James Benning

James Benning

Over the past thirty-five years James Benning (b. 1942) has played a central role in the history of American independent cinema by offering his rigorously structured yet wonderfully graceful films as extended meditations on the American landscape and its social and environmental histories. Benning’s life and work have been shaped by his passionate wanderlust—born in Milwaukee, he lived for intervals in Colorado, the Missouri Ozarks, Illinois and Oklahoma before settling in Val Verde, California in 1987, with car and motorcycle journeys around the country generating such films as I-94 (1975) and Four Corners (1997). His career has been equally restless, ranging from his early experimentation with an avant-garde aesthetic to his embrace, during the 1980s and 90s, of explicitly autobiographical elements and increased human content. With his “California Trilogy” (2000-2001) Benning entered a new phase, refining his formalist style and political concerns while distilling his abiding interest in place and exacting organizational structures.

  • Title: James Benning
  • Popularity: 0.532
  • Known For: Directing
  • Birthday: 1942-12-28
  • Place of Birth: Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
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  • Also Known As: 제임스 베닝, 제임스 배닝
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James Benning Movies

  • 2003
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    James Benning: Circling the Image

    James Benning: Circling the Image

    1 2003 HD

    The American filmmaker James Benning has been one of the outstanding exponents of the structural film since the mid-1970s. Bennings artistic position...

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  • 2013
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    Coming to Terms

    Coming to Terms

    7.2 2013 HD

    One day, father makes a shocking decision in a family gathering. The family disagrees with it and against him in the very beginning. However, they...

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  • 1970
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    California Trilogy

    California Trilogy

    1 1970 HD

    Produced at the junction of two millennia, the California Trilogy is James Benning's three-part topographical study of America's «Golden...

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  • 2013
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    Double Play: James Benning and Richard Linklater

    Double Play: James Benning and Richard Linklater

    6.4 2013 HD

    In 1985, former oil rig worker Richard Linklater began a film screening society in Austin, Texas, that aimed to show classic art-house and...

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  • 1975
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    The United States of America

    The United States of America

    7.6 1975 HD

    A conceptual bicentennial film dealing with spatial and temporal relationships between two travelers, their car, and the geographic, political, and...

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  • 2016
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    thinking of red

    thinking of red

    1 2016 HD

    A film by James Benning

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  • 1989
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    Used Innocence

    Used Innocence

    5.8 1989 HD

    Using experimental narrative structure as his vehicle, Benning recreates the sensationalized and controversial circumstances surrounding Lorencia...

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  • 2011
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    The Great Gatsby in Five Minutes

    The Great Gatsby in Five Minutes

    1 2011 HD

    The Fitzgerald classic as you've never seen it, transposed to a Los Angeles of sleek modern architecture and strip-mall foot clinics.

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  • 1970
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    Maintenance

    Maintenance

    3 1970 HD

    Maintenance is filmmaker Adele Horne’s exploration and meditation on house cleaning. Cleaning is one of the most private things we do in our...

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  • 2018
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    L. Cohen

    L. Cohen

    5.6 2018 HD

    A view of an Oregon farm field, observing a solar eclipse and incorporating a Leonard Cohen song.

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  • 2018
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    Telemundo

    Telemundo

    3.5 2018 HD

    James Benning watches tv with a young girl.

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  • 2021
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    Benning's Dream

    Benning's Dream

    1 2021 HD

    an excerpt of a conversation between James and I during the Fall of 2019 - Santa Clarita, CA

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  • 2019
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    中孚 61. The Inner Truth

    中孚 61. The Inner Truth

    1 2019 HD

    61. La Verdad Interior reveals the creative process behind TELEMUNDO [screened in the New Visions section], a collaborative film directed by James...

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  • 2020
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    She Dies Tomorrow

    She Dies Tomorrow

    5.2 2020 HD

    Amy is ravaged by the notion that she is going to die tomorrow, which sends her down a dizzying emotional spiral. When her skeptical friend Jane...

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  • 2020
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    On Paradise Road

    On Paradise Road

    1 2020 HD

    Filmed at Benning's home in Val Verde during the first month of the pandemic, the film is a portrait of that time.

