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'It'

Silent

The quintessential flapper, Clara Bow, is captured at the height of her charm in this bubbly fable of a New York shopgirl who hunts the heart of a young millionaire.

The Adventures of Prince Achmed

Animation · Silent · Fantasy

Lotte Reiniger's stop-motion silhouette animation tells a magical tale of a prince, a flying horse, a wicked sorcerer, a princess who can transform into a bird, and even, Aladdin! Beautifully restored with color tinting and a new orchestral recording of the magnificent original score by Wolfgan…

Asphalt

World Cinema · Silent · Drama

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

Attack of the Robots

Sci-Fi · Cult · Comedy

Attack of the Robots (Cartes sur table) stars Eddie Constantine as a wise-cracking superspy investigating a series of assassinations being performed by ruthless killers with bronze skin and horn-rimmed glasses. The trail of these mindless automata leads him to the lair of a seductive villainess (Fra…

The Balcony (Special Edition)

Comedy · Drama

In a very special brothel known as the “Balcony,” the customers live out their wildest dreams, oblivious to a revolution that’s going on outside.

Battleship Potemkin

War · Silent · Action & Adventure

For eight decades, Sergei Eisenstein's 1925 masterpiece has remained the most influential silent film of all time. Yet each successive generation has seen BATTLESHIP POTEMKIN subjected to censorship and recutting, its unforgettable power diluted in unauthorized public domain editions from dubious so…

The Beggar Maid

Romance · Silent

Inspired by Edward Burne-Jones' painting "King Cophetua and the Beggar Maid", an artist plays matchmaker for a nobleman and a servant girl in this romantic short classic with an original score by Ben Model.

The Beloved Rogue

History · Silent · Romance

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

Big Stakes

Comedy · Native and Indigenous Americans · Western

A cowboy falls for a betrothed señorita in this rip-roarin' ride across the plains of Western cinema, full of complex looks at Mexican and American stereotypes.

Black Gravel

Crime · Drama · War

In this gripping Cold War noir, tensions simmer between residents of a small German village and the soldiers of a U.S. military base.

The Blood Beast Terror

Horror · Cult · Thriller

This classically told monster movie directed by Vernon Sewell is set in motion when mutilated bodies begin appearing in the English countryside, drained of blood. Horror icon Peter Cushing stars as Detective Inspector Quennell, brought in to investigate the deaths.

The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari

Silent · Staff Picks · Horror

Director Robert Wiene and a visionary team of designers crafted a nightmare realm in which light, shadow and substance are abstracted, a world in which a demented doctor and a carnival sleepwalker perpetrate a series of ghastly murders in a small community. This authoritative edition of The Cabinet …

Chang: A Drama of the Wilderness

Earth Day · Adventure · Silent

The team that went on to create King Kong — Merian Cooper and Ernest Schoedsack — made this suspenseful drama of a Thai family whose very existence is a constant struggle against the jungle animals around them 

La Chinoise

World Cinema · Drama

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 …

The Cigarette Girl of Mosselprom

Comedy · Silent

A boisterous comedy satirizing Soviet life and filmmaking in the 1920s. The greatest work of Zhelyabuzhsky.

College

Comedy · Slapstick

In one of his most successful films, Keaton stars as an intellectual weakling who tries to earn the love of a young coed by demonstrating his athletic abilities. More than in any other feature, Keaton stretches the boundaries of solo physical comedy.

Le Combat dans l'Ile

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Coming Apart

Drama

Rip Torn gives one of the great screen performances as a psychiatrist secretly filming his own mental breakdown in Milton Moses Ginsberg's classic exploration of dark eroticism and self-referential cinematic form. Anticipating the camcorder-driven diary films of today, the entire film is shot into a…

The Confrontation

Historic Drama · Religion · Period Drama

Paralleling the dramatic student protests and riots that were exploding across the world in the 1960s at the time the film was made, The Confrontation is a story of protest and rebellion. Set in 1947 Hungary when the Communist Party have just taken power, dancing, singing Communist students debate C…

The Connection

Jazz · Drama

In a downtown loft, a group of junkies gather to wait for their connection... while a clueless documentarian attempts to film them. Clarke's film was banned on release and remains powerful and transgressive.

The Daughter of Dawn

Native and Indigenous Americans · Western · Drama

Lost for almost a century, this rousing melodrama of love and jealousy was filmed in the Wichita Mountains of Oklahoma with an all-Native American cast of Kiowa and Comanche actors.

Walden

Art Documentaries · Avant Garde

Walden, Jonas Mekas' first completed diary film, is an epic portrait of the New York avant-garde arts scene of the 1960s, featuring many of Mekas'friends of that period, including Andy Warhol, John Lennon, Yoko Ono and The Velvet Underground.

