Coming Soon
Maniacal
- Sat, Sep 5
Run Time: 62 min. Release Year: 2026
Please join the cast and crew as they present the newly released horror film. Q&A to follow. All...
Community Impact – No Country for Mothers
- Sun, Sep 6
Run Time: 90 min. Release Year: 2026
FREE | Registration Required No Country for Mothers is a feature documentary that examines the culture wars surrounding...
48 Hour Film Festival 2026
- Mon, Sep 7
- Tue, Sep 8
Run Time: 105 min.
The Charlotte 48 Hour Film Project Premiere Screenings are a showcase where filmmakers who’ve raced against the clock...
Men in the Arena
- Tue, Sep 8
Director: J.R. Biersmith Run Time: 86 min. Release Year: 2017
FREE SCREENING | Registration Required Location: Sugaw Creek Recreation Center (943 W Sugaw Creek Rd, Charlotte, NC 28213)...
The Birds
- Tue, Sep 8
- Thu, Sep 10
- Sun, Sep 13
Director: Alfred Hitchcock Run Time: 120 min. Rating: PG-13 Release Year: 1963
Starring: Jessica Tandy, Rod Taylor, Suzanne Pleshette, Tippi Hedren, Veronica Cartwright
...and remember, the next scream you hear may be your own!
A Late Quartet
Director: Yaron Zilberman Run Time: 105 min. Rating: R Release Year: 2012
Starring: Catherine Keener, Christopher Walken, Imogen Poots, Mark Ivanir, Philip Seymour Hoffman
No arrangement is more beautiful … or more complicated.
Hope
- Wed, Sep 9
- Thu, Sep 10
- Fri, Sep 11
- Sat, Sep 12
- Sun, Sep 13
- Mon, Sep 14
- Tue, Sep 15
- Wed, Sep 16
- Thu, Sep 17
Director: Na Hong-jin Run Time: 156 min. Rating: R Release Year: 2026 Language: Korean with English Subtitles
Starring: Alicia Vikander, Hoyeon, Hwang Jung-min, Michael Fassbender, Zo In-sung
Is this how it ends?
Aliens
- Wed, Sep 9
- Fri, Sep 11
- Sat, Sep 12
- Sun, Sep 13
- Tue, Sep 15
Director: James Cameron Run Time: 154 min. Rating: R Release Year: 1986
Starring: Carrie Henn, Lance Henriksen, Michael Biehn, Paul Reiser, Sigourney Weaver
This time it's war.
American Doctor
- Fri, Sep 11
- Sat, Sep 12
- Sun, Sep 13
- Mon, Sep 14
- Wed, Sep 16
Director: Poh Si Teng Run Time: 93 min. Release Year: 2026
Starring: Feroze Sidhwa, Mark Perlmutter, Thaer Ahmad
Do no harm.
House of Usher
Director: Roger Corman Run Time: 79 min. Release Year: 1960
Starring: David Andar, Harry Ellerbe, Mark Damon, Myrna Fahey, Vincent Price
Edgar Allan Poe's demonic tale of The Ungodly... The Evil House of Usher
Flight of the Navigator
- Sat, Sep 12
- Sun, Sep 13
Director: Randal Kleiser Run Time: 90 min. Rating: PG Release Year: 1986
Starring: Cliff DeYoung, Joey Cramer, Paul Reubens, Sarah Jessica Parker, Veronica Cartwright
David Freeman is eight years late for dinner, and his family wants to know why. But David's got an absolutely fantastic excuse.
Manhunter: The Final Cut
- Tue, Sep 15
- Thu, Sep 17
- Fri, Sep 18
- Sat, Sep 19
- Sun, Sep 20
Director: Michael Mann Run Time: 122 min. Rating: R Release Year: 1986
Starring: Brian Cox, Dennis Farina, Kim Greist, Tom Noonan, William L. Petersen
It's just you and me now, sport…
Highlander
- Wed, Sep 16
- Fri, Sep 18
- Sat, Sep 19
- Sun, Sep 20
Director: Russell Mulcahy Run Time: 116 min. Rating: R Release Year: 1986
Starring: Beatie Edney, Christopher Lambert, Clancy Brown, Roxanne Hart, Sean Connery
There can be only one.
