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1. After Hours (I) (1985)
R | 97 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
An ordinary word processor has the worst night of his life after he agrees to visit a girl in Soho he met that evening at a coffee shop.
Director: Martin Scorsese | Stars: Griffin Dunne, Rosanna Arquette, Verna Bloom, Tommy Chong
Votes: 81,296 | Gross: $10.60M
2. At Close Range (1986)
R | 111 min | Crime, Drama
Reunited with his career criminal father, tough teen Brad thinks he's found his ticket to an exciting life of crime, only to find out he's wrong.
Director: James Foley | Stars: Sean Penn, Christopher Walken, Mary Stuart Masterson, Chris Penn
Votes: 17,733 | Gross: $2.35M
3. 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: 20,950 | Gross: $1.02M
4. American Experience (1987– )
TV-PG | 120 min | Documentary, Biography, History
A series showcasing documentaries on American history.
Stars: David McCullough, David Ogden Stiers, Michael Murphy, Oliver Platt
Votes: 2,201
5. Green Card (1990)
PG-13 | 107 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A man wanting to stay in the US enters into a marriage of convenience, but it turns into more than that.
Director: Peter Weir | Stars: Gérard Depardieu, Andie MacDowell, Bebe Neuwirth, Gregg Edelman
Votes: 25,838 | Gross: $29.89M
6. Matewan (1987)
PG-13 | 135 min | Drama, History
A labor union organizer comes to an embattled mining community brutally and violently dominated and harassed by the mining company.
Director: John Sayles | Stars: Chris Cooper, James Earl Jones, Mary McDonnell, Will Oldham
Votes: 8,908 | Gross: $1.68M
7. CBS Schoolbreak Special (1984–1996)
Adventure, Comedy, Drama
CBS late afternoon specials designed for middle school and high school students, dramatizing issues affecting teenagers.
Stars: Monica Calhoun, Tammy Lauren, Nick Angotti, Beau Dremann
Votes: 353
8. Enemies, A Love Story (1989)
R | 119 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A ghostwriter finds himself romantically involved with his current wife, a married woman and his long-vanished wife.
Director: Paul Mazursky | Stars: Ron Silver, Anjelica Huston, Lena Olin, Malgorzata Zajaczkowska
Votes: 2,572 | Gross: $7.75M
9. Museum Hours (2012)
Not Rated | 107 min | Drama
When a Vienna museum guard befriends an enigmatic visitor, the grand Kunsthistorisches Art Museum becomes a mysterious crossroads that sparks explorations of their lives, the city, and the ways in which works of art reflect and shape the world.
Director: Jem Cohen | Stars: Mary Margaret O'Hara, Bobby Sommer, Ela Piplits, Marcus O'Hara
Votes: 2,278 | Gross: $0.08M
10. Instrument (1999)
Not Rated | 115 min | Documentary
A collaboration between filmmaker Jem Cohen and the Washington D.C. band Fugazi, covering the 10 year period of 1987-1996. Far from a traditional documentary, this is a musical document; a ... See full summary »
Director: Jem Cohen | Stars: Brendan Canty, Joe Lally, Ian MacKaye, Guy Picciotto
Votes: 994
11. The Film That Buys the Cinema (2014)
77 min | Documentary
Seventy 60 second single-takes, one feature film. 70 contributors who are special to The Cube joined forces to make one extraordinary feature film that helped secure the future of the building where the cinema has lived since 1998.
Directors: Jennifer Abbott, Craig Baldwin, Eric Chenaux, Jem Cohen, Mark Cousins, Tony Grisoni, Jandek, Braden King, Andrew Kotting, John Minton, Bill Morrison, Christopher Petit, Tim Plester, Portishead, Ben Rivers, Nicolas Roeg, Ben Slater, Peter Strickland, Dudley Sutton, Reggie Watts, Joff Winterhart, Andrea Luka Zimmerman
Votes: 21
12. Ode (1999)
48 min | Drama, Romance
"Tallahatchie Bridge": With those two simple words, the powerful images of a lost innocence, a murky river and a mysterious suicide spring to mind. Scorning the demands of her overbearing ... See full summary »
Director: Kelly Reichardt | Stars: Heather Gottlieb, Kevin Poole, Jon Wurster, Jim Wiley
Votes: 238
13. Chain (2004)
99 min | Drama
As regional character disappears and corporate culture homogenizes our surroundings, it's increasingly hard to tell where you are. Actual malls, theme parks, hotels and corporate centers ... See full summary »
Director: Jem Cohen | Stars: Miho Nikaido, Mira Billotte, Tarik O'Regan, Rick Aquino
Votes: 279
14. What Is Democracy? (2018)
107 min | Documentary
This documentary examines the philosophy behind the concept of Democracy, from ancient Athens to modern Greece and the American Civil Rights movement.
