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Kanopy
86
8.0
/41644/
77
/663/
76
/586/
4.1
/25175/
100
/51/
93
/729/
cc age 13+

Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949)
When his mother eloped with an Italian opera singer, Louis Mazzini was cut off from her aristocratic family. After the family refuses to let her be buried in the family mausoleum, Louis avenges his mother's death by attempting to murder every family member who stands between himself and the family fortune. But when he finds himself torn between his longtime love and the widow of one of his victims, his plans go awry.
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Criterion Channel
82
7.7
/18360/
73
/300/
74
/315/
4.0
/24765/
85
/26/
91
/244/

The Phantom of Liberty (1974)
This Surrealist film, with a title referencing the Communist Manifesto, strings together short incidents based on the life of director Luis Buñuel. Presented as chance encounters, these loosely related, intersecting situations, all without a consistent protagonist, reach from the 19th century to the 1970s. Touching briefly on subjects such as execution, pedophilia, incest, and sex, the film features an array of characters, including a sick father and incompetent police officers.
poster
80
8.5
/1568328/
83
/36299/
82
/17154/
4.3
/1639089/
77
/205/
92
/43662/
66
/36/
cc age 14+

The Prestige (2006)
A mysterious story of two magicians whose intense rivalry leads them on a life-long battle for supremacy -- full of obsession, deceit and jealousy with dangerous and deadly consequences.
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Criterion Channel
85
79
8.1
/11911/
77
/184/
79
/242/
4.2
/17902/
100
/26/
91
/112/

Day of Wrath (1943)
In a Danish village in the early 1600s, a young woman named Anne, whose mother was thought to be a witch, develops sympathy toward an old woman, Marte, who is accused of witchcraft. The intervention of Anne's older but kindly husband, Pastor Absalon saved her mother -- but now, urged on by his overbearing mother, he refuses to help Marte. When Absalon's son returns home and is attracted to Anne, it's a matter of time before her family destiny catches up with her.
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FXNow
79
7.4
/31665/
72
/1201/
71
/759/
4.1
/70584/
82
/234/
72
/59/
80
/44/
cc age 13+

A Hidden Life (2019)
Austrian farmer Franz Jägerstätter faces the threat of execution for refusing to fight for the Nazis during World War II.
poster
78
7.6
/77680/
74
/1284/
73
/1292/
3.7
/33183/
79
/146/
85
/3689/
76
/39/
cc age 17+

A Very Long Engagement (2004)
Young Frenchwoman Mathilde searches for the truth about her missing fiancé, lost during World War I, and learns many unexpected things along the way. The love of her life is gone. But she refuses to believe he's gone forever — and she needs to know for sure.
poster
76
7.1
/5862/
68
/33/
65
/60/
3.5
/1235/
91
/77/
77
/98/
73
/27/

The Widow of Saint-Pierre (2000)
In 1850, on the isolated French island of Saint-Pierre, a murder shocks the natives. Two fishermen are arrested. One of them, Louis Ollivier, dies in custody. The other, Neel Auguste, is sentenced to death by the guillotine. The island is so small that it has neither a guillotine nor an executioner. While those are sent for Auguste is placed under the supervision of an army Captain.
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Netflix
75
7.3
/31367/
71
/840/
72
/488/
3.6
/86763/
82
/141/
78
/22/
66
/30/
cc age 16+

Holy Spider (2022)
A journalist descends into the dark underbelly of the Iranian holy city of Mashhad as she investigates the serial killings of sex workers by the so called "Spider Killer", who believes he is cleansing the streets of sinners.
poster
75
7.1
/14332/
72
/796/
76
/1401/
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.
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Kanopy
70
6.4
/1235/
64
/32/
62
/47/
3.0
/1805/
90
/21/
69
/8/

Yalda (2020)
Maryam accidentally killed her husband Nasser and is sentenced to death. The only person who can save her is Mona, Nasser's daughter. All Mona has to do is appear on a TV show and forgive Maryam. But forgiveness proves difficult when they are forced to relive the past.
poster
77
69
7.2
/6401/
70
/118/
70
/122/
3.6
/8778/
100
/12/
81
/106/

Mad Love (1935)
An insane surgeon's obsession with an actress leads him to replace her wounded pianist husband's hands with those of a knife-throwing murderer.
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Plex
75
67
7.3
/7767/
72
/118/
71
/95/
3.4
/4302/
89
/9/
78
/118/

People Will Talk (1951)
A successful, unorthodox doctor befriends a young woman with suicidal ideations due to her pregnancy by her ex, a military reservist killed in action.
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67
6.9
/7212/
63
/75/
60
/64/
3.4
/1293/
64
/114/
76
/182/
64
/40/

