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86
7.8
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77
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76
/1658/
4.2
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96
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89
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90
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A Prophet (2009)
Sentenced to six years in prison, Malik El Djebena is alone in the world and can neither read nor write. On his arrival at the prison, he seems younger and more brittle than the others detained there. At once he falls under the sway of a group of Corsicans who enforce their rule in the prison. As the 'missions' go by, he toughens himself and wins the confidence of the Corsican group.
poster
Netflix
85
7.9
/366800/
77
/11078/
77
/7221/
4.0
/1282696/
95
/408/
85
/35/
94
/53/
cc age 16+

Marriage Story (2019)
A stage director and an actress struggle through a grueling, coast-to-coast divorce that pushes them to their personal extremes.
poster
83
7.5
/66439/
74
/2387/
73
/1855/
4.1
/158350/
96
/306/
91
/78/
87
/43/
cc age 17+

Pain and Glory (2019)
Salvador Mallo, a filmmaker in the twilight of his career, remembers his life: his mother, his lovers, the actors he worked with. The sixties in a small village in Valencia, the eighties in Madrid, the present, when he feels an immeasurable emptiness, facing his mortality, the incapability of continuing filming, the impossibility of separating creation from his own life. The need of narrating his past can be his salvation.
poster
Disney Plus
78
7.4
/19732/
79
/1400/
72
/451/
3.6
/18681/
94
/188/
86
/280/
73
/40/
cc age 10+

Queen of Katwe (2016)
A young girl overcomes her disadvantaged upbringing in the slums of Uganda to become a Chess master.
poster
76
7.1
/5852/
68
/33/
65
/59/
3.5
/1203/
91
/77/
77
/98/
73
/27/

The Widow of Saint-Pierre (2000)
In 1850, on the isolated French island of Saint-Pierre, a murder shocks the natives. Two fishermen are arrested. One of them, Louis Ollivier, dies in custody. The other, Neel Auguste, is sentenced to death by the guillotine. The island is so small that it has neither a guillotine nor an executioner. While those are sent for Auguste is placed under the supervision of an army Captain.
poster
76
7.4
/4742/
70
/76/
68
/77/
3.5
/1597/
83
/12/
81
/64/

Beyond Silence (1996)
Beyond Silence is about a family and a young girl’s coming of age story. This German film looks into the lives of the deaf and at a story about the love for music. A girl who has always had to translate speech into sign language for her deaf parents yet when her love for playing music grows strong she must decide to continue doing something she cannot share with her parents.
poster
76
7.5
/16531/
72
/205/
71
/183/
3.7
/5882/
85
/59/
91
/358/
70
/21/

Elling (2001)
40-year-old Elling, sensitive, would-be poet, is sent to live in a state institution when his mother, who has sheltered him his entire life, dies. There he meets Kjell Bjarne, a gentle giant and female-obsessed virgin, also in his 40s.
poster
Hulu
76
6.8
/190760/
66
/3928/
67
/3245/
3.8
/264679/
86
/293/
60
/6430/
85
/50/
cc age 14+

The Tree of Life (2011)
The impressionistic story of a Texas family in the 1950s. The film follows the life journey of the eldest son, Jack, through the innocence of childhood to his disillusioned adult years as he tries to reconcile a complicated relationship with his father. Jack finds himself a lost soul in the modern world, seeking answers to the origins and meaning of life while questioning the existence of faith.
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Kanopy
75
7.6
/84557/
74
/1335/
73
/1214/
3.4
/26531/
65
/177/
84
/10010/
61
/34/
cc age 15+

The Kite Runner (2007)
After spending years in California, Amir returns to his homeland in Afghanistan to help his old friend Hassan, whose son is in trouble.
poster
Kanopy
73
7.2
/7888/
76
/188/
69
/244/
3.5
/3722/
85
/61/
79
/147/
59
/16/

My Afternoons with Margueritte (2010)
An illiterate and lonely man bonds with an older and well-read woman.
poster
73
7.2
/14646/
73
/287/
72
/284/
3.4
/7210/
74
/38/
79
/427/
cc age 12+

