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05/11/2025
At Beamafilm, we love bringing you the world’s most highly acclaimed films and documentaries, those that critics and audiences agree are unforgettable. Here’s a hand-picked lineup of Rotten Tomatoes favourites for you to stream, each an epic of cinematic storytelling.
Ingrid Bergman: In Her Own Words
⭐ 95% on Rotten Tomatoes An intimate and revelatory portrait of one of cinema’s greatest icons. Using Bergman’s home movies, diaries, and letters, this documentary offers a rare glimpse into the private life and artistic courage of the woman behind Casablanca and Notorious.
Bill Cunningham New York
⭐ 99% on Rotten Tomatoes A joyous tribute to the late street-style photographer whose bicycle and blue jacket became fixtures of Manhattan life. Funny, moving, and profoundly human, this documentary celebrates creativity, humility, and the quiet power of observation.
Stagecoach
⭐ 100% on Rotten Tomatoes John Ford’s seminal Western, starring John Wayne in the role that made him a legend. Stagecoach redefined American cinema, earning two Oscars and still regarded as one of the greatest films ever made.
About Elly
⭐ 99% on Rotten Tomatoes From Oscar-winning director Asghar Farhadi comes this gripping Iranian drama of friendship, secrecy, and moral ambiguity. Praised worldwide for its taut storytelling and emotional honesty, About Elly is modern world cinema at its finest.
The Battle of Algiers
⭐ 99% on Rotten Tomatoes Gillo Pontecorvo’s realist depiction of Algeria’s fight for independence is as urgent today as it was on release. A Cannes Golden Lion winner and permanent fixture in film-study curricula worldwide.
Ryuichi Sakamoto: Coda
⭐ 94% on Rotten Tomatoes A deeply personal portrait of the late great Japanese composer-activist Ryuichi Sakamoto. Through illness and creativity, he reflects on music’s power to heal both the individual and the planet.
Battleship Potemkin
⭐ 100% on Rotten Tomatoes
Sergei Eisenstein’s silent masterpiece remains one of the most influential films ever made. Its Odessa Steps montage revolutionised editing and film language forever.
Why these matter
These films aren’t just critically adored, they’re conversation-starters, classroom treasures, and timeless viewing for cinephiles. From Hollywood’s Golden Age to contemporary world cinema, each one embodies the craftsmanship that defines great storytelling.
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In a diner somewhere in the middle of nowhere, Al Roberts ruminates about his life and what has led him to this place in time. He's got a tale to tell but Al's problem becomes more apparent as he explains it all.
A group of people traveling on a stagecoach find their journey complicated by the threat of Geronimo and learn something about each other in the process.
A father and his estranged son must come together to hand deliver his daughter's wedding invitations to each guest as per local Palestinian custom, in this rousing family drama from Annemarie Jacir.
Alienated film-maker hopeful Pat Johnson's epic story of growing up in rural Illinois, falling in love and becoming the first fan of the movie that changed everything.
When they are fed rancid meat, the sailors on the Potemkin revolt against their harsh conditions, soon encouraging the whole city of Odessa to join their revolution.
This is the first full length feature documentary about the artist Eric Ravilious, told in his own words through previously unseen private correspondence.
Backup singers finally get the spotlight. Their voices bring harmony to the biggest bands in popular music, but we've had no idea who these singers are or what lives they lead, until now.
A captivating look behind the scenes of the remarkable life of a young Swedish girl who became one of the most beloved and celebrated actresses of American cinema.
Deliver the boxes, get the money. Easy, right? Victor took the wrong job carrying 7 boxes of unknown content through Market Number 4 in Asunción, Paraguay. Things get hot and complicated on this Friday night.
Eilis, a young Irish girl, lands in 1950s Brooklyn and soon gets used to the freer life. She falls in love with Tony, who hails from an Italian family. However, a tragedy befalls her back home.
The crowning achievement of the German silent cinema. In a futuristic city a beautiful utopia exists above a bleak underworld populated by mistreated workers.
After suffering a nervous breakdown, chess player Genesis Potini (Cliff Curtis) volunteers to teach a group of disadvantaged children how to play the game.
Backup singers finally get the spotlight. Their voices bring harmony to the biggest bands in popular music, but we've had no idea who these singers are or what lives they lead, until now.
Ai Weiwei is China's most famous international artist and domestic critic. He expresses himself through art and social media whilst authorities shut him down and hold him in secret detention.
From May 2007 to July 2008, Battle Company of the 173rd Airborne Brigade was stationed in the remote Korengal Valley of eastern Afghanistan – considered one of the most dangerous postings of the war.
How did an obscure ’60s artist become a music phenomenon? And what happened to him? Two South African fans set out to find out what really happened to their hero and this Oscar winning documentary is stranger than...
The National Gallery in London is one of the great museums of the world with over 2400 paintings from the 13th-19th century. Almost every human experience is represented in one or the other of the paintings.
They were one of America's richest and most extravagant couples. Then came the GFC. How will a billionaire family face their financial challenges in the wake of the economic crisis?
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