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Queer
In 1950s Mexico City, William Lee, an American ex-pat in his late forties, leads a solitary life amidst a small American community. However, the arrival in town of Eugene Allerton, a young student, stirs William into finally establishing a meaningful connection with someone.
Entre Nos: The Winners 2
Performances by the winners of New York Latino Film Festival's Annual Latino Stand-Up! Comedy Competition: Cisco Duran and Abi Sanchez.
Erik Rivera: Super White
Comedian Erik Rivera focuses on the hilarious truths of parenting and married life in this stand-up special.
Queen of the World
A unique look at The Queen's role as a figure on the global stage, and the baton she is passing to the younger members of the Royal Family.
Orlando Leyba: Adorable
This special features stand-up comic Orlando Leyba who finds humor in just about anything that crosses his path.
Jerry Garcia: It's Not My Weekend
Head into the energetic, hilarious world of funny-man Jerry Garcia, the rising Latino comic and a single father of three. Recorded in front of a live audience, this special reveals the California-raised comedian's superior ability to make fun of himself, his parenting style, his efforts in dating and more.
The World Between Us
An arson attack in QingYun County that results in a novel death penalty case; a psychiatrist driven by the desire for revenge; two friends, wrought with guilt after failing to lend a hand; a woman whose husband committed murder; and one verdict that tells the story of six families.
Gina Brillon: Easily Offended
Actress-writer-comedian Gina Brillon shines in this hilarious half-hour stand-up special.
The Crimson Pirate
Pirate Captain Vallo seizes a British warship, entangling himself in schemes with rebels, a British envoy, and a captivating courtesan.
Wuthering Heights
A servant in the house of Wuthering Heights tells a traveler the unfortunate tale of lovers Cathy and Heathcliff.
Final Destination
After a teenager has a terrifying vision of him and his friends dying in a plane crash, he prevents the accident only to have Death hunt them down, one by one.
The Final Destination
Death returns to claim the survivors of a massive speedway tragedy in this fourth installment in the 'Final Destination' series.
Flamingo Road
A stranded carnival dancer takes on a corrupt political boss when she marries into small-town society.
Without Love
Academy Award winners Katharine Hepburn and Spencer Tracy star as two single people who decide to live together and marry for the sake of propriety in this witty romantic comedy.
The Search
In postwar Germany, a displaced Czech boy, separated from his family during wartime, is befriended by an American GI while the boy's mother desperately searches for him.
Yogi Bear
A documentary filmmaker travels to Jellystone Park to shoot a project and soon crosses paths with Yogi Bear, his sidekick Boo-Boo, and Ranger Smith.
Bruce Lee, the Legend
From Hong Kong to his rise to stardom, discover the life behind the legend. A tribute to the martial arts icon in this rare footage.
Kung Fu Panda 2
Po is finally living the dream as the Dragon Warrior—until a shadow from his past comes roaring back. When the ruthless peacock Lord Shen unleashes a devastating new weapon used to wipe out kung fu masters across the land, Po and the Furious Five race across China to put an end to his plans. But if Po is to have any hope of stopping him, he must first confront the truth of his origins—and find inner peace before his past tears him apart.
Carson City
Mine owner William Sharon keeps having his gold shipments held up by a gang of bandits. Sharon hires banker Charles Crocker, who happens to have connections in the Central Pacific Railroad, to build a spur line from Virginia City to Carson City, so that the gold can be shipped by railroad. Silent Jeff Kincaid is the railroad engineer. However there is opposition to the railroad, chiefly from another mine owner, Big Jack Davis.
The Purchase Price
Nightclub singer Joan Gordon runs away from her gangster boyfriend to become a mail-order bride to a struggling North Dakota farmer. Their relationship has a rocky start, but just as Joan realizes she's developing feelings for her husband, her old boyfriend arrives to win her back.
Alien: Covenant
The crew of the colony ship Covenant, bound for a remote planet on the far side of the galaxy, discovers what they think is an uncharted paradise but is actually a dark, dangerous world.
The Family
After ratting out his Mafia cohorts, Giovanni Manzoni and his family enter the Witness Protection Program and relocate to a sleepy town in France. Despite the best efforts of their handler to keep them in line, Giovanni (now called Fred Blake), his wife and children can't help but resort to doing things the "family" way. However, their dependence on such old habits places everyone in danger from vengeful mobsters.
The Secret Bride
Before Ruth Vincent, daughter of a state governor, and state attorney general Robert Sheldon can announce their marriage, the governor is accused of bribe-taking. To avoid the appearance of a conflict of interest, they decide to keep their marriage secret. The political intrigue becomes more involved, and no one is quite what they seem. Soon Sheldon and Ruth must decide between saving the governor's career and an innocent person's life.
The Bombing of Pan Am 103
Follow the investigation into the crash of Pan Am 103 from both sides of the Atlantic and discover the devastating effect it had on the small town and the families who lost loved ones.
My Cousin Rachel
A young Englishman plots revenge against his mysterious, beautiful cousin.
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Long Haul
A Heffley family road trip to attend Meemaw's 90th birthday party goes hilariously off course thanks to Greg's newest scheme to get to a video gaming convention.
Nine Lives
A stuffy businessman finds himself trapped inside the body of his family's cat.
2073
Inspired by Chris Marker's iconic 1962 featurette La Jetée; the year is 2073—a not-so-distant dystopian future—and the setting is New San Francisco, the scorched-earth tech-dominant police state where democracy and personal freedom have been well and truly obliterated.
No Questions Asked
A young lawyer's primrose path to success gets him framed for murder.
That Certain Woman
When Mary Connell - the innocent young wife of a notorious gangster - suddenly becomes a young widow, she tries to improve herself but finds her past difficult to escape.
Inside the Walls of Folsom Prison
At California's Folsom Prison, escape attempts and riots are on the rise due to the old-school sadistic style of management of a brutal warden.
Walk Softly, Stranger
A small-time crook on the run is reformed by the love of a woman who is disabled.
Prodigal Son
Malcolm Bright is a gifted criminal psychologist, using his twisted genius to help the NYPD solve crimes and stop killers, all while dealing with a manipulative mother, a serial killer father still looking to bond with his prodigal son and his own constantly evolving neuroses. Bright's only ally is his sister, Ainsley, a TV journalist who wishes her brother would take a break from murder and have a normal life. Unfortunately for his sister, the only way Bright feels normal is by solving cases with the help of his longtime mentor, NYPD Detective Gil Arroyo. Arroyo's one of the best detectives around, and he expects no less from his team, which includes Detective JT Tarmel, a born-and-bred New Yorker who questions whether Bright is a psychopath himself.
Miss Pinkerton
A private duty nurse gets herself mixed up in a murder investigation. Miss Adams has an unusual eye for detail, so when a police detective sends her undercover to solve a puzzling murder case, she unravels a complex plot, and risking her life.
The Poet of Havana
Join Cuban singer, songwriter and lyricist Carlos Varela as he celebrates his 30th anniversary as an artist.
Gilberto Santa Rosa: 40 and Counting
Salsa legend Gilberto Santa Rosa takes us on a journey through his first 40 years of music, in this historic concert.
Expedition Unknown: Shark Trek
Josh Gates links up with his childhood hero, William Shatner, to boldly go where Shark Week has never gone before. The mission: enter shark-infested waters to understand the nature of fear and come face to face with an apex predator. This is Shark Trek.
Dr. Pimple Popper Pops Shark Week
Dr. Pimple Popper has entertained millions with her extreme pimple popping videos. Now she heads to Turks and Caicos with Dr. Austin Gallagher to explore the world of shark skin and how she can apply the science they gather to help human skin issues.
Waitress: The Musical
The Tony-nominated Broadway phenomenon comes to life. Composer-lyricist Sara Bareilles is Jenna Hunterson, a waitress and expert pie maker stuck in a small town and a loveless marriage. When a baking contest offers her a chance at escape, Jenna fights to reclaim part of herself. Waitress celebrates the power of friendship, dreams, the family we choose and the beauty of a well-baked pie.
The Gangster
A troubled gangster, who has lost all faith in people, loses his weak grip on life.
Out of the Fog
A racketeer terrorizes a small fishing community until he falls in love with a fisherman's daughter.
I Died a Thousand Times
An ex-con dreaming of one last heist faces dissension within his gang.
Brainstorm
Roadblock
An insurance agent's greedy wife leads him to a life of crime.
Three Strangers
Three strangers, three incredibly dangerous people drawn together by their greed. Each ready to kill for the riches of ...Kwan Yin. Jean Negulesco was truly hitting his stride with his classic run of film noirs when he crafted this stylish thriller in which three strangers find their destinies entwined with a mysterious, foreign idol, "The Masters of Mystery," Peter Lorre and Sydney Greenstreet, play two of the strangers, while Geraldine Fitzgerald proves more than a match for the two screen greats as the third. According to a legend, if three strangers gather before the fables idol of Kwan Yin and make a common wish, the wish shall be granted. Spurned spouse Crystal Shackleford (Fitzgerald) has the idol and enlists a sleazy solicitor (Greenstreet) and a drunken thief (Lorre) in her plans for riches and revenge. But the two strangers have dreams of their own that collide with hers when the idol's powers prove to be real.
