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Popular Movies

The Squid and the Whale 81 mins In his third feature, director Noah Baumbach (Frances Ha) scores a triumph with an autobiographical coming-of-age story about a teenager (Jesse Eisenberg) whose parents are…
The Squid and the Whale The Squid and the Whale
Columbus 105 mins Casey (Haley Lu Richardson) lives with her mother in a little-known Midwestern town haunted by the promise of modernism. Jin (John Cho), a visitor from…
Columbus Columbus
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
Hunt For The Wilderpeople 103 mins From acclaimed New Zealand director Taika Waititi (Thor: Ragnarok, What We Do in the Shadows) comes an award-winning new comedy. Julian Dennison stars as Ricky…
Hunt For The Wilderpeople Hunt For The Wilderpeople
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
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
Melancholia 136 mins Acclaimed filmmaker Lars von Trier grapples with his own experiences with depression to this dark sci-fi drama and Palme d'Or nominee. Justine (Kirsten Dunst) and…
Melancholia Melancholia
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 World Cinema

The 100-Year-Old Man - Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared 116 mins Powered by the antics of a mischievous centenarian on the run, comic fable THE 100-YEAR-OLD MAN WHO CLIMBED OUT THE WINDOW AND DISAPPEARED (Hundraaringen som…
The 100-Year-Old Man - Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared The 100-Year-Old Man - Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared
About Elly 119 mins From the Academy Award winning director of A Separation and The Salesman comes this gripping mystery set among a group of old friends on a…
About Elly About Elly
Nowhere in Africa - Nirgendwo in Afrika 136 mins An Oscar-winning love story spanning two continents, NOWHERE IN AFRICA is the extraordinary true tale of a Jewish family who flees the Nazi regime in…
Nowhere in Africa - Nirgendwo in Afrika Nowhere in Africa - Nirgendwo in Afrika
Poetry 141 mins Mija (veteran actress Yun Jung-hee) is a beautiful woman in her sixties who moves gracefully through life, contemplating a trivial daily routine that is ill-suited…
Poetry Poetry
Camille Claudel 174 mins Camille Claudel (Isabelle Adjani), a genius at sculpture, first becomes Rodin's (Gerard Depardieu) pupil, then his mistress. Their separation and the difficulties she encounters in…
Camille Claudel Camille Claudel
I Killed My Mother 101 mins Focusing on the relationship between Hubert Minel (Xavier Dolan), a 16-year-old Quebecois living in suburban Montreal, and his single mother Chantale (Anne Dorval), I KILLED…
I Killed My Mother I Killed My Mother
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
Ida 83 mins The winner of Best Foreign Language Film at the Academy Awards in 2014, IDA is a moving and intimate drama about a young novitiate nun…
Ida Ida
Dogtooth 98 mins 2011 Academy Award Nominee For Best Foreign Language Film and winner of the Un Certain Regard prize at the 2009 Cannes Film Festival, Yorgos Lanthimos'…
Dogtooth Dogtooth

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
Searching For Ingmar Bergman - The History of a Legendary Filmmaker 100 mins To mark the centennial of legendary director Ingmar Bergman's birth, noted German filmmaker Margarethe von Trotta revisits the settings, scenes, people and themes key to…
Searching For Ingmar Bergman - The History of a Legendary Filmmaker Searching For Ingmar Bergman - The History of a Legendary Filmmaker
Marwencol - Recovering from a Brutal Attack, an Artist Creates a Miniature World 83 mins Jeff Malmberg's landmark documentary MARWENCOL follows the story of Mark Hogancamp, a victim of a brutal beating, who in response created a fantastic miniature world.…
Marwencol - Recovering from a Brutal Attack, an Artist Creates a Miniature World Marwencol - Recovering from a Brutal Attack, an Artist Creates a Miniature World
Los Angeles Plays Itself - A Cinematic History of Los Angeles 174 mins Thom Andersen's landmark documentary LOS ANGELES PLAYS ITSELF explores the tangled relationship between the movies and their fabled hometown as seen entirely though the films…
Los Angeles Plays Itself - A Cinematic History of Los Angeles Los Angeles Plays Itself - A Cinematic History of Los Angeles
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
Side by Side - Can Film Survive the Digital Future? 3 videos Produced by Keanu Reeves, SIDE BY SIDE is an in-depth examination of how digital filmmaking is challenging traditional celluloid film as the gold standard in…
Side by Side - Can Film Survive the Digital Future? Side by Side - Can Film Survive the Digital Future?
The Beaches of Agnes - Exploring the Memories of a Legendary Filmmaker 108 mins A reflection on art, life and the movies, THE BEACHES OF AGNES is a magnificent film from the great Agnes Varda (Cleo From 5 to…
The Beaches of Agnes - Exploring the Memories of a Legendary Filmmaker The Beaches of Agnes - Exploring the Memories of a Legendary Filmmaker
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
What Is Democracy? - A Philosophical Journey Exploring Government 108 mins Coming at a moment of profound political and social crisis, WHAT IS DEMOCRACY? reflects on a word we too often take for granted. Director Astra…
What Is Democracy? - A Philosophical Journey Exploring Government What Is Democracy? - A Philosophical Journey Exploring Government