The Mighty (1998)
Kevin, an intelligent guy helps out Maxwell to improve his reading skills. In return, Kevin wants Maxwell to take him out places since he is not authorized to go out. Being the social outcasts of the town, Kevin and Maxwell come to realize that they are similar to each other and accept that they are "freaks" and nothing will stop them.
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Kanopy
78
72
7.4
/8045/
75
/506/
72
/421/
3.5
/7890/
100
/9/
82
/19/
cc age 7+

Heidi (2015)
Heidi, is an eight-year-old Swiss orphan who is given by her aunt to her mountain-dwelling grandfather. She is then stolen back by her aunt from her grandfather to live in the wealthy Sesemann household in Frankfurt, Germany as a companion to Klara, a sheltered, disabled girl in a wheelchair. Heidi is unhappy but makes the best of the situation, always longing for her grandfather.
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Amazon Prime Video
72
7.6
/271737/
74
/3996/
74
/3283/
3.6
/129540/
63
/201/
79
/10219/
58
/38/
cc age 17+

The Reader (2008)
The story of Michael Berg, a German lawyer who, as a teenager in the late 1950s, had an affair with an older woman, Hanna, who then disappeared only to resurface years later as one of the defendants in a war crimes trial stemming from her actions as a concentration camp guard late in the war. He alone realizes that Hanna is illiterate and may be concealing that fact at the expense of her freedom.
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fuboTV
68
6.6
/4536/
67
/302/
72
/192/
3.2
/2996/
57
/51/
96
/44/
50
/14/
cc age 13+

Fatima (2020)
In 1917, outside the parish of Fátima, Portugal, a 10-year-old girl and her two younger cousins witness multiple visitations of the Virgin Mary, who tells them that only prayer and suffering will bring an end to World War I. As secularist government officials and Church leaders try to force the children to recant their story, word of the sighting spreads across the country, inspiring religious pilgrims to flock to the site in hopes of witnessing a miracle..
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Amazon Prime Video
75
65
7.5
/5147/
75
/105/
73
/140/
3.7
/1696/
67
/6/
89
/134/

Song for a Raggy Boy (2003)
William Franklin is a teacher who was born in Ireland and moved to the United States only to repatriate in 1939 after his leftist political views cause him to lose his job. Franklin becomes the first non-cleric instructor at St. Jude's, a school for wayward boys run by Brother John, who is a firm believer in strong discipline.
poster
73
65
7.1
/7735/
71
/82/
67
/99/
3.8
/4289/
85
/27/
76
/40/
70
/5/

Honey (2010)
In the remote and undeveloped eastern Black Sea region, a six-year-old boy (Yusuf) wanders through the woods searching for his lost father, trying to make sense of his life.His father is a beekeeper whose bees have disappeared unexpectedly, threatening his livelihood. A bizarre accident kills the father.There is little dialogue or music in the film. The three main characters (Yusuf and his parents) are all fairly taciturn, and the soundtrack is filled out with the sounds of the forest and the creatures that live there.The environment is a recurring theme.
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Amazon Prime Video
63
7.5
/146502/
76
/5460/
75
/4441/
3.5
/120473/
50
/149/
73
/1674/
53
/31/
cc age 13+

The Book Thief (2013)
While subjected to the horrors of WWII Germany, young Liesel finds solace by stealing books and sharing them with others. Under the stairs in her home, a Jewish refugee is being sheltered by her adoptive parents.
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Kanopy
66
62
6.5
/7624/
63
/210/
61
/154/
3.5
/22365/
82
/11/
68
/120/
55
/5/

Caravaggio (1986)
A retelling of the life of the celebrated 17th-century Baroque painter Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio through his brilliant, nearly blasphemous paintings and his flirtations with the underworld.
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Kanopy
62
6.4
/6823/
69
/177/
64
/103/
3.1
/2734/
46
/28/
73
/374/

