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92
9.0
/1570725/
88
/25579/
85
/17050/
4.5
/1273030/
98
/135/
97
/22910/
95
/30/
cc age 15+

Schindler's List (1993)
The true story of how businessman Oskar Schindler saved over a thousand Jewish lives from the Nazis while they worked as slaves in his factory during World War II.
poster
Kanopy
91
9.0
/1478103/
87
/21161/
85
/13531/
4.6
/1254783/
96
/129/
97
/18705/
90
/18/
cc age 16+

The Godfather Part II (1974)
In the continuing saga of the Corleone crime family, a young Vito Corleone grows up in Sicily and in 1910s New York. In the 1950s, Michael Corleone attempts to expand the family business into Las Vegas, Hollywood and Cuba.
poster
Criterion Channel
89
8.3
/22343/
79
/345/
81
/444/
4.3
/24783/
98
/42/
95
/480/
96
/20/

Children of Paradise (1945)
In a chaotic 19th-century Paris teeming with aristocrats, thieves, psychics, and courtesans, theater mime Baptiste is in love with the mysterious actress Garance. But Garance, in turn, is loved by three other men: pretentious actor Frederick, conniving thief Lacenaire, and Count Edouard of Montray.
poster
Kanopy
89
8.6
/1620300/
85
/32155/
82
/16824/
4.2
/1322650/
94
/148/
95
/41373/
91
/38/
cc age 16+

Saving Private Ryan (1998)
As U.S. troops storm the beaches of Normandy, three brothers lie dead on the battlefield, with a fourth trapped behind enemy lines. Ranger captain John Miller and seven men are tasked with penetrating German-held territory and bringing the boy home.
poster
Kanopy
89
8.0
/125118/
81
/4725/
81
/2844/
4.4
/1006806/
97
/338/
92
/98/
95
/48/
cc age 15+

Portrait of a Lady on Fire (2019)
On an isolated island in Brittany at the end of the eighteenth century, a female painter is obliged to paint a wedding portrait of a young woman.
poster
Criterion Channel
89
8.1
/70938/
77
/957/
77
/850/
4.4
/70857/
100
/46/
94
/1019/
100
/8/
cc age 17+

Fanny and Alexander (1982)
As children in the loving Ekdahl family, Fanny and Alexander enjoy a happy life with their parents, who run a theater company. After their father dies unexpectedly, however, the siblings end up in a joyless home when their mother, Emilie, marries a stern bishop. The bleak situation gradually grows worse as the bishop becomes more controlling, but dedicated relatives make a valiant attempt to aid Emilie, Fanny and Alexander.
poster
Kanopy
89
8.3
/120189/
82
/2976/
82
/1738/
4.6
/414511/
90
/60/
95
/931/
cc age 16+

Come and See (1985)
The invasion of a village in Belarus by German forces sends young Florya into the forest to join the weary Resistance fighters, against his family's wishes. There he meets a girl, Glasha, who accompanies him back to his village. On returning home, Florya finds his family and fellow peasants massacred. His continued survival amidst the brutal debris of war becomes increasingly nightmarish, a battle between despair and hope.
poster
Kanopy
88
8.0
/39275/
77
/697/
76
/561/
4.2
/62461/
98
/62/
91
/532/
100
/5/

Sweet Smell of Success (1957)
New York City newspaper writer J.J. Hunsecker holds considerable sway over public opinion with his Broadway column, but one thing that he can't control is his younger sister, Susan, who is in a relationship with aspiring jazz guitarist Steve Dallas. Hunsecker strongly disapproves of the romance and recruits publicist Sidney Falco to find a way to split the couple, no matter how ruthless the method.
poster
Kanopy
88
8.1
/42945/
80
/958/
79
/722/
4.4
/149254/
98
/65/
91
/825/
cc age 10+

The Red Shoes (1948)
A fledgling ballerina falls in love with a brilliant composer, but the jealous head of the ballet company plots to drive them apart.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
88
8.1
/193952/
78
/3083/
79
/2033/
4.2
/180023/
99
/97/
93
/3387/
97
/30/
cc age 13+

The Third Man (1949)
In postwar Vienna, Austria, Holly Martins, a writer of pulp Westerns, arrives penniless as a guest of his childhood chum Harry Lime, only to learn he has died. Martins develops a conspiracy theory after learning of a "third man" present at the time of Harry's death, running into interference from British officer Major Calloway, and falling head-over-heels for Harry's grief-stricken lover, Anna.
poster
Criterion Channel
87
8.0
/139317/
80
/2615/
81
/2356/
4.4
/395286/
91
/58/
93
/1489/
86
/18/

