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Free Saturday Morning Cartoons For Families!
- Sat, Oct 10
- Sat, Nov 14
- Sat, Dec 12
- Sat, Jan 9
- Sat, Feb 13
- Sat, Mar 13
- Sat, Apr 10
- Sat, May 8
- Sat, Jun 12
- Sat, Jul 10
- Sat, Aug 14
Run Time: 60 min. Rating: PG
Each month, The Independent Picture House hosts a screening of fun, family-friendly cartoons for families with young children....
Joybubbles
- Sat, Oct 10
Director: Rachael J. Morrison Run Time: 79 min. Release Year: 2026
Starring: Joybubbles, Phil Lapsley, Steve Wozniak
Please note; to make this screening of JOYBUBBLES as accessible as possible the film be be presented with...
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
- Wed, Oct 14
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!
Sense and Sensibility: Early Access Movie Party
- Wed, Oct 14
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.
Sense and Sensibility
- Thu, Oct 15
- Fri, Oct 16
- Sat, Oct 17
- Sun, Oct 18
- Mon, Oct 19
- Tue, Oct 20
- Wed, Oct 21
- Thu, Oct 22
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.
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...
Ken Russell’s The Devils
- Thu, Oct 15
- Fri, Oct 16
- Sat, Oct 17
- Sun, Oct 18
- Mon, Oct 19
- Tue, Oct 20
- Wed, Oct 21
- Thu, Oct 22
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...
Raising Renee
- Fri, Oct 16
Director: Jeanne Jordan, Steven Ascher Run Time: 81 min. Release Year: 2011
Starring: Beverly McIver, Ethel McIver, Renee McIver, Roni Bryant
A promise is a promise.
2026 Charlotte Film Festival: Jury Award-Winning Short Films
- Fri, Oct 16
Run Time: 82 min.
"Discover Different"
Critters
- Fri, Oct 16
- Sat, Oct 17
- Wed, Oct 21
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.
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...
2026 Charlotte Film Festival: Audience Award-Winning Short Films
- Sat, Oct 17
Run Time: 92 min.
Join us for an afternoon celebrating the “Audience Award” Winning Short Films from the 2026 Charlotte Film Festival!...
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.
Mahler in New York
Director: Hilan Warshaw Run Time: 93 min. Release Year: 2026
A sweeping, symphonic journey follows the final, transformative years of one of Europe’s most influential composers who fled...
TheyDream
- Mon, Oct 19
Director: William D. Caballero Run Time: 91 min. Release Year: 2026
Starring: William D. Caballero
Every creation is an act of letting go
Kids Like Me
- Tue, Oct 20
Director: Cynthia Lowen, Jon Cohrs Run Time: 88 min. Release Year: 2026
Starring: Tony Shalhoub
FREE | Registration Required Patel Community Space Explores the life and aspirations of Oliver, a rambunctious and imaginative...
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.
I Know Catherine, the Log Lady
- Thu, Oct 22
- Sat, Oct 24
- Sun, Oct 25
Director: Richard Green Run Time: 110 min. Release Year: 2026
Starring: Catherine E. Coulson, David Lynch, Deborah Satterfield, Helen Leboffe, Robin Goodrin Nordli
A life well played. A death well lived.
Possible Love
Director: Lee Chang-dong Run Time: 165 min. Rating: R Release Year: 2026 Language: Korean with English Subtitles
Starring: Cho Yeo-jeong, Jeon Do-yeon, Jo Yuri, Sul Kyung-gu, Zo In-sung
Winner of the Venice International Film Festival Silver Lion Award A laid-off worker and his wife cross paths...
Making Marie Antoinette
- Fri, Oct 23
- Sat, Oct 24
- Sun, Oct 25
- Mon, Oct 26
- Thu, Oct 29
Director: Eleanor Coppola Run Time: 86 min. Release Year: 2026
Starring: Diane Lane, Jason Schwartzman, Kirsten Dunst, Sofia Coppola
Eleanor Coppola’s behind-the-scenes documentation of her daughter Sofia Coppola directing the 2006 film Marie Antoinette, capturing the craftsmanship...
Marie Antoinette – 20th Anniversary!
- Fri, Oct 23
- Sat, Oct 24
- Sun, Oct 25
- Tue, Oct 27
Director: Sofia Coppola Run Time: 123 min. Rating: R Release Year: 2006
Starring: Jason Schwartzman, Judy Davis, Kirsten Dunst, Rip Torn, Steve Coogan
Rumor. Scandal. Sex. Fame. Revolution.
