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poster
HBO Max Amazon Channel
82
7.4
/54440/
71
/874/
72
/523/
3.8
/37582/
94
/185/
86
/2156/
90
/42/
cc age 15+

American Splendor (2003)
An original mix of fiction and reality illuminates the life of comic book hero everyman Harvey Pekar.
poster
79
7.5
/6233/
75
/143/
70
/126/
4.1
/24011/
100
/13/
81
/31/

Boyfriends and Girlfriends (1987)
Middle-class Parisian suburbs: Blanche and Léa, office worker and student, meet and become friends. Léa is going out with Fabien, but is thinking of leaving him. Blanche falls for Léa's handsome and witty friend Alexandre, but is tongue-tied whenever she meets him. Léa goes on holiday and Blanche, still smitten with the dashing Alexandre, begins to get to know Fabien.
poster
Kanopy
78
7.5
/30839/
73
/471/
70
/390/
3.7
/11599/
81
/132/
88
/744/
70
/34/

The Barbarian Invasions (2003)
In this belated sequel to 'The Decline of the American Empire', middle-aged Montreal college professor, Remy, learns that he is dying of liver cancer. His ex-wife, Louise, asks their estranged son, Sebastian, a successful businessman living in London, to come home. Sebastian makes the impossible happen, using his contacts and disrupting the Canadian healthcare system in every way possible to help his father fight his terminal illness to the bitter end, while reuniting some of Remy's old friends, including Pierre, Alain, Dominique, Diane, and Claude, who return to see their friend before he passes on.
poster
Curiosity Stream
78
7.5
/66076/
74
/1262/
72
/677/
3.6
/23904/
80
/132/
86
/4778/
65
/32/
cc age 13+

The Great Debaters (2007)
The true story of a brilliant but politically radical debate team coach who uses the power of words to transform a group of underdog African-American college students into a historical powerhouse that took on the Harvard elite.
poster
Criterion Channel
77
7.1
/39700/
69
/546/
68
/418/
3.7
/20255/
89
/171/
75
/4965/
85
/37/
cc age 17+

The Savages (2007)
A sister and brother face the realities of familial responsibility as they begin to care for their ailing father.
poster
76
7.4
/45432/
72
/945/
70
/697/
3.8
/62320/
87
/46/
82
/1135/
74
/10/

The Haunting (1963)
Dr. John Markway recruits three strangers for a sleep-disorder study at the eerie and isolated Hill House. It soon becomes clear his real interest lies in the mansion itself and its sinister history, as they are forced to confront the nature of its horror…
poster
Criterion Channel
74
6.7
/53179/
64
/1059/
62
/612/
3.6
/50382/
85
/201/
62
/5546/
85
/36/
cc age 17+

Rachel Getting Married (2008)
A young woman who has been in and out from rehab for the past 10 years returns home for the weekend for her sister's wedding.
poster
HBO Max Amazon Channel
79
73
7.9
/12018/
77
/163/
73
/120/
3.8
/6661/
83
/12/
91
/551/

Wit (2001)
A renowned professor is forced to reassess her life when she is diagnosed with terminal ovarian cancer.
poster
Kanopy
71
7.5
/5420/
77
/210/
67
/84/
3.6
/2604/
60
/25/
82
/124/
60
/12/

Kumaré (2012)
A documentary about a man who impersonates a wise Indian Guru and builds a following in Arizona. At the height of his popularity, the Guru Kumaré must reveal his true identity to his disciples and unveil his greatest teaching of all.
poster
71
7.3
/1053/
61
/26/
64
/33/
3.7
/1387/
75
/8/
88
/17/

The Hellstrom Chronicle (1971)
A scientist explains how the savagery and efficiency of the insect world could result in their taking over the world.
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
7.3
/3850/
69
/70/
60
/37/
3.4
/890/
74
/88/
77
/147/
63
/27/

