Not many places around the entire world have filmmakers (directors, producers, actors and more) available in its backyard or that will travel to it quite like New York City. With more independent cinemas than anywhere else on top of that, NYC has the best moviegoing experiences in the world. Here's our list of upcoming special event screenings at theaters in New York City from September 19th and beyond. If you host an event and we missed you, please let us know - info@greenroomnewyork.com.

Sep 19 (7pm)

Angelika NY (18 West Houston Street, Manhattan)

A documentary that follows a billionaire couple as they begin construction on a mansion inspired by Versailles. During the next two years, their empire, fueled by the real estate bubble and cheap money, falters due to the economic crisis.

Sep 19 (6:45pm)

IFC Center (323 Sixth Avenue, Manhattan)

A stirring near-futuristic romance of two best friends who harbor an unspoken love for one another even after a test matches one of them up with their supposed soulmate.

Sep 19 (8:30pm)

Village East (181-189 2nd Avenue, Manhattan)

An Indian-American virgin gets a job teaching high school sex ed.

Sep 19 (7pm), Sep 20 (7pm)

Film Forum (209 West Houston Street, Manhattan)

Exploring the controversial NBC series that caught potential child predators in sting operations, leading to arrests, and its eventual cancellation.

Sep 19 (7pm), Sep 20 (7pm)

Quad Cinema (34 West 13th Street, Manhattan)

Two young skaters, polar opposites in personality, team up to train for a figure skating duo, their growing bond blurring the lines between partners and more as winter unfolds.

Sep 19 (7:05pm), Sep 20 (7:05pm)

IFC Center (323 Sixth Avenue, Manhattan)

A promising undercover agent assigned to lure and arrest gay men defies professional orders when he falls in love with a target.

Sep 19 (7:20pm), Sep 20 (2:30pm, 7:20pm)

Angelika NY (18 West Houston Street, Manhattan)

Follows the inspirational tale of a young girl and her grandmother spending a summer on a small, uninhabited island in the Gulf of Finland.

Sep 19 (7:30pm), Sep 20 (7pm), Sep 21 (5:30pm)

Roxy Cinema (2 Sixth Avenue, Manhattan)

A drama set on New Year's Eve 1999 in a luxurious Swiss hotel where the lives of hotel workers and various guests get intertwined.

Sep 19 (7:30pm), Sep 20 (12pm, 7pm), Sep 21 (11am)

Firehouse Cinema DCTV (87 Lafayette Street, Manhattan)

Ambitious teen orators hone their craft, vying for glory in a prestigious global speech contest. Through dedication and artistry, they prepare to showcase their talents on the ultimate stage.

Sep 19 (6:30pm), Sep 20 (4pm), Sep 21 (3:15pm, 6:45pm)

Metrograph (7 Ludlow Street, Manhattan)

Matthias masters impersonating roles for hire: cultured boyfriend, perfect son, sparring partner. Professionally adept at pretending daily, his true challenge lies in being himself.

Sep 20 (4pm)

Bronx Documentary Center (614 Courtlandt Avenue, Bronx)

Follows Doctor Younis, a devoted father and grandfather, as he returns from retirement to vaccinate over 600,000 children against polio in Gaza—in the midst of the war.

Sep 20 (6:30pm)

Metrograph (7 Ludlow Street, Manhattan)

Oscar winners Vasarhelyi and Chin follow photographer Lynsey Addario capturing the Ukraine war while reflecting on her Pulitzer-winning career.

Sep 20 (9pm)

Metrograph (7 Ludlow Street, Manhattan)

Explores the Church of Satan, a 50-year-old religion celebrating individualism and carnal desires. It offers a glimpse into modern Satanists' daily lives and rituals, showcasing their devotion to Satan as a symbolic figure.

Sep 20 (6:30pm) - Q&A with Co-Producer Annette Insdorf

Sep 21 (7pm) - Q&A with Writer/Director Oren Rudavsky

New Plaza Cinema (35 West 67th Street, Manhattan)

Holocaust survivor Elie Wiesel's life journey, from his family's deportation to his legacy as writer and human rights advocate, told through personal archives, family interviews, and his own voice.

Sep 21 (1:30pm)

IFC Center (323 Sixth Avenue, Manhattan)

Radical Black students, left white suburbanites, and a carousel: an untold story of the early civil rights movement.

Sep 21 (2:45pm)

Metrograph (7 Ludlow Street, Manhattan)

An examination of the male oswenka pageant in South Africa on the 10-year anniversary of the abolishment of the apartheid regime.

Sep 21 (4pm)

Museum of the Moving Image (36-01 35 Avenue, Astoria, Queens)

The daughter of a Scottish farmer comes of age in the early 1900s.

Sep 21 (6:55pm)

Paris Theater (4 West 58th Street, Manhattan)

The life and work of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart seen through the eyes of his contemporary and rival, Antonio Salieri.

Sep 23 (7:15pm)

Nitehawk Cinema Prospect Park (188 Prospect Park West, Brooklyn)

Follow the history of misdeeds and debauchery at Walt Disney World Resort over 30 years, which leads to the theft of almost half a million dollars worth of stolen props.

