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Kanopy
87
7.9
/33184/
75
/607/
75
/646/
4.1
/56887/
97
/62/
89
/704/
99
/21/

The Rules of the Game (1939)
A weekend at a marquis’ country château lays bare some ugly truths about a group of haut bourgeois acquaintances.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
87
8.5
/1002317/
84
/15880/
84
/9885/
4.4
/1140595/
95
/186/
96
/10820/
85
/40/
cc age 15+

The Pianist (2002)
The true story of pianist Władysław Szpilman's experiences in Warsaw during the Nazi occupation. When the Jews of the city find themselves forced into a ghetto, Szpilman finds work playing in a café; and when his family is deported in 1942, he stays behind, works for a while as a laborer, and eventually goes into hiding in the ruins of the war-torn city.
poster
fuboTV
86
7.9
/55410/
77
/1148/
76
/880/
4.0
/77647/
100
/64/
90
/778/

Laura (1944)
A police detective falls in love with the woman whose murder he's investigating.
poster
Kanopy
86
8.4
/257823/
82
/4211/
82
/3605/
4.3
/176792/
92
/52/
95
/1899/
cc age 10+

The Great Dictator (1940)
Dictator Adenoid Hynkel tries to expand his empire while a poor Jewish barber tries to avoid persecution from Hynkel's regime.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
84
8.1
/35202/
79
/604/
77
/449/
4.0
/19967/
93
/28/
91
/649/
75
/8/
cc age 12+

Inherit the Wind (1960)
Schoolteacher Bertram Cates is arrested for teaching his students Darwin's theory of evolution. The case receives national attention and one of the newspaper reporters, E.K. Hornbeck, arranges to bring in renowned defense attorney and atheist Henry Drummond to defend Cates. The prosecutor, Matthew Brady is a former presidential candidate, famous evangelist, and old adversary of Drummond.
poster
84
7.9
/17280/
75
/349/
74
/301/
4.1
/30591/
89
/28/
90
/213/

Trouble in Paradise (1932)
Thief Gaston Monescu and pickpocket Lily are partners in crime and love. Working for perfume company executive Mariette Colet, the two crooks decide to combine their criminal talents to rob their employer. Under the alias of Monsieur Laval, Gaston uses his position as Mariette's personal secretary to become closer to her. However, he takes things too far when he actually falls in love with Mariette, and has to choose between her and Lily.
poster
83
7.9
/24667/
77
/502/
75
/345/
3.9
/16654/
100
/24/
92
/641/

Angels with Dirty Faces (1938)
Childhood chums Rocky Sullivan and Jerry Connelly grow up on opposite sides of the fence: Rocky matures into a prominent gangster, while Jerry becomes a priest, tending to the needs of his old tenement neighborhood.
poster
83
8.1
/128766/
77
/1750/
78
/1156/
4.1
/70869/
97
/98/
94
/2708/
73
/9/
cc age 8+

Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
After the death of a United States Senator, idealistic Jefferson Smith is appointed as his replacement in Washington. Soon, the naive and earnest new senator has to battle political corruption.
poster
83
8.0
/246511/
76
/3599/
75
/2452/
3.7
/77232/
89
/112/
92
/2460/
79
/16/
cc age 12+

Gandhi (1982)
In the early years of the 20th century, Mohandas K. Gandhi, a British-trained lawyer, forsakes all worldly possessions to take up the cause of Indian independence. Faced with armed resistance from the British government, Gandhi adopts a policy of 'passive resistance', endeavouring to win freedom for his people without resorting to bloodshed.
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Kanopy
82
7.8
/36296/
76
/723/
74
/538/
3.9
/31785/
97
/71/
90
/975/
cc age 7+

A Night at the Opera (1935)
The Marx Brothers take on high society and the opera world to bring two lovers together. A sly business manager and two wacky friends of two opera singers help them achieve success while humiliating their stuffy and snobbish enemies.
poster
Kanopy
80
7.4
/38604/
73
/696/
70
/627/
3.8
/35366/
92
/38/
84
/523/
74
/17/
cc age 12+

Radio Days (1987)
The Narrator tells us how the radio influenced his childhood in the days before TV. In the New York City of the late 1930s to the New Year's Eve 1944, this coming-of-age tale mixes the narrator's experiences with contemporary anecdotes and urban legends of the radio stars.
poster
MGM Plus
79
7.2
/255077/
74
/5556/
71
/2833/
4.0
/447831/
87
/260/
83
/17475/
81
/39/
cc age 14+

