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Hulu
84
7.7
/27827/
76
/1108/
75
/524/
4.1
/87004/
97
/149/
93
/154/
89
/29/
cc age 12+

The Quiet Girl (2022)
A quiet, neglected girl is sent away from her dysfunctional family to live with relatives for the summer. She blossoms in their care, but in this house where there are meant to be no secrets, she discovers one.
poster
83
7.5
/66679/
74
/2418/
73
/1868/
4.0
/160674/
96
/306/
91
/78/
87
/43/
cc age 17+

Pain and Glory (2019)
Salvador Mallo, a filmmaker in the twilight of his career, remembers his life: his mother, his lovers, the actors he worked with. The sixties in a small village in Valencia, the eighties in Madrid, the present, when he feels an immeasurable emptiness, facing his mortality, the incapability of continuing filming, the impossibility of separating creation from his own life. The need of narrating his past can be his salvation.
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fuboTV
82
8.0
/1492/
81
/160/
75
/25/
3.9
/6495/
95
/100/
96
/25/
82
/19/
cc age 10+

Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street (2021)
Take a stroll down Sesame Street and witness the birth of the most influential children's show in television history. From the iconic furry characters to the classic songs you know by heart, learn how a gang of visionary creators changed the world.
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Amazon Prime Video
82
7.9
/14919/
79
/561/
75
/273/
3.8
/6900/
95
/110/
90
/570/
82
/32/
cc age 13+

Marley (2012)
Bob Marley's universal appeal, impact on music history and role as a social and political prophet is both unique and unparalleled. Directed by Academy Award-winning director Kevin Macdonald (The Last King of Scotland), MARLEY is the definitive life story of the musician, revolutionary, and legend, from his early days to his rise to international superstardom. Made with the support of the Marley family, the film features rare footage, incredible performances and revelatory interviews with the people that knew him best.
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HBO Max
82
7.9
/39497/
79
/1544/
77
/903/
3.8
/27034/
94
/49/
88
/380/
cc age 17+

The Normal Heart (2014)
The story of the onset of the HIV-AIDS crisis in New York City in the early 1980s, taking an unflinching look at the nation's sexual politics as gay activists and their allies in the medical community fight to expose the truth about the burgeoning epidemic to a city and nation in denial.
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Criterion Channel
80
7.5
/76200/
73
/1700/
72
/1174/
4.0
/81040/
90
/133/
83
/1705/
82
/25/
cc age 16+

Hunger (2008)
The story of Bobby Sands, the IRA member who led the 1981 hunger strike during The Troubles in which Irish Republican prisoners tried to win political status.
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MGM Plus
78
8.5
/1226717/
83
/22909/
82
/11099/
4.1
/863008/
87
/83/
96
/25631/
76
/22/
cc age 17+

The Usual Suspects (1995)
Held in an L.A. interrogation room, Verbal Kint attempts to convince the feds that a mythic crime lord, Keyser Soze, not only exists, but was also responsible for drawing him and his four partners into a multi-million dollar heist that ended with an explosion in San Pedro harbor – leaving few survivors. Verbal lures his interrogators with an incredible story of the crime lord's almost supernatural prowess.
poster
77
7.6
/6490/
69
/99/
67
/73/
3.6
/2411/
92
/24/
82
/115/

Longtime Companion (1989)
During the summer of 1981, a group of friends in New York are completely unprepared for the onslaught of AIDS. What starts as a rumor about a mysterious "gay cancer" soon turns into a major crisis as, one by one, some of the friends begin to fall ill, leaving the others to panic about who will be next. As death takes its toll, the lives of these friends are forever redefined by an unconditional display of love, hope and courage.
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Kanopy
76
7.5
/5778/
66
/80/
66
/59/
3.7
/2694/
96
/28/
83
/91/

Bandit Queen (1994)
Born a lower-caste girl in rural India's patriarchal society, "married" at 11, repeatedly raped and brutalized, Phoolan Devi finds freedom only as an avenging warrior, the eponymous Bandit Queen. Devi becomes a kind a bloody Robin Hood; this extraordinary biographical film offers both a vivid portrait of a driven woman and a savage critique of the society that made her.
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Hulu
76
7.6
/15561/
77
/799/
75
/303/
3.8
/27161/
93
/179/
78
/297/
71
/32/
cc age 10+

