Spotlight
Wondering which films to watch? Spotlight presents thematically grouped, must see films, hand-picked by Fandor's curators.
Set in the City
Immerse yourself in an urban jungle with movies set in cities scattered across the globe. Cities make perfect sets— crowded with life and character, their beauty and energy can be channeled to reflect the tone and speed of a movie and provide slices of life or hyperreal versions of the metropolis. With this collection, watch comedies, dramas and documentaries from New York City to Moscow, Paris, Montreal, Guadalajara, Sao Paulo, Los Angeles, New Orleans, Cairo, Saigon, and beyond.
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Selected Films
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The Cruise
From the director of FOXCATCHER, MONEYBALL, and CAPOTE comes this wildly entertaining portrait of Timothy "Speed" Levitch, an eccentric New York City tour bus guide. THE CRUISE follows the funny, fast-talking Levitch as he cruises the Big Apple in a double decker bus, sharing a treasure trove of...Watch Movie
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Fireworks Wednesday
From the two-time Academy Award® winning director of THE SALESMAN and A SEPARATION, Asghar Farhadi's FIREWORKS WEDNESDAY is a gripping, suspenseful drama – a story of marital intrigue and betrayal set against the backdrop of the Persian New Year. Rouhi, a young bride-to-be, is...Watch Movie
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Mother of George
Adenike and Ayodele are a Nigerian couple living in Brooklyn. Following the joyous celebration of the their wedding, complications arise out of their inability to conceive a child - a problem that devastates their family and defies cultural expectations, leading Adenike to...Watch Movie
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Magical Girl
An unemployed father seeking a gift for his dying daughter, a disturbed woman with a dark past, and a math teacher turned criminal find their fates bound together in this bracing thriller from Spanish director Carlos Vermut. When his young daughter is diagnosed with terminal leukemia, Luis...Watch Movie
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Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance
Unable to afford proper care for his sister dying from kidney failure, Ryu turns to the black market to sell his own organs, only to end up cheated of his life savings. His girlfriend urges Ryu to kidnap the daughter of wealthy industrialist Dong-jin, who recently laid him...Watch Movie
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A Coffee in Berlin
Jan Ole Gerster's wry and vibrant feature debut A COFFEE IN BERLIN, which swept the 2013 German Oscar Awards, paints a day in the life of Niko, a twenty-something college dropout going nowhere fast. Niko lives for the moment as he drifts through the streets of Berlin,...Watch Movie
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The Square
A depiction of the ongoing Egyptian Revolution of 2011 from its roots in Tahrir Square. Due to the ongoing nature of the Egyptian Revolution, Noujaim updated the ending of the film over the summer of 2013. The film was subsequently also named winner of the People's Choice Award in the documentary...Watch Movie
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Laurence Anyways
In the 90's, Laurence tells his girlfriend Fred that he wants to become a woman. In spite of the odds, in spite of each other, they confront the prejudices of their friends, ignore the council of their families and brave the phobias of the society they offend. For ten years,...Watch Movie
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Jellyfish
Poignant, often witty and exceedingly cinematic, JELLYFISH tells the story of three very different Tel Aviv women whose intersecting stories weave an unlikely portrait of modern Israeli life. Batya, a catering waitress, takes in a child apparently abandoned at a local beach. Batya is one of the...Watch Movie
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The Scent of Green Papaya
An Academy Award® nominee for "Best Foreign Language Film" and winner of the Camera d'Or at the 1993 Cannes Film Festival, Trần Anh Hùng's feature-length debut recreates antebellum Vietnam through both the wide eyes of childhood and the deep blush of first love. In 1951...Watch Movie
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Boccaccio '70
Four legendary filmmakers direct some of Europe's biggest stars in BOCCACCIO '70, a landmark anthology film. Mario Monicelli (BIG DEAL ON MADONNA STREET), Federico Fellini (LA DOLCE VITA), Luchino Visconti (THE LEOPARD) and Vittorio De Sica (BICYCLE THIEVES) direct Sophia Loren, Anita Ekberg,...Watch Movie
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Where I Grow Old
Francisca is a young Portuguese woman who's been living in Brazil for a year. At her mother's behest, she welcomes Teresa - a fellow citizen she'd lost contact with - into her home. While Teresa is enthralled discovering Belo Horizonte, where she means to settle and escape the...Watch Movie
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Of Mind and Music
A lyrical and extraordinarily beautiful story woven together by the music that permeates New Orleans and the jazz that made it famous. Renowned Neuroscientist Dr. Alvaro Cruz returns home from a lecture in Paris, heartbroken and disillusioned. In his absence, his mother has...Watch Movie
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I am Not a Hipster
A young singer/songwriter with a growing local following wanders through his apathetic life. When his dad and three sisters show up to spread his mother's ashes, he is reminded of the part of himself he left back in Ohio and is forced to deal with the person he has become. I...Watch Movie
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Le Week-End
Academy Award®-winner Jim Broadbent and Lindsay Duncan give exquisite performances as Nick and Meg, a long-married British couple revisiting Paris for the first time since their honeymoon in an attempt to rekindle their relationship. During a two-day escapade, diffident, wistful Nick and...Watch Movie
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When Evening Falls on Bucharest or Metabolism
A director asks his actress whether she's comfortable doing a nude scene. "As long as its justified," she says. "Don't worry," he replies. So begins Corneliu Porumboiu's deliciously witty new film. Shot inside non-descript hotel lobbies, restaurants and apartments (places that...Watch Movie
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Elena
Winner of Cannes' Un Certain Regard Special Jury Prize, ELENA is a gripping, modern twist on the classic noir thriller. Sixty-ish spouses Vladimir and Elena uneasily share his palatial Moscow apartment (he's a still-virile, wealthy businessman; she's his dowdy former nurse who has clearly...Watch Movie
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Buzzard
Marty is a caustic, small-time con artist drifting from one scam to the next. When his latest ruse goes awry, mounting paranoia forces him from his lousy small town temp job to the desolate streets of Detroit with nothing more than a pocket full of bogus checks, a dangerously altered Nintendo...Watch Movie
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Mesrine: Public Enemy #1
Now back in France, Mesrine is finally in police custody and facing justice for his crimes. After escaping a courtroom and kidnapping the judge at gunpoint, Mesrine is declared Public Enemy Number 1 and is eventually condemned to a maximum-security prison where he writes his...Watch Movie
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We are Mari Pepa
Alex is one of four Guadalajara best mates who comprise the titular garage-punk band. Never mind that they can barely play their instruments or that they only have one song (albeit a great one, a joyfully obscene ode to "Natasha" whose rare quotable line runs, "I'm never going...Watch Movie
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Jalanan
JALANAN ('Streetside') tells the captivating story of Boni, Ho and Titi, three gifted, charismatic street musicians in Jakarta over a tumultuous five-year period in their own lives and that of Indonesia. The film follows the young marginalized musicians and their never before seen sub-culture,...Watch Movie