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  • 1972
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    Time and a Half

    Time and a Half

    1 1972 HD

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  • 2019
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    daylight

    daylight

    1 2019 HD

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  • 2004
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    13 Lakes

    13 Lakes

    6.9 2004 HD

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  • 2009
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    Ruhr

    Ruhr

    6.6 2009 HD

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  • 2020
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    PLACE

    PLACE

    1 2020 HD

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  • 1985
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    O Panama

    O Panama

    6 1985 HD

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  • 1985
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    O Panama

    O Panama

    6 1985 HD

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  • 1985
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    O Panama

    O Panama

    6 1985 HD

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  • 1996
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    Deseret

    Deseret

    5.5 1996 HD

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  • 2011
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    Twenty Cigarettes

    Twenty Cigarettes

    3.3 2011 HD

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  • 1987
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    Landscape Suicide

    Landscape Suicide

    7.5 1987 HD

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  • 2002
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    Sogobi

    Sogobi

    6.8 2002 HD

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  • 2012
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    The War

    The War

    2.3 2012 HD

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  • 2004
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    10 Skies

    10 Skies

    6.8 2004 HD

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  • 1978
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    Grand Opera: An Historical Romance

    Grand Opera: An Historical Romance

    8 1978 HD

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  • 2007
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    RR

    RR

    7.1 2007 HD

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  • 1982
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    Him and Me

    Him and Me

    1 1982 HD

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  • 1997
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    Four Corners

    Four Corners

    6.2 1997 HD

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  • 2001
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    Los

    Los

    6.4 2001 HD

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  • 1999
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    El Valley Centro

    El Valley Centro

    7.2 1999 HD

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  • 2007
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    Casting a Glance

    Casting a Glance

    7.4 2007 HD

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  • 2007
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    Casting a Glance

    Casting a Glance

    7.4 2007 HD

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  • 2007
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    Casting a Glance

    Casting a Glance

    7.4 2007 HD

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  • 2007
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    Casting a Glance

    Casting a Glance

    7.4 2007 HD

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  • 2007
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    Casting a Glance

    Casting a Glance

    7.4 2007 HD

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  • 2011
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    Small Roads

    Small Roads

    6.9 2011 HD

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  • 1998
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    Utopia

    Utopia

    1 1998 HD

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  • 1989
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    Used Innocence

    Used Innocence

    5.8 1989 HD

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  • 1977
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    11 x 14

    11 x 14

    6.9 1977 HD

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  • 1984
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    American Dreams (Lost and Found)

    American Dreams (Lost and Found)

    7.2 1984 HD

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  • 2022
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    Exquisite Moving Corpse

    Exquisite Moving Corpse

    1 2022 HD

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  • 1974
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    8½ x 11

    8½ x 11

    1 1974 HD

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  • 2012
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    Stemple Pass

    Stemple Pass

    8 2012 HD

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  • 2005
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    One Way Boogie Woogie/27 Years Later

    One Way Boogie Woogie/27 Years Later

    6.3 2005 HD

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  • 1992
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    North on Evers

    North on Evers

    7.2 1992 HD

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  • 2013
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    BNSF

    BNSF

    5.5 2013 HD

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  • 1977
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    One Way Boogie Woogie

    One Way Boogie Woogie

    5.8 1977 HD

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  • 2011
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    Two Cabins

    Two Cabins

    7 2011 HD

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  • 2012
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    Nightfall

    Nightfall

    6.2 2012 HD

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  • 2012
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    Easy Rider

    Easy Rider

    6.8 2012 HD

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  • 2012
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    Postscript

    Postscript

    4 2012 HD

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  • 2011
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    Faces

    Faces

    1 2011 HD

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  • 1970
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    Did You Ever Hear That Cricket Sound?

    Did You Ever Hear That Cricket Sound?

    1 1970 HD

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  • 1970
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    Cuba, an Historical Romance

    Cuba, an Historical Romance

    1 1970 HD

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  • 1970
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    3 Minutes on the Dangers of Film Recording

    3 Minutes on the Dangers of Film Recording

    1 1970 HD

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  • 2011
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    YouTube Trilogy

    YouTube Trilogy

    5.7 2011 HD

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  • 2011
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    After Warhol

    After Warhol

    5 2011 HD

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  • 1976
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    Chicago Loop

    Chicago Loop

    1 1976 HD

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  • 2022
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    TEN YEARS LATER