RBG (2018)
Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg now 84, and still inspired by the lawyers who defended free speech during the Red Scare, Ginsburg refuses to relinquish her passionate duty, steadily fighting for equal rights for all citizens under the law. Through intimate interviews and unprecedented access to Ginsburg’s life outside the court, RBG tells the electric story of Ginsburg’s consuming love affairs with both the Constitution and her beloved husband Marty—and of a life’s work that led her to become an icon of justice in the highest court in the land.
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AMC
76
7.7
/297926/
77
/10907/
75
/6707/
3.8
/297074/
86
/49/
86
/5570/
61
/15/
cc age 16+

First Blood (1982)
When former Green Beret John Rambo is harassed by local law enforcement and arrested for vagrancy, he is forced to flee into the mountains and wage an escalating one-man war against his pursuers.
poster
76
7.4
/331113/
75
/16670/
74
/6883/
3.6
/242416/
84
/108/
75
/1460/
69
/28/
cc age 16+

Predestination (2014)
Predestination chronicles the life of a Temporal Agent sent on an intricate series of time-travel journeys designed to prevent future killers from committing their crimes. Now, on his final assignment, the Agent must stop the one criminal that has eluded him throughout time and prevent a devastating attack in which thousands of lives will be lost.
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Amazon Prime Video
75
7.0
/30554/
70
/798/
68
/676/
3.7
/81812/
83
/29/
78
/542/
83
/11/

Tenebre (1982)
A razor-wielding serial killer is on the loose, murdering those around Peter Neal, an American mystery author in Italy to promote his newest novel.
poster
74
6.7
/52333/
69
/3445/
64
/1466/
3.5
/55842/
93
/273/
66
/331/
80
/49/
cc age 13+

The Old Man & the Gun (2018)
The true story of Forrest Tucker, from his audacious escape from San Quentin at the age of 70 to an unprecedented string of heists that confounded authorities and enchanted the public. Wrapped up in the pursuit are a detective, who becomes captivated with Forrest’s commitment to his craft, and a woman, who loves him in spite of his chosen profession.
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HBO Max Amazon Channel
79
74
7.8
/11646/
72
/208/
64
/107/
3.6
/6535/
100
/12/
88
/251/

And the Band Played On (1993)
The story of the discovery of the AIDS epidemic and the political infighting of the scientific community hampering the early fight with it.
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HBO Max Amazon Channel
73
8.3
/1669994/
80
/57979/
81
/27220/
3.8
/4261576/
68
/598/
89
/23597/
59
/60/
cc age 16+

Joker (2019)
During the 1980s, a failed stand-up comedian is driven insane and turns to a life of crime and chaos in Gotham City while becoming an infamous psychopathic crime figure.
poster
73
7.2
/687/
71
/34/
70
/15/
3.5
/605/
87
/31/
85
/9/
71
/14/

Bobby Sands: 66 Days (2016)
By the early 1980s, after two decades of violence and unrest, the situation in Northern Ireland took a sudden and profound turn inside the infamous Maze Prison. Seeking the right to be treated as political prisoners rather than common criminals, Irish Republicans led by Bobby Sands began a prison hunger strike that would draw international attention to the conflict. In the 66 days that he refused food, Sands would be elected to the British Parliament, put the Irish Republican struggle centre stage on the world news agenda, and pay the ultimate price for his political convictions. The film combines a powerful mosaic of archival materials, reconstructions and the illuminating accounts of former prisoners, commentators and key players in the drama. With Sands's evocative prison diary at its core, the film brings fresh insight to an iconic figure who single-handedly created a transformative moment in Ireland's history that had global aftershocks.
poster
73
6.9
/33834/
74
/1191/
76
/1291/
3.6
/54604/
67
/84/
78
/4969/
67
/17/
cc age 10+

