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Amazon Prime Video
86
8.1
/105356/
78
/1733/
79
/1370/
4.2
/101978/
92
/63/
92
/1077/
cc age 7+

The General (1926)
During America’s Civil War, Union spies steal engineer Johnny Gray's beloved locomotive, 'The General'—with Johnnie's lady love aboard an attached boxcar—and he single-handedly must do all in his power to both get The General back and to rescue Annabelle.
poster
fuboTV
82
7.5
/4363/
76
/247/
76
/78/
4.0
/22819/
99
/72/
81
/13/
82
/18/

Black Box Diaries (2024)
Journalist Shiori Ito embarks on a courageous investigation of her own sexual assault in an improbable attempt to prosecute her high-profile offender. Her quest becomes a landmark case in Japan, exposing the country's outdated judicial and societal systems.
poster
80
7.2
/140720/
71
/2228/
69
/1390/
3.5
/83561/
93
/198/
80
/4687/
85
/34/
cc age 15+

An Education (2009)
Despite her sheltered upbringing, Jenny is a teen with a bright future; she's smart, pretty, and has aspirations of attending Oxford University. When David, a charming but much older suitor, motors into her life in a shiny automobile, Jenny gets a taste of adult life that she won't soon forget.
poster
80
7.8
/516152/
78
/16500/
75
/7308/
3.8
/365847/
93
/280/
89
/6809/
82
/48/
cc age 14+

Captain Phillips (2013)
The true story of Captain Richard Phillips and the 2009 hijacking by Somali pirates of the US-flagged MV Maersk Alabama, the first American cargo ship to be hijacked in two hundred years.
poster
79
7.1
/58428/
71
/2859/
68
/1325/
3.6
/86477/
98
/318/
81
/379/
87
/53/
cc age 15+

Can You Ever Forgive Me? (2018)
When a bestselling celebrity biographer is no longer able to get published because she has fallen out of step with current tastes, she turns her art form to deception.
poster
78
6.8
/1135/
71
/29/
68
/17/
3.5
/18630/
90
/88/
81
/22/
78
/26/

The Chronology of Water (2025)
Growing up in an environment torn apart by violence and alcohol, a young woman finds her voice through the written word and her salvation as a swimmer.
poster
Fandango at Home Free
77
7.5
/14083/
76
/711/
77
/454/
3.8
/19285/
81
/26/
81
/86/

Holding the Man (2015)
Tim and John fell in love while teenagers at their all-boys high school. John was captain of the football team, Tim an aspiring actor playing a minor part in Romeo and Juliet. Their romance endured for 15 years in the face of everything life threw at it – the separations, the discrimination, the temptations, the jealousies and the losses – until the only problem that love can't solve tried to destroy them.
poster
76
7.2
/31716/
72
/1008/
72
/780/
3.6
/18103/
84
/129/
78
/204/
76
/34/
cc age 14+

Testament of Youth (2015)
Testament of Youth is a powerful story of love, war and remembrance, based on the First World War memoir by Vera Brittain, which has become the classic testimony of that war from a woman’s point of view. A searing journey from youthful hopes and dreams to the edge of despair and back again, it’s a film about young love, the futility of war and how to make sense of the darkest times.
poster
Netflix
75
7.4
/201672/
75
/11154/
71
/3924/
3.6
/255103/
82
/304/
84
/960/
71
/46/
cc age 16+

Molly's Game (2017)
Molly Bloom, a young skier and former Olympic hopeful becomes a successful entrepreneur (and a target of an FBI investigation) when she establishes a high-stakes, international poker game.
poster
75
6.9
/1827/
65
/54/
63
/31/
3.5
/1171/
90
/59/
69
/113/
80
/19/

My Dog Tulip (2010)
The story of a man who rescues a German Shepherd and how the two become fast friends. Based on the 1956 memoir of the same name by BBC editor, novelist and memoirist J. R. Ackerley.
poster
75
7.7
/505293/
77
/16805/
78
/10949/
3.6
/623444/
81
/268/
84
/3075/
71
/47/
cc age 14+

The Theory of Everything (2014)
The Theory of Everything is the extraordinary story of one of the world’s greatest living minds, the renowned astrophysicist Stephen Hawking, who falls deeply in love with fellow Cambridge student Jane Wilde.
poster
Kanopy
74
6.8
/28264/
69
/1680/
67
/621/
3.6
/28815/
92
/64/
75
/92/
76
/17/

A Prayer Before Dawn (2018)
The amazing true story of Billy Moore, an English boxer incarcerated in Thailand’s most notorious prison. Thrown into a world of drugs and violence, he finds his best chance to escape is to fight his way out in prison Muay Thai tournaments.
poster
Kanopy
74
7.3
/62427/
73
/1143/
71
/1047/
3.6
/50672/
76
/37/
80
/691/
60
/16/

