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Sollers Point 102 mins Keith, a small-time drug dealer under house arrest at the home of his father in Baltimore, re-enters a community scarred by unemployment, neglect and deeply…
Sollers Point Sollers Point
Beauty And The Dogs - Aala Kaf Ifrit 101 mins When Mariam, a young Tunisian woman, is raped by police officers after leaving a party, she is propelled into a harrowing night in which she…
Beauty And The Dogs - Aala Kaf Ifrit Beauty And The Dogs - Aala Kaf Ifrit
Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans 122 mins Terence McDonagh (Oscar-winner Nicolas Cage) is a drug and gambling addled detective in post-Katrina New Orleans investigating the killing of five Senegalese immigrants in this…
Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans
After Everything 94 mins When Elliot (Jeremy Allen White, Shameless), a brash 23-year-old living carefree in New York City, meets the sensible Mia (Maika Monroe, It Follows) and receives…
After Everything After Everything
Jellyfish - Meduzot 79 mins Poignant, often witty and exceedingly cinematic, JELLYFISH tells the story of three very different Tel Aviv women whose intersecting stories weave an unlikely portrait of…
Jellyfish - Meduzot Jellyfish - Meduzot
The Pool 95 mins The story of Venkatesh, a hotel worker in India, who sees from his perch in a mango tree a luxuriant garden and shimmering pool hidden…
The Pool The Pool
Neon Bull - Boi Neon 104 mins Wild, sensual and utterly transporting, NEON BULL unfolds within the world of the vaquejada, a traditional exhibition sport in which cowboys try to pull bulls…
Neon Bull - Boi Neon Neon Bull - Boi Neon
Torment - L'Enfer 103 mins Paul (Francois Cluzet) has just bought a charming waterfront hotel in the heart of France. In debt for the next ten years, he sets to…
Torment - L'Enfer Torment - L'Enfer
Apostasy 95 mins Devout Jehovah's Witnesses, Alex, Luisa and their mother are united in The Truth. But as Luisa starts to question the advice of the Elders she…
Apostasy Apostasy

Current Affairs

America Divided Season Two - In a Divided Country, Our Stories Unite Us 4 videos In a moment of great political and cultural turmoil, AMERICA DIVIDED, the docu-series executive produced by Norman Lear, Gretchen Carlson and Jussie Smollett, returns in…
America Divided Season Two - In a Divided Country, Our Stories Unite Us America Divided Season Two - In a Divided Country, Our Stories Unite Us
Whose Streets? - An Unflinching Look at the Ferguson Uprising 102 mins Told by the activists and leaders who live and breathe this movement for justice, WHOSE STREETS? is an unflinching look at the Ferguson uprising. When…
Whose Streets? - An Unflinching Look at the Ferguson Uprising Whose Streets? - An Unflinching Look at the Ferguson Uprising
Anita - Speaking Truth to Power 77 mins Against a backdrop of sex, politics, and race, Anita reveals the intimate story of a woman who spoke truth to power. An entire country watched…
Anita - Speaking Truth to Power Anita - Speaking Truth to Power
No Control - The Debate Over Gun Control in America 81 mins With over 300 million firearms, the U.S. holds the highest rate of gun ownership per capita in the world. Meanwhile, with each gun-related tragedy, the…
No Control - The Debate Over Gun Control in America No Control - The Debate Over Gun Control in America
Check It - A Gang of LGBT Youth in Washington D.C. 92 mins This film festival favorite follows a group of African-American gay and transgender youth in one of Washington D.C.'s most violent neighborhoods. After being subjected to…
Check It - A Gang of LGBT Youth in Washington D.C. Check It - A Gang of LGBT Youth in Washington D.C.
Cartel Land - Vigilante Groups Fighting Mexican Drug Cartels 101 mins In this Sundance award-winning film, Director Matthew Heineman and Executive Producer Kathryn Bigelow (The Hurt Locker, Zero Dark Thirty) gain unprecedented, on-the-ground access to the…
Cartel Land - Vigilante Groups Fighting Mexican Drug Cartels Cartel Land - Vigilante Groups Fighting Mexican Drug Cartels
On Putin's Blacklist - Human Rights at Risk in Putin's Russia 74 mins The first step in Russia's new Cold War with America began with the banning of the adoption of Russian orphans by US citizens. Soon this…
On Putin's Blacklist - Human Rights at Risk in Putin's Russia On Putin's Blacklist - Human Rights at Risk in Putin's Russia
Advise & Dissent - Selecting Supreme Court justices 87 mins Government's least-understood "Third Branch" has a huge impact on our lives--from abortion to affirmative action, education to the environment, privacy to police action. But in…
Advise & Dissent - Selecting Supreme Court justices Advise & Dissent - Selecting Supreme Court justices
Mea Maxima Culpa - Silence In The House Of God 107 mins Oscar-winning Director Alex Gibney (Going Clear, Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room) exposes the abuse of power in the Catholic Church and a cover-up…
Mea Maxima Culpa - Silence In The House Of God Mea Maxima Culpa - Silence In The House Of God