Selena (1997)
In this biographical drama, Selena Quintanilla is born into a musical Mexican-American family in Texas. Her father, Abraham, realizes that his young daughter is talented and begins performing with her at small venues. She finds success and falls for her guitarist, Chris Perez, who draws the ire of her father. Seeking mainstream stardom, Selena begins recording an English-language album which, tragically, she would never complete.
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HBO Max Amazon Channel
73
7.0
/47056/
69
/1289/
65
/817/
3.5
/31594/
94
/106/
71
/952/
cc age 16+

Behind the Candelabra (2013)
Based on the autobiographical novel, the tempestuous 6-year relationship between Liberace and his (much younger) lover, Scott Thorson, is recounted.
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Fandango at Home Free
73
6.9
/81258/
68
/2946/
66
/1501/
3.6
/77302/
89
/227/
69
/1053/
79
/44/
cc age 17+

A Most Violent Year (2014)
A thriller set in New York City during the winter of 1981, statistically one of the most violent years in the city's history, and centered on the lives of an immigrant and his family trying to expand their business and capitalize on opportunities as the rampant violence, decay, and corruption of the day drag them in and threaten to destroy all they have built.
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MUBI
72
6.9
/3594/
70
/138/
69
/176/
3.7
/14181/
90
/31/
67
/2/
69
/11/

The Passengers of the Night (2022)
On election night in 1981, celebrations spill out onto the street and there is an air of hope and change throughout Paris. But for Elisabeth, her marriage is coming to an end and she will now have to support herself and her two teenage children. She finds work at a late-night radio show and encounters a troubled teenager named Talulah whom she invites into her home.
poster
72
7.1
/11662/
72
/574/
75
/288/
3.7
/21568/
75
/125/
93
/54/
58
/28/
cc age 14+

Blue Bayou (2021)
As a Korean-American man raised in the Louisiana bayou works hard to make a life for his family, he must confront the ghosts of his past as he discovers that he could be deported from the only country he has ever called home.
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MGM Plus
72
7.0
/95108/
69
/1985/
66
/1231/
3.4
/42287/
79
/164/
75
/1918/
67
/33/
cc age 17+

Confessions of a Dangerous Mind (2002)
Television made him famous, but his biggest hits happened off screen. Television producer by day, CIA assassin by night, Chuck Barris was recruited by the CIA at the height of his TV career and trained to become a covert operative. Or so Barris said.
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Kanopy
83
71
7.9
/2397/
76
/102/
68
/45/
3.9
/1923/
100
/45/
86
/92/
94
/11/

We Were Here (2011)
A reflective look at the arrival and impact of AIDS in San Francisco and how individuals rose to the occasion during the first years of the crisis.
poster
74
71
7.3
/11550/
73
/295/
70
/198/
3.7
/4158/
84
/184/

The Beast (1988)
During the war in Afghanistan a Soviet tank crew commanded by a tyrannical officer find themselves lost and in a struggle against a band of Mujahadeen guerrillas in the mountains.
poster
Hoopla
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70
6.5
/13302/
65
/563/
66
/287/
3.2
/40080/
91
/23/
83
/33/

Satan's Slaves (2017)
After dying from a strange illness that she suffered for three years, a mother returns home to pick up her children.
poster
Criterion Channel
70
6.9
/23592/
67
/398/
66
/305/
3.4
/31374/
67
/30/
77
/615/
65
/20/

Basquiat (1996)
The brief life of Jean Michel Basquiat, a world renowned New York street artist struggling with fame, drugs and his identity.
poster
69
6.9
/16388/
70
/338/
66
/241/
3.4
/10179/
82
/28/
64
/172/
64
/12/

Absence of Malice (1981)
Megan Carter is a reporter duped into running an untrue story on Michael Gallagher, a suspected racketeer. He has an alibi for the time his crime was allegedly committed—but it involves an innocent party. When he tells Carter the truth and the newspaper runs it, tragedy follows, forcing Carter to face up to the responsibilities of her job when she is confronted by Gallagher.
poster
Hoopla
69
6.9
/40350/
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
68
6.8
/201335/
68
/8650/
65
/3519/
3.1
/118398/
74
/289/
68
/2137/
68
/43/
cc age 18+

