Curated by SceneIt · United States
This SceneIt list helps you quickly choose engaging favorites worth making time for this weekend. Results are selected for the United States and balance audience response with practical watchability.
Updated 2026-08-07 · Ratings from TMDB
We rank eligible titles using TMDB audience ratings, vote confidence, relevance to the theme, and current popularity. Ratings can change as new votes are added.
2016 · TMDB 7.7/10 · 1,554 votes
A 59-year-old carpenter recovering from a heart attack befriends a single mother and her two kids as they navigate the impersonal, Kafkaesque benefits system. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
2003 · TMDB 8.0/10 · 614 votes
After a fateful encounter in the summer of 1966, the lifepaths of two brothers from a middle-class Roman family diverge, intersecting with some of the most significant events of postwar Italian history in the following decades. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
2013 · TMDB 7.7/10 · 609 votes
War in Abkhazia, 1992. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
2015 · TMDB 7.2/10 · 1,705 votes
The career of screenwriter Dalton Trumbo is halted by a witch hunt in the late 1940s when he defies the anti-communist HUAC committee and is blacklisted. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
1983 · TMDB 7.8/10 · 611 votes
Russian poet Andrei Gorchakov journeys through Italy with his interpreter Eugenia to research the life of an 18th-century Russian composer who once lived abroad. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
1958 · TMDB 7.6/10 · 714 votes
A self-assured businessman murders his employer, husband of his mistress, which unintentionally provokes an ill-fated chain of events. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
2020 · TMDB 7.0/10 · 706 votes
In the aftermath of Cassius Clay's defeat of Sonny Liston in 1964, the boxer meets with Malcolm X, Sam Cooke and Jim Brown to change the course of history in the segregated South. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
1979 · TMDB 7.1/10 · 525 votes
While doing a series of reports on alternative energy sources, opportunistic reporter Kimberly Wells witnesses an accident at a nuclear power plant. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
2014 · TMDB 7.1/10 · 519 votes
After trying to cover up a car accident that left a man dead, a crooked homicide detective is stalked by a mysterious man claiming to have witnessed the event. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
2018 · TMDB 7.2/10 · 772 votes
A promising teenage dancer enrolls at a prestigious ballet school while grappling with her gender dysphoria. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
2004 · TMDB 7.5/10 · 635 votes
With the intention to break free from the strict familial restrictions, a suicidal young woman sets up a marriage of convenience with a forty-year-old addict, an act that will lead to an outburst of envious love. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
2012 · TMDB 7.8/10 · 858 votes
A young boy comes of age in the most peculiar of circumstances. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
2019 · TMDB 7.4/10 · 1,074 votes
Victor, a disillusioned 60-something whose marriage is on the rocks, opts to relive the week of his life when, 40 years earlier, he met his true love through a company that allows customers to return to the time period of their choosing. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
1989 · TMDB 7.1/10 · 624 votes
Portland, Oregon, 1971. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
2020 · TMDB 7.1/10 · 1,611 votes
Shy, straight-A student Ellie is hired by sweet but inarticulate jock Paul, who needs help wooing the most popular girl in school. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
2020 · TMDB 8.3/10 · 1,558 votes
Professor Gabriel Emerson finally learns the truth about Julia Mitchell's identity, but his realization comes a moment too late. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
2014 · TMDB 7.4/10 · 976 votes
In a Russian coastal town, Kolya is forced to fight the corrupt mayor when he is told that his house will be demolished. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
2007 · TMDB 7.6/10 · 1,295 votes
Jean-Dominique Bauby, editor-in-chief of French fashion bible Elle magazine, has a devastating stroke at age 43. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
1956 · TMDB 7.9/10 · 623 votes
A captured French Resistance fighter during World War II engineers a daunting escape from prison. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
1971 · TMDB 7.6/10 · 1,227 votes
A deadpan young man obsessed with death meets an eccentric septuagenarian who teaches him to live life to the fullest. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.