The Film Society was an American cinema society and self-defined “semi-autonomous educational organization” in operation during the early 1970s in Los Angeles. Douglas Edwards served as administrator and film programmer for the duration of the Society’s existence as part of his broader work programming independent film throughout Los Angeles. The Film Society worked in tandem with Theatre Vanguard and the Egg and the Eye as well as other independent film organizations throughout the world, including the theaters at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, the Museum of Modern Art, the Whitney, the Anthology Film Archive, the American Film Institute, and the Nuart Theater. Its screenings were held at the Egg and the Eye, a gallery and shop in the Los Angeles area, though it also hosted screenings at Theatre Vanguard and the Los Feliz Theatre.

The Film Society was unique in its diversity of films and programming, with many films making their American debut with the Film Society. The Society was intended to, in its own words, present "diverse subjects" and "diverse approaches to those subjects," and screened a combination of new films, classic revival, short films, and Los Angeles area contemporary independent cinema premieres. In a letter sent to members, who would pay a small fee to get discounts on screenings and books from exclusive publisher’s lists, Edwards stated that their programming policy was to “show that which needs to be seen, but which is not (for whatever reason) being seen.”

Colloquially, the Film Society was often referred to by a variety of publications as simply “the film programming at the Egg and the Eye” or “the film programming at the Craft and Folk Art Museum.” After battling the strain of rising rental fees and projection costs for a year, the Film Society apparently disbanded in 1973 when the Egg and the Eye became the Craft and Folk Art Museum and Edwards moved on to Theatre Vanguard and, later, Encounter Cinema.