In the last five years of his life, David Bowie ended nearly a decade of silence to engage in an extraordinary burst of activity, producing two groundbreaking albums and a musical. David Bowie: The Last Five Years explores this unexpected end to a remarkable career. Made with remarkable access, Francis Whately’s documentary is a revelatory follow-up to his acclaimed 2013 documentary David Bowie: Five Years, which chronicled Bowie’s golden ‘70s and early-‘80s period.

Southside with You

2016

English

6.3

♡ 36

92%

Richard Tanne Director

Parker Sawyers as Barack Obama

Donald Paul as Bow Tie

Vanessa Bell Calloway as Marian Robinson

Tika Sumpter as Michelle Robinson

Chronicles a single day in the summer of 1989 when the future president of the United States, Barack Obama, wooed his future First Lady on an epic first date across Chicago's South Side.

Nico, 1988

2017

Italian

♡ 1

94%

Susanna Nicchiarelli Director

Calvin Demba as Alex

Trine Dyrholm as Christa Päffgen a.k.a Nico

Thomas Trabacchi as Domenico

Anamaria Marinca as Sylvia

Approaching age 50, singer/songwriter Nico leads a solitary existence, far from her days as a Warhol superstar and celebrated vocalist for the Velvet Underground in the 1960s. Her life and career on the fringes, Nico's new manager convinces her to hit the road again and tour in Europe to promote her latest album. She longs to rebuild a relationship with her son, whose custody she lost long ago.

Gabriela

1983

Portuguese

6.2

♡ 12

33%

based on novel or book

Bruno Barreto Director

Nuno Leal Maia as Eng. Rômulo

Marcus Vinícius as Fagundes

Sonia Braga as Gabriela

Marcello Mastroianni as Nacib

In 1925, Gabriela, a poor, uneducated, yet charming woman becomes cook, mistress, and then wife of Nacib, a bar owner in Ilhéus, a small Brazilian coastal town run by the local colonels.

Kanashii iro yanen

1988

Japanese

5.5

♡ 1

Yoshimitsu Morita Director

Kaoru Kobayashi as Futoshi Miike

Yuriko Ishida as Miki

Yumi Morio as Odori

Tôru Nakamura as Tôru

Despite his efforts of living a normal life as a banker, the life of Toru, the only son of the Yubari Family, becomes disrupted by trouble brought on by his father. When his father’s battle against his rival group the Miike Family ignites, Toru becomes more involved in the turf war than he wished for.

American Fable

2016

English

5.8

76%

Anne Hamilton Director

Kip Pardue as Abe

Peyton Kennedy as Gitty

Gavin MacIntosh as Martin

Marci Miller as Sarah

When 11-year-old Gitty discovers that her father, Abe, a good and beloved farmer, is holding a wealthy man hostage in their abandoned silo in order to save their suffering farm, she befriends the captive in secret. As the truth unfolds about who he is and what will happen if he escapes, Gitty chooses to confront the thin line between reality and fiction.

Prima che la notte

2018

Italian

6.7

♡ 1

Daniele Vicari Director

Dario Aita as Claudio Fava

Roberta Rigano as Elena Brancati

Maria Giuditta Vasile as Giovanna

Gaetano Aronica as Lo Certo

The life and times of Pippo Fava, a Sicilian journalist who fought the Mafia through his local newspaper in the '70s and early '80s, meeting an untimely end.

Madame Rosa

1977

French

7.1

♡ 3

89%

french multiculuralism

melancholy

multiculturalism

Moshé Mizrahi Director

Mohamed Zinet as Kadir Youssef

Costa-Gavras as Le docteur Ramon

Simone Signoret as Madame Rosa

Michal Bat-Adam as Nadine

Madame Rosa lives in a sixth-floor walkup in the Pigalle; she's a retired prostitute, Jewish and an Auschwitz survivor, a foster mom to children of other prostitutes. Momo is the oldest and her favorite, an Algerian lad whom she raises as a Muslim. He asks about his parents; she answers evasively. As she ages and takes fewer children, Momo must do more for her; as money is tight, he tries to earn pennies on the street with a puppet. He's a beautiful man-child, and Madame Rosa makes him promise never to sell himself or become a pimp. A film editor, Nadine, befriends him, and his father appears as well. Madame Rosa reaches her last days in fear of hospitals, and Momo must act.

The Call

2020

English

4.3

♡ 35

46%

Timothy Woodward Jr. Director

Tobin Bell as Edward Cranston

Fred Stoller as Gruff Man

Ciara Hanna as Sarah

Erin Sanders as Tonya

In the fall of 1987, a group of small-town friends must survive the night in the home of a sinister couple after a tragic accident occurs. Needing only to make a single phone call, the request seems horribly ordinary until they realize that this call could change their life…or end it.

