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89
8.3
/338519/
80
/5406/
79
/3309/
4.4
/317151/
93
/132/
93
/5604/
100
/8/
cc age 13+

Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
During World War I, English officer Thomas Edward 'T.E.' Lawrence sets out to unite and lead the diverse, often warring, Arab tribes to fight the Turks.
poster
88
8.2
/40480/
81
/2366/
78
/638/
4.1
/57265/
99
/155/
91
/438/
91
/27/
cc age 16+

They Shall Not Grow Old (2018)
A documentary about World War I with never-before-seen footage to commemorate the centennial of Armistice Day, and the end of the war.
poster
The Roku Channel
84
7.8
/28060/
73
/438/
72
/365/
3.8
/17994/
100
/29/
88
/427/
90
/15/
cc age 10+

Great Expectations (1946)
In this Dickens adaptation, orphan Pip discovers through lawyer Mr. Jaggers that a mysterious benefactor wishes to ensure that he becomes a gentleman. Reunited with his childhood patron, Miss Havisham, and his first love, the beautiful but emotionally cold Estella, he discovers that the elderly spinster has gone mad from having been left at the altar as a young woman, and has made her charge into a warped, unfeeling heartbreaker.
poster
84
8.1
/201595/
79
/3588/
79
/3079/
4.4
/371425/
78
/152/
92
/2590/
89
/21/
cc age 12+

Barry Lyndon (1975)
An Irish rogue uses his cunning and wit to work his way up the social classes of 18th century England, transforming himself from the humble Redmond Barry into the noble Barry Lyndon.
poster
82
7.8
/81053/
75
/1389/
74
/1104/
4.2
/80094/
85
/146/
79
/1747/
84
/34/

The White Ribbon (2009)
An aged tailor recalls his life as the schoolteacher of a small village in Northern Germany that was struck by a series of strange events in the year leading up to WWI.
poster
81
7.7
/28763/
76
/536/
73
/439/
4.1
/33109/
93
/88/
81
/445/
88
/17/
cc age 10+

How Green Was My Valley (1941)
Huw Morgan, the academically inclined youngest son in a proud family of Welsh coal miners, witnesses the tumultuous events of his young life during a period of rapid social change. At the dawn of the 20th-century, a miners' strike divides the Morgans: the sons demand improvements, and the father doesn't want to rock the boat.
poster
Criterion Channel
79
7.5
/24647/
73
/488/
74
/530/
4.0
/62210/
92
/26/
86
/382/

Hour of the Wolf (1968)
While vacationing on a remote German island with his younger pregnant wife, an artist has an emotional breakdown while confronting his repressed desires.
poster
78
7.1
/6722/
69
/91/
67
/80/
3.6
/3566/
96
/25/
76
/131/

Flirting (1991)
Two freethinking teenagers - a boy and a girl - confront with authoritarian teachers in their boarding schools. The other students treat this differently.
poster
78
7.3
/15783/
72
/271/
69
/210/
3.7
/8183/
96
/28/
82
/243/
86
/15/
cc age 12+

Hope and Glory (1987)
A middle-aged man recalls his childhood growing up in and around London during World War II.
poster
78
7.6
/51675/
73
/570/
75
/366/
3.8
/27941/
86
/21/
88
/1001/

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
78
77
7.4
/26324/
72
/449/
70
/398/
3.8
/32017/
90
/49/
87
/887/

if.... (1968)
In an English boys' boarding school, social hierarchy reigns supreme and power remains in the hands of distanced and ineffectual teachers and callously vicious prefects in the Upper Sixth. Three Lower Sixth students, Wallace, Johnny and leader Mick Travis decide on a shocking course of action to redress the balance of privilege once and for all.
poster
fuboTV
76
7.5
/93506/
74
/1935/
74
/1834/
3.7
/72936/
90
/31/
88
/1399/
59
/11/
cc age 16+

Midnight Express (1978)
Billy Hayes is caught attempting to smuggle drugs out of Turkey. The Turkish courts decide to make an example of him, sentencing him to more than 30 years in prison. Hayes has two opportunities for release: the appeals made by his lawyer, his family, and the American government, or the "Midnight Express".
poster
74
7.7
/141632/
76
/3164/
75
/2059/
3.9
/108090/
75
/67/
90
/3542/
62
/22/
cc age 14+

Empire of the Sun (1987)
Jamie Graham, a privileged English boy, is living in Shanghai when the Japanese invade and force all foreigners into prison camps. Jamie is captured with an American sailor, who looks out for him while they are in the camp together. Even though he is separated from his parents and in a hostile environment, Jamie maintains his dignity and youthful spirit, providing a beacon of hope for the others held captive with him.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
75
73
7.1
/11343/
71
/318/
67
/225/
3.6
/9888/
100
/5/
70
/280/

