Movies on Kanopy — NYT Top 100

A struggling family finds work in a wealthy household, setting off a chain of deception and conflict across Seoul's class divide.

An ambitious oil prospector builds an empire in California while his hunger for power poisons his relationships.

A hunter takes money from a failed drug deal, drawing a relentless killer and an aging sheriff into his path.

An aspiring photographer grows up amid escalating gang violence in a Rio de Janeiro neighborhood.

A stockbroker's spectacular rise is fueled by fraud, excess, and a culture of reckless ambition.

Filmed over twelve years, a boy's childhood unfolds through shifting family relationships and everyday experiences in Texas.

After her husband's fatal fall, a writer faces a trial that places her marriage and her son's testimony under scrutiny.

A linguist tries to communicate with alien visitors as international mistrust threatens to turn first contact into conflict.

An artist commissioned to paint a reluctant bride's portrait forms an intimate bond with her subject on a remote French island.

A troubled veteran falls under the influence of a charismatic leader whose movement promises answers to his inner turmoil.

Released after years of unexplained imprisonment, a man searches for his captor and the reason his life was destroyed.

A teenage music journalist goes on tour with a rock band and discovers the distance between his heroes and their public image.

A socially anxious businessman finds a chance at romance while facing family pressure and an escalating extortion scheme.

A man unable to form new memories uses notes, photographs, and tattoos to pursue the person he believes killed his wife.

Boston Globe reporters investigate sexual abuse by Catholic priests and the institutional failures that allowed it to continue.

An alien takes on a woman's appearance and drives through Scotland, luring men into a deadly trap.

A lonely, bullied boy befriends a mysterious child whose presence brings violence to his Swedish neighborhood.

A department-store worker and an older married woman begin a relationship constrained by the expectations of 1950s America.

Men involved in Indonesia's mass killings reenact their crimes through cinematic fantasies, exposing how they remember and justify their actions.

A struggling folk singer drifts through a winter week in 1961 New York, searching for work, shelter, and a breakthrough.

Two sisters confront a looming planetary collision as a lavish wedding gives way to dread and uncertainty.

A self-important television anchorman and his team struggle to accept a talented woman joining their San Diego newsroom.

An aspiring dancer drifts between apartments and uncertain jobs as a close friendship changes and adulthood comes into focus.

A teenager living on an English housing estate pursues dance and becomes drawn to her mother's new boyfriend.

A betrayed Roman general becomes a gladiator and seeks revenge against the emperor who destroyed his family.

A police officer in a system that predicts murders becomes a fugitive when he is identified as a future killer.

A young woman in Oslo navigates changing ambitions and relationships while trying to decide what kind of life she wants.

Werner Herzog examines the life and recordings of a man who lived among Alaska's grizzly bears and was killed by one.