Show Her the Money
Run Time: 83 min. Release Year: 2023
The Power of Funding Women Entrepreneurs
The Floaters
Director: Rachel Israel Run Time: 102 min. Release Year: 2026
Starring: Aya Cash, Jackie Tohn, Judah Lewis, Sarah Podemski, Seth Green
Prepare for a summer meltdown.
If I Go Will They Miss Me
- Fri, Sep 18
- Sat, Sep 19
- Sun, Sep 20
Director: Walter Thompson-Hernández Run Time: 95 min. Release Year: 2026
Starring: Bodhi Dell, Bre-Z, Danielle Brooks, J. Alphonse Nicholson, Kelvin Adekunle
A poetic, emotionally expansive father-son story about Black family, grace, imagination, and the hope that love can transform...
Creative Conversation with Christopher Cuevas and Manuel Saldaña
- Sun, Sep 20
Run Time: 120 min. Release Year: 2026
Join us for a conversation with filmmakers Christopher Cuevas and Manuel Saldaña as they discuss the cultural relevance...
Charlotte Film Festival 2026
Run Time: 780 min.
The Charlotte Film Festival returns for its 18th year from September 22–27, 2026, at The Independent Picture House....
The Stunt Driver
Director: Michael Dowse Run Time: 99 min. Rating: R Release Year: 2026
Starring: Ben Foster, Dan Bakkedahl, Ed Helms, Jay Baruchel, Laurence Leboeuf
Based on the true story of Montrealer Ken Carter, the “Mad Canadian” stunt driver who tried to jump...
You Had to Be There: How the Toronto Godspell Ignited the Comedy Revolution…
Director: Nick Davis Run Time: 98 min. Release Year: 2026
Starring: Andrea Martin, Eugene Levy, Jayne Eastwood, Martin Short, Victor Garber
Martin Short, Eugene Levy, Gilda Radner, Victor Garber, Paul Shaffer, and other entertainment icons got their start in...
Ha-Chan, Shake Your Booty!
Director: Josef Kubota Wladyka Run Time: 122 min. Rating: R Release Year: 2026 Language: Japanese with English Subtitles
Starring: Alberto Guerra, Alejandro Edda, Rinko Kikuchi, Yoh Yoshida, YOU
Rinko Kikuchi Dances Her Way Through Grief
Evolver 62
- Wed, Sep 30
Director: Chris Purcell Run Time: 108 min. Release Year: 2026
Starring: George Harrison, John Lennon, Mark Lewisohn, Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr
Globally-renowned historian Mark Lewisohn weaves an array of short, sharp stories into a savvy and surprising reveal of...
The Incomer
Director: Louis Paxton Run Time: 102 min. Rating: R Release Year: 2026
Starring: Domhnall Gleeson, Emun Elliott, Gayle Rankin, Grant O'Rourke, Michelle Gomez
Welcome to Auk Isle. Population: one too many.
Chopping Mall
Director: Jim Wynorski Run Time: 77 min. Rating: R Release Year: 1986
Starring: Barbara Crampton, Dick Miller, Gerrit Graham, John Terlesky, Karrie Emerson, Kelli Maroney, Mary Woronov, Paul Bartel, Russell Todd, Tony O'Dell
Where shopping costs you an arm and a leg!
Digger
Director: Alejandro G. Iñárritu Run Time: 128 min. Release Year: 2026
Starring: John Goodman, Michael Stuhlbarg, Riz Ahmed, Sandra Hüller, Tom Cruise
A man. A plan. A meltdown.
An Indie on Wheels Excursion: Teen Horror Series
Run Time: 37 min. Release Year: 1943
FREE | Registration Required For youth ages 13–18. Location: Charlotte Mecklenburg Library – University City Regional (5528 Waters...
Fruitvale Station
Director: Ryan Coogler Run Time: 82 min. Rating: R Release Year: 2013
Starring: Chad Michael Murray, Kevin Durand, Melonie Díaz, Michael B. Jordan, Octavia Spencer
Every step brings you closer to the edge.
