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Kanopy
86
8.2
/25470/
79
/399/
79
/642/
4.3
/40825/
91
/33/
94
/189/
84
/7/

Rocco and His Brothers (1960)
When a impoverished widow’s family moves to the big city, two of her five sons become romantic rivals with deadly results.
poster
Kanopy
86
8.0
/32785/
79
/765/
77
/547/
4.4
/134871/
86
/36/
91
/574/
88
/16/

A Woman Under the Influence (1974)
Mabel Longhetti, desperate and lonely, is married to a Los Angeles municipal construction worker, Nick. Increasingly unstable, especially in the company of others, she craves happiness, but her extremely volatile behavior convinces Nick that she poses a danger to their family and decides to commit her to an institution for six months. Alone with a trio of kids to raise on his own, he awaits her return, which holds more than a few surprises.
poster
Kanopy
85
7.6
/94263/
74
/1854/
75
/1970/
3.9
/279572/
95
/82/
90
/2243/
96
/24/

Breathless (1960)
A small-time thief steals a car and impulsively murders a motorcycle policeman. Wanted by the authorities, he attempts to persuade a girl to run away to Italy with him.
poster
Criterion Channel
84
7.7
/36723/
74
/604/
75
/741/
4.1
/71000/
94
/52/
88
/620/

L'Avventura (1960)
Claudia and Anna join Anna's lover, Sandro, on a boat trip to a remote volcanic island. When Anna goes missing, a search is launched. In the meantime, Sandro and Claudia become involved in a romance despite Anna's disappearance, though the relationship suffers from guilt and tension.
poster
Kanopy
84
8.0
/301447/
76
/5306/
76
/3594/
4.1
/466254/
87
/94/
90
/7029/
83
/19/
cc age 15+

The Graduate (1967)
A disillusioned college graduate finds himself torn between his older lover and her daughter.
poster
Kanopy
83
7.5
/10422/
68
/158/
73
/284/
4.2
/19486/
100
/28/
82
/161/

La Belle Noiseuse (1991)
The former famous painter Frenhofer lives quietly with his wife on a countryside residence in the French Provence. When the young artist Nicolas visits him with his girlfriend Marianne, Frenhofer decides to start again the work on a painting he long ago stopped: La Belle Noiseuse. And he wants Marianne as model.
poster
Kanopy
83
7.8
/38978/
77
/786/
77
/898/
4.2
/136150/
96
/46/
89
/628/

Hiroshima Mon Amour (1959)
The deep conversation between a Japanese architect and a French actress forms the basis of this celebrated French film, considered one of the vanguard productions of the French New Wave. Set in Hiroshima after the end of World War II, the couple -- lovers turned friends -- recount, over many hours, previous romances and life experiences. The two intertwine their stories about the past with pondering the devastation wrought by the atomic bomb dropped on the city.
poster
MUBI
83
7.8
/75424/
75
/1099/
75
/1086/
4.1
/77762/
84
/64/
91
/1411/
82
/29/
cc age 18+

Breaking the Waves (1996)
In a small, conservative Scottish village, an oilman is paralyzed in an accident. His wife, who prayed for his return, feels guilty; even more, when he urges her to have sex with another.
poster
HBO Max
81
7.3
/152703/
73
/5787/
75
/3904/
4.0
/621596/
94
/323/
75
/1157/
94
/45/
cc age 16+

Carol (2015)
In 1950s New York, a department-store clerk who dreams of a better life falls for an older, married woman.
poster
Criterion Channel
81
7.2
/6936/
72
/181/
70
/170/
3.9
/23265/
95
/22/
80
/20/

A Tale of Winter (1992)
Felicie and Charles have a whirlwind holiday romance. Due to a mix-up on addresses they lose contact, and five years later at Christmas-time Felicie is living with her mother in a cold Paris with a daughter as a reminder of that long-ago summer. For male companionship she oscillates between hairdresser Maxence and the intellectual Loic, but seems unable to commit to either as the memory of Charles and what might have been hangs over everything.
poster
Criterion Channel
80
7.4
/39805/
73
/813/
73
/916/
4.0
/147689/
88
/50/
86
/644/

Pierrot le Fou (1965)
Pierrot escapes his boring society and travels from Paris to the Mediterranean Sea with Marianne, a girl chased by hit-men from Algeria. They lead an unorthodox life, always on the run.
poster
Criterion Channel
80
7.6
/8234/
74
/125/
72
/150/
3.9
/11752/
76
/17/
85
/1/