Sep 23 (7:30pm)

Anthology Film Archives (32 Second Avenue, Manhattan)

A visual album set to William Tyler's new album "Time Indefinite", the film weaves together found footage from his family archives into a poetic meditation on memory, decay, and the passage of time.

Sep 24 (7pm)

Nitehawk Cinema Williamsburg (136 Metropolitan Avenue, Brooklyn)

A teenager in suburban Florida desperately hustles to make $5,000 in this dreamy and surreal animated coming-of-age story.

Sep 25 (6:30pm)

IFC Center (323 6th Avenue, Manhattan)

For over forty years, the Cornelia Street Cafe was more than just a café; it was a vibrant, eclectic haven for artists, poets, and musicians, lovingly nurtured by its visionary owner, Robin Hirsch. This film chronicles its extraordinary journey, celebrating the unforgettable voices and cherished memories that filled its iconic walls.

Sep 25 (7pm)

Nitehawk Cinema Williamsburg (136 Metropolitan Avenue, Brooklyn)

A ruthless thief and his expert crew stumble onto the heist of a lifetime.

Sep 26 (7pm)

Museum of the Moving Image (36-01 35 Avenue, Astoria, Queens)

Follows mujra dancers as they defy censorship, predatory managers, and social stigma in pursuit of stardom.

Sep 26 (7:10pm)

Angelika NY (18 West Houston Street, Manhattan)

After a devastating loss, witty and proudly troublesome Eleanor Morgenstein, 94, tells a tale that takes on a dangerous life of its own.

Sep 26 (6:55pm), Sep 27 (6:55pm)

IFC Center (323 Sixth Avenue, Manhattan)

In an unprecedented attempt to heal centuries of racism and antisemitism, and combat the rising racial and ethnic tension in their Brooklyn communities, the largest reform synagogue and the oldest black Baptist Church attempt to unite their congregations and bring about peace, by becoming family.

Sep 26 (7pm), Sep 27 (7pm) - Q&A with Directors Bonni Cohen & Jon Shenk

Sep 28 (1pm) - Q&A with Producer Noah Stahl

Firehouse Cinema DCTV (87 Lafayette Street, Manhattan)

Explores the dramatic origin story of the climate crisis and how a political battle in the George H.W. Bush administration changed the course of history.

Sep 27 (3:30pm)

AMC Lincoln Square (1998 Broadway, Manhattan)

After a devastating loss, witty and proudly troublesome Eleanor Morgenstein, 94, tells a tale that takes on a dangerous life of its own.

Sep 27 (4pm)

Bronx Documentary Center (614 Courtlandt Avenue, Bronx)

Confronted with the death of his stepfather, Director Thomas Allen Harris embarks on a journey to understand the man who raised him, Pule Benjamin Leinaeng - an ANC foot-soldier who sacrificed his life for the freedom of his country.

Sep 27 (5pm)

Metrograph (7 Ludlow Street, Manhattan)

A journalist descends into the dark underbelly of the Iranian holy city of Mashhad as she investigates the serial killings of sex workers by the so called "Spider Killer", who believes he is cleansing the streets of sinners.

Sep 27 (8pm)

Metrograph (7 Ludlow Street, Manhattan)

An absurdist tragedy set in a repressive society where kissing is punishable by death, and people pay for things by receiving slaps to the face.

Sep 28 (12:15pm)

New Plaza Cinema (35 West 67th Street, Manhattan)

A hot-tempered farm laborer convinces the woman he loves to marry their rich but dying boss so that they can have a claim to his fortune.

Sep 28 (4pm)

Metrograph (7 Ludlow Street, Manhattan)

As an experiment, Mehran Tamadon asks exiled Iranians to interrogate him as if they were an agent of the Islamic Republic. A renowned actor with first-hand knowledge of such mistreatment takes up the challenge.

Sep 28 (4:05pm)

IFC Center (323 6th Avenue, Manhattan)

Exposing her role behind the camera, Kirsten Johnson reaches into the vast trove of footage she has shot over decades around the world. What emerges is a visually bold memoir and a revelatory interrogation of the power of the camera.

Sep 28 (7:15pm)

Roxy Cinema (2 Sixth Avenue, Manhattan)

To treat his friend's cocaine induced delusions, Watson lures Sherlock Holmes to Sigmund Freud.

Sep 29 (6:55pm)

IFC Center (323 6th Avenue, Manhattan)

The history of Dawson City, the gold rush town that had a historical treasure of forgotten silent films buried in permafrost for decades until 1978.

Sep 29 (7pm)

Nitehawk Cinema Williamsburg (136 Metropolitan Avenue, Brooklyn)

From a tumultuous Bronx upbringing, the movie chronicles Harley Flanagan's rise to punk stardom at 13, featuring raw NYC footage and interviews with icons like Flea and Ice-T, depicting his transformative journey.