Voodoo Macbeth
Director: Agazi Desta, Christopher Beaton, Dagmawi Abebe, Ernesto M. Sandoval, Hannah Bang, Roy Arwas, Sabina Vajrača, Tiffany Kontoyiannis-Guillen, Victor Alonso-Berbel, Zoë Alyce Salnave Run Time: 108 min. Release Year: 2021
Starring: Daniel Kuhlman, Inger Tudor, Jeremy Tardy, Jewell Wilson Bridges, June Schreiner
Based on the true story of Orson Welles, Rose McClendon, and their revolutionary Shakespeare production.
Carolina Independent Film Collective – October 2026
- Tue, Oct 6
Run Time: 120 min. Release Year: 2026
Join us for a conversation with Doreen Spicer-Dannelly exploring the craft of screenwriting for television and animation, with...
Psycho
- Tue, Oct 6
- Thu, Oct 8
- Sun, Oct 11
Director: Alfred Hitchcock Run Time: 109 min. Rating: R Release Year: 1960
Starring: Anthony Perkins, Janet Leigh, John Gavin, Martin Balsam, Vera Miles
A new and altogether different screen excitement!
Only Lazy Americans E-Bike
- Thu, Oct 8
Run Time: 61 min. Release Year: 2026
When a Dutchman is struck by a mysterious neurological illness that leaves him nearly bedridden, doctors tell him...
The History of Concrete
Director: John Wilson Run Time: 101 min. Release Year: 2026
Starring: John Wilson, Josh Safdie, Michael Imperioli, Nathan Fielder, Timothée Chalamet
After attending a workshop on how to write and sell a Hallmark movie, filmmaker John Wilson tries to...
The Fly
Director: David Cronenberg Run Time: 96 min. Rating: R Release Year: 1986
Starring: Geena Davis, Jeff Goldblum, John Getz, Joy Boushel, Leslie Carlson
Be afraid. Be very afraid.
Paris Is Burning
Director: Jennie Livingston Run Time: 78 min. Rating: R Release Year: 1991
Starring: Dorian Corey, Octavia St. Laurent, Pepper LaBeija, Venus Xtravaganza, Willi Ninja
Having a ball… Wish you were here
An Indie on Wheels Excursion: Pops & Popcorn
Run Time: 35 min. Release Year: 2026
FREE | Registration Required Location: Charlotte Mecklenburg Library – University City Regional (5528 Waters Edge Vlg Dr, Charlotte,...
Written on the Wind – 70th Anniversary Screening!
- Sat, Oct 10
Director: Douglas Sirk Run Time: 99 min. Release Year: 1956
Starring: Dorothy Malone, Lauren Bacall, Robert Keith, Robert Stack, Rock Hudson
This woman in his arms was now the wife of the man he called his best friend!
The Amazing Adventure of Marchello the Cat
Director: Susan Helen Emerson Run Time: 75 min. Release Year: 2008
Starring: Dominique Swain, Mara Lane, Michelle Rodriguez, Troy Garity, Troy Hall
Who let the cats out!
IPH Book Club – Sense and Sensibility
- Thu, Oct 15
Run Time: 90 min. Release Year: 1813
FREE | Registration Required Join us for a discussion of Jane Austen’s beloved classic Sense and Sensibility, which...
Critters
Director: Stephen Herek Run Time: 86 min. Rating: PG-13 Release Year: 1986
Starring: Billy Green Bush, Dee Wallace, M. Emmet Walsh, Nadine Van der Velde, Scott Grimes
The battle began in another galaxy. It's about to end in the Brown's backyard.
Ken Russell’s The Devils
Director: Ken Russell Run Time: 114 min. Rating: NC-17 Release Year: 1971
Starring: Dudley Sutton, Gemma Jones, Max Adrian, Oliver Reed, Vanessa Redgrave
Hell will hold no surprises for them...
Sense and Sensibility
Director: Georgia Oakley Run Time: 132 min. Rating: PG Release Year: 2026
Starring: Bodhi Rae Breathnach, Caitríona Balfe, Daisy Edgar-Jones, Esmé Creed-Miles, Frank Dillane
No one knows your heart like a sister.