Veronika Voss (1982)
In Munich 1955, German film star Veronika Voss becomes a drug addict at the mercy of corrupt Dr. Marianne Katz, who keeps her supplied with morphine. After meeting sports writer Robert Krohn, Veronika begins to dream of a return to stardom. As the couple's relationship escalates in intensity, Veronika begins seriously planning her return to the screen -- only to realize how debilitated she has become through her drug habit.
poster
79
7.5
/6241/
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
79
7.4
/8011/
73
/80/
68
/109/
3.8
/2946/
93
/42/
84
/119/

The Dreamlife of Angels (1998)
Isa and Marie bond while working in a French sweatshop and soon begin sharing an apartment that Marie is watching for a hospitalized mother and daughter. Marie, hoping to avoid a life of struggle and poverty, takes up with Chriss, a nightclub owner whose most attractive asset is his money. Isa recognizes the ultimate futility of the relationship and tries to keep Marie away from him, but her interference puts their friendship at risk.
poster
79
7.4
/7177/
74
/86/
69
/92/
3.8
/7391/
94
/64/
79
/99/
85
/28/

The Circle (2000)
Various women struggle to function in the oppressively sexist society of contemporary Iran.
poster
78
7.2
/40478/
70
/580/
68
/500/
3.7
/23653/
86
/29/
84
/944/
73
/17/

The Unbearable Lightness of Being (1988)
Successful surgeon Tomas leaves Prague for an operation, meets a young photographer named Tereza, and brings her back with him. Tereza is surprised to learn that Tomas is already having an affair with the bohemian Sabina, but when the Soviet invasion occurs, all three flee to Switzerland. Sabina begins an affair, Tom continues womanizing, and Tereza, disgusted, returns to Czechoslovakia. Realizing his mistake, Tomas decides to chase after her.
poster
78
7.2
/6691/
71
/108/
67
/77/
3.9
/10345/
89
/28/
72
/84/
79
/14/

An Unmarried Woman (1978)
A wealthy woman from Manhattan's Upper East Side struggles to deal with her new identity and her sexuality after her husband of 16 years leaves her for a younger woman.
poster
Kanopy
78
7.4
/5719/
71
/131/
71
/118/
4.0
/19742/
82
/11/
84
/21/

The Aviator's Wife (1981)
A student is devastated when he finds that his girlfriend is cheating on him. In order to find out why she did it, he decides to spy on her and her airline pilot lover. Then he sees the pilot with a blonde woman and he begins to follow them…
poster
Kanopy
80
78
7.8
/11379/
77
/275/
77
/269/
4.1
/21853/
90
/30/
83
/78/
79
/14/

Oasis (2002)
A young man released from prison visits the widow of the man he killed drunk-driving and becomes infatuated with his cerebral palsy-stricken daughter.
poster
Criterion Channel
78
7.4
/16945/
72
/276/
71
/327/
3.9
/33517/
90
/31/
83
/162/
76
/19/

Rosetta (1999)
Young, impulsive Rosetta lives a hard and stressful life as she struggles to support herself and her alcoholic mother. Refusing all charity, she is desperate to maintain a dignified job.
poster
Criterion Channel
77
7.1
/7705/
67
/221/
68
/216/
3.9
/25260/
89
/9/
80
/79/

A Nos Amours (1983)
Fifteen-year-old Suzanne seeks refuge from a disintegrating family in a series of impulsive, promiscuous affairs. Her fulsome sexuality further ratchets up the suppressed passions of her narcissistic brother, insecure mother and brooding, authoritarian father.
poster
Criterion Channel
77
7.2
/9517/
71
/151/
70
/331/
3.6
/13333/
85
/13/
85
/79/

The Woman Next Door (1981)
Two ex-lovers wind up living next door to each other with their respective spouses. Forbidden passions ensue.
poster
Criterion Channel
83
76
8.1
/7872/
77
/144/
75
/148/
4.2
/16441/
93
/29/
91
/54/

Charulata (1964)
In 1870s India, Charulata is an isolated, artistically inclined woman who sees little of her busy journalist husband, Bhupati. Realizing that his wife is alienated and unhappy, he convinces his cousin, Amal, to spend time with Charulata and nourish her creative impulses. Amal is a fledgling poet himself, and he and Charulata bond over their shared love of art.
poster
Criterion Channel
75
7.1
/6445/
67
/142/
68
/163/
3.7
/21419/
88
/17/
76
/21/