The Diam Diam Era

2020

Chinese

5.7

♡ 3

50%

Jack Neo Director

Henry Thia as

Hui Xin Yap as

Silvarajoo Parakasam as

Benjamin Josiah Tan as Lim Ah Hee

The story of the Lim family from Long Long Time Ago, continues in this two-part film series. Conflict grows between Ah Kun and his nephew Shun Fa. Themes of a generation gap between those born in the 1950s and the following generation are explored in their varying reactions to nation-building policies implemented from the 1980s to the present day.

Shoplifters of the World

2021

English

5.5

♡ 5

44%

69%

1980s

Action

based on a true story

Stephen Kijak Director

Cameron Moulène as David

James Bloor as Patrick

Olivia Luccardi as Sandi

Thomas Lennon as Uncle Dick

1987. Denver, Co. One crazy night in the life of four friends reeling from the sudden demise of iconic British band The Smiths, while the local airwaves are hijacked at gunpoint by an impassioned Smiths fan.

Shooting for Socrates

2014

English

5.8

♡ 1

29%

1980s

Action

belfast, north ireland

James Erskine Director

John Hannah as Billy Bingham

Bronagh Gallagher as Irene

Conleth Hill as Jackie Fullerton

Ciarán McMenamin as Sammy McIlroy

Set in Belfast against the backdrop of the 1986 World Cup, Shooting for Socrates tells the story of a momentous time in Northern Ireland's football history through the eyes of players, fans and the media. The film also follows the lives of passionate football supporter Arthur and his son Tommy from East Belfast. The lead up to a momentous day in the life of a young boy (his 10th birthday) mirrors the build up to the big day for the Northern Ireland football team as they play the greatest match of their lives.

Jackals

2017

English

4.9

♡ 16

40%

Kevin Greutert Director

Alex Castillo as Eloy

Stephen Dorff as Jimmy Levine

Deborah Kara Unger as Kathy Powell

Chelsea Ricketts as Samantha

Set in the 1980s, an estranged family hires a cult deprogrammer to take back their teenage son from a murderous cult, but find themselves under siege when the cultists surround their cabin, demanding the boy back.

Postmen in the Mountains

1999

Chinese

7.8

♡ 8

96%

father son relationship

hiking

mountain

parent child relationship

postman

Jianqi Huo Director

Hao Chen as Dong girl

Rujun Teng as Father

Eddie Eagle as Narrator, DVD Trailer Ye Liu

Ye Liu as Son

An old postman has spent his whole life delivering mail to the mountain of Hunan and is about to retire, his only son due to take over his duties.

Color Adjustment

1992

English

7.4

♡ 1

80%

Marlon Riggs Director

David L. Wolper as Self

Sheldon Leonard as Self

Bruce Paltrow as Self

Steven Bochco as Self

From Amos 'n' Andy to Nat King Cole, from Roots to The Cosby Show, black people have played many roles on primetime television. Brilliantly weaving clips from classic TV shows with commentary from TV producers, black actors and scholars, Marlon Riggs blends humor, insight, and thoughtful analysis to explore the evolution of black/white relations as reflected by America's favorite addiction.

Electric Jesus

2020

English

6.1

♡ 3

81%

Chris White Director

Rhoda Griffis as Donna

Judd Nelson as Pastor Wember

Brian Baumgartner as Skip WIck

Anna Lynn Holleman as Sue

Alabama preacher’s daughter runs off with a touring Xian hair metal band during the summer of 1986.

The Souvenir

2019

English

♡ 46

90%

semi autobiographical

woman director

Joanna Hogg Director

Tom Burke as Anthony

Lydia Fox as Lydia

Tosin Cole as Phil

Tilda Swinton as Rosalind

A shy but ambitious film student falls into an intense, emotionally fraught relationship with a charismatic but untrustworthy older man.

Minyan

2020

English

6.5

♡ 7

93%

50%

1980s

brooklyn, new york city

Eric Steel Director

Christopher McCann as Herschel

Mark Margolis as Itzik

Brooke Bloom as Rachel

Richard Topol as Zalman

In a rapidly changing New York of the 1980s, a Russian Jewish teenager wrestles with his identity, faith, and sexuality, all of which seem irreconcilable until he befriends two closeted men in his grandfather's senior housing complex.

Silk

1986

English

3.9

♡ 8

27%

Cirio H. Santiago Director

Eric Hahn as Cop

Ramon D'Salva as Governor

Joseph Zucchero as Travis

Joe Mari Avellana as Yashi

Silk, the toughest cop in Honolulu, busts small time smugglers only to reveal a larger syndicate smuggling Asian mobsters into the States by buying the identities of Hawaiian citizens.

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David Bowie: The Last Five Years

Southside with You

Nico, 1988

Gabriela

Kanashii iro yanen

American Fable

Prima che la notte

Madame Rosa

The Call

The Diam Diam Era

Shoplifters of the World

Shooting for Socrates

Jackals

Postmen in the Mountains

Color Adjustment

Electric Jesus

The Souvenir

Minyan

Silk