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Criterion Channel
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4.1
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Burden of Dreams (1982)
The Amazon rain forest, 1979. The crew of Fitzcarraldo (1982), a film directed by German director Werner Herzog, soon finds itself with problems related to casting, tribal struggles and accidents, among many other setbacks; but nothing compared to dragging a huge steamboat up a mountain, while Herzog embraces the path of a certain madness to make his vision come true.
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83
7.9
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65
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82
/12/
3.9
/1387/
100
/23/
100
/6/
79
/6/

Aurora's Sunrise (2023)
The story of how Aurora Mardiganian (1901-94), a survivor of the Armenian genocide perpetrated by the Ottoman Empire (1915-17), became a Hollywood silent film star.
poster
83
7.5
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74
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73
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4.1
/158350/
96
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91
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87
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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.
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The Roku Channel
82
8.0
/29123/
79
/1565/
78
/722/
4.0
/60691/
97
/117/
89
/338/
79
/31/

Jodorowsky's Dune (2013)
In 1974, Chilean-French director Alejandro Jodorowsky embarked on the quixotic project of adapting Frank Herbert's influential novel Dune (1969) for the big screen. After investing two years, and millions of dollars, the gigantic project ended in failure; but the artists Jodorowsky brought together to carry it out continued to work together, and ended up laying the foundations for modern science fiction cinema.
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80
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79
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3.8
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100
/44/
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Coup 53 (2019)
Tehran, Iran, August 19, 1953. A group of Iranian conspirators who, with the approval of the deposed tyrant Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, have conspired with agents of the British MI6 and the US CIA, manage to put an end to the democratic government led by Mohammad Mosaddegh, a dramatic event that will begin the tragic era of coups d'état that, orchestrated by the CIA, will take place, over the following decades, in dozens of countries around the world.
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Hoopla
80
7.6
/34499/
76
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76
/934/
4.1
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100
/98/
84
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One Cut of the Dead (2017)
Real zombies arrive and terrorize the crew of a zombie film being shot in an abandoned warehouse, said to be the site of military experiments on humans.
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Amazon Prime Video
79
7.7
/7781/
74
/176/
75
/37/
3.9
/18937/
87
/54/
90
/25/
71
/8/
cc age 13+

Superboys of Malegaon (2025)
The residents of Malegaon look to Bollywood cinema for a much-needed escape from daily drudgery. Amateur filmmaker Nasir Shaikh gets inspired to make a film for the people of Malegaon, by the people of Malegaon. He bands together his ragtag group of friends to bring his vision to life, thereby bringing a fresh lease of life into the town.
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Kanopy
79
6.8
/3868/
69
/128/
67
/94/
3.8
/15426/
100
/24/
87
/14/
80
/7/

Rapture (1980)
José Sirgado is a low-budget filmmaker whose heroin addiction distorts his perspective of the real world. Although he is a depressed and unstable individual, his mood improves when he receives the mysterious films of Pedro, with whom he shares his passion for cinema.
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Hoopla
77
7.6
/7828/
78
/272/
73
/141/
3.9
/16156/
93
/29/
79
/58/
71
/12/

The Pervert's Guide to Ideology (2012)
A journey into the labyrinthine heart of ideology, which shapes and justifies both collective and personal beliefs and practices: with an infectious zeal and voracious appetite for popular culture, Slovenian philosopher and psychoanalyst Slavoj Žižek analyzes several of the most important films in the history of cinema to explain how cinematic narrative helps to reinforce prevailing ethics and political ideas.
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Amazon Prime Video
75
7.5
/2954/
73
/123/
68
/42/
3.6
/3649/
83
/69/
75
/16/
76
/23/

Cold Case Hammarskjöld (2019)
Ndola, Northern Rhodesia (currently Zambia), September 18, 1961. Swedish economist and diplomat Dag Hammarskjöld, Secretary General of the UN, dies mysteriously in a plane crash. Decades later, Danish journalist and filmmaker Mads Brügger and Swedish researcher Göran Björkdahl investigate the case in search of definitive closure.
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Kanopy
79
75
7.8
/7613/
74
/229/
73
/168/
3.9
/11502/
87
/23/
86
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The Pervert's Guide to Cinema (2006)
A hilarious introduction, using as examples some of the best films ever made, to some of Slovenian philosopher and psychoanalyst Slavoj Žižek's most exciting ideas on personal subjectivity, fantasy and reality, desire and sexuality.
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Amazon Prime Video
74
7.2
/314/
76
/19/
66
/14/
3.6
/788/
100
/21/
60
/7/
76
/5/