All Quiet on the Western Front (1979)
At the start of World War I, Paul Baumer is a young German patriot, eager to fight. Indoctrinated with propaganda at school, he and his friends eagerly sign up for the army soon after graduation. But when the horrors of war soon become too much to bear, and as his friends die or become gravely wounded, Paul questions the sanity of fighting over a few hundreds yards of war-torn countryside.
poster
73
7.7
/3458/
76
/107/
72
/57/
3.7
/1660/
93
/7/

The Elementary School (1991)
The time is 1945-46. 10 year old Eda and his friend Tonda live in a small village outside Prague. In school, their class is so wild and indisciplined that their teacher quits and is replaced by the militant Igor Hnidzo. He is very strict – but also very fair. His weakness though, is his interest in young women.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
73
6.8
/7542/
72
/218/
65
/118/
3.7
/14275/
91
/43/
82
/336/

The Harder They Come (1972)
Ivanhoe Martin arrives in Kingston, Jamaica, looking for work and, after some initial struggles, lands a recording contract as a reggae singer. He records his first song, "The Harder They Come," but after a bitter dispute with a manipulative producer named Hilton, soon finds himself resorting to petty crime in order to pay the bills. He deals marijuana, kills some abusive cops and earns local folk hero status. Meanwhile, his record is topping the charts.
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Kanopy
79
73
7.2
/5182/
74
/147/
69
/118/
3.8
/7169/
100
/45/
78
/83/
85
/12/

Ilo Ilo (2013)
During the late 1990s, a busy working-class Singaporean couple hires a Filipino woman as a maid and nanny to their young son.
poster
Kanopy
73
7.1
/14821/
69
/307/
68
/190/
3.3
/6132/
79
/126/
75
/505/
71
/32/
cc age 11+

Nicholas Nickleby (2002)
Nicholas Nickleby, a young boy in search of a better life, struggles to save his family and friends from the abusive exploitation of his coldheartedly grasping uncle.
poster
The Roku Channel
75
72
7.8
/14785/
74
/267/
76
/250/
3.8
/11750/
65
84
/8/
cc age 12+

Oliver Twist (1948)
When 9-year-old orphan Oliver Twist dares to ask his cruel taskmaster, Mr. Bumble, for a second serving of gruel, he's hired out as an apprentice. Escaping that dismal fate, young Oliver falls in with the street urchin known as the Artful Dodger and his criminal mentor, Fagin. When kindly Mr. Brownlow takes Oliver in, Fagin's evil henchman Bill Sikes plots to kidnap the boy.
poster
The Roku Channel
72
7.1
/16543/
71
/408/
67
/318/
3.5
/8311/
80
/129/
75
/705/
65
/31/
cc age 16+

Made in Dagenham (2010)
A dramatization of the 1968 strike at the Ford Dagenham car plant, where female workers walked out in protest against sexual discrimination.
poster
Criterion Channel
77
70
7.3
/4424/
74
/128/
72
/117/
4.0
/16999/
82
/22/
77
/51/
85
/15/

The Long Day Closes (1992)
Bud is a lonely and quiet boy whose moments of solace occur when he sits in rapture at the local cinema, watching towering and iconic figures on the movie screen. The movies give Bud the strength to get through another day as he deals with his oppressive school environment and his burgeoning homosexuality.
poster
75
68
7.3
/6256/
74
/170/
69
/108/
3.7
/5242/
88
/347/

The King and the Clown (2005)
Two clowns living in Korea's Chosun Dynasty get arrested for staging a play that satirizes the king. They are dragged to the palace and threatened with execution but are given a chance to save their lives if they can make the king laugh.
poster
67
6.8
/35470/
66
/823/
67
/1220/
3.2
/27090/
61
/140/
63
/700/
65
/36/
cc age 13+

Oliver Twist (2005)
When 9-year-old orphan Oliver Twist dares to ask his cruel taskmaster, Mr. Bumble, for a second serving of gruel, he's hired out as an apprentice. Escaping that dismal fate, young Oliver falls in with the street urchin known as the Artful Dodger and his criminal mentor, Fagin. When kindly Mr. Brownlow takes Oliver in, Fagin's evil henchman Bill Sikes plots to kidnap the boy.
poster
Netflix
66
7.3
/171411/
75
/4678/
76
/3298/
3.5
/170618/
35
/165/
83
/20580/
54
/38/
cc age 13+

