Films around Boston, Cambridge, and Somerville, from repertory screenings to new releases, aggregated from each theater’s calendar.

Berlin Hero

1hr 52mins

Oasis: Don't Look Back in Anger

One of the most anticipated rock 'n' roll comebacks of all time

Filipiñana

Directed by Rafael Manuel. With Carlos Siguion-Reyna, Jorrybell Agoto, Nour Hooshmand.

Drama, Mystery · 1h 40m · Tagalog with English subtitles

Akira (4K Restoration)

Katsuhiro Otomo's landmark cyberpunk classic, the definitive anime masterpiece!

2hrs 4mins

Bernstein's Wall

A complex look at one of the greatest figures in 20th century classical music, Leonard Bernstein, whose passion and creativity guided him well beyond the concert hall.

1h 45m

8½

One of the greatest films about film ever made, Federico Fellini’s 8½ turns one man’s artistic crisis into a grand epic of the cinema.

2hrs 18mins

The Sun Never Sets (2026)

Written and Directed by Joe Swanberg

1hr 42mins

The Invite

A middle-aged couple who are feeling stagnant in their relationship invite the younger and livelier couple from the apartment upstairs for a get-together that takes an unexpected turn.

Directed by Olivia Wilde · 1h 47m

Dreams in Nightmares

A new take on the American road movie,

TWILIGHT (2008)

When you can live forever, what do you live for?

Onslaught

Someone let the super soldiers out

Oasis: Don't Look Back in Anger

One of the most anticipated rock 'n' roll comebacks of all time

Akira (4K Restoration)

Katsuhiro Otomo's landmark cyberpunk classic, the definitive anime masterpiece!

2hrs 4mins

TWILIGHT (2008)

When you can live forever, what do you live for?

The Sun Never Sets (2026)

Written and Directed by Joe Swanberg

1hr 42mins

Bernstein's Wall

A complex look at one of the greatest figures in 20th century classical music, Leonard Bernstein, whose passion and creativity guided him well beyond the concert hall.

1h 45m

The Invite

A middle-aged couple who are feeling stagnant in their relationship invite the younger and livelier couple from the apartment upstairs for a get-together that takes an unexpected turn.

Directed by Olivia Wilde · 1h 47m

Clueless

Craft-Along Screening • Sex. Clothes. Popularity. Is there a problem here?

Keaton and Pickford: Live Music Accompaniment

Join us for screenings of Buster Keaton's ONE WEEK (1920) and Mary Pickford's STELLA MARIS (1918) with live musical accompaniment.

A newly wedded couple attempts to build a house with a prefabricated kit, unaware that a rival sabotaged the…

The Doors

Val Kilmer's portrayal of The Doors' frontman Jim Morrison

Mystery Machine (9/14/2026)

Tempt cinematic fate with the latest new releases

Paris, Texas

A place for dreams. A place for heartbreak. A place to pick up the pieces.

2hrs 27mins

Snow White

Directed by João César Monteiro, 2000

Part of João César Monteiro, Poet-Provocateur

Filipiñana

Directed by Rafael Manuel. With Carlos Siguion-Reyna, Jorrybell Agoto, Nour Hooshmand.

Drama, Mystery · 1h 40m · Tagalog with English subtitles

TWILIGHT (2008)

When you can live forever, what do you live for?

Oasis: Don't Look Back in Anger

One of the most anticipated rock 'n' roll comebacks of all time

Akira (4K Restoration)

Katsuhiro Otomo's landmark cyberpunk classic, the definitive anime masterpiece!

2hrs 4mins

Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma

The new film from Coolidge Breakthrough Artist Award winner Jane Schoenbrun.

1hr 52mins

The Sun Never Sets (2026)

Written and Directed by Joe Swanberg

1hr 42mins

The Invite

A middle-aged couple who are feeling stagnant in their relationship invite the younger and livelier couple from the apartment upstairs for a get-together that takes an unexpected turn.

Directed by Olivia Wilde · 1h 47m

Bernstein's Wall

A complex look at one of the greatest figures in 20th century classical music, Leonard Bernstein, whose passion and creativity guided him well beyond the concert hall.

