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  1. The Substance poster
    The Substance (2024)
    Coralie Fargeat · 1 critic vote
    Streaming on MUBI, MUBI Amazon Channel, HBO Max Amazon Channel
    A fading celebrity decides to use a black market drug, a cell-replicating substance that temporarily creates a younger, better version of herself.
  2. Farewell My Concubine poster
    Farewell My Concubine (1993)
    Chen Kaige · 4 critic votes
    Streaming on MUBI, Kanopy, MUBI Amazon Channel
    In an epic tale of theater, gender, love and class, two Beijing opera actors navigate political turmoil as their friendship evolves over decades.
  3. Amores perros poster
    Amores perros (2000)
    Alejandro González Iñárritu · 4 critic votes
    Streaming on MUBI, MUBI Amazon Channel
    A fatalistic car crash in Mexico city sets off a chain of events in the lives of three people: a supermodel, a young man wanting to run off with his sister-in-law, and a homeless man.
  4. Burning poster
    Burning (2018)
    Lee Chang-dong · 4 critic votes
    Free on YOW.tv, Tubi TV, The Roku Channel · Streaming on MUBI, Kanopy, Fandor Amazon Channel
    Deliveryman Jong-su is out on a job when he runs into Hae-mi, a girl who once lived in his neighborhood. She asks if he'd mind looking after her cat while she's away on a trip to Africa. On her return, she introduces to Jong-su an enigmatic young man named Ben, who she met during her trip. One day Ben tells Jong-su about his most unusual hobby.
  5. How to Have Sex poster
    How to Have Sex (2023)
    Molly Manning Walker · 1 critic vote
    Streaming on Netflix, MUBI, MUBI Amazon Channel
    Three British teenage girls go on a rites-of-passage holiday—drinking, clubbing and hooking up, in what should be the best summer of their lives.
  6. Antichrist poster
    Antichrist (2009)
    Lars von Trier · 1 critic vote
    Streaming on MUBI, Kanopy
    A grieving couple retreats to their cabin 'Eden' in the woods, hoping to repair their broken hearts and troubled marriage. But nature takes its course and things go from bad to worse.
  7. Dogville poster
    Dogville (2003)
    Lars von Trier · 8 critic votes
    Streaming on MUBI, MUBI Amazon Channel
    A woman on the run from the mob is reluctantly accepted in a small Colorado community in exchange for labor, but when a search visits the town, she learns that their support has a price.
  8. Paths of Glory poster
    Paths of Glory (1957)
    Stanley Kubrick · 6 critic votes
    Free on Tubi TV, YouTube Free · Streaming on MUBI, MUBI Amazon Channel, TCM
    A commanding officer defends three scapegoats on trial for a failed offensive that occurred within the French Army in 1916.
  9. Emmanuelle poster
    Emmanuelle (1974)
    Just Jaeckin · 1 critic vote
    Streaming on MUBI, Kanopy
    An employee at the French Embassy in Bangkok invites his wife to join him – and enjoy the benefits of their open marriage.
  10. The Babadook poster
    The Babadook (2014)
    Jennifer Kent · 3 critic votes
    Free on The Roku Channel, Pluto TV, Plex · Streaming on MUBI, Shudder, Sundance Now
    A grieving single mother and her child fall into a deep well of paranoia when an eerie children's book manifests in their home.
  11. Nickel Boys poster
    Nickel Boys (2024)
    RaMell Ross · 1 critic vote
    Streaming on Amazon Prime Video, MUBI, MUBI Amazon Channel
    Chronicles the powerful friendship between two young Black teenagers navigating the harrowing trials of reform school together in Florida.
  12. Enter the Void poster
    Enter the Void (2009)
    Gaspar Noé · 4 critic votes
    Streaming on MUBI, Shudder, Sundance Now
    This psychedelic tour of life after death is seen entirely from the point of view of Oscar, a young American drug dealer and addict living in Tokyo with his prostitute sister, Linda. When Oscar is killed by police during a bust gone bad, his spirit journeys from the past -- where he sees his parents before their deaths -- to the present -- where he witnesses his own autopsy -- and then to the future, where he looks out for his sister from beyond the grave.