Final Destination 3
A teen has a premonition she and her friends will be involved in an accident. When the vision proves true, the student and survivors deal with the repercussions of cheating death.
Where Danger Lives
After falling for an emotionally disturbed patient, a young doctor flees to Mexico with her when he finds himself implicated in her husband's death.
Final Destination 2
When Kimberly has a violent premonition of a highway pileup she blocks the freeway, keeping a few others meant to die, safe...Or are they? The survivors mysteriously start dying and it's up to Kimberly to stop it before she's next.
Random Harvest
Wandered away from his asylum, an amnesiac World War I veteran falls in love with a music hall star but his amnesia makes it difficult to last.
Marked Woman
In the underworld of Manhattan, a woman dares to stand up to one of the city's most powerful gangsters.
Love Happens
A widowed self-help guru and an emotionally withdrawn florist find love when they least expect it in this moving romance. Aaron Eckhart stars as the motivational speaker/author who meets the cute but unlucky-at-love flower maven Jennifer Aniston while conducting a seminar in Seattle. But as the tentative romance begins, the self-help master learns he must first help himself if love is to bloom.
Dillinger
The life of American public enemy number one who was shot by the police in 1934.
House Hunters International
Buying a house is no easy task, but when it's in another country, imagine the stresses of negotiating in a foreign language. Emotions run high as realtors and their clients leave their milieu to look for new properties abroad in this spinoff of HGTV's popular "House Hunters."
King Solomon's Mines
Fortune hunter Allan Quatermain teams up with a resourceful woman to help her find her missing husband lost in the wilds of 1900s Africa while being pursued by hostile tribes and a rival German explorer.
Madame Curie
Poor physics student Marie is studying at the Sorbonne in 1890s Paris. One of the few women studying in her field, Marie encounters skepticism concerning her abilities, but is eventually offered a research placement in Pierre Curie's lab. The scientists soon fall in love and embark on a shared quest to extract, from a particular type of rock, a new chemical element they have named radium. However, their research puts them on the brink of professional failure.
Scene of the Crime
While his wife urges him to quit the force, a Los Angeles homicide detective works to solve the murder of his old partner with ties to local bookies.
John Wick: Chapter 2
John Wick is forced out of retirement by a former associate looking to seize control of a shadowy international assassins’ guild. Bound by a blood oath to aid him, Wick travels to Rome and battles against some of the world’s most dangerous killers.
The Rise and Fall of Legs Diamond
In Prohibition-era New York, ferocious mobster Jack "Legs" Diamond rises through the underworld ranks, but learns he's no match for a deceitful woman.
Ladies They Talk About
A moll, imprisoned after participating in a bank robbery, helps with a breakout plot.
Lady Be Good
Married songwriters almost split up while putting on a big show.
Shadow of a Woman
A blushing bride begins to believe that her new husband is intentionally starving his son from a previous marriage in order to get the insurance claim.
Madame Bovary
In 19th-century France, doctor's wife Emma Bovary seeks to escape her dull provincial life through various extramarital affairs and extravagant spending, leading to tragic consequences.
When Ladies Meet
Mary, a writer working on a novel about a love triangle, is attracted to her publisher. Her suitor Jimmy is determined to break them up; he introduces Mary to the publisher's wife without telling Mary who she is.
Old Acquaintance
Two writers, friends since childhood, fight over their books and lives.
Watch on the Rhine
On the eve of World War II, the German Kurt Müller, his American-born wife Sara, and their three children, having lived in Europe for years, visit Sara's wealthy mother near Washington, DC. Kurt secretly works for the anti-Nazi resistance. A visiting Romanian count, becoming aware of this, seeks to blackmail him.
The Woman in Red
A professional equestrian marries a polo player from a once-wealthy family, only to face the scorn of his snobbish relatives. When she becomes entangled in a murder trial, she must choose between protecting her reputation and saving the man she loves.
John Wick
Ex-hitman John Wick comes out of retirement to track down the gangsters that took everything from him.
The Perfect Match
Charlie is a charming playboy who doesn't believe in serious relationships. His best friends bet him that if he sticks to one woman for one month, he's bound to get attached. Charlie denies this yet accepts the seemingly easy challenge, until he cross paths with the beautiful and mysterious Eva. They may agree to a casual affair, but eventually Charlie is questioning whether he may actually want more.
The Hitman's Bodyguard
The world's top protection agent gets a new client: a hitman who came in from the cold. After being on the opposite ends of a bullet for years, they must team up and have only 24 hours to get to The Hague to bring down a murderous dictator.
John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum
Super-assassin John Wick returns with a $14 million price tag on his head and an army of bounty-hunting killers on his trail. After killing a member of the shadowy international assassin’s guild, the High Table, John Wick is excommunicado, but the world’s most ruthless hit men and women await his every turn.
Hitman's Wife's Bodyguard
The world’s most lethal odd couple – bodyguard Michael Bryce and hitman Darius Kincaid – are back on another life-threatening mission. Still unlicensed and under scrutiny, Bryce is forced into action by Darius's even more volatile wife, the infamous international con artist Sonia Kincaid. As Bryce is driven over the edge by his two most dangerous protectees, the trio get in over their heads in a global plot and soon find that they are all that stand between Europe and a vengeful and powerful madman.
John Wick: Chapter 4
With the price on his head ever increasing, John Wick uncovers a path to defeating The High Table. But before he can earn his freedom, Wick must face off against a new enemy with powerful alliances across the globe and forces that turn old friends into foes.
Flow
A solitary cat, displaced by a great flood, finds refuge on a boat with various species and must navigate the challenges of adapting to a transformed world together.
Goodrich
Andy Goodrich’s (Michael Keaton) life is upended when his wife and mother of their nine-year-old twins enters a 90-day rehab program, leaving him on his own with their young kids. Thrust into the world of modern parenthood, Goodrich leans on his daughter from his first marriage, Grace (Mila Kunis), as he ultimately evolves into the father Grace never had.
Elevation
Post-apocalyptic survivors find refuge in the Rocky Mountains to hide from giant, insect-like creatures that can't live above 8,000 feet. However, when one of them needs life-saving supplies, they risk it all to venture into the danger zone.
We Live in Time
An up-and-coming chef and a recent divorcée find their lives forever changed when a chance encounter brings them together, in a decade-spanning, deeply moving romance.
Murder, My Sweet
Detective Philip Marlowe takes a job looking for petty criminal Moose Malloy's missing girlfriend, and clues lead to a complex web of deceit, bribery, perjury and theft where no one's motivation is clear, least of all Marlowe's.
Lady in the Lake
A missing person's case draws Detective Marlow into a web of greed and murder. He knows he should feel empathy for the women, but he's seen too much. Now he only cares because he's paid to, even knowing this investigation will destroy everyone involved.
This Is Spinal Tap
This is the inspired "mockumentary" that rolls along with the heaviest metal rock band that never was. Spinal Tap's sagging career is being chronicled by filmmaker Rob Reiner. Along the way, scores of music-biz pretensions are skewered with sharp, affectionate jabs.
The Set-Up
An aging boxer attempts to prove that he still has what it takes and defies the gangsters who’ve ordered him to throw his last fight.
Little Caesar
Edward G. Robinson stars in this classic gangster drama about man who ruthlessly murders his way to the top, controlling the mob as Little Caesar.
On Dangerous Ground
A New York detective falls for the blind sister of a rural killer sought by a victim's father.
The FBI Story
From two-time Pulitzer Prize winner Don Whitehead's bestseller and directed by veteran Hollywood hitmaker Mervyn LeRoy, The FBI Story is your rat-a-tat ticket to the inside story.
Fingers
Lightning Strikes Twice
An actress champions the cause of a man whom she believes has been falsely accused of murdering his wife.
The House
After Scott and Kate lose their daughter's college fund, they become desperate to earn it back so she can go to university. With the help of their neighbour, they decide to start an illegal casino in the basement of his house.
The Pope's Exorcist
An exorcist uncovers a centuries-old conspiracy while investigating a boy's terrifying possession.
Gente de Zona: En Letra de Otro
The acclaimed Cuban duo performs classic hits in a stunning performance along the majestic Havana shoreline.
Harlan County U.S.A.
Coal miners in Kentucky went on strike in 1973 when the Eastover Mining Company refused to sign their contract. This is their story.
Hamlet
Prince Hamlet struggles over whether or not to kill his treacherous uncle in this acclaimed adaptation starring and directed by Sir Laurence Olivier.