Half the Picture (2018)
At a pivotal moment for gender equality in Hollywood, successful women directors talk about their art, lives and careers.
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fuboTV
74
7.1
/19252/
76
/498/
65
/220/
3.6
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80
/56/
88
/1518/
65
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Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Movie (1996)
Dr. Clayton Forrester figures he can rule the world if he deadens his subjects' brains by making them endure terrible movies. Exploiting his access to nearby satellite-dwellers Mike Nelson and his robot pals, Crow T. Robot and Tom Servo, Forrester makes them watch "This Island Earth", a cheesy 1950s spaceship film. But when Mike and friends make funny comments throughout the movie and others that follow, Forrester's plan looks increasingly flimsy.
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Fandor
73
6.8
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72
/218/
65
/118/
3.7
/13049/
91
/43/
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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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Criterion Channel
72
6.7
/1193/
69
/35/
70
/43/
3.4
/2246/
93
/46/
76
/4/
75
/7/

The Eyes of Orson Welles (2018)
A poetic journey into the visual world of the legendary filmmaker and actor Orson Welles (1915-85) that reveals a new portrait of a unique genius, both of his life and of his monumental work: through his own eyes, drawn by his own hand, painted with his own brush.
poster
72
7.2
/1474/
71
/69/
71
/49/
3.4
/3079/
83
/36/
77
/5/
64
/14/

Mifune: The Last Samurai (2016)
An account of the life and work of legendary Japanese actor Toshirō Mifune (1920-97), the most prominent actor of the Golden Age of Japanese cinema.
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Kanopy
71
6.8
/888/
64
/35/
64
/31/
3.4
/1423/
90
/20/
50
/3/
78
/7/

Hitler's Hollywood (2017)
Film journalist and critic Rüdiger Suchsland examines German cinema from 1933, when the Nazis came into power, until 1945, when the Third Reich collapsed. (A sequel to From Caligari to Hitler, 2015.)
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Kanopy
71
6.9
/91183/
69
/1651/
66
/1325/
3.2
/43888/
82
/188/
71
/2592/
65
/38/
cc age 16+

My Week with Marilyn (2011)
London, 1956. Genius actor and film director Laurence Olivier is about to begin the shooting of his upcoming movie, premiered in 1957 as The Prince and the Showgirl, starring Marilyn Monroe. Young Colin Clark, who dreams on having a career in movie business, manages to get a job on the set as third assistant director.
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Kanopy
70
6.7
/692/
64
/23/
60
/14/
3.4
/1025/
91
/34/
80
/1/
71
/18/

Searching for Ingmar Bergman (2018)
A meaningful account of the personal and professional life of the great Swedish filmmaker Ingmar Bergman (1918-2007) that explores his film legacy, with interviews with his closest collaborators and a new generation of filmmakers.
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70
7.4
/13815/
68
/370/
70
/509/
3.7
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The Arrival of a Train at La Ciotat (1896)
A group of people are standing along the platform of a railway station in La Ciotat, waiting for a train. One is seen coming, at some distance, and eventually stops at the platform. Doors of the railway-cars open and attendants help passengers off and on. Popular legend has it that, when this film was shown, the first-night audience fled the café in terror, fearing being run over by the "approaching" train. This legend has since been identified as promotional embellishment, though there is evidence to suggest that people were astounded at the capabilities of the Lumières' cinématographe.
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Kanopy
70
6.9
/1025/
73
/50/
65
/35/
3.4
/1433/
73
/48/
67
/16/

Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles (2014)
The extraordinary life of Orson Welles (1915-85), an enigma of Hollywood, an irreducible independent creator: a musical prodigy, an excellent painter, a master of theater and radio, a modern Shakespeare, a magician who was always searching for a new trick to surprise his audience, a romantic and legendary figure who lived only for cinema.
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Kanopy
75
70
7.1
/7005/
71
/197/
67
/165/
4.0
/42452/
81
/48/
73
/125/
83
/16/

Goodbye, Dragon Inn (2003)
On a dark and rainy night, a historic and regal Taipei cinema sees its final film: 1967 martial arts feature "Dragon Inn".
poster
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70
7.5
/2537/
74
/182/
71
/74/
3.6
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100
/24/
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/84/

Everything or Nothing (2012)
The story of three men with a shared dream: James Bond franchise producers Albert R. Broccoli and Harry Saltzman, and Bond creator and author Ian Fleming. It’s the thrilling and inspiring narrative behind the longest running film franchise in cinema history, which began in 1962.
poster
68
6.9
/6897/
66
/106/
64
/106/
3.6
/6243/
63
/35/
75
/118/
61
/14/

The Day of the Locust (1975)
Hollywood, 1930s. Tod Hackett, a young painter who tries to make his way as an art director in the lurid world of film industry, gets infatuated with his neighbor Faye Greener, an aspiring actress who prefers the life that Homer Simpson, a lone accountant, can offer her.
poster
78
67
7.5
/2846/
75
/117/
70
/81/
3.7
/3677/
92
/50/
84
/98/

