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The Roku Channel
84
7.8
/254541/
76
/4728/
74
/3438/
3.8
/167931/
95
/321/
87
/6582/
89
/41/
cc age 13+

The Artist (2011)
Hollywood, 1927: As silent movie star George Valentin wonders if the arrival of talking pictures will cause him to fade into oblivion, he sparks with Peppy Miller, a young dancer set for a big break.
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Criterion Channel
82
7.7
/118510/
75
/2734/
75
/1855/
3.9
/84242/
86
/126/
88
/1366/
76
/15/
cc age 14+

The Last Emperor (1987)
A dramatic history of Pu Yi, the last of the Emperors of China, from his lofty birth and brief reign in the Forbidden City, the object of worship by half a billion people; through his abdication, his decline and dissolute lifestyle; his exploitation by the invading Japanese, and finally to his obscure existence as just another peasant worker in the People's Republic.
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Kanopy
80
7.5
/347675/
73
/10662/
71
/7529/
3.5
/438590/
93
/232/
78
/8429/
83
/41/
cc age 8+

Hugo (2011)
Orphaned and alone except for an uncle, Hugo Cabret lives in the walls of a train station in 1930s Paris. Hugo's job is to oil and maintain the station's clocks, but to him, his more important task is to protect a broken automaton and notebook left to him by his late father. Accompanied by the goddaughter of an embittered toy merchant, Hugo embarks on a quest to solve the mystery of the automaton and find a place he can call home.
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Kanopy
79
7.5
/2375/
73
/112/
68
/65/
3.8
/5962/
100
/62/
70
/21/
86
/14/

Dawson City: Frozen Time (2017)
The true history of a collection of some 500 films dating from 1910s to 1920s, which were lost for over 50 years until being discovered buried in a sub-arctic swimming pool deep in the Yukon Territory, in Dawson City, located about 350 miles south of the Arctic Circle.
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Kanopy
79
7.3
/8974/
74
/679/
70
/352/
3.7
/14533/
97
/59/
77
/74/
85
/17/
cc age 9+

April and the Extraordinary World (2015)
It's 1941, but France is trapped in the 19th Century, governed by steam and Napoleon V. Avril, a teenage girl, goes in search of her missing scientist parents.
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Kanopy
78
7.4
/31499/
72
/674/
69
/379/
3.5
/19266/
87
/143/
86
/1232/
80
/31/
cc age 10+

Rabbit-Proof Fence (2002)
In 1931, three Aboriginal girls escape after being plucked from their homes to be trained as domestic staff, and set off on a trek across the Outback.
poster
77
7.1
/12090/
70
/258/
66
/199/
3.6
/9550/
95
/21/
78
/191/

Belle Époque (1992)
In 1931, a young soldier deserts from the army and falls into a country farm, where he is welcomed by the owner due to his political ideas. Manolo has four daughters, Fernando likes all of them and they like him, so he has to decide which one to love.
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Amazon Prime Video
76
7.5
/3650/
75
/130/
73
/58/
3.5
/2700/
89
/38/
96
/30/
60
/13/

Tab Hunter Confidential (2015)
Throughout the 1950s, Tab Hunter reigned as Hollywood’s ultimate male heartthrob. But throughout his years of stardom, Tab had a secret. Tab Hunter was gay, and spent his Hollywood years in a precarious closet that repeatedly threatened to implode and destroy him. Tab Hunter himself shares first hand, for the first time, what it was like to be a studio manufactured movie star during the Golden Age of Hollywood and the consequences of being someone totally different from his studio manufactured image.
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MGM Plus
76
7.6
/298785/
75
/6471/
73
/3878/
3.8
/154253/
82
/214/
86
/6230/
72
/36/
cc age 16+

