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
The Most Remote Restaurant in the World
Released on: 2023-06-01
Documentary
The meals based on indigenous ingredients and sustainability at the forefront. Project managers are ...
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...
H.O.P.E.: What You Eat Matters
Released on: 2016-05-12
Documentary
H.O.P.E. is a life-changing documentary uncovering and revealing the effects of our typical Western ...
New York Underground
Released on: 2003-10-05
Documentary
Profiles the culture, lifestyles, and rituals within the New York City subways.
Deciding Vote
Released on: 2023-06-10
Documentary
50 years ago, assemblyman George Michaels cast a single vote on New York's abortion bill that change...
Stockholm Syndrome
Released on: 2021-06-13
Documentary, Music
Stockholm Syndrome chronicles the meteoric rise of contemporary trendsetter A$AP Rocky, capturing th...
Hitler's 9/11
Released on: 2013-01-01
Documentary, TV Movie
Adolf Hitler's Nazi megalomania knew no limits. The most daring of his plans World War II involved G...
Weiner
Released on: 2016-05-20
Documentary
Documentary featuring a jaw-dropping, behind-the-scenes look at the attempted comeback of Anthony We...
Until Further Notice
Released on: 2021-02-12
Documentary
With his industry on lockdown and no end in sight, Toronto chef Luke Donato tries to keep his culina...
Son of Sam: The Hunt for a Killer
Released on: 2017-08-05
Documentary, Crime, TV Movie
A shocking serial murder case terrorized New York 40 years ago. Surviving victims, families of the d...
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...
Mirror, Mirror
Released on: 1996-09-13
Documentary
Portrait of the last year of the life of famous New York drag queen Consuela Cosmetic.
Class Divide
Released on: 2016-04-18
Documentary
A look at NYC’s gentrification and growing inequality in a microcosm, Class Divide explores two dist...
If These Knishes Could Talk: The Story of the NY Accent
Released on: 2013-05-16
Documentary
The story of the New York accent, as told by New Yorkers.
Fragile Harvest
Released on: 1986-02-05
Documentary
How safe is the future of the world’s food? This documentary explores a growing crisis in world agri...
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 ...
Basquiat
Released on: 1996-08-09
Drama, History
The brief life of Jean Michel Basquiat, a world renowned New York street artist struggling with fame...
Goo
Released on: 1991-06-11
Music, Documentary
In 1991, a long-form music video version of Goo was released on VHS and LaserDisc. A music video for...
P.S. Burn This Letter Please
Released on: 2020-04-15
Documentary
A box found in an abandoned storage unit unearths a time capsule of correspondences from a forgotten...