Black Mass (2015)
The true story of Whitey Bulger, the brother of a state senator and the most infamous violent criminal in the history of South Boston, who became an FBI informant to take down a Mafia family invading his turf.
poster
Kanopy
67
6.8
/4746/
68
/219/
66
/91/
3.6
/7718/
91
/97/
73
/12/
69
/12/
cc age 17+

Moffie (2020)
A young man in 1981 South Africa must complete his brutal and racist two years of compulsory military service while desperately maintaining the secrecy of his homosexuality.
poster
The Roku Channel
67
6.7
/11112/
69
/336/
64
/178/
3.3
/8848/
81
/164/
68
/84/
65
/34/
cc age 15+

Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool (2017)
Liverpool, 1978: What starts as a vibrant affair between a legendary femme-fatale, the eccentric Academy Award-winning actress Gloria Grahame, and her young lover, British actor Peter Turner, quickly grows into a deeper relationship, with Turner being the person Gloria turns to for comfort.
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Kanopy
66
7.2
/26362/
75
/1342/
74
/785/
3.5
/21904/
67
/166/
73
/130/
51
/29/
cc age 12+

Breathe (2017)
Based on the true story of Robin, a handsome, brilliant and adventurous man whose life takes a dramatic turn when polio leaves him paralyzed.
poster
Peacock Premium
66
7.2
/226193/
75
/10301/
74
/6990/
3.2
/313328/
55
/172/
67
/1379/
51
/31/
cc age 13+

The Age of Adaline (2015)
After 29-year-old Adaline recovers from a nearly lethal accident, she inexplicably stops growing older. As the years stretch on and on, Adaline keeps her secret to herself until she meets a man who changes her life.
poster
65
5.7
/3361/
57
/127/
60
/47/
3.3
/18019/
77
/150/
67
/272/
65
/32/
cc age 15+

Kiss of the Spider Woman (2025)
Valentín, a political prisoner, shares a cell with Molina, a window dresser convicted of public indecency. The two form an unlikely bond as Molina recounts the plot of a Hollywood musical starring his favorite silver screen diva, Ingrid Luna.
poster
HBO Max Amazon Channel
82
62
7.9
/2439/
77
/270/
73
/37/
3.8
/2998/
100
/10/
88
/6/

Chernobyl: The Lost Tapes (2022)
Thirty-six years after the Chernobyl nuclear reactor exploded in Soviet Ukraine, newly uncovered archival footage and recorded interviews with those who were present paint an emotional and gripping portrait of the extent and gravity of the disaster and the lengths to which the Soviet government went to cover up the incident, including the soldiers sent in to “liquidate” the damage. Chernobyl: The Lost Tapes is the full, unvarnished true story of what happened in one of the least understood tragedies of the twentieth century.
poster
HBO Max Amazon Channel
62
6.2
/166272/
66
/9727/
73
/6395/
2.8
/657228/
56
/253/
83
/829/
53
/40/
cc age 16+

The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It (2021)
Paranormal investigators Ed and Lorraine Warren encounter what would become one of the most sensational cases from their files. The fight for the soul of a young boy takes them beyond anything they'd ever seen before, to mark the first time in U.S. history that a murder suspect would claim demonic possession as a defense.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
66
62
7.3
/8522/
72
/184/
66
/118/
3.5
/3632/
55
/75/
76
/515/
55
/23/

Mao’s Last Dancer (2009)
At the age of 11, Li was plucked from a poor Chinese village by Madame Mao's cultural delegates and taken to Beijing to study ballet. In 1979, during a cultural exchange to Texas, he falls in love with an American woman. Two years later, he managed to defect and went on to perform as a principal dancer for the Houston Ballet and as a principal artist with the Australian Ballet.
poster
The Roku Channel
62
6.4
/9474/
67
/402/
65
/227/
3.3
/16185/
67
/73/
59
/82/
58
/25/
cc age 14+

God Help the Girl (2014)
Eve is a catastrophe—low on self-esteem but high on fantasy, especially when it comes to music. Over the course of one Glasgow summer, she meets two similarly rootless souls: posh Cass and fastidious James, and together they form a band.
poster
fuboTV
61
6.7
/27004/
65
/1073/
66
/604/
3.1
/74695/
44
/263/
74
/40/
54
/48/
cc age 15+

