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After a long day, there’s nothing more satisfying than sinking into the couch and searching for something new to stream. But do you ever just keep scrolling... and scrolling... and realize your time to chill has just been killed by so much searching?

Instead of falling into a scrollfest, check out the 10 most-watched films of the week on Kanopy from U.S. public library viewers in this ranked list on Letterboxd. See what everyone else is streaming from their watchlist to find your new favorite.

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1. One Life
2023 | 1hr 49min
Featuring Anthony Hopkins, Lena Olin, and Johnny Flynn

Anthony Hopkins stars as Nicholas Winton in this remarkable true story of a young London stockbroker who, in the months leading up to World War II, rescued over 600 children from Nazi-occupied Czechoslovakia. The film alternates between Winton’s younger years, where he's portrayed by Johnny Flynn, as he navigates personal risks and bureaucratic hurdles to save lives, and his later years, reflecting on his legacy.

2. Hundreds of Beavers
2022 | 1hr 48min
Featuring Ryan Brickson, Cole Tews, and Olivia Graves

In this wild and wacky black-and-white comedy, a drunken 19th-century applejack salesman finds himself up against an army of beavers after losing everything in a freak snowstorm. With no weapons or supplies, he's forced to rely on sheer cunning (and pure luck) to outsmart the beavers and survive in the wilderness. What follows is a madcap, slapstick battle of man versus nature, filled with zany antics and unexpected twists. Bursting with old-school physical comedy, this film is a rollicking ride through a frostbitten frontier.

3. The Thicket
2024 | 1hr 45min
Featuring Peter Dinklage, Juliette Lewis, and Arliss Howard

West Texas. After his sister is kidnapped by a violent killer known only as Cut Throat Bill, a boy enlists a fierce bounty hunter named Reginald Jones, who becomes the leader of the group of outcasts, to search for the stolen girl.

4. La Chimera
2024 | 2hr 11min
Featuring Josh O'Connor, Carol Duarte, and Vincenzo Nemolato

Everyone has their own Chimera, something they try to achieve but never manage to find. For Arthur, the Chimera looks like the woman he lost, Beniamina. In an adventurous journey between the living and the dead, between forests and cities, between celebrations and solitudes, the intertwined destinies of these characters unfold, all in search of the Chimera.

5. Perfect Days
2023 | 2hr 04min
Featuring Koji Yakusho and Tokio Emoto

Hirayama seems utterly content with his simple life as a cleaner of toilets in Tokyo. Outside of his very structured everyday routine he enjoys his passion for music and for books. And he loves trees and takes photos of them. A series of unexpected encounters gradually reveal more of his past. A deeply moving and poetic reflection on finding beauty in the everyday world around us.

6. I Like Movies
2022 | 1hr 39min
Featuring Percy Hynes White, Isaiah Lehtinen, and Romina D’Ugo

This nostalgic Canadian dramedy follows Lawrence Kweller (Isaiah Lehtinen), an awkward, film-obsessed teen. Armed with a head full of movie trivia and a serious superiority complex, Lawrence lands a job at the local video store, where he butts heads with his sharp-tongued, no-nonsense manager Alana (Romina D’Ugo). Between clashing with customers, dodging his worried mom, and fumbling his way through first crushes, Lawrence’s cinematic dreams start colliding with real life in hilariously awkward ways.

7. Weird: The Al Yankovic Story
2022 | 1hr 47min
Featuring Lin-Manuel Miranda, Diedrich Bader, and Daniel Radcliffe

Explores every facet of Yankovic's life, from his meteoric rise to fame with early hits like 'Eat It' and 'Like a Surgeon' to his torrid celebrity love affairs and famously depraved lifestyle.

8. The Old Oak
2023 | 1hr 53min
Featuring Dave Turner, Ebla Mari, and Claire Rodgerson

The final film from British master Ken Loach (Sorry We Missed You, Kes), The Old Oak is a deeply moving drama about loss, fear, and the difficulty of finding hope. The Old Oak is the last pub standing in a once thriving mining village in northern England, a gathering space for a community that has fallen on hard times. There is growing anger, resentment, and a lack of hope among the residents, but the pub and its proprietor TJ are a fond presence to their customers. When a group of Syrian refugees move into the floundering village, a decisive rift fueled by prejudices develops between the community and its newest inhabitants. The formation of an unexpected friendship between TJ and a young Syrian woman named Yara opens up new possibilities for the divided village.

9. Anselm
2023 | 1hr 34min
Featuring Anselm Kiefer

Wim Wenders creates a hypnotic portrait of Anselm Kiefer, one of the most innovative and important painters and sculptors of our time. Shot in 6K resolution, and presented theatrically and on Blu-ray in 3D, the film presents an immersive cinematic experience of the German artist’s work, which explores the overawing beauty of human existence, landscape, and myth while confronting the horrors of his country’s history and seeking to undo the postwar silence in which both artist and director came of age.

10. The Bishop's Wife
1947 | 1hr 50min
Featuring Loretta Young, Cary Grant, and David Niven

In this charming fantasy romance, Cary Grant stars as an angel named Dudley, sent to help a struggling bishop (David Niven) who has lost sight of his family while trying to build a grand cathedral. Dudley’s arrival brings unexpected miracles and a renewed sense of joy, especially to the bishop’s neglected wife (Loretta Young). As Christmas approaches, the angel's presence brings both warmth and confusion, leaving the bishop to confront his own priorities. But Dudley’s growing affection for the bishop’s wife adds an unexpected complication to his divine mission.

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