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poster
Peacock Premium
89
IMDb 50
9.3
/3153144/
91
/52419/
87
/29639/
4.6
/2500778/
89
/146/
98
/53483/
82
/22/
cc age 15+

The Shawshank Redemption (1994)
Imprisoned in the 1940s for the double murder of his wife and her lover, upstanding banker Andy Dufresne begins a new life at the Shawshank prison, where he puts his accounting skills to work for an amoral warden. During his long stretch in prison, Dufresne comes to be admired by the other inmates -- including an older prisoner named Red -- for his integrity and unquenchable sense of hope.
poster
88
8.5
/1538477/
83
/31603/
81
/15837/
4.3
/1429956/
91
/285/
94
/58098/
85
/39/
cc age 17+

The Departed (2006)
To take down South Boston's Irish Mafia, the police send in one of their own to infiltrate the underworld, not realizing the syndicate has done likewise. While an undercover cop curries favor with the mob kingpin, a career criminal rises through the police ranks. But both sides soon discover there's a mole among them.
poster
YouTube TV
87
7.9
/173445/
76
/2898/
77
/1829/
3.9
/141888/
99
/111/
91
/2982/
97
/16/
cc age 12+

The Maltese Falcon (1941)
A private detective takes on a case that involves him with three eccentric criminals, a beautiful liar, and their quest for a priceless statuette.
poster
86
7.9
/90600/
77
/1575/
76
/1047/
4.1
/62619/
94
/47/
92
/1352/
90
/18/
cc age 14+

The Hustler (1961)
Fast Eddie Felson is a small-time pool hustler with a lot of talent but a self-destructive attitude. His bravado causes him to challenge the legendary Minnesota Fats to a high-stakes match.
poster
Kanopy
86
8.3
/708749/
83
/17845/
82
/9531/
4.4
/1378943/
82
/160/
94
/11753/
78
/33/
cc age 17+

Oldboy (2003)
With no clue how he came to be imprisoned, drugged and tortured for 15 years, a desperate man seeks revenge on his captors.
poster
86
7.8
/74818/
74
/1396/
75
/1115/
4.0
/82832/
100
/54/
89
/1220/
94
/15/

Shadow of a Doubt (1943)
In sleepy Santa Rosa, restless young Charlie’s world brightens when her sophisticated Uncle Charlie arrives for a long visit. But as his behavior grows increasingly strange, she begins to suspect that her beloved uncle may be hiding a terrible secret—and that danger has quietly entered her home.
poster
86
8.2
/239981/
81
/4236/
79
/2771/
4.2
/177557/
89
/137/
93
/2238/
80
/36/

The Secret in Their Eyes (2009)
Hoping to put to rest years of unease concerning a past case, retired criminal investigator Benjamín begins writing a novel based on the unsolved mystery of a newlywed’s rape and murder. With the help of a former colleague, judge Irene, he attempts to make sense of the past.
poster
85
7.9
/95327/
74
/1813/
76
/1572/
3.8
/108831/
97
/116/
86
/3073/
92
/14/
cc age 10+

King Kong (1933)
Adventurous filmmaker Carl Denham sets out to produce a motion picture unlike anything the world has seen before. Alongside his leading lady Ann Darrow and his first mate Jack Driscoll, they arrive on an island and discover a legendary creature said to be neither beast nor man. Denham captures the monster to be displayed on Broadway as King Kong, the eighth wonder of the world.
poster
Criterion Channel
84
7.9
/31232/
78
/633/
76
/675/
4.1
/69765/
93
/60/
91
/448/
94
/16/

Elevator to the Gallows (1958)
A self-assured businessman murders his employer, husband of his mistress, which unintentionally provokes an ill-fated chain of events.
poster
Netflix
84
7.8
/57642/
77
/2890/
75
/1296/
4.0
/123554/
96
/224/
87
/750/
85
/41/
cc age 16+

Amy (2015)
A documentary on the life of Amy Winehouse, the immensely talented yet doomed songstress. We see her from her teen years, where she already showed her singing abilities, to her finding success and then her downward spiral into alcoholism and drugs.
poster
The Roku Channel
84
7.8
/254587/
76
/4742/
74
/3446/
3.8
/168472/
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
83
7.9
/30470/
74
/553/
74
/499/
4.0
/40286/
100
/43/
89
/602/
89
/15/
cc age 12+

Sullivan's Travels (1941)
Successful movie director John L. Sullivan, convinced he won't be able to film his ambitious masterpiece until he has suffered, dons a hobo disguise and sets off on a journey, aiming to "know trouble" first-hand. When all he finds is a train ride back to Hollywood and a beautiful blonde companion, he redoubles his efforts, managing to land himself in more trouble than he bargained for when he loses his memory and ends up a prisoner on a chain gang.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
83
7.4
/27132/
77
/741/
71
/416/
4.0
/62399/
95
/55/
85
/859/
88
/16/
cc age 10+

