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Kanopy
90
8.3
/100177/
82
/1668/
83
/1260/
4.5
/169556/
98
/57/
96
/1465/
92
/20/
cc age 11+

Ikiru (1952)
Kanji Watanabe is a middle-aged man who has worked in the same monotonous bureaucratic position for decades. Learning he has cancer, he starts to look for the meaning of his life.
poster
Kanopy
90
8.1
/76222/
81
/1411/
82
/1162/
4.4
/133439/
100
/52/
93
/871/
100
/19/

Tokyo Story (1953)
The elderly Shukishi and his wife, Tomi, take the long journey from their small seaside village to visit their adult children in Tokyo. Their elder son, Koichi, a doctor, and their daughter, Shige, a hairdresser, don't have much time to spend with their aged parents, and so it falls to Noriko, the widow of their younger son who was killed in the war, to keep her in-laws company.
poster
Kanopy
90
8.2
/148761/
80
/2489/
80
/1710/
4.5
/217941/
96
/94/
95
/2190/
97
/21/

Ran (1985)
Shakespeare's King Lear is reimagined as a singular historical epic set in sixteenth-century Japan where an aging warlord divides his kingdom between his three sons.
poster
89
8.3
/274605/
80
/3184/
78
/1881/
4.4
/169910/
99
/177/
92
/1633/
95
/41/
cc age 16+

A Separation (2011)
A married couple are faced with a difficult decision - to improve the life of their child by moving to another country or to stay in Iran and look after a deteriorating parent who has Alzheimer's disease.
poster
Criterion Channel
87
8.2
/18623/
77
/326/
80
/393/
4.3
/32155/
100
/29/
91
/259/

Ordet (1955)
The three sons of devout Danish farmer Morten have widely disparate religious beliefs. Youngest son Anders shares his father's religion, but eldest son Mikkel has lost his faith, while middle child Johannes has become delusional and proclaims that he is Jesus Christ himself. When Mikkel's wife, Inger goes into a difficult childbirth, everyone's beliefs are put to the test.
poster
Criterion Channel
86
8.3
/5460/
79
/120/
78
/97/
4.2
/12684/
93
/27/
92
/28/

The Big City (1963)
After her husband loses his job, a housewife from a middle-class, conservative family in Calcutta gets a job as a salesperson.
poster
Kanopy
86
8.1
/122932/
79
/1639/
81
/1748/
4.3
/158613/
94
/49/
94
/1308/
88
/17/

Wild Strawberries (1957)
Crotchety retired doctor Isak Borg travels from Stockholm to Lund, Sweden, with his pregnant and unhappy daughter-in-law, Marianne, in order to receive an honorary degree from his alma mater. Along the way, they encounter a series of hitchhikers, each of whom causes the elderly doctor to muse upon the pleasures and failures of his own life. These include the vivacious young Sara, a dead ringer for the doctor's own first love.
poster
Kanopy
85
7.7
/11568/
79
/261/
74
/196/
4.0
/27530/
100
/13/
89
/128/

The Official Story (1985)
Buenos Aires, Argentina, 1983. In the last and turbulent days of the military dictatorship, Alicia, a high school history teacher, begins to ask uncomfortable questions about the dark origins of Gaby, her adopted daughter.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
84
IMDb 60
7.9
/839684/
80
/40040/
78
/13298/
4.0
/3425167/
97
/472/
92
/12386/
82
/52/
cc age 13+

Knives Out (2019)
When renowned crime novelist Harlan Thrombey is found dead at his estate just after his 85th birthday, the inquisitive and debonair Detective Benoit Blanc is mysteriously enlisted to investigate. From Harlan's dysfunctional family to his devoted staff, Blanc sifts through a web of red herrings and self-serving lies to uncover the truth behind Harlan's untimely death.
poster
Kanopy
84
7.8
/14543/
77
/340/
75
/320/
4.2
/33989/
100
/72/
86
/6642/
87
/24/

Poetry (2010)
A South Korean woman in her sixties enrolls in a poetry class as she grapples with her faltering memory and her grandson's appalling wrongdoing.
poster
83
7.6
/49397/
74
/728/
72
/649/
4.1
/41618/
95
/59/
88
/960/
81
/22/

Short Cuts (1993)
Many loosely connected characters cross paths in this film, based on the stories of Raymond Carver. Waitress Doreen Piggot accidentally runs into a boy with her car. Soon after walking away, the child lapses into a coma. While at the hospital, the boy's grandfather tells his son, Howard, about his past affairs. Meanwhile, a baker starts harassing the family when they fail to pick up the boy's birthday cake.
poster
Hulu
82
7.4
/236831/
71
/10656/
70
/2774/
3.8
/2143138/
93
/352/
85
/489/
91
/62/
cc age 17+