  13. Let the Bullets Fly poster
    Let the Bullets Fly (2010)
    Jiang Wen · 1 critic vote
    Free on Plex Channel, Amasian TV · Streaming on Amazon Prime Video, MUBI, MUBI Amazon Channel
    When circumstances force an outlaw to impersonate a county governor and clean up a corrupt town, the Robin Hood figure finds himself in a showdown with the local godfather.
  14. The Idiots poster
    The Idiots (1998)
    Lars von Trier · 4 critic votes
    Streaming on MUBI
    A group of people gather at a Copenhagen suburban home to break all the limitations and to bring out the 'inner idiot' in themselves.
  15. The Killing poster
    The Killing (1956)
    Stanley Kubrick · 1 critic vote
    Free on Tubi TV, YouTube Free · Streaming on Amazon Prime Video, MUBI, MUBI Amazon Channel
    Career criminal Johnny Clay recruits a sharpshooter, a crooked police officer, a bartender and a betting teller named George, among others, for one last job before he goes straight and gets married. But when George tells his restless wife about the scheme to steal millions from the racetrack where he works, she hatches a plot of her own.
  16. Sound of Falling poster
    Sound of Falling (2025)
    Mascha Schilinski · 1 critic vote
    Streaming on MUBI, MUBI Amazon Channel
    Four adolescent girls each spend their youth in the same farmhouse over the last century. Though separated by decades, resonances between their lives emerge: their desires and distress, secrets and truths, encounters with another’s gaze and defiant gaze in return.
  17. Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy poster
    Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy (2021)
    Ryusuke Hamaguchi · 1 critic vote
    Streaming on MUBI, MUBI Amazon Channel, Hoopla
    An unexpected love triangle, a seduction trap, and a random encounter are the three episodes, told in three movements to depict three female characters and trace the trajectories between their choices and regrets.
  18. Dancer in the Dark poster
    Dancer in the Dark (2000)
    Lars von Trier · 4 critic votes
    Streaming on MUBI, MUBI Amazon Channel
    Selma, a Czech immigrant on the verge of blindness, struggles to make ends meet for herself and her son, who has inherited the same genetic disorder and will suffer the same fate without an expensive operation. When life gets too difficult, Selma learns to cope through her love of musicals, dreaming up little numbers to the rhythmic beats of her surroundings.
  19. Shadow poster
    Shadow (2018)
    Zhang Yimou · 1 critic vote
    Free on Tubi TV, YouTube Free, Pluto TV · Streaming on Amazon Prime Video, MUBI, Kanopy
    In a kingdom ruled by a young and unpredictable king, the military commander has a secret weapon: a shadow, a look-alike who can fool both his enemies and the King himself. Now he must use this weapon in an intricate plan that will lead his people to victory in a war that the King does not want.
  20. The Assassin poster
    The Assassin (2015)
    Hou Hsiao-Hsien · 4 critic votes
    Free on Tubi TV, The Roku Channel, YouTube Free · Streaming on Amazon Prime Video, MUBI, Kanopy
    9th century China. Ten year old general’s daughter Nie Yinniang is abducted by a nun who initiates her into the martial arts, transforming her into an exceptional assassin charged with eliminating cruel and corrupt local governors. One day, having failed in a task, she is sent back by her mistress to the land of her birth, with orders to kill the man to whom she was promised – a cousin who now leads the largest military region in North China. After 13 years of exile, the young woman must confront her parents, her memories and her long-repressed feelings.
  21. Fallen Leaves poster
    Fallen Leaves (2023)
    Aki Kaurismäki · 1 critic vote
    Streaming on MUBI, MUBI Amazon Channel
    In modern-day Helsinki, two lonely souls in search of love meet by chance in a karaoke bar. However, their path to happiness is beset by obstacles – from lost phone numbers to mistaken addresses, alcoholism, and a charming stray dog.