Funny Girl (1968)
The life of famed 1930s comedienne Fanny Brice, from her early days in the Jewish slums of New York, to the height of her career with the Ziegfeld Follies, as well as her marriage to the rakish gambler Nick Arnstein.
poster
Kanopy
83
8.1
/203284/
80
/3678/
80
/2783/
4.2
/190264/
90
/48/
92
/1803/
75
/11/
cc age 13+

Dial M for Murder (1954)
When her American lover visits London, a wealthy woman’s jealous husband hatches a plan to murder her and inherit her fortune.
poster
MGM Plus
83
7.7
/61367/
74
/1068/
74
/678/
4.0
/61146/
90
/105/
88
/1360/
86
/18/
cc age 14+

Ordinary People (1980)
Beth, Calvin, and their son Conrad are living in the aftermath of the death of the other son. Conrad is overcome by grief and misplaced guilt to the extent of a suicide attempt. He is in therapy. Beth had always preferred his brother and is having difficulty being supportive to Conrad. Calvin is trapped between the two trying to hold the family together.
poster
82
7.7
/620388/
79
/31418/
77
/7618/
4.2
/3650994/
93
/407/
79
/5716/
81
/55/
cc age 15+

Everything Everywhere All at Once (2022)
An aging Chinese immigrant is swept up in an insane adventure, where she alone can save what's important to her by connecting with the lives she could have led in other universes.
poster
HBO Max
82
7.9
/39513/
79
/1552/
77
/903/
3.8
/27211/
94
/49/
88
/380/
cc age 17+

The Normal Heart (2014)
The story of the onset of the HIV-AIDS crisis in New York City in the early 1980s, taking an unflinching look at the nation's sexual politics as gay activists and their allies in the medical community fight to expose the truth about the burgeoning epidemic to a city and nation in denial.
poster
Kanopy
82
8.1
/1217192/
81
/33215/
79
/16723/
4.0
/2142025/
96
/203/
89
/19225/
75
/39/
cc age 12+

Catch Me If You Can (2002)
A true story about Frank Abagnale Jr. who, before his 19th birthday, successfully conned millions of dollars worth of checks as a Pan Am pilot, doctor, and legal prosecutor. An FBI agent makes it his mission to put him behind bars. But Frank not only eludes capture, he revels in the pursuit.
poster
81
8.1
/126113/
75
/919/
71
/485/
3.8
/20853/
90
/10/
94
/972/

Rang De Basanti (2006)
After a group of friends graduate from Delhi University, they listlessly haunt their old campus, until a British filmmaker casts them in a film she's making about freedom fighters under British rule. Although the group is largely apolitical, the tragic death of a friend owing to local government corruption awakens their patriotism. Inspired by the freedom fighters they represent in the film, the friends collectively decide to avenge the killing.
poster
80
7.2
/17565/
72
/1066/
72
/321/
3.7
/34065/
96
/196/
97
/529/
77
/48/
cc age 13+

Till (2022)
The true story of Mamie Till Mobley’s relentless pursuit of justice for her 14 year old son, Emmett Till, who, in 1955, was lynched while visiting his cousins in Mississippi.
poster
80
7.4
/104769/
73
/1906/
70
/1069/
3.7
/48619/
93
/226/
83
/4960/
80
/41/
cc age 13+

Good Night, and Good Luck. (2005)
The story of journalist Edward R. Murrow's stand against Senator Joseph McCarthy's anti-communist witch-hunts in the early 1950s.
poster
Kanopy
80
7.6
/106975/
75
/2642/
73
/1689/
3.7
/58064/
91
/199/
89
/2156/
77
/42/
cc age 15+

Philomena (2013)
A woman searches for her adult son, who was taken away from her decades ago when she was forced to live in a convent.
poster
MGM Plus
79
7.5
/404581/
73
/8640/
72
/5696/
3.8
/326834/
86
/227/
79
/7993/
77
/41/
cc age 16+

The Aviator (2004)
A biopic depicting the life of filmmaker and aviation pioneer Howard Hughes from 1927 to 1947, during which time he became a successful film producer and an aviation magnate, while simultaneously growing more unstable due to severe obsessive-compulsive disorder.
poster
Netflix
79
7.4
/241229/
76
/11356/
73
/5422/
3.5
/256144/
84
/310/
83
/1500/
75
/50/
cc age 13+

Darkest Hour (2017)
In May 1940, the fate of World War II hangs on Winston Churchill, who must decide whether to negotiate with Adolf Hitler or fight on knowing that it could mean the end of the British Empire.
poster
Hoopla
81
79
8.2
/19010/
77
/316/
75
/266/
4.2
/28804/
89
/37/
93
/409/
72
/10/

