Coming Soon
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?
Wild Horse Nine
- Fri, Oct 30
- 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: 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.
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...
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.
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.
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...
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
Winner of the “People’s Choice Award” at the 2026 Toronto International Film Festival The intertwined lives of three...
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...
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)...
IPH Book Club – GHOST WORLD
- Sun, Nov 8
Run Time: 90 min. Release Year: 2026
FREE | Registration Required Join us Sunday, November 8 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.
Being Heumann
Director: Sian Heder Run Time: 127 min. Rating: R Release Year: 2026
Starring: Dylan O'Brien, Madeline Delp, Mark Ruffalo, Rob Delaney, Ruth Madeley
Based on a true revolution.
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 Time Machine
- Fri, Nov 13
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
- Fri, Nov 13
- Tue, Nov 17
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!
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 7th Voyage of Sinbad
- Sat, Nov 14
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!
The Fantasy Film Worlds of George Pal
- Sun, Nov 15
Director: Arnold Leibovit Run Time: 93 min. Release Year: 1986
Starring: George Pal, Jim Danforth, Joe Dante, Ray Bradbury, Tony Curtis
Among the legends of Hollywood, George Pal takes his place as a true visionary, an innovator and a...
The War of the Worlds
- Sun, Nov 15
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
- Fri, Nov 20
- Sat, Nov 21
- Sun, Nov 22
- Mon, Nov 23
- Tue, Nov 24
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.
Hen
- Fri, Nov 20
- Sat, Nov 21
- Mon, Nov 23
- Tue, Nov 24
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...
Mulholland Drive – 25th Anniversary!
- Fri, Nov 20
- Sat, Nov 21
- Sun, Nov 22
- Tue, Nov 24
Director: David Lynch Run Time: 147 min. Release Year: 2001
Starring: Ann Miller, Justin Theroux, Laura Harring, Mark Pellegrino, Naomi Watts
An actress longing to be a star. A woman searching for herself. Both worlds will collide… on Mulholland Drive.
The Host – 20th Anniversary Event Screenings!
- Sat, Nov 21
- Mon, Nov 23
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....
Fatherland
Director: Paweł Pawlikowski Run Time: 82 min. Release Year: 2026 Language: German, French, English and Russian with English Subtitles
Starring: Anna Madeley, August Diehl, Devid Striesow, Hanns Zischler, Sandra Hüller
In 1949, German writer Thomas Mann and his daughter Erika embark on a road trip across a Germany in ruins, from US-dominated Frankfurt to Soviet-controlled...
Paper Tiger
Director: James Gray Run Time: 115 min. Rating: R Release Year: 2026
Starring: Adam Driver, Gavin Goudey, Miles Teller, Roman Engel, Scarlett Johansson
All debts are paid in blood.
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.
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.
Florence Foster Jenkins
- Wed, Dec 9
Director: Stephen Frears Run Time: 110 min. Rating: PG-13 Release Year: 2016
Starring: Hugh Grant, Meryl Streep, Nina Arianda, Rebecca Ferguson, Simon Helberg
Every voice deserves to be heard.
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.
Minotaur
Director: Andrey Zvyagintsev Run Time: 135 min. Release Year: 2026 Language: Russian with English Subtitles
Starring: Anatoliy Belyy, Dmitriy Mazurov, Iris Lebedeva, Juris Žagars, Varvara Shmykova
Morality is a maze.
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!
2001: A Space Odyssey
- Wed, Feb 17
Director: Stanley Kubrick Run Time: 149 min. Rating: G Release Year: 1968
Starring: Daniel Richter, Douglas Rain, Gary Lockwood, Keir Dullea, William Sylvester
An epic drama of adventure and exploration.
Black Dynamite
Director: Scott Sanders Run Time: 85 min. Rating: R Release Year: 2009
Starring: Arsenio Hall, Kevin Chapman, Michael Jai White, Richard Edson, Tommy Davidson
He's super bad, he's outta sight. He's...
Tales of Manhattan – 85th Anniversary!
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 – 60th Anniversary!
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.
Topsy-Turvy
- Wed, May 5
Director: Mike Leigh Run Time: 160 min. Rating: R Release Year: 1999
Starring: Allan Corduner, Jim Broadbent, Lesley Manville, Ron Cook, Timothy Spall
Gilbert & Sullivan & So Much More
Lady Sings the Blues – 55th Anniversary!
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.
Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai
Director: Jim Jarmusch Run Time: 117 min. Rating: R Release Year: 1999
Starring: Cliff Gorman, Forest Whitaker, Frank Minucci, John Tormey, Richard Portnow
Live by the code. Die by the code.
Impromptu
- Wed, Sep 8
Director: James Lapine Run Time: 107 min. Rating: PG-13 Release Year: 1991
Starring: Bernadette Peters, Hugh Grant, Judy Davis, Julian Sands, Mandy Patinkin
He's about to fall in love with the most scandalous woman of his time.