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Criterion Channel
83
7.5
/29101/
74
/798/
71
/407/
3.9
/40471/
97
/32/
89
/773/
82
/16/
cc age 17+

The Long Good Friday (1980)
In the late 1970s, Cockney crime boss Harold Shand, a gangster trying to become a legitimate property mogul, has big plans to get the American Mafia to bankroll his transformation of a derelict area of London into the possible venue for a future Olympic Games. However, a series of bombings targets his empire on the very weekend the Americans are in town. Shand is convinced there is a traitor in his organization, and sets out to eliminate the rat in typically ruthless fashion.
poster
80
7.2
/101274/
69
/1962/
68
/1186/
3.7
/91588/
87
/163/
78
/2472/
90
/34/
cc age 15+

Gosford Park (2001)
In 1930s England, a group of pretentious rich and famous gather together for a weekend of relaxation at a hunting resort. But when a murder occurs, each one of these interesting characters becomes a suspect.
poster
MGM Plus
80
7.3
/119255/
71
/2207/
69
/1394/
3.5
/48210/
97
/202/
76
/9090/
90
/38/
cc age 13+

The Queen (2006)
The Queen is an intimate behind the scenes glimpse at the interaction between HM Elizabeth II and Prime Minister Tony Blair during their struggle, following the death of Diana, to reach a compromise between what was a private tragedy for the Royal family and the public's demand for an overt display of mourning.
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Kanopy
80
8.3
/1196/
77
/45/
72
/29/
3.7
/379/
100
/14/
90
/12/
76
/6/

Cries from Syria (2017)
An attempt to re-contextualize the European migrant crisis and ongoing hostilities in Syria, through eyewitness and participant testimony. Children and parents recount the revolution, civil war, air strikes, atrocities and ongoing humanitarian aid crises, in a portrait of recent history and the consequences of violence.
poster
MGM Plus
80
7.2
/19894/
69
/385/
67
/253/
3.6
/10003/
93
/45/
81
/344/
89
/19/
cc age 13+

The Madness of King George (1994)
Aging King George III of England is exhibiting signs of madness, a problem little understood in 1788. As the monarch alternates between bouts of confusion and near-violent outbursts of temper, his hapless doctors attempt the ineffectual cures of the day. Meanwhile, Queen Charlotte and Prime Minister William Pitt the Younger attempt to prevent the king's political enemies, led by the Prince of Wales, from usurping the throne.
poster
80
7.5
/44600/
73
/1067/
73
/687/
4.2
/73525/
87
/52/
88
/1191/
62
/23/

The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover (1989)
When churlish mobster Albert Spica acquires an upscale French restaurant in London, he dines there nightly, effectively scaring off the clientele with his bad manners. His wife, Georgina, is especially disgusted by him, and soon begins an affair with regular guest Michael. Despite their best efforts to keep it secret, Spica learns about their trysts, and he plots a terrible revenge.
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Hulu
78
6.9
/15964/
72
/830/
69
/351/
3.4
/22351/
97
/148/
88
/87/
74
/35/
cc age 14+

The Duke (2021)
In 1961, a 60-year-old taxi driver stole Goya’s portrait of the Duke of Wellington from the National Gallery in London. It was the first (and remains the only) theft in the Gallery’s history. What happened next became the stuff of legend.
poster
77
7.2
/160018/
74
/6427/
72
/4212/
4.1
/504581/
79
/89/
90
/175/
64
/26/
cc age 8+

The Prince of Egypt (1998)
The strong bond between two brothers is challenged when their chosen responsibilities set them at odds, with extraordinary consequences.
poster
HBO Max Amazon Channel
77
6.8
/657028/
69
/27108/
69
/10705/
3.7
/5196702/
88
/507/
83
/6747/
80
/67/
cc age 11+