Chicago (2002)
Murderesses Velma Kelly and Roxie Hart find themselves on death row together and fight for the fame that will keep them from the gallows in 1920s Chicago.
poster
Hoopla
81
79
8.2
/19014/
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
79
7.3
/164167/
76
/6006/
73
/2918/
3.7
/161372/
90
/48/
82
/2837/
67
/15/
cc age 15+

Good Morning, Vietnam (1987)
A disk jockey goes to Vietnam to work for the Armed Forces Radio Service. While he becomes popular among the troops, his superiors disapprove of his humor.
poster
Netflix
77
7.5
/115967/
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
Amazon Prime Video
79
75
7.6
/12804/
74
/215/
73
/133/
3.6
/6878/
94
/31/
89
/331/
cc age 8+

The Pride of the Yankees (1942)
The story of the life and career of the baseball hall of famer, Lou Gehrig.
poster
Kanopy
77
75
7.3
/11772/
73
/268/
71
/232/
3.6
/13205/
100
/24/
78
/103/
77
/5/

A Star Is Born (1937)
Esther Blodgett is just another starry-eyed farm kid trying to break into the movies. Waitressing at a Hollywood party, she catches the eye of her idol Norman Maine, is sent for a screen test, and before long attains stardom as newly minted Vicki Lester. She and Norman marry, though his career soon dwindles to nothing due to his chronic alcoholism.
poster
Fandango at Home Free
75
7.1
/24472/
69
/380/
66
/348/
3.5
/13850/
88
/34/
77
/302/
65
/9/

The Year of Living Dangerously (1982)
A young Australian reporter tries to navigate the political turmoil of Indonesia during the rule of President Sukarno with the help of a diminutive photographer.
poster
Peacock Premium
74
7.3
/10515/
71
/212/
68
/131/
3.5
/3149/
82
/130/
77
/2113/
69
/33/
cc age 16+

Talk to Me (2007)
The story of Washington D.C. radio personality Ralph "Petey" Greene, an ex-con who became a popular talk show host and community activist in the 1960s.
poster
MGM Plus
74
7.3
/79717/
72
/1806/
70
/906/
3.4
/32830/
77
/207/
76
/2837/
72
/43/
cc age 13+

Seabiscuit (2003)
True story of the undersized Depression-era racehorse whose victories lifted not only the spirits of the team behind it but also those of their nation.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
80
74
7.7
/14256/
74
/179/
73
/192/
3.9
/8136/
94
/33/
87
/194/

Elmer Gantry (1960)
A charismatic charlatan begins a business — and eventually romantic — relationship with a roadside evangelist to sell religion to 1920s America. Based on Sinclair Lewis' novel of the same name.
poster
Kanopy
74
6.8
/20742/
72
/527/
65
/304/
3.5
/25686/
79
/29/
80
/926/
71
/7/
cc age 8+

Bugsy Malone (1976)
New York, 1929, a war rages between two rival gangsters, Fat Sam and Dandy Dan. Dan is in possession of a new and deadly weapon, the dreaded "splurge gun". As the custard pies fly, Bugsy Malone, an all-round nice guy, falls for Blousey Brown, a singer at Fat Sam's speakeasy. His designs on her are disrupted by the seductive songstress Tallulah who wants Bugsy for herself.
poster
73
7.5
/96009/
74
/2133/
73
/1428/
3.9
/70666/
84
/67/
85
/1825/
67
/9/
cc age 16+

The Fisher King (1991)
Two troubled men face their terrible destinies and events of their past as they join together on a mission to find the Holy Grail and thus to save themselves.
poster
72
7.1
/8137/
66
/150/
66
/83/
3.4
/2020/
92
/37/
68
/213/

The Big One (1997)
The Big One is an investigative documentary from director Michael Moore who goes around the country asking why big American corporations produce their product abroad where labor is cheaper while so many Americans are unemployed, losing their jobs, and would happily be hired by such companies as Nike.
poster
Kanopy
72
6.7
/1754/
65
/33/
59
/28/
3.5
/1261/
90
/10/
80
/46/

Love Serenade (1996)
Two sisters in an Australian country town develop a fierce and competitive crush on their new neighbour, a brooding and self-centred radio personality.
poster
71
7.2
/348247/
73
/12470/
71
/7657/
3.6
/586504/
76
/211/
54
/1027848/
77
/38/
cc age 17+