Road to Perdition (2002)
Mike Sullivan works as a hit man for crime boss John Rooney. Sullivan views Rooney as a father figure, however after his son is witness to a killing, Mike Sullivan finds himself on the run in attempt to save the life of his son and at the same time looking for revenge on those who wronged him.
poster
74
7.0
/3564/
66
/43/
62
/35/
3.5
/885/
78
/23/
80
/91/
71
/18/

Map of the Human Heart (1993)
In an Arctic village in 1931, British mapmaker Walter Russell selects 12-year-old Eskimo Avik as his guide. When the boy contracts tuberculosis, Walter flies him to a Montreal hospital, where Avik meets Albertine and is infatuated. A decade later, a grown Avik encounters Albertine again in London, where he's serving as a British combat pilot. Despite her relationship with Walter, she and Avik begin an affair.
poster
71
7.3
/385151/
72
/13272/
68
/7380/
3.5
/183424/
66
/287/
66
/7359/
55
/45/
cc age 16+

Cloud Atlas (2012)
A set of six nested stories spanning time between the 19th century and a distant post-apocalyptic future. Cloud Atlas explores how the actions and consequences of individual lives impact one another throughout the past, the present and the future. Action, mystery and romance weave through the story as one soul is shaped from a killer into a hero and a single act of kindness ripples across centuries to inspire a revolution in the distant future. Based on the award winning novel by David Mitchell. Directed by Tom Tykwer and the Wachowskis.
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Amazon Prime Video
70
6.6
/2941/
68
/197/
62
/79/
3.3
/2990/
90
/41/
77
/22/

High Ground (2021)
In a remote corner of the wild country, a bloody war rages. Travis is a bounty hunter with one last hope of redemption. Gutjuk is a young Indigenous man trying to save the last of his family. Together they embark on a manhunt, which unravels a secret that ultimately pits them against each other.
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Kanopy
68
7.2
/261578/
73
/6220/
70
/3224/
3.4
/94382/
67
/217/
74
/4039/
58
/38/
cc age 17+

Lawless (2012)
In 1931, the Bondurant brothers of Franklin County, Virginia, run a multipurpose backwoods establishment that hides their true business — bootlegging. Middle brother Forrest is the brain of the operation; older Howard is the brawn, and younger Jack, the lookout. Though the local police have taken bribes and left the brothers alone, a violent war erupts when a sadistic lawman from Chicago arrives and tries to shut down the Bondurants operation.
poster
65
6.9
/123637/
71
/2658/
69
/2584/
3.2
/63693/
60
/193/
70
/4468/
52
/35/
cc age 14+

Water for Elephants (2011)
In this captivating Depression-era melodrama, impetuous veterinary student Jacob Jankowski joins a celebrated circus as an animal caretaker but faces a wrenching dilemma when he's transfixed by angelic married performer Marlena.
poster
64
6.4
/6481/
67
/619/
70
/65/
3.1
/18117/
75
/53/
76
/76/
54
/11/
cc age 15+

Fackham Hall (2025)
A new porter embarks on an unlikely relationship with the youngest daughter of a prominent English family. Simultaneously, rivalries are spilling over in the Davenport family, led by the Lord and Lady as they also weather the epic failure of the wedding of their eldest daughter to her caddish cousin.
poster
64
6.8
/1601/
68
/27/
66
/37/
3.5
/945/
46
/13/
69
/9/

The Grissom Gang (1971)
The Grissom Gang is a remake of the notorious 1949 British melodrama No Orchids For Miss Blandish. Kim Darby plays a 1920s-era debutante who is kidnapped and held for ransom. Her captors are the Grissoms, a family comprised of sadists and morons, and headed by Ma Barker clone Irene Dailey. One of the Grissoms, played by Scott Wilson, takes a liking to his prisoner, which results in a bloody breakdown of the family unit. Both The Grissom Gang and the original No Orchids For Miss Blandish were inspired by the best-seller by James Hadley Chase, though neither film retains Chase's original ending.
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Kanopy
64
7.2
/94736/
74
/4538/
73
/2068/
3.5
/65075/
52
/110/
71
/183/
51
/31/
cc age 16+

