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Seventh Row’s

family viewing guide

If you’re stuck at home with your family and unsure what to watch, look no further. This family viewing guide is accessible and enjoyable for cinephiles and casual viewers alike. Nothing too racy, nothing too bleak, and nothing too obvious.

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Dramas
Comedies
Dramedies
Something a little unusual
Documentaries
Their Finest, Lone Scherfig
Film of the month

Their Finest

Lone Scherfig’s lovely, smart, witty wartime drama follows Catrin Cole (Gemma Arterton), a screenwriter working a film to lift the spirits of the British public during World War Two. It’s and absolute delight and one of our favourite films about filmmaking.

Stream on Netflix in Canada, HBO or HBO Max in the US.

Read our interview with Scherfig

Does your family include young kids or teens?

Check out our World Cinema for Young Adults resource page to discover great films suitable for young viewers:

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Dramas // Family Viewing Guide

A still of Eva Green in a space suit in Proxima next to a headshot of director Alice Winocour. The text on the image reads, 'Interview'.

‘Astronauts are so fragile’: Alice Winocour on Proxima

Our Little Sister

Kore-eda’s Our Little Sister is heartbreaking

Female directors TIFF, Sami Blood

Review: In Sami Blood, an Indigenous Swedish girl is caught between two worlds

Another Year
by Mike Leigh (UK)
🇨🇦 Stream on Tubi, Mubi, Prime
🇺🇸 Rent on VOD
🇬🇧 Rent on VOD
Belle by Amma Asante (UK)🇨🇦 Stream on Crave+
🇺🇸 Rent on VOD
🇬🇧 Rent on VOD
Brooklyn by John Crowley (Ireland / US)🇨🇦 Stream on CBC Gem
🇺🇸 Rent on VOD
🇬🇧 Stream on Prime
Far From the Madding Crowd by Thomas Vinterberg (UK)🇨🇦 Rent on VOD
🇺🇸 Rent on VOD
🇬🇧 Rent on VOD
The Farewell by Lulu Wang (USA / China)🇨🇦 Stream on Prime
🇺🇸 Stream on Kanopy, Prime
🇬🇧 Stream on Prime
Farewell Amor by Ekwa Msangi (USA)🇨🇦 Rent on iTunes
🇺🇸 Rent on iTunes
🇬🇧 Stream on Mubi
Lilting by Hong Khaou (UK)🇨🇦 Rent on VOD
🇺🇸 Stream on Kanopy
🇬🇧 Stream on Mubi
Miss Stevens by Julia Hart (USA)🇨🇦 Stream on Hoopla
🇺🇸 Stream on Hulu, Hoopla, Tubi, Kanopy, Vudu
🇬🇧 Rent on VOD
Monkey Beach by Loretta Todd (Canada)🇨🇦 In virtual cinemas
Our Little Sister by Hirokazu Kore-eda (Japan)🇨🇦 Rent on VOD
🇺🇸 Rent on VOD
🇬🇧 Stream on Mubi
Our Loved Ones by Anne Émond (Canada)🇨🇦 Rent on VOD
The Perfect Candidate by Haifaa Al-Mansour (Saudi Arabia)🇬🇧 Stream on Prime
Proxima by Alice Winocour (France)🇨🇦 Rent on VOD
🇺🇸 Rent on VOD
🇬🇧 Rent on VOD
The Riot Club by Lone Scherfig (UK)🇨🇦 Rent on VOD
🇺🇸 Rent on VOD
🇬🇧 Stream on Prime
Sami Blood by Amanda Kernell (Sweden)🇨🇦 Stream on Prime, Hoopla, Fandor
🇺🇸 Stream on Prime, Hoopla, Vudu, Kanopy, Fandor
🇬🇧 Stream on Prime or rent on Amazon or iTunes for 99p
Suffragette by Sarah Gavron (UK)🇨🇦 Rent on VOD
🇺🇸 Stream on Netflix
🇬🇧 Rent on VOD
Support the Girls by Andrew Bujalski (US)🇨🇦 Stream on Netflix
🇺🇸 Stream on Hulu, Kanopy
🇬🇧 Stream on Netflix
Wendy and Lucy by Kelly Reichardt (US)🇨🇦 Stream on Hoopla, Tubi
🇺🇸 Stream on Prime, Hoopla, Tubi, Kanopy, OVID
A United Kingdom by Amma Asante (UK / Botswana)🇨🇦 Rent on VOD
🇺🇸 Rent on VOD
🇬🇧 Stream on Netflix
Volver by Pedro Almodóvar (Spain)🇨🇦 Rent on VOD
🇺🇸 Rent on VOD
🇬🇧 Stream on Mubi, BFI Player
Wild Rose by Tom Harper (UK)🇨🇦 Stream on Prime
🇺🇸 Stream on Hulu
🇬🇧 Stream on Netflix

