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Kanopy
86
8.2
/41234/
80
/658/
78
/472/
4.3
/62805/
98
/82/
93
/368/

Pather Panchali (1955)
Impoverished priest Harihar Ray leaves his rural Bengal village in search of work. His wife, Sarbojaya, looks after their rebellious daughter, Durga, and young son, Apu. The children enjoy the small pleasures of their difficult life.
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Criterion Channel
84
7.6
/15520/
76
/383/
73
/350/
4.1
/76638/
100
/26/
85
/133/

Vagabond (1985)
Mona Bergeron is dead, her frozen body found in a ditch in the French countryside. From this, the film flashes back to the weeks leading up to her death. Through these flashbacks, Mona gradually declines as she travels from place to place, taking odd jobs and staying with whomever will offer her a place to sleep. Mona is fiercely independent, craving freedom over comfort, but it is this desire to be free that will eventually lead to her demise.
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Amazon Prime Video
84
7.8
/350875/
74
/13403/
75
/6256/
4.1
/967694/
96
/356/
78
/2569/
96
/53/
cc age 17+

Manchester by the Sea (2016)
After his older brother passes away, Lee Chandler is forced to return home to care for his 16-year-old nephew. There he is compelled to deal with a tragic past that separated him from his family and the community where he was born and raised.
poster
Criterion Channel
83
7.6
/10447/
74
/157/
76
/194/
4.0
/18773/
100
/11/
90
/77/

Drifting Clouds (1996)
The ever-poker-faced Ilona loses her job as a restaurant hostess, as her tram driver husband, Lauri, also finds himself out of work. Together they must hit the streets of Helsinki, facing up to hardship and humiliation in their quest for survival, guided through the gloom by a ray of hope.
poster
80
7.5
/255846/
73
/10012/
74
/5796/
4.0
/885370/
93
/430/
71
/1580/
91
/53/
cc age 16+

The Favourite (2018)
England, early 18th century. The close relationship between Queen Anne and Sarah Churchill is threatened by the arrival of Sarah's cousin, Abigail Hill, resulting in a bitter rivalry between the two cousins to be the Queen's favourite.
poster
Criterion Channel
80
7.2
/4901/
70
/134/
66
/80/
3.8
/4773/
97
/60/
77
/278/
83
/20/

Chop Shop (2008)
Alejandro, a tough and ambitious Latino street orphan on the verge of adolescence, lives and works in an auto-body repair shop in a sprawling junkyard on the outskirts of Queens, New York. In this chaotic world of adults, young Alejandro struggles to make a better life for himself and his 16-year-old sister, Isamar.
poster
80
7.2
/27421/
71
/614/
73
/562/
3.6
/43559/
88
/25/
81
/395/
77
/15/

I Stand Alone (1999)
After completing jail time for beating up a man who tried to seduce his mentally-handicapped teenage daughter, the Butcher wants to start life anew. He institutionalizes his daughter and moves to the Lille suburbs with his mistress, who promises him a new butcher shop. Learning that she lied, the Butcher returns to Paris to find his daughter.
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MUBI
79
7.3
/35680/
70
/1157/
71
/692/
3.8
/202370/
97
/169/
62
/69/
86
/30/

Fallen Leaves (2023)
In modern-day Helsinki, two lonely souls in search of love meet by chance in a karaoke bar. However, their path to happiness is beset by obstacles – from lost phone numbers to mistaken addresses, alcoholism, and a charming stray dog.
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Kanopy
77
7.1
/1355/
69
/63/
62
/36/
3.4
/6503/
89
/27/
79
/4/
82
/10/

Sócrates (2018)
After his mother's sudden death, Socrates, a 15-year-old living on the margins of São Paulo's coast, must survive on his own while coming to terms with his grief.
poster
75
6.9
/3427/
63
/55/
59
/36/
3.6
/1821/
85
/27/
77
/59/
77
/25/

Ruby in Paradise (1993)
Reeling from her mother's recent death, Ruby Lee Gissing relocates to Florida to start anew. After finding a job at a souvenir store, Ruby becomes friends with the shop's owner, Mildred Chambers, and slowly acclimates to her new surroundings. Before long, she's juggling the affections of Mildred's Lothario son, Ricky, and the good-natured Mike. As she wavers between Ricky and Mike, Ruby also tries to come to terms with her past.
poster
75
7.3
/219117/
70
/4662/
69
/3586/
3.7
/167837/
90
/230/
77
/2955/
78
/47/
cc age 14+