Barbie (2023)
Barbie and Ken are having the time of their lives in the colorful and seemingly perfect world of Barbie Land. However, when they get a chance to go to the real world, they soon discover the joys and perils of living among humans.
poster
Kanopy
77
7.3
/95503/
74
/7740/
70
/1684/
3.5
/35429/
95
/219/
82
/1267/
73
/39/
cc age 15+

Eye in the Sky (2015)
A UK-based military officer in command of a top secret drone operation to capture terrorists in Kenya discovers the targets are planning a suicide bombing and the mission escalates from “capture” to “kill.” As American pilot Steve Watts is about to engage, a nine-year old girl enters the kill zone, triggering an international dispute reaching the highest levels of US and British government over the moral, political, and personal implications of modern warfare.
poster
Disney Plus
76
7.2
/420314/
74
/23693/
70
/11127/
3.5
/1013567/
80
/200/
81
/6780/
65
/41/
cc age 5+

Monsters University (2013)
A look at the relationship between Mike and Sulley during their days at Monsters University — when they weren't necessarily the best of friends.
poster
73
7.2
/3146/
67
/54/
67
/37/
3.5
/933/
75
/16/
86
/58/
cc age 15+

Some Mother's Son (1996)
Based on the true story of the 1981 hunger strike in a British prison, in which IRA prisoner Bobby Sands led a protest against the treatment of IRA prisoners as criminals rather than as prisoners of war. The film focuses on the mothers of two of the strikers, and their struggle to save the lives of their sons.
poster
Starz
72
7.4
/8306/
75
/689/
78
/224/
3.5
/18517/
76
/49/
99
/301/
54
/14/
cc age 11+

White Bird (2023)
After being expelled from Beecher Prep for his treatment of a classmate with a facial deformity, Julian has struggled to fit in at his new school. To transform his life, Julian's grandmother finally reveals her own story of courage of her youth in Nazi-occupied France, where a classmate shelters her from mortal danger.
poster
72
6.9
/7123/
63
/81/
59
/78/
3.4
/2153/
79
/90/
73
/103/
78
/31/

Last Orders (2001)
Jack Dodd was a London butcher who enjoyed a pint with his mates for over 50 years. When he died, he died as he lived, with a smile on his face watching a horse race on which he had bet, with borrowed money. But before he died he had a final request, 'Last Orders', that his ashes be scattered in the sea at Margate. The movie follows his mates, Ray, Lenny and Vic and his foster son Vince as they journey to the sea with the ashes. Along the way, the threads of their lives, their loves and their disappointments are woven together in their memories of Jack and his wife Amy
poster
71
7.1
/165755/
71
/4125/
68
/2076/
3.4
/50004/
84
/213/
73
/6319/
64
/36/
cc age 15+

State of Play (2009)
When a congressional aide is killed, a Washington, D.C. journalist starts investigating the case involving the Representative, his old college friend.
poster
70
6.5
/1803/
59
/39/
57
/37/
3.3
/833/
92
/13/
79
/6/

Cal (1984)
Cal, a young man on the fringes of the IRA, falls in love with Marcella, a Catholic woman whose husband, a Protestant policeman, was killed one year earlier by the IRA.
poster
Kanopy
70
7.4
/87260/
73
/3381/
71
/1650/
3.4
/55581/
74
/206/
79
/771/
60
/33/
cc age 16+

Trumbo (2015)
The career of screenwriter Dalton Trumbo is halted by a witch hunt in the late 1940s when he defies the anti-communist HUAC committee and is blacklisted.
poster
69
6.9
/19722/
66
/306/
64
/233/
3.3
/5327/
70
/145/
67
/915/
76
/34/
cc age 16+

The Last Station (2009)
A historical drama that illustrates Russian author Leo Tolstoy's struggle to balance fame and wealth with his commitment to a life devoid of material things. The Countess Sofya, wife and muse to Leo Tolstoy, uses every trick of seduction on her husband's loyal disciple, whom she believes was the person responsible for Tolstoy signing a new will that leaves his work and property to the Russian people.
poster
Netflix
69
6.7
/76466/
66
/1522/
65
/1181/
3.3
/48421/
78
/125/
59
/836/
71
/33/

