Richard Kern Movies

  • 2004
    Arakimentari

    Arakimentari

    Arakimentari

    6.32004HD

    A look at the life and work of Japanese photographer Nobuyoshi Araki and his impact on Japanese culture.

    Arakimentari
  • 2011
    Blank City

    Blank City

    Blank City

    7.1432011HD

    In the years before Ronald Reagan took office, Manhattan was in ruins. But true art has never come from comfort, and it was precisely those dire...

    Blank City
  • 1994
    Super 8½

    Super 8½

    Super 8½

    5.91994HD

    A down-on-his-luck adult film star sees a chance to make a comeback via a lesbian documentary film-maker, but she is exploiting him to get financial...

    Super 8½
  • 2000
    Divine Trash

    Divine Trash

    Divine Trash

    7.32000HD

    The life and times of Baltimore film maker and midnight movie pioneer, John Waters.

    Divine Trash
  • 1990
    Pierce

    Pierce

    Pierce

    5.51990HD

    Pierce is a documentary showing Richard Kern's girlfriend having her nipples pierced.

    Pierce
  • 1993
    Red Spirit Lake

    Red Spirit Lake

    Red Spirit Lake

    5.81993HD

    After a vengeful sorceress is tortured and killed by a corrupt industrialist looking to harness the spectral powers of Red Spirit Lake, her niece...

    Red Spirit Lake
  • 1991
    Catholic

    Catholic

    Catholic

    5.81991HD

    Catholic is a b/w Super-8 short written, produced and directed by Richard Kern. A Catholic student has a crisis of faith.

    Catholic
  • 2011
    The Advocate for Fagdom

    The Advocate for Fagdom

    The Advocate for Fagdom

    5.32011HD

    The Advocate for Fagdom unites the puzzle pieces one by one. Testimonies are combined with rare archive images. Art galeries present movie extracts...

    The Advocate for Fagdom
  • 1991
    Tumble

    Tumble

    Tumble

    61991HD

    Tumble demonstrates Richard Kern’s departure from narrative filmmaking in the early nineties. He was clearly more interested now in...

    Tumble
  • 1985
    You Killed Me First

    You Killed Me First

    You Killed Me First

    4.81985HD

    Elizabeth bristles at the religious directives of her parents, asserting her right to personhood outside demure hairstyles and turkey dinners,...

    You Killed Me First
  • 1987
    Submit to Me Now

    Submit to Me Now

    Submit to Me Now

    4.61987HD

    Oddballs dancing, leering at camera, guy shaving a nontraditional part of his body and man ripping his own throat out, woman stabbing herself to...

    Submit to Me Now
  • 2015
    F.F.P.

    F.F.P.

    F.F.P.

    4.52015HD

    Controversial photographer and filmmaker Richard Kern’s ode to podophilia, aka foot fetishism.

    F.F.P.
  • 1985
    Woman at the Wheel

    Woman at the Wheel

    Woman at the Wheel

    61985HD

    A woman takes each of her boyfriends - one poor and one rich- for a drive in her new car. Each argues with her and insists on taking the wheel. She...

    Woman at the Wheel
  • 2009
    NYC Foetus

    NYC Foetus

    NYC Foetus

    62009HD

    A documentary about composer/producer/performer JG Thirlwell and his musical alter-egos, including Foetus, Steroid Maximus and Manorexia. Featuring...

    NYC Foetus
  • 1998
    Bullet on a Wire

    Bullet on a Wire

    Bullet on a Wire

    01998HD

    An unattractive social outcast (Jeff Strong) visits a stranger (Lara Phillips) in prison after setting off the events that landed her there.

    Bullet on a Wire
  • 1985
    Worm Movie

    Worm Movie

    Worm Movie

    51985HD

    Experimental short film starring Lung Leg and a worm.

    Worm Movie
  • 2013
    Medicated

    Medicated

    Medicated

    02013HD

    Between 2010 and 2018, Kern interviewed women about the medications they used and the effects of those meds on their outlook.

    Medicated
  • 2013
    Shot by Kern

    Shot by Kern

    Shot by Kern

    02013HD

    Seasoned photographer Richard Kern, best known for his images of scantily-clad, amateur models, travels around the globe to interview and shoot...

    Shot by Kern
  • 1992
    The Sewing Circle

    The Sewing Circle

    The Sewing Circle

    4.61992HD

    Kembra Pfahler invites director Richard Kern to document her latest piece of provocative performance art.

    The Sewing Circle
  • 2015
    Diary of a Deadbeat: The Story of Jim VanBebber

    Diary of a Deadbeat: The Story of Jim VanBebber

    Diary of a Deadbeat: The Story of Jim VanBebber

    7.252015HD

    A documentary of uncompromising, outlaw, cult underground filmmaker Jim Van Bebber, covering his life from 2010-2015 while he tries to make a...

    Diary of a Deadbeat: The Story of Jim VanBebber