Divorce Italian Style
Baron Ferdinando Cefalù longs to marry his nubile young cousin Angela, but one obstacle stands in his way: it is illegal for him to divorce his wife. His solution? Murder!
Irma Vep
Starring alongside Jean-Pierre Léaud, Maggie Cheung is the mysterious, latex-clad femme fatale at the center of haute auteur Olivier Assayas’s spiky and dizzyingly hip 1990s satire of the French film industry. Irma Vep both pays tribute to 100 years of French cinema and adds plenty of its own!
As Tears Go By
Mid-level gangster Wah falls in love with his beautiful cousin, but must also continue to protect his volatile partner-in-crime and friend, Fly.
The Marriage of Maria Braun
A young bride loses her soldier husband in WWII yet mirrors her nation's 'economic miracle' by becoming a prosperous, independent woman post-war.
Benny's Video
With videotapes serving as his surrogate parents, a misguided teenager gains the attention he desires through the act of murder.
The War Room
Those who played prominent roles in Clinton's 1992 Presidential campaign return to discuss how politics and the media have changed since that time.
Aparajito
In the second film in Satyajit Ray's acclaimed Apu Trilogy, Apu's mother is torn when her son leaves home on a scholarship to study in Calcutta.
The Most Dangerous Game
After a harrowing shipwreck, a man and woman fight for their survival when they learn they've been captured and set up as prey for a maniacal hunter.
The Lure
Two mermaid sisters become caught in a love triangle when they fall for the same man.
Eyimofe (This Is My Desire)
Set in Lagos, Nigeria Eyimofe (This is My Desire) follows the stories of Mofe and Rosa on their quest for what they believe will be a better life on foreign shores.
Grey Gardens
Meet Big and Little Edie Beale—high-society dropouts, mother and daughter, reclusive cousins of Jackie O.—thriving together amid the decay and disorder of their ramshackle East Hampton mansion. An impossibly intimate portrait and an eerie echo of the Kennedy Camelot, Albert and David Maysles’s 1976 Grey Gardens quickly became a cult classic and established Little Edie as a fashion icon and philosopher queen.
The Killing of a Chinese Bookie
A sleazy nightclub manager, in debt to the mob, is pressured to wipe out an underworld power.
16 Days of Glory
The definitive photographic record of the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics, told "from the inside" through the lives of the participants, the words of David Perry and the singing voice of Placido Domingo. From the opening to closing ceremonies, this unique style of storytelling shows a side of the Olympic Games not seen by television audiences.
Eating Raoul
A relatively boring Los Angeles couple discovers a bizarre, if not murderous, new way to get the funding they need for opening their dream restaurant.
Eva
A successful -- but also bitter -- writer becomes obsessed with a French prostitute who sends him down self-destructive paths.
Rome, Open City
Roberto Rossellini's portrait of life under Nazi occupation remains remarkable for its sheer immediacy, tension and power. The film follows Manfredi (Marcello Pagliero), a partisan leader, as he attempts to evade the Gestapo by enlisting the help of Pina (Anna Magnani), fiancée of a fellow member of the resistance, and Don Pietro (Aldo Fabrizi), the priest due to oversee her marriage. Shot on the ravaged streets of the city and in the studio, Rome, Open City remains extraordinarily powerful to this day.
The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp
From the Boer War through World War II, a soldier rises through the ranks in the British military while navigating life outside of it.
F for Fake
Director Orson Welles examines the career of a notorious art forger.
It's Not Just You, Murray!
A middle-aged mobster looks back at his rise to becoming wealthy and highly influential in this short film.
Metropolitan
A group of friends from New York's haute-bourgeoisie gather together during the holiday season.
Westfront 1918
German soldiers face terror and despair on the front lines during World War I.
The Beales of Grey Gardens
From Grey Gardens filmmakers Albert and David Maysles comes a tribute to the eccentric East Hampton recluses (and counterculture icons) Big and Little Edie Beale, and to their landmark documentary's legions of fans.
The Night Porter
Thirteen years after World War II, Lucia, a survivor of a German concentration camp, runs into her former Nazi captor and lover Max, who is now a harmless night porter at the Vienna hotel where she and her husband are staying. In spite of the violent and perverted nature of their sadomachochistic wartime "relationship," a sexual bond remains and they begin an affair. Before long, some of Max's former SS comrades begin stalking them and it is decided that Lucia should be killed because she is a witness to their war crimes.
Le Samouraï
After carrying out a flawlessly planned hit, Jef Costello, a contract killer with samurai instincts, finds himself caught between a persistent police investigator and a ruthless employer, and not even his armor of fedora and trench coat can protect him.
Ivan the Terrible, Part I
Navigating the deadly waters of Stalinist politics, Eisenstein was able to film two parts of his planned trilogy about the troubled sixteenth-century tsar who united Russia. Visually stunning and powerfully acted, IVAN THE TERRIBLE charts the rise to power and descent into terror of this veritable dictator. Though pleased with the first installment, Stalin detected the portrait in the second film, with its summary executions and secret police, and promptly banned it.
Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart at the River Styx
Ogami Itto and Daigoro are hired to assassinate a clan traitor protected by three bodyguards known as the Gods of Death.
Lone Wolf and Cub: White Heaven in Hell
In the final Lone Wolf and Cub film, star Tomisaburo Wakayama decided to make the sort of wild movie he’d always wanted to: one in which Lone Wolf battles zombies and Daigoro’s baby cart zips improbably across an icy landscape on skis.
Early Summer
In post-World War II Japan, a 28-year-old woman's family wants to find her a husband. But they have very different ideas about what constitutes a good match.
Late Spring
Several people, including friends and family, try to talk 27-year-old Noriko into marrying, but she only wants to keep caring for her widowed father.
Hobson's Choice
Widower Henry Hobson is a successful bootmaker and a tyrannical father of three daughters who all want to leave him by getting married.
Funny Games
Two psychotic young men take a mother, father, and son hostage in their vacation cabin and force them to play sadistic "games" with one another.
News from Home
Sweeping scenes of New York City contrasted to the letters from the director's mother in Brussels.
8½
Guido Anselmi, a film director, finds himself creatively barren at the peak of his career. Urged by his doctors to rest, Anselmi heads for a luxurious resort, but a sorry group gathers—his producer, staff, actors, wife, mistress, and relatives—each one begging him to get on with the show. In retreat from their dependency, he fantasizes about past women and dreams of his childhood.
Space Is the Place
Sun Ra -- space-age prophet, Pharaonic jester, shaman-philosopher and avant-jazz keyboardist/bandleader -- lands his spaceship in Oakland.
Wise Blood
In this acclaimed adaptation of the first novel by legendary Southern writer Flannery O'Connor, John Huston vividly brings to life her poetic world of American eccentricity. Brad Dourif, in an impassioned performance, is Hazel Motes, who, fresh out of the army, attempts to open the first Church Without Christ in the small town of Taulkinham.
Wild Strawberries
Crotchety retired doctor Isak Borg travels from Stockholm to Lund, Sweden, with his pregnant and unhappy daughter-in-law, Marianne, in order to receive an honorary degree from his alma mater. Along the way, they encounter a series of hitchhikers, each of whom causes the elderly doctor to muse upon the pleasures and failures of his own life. These include the vivacious young Sara, a dead ringer for the doctor's own first love.
One Sings, the Other Doesn't
Set against the backdrop of the Women’s Liberation movement in France, Agnès Varda’s feminist musical bursts with the joy of activism and community. Battling against patriarchal strictures that oppress women’s bodies, this portrait of female friendship celebrates the radical power of chosen family.
Umberto D.
A retiree copes with the realities of old age.
L'Avventura
When a young socialite vanishes, her lover and her best friend search for her.
Seven Samurai
A samurai answers a village's request for protection after he falls on hard times. The town needs protection from bandits, so the samurai gathers six others to help him teach the people how to defend themselves, and the villagers provide the soldiers with food.
The Ruling Class
When the Earl of Gurney dies, his family is infuriated that his title and estate will be passed on to his insane son, who believes he is Jesus Christ.
Monterey Pop
In New York City during the fall of 1966, Alan Pariser had an idea for the greatest concert in the history of rock and roll. With a banner declaring it a celebration of music, love and flowers, the forerunner to Woodstock was born.
The Lady Vanishes
While traveling by train across Europe, a wealthy young woman realizes that an elderly lady who shared her compartment seems to have disappeared.
La Notte
Over the course of one day and night, a novelist and his distressed wife lament over the disintegration of their relationship. Antonioni’s muse Monica Vitti smoulders as seductive socialite.
Tom Jones
After numerous adventures Tom Jones reaches London and embarks on an affair with the wealthy Lady Bellaston while Squire Western's sister has arranged a marriage between Sophie and Blifil. Horrified, Sophie escapes to London, meeting up with her cousin Mrs. Fitspatrick who is also running away from her husband. Mr. Fitzpatrick follows them and suspects Tom of having seduced his runaway wife.
