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
Surviving Desire
1991 · Movie · 60 min. · United States
Direction Hal Hartley
Cast Martin Donovan · Matt Malloy · Merritt Nelson · Julie Kessler
6.9
133 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
Direction Hal Hartley
Cast Dwight Ewell · Lianna Pai · Paul Schulze · James Urbaniak
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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.
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Not rated
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Not rated