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Anatahan

Anatahan

War · Based on True Story · Drama

NEW RESTORATION!  Inspired by an actual event during WWII, Josef von Sternberg's Anatahan, tells the story of a dozen Japanese sailors who are stranded on the remote island of Anatahan during the waning days of the war. The war ends, unbeknownst to the men, and they engage in their ow…

Anna Boleyn

Anna Boleyn

Drama · Romance · Silent

The tragic story of the second wife of England's Henry VIII, whose marriage to the Henry led to momentous political and religious turmoil in England.

Asphalt

Asphalt

Drama · Silent · World Cinema

Joe May's Sensual Drama of Life in the Berlin Underworld.

The Beloved Rogue

The Beloved Rogue

Drama · Silent · History

A rich historical romance starring John Barrymore as poet Frances Villon who battles against nasty King Louis the XI in 17th Century France. 

Blood and Sand

Blood and Sand

Drama · Romance · Silent

A young Spaniard who achieves his boyhood ambition to become a celebrated toreador finds himself the victim of his own desires, forsaking the pure love of the sweet-natured Carmen for the sinister charms of the exotic Doña Sol.

The Blue Angel

The Blue Angel

Musical · RT Certified Fresh · Drama

The crowning achievement of the Weimar cinema, The Blue Angel is an exquisite parable of one man's fall from respectability.

The Boat is Full

The Boat is Full

War · Drama · Jewish Interest

Nominated for an Academy Award® for Best Foreign Language Film (1981), The Boat is Full is a tense and heartbreaking drama that captures the plight of refugees during WWII.

Brigitte Bardot Collection: Naughty Girl, Please Not Now!, Two Weeks in September, Les Femmes

Brigitte Bardot Collection: Naughty Girl, Please Not Now!, Two Weeks in September, Les Femmes

Romance · Comedy · Drama

Brigitte Bardot is one of the most iconic actresses of all time, and this four-film collection brings together some of her most memorable performances.

The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith (1978)

The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith (1978)

Based on Literature · Drama

THE CHANT OF JIMMIE BLACKSMITH (1978), based on the novel by Thomas Keneally, is the shocking tale of an indigenous man driven to madness and revenge. Jimmie Blacksmith (Tommy Lewis) is a young Aboriginal half-caste raised in central New South Wales at the turn-of-the-century, a boy initiated by his…

La Chinoise

La Chinoise

Drama · World Cinema

Director Jean-Luc Godard, whose advocacy of Maoism bordered on intoxication, infuriated many traditionalist critics with this swiftly paced satire. Disillusioned by their suburban lifestyles, a group of middle-class students, led by Guillaume (Jean-Pierre Leaud) and Veronique (Anne Wiazemsky), form …

Cinema's First Nasty Women

Cinema's First Nasty Women

Western · Drama · Silent

This four-disc set showcase more than fourteen hours of rarely-seen silent films about feminist protest, slapstick rebellion, and suggestive gender play.

The Clockmaker of St. Paul

The Clockmaker of St. Paul

Drama

Tavernier's first film and one of his best. The superb Philippe Noiret stars as a watchmaker who must reevaluate his life after his son is arrested for murder.

Colonel Redl

Colonel Redl

Drama · World Cinema · Academy Award Winners

Set in the lead up to WWI, Szabó's Cannes Grand Jury-winning Colonel Redl charts the rise of Alfred Redl to head of counter-intelligence of the Austro-Hungarian Army.

Confidence

Confidence

War · Drama · Academy Award Nominees

1980's Confidence was nominated for the Academy Award and Szabó won Berlin's Silver Bear for Best Director. In World War II-era Hungary, the resistance pairs two unrelated members to act as husband and wife in an effort to stay hidden in plain sight. Will they be able to maintain the illusion…

 The David O. Selznick Collection

The David O. Selznick Collection

Drama · Period Drama

Five masterworks culled from the personal collection of producer David O. Selznick, authorized by the Selznick Estate and preserved by the George Eastman House Motion Picture Department. Includes A FAREWELL TO ARMS (1932), NOTHING SACRED (1937), A STAR IS BORN (1937), BIRD OF PARADISE (1932) and LIT…

Deluge

Deluge

Pre-Code · Action & Adventure · Drama

Triggered by a series of earthquakes on the West Coast of the United States, a massive tidal wave circles the globe and-in a prolonged and spectacular special effects sequence-wipes out New York City. Sidney Blackmer stars as a man who, separated from his family, must begin to rebuild civilization i…

The Devil Bat

The Devil Bat

Horror · Drama · Cult

Bela Lugosi stars as a scientist who commands a mutant bat to avenge himself upon his enemies (using a specially formulated after-shave lotion as the targeting device). Even as he takes diabolical pleasure in such a ludicrous premise, Lugosi invests the character with an underlying sense of tragedy,…

Drifting/White Tiger

Drifting/White Tiger

Drama · Crime

Drifting - An opium trafficker is caught between an undercover government agent and a fellow smuggler in a remote Chinese village. White Tiger involves a band of jewel thieves who employ a chess-playing automaton to gain entry into the homes of the wealthy.  