The Seventh Veil
A concert pianist with amnesia fights to regain her memory.
People on Sunday
Silent film that offers a rare glimpse of Weimar-era Berlin as a handful of city dwellers enjoy a weekend outing.
Time Without Pity
A father comes to the aid of his son who is on Death Row.
Chimes at Midnight
The young Prince Hal juggles his royal destiny and wild escapades with the roguish Sir John Falstaff. Through their unconventional friendship, Prince Hal explores loyalty, ambition and the burdens of kingship as he prepares to become Henry V.
Touki Bouki
The first feature from visionary Senegalese director Djibril Diop Mambéty is simply a masterpiece. Winner of the international critics’ award at Cannes, the film’s extraordinary sound design, choppy associative editing, and cool central couple dreaming of escape continues to electrify and inspire.
An Autumn Afternoon
An aging widower reckons with feelings of loneliness and nostalgia as he prepares for his only daughter to get married and leave the home.
In the Mood for Love
In 1960s Hong Kong, two neighbors form an intimate bond after making a discovery about their spouses in this visually stunning tale of unrequited love.
Jungle Book
After discovering his home village, an orphaned boy raised by wolves in the jungle struggles to adapt to human life and protect a hidden treasure.
Coffee and Cigarettes
Jim Jarmusch started Coffee & Cigarettes in 1986 with a six-minute improvised caprice starring Steven Wright and Roberto Benigni. Two guys meet in a coffee bar to sip, smoke and chat. Jarmusch has continued the series over the years.
The Great Beauty
A journalist's 65th birthday and a shock from the past cause him to examine his status as a fixture of Rome's literary and social circles.
EO
A donkey wanders around Europe, meeting people and experiencing turns of fortune.
Y2K
Two high school juniors find themselves fighting for their lives when Y2K becomes a reality.
The Thief of Bagdad
A Persian King exiled from his kingdom by an evil trickster allies with a thief to take his powerful throne back and win back his true Princess.
Brief Encounter
Two married strangers meet in a train station and fall in love.
Bob Dylan – Don't Look Back
Bob Dylan is captured on-screen as he never would be again in this groundbreaking film from D. A. Pennebaker. The legendary documentarian finds Dylan in England during his 1965 tour, which would be his last as an acoustic artist. In this wildly entertaining vision of one of the twentieth century’s greatest artists, Dylan is surrounded by teen fans, gets into heated philosophical jousts with journalists, and kicks back with fellow musicians Joan Baez, Donovan, and Alan Price. Featuring some of Dylan’s most famous songs, including “Subterranean Homesick Blues,” “The Times They Are A-Changin’,” and “It’s All Over Now, Baby Blue,” DONT LOOK BACK is a radically conceived portrait of an American icon that has influenced decades of vérité behind-the-scenes documentaries.
First Man into Space
A test pilot is transformed into a blood-drinking monster after a botched mission.
Lady Snowblood 2: Love Song of Vengeance
Japan's secret police enlist a female assassin to squelch a revolution.
Dodes'ka-den
Slum dwellers in Tokyo fight to survive while dreaming of better lives.
The Private Life of Henry VIII
The complex and controversial British monarch marries five more times after breaking with the church to divorce his first wife, Catherine of Aragon
Picnic at Hanging Rock
In turn-of-the-century Australia, three young schoolgirls wander away from a school picnic and become lost in the bush.
Black Orpheus
Interwoven with the spectacle of the Rio de Janeiro carnival, comes the retelling of the legend of Orpheus (Breno Mello) and Eurydice (Marpessa Dawn). French auteur Marcel Camus unfolds the melancholy tale of love and tragedy which won the 1959 Palme d'Or and went on to win an Oscar and Golden Globe.
La Strada
A traveling strongman buys a peasant girl to be his wife and co-star.
The Red Balloon
A boy discovers his new balloon has a mind of its own.
Never Weaken
A young man thwarted in love stumbles through a series of bungled suicide attempts.
When We Were Kings
On October 30, 1974, perhaps the most famous heavyweight championship boxing match of all time took place in Kinshasa, Zaire: the "Rumble in the Jungle" between champion George Foreman and challenger Muhammad Ali.
The Testament of Dr. Mabuse
A criminal mastermind uses hypnosis to rule the rackets after death.
Oliver Twist
In Charles Dickens' classic tale, an orphan wends his way from a cruel apprenticeship to a den of thieves searching for a proper home.
Three Colors: Red
Valentine, a student and model, hits a dog and returns it to its owner, a retired judge. The bitter man spends evenings eavesdropping on his neighbours' phone calls. Despite a rocky start, their relationship blossoms into a profound friendship.
The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant
Selfish fashion designer Petra is disillusioned by love after discarding her assistant and pursuing a married women, while craving a true connection.
Comradeship
When a coal mine collapses on the frontier between Germany and France, trapping a team of French miners inside, workers on both sides of the border spring into action, putting aside national prejudices and wartime grudges to launch a dangerous rescue operation. Director G. W. Pabst brings a claustrophobic realism to this ticking-clock scenario, using realistic sets and sound design to create the maze of soot-choked shafts where the miners struggle for survival. A gripping disaster film and a stirring plea for international cooperation, Kameradschaft cemented Pabst’s status as one of the most morally engaged and formally dexterous filmmakers of his time.
Mona Lisa
George is a small-time crook just out of prison who discovers his tough-guy image is out-of-date. Reduced to working as a minder/driver for call girl Simone, he has to agree when she asks him to find a colleague from her King's Cross days.
Pather Panchali
Dreaming of a better life for his family, an aspiring writer leaves behind his poor Bengal village for the fortunes he hopes he’ll find in the city.
Through a Glass Darkly
Strained relationships and haunting visions blur reality for a young woman with schizophrenia when she vacations with her family on a remote island.
Young Mr. Jazz
Harold Lloyd and his girlfriend escape her father and land into a dance hall run by crooks.
High and Dizzy
A doctor, drunk on homemade liquor, finds his patient sleepwalking on a ledge high above the street and must figure out how to save her.
The Rink
A clumsy waiter makes mistakes first at work and then at a roller skating rink.
Sweetie
Strait-laced Kay's quest for stability with boyfriend Louis shatters when her wild sister Sweetie crashes back into their lives. As Sweetie's chaotic spirit unearths deep-seated family turmoil, Kay must confront the cost of normalcy.
The 3 Penny Opera
A notorious thief fights for the right to marry the beggar king's daughter.
Wanda
A rootless working class woman takes up with an abusive criminal.
The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog
The quiet landlady of a London boarding house suspects that her new lodger might be the madman killing women in London known as Jack the Ripper.
The Scarlet Pimpernel
A British aristocrat's effete facade masks a swashbuckling hero rescuing victims of the French revolution.
Faces
An executive (John Marley) and his wife (Lynn Carlin) try infidelity for a night, then realize what it means.
Ratcatcher
Set during Scotland’s national garbage strike of the mid-1970s, Ratcatcher explores the experiences of a poor adolescent boy as he struggles to reconcile his dreams and his guilt with the abjection that surrounds him.
The War of the Gargantuas
A scientist and his aide must try to stop the rampage of an escaped lab creature called Gargantua, who is thought to be killing countryside residents.
Journey to Italy
A British couple’s crumbling marriage is tested and transformed amid ancient ruins and emotional revelations while vacationing in Naples.
David Lynch: The Art Life
The life and career of iconic director David Lynch are explored through more than 20 conversations recorded with him at his home.
Stranger Than Paradise
A couple of East Village loafers decide to embark on a road trip to Ohio to re-team up with one of their female cousins.
Withnail & I
Two unemployed actors escape the horrors of London for a drunken vacation.
Europa Europa
Drama based on the life of Solomon Perel, who, after his brother fell into German hands, suppressed his Jewish heritage in order to avoid certain doom at the hands of the Nazis and inadvertently became a German hero.
Vampyr
Classic tale of a young traveler finding himself in a sinister castle.
An Angel at My Table
Director Jane Campion's biography explores the life of New Zealand author Janet Frame. Frame endures a socially painful transition into adolescence, plagued by family tragedies. But after spending years of her adulthood trapped in a mental facility while misdiagnosed a schizophrenic, she finds strength and eventual success in her writing.
Autumn Sonata
A concert pianist faces the daughters she's neglected for years.
The Earrings of Madame de...
A series of misunderstandings and deceptions occur after Louise, the wife of a general in late 19th century Paris, sells the earrings he gave her as a wedding gift to settle her debts. Will Louise see her precious earrings again?
High and Low
A Yokohama shoe executive faces a wrenching choice when kidnappers mistakenly seize his chauffeur’s son but demand the ransom anyway.