Persona (1966)
A young nurse, Alma, is put in charge of Elisabeth Vogler: an actress who is seemingly healthy in all respects, but will not talk. As they spend time together, Alma speaks to Elisabeth constantly, never receiving any answer.
poster
Kanopy
87
8.1
/36490/
82
/765/
79
/654/
4.4
/62486/
90
/52/
93
/726/
84
/28/

Farewell My Concubine (1993)
In an epic tale of theater, gender, love and class, two Beijing opera actors navigate political turmoil as their friendship evolves over decades.
poster
MGM Plus
87
8.5
/314377/
84
/4805/
84
/4705/
4.5
/442246/
90
/84/
96
/5148/
80
/21/
cc age 14+

Cinema Paradiso (1988)
A filmmaker recalls his childhood, when he fell in love with the movies at his village's theater and formed a deep friendship with the theater's projectionist.
poster
87
8.4
/440243/
82
/6482/
80
/3986/
4.3
/186686/
92
/162/
96
/11153/
89
/39/
cc age 17+

The Lives of Others (2006)
In 1984 East Berlin, dedicated Stasi officer Gerd Wiesler begins spying on a famous playwright and his actress-lover Christa-Maria. Wiesler becomes unexpectedly sympathetic to the couple, and faces conflicting loyalties when his superior takes a liking to Christa-Maria.
poster
87
8.4
/463948/
81
/7980/
80
/4615/
4.3
/483968/
90
/159/
95
/7756/
87
/28/
cc age 15+

Amadeus (1984)
Disciplined Italian composer Antonio Salieri becomes consumed by jealousy and resentment towards the hedonistic and remarkably talented young Salzburger composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.
poster
86
8.2
/51451/
80
/1073/
79
/318/
4.2
/1266809/
93
/322/
82
/1498/
89
/58/
cc age 15+

Marty Supreme (2025)
Marty Mauser, a young man with a dream no one respects, goes to hell and back in pursuit of greatness.
poster
HBO Max Amazon Channel
86
7.6
/28166/
76
/1326/
74
/318/
4.3
/297514/
97
/215/
98
/77/
83
/43/
cc age 15+

Sing Sing (2024)
Divine G, imprisoned at Sing Sing for a crime he didn't commit, finds purpose by acting in a theatre group alongside other incarcerated men in this story of resilience, humanity, and the transformative power of art.
poster
86
IMDb 14
7.8
/37664/
78
/1028/
76
/411/
4.2
/473712/
97
/227/
94
/55/
86
/45/
cc age 14+

Sentimental Value (2025)
Sisters Nora and Agnes reunite with their estranged father, the charismatic Gustav, a once-renowned director who offers stage actress Nora a role in what he hopes will be his comeback film. When Nora turns it down, she soon discovers he has given her part to an eager young Hollywood star.
poster
Kanopy
86
7.9
/64661/
75
/1205/
76
/1261/
4.0
/114732/
100
/51/
86
/1131/
97
/22/

Battleship Potemkin (1925)
A dramatized account of a great Russian naval mutiny and a resultant public demonstration, showing support, which brought on a police massacre.
poster
Kanopy
86
8.2
/41234/
80
/658/
78
/472/
4.3
/62805/
98
/82/
93
/368/

Pather Panchali (1955)
Impoverished priest Harihar Ray leaves his rural Bengal village in search of work. His wife, Sarbojaya, looks after their rebellious daughter, Durga, and young son, Apu. The children enjoy the small pleasures of their difficult life.
poster
Kanopy
86
8.0
/5270/
82
/149/
76
/135/
4.3
/30238/
96
/72/
88
/96/
86
/19/

The Beaches of Agnès (2008)
Filmmaking icon Agnès Varda, the award-winning director regarded by many as the grandmother of the French new wave, turns the camera on herself with this unique autobiographical documentary. Composed of film excerpts and elaborate dramatic re-creations, Varda's self-portrait recounts the highs and lows of her professional career, the many friendships that affected her life and her longtime marriage to cinematic giant Jacques Demy.
poster
86
8.8
/10740/
85
/545/
83
/186/
4.4
/29189/

The Phantom of the Opera at the Royal Albert Hall (2011)
A disfigured musical genius, hidden away in the Paris Opera House, terrorises the opera company for the unwitting benefit of a young protégée whom he trains and loves. The 25th anniversary of the first public performance of Phantom of the Opera was celebrated with a grand performance at the Royal Albert Hall in London.
poster
86
8.1
/955548/
80
/29288/
80
/15682/
4.2
/2766891/
92
/313/
87
/5569/
88
/48/
cc age 16+