Comedies // Family Viewing Guide

An image of Andrea Dorfman, superimposed over a still from her film, Spinster. The image has the text, "Interview," over it.

Andrea Dorfman on Spinster, an ‘anti rom-com’ for the ages

Radha Blank drinking from a cup on the bus in The Forty-Year-Old Version.

The Forty-Year-Old Version: A brilliant comedy about the struggle not to sell out

Rebecca Miller, Maggie's Plan

Writer-director Rebecca Miller discusses her great remarriage screwball comedy Maggie’s Plan

The Forty-Year-Old Version by Radha Blank (US)Stream on Netflix worldwide
Frances Ha by Noah Baumbach (US)🇨🇦 Stream on Prime, Criterion Collection
🇺🇸 Stream on Criterion Collection, Showtime, DIRECTV
🇬🇧 Stream on Prime
I Used to Go Here by Kris Rey (US)🇨🇦🇺🇸 Stream on Hoopla
🇬🇧 Rent on VOD
Lucky Grandma by Sasie Sealy (US)🇨🇦 Stream on Hoopla
🇺🇸 Stream on Hoopla, Showtime, DIRECTV
🇬🇧 Rent for 99p on Amazon
Maggie’s Plan by Rebecca Miller (US)🇨🇦 Stream on Prime, Tubi
🇺🇸 Stream on Starz, DIRECTV
🇬🇧 Rent on VOD
The Meddler by Lorene Scafaria (US)🇨🇦 Stream on Prime, Crave Starz, Tubi
🇺🇸 Stream on Starz, DIRECTV
🇬🇧 Rent on VOD
My Internship in Canada by Philippe Falardeau (Canada)🇨🇦 Rent on VOD
The Party by Sally Potter (UK)🇨🇦 Stream on Tubi
🇺🇸 Stream on Kanopy
🇬🇧 Rent on VOD
Spinster by Andrea Dorfman (Canada)🇨🇦 Rent on VOD
🇺🇸 Stream on Prime
🇬🇧 Stream on Now TV, Sky Go
Starter for 10 by Blake Neely (UK)🇨🇦 Stream on Prime
🇺🇸 Stream on HBO Now, HBO Max
🇬🇧 Stream on Prime or rent for 99p on iTunes, YouTube, Google Play, Amazon
Wild Nights with Emily by Madeleine Olnek (US)🇨🇦 Stream on Crave+
🇺🇸 Stream on Hulu, Kanopy
🇬🇧 Rent on VOD

Dramedies // Family Viewing Guide

A still from Saint Frances next to headshots of director Alex Thompson and writer/star Kelly O'Sullivan. The text 'Interview' is over the image.