Corman's World (2011)
A chronicle of the long career of American filmmaker Roger Corman, the most tenacious and ingenious low-budget producer and director in the US film industry, a pioneer of independent filmmaking and discoverer of new talent.
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The Roku Channel
66
6.9
/1359/
66
/77/
68
/44/
3.4
/1857/
64
/42/
62
/17/
62
/13/

Dark Star: H. R. Giger's World (2014)
An account of the life and work of Swiss painter, sculptor, architect and designer H. R. Giger (1940-2014), tormented father of creatures as fearsome as they are fascinating, inhabitants of nightmarish biomechanical worlds.
poster
78
66
7.5
/3204/
68
/42/
71
/61/
3.6
/3687/
100
/8/
82
/79/

Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex 'n' Drugs 'n' Rock 'n' Roll Generation Saved Hollywood (2003)
The chronicle of the mind-blowing journey that was Hollywood during the seventies; the true and gripping story of the last golden age of American cinema, an exalted celebration of creativity and experimentation; but also of sex, drugs and rock 'n' roll: a turbulent and dark tale of ambition, envy, betrayal, hatred and self-destruction.
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Kanopy
64
6.6
/1118/
67
/51/
69
/30/
3.3
/1285/
79
/76/
53
/11/
65
/23/

The Lovers and the Despot (2016)
Hong Kong, 1978. South Korean actress Choi Eun-hee is kidnapped by North Korean operatives following orders from dictator Kim Jong-il.
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HBO Max Amazon Channel
72
64
7.0
/6704/
68
/106/
63
/97/
3.3
/3208/
92
/13/
75
/133/

RKO 281 (2000)
In 1939, boy-wonder Orson Welles leaves New York, where he has succeeded in radio and theater, and, hired by RKO Pictures, moves to Hollywood with the purpose of making his first film.
poster
Criterion Channel
73
62
7.5
/3953/
72
/107/
71
/111/
3.9
/13440/
72
/653/

Chronicle of a Summer (1961)
Paris, summer 1960. Anthropologist and filmmaker Jean Rouch and sociologist and film critic Edgar Morin wander through the crowded streets asking passersby how they cope with life's misfortunes.
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Amazon Prime Video
82
61
7.6
/2117/
76
/139/
75
/29/
4.0
/11021/
100
/47/
91
/12/
80
/8/

Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched: A History of Folk Horror (2021)
An exploration of the cinematic history of the folk horror, from its beginnings in the UK in the late sixties; through its proliferation on British television in the seventies and its many manifestations, culturally specific, in other countries; to its resurgence in the last decade.
poster
The Roku Channel
80
61
7.6
/2440/
73
/139/
68
/76/
3.7
/7308/
97
/65/
92
/9/
80
/12/

Making Waves: The Art of Cinematic Sound (2019)
The history of cinematic sound, told by legendary sound designers and visionary filmmakers.
poster
Criterion Channel
77
61
7.4
/2638/
79
/92/
71
/67/
3.9
/3747/
98
/60/
67
/15/
75
/17/

Ingrid Bergman: In Her Own Words (2015)
A personal and captivating account of the extraordinary life and work of Ingrid Bergman (1915-82), a young Swedish woman who became one of the most celebrated actresses in world cinema.
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Netflix
64
59
6.1
/4703/
65
/518/
59
/122/
2.9
/8696/
100
/5/
43
/12/

Attack of the Hollywood Clichés! (2021)
One-man armies, meet-cutes, casual strolls away from huge explosions — stars and industry insiders toast and roast these cinematic chestnuts and more.
poster
69
59
6.8
/4428/
64
/54/
67
/54/
3.5
/1743/
74
/31/
74
/60/

Apartment Zero (1989)
In a rundown area of Buenos Aires, at the dawn of the 1980s, Adrian LeDuc owns both a struggling movie theater and a shabby apartment building filled with eccentric, squabbling tenants. To make ends meet, Adrian takes in a roommate, Jack Carney, but soon begins to suspect that the quiet American is responsible for a series of political assassinations that are rocking the city.
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Netflix
71
58
7.1
/2815/
70
/150/
72
/59/
3.7
/8911/
79
/24/
69
/17/
66
/5/
cc age 10+

Audrey (2020)
An unprecedented and intimate look at the life, work and enduring legacy of British actress Audrey Hepburn (1929-1993).
poster
77
58
7.4
/2539/
71
/110/
71
/58/
3.6
/1916/
100
/8/
78
/14/

Chuck Norris vs Communism (2015)
In late eighties, in Ceausescu's Romania, a black market VHS bootlegger and a courageous female translator brought the magic of Western films to the Romanian people and sowed the seeds of a revolution.
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Hoopla
74
57
7.2
/3190/
71
/87/
76
/130/
3.7
/17033/
79
/25/

