The Angelika Vault

Since its inception in 1989, the original Angelika Film Center & Café in Manhattan’s SoHo neighborhood has become synonymous with the best in arthouse, independent and international film, due to its curated and diverse programming. As a true filmmaker’s jewel and a choice destination for cinephiles, the Angelika has attained, and continues to be, the most successful and recognized arthouse in North America. The Angelika Vault highlights audience favorites, alongside some of our favorite cinematic gems and milestone films from past years at the Angelika New York.

A powerful portrait of a torn society, and a political assassin seeking to kill democracy, from director Yaron Zilberman
Incitement
  • 2019
"At once a gripping thriller, an incendiary social critique and a mordant moral fable," (The Playlist), from cinematic master Pablo Larraín
The Club
  • 2015
Director Ryan Coogler's directorial debut follows the true story of Oscar Grant (a brilliant Michael B. Jordan). Sundance Grand Jury Prize winner.
Fruitvale Station
  • 2013
Oscar winning director Alexander Payne's resonant work features a groundbreaking lead performance by Bruce Dern.
Nebraska
  • 2014
Academy Award nominee Julian Schnabel's "impressionistic masterwork" (Indiewire) stars Willem Dafoe in a tour de force performance as Van Gogh
At Eternity's Gate
  • 2018
Directed by Academy Award winning filmmaker Freida Mock, this is the intimate story of a woman who spoke truth to power.
Anita: Speaking Truth to Power
  • 2013
Masterful, Oscar nominated director/writer Paul Thomas Anderson delivers "a sharply written, unforgettably directed character study" (New York Post)
The Master
  • 2012
Director Nadine Labaki serves up a sweet look at the inside of a Beirut beauty salon
Caramel
  • 2007
SXSW and Sundance Film Festival Official Selection. "All hail the new team of Daveed Diggs and Rafael Casal" (Rolling Stone).
Blindspotting
  • 2018
Rupert Goold’s eloquent portrayal, featuring a transformative, Academy Award winning performance by Renee Zellweger as Judy Garland.
Judy
  • 2019
A moving depiction of the aftermath of the tragic death of Princess Diana, from Director Stephen Frears. Starring a note-perfect Helen Mirren.
The Queen
  • 2006
Oscar nominated Director/Writer Noah Baumbach brings his keen knack for depicting family stories on screen, along with an all-star cast.
Margot at the Wedding
  • 2007
Academy Award nominated, intense and haunting portrayal of Alan Turning (Benedict Cumberbatch). Morten Tyldum’s English-language debut.
The Imitation Game
  • 2014
"An engaging and cumulatively exhilarating debut from ...Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi and Jimmy Chin" (Hollywood Reporter)
Meru
  • 2015
Alfonso Arau's Golden Globe and BAFTA nominated film is a delicious love story that intoxicates audiences with its magical realism.
Like Water for Chocolate
  • 1993
"A lush, stylish and evocative journey" (Screen Daily) of a wildly creative decade in Yves Saint Laurent's career. Bertrand Bonello directs.
Saint Laurent
  • 2015
Lucas Hedges and Julia Roberts give note-perfect performances in this harrowing and heartbreaking tale, from director Peter Hedges
Ben is Back
  • 2018
Director/Writer Tom Tykwer's "playfully pieced-together, beautifully shot, and secretly ridiculous drama" (Entertainment Weekly).
3 (Three)
  • 2010
Director Kevin Smith tackles thorny subject matter with sensitivity, raw honesty and an all-star cast.
Chasing Amy
  • 1997
Groundbreaking, post-apocalyptic sci-fi epic from director Bong Joon Ho, set on a train that travels around the globe via a perpetual-motion engine.
Snowpiercer
  • 2013
Director Sacha Jenkins' fascinating chronicle of hip-hop and urban fashion - a Sundance Film Festival Official Selection
Fresh Dressed
  • 2015
An unforgettable work from directing duo Fernando Meirelles and Kátia Lund. "Cinema doesn't get more exhilarating than this" (BBC.com).
City of God
  • 2003
Tyler Nilson and Michael Schwartz‘s debut feature, deemed by Film Inquiry as “the sweetest damn film of the decade.”