Sep 29 (7pm) - Q&A with Director Seth Rosenfeld, Actor Danny Hoch

Sep 30 (7pm) - Q&A with Producers Rebecca James & Christopher James

Maysles Documentary Center (343 Malcolm X Blvd, Harlem, Manhattan)

A snapshot of a NYC restaurant coming out of the Pandemic.

Sep 30 (7pm)

Nitehawk Cinema Prospect Park (188 Prospect Park West, Brooklyn)

Neighbors prank each other, situation escalates comically amid NYC apartment complex's cutthroat politics, exploring absurdity of conflict between residents.

Oct 2 (6:45pm)

IFC Center (323 Sixth Avenue, Manhattan)

Follows the life of artist Nan Goldin and the downfall of the Sackler family, the pharmaceutical dynasty who was greatly responsible for the opioid epidemic's unfathomable death toll.

Oct 2 (7pm), Oct 4 (6:40pm)

IFC Center (323 Sixth Avenue, Manhattan)

The ultimate and comprehensive documentary film about the exceptional writer George Orwell.

Oct 3 (6:30pm)

Asia Society (725 Park Avenue, Manhattan)

A young man is kept distant from his lover by a strict and unforgiving society. He'd go through hell to be with her, but when a deal with the devil goes sour, hell comes to him instead.

Oct 3 (7:25pm)

Metrograph (7 Ludlow Street, Manhattan)

Ulrike Ottinger, then a young painter, lived in Paris in the 1960s. Now a film-maker, she looks back on that time, weaving memories of the Parisian life and the upheavals of the time into a cinematic poem with the city at its center.

Oct 3 (7pm), Oct 4 (7pm)

Film Forum (209 West Houston Street, Manhattan)

Librarians unite to combat book banning, defending intellectual freedom on democracy's frontlines amid unprecedented censorship in Texas, Florida, and beyond.

Oct 3 (7:05pm), Oct 4 (7:05pm)

IFC Center (323 Sixth Avenue, Manhattan)

Jeanne, a 15-year-old orphan, witnesses the shoot for a film adaptation of the fairy tale The Snow Queen, and she becomes fascinated by its star, Cristina, an actress who is just as mysterious and alluring as the Queen she is playing.

Oct 4 (11:30am)

Nitehawk Cinema Prospect Park (188 Prospect Park West, Brooklyn)

For over six years, and for reasons he can't explain, Matt Green, 37, has been walking every block of every street in New York City - a journey of more than 8,000 miles. THE WORLD BEFORE YOUR FEET tells the story of one man's unusual personal quest and the unexpected journey of discovery, humanity, and wonder that ensues.

Oct 4 (5:15pm)

Metrograph (7 Ludlow Street, Manhattan)

Our organization will create a human being whom we can shape and manipulate according to our needs. Dorian Gray: young, rich and handsome. We will make him, seduce him and break him.

Oct 5 (11:30am)

Nitehawk Cinema Prospect Park (188 Prospect Park West, Brookyn)

VHS's 1980s rise transformed how people watched movies. Using diverse footage and Maya Hawke's narration, Alex Ross Perry examines video stores' crucial role in film culture.

Oct 5 (2:30pm)

Metrograph (7 Ludlow Street, Manhattan)

Filmmaker Mary Stephen explores her family history to discover why she has a Western last name, uncovering tales of cultural collision, colonial influence, and disputed memories.

Oct 6 (6:45pm)

Nitehawk Cinema Wiliamsburg (136 Metropolitan Avenue, Brooklyn)

In Warsaw, two mermaid sisters become caught in a love triangle when they fall for the same man.

Oct 9 (6:45pm), Oct 10 (6:45pm)

IFC Center (323 Sixth Avenue, Manhattan)

A young addict living on the streets of London is given a shot at redemption, but his road to recovery soon curdles into a strange odyssey from which he may never escape.

Oct 10 (7:30pm), Oct 11 (7:30pm)

Angelika NY (18 West Houston Street, Manhattan)

With her life crashing down around her, Linda attempts to navigate her child's mysterious illness, her absent husband, a missing person, and an increasingly hostile relationship with her therapist.

Oct 12 (5pm)

Metrograph (7 Ludlow Street, Manhattan)

An octogenarian woman transitions to life in assisted living as she contends with her conflicting relationship to herself and her caregivers amidst her shifting memory, age identity, and desires.

Oct 15 (9:30pm)

Nitehawk Cinema Williamsburg (136 Metropolitan Avenue, Brooklyn)

A newlywed couple move into their new house. What they don't realize is that the previous owner of the house raised a monstrous creature from the depths of hell! Now it's coming back to make up for lost time.

Oct 17 (7:15pm)

Quad Cinema (34 West 13th Street, Manhattan)

The inspirational story of Mercedes Gleitze, the first British woman to swim the English Channel and her battle against both the cold waters of the Channel and the oppressive society of 1920s England.

Oct 17 (7:30pm), Oct 18 (7:30pm), Octo 19 (2:30pm)

Angelika NY (18 West Houston Street, Manhattan)

In 1970, Mooney and two cohorts wander into a museum in broad daylight and steal four paintings. When holding onto the art proves more difficult than stealing them, Mooney is relegated to a life on the run.