    TEN YEARS LATER

    1 2022 HD

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  • 2012
    imgMovies

    One Way Boogie Woogie

    One Way Boogie Woogie

    8.2 2012 HD

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  • 2010
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    Pig Iron

    Pig Iron

    7.2 2010 HD

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  • 2010
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    Pig Iron

    Pig Iron

    7.2 2010 HD

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  • 2010
    imgMovies

    Pig Iron

    Pig Iron

    7.2 2010 HD

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  • 2010
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    Pig Iron

    Pig Iron

    7.2 2010 HD

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  • 1984
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    Pascal's Lemma

    Pascal's Lemma

    1 1984 HD

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  • 2014
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    Natural History

    Natural History

    5.4 2014 HD

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  • 2022
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    Allensworth

    Allensworth

    8 2022 HD

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  • 2008
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    Lunch Break

    Lunch Break

    7.4 2008 HD

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  • 2014
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    US 41

    US 41

    1 2014 HD

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  • 2014
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    signs

    signs

    1 2014 HD

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  • 2014
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    HF

    HF

    4 2014 HD

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  • 2015
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    Santa Teresa & Other Stories

    Santa Teresa & Other Stories

    5.4 2015 HD

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  • 2018
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    SAM

    SAM

    1 2018 HD

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  • 2012
    imgMovies

    Stemple Pass

    Stemple Pass

    8 2012 HD

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  • 2012
    imgMovies

    Stemple Pass

    Stemple Pass

    8 2012 HD

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  • 2012
    imgMovies

    Stemple Pass

    Stemple Pass

    8 2012 HD

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  • 2022
    imgMovies

    The United States of America

    The United States of America

    5.5 2022 HD

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  • 2010
    imgMovies

    Faces 1973

    Faces 1973

    5 2010 HD

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  • 1975
    imgMovies

    The United States of America

    The United States of America

    7.6 1975 HD

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  • 1974
    imgMovies

    I-94

    I-94

    5.4 1974 HD

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  • 1974
    imgMovies

    Michigan Avenue

    Michigan Avenue

    6 1974 HD

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  • 2005
    imgMovies

    74.78

    74.78

    1 2005 HD

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  • 2009
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    Fire & Rain

    Fire & Rain

    8 2009 HD

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  • 2016
    imgMovies

    Measuring Change

    Measuring Change

    5.7 2016 HD

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  • 2010
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    Among Enemies: Jeonju Digital Project 2010

    Among Enemies: Jeonju Digital Project 2010

    1 2010 HD

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  • 2016
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    Spring Equinox

    Spring Equinox

    1 2016 HD

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  • 2024
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    Breathless

    Breathless

    1 2024 HD

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  • 2012
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    20 Little Films

    20 Little Films

    1 2012 HD

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  • 2010
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    John Krieg Exiting the Falk Corporation in 1971

    John Krieg Exiting the Falk Corporation in 1971

    1 2010 HD

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  • 2016
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    scorched earth

    scorched earth

    1 2016 HD

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  • 2016
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    Ash 01

    Ash 01

    1 2016 HD

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  • 2016
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    Fall Equinox

    Fall Equinox

    1 2016 HD

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  • 2016
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    wavelength

    wavelength

    1 2016 HD

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  • 2016
    imgMovies

    thinking of red

    thinking of red

    1 2016 HD

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  • 2017
    imgMovies

    Untitled Fragments

    Untitled Fragments

    1 2017 HD

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  • 2022
    imgMovies

    Allensworth

    Allensworth

    8 2022 HD

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  • 2007
    imgMovies

    Water Spell

    Water Spell

    7 2007 HD

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  • 1987
    imgMovies

    Landscape Suicide

    Landscape Suicide

    7.5 1987 HD

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  • 2017
    imgMovies

    Readers

    Readers

    4.5 2017 HD

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  • 1989
    imgMovies

    Used Innocence

    Used Innocence

    5.8 1989 HD

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  • 2018
    imgMovies

    L. Cohen

    L. Cohen

    5.6 2018 HD

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  • 1978
    imgMovies

    Grand Opera: An Historical Romance

    Grand Opera: An Historical Romance

    8 1978 HD

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  • 1985
    imgMovies

    O Panama

    O Panama

    6 1985 HD

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  • 2015
    imgMovies

    Perimeter

    Perimeter

    1 2015 HD

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  • 2010
    imgMovies

    Tulare Road

    Tulare Road

    1 2010 HD

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  • 2019
    imgMovies

    The Wrecker Kings

    The Wrecker Kings

    1 2019 HD

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  • 2004
    imgMovies

    10 Skies

    10 Skies

    6.8 2004 HD

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  • 2018
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    glory

