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Netflix
84
7.6
/176621/
75
/5424/
76
/4028/
4.1
/444955/
96
/408/
72
/1124/
96
/50/
cc age 16+

Roma (2018)
In 1970s Mexico City, two domestic workers help a mother of four while her husband is away for an extended period of time.
poster
82
7.5
/6944/
77
/181/
75
/191/
3.9
/13881/
94
/63/
80
/26/
78
/19/

Endless Poetry (2016)
A portrait of the director’s young adulthood, set in the 1940s–1950s, in the electric capital city of Santiago. There, he decides to become a poet and is introduced, by destiny, into the foremost bohemian and artistic circle of the time.
poster
Netflix
79
7.4
/238181/
76
/11177/
73
/5358/
3.5
/242756/
84
/310/
83
/1500/
75
/50/
cc age 13+

Darkest Hour (2017)
In May 1940, the fate of World War II hangs on Winston Churchill, who must decide whether to negotiate with Adolf Hitler or fight on knowing that it could mean the end of the British Empire.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
79
7.2
/42546/
71
/1542/
70
/712/
3.8
/165333/
94
/235/
92
/70/
73
/41/
cc age 16+

Honey Boy (2019)
The story of a child star attempting to mend his relationship with his law-breaking, alcohol-abusing father over the course of a decade, loosely based on Shia LaBeouf’s life.
poster
Kanopy
76
7.4
/975/
70
/27/
77
/27/
3.9
/1801/
100
/23/
69
/11/
78
/10/

Rocks in My Pockets (2014)
The personal story of a woman struggling with an inherited illness, as told by Signe Baumane, the Latvian director-animator living in New York City. With humour and courage, the director sets out on a challenging journey to discover her family’s best-kept secret. Featuring five stories about the courageous women in Signe’s family and their battles with madness, visual metaphors, surreal images and director’s narration.
poster
Starz Apple TV Channel
74
7.3
/40310/
73
/890/
69
/535/
3.6
/12260/
77
/148/
86
/1210/
62
/32/
cc age 14+

Antwone Fisher (2002)
A sailor prone to violent outbursts is sent to a naval psychiatrist for help. Refusing at first to open up, the young man eventually breaks down and reveals a horrific childhood. Through the guidance of his doctor, he confronts his painful past and begins a quest to find the family he never knew.
poster
72
6.5
/51024/
64
/2355/
68
/1000/
3.5
/1048760/
84
/304/
64
/216/
79
/59/
cc age 14+

Priscilla (2023)
When teenage Priscilla Beaulieu meets Elvis Presley at a party, the man who is already a meteoric rock-and-roll superstar becomes someone entirely unexpected in private moments: a thrilling crush, an ally in loneliness, a vulnerable best friend.
poster
80
72
7.7
/4957/
76
/98/
76
/102/
4.2
/21084/
89
/27/
89
/44/
70
/9/

A Moment of Innocence (1996)
A semi-autobiographical account of Makhmalbaf's experience as a teenager when, as a 17-year-old, he stabbed a policeman at a protest rally. Two decades later, he tracks down the policeman he injured in an attempt to make amends.
poster
Kanopy
82
71
7.3
/3117/
77
/107/
70
/76/
4.2
/15108/
100
/5/
87
/147/

Blue (1993)
Against a plain, unchanging blue screen, a densely interwoven soundtrack of voices, sound effects and music attempt to convey a portrait of Derek Jarman's experiences with AIDS, both literally and allegorically, together with an exploration of the meanings associated with the colour blue.
poster
Kanopy
71
7.2
/9903/
70
/235/
73
/500/
3.9
/25187/
67
/18/
85
/109/
68
/22/

Dear Diary (1993)
Nanni Moretti recalls in his diary three slice of life stories characterized by a sharply ironic look: in the first one he wanders through a deserted Rome, in the second he visits a reclusive friend on an island, and in the last he has to grapple with an unknown illness.
poster
Hoopla
69
6.9
/40259/
70
/946/
64
/363/
3.3
/17888/
75
/51/
69
/890/
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
80
66
7.6
/3843/
74
/92/
73
/105/
4.0
/9823/
100
/6/
80
/24/

The Time to Live and the Time to Die (1985)
An autobiographical film based on Taiwanese director Hou Hsiao-hsien's memories of his youth growing up in Taiwan after emigrating from mainland China.
poster
Kanopy
66
6.8
/7360/
67
/246/
64
/112/
3.3
/12940/
79
/24/
73
/165/
67
/20/

Edge of Seventeen (1999)
1984, Sandusky, Ohio. A naive 17-year-old navigates heartbreak and self-expression as he explores his sexuality.
poster
Kanopy
65
6.1
/4550/
64
/318/
61
/91/
3.2
/28296/
76
/62/
65
/32/
62
/19/

