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1. Columbus (I) (2017)
Not Rated | 100 min | Drama
A Korean-born man finds himself stuck in Columbus, Indiana, where his architect father is in a coma. The man meets a young woman who wants to stay in Columbus with her mother, a recovering addict, instead of pursuing her own dreams.
Director: Kogonada | Stars: John Cho, Haley Lu Richardson, Parker Posey, Michelle Forbes
Votes: 21,017 | Gross: $1.02M
2. My Uncle (1958)
Not Rated | 116 min | Comedy
Monsieur Hulot visits the technology-driven world of his sister, brother-in-law, and nephew, but he can't quite fit into the surroundings.
Director: Jacques Tati | Stars: Jacques Tati, Jean-Pierre Zola, Adrienne Servantie, Lucien Frégis
Votes: 24,282
3. Coco Chanel & Igor Stravinsky (2009)
R | 119 min | Drama, Music, Romance
Paris 1913. Coco Chanel is infatuated with the rich and handsome Boy Capel, but she is also compelled by her work. Igor Stravinsky's The Rite of Spring is about to be performed. The ... See full summary »
Director: Jan Kounen | Stars: Anna Mouglalis, Mads Mikkelsen, Elena Morozova, Natacha Lindinger
Votes: 7,043 | Gross: $1.72M
4. The Spider (1958)
Passed | 73 min | Family, Horror, Sci-Fi
Teenagers from a rural community and their high school science teacher join forces to battle a giant mutant spider.
Director: Bert I. Gordon | Stars: Ed Kemmer, June Kenney, Eugene Persson, Gene Roth
Votes: 3,417
5. Helene (2020)
121 min | Biography, Drama, Romance
A story of renowned Finnish painter Helene Schjerfbeck, and the love affair between her and a younger art critic Einar Reuter.
Director: Antti J. Jokinen | Stars: Laura Birn, Johannes Holopainen, Krista Kosonen, Pirkko Saisio
Votes: 817
6. The Moderns (1988)
R | 126 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A struggling artist is hired to forge paintings, causing him to cross paths with his ex-wife and her powerful new husband.
Director: Alan Rudolph | Stars: Keith Carradine, Linda Fiorentino, Wallace Shawn, Geneviève Bujold
Votes: 2,038 | Gross: $2.01M
7. L'inhumaine (1924)
Not Rated | 135 min | Drama, Mystery, Romance
Claire Lescot is a famous first lady. All men want to be loved by her and among them is the young scientist Einar Norsen. When she mocks at him, he leaves her house with the declared intention to kill himself.
Director: Marcel L'Herbier | Stars: Jaque Catelain, Léonid Walter de Malte, Philippe Hériat, Fred Kellerman
Votes: 1,043
8. War of the Colossal Beast (1958)
Approved | 69 min | Horror, Sci-Fi
Glenn Manning, "The Amazing Colosasal Man," believed dead after falling from the Hoover Dam, reemerges in rural Mexico, brain damaged, disfigured, and very hungry.
Director: Bert I. Gordon | Stars: Sally Fraser, Roger Pace, Duncan 'Dean' Parkin, Russ Bender
Votes: 2,616
9. Marcel Proust's Time Regained (1999)
169 min | Drama, Romance, War
A lush, elegant epic taking us on a time-swirling trip down the infinitely complex labyrinth that is Marcel Proust's memory lane.
Director: Raúl Ruiz | Stars: Catherine Deneuve, Emmanuelle Béart, Vincent Perez, John Malkovich
Votes: 2,833 | Gross: $0.46M
10. Caravans (1978)
PG | 127 min | Action, Adventure, History
In 1948, at the U.S. embassy in Zadestan, a young diplomat is ordered to find the missing daughter of an influential U.S. Senator.
Director: James Fargo | Stars: Anthony Quinn, Michael Sarrazin, Christopher Lee, Jennifer O'Neill
Votes: 1,153 | Gross: $1.00M
11. Cry for Happy (1961)
110 min | Comedy, Romance
U.S. Navy photographic team uses Tokyo geisha house as its home.
Director: George Marshall | Stars: Glenn Ford, Donald O'Connor, Miiko Taka, James Shigeta
Votes: 315
12. To the Lighthouse (1983 TV Movie)
115 min | Drama
A family spends their last summer at the seashore, before personal tragedy and the outbreak of World War I destroy their world.
Director: Colin Gregg | Stars: Rosemary Harris, Michael Gough, Suzanne Bertish, Lynsey Baxter
Votes: 230
13. Helvetica (2007)
Not Rated | 80 min | Documentary
A documentary about typography, graphic design, and global visual culture.