This Boy's Life (1993)
When a son and mother move to Seattle in hopes for a better life, the mother meets a seemingly polite man. Things go south when the man turns out to be abusive, endangering their lives. As the mother struggles to maintain hope in an impossible situation, the son has plans to escape.
poster
Netflix
72
6.4
/52681/
64
/2460/
67
/1027/
3.5
/1134935/
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
Netflix
72
7.1
/44328/
72
/1707/
70
/523/
3.3
/120249/
86
/166/
86
/189/
63
/36/
cc age 14+

NYAD (2023)
Athlete Diana Nyad sets out at 60 to achieve a nearly impossible lifelong dream: to swim from Cuba to Florida across more than 100 miles of open ocean.
poster
Hoopla
71
6.6
/28703/
65
/462/
64
/350/
3.2
/5297/
79
/191/
70
/5365/
74
/38/
cc age 16+

A Mighty Heart (2007)
Based on Mariane Pearl's account of the terrifying and unforgettable story of her husband, Wall Street Journal reporter Danny Pearl's life and death.
poster
Netflix
71
6.9
/45958/
72
/2421/
70
/1460/
3.3
/103513/
80
/266/
74
/298/
69
/48/
cc age 15+

Boy Erased (2018)
Jared, the son of a Baptist pastor in a small American town, is outed to his parents at age 19. Jared is faced with an ultimatum: attend a gay conversion therapy program – or be permanently exiled and shunned by his family, friends, and faith.
poster
Kanopy
71
6.9
/91290/
69
/1663/
66
/1332/
3.2
/44614/
82
/188/
71
/2591/
65
/38/
cc age 16+

My Week with Marilyn (2011)
London, 1956. Genius actor and film director Laurence Olivier is about to begin the shooting of his upcoming movie, premiered in 1957 as The Prince and the Showgirl, starring Marilyn Monroe. Young Colin Clark, who dreams on having a career in movie business, manages to get a job on the set as third assistant director.
poster
MUBI
69
7.3
/126897/
73
/2818/
70
/1708/
3.5
/33196/
73
/137/
72
/1737/
66
/33/
cc age 14+

The Way Back (2010)
A small band of multicultural convicts stages a daring escape from a WWII-era Siberian gulag, and embarks on a treacherous journey across five countries in a desperate race for freedom and survival.
poster
73
69
7.3
/5467/
74
/302/
74
/190/
3.6
/7486/

All About Me (2018)
Dramatised origin story of one of Germany's most beloved contemporary comedians, Hape Kerkeling.
poster
69
6.8
/2957/
64
/32/
64
/37/
3.5
/1954/
72
/71/
68
/25/
74
/28/

The Lady and the Duke (2001)
Grace Dalrymple Elliot is a British aristocrat trapped in Paris during the French Revolution. Determined to maintain her stiff upper lip and pampered life despite the upheaval, Grace continues her friendship with the Duke of Orléans while risking her life and liberty to protect a fugitive.
poster
Hoopla
69
7.2
/8614/
73
/206/
66
/88/
3.5
/3620/
59
/83/
74
/484/
58
/28/
cc age 13+

The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio (2005)
A Midwestern housewife supports her large family by entering contests for ad slogans sponsored by consumer product companies, while dealing with abuse from her alcoholic husband. Based on a true story.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
69
6.9
/28189/
67
/561/
64
/325/
3.5
/14067/
76
/93/
73
/2522/
67
/25/

A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints (2006)
Dito Montiel, a successful author, receives a call from his long-suffering mother, asking him to return home and visit his ailing father. Dito recalls his childhood growing up in a violent neighborhood in Queens, N.Y., with friends Antonio, Giuseppe, Nerf and Mike.
poster
68
7.0
/222882/
70
/5765/
66
/3091/
3.6
/262566/
60
/196/
68
/13150/
58
/40/
cc age 16+

Jarhead (2005)
Jarhead is a film about a US Marine Anthony Swofford’s experience in the Gulf War. After putting up with an arduous boot camp, Swofford and his unit are sent to the Persian Gulf where they are eager to fight, but are forced to stay back from the action. Swofford struggles with the possibility of his girlfriend cheating on him, and as his mental state deteriorates, his desire to kill increases.
poster
Disney Plus
75
68
7.2
/4696/
71
/133/
67
/68/
3.4
/7438/
100
/7/
77
/148/
cc age 9+