Dead Man
On the run after killing a man, accountant William Blake meets a mysterious guide, Nobody, who ushers him toward the spirit world.
Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart in Peril
Ogami Itto and Daigoro are hired to kill Oyuki, a tattooed female assassin. Daigoro becomes lost and is found by Gunbei Yagyu, a vengeful rival samurai.
The Tin Drum
Three-year-old Oskar Matzerath decides to stop growing. He then finds playing a tin drum helps tune out things that annoy him, even the advent of war.
Belle de Jour
Luis Buñuel’s magnificently kinky dark comedy about secret desire was his biggest popular success, and continues to shock, provoke, and delight audiences to this day. Catherine Deneuve is the film’s guiding light. Sly, opaque, gorgeous, and dressed top-to-toe in YSL, she is nothing short of iconic.
In Which We Serve
This film is the story of the British destroyer H.M.S. Torrin, from its origins to its sinking during World War II, and the crew aboard it.
Summertime
A prim American spinster comes to Italy ready for adventure and eager for love. Succumbing to the sensuous spell of Venice, she becomes involved with a handsome, amorous shopkeeper.
Seance on a Wet Afternoon
A mentally unstable housewife, Myra Savage, reinvents herself as a medium, and in an attempt to enhance her credibility as a psychic, she hatches a plot to kidnap a wealthy couple's young daughter so she can then help police "find" the missing girl.
Fat Girl
A teenager (Roxane Mesquida) loses her virginity to an Italian law student (Arsinée Khanjian) while vacationing with her family.
Ali: Fear Eats the Soul
Lonely widow Emmi Kurowski (Brigitte Mira) meets Arab worker Ali (El Hedi ben Salem) in a bar during a rainstorm. They fall in love––to their own surprise––and to the shock of family, colleagues, and drinking buddies.
The Times of Harvey Milk
Made long before Gus Van Sant’s acclaimed biopic, but only 6 years after Milk’s murder, this documentary builds on TV footage and interviews to trace the life of the activist. A historical document bearing witness to the simultaneous liberalization and rampant homophobia of 1970s San Francisco.
A Dog's Life
In this silent film, the Little Tramp finds a stolen fortune with the help of his dog.
Stalker
Near a gray and unnamed city is the Zone, a place guarded by barbed wire and soldiers, and where the normal laws of physics are victim to frequent anomalies. A stalker guides two men into the Zone, specifically to an area in which deep-seated desires are granted.
Je Tu Il Elle
Sex, love, food and personal identity become intertwined as a young woman sets out to define herself, her loves and her desires.
The River
An adolescent English girl comes of age in India.
Black Girl
Heralded as the first feature from a West African director, Ousmane Sembène’s award-winning, radical, and haunting debut feature powerfully critiques the colonialist mindset and Europe’s fetishization of Africa. Although nodding to the Nouvelle Vague, Black Girl marches to the beat of its own drum.
The Big City
The relationship between a young husband and wife changes after she takes a job to meet their mounting debts.
Monsieur Verdoux
A redundant bank clerk attempts to find any means at his disposal to protect his crippled wife and family by bigamously courting and marrying rich women, securing their property and then returning home with the booty.
Shake! Otis at Monterey
Footage from the 1967 Monterey Pop Festival captures the raw intensity and infectious energy of Otis Redding's legendary performance.
Sawdust and Tinsel
A circus owner is torn between his oversexed mistress and the wife he deserted.
Beau Travail
In Djibouti, the men of a French Foreign Legion outpost spend their days practicing drills, exercising and baking in the sun. Sergeant Galoup seems to be the perfect Legionnaire: a loner who runs his troop like a well-oiled machine.
Three Colors: White
Karol Karol, a Polish immigrant living in France, is a hairdresser who opts to leave Paris for his native Warsaw when his wife sues him for divorce (her reason: their marriage was never consummated) and then frames him for arson. Karol Karol, in return, plans an elaborate revenge plot.
The Big Shave
In this short film, a man shaves himself until he bleeds... a lot.
Happy Together
Romance evolves between two gay Hong Kong men (Leslie Cheung, Tony Leung Chiu Wai).
The Marathon
A man gets chased into an ongoing marathon.
George Stevens: D-Day to Berlin
This documentary follows American troops from D-Day 1944 to their stand in Berlin 1945.
Ikiru
Kanji Watanabe is a middle-aged man who has worked in the same monotonous bureaucratic position for decades. Learning he has cancer, he starts to look for the meaning of his life.
Old Joy
Two old friends, Kurt and Mark, reunite for a weekend camping trip in the Cascade mountain range east of Portland, Oregon.
Tokyo Olympiad
Cameras capture both audience and athletes attending the 1964 Tokyo Olympics.
Blow Up of 'Blow-Up'
This documentary returns to a few key locations from "Blow-Up" and explores Michelangelo Antonioni's meticulous approach to art and photography.
The Young Girls of Rochefort
A lighthearted homage to Hollywood musicals that centers around beautiful girls and the men who vie for their affections.
Hanzo the Razor: Sword of Justice
Hanzo "The Razor" Itami, incorruptible protector of the common man, must track down an infamous killer who has escaped from prison.
Stromboli
After World War II, a Lithuanian refugee marries a simple fisherman she meets in a prisoner of war camp and accompanies him back to his isolated village on an island off the coast of Sicily. Cut off from the world, she finds herself crumbling emotionally, but she is destined for a dramatic epiphany.
A Woman of Paris: A Drama of Fate
A woman is betrayed and cast aside by her would-be fiance and ends up a "kept" woman in the company of the disreputable Adolphe Menjou.
Days of Being Wild
A self-centered playboy is shaken when he discovers he was adopted by the woman who raised him.
Richard III
Olivier’s performance, viewed as the greatest of his career, charges Richard with magnetic malevolence as he steals his brother Edward’s crown through a murderous set of machinations.
Monsieur Hulot's Holiday
A cyclonic force of chaos, Jacques Tati’s beloved Monsieur Hulot wreaks delightful havoc on a sleepy French seaside town in his first cinematic outing. Favoring mayhem over bourgeois comfort, this riotous, meticulously choreographed comedy gently pokes fun at the travel habits of the leisure class.
The Shooting
Una mujer misteriosa contrata a dos vaqueros para guiarla por el desierto, pero el viaje se vuelve una cacería de silencio, violencia y obsesión.
Jubilee
When Queen Elizabeth I asks her court alchemist to show her England in the future, she’s transported 400 years to a post-apocalyptic wasteland of roving girl gangs, an all-powerful media mogul, fascistic police, scattered filth, and twisted sex.
The Circus
A little tramp accidentally falls in with a down-on-its-luck circus and his acrobatic and comedic skills start drawing audiences to the big-top in droves, but not without a bittersweet brush with romance for the gentle clown.
Germany, Year Zero
Living in a bombed-out apartment building with his sick father and two older siblings, young Edmund is mostly left to wander unsupervised, getting ensnared in the black-market schemes of a group of teenagers and coming under the nefarious influence of a Nazi-sympathizing ex-teacher.
Tokyo Story
The elderly Shukishi and his wife, Tomi, take the long journey from their small seaside village to visit their adult children in Tokyo. Their elder son, Koichi, a doctor, and their daughter, Shige, a hairdresser, don't have much time to spend with their aged parents, and so it falls to Noriko, the widow of their younger son who was killed in the war, to keep her in-laws company.
Au Revoir les Enfants
A French boarding school harbors Jewish children during the Nazi occupation.
Two English Girls
A young writer carries on love affairs with two sisters.
Down by Law
Framed for crimes they didn’t commit, two men form an uneasy alliance with a killer who aids their daring prison escape and flight to freedom.
The Brood
As the trauma of one couple's divorce escalates, the city is terrorized by a series of attacks by disfigured children.
Floating Weeds
When her lover visits the mother of his child, a jealous actress plots revenge.
Shoot the Piano Player
A concert pianist on the run gets mixed up with gangsters.
The 39 Steps
A man in London tries to help a counter-espionage Agent. But when the Agent is killed, and the man stands accused, he must run to save himself.
The Soft Skin
Pierre, a renowned writer and editor, is caught up between his wife, Franca and his mistress Nicole. Things take a turn when Franca asks for a divorce.
La Ciénaga
Mecha (Graciela Borges) and her family are nearing the end of their summer holiday when her cousin Tali and her family are forced to come and live with them. No one ever seems to go anywhere; parents and kids lay in bed, half-naked in communal sloth, but there are powerful undercurrents running beneath the seemingly languid country-house atmosphere.
Battleship Potemkin
The crew of a Russian battleship revolts against their tyrannical officers, inspiring a street demonstration in Sergei Eisenstein's classic film.
Black Panthers
Master documentarian and activist Agnès Varda took her camera into a hotbed of ‘60s tension—and emerged with a sober, and provocative short film that is all too relevant today. Filmed during protests against Huey Newton’s trial, Black Panthers captures vital speeches from the movement’s leaders.