Papillon (2017)
Henri “Papillon” Charrière, a safecracker from the Parisian underworld, is wrongfully convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment in the penal colony of French Guiana, where he forges a strong friendship with Louis Dega, a counterfeiter who needs his protection.
poster
69
61
7.1
/4797/
65
/67/
62
/70/
3.4
/4790/
83
/6/
72
/52/
63
/5/

Three on a Match (1932)
Although Vivian Revere is seemingly the most successful of a trio of reunited schoolmates, she throws it away by descending into a life of debauchery and drugs.
poster
59
6.3
/3250/
63
/78/
61
/87/
3.3
/3507/
62
/53/
52
/12/
60
/17/

Eisenstein in Guanajuato (2015)
In 1931, following the success of the film Battleship Potemkin, Soviet filmmaker Sergei Eisenstein travels to the city of Guanajuato, Mexico, to shoot a new film. Freshly rejected by Hollywood, Eisenstein soon falls under Mexico’s spell. Chaperoned by his guide Palomino Cañedo, the director opens up to his suppressed fears as he embraces a new world of sensual pleasures and possibilities that will shape the future of his art.
poster
73
58
7.5
/3970/
70
/61/
73
/133/
3.8
/12480/

Decalogue VIII (1989)
Zofia, a professor of ethics, is visited by Elżbieta, an American researching the fate of Jews who survived World War II. A daytime classroom conversation turns into a night of confrontation, and Zofia is forced to answer for a decision she made decades ago that directly affected the course of Elżbieta’s life.
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The Roku Channel
58
6.2
/10068/
59
/202/
57
/170/
3.0
/2312/
56
/115/
36
/725/
65
/29/

Married Life (2008)
A very gentle middle-aged man is married, but when he falls in love with another woman, he decides that to divorce his wife would humiliate her too much – so instead he decides to kill her.
poster
Hoopla
57
5.7
/3337/
51
/62/
53
/45/
3.1
/2920/
57
/14/
47
/44/

Aria (1987)
Ten short pieces directed by ten different directors, including Ken Russell, Jean-Luc Godard, Robert Altman, Bruce Beresford, and Nicolas Roeg. Each short uses an aria as soundtrack/sound, and is an interpretation of the particular aria.
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VIX
57
6.6
/4337/
64
/145/
65
/119/
2.9
/3169/
47
/19/
67
/161/
44
/6/
cc age 12+

Cantinflas (2014)
Mike Todd is a Broadway producer struggling to produce the film. Around the World in 80 Days. In Mexico, Mario Moreno, a young entertainer is struggling to get some respect, and he manages to become a star. A twist of faith makes them partners. Together they won the Oscar for Best Picture.
poster
56
6.3
/11016/
62
/248/
60
/165/
3.0
/8761/
28
/32/
46
/249/

Ghost Story (1981)
Four successful elderly gentlemen, members of the Chowder Society, share a gruesome, 50-year-old secret. When one of Edward Wanderley's twin sons dies in a bizarre accident, the group begins to see a pattern of frightening events developing.
poster
57
55
6.9
/9001/
70
/299/
66
/194/
3.4
/3264/
17
/6/
70
/147/
40
/4/

Death Hunt (1981)
Yukon Territory, Canada, November 1931. Albert Johnson, a trapper who lives alone in the mountains, buys a dog almost dead after a brutal dogfight, a good deed that will put him in trouble.
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Criterion Channel
65
50
6.7
/2663/
64
/41/
62
/78/
3.5
/4923/
65
/339/

Taris (1931)
Short documentary directed by Jean Vigo about the French swimmer Jean Taris. The film is notable for the many innovative techniques that Vigo uses, including close ups and freeze frames of the swimmer's body.
poster
48
5.8
/14189/
60
/411/
56
/250/
2.7
/4174/
19
/159/
31
/1240/
37
/34/
cc age 11+