Songcatcher (2001)
After being denied a promotion at the university where she teaches, Doctor Lily Penleric, a brilliant musicologist, impulsively visits her sister, who runs a struggling rural school in Appalachia. There she stumbles upon the discovery of her life - a treasure trove of ancient Scots-Irish ballads, songs that have been handed down from generation to generation, preserved intact by the seclusion of the mountains. With the goal of securing her promotion, Lily ventures into the most isolated areas of the mountains to collect the songs and finds herself increasingly enchanted.
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
Starz
67
7.0
/21267/
72
/1040/
68
/869/
3.4
/14332/
78
/49/
70
/98/
53
/11/
cc age 12+

The Young and Prodigious T.S. Spivet (2013)
A 10-year-old child prodigy cartographer secretly leaves his family's ranch in Montana where he lives with his cowboy father and scientist mother and travels across the country on board a freight train to receive an award at the Smithsonian Institute.
poster
64
6.8
/294/
64
/11/
51
/9/
68
/31/
63
/31/
59
/16/

Cape of Good Hope (2004)
Mark Bamford's thought-provoking comedy explores the ever-present friction between class, race and faith in modern-day South Africa, tracing the intersection of multiple lives. A Drama revolving around 3 women's lives and how they are intertwined.
poster
71
64
7.1
/7610/
68
/97/
64
/137/
3.5
/2686/
88
/24/
76
/189/
65
/7/

Ae Fond Kiss... (2004)
A young man upsets his Punjabi family when he falls in love with an Irish schoolteacher.
poster
Kanopy
64
6.8
/68795/
69
/1480/
64
/932/
3.1
/21753/
68
/148/
64
/1543/
58
/35/
cc age 13+

Salmon Fishing in the Yemen (2012)
A fisheries expert is approached by a consultant to help realize a sheik's vision of bringing the sport of fly-fishing to the desert and embarks on an upstream journey of faith and fish to prove the impossible possible.
poster
63
7.0
/18287/
69
/563/
65
/236/
3.3
/2901/
62
/106/
55
/943/
57
/25/
cc age 13+

Flash of Genius (2008)
In this David vs. Goliath drama based on a true story, college professor Robert Kearns goes up against the giants of the auto industry when they fail to give him credit for inventing intermittent windshield wipers. Kearns doggedly pursues recognition for his invention, as well as the much-deserved financial rewards for the sake of his wife and six kids.
poster
Hoopla
60
6.2
/142486/
67
/8612/
61
/3012/
2.7
/45098/
55
/185/
52
/2468/
57
/36/
cc age 15+

Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit (2014)
Jack Ryan, as a young covert CIA analyst, uncovers a Russian plot to crash the U.S. economy with a terrorist attack.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
58
5.6
/8221/
57
/334/
53
/228/
2.7
/2481/
52
/100/
31
/115/
61
/33/
cc age 17+

At Any Price (2012)
Henry Whipple wants his rebellious son Dean to help expand his family’s farming empire. However, Dean has his sights set on becoming a professional race car driver. When a high-stakes investigation into their business is exposed, father and son are pushed into an unexpected situation that threatens the family's entire livelihood.
poster
Hoopla
55
6.1
/23701/
59
/507/
58
/277/
2.8
/4591/
50
/148/
39
/4516/
57
/33/
cc age 17+

Smart People (2008)
Professor Lawrence Wetherhold might be imperiously brilliant, monumentally self-possessed and an intellectual giant -- but when it comes to solving the conundrums of love and family, he's as downright flummoxed as the next guy.
poster
73
52
7.2
/2012/
61
/24/
64
/32/
3.6
/555/
81
/21/
87
/70/
76
/9/

Far Side of the Moon (2003)
After the death of his mother, a man tries to discover a meaning to his life, to the universe and to rebuild a relationship with the only family he has left: his gay brother.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
51
6.1
/6329/
61
/149/
60
/141/
2.7
/1699/
25
/63/
44
/343/
28
/18/