1h 45m

Ciné Club Series: Hugo by Pascal Bonitzer

Join us for the opening of our Pascal Bonitzer Retrospective with the Boston premiere of Hugo (Victor comme tout le monde), starring the incomparable Fabrice Luchini.

Filipiñana

Directed by Rafael Manuel. With Carlos Siguion-Reyna, Jorrybell Agoto, Nour Hooshmand.

Drama, Mystery · 1h 40m · Tagalog with English subtitles

Seminar: Aguirre, the Wrath of God

This seminar by BU Professor Roy Grundmann will explore one of Werner Herzog's most mesmerizing early films.

30mins

Who Moves America with Post Film Q&A

As the world's largest package delivery company, UPS moves millions of packages across more than 200 countries and territories each day - and its workforce holds the power to bring that machine to a halt. Who Moves America follows a UPS…

Aguirre, the Wrath of God

An immersive, haunting journey into the heart of darkness from Werner Herzog and Klaus Kinski.

1hr 33mins

Angel Heart

Go down south with Mickey Rourke in this atmospheric thriller.

Union County

Special advance screening Tuesday, September 15 with Will Poulter and filmmaker Adam Meeks in-person!

1hr 37mins

Onslaught

Someone let the super soldiers out

Oasis: Don't Look Back in Anger

One of the most anticipated rock 'n' roll comebacks of all time

TWILIGHT (2008)

When you can live forever, what do you live for?

Akira (4K Restoration)

Katsuhiro Otomo's landmark cyberpunk classic, the definitive anime masterpiece!

2hrs 4mins

Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma

The new film from Coolidge Breakthrough Artist Award winner Jane Schoenbrun.

1hr 52mins

The Sun Never Sets (2026)

Written and Directed by Joe Swanberg

1hr 42mins

Bernstein's Wall

A complex look at one of the greatest figures in 20th century classical music, Leonard Bernstein, whose passion and creativity guided him well beyond the concert hall.

1h 45m

Castration Movie Anthology ii. the best of both worlds

The second part of auteur Louise Weard's postmodern epic

Harvard Book Store Presents Elizabeth Alexander

Harvard Book Store Welcomes Elizabeth Alexander presenting Signals Across Vast Distances: Essays and Tales in conversation with Tracy...

Cléo from 5 to 7

Agnès Varda's French New Wave classic.

1hr 29mins

The Invite

A middle-aged couple who are feeling stagnant in their relationship invite the younger and livelier couple from the apartment upstairs for a get-together that takes an unexpected turn.

Directed by Olivia Wilde · 1h 47m

Who Moves America

As the world's largest package delivery company, UPS moves millions of packages across more than 200 countries and territories each day - and its workforce holds the power to bring that machine to a halt. Who Moves America follows a UPS…

Filipiñana

Directed by Rafael Manuel. With Carlos Siguion-Reyna, Jorrybell Agoto, Nour Hooshmand.

Drama, Mystery · 1h 40m · Tagalog with English subtitles

Shrek

The greatest fairy tale never told.

1hr 30mins

The Odyssey (Digital)

The new film from filmmaker Christopher Nolan (Oppenheimer, Inception).

2hrs 52mins

Akira (4K Restoration)

Katsuhiro Otomo's landmark cyberpunk classic, the definitive anime masterpiece!

2hrs 4mins

Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma

The new film from Coolidge Breakthrough Artist Award winner Jane Schoenbrun.

1hr 52mins

The Sun Never Sets (2026)

Written and Directed by Joe Swanberg

1hr 42mins

Hope

In the remote South Korea village of Hope Harbor, police chief Bum-seok (Hwang Jung- min) and officer Sung-ae (Hoyeon) are called to find a mysterious creature that has wreaked havoc on the village. In the nearby forest, a coterie of…

The Lives of Others

In 1984 East Berlin, an agent of the secret police, conducting surveillance on a writer and his lover, finds himself becoming increasingly absorbed by their lives.

Directed by Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck · 2h 17m

Bernstein's Wall

A complex look at one of the greatest figures in 20th century classical music, Leonard Bernstein, whose passion and creativity guided him well beyond the concert hall.