Director: Astra Taylor | Stars: Astra Taylor, Silvia Federici, Eleni Perdikouri, Harrison Preddy
Votes: 202 | Gross: $0.04M
15. Counting (2015)
Not Rated | 111 min | Documentary
Fifteen distinct but interconnected chapters, shot in locations from Russia to New York City to Istanbul. Together, these build to a reckoning at the intersection of city symphony, diary, ... See full summary »
Director: Jem Cohen
Votes: 171
16. Lost Book Found (1996)
35 min | Documentary, Short
Director: Jem Cohen | Stars: Monroe D. Cohen, Todd James Colby
Votes: 157
17. Hubert Selby Jr: It/ll Be Better Tomorrow (2005)
Not Rated | 79 min | Documentary, Biography
An exploration into the life and art of the renowned author of "Last Exit To Brooklyn" and "Requiem For A Dream." Hubert Selby Jr., a self-described "scream looking for a mouth," against ... See full summary »
Directors: Michael W. Dean, Kenneth Shiffrin | Stars: Hubert Selby Jr., Susan Anton, Darren Aronofsky, Alexis Arquette
Votes: 333
18. William Eggleston in the Real World (2005)
87 min | Documentary, Biography
Director: Michael Almereyda | Stars: William J. Eggleston, Michael Almereyda, Winston Eggleston, Leigh Haizlip
Votes: 276 | Gross: $0.04M
19. Benjamin Smoke (2000)
72 min | Documentary
This highly unorthodox documentary follows the crooked path of Benjamin (no last name). He lives in a hidden neighborhood of Atlanta, Georgia called "Cabbagetown." Drag-queen, speed-freak, ... See full summary »
Directors: Jem Cohen, Peter Sillen | Stars: Benjamin Dickerson, Tim Campion, Brian Halloran, Coleman Lewis
Votes: 233 | Gross: $0.04M
20. The Best of R.E.M.: In View 1988-2003 (2003 Video)
96 min | Documentary, Music
A career retrospective collecting the music videos of R.E.M. during their Warner Bros. years between 1988 and 2003.
Directors: Lance Bangs, Peter Care, Jem Cohen, Jonathan Dayton, Dominic DeJoseph, Nigel Dick, Katherine Dieckmann, Valerie Faris, Liz Friedlander, Tim Hope, Garth Jennings, Spike Jonze, Matt Mahurin, Michael Moore, Jake Scott, Stephane Sednaoui, Tarsem Singh, Einar Snorri, Eiður Snorri, David Weir | Stars: Bill Berry, Peter Buck, Andy Kaufman, Mike Mills
Votes: 322
21. Chinatown Film Project (2009)
75 min | Biography, Comedy, Drama
Chinatown is an evocative place. It exists in our cities, in our imaginations, on our television screens, and in our memories. It is at once a sprawling, vibrant immigrant community and a forgotten strip mall of buffet restaurants.
Directors: Miguel Arteta, Patty Chang, Jem Cohen, Cary Joji Fukunaga, Bradley Rust Gray, So Yong Kim, Sam Pollard, Shelly Silver, Rose Troche, Wayne Wang, Richard Wong | Star: Brian Yang
Votes: 33
22. Joe Papp in Five Acts (2012)
82 min | Documentary
"I believe that great art is for everyone-not just the rich or the middle class," stated Papp. "When I go into East Harlem or Bedford-Stuyvesant and see the kids who come to see our shows, I see nothing so clearly as myself."
Directors: Tracie Holder, Karen Thorsen | Stars: Olympia Dukakis, David Hare, David Henry Hwang, James Earl Jones
Votes: 51
23. Lucky Three: An Elliott Smith Portrait (1997)
11 min | Documentary, Short, Music
This short features Elliott Smith performing 3 beautiful songs acoustically and live, "between the bars", "thirteen", and "angeles". This short is basically a montage with some "stock footage" linking the scenes together.
Director: Jem Cohen | Star: Elliott Smith
Votes: 354
24. Amber City (1999)
48 min | Documentary
A city in decline since 1284: Pisa, Italy is shown through portraits of its places, people, art and oddities. Its fictional narration casts the portraits in ethereal light.
Director: Jem Cohen | Star: Kyle De Camp
Votes: 39
25. The Papp Project (2001)
Documentary
Directors: Tracie Holder, Karen Thorsen | Stars: Tom Bird, Phoebe Brand, Lee Breuer, Roscoe Lee Browne
Votes: 32
26. South Main (2008)
77 min | Documentary
In order to contain violence on the streets and rampant gang crime, city authorities decided in December 2004 to clear out and tear down one complete apartment block in South Central Los ... See full summary »
Director: Kelly Parker
Votes: 32
27. A Walk Into the Sea: Danny Williams and the Warhol Factory (2007)
Not Rated | 75 min | Documentary
Esther Robinson's portrait of her uncle Danny Williams -- Warhol's onetime lover, collaborator and filmmaker in his own right -- offers a exploration of the Factory era, an homage to Williams's talent, a journey of family discovery and a compelling inquiry into Williams's mysterious disappearance at age 27.