The Peanut Butter Falcon
  • 2019
An absurdist take on the 1960s spy film from director Michel Hazanavicius. This sequel delivers another round of sly, politically incorrect humor.
OSS 117: Lost in Rio
  • 2009
Academy Award winning director Milos Forman's sweeping historical epic, starring Javier Bardem, Natalie Portman and Stellan Skarsgard.
Goya's Ghosts
  • 2006
David LaChapelle's brilliant doc exuberantly demonstrates the rise of Clowning and Krumping, a startling new hip-hop dance subculture.
Rize
  • 2005
Academy Award nominated portrait of an Algerian emigrant who takes over a Canadian classroom after a teacher's tragic death, from Philippe Falardeau
Monsieur Lazhar
  • 2011
Featuring exquisite black and white cinematography, Michel Hazanavicius' film broke box-office records, and won hearts of both critics & audiences.
The Artist
  • 2011
Oscar winner for Best Documentary Feature. Director Morgan Neville shines a spotlight on backup singers behind some of the music industry's greatest.
20 Feet From Stardom
  • 2013
Roger Michell's "marital disintegration-reintegration drama that opens with a dose of frost and vinegar and turns... unbelievably marvelous."
Le Week-end
  • 2013
Combining Hi-8 video with black-and-white 16mm film, this record-breaking doc solidified its place in film history and became a cultural phenomenon.
The Blair Witch Project
  • 1999
Director Sebastián Lelio's complex character study of a middle-aged woman (an unforgettable Paulina García) that captivated both critics and audiences
Gloria
  • 2013
Kenneth Lonergan's drama that broke hearts and smashed box office records. Starring an unforgettable Casey Affleck, Michelle Williams & Lucas Hedges.
Manchester by the Sea
  • 2016
Hannes Holm's Oscar nominated tale of a local grump, based on the bestselling novel, and heralded as "masterful" by RogerEbert.com.
A Man Called Ove
  • 2016
Director/Writer Derek Cianfrance's innovatively structured and exquisitely scored breakout feature. Michelle Williams and Ryan Gosling star.
Blue Valentine
  • 2010
Director Roberto Benigni crafts an earnest, charming, Oscar winning story that ultimately highlights the strength of the human spirit.
Life is Beautiful
  • 1997
Director Martin Provost eloquently captures French painter Séraphine de Senlis' experience with art, religion and mental illness.
Séraphine
  • 2008
Thematic tightrope from Oscar winning director David O. Russel, starring Jennifer Lawrence and Bradley Cooper with their Oscar winning performances.
Silver Linings Playbook
  • 2012
"Too much fun not to like." A genre-bending, delirious gore-fest, penned by Quentin Tarantino and directed by Robert Rodriguez.
From Dusk Till Dawn
  • 1996
Director Spike Lee delivers an explosive modern-day adaption of the ancient Greek play Lysistrata.
Chi-Raq
  • 2015
François Ozon's charming romp features critically acclaimed performances by Oscar nominees Catherine Deneuve and Gérard Depardieu
Potiche
  • 2010
"A romantic spellbinder that cuts deep" (Rolling Stone). Academy Award nominated filmmaker Todd Haynes' lush, haunting love story.
Carol
  • 2015
Director/Writer Peter Greenawy's eye-opening look at one of cinema’s most respected figures" (Variety) - Sergei Eisenstein.
Eisenstein in Guanajuato
  • 2016
Director Jake Schreier delivers both a quirky drama and a meditation on aging, bolstered by a masterful lead performance from Frank Langella
Robot and Frank
  • 2012
From Director/Writer Paddy Considine's Sundance award winner, featuring wrenching performances by Peter Mullan and Olivia Colman.
Tyrannosaur
  • 2012
Brutal, hilarious and not for the faint of heart, Danny Boyle's film was the most talked about movie of 1996.
Trainspotting
  • 1996
Martin Provost's emotionally resonant character study is bolstered by magnetic performances by two of French cinema's most beloved stars.
The Midwife
  • 2017
Adaptation of Nelson Mandela's autobiography, from director Justin Chadwick. Idris Elba gives "a towering performance" (Variety).