The Color of Friendship (2000)
Mahree Bok lives on a farm in South Africa. Her father is a policeman who cannot hide his joy when activist Steve Biko is caught by the South African authorities. Piper Dellums is the daughter of a US congressman from California and who lives in a nice home in Washington DC. When Mahree is chosen to spend a semester at the Dellums' house, she doesn't expect that her host family would be black. Nor do her hosts suspect that she is not a black South African.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
68
6.9
/2337/
63
/39/
66
/25/
3.3
/799/
61
/18/
76
/30/

Cross Creek (1983)
In the 1930s, Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings moves to Florida's backwaters to write in peace. She feels bothered by affectionate men, editors and confused neighbors, but soon she connects and writes The Yearling, a classic of American literature.
poster
Hoopla
68
6.7
/3405/
60
/34/
59
/29/
3.3
/849/
74
/23/
62
/55/
70
/24/
cc age 12+

Unstrung Heroes (1995)
Steven Lidz, unhappy with his home life since his mother became sick, moves in with his two eccentric uncles. As Steven grows closer to his uncles, he learns how to cope with his emotions and to value his own uniqueness.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
68
6.8
/52660/
67
/1562/
64
/832/
3.1
/11556/
78
/174/
65
/1773/
69
/35/
cc age 14+

Fair Game (2010)
A devoted wife and mother leads a secret life as a CIA agent until her husband’s article exposes a scandal, putting her identity and loved ones at risk. As her world crumbles, she must navigate the fallout of her double life.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
67
6.8
/20872/
71
/1548/
79
/785/
2.9
/60828/
67
/128/
87
/238/
58
/31/
cc age 13+

Flamin' Hot (2023)
The inspiring true story of Richard Montañez, the Frito Lay janitor who channeled his Mexican American heritage and upbringing to turn the iconic Flamin' Hot Cheetos into a snack that disrupted the food industry and became a global pop culture phenomenon.
poster
67
6.8
/4821/
61
/70/
65
/67/
3.3
/1412/
72
/101/
64
/523/
cc age 16+

And When Did You Last See Your Father? (2007)
The story of a son's conflicting memories of his dying father.
poster
74
66
7.3
/6333/
74
/119/
67
/74/
3.7
/4807/
75
/8/
85
/246/

The Trouble with Angels (1966)
Mary and her friend, Rachel, are new students at St. Francis Academy, a boarding school run by the iron fist of Mother Superior. The immature teens grow bored and begin playing pranks on both the unsuspecting nuns and their unpleasant classmates, becoming a constant thorn in Mother Superior's side. However, as the years pass, Mary and Rachel slowly mature and begin to see the nuns in a different light.
poster
64
6.2
/1996/
55
/74/
61
/70/
3.0
/1456/
76
/89/
47
/28/
68
/28/
cc age 16+

Queen & Country (2015)
In this sequel to Hope and Glory (1987), Bill Rohan has grown up and is drafted into the army, where he and his eccentric best mate, Percy, battle their snooty superiors on the base and look for love in town.
poster
Kanopy
63
6.1
/1124/
61
/47/
64
/60/
3.2
/6790/
60
/35/
59
/11/

Being Maria (2024)
A young, struggling actress lands her dream role in a film by an emerging Italian director, starring alongside an American superstar. What begins as her big breakthrough quickly turns into a living hell.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
61
60
6.6
/11187/
68
/405/
65
/260/
3.1
/10714/
61
/33/
52
/150/
57
/10/

Toast (2010)
Young Nigel Slater has big culinary aspirations, even though all his mother knows how to make is toast. When his mother dies, relations grow strained between Nigel and his father, especially when he remarries a woman who wins his heart with a lemon meringue pie. Nigel enters culinary school, starts working in a pub, and finds himself competing with his stepmother - both in the kitchen and for his father's attention.
poster
HBO Max Amazon Channel
60
6.7
/30740/
66
/583/
62
/465/
3.2
/15234/
47
/178/
47
/2004/
55
/35/
cc age 16+

Taking Woodstock (2009)
The story of Elliot Tiber and his family, who inadvertently played a pivotal role in making the famed Woodstock Music and Arts Festival into the happening that it was. When Elliot hears that a neighboring town has pulled the permit on a hippie music festival, he calls the producers thinking he could drum up some much-needed business for his parents' run-down motel. Three weeks later, half a million people are on their way to his neighbor’s farm in White Lake, New York, and Elliot finds himself swept up in a generation-defining experience that would change his life–and American culture–forever.
poster
Kanopy
58
6.8
/2667/
68
/61/
61
/49/
3.3
/1319/
47
/34/
62
/69/
47
/21/

