Ismail Merchant Movies
- 1981
Quartet
Quartet5.81981HD
When her husband's arrest leaves her penniless, a woman accepts an invitation to move in with a strange couple.
- 2001
Blind Loyalty, Hollow Honor: England's Fatal Flaw
Blind Loyalty, Hollow Honor: England's Fatal Flaw62001HD
Historical context for The Remains of the Day.
- 2001
The Remains of the Day: The Filmmaker's Journey
The Remains of the Day: The Filmmaker's Journey62001HD
A documentary about making The Remains of the Day.
- 1984
The Wandering Company
The Wandering Company01984HD
Documentary about Merchant Ivory Productions, including interviews with the principals of the film production company and actors which have appeared...
- 1996
The Proprietor
The Proprietor01996HD
An expatriated French novelist returns to Paris when she learns that her childhood home is being placed on the auction block.
- 1998
A Soldier's Daughter Never Cries
A Soldier's Daughter Never Cries61998HD
This fictionalized story, based on the family life of writer James Jones, is an emotional slice-of-life story. Jones is portrayed here as Bill...
- 1988
The Deceivers
The Deceivers5.3751988HD
India, 1825: the country lives in mortal fear of cult members known as the “Deceivers." They commit robbery and ritualistic murder. Appalled by...
- 1994
In Custody
In Custody4.81994HD
Ismail Merchant's feature directorial debut addresses a subject close to his heart: the expressive Urdu language of Northern India, in danger of...
- 1986
My Little Girl
My Little Girl4.3331986HD
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...
- 1999
Cotton Mary
Cotton Mary4.71999HD
A British family is trapped between culture, tradition, and the colonial sins of the past.
- 1980
Jane Austen in Manhattan
Jane Austen in Manhattan6.1821980HD
Two teachers vie for the right to stage a play written by Jane Austen when she was twelve years old.
- 1970
Bombay Talkie
Bombay Talkie5.11970HD
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...
- 1985
Noon Wine
Noon Wine01985HD
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...
- 1988
The Perfect Murder
The Perfect Murder5.8751988HD
Police Inspector Ghote lives a middle-class life in Bombay along with his wife, Pratima. He has been employed with the Bombay Police for many years....
- 1969
The Guru
The Guru51969HD
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.
- 2005
A Tribute To Ismail Merchant
A Tribute To Ismail Merchant102005HD
- 2004
Thank You, Doctor Rey
Thank You, Doctor Rey5.72004HD
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...
- 1979
The Europeans
The Europeans5.3541979HD
An adaptation of Henry James' novel about the Countess Eugenia Münster and her brother Robert, expatriate Americans who have grown up in Europe....
- 1995
Feast of July
Feast of July5.91995HD
After an abandoned young woman in late 19th Century England is taken in by a rural couple with three handsome sons, tragic consequences result.
- 2001
Love & Loyalty: The Making of 'The Remains of the Day'
Love & Loyalty: The Making of 'The Remains of the Day'62001HD
The filmmakers and lead actors of The Remains of the Day (1993) discuss how they came to make the film, and the subtle power of its execution.