Anora (2024)
A young sex worker from Brooklyn gets her chance at a Cinderella story when she meets and impulsively marries the son of an oligarch. Once the news reaches Russia, her fairytale is threatened as his parents set out to get the marriage annulled.
poster
Criterion Channel
83
82
7.8
/22861/
75
/380/
76
/712/
4.0
/35878/
100
/29/
90
/242/
87
/10/

I Vitelloni (1953)
Five young men dream of success as they drift lazily through life in a small Italian village. Fausto, the group's leader, is a womanizer; Riccardo craves fame; Alberto is a hopeless dreamer; Moraldo fantasizes about life in the city; and Leopoldo is an aspiring playwright. As Fausto chases a string of women, to the horror of his pregnant wife, the other four blunder their way from one uneventful experience to the next.
poster
Criterion Channel
86
82
8.0
/10470/
78
/204/
78
/199/
4.2
/20005/
100
/11/
92
/97/
94
/5/

Early Summer (1951)
A 28-year-old single woman is pressured to marry.
poster
Kanopy
82
8.1
/61975/
77
/559/
70
/297/
3.9
/17998/
94
/18/
95
/634/

Sholay (1975)
After his family is murdered by the notorious bandit Gabbar Singh, a former police officer enlists the services of two outlaws to capture him and seek revenge.
poster
Criterion Channel
81
7.7
/7873/
73
/176/
75
/146/
3.9
/11543/
100
/11/
88
/173/
85
/13/

Vengeance Is Mine (1979)
A thief, a murderer, and a charming lady-killer, Iwao Enokizu is on the run from the police.
poster
HBO Max Amazon Channel
81
7.3
/151364/
73
/5655/
75
/3858/
4.0
/577213/
94
/322/
75
/1152/
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
HBO Max
80
7.7
/46362/
75
/697/
74
/561/
3.8
/32997/
97
/36/
88
/599/
74
/11/

Key Largo (1948)
A hurricane swells outside, but it's nothing compared to the storm within the hotel at Key Largo. There, sadistic mobster Johnny Rocco holes up - and holds at gunpoint hotel owner James Temple, his widowed daughter-in-law Nora, and ex-GI Frank McCloud.
poster
Criterion Channel
80
7.3
/14103/
72
/171/
65
/161/
3.9
/11771/
90
/88/
79
/233/
90
/31/

Topsy-Turvy (1999)
After their latest production, "Princess Ida", meets with less-than-stunning reception, Gilbert and Sullivan's relationship is strained to the breaking point. Their friends and associates attempt to get the two to work together again, which bares the path to "The Mikado", one of the duo's greatest successes.
poster
Kanopy
79
7.5
/30785/
73
/463/
71
/383/
3.7
/11281/
81
/132/
88
/744/
70
/34/

The Barbarian Invasions (2003)
In this belated sequel to 'The Decline of the American Empire', middle-aged Montreal college professor, Remy, learns that he is dying of liver cancer. His ex-wife, Louise, asks their estranged son, Sebastian, a successful businessman living in London, to come home. Sebastian makes the impossible happen, using his contacts and disrupting the Canadian healthcare system in every way possible to help his father fight his terminal illness to the bitter end, while reuniting some of Remy's old friends, including Pierre, Alain, Dominique, Diane, and Claude, who return to see their friend before he passes on.
poster
79
7.4
/8191/
74
/152/
70
/230/
3.9
/7777/
92
/52/
76
/407/
83
/16/

The Secret of the Grain (2007)
In southern France, a Franco-Arabic shipyard worker along with his partner's daughter pursues his dream of opening a restaurant.
poster
fuboTV
78
7.2
/38648/
72
/1508/
70
/477/
3.6
/67535/
96
/224/
91
/134/
81
/40/
cc age 13+

Living (2022)
London, 1953. Mr. Williams, a veteran civil servant, is an important cog within the city's bureaucracy as it struggles to rebuild in the aftermath of World War II. Buried under paperwork at the office and lonely at home, his life has long felt empty and meaningless. Then a devastating medical diagnosis forces him to take stock, and to try and grasp some fulfilment before it passes permanently beyond reach.
poster
Kanopy
78
7.3
/2331/
75
/44/
72
/39/
3.7
/2718/
100
/14/
79
/29/

The Edge of the World (1937)
A way of life is dying on a remote Scottish island, but some of the inhabitants resist evacuating to the mainland.
poster
78
7.6
/51309/
73
/558/
74
/363/
3.8
/25561/
86
/21/
88
/1002/

Devdas (2002)
In 1900s India, Calcuttan zamindar Devdas Mukherjee — unable to marry his lover — takes up alcohol and the company of a courtesan to alleviate the pain.
poster
Kanopy
77
6.9
/1996/
69
/85/
72
/98/
3.6
/9334/
87
/38/
93
/1/
67
/17/