Never Goin' Back (2018)
Angela and Jessie are best friends intent on taking a wild beach trip, but when their roommate loses all of their money in a drug scam, the girls -- blissfully stoned -- go to increasingly daring and absurd lengths to get it back.
poster
75
55
7.3
/1485/
69
/38/
70
/49/
3.9
/2360/
89
/318/

My Childhood (1972)
The first part of Bill Douglas' influential trilogy harks back to his impoverished upbringing in early-'40s Scotland. Cinema was his only escape - he paid for it with the money he made from returning empty jam jars - and this escape is reflected most closely at this time of his life as an eight-year-old living on the breadline with his half-brother and sick grandmother in a poor mining village.
poster
75
48
7.6
/717/
72
/41/
75
/29/
3.9
/3951/
7.8
/1356/

Totto-chan: The Little Girl at the Window (2023)
This engaging series of childhood recollections tells of an unconventional school in Tokyo during World War II that combined learning with fun, freedom, and love. The school had old railroad cars for classrooms and was run by an extraordinary man – its founder and headmaster, Sōsaku Kobayashi – who deeply valued children's independence, and who was a firm believer in freedom of expression and activity.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
72
40
6.4
/1014/
63
/44/
64
/23/
3.3
/1406/
90
/41/
87
/12/

Potato Dreams of America (2021)
A true story about a gay boy growing up in the collapsing USSR, his courageous mail-order bride mother, and their adventurous escape to Seattle in the 90s.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
74
40
6.7
/635/
62
/32/
66
/18/
3.5
/717/
92
/25/
85
/9/
82
/6/
cc age 7+

Window Horses (2017)
Rosie Ming, a young Canadian poet, is invited to perform at a Poetry Festival in Shiraz, Iran, but she’d rather be in Paris. She lives at home with her over-protective Chinese grandparents and has never been anywhere by herself. Once in Iran, she finds herself in the company of poets and Persians, all who tell her stories that force her to confront her past; the Iranian father she assumed abandoned her and the nature of Poetry itself. It’s about building bridges between cultural and generational divides. It’s about being curious. Staying open. And finding your own voice through the magic of poetry. Rosie goes on an unwitting journey of forgiveness, reconciliation, and perhaps above all, understanding, through learning about her father’s past, her own cultural identity, and her responsibility to it.
poster
73
38
7.1
/1185/
80
/41/
72
/55/
3.5
/1125/

The 8-Year Engagement (2017)
Hisashi and Mai are a happy couple in their 20s who are engaged to be married. But three months before their wedding, Mai becomes seriously ill. Her heart stops momentarily, and she falls into a deep coma. Hisashi visits Mai at the hospital every day before work. With no idea if or when she will ever awake, Mai’s parents encourage Hisashi to find someone else, but he refuses to give up and continues to pray for her recovery. As if his prayers are answered, Mai begins to regain consciousness several years later, and even utters a few words. But tragically, she has suffered brain damage and has no memory of Hisashi.
poster
HBO Max Amazon Channel
80
38
7.7
/805/
75
/72/
62
/11/
3.9
/1509/
100
/6/
92
/3/

Gary Gulman: The Great Depresh (2019)
In his first HBO comedy special, Gary Gulman offers candid reflections on his struggles with depression through stand-up and short documentary interludes. While speaking to issues of mental health, Gulman also offers his observations on a number of topics, including his admiration for Millennial attitudes toward bullying, the intersection of masculinity and sports, and how his mother's voice is always in his head.
poster
71
35
7.4
/912/
64
/22/
71
/33/
3.9
/1257/

My Way Home (1978)
Jamie leaves the children's home to live with his paternal grandmother. After working in a mine and in a tailor's shop, he is conscripted into the RAF, and goes to Egypt, where he is befriended by Robert, whose undemanding companionship releases Jamie from self-pity.
poster
75
33
7.5
/1065/
68
/25/
71
/34/
3.9
/1476/
83
/5/

My Ain Folk (1973)
When Jamie's maternal grandmother dies, he and his brother Tommy are separated - Tommy is taken off to a welfare home and Jamie goes to live with his other grandmother and uncle. His life is far from happy, filled with silence, rejection and bouts of violence.
poster
72
31
6.9
/938/
59
/10/
62
/13/
3.5
/233/
100
/11/

Sunday's Children (1992)
Little Pu spends a summer in Norrland with all his relatives. He and his brother get to hear the story about the watchmaker who hung himself, learns to shoot with a bow and follow his father on a bicycle trip.
poster
64
30
6.3
/625/
71
/117/
61
/29/
3.1
/1008/