Diary of a Lost Girl

LGBTQ · World Cinema

Diary of a Lost Girl represents the second and final work of one of the cinema's most compelling collaborations: G. W. Pabst and Louise Brooks. Diary confirmed Pabst's artistry as one of the great directors of the silent period and established Brooks as an "actress of brilliance, a luminescent perso…

Dr. Mabuse, The Gambler (Restored Version)

World Cinema · Silent

A truly legendary silent film, Fritz Lang's "Dr. Mabuse, the Gambler" had a major impact on the development of the crime thriller. This authorized edition is also the longest available version.

Duet for Cannibals

Comedy · Drama

New Restoration Essayist, novelist, critic, cinephile, and all-around intellectual dynamo Sontag made her directorial debut with this definition-defying, dryly funny psychological serio-comedy, the result of a Swedish studio’s invitation to her to make a film in Stockholm. The result, revolvin…

The Eleanor Roosevelt Story

Documentary · Academy Award Winners · War

Pulitzer prize winner Archibald MacLeish scripted this touching portrait of the woman who emerged from a privileged but painful childhood to become a powerful humanitarian. Academy Award winner for Best Documentary. Introduced by Hillary Rodham Clinton.

The Epic of Everest

Silent

A remarkable film record of the legendary Everest expedition of 1924, newly restored by the BFI National Archive. The third attempt to climb Everest culminated in the deaths of two of the finest climbers of their generation, George Mallory and Andrew Irvine, and sparked an on-going debate over wheth…

The Exiles

Drama · Documentary · Native and Indigenous Americans

From dusk to dawn, a group of young Native Americans in Los Angeles, hang out, dance, drink, flirt, and remember life on the reservations they have left in this glistening black-and-white film.

Fantomas (Hunebelle)

Cult · World Cinema · Action & Adventure

Pierre Souvestre’s Fantômas was originally adapted for the screen by legendary filmmaker Louis Feuillade (Les vampires) in 1913. André Hunebelle (OSS 117: Mission for a Killer) introduced a revamped and modernized version of Fantômas to the 1960s OSS 117 and 007 audience.

Fantomas Unleashed

Cult · World Cinema · Action & Adventure

In the second episode of the trilogy Fantômas kidnaps distinguished scientist professor Marchand with the aim to develop a super weapon that will enable him to menace the world. Fantômas is also planning to abduct a second scientist, professor Lefebvre. Journalist Fandor develops an inge…

Fantomas vs. Scotland Yard

Cult · World Cinema · Action & Adventure

In the third and final episode of the trilogy, Fantômas imposes a head tax on the rich, threatening to kill those who do not comply. Journalist Fandor and commissaire Juve are invited to Scotland by Lord McRashley (played by Jean-Roger Caussimon). Lord McRashley, one of Fantômas' potenti…

Faust (Restored Version)

Silent

Newly restored. Inspired by the German legend and by Goethe's classic tale, Murnau's Faust tells the story of an alchemist (played by Gosta Ekman) who, struggling with his faith amidst a devastating plague, is offered the power to cure and the gift of youth ... in exchange for his soul. As the diabo…

The Finances of the Grand Duke (Restored Authorized Edition)

Thriller · World Cinema · Silent

In Murnau's playful espionage thriller reminiscent of Ernst Lubitsch (who had recently left Germany for Hollywood), Harry Liedtke stars as a benevolent dictator who must preserve the tiny nation of Abacco by fending off creditors, wooing a wealthy Russian princess, and evading a band of demonic cons…

Foolish Wives & The Man You Loved to Hate (Blu-Ray)

Silent · National Film Registry

A bogus count and his two swindling “cousins” descend upon Monte Carlo (rebuilt in Universal’s back lot) and cause a rift in the marriage of an American couple. The result is a Grimm’s fairytale romance that is no less fascinating today than it was 80 years ago. Written &…

For Men Only/School for Sex

Comedy · Cult · Sexuality

Before becoming the director of some of British cinema's most gruesome horror films (such as Frightmare, Schizo, and The Flesh and Blood Show), Pete Walker was a pioneer of the distinctively British sexploitation genre known as “slap and tickle.”

Wages of Sin (Forbidden Fruit: The Golden Age of the Exploitation Picture, Volume 10)

Drama

Obliterated by the sensational leanings of '60s exploitation, whatever's left of Der Arzt stellt fest... comes to us as Wages of Sin, a soapy drama set in a women’s clinic accompanied by a live lecture and additional shorts on childbirth.

Fritz Lang's Destiny

Action & Adventure · Adventure · Silent

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…

The General

Slapstick · RT Certified Fresh · Silent

Consistently ranked among the greatest films ever made, Buster Keaton's THE GENERAL is so brilliantly conceived and executed that it continues to inspire awe and laughter with every viewing. This Kino Ultimate Disc Edition was mastered in HD from a 35mm archive print struck from the original camera …

The Girl Hunters

Film Noir

Private Eye, Mike Hammer's sexy secretary Velda is missing... and Hammer's hot on her trail. Mickey Spillane himself, the best-selling author of The Girl Hunters, turns in a "tremendous" performance (Time magazine) in the leading role. Count on some pulse-pounding action when Hammer tangles with a r…

The Girl With The Hat Box

Comedy · Silent

Moving with the speed and grace of the best of the American silent comedies, Anna Sten is presented as a shop girl who wins the lottery.