    glory

    8 2018 HD

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  • 2009
    imgMovies

    Ruhr

    Ruhr

    6.6 2009 HD

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  • 2016
    imgMovies

    Fresh Air

    Fresh Air

    1 2016 HD

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  • 1995
    imgMovies

    Panama: Exploring the Panama Canal

    Panama: Exploring the Panama Canal

    1 1995 HD

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  • 1977
    imgMovies

    One Way Boogie Woogie

    One Way Boogie Woogie

    5.8 1977 HD

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  • 2015
    imgMovies

    52 Films

    52 Films

    1 2015 HD

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  • 2014
    imgMovies

    Concord Woods

    Concord Woods

    1 2014 HD

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  • 2009
    imgMovies

    Ruhr

    Ruhr

    6.6 2009 HD

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  • 2009
    imgMovies

    Ruhr

    Ruhr

    6.6 2009 HD

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  • 2009
    imgMovies

    Ruhr

    Ruhr

    6.6 2009 HD

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  • 2018
    imgMovies

    Telemundo

    Telemundo

    3.5 2018 HD

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  • 2018
    imgMovies

    Telemundo

    Telemundo

    3.5 2018 HD

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  • 1975
    imgMovies

    9-1-75

    9-1-75

    1 1975 HD

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  • 2012
    imgMovies

    Easy Rider

    Easy Rider

    6.8 2012 HD

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  • 2012
    imgMovies

    Easy Rider

    Easy Rider

    6.8 2012 HD

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  • 2012
    imgMovies

    Easy Rider

    Easy Rider

    6.8 2012 HD

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  • 2012
    imgMovies

    Easy Rider

    Easy Rider

    6.8 2012 HD

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  • 2019
    imgMovies

    Two Moons

    Two Moons

    5 2019 HD

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  • 2012
    imgMovies

    All That She Surveys

    All That She Surveys

    1 2012 HD

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  • 2018
    imgMovies

    Birth of a Nation

    Birth of a Nation

    1 2018 HD

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  • 2010
    imgMovies

    Reforming the Past

    Reforming the Past

    1 2010 HD

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  • 2011
    imgMovies

    Twenty Cigarettes

    Twenty Cigarettes

    3.3 2011 HD

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  • 2020
    imgMovies

    Maggie's Farm

    Maggie's Farm

    1 2020 HD

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  • 2014
    imgMovies

    FUCK ME (green)

    FUCK ME (green)

    1 2014 HD

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  • 2014
    imgMovies

    FUCK ME (orange)

    FUCK ME (orange)

    1 2014 HD

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  • 1987
    imgMovies

    Landscape Suicide

    Landscape Suicide

    7.5 1987 HD

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  • 1987
    imgMovies

    Landscape Suicide

    Landscape Suicide

    7.5 1987 HD

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  • 1987
    imgMovies

    Landscape Suicide

    Landscape Suicide

    7.5 1987 HD

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  • 2020
    imgMovies

    Maggie's Farm

    Maggie's Farm

    1 2020 HD

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  • 2020
    imgMovies

    Maggie's Farm

    Maggie's Farm

    1 2020 HD

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  • 2020
    imgMovies

    Maggie's Farm

    Maggie's Farm

    1 2020 HD

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  • 2020
    imgMovies

    On Paradise Road

    On Paradise Road

    1 2020 HD

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  • 1977
    imgMovies

    11 x 14

    11 x 14

    6.9 1977 HD

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  • 1977
    imgMovies

    11 x 14

    11 x 14

    6.9 1977 HD

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  • 1977
    imgMovies

    11 x 14

    11 x 14

    6.9 1977 HD

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  • 2020
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    Dancing in the Street, 11 grados de separación

    Dancing in the Street, 11 grados de separación

    1 2020 HD

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  • 2021
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    From Bakersfield to Mojave

    From Bakersfield to Mojave

    1 2021 HD

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  • 2018
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    after Traylor. Thoreau cabin (2008-2018)

    after Traylor. Thoreau cabin (2008-2018)

    1 2018 HD

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