1h 45m

Harvard Book Store Presents Nadia Murad

Harvard Book Store Welcomes Nadia Murad presenting I Choose My Beginning: A Story of Courage and Activism in...

Ty Burr's Film Club: The Godfather

Francis Ford Coppola's epic masterpiece features Marlon Brando in his Oscar©-winning role as the patriarch of the Corleone family. Director Coppola paints a chilling portrait of the Sicilian clan's rise and near fall from power in America,…

Seminar: The Jerk

Let's Get Small: The Evolution of Steve Martin from Stand-Up to Screen

30mins

The Jerk

A rags to riches to rags story.

1hr 34mins

American Doctor

Director Poh Si Teng will join us for post-film discussions following our 7:15pm screenings on 9/17 & 18.

1hr 31mins

GRRL HAUS CINEMA – Experimental Shorts

Short Films by Women, Trans, Genderqueer, and Non-Binary Filmmakers in DIY and Experimental Cinema

The Weight

A man is hired to help smuggle a fortune in gold across the wilderness

The Warriors

Featuring a post-screening discussion with Armies of the Night authors Michael Gingold and Chris Poggiali!

1hr 33mins

The Goonies

Friday Film Matinee + Ke Huy Quan reading pre-show!

Lenny

Special Screening & Discussion • Lenny Said It. "Hot Honey" Did It. Together They Shocked America.

The Virgin Suicides

Directed by Sofia Coppola, 1999

Part of Marie Antoinette and Friends, Three Films… · Screening on Film

American Doctor

Director Poh Si Teng will join us for post-film discussions following our 7:15pm screenings on 9/17 & 18.

1hr 31mins

The Bling Ring

Directed by Sofia Coppola, 2013

Part of Marie Antoinette and Friends, Three Films… · Screening on Film

Sleeping Dogs

What happens when you're hunted...and there's no place to run!

GHOST IN THE SHELL 2: INNOCENCE (SUBTITLED)

See Mamoru Oshii's cyberpunk mystery in a lustrous new 4k restoration

The Rocky Horror Picture Show

Give yourself over to absolute pleasure.

1hr 40mins

Jurassic Park

Directed by Steven Spielberg. With Bob Peck, Jeff Goldblum, Laura Dern.

Adventure, Science Fiction · 2h 7m · English

GHOST IN THE SHELL 2: INNOCENCE (DUBBED)

See Mamoru Oshii's cyberpunk mystery in a lustrous new 4k restoration

Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge

Three decades since its release, the magic of DDLJ remains undiminished; still screening daily at the Maratha Mandir Theatre in Mumbai!

3hrs 9mins

Cabaret

Directed by Bob Fosse, 1972

Part of Nostalgia, A Harvard Undergraduate Cinematheque… · Screening on Film

All the President's Men

Special Screening & Discussion • Double feature with SPOTLIGHT

Basic Instinct

Paul Verhoeven's sleazy & shocking erotic thriller

Spotlight

Special Screening & Discussion • Double feature with ALL THE PRESIDENT'S MEN

The Third Man

Directed by Carol Reed, 1949

Part of The Cold Heart is More Precious than Diamonds.… · New 35mm print

Travels with My Aunt

Directed by George Cukor, 1972

Part of The Cold Heart is More Precious than Diamonds.… · Screening on Film

Possession

Isabelle Adjani is rightfully esteemed for her physically and emotionally gruelling performance in Andrzej Zulawski’s apocalyptic breakup nightmare,...

The Room with Greg Sestero

1hr 30mins

Snow White

Directed by João César Monteiro, 2000

Part of João César Monteiro, Poet-Provocateur

My Sassy Girl

New 4k restoration of the South Korean cult classic romcom

Jurassic Park

Directed by Steven Spielberg. With Bob Peck, Jeff Goldblum, Laura Dern.

