Rockets Redglare
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Stranger Than Paradise (1984)
A Hungarian immigrant, his friend, and his cousin go on an unpredictable adventure across America.

Basquiat (1996)
The brief life of Jean Michel Basquiat, a world renowned New York street artist struggling with fame, drugs and his identity.

Down by Law (1986)
A disc jockey, a pimp and an Italian tourist escape from jail in New Orleans.

Stars & Bars (1988)
A British art expert leaves New York to buy a long-lost Renoir from a Georgia eccentric.

Animal Factory (2000)
Suburbanite Ron is spoiled, young and not overly worried about the marijuana charges leveled against him. But, after being made out to be a drug...

Trees Lounge (1996)
Tommy has lost his job, his love and his life. He lives in a small apartment above the Trees Lounge, a bar which he frequents along with a few other...

After Hours (1985)
Desperate to escape his mind-numbing routine, uptown Manhattan office worker Paul Hackett ventures downtown for a hookup with a mystery woman.

What About Me (1993)
After a family tragedy, a young woman finds herself homeless and living on the streets of New York.

The Diary of the Hurdy-Gurdy Man (1999)
This is a dark story of a caring movie maker who struggles to make it and also struggles with his demons and obsessions.

Salvation! (1987)
A troubled young woman hooks up with a money-crazed televangelist and becomes a rich, heavy-metal Christian rock star.

Police State (1987)
In Nick Zedd's mock docu-drama Police State, he puts his own body on the line to illustrate his belief that “freedom is an illusion.” A...

Rockets Redglare! (2003)
A portrait of Rockets Redglare, the morbidly obese fixture of New York's underground until his death in 2001. Rockets was the sometimes...

The Way It Is (1986)
A group of actors in the East Village of New York City have been rehearsing for a play when the lead actress in the play turns up dead.

Where Evil Dwells (1985)
Loosely based on an infamous 1984 Long Island murder case involving Satan-worshiping, teenage drug freaks (Knights of the Black Circle), David...

Talk Radio (1988)
A rude, contemptuous talk show host becomes overwhelmed by the hatred that surrounds his program just before it goes national.

Force of Circumstance (1990)
A courier who represents Moroccan dissidents arrives in Washington with secret documents.

Last Rights (1985)
A Super-8 movie based on the case of grandmother murderess Velma Barfield who was executed for murdering her husband. It was described by Tessa...

Fall (1997)
For Michael Shiver, life as an easy-going cab driver in New York suddenly changes when he picks up supermodel Sarah Easton and falls head over heels...

Abnormal: The Sinema of Nick Zedd (2001)
THE SINEMA OF NICK ZEDD is the first DVD collection of the filmmaker’s works, and includes 11 of his films as well as outtakes, interviews, and...

Desperately Seeking Susan (1985)
A bored New Jersey suburban housewife's fascination with a free-spirited woman she has read about in the personal columns leads to her being mistaken...

Little Noises (1992)
A struggling writer steals poems written by his mute friend to achieve fame and fortune.

In the Soup (1992)
An aspiring young filmmaker gets involved with an eccentric gangster for the financing of his first film.

Sons (1990)
A trio of stepbrothers accompany their paralysed father on a jaunt to Normandy where the old boy saw combat and romantic action during the war.

The Perils of P.K (1986)
P.K., a former movie star now reduced to working as a stripper in a Las Vegas nightclub, is desperate for a comeback, and thinks she could make one...

Mystery Train (1989)
In Memphis, Tennessee, over the course of a single night, the Arcade Hotel, run by an eccentric night clerk and a clueless bellboy, is visited by a...

Shakedown (1988)
When a local drug dealer shoots a dishonest cop in self-defense, lawyer and renegade undercover cop join forces to clear him. But when their...

Rooftops (1989)
T, as most of his friends, lives in a self-constructed 'house', built on top of an old building in the city. Their one passion is 'combat'. Combat is...

Chelsea on the Rocks (2008)
Chelsea on the Rocks celebrates the personalities and artistic voices that have emerged from New York’s legendary Chelsea Hotel. Once...

Who Killed Nancy? (2009)
On October 12th, 1978, New York Police discovered the lifeless body of a young woman, slumped under the bathroom sink in a hotel room. She was Nancy...

Big (1988)
When a young boy makes a wish at a carnival machine to be big—he wakes up the following morning to find that it has been granted and his body...

Her Name is Lisa (1987)
A Vermont farmer searches New York City for his dream girl, with his gay neighbor as his guide.

In the Spirit (1990)
After her husband loses his job, Marianne moves from Beverly Hills to a nightmare New York City. She hires ditzy psychic Reva to redecorate her...

Candy Mountain (1988)
A mediocre musician goes on the road in search of the world's greatest guitar maker

Louis & Frank (1998)
Third-rate doo-wop singers making a comeback hook up with a campy manager who books them to perform in drag.

Craps (1991)
A slice of downtown New York City life (filmed partially on location at Katz' Deli).

Cookie (1989)
Cookie Voltecki is the illegitimate daughter of mobster Dino Capisco, who has just finished thirteen years in prison. Since being released from jail,...

Oz (1997)
The daily lives of prisoners in Emerald City, an experimental unit of the Oswald Maximum Security Prison where ingroups - Muslims, Latinos, Italians,...

Monsters (1988)
Monsters is a syndicated horror anthology series which originally ran from 1988 to 1991 and reran on the Sci-Fi Channel during the 1990s. As of 2011,...