Kanopy Staff Picks

My Friend Dahmer 108 mins Former Disney star Ross Lynch stars as the awkward, adolescent Jeffrey Dahmer - before he became one of America's most infamous serial killers. Based on…
My Friend Dahmer My Friend Dahmer
The Fits 73 mins While training at the gym, 11-year-old tomboy Toni becomes entranced with a dance troupe. As she struggles to fit in she finds herself caught up…
The Fits The Fits
Matt Shepard is a Friend of Mine 89 mins Matt Shepard is a Friend of Mine explores the life and tragic death of Matthew Shepard, the gay student brutally murdered in Laramie, Wyoming in…
Matt Shepard is a Friend of Mine Matt Shepard is a Friend of Mine
I Am Not Your Negro - James Baldwin and Race in America 95 mins An Oscar-nominated documentary narrated by Samuel L. Jackson, I AM NOT YOUR NEGRO explores the continued peril America faces from institutionalized racism. In 1979, James…
I Am Not Your Negro - James Baldwin and Race in America I Am Not Your Negro - James Baldwin and Race in America
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo 153 mins The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo is the first film in the Dragon Tattoo Trilogy. Forty years ago, Harriet Vanger disappeared from a family gathering…
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
All Things Must Pass - The Rise and Fall of Tower Records 97 mins Everyone thinks they know what killed Tower Records: The Internet. But that's not the story. ALL THINGS MUST PAST examines this iconic company's explosive trajectory,…
All Things Must Pass - The Rise and Fall of Tower Records All Things Must Pass - The Rise and Fall of Tower Records
Gook 96 mins Eli (Justin Chon) and Daniel (David So) are two Korean American brothers that run their late father's shoe store in a predominantly African American community…
Gook Gook
Anita - Speaking Truth to Power 77 mins Against a backdrop of sex, politics, and race, Anita reveals the intimate story of a woman who spoke truth to power. An entire country watched…
Anita - Speaking Truth to Power Anita - Speaking Truth to Power
The Love Witch 121 mins In this cult favorite, modern-day witch Elaine (Samantha Robinson) uses spells and magic to get men to fall in love with her. A stylish tribute…
The Love Witch The Love Witch

Popular Movies

Boy 88 mins Acclaimed director Taika Waititi (Hunt for the Wilderpeople) presents a creative coming-of-age comedy set in 1984, following an eleven-year-old Michael Jackson fanatic nicknamed "Boy" (James…
Boy Boy
Wendy and Lucy 81 mins Wendy Carroll (Michelle Williams) is driving to Alaska in hopes of a summer of lucrative work at the Northwestern Fish cannery, and the start of…
Wendy and Lucy Wendy and Lucy
Archipelago 115 mins A quietly devastating portrayal of a family in emotional crisis. Edward (Tom Hiddleston) is preparing to leave for a year of voluntary service in Africa.…
Archipelago Archipelago
Loving Vincent 95 mins In the first fully painted feature film, 2018 Oscar-nominated LOVING VINCENT tells the story of the mysterious and tragic death of the world's most famous…
Loving Vincent Loving Vincent
Donnie Darko 115 mins Fifteen years before Stranger Things combined science-fiction, Spielberg-ian touches and 80s nostalgia to much acclaim, Richard Kelly set the template - and the high-water mark…
Donnie Darko Donnie Darko
Monogamy 99 mins Increasingly anxious about his impending marriage to Nat (Rashida Jones) and bored with his day job as a wedding photographer, Theo (Chris Messina) begins a…
Monogamy Monogamy
Like Me 84 mins A reckless loner sets out on a crime spree that she broadcasts on social media. After releasing a video of herself robbing a convenience store,…
Like Me Like Me
Little Pink House 100 mins A small-town nurse named Susette Kelo (Catherine Keener, Get Out) emerges as the reluctant leader of her working-class neighbors in their struggle to save their…
Little Pink House Little Pink House
Frank 96 mins Michael Fassbender stars as Frank, a genius rock musician who performs wearing a giant fake head that he never removes. Things get rocky between his…
Frank Frank