Nobel Son (2007)
Soon after his insufferably arrogant father wins the Nobel Prize for chemistry, Barkley Michaelson is kidnapped by Thaddeus James, a young genius who claims to be Barkley's illegitimate half-brother. Motivated not so much by money as revenge, Thaddeus tries to convince Barkley to help him carry out a multimillion-dollar extortion plot against their patriarch.
poster
fuboTV
49
5.8
/31604/
62
/2264/
62
/968/
2.7
/47065/
31
/205/
50
/359/
43
/40/
cc age 15+

Antebellum (2020)
Successful author Veronica finds herself trapped in a horrifying reality and must uncover the mind-bending mystery before it's too late.
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
Criterion Channel
71
46
6.7
/1815/
61
/36/
65
/59/
3.8
/2968/
82
/8/
76
/5/

My Sex Life... or How I Got Into an Argument (1996)
Paul Dedalus is at a crossroads in his life. He has to make several decisions; should he complete his doctorate, does he want to become a full professor, does he really love his long-standing girlfriend, or should he re-start with one of his other lovers?
poster
Starz
59
43
6.2
/4422/
61
/53/
57
/45/
3.1
/1099/
54
/57/

Lulu on the Bridge (1998)
A famous jazz saxophonist's life is forever changed after he is accidentally shot.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
51
43
5.6
/5333/
58
/125/
56
/122/
2.8
/2347/
30
/81/

Loch Ness (1996)
Dr. Dempsey, an American scientist, is sent to Scotland to disprove the existence of the Loch Ness Monster. He is shocked when Laura, an inn-keeper, introduces him to a small family of Nessie-dinosaurs.
poster
Plex
53
43
6.0
/3757/
67
/155/
55
/67/
3.0
/914/
41
/41/
40
/195/
49
/16/
cc age 17+

Dark Matter (2008)
Liu Xing a brilliant Chinese student, arrives at University and makes the transition into American life with the help of Joanna Silver. Xing joins a cosmology group working to create a model of the origins of the universe. He is obsessed with the study of dark matter and a theory that conflicts with the group's model. When he begins to make breakthroughs of his own, he encounters obstructions.
poster
Kanopy
43
5.7
/13367/
61
/661/
58
/294/
2.7
/6440/
18
/80/
36
/75/
39
/18/
cc age 14+

Queen of the Desert (2015)
A chronicle of Gertrude Bell's life, a traveler, writer, archaeologist, explorer, cartographer, and political attaché for the British Empire in the Near and Middle East at the dawn of the twentieth century. Her knowledge of the tribal leaders is used by the British to establish the Kingdoms of Iraq, Jordan and Saudi Arabia.
poster
70
41
7.2
/2223/
70
/58/
68
/46/
3.6
/4806/
72
/5/

1981 (2009)
Filmmaker Ricardo Trogi recalls the events surrounding his family moving to a new neighborhood when he was 11 years old.
poster
Kanopy
42
40
5.3
/11803/
56
/305/
50
/145/
2.8
/6252/
17
/72/
31
/1924/
32
/17/
cc age 16+

The Brothers Solomon (2007)
A pair of well-meaning, but socially inept brothers try to find their perfect mates in order to provide their dying father with a grandchild.
poster
55
32
6.5
/1095/
47
/17/
60
/28/
43
/7/
64
/28/

Leo (2002)
A young mother is plagued by a tragic mistake and alienates her little boy. A brilliant writer is released from prison after serving a 15-year sentence and begins working at Vic's Diner. Their stories converge when the man must overcome obstacles of the past to save the little boy and ultimately himself.
poster
53
25
5.4
/1227/
59
/75/
51
/29/
3.1
/230/
42
/64/

Almost Normal (2005)
A gay man approaching a mid-life crisis is tired of being different because he is gay. He wants to be normal. Suddenly he is yanked back in time to when he was in high school. But this time, the world is gay and to be straight is considered deviant behavior. Then something else happens. He meets a girl. And suddenly normal becomes ...well almost normal.
poster
58
19
6.4
/229/
70
/2/
30
/2/
71
/7/