Memoirs of a Geisha (2005)
In the years before World War II, a penniless Japanese child is torn from her family to work as a maid in a geisha house.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
69
65
6.9
/12216/
69
/298/
64
/176/
3.4
/1680/
62
/13/
85
/467/

To End All Wars (2001)
Based on a real-life story, this drama focuses on a small group of Allied soldiers in Burma who are held captive by the Japanese. Capt. Ernest Gordon, Lt. Jim Reardon and Maj. Ian Campbell are among the military officers kept imprisoned and routinely beaten and deprived of food. While Campbell wants to rebel and attempt an escape, Gordon tries to take a more stoic approach, an attitude that proves to be surprisingly resonant.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
67
62
7.0
/7777/
68
/203/
65
/172/
3.3
/14579/
60
/10/
74
/129/

Another Country (1984)
In Moscow in 1983, an American journalist interviews Guy Bennett, who recalls his last year at public school, fifty years before, and how it contributed to him becoming a spy.
poster
Hoopla
61
6.6
/24954/
69
/747/
65
/367/
3.0
/3839/
39
/119/
70
/763/
48
/29/
cc age 17+

The Great Raid (2005)
As World War II rages, the elite Sixth Ranger Battalion is given a mission of heroic proportions: push 30 miles behind enemy lines and liberate over 500 American prisoners of war.
poster
Kanopy
70
57
6.6
/2480/
68
/128/
64
/88/
3.6
/5240/
88
/50/
66
/19/
71
/13/

The Third Wife (2019)
Though only 14 years old, May is selected to be the third wife of a wealthy landowner. Her new home seems idyllic, her husband favours her, and she quickly becomes pregnant with what she is certain will be the desired male progeny. But trouble is quietly brewing: she witnesses a forbidden tryst that will spark a chain reaction of misfortunes — and stir in May urges that until now had been dormant.
poster
Netflix
53
6.2
/113285/
61
/1051/
60
/170/
2.4
/50127/
26
/27/
81
/89/
33
/4/
cc age 16+

Animal (2023)
The hardened son of a powerful industrialist returns home after years abroad and vows to take bloody revenge on those threatening his father's life.
poster
53
6.4
/61982/
70
/5128/
62
/1365/
2.8
/27680/
35
/237/
42
/456/
49
/43/
cc age 17+

Live by Night (2016)
A group of Boston-bred gangsters set up shop in balmy Florida during the Prohibition era, facing off against the competition and the Ku Klux Klan.
poster
Starz
52
5.9
/4300/
63
/385/
64
/232/
2.9
/2367/
33
/9/
62
/21/
45
/5/

Boarding School (2018)
When troubled 12-year-old Jacob Felsen is sent away to boarding school, he enters every kid’s worst nightmare: a creepy old mansion, deserted except for six other teenage misfits and two menacing and mysterious teachers. As events become increasingly horrific, Jacob must conquer his fears to find the strength to survive.
poster
Netflix
75
52
8.1
/15924/
73
/159/
69
/77/
3.6
/9001/
81
/3/

Indian (1996)
Senapathy, an ex-freedom fighter, is angry. He is angry against the rampant corruption at every level of the bureaucracy. He will clean it up at any cost.
poster
AMC+
59
48
6.2
/3899/
58
/85/
61
/48/
3.1
/1230/
56
/9/
56
/375/

A Complete History of My Sexual Failures (2008)
The egocentric documentary-maker Chris Waitt traces his romantic ineptitude and sexual impotence through awkward interviews with irate ex-girlfriends and stunts involving S&M parlours, Harley Street doctors and Viagra overdoses. The results are often hilarious, sometimes moving and speak directly to the hapless paramour in all of us.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
66
46
6.2
/2025/
63
/121/
63
/57/
3.3
/2023/
90
/41/
52
/3/
cc age 17+

Fanny Lye Deliver'd (2019)
On an isolated English farm in 1657, Fanny lives a quiet life with her oppressive husband John and their young son. One day their life is rocked with the arrival of young couple Thomas and Rebecca who claim to have been robbed and need a place to stay. But are these strangers really who they say they are?
poster
Plex
41
4.7
/53874/
54
/1207/
46
/472/
3.0
/73995/
12
/99/
56
/4447/
13
/25/
cc age 18+

Freddy Got Fingered (2001)
Unemployed cartoonist Gord Brody moves back in with his parents Jim and Julie and younger brother Freddy. When his parents demand he leave, he retaliates by spreading rumors that Jim is sexually abusing Freddy.
poster
58
40
6.2
/1900/
57
/31/
61
/68/
3.0
/1608/
53
/281/