Mia (2017)
Mia recounts her most intimate confessions, uncensored, in her first approach to a totally new world of domination and submission.
poster
66
29
6.7
/570/
67
/29/
67
/42/
3.4
/1392/
64
/5/

Wonder Boy (2019)
At age 25, Olivier Rousteing was named the creative director of the French luxury fashion house, Balmain. At the time, Rousteing was a relatively unknown designer, but in the decade since, he’s proven his business prowess and artistic instinct by leading Balmain to new heights. Wonderboy gives the viewer the rare opportunity to experience the inner sanctum of the fashion world, as we stand shoulder-to-shoulder with this extraordinary individual while he works.
poster
HBO Max Amazon Channel
64
25
6.6
/660/
60
/16/
59
/13/
3.5
/433/
80
/5/
50
/8/

Wide Awake (2006)
Filmmaker Alan Berliner chronicles his lifelong battle with insomnia in this intimate documentary. The cameras roll as he tries to quiet his overly active mind so he can get a decent night's sleep, capturing the details of what it's like to suffer from a chronic sleep disorder. As he struggles to find balance, his friends and family -- who endure the worst of Berliner's bouts with insomnia -- question whether he really wants to find a cure.
poster
Netflix
59
23
6.1
/1010/
58
/48/
56
/28/
3.2
/578/

Frank and Cindy (2015)
G.J. Echternkamp tells the story of his relationship with his parents, his mother Cindy and his step-father, Frank. Frank used to be a member of OXO, a band from the '80s whose one hit wonder scored with the song "Whirly Girl". Cindy was the ultimate groupie who married Frank and thought life would be glamorous and award shows, but it's not how it turned out.
poster
74
19
7.5
/667/
76
/21/
73
/16/
3.6
/462/

Forbidden Dreams (1987)
Leo Popper is a happy family man living in rural Bohemia in the years preceding the Nazi invasion. Out of economic necessity he moves with his family to the big city and becomes an enterprising vacuum cleaner salesman. There he embarks on a series of adulterous adventures, has encounters with boxing pros and famous portrait artists, and schemes to purchase the perfect pond to fulfill his passion for fishing. When the Nazis gain control, the comedy turns sour - he loses his lake, his job, and finally, his family.
poster
69
15
7.4
/396/
62
/18/
70
/11/
3.5
/597/

My Favorite War (2020)
Ilze Burkovska, a little girl who is obsessed with stories of World War II and will be a filmmaker in a distant future, lives in Latvia under the totalitarian boot of the Soviets and the ominous shadow of the many menaces and horrors of the Cold War.
poster
?
100
/1/

Into the Unknown: My Cancer Story
Filmmaker Matthew Thomas Ross provides an original look into his personal journey of a rare cancer diagnosis in his 30s. Through expansive childhood home videos, vulnerable interviews, and intimate footage, we follow Matthew as he documents his battle against Stage 4 appendix cancer. While traveling through the seasons, he struggles to navigate the physical and mental toll of a diagnosis full of so many unknowns. He ultimately finds hope and purpose in completing his first feature film; this documentary.
poster
?
95
/2/

The Paintings (2025)
After losing her grandfather when she was less than a year old, a now very conflicted teen must learn how to navigate her grief even though she absolutely does not want to
poster
?
80
/1/

me* (2024)
Through a splendidly drawn and masterfully animated short, Ito Rina reasons on the troubled battle he has to overcome in her daily life, accepting her new and constantly changing skin.
poster
?
10
/1/

Home Avenue (1989)
An autobiographical examination of the director's rape at gunpoint nine years prior.
poster
?
5.8
/15/
78
/4/

Blank Canvas: My So-Called Artist's Journey (2025)
High schooler Akiko has big plans to become a popular mangaka before she even graduates, but she needs to get much better at drawing if she ever wants to reach her goal. Looking for an easy fix, she signs up for an art class, thinking all her problems will soon be solved. She's in for a surprise: her new instructor is a sword-wielding taskmaster who doesn't care about manga one bit. But maybe this unconventional art teacher is just what she needs to realize her dreams!
poster
?
6.8
/77/
63
/3/
74
/9/

Isabelle Huppert: Personal Message (2020)
Isabelle Huppert is one of the most famous French actresses. In this portrait she reflects in voice over on her movies and her craft. She seems to like characters that are neurotic, dramatic and even dangerous. Huppert considers every character a means to discover things about herself.
poster
?
9.8
/6/

Le Syndrome des cœurs brisés – Takotsubo (2023)
N/A
poster
?
10
/2/

My Dad and the Volcano (2024)
Gavin built a giant volcano sculpture that's now in his dad's shed. Gavin seeks his dad's understanding but he's uninterested in modern art and refuses to participate in the documentary.
poster
?
6.7
/64/
55
/7/

