The Best Thought-provoking Movies to Watch on Kanopy (Page 3)
Challenging movies serve beyond entertainment, pushing us to ask new questions about humanity and the world around us. If you’re hungry for some food for thought, here are the best thought-provoking movies and shows available to stream now.
An epic, spellbinding myth from Mali brought to life by one of Africa’s greatest filmmakers.
A former inmate tries to find a date and ends up finding herself in this unexpected, thoughtful Irish indie.
Two brothers find solace in stories and friendship in this bittersweet animated period piece.
Chinese artist Ai Weiwei directs his attention towards the ongoing refugee crisis, the biggest displacement of people since World War II. His documentary is apolitical and tries to focus on the human side of the picture. It’s not a news report or a commentary on the causes of the situation. Instead, it’s a combination of […]
The master of the thrill returns to giallo in this terrifying serial killer thriller.
Nazi children reckon with their parents’ atrocities in this thought provoking, thrilling period drama .
A unique, haunting Outback Western that reckons with the historical violence waged on the Aboriginal people.
Derek Jarman’s last testament in film, a losing battle with AIDS set on an unchanging screen of blue.
The abstract, breathtaking poetic masterpiece depicting Sayat Nova’s life story.
An eye-opening documentary giving filmmaking’s most invisible profession its due.
Miguel Gomes recreates cinema’s selective memory for Europe’s colonial past in this unconventional black-and-white romance.
A heartbreaking family drama that reveals the human cost of Argentina’s political unrest in the 20th century.
A powerful depiction of religious sisters reckoning with faith after trauma.
Alonso Ruizpalacios made his debut in this striking portrait of Mexico City in the late 90s.
An old bath house reaches its end in this bizarre, eccentric experimental fantasy.
An Aboriginal man tries to return to his roots in this realist and poignant Australian drama.
A one-of-a-kind biopic that captures a truly disturbed mindset with impeccable filmmaking.
A dictator and his grandson try to escape the revolution in this bleak, satiric drama.
A contemplative experimental drama that glides across Russian history in just one take.
Werner Herzog takes on the classic film vampire in this spectacular, empathetic gothic horror remake.
Faith and friendship are tested in this bleak, unsettling Romanian drama.
An unpleasant, bizarre, yet brilliant drama about the dark side of man and his best friend.
By closely following the media coverage of the Iraq war on both sides, Control Room serves as the ultimate proof that objectivity is a myth.
Three stories from three countries about the oldest profession in the world.
The Central Park Five is a harrowing documentation of the unseen narrative surrounding the 1989 Central Park Jogger case. Five men – four black and one of Hispanic descent – have been wrongly accused, tried, and convicted for the assault, rape, and sodomy of female jogger Trisha Meili the night of April 19. No (DNA) […]
A riveting portrait of a fallen man’s attempts at gaining forgiveness and political re-entry.
A Maori family survives in an alienating Auckland in this raw, tragic drama.
Ryan Gosling plays a Jewish Neo-Nazi in this extremely riveting window into the definition of inner conflict. It is a prime example of how character development should be done and it put Gosling on the map for me. He starts out as an exemplary student in Hebrew school until he starts questioning his teachings and […]