Poison for the Fairies (1986)
In 1965 Mexico City, Flavia, a wealthy yet lonely schoolgirl, befriends Veronica, a young orphan girl who has a fascination with witchcraft. Veronica convinces Flavia that she is a real witch and forces her to be her assistant. The children's games gradually become more serious and Veronica demands more from Flavia.
poster
79
54
7.4
/1960/
74
/115/
69
/112/
3.7
/3280/
100
/5/
87
/5/

Sad Hill Unearthed (2018)
Province of Burgos, northern Spain, October 2015. A group of fans undertake the titanic task of restoring the location of the last scene of The Good, the Bad and the Ugly, the mythical spaghetti western directed by Italian filmmaker Sergio Leone in 1966.
poster
Criterion Channel
77
53
7.7
/1092/
67
/17/
75
/17/
3.7
/1475/
89
/9/
87
/25/
71
/5/

Bergman Island (2006)
The desolate and mysterious island of Fårö, Sweden, Baltic Sea, 2004. Swedish master filmmaker Ingmar Bergman (1918-2007) looks back on his personal and artistic life; a journey through more than sixty years devoted to film, plays and television programs. (An abridged version of Ingmar Bergman Complete, 2004; a collection of three thematic documentaries: Bergman and Film; Bergman and Theater; and Bergman and Fårö Island.)
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80
53
7.9
/306/
82
/54/
68
/26/
3.8
/2300/
87
/376/
90
/33850/

The Fire Rises: The Creation and Impact of The Dark Knight Trilogy (2013)
This feature-length documentary delves into the trilogy, opening with the inspiration and vision for the new Batman films and inching its way toward the Rises finale and the culmination of nearly a decade of creative blood, sweat and tears. Candid, thoughtful and extensive, and comprised of revealing behind-the-scenes footage, countless interviews, audition tapes (with Christian Bale and Cillian Murphy doning the cape and cowl), and a narrative grip and momentum all its own, it leaves no stone unturned.
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FlixHouse
72
52
7.2
/2389/
68
/65/
78
/133/
3.5
/10111/

Even the Wind Is Afraid (1968)
A group of college students, led by Claudia, decide to investigate a local tower that has figured prominently in disturbing reoccurring dreams Claudia has been having. They are suspended from school for their antics, but Claudia learns from one of the female staff members that the person in the dream is a student who killed herself years before and that the headmistress has seen her ghost.
poster
79
51
6.8
/103/
70
/40/
79
/29/
3.4
/1251/
94
/157/
96
/26534/

Indiana Jones: The Search for the Lost Golden Age (2021)
Hawaii, May 1977. After the success of Star Wars, George Lucas and Steven Spielberg meet to find a new project to work on together, the former as producer, the latter as director. The story of how the charismatic archaeologist Indiana Jones was born and how his first adventure, released in 1981, triumphed at box offices around the world.
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Kanopy
71
48
6.7
/1406/
70
/160/
67
/58/
3.4
/3530/
88
/8/
68
/3/

Iron Fists and Kung Fu Kicks (2019)
The fantastic story of how an ancient martial art, Chinese kung fu, conquered the world through the hundreds of films that were produced in Hong Kong over the decades, transformed Western action cinema and inspired the birth of cultural movements such as blaxploitation, hip hop music, parkour and Wakaliwood cinema.
poster
79
48
7.4
/1171/
75
/40/
73
/39/
3.7
/2292/
100
/13/
83
/4/

Bergman: A Year in a Life (2018)
The year 1957 was one of the most prolific for the Swedish filmmaker Ingmar Bergman: he shot two films, released two of his most celebrated films and produced four plays and a TV movie while juggling with a complicated private life.
poster
72
47
6.9
/959/
65
/23/
59
/26/
3.6
/3919/
96
/25/

The Green Fog (2018)
A tribute to a fascinating film shot by Alfred Hitchcock in 1958, starring James Stewart and Kim Novak, and to the city of San Francisco, California, where the magic was created; but also a challenge: how to pay homage to a masterpiece without using its footage; how to do it simply by gathering images from various sources, all of them haunted by the curse of a mysterious green fog that seems to cause irrepressible vertigo…
poster
72
45
6.9
/1822/
68
/74/
70
/47/
3.5
/5288/
75
/8/
80
/1/

Django & Django: Sergio Corbucci Unchained (2021)
A tribute to Italian filmmaker Sergio Corbucci (1926-90), presented by American filmmaker Quentin Tarantino.
poster
69
44
6.5
/838/
57
/29/
60
/22/
3.2
/2696/
100
/6/

The Ordinaries (2023)
Paula, a young supporting character, studies at the Main Character School and dreams on graduating to become a lead.


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