Watchlist 2021
by architapriya | created - 22 Jan 2021 | updated - 27 Dec 2021 | Public- Instant Watch Options
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1. Death Note (2006–2007)
TV-14 | 24 min | Animation, Crime, Drama
An intelligent high school student goes on a secret crusade to eliminate criminals from the world after discovering a notebook capable of killing anyone whose name is written into it.
Stars: Mamoru Miyano, Brad Swaile, Vincent Tong, Ryô Naitô
Votes: 379,051
2. The Collector (1967)
Not Rated | 86 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A womanizing art dealer and a painter find the serenity of their Riviera vacation disturbed by a third guest, a vivacious bohemian woman known for her long list of male conquests.
Director: Éric Rohmer | Stars: Patrick Bauchau, Haydée Politoff, Daniel Pommereulle, Alain Jouffroy
Votes: 9,796
3. John & Jane (2005)
Not Rated | 83 min | Documentary
A entirely original blend of observational documentary and tropical science-fiction, John & Jane (2005) follows the stories of six "call agents" that answer American 1-800 numbers in a Mumbai call center.
Director: Ashim Ahluwalia | Stars: Glen Castinho, Sydney Fernandes, Oaref Irani, Pravin Namrata Parekh
Votes: 491
4. The Reluctant Fundamentalist (2012)
R | 130 min | Drama, Thriller
A young Pakistani man chasing corporate success on Wall Street finds himself embroiled in a conflict between his American Dream, a hostage crisis, and the enduring call of his family's homeland.
Director: Mira Nair | Stars: Riz Ahmed, Liev Schreiber, Kiefer Sutherland, Kate Hudson
Votes: 14,585 | Gross: $0.52M
5. So Long, My Son (2019)
185 min | Drama
Two married couples adjust to the vast social and economic changes taking place in China from the 1980s to the present.
Director: Xiaoshuai Wang | Stars: Jingchun Wang, Mei Yong, Xi Qi, Roy Wang
Votes: 5,285
6. The White Tiger (2021)
R | 125 min | Crime, Drama
An ambitious Indian driver uses his wit and cunning to escape from poverty and rise to the top. An epic journey based on the New York Times bestseller.
Director: Ramin Bahrani | Stars: Adarsh Gourav, Rajkummar Rao, Priyanka Chopra Jonas, Vedant Sinha
Votes: 65,562
7. Paar (1984)
Not Rated | 141 min | Drama
This is Goutam Ghose's speculative commentary on poverty and exploitation in rural Bihar, based on Bengali story Paathi.
Director: Goutam Ghose | Stars: Naseeruddin Shah, Shabana Azmi, Utpal Dutt, Anil Chatterjee
Votes: 556
8. Bokul (2015)
100 min | Drama
Thirty-year-old Raktim comes back to his town to attend his sister's wedding and is struck by the changes that the place has gone through during his absence of five years. He also realizes ... See full summary »
Director: Reema Borah | Stars: Ankita Borah, Anupam Borah, Nirab Das, Udayan Duarah
Votes: 31
9. Empire of Passion (1978)
R | 105 min | Drama, Horror, Romance
A married woman and her lover murder her husband and dump his body into a well. After a while, his ghost comes to haunt them while the local gossip grows stronger.
Director: Nagisa Ôshima | Stars: Tatsuya Fuji, Kazuko Yoshiyuki, Takahiro Tamura, Takuzô Kawatani
Votes: 4,939
10. Manorama: Six Feet Under (2007)
Not Rated | 137 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Manorama, wife of an irrigation minister, tasks Satyaveer to find if her husband is cheating. As Satyaveer starts investigating, he gets trapped in a web of lies and must uncover the entire truth.
Director: Navdeep Singh | Stars: Abhay Deol, Gul Panag, Raima Sen, Sarika Thakur
Votes: 8,741
11. Cycle (II) (2018)
96 min | Comedy
A post-Independence era story, Cycle is about 'Keshav''s intense love for his cycle which gets stolen by two thieves. Will Keshav ever find his cycle back?
Director: Prakash Kunte | Stars: Hrishikesh Joshi, Priyadarshan Jadhav, Bhau Kadam, Bapu Awale
Votes: 684
12. Joji (2021)
113 min | Crime, Drama
Joji, an engineering dropout and the youngest son of a rich family lives with his aspirations of becoming super wealthy. Driven by greed and blind ambition, he decides to execute his plans following an unexpected event in the family.
