Hal Hartley Movies

The mundane circumstances of a city under siege.

21 monologues written by American playwrights form a sort of fractured portrait of the American collective psyche. Ranging from the sad to the...

Hal Hartley's senior thesis film from SUNY-Purchase. A young man attempts to leave his Long Island suburb, but is thwarted by a series of absurd...

Self-funded Hal Hartley project shot on 16mm with a focus on a somewhat bizarre romance.

Over one night in New York City, lives of disparate strangers intersect by fate and circumstance.

A commercially realistic but artistically conflicted playwright lends his Berlin apartment to a young actress friend so she can rehearse her drama...

A comical mini opera following the exploits of two goddesses interfering with the lives of mortals. Mistaken identities, miscast spells, and...

The job, should you choose to accept it: two young women playing out roles associated with the purchasing of real estate. Questions regarding the...

A hot summer day on a country road. A young woman in her bridal dress gets kicked out of a car. Lost and frustrated, she wanders off across a sea of...

Meanwhile concerns Joe Fulton, a man who can do anything from fixing your sink to arranging international financing for a construction project. He...

A short documentary about the making of 'Fay Grim.'

A Paul Joyce documentary on the American independent film scene.

The life and times of Baltimore film maker and midnight movie pioneer, John Waters.

An artist-criminal far from home asks his assistant to pirate a rare videotape before the German Post Office Authorities come to confiscate it.

An ambitious and idealistic young actress comes to Berlin to convince an American ex-pat filmmaker that she must be his next muse - the leading lady...

Follows a day in the life of a young artist who longs for professional success and the attention of beautiful women, but who encounters only...

Man talking about the United States of America.

This film is the visual component of the multi-media collaboration between the composer Louis Andriessen and Hal Hartley.

Hartley and his wife, Miho Nikaido, travel to Japan to see her parents and reflect on 12 years of marriage, her career ambitions, and the adventures...

A minimalist, atmospheric, meditation on the theme of "Love" or "Amour" that focuses on reconciliation and forgiveness.