  22. Breaking the Waves poster
    Breaking the Waves (1996)
    Lars von Trier · 14 critic votes
    Streaming on MUBI, MUBI Amazon Channel
    In a small, conservative Scottish village, an oilman is paralyzed in an accident. His wife, who prayed for his return, feels guilty; even more, when he urges her to have sex with another.
  23. Deep Red poster
    Deep Red (1975)
    Dario Argento · 5 critic votes
    Free on Darkroom, Tubi TV, Pluto TV · Streaming on MUBI, Shudder, Kanopy
    An English pianist living in Rome witnesses the brutal murder of his psychic neighbor. With the help of a tenacious young reporter, he tries to discover the killer using very unconventional methods. The two are soon drawn into a shocking web of dementia and violence.
  24. Europa poster
    Europa (1991)
    Lars von Trier · 1 critic vote
    Streaming on MUBI, MUBI Amazon Channel
    Just after World War II, an American takes a railway job in Germany, but finds his position politically sensitive with various people trying to use him.
  25. Certain Women poster
    Certain Women (2016)
    Kelly Reichardt · 7 critic votes
    Free on Pluto TV, Plex Channel · Streaming on MUBI, Sundance Now, Kanopy
    Three strong-willed women strive to forge their own paths amidst the wide-open plains of the American Northwest: a lawyer forced to subdue a troubled client; a wife and mother whose plans to construct her dream home reveal fissures in her marriage; and a lonely ranch hand who forms an ambiguous bond with a young law student.
  26. BPM (Beats per Minute) poster
    BPM (Beats per Minute) (2017)
    Robin Campillo · 2 critic votes
    Free on Pluto TV, Fandango at Home Free, Plex · Streaming on Amazon Prime Video, MUBI, fuboTV
    Paris, in the early 1990s: a group of young activists is desperately tied to finding the cure against an unknown lethal disease. They target the pharmaceutical labs that are retaining potential cures, and multiply direct actions, with the hope of saving their lives as well as the ones of future generations.
  27. Passages poster
    Passages (2023)
    Ira Sachs · 1 critic vote
    Streaming on MUBI
    Tomas and Martin are a gay couple living in Paris whose marriage is thrown into crisis when Tomas impulsively begins a passionate affair with young schoolteacher Agathe. But when Martin begins an affair of his own, Tomas must confront life decisions he may be unprepared—or unwilling—to deal with.
  28. Détective poster
    Détective (1985)
    Jean-Luc Godard · 1 critic vote
    Streaming on MUBI, MUBI Amazon Channel
    Emile Chenal and his wife, Françoise, leaned on boxing manager Jim Fox Warner to cough up the considerable sum of money that he owes them, with both the police and the mob circling the situation. In the same hotel, Inspector Neveu looks into a murder that took place years before, and his storyline overlaps with the arc of the Chenals.
  29. The Mastermind poster
    The Mastermind (2025)
    Kelly Reichardt · 3 critic votes
    Streaming on MUBI, MUBI Amazon Channel
    In a sedate Massachusetts suburb circa 1970, unemployed family man and amateur art thief J.B. Mooney sets out on his first heist. With the museum cased and accomplices recruited, he has an airtight plan. Or so he thinks.
  30. Alphaville poster
    Alphaville (1965)
    Jean-Luc Godard · 1 critic vote
    Streaming on MUBI, Kanopy, MUBI Amazon Channel
    Lemmy Caution is on a mission to eliminate Professor Von Braun, the creator of a malevolent computer that rules the city of Alphaville. Befriended by the scientist’s daughter Natasha, Lemmy must unravel the mysteries of the strictly logical Alpha 60 and teach Natasha the meaning of the word “love.”
  31. So Long, My Son poster
    So Long, My Son (2019)
    Wang Xiaoshuai · 2 critic votes
    Streaming on MUBI, MUBI Amazon Channel
    Two married couples adjust to the vast social and economic changes taking place in China from the 1980s to the present.
  32. The Great Silence poster
    The Great Silence (1968)
    Sergio Corbucci · 4 critic votes
    Streaming on MUBI, Kanopy, MUBI Amazon Channel
    A mute gunslinger fights in the defense of a group of outlaws and a vengeful young widow, against a group of ruthless bounty hunters.
