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If you’re less about adventurous plots, and more about the aesthetics and character arcs, we’ve got you covered. Here are the best plot-less movies and shows to stream right now.

Dir. Alexandre O. Philippe
Swiss filmmaker Alexandre O. Philippe gave us the free-flowing fandom doc The People vs. George Lucas in 2010 and hasn’t…

Dir. Andrew Dominik
Whether or not you’re a fan of Nick Cave’s contemplative, idiosyncratic style of music, This Much I Know to Be…

Dir. Christian Watt
Cunk on Earth is a five-episode mockumentary that takes the piss out of every single historical documentary you’ve seen. The…

Dir. Jessica Kingdon
Though it doesn’t provide a more holistic view of Chinese society even in the context of work and industry, Ascension…

Los Espookys is the name of a horror-loving group of friends, who, following their passion, provide gory services to those…

Dir. Ruben Östlund
The Square is a peculiar movie about a respected contemporary art museum curator as he goes through a few very…

Dir. Kogonada
What goes well with a love story? Creative architecture. Columbus the movie is such a great and genuine exploration of…

Dir. Charlie Ahearn
This cult classic is the first hip-hop movie in cinema’s history — and, aptly, one of the most sampled movies…

Dir. Dziga Vertov
With no dialogue, no intertitles, no hired cast, and barely a semblance of a plot, The Man with a Movie…

Dir. Tsai Ming-liang
Serene and almost silent, Goodbye, Dragon Inn is a film contemplating an old movie theater in Taipei. In its heyday,…

Dir. Jill Sprecher
“What is happiness?” is one of those philosophical questions that seem destined to go unanswered, one that, when asked, starts…

Dir. Mike Leigh
If you’re a fan of musical theater of any kind, Topsy-Turvy pays tribute to that notoriously tricky art form with…

Dir. Edward Yang
Slow and almost silent, Edward Yang’s second feature film pins us down in a fast-moving city. In 1980s Taipei, Chin…

Dir. Paolo Sorrentino
Youth is a film about Fred Ballinger (Michael Caine) a famous composer vacationing at a resort in the Swiss Alps…

Dir. Maren Ade
Good movies usually aren’t lengthy movies, unless we’re talking about cases like Toni Erdmann. It’s a supremely smart German-Austrian comedy that…

Dir. Lynne Ramsay
What Lynne Ramsay’s Ratcatcher intentionally refuses to give you by way of plot or resolution, it more than makes up…

Dir. Mike Leigh
This is a very nice movie about a lovely older couple named Tom and Gerri. It follows their lives for…

Dir. Anna Muylaert
Val is a housekeeper for a wealthy family in São Paulo. She is close with every family member, and acts…

Dir. Noah Baumbach
Frances (Greta Gerwig) lives in New York – but not the glamorous NYC of Woody Allen movies. Taking place primarily…

Dir. Jim Jarmusch
An instant essential film in the Jim Jarmusch catalog. In his traditional directing fashion, Paterson disregards plot and instead finds…
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