Getting Gertie's Garter (1945)
Dennis O'Keefe, newly married to lovely Sheila Ryan, is in a jam. O'Keefe's former girl friend, exotic dancer Marie McDonald, has in her possession an expensive, jeweled garter given to her by O'Keefe in his bachelor days. McDonald intends to show the garter to O'Keefe's suspicious wife, so Our Hero must retrieve the embarrassing accouterment without tipping off the missus.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
44
16
5.3
/1068/
49
/39/
42
/22/
34
/16/

Answer This! (2011)
Brilliant trivia whiz Paul Tarson is great at answering little questions but horrible at answering the big ones – like what’s he going to do after grad school? When his father withdraws his funding, Paul is forced to confront his future and much procrastinated dissertation deadline…until he discovers the First Annual Ann Arbor Pub Trivia Tournament.
poster
48
7
5.7
/466/
53
/13/
44
/12/
38
/2/

Adam at Six A.M. (1970)
A disenchanted young Professor of Semantics at a California college learns of a distant relative's death in Missouri. He journeys cross-country to the funeral, then decides to spend the summer there and work as a laborer for a power-line company. In time, he meets a girl and falls in love but then faces an important decision as to which direction he wants his life to go.
poster
?
7.6
/23/

Naturally Obsessed: The Making of a Scientist (2009)
Three ambitious graduate students race to uncover the biological switch that controls human appetite—while confronting the personal and emotional trials that define the path of discovery. Rob, the eternal dropout, struggles to persevere; Kilpatrick wrestles between ambition and comfort; and Gabriele questions her place in science altogether. Guiding them is Larry, a passionate young professor determined to inspire creativity and resilience in his students. Filmed over three years, The Switch captures the triumphs, failures, and self-discovery that come with life in the lab—where the hardest experiment of all is finding out who you really are.
poster
?
10
/1/
10
/2/

Ignatz & Lotte (1995)
Ignatz & Lotte follows the transformation of a small family during the year bracketing the first Gulf War. In the day Ignatz works for a television news affiliate, while at night he volunteers with his friend Kenji at the local alternative cable news program. Omnipresent political and economic pressures leave him little time to spend with his hard-working wife Lotte and their pre-school son Ewan. When Kenji moves from friend to boyfriend, it proves to be the last straw. Lotte realizes her family is disintegrating for a host of reasons from the macro to the micro. The painful sight of his son waving goodbye to him from a taxi window sharpens the painful nature of the times for Ignatz.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
44
?
4.0
/456/
44
/13/
49
/16/

Red Torrent (2009)
A reclusive scientific prodigy and three college friends find themselves in the middle of a toxic storm, when an unscrupulous business deal rains terror down on an entire county.
poster
65
?
5.7
/129/
67
/4/
72
/5/

Hayabusa (2011)
May 9, 2003 - The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) launches its unmanned spacecraft Hayabusa into orbit. Its mission is to collect samples from a near Earth asteroid named 25143 Itokawa. Hayabusa is scheduled to make contact with the asteroid in November 2005. As the spacecraft approaches its rendezvous date with the asteroid problems arise for the JAXA staff back on Earth.
poster
?
6.9
/67/
40
/3/
52
/7/

Weininger's Last Night (1990)
This film, dramatizing Weininger's life, is an adaptation of the 1982 play Soul of a Jew by Israeli writer Joshua Sobol. Weininger's last despondent hours are depicted in a dramatic furioso. His whole life passes by like distorted images in a mirror. The young genius fights a desperate battle against time, his fellow men - and against himself.
poster
28
?
3.7
/424/
36
/16/
33
/18/
15
/3/

2 Bedroom 1 Bath (2014)
A young couple moves into what appears to be the perfect home, but when they discover that they will soon become parents, things begin to fall apart. Rachel, the expectant mother, is haunted by a ghost in a red dress, while Kevin, the soon to be father, has frightening nightmares even while he’s awake. The once happy couple is torn apart by horrific events, which all seem to be centered around the birth of their unborn child.


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