A Farewell To Arms (1932)

A Farewell To Arms (1932)

Based on Literature · Academy Award Winners · Drama

An Academy Award nominee for Best Picture, A FAREWELL TO ARMS is a ravishing adaptation of Ernest Hemingway's legendary novel, starring Gary Cooper (High Noon) as Lt. Frederic Henry, a young ambulance driver for the Italian army in WWI, more interested in chasing women than the enemy. When seeking c…

Fritz Lang's Destiny

Fritz Lang's Destiny

Drama · Adventure · Action & Adventure

A young woman (Lil Dagover) confronts the personification of Death (Bernhard Goetzke), in an effort to save the life of her fiance (Walter Janssen). Death weaves three romantic tragedies and offers to unite the girl with her lover, if she can prevent the death of the lovers in at least one of the ep…

Fritz Lang: The Early Works (3-DVD Collection)

Fritz Lang: The Early Works (3-DVD Collection)

Drama · Silent

Before he gained worldwide renown for such films as METROPOLIS, and M, Fritz Lang crafted a series of feature films that embody many of the thematic and stylistic trademarks that would come to define his work. Virtually unseen in the United States until this release, the three films in this collecti…

Galileo

Galileo

Theatre · Drama

Based on the play by Bertolt Brecht (originally translated by Charles Laughton), GALILEO explores not merely the infamous historical figure, but the philosophical concepts for which he was both celebrated and condemned.

The Great Gabbo

The Great Gabbo

Musical · Horror · Drama

One of Hollywood's earliest -- and most peculiar -- musicals, The Great Gabbo stars von Stroheim as an egotistical ventriloquist who casts a Svengali-like spell upon an ingenue.

Hell's House

Hell's House

Drama

An exposé of the American penal system, HELL'S HOUSE stars Junior Durkin as a wholesome farmboy who moves to the city after the death of his mother. Dazzled by the smooth talk and beautiful girlfriend (Davis) of a wily bootlegger (O'Brien), the lad runs afoul of the law and is sentenced to a …

Hitchcock: British International Pictures Collection

Hitchcock: British International Pictures Collection

Comedy · Drama

Before he became known as the Master of Suspense in Hollywood, Alfred Hitchcock had already established himself as a precociously talented filmmaker in England. Hitchcock: British International Pictures Collection brings together five features he directed for the production company that first displa…

The Iceman Cometh

The Iceman Cometh

Theatre · Drama

Considered the definitive film version of one of Eugene O'Neill's greatest plays, this simple tale of a birthday celebration at a saloon takes a devastating look at disillusionment and dashed hopes.

The Informer

The Informer

Drama

Based on Liam O’Flaherty’s popular Irish novel (which John Ford famously adapted in 1935), this gripping thriller is set among a group of revolutionaries in the newly independent Ireland of 1922. When one of their number kills the chief of police, he goes on the run. But when he returns …

Intimacy

Intimacy

Romance · Drama

Jay, a failed musician, finds himself involved with a woman who comes to his house once a week for violent, graphic sex. When he follows her home to find out more about her, he gets involved with her life more than he intended.

Je T'Aime Moi Non Plus

Je T'Aime Moi Non Plus

Cult · Drama · World Cinema

Cult icon Serge Gainsbourg wrote, directed, and scored this tale of doomed love between a lonely truck stop waitress (Jane Birkin) and a hunky garbage truck driver (Joe Dallesandro), whose boyfriend (Hugues Quester) becomes increasingly jealous of the two. New 4K restoration.

Korczak

Korczak

Historic Drama · Drama · World Cinema

Henryk Goldszmit had become a Polish icon in the 1930s through his writings, teachings, and radio programs for children. When the kids from his Warsaw orphanage were to be deported to the gas chambers of Treblinka, he refused to abandon them, and with them he died.

