Hal Hartley Movies

A Paul Joyce documentary on the American independent film scene.

A documentary concerning the periods between the actual takes during the production of Hartley's short film "Iris," revealing the imagination,...

A comic drama about a time in the near future when citizens are happy to be property traded on the stock exchange.

A small Oklahoma town is stripped of its innocence when one of its boys turns up mute and bloodied by the lakeside. Unable to tell his story, the...

Jude, a college professor, is obsessed with Sophie, his student. She, in turn, is intrigued by his scholarly charm. Flirtation turns to lust and the...

A young journalist journeys to Iceland to find her missing fiancé only to encounter a mythical creature who longs to die.

Henry’s and Fay's son Ned sets out to find and kill his father for destroying his mother's life. But his aims are frustrated by the troublesome...

Joseph Fulton, a famous director, wants to work at a cemetery. Meanwhile, he has his last will and testament drawn up. His girlfriend thinks he's...

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...

An egocentric bum transforms the lives of a shy New Jersey garbageman and his sister.

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

Amidst the devastation of post-crisis Spain, mother and daughter bluff and grift to keep up the lifestyle they think they deserve, bonding over...

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

Man talking about the United States of America.

This short film was packaged on video with Hartley's featurette "Surviving Desire." It affectionately examines the lives of a group of "young,...

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

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

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

The mundane circumstances of a city under siege.

An 18-minute documentary made in 2005 by perennial Hartley actor D.J. Mendel, reunites the director and line producer Ted Hope with actors Adrienne...