Losing Isaiah (1995)
Khaila Richards, a crack-addicted single mother, accidentally leaves her baby in a dumpster while high and returns the next day in a panic to find he is missing. In reality, the baby has been adopted by a warm-hearted social worker, Margaret Lewin, and her husband, Charles. Years later, Khaila has gone through rehab and holds a steady job. After learning that her child is still alive, she challenges Margaret for the custody.
poster
62
6.9
/67441/
74
/6285/
68
/1574/
3.3
/33514/
48
/193/
64
/758/
53
/38/
cc age 16+

Free State of Jones (2016)
In 1863, Mississippi farmer Newt Knight serves as a medic for the Confederate Army. Opposed to slavery, Knight would rather help the wounded than fight the Union. After his nephew dies in battle, Newt returns home to Jones County to safeguard his family but is soon branded an outlaw deserter. Forced to flee, he finds refuge with a group of runaway slaves hiding out in the swamps. Forging an alliance with the slaves and other farmers, Knight leads a rebellion that would forever change history.
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68
61
7.4
/5018/
73
/148/
71
/98/
3.5
/1473/
62
/76/
76
/126/
56
/21/
cc age 15+

The First Grader (2010)
The true story of an 84 year-old Kenyan villager and ex Mau Mau freedom fighter who fights for his right to go to school for the first time to get the education he could never afford.
poster
72
60
7.2
/3333/
73
/53/
64
/48/
3.5
/1992/
85
/299/
73
/4/

Room for One More (1952)
Anne and "Poppy" Rose have three quirky kids. Anne has a generous heart and the belief in the innocence of children. To the unhappy surprise of her husband she takes in the orphan Jane, a problem child who already tried to kill herself once.
poster
Fandango at Home Free
69
60
6.6
/4532/
75
/100/
55
/44/
3.1
/2469/
88
/8/
69
/151/
cc age 10+

The Unsinkable Molly Brown (1964)
The buoyant Molly Brown has survived the first crisis of her life—a flood. Sixteen years later she sets out to make her way in the world. She assures the Leadville saloon keeper that she can sing and play the piano, and learns quickly. Soon she marries Johnny Brown, who in a few years will be able to replace the original cigar wrapper wedding ring with a replica in gold and gemstones. The Browns head for Europe and bring a few crowned heads back to Denver for a party that turns into a ballroom brawl. Molly goes to Europe alone, returning on the Titanic. She didn't survive a flood as a baby for the story to end here.
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64
60
6.9
/9685/
70
/234/
67
/181/
3.4
/2897/
50
/8/
65
/96/

Nevada Smith (1966)
Nevada Smith is the young son of an Indian mother and white father. When his father is killed by three men over gold, Nevada sets out to find them and kill them. The boy is taken in by a gun merchant. The gun merchant shows him how to shoot and to shoot on time and correct.
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Hoopla
59
6.7
/35825/
69
/780/
65
/621/
3.2
/16325/
49
/35/
63
/645/
47
/23/
cc age 14+

Regarding Henry (1991)
After being shot, a lawyer loses his memory and must relearn speech and mobility, but he has a loving family to support him.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
58
5.9
/10275/
65
/668/
62
/294/
2.8
/19016/
66
/151/
48
/53/
59
/32/
cc age 17+

Lizzie (2018)
Massachusetts, 1892. An unmarried woman of 32 and a social outcast, Lizzie lives a claustrophobic life under her father's cold and domineering control. When Bridget Sullivan, a young maid, comes to work for the family, Lizzie finds a sympathetic, kindred spirit, and a secret intimacy soon blossoms into a wicked plan.
poster
57
6.0
/1519/
58
/61/
61
/42/
3.3
/1095/
44
/48/
43
/14/
53
/23/
cc age 12+

The Better Angels (2014)
At an isolated log cabin in the harsh wilderness of Indiana circa 1817, the rhythms of love, tragedy, and the daily hardships of life on the developing frontier shaped one of our nation’s greatest heroes: Abraham Lincoln. Abe is a thoughtful and quiet boy who spends his days at the side of his beloved mother while learning to work the land from his stern father. When illness takes his mother, Abe's new guardian angel comes in the form of his new stepmother, who sees the potential in the boy and pushes for his further education.
poster
74
57
7.5
/3397/
70
/35/
66
/45/
3.6
/701/
91
/92/
70
/473/
74
/25/