The World of Apu
By the time Apur Sansar was released, Satyajit Ray had directed not only the first two Apu films but also the masterpiece The Music Room, and was well on his way to becoming a legend. This extraordinary final chapter brings our protagonist’s journey full circle. Apu is now in his early twenties, out of college, and hoping to live as a writer. Alongside his professional ambitions, the film charts his romantic awakening, which occurs as the result of a most unlikely turn of events, and his eventual, fraught fatherhood. Featuring soon to be Ray regulars Soumitra Chatterjee and Sharmila Tagore in star-making performances, and demonstrating Ray’s ever more impressive skills as a crafter of pure cinematic imagery, Apur Sansar is a moving conclusion to this monumental trilogy.
Amarcord
This carnivalesque portrait of provincial Italy during the fascist period satirizes the director’s youth and turns daily life into a circus of social rituals, adolescent desires, male fantasies, and political subterfuge.
The Trial of Joan of Arc
Joan of Arc's trial and execution are re-created from the original court records.
The Flowers of St. Francis
A series of simple and joyous vignettes lovingly convey the universal teachings of the People’s Saint: humility, compassion, faith, and sacrifice.
A Room with a View
Lucy Honeychurch is, like all proper young British ladies, compelled to tour Europe in the company of an older chaperone -- in this instance, her spinster cousin Charlotte Bartlett.
Watership Down
Hoping to escape destruction by human developers and save their community, a colony of rabbits, led by Hazel and Fiver, seek out a safe place to set up a new warren.
Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island
A disillusioned Musashi Miyamoto (Toshiro Mifune) has turned his back on the samurai life, becoming a farmer in a remote village, while his nemesis Kojiro (Koji Tsuruta) now works for the shogun. Circumstances bring them back together for one final face-off. Though it’s marked by a memorably intense final battle sequence, the rousing conclusion to the Samurai Trilogy is engaged with matters of the heart as well, as Miyamoto must ask himself what it is that makes a warrior and a man.
That Hamilton Woman
Naval hero Lord Nelson defies convention to court a married woman of common birth.
Pygmalion
A linguistics professor bets he can turn a flower girl into a lady by teaching her to speak properly.
Breathless
Petty thug Michel panics and impulsively kills a policeman while driving a stolen car. On the lam, he turns to his aspiring journalist girlfriend Patricia, hiding out in her Paris apartment. When she learns that Michel is being investigated for murder, Patricia begins to question her loyalty.
A Night in the Show
A man tries to find a seat for a show, while another man harasses both patrons and performers.
Primary
The Wisconsin Primary of 1960 sets John Kennedy on the road to the White House.
Fanny and Alexander
A widowed actress and her children suffer hardships when she mistakenly marries a conservative church leader.
A King in New York
When the deposed European King Shahdov arrives in New York as a new exile, he realizes he must earn a living and accidentally discovers that television commercials afford him the opportunity to do just that.
Red Beard
Featuring Toshiro Mifune's last role for Akira Kurosawa, Red Beard chronicles the tumultuous relationship between an arrogant young doctor and a compassionate clinic director.
Lola Montès
When she is reduced to appearing in a circus, a notorious beauty thinks back on her past loves.
Tokyo Twilight
A woman leaves her abusive husband and moves in with her father, who is also sheltering another daughter, pregnant from a dead-end affair.
Terror of Mechagodzilla
When the Black Hole Aliens hatch a sinister scheme to unleash a robotic, laser-shooting monster on Tokyo, Godzilla is humanity’s only hope to stop it.
Police Story 2
Kevin Chan is reinstated to the detective unit following the appearance criminal bombers who begin extorting money from businessmen.
War and Peace, Part II: Natasha Rostova
In the end of 1809, Natasha attends her first ball. Andrei falls in love with her and intends to marry her, but his father demands they wait.
Topsy-Turvy
For nearly a decade, Gilbert and Sullivan's collaborations have delighted the English people.
Shock Corridor
A reporter fakes insanity to crack a murder committed in an asylum.
Opening Night
Following the tragic death of a fan, Myrtle Gordon teeters on the edge of a breakdown as she counts down the days toward a big Broadway opening.
Stagecoach
Western classic that transcends the genre as a stagecoach carrying nine passengers through frontier wilderness faces an impending Apache attack.
Samurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple
Toshiro Mifune furiously embodies swordsman Musashi Miyamoto as he comes into his own in the action-packed middle section of the Samurai Trilogy. Duel at Ichijoji Temple furthers Miyamoto along his path to spiritual enlightenment, as well as further from the arms of the two women who love him: loyal Otsu (Kaoru Yachigusa) and conniving yet tragic Akemi (Mariko Okada). The film also brings him face to face with hoards of rivals intent on cutting him down, especially his legendary rival Kojiro (Koji Tsuruta). The titular climax is one of Japanese cinema’s most rousingly choreographed conflicts, intensified by Jun Yasumoto’s color cinematography and Ikuma Dan’s triumphant score.
A Christmas Dream
A young girl who discards an old rag doll after getting shiny new toys for Christmas is visited that night by the doll in what appears to be a dream.
Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart to Hades
A sword-wielding warrior travels across Japan with his young son in tow, crossing paths with a prostitute in peril and a vicious group of yakuza.
The Naked City
There are eight million stories in the Naked City, as the narrator immortally states at the close of this breathtakingly vivid film—and this is one of them.
The Wages of Fear
In a decrepit South American village, four men are hired to transport an urgent nitroglycerine shipment without the equipment that would make it safe.
The Red Shoes
Aspiring to become a prima ballerina, a young dancer is torn between her love for a charming composer and the demands of her obsessive instructor.
A Woman Under the Influence
A housewife suffers from mental health problems while her family tries to cope.
To Be or Not to Be
A troupe of squabbling actors joins the Polish underground to dupe the Nazis.
Cries and Whispers
Two women (Liv Ullmann, Ingrid Thulin) visit their dying spinster sister (Harriet Andersson) in her circa-1900 Swedish manor.
The 400 Blows
A misunderstood Parisian teen dives into a life of petty crime in Truffaut's sensitive meditation on youth—a seminal film of the French New Wave.
Safety Last!
After leaving his small country town, a zealous young man heads to the big city to get a job, a journey that leads him on some interesting adventures.
Love in the Afternoon
Though he has an adoring wife, a bourgeois man is still tempted to pursue other women.
Ashes and Diamonds
On the last day of World War II in a small town somewhere in Poland, Polish exiles of war and the occupying Soviet forces confront the beginning of a new day and a new Poland. In this incendiary environment we find Home Army soldier Maciek Chelmicki, who has been ordered to assassinate an incoming commissar. But a mistake stalls his progress and leads him to Krystyna, a beautiful barmaid who gives him a glimpse of what his life could be. Gorgeously photographed and brilliantly performed, Ashes and Diamonds masterfully interweaves the fate of a nation with that of one man, resulting in one of the most important Polish films of all time.
Multiple Maniacs
Prepare yourself for the self-described "sleaziest show on Earth"! John Waters' 1970 cult classic presents a cavalcade of perversion as it details the story of a traveling sideshow that specializes in depravity and armed robbery.
Quadrophenia
Jimmy, a member of a well-dressed, drugged-up teenaged gang called the Mods, is forever duking it out with the cycle-punk Rockers.
Sisters
When the cops don’t believe her, a small-time reporter who witnesses a murder through a neighboring apartment window must solve the crime herself.
All Monsters Attack
A boy in Japan who is being bullied dreams of going to Monster Island. It’s there he meets Godzilla’s son — who is having mean monster issues, too.
Crisis: Behind a Presidential Commitment
After years of segregation, the University of Alabama becomes the last U.S. college to open its doors to black students.
Pandora's Box
The rise and inevitable fall of an amoral but naive young woman whose insouciant eroticism inspires lust and violence in those around her.
The Honeymoon Killers
Two very-much-in-love con artists prey on lonely women as they plot to fleece and slaughter a succession of rich spinsters and widows.
War and Peace, Part III: The Year 1812
In 1812, Napoleon's Army invades Russia. Kutuzov asks Bolkonsky to join him as a staff officer, yet the prince requests a command in the field.
The Passion of Joan of Arc
A fearless young warrior battles accusations of heresy and struggles to maintain her unwavering faith during a harrowing trial in this silent classic.
Modern Times
A bumbling tramp desires to build a home with a young woman, yet is thwarted time and time again by his lack of experience and habit of being in the wrong place at the wrong time...
Hanzo the Razor: Who's Got the Gold?
Hanzo discovers a conspiracy by high ranking officials to use the shogunate's money for loans to the impoverished and forcing them into debt.
An Eastern Westerner
A pampered East Coast lad is sent west to be toughened up.
