Here are films centering Lebanon and Iran, including We Loved Each Other So Much, a documentary that explores the enduring admiration in Beirut for the legendary Lebanese singer Fairuz, particularly during the 15-year civil war. We're also highlighting Skies of Lebanon with Alba Rohrwacher and Wa...

A bittersweet collection of documentaries and a few fiction films on a wide range of childhoods and childhood experiences around the world, from the adventures and idylls of growing up, to coping with personal challenges, and facing terrible tragedies.

For the elections, we did DEMOCRACY AND ITS DISCONTENTS, for the inauguration we did EAT THE RICH. And now, in this era of the lawless Trump-Musk power grab and their brazenly cruel and incompetent actions, we ask: how far can civilian resistance and revolt go? These films look at the long game f...

Appreciate summer with this collection of films that evoke warmth, sun and long days.

A selection of films of travel and adventure, discovery and cultural encounters, here and there, past and present!

This is a collection of films about the newspaper industry, intrepid reporters, photojournalists and the important work that they do. Ranging from a profile of photographer Gerda Taro, who lost her life covering the Spanish Civil War, to films dealing with the role of mass media and journalism in...

These visually stylish Yakuza classics by gangster film masters on the dealings of Japanese organized crime syndicates blend conventions of neo-noir thrillers with edge of your seat action hero films. The modern yakuza are depicted not as honorable heirs to the samurai code, but as ruthless (and ...

We invited the team at Narrow Margin to curate their own selection of films from OVID’s vast collection, and they found gems even we forgot we had!

Narrow Margin’s quarterly print and digital magazine was founded by a small international collective of cinephile critics exploring obscure corners...

The Internet defines avant-garde as "new and unusual or experimental ideas, especially in the arts, or the people introducing them". We here at OVID have tried to stay true to that idea while curating this collection. These are only some of the many films on OVID that either highlight artists tha...

Travel to Berlin, Germany with this collection of both modern day and historical films. Experience today's club culture with THE NIGHTMARE or the fall of the Berlin Wall with Chris Marker's BERLINER BALLADE and Tilda Swinton in THE INVISIBLE FRAME. World War II is also represented with dramas lik...

Newly updated for 2026! OVID celebrates Women’s History Month with a diverse collection of films about women. This cross-section of films includes a documentary on Chilean activists fighting for a better country, visual artists including Frida Kahlo and women campaigning for safe access to abortion.

Here's a roundup of our most-watched films and programs in 2025.

A mix of narrative and documentary, this collection of films from the Middle East and North Africa runs the gamut from love stories like Empire M and A Tale of Love and Desire, to hard-hitting political documentaries with Palestinian-American intellectual Edward Said.

What is the “will of the people?” How might it be established, threatened, undermined, expressed, and hopefully secured? These questions and more are explored in OVID’s collection DEMOCRACY AND ITS DISCONTENTS.

A collection of films featuring man's best friend.

Animal Kingdom is a collection of films about animals and people's often complicated relationships with them. Ranging from beloved service dogs (BUDDY and TO BE OF SERVICE) to the lives of farm animals (BESTIAIRE and OUR DAILY BREAD), these films show many facets of how people and animals interac...

Famously the only animal to domesticate itself, these documentary and animated films explore feline companionship. From Chris Marker's beloved cat Guillaume-en-Egypte being serenaded by music, to feral cats and their community of carers in present day Chicago, these films each convey Marker's tri...

OVID is proud to present two films about the writer and activist Howard Zinn, who passed away in 2010. HOWARD ZINN: YOU CAN'T BE NEUTRAL ON A MOVING TRAIN (2011) is an acclaimed film that looks at his amazing life. Following his early days as a shipyard labor organizer and bombardier in World War...

The team at OR Books are so impressed with OVID's unique and alternative curation that they accepted our request to share their staff picks for your viewing pleasure! Hidden in the cavernous back room of the Francis Kite Club in East Village, OR Books amplifies dissident, progressive voices. Some...

Happy New Year from OVID! Here's a roundup of our most-watched films and programs in 2024. The list is based upon the total minutes watched for each film. Look out for surprises, and some great films you may have missed!

Discover a wide array of documentaries from Latin America.

From chairs mass-produced to hand-crafted, architects and architecture, buildings made of mud to high-rises, landscapes, cities and city planning, OVID offers a wide-ranging collection of over thirty films exploring our built environments, and how to live in them.

With one exception all the films in this section feature great actresses PLAYING actresses. They explore the fraught realities of performance, where ambition, desire and artistry collide.

Featuring a remarkable performance from Tyne Daly, A Bread Factory centers on a local theater company caugh...

Looking for a Valentine's Day present for your person? How about a gift to OVID?

Or if you have mixed feelings about Valentine’s Day, we feel you! That’s why we have assembled a collection that traverses all the emotional terrain and turmoil, from Andrea Arnold’s animalistic adaptation of WUTHER...