Drama

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10 to Midnight (4KUHD)

10 to Midnight (4KUHD)

Crime · Thriller · 4K UHD DISC

Charles Bronson is Leo Kessler, a cynical L.A. cop on the trail of a cunning psycho whose genius for concocting airtight alibis is surpassed only by the horror of his erotic crimes.

The AIDS Show

The AIDS Show

History · Documentary

THE AIDS SHOW combines excerpts from a collaborative piece of theatre written in an unprecedented health crisis with interviews from the show's creators and performers, producing a powerful hybrid of documentary and drama about the community most affected by the disease – gay men.

About Tap

About Tap

Documentary · Music & Dance · Music Documentaries

About Tap features stylistic performances and recollections by three of America’s leading male tap dancers: Steve Condos, Jimmy Slyde and Chuck Green. By introducing viewers to a unique history of dance, director George Nierenberg strives to answer the question, “How does an artist disco…

Alien Outlaw

Alien Outlaw

Drama · Sci-Fi · Cult

When a UFO crash lands in the Appalachian back country, it releases a squad of interstellar predators, playing The Most Dangerous Game with any Earthlings who cross their path.

L'Amour Braque -aka- Mad Love

L'Amour Braque -aka- Mad Love

Thriller · World Cinema · Drama

A manic bank robber aims to take back his beloved moll from rival gangsters.

Angry Harvest

Angry Harvest

War · Drama · Romance

Set in 1943 Poland, a wealthy farmer hides and nurses a married Jewish woman who is fleeing the Nazis. As they form a forbidden romance amidst the dangers of the occupation, they face constant threats and moral dilemmas.

The Atomic Cafe

The Atomic Cafe

Comedy · National Film Registry · Earth Day

This darkly funny and eerily relevant 1982 cult classic about how to stop worrying and love the bomb is pieced together from government-produced educational and training films, newsreels and advertisements. Presented in a sparkling 4K digital restoration.

Avenging Force (Special Edition)

Avenging Force (Special Edition)

Thriller · Drama · Action

Matt Hunter is an ex-secret service agent trying to protect his best friend from a super band of right wing terrorists known as Pentangle. When the ruthless organization torches his ranch and kidnaps his little sister, Hunter is forced into Pentangle's barbaric manhunt, played out in the remote swam…

The Aviator's Wife

The Aviator's Wife

Drama

A young student is devastated when he finds that his girlfriend is cheating on him. In order to find out why she did it, he decides to spy on her and her lover.

BIX: "ain't none of them play like him yet"

BIX: "ain't none of them play like him yet"

Biography · Music · Jazz

Using archival photographs and rare footage and interviews with friends and colleagues, Oscar® winner Brigitte Berman's acclaimed documentary paints a vivid portrait of a vanished era and brings to life the only cornetist Louis Armstrong regarded as an equal.

Before The Nickelodeon

Before The Nickelodeon

Film Documentaries · Silent · Documentary

Noted film historian Charles Musser co-wrote and directed this definitive tribute to Edwin S. Porter, the mechanic and cameraman for Thomas Edison, now recognized as a major contributor to the evolution of film structure. From the time of The Great Train Robbery in 1903 until Griffith started at Bio…

Below the Belt

Below the Belt

Drama · Sports · Comedy

Rosa Rubinsky is a natural at fending off unwanted sexual advances while working at a sports arena concession stand. So when she's discovered by promoter Bobby Fox and trained by real-life legend Mildred Burke, Rosa soon finds herself competing in the turbulent world of pro wrestling.

Bless Their Little Hearts

Bless Their Little Hearts

Drama

In this key masterpiece of the LA Rebellion, written by Charles Burnett and directed by Billy Woodberry, one man's frustrating and futile search for steady works takes a toll on his marriage and his family.

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.