8 Mile (2002)
For Jimmy Smith, Jr., life is a daily fight just to keep hope alive. Feeding his dreams in Detroit's vibrant music scene, Jimmy wages an extraordinary personal struggle to find his own voice - and earn a place in a world where rhymes rule, legends are born and every moment… is another chance.
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Kanopy
78
71
7.2
/7622/
72
/115/
68
/123/
3.7
/7375/
95
/21/
83
/170/
82
/5/
cc age 12+

Billy Liar (1963)
A young Englishman dreams of escaping from his working class family and dead-end job as an undertaker's assistant. A number of indiscretions cause him to lie in order to avoid the penalties. His life turns into a mess and he has an opportunity to run away and leave it all behind.
poster
70
6.7
/15945/
67
/273/
63
/213/
3.5
/15264/
71
/164/
61
/290/
66
/36/

Auto Focus (2002)
A successful TV star during the 1960s, former "Hogan's Heroes" actor Bob Crane projects a wholesome family-man image, but this front masks his persona as a sex addict who records and photographs his many encounters with women, often with the help of his seedy friend, John Henry Carpenter. This biographical drama reveals how Crane's double life takes its toll on him and his family, and ultimately contributes to his death.
poster
Hoopla
69
6.9
/40361/
70
/967/
64
/366/
3.3
/18256/
75
/51/
69
/889/
67
/19/
cc age 17+

Private Parts (1997)
The life and career of shock-jock superstar Howard Stern is recounted from his humble beginnings to his view from the top. Possessing a desire to be an on-air personality since childhood, Stern meanders through the radio world, always with his supportive wife, Alison, by his side. Landing a gig in Washington, D.C., Stern meets Robin Quivers, who will become his long-time partner in crime. When the two move to New York, they face the wrath of NBC executives.
poster
HBO Max Amazon Channel
69
7.3
/120009/
75
/3136/
72
/2239/
3.6
/68311/
59
/163/
71
/5114/
58
/31/
cc age 16+

The Boat That Rocked (2009)
When a group of rebellious deejays decides to defy the ban on government-censored music, they take to the seas to broadcast music and mayhem to millions of adoring fans.
poster
68
6.3
/4929/
65
/116/
62
/75/
3.2
/3365/
63
/19/
59
/142/

Alice's Restaurant (1969)
After getting kicked out of college, Arlo decides to visit his friend Alice for Thanksgiving dinner. After dinner is over, Arlo volunteers to take the trash to the dump but finds it closed for the holiday, so he dumps the trash in the bottom of a ravine. This act of littering gets him arrested and sends him on a bizarre journey.
poster
Netflix
70
68
7.5
/33270/
69
/322/
68
/188/
3.6
/20201/
60
/5/
80
/321/

Dil Se.. (1998)
Journalist Amar falls for a mysterious woman on an assignment, but she does not reciprocate his feelings. However, when Amar is about to get married, the woman shows up at his doorstep asking for help.
poster
Hoopla
67
7.0
/7493/
70
/171/
64
/110/
3.3
/1582/
64
/116/
78
/297/
55
/30/

Evelyn (2002)
Desmond Doyle is devastated when his wife abandons their family on the day after Christmas. His unemployment, and the fact that there is no woman in the house to care for the children—Evelyn, Dermot and Maurice—make it clear to the authorities this is an untenable situation. The Catholic Church and the Irish courts decide to put the Doyle children into Church-run orphanages.
poster
77
66
7.8
/2611/
80
/251/
73
/57/
3.9
/10245/

Waves (2024)
At the end of the 1960s, when the air is filled with rock-and-roll and student rebellions are changing the world, the older of two brothers joins a prestigious newsroom of the public radio broadcaster. Not long after, he finds himself in the middle of a dangerous conflict between journalists and the secret service.
poster
66
6.5
/38126/
68
/1540/
64
/690/
3.3
/51946/
83
/84/
68
/1096/
54
/11/

Pontypool (2009)
When disc jockey Grant Mazzy reports to his basement radio station in the Canadian town of Pontypool, he thinks it's just another day at work. But when he hears reports of a virus that turns people into zombies, Mazzy barricades himself in the radio booth and tries to figure out a way to warn his listeners about the virus and its unlikely mode of transmission.
poster
64
6.7
/65796/
68
/1571/
66
/1032/
3.1
/15274/
43
/181/
64
/11864/
56
/33/
cc age 18+

The Brave One (2007)
A woman struggles to recover from a brutal attack by setting out on a mission for revenge.
poster
75
64
7.1
/3964/
73
/64/
67
/45/
3.4
/1502/
100
/6/
76
/56/
72
/7/