The Italian (2005)
Set in 2002, an abandoned 5-year-old boy living in a rundown orphanage in a small Russian village is adopted by an Italian family.
poster
84
57
8.5
/4611/
80
/174/
78
/82/
4.0
/7722/
100
/1/

National Theatre Live: Frankenstein (2011)
Childlike in his innocence but grotesque in form, Frankenstein’s bewildered creature is cast out into a hostile universe by his horror-struck maker. Meeting with cruelty wherever he goes, the friendless Creature, increasingly desperate and vengeful, determines to track down his creator and strike a terrifying deal. Urgent concerns of scientific responsibility, parental neglect, cognitive development and the nature of good and evil are embedded within this thrilling and deeply disturbing tale.
poster
54
6.4
/6991/
68
/200/
61
/120/
2.9
/1990/
34
/103/
61
/407/
42
/34/
cc age 9+

Won't Back Down (2012)
Jamie Fitzpatrick and Nona Alberts are two women from opposites sides of the social and economic track, but they have one thing in common: a mission to fix their community's broken school and ensure a bright future for their children. The two women refuse to let any obstacles stand in their way as they battle a bureaucracy that's hopelessly mired in traditional thinking, and they seek to re-energize a faculty that has lost its passion for teaching.
poster
Hoopla
54
5.7
/10380/
56
/175/
53
/155/
2.8
/2489/
36
/101/
41
/415/
58
/33/

Ask the Dust (2006)
Mexican beauty Camilla hopes to rise above her station by marrying a wealthy American. That is complicated by meeting Arturo Bandini, a first-generation Italian hoping to land a writing career and a blue-eyed blonde on his arm.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
49
5.8
/18696/
62
/501/
54
/204/
2.7
/8793/
5
/38/
65
/1006/
cc age 13+

Almost Heroes (1998)
Two hapless explorers lead an ill-fated 1804 expedition through the Pacific Northwest in a hopeless, doomed effort to reach the Pacific Ocean before Lewis and Clark.
poster
Kanopy
58
42
6.4
/3912/
59
/64/
62
/58/
3.0
/948/
46
/2894/

Tim (1979)
Handsome but backward gardener Tim Melville has a new woman in his life. She is Mary, his widowed employer, a woman who had given up on love until she had found Tim. At first they are friends. But soon they become lovers, as Mary, drawn to Tim's innocence and magnetism, begins to teach him all about life - and love.
poster
66
37
6.6
/960/
68
/75/
66
/45/
3.4
/490/
6.6
/494/
cc age 7+

Rudolf the Black Cat (2016)
Rudolf, a black stray cat, is suddenly separated from his beloved master. He unexpectedly wakes up in a long-distance truck that takes him to metropolis Tokyo. There, he meets Ippai-attena, a big boss cat feared by everyone in town. Unable to return home, Rudolf starts a life as a stray with Ippai-attena, but Ippai-attena isn't all that he seems to be.
poster
69
34
7.2
/1700/
71
/19/
62
/24/
3.4
/405/
74
/250/

All Mine to Give (1957)
This is a story based on fact that follows a husband and wife who emigrate from Scotland to Wisconsin in the 1850s. They work very hard and become welcome citizens of their new town, Eureka. They have six children. They prosper in the husband's boat-building business. But when their eldest is 12, tragedy strikes the family, and the 12-year-old is burdened with a terrible task which he handles as well as any adult could.
poster
67
31
7.3
/1209/
64
/11/
65
/16/
75
/12/
65
/11/

The Inheritors (1998)
In a small farming valley in Austria in the beginning of the 20th century a tyrannical farmer is found dead, and all the farmhands are relieved to be free of their tyrant. But the farmer was childless, so suddenly they all inherit the farm together. Now conflicts begin, as nobody is the boss and nobody has to obey.
poster
MGM Plus
61
31
5.8
/1429/
69
/58/
54
/40/
3.1
/276/
80
/5/
42
/10/