A Face in the Crowd (1957)
The rise of a raucous hayseed named Lonesome Rhodes from itinerant Ozark guitar picker to local media rabble-rouser to TV superstar and political king-maker. Marcia Jeffries is the innocent Sarah Lawrence girl who discovers the great man in a back-country jail and is the first to fall under his spell.
poster
Hoopla
79
7.2
/20317/
72
/545/
76
/1169/
3.7
/28134/
92
/51/
80
/455/
81
/17/

Il Divo (2008)
Italy, early '90s. Calm, clever and inscrutable, politician Giulio Andreotti has been synonymous with power for decades. He has survived everything: electoral battles, terrorist massacres, loss of friends, slanderous accusations; but now certain repentant mobsters implicate him in the crimes of Cosa Nostra.
poster
Criterion Channel
79
7.3
/51349/
70
/802/
70
/657/
3.8
/48912/
87
/222/
79
/1099/
84
/37/
cc age 16+

Far from Heaven (2002)
In 1950s Connecticut, a housewife's life is upended by a marital crisis and mounting racial tensions in society.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
78
7.1
/35699/
70
/1543/
70
/681/
3.7
/86374/
98
/348/
78
/132/
83
/51/
cc age 15+

One Night in Miami... (2020)
In the aftermath of Cassius Clay's defeat of Sonny Liston in 1964, the boxer meets with Malcolm X, Sam Cooke and Jim Brown to change the course of history in the segregated South.
poster
Hulu
78
6.9
/15969/
72
/830/
69
/351/
3.4
/22351/
97
/148/
88
/87/
74
/35/
cc age 14+

The Duke (2021)
In 1961, a 60-year-old taxi driver stole Goya’s portrait of the Duke of Wellington from the National Gallery in London. It was the first (and remains the only) theft in the Gallery’s history. What happened next became the stuff of legend.
poster
fuboTV
78
7.1
/36888/
73
/1888/
71
/736/
3.7
/92633/
82
/233/
92
/4259/
74
/43/
cc age 16+

Queen & Slim (2019)
While on a forgettable first date together in Ohio, a black man and a black woman are pulled over for a minor traffic infraction. The situation escalates, with sudden and tragic results.
poster
78
7.7
/27875/
78
/897/
77
/739/
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
78
7.6
/1734/
77
/185/
73
/43/
3.6
/2507/
97
/67/
90
/44/
64
/17/
cc age 6+

Pick of the Litter (2019)
Follows a litter of puppies from the moment they're born and begin their quest to become Guide Dogs for the Blind, the ultimate canine career. Cameras follow these pups through a two-year odyssey as they train to become dogs whose ultimate responsibility is to protect their blind partners from harm.
poster
78
7.1
/6724/
69
/91/
67
/80/
3.6
/3566/
96
/25/
76
/131/

Flirting (1991)
Two freethinking teenagers - a boy and a girl - confront with authoritarian teachers in their boarding schools. The other students treat this differently.
poster
Netflix
77
7.3
/7949/
71
/201/
73
/108/
3.7
/78872/
91
/186/
84
/49/
76
/41/
cc age 14+

Nouvelle Vague (2025)
After writing for Cahiers du cinéma, a young Jean-Luc Godard decides making films is the best film criticism. He convinces producer Georges de Beauregard to fund a low-budget feature, and creates a treatment with fellow New Wave filmmaker François Truffaut about a gangster couple. The result? Breathless, one of the first features of the Nouvelle Vague era of French cinema.
poster
Fandango at Home Free
77
7.1
/36450/
73
/1537/
73
/484/
3.5
/93785/
94
/179/
93
/762/
70
/37/
cc age 10+

Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris (2022)
A 1950s London cleaning lady falls in love with an haute couture dress by Christian Dior and decides to gamble everything for the sake of this folly.
poster
Hoopla
77
7.6
/29663/
75
/514/
71
/448/
3.6
/10101/
87
/94/
88
/929/
76
/30/

Sophie Scholl: The Final Days (2005)
In 1943, as Hitler continues to wage war across Europe, a group of college students mount an underground resistance movement in Munich. Dedicated expressly to the downfall of the monolithic Third Reich war machine, they call themselves the White Rose. One of its few female members, Sophie Scholl is captured during a dangerous mission to distribute pamphlets on campus with her brother Hans. Unwavering in her convictions and loyalty to the White Rose, her cross-examination by the Gestapo quickly escalates into a searing test of wills as Scholl delivers a passionate call to freedom and personal responsibility.
poster
Netflix
77
7.5
/115962/
77
/4739/
74
/2426/
3.6
/66754/
97
/31/
84
/1345/
67
/13/

