Essential Art House

Essential Art House

Celebrating its seventieth anniversary this year, Janus Films has long brought the best of world cinema to American theaters, building an unsurpassed library of essential art-house masterpieces. Whether you’re a seasoned cinephile or just beginning your adventure in moviegoing, there are movies here that will change your life.

Featuring

  • The Battle of Algiers

    The Battle of Algiers

    19662 hr 1 min
  • The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant

    The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant

    19722 hr 5 min
  • Cléo from 5 to 7

    Cléo from 5 to 7

    19621 hr 29 min
  • Hiroshima mon amour

    Hiroshima mon amour

    19591 hr 30 min
  • Jeanne Dielman, 23, quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles

    Jeanne Dielman, 23, quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles

    19753 hr 21 min
  • Seven Samurai

    Seven Samurai

    19543 hr 27 min
  • The 400 Blows

    The 400 Blows

    19591 hr 39 min
  • 8½

    8½

    19632 hr 19 min
  • Alexander Nevsky

    Alexander Nevsky

    19381 hr 52 min
  • All That Money Can Buy (a.k.a. The Devil and Daniel Webster)

    All That Money Can Buy (a.k.a. The Devil and Daniel Webster)

    19411 hr 46 min
  • An Angel at My Table

    An Angel at My Table

    19902 hr 38 min
  • Ashes and Diamonds

    Ashes and Diamonds

    19581 hr 43 min
  • The Battle of Algiers

    The Battle of Algiers

    19662 hr 1 min
  • Beauty and the Beast

    Beauty and the Beast

    19461 hr 33 min
  • Bicycle Thieves

    Bicycle Thieves

    19481 hr 29 min
  • The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant

    The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant

    19722 hr 5 min
  • Black Narcissus

    Black Narcissus

    19471 hr 41 min
  • Brief Encounter

    Brief Encounter

    19451 hr 26 min
  • Children of Paradise

    Children of Paradise

    19453 hr 10 min
  • Chungking Express

    Chungking Express

    19961 hr 42 min
  • Cléo from 5 to 7

    Cléo from 5 to 7

    19621 hr 29 min
  • Close-up

    Close-up

    19901 hr 38 min
  • The Crime of Monsieur Lange

    The Crime of Monsieur Lange

    19361 hr 20 min
  • Daisies

    Daisies

    19661 hr 16 min
  • Floating Clouds

    Floating Clouds

    19552 hr 3 min
  • The Gold Rush: 1942 Version

    The Gold Rush: 1942 Version

    19421 hr 12 min
  • Happy Together

    Happy Together

    19971 hr 36 min
  • Henry V

    Henry V

    19442 hr 17 min
  • Hiroshima mon amour

    Hiroshima mon amour

    19591 hr 30 min
  • I Knew Her Well

    I Knew Her Well

    19651 hr 55 min
  • Jeanne Dielman, 23, quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles

    Jeanne Dielman, 23, quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles

    19753 hr 21 min
  • La Jetée

    La Jetée

    196327 min
  • Jules and Jim

    Jules and Jim

    19621 hr 46 min
  • À nous la liberté

    À nous la liberté

    19311 hr 24 min
  • Pickpocket

    Pickpocket

    19591 hr 16 min
  • Rashomon

    Rashomon

    19501 hr 28 min
  • Red Desert

    Red Desert

    19641 hr 57 min
  • Richard III

    Richard III

    19552 hr 38 min
  • The Rules of the Game

    The Rules of the Game

    19391 hr 46 min
  • Sansho the Bailiff

    Sansho the Bailiff

    19542 hr 4 min
  • Sawdust and Tinsel

    Sawdust and Tinsel

    19531 hr 33 min
  • Seven Samurai

    Seven Samurai

    19543 hr 27 min
  • The Seventh Seal

    The Seventh Seal

    19571 hr 36 min
  • Shoeshine

    Shoeshine

    19461 hr 32 min
  • Smiles of a Summer Night

    Smiles of a Summer Night

    19551 hr 49 min
  • Undercurrent

    Undercurrent

    19561 hr 44 min
  • Vagabond

    Vagabond

    19851 hr 46 min
  • The Wages of Fear

    The Wages of Fear

    19532 hr 33 min
  • When a Woman Ascends the Stairs

    When a Woman Ascends the Stairs

    19601 hr 51 min
  • Yi Yi

    Yi Yi

    20002 hr 54 min
  • Zéro de conduite

    Zéro de conduite

    193344 min