  33. Night Tide poster
    Night Tide (1961)
    Curtis Harrington · 1 critic vote
    Free on JustWatch TV, Tubi TV, YouTube Free · Streaming on Amazon Prime Video, MUBI, Fandor Amazon Channel
    A young sailor falls in love with a mysterious woman performing as a mermaid on the local pier. As they become entwined, he comes to suspect the woman might be a real mermaid who lures men to a watery death during the full moon. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in partnership with The Film Foundation in 2007.
  34. First Name: Carmen poster
    First Name: Carmen (1983)
    Jean-Luc Godard · 3 critic votes
    Streaming on MUBI
    A woman involved with a terrorist group becomes dangerously close to the police officer guarding the bank they plan to rob.
  35. Crossing poster
    Crossing (2024)
    Levan Akin · 1 critic vote
    Streaming on MUBI, MUBI Amazon Channel
    Lia, a retired teacher from Georgia, learns from her young neighbor, Achi, that her long-lost transgender niece, Tekla, has crossed the border into Turkey. In search of Tekla, Lia travels to Istanbul with the unpredictable Achi, where they explore the hidden depths of the city.
  36. Asako I & II poster
    Asako I & II (2018)
    Ryusuke Hamaguchi · 1 critic vote
    Free on Cineverse · Streaming on MUBI, Fandor, Fandor Amazon Channel
    Asako lives in Osaka. She falls in love with Baku, a free-spirit. One day, Baku suddenly disappears. Two years later, Asako now lives in Tokyo and meets Ryohei. He looks just like Baku, but has a completely different personality.
  37. Rafiki poster
    Rafiki (2018)
    Wanuri Kahiu · 1 critic vote
    Streaming on MUBI, Kanopy, MUBI Amazon Channel
    Kena and Ziki long for something more. Despite the political rivalry between their families, the girls resist and remain close friends, supporting each other to pursue their dreams in a conservative society. When love blossoms between them, the two girls will be forced to choose between happiness and safety.
  38. XXY poster
    XXY (2007)
    Lucía Puenzo · 1 critic vote
    Free on Tubi TV, Plex, Plex Channel · Streaming on MUBI, Kanopy, MUBI Amazon Channel
    Alex, an intersexed 15-year-old, is living as a girl, but she and her family begin to wonder whether she's emotionally a boy when another teenager's sexual advances bring the issue to a head. As Alex faces a final decision regarding her gender, she meets both hostility and compassion.
  39. Tabu poster
    Tabu (2012)
    Miguel Gomes · 4 critic votes
    Streaming on MUBI, Kanopy, MUBI Amazon Channel
    Lisbon, Portugal, 2010. Pilar, a pious woman devoted to social causes, maintains a peculiar relationship with her neighbor Aurora, a temperamental old woman obsessed with gambling who lives tormented by a mysterious past.
  40. Touki Bouki poster
    Touki Bouki (1973)
    Djibril Diop Mambéty · 49 critic votes
    Streaming on MUBI, MUBI Amazon Channel, Criterion Channel
    Mory, a cowherd, and Anta, a university student, try to make money in order to go to Paris and leave their boring past behind.
  41. Ida poster
    Ida (2013)
    Paweł Pawlikowski · 6 critic votes
    Free on Tubi TV, Fandango at Home Free, Plex · Streaming on Amazon Prime Video, MUBI, Kanopy
    In 1960s Poland, young novitiate Anna is on the verge of taking her vows when she discovers a family secret dating back to the years of the German occupation.
  42. Afternoons of Solitude poster
    Afternoons of Solitude (2024)
    Albert Serra · 1 critic vote
    Streaming on MUBI, MUBI Amazon Channel
    The life of the bullfighter Andrés Roca Rey during a day of bullfighting, from the moment he dresses up to the moment he undresses.
  43. Dahomey poster
    Dahomey (2024)
    Mati Diop · 3 critic votes
    Streaming on MUBI, MUBI Amazon Channel
    Thousands of royal artifacts of Dahomey, a West African kingdom, were taken by French colonists in the 19th century for collection and display in Paris. Centuries later, a fraction returned to their home in modern-day Benin. This dramatized documentary follows the journey of 26 of the treasures as told by cultural art historians, embattled university students, and one of the repatriated statues himself.