L'Immortelle

L'Immortelle

Drama · World Cinema · Cult

L'MMORTELLE is a cinematic arabesque that teases the eye with visual delights yet sadistically confounds expectations. A Frenchman (Jacques Doniol-Valcroze) traveling in Istanbul becomes entranced by a mysterious woman who seems to encourage his attentions but remains just beyond his reach. His erot…

The Last of England

The Last of England

Horror · Cult · Historic Drama

An apocalyptic roar of a movie, this is Derek Jarman's (Sebastiane) dizzying lament for the country he once knew and what he feared it would become. It is both deeply personal and grimly historical, and is undoubtedly one of the most important British films of all time.

Les Liaisons Dangereuses

Les Liaisons Dangereuses

Based on Literature · Romance · Drama

Sex becomes sport as Valmont and Juliette manipulate each other into having extra-marital affairs. Juliette points Valmont towards the 16-year-old Cécile, since she has eyes on Cécile’s prospective fiancé Court.

Love Rites

Love Rites

Drama

Vain clothing buyer Hugo (Mathieu Carrière) meets beautiful Myriam (Marina Pierro) on the subway and pursues her, discovering to his delight that she’s a prostitute. The crafty Myriam, of course, has more in mind for their encounter than smug Hugo bargained for.

The Love of Jeanne Ney

The Love of Jeanne Ney

Drama · Silent

The Love of Jeanne Ney follows a young French woman’s struggle for happiness amid the political turbulence and corruption of post-World War I Europe.

Michael

Michael

Drama · Silent · LGBTQ

Danish film master Carl Theodor Dreyer's homoerotic classic Michael is a mature and visually elegant period romance decades ahead of its time.

Munchhausen

Munchhausen

Adventure · Comedy · Drama

Starring hypnotic, blond superstar Hans Albers, this lavish, impudent, adult fairy tale takes the viewer from 18th-century Braunschweig to St. Petersburg, Constantinople, Venice, and then to the moon using ingenious special effects, stunning location shooting, and a rich color palette.

Mädchen in Uniform

Mädchen in Uniform

Lesbian · Drama · World Cinema

As a new student at an all-girls boarding school, Manuela falls in love with the compassionate teacher Fräulein von Bernburg, and her feelings are requited. Experiencing her first love, lonely Manuela also discovers the complexities that come with an illicit romance. This artfully composed land…

Northern Lights

Northern Lights

Drama

Winner of the 1979 Camera d'Or, Northern Lights, a unique work of political cinema from the late 1970s, dramatizes small North Dakotan wheat farmers' political struggle against the bankers and railroad magnates pushing them into bankrupcy.

Of Human Bondage

Of Human Bondage

Based on Literature · Romance · Drama

In John Cromwell's adaptation of W. Somerset Maugham's OF HUMAN BONDAGE, Leslie Howard (GONE WITH THE WIND) stars as Philip, a British medical student who becomes infatuated with a most unlikely woman: a vulgar waitress named Mildred (Davis). Davis fearlessly embraces Mildred's dark side, and delive…

Paracelsus

Paracelsus

Drama · World Cinema · Biography

A physician, alchemist, and spiritual guru, Paracelsus (1493-1541) was one of the most enigmatic figures in the history of science. And, like its subject, this 1943 film is shrouded in mystery, even though it was  directed by one of the supreme stylists of the German cinema: G.W. Pabst.

Patrice Leconte Collection: Hairdresser's Husband, Yvonne's Perfume, Girl On The Bridge , Half a Chance

Patrice Leconte Collection: Hairdresser's Husband, Yvonne's Perfume, Girl On The Bridge , Half a Chance

Drama

Patrice Leconte is one of the most acclaimed and successful filmmakers of his generation, and this four-film collection brings together some of his most memorable work.

Personal Problems

Personal Problems

African-American · Drama

This entirely African American-conceived and produced ensemble drama is the result of a collaboration of a pair of pioneering Black artists: writer Ishmael Reed and filmmaker Bill Gunn, who wrote and directed the underground classic Ganja & Hess and wrote the screenplay for Hal Ashby's The …

Reginald Denny Collection: The Reckless Age, Skinner's Dress Suit, What Happened to Jones?

Reginald Denny Collection: The Reckless Age, Skinner's Dress Suit, What Happened to Jones?

Comedy · Drama

The Reginald Denny Collection gathers three silent features from the career of the debonair British star.

Rhythm Thief

Rhythm Thief

Drama

Winner of the jury prize at the 1995 Sundance Film Festival, RHYTHM THIEF stars Jason Andrews (Last Exit to Brooklyn) as a NYC music bootlegger who finds himself in deep trouble after ripping off the music of an all-girl punk band (fronted by rocker Cynthia Sley of the Bush Tetras). "A Lower East Si…

Russian Ark

Russian Ark

RT Certified Fresh · Drama · World Cinema

Russian Ark is shot from the point-of-view of an unseen narrator, as he explores the museum and travels through Russian history.