Director: Gary Hustwit | Stars: Manfred Schulz, Massimo Vignelli, Rick Poynor, Wim Crouwel
Votes: 8,175 | Gross: $0.20M
14. Toot Whistle Plunk and Boom (1953)
Approved | 10 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
A crash course on the history of Western musical instruments.
Directors: Ward Kimball, Charles Nichols | Stars: The Mellowmen Quartet, Loulie Jean Norman, Charlie Parlota, Bill Thompson
Votes: 1,556
15. Parajanov: The Last Spring (1992)
60 min | Documentary
Filmed in wartime and edited under candlelight, Mikhail Vartanov's rarely-seen masterwork tells of his friendship with the genius Sergei Parajanov who was arrested by KGB, at the height of ... See full summary »
Directors: Mikhail Vartanov, Sergei Parajanov | Stars: Sergei Parajanov, Mikhail Vartanov, Sofiko Chiaureli, Aleksandr Kaydanovskiy
Votes: 227
16. Mr. Thank You (1936)
76 min | Comedy, Drama
A friendly bus driver and his passengers over the duration of one journey through the mountains to the nearest train station.
Director: Hiroshi Shimizu | Stars: Ken Uehara, Ryuji Ishiyama, Einosuke Naka, Michiko Kuwano
Votes: 1,276
17. Riot at the Rite (2005 TV Movie)
90 min | Biography, History, Music
In the spring of 1913, Parisian businessman Gabriel Astruc opens a new theater on the Champs Elysées. The first performance is the premiere of Igor Stravinsky's 'The Rite of Spring', danced... See full summary »
Director: Andy Wilson | Stars: Alex Jennings, Adam Garcia, George Antoni, Emma Pierson
Votes: 234
18. Slumbering Concrete (2016– )
50 min | Documentary
Documentary series about modern architecture of the former Yugoslavia - from the times of utopian building for better society.
Star: Maroje Mrduljas
Votes: 105
19. Aalto: Architect of Emotions (2020)
103 min | Documentary, Biography, History
This captivating exploration of Alvar Aalto, the defining figure in Scandic design and one of Europe's greatest modern architects, focuses on his remarkable and loving partnership with wife... See full summary »
Director: Virpi Suutari | Stars: Alvar Aalto, Aino Aalto, Elissa Aalto, David N. Fixler
Votes: 708
20. The River and Death (1954)
91 min | Drama
In a backward village where members of two rival families have kept killing each other for generations, a young doctor is expected to avenge his father.
Director: Luis Buñuel | Stars: Columba Domínguez, Miguel Torruco, Joaquín Cordero, Jaime Fernández
Votes: 951
21. Sinhawalokanaya (2011)
144 min | Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
This is a film that depicts the epic battle and struggle a group of uneducated villagers went through to get its independence back in 1948 and discusses a "secret": what happened between ... See full summary »
Director: Suneth Malinga Lokuhewa | Stars: Dilan Jay, Raini Charuka Goonatillake, Menaka Rajapakse, Tillakaratne Dilshan
Votes: 94
22. Zelda (1993 TV Movie)
96 min | Biography, Drama
Famous 1920s modernist US writer F. Scott Fitzgerald and his eccentric Flapper socialite wife Zelda Sayre's relationship began quite passionately, but he slowly fell into alcoholism and she was eventually diagnosed with schizophrenia.
Director: Pat O'Connor | Stars: Natasha Richardson, Timothy Hutton, Rutanya Alda, Sylvie Boucher
Votes: 146
23. Bliss (2011 TV Movie)
Biography, Drama
The life of Katherine Mansfield, a New Zealand writer, who moved to Edwardian England when she was 19 and became part of the modernist circle of writers there like D.H. Lawrence and Virginia Woolf.
Director: Fiona Samuel | Stars: Claire Van Beek, Sarah Graham, Kate Elliott, Chelsea McEwan Millar
Votes: 26
24. The Brazilwood Man (1982)
106 min | Comedy
Fantasy comedy about Brazilian writer Oswald de Andrade, one of the most important icons of Modernism in Brazil. In the film, Oswald is played by two actors: Ítala Nandi, as his feminine anima, and Flávio Galvão, as the masculine half.
Director: Joaquim Pedro de Andrade | Stars: Juliana Carneiro da Cunha, Ítala Nandi, Flávio Galvão, Regina Duarte
Votes: 175
25. Ecstasy Forbidden (2010)
6 min | Short, Drama, Musical
An allegory - where the virtual has taken over the real and where physical bodies are not present.
