Soundtrack: Hal Hartley

The best movies, series, and documentaries with a soundtrack by Hal Hartley. Enjoy the titles that feature an unforgettable music.


Simple Men

1992 · Movie · 105 min. · United States

Direction Hal Hartley

Cast Robert John Burke · Bill Sage · Karen Sillas · Elina Löwensohn

Plot Bitter about being double-crossed by the women he loved, (and with the police after him to boot), Bill vows to seduce the next woman he sees, then throw her away....

6.9

948 votes

6.9

948 votes

6.9

133 votes

Henry Fool

1997 · Movie · 137 min. · United States

Direction Hal Hartley

Cast Thomas Jay Ryan · James Urbaniak · Parker Posey · Nicholas Hope

Plot Socially inept garbage man Simon is befriended by Henry Fool, a witty roguish, but talent-less novelist. Henry opens a magical world of literature to Simon who turns his hand to...

6.8

1K votes

6.8

1K votes

Amateur

1994 · Movie · 105 min. · United States

Direction Hal Hartley

Cast Isabelle Huppert · Martin Donovan · Elina Löwensohn · Damian Young

Plot Isabelle is an ex-nun waiting for her special mission from God. In the meantime, she is making a living writing pornography. She meets Thomas, a sweet, confused amnesiac who cannot...

6.6

828 votes

6.6

828 votes

Meanwhile

2011 · Movie · min. · United States

Direction Hal Hartley

Cast D.J. Mendel · Danielle Meyer · Pallavi Sastry · Lisa Marie Persaud

Plot Hal Hartley's new film Meanwhile concerns Joe Fulton, a man who can do anything from fixing your sink to arranging international financing for a construction project. He produces online advertising...

6.4

23 votes

6.4

23 votes

Ned Rifle

2014 · Movie · 85 min. · United States

Direction Hal Hartley

Cast Aubrey Plaza · Parker Posey · Liam Aiken · Robert John Burke

Plot Ned Rifle is the third and final chapter of Hal Hartley’s tragicomic epic begun with Henry Fool (1997) and continued with Fay Grim (2007). At once a saga concerning the...

6.0

78 votes

6.0

78 votes

Theory of Achievement (S)

1991 · Movie · 18 min. · United States

Direction Hal Hartley

Cast Bob Gosse · Jessica Sager · Jeffrey Howard · Elina Löwensohn

Plot It affectionately examines the lives of a group of "young, middle-class, white, college-educated, unskilled, broke, drunk" Brookylnites who would love to make something of their lives.

6.0

98 votes

6.0

98 votes

Flirt

1995 · Movie · 84 min. · United States

Direction Hal Hartley

Cast Bill Sage · Dwight Ewell · Parker Posey · Elina Löwensohn

Plot A lover, an ultimatum, a phone call, and a gun: these elements are found in each segment of Hal Hartley's Flirt, an experimental comedy-drama that essentially repeats the same story...

5.9

582 votes

5.9

582 votes

Fay Grim

2006 · Movie · 118 min. · United States

Direction Hal Hartley

Cast Parker Posey · Jeff Goldblum · James Urbaniak · Saffron Burrows

Plot Eight years have passed since the infamous Henry Fool fled the country, abandoning his wife, Fay Grim, and their son, Ned. Henry Fool turned the lives of Simon and his...

5.5

286 votes

5.5

286 votes

No Such Thing

2001 · Movie · 102 min. · United States

Direction Hal Hartley

Cast Sarah Polley · Robert John Burke · Helen Mirren · Bill Sage

Plot Disgusted with human evolution and a society driven by instant gratification and voyeuristic sensationalism, a foul-mouthed Monster kills anyone who crosses his path. When a news crew sent to investigate...

5.5

225 votes

5.5

225 votes

Ambition (S)

1991 · Movie · 9 min. · United States

Direction Hal Hartley

Cast George Feaster · Hannah Sullivan · Rick Groel

Plot This short film was packaged on video with Hartley's featurette "Surviving Desire." It follows a day in the life of a young artist who longs for professional success and the...

5.5

109 votes

5.5

109 votes

The Girl from Monday

2005 · Movie · 84 min. · United States

Direction Hal Hartley

Cast Bill Sage · Sabrina Lloyd · Tatiana Abracos · Leo Fitzpatrick

Plot The Girl from Monday embodies maverick filmmaker Hal Hartley's signature use of a calculated aesthetic and frank dialogue. It may surprise die-hard fans with its sexual explicitness and playful tone....

4.9

168 votes

4.9

168 votes

Kimono

2001 · Movie · 28 min. · Germany

Direction Hal Hartley

Cast Miho Nikaido · Valerie Celis · Ling

Plot This half hour "ambient narrative" was made for the German TV series "Erotic Tales". Inspired by some of the more sensual readings in a collection of classical Japanese poetry, the...

4.6

23 votes

4.6

23 votes

NYC 3/94 (S)

1994 · Movie · 9 min. · United States

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Opera No. 1 (S)

1994 · Movie · 8 min. · United States

Direction Hal Hartley

Cast Patricia Dunnock · Parker Posey · Adrienne Shelly · James Urbaniak

Plot Two charming but inept agents of the supernatural - sort of like cupid goddesses - decide to interfere in human affairs.

Not rated

Not rated