Amos Poe

Amos Poe

Amos Poe, born Amos Jay Porges, is a quintessential New York independent filmmaker. He was a key figure in the emergence of the No Wave cinema movement that evolved from the punk music scene and flourished from the mid-1970s to the mid-1980s on New York's Lower East Side.

  • Title: Amos Poe
  • Popularity: 1
  • Known For: Directing
  • Birthday: 1949-01-01
  • Place of Birth: Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel
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  • Also Known As: Амос По
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Amos Poe Movies

  • 2011
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    Blank City

    Blank City

    7 2011 HD

    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...

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  • 1978
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    The Foreigner

    The Foreigner

    5.6 1978 HD

    A French special op suffers an existential crisis as he wanders New York City in search of a mission and the requisite connections.

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  • 2013
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    Misfire: The Rise and Fall of the Shooting Gallery

    Misfire: The Rise and Fall of the Shooting Gallery

    1 2013 HD

    A documentary about the influential independent film production company The Shooting Gallery.

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  • 2009
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    No Wave - Underground '80: Berlin - New York

    No Wave - Underground '80: Berlin - New York

    10 2009 HD

    the connections and energy flow between the various artists populating the 1980s sub-cultures of New York and Berlin. Features Jim Jarmusch, Lydia...

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  • 1981
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    Subway Riders

    Subway Riders

    6.5 1981 HD

    A psychotic saxophone player lures victims to deserted spots with his music and then guns them down.

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  • 1982
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    Smithereens

    Smithereens

    6.6 1982 HD

    A narcissistic runaway engages in a number of parasitic relationships amongst members of New York's waning punk scene.

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  • 2001
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    Downtown '81

    Downtown '81

    6.9 2001 HD

    The film is a day in the life of a young artist, Jean-Michel Basquiat, who needs to raise money to reclaim the apartment from which he has been...

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  • 2024
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    HoLEY

    HoLEY

    1 2024 HD

    During a visit to New York from Egypt, Mark, a 32-year-old Orthodox Christian, decides to lose his virginity, facing all the cultural and religious...

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  • 2013
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    Hunter

    Hunter

    4.3 2013 HD

    Two friends vie for the attention of a stranger who passes out at their doorstep.

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  • 2005
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    TV Party

    TV Party

    7 2005 HD

    From 1978 to 1982, Glenn O'Brien hosted a New York city public access cable TV show called TV Party. Co-hosted by Chris Stein, from Blondie, and...

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  • 1981
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    Stiletto

    Stiletto

    1 1981 HD

    A woman, Nadja, searches for her sister's murderer. This search goes through differing moments of reality, or unreality, that overlap within facets...

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  • 1982
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    Cinématon XVII

    Cinématon XVII

    1 1982 HD

    Reel 17 of Gérard Courant's on-going Cinematon series.

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  • 1995
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    Dead Weekend

    Dead Weekend

    2.5 1995 HD

    In the midst of an evacuation effort, True World Forces agent Weed must secure an alien spacecraft suspected to have crashed somewhere in the city....

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  • 1976
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    The Blank Generation

    The Blank Generation

    5.8 1976 HD

    The cream of the New York new wave/punk crop, filmed live at CBGB when the scene was just beginning. Includes performances by Patti Smith, Blondie,...

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  • 2008
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    The Guitar

    The Guitar

    5.6 2008 HD

    The life of a woman is transformed after she is diagnosed with a terminal disease, fired from her job and abandoned by her boyfriend. Given two...

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  • 2008
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    The Guitar

    The Guitar

    5.6 2008 HD

    The life of a woman is transformed after she is diagnosed with a terminal disease, fired from her job and abandoned by her boyfriend. Given two...

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  • 1978
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    The Foreigner

    The Foreigner

    5.6 1978 HD

    A French special op suffers an existential crisis as he wanders New York City in search of a mission and the requisite connections.

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  • 1978
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    The Foreigner

    The Foreigner

    5.6 1978 HD

    A French special op suffers an existential crisis as he wanders New York City in search of a mission and the requisite connections.

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  • 1988
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    Rocket Gibraltar

    Rocket Gibraltar

    5.9 1988 HD

    A man's family comes for his 77th birthday and while he loves all of his children and their children, he and his children don't exactly connect....

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  • 1998
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    Frogs for Snakes

    Frogs for Snakes

    2 1998 HD

    A group of unemployed theater actors survive by working as illegal money collectors. The loan shark they are working for owns an Off-Broadway...

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  • 1984
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    Alphabet City

    Alphabet City

    4.5 1984 HD

    A New York City drug dealer decides to get out of the business, but has to flee from mobsters.

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  • 1984
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    Alphabet City

    Alphabet City

    4.5 1984 HD

    A New York City drug dealer decides to get out of the business, but has to flee from mobsters.

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  • 2012
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    A Walk in the Park

    A Walk in the Park

    1 2012 HD

    A Walk In The Park is, in the words of its protagonist Brian Fass, “a science fiction film, a psychedelic journey back to the womb...”...

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  • 2012
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    A Walk in the Park

    A Walk in the Park

    1 2012 HD

    A Walk In The Park is, in the words of its protagonist Brian Fass, “a science fiction film, a psychedelic journey back to the womb...”...

