The Best Movies You Can Only Watch With a VPN - Page 5

Mia, a young aspiring actress who works as a waitress while going to castings, and Sebastian, a jazz pianist who makes a living playing in sordid slums, fall in love, but their great ambition to reach the top in their artistic careers threatens to separate them.

Genres: Romance, Comedy, Drama

Countries: Japan, Indonesia, Thailand, Taiwan.

Set in 1997 Rio, Elite Squad follows BOPE captain Nascimento as he prepares favelas for the Pope while seeking a successor. Two recruits face brutal BOPE training and moral choices amid corruption and violence.

Genres: Drama, Action/Adventure

Countries: Brazil.

Mima is a famous Japanese singer of a music group. Due to the failure of sales of her albums, her manager decides to remove her from the band and give her a role in a television series. Her crisis gets worse when she discovers that her life is within anyone’s reach on the Internet and that someone is watching her.

Genres: Animation, Anime, Horror, Mystery, Thriller

Countries: Japan.

Ip Man is a semi‑biographical drama about Wing Chun master Yip Man in 1930s–40s Foshan. During the Japanese occupation, he falls into poverty and uses his martial skill to defend his community. Donnie Yen stars.

Genres: Action/Adventure, Biography, Drama, Fantasy, History

Countries: Singapore, Philippines, Indonesia, Thailand, Taiwan and 3 country/es more.

Mahatma Gandhi advocated for the rights of black citizens in South Africa before turning his attention to Hindus in India. He encouraged them to rebel against British rule using non-violence and civil disobedience. This movement eventually led to India gaining independence from the British empire in the 1940s.

Genres: Biography, Drama, History

Countries: South Korea.

A team of scientists has resumed an experiment to find individuals who can control the ultimate weapon: a force called "absolute energy". During a fight, Kaneda’s best friend, Tetsuo, suffers a freak accident and ends up entering a military installation. There the scientists will discover that he is the possessor of absolute energy.

Genres: Animation, Cult, Anime, Action/Adventure, Science fiction, Drama, Thriller, Mystery

Countries: Dominican Republic, Switzerland, Argentina, Brazil, Colombia and 4 country/es more.

Thirty years after the events of the first film, a new blade runner, K discovers a deeply hidden secret that could end the chaos that prevails in society. K’s discovery leads him to start the search for Rick Deckard, a blade runner who lost track 30 years ago.

Genres: Science fiction, Thriller, Mystery, Fantasy, Action/Adventure, Drama

Countries: Switzerland, Singapore, Great Britain, Philippines, Indonesia and 4 country/es more.

Set in Hong Kong’s police–Triad struggle, Infernal Affairs tracks Chan, an undercover cop inside a gang, and Lau, a Triad mole in the police, as their loyalties, identities and survival unravel.

Genres: Action/Adventure, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller

Countries: Japan, Singapore, Philippines, Indonesia, South Korea and 5 country/es more.

The film is about a brilliant and talented salesman, but his job does not allow him to cover his basic needs. He and his five-year-old son will have to face many adversities to make his dream of a better life come true.

Genres: Biography, Drama, Documentary

Countries: Switzerland, Great Britain, Australia, Canada.

The Duke of York became King of England under the name of George VI, after the abdication of his older brother, Edward VIII. His stuttering, which was a great inconvenience to the performance of his duties, led him to seek the help of Lionel Logue, an expert orator who tried to eliminate this defect in the monarch's speech.

Genres: Biography, Drama, History

Countries: Belgium, Finland, Norway, Sweden, Poland and 7 country/es more.

In the early 1990s, the young and idealistic Christopher McCandless, adopted the name Alexander Supertramp, left his possessions and savings to charity, and left the civilized world for wild Alaska to come into contact with nature and discover the true meaning of life.

Genres: Drama, Action/Adventure

Countries: Dominican Republic, Brazil, Colombia, India, Peru and 5 country/es more.

Ruby, 17, the only hearing member of a Deaf fishing family in Gloucester, discovers a passion for singing and a duet partner. Encouraged by her teacher, she must choose between music school and supporting her family.

Genres: Drama, Comedy

Countries: Thailand.

Based on a true story, Lion follows Saroo, a boy who gets lost on a train, is adopted in Australia, and decades later uses online maps to find his Indian hometown and reunite with his family.

Genres: Drama, Reality

Countries: Singapore, United States, Vietnam.

Diane, a widowed mother, keeps her volatile teen Steve at home to avoid institutionalization. His ADHD strains their lives and work, until neighbor Kyla's steady kindness creates an uneasy, hopeful bond.

Genre: Drama

Countries: Canada.

Riko, Reg and Nanachi descend into the Abyss's fifth layer, the Sea of Corpses, where they meet the genial but sinister White Whistle Bondrewd. His hidden horrors and ties to Nanachi force the trio into moral and physical trials.

Genres: Anime, Action/Adventure, Anime

Countries: Japan.

Arrakis, a desert planet controlled by House Domerides, holds valuable resources. Duke Leto, Lady Jessica, and their son Paul arrive to reclaim their honor but face betrayal and intrigue, leading to a clash with the locals, the Fremen.

Genres: Science fiction, Action/Adventure

Countries: Belgium, Finland, Norway, Sweden, Austria and 9 country/es more.

Set in Mexico City, Amores Perros links three lives after a violent car crash: Octavio turns to dogfighting, model Valeria is badly injured and separated from her dog, and ex-guerrilla El Chivo seeks redemption.

Genres: Cult, Thriller, Drama, Thriller

Countries: Dominican Republic, Argentina, Colombia, Chile, Mexico and 1 country/es more.

Set in 1962 Hong Kong, two lonely neighbors discover their spouses' affair. Chow and Su form a restrained, growing bond—honorable yet aching—captured in a lush, melancholy portrait of longing.

Genres: Cult, Drama, Independent, Romance

Countries: South Korea.

Nezha and Aobing survive a calamity as souls. Taiyi Zhenren recreates them with a seven-colored lotus and sends them to reclaim their bodies; brutal trials unearth a conspiracy that could spark war.

Genres: Animation, Comedy, Action/Adventure

Countries: Indonesia.

Dora, a solitary retired schoolteacher who writes letters at Rio’s Central Station, becomes guardian to nine-year-old Josue. They journey to the Northeast seeking his father, confronting loss, hope and a growing bond.

Genres: Cult, Drama, Drama

Countries: Brazil.