Adventure, Science Fiction · 2h 7m · English

GHOST IN THE SHELL 2: INNOCENCE (SUBTITLED)

See Mamoru Oshii's cyberpunk mystery in a lustrous new 4k restoration

New Taipei City Day Shorts Program

Taiwan Film Festival of Boston • Free Shorts Program

Crunchyroll Anime Night Sneak Peek (9/21/2026)

Catch never-before-seen episodes on the big screen before they debut in October

Hovering Over the Water

Directed by João César Monteiro, 1986

Part of João César Monteiro, Poet-Provocateur

Marching Boys

Taiwan Film Festival of Boston • Discussion with Filmmakers

Harvard Book Store Welcomes Alex Wagner

Harvard Book Store Welcomes Alex Wagner presenting The Steal: Four Right-Wing Hard-Liners, One Republican Presidency, and the Raid...

Dead Calm

High seas. Deep terror. Try to stay calm.

Event Horizon

Double feature with IN THE MOUTH OF MADNESS • Infinite space. Infinite terror.

Behind the Screen: Baby Doe

Thirty years ago, Gail Ritchey, a young woman from a conservative Christian community in rural Ohio, had a stillborn birth alone and left the evidence in the woods. Now a devoted mother of three, her quiet suburban life is shattered when…

In the Mouth of Madness

Double feature with EVENT HORIZON • Lived any good books lately?

Forgotten Island

Best friends, Filipino folk tales, and weredogs

Ha-Chan, Shake Your Booty!

A competitive ballroom dancer has a crush on her new instructor

Heart of the Beast

A veteran and his combat dog find themselves stranded in the Alaskan wilderness

Rebel with a Clause

Come hang out with Brandt and Ellen at this National Punctuation Day grammar extravaganza! Ellen will set up her nationally acclaimed Grammar Table an hour before the show to answer your most pressing grammar questions, resolve…

Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai

A man's gotta have a code.

Forgotten Island

Best friends, Filipino folk tales, and weredogs

Ha-Chan, Shake Your Booty!

A competitive ballroom dancer has a crush on her new instructor

Heart of the Beast

A veteran and his combat dog find themselves stranded in the Alaskan wilderness

My Brother's Wedding

Directed by Charles Burnett. With Dennis Kemper, Everett Silas, Gaye Shannon-Burnett.

Drama · 1h 21m · English

Captain January (1924): Live Music Accompaniment

Join West Newton Cinema for the silent film, CAPTAIN JANUARY, with live harp and viola score!

During a tempestuous storm, a lighthouse keeper finds an infant girl who washes ashore tied to some wreckage. He adopts her and they become…

Recollections of the Yellow House

Directed by João César Monteiro, 1989

Part of João César Monteiro, Poet-Provocateur

Vagabond

This miraculous, challenging film from the great Agnès Varda actually had it’s Boston premiere here at The Brattle...

Mystery Voyage

A 1990s kung fu fantasia from Hong Kong

Forgotten Island

Best friends, Filipino folk tales, and weredogs

Ha-Chan, Shake Your Booty!

A competitive ballroom dancer has a crush on her new instructor

High Society

WEST NEWTON CINEMA PRESENTS: MUSICAL MATINEES Join West Newton Cinema for a musical matinee! Our monthly pick will vary from beloved classics to jazz, from vaudeville to psychedelic rock, brought to you by the imaginative skill of artists…

Amarcord

Directed by Federico Fellini, 1973

Part of Nostalgia, A Harvard Undergraduate Cinematheque… · Screening on Film

My Brother's Wedding

Directed by Charles Burnett. With Dennis Kemper, Everett Silas, Gaye Shannon-Burnett.

Drama · 1h 21m · English

Ten Women in Black

Directed by Kon Ichikawa. With Eiji Funakoshi, Fujiko Yamamoto, Kyôko Kishida.

Comedy, Drama · 1h 43m · Japanese with English subtitles

Heart of the Beast

A veteran and his combat dog find themselves stranded in the Alaskan wilderness

Freaks

The love story of a siren, a giant, and a dwarf!

God's Comedy

Directed by João César Monteiro, 1995

Part of João César Monteiro, Poet-Provocateur

The Blade

Directed by Tsui Hark. With Austin Wai Tin-Chi, Moses Chan Ho, Sonny Song.

