🎞️ Missing Movies Double Feature at Film at Lincoln Center! Join us & @filmlinc.bsky.social on Aug 31 (6 PM) for 35mm screenings of The Kill-Off & My New Gun, plus a live panel with directors Maggie Greenwald & Stacy Cochran! 🎟️ Info & tickets: https://www.filmlinc.org/films/the-kill-off-my-new-gun/

Shot on location, CHANGES IN THE VILLAGE (1963) redefined Sri Lankan cinema and won top honors at IFFI 1965 under jury head Satyajit Ray. 🎬 Yet access to this masterpiece remains elusive today. 🎞️ #MissingMovieMonday #MissingMovies #FilmPreservation

Once an "orphan film" lost on degraded VHS, RIVERBEND (1989) is back! 🎬✨ Starring Steve James & Margaret Avery, this story of Black resistance was rescued when Michael Dennis located the original physical elements for a full restoration. #FoundFilmFriday #MissingMovies #BlackCinema

Raoul Peck’s 2013 doc Fatal Assistance offers an urgent look at post-earthquake relief efforts in Haiti—yet it’s currently unavailable to stream anywhere on major US platforms. Spotlighting Peck’s film for this week’s #MissingMovieMonday! 🎬

For Missing Movies’ #FoundFilmFriday, Michael Mann’s “Manhunter: The Final Cut” returns to theaters today, July 24 for its 40th anniversary in a new 4K restoration! 🎞️ Playing at IFC Center (NYC) & Alamo Drafthouse Downtown (LA) + select cities. Don't miss it on the big screen! 🎟️

For #MissingMovieMonday we’re spotlighting Fire Sale (1977), a brilliant, chaotic dark comedy directed by & starring Alan Arkin. The sad part? It’s completely lost to the public—zero streaming platforms and entirely out of print on physical media. Time to bring it back! #MissingMovies

Happy #FoundFilmFriday! Thrilled to see @criterion.bsky.social drop a gorgeous 4K restoration of Nagisa Oshima’s Cruel Story of Youth (1960) on July 21. A neon-soaked lightning bolt of the Japanese New Wave, beautifully preserved. Keep physical media alive! #MissingMovies

For #MissingMovieMonday, we’re highlighting Laurie Collyer’s raw 2000 Sundance doc Nuyorican Dream. A vital, brilliant look at a Puerto Rican family in Brooklyn, it’s completely lost to audiences today—unavailable on streaming or disc. Access matters. #MissingMovies

For #FoundFilmFriday, we’re highlighting Michael Roemer’s 1976 doc Dying. After a 1970s TV airing, this look at mortality vanished for decades. The Film Desk saved it with a 4K restoration, but it’s still not on streaming or disc. Finding it is only half the battle. 🎬 #MissingMovies

For #MissingMovieMonday, we’re spotlighting a modern "Festival Orphan": Lorenzo Mattotti’s stunning THE BEARS’ FAMOUS INVASION OF SICILY. After a rave Cannes debut, a US distribution deal never crossed the line. Result? No US stream, no DVD, completely unwatchable here.

For #FoundFilmFriday, we’re celebrating the 4K rescue of Flora Gomes’s MORTU NEGA. The first fiction feature from post-independence Guinea-Bissau is a poetic African masterpiece. Restored by The Film Foundation, it has no streaming home due to tangled rights.

For #MissingMovieMonday, we’re spotlighting LAS MADRES: THE MOTHERS OF PLAZA DE MAYO (1985). This vital Oscar-nominated doc on Argentine resistance is missing from major commercial streaming. #MissingMovies

For #FoundFilmFriday, a major win for physical media. Carlos Saura’s stunning Flamenco Trilogy (Blood Wedding, Carmen, El amor brujo) is finally returning to print with a gorgeous new 4K restoration by Mercury Films via the Criterion Collection! 💃💿

Last night was a fabulous screening at the IFC Center in New York. Missing Movies would like to thank IFC and Janus Films for staging this wonderful fundraiser for MM!

For #MissingMovieMonday: Maria Maggenti’s THE INCREDIBLY TRUE ADVENTURE OF TWO GIRLS IN LOVE. A breakout Sundance hit starring Laurel Holloman & Nicole Ari Parker. This joyful 90s queer classic is totally lost to streaming & long out of print on DVD due to rights tangles. Time to rescue it! ✊🏳️‍🌈

#FoundFilmFriday: Lisa Cholodenko’s masterpiece HIGH ART is coming to The Criterion Collection in a new 4K restoration, supervised & approved by the director! Restored by the UCLA Film & Television Archive w/ Sundance Inst. Funding via Frameline, Sundance, & UCLA. Massive win for queer indie cinema!