The Pledge (2001)
A police chief, about to retire, pledges to help a woman find her daughter's killer.
poster
69
7.3
/72217/
72
/1834/
70
/1107/
3.7
/58378/
73
/95/
80
/1832/
56
/10/
cc age 16+

Excalibur (1981)
A surreal adaptation of Sir Thomas Malory's "Le Morte d'Arthur" chronicling Arthur Pendragon's conception, his rise to the throne, the search by his Knights of the Round Table for the Holy Grail, and ultimately, his death.
poster
68
6.9
/29273/
70
/489/
65
/394/
3.4
/13049/
73
/124/
67
/1461/
60
/30/
cc age 14+

Calendar Girls (2003)
Members of a Yorkshire branch of the Women's Institute cause controversy when they pose nude for a charity calendar.
poster
76
68
7.6
/9236/
70
/110/
68
/108/
3.8
/6212/
82
/22/
87
/271/

O Lucky Man! (1973)
An ambitious coffee salesman has a series of improbable and ironic adventures seemingly designed to challenge his naive idealism.
poster
68
7.3
/90946/
75
/3038/
72
/1511/
3.5
/41630/
69
/142/
81
/1510/
55
/36/
cc age 12+

The Hundred-Foot Journey (2014)
A story centered around an Indian family who moves to France and opens a restaurant across the street from a Michelin-starred French restaurant.
poster
67
6.9
/1916/
62
/20/
61
/25/
3.6
/2012/
55
/11/
78
/19/

Savage Messiah (1972)
In the Paris of the 1910s, brash young sculptor Henri Gaudier begins a creative partnership with an older writer, Sophie Brzeska. Though the couple is 20 years apart in age, Gaudier finds that his untamed work is complemented by the older woman's cultural refinement. He then moves to London with Brzeska, where he falls in with a group of avant-garde artists. There, Gaudier encounters yet another artistic muse in passionate suffragette Gosh Boyle.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
67
6.7
/1633/
72
/25/
62
/22/
3.4
/500/
69
/13/
59
/4/

Pascali's Island (1988)
1908: Pascali, a spy for the Sultan, sends reports to Istanbul that nobody reads. His suspicions are roused when a British archaeologist appears, who may not be quite what he seems.
poster
67
6.8
/73698/
68
/1842/
65
/937/
3.3
/14735/
77
/182/
66
/2161/
65
/37/
cc age 15+

The Debt (2010)
Rachel Singer is a former Mossad agent who tried to capture a notorious Nazi war criminal – the Surgeon of Birkenau – in a secret Israeli mission that ended with his death on the streets of East Berlin. Now, 30 years later, a man claiming to be the doctor has surfaced, and Rachel must return to Eastern Europe to uncover the truth. Overwhelmed by haunting memories of her younger self and her two fellow agents, the still-celebrated heroine must relive the trauma of those events and confront the debt she has incurred.
poster
67
7.3
/65726/
74
/2492/
73
/1434/
3.4
/26276/
58
/153/
79
/865/
51
/31/
cc age 12+

Woman in Gold (2015)
Maria Altmann, an octogenarian Jewish refugee, takes on the Austrian government to recover a world famous painting of her aunt plundered by the Nazis during World War II, she believes rightfully belongs to her family. She did so not just to regain what was rightfully hers, but also to obtain some measure of justice for the death, destruction, and massive art theft perpetrated by the Nazis.
poster
YouTube TV
66
6.4
/254602/
69
/18371/
68
/7603/
2.7
/311863/
67
/341/
88
/5445/
60
/54/
cc age 14+

Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw (2019)
Ever since US Diplomatic Security Service Agent Hobbs and lawless outcast Shaw first faced off, they just have traded smack talk and body blows. But when cyber-genetically enhanced anarchist Brixton's ruthless actions threaten the future of humanity, they join forces to defeat him.
poster
66
6.7
/53958/
71
/3111/
66
/1237/
3.1
/45036/
64
/166/
85
/1008/
55
/31/
cc age 15+

