Jonas Mekas Movies

  • 2021
    The Velvet Underground

    The Velvet Underground

    The Velvet Underground

    6.862021HD

    Experience the iconic rock band's legacy in the first major documentary to tell their story. Directed with the era’s avant-garde spirit by Todd...

    The Velvet Underground
  • 1966
    The Love Merchant

    The Love Merchant

    The Love Merchant

    4.91966HD

    Biker Click procures lovely willing young women for decadent millionaire playboy Kendall Harvey III. Kendall sets his sights on Peggy Johns as his...

    The Love Merchant
  • 1985
    Home Movies 1971-81

    Home Movies 1971-81

    Home Movies 1971-81

    01985HD

    Home movies shot on Super 8mm by W+B Hein over 10 years.

    Home Movies 1971-81
  • 1992
    Zefiro Torna or Scenes from the Life of George Maciunas (Fluxus)

    Zefiro Torna or Scenes from the Life of George Maciunas (Fluxus)

    Zefiro Torna or Scenes from the Life of George Maciunas (Fluxus)

    5.81992HD

    The life and work of Fluxus artist George Maciunas as seen in clips filmed between 1952 and 1978.

    Zefiro Torna or Scenes from the Life of George Maciunas (Fluxus)
  • 1986
    He Stands in a Desert Counting the Seconds of His Life

    He Stands in a Desert Counting the Seconds of His Life

    He Stands in a Desert Counting the Seconds of His Life

    8.21986HD

    A film collage tracing the story of the lives, loves, and deaths within the artistic community surrounding Jonas Mekas.

    He Stands in a Desert Counting the Seconds of His Life
  • 2023
    Nam June Paik: Moon Is the Oldest TV

    Nam June Paik: Moon Is the Oldest TV

    Nam June Paik: Moon Is the Oldest TV

    6.92023HD

    The quixotic journey of Nam June Paik, one of the most famous Asian artists of the 20th century, who revolutionized the use of technology as an...

    Nam June Paik: Moon Is the Oldest TV
  • 1978
    Cinématon

    Cinématon

    Cinématon

    4.31978HD

    Cinématon is a 156-hour long experimental film by French director Gérard Courant. It was the longest film ever released until 2011....

    Cinématon
  • 1990
    Superstar: The Life and Times of Andy Warhol

    Superstar: The Life and Times of Andy Warhol

    Superstar: The Life and Times of Andy Warhol

    7.31990HD

    Iconic American artist and filmmaker Andy Warhol is the subject of this documentary, which looks at both his life and his influence on pop culture....

    Superstar: The Life and Times of Andy Warhol
  • 2014
    River of Fundament

    River of Fundament

    River of Fundament

    6.22014HD

    Visionary artist Matthew Barney returns to cinema with this 3-part epic, a radical reinvention of Norman Mailer’s novel Ancient Evenings. In...

    River of Fundament
  • 1972
    Imagine

    Imagine

    Imagine

    71972HD

    A surreal, half-fiction, half real life footage of a day in the life of John lennon and Yoko Ono, composed to music from John's historic 'Imagine'...

    Imagine
  • 1990
    Scenes from the Life of Andy Warhol: Friendships & Intersections

    Scenes from the Life of Andy Warhol: Friendships & Intersections

    Scenes from the Life of Andy Warhol: Friendships & Intersections

    6.51990HD

    This intimate portrait of Andy Warhol pulls together a unique library of material shot by New York film legend Jonas Mekas. Spanning from 1963 to...

    Scenes from the Life of Andy Warhol: Friendships & Intersections
  • 1999
    This Side of Paradise: Fragments of An Unfinished Biography

    This Side of Paradise: Fragments of An Unfinished Biography

    This Side of Paradise: Fragments of An Unfinished Biography

    5.21999HD

    Unpredictably, as most of my life’s key events have been, for a period of several years of late sixties and early seventies, I had the fortune...

    This Side of Paradise: Fragments of An Unfinished Biography
  • 1997
    Birth of a Nation

    Birth of a Nation

    Birth of a Nation

    6.31997HD

    Filmmaker Jonas Mekas films 160 underground film people over four decades.

    Birth of a Nation
  • 2013
    Diaries, Notes, and Sketches

    Diaries, Notes, and Sketches

    Diaries, Notes, and Sketches

    7.52013HD

    An epic portrait of the New York avant-garde art scene of the 60s.

    Diaries, Notes, and Sketches
  • 2013
    What Is Cinema?

    What Is Cinema?

    What Is Cinema?

    6.42013HD

    Using the words and ideas of great filmmakers, from archival interviews with Alfred Hitchcock and Robert Bresson to new interviews with Mike Leigh,...

    What Is Cinema?
  • 2000
    As I Was Moving Ahead, Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses of Beauty

    As I Was Moving Ahead, Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses of Beauty

    As I Was Moving Ahead, Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses of Beauty

    7.6492000HD

    A compilation of over 30 years of private home movie footage shot by Lithuanian-American avant-garde director Jonas Mekas, assembled by Mekas "purely...

    As I Was Moving Ahead, Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses of Beauty
  • 2015
    A Day in the Life of Andy Warhol

    A Day in the Life of Andy Warhol

    A Day in the Life of Andy Warhol

    52015HD

    Stephen Smith sets out to discover the real Andy Warhol - in the hour-by-hour detail of his daily life.

    A Day in the Life of Andy Warhol
  • 2017
    I Don't Know Which Tree It Comes From that Fragrance

    I Don't Know Which Tree It Comes From that Fragrance

    I Don't Know Which Tree It Comes From that Fragrance

    82017HD

    In his latest film, Mekas shares what he describes as “a valentine to Yoko Ono,” done in his signature diaristic style. Mixing the...

    I Don't Know Which Tree It Comes From that Fragrance
  • 2022
    Film: The Living Record of Our Memory

    Film: The Living Record of Our Memory

    Film: The Living Record of Our Memory

    8.62022HD

    Why are we still able, today, to view images that were captured over 125 years ago? As we enter the digital age, audiovisual heritage seems to be a...

    Film: The Living Record of Our Memory
  • 2007
    Jack Smith and the Destruction of Atlantis

    Jack Smith and the Destruction of Atlantis

    Jack Smith and the Destruction of Atlantis

    6.6252007HD

    In this entrancing documentary on performance artist, photographer and underground filmmaker Jack Smith, photographs and rare clips of Smith's...

    Jack Smith and the Destruction of Atlantis