Oscar Winners and Nominees

Of Fathers and Sons - Following a Radical Islamist Family in Syria 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 - Following a Radical Islamist Family in Syria Of Fathers and Sons - Following a Radical Islamist Family in Syria
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
Weekends 16 mins This animated short film tells the story of a young boy shuffling between the homes of his recently divorced parents. Surreal, dream-like moments mix with…
Weekends Weekends
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
Sudden Fear 112 mins In this rediscovered masterpiece of film noir, Joan Crawford plays a successful playwright who marries a mediocre actor (Jack Palance). She soon discovers that he…
Sudden Fear Sudden Fear
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.
Room 118 mins In this award-winning film, a kidnapped mother (Brie Larson) and son (Jacob Tremblay) make a daring escape and experience a dramatic homecoming. Based on the…
Room Room
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
Marriage Italian Style - Matrimonio all'italiana 102 mins One of the most famous, and funniest, Italian comedies of all time, MARRIAGE ITALIAN STYLE received nominations for Best Foreign Language Film, and Best Actress…
Marriage Italian Style - Matrimonio all'italiana Marriage Italian Style - Matrimonio all'italiana

New to Kanopy - Documentaries

Hal - The Life and Work of Filmmaker Hal Ashby 91 mins Hal Ashby directed a remarkable string of acclaimed, widely admired classics throughout the 1970s (such as Harold and Maude and Being There), but is often…
Hal - The Life and Work of Filmmaker Hal Ashby Hal - The Life and Work of Filmmaker Hal Ashby
Meru 91 mins Three renowned climbers navigate nature's harshest elements and their own complicated inner demons to ascend Mount Meru, the most technically complicated and dangerous peak in…
Meru Meru
The Law in These Parts - Investigating the Israeli Legal System Governing Palestinian Territories 106 mins A gripping and revelatory investigation into the military legal system put in place by Israel over four decades ago to govern the occupied Palestinian territories…
The Law in These Parts - Investigating the Israeli Legal System Governing Palestinian Territories The Law in These Parts - Investigating the Israeli Legal System Governing Palestinian Territories
John McEnroe: In the Realm of Perfection - An Immersive Look at a Driven Tennis Player 96 mins This unique film revisits the rich bounty of 16-mm-shot footage of the left-handed tennis star John McEnroe, at the time the world's top-ranked player, as…
John McEnroe: In the Realm of Perfection - An Immersive Look at a Driven Tennis Player John McEnroe: In the Realm of Perfection - An Immersive Look at a Driven Tennis Player
The Pearl - Transgender Women Coming Out in their Senior Years 98 mins An intimate and cinematic profile of 4 transgender women that come out for the first time in their senior years. Set against the backdrop of…
The Pearl - Transgender Women Coming Out in their Senior Years The Pearl - Transgender Women Coming Out in their Senior Years
Counting - A Film Essay on Contemporary Society 112 mins In fifteen linked chapters shot in locations ranging from Moscow to New York to Istanbul, COUNTING merges city symphony, diary film, and personal/political essay to…
Counting - A Film Essay on Contemporary Society Counting - A Film Essay on Contemporary Society
Hot to Trot - The World of Same-Sex Ballroom Dance 88 mins The music...the spectacle...the costumes...the grace. Ballroom dance is enjoying a renaissance here in America, as well as abroad. Set in the swinging world of same-sex…
Hot to Trot - The World of Same-Sex Ballroom Dance Hot to Trot - The World of Same-Sex Ballroom Dance
Untouchable - Fighting to Strengthen Sex Offender Laws 106 mins When the most powerful lobbyist in Florida discovers that the nanny has sexually abused his daughter, he harnesses his extraordinary political power to pass the…
Untouchable - Fighting to Strengthen Sex Offender Laws Untouchable - Fighting to Strengthen Sex Offender Laws
Brazil, A Time to Build - Challenges Facing Brazil's Reconstructive Efforts 64 mins South America's geographic giant is polarized due to seemingly endless corruption investigations and a less than optimistic economic recovery. . In an accessible and constructive…
Brazil, A Time to Build - Challenges Facing Brazil's Reconstructive Efforts Brazil, A Time to Build - Challenges Facing Brazil's Reconstructive Efforts