For #MissingMovieMonday: MADE IN U.S.A. (1987) 🚙 An 80s eco-road movie starring Chris Penn & Adrian Pasdar, scored by Sonic Youth! 🎸 A studio battle ruined its release, but Cannes screened the Director’s Cut to a 5-min ovation. Lost since a brief '89 VHS run, it needs a rescue! 🎥 #MissingMovies

Happy #FoundFilmFriday! Huge news for film preservation: Med Hondo’s 1979 anti-colonial musical masterpiece WEST INDIES: THE FUGITIVE SLAVES OF LIBERTY is coming to The Criterion Collection in a brand-new 4K restoration on June 9! Pre-orders are live now! #FilmPreservation

Before Apollo 13, Ron Howard made his feature directorial debut with 1977’s drive-in smash hit GRAND THEFT AUTO. Co-written with Clint Howard & produced by Roger Corman, it grossed $15M but is now completely missing from streaming. #MissingMovieMonday #FilmPreservation

For #FoundFilmFriday, we’re celebrating the stunning new 4K restoration of Bob Rafelson’s 1970 masterpiece, FIVE EASY PIECES. Jack Nicholson’s raw performance as a piano prodigy turned oil rigger remains a definitive portrait of American alienation. Out 6/2 from The Criterion Collection.

For this week's #MissingMovieMonday, we’re spotlighting Tiana Thi Thanh Nga's seminal documentary FROM HOLLYWOOD TO HANOI (1993). Despite a major debut at Sundance, the film has completely vanished. Independent, self-distributed triumphs like this are exactly why we fight for film availability.

For this week's #FoundFilmFriday, we are celebrating a massive win for physical media availability. Bob Fosse's raw, nerve-shredding 1974 biopic LENNY is finally coming back into print with a stunning new 4K digital restoration by the The Criterion Collection! Dropping May 26! #FilmPreservation

It’s #MissingMoviesMonday! We’re highlighting FM (1978), John A. Alonzo’s rock-and-roll rebellion flick. With an iconic soundtrack and a biting look at corporate radio, it’s a cult gem that’s currently missing from the streaming landscape. Let’s bring Q-SKY back to the airwaves! #MissingMovies

It’s #FoundFilmFriday! We’re celebrating the The Criterion Collection 4K restoration of Shu Lea Cheang’s cyberpunk classic FRESH KILL (1994). Prescient, political, and visually stunning—this "eco-cyber-noia" debut is finally back where it belongs: in the hands of fans. #MissingMovies #FreshKill

For #MissingMovieMonday, we’re spotlighting John Duigan’s "Flirting" (1991). A brilliant AFI Best Film winner that introduced the world to Thandiwe Newton and a young Nicole Kidman. Currently missing from the digital landscape. Let's find it! #MissingMovies #FilmTwitter #Flirting

Memphis, 16mm, and the birth of a major voice. For #FoundFilmFriday, we’re celebrating the restoration of Ira Sachs’ "The Delta" (1996). An atmospheric, uncompromising debut that helped define the New Queer Cinema movement. Finally back and better than ever! #MissingMovies #NewQueerCinema

"Blood is a hell of a thing." For #MissingMovieMonday, we’re spotlighting #AbelFerrara’s "The Funeral" (1996). A dark, intellectual mob drama starring Walken, Penn, and Gallo. Winner of the OCIC Award at Venice, but currently missing from the digital map. #MissingMovies #FilmTwitter #TheFuneral

Tokyo, 1949. A stolen gun. A city on the edge. For #FoundFilmFriday, we’re spotlighting The Criterion Collection restoration of Akira Kurosawa’s Stray Dog. A masterclass in suspense that looks better than ever thanks to modern preservation. #MissingMovies #CriterionCollection #FilmTwitter #Kurosawa

Found in an archive, restored for the world. For #FoundFilmFriday, we salute #IndieCollect for their 5K restoration of #MelvinVanPeebles’ "The Story of a Three Day Pass". A huge thank you to the Van Peebles family and the restoration team for saving this Cannes Classic! #FilmPreservation

Knicks, Rangers, and the circus—all captured by a master. For #MissingMovieMonday, we’re spotlighting Frederick Wiseman’s "The Garden" (2005). An epic look at the machinery of Madison Square Garden that is currently "missing" from mainstream access. #FrederickWiseman #FilmTwitter #Documentary