Action · 1h 46m

NOFX: 40 Years of Fuckin' Up

The history of one of punk’s loudest and most stubbornly independent bands

Careful

Directed by Guy Maddin. With Brent Neale, Kyle McCulloch, Małgorzata Dobrowolska.

Comedy, Drama, Fantasy · 1h 40m · English

Forgotten Island

Best friends, Filipino folk tales, and weredogs

Ha-Chan, Shake Your Booty!

A competitive ballroom dancer has a crush on her new instructor

The Boston Bulldogs

“The Boston Bulldogs” is a documentary film interviewing 5 people from a running club for addiction recovery, interconnected by one woman’s story from finishing the Boston Marathon after her first full year of sobriety to her relapse 24…

Bellissima

Directed by Luchino Visconti. With Anna Magnani, Gastone Renzelli, Tecla Scarano.

Drama · 1h 55m · Italian with English subtitles

The Adventures of Prince Achmed

Directed by Lotte Reiniger, 1926

Part of The Adventures of Lotte Reiniger · Live musical accompaniment by Robert Humphreville · Screening on Film · $20 Special Event

Heart of the Beast

A veteran and his combat dog find themselves stranded in the Alaskan wilderness

He Ran All the Way

Directed by John Berry. With Gladys George, John Garfield, Selena Royle.

Crime, Thriller · 1h 17m · English

Smog

Directed by Franco Rossi. With Enrico Maria Salerno.

Drama · 1h 32m · Italian with English subtitles

Lotte Reiniger Short Films

Part of The Adventures of Lotte Reiniger · Screening on Film

The Birdcage

Robin Williams and Nathan Lane try to play it straight

Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans

Directed by F. W. Murnau. With Bodil Rosing, George O'Brien, J. Farrell MacDonald.

Drama, Romance · 1h 34m · English

Deathgasm 2: Goremageddon

The long-awaited sequel to the 2015 cult classic

Careful

Directed by Guy Maddin. With Brent Neale, Kyle McCulloch, Małgorzata Dobrowolska.

Comedy, Drama, Fantasy · 1h 40m · English

Harvard Book Store Welcomes Anthony Scaramucci

Harvard Book Store Welcomes Anthony Scaramucci presenting All the Wrong Moves: How Three Catastrophic Decisions Led to the...

Nacho Libre

He's not lean. He's not mean. He's nacho average hero.

Verity

Anne Hathaway has secrets. Dakota Johnson is going to find them.

Diva

Directed by Jean-Jacques Beineix. With Frédéric Andréi, Richard Bohringer, Wilhelmenia Fernandez.

Action, Drama, Thriller · 1h 57m · French with English subtitles

Verity

Anne Hathaway has secrets. Dakota Johnson is going to find them.

Porter Square Book Welcomes Tahereh Mafi

Porter Square Book Welcomes Tahereh Mafi presenting Escape Me Porter Square Books is thrilled to welcome Tahereh Mafi...

Terminator 2: Judgment Day

Schwarzenegger is a killing machine, but he’s nice now

Director Spotlight: Situations

Join us on October 1 to watch SITUATIONS and stay after for a Q&A with the Director, Greg Vrotsos.

Three months after a painful breakup, a Los Angeles based photographer drifts through Silverlake’s creative chaos—dodging well-meaning…

New York, New York

Boston Premiere of New 4K Restoration • The war was over and the world was falling in love again.

Verity

Anne Hathaway has secrets. Dakota Johnson is going to find them.

Kwaidan

New 4K Restoration! Just in time to launch Spooky Season, The Brattle is thrilled to be able to...

THE AIRWAVES BELONGED TO THE PEOPLE: WBCN AND THE

"I watched the movie with awe…" — Ty Burr, The Boston Globe THE AIRWAVES BELONGED TO THE PEOPLE: WBCN AND THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION tells the story of the legendary Boston rock station that transformed broadcasting through groundbreaking…

The Human Condition I: No Greater Love

Directed by Kobayashi Masaki, 1959

Part of The Human Condition · New 35mm print

Verity

Anne Hathaway has secrets. Dakota Johnson is going to find them.

