Spotlight
Wondering which films to watch? Spotlight presents thematically grouped, must see films, hand-picked by Fandor's curators.

1001 Grams


Anita

Klown

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

Insomnia

Adam's Apples

Blind

Hunger

Just Another Love Story

King of Devil's Island

Mother of Mine

Storm

The Sinful Dwarf
Scandinavian Cinema
From the fjords to the Baltic, Fandor is bringing you a smörgåsbord of great Nordic films.
Scandinavia, consisting of Finland, Iceland, Norway, Sweden, and Denmark, has always produced storytelling powerhouses. With recent films making a splash on the indie scene, to early and mid-century classics that yielded some of the most sophisticated, mature and visually majestic films.
Selected Films
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Hunger
HUNGER, a Scandinavian co-production (filmed in Oslo, Norway, and featuring Swedish actor Per Oscarsson), is a portrait of poverty in the 1890s. Danish writer/director Henning Carlsen adapts Knut Hamsun celebrated novel-of-the-same-name, boiling the book down to its necessary core. Pontus, a...Watch Movie -
Storm
Twelve year-old Freddie lives with his father, a police officer. Freddie has no friends and is bullied. One day, when Freddie sees a dog being mistreated by his owner, he decides to do something about it. During a terrible storm, he abducts the dog and calls it Storm. Storm is an unusually fast...Watch Movie -
Days of Gray
It is a world without language. A world where one is raised to respect the rules. No things are owned except the essentials. All must wear masks when venturing from home. All adult males must protect society from outsiders who do not follow the rules. Faith is dead. Hope is dead. Joy is dead....Watch Movie