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 2026-08-06 · 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.
1995 · TMDB 7.6/10 · 1,058 votes
When her father enlists to fight for the British in WWI, young Sara Crewe goes to New York to attend the same boarding school her late mother attended. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
1992 · TMDB 7.4/10 · 1,184 votes
A retelling of the classic Dickens tale of Ebenezer Scrooge, miser extraordinaire. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
2006 · TMDB 7.1/10 · 656 votes
A poet falls in love with an art student, who gravitates to his bohemian lifestyle — and his love of heroin. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
2005 · TMDB 7.3/10 · 752 votes
A fictionalized account of the first major successful sexual harassment case in the United States — Jenson vs. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
1996 · TMDB 7.0/10 · 587 votes
When an inner-city Miami schoolteacher gets her knee broken after standing up to the school's gang leader, her mercenary combat specialist boyfriend goes undercover as a substitute teacher to take down the punk. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
2018 · TMDB 7.1/10 · 1,682 votes
Thirteen-year-old Kayla endures the tidal wave of contemporary suburban adolescence as she makes her way through the last week of middle school — the end of her thus far disastrous eighth grade year — before she begins high school. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
2002 · TMDB 7.4/10 · 797 votes
An aspiring painter meets various characters and learns valuable lessons while traveling across America. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
2021 · TMDB 7.3/10 · 1,728 votes
Bill O'Neal infiltrates the Black Panthers on the orders of FBI Agent Mitchell and J. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
1960 · TMDB 7.4/10 · 932 votes
A Victorian Englishman travels to the far future and finds that humanity has divided into two hostile species. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
2002 · TMDB 7.4/10 · 2,197 votes
A biography of artist Frida Kahlo, who channeled the pain of a crippling injury and her tempestuous marriage into her work. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
2020 · TMDB 7.5/10 · 1,176 votes
After failing to make it on Broadway, April returns to her hometown and reluctantly begins training a misfit group of young dancers for a competition. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
2023 · TMDB 7.2/10 · 526 votes
When her family moves from New York City to New Jersey, an 11-year-old girl navigates new friends, feelings, and the beginning of adolescence. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
1987 · TMDB 7.2/10 · 632 votes
Two out-of-work actors -- the anxious, luckless Marwood and his acerbic, alcoholic friend, Withnail -- spend their days drifting between their squalid flat, the unemployment office and the pub. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
2000 · TMDB 7.1/10 · 1,812 votes
Seven years after the death of his wife, widower Shigeharu seeks advice on how to find a new wife from a colleague. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
2004 · TMDB 8.0/10 · 661 votes
In a small Tokyo apartment, twelve-year-old Akira must care for his younger siblings after their mother leaves them and shows no sign of returning. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
2010 · TMDB 7.0/10 · 1,790 votes
A small band of multicultural convicts stages a daring escape from a WWII-era Siberian gulag, and embarks on a treacherous journey across five countries in a desperate race for freedom and survival. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
2014 · TMDB 7.7/10 · 1,425 votes
In 1984, a group of LGBT activists decide to raise money to support the National Union of Mineworkers during their lengthy strike. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
2020 · TMDB 7.3/10 · 646 votes
A gorilla named Ivan who’s living in a suburban shopping mall tries to piece together his past, with the help of other animals, as they hatch a plan to escape from captivity. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
2018 · TMDB 7.5/10 · 507 votes
Growing up in Greenville, Texas, Bart Millard suffers physical and emotional abuse at the hands of his father, Arthur. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
1949 · TMDB 7.6/10 · 548 votes
A psychopathic criminal with a mother complex makes a daring break from prison and then leads his old gang in a chemical plant payroll heist. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.