Borstal Boy (2001)
Brendan Behan, a sixteen year-old IRA foot soldier, is going on a bombing mission from Ireland to Liverpool during the second world war. His mission is thwarted when he is apprehended, charged and imprisoned in Borstal, a reform institution for young offenders in East Anglia, England.
poster
Kanopy
58
6.7
/19780/
69
/488/
63
/228/
3.4
/33809/
50
/50/
72
/1228/
55
/13/
cc age 13+

Mommie Dearest (1981)
Renowned film star Joan Crawford's abuse towards Christina, her adopted daughter, intensifies as her professional and romantic relationships turn sour.
poster
58
6.4
/18185/
63
/479/
61
/279/
3.2
/7469/
49
/81/
41
/276/
53
/27/
cc age 17+

Being Flynn (2012)
Working in a Boston homeless shelter, Nick Flynn re-encounters his father, a con man and self-proclaimed poet. Sensing trouble in his own life, Nick wrestles with the notion of reaching out yet again to his dad.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
69
57
7.5
/3908/
71
/94/
72
/63/
3.5
/1193/
50
/10/
88
/383/
57
/8/

Shake Hands with the Devil (2007)
In 1993, Canadian Lieutenant General Roméo Dallaire was sent by the United Nations to Rwanda as commander of the United Nations Assistance Mission for Rwanda (UNAMIR). Its mission, to ensure the ceasefire, is underfunded, excessively bureaucratized and made up of military units which come from dozens of countries and which each have a very different program... These are Lt Gen Dallaire's efforts to stop the madness of the Rwandan Genocide, despite the complete indifference of his superiors.
poster
Netflix
59
54
5.9
/5221/
57
/348/
54
/102/
2.9
/4105/
51
/22/
75
/4/

Donald Trump's The Art of the Deal: The Movie (2016)
Donald Trump has it all. Money, power, respect, and an Eastern European bride. But all his success didn't come for nothing. First, he inherited millions of dollars from his rich father, then he grabbed New York City by the balls. Now you can learn the art of negotiation, real estate, and high-quality brass.
poster
The Roku Channel
54
53
6.1
/23668/
61
/323/
57
/255/
3.1
/8786/
32
/135/
56
/6021/
52
/32/
cc age 17+

Running with Scissors (2006)
Young Augusten Burroughs absorbs experiences that could make for a shocking memoir: the son of an alcoholic father and an unstable mother, he's handed off to his mother's therapist, Dr. Finch, and spends his adolescent years as a member of Finch's bizarre extended family.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
72
52
6.0
/1104/
68
/193/
68
/41/
3.3
/940/
100
/5/

The Boy in the Woods (2023)
The remarkable true-life survival story of a Jewish boy hiding and being hunted in the forests of Nazi-occupied Eastern Europe, based on Maxwell Smart's memoir.
poster
75
48
7.6
/754/
72
/44/
74
/31/
3.9
/4177/
7.8
/1418/

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
Kanopy
48
5.6
/29190/
55
/602/
54
/466/
2.7
/7889/
49
/140/
22
/1226/
51
/18/
cc age 16+

What Just Happened (2008)
During the course of an ordinary week in Hollywood, movie producer Ben must navigate his way through shark-infested waters as he struggles to complete his latest projects. A demanding studio boss demands extensive changes to a movie starring Sean Penn, while another chief won't greenlight a project unless star Bruce Willis shaves his beard. Meanwhile, Ben tries to reconcile with his wife and maintain a relationship with his young daughter.
poster
55
44
6.0
/3997/
63
/117/
61
/83/
2.8
/1495/
36
/75/

A Dog Year (2009)
Jon Katz is close to burnout. He's a writer with writer's block; his wife has left for her sister's because he's emotionally distant; he rarely answers his phone. A kennel sends him a border collie that's undisciplined because of abuse. Despite a series of mishaps, Jon decides to keep trying with the dog, and he rents a dilapidated farm house to give the dog room to run. A local handyman refers Jon to a woman who might be able to help him train the dog. Reluctantly, Jon gives her a try. Is the dog the problem, or the owner?
poster
Amazon Prime Video
67
38
6.5
/1370/
71
/27/
64
/31/
3.3
/1286/
75
/8/
61
/11/

A Scandal in Paris (1946)
A smooth-talking French thief wangles his way into an important position as prefect of police.
poster
62
29
6.3
/1145/
65
/22/
60
/24/
3.1
/539/
61
/1173/

The One and Only, Genuine, Original Family Band (1968)
The eleven members of the Bower family move to Dakota Territory.
poster
fuboTV
61
25
6.2
/684/
56
/10/
62
/25/
66
/22/

Faith of My Fathers (2005)
Faith of My Fathers is based on the story of Lieutenant Commander John McCain's experiences as a prisoner of war in North Vietnam for five and a half years during the Vietnam War, interleaved with his memories of growing up in a heritage rich with military service.


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