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  • 1976
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    Unmade Beds

    Unmade Beds

    4.5 1976 HD

    Sketched loosely, the narrative of Poe's first feature is as scrappy and paper-thin as its protagonist Rico, a self-styled loner in New York City...

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  • 1981
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    Subway Riders

    Subway Riders

    6.5 1981 HD

    A psychotic saxophone player lures victims to deserted spots with his music and then guns them down.

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  • 1981
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    Subway Riders

    Subway Riders

    6.5 1981 HD

    A psychotic saxophone player lures victims to deserted spots with his music and then guns them down.

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  • 1992
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    Triple Bogey On A Par Five Hole

    Triple Bogey On A Par Five Hole

    3.7 1992 HD

    The Levys, a glamorous couple, used to make their living robbing golfers, until they met their fatal handicap. Years later, scriptwriter Remy...

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  • 1992
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    Triple Bogey On A Par Five Hole

    Triple Bogey On A Par Five Hole

    3.7 1992 HD

    The Levys, a glamorous couple, used to make their living robbing golfers, until they met their fatal handicap. Years later, scriptwriter Remy...

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  • 1998
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    Frogs for Snakes

    Frogs for Snakes

    2 1998 HD

    A group of unemployed theater actors survive by working as illegal money collectors. The loan shark they are working for owns an Off-Broadway...

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  • 1992
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    Triple Bogey On A Par Five Hole

    Triple Bogey On A Par Five Hole

    3.7 1992 HD

    The Levys, a glamorous couple, used to make their living robbing golfers, until they met their fatal handicap. Years later, scriptwriter Remy...

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  • 2008
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    The Guitar

    The Guitar

    5.6 2008 HD

    The life of a woman is transformed after she is diagnosed with a terminal disease, fired from her job and abandoned by her boyfriend. Given two...

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  • 1976
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    Unmade Beds

    Unmade Beds

    4.5 1976 HD

    Sketched loosely, the narrative of Poe's first feature is as scrappy and paper-thin as its protagonist Rico, a self-styled loner in New York City...

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  • 1976
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    Unmade Beds

    Unmade Beds

    4.5 1976 HD

    Sketched loosely, the narrative of Poe's first feature is as scrappy and paper-thin as its protagonist Rico, a self-styled loner in New York City...

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  • 1981
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    Subway Riders

    Subway Riders

    6.5 1981 HD

    A psychotic saxophone player lures victims to deserted spots with his music and then guns them down.

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  • 1981
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    Subway Riders

    Subway Riders

    6.5 1981 HD

    A psychotic saxophone player lures victims to deserted spots with his music and then guns them down.

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  • 1975
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    Night Lunch

    Night Lunch

    5 1975 HD

    This is Poe and Král's first effort, shot on small-gauge stock, before their more well-known endeavor The Blank Generation (1976) came to be....

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  • 1993
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    Joey Breaker

    Joey Breaker

    4.2 1993 HD

    Joey is a player, a hot-shot movie agent in New York. If a deal can be made, he'll make it. If a rising talent can be snapped up, he'll be the first...

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  • 1976
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    Unmade Beds

    Unmade Beds

    4.5 1976 HD

    Sketched loosely, the narrative of Poe's first feature is as scrappy and paper-thin as its protagonist Rico, a self-styled loner in New York City...

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  • 2003
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    Just an American Boy: A Film About Steve Earle

    Just an American Boy: A Film About Steve Earle

    1 2003 HD

    A musical documentary film about the politically minded singer/songwriter Steve Earle.

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  • 2007
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    Empire II

    Empire II

    1 2007 HD

    A tribute to the bustling beauty of Manhattan, inspired by Andy Warhol's 1964 film "Empire".

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  • 2007
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    Empire II

    Empire II

    1 2007 HD

    A tribute to the bustling beauty of Manhattan, inspired by Andy Warhol's 1964 film "Empire".

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  • 1976
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    The Blank Generation

    The Blank Generation

    5.8 1976 HD

    The cream of the New York new wave/punk crop, filmed live at CBGB when the scene was just beginning. Includes performances by Patti Smith, Blondie,...

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  • 1976
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    The Blank Generation

    The Blank Generation

    5.8 1976 HD

    The cream of the New York new wave/punk crop, filmed live at CBGB when the scene was just beginning. Includes performances by Patti Smith, Blondie,...

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  • 2010
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    La commedia di Amos Poe

    La commedia di Amos Poe

    1 2010 HD

    A new translation of Dante's Divine Comedy channeling the tools of Edward Muybridge and a meditation on the perception of motion in a motion picture.

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  • 1975
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    Les Rendez-vous du dimanche

    Les Rendez-vous du dimanche

    6 1975 HD

    A talk show presented by Michel Drucker

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  • 1978
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    TV Party

    TV Party

    1 1978 HD

    TV Party was a public-access television cable TV show in New York City that ran from 1978 to 1982. Glenn O'Brien was the host. Chris Stein, the...

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  • 1970
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    TV Party

    TV Party

    1 1970 HD

    TV Party was a public-access television cable TV show in New York City that ran from 1978 to 1982. Glenn O'Brien was the host. Chris Stein, the...

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