The Bostonians

The Bostonians

Based on Literature · History · Drama

Boston, 1876: At a Women's Movement meeting, fiercely independent Olive (Vanessa Redgrave) becomes mentor to gifted young orator Verena (Madeleine Potter) - who soon attracts the amorous attentions of Olive's Southern cousin Basil (Christopher Reeve). Cohen Film Collection is proud to present a new …

The Bounty (Special Edition)

The Bounty (Special Edition)

Drama · Adventure · Action

Anthony Hopkins is William Bligh, a real-life sea captain who, in 1787, steered The Bounty on a 27,000-mile voyage into danger, chaos and madness. After 31 days  the weary crew is relieved to finally land on a remote island. But soon their tyrannical captain wants to sail again, and the despera…

Boyfriends and Girlfriends

Boyfriends and Girlfriends

Romantic Comedy · Drama · Comedy

In Paris outskirts the buttoned-up Blanche and the free-spirited Lea are tempted by each other’s love interests, testing both their friendship and their understanding of matters of the heart.

Camille Claudel

Camille Claudel

Biography · History · Drama

The biography of the iconic French sculptor Camille Claudel in a tale of love, betrayal and female empowerment, starring Isabelle Adjani and Gérard Depardieu.

The Challenge (Special Edition)

The Challenge (Special Edition)

Thriller · Drama · Crime

He has trained every thought, every muscle, every nerve, for this moment of truth! The Challenge was co-written by John Sayles (Lone Star) and stars Scott Glenn (Man on Fire) as an American boxer thrust into a Japanese family feud involving the ownership of an ancient sword.

China: A Century of Revolution

China: A Century of Revolution

China · Documentary

CHINA: A CENTURY OF REVOLUTION is a six-hour tour de force journey through the country’s most tumultuous period. First televised on PBS, this award-winning documentary series presents an astonishingly candid view of a once-secret nation with rare archival footage, insightful historical comment…

City of Women

City of Women

World Cinema · Drama · Fantasy

In Federico Fellini's surreal classic, Marcello Mastroianni plays a man dropped into a strange world where women rule and men are their playthings.

Colonel Redl

Colonel Redl

Period Drama · Cannes Film Festival · World Cinema

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

Period Drama · Academy Award Nominees · Drama

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…

Cross Creek

Cross Creek

Drama · Romance

In 1928 Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings left her husband and career as a newspaper reporter to embark on an adventure in the backwoods of Florida. Intent on a new career as a novelist, she also encounters an array of inspiring characters and writes The Yearling, a classic of American literature.

Cry Freedom

Cry Freedom

Drama

The tension and terror that was 1970s South Africa is powerfully portrayed in Attenborough’s sweeping story of black activist Stephen Biko and liberal white newspaper editor Donald Woods, who risks his own life to bring Biko’s message to the world.

Daughter of the Nile

Daughter of the Nile

World Cinema · Drama

A rediscovered gem in Hou Hsiao-hsien's filmography, DAUGHTER OF THE NILE is a neon-lit, contemporary drama named after a Japanese manga series. A 4K restoration.

Death Wish 3 (4KUHD)

Death Wish 3 (4KUHD)

Crime · Thriller · 4K UHD DISC

Notorious vigilante Paul Kersey arrives back in New York City and is forcibly recruited by a crooked police chief to fight street crime caused by a large gang terrorizing the neighborhoods.

Death Wish II

Death Wish II

Thriller · Drama · Crime

Architect Paul Kersey once again becomes a vigilante when he tries to find the five street punks who murdered his daughter and housekeeper, this time on the dark streets of Los Angeles.

