Delusions of Grandeur
1971 · TMDB 7.4/10 · 746 votes
Don Sallust is the minister of the King of Spain. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
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What to Watch This Weekend Movies
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
How we chose these titles
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.
Gabriel's Inferno: Part II
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.
November
2022 · TMDB 7.0/10 · 892 votes
In November 2015, a series of unprecedented and deadly attacks hits Paris. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
Umberto D.
1952 · TMDB 7.9/10 · 751 votes
When elderly pensioner Umberto Domenico Ferrari returns to his boarding house from a protest calling for a hike in old-age pensions, his landlady demands her 15,000-lire rent by the end of the month or he and his small dog will be turned out onto the street. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
T-34
2018 · TMDB 7.2/10 · 956 votes
In 1944, a courageous group of Russian soldiers managed to escape from German captivity in a half-destroyed legendary T-34 tank. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
Lucky
2017 · TMDB 7.3/10 · 654 votes
Follows the journey of a 90-year-old atheist and the quirky characters that inhabit his off-the-map desert town. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
The Shadow in My Eye
2021 · TMDB 7.8/10 · 559 votes
On March 21st, 1945, the British Royal Air Force set out on a mission to bomb Gestapo's headquarters in Copenhagen. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
Mesrine: Public Enemy #1
2008 · TMDB 7.3/10 · 956 votes
After nearly two decades of legendary criminal feats, making him France's most notorious criminal while simultaneously feeding his desire for media attention and public adoration, Mesrine becomes increasingly paranoid and isolated, leading to a dramatic confrontation with the law that ultimately seals his fate as the nation's most infamous public enemy. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
Blue Jay
2016 · TMDB 7.0/10 · 539 votes
Meeting by chance when they return to their tiny California hometown, two former high-school sweethearts reflect on their shared past. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
Three Identical Strangers
2018 · TMDB 7.3/10 · 826 votes
New York, 1980. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada
2005 · TMDB 7.0/10 · 664 votes
When brash Texas border officer Mike Norton wrongfully kills and buries the friend and ranch hand of Pete Perkins, the latter is reminded of a promise he made to bury his friend, Melquiades Estrada, in his Mexican home town. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
Grand Illusion
1937 · TMDB 7.9/10 · 788 votes
A group of French soldiers, including the patrician Captain de Boeldieu and the working-class Lieutenant Maréchal, grapple with their own class differences after being captured and held in a World War I German prison camp. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
Viridiana
1962 · TMDB 7.7/10 · 558 votes
Viridiana is preparing to start her life as a nun when she is sent, somewhat unwillingly, to visit her aging uncle, Don Jaime. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
Smoke
1995 · TMDB 7.2/10 · 539 votes
Writer Paul Benjamin is nearly hit by a bus when he leaves Auggie Wren's smoke shop. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
Brother
2000 · TMDB 7.1/10 · 536 votes
A Japanese Yakuza gangster's deadly existence in his homeland gets him exiled to Los Angeles, where he is taken in by his little brother and his brother's gang. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
A Bag of Marbles
2017 · TMDB 7.8/10 · 907 votes
At the beginning of the 1940s, in a France occupied by Nazi forces, lived the Jewish Joffo family. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
Yannick
2023 · TMDB 7.1/10 · 730 votes
In the middle of a performance of the play "Le Cocu", a bad boulevard comedy at a Parisian theatre, Yannick gets up and interrupts the show to take the evening back in hand. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
Promise at Dawn
2017 · TMDB 7.2/10 · 511 votes
From his childhood in Poland to his adolescence in Nice to his years as a student in Paris and his tough training as a pilot during World War II, this tragi-comedy tells the romantic story of Romain Gary, one of the most famous French novelists and sole writer to have won the Goncourt Prize for French literature two times. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
Drishyam
2015 · TMDB 7.5/10 · 501 votes
When his family stares down the barrel of criminal charges, a commoner channels his street smarts and knowledge of action films to tie the long arm of the law into an investigative Gordian knot. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
Cyrano de Bergerac
1990 · TMDB 7.3/10 · 836 votes
Famed swordsman and poet Cyrano de Bergerac is in love with his cousin Roxane. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.