Girl on a Motorcycle

Culture · Erotic · Romance

A wildly sexy time capsule from the swinging sixties, THE GIRL ON A MOTORCYCLE (1968) stars Alain Delon (Le samoura) and Marianne Faithfull—two actors at the height of their impressive cool—as lovers with a taste for the open road.

Grass: A Nation's Battle for Life

Documentary · Adventure · Silent

Filmmakers Merian C. Cooper and Ernest B. Schoedsack (King Kong) link up with part-time spy Marguerite Harrison to film the treacherous migration of the Bakhtiari tribe of Persia.

Greenaway: The Early Films

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Greenaway: The Shorts

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The Haunted Castle (Restored Authorized Edition)

Horror · Silent

Before plumbing the depths of horror and despair with such films as Faust and The Last Laugh, Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau tested the waters with this moody drama of a storm-bound manor and the grim mystery that lurks within.

Hercules in the Haunted World

Horror · Cult

Mario Bava helmed this entry in the series, in which Hercules (Reg Park) must journey to the bowels of Hell to recover a magical plant that is the only hope of a dying princess.

Hindle Wakes

Romance · Silent · Drama

Directed by Maurice Elvey, this British adaptation of the popular stage play provides laughs, thrills and revelations about women's liberation for audiences on both sides of the pond!

The Hunchback Of Notre Dame

Romance · Silent

One of the greatests spectacles of the silent era, Hunchback made Lon Chaney a top star.

The Collected Films of Morris Engel & Ruth Orkin: I Need a Ride to California

Drama

Inspired by day-glo psychedelia, societal upheaval, and sexual liberation, Morris Engel crafts the story of Lilly, a naïve, lonely young Californian who finds herself in New York City. Lilly embraces the flower child movement, right down to the bare feet and a ring of daisies in her blond hair.…

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 …

Kriemhild's Revenge

Silent · Fantasy

The sequel to the epic Siegfried, in which Kriemhild avenges the death of Siegfried with the aid of Atilla the Hun and his marauders. Lang's fascination with mob violence and the psychology of vengeance finds early expression here, later figuring heavily in his films M and The Big Heat. Kriehheld'…

Kyiv Frescoes

Experimental · Drama

A 4K restoration of Sergei Parajanov's never-completed visual ballad of life in the aftermath of war.

L'Immortelle

Cult · Erotic · World Cinema

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 Laugh (Restored Version)

World Cinema · Silent

One of the crowning achievements of the German expressionist movement, Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau’s The Last Laugh (Der letzte Mann) stars Emil Jannings stars as an aging doorman whose happiness crumbles when he is relieved of the duties and uniform which had for years been the foundation of his…

Le Gai Savoir

Experimental · World Cinema

While alone in an abandoned television studio, two militants, Emile Rousseau (Jean-Pierre Leaud) and Patricia Lumumba (Juliet Berto), have a discourse on language. Referring to spoken word as "the enemy"--the weapon used by the establishment to confuse liberation movements--the two deconstruct the m…

London in the Raw

Cult · Documentary · Culture

“The world’s greatest city laid bare!”, roars the tagline to LONDON?IN?THE?RAW (1964), a salacious documentary that tours the strip-clubs and underground dives of the still-swinging city.

Man With A Movie Camera

Documentary · World Cinema · Avant Garde

This dawn-to-dusk view of the Soviet Union offers a montage of urban Russian life, showing the people of the city at work and at play Considered one of the most innovative and influential films of the silent era. USSR. 1929. 68min. B&W.

Manslaughter

Silent

Leatrice Joy as a pampered debutante who is forced to confront her irresponsible lifestyle when she causes the death of a traffic cop. Dir. Cecil B. DeMille. U.S. 1922. 100 mins. Color-tinted B&W. Music by The Alloy Orchestra. A Paramount Picture.

Marriage Italian Style

Academy Award Nominees · Drama

In this Academy Award nominee for Best Foreign Language Film, Marcello Mastroianni co-stars as the irrepressibly carnal businessman Domenico, who discovers Loren's Filumena as a young prostitute. When he chooses to marry a young cashier instead of her, Filumena is furious, and resorts to a series of…

The Mask 3D

Horror · 3D Movies

After the shocking death of a disturbed patient, psychiatrist Dr. Allan Barnes (Paul Stevens) comes into possession of the ancient tribal mask that supposedly drove the young man to his doom. When Barnes puts on the mask, he is assailed with nightmarish visions of monsters, occultists, and ritual to…