Spotlight
Wondering which films to watch? Spotlight presents thematically grouped, must see films, hand-picked by Fandor's curators.
Date Night
Stay in and be entertained by the romantically challenged! In this collection of dramas and comedies you’ll find trials and tribulations, unrequited emotions, odd couples, and characters who test the limits of love. Whether the outcome is in their favor or the feelings are fleeting, we're happy to be swept away by their stories. So next date night, don't say it with roses— say it with movies!
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Selected Films
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Hello I Must Be Going
Selected as the opening night film for Sundance 2012, HELLO I MUST BE GOING features acclaimed actress Melanie Lynskey in her breakout role as Amy, a recent divorcée who seeks refuge in the suburban Connecticut home of her parents. Demoralized and uncertain of her future, Amy...Watch Movie
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That Obscure Object of Desire
Luis Buñuel's final film explodes with eroticism, bringing full circle to the director's lifelong preoccupation with the darker side of desire. Buñuel regular Fernando Rey plays Matthieu, an urbane widower, tortured by his lust for the elusive Conchita. With subversive flare,...Watch Movie
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An Oversimplification of Her Beauty
With arresting insight, vulnerability and a delightful sense of humor, AN OVERSIMPLIFICATION OF HER BEAUTY utilizes a mix of live action and animation to capture the relationship between Terence (Nance) and a lovely young woman (Namik Minter) as it teeters on the divide...Watch Movie
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The Fairy
Dom works as a night clerk at a small hotel in the industrial port city of Le Havre. One night, a strangely dressed woman named Fiona arrives and claims she is a fairy. She grants Dom three wishes, and makes his first two wishes come true before mysteriously vanishing. By now, Dom has fallen in...Watch Movie
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Beauty in Trouble
BEAUTY IN TROUBLE explores a young woman’s romantic dilemma: torn between a primal connection and the need to provide for her children, she loves two men. Set against the back drop of the recent floods in Prague, BEAUTY IN TROUBLE is full of unexpected twists, humor and...Watch Movie
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The Wedding Banquet
A comedy about a Chinese Yuppie living in New York who decides that a marriage of convenience is the perfect way to prevent his parents back in Taiwan from discovering he is gay. But his plan backfires hilariously when his parents insist on coming to New York for the wedding.Watch Movie
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Uncertain Terms
Needing a sudden escape from the city, Robbie flees Brooklyn for the countryside to stay with his aunt who runs a home for pregnant teenagers. As the only man in the house, Robbie inadvertently becomes the object of the girls' attention... and affection. He eventually meets Nina, who is mature...Watch Movie
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The Well-Digger's Daughter
Adapted from the beloved French film and novel by Marcel Pagnol, THE WELL-DIGGER'S DAUGHTER tells the sweeping saga of single father and well-digger Pascal Amoretti (Daniel Auteuil, CACHÉ), who is raising a small army of young girls in the Provençal countryside. But when his...Watch Movie
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Mood Indigo
Eminently inventive auteur Michel Gondry finds inspiration from french novelist Boris Vian's cult novel to provide the foundation for this visionary and romantic love story starring Audrey Tautou and Romain Duris. Set in a charmingly surreal Paris, Duris plays wealthy bachelor Colin, whose...Watch Movie
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A Teacher
Part psychological thriller and part provocative character study, A TEACHER explores the unraveling of a young high school teacher, Diana, after she begins an affair with one of her teenage students, Eric. What starts as a seemingly innocent fling becomes increasingly complex as the beautiful and...Watch Movie
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Everyone Else
A young couple’s relationship is pushed to the brink while vacationing in the Mediterranean in this smart, sexy drama from acclaimed new filmmaker Maren Ade. On the surface, Chris and Gitti appear blissfully in love while enjoying the sun and sand of Sardinia. But the more time they spend...Watch Movie
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Tuesday, After Christmas
In the days leading up to Christmas, a married man forces himself to choose between his wife and his mistress. A sharply observed, deeply felt drama from director Radu Muntean showcasing the strengths of current Romanian cinema in its beautifully calibrated performances,...Watch Movie
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Crimes Against Humanity
A darkly comic series of unusual and unfortunate events spin out of control for a sophisticated couple. Lewis, a passive-aggressive, manipulative boyfriend, explains over coffee to his maudlin girlfriend, Brownie, how people feel fulfilled by their careers as he leaves for his...Watch Movie
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Diamond Tongues
Edith Welland dreams of being a successful actress but just can't seem to make things happen. Things get worse when the ex-boyfriend she broke up with to focus on her career takes up acting on a whim and immediately books a leading role. When Edith can't figure out what she's doing wrong, she...Watch Movie
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The Big Easy
When a hood's murder triggers a bloody gangland drug war, detective Remy McSain is on the scene. He's a smooth-talkin' cop who fits right in with the easy style of Cajun country. Remy meets his match in Anne Osborne a no-nonsense Assistant District Attorney in town to investigate police...Watch Movie
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Mademoiselle Chambon
A love story that has bewitched audiences and critics worldwide, MADEMOISELLE CHAMBON delicately captures the initial stirrings of romance. Vincent Lindon plays Jean, a burly and happily married housing contractor. One fateful afternoon, he picks up his son (Arthur Le Houérou)...Watch Movie
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Parting Glances
Heroic, funny and romantic, PARTING GLANCES is a triumph for everyone who has ever been in love, straight or gay. PARTING GLANCES, a pioneering film of gay cinema, is about the loyalties of friendship and the vicissitudes of romantic love. It's about the relationship between gays and straights....Watch Movie
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It Felt Like Love
In this unflinchingly honest and refreshingly unsentimental coming-of-age story, fourteen-year-old Lila spends a languid South Brooklyn summer playing third wheel to her promiscuous friend Chiara and Chiara's boyfriend Patrick. Eager for her own sexual awakening, Lila gamely...Watch Movie