Amelia (2009)
A look at the life of legendary American pilot Amelia Earhart, who disappeared while flying over the Pacific Ocean in 1937 in an attempt to make a flight around the world.
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Criterion Channel
70
48
7.1
/1940/
56
/22/
66
/42/
3.6
/1342/
88
/8/

Adalen 31 (1969)
A film about the 1931 Ådalen shootings, in which Swedish military forces opened fire against labour demonstrators in the Swedish sawmill district of Ådalen.
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Amazon Prime Video
46
4.7
/24995/
53
/1529/
50
/418/
2.3
/31230/
40
/139/
24
/248/
46
/37/
cc age 16+

Capone (2020)
The 47-year old Al Capone, after 10 years in prison, starts suffering from dementia and comes to be haunted by his violent past.
poster
Criterion Channel
67
41
7.0
/2311/
73
/53/
67
/39/
3.4
/634/
61
/362/

The First of the Few (1942)
This 1942 fictionalized biopic chronicles the true story of how two of the most remarkable men in aviation history - visionary Spitfire designer R.J. Mitchell and his test pilot Geoffrey Crisp - designed a streamlined monoplane that led to the development of the Spitfire.
poster
65
36
6.3
/1164/
63
/26/
60
/23/
3.2
/1039/
86
/7/
54
/19/

Skippy (1931)
Skippy, the mischievous son of a wealthy doctor, meets Sooky in poverty-ridden Shantytown, and together they try to save Sooky's pet from a cruel dogcatcher.
poster
67
35
7.1
/2889/
72
/58/
67
/44/
3.4
/1003/
60
/3/

The Eternal Road (2017)
Jussi Ketola, returns to Finland from the great depression struck America only to face growing political unrest. One summer night of 1930, nationalist thugs violently abduct Ketola from his home. Beaten and forced to walk the Eternal Road towards a foreign Soviet Russia, where cruelty seems to know no end, his only dream is to return to his family cost it what it may. Hope dies last.
poster
52
35
5.6
/1696/
52
/33/
59
/46/
2.9
/2283/
34
/111/

Macabre (1958)
After his wife and her blind sister have died under his care, a doctor's young daughter is kidnapped and reported as buried alive, leaving him with mere hours to find and rescue her.
poster
60
34
6.4
/1723/
60
/35/
63
/67/
3.4
/1519/
49
/11/

Lucky Luciano (1973)
Lucky Luciano is one of the bosses of the Mafia. He orders the slaughter of 40 other responsibles, therefore becoming the only boss. But a few years later he is put into jail. In 1946, he got a pardon and is sent back to Sicilia. There, he begins becoming one of the chief of the Mafia. The US Army seems to refrain from interfering.
poster
70
33
7.2
/814/
65
/27/
70
/37/
3.7
/1244/

Working on the Douro River (1931)
Short silent documentary from 1931 about those working on the River Douro in Oporto.
poster
62
32
6.8
/2286/
61
/22/
62
/36/
3.4
/611/
55
/21/

The Eddy Duchin Story (1956)
The life story of the famous pianist and band-leader of the 1930s and 1940s.
poster
74
27
7.9
/1088/
76
/76/
76
/25/
3.4
/257/

Tesla: Master of Lightning (2000)
This program recounts the life of scientist, inventor, and visionary Nikola Tesla, often remembered as more of an eccentric cult figure than an electrical engineering genius. Many of his achievements are still attributed to contemporaries Thomas Edison and Guglielmo Marconi. Tesla's surprising inventions are revealed in his autobiographical and scientific writings, supplemented by rare photographs and re-creations.
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Netflix
59
25
6.7
/901/
46
/10/
62
/12/
3.2
/1868/

Buya Hamka Vol. 1 (2023)
Discover the life of renowned Muslim scholar Buya Hamka, from his humble West Sumatra origins to his political achievements.
poster
53
23
4.7
/1022/
59
/97/
56
/13/
2.5
/1459/