Blue Jasmine (2013)
After experiencing a traumatic misfortune, Jasmine French, a wealthy woman from New York, moves to San Francisco to live with her foster sister Ginger and the firm purpose of getting a new life, but she will be haunted by anxiety and memories of the past.
poster
74
7.0
/3783/
65
/77/
67
/57/
3.5
/1493/
87
/71/
76
/260/
73
/24/

Amreeka (2009)
Eager to provide a better future for her son, Fadi, divorcée Muna Farah leaves her Palestinian homeland and takes up residence in rural Illinois -- just in time to encounter the domestic repercussions of America's disastrous war in Iraq. Now, the duo must reinvent their lives with some help from Muna's sister, Raghda, and brother-in-law, Nabeel.
poster
73
6.8
/6065/
66
/99/
60
/76/
3.6
/3849/
82
/60/
70
/323/
79
/23/

Keane (2004)
William Keane is barely able to cope. It has been six months since his six-year-old daughter was abducted from New York City’s Port Authority Bus Terminal while traveling with him. Repeatedly drawn to the site of the abduction, Keane wanders the bus station, compulsively replaying the events of that fateful day, as if hoping to change the outcome.
poster
72
6.7
/15146/
69
/325/
62
/206/
3.8
/35337/
74
/61/
66
/254/
76
/24/
cc age 16+

The Last Days of Disco (1998)
Two young women and their friends spend spare time at an exclusive nightclub in 1980s New York.
poster
80
71
7.8
/6110/
76
/100/
77
/172/
4.0
/8967/
82
/11/
87
/49/

La Terra Trema (1949)
In rural Sicily, the fishermen live at the mercy of the greedy wholesalers. One family risks everything to buy their own boat and operate independently.
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The Roku Channel
71
6.9
/108202/
69
/3706/
67
/1824/
3.5
/317109/
78
/156/
82
/4609/
63
/39/

Secretary (2002)
A young woman, recently released from a mental hospital, gets a job as a secretary to a demanding lawyer, where their employer-employee relationship turns into a sexual, sadomasochistic one.
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FXNow
69
7.1
/312460/
73
/12350/
71
/6464/
3.7
/470662/
70
/54/
77
/28164/
54
/16/
cc age 13+

Mrs. Doubtfire (1993)
Loving but irresponsible dad Daniel Hillard, estranged from his exasperated spouse, is crushed by a court order allowing only weekly visits with his kids. When Daniel learns his ex needs a housekeeper, he gets the job -- disguised as a British nanny. Soon he becomes not only his children's best pal but the kind of parent he should have been from the start.
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75
68
7.3
/9035/
73
/164/
69
/206/
3.7
/4760/
80
/5/
82
/123/

The Ax (2005)
Bruno is a former paper mill worker who has been unemployed for three years. Concluding that there is too much competition in his line of work, he decides to eliminate his competition permanently.
poster
79
67
7.6
/3077/
74
/60/
74
/66/
3.9
/1702/
95
/40/
86
/59/
78
/15/

Blind Shaft (2003)
Two Chinese miners, who make money by killing fellow miners and then extorting money from the mine owner to keep quiet about the "accident", happen upon their latest victim. But one of them begins to have second thoughts.
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Hoopla
66
6.9
/26322/
71
/788/
66
/312/
3.6
/23327/
47
/34/
78
/761/
cc age 17+

Dead Presidents (1995)
On the streets they call cash dead presidents. And that's just what a Vietnam veteran is after when he returns home from the war only to find himself drawn into a life of crime. With the aid of his fellow vets he plans the ultimate heist -- a daring robbery of an armored car filled with unmarked U.S. currency!
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Hoopla
66
7.1
/36707/
73
/824/
68
/470/
3.3
/19168/
64
/132/
72
/1212/
56
/27/
cc age 13+

Adam (2009)
Adam, a lonely man with Asperger's Syndrome, develops a relationship with his upstairs neighbor, Beth.
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Amazon Prime Video
66
6.7
/50640/
68
/1449/
65
/785/
3.1
/15430/
67
/165/
56
/1478/
69
/34/
cc age 16+

The Company Men (2010)
Bobby Walker lives the proverbial American dream: great job, beautiful family, shiny Porsche in the garage. When corporate downsizing leaves him and two co-workers jobless, the three men are forced to re-define their lives as men, husbands and fathers.
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Kanopy
66
7.2
/89809/
73
/1974/
70
/1148/
3.7
/86474/
64
/53/
79
/2149/
53
/19/
cc age 13+

The Hudsucker Proxy (1994)
A naive business graduate is installed as president of a manufacturing company as part of a stock scam.
poster
64
6.2
/4798/
59
/94/
58
/93/
3.4
/6133/
61
/92/
53
/12/
65
/23/