The Sacrifice

The Sacrifice

Sci-Fi and Fantasy · 4K UHD DISC · RT Certified Fresh

Tarkovsky's haunting vision of a world threatened with nuclear annihilation. Made as he was dying of cancer, THE SACRIFICE is Tarkovsky's personal statement, a profoundly moving, redemptive tragedy steeped in unforgettable imagery and heart-wrenching emotion.

September Storm 3D

September Storm 3D

Adventure · Drama · 3D Movies

The long-lost 1960 3-D and Cinemascope feature September Storm is back, fully restored by the 3-D Film Archive!  New DCP now available! This drama of treasure hunters exploring the Mediterranean Sea was the last 3-D picture filmed in the 1950s, and the first to be released in 3-D CinemaSco…

The Shakedown

The Shakedown

Drama · Sports

A boxer who is part of a traveling team of scammers, falls head-over-heels for a fiery waitress and a rough-and-tumble orphan and begins to dramatically alter his life inside and outside of the ring.

Shooting Stars

Shooting Stars

Western · Drama

Shooting Stars is a sophisticated, modern morality tale, while also offering an affectionate critique of the film industry and a celebration of its possibilities. Kino Classics is proud to present this new restoration by the BFI National Archive, which is accompanied by a dazzling new score by John …

The Southerner

The Southerner

Drama

After achieving worldwide acclaim for such films as La Grande Illusion and The Rules of the Game, French filmmaker Jean Renoir wrote and directed this adaptation of George Sessions Perrys novel Hold Autumn in Your Hand. The story follows the struggles of an idealistic farmer (Zachary Scott) trying t…

A Star Is Born (1937)

A Star Is Born (1937)

Academy Award Winners · Drama · Academy Award Nominees

From maverick filmmaker William A. Wellman (The Public Enemy, Nothing Sacred) comes the original, timeless tale of Hollywood fantasy and heartbreak: A STAR IS BORN. Janet Gaynor stars as Esther Blodgett, a small-time girl who get a lucky break in Hollywood with help from movie star Norman Maine (Fre…

Steamboat Bill Jr. and College

Steamboat Bill Jr. and College

Action · Comedy · Drama

STEAMBOAT BILL, JR. was Buster Keaton’s last independent silent comedy and also one of his finest. He stars as the effete son of a gruff riverboat captain (Ernest Torrence), who struggles to earn his father’s respect (and the love of beautiful Marion Byron). But the film is best remember…

The Stranger

The Stranger

Spies · Drama · Thriller

In the Academy Award-nominated THE STRANGER, legendary director Orson Welles delved into the suspense film, crafting a baroque postwar thriller that drew upon the style of his previous work, while laying the groundwork for his later film noir classics. Edward G. Robinson stars as a government agent …

Sumurun

Sumurun

Drama · Silent

A rebellious harem girl rejects the old sheikh and instead falls for a charming clothing merchant in this exotic spectacle that is one of the key early works of the celebrated director. The cast includes Pola Negri as a traveling dancer and Lubitsch himself as a hunchbacked clown.

Tartuffe

Tartuffe

Drama · Silent

Restoring censored images and filling in forgotten facts, Jia Zhangke provides an alternative version of 20th-century China’s fraught history as reflected through life in the Yangtze city.

The Nun (1965) aka La Religieuse

The Nun (1965) aka La Religieuse

Based on Literature · Drama · World Cinema

Adapted from Denis Diderot’s novel, THE NUN (1965) follows a rebellious nun (played by an incandescent Anna Karina) who is forced into taking her vows. Initially shunted into a restrictive, torturous convent, she eventually moves on to a more liberated one, where she becomes an object of Mothe…

Tous les Matins du Monde

Tous les Matins du Monde

Drama · Music & Dance · Biography

Monsieur de Sainte Colombe is reclusive composer who lives with his two beautiful daughters. Their lives are forever changed by the flamboyant young student Marin Marais who fascinates Colombe and entrances his daughters.

Under the Sand

Under the Sand

Drama

When her husband goes missing at the beach, a female professor is left in a painful limbo, unable to properly grieve for her lost love.

Underground (1928)

Underground (1928)

Romance · Drama

Anthony Asquith’s Underground (1928) tells the story of an electrician (Cyril McLaglen) and an underground porter (Brian Aherne) who both fall in love with the same shop girl (Elissa Landi). Asquith (A Cottage on Dartmoor, Shooting Stars) is one of the supreme stylists of the British silent ci…