‘Argo’ – a stranger than fiction rescue tale on Peacock
Ben Affleck directs and stars in the based-on-a-true-story drama about the rescue of American hostages in Iran. 'Argo' won the Oscar for best picture.
‘Sinners’ – Ryan Coogler’s dance with the devils on HBO Max and Prime Video
Michael B. Jordan plays twin brothers in 1932 Mississippi Delta in 'Sinners,' a thrilling mix of period piece, vampire movie, survival thriller, and cultural history.
‘The Best Years of Our Lives’ – Coming home on Prime Video
World War II vet William Wyler put his soul into his 1946 drama 'The Best Years of Our Lives,' about veterans returning home. It earned seven Academy Awards.
‘Thunder Road’ – Robert Mitchum, moonshine runner on Prime Video
Robert Mitchum is an outlaw driver for a backwoods bootlegger in 'Thunder Road,' a rebel taking on the feds and the mob on the back roads.
Jackie Chan’s ‘Police Story’ and ‘Police Story 2’ on HBO Max and Criterion Channel
The 'Police Story' action comedies from director/star Jackie Chan incorporate his distinctive brand of acrobatic martial arts with wild set pieces and unbelievable stunts.
Oscar-winning drama ‘Spotlight’ on Peacock
Tom McCarthy's drama of the Boston Globe's investigative team that revealed the Catholic Church's cover-up of its priests who abuse children, 'Spotlight' takes on the Big Subject with modesty and self-reflection.
‘Gold Diggers of 1933’ – dancing through the Depression on Criterion Channel
Joan Blondell and Warren William throw sparks in the high-spirited backstage musical classic 'Gold Diggers of 1933.'
‘Sicario’ – Emily Blunt takes on the drug war on Netflix and AMC+
Denis Villeneuve directs the violent, chaotic, adrenaline-fueled thriller 'Sicario' set in the brutal violence of the drug war, written by Taylor Sheridan.
’12:08 East of Bucharest’ – rewriting the revolution on Criterion Channel
Corneliu Porumboiu's crafty satire of the national myth of revolutionary heroism '12:08 East of Bucharest' is a dryly hilarious satire from the New Romanian Cinema.
‘Juno’ – the feel good indie comedy hit of 2007 on Hulu
The feel good comedy of a smart-mouthed high-school goofball who finds herself pregnant, 'Juno' became the success story of 2007 and won an Oscar for screenwriter Diablo Cody.
‘I Want to Live!’ – Susan Hayward is framed on Prime Video
Susan Hayward won an Oscar for her portrayal of Barbara Graham in the 1958 drama 'I Want to Live,' based on her true story.
‘All that Heaven Allows’ – Love as suburban opera on Criterion Channel
Rock Hudson and Jane Wyman reunite with director Douglas Sirk in 'All that Heaven Allows,' the melodrama of "forbidden" romance in 1950s suburbia.
Roman Polanski’s ‘The Ghost Writer’ on Prime Video and Starz
Ewan McGregor stars as a scribe-for-hire who uncovers more than he is prepared for in the gripping, subtly Hitchcockian thriller 'The Ghost Writer.'
Jean-Luc Godard’s ‘Alphaville’ – crimes of the future on MUBI and Kino Film Collection
Eddie Constantine is Lemmy Caution in 'Alphaville,' Jean-Luc Godard's mix of science fiction drama and pulp fiction private eye thriller.
‘Ray’ – Jamie Foxx is R&B legend Ray Charles on Netflix
Jamie Foxx won an Academy Award for his electric performance as the music legend in Taylor Hackford's energetic biographical drama 'Ray.'
Gary Cooper is a ‘Man of the West’ on Prime Video
Anthony Mann directs 'Man of the West,' a stark frontier drama of a trio of train passengers stranded in the desert after a railway holdup that turns into a Shakespearean tragedy on the plains.
James Franco has ‘127 Hours’ to save himself on Hulu
Danny Boyle creates a vivid and cinematic version of outdoorsman and hiker Aron Ralston's memoir of his real life survival story in '127 Hours0'.
‘The Blair Witch Project’ – a new kind of horror on HBO Max
The 1999 indie horror 'The Blair Witch Project' used the home video and reality TV aesthetic to launch a whole new subgenre of horror cinema.
‘Hail, Caesar!’ – the Coen Bros. in old Hollywood on Prime Video
Josh Brolin and George Clooney star in 'Hail, Caesar!,' an affectionate and satirical tribute to Hollywood and cultural politics in early 1950s America.
‘Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams’ – Junior agents on monster island on Paramount+
The second film in Robert Rodriguez’s junior James Bond fantasies, 'Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams' adds a sweet mad scientist creating preposterous dream-creatures.
‘The Forbidden Kingdom’ – Family-friendly martial arts fantasy on Prime Video
Jackie Chan and Jet Li team up for the first and only time in the action comedy 'The Forbidden Kingdom,' an American take on a classic Chinese folktale.
‘Jurassic World’ – Building a better dinosaur on Netflix
The modern day dinosaur franchise returns after 15 years with Chris Pratt as a velociraptor trainer and Bryce Dallas Howard as the park administrator of 'Jurassic World.'
‘Ratatouille’ – Food glorious food on Disney+ and Hulu
Like the French peasant stew for which it is named, 'Ratatouille' is hearty and tasty, created from fresh ingredients and cooked up with unexpected flavors, and leaves a satisfying and inspiring warmth when it's done.
‘Ashes of Time Redux’ – Wong Kar-wai’s wistful wuxia on Criterion Channel
Wong Kar-wai turned his first martial arts movie into a meditation on memory and regret and reworked it a decade later as 'Ashes of Time Redux.'
Marlon Brando is ‘The Fugitive Kind’ on Prime Video
Marlon Brando is a sensitive loner stranded in a Southern backwater in 'The Fugitive Kind,' adapted from a Tennessee Williams play.
‘Ginger & Rosa’ – Elle Fanning grows up in the sixties Netflix
Elle Fanning and Alice Englert are teenage best friends growing up and apart in the turmoil of 1960s London in 'Ginger & Rosa.'
‘42nd Street’ – the definitive backstage musical fon HBO Max
The snappy 1933 musical '42nd Street' created some of the most enduring show business story cliches and made stars of Dick Powell and Ruby Keeler.
‘Stranger than Fiction’ – Will Ferrell meets his author on Prime Video and Peacock
The offbeat, warm-hearted comedy 'Stranger than Fiction' stars Will Ferrell as a man who discovers he's actually a character in a novel.
Sam Raimi’s ‘Spider-Man’ – The original big screen webslinger on HBO Max and Disney+
The 2002 'Spider-Man' was the first to capture the graphic thrills and eye-popping spectacle of a true comic book superhero and it essentially launched the 21st century superhero genre.