  44. Close Your Eyes poster
    Close Your Eyes (2023)
    Víctor Erice · 1 critic vote
    Streaming on MUBI, MUBI Amazon Channel, Film Movement Plus
    Years after his mysterious disappearance, Julio Arenas, a famous Spanish actor, is back in the news thanks to a television program.
  45. Dear Diary poster
    Dear Diary (1993)
    Nanni Moretti · 3 critic votes
    Streaming on MUBI, Kanopy, MUBI Amazon Channel
    Nanni Moretti recounts in his diary three slice-of-life stories marked by a dry, ironic gaze: in the first, he rides his Vespa through a deserted, sun-drenched summertime Rome; in the second, he visits a reclusive friend on an island, who ropes him into an impromptu journey between islets in search of quiet; and in the last, he finds himself grappling with an unknown illness.
  46. BAMAKO poster
    BAMAKO (2006)
    Abderrahmane Sissako · 6 critic votes
    Streaming on MUBI, Kanopy, MUBI Amazon Channel
    Caught in the stranglehold of debt and structural adjustment, Africa is fighting for its survival. In the face of disaster, representatives of African society bring an action against international financial institutions. The trial takes place in Bamako, in the yard of a house, among its inhabitants.
  47. Great Freedom poster
    Great Freedom (2021)
    Sebastian Meise · 2 critic votes
    Streaming on MUBI, MUBI Amazon Channel
    In post-war Germany, liberation by the Allies does not mean freedom for everyone. Hans Hoffmann is repeatedly imprisoned under Paragraph 175, which criminalizes homosexuality. Nevertheless, over the decades, he continues his quest for freedom and love, even if he finds it in the most unusual places.
  48. Asparagus poster
    Asparagus (1979)
    Suzan Pitt · 4 critic votes
    Streaming on MUBI, MUBI Amazon Channel, Criterion Channel
    A symbolic reflection on issues of female sexuality, art and identity constructs.
  49. Grand Tour poster
    Grand Tour (2024)
    Miguel Gomes · 1 critic vote
    Streaming on MUBI, MUBI Amazon Channel
    In 1917 Burma (now Myanmar), a British diplomat is set to marry his fiancée, but after a sudden panic, escapes to Singapore, sending her on what evolves into a chase across Asia.
  50. The Delinquents poster
    The Delinquents (2023)
    Rodrigo Moreno · 1 critic vote
    Streaming on MUBI, MUBI Amazon Channel
    Morán works as a clerk in a bank in Buenos Aires. He is as good as invisible to his colleagues. Over dinner with his colleague Román, Morán tells him that he stole exactly $650,000, which is exactly double what he would have made until his retirement. He plans to turn himself in, but not before offering Román to split the money if agrees to hide it for the duration of his incarceration.
  51. Plan 9 from outer Space poster
    Plan 9 from outer Space (1957)
    Ed Wood · 2 critic votes
    Free on Cultpix, FlixHouse, JustWatch TV · Streaming on MUBI, MUBI Amazon Channel, Hoopla
    In California, an old man grieves the loss of his wife, and dies the day after she is buried. However, the space soldier Eros and his mate Tanna use an electric device to resurrect them both, alongside the strong Inspector Clay, who was murdered by the alien-controlled dead couple. When the populations of Hollywood and Washington DC see flying saucers on the sky, a colonel, a police lieutenant, a commercial pilot, his wife and a policeman try to stop the aliens.
  52. A Night of Knowing Nothing poster
    A Night of Knowing Nothing (2021)
    Payal Kapadia · 3 critic votes
    Streaming on MUBI, Kanopy, MUBI Amazon Channel
    L, a student in India witness to the government's violent response to university protests, writes letters to her estranged lover while he is away.