Community Impact Film Series: Visible & Invisible Disabilities
- Sat, Oct 17
Director: Michael Schwartz, Tyler Nilson Run Time: 97 min. Release Year: 2019
Starring: Ann Pierce, Bruce Dern, Dakota Johnson, Jon Bernthal, Shia LaBeouf, Thomas Haden Church, Zack Gottsagen
FREE | Registration Required Join us for the Community Impact Film Series event focused on Visible and Invisible Disabilities. This...
Faust (w/live score) – 100th Anniversary Event Screening!
- Sat, Oct 17
Director: F. W. Murnau Run Time: 107 min. Release Year: 1926 Language: German
Starring: Camilla Horn, Emil Jannings, Frida Richard, Gösta Ekman, William Dieterle
The Voice of the Tempter.
Join or Die
- Tue, Oct 20
Director: Pete Davis, Rebecca Davis Run Time: 99 min. Release Year: 2024
Starring: Eddie S. Glaude, Hillary Clinton, Pete Buttigieg, Priya Parker, Raj Chetty
A film about why you should join a club... and why the fate of America depends on it.
Soul Power
- Wed, Oct 21
Director: Jeffrey Kusama-Hinte Run Time: 93 min. Release Year: 2009
Starring: B.B. King, Bill Withers, Don King, James Brown, Muhammad Ali
The greatest music festival that you have never seen.
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2
Director: Tobe Hooper Run Time: 100 min. Rating: R Release Year: 1986
Starring: Bill Johnson, Bill Moseley, Caroline Williams, Dennis Hopper, Jim Siedow
After a decade of silence... the buzzz is back.
Kwaidan
- Sat, Oct 24
Director: Masaki Kobayashi Run Time: 183 min. Release Year: 1965 Language: Japanese with English Subtitles
Starring: Kenjirō Ishiyama, Michiyo Aratama, Misako Watanabe, Ranko Akagi, Rentaro Mikuni
In the tradition of "RASHOMON" and "GATE OF HELL."
From Beyond
Director: Stuart Gordon Run Time: 85 min. Rating: R Release Year: 1986
Starring: Barbara Crampton, Carolyn Purdy-Gordon, Jeffrey Combs, Ken Foree, Ted Sorel
Humans are such easy prey.
The Crucible – 30th Anniversary!
Director: Nicholas Hytner Run Time: 124 min. Rating: PG-13 Release Year: 1996
Starring: Bruce Davison, Daniel Day-Lewis, Joan Allen, Paul Scofield, Winona Ryder
Arthur Miller's timeless tale of truth on trial.
Carolina Independent Film Collective – November 2026
- Tue, Nov 3
Run Time: 120 min. Release Year: 2026
Join us for a conversation with Maleek Loyd, filmmaker and co-owner of Loyd Visuals, a Charlotte-based video production...
Once Upon a Time in Harlem
Director: David Greaves, William Greaves Run Time: 100 min. Release Year: 2026
Starring: Aaron Douglas, Ernest Crichlow, Eubie Blake, Leigh Whipper, Richard Bruce Nugent
A film over 50 years in the making.
Raising Arizona
Director: Joel Coen Run Time: 94 min. Rating: R Release Year: 1987
Starring: Holly Hunter, John Goodman, Nicolas Cage, Trey Wilson, William Forsythe
Their lawless years are behind them. Their child-rearing years lay ahead...
2026 Community Impact Film Series (CIFS)
Run Time: 180 min. Release Year: 2026
Mission The Community Impact Film Series (CIFS) is a free public program at The Independent Picture House (IPH)...
Ghost World – 25th Anniversary!
Director: Terry Zwigoff Run Time: 111 min. Rating: R Release Year: 2001
Starring: Brad Renfro, Illeana Douglas, Scarlett Johansson, Steve Buscemi, Thora Birch
Accentuate the negative.
IPH Book Club – GHOST WORLD
- Sun, Nov 8
Run Time: 90 min. Release Year: 2026
FREE | Registration Required Join us Wednesday, November 4th for our IPH Book Club discussion of GHOST WORLD...
Vertigo
- Tue, Nov 10
- Thu, Nov 12
Director: Alfred Hitchcock Run Time: 128 min. Rating: PG Release Year: 1958
Starring: Barbara Bel Geddes, Henry Jones, James Stewart, Kim Novak, Tom Helmore
Alfred Hitchcock engulfs you in a whirlpool of terror and tension!
