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Lady Bird 94 mins Directed by Greta Gerwig and nominated for five Oscars, LADY BIRD is a warm, affecting comedy about a high schooler (Saoirse Ronan) who must navigate…
Lady Bird Lady Bird
First Reformed 114 mins Reverend Ernst Toller (Ethan Hawke) is a solitary parish pastor at a small church in upstate New York on the cusp of celebrating its 250th…
First Reformed First Reformed
Moonlight 111 mins Oscar-winner for Best Picture, MOONLIGHT is a moving and transcendent look at three defining chapters in the life of Chiron, a young man growing up…
Moonlight Moonlight
The Lobster 119 mins A darkly comic fable from Yorgos Lanthimos (Killing of a Sacred Deer, The Favourite), this acclaimed film centers on recently-divorced David (Colin Farrell) as he…
The Lobster The Lobster
The Florida Project 112 mins Set on a stretch of highway in a budget motel managed by Bobby (Willem Dafoe), just outside the imagined utopia of Disney World, THE FLORIDA…
The Florida Project The Florida Project
20th Century Women 119 mins A strong-willed single mother (Annette Bening) raises her teenage son with the help of two unconventional younger women in this funny, heartwarming look at a…
20th Century Women 20th Century Women
Ex Machina 109 mins A young programmer is selected to participate in a breakthrough experiment in artificial intelligence by evaluating the human qualities of a breathtaking female A.I. Alex…
Ex Machina Ex Machina
The Disaster Artist 104 mins The incredible true story of aspiring filmmaker and Hollywood outsider Tommy Wiseau (James Franco) as he and his best friend Greg (Dave Franco) defiantly pursue…
The Disaster Artist The Disaster Artist
The Children Act 106 mins Smart, elegant, and deeply moving, THE CHILDREN ACT stars two-time Academy Award-winner Emma Thompson in a powerful and riveting performance as Fiona Maye, a British…
The Children Act The Children Act

New to Kanopy - Movies

Jacqueline (Argentine) 90 mins A filmmaker (Wyatt Cenac) receives a series of panicked emails and phone calls from a young French woman named Jacqueline (Camille Rutherford), who claims to…
Jacqueline (Argentine) Jacqueline (Argentine)
The Opposite of Sex 102 mins Foul-mouthed and manipulative, Dedee Truitt (Christina Ricci) is not a typical sweet 16-year-old. After the death of her stepfather she visits her homosexual half-brother Bill…
The Opposite of Sex The Opposite of Sex
Bye Bye Germany - Es war einmal in Deutschland 103 mins David Berman and his friends, all Holocaust survivors, have only one purpose: to go to America as soon as possible. For this they need money.…
Bye Bye Germany - Es war einmal in Deutschland Bye Bye Germany - Es war einmal in Deutschland
This Is Our Land - Chez Nous 118 mins Marine Le Pen was defeated in the French election that brought Emmanuel Macron to power, but her far right-wing party, with its nationalist, anti-immigrant platform,…
This Is Our Land - Chez Nous This Is Our Land - Chez Nous
In Syria - Insyriated 87 mins Trapped inside her house in a city under siege, Oum Yazan, mother of three, turns her flat into a safe harbor for her family and…
In Syria - Insyriated In Syria - Insyriated
Jupiter’s Moon - Jupiter holdja 129 mins A young refugee called Aryan is shot while illegally trying to cross the Hungarian border to escape his war-torn home. While tending him back to…
Jupiter’s Moon - Jupiter holdja Jupiter’s Moon - Jupiter holdja
Noise 109 mins This is a story about the wrong person in the right place at the wrong time. Two heinous crimes have left a suburban town reeling.…
Noise Noise
The Human Surge - El auge del humano 100 mins In Buenos Aires. 25 year old Exe has just lost his job and is not looking for another one. His neighbors and friends seem as…
The Human Surge - El auge del humano The Human Surge - El auge del humano
The Falls 197 mins Standing at a pivotal point in his filmography, poised between his earlier, witty shorts and the unique pleasures of his post-DRAUGHTSMAN'S CONTRACT oeuvre, THE FALLS…
The Falls The Falls

Popular Movies

The Miseducation of Cameron Post 92 mins Based on the celebrated novel by Emily M. Danforth, The Miseducation of Cameron Post follows the titular character (Chloe Grace Moretz) as she is sent…
The Miseducation of Cameron Post The Miseducation of Cameron Post
Hearts Beat Loud 98 mins In the hip Brooklyn neighborhood of Red Hook, single dad and record store owner Frank (Nick Offerman) is preparing to send his hard-working daughter Sam…
Hearts Beat Loud Hearts Beat Loud
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
Madeline's Madeline 94 mins While her mom sees Madeline as a fragile, emotional teen, the director of her theater workshop sees her as a raw talent with a troubled…
Madeline's Madeline Madeline's Madeline
Howards End 143 mins Margaret Schlegel (Emma Thompson) and her sister Helen (Helena Bonham Carter) become involved with two couples: a wealthy, conservative industrialist (Anthony Hopkins) and his wife…
Howards End Howards End
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
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
The Tree 101 mins A mystical drama of loss and rebirth in the Australian countryside. Blindsided with anguish after her husband's sudden death, Dawn (Charlotte Gainsbourg)--along with her four…
The Tree The Tree
Robot & Frank 89 mins Set in the near future, an ex-jewel thief (Frank Langella) receives a gift from his son: a robot butler (voiced by Peter Sarsgaard) programmed to…
Robot & Frank Robot & Frank