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2
- Fri, Oct 23
- Sat, Oct 24
- Wed, Oct 28
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."
I Don’t Know Jack
- Sun, Oct 25
Director: Chris Leavens Run Time: 91 min. Release Year: 2002
Starring: Billy DaMota, Catherine Case, Donna DuBain, John Achorn, Leo Bulgarini
The life of actor Jack Nance, whose rise to prominence after starring in David Lynch’s 1977 cult classic...
Fjord
- Thu, Oct 29
- Fri, Oct 30
- Sat, Oct 31
- Sun, Nov 1
- Mon, Nov 2
- Tue, Nov 3
- Wed, Nov 4
- Thu, Nov 5
Director: Cristian Mungiu Run Time: 146 min. Release Year: 2026 Language: English, Romanian, Norwegian, Swedish with English Subtitles
Starring: Ellen Dorrit Petersen, Lisa Carlehed, Lisa Loven Kongsli, Renate Reinsve, Sebastian Stan
When does protection become control?
The Nightmare Before Christmas
- Fri, Oct 30
- Sat, Oct 31
- Sun, Nov 1
- Wed, Nov 4
Director: Henry Selick Run Time: 76 min. Rating: PG Release Year: 1993
Starring: Catherine O'Hara, Chris Sarandon, Danny Elfman, Glenn Shadix, William Hickey
Tired of scaring humans every October 31 with the same old bag of tricks, Jack Skellington, the spindly...
Wild at Heart
- Fri, Oct 30
- Sat, Oct 31
- Sun, Nov 1
- Tue, Nov 3
Director: David Lynch Run Time: 128 min. Rating: R Release Year: 1990
Starring: Crispin Glover, J.E. Freeman, Laura Dern, Nicolas Cage, Willem Dafoe
A wild crazy love story.
The Frighteners – 30th Anniversary!
- Fri, Oct 30
- Sat, Oct 31
- Sun, Nov 1
- Mon, Nov 2
Director: Peter Jackson Run Time: 110 min. Rating: R Release Year: 1996
Starring: Jeffrey Combs, John Astin, Michael J. Fox, Peter Dobson, Trini Alvarado
No rest for the wicked.
From Beyond
- Fri, Oct 30
- Sat, Oct 31
- Sun, Nov 1
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!
- Sun, Nov 1
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...
Wild Horse Nine
Director: Martin McDonagh Run Time: 118 min. Rating: R Release Year: 2026
Starring: Ailín Salas, John Malkovich, Mariana di Girolamo, Sam Rockwell, Steve Buscemi
Sometimes you've got to do a terrible thing for the greater good.
La bola negra
- Thu, Nov 5
- Fri, Nov 6
- Sat, Nov 7
- Sun, Nov 8
- Mon, Nov 9
- Tue, Nov 10
- Wed, Nov 11
- Thu, Nov 12
Director: Javier Ambrossi, Javier Calvo Run Time: 155 min. Release Year: 2026 Language: Spanish with English Subtitles
Starring: Carlos González, Guitarricadelafuente, Lola Dueñas, Miguel Bernardeau, Milo Quifes
The intertwined lives of three men in three different eras, three lives intimately linked by sexuality and desire,...
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)...
Community Impact Film Series: Housing Insecurity
- Sat, Nov 7
Director: Davey Schaupp Run Time: 50 min. Release Year: 2024
Starring: Bronwyn Carver, Herbert Olive, Jennifer Molinsky, Jerry Vermillion, John Tapogna, Marisa Zapata
FREE | Registration Required Join us for the Community Impact Film Series event focused on Housing Insecurity & Homelessness. This...
Raising Arizona
- Sat, Nov 7
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...
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...
Ghost World – 25th Anniversary!
- Sun, Nov 8
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.
Vertigo
- Tue, Nov 10
- Thu, Nov 12
- Sun, Nov 15
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.
The Time Machine
Director: George Pal Run Time: 103 min. Rating: G Release Year: 1960
Starring: Alan Young, Rod Taylor, Sebastian Cabot, Tom Helmore, Yvette Mimieux
You Will Orbit into the Fantastic Future!
Phantasm
Director: Don Coscarelli Run Time: 89 min. Rating: R Release Year: 1979
Starring: A. Michael Baldwin, Angus Scrimm, Bill Thornbury, Kathy Lester, Reggie Bannister
If this one doesn't scare you...you're already dead!
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...
The 7th Voyage of Sinbad
Director: Nathan Juran Run Time: 88 min. Rating: G Release Year: 1958
Starring: Alec Mango, Kathryn Grant, Kerwin Mathews, Richard Eyer, Torin Thatcher
See these incredible scenes before your unbelieving eyes!
