Gus Van Sant Movies

On the rocky path to sobriety after a life-changing accident, John Callahan discovers the healing power of art, willing his injured hands into...

A girl born with enormous thumbs in the repressive era of the 1950s learns to turn her quirks into assets.

A salesman for a natural gas company experiences life-changing events after arriving in a small town, where his corporation wants to tap into the...

A lyrical telling of the coming of age of a 14-year-old boy who learns to cope with his new found sexuality and his unrequited love for the cool kid...

Two outsiders, both shaped by the circumstances that have brought them together, forge a deep and lasting love.

The life and struggles of a notorious rock musician seeping into a pit of loneliness whose everyday life involves friends and family seeking...

Two friends named Gerry become lost in the desert after taking a wrong turn. Their attempts to find their way home only lead them into further...

The controversial true story of a gay activist who rejects his homosexuality and becomes a Christian pastor.

It's San Francisco in 1957, and an American masterpiece is put on trial. Howl, the film, recounts this dark moment using three interwoven threads:...

Nicole Kidman has worked with a host of top directors in a varied career including Gus Van Sant, Jane Campion, Stanley Kubrick, Lars von Trier and...

Jack Flex is broke, buff, and wildly delusional—but he’s got a dream: to sell his absurd invention, the Heavy Hat, on his mom’s...

Seventy critics and filmmakers discuss cinema around the conflict between the artist and the observer, the creator and the critic. Between 1998 and...

Fresh out of foster care at age 18, a young drifter turns to petty crime to survive, and discovers an impossible love in an unlikely friend.

At the 60th anniversary of Cannes Film Festival, 34 famous directors are followed by camera.

A sheriff sees his state senate bid slide out onto the ice when his daughter begins to date the son of a charming but psychologically disturbed woman...

A naive drifter runs away from his army father in hopes of making it on the car racing circuit. In Las Vegas, he meets a young scam artist, who...

Unused footage from Gus Van Sant's 1991 film My Own Private Idaho is re-contextualized in James Franco's tribute to River Phoenix.

8 shorts centered around 8 themes directed by 8 famous film directors involved and sharing their opinion on progress, on the set-backs and the...

Christopher Doyle is one of the best known and most acclaimed directors of photography in world cinema. Born in Australia, he sees himself as an...

I Don’t Belong Anywhere - Le Cinéma de Chantal Akerman, explores some of the Belgian filmmaker’s 40 plus films. From Brussels to...