The Erectionman (2010)
Narrator and director Michael Schaap's confessional style and general goofiness bring levity to an awkward topic: "erectile dysfunction" and the little blue pill that treats it.
poster
?
7.1
/9/
10
/1/
100
/1/

Remembering Wei-Yi Fang, Remembering Myself (1995)
An Autobiography charts the influence of the filmmaker’s six-year experience as an African American woman in Taiwan after college graduation. The highly original film recounts Welbon’s discovery, through another language and culture, of being respected for who she is, without the constant of American racism, and how it helped her achieve self-knowledge. Linking this story with that of earlier women in Welbon’s family, the richly textured memoir blends dramatic sequences with documentary footage.
poster
?
60
/2/
60
/2/

Running (2022)
Danny sets out to uncover the story of his estranged father. Piecing together mementos, stories from his dad’s old friends, and hard conversations with his mother, Danny starts on a mission to solve the puzzle of his father and finds himself instead on a complex, funny, and vulnerable journey of self-discovery and acceptance.
poster
?
9.1
/17/
10
/2/

Liam (2018)
Just after Isidore moves to France to study filmmaking, his best friend dies back in the US. Through documentary, performance, and animation, a ghostly portrait emerges, prompting Isidore to question his relationships with his parents and his boyfriend in Paris.
poster
?
7.4
/10/
10
/1/

Living in the World (1985)
An auto-documentary about a disenfranchised Everyman and his struggle to re-integrate himself into society. He fails and turns to crime.
poster
?
7.2
/95/

After the Fall (1974)
Adaptation of Arthur Miller's semi-autobiographical play about Quentin, a Jewish intellectual from New York who must reexamine his life and his troubled relationship with Holga.
poster
?
7.6
/13/
70
/1/

Run Run It's Him (2009)
Has Matthew been wasting his life? He’s 29 years old with 4 memberships at adult video stores, 55 tapes of compiled porn, and absolutely nothing to show for it: no girlfriend, no ambition, only a big stack of porn. Run Run It's Him is the true to life story of what happens when man stays too long in his apartment having sex with himself. It is also a funny, honest and optimistic look at the way porn affects people’s lives in the 21st century.
poster
?
6.1
/73/
100
/1/

Exile Family Movie (2006)
A family’s story, typically crazy and exceptional at the same time. A film about home and exile, parents, grandparents, brothers and sisters and all the other relatives, close and distant, in an extended Persian family. Some of them emigrated to Europe or America, though the majority has stayed in Iran. Regardless of all the danger involved, they secretly meet after 20 years at a place which won’t raise suspicion among the Iranian authorities: Mecca. They come from America, Sweden, Austria and Iran to laugh, argue, cook and celebrate. This is accompanied by an excessive amount of hugging and kissing, and also a clash between Muslim and Western cultures.
poster
?
7.5
/47/
60
/5/

Time Goes by Like a Roaring Lion (2013)
Hartmann proposes a 76-minute film in which each minute stands for a year of his life. This obsessive rule is invoked in the last 4 “years” of his life (and of the film). A cable-car journey codes in its own duration the secret of a perdurable shot. A poetic emancipation by a young filmmaker: a life plan finding its right frame. Roger Koza
poster
49
?
4.9
/436/
46
/6/
46
/8/
43
/7/
38
/2/

Can Heironymus Merkin Ever Forget Mercy Humppe and Find True Happiness? (1969)
Heironymus Merkin is an internationally successful singer approaching middle age who retells his life story in a series of production numbers on a seashore in front of his two toddlers and aged mother. Merkin's promiscuous relationships with women are explored, particularly Polyester Poontang and the adolescent Mercy Humppe. Merkin is constantly surrounded by a Satan-like procurer, Goodtime Eddie Filth, and an angelic 'Presence' who interrupts Merkin's biography with cryptic Borscht Belt-level jokes to denote births and deaths in Merkin's life. Newley periodically steps out of character to complain about his 'Merkin' role with an unseen director, two screenwriters, the film's producers and a trio of blasé movie critics who are turned off by the story's eroticism and lack of plot.
poster
?
50
/1/
53
/3/

Do the Dead Speak to Us? (2019)
Filmmaker Helena de Llanos, who lives in the chaotic house, full of memories and treasures, where her grandfather, Fernando Fernán Gómez (1921-2007), legendary writer, actor and director; and his wife, the actress and writer Emma Cohen (1946-2016), shared their lives, analyzes the relationship that the living have with the dead through the places and objects they have left behind.


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