The Deceivers

The Deceivers

Thriller · Crime · Drama

The Deceivers is adapted from the John Masters novel, set in India in 1825, which depicts the exploits of William Savage (based on William Sleeman of the Indian Political Service), who disguises himself as an Indian in order to expose and destroy a secret cult whose members, the infamous Thugees, r…

Desperately Seeking Susan

Desperately Seeking Susan

Thriller · Comedy · Action

Rosanna Arquette is irresistible in her first starring role and pop star Madonna gives a marvelously comic performance in this madcap comedy about mistaken identity. Bored housewife Roberta (Arquette) fills her days by following an ongoing romance between "Jim" and "Susan" (Madonna) in the personals…

Diva (4KUHD)

Diva (4KUHD)

Crime · Thriller · 4K UHD DISC

Jules, a young postal carrier, illegally tapes a concert of a reclusive opera singer. Jules’ attempts to woo the diva are interrupted when Taiwanese bootleggers come after the recording. His problems worsen when a prostitute slips another tape, one that incriminates a police chief, into his ba…

Downtown 81

Downtown 81

Cannes Film Festival · Drama · Music

In 1981, writer and Warhol associate Glenn O’Brien, Swiss photographer Edo Bertoglio, and Jean-Michel Basquiat hit the streets of lower Manhattan to make a movie about the bombed out bohemia that they knew.    

The Draughtsman's Contract

The Draughtsman's Contract

Drama

A young artist is commissioned by the wife of a wealthy landowner to make a series of drawings of the estate while her husband is away.

Enter the Ninja (4KUHD)

Enter the Ninja (4KUHD)

Crime · Thriller · 4K UHD DISC

Enter the Ninja explores the absorbing detail the Ninjas lethal, little-known a Art of Invisibilitya which includes the use of hypnotism, explosives, and super-human acrobatic fighting skills. Set in Japan and the Philippines, the film tells the story of Cole (Franco Nero, The Mercenary) a westerner…

Entre Nous

Entre Nous

World Cinema · Drama

In this bittersweet, often funny, semi-autobiographical period drama, director Diane Kurys reimagines the post-War years of her parents and the passionate friendship between two women.

The Escapees

The Escapees

Horror · Drama · Cult

THE ESCAPEES is among Rollin's most personal films, and has been remastered in HD from the original 35mm negative. Jean Rollin's THE ESCAPEES revisits the director's fascination with pairs of women who wander, dreamlike, through a modern dystopia (Requiem for a Vampire, Two Orphan Vampires). Two fem…

Evil Under the Sun (4KUHD)

Evil Under the Sun (4KUHD)

Crime · Drama · Mystery

When a shrewish stage star is found strangled at a posh island resort, detective Hercule Poirot is called in to investigate.

Fatal Vision

Fatal Vision

Thriller · Drama · Crime

A retiree spends nine years relentlessly seeking to prove that his son-in-law, a former Green Beret Army doctor, murdered his pregnant wife and two daughters.

The Films of Maurice Pialat – Volume 1

The Films of Maurice Pialat – Volume 1

World Cinema · Drama · Comedy

Three features by director Maurice Pialat.

The Films of Maurice Pialat – Volume 2

The Films of Maurice Pialat – Volume 2

World Cinema · Drama

A young seminarian, haunted by Evil and the failure of his divine mission, questions his calling until meets Mouchette, who has just committed a mortal sin. This unforgettable drama earned a Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival.

Four Adventures of Reinette and Mirabelle

Four Adventures of Reinette and Mirabelle

Drama · Comedy · Romance

Four Adventures of Reinette and Mirabelle traces the exploits of two young women—one an ethnology student from the city, the other an unsophisticated aspiring artist from the country.

The Four Seasons

The Four Seasons

Romantic Comedy · Drama · Comedy Drama

Heartfelt comedy about three 40-something couples who frequently vacation together, while life’s ups and downs take their toll.

Frances

Frances

Biography · Drama · Romance

Jessica Lange delivers an exhilarating, unforgettable performance as Frances Farmer, the notorious 1930s movie star whose impassioned opinions and outspoken behavior created scandal throughout the industry.

The French

The French

Sports · Documentary

William Klein is granted full, exclusive access to the tournament in its 90-year history, and using that doorway into locker rooms, TV studios, and players’ boxes, he shot the ultimate behind-the-scenes look at the 1981 French Open.

