Allan King Movies
- 1967
Warrendale
Warrendale7.31967HD
This ground-breaking cinéma-vérité classic documents five weeks in the lives of twelve residents of a home for emotionally...
- 2005
Memory for Max, Claire, Ida and Company
Memory for Max, Claire, Ida and Company6.92005HD
At Baycrest, an old-age home in Toronto, we follow a social worker as she talks to residents, particularly Max, Claire, Ida, and Rachel. The film...
- 1981
Silence of the North
Silence of the North41981HD
Director Allan King's 1981 drama, based on true events, stars Ellen Burstyn as a strong-willed woman struggling to survive with her family in the...
- 1977
Who Has Seen the Wind
Who Has Seen the Wind7.21977HD
The coming-of-age of adolescent Brian O'Connal in small town Depression-era Saskatchewan is told. The son of the local pharmacist Gerald O'Connal,...
- 1969
A Married Couple
A Married Couple6.61969HD
In this classic exploration of marriage in conflict, Billy and Antoinette Edwards—as well as their son Bogart and dog Merton—live out...
- 2010
Orson Welles: The Paris Interview
Orson Welles: The Paris Interview42010HD
A vintage interview captures the artist reflecting on Citizen Kane and expounding on directing, acting and writing and his desire to bestow a...
- 1988
Who's in Charge Here?
Who's in Charge Here?01988HD
Ronn Lucas special filmed in Canada to a live audience starring Lucas' puppets including Buffalo Billy, Chuck the punk rocker, etc. He also shows the...
- 2003
Dying at Grace
Dying at Grace7.62003HD
This film is about the experience of dying. Five terminal patients in a Palliative Care Unit share the last days of their lives and deaths with a...
- 1978
One Night Stand
One Night Stand01978HD
Carol Bolt's adaptation of her stage play locks its audience in a claustrophobic bachelor flat for a night of black comedy, lust and terror. Jilted...
- 1973
Come On Children
Come On Children5.81973HD
Five boys and five girls ages 13 to 19 live on a farm for ten weeks, to be filmed, and to see what might emerge for each of them personally.
- 1996
Leonardo: A Dream of Flight
Leonardo: A Dream of Flight01996HD
Leonardo da Vinci finds it difficult to pursue his own dreams while serving as the Duke's court artist, but young Roberto takes risks to convince the...
- 1989
Termini Station
Termini Station41989HD
Termini Station is a Canadian made drama, released in 1989 and directed by Allan King. The film stars Colleen Dewhurst and Megan Follows as Molly...
- 1963
Joshua: A Nigerian Portrait
Joshua: A Nigerian Portrait01963HD
Focusing on the pressures people feel moving from the security and nurture of village life to the isolate chaos of big city life, Joshua: A Nigerian...
- 1968
Who Is Sonny Rollins?
Who Is Sonny Rollins?61968HD
Portrait of the jazz great during his self-enforced exile from his audience as protest against the war in Vietnam. Filmed playing with students in...
- 1963
The Flying Alberts
The Flying Alberts01963HD
The Alberts (Bruce Lacey, Tony Gray and his brother Dougie Gray) attempt to take off. There are two edits to this film, both with their distinct...
- 2006
EMPz 4 Life
EMPz 4 Life02006HD
Life in the housing projects of Scarborough, Ontario, Canada is documented.
- 1956
Skid Row
Skid Row01956HD
A day and night in the life of three alcoholic derelicts: "and the meek shall inherit the earth - six feet of it".
- 1999
The Dragon's Egg: Making Peace on the Wreckage of the Twentieth Century
The Dragon's Egg: Making Peace on the Wreckage of the Twentieth Century01999HD
A third of Estonia's people are Russian, most of them put there by Stalin. For Estonians it is like having a dragon's egg laid in your nest: you wait...
- 1960
Rickshaw
Rickshaw01960HD
A father hands his rickshaw driving duties over to his teenage son.
- 2006
Actuality: The Art and Life of Allan King
Actuality: The Art and Life of Allan King02006HD
"Each of my films is the exploration of a territory that I urgently want to understand", Allan King states in this elegantly structured and...