Mandela: Long Walk To Freedom
  • 2013
Terence Davies delivers a visually stunning adaptation, heralded by Rolling Stone as "haunting and hypnotic"
The Deep Blue Sea
  • 2011
A sharp, witty coming-of-age depiction of a recent college graduate adrift in New York City, from director Marc Webb.
The Only Living Boy in New York
  • 2017
Simon Hunter's uplifting adventure tale that centers on an 83-year old woman (an extraordinary Sheila Hancock) climbing towards a mountain peak
Edie
  • 2017
Sandra Nettelbeck's portrait of a headstrong chef whose solitary life is shaken when her sister's eight-year-old daughter arrives at her doorstep
Mostly Martha
  • 2002
An atmospheric thriller and a chilling portrait of violence. Director/Writer Michael O’Shea’s debut feature was a Cannes & SXSW Official Selection.
The Transfiguration
  • 2017
From director/writer Stanley Tucci. A Film Independent Spirit Award winner set in a 1950s New Jersey Italian restaurant.
Big Night
  • 1996
A NSFW romp that follows a rebellious teen who bonds with a male nurse. David Wnendt's film goes beyond the typical confines of shock value.
Wetlands
  • 2014
Eytan Fox's moving and empathetic sequel to YOSSI & JAGGER. "An affecting and admirably unsentimental portrait of lost love" (Wall Street Journal).
Yossi
  • 2012
A Hitchcockian noir with a Gallic twist from Director Patrice Leconte.
Intimate Strangers
  • 2004
Brad Anderson directs this psychological thriller, deemed by the Washington Post as "psychological suspense at its finest."
The Machinist
  • 2004
Antonio Banderas "gives his best, most committed performance" (Detroit News) in Pedro Almodóvar's acclaimed work.
Pain and Glory
  • 2019
A delicate, ominous World War II drama from Director Cate Shortland, anchored by a groundbreaking performance by Saskia Rosendahl
Lore
  • 2012
Romance meets thriller in Laetitia Colombani's tale - starring Audrey Tautou, who breaks out of AMELIE type in a deeply felt performance.
He Loves Me… He Loves Me Not
  • 2002
Considered one of Pedro Almodovar’s best films, Oscar winner for Best Foreign Language Film, that examines the various roles we all play in life.
All About My Mother
  • 1999
Director/writer Tod Williams' Sundance Official Selection. Dramedy that centers on a teen who reflects on his turbulent family life.
The Adventures of Sebastian Cole
  • 1999
"Flushed with emotion and a buoyant earthy humor, MALENA is a yarn that sticks with you" (New York Times). Directed by Giuseppe Tornatore.
Malena
  • 2000
In the role that won her Broadway’s acclaimed Tony Award, Pauline Collins is the hilariously endearing Shirley Valentine.
Shirley Valentine
  • 1990
Director/Writer Wong Kar Wai proves himself to be "a cinematic grandmaster in action" (Rolling Stone) with this Oscar nominated epic.
The Grandmaster
  • 2013
From director/writer Sandra Goldbacher exploration of the agonies and ecstasies of friendship.
Me Without You
  • 2001
"A bittersweet, wryly comic, keenly observed look at senescence from Israeli directors Sharon Maymon and Tal Granit." -Boston Globe
The Farewell Party
  • 2014
An intimate portrait and a vibrant celebration of Diana Vreeland's fifty year reign as the "Empress of Fashion"
Diana Vreeland: The Eye Has To Travel
  • 2011
Academy Award nominated doc from Morgan Spurlock. "An anti-junk-food screed that manages to entertain even as it informs & alarms" (Washington Post)
Super Size Me
  • 2004
Filmmaker Jason Wise delves into the wine world in his delicious documentary that follows four sommeliers.
Somm
  • 2012
Master filmmaker Christopher Nolan's tale of a man with short-term memory loss, who attempts to track down his wife's murderer
Memento
  • 2000
An epic journey and sweeping romantic historical drama from Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck. Germany's Official Submission to the Oscars.
Never Look Away
  • 2019
Kevin Smith's quirky and quotable first feature "captures the zeitgeist of an era and becomes the voice of a generation" (Salon.com).
Clerks
  • 1994
Ron Howard puts audiences front row center for an exploration of The Voice...The Man...The Legend.
Pavarotti
  • 2019