The Automat

Duration: 79 min
Release date: 2021-09-02
IMDB

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.

Documentary History

The Automat

Videos

The Automat

Watch Providers

HBO Max
HBO Max Amazon Channel

Casting arrow_drop_down

Crew arrow_drop_down

Recomendation Films

  • Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
  • Don't Make Me Go
  • Life of Crime: 1984-2020
  • Hanna
  • Joker
  • The Avengers
  • The Shawshank Redemption
  • Knives Out
  • Oppenheimer
  • 君の名は。
  • Arrival
  • Death Wish
  • Interstellar
  • Dune
  • Palm Springs
  • Forrest Gump
  • The Evil Dead
  • Bohemian Rhapsody
  • Call Me by Your Name
  • Into the Wild

Similar Films

  • Park Row
  • Genèse d'un repas
  • Food Matters
  • New Breed Documentary 1989
  • Clarissa & the King's Cookbook
  • Ragtime
  • Nursery University
  • Paint Until Dawn: a documentary on art in the life of James Gahagan
  • Hummus!: The Movie
  • Eastwood After Hours
  • Government Cheese
  • Factory Girl
  • Me and Orson Welles
  • If These Knishes Could Talk: The Story of the NY Accent
  • Mirror, Mirror
  • Until Further Notice
  • We Feed the World
  • Sriracha
  • Our Latin Thing (Nuestra Cosa)

NextFilm 2025