Libertad

Directed by Brenda Ávila-Hanna.

1h 10m · Spanish with English subtitles

Film Screening and Conversation: The Atomic Cafe

This film screening and discussion will explore how the American media managed public fear and promoted conformity during the atomic age.

Kwaidan

New 4K Restoration! Just in time to launch Spooky Season, The Brattle is thrilled to be able to...

The Human Condition II: Road to Eternity

Directed by Kobayashi Masaki, 1959

Part of The Human Condition · New 35mm print

The Human Condition III: A Soldier’s Prayer

Directed by Kobayashi Masaki

Part of The Human Condition · New 35mm print

Verity

Anne Hathaway has secrets. Dakota Johnson is going to find them.

Blue Velvet

David Lynch vs. the idyllic America that never really existed

RPM Fest Presents "Intimate Observer: Family Portrayals" by Marjorie Keller

The RPM Festival and the Cinema Studies Program at UMass-Boston are proud to co-present “Intimate Observer: Family Portrayals,”...

Silvestre

Directed by João César Monteiro, 1981

Part of João César Monteiro, Poet-Provocateur

Kwaidan

New 4K Restoration! Just in time to launch Spooky Season, The Brattle is thrilled to be able to...

Ninja Scroll (Subtitled)

A ninja investigates the mysterious deaths of an entire village

Harvard Book Store Welcomes Roz Chast and Jason Adam Katzenstein

Harvard Book Store Welcomes Roz Chast and Jason Adam Katzenstein presenting The Two Saddest Kitchens: A Comics Conversation...

Casino Royale (2006)

The Pawn. The Con. The Bond.

The Last Dive

Directed by João César Monteiro, 1992

Part of João César Monteiro, Poet-Provocateur

Ninja Scroll (Dubbed)

A ninja investigates the mysterious deaths of an entire village

Kwaidan

New 4K Restoration! Just in time to launch Spooky Season, The Brattle is thrilled to be able to...

Lovestruck Books Presents: Practical Magic on Screen & in Print

The Owens sisters are back! Lovestruck Books couldn’t let October pass without another magical screening of the first, original...

Narrative Bookshop Presents "Narrative, Two Ways": Taipei Story, With R. F. Kuang

Presented by Narrative Bookshop Join R. F. Kuang at this special collaboration between Narrative & Brattle Theatre in...

BrainStorm

BrainStorm follows six compelling people living with bipolar on their journeys from devastation to recovery. The film connects their experiences with the latest bipolar brain science to shed light on potential causes and successful…

Ninja Scroll (Subtitled)

A ninja investigates the mysterious deaths of an entire village

Beetlejuice

We dare you to say his name three times

God's Wedding

Directed by João César Monteiro, 1999

Part of João César Monteiro, Poet-Provocateur

Hellraiser (1987)

Demon to some. Angel to others.

TCB – The Toni Cade Bambara School of Organizing

The ICA, in partnership with the Boston Ujima Project, presents a special screening of TCB – The Toni Cade Bambara School of Organizing, a biography of the influential writer, filmmaker and cultural worker, who with humor and deep insight,…

Sherlock Jr.

Directed by Buster Keaton, 1924

Part of Nostalgia, A Harvard Undergraduate Cinematheque… · Live Musical Accompaniment by Blake Hullinger ‘29 · Screening on Film · $20 Special Event

The Hips of J.W.

Directed by João César Monteiro, 1997

Part of João César Monteiro, Poet-Provocateur

Showgirls

Paul Verhoeven's high glam & camp satire

Knives Out

Craft-Along Screening • Hell, any of them could have done it.

The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974)

Get revved up for the nerve-shredding horror classic

Ciné-Club: Maigret and the Dead Lover by Pascal Bonitzer

Pascal Bonitzer takes on one of France’s most beloved characters, Inspector Maigret, portrayed by the equally legendary Denis Podalydès.

Harvard Book Store Welcomes Anand Giridharadas

Harvard Book Store Welcomes Anand Giridharadas presenting Man in the Mirror: Hope, Struggle, and Belonging in an American...

Ginger Snaps

They don't call it the curse for nothing