Erased
Run Time: 80 min.
When confronted by the now 18 year old son he dismissed before birth, a high-powered businessman must decide between their potential relationship and a life changing financial opportunity.
Art in the Twenty-First Century: Humor
- Fri, Nov 13
Run Time: 60 min.
FREE SCREENING | Registration Required Location: Goodyear Arts (Camp North End, Suite 200, 301 Camp Road Charlotte, NC...
Ekphrastic Poetry & Cinema
- Sat, Nov 21
Run Time: 120 min. Release Year: 2026
Location: Patel Community Space August 15, 10:00 AM–12:00 PM November 21, 10:00 AM–12:00 PM $12 per session Join...
Creative Conversation with Frankiee Veney
- Sun, Nov 22
Run Time: 120 min. Release Year: 2026
Frankiee Veney is a Charlotte-based writer, producer, director, and creative strategist committed to telling powerful, culturally rooted stories....
Hen
Director: György Pálfi Run Time: 96 min. Release Year: 2026 Language: Greek (modern)
Starring: Antonis Kafetzopoulos, Antonis Tsiotsiopoulos, Argyris Pandazaras, Maria Diakopanagiotou, Yannis Kokiasmenos
Escaping from a chicken farm, a hen finds refuge in the courtyard of a crumbling restaurant. There, she...
Carolina Independent Film Collective – December 2026
- Tue, Dec 1
Run Time: 120 min. Release Year: 2026
Join us for a conversation exploring how personal identity, cultural background, and lived experience shape the choices characters...
Ganja & Hess
- Sat, Dec 19
Director: Bill Gunn Run Time: 110 min. Release Year: 1973
Starring: Bill Gunn, Duane Jones, Leonard Jackson, Marlene Clark, Sam Waymon
Some Marriages Are Made In Heaven. Others Are Made In Hell.
Werwulf
Director: Robert Eggers Release Year: 2026
Starring: Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Bodhi Rae Breathnach, Lily-Rose Depp, Ralph Ineson, Willem Dafoe
Do not dread the darkness. Embrace it.
Looking for Langston
Director: Isaac Julien Run Time: 45 min. Rating: R Release Year: 1989
Starring: Akim Mogaji, Ben Ellison, Dencil Williams, John Wilson, Matthew Baidoo
A black and white, fantasy-like recreation of high-society gay men during the Harlem Renaissance, with archival footage and...
A Tale of Two Cities
Director: Jack Conway Run Time: 128 min. Release Year: 1935
Starring: Basil Rathbone, Edna May Oliver, Elizabeth Allan, Reginald Owen, Ronald Colman
The Immortal Story of Love and Intrigue During the French Revolution!
IPH Book Club – The Devil Finds Work
- Fri, Feb 5
- Fri, Mar 5
- Fri, Apr 2
Run Time: 90 min. Release Year: 2027
FREE | Registration Required Feb. 5th, March 5th, and April 2nd Join us for a three-part book club series...
Tales of Manhattan
Director: Julien Duvivier Run Time: 118 min. Release Year: 1942
Starring: Charles Boyer, Charles Laughton, Ginger Rogers, Henry Fonda, Rita Hayworth
An Experience You'll never forget !
The Defiant Ones
Director: Stanley Kramer Run Time: 96 min. Release Year: 1958
Starring: Charles McGraw, Lon Chaney Jr., Sidney Poitier, Theodore Bikel, Tony Curtis
One of the great ones!
Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner
Director: Stanley Kramer Run Time: 108 min. Release Year: 1967
Starring: Cecil Kellaway, Katharine Hepburn, Katharine Houghton, Sidney Poitier, Spencer Tracy
A love story of today.
Lady Sings the Blues
Director: Sidney J. Furie Run Time: 144 min. Rating: R Release Year: 1972
Starring: Billy Dee Williams, Diana Ross, James T. Callahan, Paul Hampton, Richard Pryor
Diana Ross is Billie Holiday. Diana Ross sings Billie Holiday. And a superstar is born.