Queen of Bones (2025)
Twin siblings seek answers about their mother's death and her connection to the supernatural while living on a remote homestead with their father in 1931 Oregon.
poster
59
22
6.4
/820/
61
/18/
60
/23/
3.2
/1450/
50
/2/

Sonora: The Devil’s Highway (2019)
1931, a year of nationalisms and excesses: The Chinese are expelled from Sonora; the US deports Mexicans and closes its borders. Twelve desperate people cross the Sonoran desert in a 1929 Chrysler, hoping to find peace in Baja California. As their sojourn exposes both the best and the worst of human nature, racism, greed, and paranoia prove as deadly as the merciless landscape around them.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
52
22
5.4
/1112/
56
/76/
50
/37/
2.8
/795/
46
/6/
cc age 7+

The 12 Dogs of Christmas (2005)
This holiday tale has all the elements of a classic heartwarmer--cuddly dogs, small town spirit, and even a full-fledged Christmas pageant. Set during the meager years of the Great Depression, 12 DOGS OF CHRISTMAS follows the story of Emma, a 12-year-old who is sent to live in Doverville, a rural town, with her aunt. The town has, like the rest of the nation, fallen on lean times and seem to have lost all interest in celebrating. However, Emma manages to enlist the town's dogs into a colorful holiday pageant that reminds the inhabitants that even the Great Depression cannot ruin the spirit of Christmas.
poster
Kanopy
67
17
6.8
/316/
61
/8/
66
/20/
3.5
/549/

Mechanical Principles (1930)
Close up we see pistons move up and down or side to side. Pendulums sway, the small parts of machinery move. Gears drive larger wheels. Gears within gears spin. Shafts turn some mechanism that is out of sight. Screws revolve and move other gears; a bit rotates. More subtle mechanisms move other mechanical parts for unknown purposes. Weights rise and fall. The movements, underscored by sound, are rhythmic. Circles, squares, rods, and teeth are in constant and sometimes asymmetrical motion. These human-made mechanical bits seem benign and reassuring.
poster
45
14
5.6
/375/
42
/7/
43
/11/
40
/41/

Arizona (1931)
A West Point graduate jilts his girlfriend but runs into her later at an Army outpost.
poster
65
14
6.5
/423/
50
/4/
69
/9/
3.5
/739/
75
/6/

Wuthering Heights (1985)
In this adaptation of Wuthering Heights set in the south of France in the 1930s, Guillaume wars with his sister Catherine over her affections for their farmhand Roch, of whom he is jealous. A romantic choice, destined for tragic results.
poster
71
14
7.5
/342/
67
/8/
72
/11/
3.6
/608/

Life in Shadows (1949)
The creative and ambitious Carlos, a young Spanish film buff, manages to become a professional camera operator with time and effort, and is also blessed with the love of Ana, which he has longed for; but the outbreak of the Civil War in 1936 changes everything for both of them.
poster
66
11
6.9
/342/
63
/9/
65
/16/
3.5
/270/

Philips-Radio (1931)
A poetic industrial short that follows a radio from molten glass to finished set: glassblowers shape valves, conveyors and assembly lines build chassis, cabinets, and speakers, engineers test and prototype—ending on a playful stop-motion “dance” of loudspeakers.
poster
64
10
6.5
/224/
63
/3/
60
/13/
3.4
/354/

The Disaster in Oaxaca (1931)
Footage of the aftermath of the January 14 1931 earthquake in Oaxaca, Mexico.
poster
68
8
6.5
/175/
80
/4/
64
/11/
3.3
/226/

Portrait of a Young Man in Three Movements (1931)
This is a non-narrative film, comprised of shots that "portray a certain young man in the terms of the things that he likes", such as the flow of the tide on a seashore, the motion of finely-tuned machinery, and sunlight shining through the fronds of a palm.


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