Director: Esther Robinson | Stars: Callie Angell, Brigid Berlin, John Cale, Danny Fields
Votes: 206
28. Every Other Summer (2015)
Not Rated | 82 min | Documentary, Music
Chronicle of Wilco's 2013 Solid Sound music festival, which takes place over three days at the Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art.
Directors: Christoph Green, Brendan Canty | Stars: Wilco, Jeff Tweedy, Patrick Sansone, Mikael Jorgensen
Votes: 12
29. R.E.M. Parallel (1995 Video)
70 min | Music
A collection of R.E.M. music videos from Automatic for the People and Monster.
Directors: Peter Care, Jem Cohen, Jonathan Dayton, Valerie Faris, Spike Jonze, Mark Romanek, Jake Scott, Randy Skinner, Jodi Wille | Stars: Michael Stipe, Mike Mills, Peter Buck, Bill Berry
Votes: 162
31. The 2014 Film Independent Spirit Awards (2014 TV Special)
Director: Chris Donovan | Stars: Patton Oswalt, Matthew McConaughey, Reese Witherspoon, Lake Bell
Votes: 51
32. Museum: Visiting the Unknown Man (1997)
8 min | Documentary, Short
Silent views of collections of sculptures and their viewers as well as shots of the foot traffic outside the venues.
Director: Jem Cohen
Votes: 8
33. R.E.M.: This Film Is On (1991 Video)
50 min | Music
Directors: Peter Care, Jem Cohen, Katherine Dieckmann, James Herbert, Sharon Maguire, Beth McCarthy-Miller, Jim McKay, Jeff Preiss | Stars: Michael Stipe, Mike Mills, Peter Buck, Bill Berry
Votes: 98
34. From Washington to Hollywood ...and Back (1998 Video)
25 min | Documentary, Short, History
Stars: Tom Brokaw, John Frankenheimer, Chris Hegedus, Dustin Hoffman
35. Chuck Will's Widow (2017)
9 min | Documentary, Short
Director: Jem Cohen | Stars: Sam Stephenson, John Fitzpatrick
36. World Without End (No Reported Incidents) (2016)
55 min | Documentary
A portrait of Southend-on-Sea, a town along England's Thames estuary, that includes everyday streets, people, birds, water, mud and sky.
Director: Jem Cohen
Votes: 43
37. Anne Truitt, Working (2010)
13 min | Short, Biography
Director: Jem Cohen | Star: Anne Truitt
Votes: 24
38. RoadMovie (1996 Video)
90 min | Documentary, Music
The American rockers filmed in concert in Atlanta, Georgia, as part of their worldwide 1995 Monster Tour.
Director: Peter Care | Stars: Michael Stipe, Bill Berry, Peter Buck, Mike Mills
Votes: 255
40. Gravity Was Everywhere Back Then (2010)
Not Rated | 75 min | Animation, Music
The true story of a man who built a house to heal his wife.
Director: Brent Green | Stars: Donna Kozloskie, Michael McGinley
Votes: 106
41. The 8 (2009)
Not Rated | 49 min
In June 2009, Tamaas, an international non-profit arts organization, invited eight poets and filmmakers coming from France, Lebanon, Mexico, Morocco, and the United States, to Tangier, ... See full summary »
Directors: Natalia Almada, Ivan Boccara, Jem Cohen, Carla Faesler, Liliane Giraudon, Peter Gizzi, Lucy Sante, Akram Zaatari
43. Building a Broken Mousetrap (2006)
63 min | Documentary
An unorthodox concert film of the Holland-based band, the Ex, playing in New York. Intercut with city footage and documentation of anti-war, anti-Bush demonstrations.
Director: Jem Cohen | Star: The Ex
Votes: 33
44. Nice Evening, Transmission Down (2001)
11 min | Short, Music
Director: Jem Cohen | Star: Mark Linkous
46. Words in Your Face (1991 TV Movie)
26 min
Director: Mark Pellington | Stars: KRS-One, John Leguizamo, Henry Rollins
Votes: 14
47. Makeshift (For Mekas) (2019)
7 min | Documentary, Short
Jem Cohen's memory-tribute to Jonas Mekas displaces its first-person narration from voice-over to on-screen text. Diaristic New York street imagery from 2015 mingles with the red roses of ... See full summary »
Director: Jem Cohen
48. R.E.M.: Pop Screen (1990 Video)
32 min | Music
A collection of music videos from R.E.M. CD "Pop Screen".
Directors: Jem Cohen, Eric Darnell, Katherine Dieckmann, James Herbert, Robert Longo, Matt Mahurin, Michael Stipe | Stars: Michael Stipe, Mike Mills, Peter Buck, Bill Berry
Votes: 38
50. Long for the City (Patti Smith in New York) (2009)
9 min | Documentary, Short
A short portrait of Patti Smith in the city where she lives. Patti recites the very first poem-song she ever wrote. We take a walk in her changing neighborhood, and I ask her what she saw.
Director: Jem Cohen | Star: Patti Smith
Votes: 11