Saint Frances Interview: On shame, healing, abortion, and blood

Their Finest, Lone Scherfig

Interview: Director Lone Scherfig discusses directing actors in Their Finest

Matthew Warchus, Pride

Review: In Matthew Warchus’ Pride, a beating heart can change the world

Another Round by Thomas Vinterberg (Denmark)🇨🇦 Rent on VOD
🇺🇸 Rent on VOD
Barry directed by Vikram Gandhi (US)Stream on Netflix worldwide
Double Happiness by Mina Shum (Canada)🇨🇦 Rent on VOD
🇺🇸 Stream on Prime, Tubi
🇬🇧 Stream on Prime
Happy-Go-Lucky by Sadaf Foroughi (UK)🇨🇦 Rent on VOD
🇺🇸 Rent on VOD
🇬🇧 Stream on Prime
Local Hero by Bill Forsyth (UK)🇨🇦🇺🇸 Stream on Hoopla, Criterion Channel
🇬🇧 Stream on All4 or rent for 99p on Amazon or iTunes
Meditation Park by Mina Shum (Canada)🇨🇦 Rent on VOD
Pride by Matthew Warchus (UK)🇨🇦 Rent on VOD
🇺🇸 Stream on Prime
🇬🇧 Rent on VOD
Saint Frances by Alex Thompson (US)🇨🇦 Rent on VOD
🇺🇸 Stream on Starz, DIRECTV
🇬🇧 Rent on Curzon Home Cinema for £1.99
Saving Face by Alice Wu (US)🇨🇦 Stream on Prime, Crave
🇺🇸 Stream on Prime, Tubi, Pluto TV
🇬🇧 Rent on VOD
Their Finest by Lone Scherfig (UK)🇨🇦 Stream on Netflix
🇺🇸 Stream on HBO Max, HBO, DIRECTV
🇬🇧 Rent on VOD

Something a little unusual // Family Viewing Guide

An in-depth conversation with the women behind Mouthpiece

A still of filmmaker Quinn Armstrong in front of a still from his film, Survival Skills. The text on the image says Interview.

Quinn Armstrong on his bizarre police training parody, Survival Skills

Hail, Caesar

Hail, Caesar: The Coen Brothers’ Golden Age

Colossal by Nacho Vigalondo (US)🇨🇦 Stream on Prime
🇺🇸 Rent on VOD
🇬🇧 Stream on Netflix
The Dressmaker by Jocelyn Moorhouse (Australia)🇨🇦 Stream on Netflix, Hoopla
🇺🇸 Stream on Prime, Hoopla
🇬🇧 Rent on VOD
Hail, Caesar! by Joel Coen, Ethan Coen (US)🇨🇦 Rent on VOD
🇺🇸 Stream on Netflix
🇬🇧 Rent on VOD
Mouthpiece by Patricia Rozema (Canada)🇨🇦 Rent on CBC Gem
🇺🇸 Stream on Kanopy
Survival Skills by Quinn Armstrong (US)🇨🇦 Rent on VOD
🇺🇸 Rent on VOD

Documentaries // Family Viewing Guide

A still from Dick Johnson is dead in which Dick Johnson lies on the pavement after being struck on the head by an air conditioner. In the foreground of the image is director Kirsten Johnson, who is superimposed onto the still. The image also features the text, 'Interview.'

‘This film is a cemetery’: Kirsten Johnson on Dick Johnson is Dead

Women He's Undressed, Orry-Kelly

In Women He’s Undressed, Designer Orry-Kelly finally gets his moment in the sun, and boy is he fabulous!

An image of filmmaker Garrett Bradley in front of a still from her film Time, of subject Fox Rich. The text on the image reads: Interview.

‘The system is so entangled in daily life’: Garrett Bradley on Time

Boys State by Jesse Moss, Amanda McBaine (US)Stream on Apple TV+ worldwide
Dick Johnson is Dead by Kirsten Johnson (US)Stream on Netflix worldwide
Faces Places by Agnès Varda (France)🇨🇦 Rent on VOD
🇺🇸 Stream on Kanopy
🇬🇧 Rent for 99p on Amazon, Google Play, YouTube
Free Solo by Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi, Jimmy Chin (US)Stream on Disney+ worldwide
🇺🇸 Stream on Hulu
Hail, Satan! by Penny Lane (US)🇨🇦 Stream on Netflix
🇺🇸 Stream on Hulu
🇬🇧 Rent on VOD
School Life by Neasa Ní Chianáian, David Rane (Ireland)🇨🇦 Rent on VOD
🇺🇸 Stream on Hulu, IndieFlix
Stories We Tell by Sarah Polley (Canada)🇨🇦 Stream on NFB
🇺🇸 Stream on Prime, Tubi
🇬🇧 Stream on Mubi
Time by Garrett Bradley (US)Stream on Prime worldwide
Women He’s Undressed by Gillian Armstrong (Australia)🇨🇦 Stream on Tubi
🇺🇸 Stream on Kanopy, Tubi

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