Hair Movies

A filmmaker scrutinizes his coarse body hair.

Inspired by O. Henry's short story about a young bride and groom, each of whom foolishly--but quite lovingly--sacrifices a treasured possession to buy...

A young man in Oakland, California, wakes with a heavy heart and decides to take a walk through the neighborhood to the local barbershop.

The film features a conversation between Lucas and Francis Ford Coppola, producer of THX 1138. They discuss Lucas' vision for the film, including his...

Ania is an apprentice at a small hairdressing parlour along with her best friend, Kasia. The two teenage girls from dysfunctional families share a com...

Bill Weldon is an Ad man who craves his wife Margaret's approval of his work, instead he gets constructive (and on-target) feedback, which he hates. T...

A short documentary about one man’s sacrifice to survive in America.

Insecure and balding Leo has closed himself in his apartment to try a hair growth liquid for fixing up his looks. As Leo tries to get his bodily chang...

Inès, of North African origin, has frizzy, unruly curls. But why should she bother straightening it? Where does this obsession with straight, neatly s...

A raw and uncensored look at what really goes down in urban barbershops.

Actresses' hairstyle in movies always carries a strong aesthetic statement associated with erotic, social, and historical meanings. In a bold and unex...

An exposition of friendship and a feeling of belonging to a different place, yet you are in a common one. This film is about a day in the life of 3 f...

The story of my hair can be told in two lines. My hair was long and black. It has turned white. It hasn't been cut since 1982, almost thirty years ago...

In a collaboration with i-D magazine, this montage goes through the alphabet with many artists and their incredible hairstyles.

Amma, a young, black lesbian, spends the day in an Afro-Caribbean hair salon full of fun, sheen spray, gossip and laughter - but how will she deal wit...

The new hire and black membership desk assistant at an exclusive museum becomes a special part of the membership experience and questions his new role...

Embarrassed by her un-American look, a young girl betrays her younger sister during their first Sunday at a Chinese-American church.

After his wife forces him to the barber's, a fragile thirty-something reassess both his hair and his marriage.

A young girl attempts to shave her legs for the first time, but things start going horrifically awry.

A journey through the memories of a young girl struggling to come to terms with the complexity of her mixed-raced identity.