  53. Totally F***Ed Up poster
    Totally F***Ed Up (1993)
    Gregg Araki · 1 critic vote
    Streaming on MUBI, Kanopy, MUBI Amazon Channel
    Gay, alienated Los Angeles teens have a hard time as their parents kick them out of their homes, they don’t have money, their lovers cheat, and they are harassed by gay-bashers.
  54. The Holy Girl poster
    The Holy Girl (2004)
    Lucrecia Martel · 4 critic votes
    Streaming on MUBI, MUBI Amazon Channel
    Amalia is an adolescent girl who is caught in the throes of her emerging sexuality and her deeply held passion for her Catholic faith. These two drives mingle when the visiting Dr. Jano takes advantage of a crowd to get inappropriately close to the girl. Repulsed by him but inspired by an inner burning, Amalia decides it is her God-given mission to save the doctor from his behavior, and she begins to stalk Dr. Jano, becoming a most unusual voyeur.
  55. Rotting in the Sun poster
    Rotting in the Sun (2023)
    Sebastián Silva · 1 critic vote
    Streaming on MUBI, MUBI Amazon Channel
    A filmmaker facing an existential crisis goes on a vacation to a Mexican gay nudist beach, where he meets a social media celebrity who convinces him to collaborate with him on his new TV show. But one disappears and another embarks on a wild journey through Mexico City to find him.
  56. Melancholia poster
    Melancholia (2008)
    Lav Diaz · 1 critic vote
    Streaming on MUBI, MUBI Amazon Channel
    Three people start a strange therapy to escape their agonies. Each attempts to process those they lost during the Marcos dictatorship while examining their own grief.
  57. The Death of Louis XIV poster
    The Death of Louis XIV (2016)
    Albert Serra · 2 critic votes
    Streaming on MUBI, Kanopy, MUBI Amazon Channel
    August 1715. After going for a walk, Louis XIV feels a pain in his leg. The next days, the king keeps fulfilling his duties and obligations, but his sleep is troubled and he has a serious fever. He barely eats and weakens increasingly. This is the start of the slow agony of the greatest king of France, surrounded by his relatives and doctors.
  58. April poster
    April (2024)
    Dea Kulumbegashvili · 1 critic vote
    Streaming on MUBI, MUBI Amazon Channel, Metrograph
    Nina, an OB-GYN, faces accusations after a newborn's death. Her life undergoes scrutiny during investigation. She persists in her medical duties, determined to provide care others hesitate to offer, despite the risks.
  59. Beginning poster
    Beginning (2020)
    Dea Kulumbegashvili · 1 critic vote
    Streaming on MUBI, MUBI Amazon Channel
    In a sleepy provincial town, a Jehovah’s Witness community is under attack from an extremist group. In the midst of this conflict is Yana, the wife of the community leader, whose familiar world is slowly crumbling around her. Meanwhile, a detective intrudes on her home with devastating consequences.
  60. Blood of My Blood poster
    Blood of My Blood (2015)
    Marco Bellocchio · 1 critic vote
    Streaming on MUBI, MUBI Amazon Channel
    In the Middle Ages, Federico, a soldier, visits the convent in Bobbio, where Sister Benedetta is facing charges of witchery for seducing Fabrizio, Federico’s twin brother, and making him betray his priestly mission. Federico hopes to secure his brother a burial on consecrated grounds. In modern times, Federico Mai, a Minister inspector, knocks on the doors of the very same convent, in order to broker a sale of the property to a Russian millionaire. Unbeknownst to him, a mysterious "Count" lives there.
  61. Do Not Expect Too Much from the End of the World poster
    Do Not Expect Too Much from the End of the World (2023)
    Radu Jude · 1 critic vote
    Streaming on MUBI, MUBI Amazon Channel
    On behalf of a multinational company, a production assistant drives around the Romanian city of Bucharest, interviewing various citizens who have been injured due to work accidents to cast one of them in a “safety at work” video.
  62. Our Time poster
    Our Time (2018)
    Carlos Reygadas · 1 critic vote
    Free on JustWatch TV, Tubi TV, Plex · Streaming on MUBI, Kanopy, Fandor Amazon Channel
    A family lives in the Mexican countryside raising fighting bulls. Esther is in charge of running the ranch, while her husband Juan, a world-renowned poet, raises and selects the beasts. Although in an open marriage, their relationship begins to crumble when Esther falls in love with an American horsebreaker and Juan is unable to control his jealousy.