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,...
The War of the Worlds
Director: Byron Haskin Run Time: 85 min. Rating: G Release Year: 1953
Starring: Ann Robinson, Frank Kreig, Gene Barry, Les Tremayne, Lewis Martin
Mighty panorama of Earth-shaking fury as an army from Mars invades!
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.
The Host – – 20th Anniversary Event Screenings!
Director: Bong Joon-ho Run Time: 120 min. Rating: R Release Year: 2006 Language: Korean with English Subtitles
Starring: Bae Doona, Byun Hee-bong, Ko Asung, Park Hae-il, Song Kang-ho
Man has made his newest predator.
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....
James and the Giant Peach – 30th Anniversary!
Director: Henry Selick Run Time: 79 min. Rating: PG Release Year: 1996
Starring: Joanna Lumley, Miriam Margolyes, Paul Terry, Pete Postlethwaite, Simon Callow
Adventures this big don't grow on trees.
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...
Car Wash – 50th Anniversary!
Director: Michael Schultz Run Time: 97 min. Rating: PG Release Year: 1976
Starring: Bill Duke, DeWayne Jessie, Franklyn Ajaye, Ivan Dixon, Sully Boyar
Where anything can happen...and usually does!
Elsinore
Director: Simon Stone Run Time: 104 min. Rating: R Release Year: 2026
Starring: Andrew Scott, Billie Piper, Johnny Flynn, Luke Thompson, Olivia Colman
The deeply emotional and inspirational true story of Ian Charleson, a gifted actor whose greatest challenge becomes his...
Network – 50th Anniversary!
Director: Sidney Lumet Run Time: 122 min. Rating: R Release Year: 1976
Starring: Faye Dunaway, Peter Finch, Robert Duvall, Wesley Addy, William Holden
Television will never be the same.
Community Impact – The Power of One
- Sun, Dec 13
Run Time: 60 min. Release Year: 2026
FREE | Registration Required Location: IPH | Patel Community Space Screening + Virtual Post-Film Discussion with Alex Valdez...
Taxi Driver – 50th Anniversary!
Director: Martin Scorsese Run Time: 114 min. Rating: R Release Year: 1976
Starring: Cybill Shepherd, Harvey Keitel, Jodie Foster, Peter Boyle, Robert De Niro
On every street in every city in this country, there's a nobody who dreams of being somebody. He's a lonely forgotten man desperate to prove that he's alive.
Black Christmas
Director: Bob Clark Run Time: 98 min. Rating: R Release Year: 1974
Starring: John Saxon, Keir Dullea, Margot Kidder, Marian Waldman, Olivia Hussey
If this picture doesn't make your skin crawl... it's on TOO TIGHT.
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.
Blue Velvet – 40th Anniversary!
Director: David Lynch Run Time: 120 min. Rating: R Release Year: 1986
Starring: Dennis Hopper, Hope Lange, Isabella Rossellini, Kyle MacLachlan, Laura Dern
It's a strange world.
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...
Fade to Black
Director: Vernon Zimmerman Run Time: 102 min. Rating: R Release Year: 1980
Starring: Dennis Christopher, Gwynne Gilford, Linda Kerridge, Norman Burton, Tim Thomerson
Eric Binford lives for the movies...Sometimes he kills for them, too!
Eraserhead – 50th Anniversary!
Director: David Lynch Run Time: 89 min. Release Year: 1977
Starring: Allen Joseph, Charlotte Stewart, Jack Nance, Jeanne Bates, Judith Roberts
Where your nightmares end...
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...
Petey Wheatstraw – 50th Anniversary!
Director: Cliff Roquemore Run Time: 99 min. Rating: R Release Year: 1977
Starring: Ebony Wright, Ernest Mayhand, Jimmy Lynch, Leroy Daniels, Rudy Ray Moore
Have No Fear, It's the Comedy Smash of the Year!
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 !
Ladies and Gentlemen, the Fabulous Stains – 45th Anniversary!
Director: Lou Adler Run Time: 87 min. Rating: R Release Year: 1982
Starring: David Clennon, Diane Lane, John Lehne, Peter Donat, Ray Winstone
Do you wanna be a professional?
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!
Pinocchio’s Revenge
Director: Kevin Tenney Run Time: 95 min. Rating: R Release Year: 1996
Starring: Aaron Lustig, Brit Smith, Candace McKenzie, Rosalind Allen, Todd Allen
Evil comes with strings attached.
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.