Popular World Cinema

Hannah 94 mins An intimate portrait of a woman drifting between reality and denial when she is left alone to grapple with the consequences of her husband's imprisonment.…
Hannah Hannah
What Will People Say - Hva vil folk si 107 mins Sixteen-year-old Nisha lives a double life. When out with her friends, she's a regular Norwegian teenager. At home with her family, she is the perfect…
What Will People Say - Hva vil folk si What Will People Say - Hva vil folk si
Summer 1993 - Estiu 1993 100 mins In the summer 1993, following the death of her parents, young Frida moves from Barcelona to the Catalan province to live with her aunt and…
Summer 1993 - Estiu 1993 Summer 1993 - Estiu 1993
Truman 109 mins Diagnosed with terminal cancer, Julian (Ricardo Darin) has decided to forgo treatment and spend his final days tying up loose ends. When childhood friend Tomas…
Truman Truman
1944 101 mins The year is 1944. As the Battle of Tannenberg Line rages, Estonia finds itself helplessly trapped in the crossfire of two opposing forces. With the…
1944 1944
Goodbye to Language 70 mins Winner of the Jury Prize at the 2014 Cannes Film Festival, Goodbye to Language is a triumphant masterpiece from Jean-Luc Godard. The film follows a…
Goodbye to Language Goodbye to Language
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
Let The Corpses Tan 93 mins After stealing a truckload of gold bars, a gang of thieves absconds to the ruins of a remote village perched on the cliffs of the…
Let The Corpses Tan Let The Corpses Tan
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

Popular Documentaries

Amy - The Tragic Story of Amy Winehouse 128 mins An Oscar-winner for Best Feature Documentary, AMY is a deeply moving portrait of 6-time Grammy winner Amy Winehouse using powerful first-hand footage to bring her…
Amy - The Tragic Story of Amy Winehouse Amy - The Tragic Story of Amy Winehouse
The King - The Rise and Fall of Elvis Presley 109 mins Driving a Rolls-Royce once owned by Elvis Presley - with a revolving crew of musicians in the backseat - director Eugene Jarecki embarks on a…
The King - The Rise and Fall of Elvis Presley The King - The Rise and Fall of Elvis Presley
Of Fathers And Sons - A Day In The Life Of A Radical Islamist Family 99 mins After making his Sundance award-winning documentary, Return to Homs, Talal Derki returned to Syria where he gained the trust of a radical Islamist family, sharing…
Of Fathers And Sons - A Day In The Life Of A Radical Islamist Family Of Fathers And Sons - A Day In The Life Of A Radical Islamist Family
Grace Jones - Bloodlight And Bami 116 mins This electrifying journey through the public and private worlds of pop culture mega-icon Grace Jones contrasts musical sequences with intimate personal footage, all the while…
Grace Jones - Bloodlight And Bami Grace Jones - Bloodlight And Bami
De Palma - The Work of Director and Screenwriter Brian De Palma 110 mins A funny, illuminating look at legendary filmmaker Brian De Palma (Carrie, Scarface), in which he shares both candid wisdom and hysterical no holds-barred stories based…
De Palma - The Work of Director and Screenwriter Brian De Palma De Palma - The Work of Director and Screenwriter Brian De Palma
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
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
Bill Cunningham New York - A Portrait of the Beloved Fashion Photographer 85 mins "We all get dressed for Bill," says Vogue editrix Anna Wintour. The "Bill" in question is 80+ New York Times photographer Bill Cunningham. For decades,…
Bill Cunningham New York - A Portrait of the Beloved Fashion Photographer Bill Cunningham New York - A Portrait of the Beloved Fashion Photographer
Half The Picture - Female Directors Speak Out 96 mins This celebrated film follows female directors working in Hollywood. HALF THE PICTURE uses the current EEOC investigation into discriminatory hiring practices as a framework to…
Half The Picture - Female Directors Speak Out Half The Picture - Female Directors Speak Out

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
Seven Samurai 2 videos One of the most thrilling movie epics of all time, SEVEN SAMURAI (Shichinin no samurai) tells the story of a sixteenth-century village whose desperate inhabitants…
Seven Samurai Seven Samurai
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
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
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
Vivre sa vie 84 mins This turning point for Jean-Luc Godard remains one of his most dynamic films, combining brilliant visual design with a tragic character study. The lovely Anna…
Vivre sa vie Vivre sa vie
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
The Seventh Seal 99 mins Disillusioned and exhausted after a decade of battling in the Crusades, a knight (Max von Sydow) encounters Death on a desolate beach and challenges him…
The Seventh Seal The Seventh Seal
Bicycle Thieves 90 mins Hailed around the world as one of the greatest movies ever made, the Academy Award-winning BICYCLE THIEVES, directed by Vittorio De Sica, defined an era…
Bicycle Thieves Bicycle Thieves