Empire of Light (2022)
The duty manager of a seaside cinema, who is struggling with her mental health, forms a relationship with a new employee on the south coast of England in the 1980s.
poster
Britbox Apple TV Channel
61
6.4
/585/
74
/27/
61
/18/
3.3
/435/
66
/32/
70
/5/
52
/9/

Manolo: The Boy Who Made Shoes for Lizards (2017)
An in-depth portrait of MANOLO BLAHNIK, self-confessed 'cobbler' and the man regarded by most influential fashion figures as 'the best shoe-maker of the 20th and 21st centuries. A film for anyone who has ever looked longingly at a pair of... 'Manolos'
poster
79
58
8.3
/3747/
79
/47/
72
/24/
3.7
/702/
88
/32/
88
/43/
69
/15/

The Other Dream Team (2012)
The incredible story of the 1992 Lithuanian basketball team, whose athletes struggled under Soviet rule, became symbols of Lithuania's independence movement, and – with help from the Grateful Dead – triumphed at the Barcelona Olympics.
poster
HBO Max Amazon Channel
75
57
7.6
/2336/
79
/186/
68
/20/
3.7
/11781/
78
/5/

Music Box: Yacht Rock: A DOCKumentary (2024)
This documentary chronicles the rise, fall, and rise again of the soft rock epitomized by artists such as Christopher Cross, Michael McDonald, Kenny Loggins, Steely Dan, and Toto in the late 1970s and early 1980s. Retroactively dubbed "Yacht Rock," the easy-listening genre came to be gently mocked and even dismissed by rock lovers and critics. However, it has since reclaimed its place in music history and is celebrated in this groove-infused film.
poster
Kanopy
57
4.9
/279/
41
/17/
52
/4/
3.0
/1641/
73
/26/
49
/5/

Ebony & Ivory (2025)
Two musical legends gather at a Scottish Cottage on The Mull Of Kintyre for a tense summit to discuss a potential collaboration that will ultimately result in a Global Number One smash hit single.
poster
Netflix
56
5.6
/4889/
60
/533/
57
/87/
2.6
/14493/
cc age 14+

The Devil on Trial (2023)
Explore the first – and only – time “demonic possession” has officially been used as a defense in a U.S. murder trial. Including firsthand accounts of alleged devil possession and a shocking murder, this extraordinary story forces reflection on our fear of the unknown.
poster
55
6.5
/63418/
67
/2680/
62
/854/
3.5
/109687/
39
/77/
75
/2696/
42
/24/
cc age 16+

Wet Hot American Summer (2001)
The setting is Camp Firewood, the year 1981. It's the last day before everyone goes back to the real world, but there's still a summer's worth of unfinished business to resolve. At the center of the action is camp director Beth, who struggles to keep order while she falls in love with the local astrophysics professor. He is busy trying to save the camp from a deadly piece of NASA's Skylab which is hurtling toward earth. All that, plus: a dangerous waterfall rescue, love triangles, misfits, cool kids, and talking vegetable cans. The questions will all be resolved, of course, at the big talent show at the end of the day.
poster
55
5.8
/2247/
58
/39/
53
/37/
3.2
/1475/
60
/15/
40
/13/
52
/10/

Rich and Famous (1981)
Two literary women compete for 20 years: one writes for the critics; the other one, to get rich.
poster
55
6.0
/2381/
59
/125/
55
/73/
3.1
/346/
31
/13/
82
/151/
42
/6/
cc age 13+

The Song (2014)
Aspiring singer-songwriter Jed King struggles to catch a break and escape the long shadow of his father, a country music legend. After reluctantly accepting a gig at a local vineyard harvest festival, Jed is love-struck by the vineyard owner’s daughter, Rose, and a romance quickly blooms. Soon after their wedding, Jed writes Rose “The Song,” which becomes a breakout hit. Thrust into a life of stardom and a world of temptation in the form of fellow performer Shelby Bale, Jed’s life and marriage begin to fall apart.


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