The Rounders (1914)
Two drunks fight with their wives and then go out and get even drunker.
poster
65
39
6.7
/1570/
69
/27/
62
/23/
3.3
/987/
65
/32/
64
/4/

Danny the Champion of the World (1989)
Somewhere in England, in the Autumn of 1955, a widowed father and his son live an idyllic life together. Only their gas station happens to sit on a piece of land that a local developer wants to buy. And when he won't take no for an answer, and sets government inspectors and social works onto Danny and his father, Danny and his father decide to get even with Hazell and his pheasant- shooting friends in a manner in keeping with their own family tradition.
poster
77
37
8.2
/2456/
80
/45/
72
/25/
3.7
/738/

Mattie the Goose-Boy (1977)
A young peasant boy stands up to tyranny, aided by his trusting friend - a goose.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
60
32
6.3
/1289/
59
/15/
69
/20/
3.3
/1707/
60
/5/
43
/5/

The Big Night (1951)
A young man zigzags through the sordid vortex of downtown Los Angeles while seeking vengeance on the man that beat his father.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
64
29
6.6
/783/
66
/48/
57
/37/
3.5
/980/

Lute: Forge On or Die (1987)
In Spain of the 1960s, a poor family of quinquis - a nomadic ethnic group with a tradition as old as that of the gypsises of Spain but with even more obscure origins - have a nomadic life marked by poverty. The son, Eleuterio Sánchez Rodriguez, nicknamed "El Lute", steals some chickens and is condemned to six months in jail. El Lute moves to the slum outskirts of Madrid with his common law wife, Chelo, starting an itinerant life as a peddler of pots and pans and living in a quinqui shantytown. He gradually embarks upon as life of petty criminality, eventually participating in the theft of a jewelry store during which a bystander is killed.
poster
65
28
7.3
/1105/
60
/9/
54
/16/
76
/30/

Tom Brown's Schooldays (2005)
The determined new headmaster of an English prep school attempts to reform the frequently unruly students, who are tormented by a ruthless bully.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
72
28
7.1
/1162/
71
/22/
70
/20/
3.5
/761/
80
/17/

P'tang, Yang, Kipperbang (1982)
Summer, 1948. 14-year-old Alan has just three wishes: that there will be lasting peace, that England will win the Ashes, and that he will finally kiss classmate Ann. So when he's cast opposite her in a play that requires a kiss and England seem to be doing well in cricket, life couldn't be better.
poster
Criterion Channel
59
27
7.1
/654/
66
/12/
55
/30/
3.7
/2382/
33
/1/

Children (1976)
Robert Tucker, a young gay man who is almost without affect, sits in various waiting rooms. As he sits, he recalls events from the year of his childhood when his father dies. He's ten or eleven that year, picked on by bullies at the Catholic school he attends. He seems friendless. At home, his mother is quiet, his father is ill and angry. After his father's death, there's a wake, the coffin arrives, the body is removed. The lad grieves, alone.
poster
57
27
5.7
/740/
51
/31/
56
/28/
3.2
/1468/

Inferno of Torture (1969)
Japan nineteenth century. High demand for tattooed geisha generates an entire industry for their "production". Europeans pay more for tattooed beauties. Against this background, and considering the gorgeous tattooed women develop the history of confrontation between two highly skilled masters of tattoo.
poster
The Roku Channel
43
26
3.5
/2477/
49
/157/
43
/57/
2.3
/614/

Picture of Beauty (2017)
In an early 20th century village, a painter with an unusual commission finds two pretty girls two model for him. The girls slowly come of age while exploring their sexuality and finding liberation in a repressed society.
poster
60
21
5.9
/527/
58
/38/
59
/30/
3.3
/513/

Sweet Whip (2013)
When Naoko was a freshman in high school she was kidnapped and imprisoned by a man who lived next door. For one month, she went through hell. Finally, she killed the man and escaped. Now as an adult, Naoko is a doctor specializing in infertility treatment, but she also has another side.
poster
64
20
7.0
/1231/
60
/19/
62
/23/
3.3
/318/

David Copperfield (2001)
A young man journeys from a difficult childhood to maturity, exploring social injustice, personal development, and the complexities of human relationships.
poster
47
18
4.9
/470/
48
/51/
31
/73/
3.0
/804/

The Hot Nights of Linda (1975)
A young woman is hired to care for an elderly man who lives on an island off the Greek coast. When she arrives there the man warns her that his daughters are evil and dangerous. The woman discovers that one of the daughters is a crazed nymphomaniac who pursues, and seduces, everyone in the house, including her crippled sister.


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