Love Life (2022)
Taeko and her husband, Jirō, are living a peaceful existence with her young son, Keita, when a tragic accident brings the boy's long-lost father, Park, back into her life. To cope with the pain and guilt, Taeko throws herself into helping this deaf and homeless man.
poster
76
6.9
/23896/
67
/442/
65
/238/
3.5
/13581/
86
/135/
73
/1989/
80
/34/
cc age 17+

Junebug (2005)
On the way to meet with an independent artist in the South, newlywed art dealer Madeleine is convinced by her husband, George, that they should stop to meet his family in North Carolina. Madeleine's affluent lifestyle clashes with the family, but she befriends George's wide-eyed and pregnant sister-in-law, Ashley, who is nearing her due date. Through the family, Madeleine gains greater insight into George's character.
poster
Kanopy
76
7.0
/25369/
69
/464/
68
/386/
3.8
/34189/
81
/137/
68
/871/
79
/33/
cc age 15+

I Am Love (2010)
Emma has left Russia to live with her husband in Italy. Now a member of a powerful industrial family, she is the respected mother of three, but feels unfulfilled. One day, Antonio, a talented chef and her son's friend, makes her senses kindle.
poster
74
7.9
/474760/
78
/11100/
78
/7538/
3.9
/505002/
76
/220/
89
/26326/
58
/42/
cc age 12+

Big Fish (2003)
Throughout his life Edward Bloom has always been a man of big appetites, enormous passions and tall tales. In his later years, he remains a huge mystery to his son, William. Now, to get to know the real man, Will begins piecing together a true picture of his father from flashbacks of his amazing adventures.
poster
74
6.9
/8914/
66
/202/
68
/165/
3.8
/17489/
86
/95/
64
/183/
81
/26/

White Material (2010)
In the midst of a volatile regime change in a Francophone African state, Maria Vial is fighting to sustain her family’s coffee plantation. With rebels and the army struggling for control, French peacekeeping forces move out, warning the remaining white residents that they’re on their own. But Maria refuses to be driven off the land, even as tragedy looms.
poster
Kanopy
73
6.8
/911/
57
/17/
60
/13/
3.5
/750/
86
/7/
76
/21/

The Homecoming (1973)
In a dreary North London flat, the site of perpetual psychological warfare, a philosophy professor visits his family after a nine-year absence and introduces the four men - father, uncle and two brothers - to his wife.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
73
7.1
/14956/
70
/430/
71
/796/
3.7
/22783/
72
/74/
77
/21/
68
/18/

My King (2015)
Tony is admitted to a rehabilitation center after a serious ski accident. Dependent on the medical staff and pain relievers, she takes time to look back on a turbulent relationship that she experienced with Georgio.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
72
6.8
/29458/
67
/1452/
65
/798/
3.4
/68660/
89
/198/
71
/149/
76
/37/
cc age 15+

Lady Macbeth (2016)
Rural England, 1865. Katherine, suffocated by her loveless marriage to a bitter man and restrained by his father's tyranny, unleashes an irresistible force within her, so powerful that she will stop at nothing to get what she wants.
poster
Hoopla
72
6.9
/1976/
67
/44/
62
/27/
3.5
/1269/
76
/71/
71
/43/
73
/23/

Down in the Delta (1998)
A single mother plagued by alcohol and drug addictions is sent with her children from Chicago to her ancestral home in the Mississippi Delta, to live with her uncle and aunt for the summer.
poster
Fandango at Home Free
75
72
7.3
/10820/
72
/260/
67
/126/
3.7
/12598/
89
/28/
83
/214/
69
/10/

The In-Laws (1979)
In preparation for his daughter's wedding, dentist Sheldon Kornpett meets Vince Ricardo, the groom's father. Vince, a manic fellow who claims to be a government agent, then proceeds to drag Sheldon into a series of chases and misadventures from New York to Central America.
poster
72
7.2
/13219/
71
/302/
65
/158/
3.4
/2613/
78
/129/
76
/439/
64
/32/
cc age 17+

Mother and Child (2009)
The lives of three women have a commonality: adoption. Karen is a physical therapist who regrets that, as a teenager, she gave up her daughter for adoption. Elizabeth was an adopted child and is now a successful lawyer, but her personal life lacks warmth. Lucy and her husband have failed to conceive and now hope to adopt a baby to make their family complete.
poster
The Roku Channel
72
6.9
/17554/
68
/663/
66
/387/
3.5
/8997/
83
/118/
72
/196/
64
/32/
cc age 15+

Infinitely Polar Bear (2014)
A manic-depressive mess of a father tries to win back his wife by attempting to take full responsibility of their two young, spirited daughters, who don't make the overwhelming task any easier.
poster
Kanopy
71
6.8
/5802/
68
/195/
67
/163/
3.4
/4874/
84
/63/
64
/23/
75
/20/
cc age 17+