Ip Man 2 (2010)
Having defeated the best fighters of the Imperial Japanese army in occupied Shanghai, Ip Man and his family settle in post-war Hong Kong. Struggling to make a living, Master Ip opens a kung fu school to bring his celebrated art of Wing Chun to the troubled youth of Hong Kong. His growing reputation soon brings challenges from powerful enemies, including pre-eminent Hung Gar master, Hung Quan.
poster
77
7.5
/115201/
72
/2472/
73
/2205/
3.5
/237578/
89
/45/
84
/1861/
79
/14/
cc age 15+

Lolita (1962)
Humbert Humbert is a middle-aged British novelist who is both appalled by and attracted to the vulgarity of American culture. When he comes to stay at the boarding house run by Charlotte Haze, he soon becomes obsessed with Lolita, the woman's teenaged daughter.
poster
Kanopy
76
7.2
/7279/
70
/144/
67
/109/
3.8
/7821/
90
/49/
89
/181/
72
/21/

Aimée & Jaguar (1999)
In 1943, while the Allies are bombing Berlin and the Gestapo is purging the capital of Jews, a dangerous love affair blossoms between two women – one a Jewish member of the underground, the other an exemplar of Nazi motherhood.
poster
76
7.3
/34091/
70
/527/
69
/381/
3.6
/16516/
96
/70/
82
/607/
74
/32/
cc age 15+

Gods and Monsters (1998)
It's 1957, and James Whale's heyday as the director of "Frankenstein," "Bride of Frankenstein" and "The Invisible Man" is long behind him. Retired and a semi-recluse, he lives his days accompanied only by images from his past. When his dour housekeeper, Hannah, hires a handsome young gardener, the flamboyant director and simple yard man develop an unlikely friendship, which will change them forever.
poster
Kanopy
76
7.3
/28630/
76
/1865/
72
/659/
3.5
/18564/
80
/145/
84
/292/
66
/34/
cc age 13+

Marshall (2017)
Thurgood Marshall, the first African-American Supreme Court Justice, battles through one of his career-defining cases.
poster
76
7.3
/25599/
75
/883/
74
/725/
4.1
/145901/
82
/68/
84
/890/
67
/9/

Phantom of the Paradise (1974)
Singer-songwriter Winslow Leach seeks revenge on the nefarious music producer Swan, who steals both Winslow's music and his favorite singer for the grand opening of Swan's new rock palace, the Paradise.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
75
6.8
/6540/
68
/295/
67
/118/
3.8
/26792/
98
/132/
51
/43/
91
/23/
cc age 14+

Time (2020)
Fox Rich, indomitable matriarch and modern-day abolitionist, strives to keep her family together while fighting for the release of her incarcerated husband. An intimate, epic, and unconventional love story, filmed over two decades.
poster
75
7.1
/14344/
72
/796/
76
/1403/
3.6
/24349/
86
/106/
73
/24/
64
/22/
cc age 16+

The Traitor (2019)
Palermo, Sicily, 1980. Mafia member Tommaso Buscetta decides to move to Brazil with his family fleeing the constant war between the different clans of the criminal organization. But when, after living several misfortunes, he is forced to return to Italy, he makes a bold decision that will change his life and the destiny of Cosa Nostra forever.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
75
6.9
/18318/
70
/849/
67
/446/
4.7
/253/
86
/106/
77
/75/
68
/19/
cc age 15+

Mr. Jones (2019)
In 1933, Welsh journalist Gareth Jones travels to Ukraine, where he experiences the horrors of a famine. Everywhere he goes he meets henchmen of the Soviet secret service who are determined to prevent news about the catastrophe from getting out. Stalin’s forced collectivisation of agriculture has resulted in misery and ruin—the policy is tantamount to mass murder.
poster
75
7.2
/170916/
73
/9145/
70
/4815/
3.5
/223163/
88
/401/
74
/1419/
83
/51/
cc age 13+

The Post (2017)
A cover-up that spanned four U.S. Presidents pushed the country's first female newspaper publisher and a hard-driving editor to join an unprecedented battle between journalist and government. Inspired by true events.
poster
The Roku Channel
77
75
7.4
/17988/
71
/336/
70
/235/
3.6
/12130/
97
/73/
78
/295/
cc age 12+

All the King's Men (1949)
A man of humble beginnings and honest intentions rises to power by nefarious means. Along for the wild ride are an earnest reporter, a heretofore classy society girl, and a too-clever-for-her-own-good political flack.
poster
76
75
7.3
/19783/
73
/395/
69
/278/
3.6
/21826/
94
/31/
83
/647/
71
/8/

On the Town (1949)
Three sailors wreak havoc as they search for love during a whirlwind 24-hour leave in New York City.


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