The Good Liar (2019)
Career con man Roy sets his sights on his latest mark: recently widowed Betty, worth millions. And he means to take it all. But as the two draw closer, what should have been another simple swindle takes on the ultimate stakes.
poster
Netflix
65
IMDb 89
6.5
/79768/
69
/5733/
65
/878/
3.0
/270822/
77
/139/
54
/615/
60
/25/
cc age 12+

The Thursday Murder Club (2025)
A group of senior sleuths passionate about solving cold cases get plunged into a real-life murder mystery in this comic crime caper.
poster
65
6.7
/60690/
70
/2434/
66
/1026/
3.2
/31148/
68
/37/
61
/1191/
53
/15/

2010 (1984)
While planet Earth poises on the brink of nuclear self-destruction, a team of Russian and American scientists aboard the Leonov hurtles to a rendezvous with the still-orbiting Discovery spacecraft and its sole known survivor, the homicidal computer HAL.
poster
Hulu
65
7.0
/337014/
73
/15158/
67
/7009/
3.1
/154358/
72
/216/
72
/10852/
60
/38/
cc age 14+

RED (2010)
After surviving an assault from a squad of hit men, retired CIA black ops agent Frank Moses reassembles his old team for an all-out war. Frank reunites with old Joe, crazy Marvin and wily Victoria to uncover a massive conspiracy that threatens their lives. Only their expert training will allow them to survive a near-impossible mission -- breaking into CIA headquarters.
poster
64
6.6
/14066/
70
/1391/
73
/618/
3.0
/17447/
72
/118/
65
/108/
58
/25/
cc age 8+

The One and Only Ivan (2020)
A gorilla named Ivan who’s living in a suburban shopping mall tries to piece together his past, with the help of other animals, as they hatch a plan to escape from captivity.
poster
Hoopla
64
6.8
/83080/
69
/2314/
65
/1597/
3.1
/48857/
59
/213/
60
/1916/
55
/40/
cc age 13+

Hitchcock (2012)
Following his great success with "North by Northwest," director Alfred Hitchcock makes a daring choice for his next project: an adaptation of Robert Bloch's novel "Psycho." When the studio refuses to back the picture, Hitchcock decides to pay for it himself in exchange for a percentage of the profits. His wife, Alma Reville, has serious reservations about the film but supports him nonetheless. Still, the production strains the couple's marriage.
poster
64
6.7
/216074/
72
/11414/
66
/4119/
3.4
/159737/
61
/195/
65
/12493/
63
/37/
cc age 10+

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (2005)
Mere seconds before the Earth is to be demolished by an alien construction crew, Arthur Dent is swept off the planet by his friend Ford Prefect, a researcher penning a new edition of "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy."
poster
Netflix
63
6.7
/8606/
68
/346/
64
/108/
3.3
/28615/
65
/89/
71
/114/
54
/27/
cc age 15+

Goodbye June (2025)
Four siblings' lives change drastically when their ailing mother takes a turn for the worse over the holiday season.
poster
63
6.6
/33204/
67
/659/
63
/501/
3.4
/23088/
78
/27/
61
/535/
51
/13/

The Mosquito Coast (1986)
An inventor spurns his city life and moves his family into the jungles of Central America to make a utopia.
poster
fuboTV
63
5.2
/177832/
61
/12714/
70
/7580/
2.4
/304913/
59
/317/
82
/3875/
58
/54/
cc age 14+

F9 (2021)
Dominic Toretto and his crew battle the most skilled assassin and high-performance driver they've ever encountered: his forsaken brother.
poster
62
6.1
/484/
71
/10/
63
/16/
60
/5/
83
/7/