Sunset (2018)
In 1913, an orphaned young woman arrives in Budapest to take up employment as a milliner at the hat store that belonged to her late parents but becomes mired in a search for a brother she had never known of.
poster
69
64
6.7
/8475/
63
/143/
62
/108/
3.4
/4491/
84
/70/
72
/402/
73
/21/

Somersault (2004)
Australian teenager Heidi is left with little choice but to leave home after she's caught red-handed with her mother's boyfriend. With few options, Heidi ends up in Jindabyne, a tourist community. Upon meeting Joe at a bar, she pursues a relationship with him and tries to find something resembling a normal home life. Heidi makes small strides by getting a job and finding a place to stay, but her relationship with Joe must overcome more than its share of hurdles.
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Kanopy
72
63
7.1
/4799/
69
/91/
66
/81/
3.5
/2252/
83
/12/
75
/60/

I'm All Right Jack (1959)
Naive Stanley Windrush looks for a career in a family business. Much to his dismay, he finds work at a munitions factory where he has to start from the bottom, while both the management and the labor union use him as a tool in their fight for power.
poster
63
6.2
/517/
59
/25/
55
/23/
64
/11/
53
/3/
66
/6/

The Cold Lands (2013)
After his mother’s sudden death, a young boy disappears into the deep woods of upstate New York and takes up with an unpredictable and mysterious drifter.
poster
71
61
7.0
/3904/
71
/58/
70
/46/
3.4
/2513/
86
/7/
66
/75/
66
/10/

Roberta (1935)
Football player John Kent tags along as Huck Haines and the Wabash Indianians travel to an engagement in Paris, only to lose it immediately. John and company visit his aunt, owner of a posh fashion house run by her assistant, Stephanie. There they meet the singer Scharwenka (alias Huck's old friend Lizzie), who gets the band a job. Meanwhile, Madame Roberta passes away and leaves the business to John and he goes into partnership with Stephanie.
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Amazon Prime Video
61
6.7
/17870/
66
/795/
63
/974/
3.2
/13685/
61
/67/
54
/44/
53
/22/

Samba (2014)
Samba migrated to France 10 years ago from Senegal, and has since been plugging away at various lowly jobs. Alice is a senior executive who has recently undergone a burnout. Both struggle to get out of their dead-end lives. Samba's willing to do whatever it takes to get working papers, while Alice tries to get her life back on track until fate draws them together.
poster
76
59
7.6
/5360/
73
/126/
76
/197/
4.0
/11635/
67
/6/
88
/12/

The Truth (1960)
As Dominique Marceau is being tried for the murder of Gilbert Tellier, accounts by different witnesses paint a picture of the kind of relationship the two used to share.
poster
HBO Max Amazon Channel
57
6.3
/61020/
64
/1378/
61
/763/
2.9
/24692/
54
/164/
52
/2707/
51
/31/
cc age 17+

Going the Distance (2010)
Erin and Garrett are very much in love. When Erin moves to San Francisco to finish her journalism degree and Garrett stays behind in New York to work in the music industry, they gamely keep the romance alive with webcams and frequent-flyer miles. But just when it seems the lovers will soon be reunited, they each score a big break that could separate them for good.
poster
66
56
6.7
/4598/
68
/62/
61
/118/
3.2
/1362/
74
/94/
69
/406/
64
/25/

Avenue Montaigne (2006)
A young woman arrives in Paris where she finds a job as a waitress in bar next on Avenue Montaigne that caters to the surrounding theaters and the wealthy inhabitants of the area. She will meet a pianist, a famous actress and a great art collector, and become acquainted with the "luxurious" world her grandmother has told her about since her childhood.
poster
MGM Plus
55
6.0
/85666/
63
/2064/
63
/1557/
2.9
/58814/
34
/47/
47
/1048/
45
/17/
cc age 16+

Indecent Proposal (1993)
John Gage offers a down-on-his-luck yuppie husband $1 million for the opportunity to spend the night with the man's wife.
poster
54
5.6
/12149/
58
/583/
56
/354/
2.6
/3662/
48
/92/

Diary of a Nymphomaniac (2008)
A chronicle of the life of a middle-class French girl's sexual adventures, her then fall into prostitution, and her ultimate redemption.
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Kanopy
46
5.5
/16237/
60
/575/
54
/330/
2.5
/13214/
24
/21/
41
/379/
39
/10/
cc age 14+

From Prada to Nada (2011)
Two spoiled Beverly Hills sisters who have been left penniless after their father's sudden death are forced to move in with their estranged aunt in East Los Angeles.
poster
Kanopy
51
41
6.1
/2977/
60
/95/
59
/80/
3.1
/1728/
38
/8/
48
/30/
32
/4/