Geronimo (1962)
In 1883, the Apache Indians lead by Geronimo reluctantly surrender to the attacks of American and Mexican troops, in exchange for a territory and food for their warriors. Soon though, Geronimo escapes the camps and declares war against the Americans.
poster
62
30
6.0
/256/
67
/26/
60
/39/
3.2
/1685/

Like a Son (2024)
Jacques Romand is a history teacher who has lost faith in his vocation. One evening, witnessing a shopkeeper attacked by three young robbers, he catches one of the aggressors, Victor, a 14-year-old Roma boy.
poster
70
27
7.3
/740/
60
/19/
73
/11/
77
/32/

The Reading Room (2005)
Making good on a promise he made to his dying wife, a widower (Jones) opens a reading room, a place where people can learn to read. Despite his goodwill, problems in the neighborhood threaten his establishment.
poster
75
25
8.0
/1044/
75
/17/
73
/22/
3.7
/664/

Hoi Polloi (1935)
A professor bets that he can turn the stooges into gentlemen. After many attempts to teach them etiquette, he brings them to a fancy society party. The stooges' new found manners don't last very long, and the party quickly degenerates. By the end, the other guests have adopted stooge-like behavior and the stooges leave as gentlemen.
poster
65
23
6.7
/643/
63
/14/
59
/10/
3.5
/366/
86
/7/
50
/2/

An American Romance (1944)
A European immigrant becomes a master of industry but almost loses his family.
poster
JustWatchTV
65
16
6.9
/1159/
63
/16/
61
/17/
3.5
/445/
62
/2/

Little Tony (1998)
Married to an illiterate Dutch farmer, Keet yearns for a child. She sets matters on course by arranging for a smart city girl, Lena, to live in and teach the slow-witted Brand. She encourages the developing affair between them, accepting secondary status in the household when Lena has a child. But her plans to eliminate the competition demand decisive action from Brand.
poster
Kanopy
64
?
6.3
/184/
75
/2/
52
/8/
3.4
/297/

Illiterate (2014)
Ximena is an illiterate woman in her fifties, who has learned to live on her own to keep her illiteracy as a secret. Jackeline, is a young unemployed elementary school teacher, who tries to convince Ximena to take reading classes. Persuading her proves to be an almost impossible task, till one day, Jackeline finds something Ximena has been keeping as her only treasure since she was a child: a letter Ximena's father left when he abandoned her many years before. Thus, the two women embark on a learning journey where they discover that there are many ways of being illiterate, and that not knowing how to read is just one of them.
poster
67
?
7.6
/259/
65
/6/
60
/3/

LaLee's Kin: The Legacy of Cotton (2001)
This heartbreaking documentary depicts the extreme poverty of an African-American family and their Mississippi Delta school district. LaLee's Kin takes us deep into the Mississippi Delta and the intertwined lives of LaLee Wallace, a great-grandmother struggling to hold her world together in the face of dire poverty, and Reggie Barnes, superintendent of the embattled West Tallahatchie School System. The film explores the painful legacy of slavery and sharecropping in the Delta.
poster
?
7.8
/36/
10
/1/
63
/3/

Manuel, le fils emprunté (1990)
Juan Alvarez, a Spanish refugee in Canada, shoemaker, picks up at his home Manuel, a 12-year-old Portuguese teenager, whom he teaches to read, to assert his rights and who speaks of the Spanish civil war.
poster
?
3.5
/15/
20
/2/

Reading Growth: Basic Skills (1968)
Children learn the basics of reading.
poster
?
4.9
/98/
10
/1/
60
/2/

Kaikkien naisten monni (1952)
The military farce, directed by Lasse Pöysti, is based on Joel Laikka's novel. The illiterate Nieminen, who starts his military service through mischief and being tempted by other rookies, causes confusion in the barracks. At the behest of colonel, attempts are made to teach him in different ways - the women of the locality are also interested in teaching. Soon Nieminen will be the competing with sergeant major Vasikainen for the affections of the colonel's cook Vieno.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
58
?
6.1
/257/
53
/10/
68
/6/
50
/5/
cc age 8+

Brother Future (1991)
A young street rapper is transported back in time to the pre-Civil War South, where he finds himself in the middle of a slave revolt.


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