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 2026-08-08 · 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.
2006 · TMDB 7.1/10 · 515 votes
After a group of friends graduate from Delhi University, they listlessly haunt their old campus, until a British filmmaker casts them in a film she's making about freedom fighters under British rule. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
2005 · TMDB 7.3/10 · 832 votes
A young Jewish American man endeavors—with the help of eccentric, distant relatives—to find the woman who saved his grandfather during World War II—in a Ukrainian village which was ultimately razed by the Nazis. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
2017 · TMDB 7.0/10 · 1,621 votes
Max is a battle-weary veteran of the wedding-planning racket. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
2020 · TMDB 7.4/10 · 713 votes
Elisa is only forty when an incurable disease takes her from her husband and their daughter. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
2009 · TMDB 7.4/10 · 1,170 votes
Hubert, a brash 17-year-old, is confused and torn by a love-hate relationship with his mother that consumes him more and more each day. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
2008 · TMDB 7.0/10 · 662 votes
Commentator-comic Bill Maher plays devil's advocate with religion as he talks to believers about their faith. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
2003 · TMDB 7.3/10 · 711 votes
Two young brothers in contemporary Russia are reunited with a father they know only from an old photograph after his sudden return from a long absence. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
2015 · TMDB 7.0/10 · 617 votes
The story of the five-day interview between Rolling Stone reporter David Lipsky and acclaimed novelist David Foster Wallace, which took place right after the 1996 publication of Wallace's groundbreaking epic novel, 'Infinite Jest.' This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
2015 · TMDB 7.3/10 · 1,312 votes
A gangster known as "Samurai" wants to turn the waterfront of Rome into a new Las Vegas. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
2008 · TMDB 8.1/10 · 591 votes
In 2001, Andrew Bagby, a medical resident, is murdered not long after breaking up with his girlfriend. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
1969 · TMDB 7.1/10 · 801 votes
Virgil Starkwell is intent on becoming a notorious bank robber. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
2009 · TMDB 7.1/10 · 705 votes
A dramatization of the École Polytechnique massacre in Montreal, on December 9, 1989, where 14 female engineering students were murdered (and 13 were wounded) by a 25 year old psychotic misogynist armed with a semi-automatic weapon. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
2013 · TMDB 7.4/10 · 955 votes
The destinies of two families are irrevocably tied together after a cyclist is hit off the road by a jeep in the night before Christmas Eve. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
1982 · TMDB 7.3/10 · 1,072 votes
Two neurotics, working for a suicide hotline on the night of Christmas Eve, get caught up in a catastrophe when a pregnant woman, her abusive boyfriend, and a cross-dresser visit their office. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
1983 · TMDB 7.4/10 · 928 votes
Fictional documentary about the life of human chameleon Leonard Zelig, a man who becomes a celebrity in the 1920s due to his ability to look and act like whoever is around him. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
2006 · TMDB 7.7/10 · 671 votes
Raised on tales of a Djinn fairy princess, Azur, a young Frenchman goes to North Africa in search of the sprite, only to discover that his close childhood friend, Asmar, an Arab youth whose mother raised both boys also seeks the genie. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
2010 · TMDB 7.3/10 · 810 votes
Tommaso is the youngest son of the Cantones, a large, traditional southern Italian family operating a pasta-making business since the 1960s. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
2018 · TMDB 7.4/10 · 530 votes
Théo is given up for adoption by his biological mother on the very day he is born. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
2004 · TMDB 7.1/10 · 1,539 votes
Michael Moore's view on how the Bush administration allegedly used the tragic events on 9/11 to push forward its agenda for unjust wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
1896 · TMDB 7.1/10 · 546 votes
A group of people are standing along the platform of a railway station in La Ciotat, waiting for a train. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.