As Luck Would Have It (2011)
Roberto is an unemployed publicist who achieved success when he thought of a famous slogan: "Coca-Cola, the spark of life." Now he is a desperate man, trying to remember the happy days, back to the hotel where he spent the honeymoon with his wife. However, instead of the hotel, he finds a museum built around the Roman theater in the city. While walking through the ruins, he has an accident, an iron rod sticks into his head and leaves him completely paralyzed. If he tries to move he would die. Roberto becomes the focus of the media, which will change his life ...
poster
45
39
5.3
/3730/
60
/228/
59
/24/
2.2
/13848/
33
/12/
32
/47/
39
/7/

Marching Powder (2025)
Middle-aged Jack, arrested for drugs, strives in six weeks to repair his marriage, curb a bullying in-law, and guide his stepbrother in the right direction, but all efforts fail as his life spirals further out of control.
poster
67
37
6.8
/1361/
70
/48/
74
/46/
3.3
/733/
59
/27/

Dogwood Tree (2010)
A young girl tries to maintain a long-distance relationship with an aspiring fisherman.
poster
64
36
6.4
/2391/
60
/38/
59
/45/
3.5
/1233/
69
/11/

Eat Sleep Die (2012)
A young Eastern European immigrant working in Sweden is faced with a painful choice when she's laid off from her factory in the name of "efficiencies."
poster
60
34
6.4
/1358/
64
/27/
65
/61/
3.3
/824/
44
/90/

Blood for a Silver Dollar (1965)
Two brothers part company only to be reunited when one is hired to stop a thief who turns out to be his sibling.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
62
24
5.6
/385/
52
/20/
38
/8/
3.3
/243/
100
/9/
60
/11/

Stray (2018)
In a cold and remote landscape, two strangers struggle to repair their broken pasts. A young man is on parole after serving time for attempting to murder the man who killed his girlfriend in a hit and run. A woman is released from a psychiatric facility far from her homeland. These two damaged strangers cross paths in the mountains in winter and fall into a complex intimate relationship, putting to the test their capacity to trust and heal.
poster
66
21
6.3
/792/
71
/25/
69
/17/
3.2
/767/

Someone (2016)
5 university students gather to exchange information on their job search activities. They encourage each other and post their thoughts & worries on Twitter, but behind that they have a lot on their minds. Takuto Ninomiya observes those around him. His roommate Kotaro Kamiya has a bright personality and communicates well with others. Mizuki Tanabe is Kotaro Kamiya’s ex-girlfriend. Takuto Ninomiya has feelings for his roommate's ex-girlfriend. Rika Kobayakawa is determined to land a job. Takayoshi Miyamoto is critical of job-seeking activities, but he later tries to get a job.
poster
67
20
6.8
/690/
67
/17/
66
/22/
3.4
/681/

Little Johnny Jet (1953)
A veteran B-29 propeller plane, struggling to find work after the war, is upset after his wife gives birth to a little jet. When he tries to compete with modern planes in an around-the-world race, Junior comes to his aid. This short is virtually identical in plot terms and other items to One Cab's Family (1952), but this time around, it concerns a family of aeroplanes, and the problems Mom and Pop have with Junior, whose obsession with speed leads him to acquire a jet engine.
poster
54
18
6.5
/986/
53
/13/
55
/15/
3.3
/495/
29
/221/

A Woman Rebels (1936)
A defiant young woman struggles against the norms and morals established by Victorian society and enforced by her autocratic father.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
52
18
6.1
/1182/
62
/31/
60
/25/
3.2
/605/
15
/1/

Loophole (1981)
When architect Stephen Booker loses his partnership, he finds jobs hard to come by, and with money in short supply, he unwittingly becomes involved in a daring scheme to rob one of London's biggest bank vaults.
poster
60
11
6.2
/573/
58
/6/
57
/15/
3.2
/240/

King of Hearts (2019)
The story of Kari Tapio, who sang his way into the hearts of the Finns in the 70's and whose popularity lasted until his death in 2010.
poster
60
9
6.7
/295/
50
/6/
54
/12/
3.5
/295/

Palermo or Wolfsburg (1980)
An impoverished young man from Sicily travels to Wolfsburg, West Germany to find work. He takes a job in the Volkswagen factory after he travels through Northern Italy by train.
poster
?
6.7
/29/
60
/1/
55
/2/

Under the Fold (2013)
As the unemployed Frank is sinking into depression, his son's naive but optimistic twist on the situation could be Frank's way out.


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