When the Whales Came (1989)
A pair of children befriend an eccentric old man, who lives isolated on the far shore of their island home. But it turns out that the old man knows a terrible secret about the island and the whales who sometimes come. Meanwhile WWI is making life hard in the village.
poster
The Roku Channel
62
6.7
/8977/
67
/211/
67
/139/
3.4
/5010/
46
/13/
74
/241/
46
/10/
cc age 13+

White Nights (1985)
After his plane crashes in Siberia, a Russian dancer, who defected to the West, is held prisoner in the Soviet Union. The KGB keeps him under watch and tries to convince him to become a dancer for the Kirov Academy of Ballet again. Determined to escape, he befriends a black American expatriate and his pregnant Russian wife, who agree to help him escape to the American Embassy.
poster
72
61
7.7
/4920/
73
/102/
75
/65/
3.4
/1293/
60
/5/
83
/161/

Door to Door (2002)
Sometimes the true heroes in our lives are those people who inspire us not with their superhuman accomplishments but simply by their refusal to give up in the face of seemingly insurmountable odds and the dignity in which they go about their lives. Bill Porter is one of those heroes. Born with cerebral palsy, he was told for many years that he was unemployable. But with the unwavering support of a dedicated mother and an indomitable spirit that has become his trademark, Porter did support himself as a door-to-door salesman in Portland, Oregon.
poster
HBO Max Amazon Channel
61
6.9
/91435/
70
/3935/
68
/2419/
3.2
/109806/
52
/132/
64
/3726/
53
/21/
cc age 8+

Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole (2010)
When a young owl is abducted by an evil Owl army, he must escape with new-found friends and seek the legendary Guardians to stop the menace.
poster
60
5.7
/143414/
64
/10807/
70
/6175/
2.5
/323191/
56
/315/
84
/2769/
56
/59/
cc age 14+

Fast X (2023)
Over many missions and against impossible odds, Dom Toretto and his family have outsmarted, out-nerved and outdriven every foe in their path. Now, they confront the most lethal opponent they've ever faced: A terrifying threat emerging from the shadows of the past who's fueled by blood revenge, and who is determined to shatter this family and destroy everything—and everyone—that Dom loves, forever.
poster
Criterion Channel
60
6.3
/7106/
60
/176/
57
/126/
3.3
/13742/
54
/24/
58
/78/
61
/20/

The Comfort of Strangers (1990)
An Italian diplomat's son follows and seduces English lovers in Venice.
poster
Kanopy
59
6.0
/14955/
63
/722/
63
/194/
2.6
/17858/
54
/128/
89
/34/
48
/27/
cc age 12+

Golda (2023)
Set during the tense 19 days of the Yom Kippur War in 1973, Israeli Prime Minister Golda Meir is faced with the potential of Israel’s complete destruction. She must navigate overwhelming odds, a skeptical cabinet and a complex relationship with US Secretary of State Henry Kissinger, with millions of lives in the balance. Her tough leadership and compassion would ultimately decide the fate of her nation and leave her with a controversial legacy around the world.
poster
HBO Max Amazon Channel
59
5.9
/143553/
62
/10185/
64
/3533/
2.3
/303035/
49
/266/
85
/1128/
47
/50/
cc age 12+

Shazam! Fury of the Gods (2023)
Billy Batson and his foster siblings, who transform into superheroes by saying "Shazam!", are forced to get back into action and fight the Daughters of Atlas, who they must stop from using a weapon that could destroy the world.
poster
66
59
6.3
/4101/
65
/165/
59
/80/
3.1
/2905/
100
/8/
48
/36/

Age of Consent (1969)
An elderly artist thinks he has become too stale and is past his prime. His friend (and agent) persuades him to go to an offshore island to try once more. On the island he re-discovers his muse in the form of a young girl.
poster
59
6.3
/2665/
61
/45/
65
/27/
3.1
/1100/
64
/14/
52
/37/

Where Angels Fear to Tread (1991)
An English widow goes to Italy, falls in love with a dentist's son and marries him, against her straitlaced family's wishes.


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