Director: Dileesh Pothan | Stars: Fahadh Faasil, Basil Joseph, Dileesh Pothan, Baburaj
Votes: 10,808
13. Moxie (I) (2021)
PG-13 | 111 min | Comedy, Drama
Inspired by her mom's rebellious past and a confident new friend, a shy 16-year-old publishes an anonymous zine calling out sexism at her school.
Director: Amy Poehler | Stars: Hadley Robinson, Lauren Tsai, Alycia Pascual-Pena, Nico Hiraga
Votes: 28,744
14. Drinking Buddies (2013)
R | 90 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Luke and Kate are coworkers at a brewery who spend their nights drinking and flirting heavily. One weekend away together with their significant others proves who really belongs together and who doesn't.
Director: Joe Swanberg | Stars: Olivia Wilde, Jake Johnson, Anna Kendrick, Ron Livingston
Votes: 60,909 | Gross: $0.34M
15. Hannah Takes the Stairs (2007)
Not Rated | 83 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Hannah is a recent college graduate interning at a Chicago production company. She is crushing on two writers at work, Matt and Paul, who share an office and keep her entertained. Will a ... See full summary »
Director: Joe Swanberg | Stars: Greta Gerwig, Kent Osborne, Andrew Bujalski, Ry Russo-Young
Votes: 2,281 | Gross: $0.02M
16. Bacurau (2019)
Not Rated | 131 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
After the death of her grandmother, Teresa comes home to her matriarchal village in a near-future Brazil to find a succession of sinister events that mobilizes all of its residents.
Directors: Juliano Dornelles, Kleber Mendonça Filho | Stars: Bárbara Colen, Thomas Aquino, Silvero Pereira, Thardelly Lima
Votes: 30,712
17. Charulata (1964)
Not Rated | 117 min | Drama, Romance
The lonely wife of a newspaper editor falls in love with her visiting cousin-in-law, who shares her love for literature.
Director: Satyajit Ray | Stars: Soumitra Chatterjee, Madhavi Mukherjee, Shailen Mukherjee, Shyamal Ghoshal
Votes: 7,204 | Gross: $0.08M
18. Kala (I) (2021)
130 min | Action, Thriller
A psychological thriller that revolves around Shaji who faces an intriguing conflict with the many layered shades of human behavior.
Director: Rohith V.S. | Stars: Tovino Thomas, Moor, Lal, Divya Pillai
Votes: 3,977
19. The Kaleidoscope (1981)
92 min | Drama
A young ebullient and sensitive Calcuttan meets the editor of a leading newspaper and is assigned to 'do' a newsy yet intimate story of his own middle class milieu within two days. The ... See full summary »
Director: Mrinal Sen | Stars: Anjan Dutt, Utpal Dutt, Arun Mukherjee, Jyoti Chatterjee
Votes: 197
20. Two Distant Strangers (2020)
Not Rated | 32 min | Short, Drama, Sci-Fi
A man trying to get home to his dog gets stuck in a time loop that forces him to relive a deadly run-in with a cop.
Directors: Travon Free, Martin Desmond Roe | Stars: Joey Bada$$, Zaria, Vincent Mordente, Ana González
Votes: 20,276
21. Beyond Evil (2021)
TV-MA | 70 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
The story of two fearless men who are willing to go through extreme lengths in their pursuit of a returning serial killer. To uncover the murderer's identity, the two are forced to look deeper than what the evidence seems to suggest.
Stars: Shin Ha-kyun, Yeo Jin-goo, Choi Dae-hoon, Choi Sung-eun
Votes: 5,333
22. Midsommar (2019)
R | 148 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
A couple travels to Northern Europe to visit a rural hometown's fabled Swedish mid-summer festival. What begins as an idyllic retreat quickly devolves into an increasingly violent and bizarre competition at the hands of a pagan cult.
Director: Ari Aster | Stars: Florence Pugh, Jack Reynor, Vilhelm Blomgren, William Jackson Harper
Votes: 403,995 | Gross: $27.33M
23. The Big City (1963)
Not Rated | 122 min | Drama
Life at home changes when a house-wife from a middle-class, conservative family in Calcutta gets a job as a saleswoman.
Director: Satyajit Ray | Stars: Anil Chatterjee, Madhavi Mukherjee, Jaya Bachchan, Haren Chatterjee
Votes: 4,968
24. Maacher Jhol-The fish curry (2017)
12 min | Animation, Short, Drama
Lalit, 28, decides to come-out to his own parents. In order to reveal his sexuality, seeking acceptance, he cooks his father favorite fish curry.