New to Kanopy - Movies

Flower Drum Song 132 mins In this classic musical romantic comedy, a young woman (Miyoshi Umeki) arrives in San Francisco's Chinatown from Hong Kong with the intention of marrying a…
Flower Drum Song Flower Drum Song
Woman Times Seven 104 mins Shirley Maclaine (The Apartment, Terms Of Endearment) portrays an amazing array of characters over seven satirical vignettes that attempt to tackle the universal subjects of…
Woman Times Seven Woman Times Seven
Fake Tattoos 87 mins Theo spends his 18th birthday alone, getting drunk at a punk rock show. There, he meets Mag, a teenage girl who invites him to spend…
Fake Tattoos Fake Tattoos
Simulation - Tamaroz 85 mins An elliptical study of cause and effect that traces, in reverse-chronological order, the aftermath of an unwarranted visit between three friends and a mysterious older…
Simulation - Tamaroz Simulation - Tamaroz
The Candidate - El Candidato 84 mins A pitch-perfect political comedy that explores the creation of a political persona that is all form and no content. THE CANDIDATE tells the story of…
The Candidate - El Candidato The Candidate - El Candidato
A Sunday in the Country - Un Dimaanche a la Campagne 95 mins Since the death of his wife, Monsieur Ladmiral, a painter of no genius, lives with his maid, Mercedes. But the traditional Sunday family reunion is…
A Sunday in the Country - Un Dimaanche a la Campagne A Sunday in the Country - Un Dimaanche a la Campagne
Alba 95 mins Alba is eleven years old. One afternoon, her mother is admitted in the hospital and she has to move to live with Igor, a father…
Alba Alba
Terms of Endearment 132 mins This Oscar-winner dazzled critics and audiences alike with its believable, insightful story of a mother and daughter, unforgettably played by Shirley MacLaine and Debra Winger.…
Terms of Endearment Terms of Endearment
Jacob's Ladder 113 mins Director Adrian Lyne (Fatal Attraction) and Oscar-winning actor Tim Robbins (Mystic River, The Shawshank Redemption) push the boundaries of psychological terror in this suspense-laden thriller…
Jacob's Ladder Jacob's Ladder

A24

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
The Bling Ring 91 mins A group of fame-obsessed teenagers living in the suburbs of LA use the internet to track celebrities' whereabouts in order to rob their empty homes.…
The Bling Ring The Bling Ring
Lean on Pete 122 mins A deeply moving story about love, loneliness, family, and friendship, told through the unique prism of one boy's connection to a very special racehorse. Fifteen-year-old…
Lean on Pete Lean on Pete
A Most Violent Year 125 mins A searing crime drama set in New York City during the winter of 1981, statistically the most dangerous year in the city's history. Starring Oscar…
A Most Violent Year A Most Violent Year
American Honey 164 mins An adolescent girl from a troubled home (Sasha Lane, Hearts Beat Loud) runs away with a traveling sales crew who drive across the American Midwest…
American Honey American Honey
Woman Walks Ahead 103 mins Based on a true story, this riveting western follows a headstrong New York widow (Jessica Chastain) as she journeys west to meet Sioux chief Sitting…
Woman Walks Ahead Woman Walks Ahead
A Prayer Before Dawn 118 mins The remarkable true story of Billy Moore, a young English boxer incarcerated in two of Thailand's most notorious prisons. He is quickly thrown into a…
A Prayer Before Dawn A Prayer Before Dawn
Never Goin' Back 87 mins Angela and Jessie are best friends intent on taking a wild beach trip, but when their roommate loses all their money in a drug scam,…
Never Goin' Back Never Goin' Back
The Last Movie Star 104 mins Burt Reynolds stars as an aging screen icon who gets lured into accepting an award at a rinky-dink film festival in Nashville, launching him on…
The Last Movie Star The Last Movie Star

Romantic FIlms

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
Obvious Child 85 mins When a Brookyln comedian (Jenny Slate) gets dumped and fired, she has a one-night stand and ends up pregnant -- just in time for the…
Obvious Child Obvious Child
That Touch of Mink 100 mins Love arrives with a splash when a handsome and eligible tycoon (Cary Grant) and a beautiful working woman (Doris Day) meet over a curbside mud…
That Touch of Mink That Touch of Mink
How to Talk to Girls at Parties 103 mins Worlds collide when Enn (Alex Sharp), a shy teenager in 70s London, meets the beautiful and rebellious Zan (Elle Fanning) at a party. They set…
How to Talk to Girls at Parties How to Talk to Girls at Parties
His Girl Friday 92 mins In this undeniable gem of Hollywood's golden age, Walter, a hard-boiled newspaper editor, discovers that his ex-wife and former employee, Hildy, is set to marry…
His Girl Friday His Girl Friday
Take This Waltz 117 mins Michelle Williams plays twenty-eight-year-old Margot, happily married to Lou (Seth Rogen), a good-natured cookbook author. But when Margot meets Daniel (Luke Kirby), a handsome artist…
Take This Waltz Take This Waltz
While We're Young 98 mins Directed by Noah Baumbach and powered by great performances by Ben Stiller, Adam Driver, Naomi Watts and Amanda Seyfried, WHILE WE'RE YOUNG is a funny…
While We're Young While We're Young
The Lovers 98 mins In this scalpel-sharp, deliciously grown-up comedy, a husband and wife, each embroiled in a secret, extramarital affair, are sent reeling when they suddenly fall for…
The Lovers The Lovers
Boy Meets Girl 105 mins Alex wants to become a filmmaker. His girlfriend, Florence, has just left him for his best friend, Thomas. Alex tries to strangle Thomas, but gives…
Boy Meets Girl Boy Meets Girl
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