The Dancer Upstairs (2002)
A police detective in a South American country is dedicated to hunting down a revolutionary guerilla leader.
poster
68
62
7.4
/8661/
71
/173/
71
/124/
3.6
/3868/
43
/14/
82
/181/

Anne of the Thousand Days (1969)
Henry VIII of England discards his wife, Katharine of Aragon, who has failed to produce a male heir, in favor of the young and beautiful Anne Boleyn.
poster
62
6.0
/5394/
67
/571/
61
/229/
3.2
/2800/
86
/22/
61
/44/
65
/8/
cc age 15+

Never Grow Old (2019)
An Irish undertaker profits when outlaws take over a peaceful town, but his own family come under threat as the death toll increases dramatically.
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Kanopy
67
62
6.7
/9600/
66
/249/
65
/168/
3.5
/16685/

The City of the Dead (1960)
In Whitewood, Massachusetts, a presumed witch places a curse on the town before she is burned at the stake. 300 years later, a college student arrives and checks into the mysterious Raven's Inn to research the town's history with witchcraft.
poster
61
7.0
/7847/
71
/159/
65
/96/
3.5
/5900/
33
/6/
70
/137/

Cromwell (1970)
Disgusted with the policies of King Charles I, Oliver Cromwell plans to take his family to the New World. But on the eve of their departure, Cromwell is drawn into the tangled web of religion and politics that will result in the English Civil War.
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AMC+
60
58
6.0
/11498/
61
/326/
59
/199/
3.0
/3088/
71
/45/
47
/432/
62
/10/

I Sell the Dead (2008)
18th century justice catches up with a pair of grave robbers. With only a few hours to go before his date with the guillotine, Arthur Blake tells his life story to Father Francis Duffy. Before long, Arthur spills the beans on how he got started in the grim corpse peddling business with seasoned ghoul Willie Grimes.
poster
73
57
7.0
/1621/
66
/42/
67
/99/
3.4
/42896/
88
/24/
79
/7/

The Stranger (2025)
In 1930s Algeria, the daily life of an indifferent Frenchman is shaken by the death of his mother and a fateful encounter on a beach.
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Fandango at Home Free
69
57
6.7
/3440/
60
/61/
62
/69/
3.5
/1905/
87
/31/
59
/23/
78
/15/

In the Fog (2012)
Western frontiers of the USSR, 1942. The region is under German occupation. A man is wrongly accused of collaboration. Desperate to save his dignity, he faces an impossible moral choice.
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66
56
6.3
/3296/
63
/83/
59
/57/
3.1
/3109/
100
/6/
51
/46/

Black Friday (1940)
University professor George Kingsley is struck by gangsters while crossing the street, leaving him with brain damage and one of the gangsters, Cannon, paralyzed. Kingsley's friend Dr. Sovac attends to both men, and when Cannon offers him a reward for aiding his recovery, Kovac transplants part of Cannon's brain into the dying Kingsley's skull, creating a dual personality.
poster
64
54
6.6
/3586/
68
/152/
63
/94/
3.4
/9114/
60
/32/

The Walking Dead (1936)
Down-on-his-luck John Ellman is framed for a judge's murder. After he's convicted and sentenced to death, witnesses come forth and prove his innocence. But it was too late for a stay to be granted and Ellman is executed. A doctor uses an experimental procedure to restore him to life, though the full outcome is other than expected.
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Amazon Prime Video
72
54
7.1
/1771/
70
/28/
65
/37/
3.7
/1165/
87
/46/
67
/124/
75
/17/

Terror's Advocate (2007)
A documentary on Jacques Vergès, the controversial lawyer and former Free French Forces guerrilla, exploring how Vergès assisted, from the 1960s onwards, anti-imperialist terrorist cells operating in Africa, Europe, and the Middle East. Participants interviewed include Algerian nationalists Yacef Saadi, Zohra Drif, Djamila Bouhired and Abderrahmane Benhamida, Khmer Rouge members Nuon Chea and Khieu Samphan, once far-left activists Hans-Joachim Klein and Magdalena Kopp, terrorist Carlos the Jackal, lawyer Isabelle Coutant-Peyre, neo-Nazi Ahmed Huber, Palestinian politician Bassam Abu Sharif, Lebanese politician Karim Pakradouni, political cartoonist Siné, former spy Claude Moniquet, novelist and ghostwriter Lionel Duroy, and investigative journalist Oliver Schröm.
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Amazon Prime Video
53
52
6.1
/9739/
59
/307/
58
/229/
3.1
/5942/
47
/32/
39
/39/
51
/16/