Director: Abhishek Verma | Stars: Amar Chaudhary, Suraj Ghosh, Deepa Kumar, Rajesh Pawar
Votes: 110
25. The Holy Man (1965)
65 min | Comedy
A devout Hindu family falls victim to a charlatan posing as a holy man.
Director: Satyajit Ray | Stars: Charuprakash Ghosh, Rabi Ghosh, Prasad Mukherjee, Gitali Roy
Votes: 1,712
26. Taste of Cherry (1997)
Not Rated | 95 min | Drama
An Iranian man drives his car in search of someone who will quietly bury him under a cherry tree after he commits suicide.
Director: Abbas Kiarostami | Stars: Homayoun Ershadi, Abdolhosein Bagheri, Afshin Khorshid Bakhtiari, Safar Ali Moradi
Votes: 36,821 | Gross: $0.31M
27. It Comes at Night (2017)
R | 91 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
Secure within a desolate home as an unnatural threat terrorizes the world, a man has established a tenuous domestic order with his wife and son. Then a desperate young family arrives seeking refuge.
Director: Trey Edward Shults | Stars: Joel Edgerton, Christopher Abbott, Carmen Ejogo, Riley Keough
Votes: 103,176 | Gross: $13.99M
28. Shiva Baby (2020)
Not Rated | 77 min | Comedy, Drama
At a Jewish funeral service with her parents, a college student runs into her sugar daddy and ex girlfriend.
Director: Emma Seligman | Stars: Rachel Sennott, Danny Deferrari, Fred Melamed, Polly Draper
Votes: 33,324
29. Certified Copy (2010)
Not Rated | 106 min | Drama, Romance
In Tuscany to promote his latest book, a middle-aged British writer meets a French woman who leads him to the village of Lucignano. While there, a chance question reveals something deeper.
Director: Abbas Kiarostami | Stars: Juliette Binoche, William Shimell, Jean-Claude Carrière, Agathe Natanson
Votes: 26,921 | Gross: $1.34M
30. Sweat (2020)
Unrated | 106 min | Drama
Three days in the life of fitness motivator Sylwia Zajac, a social media celebrity surrounded by loyal employees and admirers, who is really looking for true intimacy.
Director: Magnus von Horn | Stars: Magdalena Kolesnik, Julian Swiezewski, Aleksandra Konieczna, Zbigniew Zamachowski
Votes: 3,812
31. I May Destroy You (2020)
TV-MA | 351 min | Drama
The question of sexual consent in contemporary life and how, in the new landscape of dating and relationships, we make the distinction between liberation and exploitation.
Stars: Michaela Coel, Weruche Opia, Paapa Essiedu, Stephen Wight
Votes: 26,040
32. The Great Indian Kitchen (2021)
100 min | Comedy, Drama
After marriage, a woman struggles to be the submissive wife that her husband and his family expect her to be. The story follows her journey, as she changes herself and, even more so, changes the household.
Director: Jeo Baby | Stars: Nimisha Sajayan, Suraj Venjaramoodu, Ajitha V.M., T. Suresh Babu
Votes: 9,862
33. Nayattu (2021)
124 min | Crime, Thriller
Three police officers who are on a run for life, escaping the outbreak against them due to the unlawful arrest and torture of a civilian. It brings in a few shades of arrogant yet very much human police officers and their helplessness.
Director: Martin Prakkat | Stars: Kunchacko Boban, Joju George, Nimisha Sajayan, Jaffer Idukki
Votes: 8,859
34. Karnan (2021)
158 min | Action, Drama
Karnan, a fearless village youth, must fight for the rights of the conservative people of his village, due to the torture given by a police officer.
Director: Mari Selvaraj | Stars: Dhanush, Lal, Rajisha Vijayan, Yogi Babu
Votes: 23,698
35. Portrait of a Lady on Fire (2019)
R | 122 min | Drama, Romance
On an isolated island in Brittany at the end of the eighteenth century, a female painter is obliged to paint a wedding portrait of a young woman.
Director: Céline Sciamma | Stars: Noémie Merlant, Adèle Haenel, Luàna Bajrami, Valeria Golino
Votes: 109,747 | Gross: $3.76M
36. Drishyam 2 (2021)
152 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A gripping tale of an investigation and a family which is threatened by it. Will Georgekutty be able to protect his family this time?
Director: Jeethu Joseph | Stars: Mohanlal, Meena, Ansiba, Esther Anil
Votes: 40,964
37. The Disciple (2020)
TV-MA | 129 min | Drama, Music
Self-doubt, sacrifice and struggle converge into an existential crisis for a devoted classical vocalist as the mastery he strives for remains elusive.