  63. The Driller Killer poster
    The Driller Killer (1979)
    Abel Ferrara · 1 critic vote
    Free on Public Domain Movies, Cultpix, FlixHouse · Streaming on Amazon Prime Video, MUBI, Kanopy
    An artist slowly goes insane while struggling to pay his bills, work on his paintings, and care for his two female roommates, which leads him taking to the streets of New York after dark and randomly killing derelicts with a power drill.
  64. Cemetery of Splendour poster
    Cemetery of Splendour (2015)
    Apichatpong Weerasethakul · 8 critic votes
    Streaming on MUBI, Kanopy, MUBI Amazon Channel
    In a hospital, ten soldiers are being treated for a mysterious sleeping sickness. In a story in which dreams can be experienced by others, and in which goddesses can sit casually with mortals, a nurse learns the reason why the patients will never be cured, and forms a telepathic bond with one of them.
  65. ‎Monangambeee poster
    ‎Monangambeee (1986)
    Sarah Maldoror · 1 critic vote
    Streaming on MUBI, MUBI Amazon Channel
    Filmmaker-griot coming from the theater, it was with a camera, while the war in Vietnam occupied everyone's minds, that Sarah Maldoror gave visibility to the African wars of decolonization: Angola, Guinea Bissau, French Guinea, Cape Verde... Her short film Monangambée addresses the torture by the Portuguese army of a sympathizer of the Angolan resistance. At the end of editing, Sarah Maldoror approached the members of the Art Ensemble of Chicago during a Parisian concert and offered to add sound to her film. The next day they watched the film, were convinced and recorded their first soundtrack for free as evidence of African-American solidarity. Shot in Algiers, Monangambée is a film about torture and, more broadly, about the incomprehension between the colonized and the colonizers. It is based on a novel by the Angolan writer Luandino Vieira, then imprisoned by the Portuguese colonial power.
  66. I Am Not a Witch poster
    I Am Not a Witch (2017)
    Rungano Nyoni · 1 critic vote
    Free on Tubi TV, The Roku Channel, Pluto TV · Streaming on MUBI, Kanopy, MUBI Amazon Channel
    Convicted of witchcraft, 8-year-old Shula is brought to live in a penal colony where witches do hard labour in service of the government.
  67. Soleil Ô poster
    Soleil Ô (1967)
    Med Hondo · 16 critic votes
    Streaming on MUBI, MUBI Amazon Channel, Criterion Channel
    An educated native of Mauritania tries to find work in Paris but encounters difficulty because of his race.
  68. Outer Space poster
    Outer Space (1999)
    Peter Tscherkassky · 3 critic votes
    Streaming on MUBI, DocAlliance Films
    A young woman move towards a house that holds a potentially dangerous spirit that has been tormenting her. The woman tries to fight against the film itself as it starts to cause the world to collapse.
  69. Spring Night, Summer Night poster
    Spring Night, Summer Night (1967)
    Joseph L. Anderson · 1 critic vote
    Streaming on MUBI, Kanopy, MUBI Amazon Channel
    Carl and Jessie are half siblings who feel trapped by the existential and economic pressures of living in the small mining town of Canaan, Ohio. Their shared rebellion soon takes on the form of an illicit love affair depicted in interwoven sequences of lusty poeticism and ethnographic vérité. When Jessie becomes pregnant, the tension between the couple’s youthful vitality and the dire realities of rural society leads to consequences both despairing and hopeful.
  70. Unrelated poster
    Unrelated (2007)
    Joanna Hogg · 1 critic vote
    Streaming on MUBI, Kanopy, MUBI Amazon Channel
    A woman in an unhappy relationship takes refuge with a friend's family on holiday in Tuscany.