Director: Jonny Silver | Stars: Marie-Josée Lefebvre, Alexandre Oktan, Lucy Rupert, Danny Wild
26. Tabu (1982)
79 min | Comedy, Musical
The fictional encounter in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (in the 30s) between popular songwriter Lamartine Babo and inconoclast poet and playwright Oswald de Andrade.
Director: Júlio Bressane | Stars: Caetano Veloso, Colé Santana, José Lewgoy, Norma Bengell
Votes: 105
27. Melody (1953)
Approved | 10 min | Animation, Short, Family
An owl teaches his class full of birds about melody. It's all around in nature. Only birds and man can sing; man "sings" even when he speaks. We see a quick survey of the stages of life, as... See full summary »
Directors: Ward Kimball, Charles Nichols | Stars: Sue Allen, Jud Conlon, Mac McLean, Loulie Jean Norman
Votes: 339
28. The Raven (1977)
120 min | Drama, History, Mystery
When Mr. Esalat is looking for a topic for his TV show, he notices an advertisement in the newspaper about a missing girl. The picture of the missing girl is very familiar to him and he ... See full summary »
Director: Bahram Beyzaie | Stars: Parvaneh Massoumi, Hossein Parvaresh, Anik Shefrazian, Manuchehr Farid
Votes: 339
29. City Dreamers (I) (2018)
80 min | Documentary, Biography, History
City Dreamers is a film about our changing urban environment and four women architects, inspiring trailblazers with over 60 years of experience each, who are working, observing and thinking... See full summary »
Director: Joseph Hillel | Stars: Samuel Bronfman, Arthur Erickson, Charles-Édouard Jeanneret-Gris, Louis Kahn
Votes: 49
30. Alaloum (1982)
116 min | Comedy
Peppered with unblushing advertisements against the backdrop of a new era in early-1980s Greece, Harry Klynn's enthusiastic triptych unfolds, depicting an entire nation's aspirations, desires, and fears before a brave new world.
Directors: Yorgos Apostolidis, Yannis Smaragdis, Yiannis Typaldos | Stars: Harry Klynn, Dimitris Piatas, Joly Garbi, Manos Destounis
Votes: 632
31. The End of Romance
Biography, Drama, History | Pre-production
The bohemian revolutionary, Maud Gonne, and visionary poet, WB Yeats, find themselves in a mother-daughter triangle of romance, set against the backdrop of the Great War and modernist art scene.
Director: Trish McAdam | Star: Mark Halloran
32. Tadao Ando (1988)
58 min | Documentary
Japanese architect, Tadao Ando, roots himself in cultural visions of space, landscape, and juxtaposition. Inspired deeply by his home and heritage, Ando proposes an international ... See full summary »
Director: Michael Blackwood | Star: Tadao Andô
Votes: 21
33. Kisho Kurokawa: From Metabolism to Symbiosis (1993)
58 min | Documentary
Serving as a detailed portrait of the acclaimed Japanese architect, this film engages with Kisho Kurokawa, who employs Buddhist ideas in a symbiosis of traditional forms and western ... See full summary »
Director: Michael Blackwood | Stars: Kenneth Frampton, Kisho Kurokawa
34. Ponedjeljak ili utorak (1966)
84 min | Drama
A divorced journalist Marko Pozgaj starts his working day by taking his son to the school. During the day many thoughts and images pass through his mind - the memories of childhood, ex-wife... See full summary »
Director: Vatroslav Mimica | Stars: Slobodan Dimitrijevic, Pavle Vuisic, Gizela Huml, Fabijan Sovagovic
Votes: 159
35. Offeret (2012)
35 min | Short, Drama, Horror
A woman in her early twenties suffers from insomnia. One night out, she's assaulted, which leads to dire consequences for her.
Director: Christian Thomas Roaas | Stars: Helene Eggen, Christian Thomas Roaas, Tor Itai Keilen, Pål Fredrik Gundersen
36. Contramemória (2022)
4 min | Short, History
Mário de Andrade - poet, author and Modernist theorist - reflects upon his life and achievements, as well as Brazilian Modernism's legacy.
Directors: Luis Villaverde, Moira Soares | Stars: Kinda Assis, Pascoal da Conceição, Silvana de Jesus, Denis Duarte
37. The Gertrude Stein Mystery or Some Like It Art (2010)
Not Rated | 90 min | Biography, Comedy, History
Gertrude Stein lived on into the 21st Century, changing history throughout her life in incredible secret missions.
