THE JUNGLE BOOK (1942) Stream on Amazon or Criterion Channel; rent on iTunes. Rudyard Kipling’s classic collection of fables has spawned a growing Disney franchise of animated and live-action adaptations. This movie isn’t one of them. An independent feature by the Korda brothers, the adventure centers on the young hero Mowgli (Sabu), a boy who was raised by wolves in the Indian jungle. After he is captured by villagers and reunited with his mother, he tries to give life among human beings a try. That doesn’t go too well: Mowgli discovers the greed and violence that comes with civilization, and ultimately decides that he can’t live between both worlds. The film was nominated for four Oscars, including best cinematography and music.

PIRATE RADIO (2009) Stream on Amazon; rent on Google Play, iTunes, Vudu or YouTube. This rowdy comedy from Richard Curtis (“Love Actually”) revisits the mid-1960s, when, believe it or not, the British government all but banned rock music from the airwaves. Defying that censorship, a group of pirate D.J.s (led by Bill Nighy and Philip Seymour Hoffman) set up a radio station on an old tanker and broadcast their favorite hits to millions of listeners from the sea. In her review for The New York Times, Manohla Dargis wrote: “Stuffed with playful character actors and carpeted with wall-to-wall tunes, the film makes for easy viewing and easier listening.”