycle of illiteracy in a small Newfoundland fishing village. He turned the struggling elementary school into a place where students were eager to learn and instilled in parents a sense of hope for their children's future.
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Kanopy
?
7.2
/7/
50
/1/
50
/1/

Library Stories: Books on the Backroads (2023)
Library Stories: Books on the Backroads is a film about New Mexico's rural libraries. It’s about villages and Pueblo communities, their histories and their people, where their libraries are, and what their libraries mean. Rural people across our country know their libraries are essential to the educational and social fabric of their communities.
poster
?
6.8
/21/

The Book Lady (2008)
Pop culture icon and country music legend Dolly Parton is known around the world as a singer, songwriter and actress. But to a new generation of children in the U.S., Canada and the U.K., she is simply The Book Lady.
poster
?
3.5
/15/
20
/2/

Reading Growth: Basic Skills (1968)
Children learn the basics of reading.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
55
?
7.1
/267/
54
/7/
48
/8/
3.5
/218/

Marvin & Tige (1985)
Marvin, a heavy-drinking widower meets Tige, an 11-year-old orphan. With nowhere else to go, Tige moves in with Marvin and they develop a close friendship. Marvin wants to adopt Tige but knows that he is too poor to give him a good home. Then he discovers who Tige's father is a rich suburbanite who doesn't even know Tige exists. Should Marvin, and can he, give up the boy he loves, and who loves him, in favor of a stranger with the right genes and bank balance?
poster
66
?
6.3
/377/
68
/6/
69
/8/
3.3
/377/

Palunku (2006)
Monichan, a farmer, moves to a city with his family to provide better education to his children. Problems arise when he gets influenced by anti-social elements who involve him in illegal activities.
poster
?
6.7
/43/
65
/2/
62
/3/

Children of the Princess of Cleves (2011)
Featuring candid discussion about hopes and dreams, love and heartbreak, family and friends, this engrossing documentary makes an inspired connection between classic literature and contemporary teen life in modern-day Marseille as one high school class studies the 17th-century novel La princesse de Clèves.
poster
65
?
7.0
/117/
58
/8/
67
/6/

Out of Print (2013)
Out of Print, narrated by Meryl Streep, draws us into the topsy-turvy world of words, illuminating the turbulent and exciting journey from the book through the digital revolution. Jeff Bezos, Ray Bradbury, Scott Turow, Jeffrey Toobin, parents, students, educators, scientists – all highlight how this revolution is changing everything about the printed word – and changing us.
poster
64
?
6.9
/319/
46
/3/
62
/13/

Afghan Alphabet (2002)
Documentary showing the life of children of the Afghan villages bordering Iran, and how their life and culture were affected by Taliban regime.
poster
?
6.9
/62/
26
/3/
45
/6/

In the Navel of the Sea (1998)
In a remote fishing island in the 50's, Pepito grows up learning the trade of his mother, Rosa, the only midwife capable of delivering the newborn babies of their community. At first, the young son doesn't mind the unusual arrangement, but as he grows older, he begins to resist the role traditionally meant only for women. In time, Pepito's coming of age intersects with the lives of the other islanders, whose beliefs and struggles become critical impetus to his maturity.
poster
?
6.2
/46/
90
/1/
81
/4/

Manoro (2006)
The mountain-dwelling Aetas have been forced to settle in the lowlands by the sudden eruption of Mt. Pinatubo. With their settlements being closer to the government-funded schools of the Kapampangan townships, the Aeta children now have the opportunity to study. Jonalyn, one of the elementary school graduates of the ceremony depicted in the confused introduction and an Aeta, seeks to teach her elders to read and write a day before the National Elections. With Jonalyn's effort, the Aetas, for the very first time, have participated in the democratic process that has existed in the Philippines since the early part of the 20th century.


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