Under the Tree (2017)
When Baldvin and Inga's next door neighbours complain that a tree in their backyard casts a shadow over their sundeck, what starts off as a typical spat between neighbours in the suburbs unexpectedly and violently spirals out of control.
poster
70
6.8
/5073/
62
/61/
64
/73/
3.5
/3957/
73
/66/
66
/243/
75
/28/

Clean (2004)
After she ends up in prison and loses custody of her son, a woman struggles to assimilate outside her former life and remain clean long enough to regain custody of her son.
poster
70
6.5
/12460/
64
/218/
61
/153/
3.2
/4941/
82
/118/
59
/239/
78
/27/

The Deep End (2001)
With her husband Jack perpetually away at work, Margaret Hall raises her children virtually alone. Her teenage son is testing the waters of the adult world, and early one morning she wakes to find the dead body of his gay lover on the beach of their rural lakeside home. What would you do? What is rational and what do you do to protect your child? How far do you go and when do you stop?
poster
70
7.0
/56395/
69
/988/
67
/604/
3.5
/32045/
67
/192/
74
/3831/
58
/33/
cc age 16+

Away We Go (2009)
Verona and Burt have moved to Colorado to be close to Burt's parents but, with Verona expecting their first child, Burt's parents inexplicably decide to move to Belgium, now leaving them in a place they hate and without a support structure in place. They set off on a whirlwind tour of of disparate locations where they have friends or relatives, sampling not only different cities and climates but also different families. Along the way they realize that the journey is less about discovering where they want to live and more about figuring out what type of parents they want to be.
poster
70
7.3
/87432/
68
/3165/
69
/2145/
3.7
/82873/
72
/213/
69
/390/
64
/41/
cc age 17+

Youth (2015)
Two lifelong friends bond whilst vacationing in a luxury Swiss Alps lodge as they ponder retirement. While Fred has no plans to resume his musical career despite the urging of his loving daughter Lena, Mick is intent on finishing the screenplay for what may be his last important film for his muse Brenda. And where will inspiration lead their younger friend Jimmy, an actor grasping to make sense of his next performance?
poster
69
6.7
/3369/
68
/255/
68
/48/
3.1
/11510/
67
/63/
78
/42/
57
/13/
cc age 15+

Anniversary (2025)
When Ellen and Paul’s son introduces his new girlfriend one lovely afternoon at their 25th anniversary party, no one suspects that it is the beginning of the end for this happy family. The new girlfriend is Liz, Ellen’s former student, who left the university, some years before, after Ellen called her out in class for her radical ideology.
poster
69
6.8
/1207/
58
/8/
57
/25/
3.3
/498/
78
/18/

How I Killed My Father (2001)
When his long-time disappeared father is entering his life again, Jean-Luc, a successful doctor, has no option but to face his own life story. Will he ever be able to forget and forgive?
poster
69
6.6
/1618/
54
/10/
55
/22/
3.4
/567/
75
/12/
83
/12/
67
/15/

Sammy and Rosie Get Laid (1987)
Sammy and Rosie are an unconventional middle-class London married couple. They live in the midst of inner-city chaos, surround themselves with intellectual street people, and sleep with everybody - except each other! Things become interesting when Sammy's father, Rafi, who is a former Indian government minister, comes to London for a visit. Sammy, Rosie, and Rafi try to find meaning through their lives and loves.
poster
77
69
7.4
/10194/
75
/232/
76
/351/
3.8
/11259/
86
/33/

The Sicilian Clan (1969)
An ambitious mobster plans an elaborate diamond heist while seducing the daughter-in-law of a ruthless mob patriarch as a determined police commissioner closes in on all of them.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
69
6.4
/8906/
62
/225/
61
/141/
3.3
/4642/
89
/152/
57
/191/
73
/29/

Le Week-End (2013)
Nick and Meg Burrows return to Paris, the city where they honeymooned, to celebrate their 30th wedding anniversary and rediscover some romance in their long-lived marriage. The film follows the couple as long-established tensions in their marriage break out in humorous and often painful ways.
poster
Netflix
68
6.3
/4909/
65
/244/
66
/92/
3.1
/9586/
80
/69/
82
/25/
65
/16/
cc age 15+

Widow Clicquot (2024)
After her husband's death, Madame Clicquot flouts convention by assuming the reins of their wine business, defying her critics and ultimately revolutionizing the champagne industry, establishing her as one of the world's first great businesswomen.
poster
Kanopy
78
68
7.2
/5213/
72
/109/
72
/81/
3.5
/5368/
100
/12/
83
/35/

Pushing Hands (1991)
Mr. Chu is an elderly widower who teaches tai chi chuan in Beijing. He moves to America to live with his son's family, but finds the cultural adjustment difficult. Since his daughter-in-law is a white woman who does not speak Chinese, Mr. Chu's son, Alex, must mediate.


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