Director: Philippe Mora | Stars: Jonathan Ball, Rena Riffel, Hoyt Richards, John Dennis Johnston
Votes: 11
38. The Other One (1981)
100 min | Biography, Drama, Romance
The film was to be a documentary, but evolved during production to a fictional film. It nevertheless adheres strictly to the poems and letters exchanged by two of the most outstanding names... See full summary »
Director: João Botelho | Stars: Fernando Cabral Martins, André Gomes, Juliet Berto, Jorge Silva Melo
Votes: 107
39. The Mongols (1973)
92 min | Adventure, Drama, History
A director of a television series on the history of cinema, who has been grappling with the screenplay of his first feature film, receives an assignment to oversee the installation of a ... See full summary »
Director: Parviz Kimiavi | Stars: Fahimeh Rastkar, Parviz Kimiavi, Agha Seyed ali Mirza Sajadi, Ali Mirza
Votes: 220
40. Tarantella (1940)
Not Rated | 4 min | Animation, Short
Colorful abstract shapes and lines move exuberantly to the syncopated modernistic piano music of Edwin Gershefsky.
Directors: Mary Ellen Bute, Ted Nemeth
Votes: 521
41. Frank Gehry: An Architecture of Joy (2000)
58 min | Documentary
"Frank Gehry: An Architecture of Joy" illustrates the unique intertwining of art and architecture throughout Gehry's spectacularly eclectic career. In this portrait, Gehry explores his work... See full summary »
Director: Michael Blackwood | Stars: Rolf Fehlbaum, Frank Gehry, Barbara Jakubeit, Ellsworth Kelly
42. Ladder of Philosophy
Documentary, History | Announced
Four philosophers - an atheist, an agnostic, a Christian, and a Hindu - settle down to discuss life, reason, faith, and whatever else comes to mind.
Director: Martin Horlacher | Star: Martin Horlacher
43. Robert Venturi and Denise Scott Brown (1987)
57 min | Documentary
Driven by their mutual admiration of classical architecture, Robert Venturi and Denise Scott-Brown have worked together to create a space of unique post-Modernist construction. Filmed ... See full summary »
Director: Michael Blackwood | Stars: Colin Amery, Alvin Boyarsky, Philip Finkelpearl, Jules Lubbock
44. The Restless Hungarian (2022)
106 min | Documentary
The filmmaker's famous father kept a secret that almost destroyed him. In this searingly honest meld of personal and historical, Weidlinger tells the epic story of his family across three continents, from Kristallnacht to the Atomic Age.
Director: Tom Weidlinger | Stars: Samu Bagi, Tibor Legát, Virág Marjai, Lorinc Pap
Votes: 23
45. Peter Eisenman: Making Architecture Move (1995)
56 min | Documentary, Biography
With the participation of famed architects such as Frank Gehry, Daniel Libeskind and Zaha Hadid, Peter Eisenman: Making Architecture Move provides an intimate look into the work of the ... See full summary »
Director: Michael Blackwood | Stars: Stanley Aronoff, Michael Barz, Jay Chatterjee, Peter Eisenman
46. Eero Saarinen: The Architect Who Saw the Future (2016)
G | 70 min | Documentary, Biography
A renewed interest is emerging in mid-20th century architects and artists who exploded the comfortable constraints of the past to create a robust and daring modernist America. Eero Saarinen... See full summary »
Director: Peter Rosen | Stars: Eric Saarinen, Jayne Merkel, Paul Goldberger, Niels Diffrient
Votes: 104
47. Alvar Aalto's Masterpiece Villa Mairea (2006)
50 min | Documentary
Architectural documentary of the villa Mairea, designed by the Finnish modernist architect Alvar Aalto for Harry and Maire Gullichsen in Noormarkku, Finland. The building was constructed in 1938-1939.
Director: Rax Rinnekangas | Stars: Pekka Milonoff, Heikki Innanen, Pekka Hako
48. Bauhaus World (2019)
164 min | Documentary, History
How has the Bauhaus school of architecture and design, Germany's best-known art-school, shaped the world we live in today?
Stars: Laura Wilkinson, Annemarie Jaeggi, Claudia Perren, Yinka Ilori
Votes: 12
49. The Once and Future Pariser Platz: A Square in Berlin Comes Back (1999)
58 min | Documentary
"The Once and Future Pariser Platz: A Square in Berlin Comes Back" documents a vital moment in the re-building of a city center, where the Berlin wall once stood. Within a few years Pariser... See full summary »
Director: Michael Blackwood | Stars: Thomas Beebe, Günter Behnisch, Peter Bohlin, Robert Campbell
50. Roy G Biv (2007)
2 min | Animation, Short
Watercolors on paper come to life in this animated short.
Director: Dale Hayward
Votes: 10