The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014)
The Grand Budapest Hotel tells of a legendary concierge at a famous European hotel between the wars and his friendship with a young employee who becomes his trusted protégé. The story involves the theft and recovery of a priceless Renaissance painting, the battle for an enormous family fortune and the slow and then sudden upheavals that transformed Europe during the first half of the 20th century.
poster
Kanopy
85
7.6
/46642/
74
/776/
75
/1034/
3.9
/86575/
94
/51/
89
/1072/
97
/18/

Jules and Jim (1962)
In the carefree days before World War I, introverted Austrian author Jules strikes up a friendship with the exuberant Frenchman Jim and both men fall for the impulsive and beautiful Catherine.
poster
Criterion Channel
85
8.1
/49241/
79
/1072/
78
/802/
4.3
/64233/
96
/54/
93
/369/
86
/13/
cc age 11+

To Be or Not to Be (1942)
During the Nazi occupation of Poland, an acting troupe becomes embroiled in a Polish soldier's efforts to track down a German spy.
poster
fuboTV
85
8.0
/179816/
79
/5183/
78
/3330/
4.0
/209939/
95
/74/
92
/10672/
83
/17/
cc age 12+

Young Frankenstein (1974)
A young neurosurgeon inherits the castle of his grandfather, the famous Dr. Victor von Frankenstein. In the castle he finds a funny hunchback, a pretty lab assistant and the elderly housekeeper. Young Frankenstein believes that the work of his grandfather was delusional, but when he discovers the book where the mad doctor described his reanimation experiment, he suddenly changes his mind.
poster
Kanopy
85
7.9
/9671/
77
/186/
75
/199/
4.1
/18322/
96
/23/
91
/122/

Floating Weeds (1959)
When a theater troupe's master visits his old flame, he unintentionally sets off a chain of unexpected events with devastating consequences.
poster
85
7.9
/95281/
74
/1813/
76
/1570/
3.8
/108831/
97
/116/
86
/3073/
92
/14/
cc age 10+

King Kong (1933)
Adventurous filmmaker Carl Denham sets out to produce a motion picture unlike anything the world has seen before. Alongside his leading lady Ann Darrow and his first mate Jack Driscoll, they arrive on an island and discover a legendary creature said to be neither beast nor man. Denham captures the monster to be displayed on Broadway as King Kong, the eighth wonder of the world.
poster
85
7.8
/108871/
77
/2027/
76
/2013/
4.2
/257520/
98
/99/
93
/2326/
87
/34/
cc age 17+

All About My Mother (1999)
Following the tragic death of her teenage son, Manuela travels from Madrid to Barcelona in an attempt to contact the long-estranged father the boy never knew. She reunites with an old friend, an outspoken transgender sex worker, and befriends a troubled actress and a pregnant, HIV-positive nun.
poster
Netflix
84
IMDb 13
7.6
/60885/
74
/2136/
73
/558/
4.1
/322398/
95
/228/
90
/17/
88
/43/
cc age 13+

Train Dreams (2025)
A logger leads a life of quiet grace as he experiences love and loss during an era of monumental change in early 20th-century America.
poster
84
7.5
/75447/
75
/2782/
74
/1433/
4.2
/362811/
97
/216/
78
/269/
91
/42/
cc age 15+

Drive My Car (2021)
Yusuke Kafuku, a stage actor and director, still unable, after two years, to cope with the loss of his beloved wife, accepts to direct Uncle Vanya at a theater festival in Hiroshima. There he meets Misaki, an introverted young woman, appointed to drive his car. In between rides, secrets from the past and heartfelt confessions will be unveiled.
poster
84
8.0
/11512/
72
/204/
73
/196/
4.0
/12547/
96
/27/
90
/150/

Greed (1924)
A lottery win of $5,000 forever changes the lives of a miner turned dentist and his wife.
poster
Criterion Channel
84
7.7
/15614/
73
/252/
74
/262/
3.9
/21299/
100
/16/
89
/308/

Smiles of a Summer Night (1955)
Early in the 20th century, middle-aged lawyer Fredrik Egerman and his young wife, Anne, have still not consummated their marriage, while Fredrik's son finds himself increasingly attracted to his new stepmother. To make matters worse, Fredrik's old flame Desiree makes a public bet that she can seduce him at a romantic weekend retreat where four couples convene, swapping partners and pairing off in unexpected ways.
poster
Kanopy
84
7.9
/16340/
79
/487/
78
/334/
4.4
/103049/
79
/72/
90
/267/
84
/15/

Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters (1985)
A fictional account of the life of Japanese author Yukio Mishima, combining dramatizations of three of his novels and a depiction of the events of November 25th, 1970.
poster
84
8.0
/748825/
77
/29682/
78
/17790/
4.1
/4206656/
91
/469/
82
/5134/
94
/54/
cc age 13+

