All Recommendations

The Cat
6.5

The Cat

1988

Two bank robbers hold the clerks hostage and demand 3 million German marks as ransom. What the police do not realize is that the true criminal mastermind watches them from outside the bank, anticipating every move.

Bumming in Beijing: The Last Dreamers
7.7

Bumming in Beijing: The Last Dreamers

1990

A documentary following five young artists from around China, who travelled to Beijing in the 1980s to work as freelancers, exploring their lives, careers, and what aspirations they may have for the future.

O ET Doo Planeta Apolo
4.3

O ET Doo Planeta Apolo

2020

Ukraine Is Not a Brothel
5.9

Ukraine Is Not a Brothel

2013

Ukraine's topless feminist sensation Femen has created a media frenzy across Europe, but before they take the world by storm, these bold and beautiful women must confront the dark and perverse forces that power their organisation.

Spaghetti Story
6.3

Spaghetti Story

2013

Nowadays, four Italian young adults longing to change their lives, yet stuck upon the shelf: Valerio and Kookie, dreaming of their big break, yet still not being independent; Giovanna and Serena, pretending to be adult, yet never having dared to live. Then, the encounter with Mei Mei, a young Chinese prostitute, shines a light on the truth: the gain of one’s freedom is, above all, an inside job.

Blasko
8.5

Blasko

2017

A pioneer of indie music, Sarah Blasko walks the line between commercial success and artistic integrity with dignity. Narrated by Sarah herself, this film is an intimate portrait of the artist as she writes her new album.

Camila
8.0

Camila

2018

Twelve-year-old Camila is going through a difficult time. An introverted girl who seldom interacts with her classmates, she finds refuge in art in general and her sketchbook in particular. She is sad, and her inability to explain her sadness will greatly unsettle the adults around her

Girl 6
5.0

Girl 6

1996

A struggling actress in New York City takes a job as a phone sex operator.

School Daze
5.9

School Daze

1988

Fraternity and sorority members clash with other students at a historically black college during homecoming weekend.

Mississippi Masala
6.3

Mississippi Masala

1991

Years after her Indian family was forced to flee their home in Uganda, twentysomething Mina finds herself helping to run a motel in the faraway land of Mississippi. It's there that a passionate romance with the charming Black carpet cleaner Demetrius challenges the prejudices of their conservative families and exposes the rifts between the region's Indian and African American communities.

Bamboozled
6.2

Bamboozled

2000

Frustrated when network brass reject his sitcom idea, producer Pierre Delacroix pitches the worst idea he can think of in an attempt to get fired: a 21st century minstrel show. The network not only airs it, but it becomes a smash hit.

Jungle Fever
6.4

Jungle Fever

1991

A successful and married black man contemplates having an affair with a white girl from work. He's quite rightly worried that the racial difference would make an already taboo relationship even worse.

Vamp
5.9

Vamp

1986

Two fraternity pledges go to a sleazy bar in search of a stripper for their college friends, unaware it is occupied by vampires.

Mo' Better Blues
6.5

Mo' Better Blues

1990

Talented but self-centered trumpeter Bleek Gilliam is obsessed with his music and indecisiveness about his girlfriends Indigo and Clarke. But when he is forced to come to the aid of his manager and childhood friend, Bleek finds his world more fragile than he ever imagined.

Legal Eagles
6.0

Legal Eagles

1986

District Attorney Tom Logan is set for higher office, at least until he becomes involved with defence lawyer Laura Kelly and her unpredictable client Chelsea Deardon. It seems the least of Chelsea's crimes is the theft of a very valuable painting, but as the women persuade Logan to investigate further and to cut some official corners, a much more sinister scenario starts to emerge.

Rolling Thunder Revue: A Bob Dylan Story by Martin Scorsese
7.1

Rolling Thunder Revue: A Bob Dylan Story by Martin Scorsese

2019

Part documentary, part concert film, part fever dream, this film captures the troubled spirit of America in 1975 and the joyous music that Dylan performed during the fall of that year.

House of Hummingbird
7.6

House of Hummingbird

2019

14-year-old Eun-hee moves through life like a hummingbird searching for a taste of sweetness wherever she may find it. Ignored by her parents and abused by her brother, she finds her escape by roaming the neighborhood with her best friend, going on adventures, and exploring young love.

The Face of Another
7.8

The Face of Another

1966

A businessman with a disfigured face obtains a lifelike mask from his doctor, but the mask starts altering his personality.

The Magnificent One
7.0

The Magnificent One

1973

A writer of pulpy book series in which he's the hero and his beautiful English roommate is the love interest attempts to finish his new book in time at the publisher's demand.