Invasion of Astro-Monster
Aliens pull a fast one on humans after pleading with them to borrow Godzilla and Rodan to defeat King Ghidorah, only to unleash them on the Earth.
The Blob
When Steve Andrews and his girlfriend spot a meteor falling to Earth, they investigate only to find a local farmer with a small blob of protoplasm attached to his arm. As the blob devours the farmer and the doctor who tries to help, Andrews and his girlfriend try to warn the town. Unfortunately, no one chooses to believe the teens' fantastic tale and meanwhile, the "Blob" grows with each victim it consumes.
The Idle Class
The Little Tramp discovers he's a dead ringer for a rich man with a beautiful, unhappy wife.
My Brilliant Career
A proud young woman in early 20th century Australia must choose between marriage and independence.
Rashomon
In medieval Japan, four people offer conflicting accounts of a rape and murder.
The Four Feathers
A disgraced officer risks his life to help his childhood friends in battle.
Rosetta
A powerfully affecting, uncompromising portrait of the day-to-day struggles of a Belgian teenager living in a trailer park with her alcoholic mother, Rosetta is the Dardenne brothers most celebrated work to date.
Bumping Into Broadway
A young playwright spends his last cent to pay the rent for a struggling actress.
Onibaba
Deep within the wind-swept marshes of war-torn medieval Japan, an impoverished mother and her daughter-in-law eke out a lonely, desperate existence before an ominous, ill-gotten demon mask seals their horrifying fate.
Equinox
Four friends are attacked by a demon while on a picnic, due to possession of a tome of mystic information.
The Shop on Main Street
A Slovak carpenter gets a job working for an elderly, deaf Jewish woman in a button shop during World War II.
A Taste of Honey
Deserted by her mother, a pregnant teen turns to a gay friend for help.
Juliet of the Spirits
Giulietta Masina plays a betrayed wife whose inability to come to terms with reality leads her along a hallucinatory journey of self-discovery.
I Shot Jesse James
Robert Ford shoots his friend and mentor, outlaw Jesse James, for love and the reward money to buy a ranch, marry and settle down. Instead, the government denies him the reward, his girlfriend leaves him and he is reduced to a traveling stage show and the target of every gunslinger who wants to make a name for himself.
Look Back in Anger
An embittered young man spews venom on all around him, particularly his upper-class wife.
Permanent Vacation
A twenty-something hipster wanders around Manhattan hoping to find meaning.
Hoop Dreams
Two boys, William Gates and Arthur Agee, from Chicago, balance the harsh realities of inner-city living with their dreams of playing professional basketball. For half a decade, the filmmakers document the athletes as they strive to meet their goals.
Nanook of the North
In this groundbreaking documentary, filmmaker Robert J. Flaherty spends a year in the Arctic Circle following the lives of an indigenous Inuit family.
Early Spring
A young salary man and his wife struggle within the confines of their passionless relationship while he has an extramarital affair.
Of Mice and Men
A drifter and his slow-witted pal try to make their way in the West.
Weekend
Determined to collect an inheritance from a dying relative, a bourgeois couple travel across the French countryside while civilization crashes and burns around them.
The Return of Bulldog Drummond
A retired British captain forms a gang to rescue his wife and thwart his nemesis.
A Story of Floating Weeds
An actor's jealous mistress sets her sights on ruining his son.
Carnival of Souls
Después de un accidente, una joven organista de iglesia se ve acosada por misteriosos fantasmas que la convocan a un carnaval abandonado.
The Kid
A tramp cares for a boy after he's abandoned as a newborn by his mother. Later the mother has a change of heart and aches to be reunited with her son.
Lady Snowblood
A young girl is raised to kill the criminals who destroyed her family.
My Night at Maud's
A devout Catholic engineer, who has his mind set on marrying a nice girl he sees at church, spends a chaste night with a divorcee named Maud.
Vivre Sa Vie
Intermingling documentary, commentary and other visual techniques, Godard tells the story of a young girl's fall into prostitution.
Cameraperson
A boxing match in Brooklyn, life in postwar Bosnia and Herzegovina, the daily routine of a Nigerian midwife, an intimate family moment at home -- these scenes and others are woven into "Cameraperson," a tapestry of footage captured over the twenty-five-year career of documentary cinematographer Kirsten Johnson.
What's a Nice Girl Like You Doing in a Place Like This?
A writer becomes obsessed with a picture of a boat in this short film.
I Married a Witch
A 300-year-old witch wreaks havoc when she falls in love with a young politician.
Paul Robeson: Tribute to an Artist
This documentary covers the life, career and activism of actor Paul Robeson.
Basquiat
The brief life of Jean Michel Basquiat, a world renowned New York street artist struggling with fame, drugs and his identity.
Once Upon a Time in China
Set during the Qing Dynasty, a local martial arts instructor in Foshan, Wong Fei-hung, must protect his homeland from the influence of foreign forces while protecting his adoptive aunt, Yee Siu-kwan.
Miracles: The Canton Godfather
Inspired by Frank Capra's 1961 remake of "A Pocketful of Miracles", this story is set in Hong Kong in the 1930s. Mr. Canton climbs to the top of Hong Kong's crime world. Soon, a rival gang threatens his leadership but Mr. Canton is ready to fight back.
Demonlover
Diane works for VolfGroup, a hugely powerful conglomerate that is negotiating the acquisition of TokyoAnime, whose revolutionary pornographic 3D manga is set to annihilate the competition in an extraordinarily lucrative market. Two companies are battling for exclusive rights to Volf's content: Mangatronics and Demonlover. Mangatronics has recruited Diane to torpedo Demonlover from within, and she finds a connection with the latter company and an interactive torture website known as "The Hellfire Club." However, Diane is soon challenged every step of the way by her amoral colleague, an antagonistic and mysterious assistant, and an outspoken, pot-smoking American executive.
A Summer's Tale
Amateur musician Gaspard (Melvil Poupaud) to a seaside resort in Dinard, on the coast of Brittany.
The Heroic Trio
When a rash of kidnappings strike newborn wards in hospitals around Hong Kong, a trio of women with a shared history come together to put a stop to the mysterious Evil Master's malicious plans. Ching the Invisible Woman, Tung the Wonder Woman and Chat the Thief Catcher are the Heroic Trio.
Once Upon a Time in China III
Master Wong and his disciples enroll in the 'Dancing Lion Competition' to stop an assassination plot and to battle an arrogant, deceitful opponent.
Inland Empire
With a fearless Laura Dern by his side, David Lynch delivers his least linearly plotted (!) and most experimental (!!) feature film in this long-awaited, fragmented follow-up to Mulholland Drive. A Hollywood nightmare in mini DV, Inland Empire is undiluted, unfiltered, weapon-grade surrealism.
The 47 Ronin
Forty-seven samurai avenge the death of their lord in Kenji Mizoguchi's take on the famous historical event.
Overlord
A young soldier undergoes grueling training in preparation for the D-Day invasion.
Daisies
Two young women embark on a surrealist adventure that satirizes bourgeois decadence, authoritarianism, patriarchy and more.
Strike Up the Band
A high-school band sets out to win a national radio contest.
The Kid Brother
The weakling in a family of he-men tries to prove his mettle.
Downhill
Bound by honor, a rich and successful schoolboy takes the blame for his roommate's indiscretion and his life spirals completely out of control.
House
A schoolgirl and six of her classmates travel to her aunt’s country home, which tries to devour the girls in bizarre ways.
Paisan
Short vignettes reveal the personal effects of the Allied invasion of Italy.
2 or 3 Things I Know About Her
Follow along with a day in the life of a married mother of two in Paris who works as a prostitute during the day in this dramatic commentary on the contemporary world.
Masculin Féminin
Jean-Luc Godard's portrait of culture, politics and sex in 1960s Paris follows a young writer's romance with an aspiring singer.
The Last Metro
In occupied Paris, a Jewish theater owner goes into hiding in his cellar, ceding control of the theater to his gentile wife.
The Lost Honor of Katharina Blum
Katharina, a young woman who meets a suspected terrorist at a party, falls in love and agrees to hide him from the authorities.
Captain Kidd's Kids
After a wild bachelor party, a boy finds himself aboard a sailing vessel where he encounters numerous adventures.
Ebirah, Horror of the Deep
A teenager searching for his brother who stowed away on a crook’s boat must rouse Godzilla on the island where terrorist slavers found the wreckage.
Night of the Living Dead
A ragtag group barricade themselves in an old Pennsylvania farmhouse to remain safe from a horde of flesh-eating ghouls ravaging the Northeast.
Cabin in the Sky
During a bizarre dream in which God and Satan battle for his soul, a lazy gambling husband is guided towards redemption. Oscar-nominated musical stars an all-black cast and features actress/singer Lena Horne ("The Wiz"). With appearances by jazz greats Louis Armstrong and Duke Ellington. Directed by Oscar-winner Vincente Minnelli ("Gigi," "An American in Paris").