  71. Freak Orlando poster
    Freak Orlando (1981)
    Ulrike Ottinger · 1 critic vote
    Streaming on MUBI, MUBI Amazon Channel, DocAlliance Films
    Five more-or-less distinct sections, all featuring "Freak" Orlando, a woman played by the late Magdalena Montezuma, who appears in various guises and deformities throughout.
  72. I poster
    I (1968)
    Tai Kato · 1 critic vote
    Free on Tubi TV, Xumo Play · Streaming on MUBI, MUBI Amazon Channel, Hoopla
    Police detectives investigate the link between a serial killer's machinations and a teenage boy who committed suicide.
  73. A Screaming Man poster
    A Screaming Man (2010)
    Mahamat Saleh Haroun · 3 critic votes
    Free on Tubi TV, Plex, Cineverse · Streaming on MUBI, Kanopy, MUBI Amazon Channel
    Adam Ousmane is a pool attendant at a local resort. When the new managers decide to downsize, Adam loses his job to his own son, Abdel. Shattered by the turn of events, Adam is pressured into contributing to the Chadian war effort. With no money to speak of, the only asset he can donate is his son.
  74. Further Beyond poster
    Further Beyond (2016)
    Joe Lawlor, Christine Molloy · 1 critic vote
    Streaming on MUBI
    In their debut documentary Christine Molloy and Joe Lawlor take as their point of departure the compelling 18th Century figure, Ambrose O'Higgins, and attempt to retrace his remarkable journey from Ireland to Chile.
  75. Within Our Gates poster
    Within Our Gates (1920)
    Oscar Micheaux · 5 critic votes
    Free on Public Domain Movies, The Roku Channel, Cineverse · Streaming on MUBI, MGM Plus, Kanopy
    Abandoned by her fiancé, an educated black woman with a traumatizing past dedicates herself to helping a near bankrupt school for impoverished black children.
  76. Century of Birthing poster
    Century of Birthing (2011)
    Lav Diaz · 1 critic vote
    Streaming on MUBI, MUBI Amazon Channel
    An artist struggles to finish his work while a storyline about a cult plays in his head. As the cult spirals towards a fundamentalism that will destroy the world, the artist decides to destroy his muse to redeem the world.
  77. Kanehsatake: 270 Years of Resistance poster
    Kanehsatake: 270 Years of Resistance (1993)
    Alanis Obomsawin · 7 critic votes
    Free on Tubi TV, Filmzie · Streaming on Amazon Prime Video, MUBI, MUBI Amazon Channel
    In July 1990, a dispute over a proposed golf course to be built on Kanien’kéhaka (Mohawk) lands in Oka, Quebec, sets the stage for a historic confrontation that would grab international headlines and sear itself into the Canadian consciousness.
  78. Chez Jolie Coiffure poster
    Chez Jolie Coiffure (2018)
    Rosine Mbakam · 1 critic vote
    Streaming on MUBI, Kanopy, MUBI Amazon Channel
    Rosine Mbakam is invited to step in Sabine’s small hairdresser’s because it is dangerous in the street. She accepts and pushes in with her camera. Sabine’s stories and the customers’ joys, worries, problems and fears bring depth and life into the premises. At times, it feels like the entire African quarter of Brussels had squeezed in. Laughter abounds, anecdotes and life stories elicit emotions, and a male visitor brings a touch of flirt into the salon.
  79. Florentina Hubaldo, CTE poster
    Florentina Hubaldo, CTE (2012)
    Lav Díaz · 1 critic vote
    Streaming on MUBI, MUBI Amazon Channel
    A young woman is held captive by her father and forced into prostitution. Meanwhile, two men embark on a personal quest for buried treasure. However, both groups show signs of debilitating illness.
  80. Instructions for a Light and Sound Machine poster
    Instructions for a Light and Sound Machine (2005)
    Peter Tscherkassky · 1 critic vote
    Streaming on MUBI, MUBI Amazon Channel, DocAlliance Films
    An attempt to transform a Roman Western into a Greek tragedy. The hero of Instructions for a Light and Sound Machine is easy to identify. Walking down the street unknowingly, he suddenly realizes that he is not only subject to the gruesome moods of several spectators but also at the mercy of the filmmaker.
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