La La Land (2016)
Mia, an aspiring actress, serves lattes to movie stars in between auditions and Sebastian, a jazz musician, scrapes by playing cocktail party gigs in dingy bars, but as success mounts they are faced with decisions that begin to fray the fragile fabric of their love affair, and the dreams they worked so hard to maintain in each other threaten to rip them apart.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
83
7.9
/42360/
75
/925/
76
/847/
4.1
/79575/
77
/30/
92
/844/

Fitzcarraldo (1982)
Fitzcarraldo is a dreamer who plans to build an opera house in Iquitos, in the Peruvian Amazon, so, in order to finance his project, he embarks on an epic adventure to collect rubber, a very profitable product, in a remote and unexplored region of the rainforest.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
83
7.8
/92401/
78
/2076/
77
/1491/
4.0
/184870/
95
/55/
92
/2514/
83
/16/

Charade (1963)
After Regina Lampert falls for the dashing Peter Joshua on a skiing holiday in the French Alps, she discovers upon her return to Paris that her husband has been murdered. Soon, she and Peter are giving chase to three of her late husband's World War II cronies, Tex, Scobie and Gideon, who are after a quarter of a million dollars the quartet stole while behind enemy lines.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
83
7.5
/64983/
73
/2051/
74
/1554/
4.0
/172444/
92
/254/
82
/174/
90
/45/
cc age 16+

Cold War (2018)
A man and a woman meet in the ruins of post-war Poland. With vastly different backgrounds and temperaments, they are fatally mismatched and yet drawn to each other.
poster
83
7.5
/66683/
74
/2418/
73
/1868/
4.0
/160674/
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
Kanopy
83
8.0
/23739/
78
/434/
79
/573/
4.1
/23453/
88
/40/
90
/335/
84
/15/

Limelight (1952)
A fading music hall comedian tries to help a despondent ballet dancer learn to walk and to again feel confident about life.
poster
Kanopy
83
7.6
/26723/
74
/521/
74
/528/
4.1
/59111/
93
/58/
84
/612/

Last Year at Marienbad (1961)
In a strange and isolated chateau, a man becomes acquainted with a woman and insists that they have met before.
poster
83
7.9
/42930/
76
/695/
76
/645/
4.0
/39773/
97
/74/
90
/592/

The Lost Weekend (1945)
Longtime alcoholic Don Birnam has been sober for ten days and appears to be over the worst... but his craving has just become more insidious. Evading a country weekend planned by his brother and girlfriend, he begins a four-day bender that just might be his last – one way or another.
poster
Kanopy
83
7.5
/64267/
72
/1496/
70
/863/
3.8
/80671/
92
/75/
85
/2612/
96
/6/
cc age 13+

The Producers (1968)
A conniving Broadway producer and his meek accountant plan to profit from charming wealthy old biddies to invest in an overbudget production, and then put on a sure-fire disaster, so nobody will ask for their money back — and what's more disastrous than a tasteless musical celebrating Adolf Hitler.
poster
MGM Plus
83
7.7
/61302/
74
/1063/
74
/673/
4.0
/60784/
90
/105/
88
/1360/
86
/18/
cc age 14+

Ordinary People (1980)
Beth, Calvin, and their son Conrad are living in the aftermath of the death of the other son. Conrad is overcome by grief and misplaced guilt to the extent of a suicide attempt. He is in therapy. Beth had always preferred his brother and is having difficulty being supportive to Conrad. Calvin is trapped between the two trying to hold the family together.
poster
Kanopy
83
8.0
/63850/
77
/871/
77
/746/
4.3
/38747/
86
/37/
96
/839/
79
/17/

Underground (1995)
A group of Serbian socialists prepares for the war in a surreal underground filled by parties, tragedies, love and hate.
poster
Criterion Channel
83
7.7
/105178/
75
/2443/
75
/3265/
4.1
/150233/
91
/135/
81
/658/
86
/34/
cc age 17+

The Great Beauty (2013)
Jep Gambardella has seduced his way through the lavish nightlife of Rome for decades, but after his 65th birthday and a shock from the past, Jep looks past the nightclubs and parties to find a timeless landscape of absurd, exquisite beauty.
poster
Hulu
82
7.5
/7882/
76
/399/
71
/89/
4.0
/24612/
99
/108/
92
/154/
82
/21/
cc age 15+

Ghostlight (2024)
When a construction worker unexpectedly joins a local theater's production of Romeo and Juliet alongside his estranged teenage daughter, the drama onstage starts to mirror his own life.
poster
Kanopy
82
7.7
/12809/
70
/244/
75
/252/
3.9
/19162/
93
/44/
86
/308/

Pandora's Box (1929)
The rise and inevitable fall of an amoral but naive young woman whose insouciant eroticism inspires lust and violence in those around her.


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