A Tale of Springtime (1990)
The story of an introverted young girl just reaching adulthood who takes a liking to an older woman she meets at a party and determines to match her off with her father, despite the latter's already having a lover of his own.
poster
Kanopy
78
75
7.3
/15865/
72
/262/
72
/267/
3.8
/11313/
94
/65/
73
/118/
87
/16/

Elena (2011)
After suffering from a heart attack, a wealthy elderly Russian man plans to will most of his estate to his estranged daughter, but his titular wife has other plans.
poster
75
7.4
/72788/
73
/1563/
72
/1445/
3.8
/47942/
81
/167/
80
/769/
73
/39/
cc age 17+

Rust and Bone (2012)
Put in charge of his young son, Ali leaves Belgium for Antibes to live with his sister and her husband as a family. Ali's bond with Stephanie, a killer whale trainer, grows deeper after Stephanie suffers a horrible accident.
poster
74
6.5
/1294/
63
/33/
66
/20/
3.5
/7803/
95
/59/
86
/18/

April (2025)
Nina, an OB-GYN, faces accusations after a newborn's death. Her life undergoes scrutiny during investigation. She persists in her medical duties, determined to provide care others hesitate to offer, despite the risks.
poster
77
74
7.3
/11651/
70
/261/
69
/242/
3.8
/34666/
94
/16/
84
/75/

Pauline at the Beach (1983)
Marion is about to divorce from her husband and takes her 15-year-old niece, Pauline, on a vacation to Granville. There, she meets an old love...
poster
Criterion Channel
77
74
7.5
/12272/
72
/238/
73
/230/
4.1
/36767/
85
/34/
85
/133/
73
/9/

The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant (1972)
Petra von Kant is a successful fashion designer -- arrogant, caustic, and self-satisfied. She mistreats Marlene (her secretary, maid, and co-designer). Enter Karin, a 23-year-old beauty who wants to be a model. Petra falls in love with Karin and invites her to move in.
poster
MUBI
73
8.0
/167469/
76
/3002/
78
/2616/
4.2
/187170/
70
/163/
89
/3415/
61
/39/

Dogville (2003)
A woman on the run from the mob is reluctantly accepted in a small Colorado community in exchange for labor, but when a search visits the town, she learns that their support has a price.
poster
73
7.1
/141104/
71
/3207/
72
/3031/
3.6
/260797/
59
/163/
78
/2637/
63
/40/

The Dreamers (2003)
When Isabelle and Theo invite Matthew to stay with them, what begins as a casual friendship ripens into a sensual voyage of discovery and desire in which nothing is off limits and everything is possible.
poster
75
73
7.3
/13871/
75
/292/
72
/190/
3.8
/13124/
91
/32/
79
/219/
61
/10/
cc age 13+

Norma Rae (1979)
Norma Rae is a southern textile worker employed in a factory with intolerable working conditions. This concern about the situation gives her the gumption to be the key associate to a visiting labor union organizer. Together, they undertake the difficult, and possibly dangerous, struggle to unionize her factory.
poster
Criterion Channel
71
6.5
/9265/
62
/194/
62
/210/
3.5
/26975/
94
/34/
72
/179/

2 or 3 Things I Know About Her (1967)
As the city of Paris and the French people grow in consumer culture, a housewife living in a high-rise apartment with her husband and two children takes to prostitution to help pay the bills.
poster
Kanopy
78
70
7.4
/5431/
74
/124/
73
/154/
4.1
/25776/
85
/13/
81
/51/

Vive L'Amour (1995)
Three lonely young denizens of Taipei unknowingly share an apartment: May, a real estate agent who uses it for her sexual affairs; Ah-jung, her current lover; and Hsiao-kang, who's stolen the key and uses the apartment as a retreat.
poster
Kanopy
75
70
7.1
/7065/
71
/200/
68
/166/
4.0
/44782/
81
/48/
73
/125/
83
/16/

Goodbye, Dragon Inn (2003)
On a dark, wet night in Taipei City, a cavernous old picture palace is about to close its doors forever. A meager audience, the remaining few staff, and perhaps even a ghost or two, watch King Hu’s wuxia classic "Dragon Inn", each haunted by memories and desires evoked by cinema itself.
poster
69
7.2
/963/
68
/7/
67
/39/
3.8
/1271/
71
/4/

The Salamander (1971)
Pierre and Paul, journalist and writer respectively, team up to write a screenplay based on the real story of a young woman accused by her uncle of trying to kill him. They decide to meet her.
poster
69
6.6
/1489/
50
/7/
57
/20/
3.3
/394/
100
/5/
74
/3/