Popular World Cinema

BPM (Beats Per Minute) - 120 battements par minute 144 mins In Paris in the early 1990s, members of the activist group ACT UP battle for those stricken with HIV/AIDS, taking on sluggish government agencies and…
BPM (Beats Per Minute) - 120 battements par minute BPM (Beats Per Minute) - 120 battements par minute
Farewell My Queen - Les adieux à la reine 101 mins Marking the return of acclaimed director Benoit Jacquot (A Single Girl), FAREWELL, MY QUEEN brilliantly captures the passions, debauchery, occasional glimpses of nobility and ultimately…
Farewell My Queen - Les adieux à la reine Farewell My Queen - Les adieux à la reine
Marguerite 129 mins 1921, the beginning of the Golden Twenties. Not far from Paris. It is party day at Marguerite Dumont's castle. Like every year, an array of…
Marguerite Marguerite
Outside The Law - Hors la loi 139 mins This Oscar-nominated drama tells the story of a family fighting for Algeria's independence from France after World War II. After losing their family home in…
Outside The Law - Hors la loi Outside The Law - Hors la loi
Victoria 139 mins Shot in a single uninterrupted take, Victoria, a young woman from Madrid meets four local guys outside a nightclub. Sonne and his friends are real…
Victoria Victoria
The Divine Order - Die göttliche Ordnung 97 mins Winner of the Audience Award for Best Narrative Film at the Tribeca Film Festival, THE DIVINE ORDER is set in Switzerland in 1971 where, despite…
The Divine Order - Die göttliche Ordnung The Divine Order - Die göttliche Ordnung
Tom of Finland 117 mins The proudly erotic drawings of artist Touko Laaksonen, known to the world as Tom of Finland, shaped the fantasies of a generation of gay men,…
Tom of Finland Tom of Finland
Mustang 98 mins This Oscar-nominated drama follows five free-spirited sisters in a Turkish village. While playing innocent games with their friends, a neighbor passes by and reports what…
Mustang Mustang
Tehran Taboo 97 mins In this gorgeously animated drama, the lives of several strong-willed women and a young musician intersect. Their stories reveal the hypocrisies of modern Iranian society,…
Tehran Taboo Tehran Taboo

Popular Documentaries

Last Men in Aleppo - The White Helmet Heroes Saving Lives in Syria 105 mins 2018 Academy Award nominee for Best Documentary Feature, Syrian filmmaker Feras Fayyad's breathtaking work - a searing example of boots-on-the-ground reportage - follows the efforts…
Last Men in Aleppo - The White Helmet Heroes Saving Lives in Syria Last Men in Aleppo - The White Helmet Heroes Saving Lives in Syria
Kedi - The Cats of an Ancient City 79 mins Hundreds of thousands of cats roam the metropolis of Istanbul freely. For thousands of years they've wandered in and out of people's lives, becoming an…
Kedi - The Cats of an Ancient City Kedi - The Cats of an Ancient City
Faces Places - A Road Trip with Legendary Filmmaker Agnes Varda and Photographer J.R. 90 mins 89-year old Agnes Varda, one of the leading figures of the French New Wave, and acclaimed 33 year-old French photographer and muralist JR teamed up…
Faces Places - A Road Trip with Legendary Filmmaker Agnes Varda and Photographer J.R. Faces Places - A Road Trip with Legendary Filmmaker Agnes Varda and Photographer J.R.
Manufactured Landscapes - The Art of Edward Burtynsky 87 mins A striking new documentary on the world and work of renowned artist Edward Burtynsky. Internationally acclaimed for his large-scale photographs of "manufactured landscapes"--quarries, recycling yards,…
Manufactured Landscapes - The Art of Edward Burtynsky Manufactured Landscapes - The Art of Edward Burtynsky
Forbidden Films - The Hidden History of Nazi Film 95 mins 1,200 feature films were made in Germany's Third Reich. According to experts, some 100 of these were blatant Nazi propaganda. Nearly seventy years after the…
Forbidden Films - The Hidden History of Nazi Film Forbidden Films - The Hidden History of Nazi Film
Trouble The Water - Surviving Hurricane Katrina 96 mins This astonishingly powerful, Oscar-nominated documentary is at once horrifying and exhilarating. Directed and produced by Fahrenheit 9/11 and Bowling for Columbine producers Tia Lessin and…
Trouble The Water - Surviving Hurricane Katrina Trouble The Water - Surviving Hurricane Katrina
Obit. - The New York Times Obituary Writers 96 mins It's a shame no one wants to talk to them at parties, because obituary writers are a surprisingly funny bunch. Ten hours before newspapers hit…
Obit. - The New York Times Obituary Writers Obit. - The New York Times Obituary Writers
How To Change The World - The Story of Greenpeace 111 mins This astonishing documentary chronicles the adventures of an eclectic group of young pioneers - Canadian hippie journalists, photographers, musicians, scientists, and American draft dodgers -…
How To Change The World - The Story of Greenpeace How To Change The World - The Story of Greenpeace
Always At The Carlyle - New York's Most Glamorous (and Discreet) Hotel 92 mins While the walls at The Carlyle Hotel don't talk, they definitely whisper... ALWAYS AT THE CARLYLE brings to life the untold stories of the legendary…
Always At The Carlyle - New York's Most Glamorous (and Discreet) Hotel Always At The Carlyle - New York's Most Glamorous (and Discreet) Hotel

