The Automat (2021)
• September 2nd, 2021 • 1h 19min
Documentary, History
Overview
The 100-year story of the iconic restaurant chain Horn & Hardart, the inspiration for Starbucks, where generations of Americans ate and drank coffee together at communal tables. From the perspective of former customers, we watch a business climb to its peak success and then grapple with fast food in a forever changed America.
Make sure to check your pop-up blocker!!
Trailer
Similar Movies
Banksy Does New York
Released on: 2014-11-17
Documentary
On October 1, 2013, the elusive street artist Banksy launched a month-long residency in New York, an...
Super Size Me
Released on: 2004-01-17
Documentary
Morgan Spurlock subjects himself to a diet based only on McDonald's fast food three times a day for ...
Get Rollin'
Released on: 1980-04-24
Documentary, Music
A documentary about Pat the Cat and other roller disco skaters who want to make it big doing what th...
Malcolm X
Released on: 1992-11-18
Drama, History
A tribute to the controversial black activist and leader of the struggle for black liberation. He hi...
Food Design
Released on: 2009-04-19
Documentary
A look at how form, color, smell, consistency, the sounds made during eating, manufacturing techniqu...
Static
Released on: 2009-07-04
Documentary
Static was filmed from a helicopter circling around the Statue of Liberty in New York Harbour. It wa...
State of Bacon
Released on: 2014-05-15
Comedy, Documentary
State of Bacon tells the kinda real but mostly fake tale of an oddball group of characters leading u...
Stonewall
Released on: 2015-09-18
Drama, History
Kicked out by his parents, a gay teenager leaves small-town Indiana for New York's Greenwich Village...
62,000:1 Three Teams One City One Year
Released on: 2019-07-03
Documentary
1969, New York City, 3 teams won World Championships, the Jets, the Mets and the Knicks.
Don't Feed the Seagull
Released on: 2024-08-30
Documentary
Short portrait of a hungry seagull outside a sausage stand.
Days of Black and Yellow
Released on: 2019-02-21
Documentary
New York cab and black car drivers are facing economic and emotional hardship in a city dominated by...
Confessions of a CEO: My Life in an Out-of-Balance World
Released on: 2025-01-10
Documentary
A bare-knuckled critique of corporate America told through the powerful true story of a toxic CEO wh...
Empire City
Released on: 1985-07-01
Documentary, History
A film essay contrasting the modern metropolis with its "golden age" from 1830-1930, with the partic...
Shine a Light
Released on: 2008-04-04
Documentary, Music
Martin Scorsese’s electrifying concert documentary captures The Rolling Stones live at New York’s Be...
Citizen
Released on: 2021-06-21
Documentary
A collection of personal anecdotes from those who have navigated through a tumultuous year in Americ...
We Feed the World
Released on: 2005-09-10
Documentary
A documentary that exposes the shocking truths behind industrial food production and food wastage, f...
Soul
Released on: 2017-07-30
Documentary
Soul explores the secrets of gastronomy where two cuisines apparently so opposite in their philosoph...
The Game Changers
Released on: 2019-09-16
Documentary
From the UFC Octagon in Las Vegas and the anthropology lab at Dartmouth, to a strongman gym in Berli...
Max Gimblett: Original Mind
Released on: 2017-05-19
Documentary
Max Gimblett: Original Mind documents the life and process of eccentric, creative genius Max Gimblet...