Tampopo
Culinary art and comedy blend together as a trucker helps a fledgling noodle shop owner craft the ultimate ramen recipe. Amidst their journey, quirky vignettes celebrate emotional ties shared with food that transform a simple meal into a life experience.
The Great Dictator
Dictator Adenoid Hynkel tries to expand his empire while a poor Jewish barber tries to avoid persecution from Hynkel's regime.
Persona
A young nurse, Alma, is put in charge of Elisabeth Vogler: an actress who is seemingly healthy in all respects, but will not talk. As they spend time together, Alma speaks to Elisabeth constantly, never receiving any answer.
La Pointe Courte
Two storylines concern the simultaneous efforts of a husband and wife to mend their broken marriage interwoven with the life of a fishing village.
Querelle
At a French bordello, a dashing sailor and his brother get entangled in a web of sibling rivalry, dark secrets, and intense passions.
Sabotage
A Scotland Yard detective tracks a saboteur posing as a small cinema owner, who plots to set off a bomb in London while his wife stays in the dark.
Eraserhead
Factory worker Henry Spencer tries to survive his industrial environment, his angry girlfriend, and the unbearable screams of his newborn mutant baby.
War and Peace, Part IV: Pierre Bezukhov
As Moscow is set ablaze by the Russians, the Rostovs flee their estate, taking wounded soldiers with them, and unbeknownst to them, Andrei.
Buena Vista Social Club
Prompted by guitarist Ry Cooder, a group of legendary Cuban musicians unite to showcase the sounds of their country, leading to an acclaimed album.
Ingrid Bergman: In Her Own Words
Home movies, letters, diaries and archival interviews highlight the personal life of Swedish actress Ingrid Bergman.
Senso
As a war rages, an Italian countess leaves her husband for an Austrian officer.
Black Narcissus
As a group of nuns attempts to establish a convent in the Himalayas, isolation, extreme weather, and culture clashes conspire to drive them mad.
The Long Voyage Home
A merchant ship's crew tries to survive the loneliness of the sea and the coming of war.
Blithe Spirit
A séance intended to provide a novelist material for an upcoming book instead invites his disapproving dead wife into his life with his new bride.
Babette's Feast
Winner of the Oscar® for Best Foreign Film, Babette’s Feast is a mouthwatering marriage between gastronomy and cinema. Stéphane Audran, in a subtle and stunning performance, plays Babette, who through an act of culinary generosity, invites us to observe the cultural event that is the dinner table.
Good Morning
Two boys stop speaking until their parents will buy them a new TV.
On Moonlight Bay
The Winfield family moves into a new house in a small town in Indiana. Tomboy Marjorie Winfield begins a romance with William Sherman who lives across the street. Marjorie has to learn how to dance and act like a proper young lady. Unfortunately William Sherman has unconventional ideas for the time. His ideas include not believing in marriage or money, which causes friction with Marjorie's father, who is the local bank vice president
My Dream Is Yours
A talent scout turns a young unknown into a radio singing star.
Romance on the High Seas
A singer on a Caribbean cruise gets mixed up in a series of romantic problems.
...And God Created Woman
A scantily clad beauty (Brigitte Bardot) teases her husband (Jean-Louis Trintignant), his brother and a Riviera millionaire (Curd Jürgens).
The Man with a Cloak
Set in 19th-century New York, this mystery begins when a Frenchwoman shows up at the home of one of Napoleon's former marshals. The alcoholic man is badly crippled and slowly dying, but this doesn't stop the forthright lady from pushing him to change his will to include his estranged grandson so that he can help out the struggling French Republic. Unfortunately, the dying man's conniving housekeeper and butler, already planning murder to get the money themselves, overhear her and begin plotting her demise.
The Entertainer
A third-rate vaudevillian uses liquor and young women to escape the pressures of changing times.
The Band Wagon
A Broadway artiste turns a faded film star's comeback vehicle into an artsy flop.
Santa Fe Trail
As a penalty for fighting fellow classmates days before graduating from West Point, J.E.B. Stuart, George Armstrong Custer and four friends are assigned to the 2nd Cavalry, stationed at Fort Leavenworth. While there they aid in the capture and execution of the abolitionist, John Brown following the Battle of Harper's Ferry.
Lawyer Man
William Powell goes from idealistic attorney to ruthless shyster in this fast-paced pre-Code drama costarring Joan Blondell.
The St. Louis Kid
A hotheaded truck driver gets mixed up in a labor dispute.
The Strawberry Blonde
A man's infatuation with a gold-digging beauty continues after his marriage.
Waterloo Bridge
Returning from World War II, Captain Roy remembers Myra, the ballet dancer he planned to marry. But during his absences, Myra lost her job, believed Roy dead, and fell into poverty and prostitution.
New Moon
Jeanette MacDonald and Nelson Eddy pair up once again in the film version of the popular Sigmund Romberg operetta about a Parisian belle who becomes involved with a political prisoner. In 18th century Louisiana, haughty plantation owner Marianne de Beaumanoir (MacDonald) and her handsome bondservant Charles (Eddy), who is actually a French nobleman in disguise, are thrown together when Charles commandeers a ship carrying Marianne and a cargo of mail-order brides. Romance, adventure--and the French Revolution--ensue. The soaring Romberg musical score includes such favorites as "One Kiss," "Stout-Hearted Men," "Lover Come Back to Me," "Softly as in a Morning Sunrise," and "Wanting You."
The Reluctant Debutante
British parents try to prepare their Americanized daughter for her social debut.
A Life of Her Own
Lana Turner and Oscar® winner* Ray Milland star in this look at the special curse of glamour, directed by George Cukor (The Philadelphia Story) and written by Isobel Lennart (Funny Girl).
The Americanization of Emily
An American Naval Officer is an expert at avoiding hazardous duty, but this all changes when he falls for a widow and is sent on a dangerous mission.
Desire Me
During World War II, a woman receives news that her husband has died in a Nazi concentration camp. She falls in love with another man, who was in the army with her husband and imprisoned with him. But the new man in her life is actually a psychotic who escaped from the concentration camp, leaving her husband for dead . . . but he is not.
The Yearling
Lonely 11-year-old Jody bonds with an orphaned yearling fawn he finds in the woods outside this family's farm. But as much as he loves the young deer, Jody must accept the difficult choice his family makes between their own survival and that of the fawn.
42nd Street
Julian Marsh, a successful Broadway director, produces a new show in spite of his poor health. The money comes from a rich old man, who is in love with the star of the show, Dorothy Brock. But she doesn't return his love because she is still in love with her old partner. On the night before the premiere, Dorothy Brock breaks her ankle, and one of the chorus girls, Peggy Sawyer, tries to take over her part.
Abbott and Costello Meet Captain Kidd
Rocky and Puddin’ Head are waiting tables at an inn when a letter given to them for delivery inadvertently gets swapped with a treasure map.
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in Hollywood
The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm
This fanciful film weaves together some of the fairy tales collected by the Brothers Grimm with a biographical story about the brothers themselves.
Paris, Texas
A man wanders out of the desert not knowing who he is. His brother finds him, and helps to pull his memory back of the life he led before he walked out on his family and disappeared four years earlier.
Bruce Lee: The Man and the Legend
Illegal
A district attorney's life unravels when he realizes he has sent an innocent man to the electric chair. He falls into alcoholism, then seeks redemption by defending the innocent. His skills will be needed to save his ex-assistant, now charged with murder!
The Last Wave
An Australian lawyer takes on the defense of a group of aborigines accused of killing one of their own. Plagued by apocalyptic visions of water, he slowly realizes his own involvement with the aborigines…and their prophecies.
Under the Volcano
A day in life of a self-destructive British consul on the eve of World War II.
War and Peace, Part I: Andrei Bolkonsky
In St. Petersburg of 1805, Pierre Bezukhov is introduced to high society.
Henry V
In the midst of the Hundred Years’ War, the young King Henry V of England embarks on the conquest of France in this adaptation of Shakespeare’s play.
Shaun the Sheep Movie
When Shaun decides to take the day off and have some fun, he gets a little more action than he bargained for. A mix up with the Farmer, a caravan and a very steep hill lead them all to the Big City and it's up to Shaun and the flock to return everyone safely to the green grass of home.
Unlocked
A CIA interrogator is enlisted to investigate an imminent terrorist threat, but she soon uncovers a much deeper plot of deception. With the help of a former soldier, she must race against time to stop a deadly biological attack. Starring Noomi Rapace, Orlando Bloom, Toni Collette, John Malkovich, and Michael Douglas. Directed by Michael Apted; screenplay by Peter O'Brien.
The Mortal Storm
The Roth family leads a quiet life in a small village in the German Alps during the early 1930s. After the Nazis come to power, the family is divided and Martin Breitner, a family friend, is caught up in the turmoil.
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