From the Archives of Modern Art

From the Archives of Modern Art

Short Films · Drama · Documentary

In six hilarious and sometimes bawdy short films, artist Eleanor Antin charts the career of one of her many personas — Eleanora Antinova, the once celebrated African-American ballerina of Diaghlev’s Ballets Russes.

The Gang of Four

The Gang of Four

Drama

Four young women share a house on the outskirts of Paris and study acting under a demanding teacher. Outside class, each is questioned by a mysterious investigator on the trail of a former roommate who may be involved in a criminal enterprise.

Garbo Talks

Garbo Talks

Drama · Comedy

A dying mother’s last wish to meet silent cinema star Greta Garbo costs her son his job, his marriage and his sanity.

Gloria

Gloria

Thriller · Drama · Crime

When a young boy's family is killed by the mob, their tough neighbor Gloria becomes his reluctant guardian. In possession of a book that the gangsters want, the pair go on the run in New York.

The Good Fight

The Good Fight

War · Documentary

Narrated by Studs Terkel, The Good Fight explores a significant gap in our history through its use of newsreels, photographs, interviews with Lincoln veterans and Depression-era music.

Gorky Park

Gorky Park

Crime · Based on Literature · Thriller

When three murder victims are discovered in Moscow’s Gorky Park detective Arkady Renko is determined to identify the bodies and find the killer. But when the clues point toward the involvement of the KGB, Renko is hunted by the secret police and confronted by an intricate web of deception and …

The Grey Fox

The Grey Fox

Period Drama · Drama · Western

After decades in prison, stagecoach robber Bill Miner (Richard Farnsworth) emerges in 1901 a free man without a place in 20th century society…until he sees The Great Train Robbery and is inspired to once again do what he does best.

Gung Ho (Special Edition)

Gung Ho (Special Edition)

Drama · Comedy Drama · Comedy

When a Pennsylvania wheeler-dealer persuades a Japanese automotive firm to reopen his home town’s defunct auto factory, they hire him to enforce their policies among his American co-workers.

Hail Mary

Hail Mary

Drama

One of the most controversial films of all time by one of the world's most provocative directors. Jean-Luc Godard's retelling of the story of the virgin birth, transposed to modern day and filled with the mundane aspects of any teenage girl's life.

Hanna K.

Hanna K.

Political · Drama · Thriller

An Israeli attorney  has her beliefs challenged when she is appointed to the defense of a dispossessed Palestinian man facing serious criminal charges who wants the same thing as his supposed enemies: to reclaim his family home.

Hard to Hold

Hard to Hold

Drama · Music

Jamie Roberts is a rock star living the highlife when he falls for an intellectual child psychologist who only has ears for classical music.

Heat and Dust

Heat and Dust

Drama · Romance

Cross-cutting between two generations, James Ivory’s sprawling epic of self-discovery is also a lush evocation of the prismatic and sensuous beauty of India. As she searches for answers to the mystery surrounding a long-ago affair between her aunt Olivia (Greta Scacchi) and an Indian prince (S…

Hiding Out (4KUHD)

Hiding Out (4KUHD)

Crime · Thriller · Comedy

A stockbroker on the run from the mob decides to hide out in a high school, where, with a new punk hairstyle, he becomes student “Max Hauser.”

Honey (Miele di donna)

Honey (Miele di donna)

Drama

The young, naive Annie enters a hotel to spend the night – without knowing that it’s a special kind of hotel that serves more than breakfast.

Hussy

Hussy

Drama · Cult

When a high-price call girl, operating out of a posh London nightclub, becomes romantically involved with a handsome American she is tempted to escape from her disreputable occupation.

I've Heard the Mermaids Singing

I've Heard the Mermaids Singing

LGBTQ · Cannes Film Festival · Drama

Patricia Rozema’s charming, whimsical story about a waifish daydreamer with artistic aspirations is structured around a video-recorded confession and won the Prix de la Jeunesse at the 1987 Cannes Film Festival.