Ismail Merchant Movies

  • 1970
    Bombay Talkie

    Bombay Talkie

    Bombay Talkie

    5.11970HD

    An English novelist travels to Bombay to watch one of her novels translated to film. She chases after the movie's leading man while the screenwriter...

    Bombay Talkie
  • 1981
    Quartet

    Quartet

    Quartet

    5.71981HD

    When her husband's arrest leaves her penniless, a woman accepts an invitation to move in with a strange couple.

    Quartet
  • 1984
    The Wandering Company

    The Wandering Company

    The Wandering Company

    01984HD

    Documentary about Merchant Ivory Productions, including interviews with the principals of the film production company and actors which have appeared...

    The Wandering Company
  • 1984
    The Bostonians

    The Bostonians

    The Bostonians

    5.51984HD

    A bored lawyer and a suffragette vie for the attention of a faith healer's charismatic daughter.

    The Bostonians
  • 1969
    The Guru

    The Guru

    The Guru

    51969HD

    Britain's top pop artiste, Tom Pickle, travels to Bombay, India, circa 1960s to learn to play the sitar from renowned maestro Ustad Zafar Khan.

    The Guru
  • 1997
    Mrs. Dalloway

    Mrs. Dalloway

    Mrs. Dalloway

    5.5491997HD

    Clarissa Dalloway looks back on her youth as she readies for a gathering at her house. The wife of a legislator and a doyenne of London's upper-crust...

    Mrs. Dalloway
  • 2024
    Merchant Ivory

    Merchant Ivory

    Merchant Ivory

    7.72024HD

    The first definitive feature documentary to lend new and compelling perspectives on the partnership, both professional and personal, of director...

    Merchant Ivory
  • 1985
    Noon Wine

    Noon Wine

    Noon Wine

    01985HD

    The drama, adapted from a story by Katherine Anne Porter, tells of a Swedish immigrant who arrives on a small Texas farm at the turn of the century...

    Noon Wine
  • 1993
    The Remains of the Day

    The Remains of the Day

    The Remains of the Day

    7.361993HD

    A rule-bound head butler's world of manners and decorum in the household he maintains is tested by the arrival of a housekeeper who falls in love...

    The Remains of the Day
  • 1988
    The Deceivers

    The Deceivers

    The Deceivers

    5.31988HD

    India, 1825: the country lives in mortal fear of cult members known as the “Deceivers." They commit robbery and ritualistic murder. Appalled by...

    The Deceivers
  • 2004
    Thank You, Doctor Rey

    Thank You, Doctor Rey

    Thank You, Doctor Rey

    52004HD

    A gay young man is recruited into an illicit love triangle to watch a much older man’s sexual liaison, but ends up witnessing what turns out to...

    Thank You, Doctor Rey
  • 1990
    Mr. & Mrs. Bridge

    Mr. & Mrs. Bridge

    Mr. & Mrs. Bridge

    6.0461990HD

    Set during World War II, an upper-class family begins to fall apart due to the conservative nature of the patriarch and the progressive values of his...

    Mr. & Mrs. Bridge
  • 1972
    Savages

    Savages

    Savages

    5.11972HD

    A tribe of primitive "mudpeople" encounter a croquet ball, rolling through their forest. Following it, they find themselves on a vast, deserted Long...

    Savages
  • 1987
    Maurice

    Maurice

    Maurice

    7.61987HD

    After his lover rejects him, Maurice attempts to come to terms with his sexuality within the restrictiveness of Edwardian society.

    Maurice
  • 1996
    Surviving Picasso

    Surviving Picasso

    Surviving Picasso

    5.7481996HD

    The passionate Merchant-Ivory drama tells the story of Francoise Gilot, the only lover of Pablo Picasso who was strong enough to withstand his...

    Surviving Picasso
  • 1994
    In Custody

    In Custody

    In Custody

    4.41994HD

    Ismail Merchant's feature directorial debut addresses a subject close to his heart: the expressive Urdu language of Northern India, in danger of...

    In Custody
  • 1975
    The Wild Party

    The Wild Party

    The Wild Party

    4.71975HD

    An aging silent movie comic star throws a lavish party to try and save his failing career.

    The Wild Party
  • 2003
    Le Divorce

    Le Divorce

    Le Divorce

    4.9322003HD

    While visiting her sister in Paris, a young woman finds romance and learns her brother-in-law is a philanderer.

    Le Divorce
  • 1995
    Lumière & Company

    Lumière & Company

    Lumière & Company

    6.2131995HD

    40 international directors were asked to make a short film using the original Cinematographe invented by the Lumière Brothers, working under...

    Lumière & Company
  • 1986
    My Little Girl

    My Little Girl

    My Little Girl

    4.31986HD

    A young girl agrees to work in a center for girls who can't stay with their parents. She gets wrapped up in the plights of several of the girls, and...

    My Little Girl