Meeting Venus (1991)
Celebrated Swedish opera star Karin Anderson is slated to appear in an internationally-telecast production of Tannhauser. Ms. Anderson balks at the notion of working with obscure Hungarian conductor Zoltan Szanto. The much-anticipated production may never get off the ground, thanks to labor-management difficulties, intramural jealousies, and clashing egos. Amidst all this chaos, the mismatched Anderson and Szanto fall in love.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
69
6.2
/17359/
61
/404/
59
/306/
3.4
/15726/
82
/142/
52
/376/
82
/30/
cc age 14+

The Deep Blue Sea (2011)
The wife of a British Judge is caught in a self-destructive love affair with a Royal Air Force pilot.
poster
Kanopy
67
5.8
/6634/
58
/150/
59
/189/
3.4
/17149/
88
/78/
47
/61/
75
/28/

Goodbye to Language (2014)
The idea is simple / A married woman and a single man meet / They love, they argue, fists fly / A dog strays between town and country / The seasons pass / The man and woman meet again / The dog finds itself between them / The other is in one, / the one is in the other / and they are three / The former husband shatters everything / A second film begins: / the same as the first, / and yet not / From the human race we pass to metaphor / This ends in barking / and a baby's cries / In the meantime, we will have seen people talking of the demise of the dollar, of truth in mathematics and of the death of a robin." - JLG
poster
Criterion Channel
66
6.4
/16542/
61
/415/
62
/388/
3.2
/34526/
67
/15/
64
/280/

Jamon Jamon (1992)
José Luis has a cushy corporate job at the lingerie factory his mom owns. After he falls in love and proposes to Silvia, a beautiful laborer on the underwear assembly line, his mom enlists Raul, a potential underwear model and would-be bullfighter, to seduce Silvia.
poster
77
66
7.0
/5205/
69
/74/
69
/125/
3.7
/11070/
93
/14/
89
/33/

That Most Important Thing: Love (1975)
Servais Mont, a freelance photographer who works taking compromising photos, gets fascinated by Nadine Chevalier, a tormented low-budget movie actress married to an eccentric film photo collector.
poster
Criterion Channel
75
65
7.6
/5893/
72
/79/
74
/163/
3.8
/7408/
71
/14/
81
/40/

Il Grido (1957)
A sugar-refinery worker flees his Northern Italy town after a woman refuses his marriage proposal.
poster
Kanopy
65
7.1
/10672/
68
/295/
66
/484/
3.5
/11595/
71
/14/
86
/112/

Going Places (1974)
Two whimsical, aimless thugs harass and assault women, steal, murder, and alternately charm, fight, or sprint their way out of trouble. They take whatever the bourgeoisie holds dear, whether it’s cars, peace of mind, or daughters. Marie-Ange, a jaded, passive hairdresser, joins them as lover, cook, and mother confessor. She’s on her own search for seemingly unattainable sexual pleasure.
poster
77
64
7.3
/5901/
71
/119/
67
/126/
3.8
/14710/
100
/14/
78
/19/

Full Moon in Paris (1984)
Feeling suffocated by a possessive boyfriend, work and suburban life, a young woman starts spending the weekends in her Paris apartment in order to reclaim some of her lost freedom.
poster
Hoopla
64
6.5
/14103/
61
/417/
69
/399/
2.7
/16232/
70
/27/
58
/180/
66
/10/

Pretty Baby (1978)
In 1917 New Orleans, a 12-year-old girl is raised in a brothel by her prostitute mother.
poster
Kanopy
63
6.1
/1484/
62
/104/
59
/125/
3.0
/3235/
81
/26/
58
/3/
42
/8/

Two Tickets to Greece (2023)
As teenagers, Blandine and Magalie were inseparable. Years passed and they lost sight of each other. As their paths cross again, they decide to take the trip together that they have always dreamed of. Direction Greece, its sun, its islands but also its galleys because the two former best friends now have a very different approach to holidays... and to life!
poster
Criterion Channel
70
62
6.9
/6062/
68
/95/
66
/188/
3.7
/14677/
73
/11/
75
/48/

Medea (1969)
Based on the plot of Euripides' Medea. Medea centers on the barbarian protagonist as she finds her position in the Greek world threatened, and the revenge she takes against her husband Jason who has betrayed her for another woman.
poster
Kanopy
62
6.4
/4015/
65
/86/
63
/85/
3.7
/9327/
75
/12/
63
/53/

Hail Mary (1985)
A college student gets pregnant without having intercourse, affecting people close and unrelated to her in different ways.


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