Parents (1989)

 

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0098068/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parents_(1989_film)

Director: Bob Balaban

Stars: Randy Quaid, Bryan Madorsky, Mary Beth Hurt, Sandy Dennis, London Juno, Kathryn Grody, Deborah Rush, Graham Jarvis, Wayne Robson

Michael Laemie is a young boy living in a typical 1950's suburbanite home... except for his bizarre and horrific nightmares, and continued unease around his parents. Especially his father, Nick Laemie. Young Michael begins to suspect his parents are cooking more than just hamburgers on the grill outside.

Canada | USA

In English

 

5x Favela, Agora por Nós Mesmos (2010)

 

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1646956/

5x Favela, Agora por Nós Mesmos / 5x Favela, Now by Ourselves

Directors: Cacau Amaral, Cadu Barcellos, Luciana Bezerra, Manaira Carneiro, Rodrigo Felha, Wagner Novais & Luciano Vidigal

Stars: Vilson Almeida, João Carlos Artigos, Flavio Bauraqui, Pablo Vinicius, Juan Paiva, Vitor Carvalho, Samuel de Assis, Edyr de Castro, Gregório Duvivier, Luis Fernando

The project 5 x slum, now by ourselves gathered over 80 young people from Rio's favelas (slums), selected through workshops on script and filmmaking techniques to create a feature film consisting of five stories that reflect different facets of the daily lives of residents of these communities -- with the promise of avoiding stereotypical representations. This was inspired by Leon Hirszman's 5 x favela, an important movie in the "Cinema Novo" Brazilian film tradition.

Brazil

In Portuguese

With French, Spanish, Portuguese & English subs (embed)

 

The Chinese Typewriter (1978)

 

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5597370/

Director: Daniel Barnett

The Chinese Typewriter was the first American film shot in China after the end of the Cultural Revolution, an extraordinary time that marked the opening of Chinese society and began China’s modernization.

Documentary, short

USA, in English

 

Walk that Dog (1974)

 

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt18453542/

Director: Tyler Turkle

A classic piece of Americana.  In this 1974 documentary,  filmmaker Tyler Turkle  ambushes Duncan Yo-Yo champion Lance Lynch in a drugstore parking lot in Tallmadge, Ohio.  Lynch is there on a promo tour of the Midwest and proceeds to teach a few kids some tricks.  Turkle "interviews" Lynch while he shows the kids how to skin-the-cat, rock-the-baby and walk-the-dog.  Lynch then conducts a hurried contest with about ten of the kids, awards some yo-yos and patches to the winners, gets in his car and drives off to the next destination.

Short, documentary

USA, in English

 

Жива ватра (2015)

 

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4957736/

Жива ватра / The Living Fire

Director & Writer: Ostap Kostyuk

A four-year-long project documenting three generations of Ukrainian Carpathian shepherds in their struggle to keep the age-old trade alive in the face of contemporary changes.

Documentary

Ukraine

In Ukrainian, with Ukrainian and English subs (embed)

Little Men (1940)

 

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0032717/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Men_(1940_film)

Director: Norman Z. McLeod

Stars: Kay Francis, Jack Oakie, George Bancroft, Jimmy Lydon (Dan), Ann Gillis, Carl Esmond, Richard Nichols (Teddy), Casey Johnson, Francesca Santoro, Johnny Burke, Lillian Randolph, Sammy McKim, Edward Rice, Sidney Kibrick, Schuyler Standish, Jimmy Zahner

Jo March and her husband Professor Bhaer operate the Plumfield School for poor boys. When Dan, a tough street kid, comes to the school, he wins Jo's heart despite his hard edge, and she defends him when he is falsely accused. Dan's foster father, Major Burdle, is a swindler in cahoots with another crook called Willie the Fox. When the Plumfield School becomes in danger of foreclosure, the two con men cook up a scheme to save the home.

USA

In English

Pez (2004)

 

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2363337/

Director: Petr Krava

Stars: Filip Falcnik, Simon Herman, Kluci Janzuraci

The film’s main protagonist is a young teenage boy who is addicted to video games and hard core music. He immensely enjoys  the virtual reality into which he slips every time he has a chance. One day he loses a sense of reality and fantasy and goes out determined that he can, in reality, be just as strong and “clever” as the virtual people he encounters in the games.

Short

Czech Republic

Some dialogue in Czech; you can watch it without translation

 

Da se (1980) Lost Souls

 

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0284964/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lost_Souls_(1980_film)

Da se / 打蛇 / Lost Souls

Director: Tun Fei Mou (as T.F. Mous)

Stars: Hung Yen, Feng Chi, Ming Chen, Shen Chan, Jenny Liang, Han Chiang, Hsiang Lin Yin, Kin Ping Chow, Tun Fei Mou, Fei Ai

Illegal immigrants from mainland China are smuggled into Hong Kong. They are captured by a gang, then raped, tortured, and murdered.

Hong Kong

In Cantonese, with English subs (VobSub)

 

Avetik (1992)

 

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0103741/

Avetik / Ավետիք

Director & Writer: Don Askarian

Stars: Alik Asatryan, Mikhail Stepanyan, Karen Dzhanibekyan, Eduard Saribekyan, Samvel Ovazaryan, Geno Lechner

Set around the central figure of an Armenian trying to forge a life in the West the film offers a series of impressions of Armenian history.

Armenia / Germany

In Armenian, some German - with English hardsubs

 

Welcome to Sodom (2018)

 

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8116550/

http://www.welcome-to-sodom.com

Directors & Writers: Christian Krönes, Florian Weigensamer

Stars: Mohammed Abubakar, Awal Mohammed, Kwasi Yefter

An examination of the worlds largest electrical waste dump in Accra, Ghana, where children dismantle electronics for recycling.

Documentary

Austria | Ghana

Language: English, German and some African dialects

With English subs (VobSub)