Age of Uprising: The Legend of Michael Kohlhaas (2013)
In the 16th century in the Cévennes, a horse dealer by the name of Michael Kohlhaas leads a happy and prosperous family life. When a lord treats him unjustly, this pious, upstanding man raises an army and puts the country to fire and sword in order to have his rights restored.
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Kanopy
65
51
5.8
/848/
57
/36/
60
/47/
3.4
/2668/
80
/44/
84
/52/
50
/11/

Joan of Arc (2019)
In the 15th century, both France and England stake a blood claim for the French throne. Believing that God had chosen her, young Joan leads the army of the King of France. When she is captured, the Church sends her for trial on charges of heresy. Refusing to accept the accusations, the graceful Joan will stay true to her mission.
poster
73
50
7.1
/3047/
69
/75/
69
/49/
3.5
/5353/
89
/27/
73
/1/

Ballad of a White Cow (2021)
Mina's life is turned upside down when she learns that her husband was innocent of the crime for which he was executed, so she starts a silent battle against a cynical system for her own and her daughter's sake.
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HBO Max Amazon Channel
72
50
6.7
/2800/
69
/31/
65
/35/
3.3
/1701/
100
/5/
67
/20/

Desperate (1947)
An innocent trucker takes it on the lam when he's accused of robbery.
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MGM Plus
61
49
6.3
/3376/
62
/74/
60
/64/
3.1
/2325/
58
/53/

Diary of a Madman (1963)
Simon Cordier, a French magistrate and amateur sculptor comes into contact with a malevolent entity. The invisible - yet corporeal - being, called a "horla" is capable of limited psychokinesis and complete mind control.
poster
70
48
6.2
/381/
67
/63/
67
/60/
3.2
/2715/
90

The Green Deal (2024)
Carole tries to save the life of her son who has been wrongfully sentenced to death in a rigged trial.
poster
68
48
6.8
/2196/
67
/52/
66
/46/
3.4
/2091/
71
/7/
72
/20/

The Man They Could Not Hang (1939)
Dr. Henryk Savaard is a scientist working on experiments to restore life to the dead. When he is unjustly hanged for murder, he is brought back to life by his trusted assistant. Re-animated he turns decidedly nasty and sets about murdering the jury that convicted him.
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Criterion Channel
69
47
7.1
/1064/
61
/15/
71
/38/
3.6
/2523/
74
/51/

Socrates (1971)
A false accusation leads the philosopher Socrates to trial and condemnation in 4th century BC Athens.
poster
66
47
6.6
/3473/
66
/66/
66
/114/
3.3
/1592/

The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1956)
Paris, 1482. Today is the festival of the fools, taking place like each year in the square outside Cathedral Notre Dame. Among jugglers and other entertainers, Esmeralda, a sensuous gypsy, performs a bewitching dance in front of delighted spectators. From up in a tower of the cathedral, Frollo, an alchemist, gazes at her lustfully. Later in the night, Frollo orders Quasimodo, the deformed bell ringer and his faithful servant, to kidnap Esmeralda. But when the ugly freak comes close to her is touched by the young woman's beauty...
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Public Domain Movies
66
41
6.9
/2348/
60
/30/
67
/47/
3.6
/2298/
62
/9/

Reign of Terror (1949)
The French Revolution, 1794. The Marquis de Lafayette asks Charles D'Aubigny to infiltrate the Jacobin Party to overthrow Maximilian Robespierre, who, after gaining supreme power and establishing a reign of terror ruled by death, now intends to become the dictator of France.
poster
68
41
6.1
/2120/
64
/46/
61
/58/
3.3
/1458/
90
/10/
71
/1/

Hostages (2017)
Soviet Georgia, 1983. Preparations for Nika and Ana's wedding are in full swing and it's a big day for both of their elite families. For the newlyweds and their friends, however, the celebrations are in fact part of a cover-up, as they plot an audacious escape from the Soviet Union.
poster
65
37
6.5
/1819/
62
/49/
65
/90/
3.4
/1046/

The Married Couple of the Year Two (1971)
Nicolas Philibert goes to America after killing a French aristocrat. On his return he tries to divorce his wife, Charlotte, but when he sees others trying to woo her his own interest is rekindled.
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Amazon Prime Video
59
37
6.1
/2419/
60
/71/
51
/42/
3.0
/860/
66
/30/

Carmen (2003)
A French writer documents the seductive power of the beautiful Carmen, who has enchanted José, a young soldier, awakening his most fervent passions leading to tragedy. A path chained to obsession, jealousy, betrayal, and blood.
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Criterion Channel
75
30
6.9
/671/
70
/11/
62
/18/
3.5
/548/
100
/9/
81
/3/