Paramount Pictures

The Burbs 102 mins With nothing to do and time on their hands, Ray Peterson (Tom Hanks) and his friends decide to investigate their mysterious new neighbors, the Klopeks.…
The Burbs The Burbs
Marathon Man 126 mins In this dark thriller, Doc Levy (Roy Scheider) an American secret agent, is killed at the request of an escaped Nazi war criminal Szell (Laurence…
Marathon Man Marathon Man
Harold and Maude 92 mins Deadpan rich boy Harold (Bud Cort) stages elaborate suicide tableaux to get the attention of his mother, but she keeps planning his brilliant future for…
Harold and Maude Harold and Maude
Witness 113 mins When a young Amish woman (Kelly McGillis) and her son get caught up in the murder of an undercover narcotics agent, their savior turns out…
Witness Witness
Love Story 101 mins This heartfelt 1970 tale of the love of a lifetime-the most successful Paramount movie up to that time-received seven Academy Award nominations (including Best Picture)…
Love Story Love Story
Angel Heart 114 mins Seedy Brooklyn private eye Harry Angel (Mickey Rourke) is hired by shady Louis Cyphre (Robert De Niro) to locate a pop singer who reneged on…
Angel Heart Angel Heart
Romeo and Juliet 139 mins Director Franco Zeffirelli's 1968 version of Shakespeare's ROMEO AND JULIET, an iconic box-office record shattering adaptation, stars seventeen-year-old Leonard Whiting as Romeo and fifteen-year-old Olivia…
Romeo and Juliet Romeo and Juliet
Falling in Love 107 mins A shining example of the magic that's created when two of Hollywood's biggest and brightest stars join forces in one special film. Robert De Niro…
Falling in Love Falling in Love
Saturday Night Fever 120 mins Tony Manero (John Travolta's most iconic role) has an unsatisfying job at a paint store but on weekends he's the king of the dance floor…
Saturday Night Fever Saturday Night Fever

The Criterion Collection

L'avventura 144 mins Michelangelo Antonioni invented a new film grammar with this masterwork. An iconic piece of challenging 1960's cinema and a gripping narrative on its own terms,…
L'avventura L'avventura
Ugetsu 98 mins "Quite simply one of the greatest of filmmakers," said Jean-Luc Godard of Kenji Mizoguchi. And UGETSU, a ghost story like no other, is surely the…
Ugetsu Ugetsu
8 1/2 141 mins Marcello Mastroianni plays Guido Anselmi, a director whose new project is collapsing around him, along with his life. One of the greatest films about film…
8 1/2 8 1/2
Modern Times 88 mins Charlie Chaplin's last outing as the Little Tramp puts the iconic character to work as a giddily inept factory employee who becomes smitten with a…
Modern Times Modern Times
Pather Panchali 126 mins With the release in 1955 of Satyajit Ray's debut film, an eloquent and important new cinematic voice made itself heard all over the world. A…
Pather Panchali Pather Panchali
Playtime 126 mins Jacques Tati's gloriously choreographed, nearly wordless comedies about confusion in an age of high technology reached their apotheosis with PLAYTIME. For this monumental achievement, a…
Playtime Playtime
Breathless 91 mins There was before Breathless, and there was after Breathless. Jean-Luc Godard burst onto the film scene in 1960 with this jazzy, free-form, and sexy homage…
Breathless Breathless
Rashomon 90 mins This riveting psychological thriller that investigates the nature of truth and the meaning of justice is widely considered one of the greatest films ever made.…
Rashomon Rashomon
Le Samouraï 107 mins In a career-defining performance, Alain Delon plays a contract killer with samurai instincts. A razor-sharp cocktail of 1940s American gangster cinema and 1960s French pop…
Le Samouraï Le Samouraï
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