New York Times Critics' Picks

Jeannette - The Childhood of Joan of Arc 112 mins France, 1425. In the midst of the Hundred Years' War, the young Jeannette, at the still tender age of 8, looks after her sheep in…
Jeannette - The Childhood of Joan of Arc Jeannette - The Childhood of Joan of Arc
Good Manners - As Boas Maneiras 136 mins When lonely nurse Clara is hired as a nanny by wealthy Ana, she hardly expects anything like the friendship she finds with the lonely, pregnant…
Good Manners - As Boas Maneiras Good Manners - As Boas Maneiras
A Monster With A Thousand Heads - Un Monstruo De Mil Cabezas 75 mins When the insurance company refuses to provide care for Sonia's terminally-ill husband, an increasingly violent series of confrontations unravel as a distraught woman fights the…
A Monster With A Thousand Heads - Un Monstruo De Mil Cabezas A Monster With A Thousand Heads - Un Monstruo De Mil Cabezas
A Town Called Panic - Panique Au Village 75 mins Hilarious and frequently surreal, the stop-motion extravaganza A TOWN CALLED PANIC has endless charms and raucous laughs for children from eight to eighty. PANIC stars…
A Town Called Panic - Panique Au Village A Town Called Panic - Panique Au Village
Queen To Play - Joueuse 102 mins Oscar-winner Kevin Kline and Sandrine Bonnaire square off in this stylish and sophisticated dramedy of newfound passions and mid-life triumphs, set on the postcard-perfect isle…
Queen To Play - Joueuse Queen To Play - Joueuse
The Kindergarten Teacher - Haganenet 121 mins The story of a teacher who becomes at first enchanted, and then ultimately consumed by the poetic genius of her five-year-old student. As the titular…
The Kindergarten Teacher - Haganenet The Kindergarten Teacher - Haganenet
The Salt Of Life - Gianni E Le Donne 90 mins In his warm and witty follow-up to Mid-August Lunch, writer-director-actor Gianni Di Gregorio has created another sparkling comedy--this time with a dash of the bittersweet.…
The Salt Of Life - Gianni E Le Donne The Salt Of Life - Gianni E Le Donne
Silent Souls - Ovsyanki 78 mins One of the most acclaimed films of 2011, SILENT SOULS is a breathtakingly beautiful road-movie masterpiece. After the sudden death of his wife, tough guy…
Silent Souls - Ovsyanki Silent Souls - Ovsyanki
Siddharth 97 mins A spellbinding and gorgeously wrought tale of one father's journey across India in search of his son. Mehendra is a chain-wallah, eking out a living…
Siddharth Siddharth

Paramount Pictures

The Conversation 114 mins Directed by Francis Ford Coppola, THE CONVERSATION tells the story of sound surveillance expert Harry Caul (Gene Hackman) who is hired to track a young…
The Conversation The Conversation
Clue 97 mins Tim Curry, Madeline Kahn, and Christopher Lloyd lead an all star cast in this murderously funny cult classic based on the world-famous Clue board game.…
Clue Clue
Indiscreet 100 mins In this classic romantic comedy Cary Grant plays Philip Adams, a suave American diplomat who pretends to be married in order to preserve his bachelor…
Indiscreet Indiscreet
1900 - Novecento 247 mins This expansive period drama from Italian auteur Bernardo Bertolucci follows two childhood friends in northern Italy during the early 20th century. Alfredo Berlinghieri (Robert De…
1900 - Novecento 1900 - Novecento
Three Days of the Condor 118 mins In Sydney Pollack's critically acclaimed suspense-thriller, Robert Redford stars as CIA Agent Joe Turner. Code name: Condor. When his entire office is massacred, Turner goes…
Three Days of the Condor Three Days of the Condor
The Elephant Man 124 mins All the human spirit needs to thrive...is a chance. In one of his most legendary films, director David Lynch chronicles the intense emotional journey of…
The Elephant Man The Elephant Man
Children of a Lesser God 119 mins One of the most critically-acclaimed films of the 80s, this uplifting love story garnered four Oscar nominations and a Best Actress Oscar for Marlee Matlin.…
Children of a Lesser God Children of a Lesser God
Don't Look Now 111 mins Working with elements of the traditional horror genre - second sight, ESP, warnings from the dead, a mad killer - and a cinematography of disquieting…
Don't Look Now Don't Look Now
Breakfast at Tiffany's 115 mins The names Audrey Hepburn and Holly Golightly have become synonymous since this dazzling romantic comedy was translated to the screen from Truman Capote's best-selling novella.…
Breakfast at Tiffany's Breakfast at Tiffany's
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