The Pearls of the Crown (1937)
The story of the seven pearls of the English Crown, from Henry VIII to 1937 – three of them missing.
poster
70
29
7.2
/870/
63
/17/
69
/45/
3.6
/700/

The Witches of Salem (1957)
Salem 1692. The young Abigail, seduced and abandoned by John Proctor, accuses John's wife of being a witch in revenge. A series of tragic trials soon befall Salem as fear and suspicion blur the lines of reality.
poster
67
27
7.7
/1482/
57
/23/
65
/24/
3.7
/648/

Reflections (1987)
Mihajlo, an introvert piano teacher starts romance with a pretty careerist who teaches modeling at the university in Belgrade where they both work. His feelings are awakened after a long period, but this relationship makes him see the flashbacks, as well as yet unseen images that remind him of his troubled childhood - as if he experienced this already. When their university wins a contest to hold public TV performance, Mihailo fails to play the piano on the decisive night and she dumps him. The boiling point is about to come.
poster
48
26
4.5
/1520/
48
/167/
48
/164/
2.7
/382/

Calculator (2014)
Ten prisoners condemned to exile on a hostile planet XT-59 must pave the way through swamp to reach the Islands of Happiness, the only safe area on the planet, before the harsh climate or the underground horrors kill them all.
poster
64
25
6.3
/1021/
68
/54/
70
/42/
3.3
/587/
53
/4/

Sekigahara (2017)
The background to and depiction of a watershed battle in Japanese history, at Sekigahara in 1600, when Tokugawa Ieyasu's Army of the East defeated the Army of the West of Ishida Mitsunari. The story includes the intrigues and shifting loyalties of the various retainers, family members, and samurai.
poster
58
22
5.9
/588/
59
/15/
50
/11/
3.2
/535/
60
/5/

Ether (2018)
At the end of the 19th century, somewhere in the outskirts of the Russian Empire, a doctor administers a lethal overdose of ether to a young woman – the object of his desire. After getting away with his crime, he finds employment in a fortress, where he continues his experiments with ether to manage pain and manipulate human behaviour. Despite his evilness, it is not too late for his soul to be saved from eternal damnation…
poster
74
21
7.4
/689/
70
/11/
66
/72/
3.6
/464/
88
/1/

In the Name of the Pope King (1977)
In 1867, with Garibaldi's forces close to bringing Rome into the Italian kingdom, Monsignor Colombo da Priverno, a world-weary judge on the papal court, wants to resign, disgusted by the violence to which the papacy resorts to hold secular power.
poster
63
19
6.8
/1201/
70
/26/
62
/25/
3.4
/426/
47
/3/

Odette (1950)
The film is based on the true story of Special Operations Executive French-born agent Odette Sansom, who was captured by the Germans in 1943, condemned to death and sent to Ravensbrück concentration camp to be executed. However, against all odds she survived the war and testified against the prison guards at the Hamburg Ravensbrück Trials. She was awarded the George Cross in 1946; the first woman ever to receive the award, and the only woman who has been awarded it while still alive. (From Wikipedia, licensed under CC-BY-SA)
poster
63
19
6.7
/754/
55
/8/
62
/36/
3.3
/421/
67
/4/

Le Rouge et le Noir (1954)
It's no holds barred for Julian in pursuit of upward mobility. Although expected to channel career aspirations into the Church of the post-Napoleonic era, his intensely romantic liaisons propel him forward at a pace he cannot control.
poster
65
18
6.4
/447/
60
/10/
68
/26/
3.4
/365/

The Witness (1978)
An Italian painter, Antonio Berti, pays a visit to Reims to his friend Robert Maurisson, a banker with political views on the town hall, who hides, under an affable air and an irreproachable dignity, a libertine and cynical temperament. Charged by the notable with the restoration of paintings exhibited in the cathedral, the artist calls on Cathy, a young girl from the choir, to serve as his model. The young girl will be found dead a few hours after their interview, near one of Robert's properties.
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MGM Plus
50
11
6.2
/459/
52
/8/
55
/13/
33
/16/

The Last Mile (1932)
Richard Walters is condemned to death for a murder he claims not to have committed. He arrives on death row just before a brutal inmate leads the other convicts in a violent uprising. Walters gets caught up in the riot, while on the outside his friends are trying to find evidence of his innocence.
poster
53
8
6.7
/673/
50
/4/
54
/11/
44
/2/

Balzac: A Life of Passion (1999)
This is the sprawling saga of Honoré de Balzac, a man who created a great literary oeuvre from the dramas and adventures of his own life - a life that he shaped into one spectacular and unforgettable blaze of passion. At the heart of the story are the women in Balzac's life. Although gruff, unsophisticated, and far from handsome, Balzac exerts an irresistible fascination on women.


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