Road to Utopia (1946)
While on a ship to Skagway, Alaska, Duke and Chester find a map to a secret gold mine, which had been 'stolen' by thugs. In Alaska to recover her father's map, Sal Van Hoyden falls in with Ace Larson, who secretly wants to steal the gold mine for himself. Duke, Chester, the thugs, Ace and his henchman chase each other all over the countryside—for the map.
poster
71
63
7.0
/4519/
66
/101/
64
/82/
3.2
/2490/
88
/8/
77
/71/

The Ghost Breakers (1940)
After intrepid working girl Mary Carter becomes the new owner of a reputedly haunted mansion located off the Cuban coast, a stranger phones warning her to stay away from the castle. Undaunted, Mary sets sail for Cuba with a stowaway in her trunk—wise-cracking Larry Lawrence, a radio announcer who helps Mary get to the bottom of the voodoo magic, zombies and ghosts that supposedly curse the spooky estate.
poster
Kanopy
61
6.2
/2585/
60
/52/
57
/43/
3.1
/871/
67
/18/
45
/25/
65
/20/

Telling Lies in America (1997)
A 17-year-old boy becomes friends with Billy Magic, the radio DJ he idolizes, and eventually slips into the payola and corruption of the entertainment world.
poster
MGM Plus
59
5.6
/7954/
67
/264/
57
/130/
3.0
/3686/
42
/108/
66
/702/
53
/32/
cc age 14+

The Fighting Temptations (2003)
Darrin Hill, a slick-talking but down-on- his-luck NYC advertising exec, returns to his hometown in Georgia to claim the inheritance his aunt left him. But before Darrin can collect the money, he must fulfill his aunt's final wish -- to create a local choir.
poster
59
6.5
/17489/
71
/543/
62
/205/
3.2
/12443/
44
/16/
63
/439/
54
/10/

Johnny Dangerously (1984)
An honest, goodhearted man is forced to turn to a life of crime to finance his neurotic mother's skyrocketing medical bills.
poster
76
58
7.2
/2703/
67
/46/
67
/50/
3.6
/2725/
100
/7/
78
/21/

The Miracle Woman (1931)
After an unappreciated minister dies, his daughter loses her faith in God, prompting her to open a phony temple with a con man. Can the love of a blind former aviator restore her faith and happiness?
poster
Kanopy
58
6.7
/19812/
69
/488/
63
/228/
3.4
/33809/
50
/50/
72
/1228/
55
/13/
cc age 13+

Mommie Dearest (1981)
Renowned film star Joan Crawford's abuse towards Christina, her adopted daughter, intensifies as her professional and romantic relationships turn sour.
poster
57
6.0
/34319/
61
/664/
58
/483/
2.8
/12038/
53
/167/
38
/4875/
56
/34/
cc age 13+

Leatherheads (2008)
A light hearted comedy about the beginnings of Professional American Football. When a decorated war hero and college all star is tempted into playing professional football. Everyone see the chance to make some big money, but when a reporter digs up some dirt on the war hero... everyone could lose out.
poster
YouTube TV
72
56
7.4
/4184/
71
/43/
70
/34/
3.5
/2082/
77
/469/

Old Acquaintance (1943)
Two writers, friends since childhood, fight over their books and lives.
poster
67
54
6.7
/4524/
72
/107/
62
/54/
3.2
/980/
70
/10/
68
/42/

Flying Tigers (1942)
Jim Gordon commands a unit of the famed Flying Tigers, the American Volunteer Group which fought the Japanese in China before America's entry into World War II. Gordon must send his outnumbered band of fighter pilots out against overwhelming odds while juggling the disparate personalities and problems of his fellow flyers.
poster
Hoopla
53
5.9
/16497/
58
/326/
55
/283/
2.9
/4088/
40
/134/
35
/1875/
51
/31/
cc age 17+

The Night Listener (2006)
In the midst of his crumbling relationship, a radio show host begins speaking to his biggest fan—a young boy—via the telephone. But when questions about the boy's identity come up, the host's life is thrown into chaos.
poster
72
53
7.2
/2931/
71
/39/
68
/34/
3.5
/1387/
80
/5/
73
/39/

City for Conquest (1940)
The heartbreaking but hopeful tale of Danny Kenny and Peggy Nash, two sweethearts who meet and struggle through their impoverished lives in New York City. When Peggy, hoping for something better in life for both of them, breaks off her engagement to Danny, he sets out to be a championship boxer, while she becomes a dancer paired with a sleazy partner. Will tragedy reunite the former lovers?


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