Director: Chaitanya Tamhane | Stars: Aditya Modak, Arun Dravid, Sumitra Bhave, Deepika Bhide Bhagwat
Votes: 3,065
38. Mandela (2021)
140 min | Comedy, Drama
A local barber's fate turns overnight when he becomes the single deciding vote in the village elections.
Director: Madonne Ashwin | Stars: Yogi Babu, Sheela Rajkumar, Sangili Murugan, Mukesh
Votes: 8,409
39. Minari (2020)
PG-13 | 115 min | Drama
A Korean American family moves to an Arkansas farm in search of its own American dream. Amidst the challenges of new life in the strange and rugged Ozarks, they discover the undeniable resilience of family and what really makes a home.
Director: Lee Isaac Chung | Stars: Steven Yeun, Han Yeri, Alan Kim, Noel Cho
Votes: 97,198
40. Where Is the Friend's House? (1987)
Not Rated | 83 min | Drama, Family
Eight-year-old Ahmed has mistakenly taken his friend Mohammad's notebook. He wants to return it, or else his friend will be expelled from school. The boy determinedly sets out to find Mohammad's home in the neighbouring village.
Director: Abbas Kiarostami | Stars: Babek Ahmed Poor, Ahmed Ahmed Poor, Khodabakhsh Defaei, Iran Outari
Votes: 18,737
41. Euphoria (2019– )
TV-MA | 55 min | Drama
A look at life for a group of high school students as they grapple with issues of drugs, sex, and violence.
Stars: Zendaya, Hunter Schafer, Jacob Elordi, Maude Apatow
Votes: 242,456
42. Ted Lasso (2020–2023)
TV-MA | 30 min | Comedy, Drama, Sport
American college football coach Ted Lasso heads to London to manage AFC Richmond, a struggling English Premier League soccer team.
Stars: Jason Sudeikis, Hannah Waddingham, Jeremy Swift, Phil Dunster
Votes: 349,195
43. The White Lotus (2021–2025)
TV-MA | 353 min | Comedy, Drama
The exploits of various guests and employees of a luxury resort over the span of a week.
Stars: Jennifer Coolidge, Jon Gries, F. Murray Abraham, Adam DiMarco
Votes: 208,674
44. Aani Maani (2019)
94 min | Drama
When the government announces a ban on beef, and the shutting down of slaughterhouses, it wreaks havoc in the family life of a lower middle class, Muslim kebab seller called Bhutto, and sends his world spinning.
Director: Fahim Irshad | Stars: Farrukh Seyer, Priyanka Verma, Neha Singh, Padma Damodaran
Votes: 121
45. Dune (2021)
PG-13 | 155 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
A noble family becomes embroiled in a war for control over the galaxy's most valuable asset while its heir becomes troubled by visions of a dark future.
Director: Denis Villeneuve | Stars: Timothée Chalamet, Rebecca Ferguson, Zendaya, Oscar Isaac
Votes: 859,031 | Gross: $108.33M
46. Jai Bhim (2021)
Approved | 164 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
When a tribal man is arrested for a case of alleged theft, his wife turns to a human-rights lawyer to help bring justice.
Director: T.J. Gnanavel | Stars: Suriya, Lijo Mol Jose, Manikandan K., Rajisha Vijayan
Votes: 217,309
47. Turup (Checkmate) (2017)
PG | 72 min | Drama
In the neighbourhood, chess is a popular pass time with men being the most visible players. In this backdrop a domestic worker, a young woman in love and a former journalist make their moves with care.
Director: Ektara Collective | Stars: Moulina Midde, Sheela Rawat, Madhu Bhagat, Syed Saim Ali
Votes: 61
48. La Cérémonie (1995)
Not Rated | 111 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A newly hired maid for a rich countryside family befriends a post-office clerk who encourages her to rebel against her employers.
Director: Claude Chabrol | Stars: Isabelle Huppert, Sandrine Bonnaire, Jacqueline Bisset, Jean-Pierre Cassel
Votes: 13,829 | Gross: $0.08M
49. Baghead (2008)
R | 84 min | Comedy, Drama, Horror
Four "actors" go to a cabin in the woods for the weekend to write a movie script. They talk about a relationship movie or a paper bag over the head movie. It starts with an anonymous baghead and slowly escalates.
Directors: Jay Duplass, Mark Duplass | Stars: Ross Partridge, Steve Zissis, Greta Gerwig, Elise Muller
Votes: 5,574 | Gross: $0.14M
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