Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows With Andrei Codrescu

1. 60 Minutes (1968– )

TV-PG | 60 min | Documentary, News

The classic long-running prime time TV investigative news magazine.

Stars: Andrew Rooney, Lesley Stahl, Steve Kroft, Morley Safer

Votes: 4,346

2. American Experience (1987– )

TV-PG | 120 min | Documentary, Biography, History

A series showcasing documentaries on American history.

Stars: David McCullough, David Ogden Stiers, Michael Murphy, Oliver Platt

Votes: 2,207

3. The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (1992–2014)

TV-14 | 62 min | Comedy, Music, Talk-Show

Jay Leno takes over the Tonight Show with interview, sketches, and plenty of laughs.

Stars: Jay Leno, Kevin Eubanks, Edd Hall, John Melendez

Votes: 10,934

4. Late Show with David Letterman (1993–2015)

TV-PG | 60 min | Comedy, Music, Talk-Show

The Late Show with David Letterman is an hour-long weeknight comedy and talk-show broadcast by CBS from the Ed Sullivan Theater on Broadway in New York City.

Stars: David Letterman, Paul Shaffer, Alan Kalter, Biff Henderson

Votes: 14,303

5. New York: A Documentary Film (1999–2003)

600 min | Documentary, History

Exploration of New York City's rich history as a complex and dynamic city that has played an unparalleled role in shaping the nation and reflecting its ideals.

Stars: David Ogden Stiers, Kenneth Jackson, Mike Wallace, Mike Wallace

Votes: 1,120

6. The Statue of Liberty (1985)

TV-G | 60 min | Documentary, History

Documentary showing the history of the world-famous Statue of Liberty in New York harbor, the impact it still has on people and the state of liberty as a personal and political concept in America in 1985.

Director: Ken Burns | Stars: David McCullough, Jeremy Irons, Derek Jacobi, Paul Roebling

Votes: 713

7. Happy Here and Now (2002)

R | 89 min | Drama

When an unhappy young woman disappears, her worried sister desperately searches the internet for a clue to her missing sibling's whereabouts.

Director: Michael Almereyda | Stars: Karl Geary, Shalom Harlow, Clarence Williams III, Ally Sheedy

Votes: 368 | Gross: $0.00M

8. Anthem (1997)

124 min | Documentary

A captivating cross-country adventure brought to life by two young women who take the road to explore and expose the American Dream. Armed with a Powerbook and a couple of cameras, ... See full synopsis »

Directors: Shainee Gabel, Kristin Hahn | Stars: Robert Redford, Michael Stipe, Studs Terkel, Winona LaDuke

Votes: 135

9. Fish Have No Psychiatrists: A Day with Andrei Codrescu (2024)

86 min | Documentary

FISH HAVE NO PSYCHIATRISTS: A DAY WITH ANDREI CODRESCU is a creative documentary collage hosted by Julian Semilian centering around the life and times of poet, novelist. and NPR commentator... See full summary »

Director: Julian Semilian | Stars: Andrei Codrescu, Laura Semilian, Anne Waldman, Emile Worthy

10. Frontline/World (2002– )

Documentary

FRONTLINE World, which ran from 2002-2010, was a magazine format one-hour documentary series which aired within the PBS series FRONTLINE. Each episode usually included three stories. ... See full summary »

Stars: Marco Werman, Alexis Bloom, Kelly Whalen, Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy

Votes: 72

11. Road Scholar (1993)

PG | 82 min | Documentary

Andrei Cordescu, NPR journalist, Romanian immigrant, naturalized American citizen, and newly-licensed driver, sets out on a cross- country road trip. He travels from-sea-to-shining-sea in a... See full summary »

Director: Roger Weisberg | Stars: Andrei Codrescu, Allen Ginsberg

Votes: 142 | Gross: $0.59M

12. Big River Blues (2008)

Comedy, Documentary

Poet and pundit Andrei Codrescu (Road Scholar 1992) is once again taking the pulse of America, trading his Cadillac convertible for a variety of water craft as he explores, with typical ... See full summary »

Director: Michael Almereyda | Star: Andrei Codrescu

13. American Experience (1987– )
Episode: Coney Island (1991)

TV-PG | 58 min | Documentary, Biography, History

The film explores the beginnings of America's first amusement park and takes us through its good times all the way up to its end. The show was originally produced for PBS's American Experience.

Director: Ric Burns | Stars: Philip Bosco, Andrei Codrescu, Frederick P. Fried, Vincent Gardenia

Votes: 140

14. American Experience (1987– )
Episode: New York: Part V - Cosmopolis (1999)

TV-PG | 114 min | Documentary, Biography, History

Episode five tells the African-American experience and the birth of the new media industries.

Director: Lisa Ades | Stars: David Ogden Stiers, Ruth Abram, Joan Allen, Thomas Bender

Votes: 55

15. American Experience (1987– )
Episode: New York: Part II - Order and Disorder (1999)

TV-PG | 114 min | Documentary, Biography, History

Episode two looks at New York's rise as a burgeoning cultural center and multi-ethnic port.

Stars: David Ogden Stiers, Ruth Abram, Joan Allen, Thomas Bender

Votes: 59

16. American Experience (1987– )
Episode: New York: Part IV - The Power and the People (1999)

TV-PG | 114 min | Documentary, Biography, History

Episode four follows New York into a new century.

Director: Ric Burns | Stars: David Ogden Stiers, Ruth J. Abram, Joan Allen, Marshall Berman

Votes: 57

17. The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (1992–2014)
Episode: Episode #2.155 (1993)

TV-14 | 60 min | Comedy, Music, Talk-Show

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Director: Ellen Brown | Stars: Edd Hall, Andrei Codrescu, Jay Leno, Branford Marsalis Quartet

18. New York: A Documentary Film (1999–2003)
Episode: The Power and the People (1898-1918) (1999)

TV-PG | 113 min | Documentary, History

This episode covers the period from 1898 to 1914, and documents the rise of Al Smith to governer after he enacted laws to protect working people in the state of New York after the terrible ... See full summary »

Director: Ric Burns | Stars: Ruth J. Abram, Joan Allen, Carol Berkin, Philip Bosco

Votes: 36

19. 60 Minutes (1968– )
Episode: The Big Gun/Dave Chappelle/Counting on the Count (2005)

TV-PG | Documentary, News

"The Big Gun" rebroadcasts an examination of the .50-caliber rifle and whether it poses a greater danger than other rifles. "Dave Chappelle" rebroadcasts a profile of the famous comedian. "... See full summary »

Stars: Ed Bradley, Ronnie Barrett, Tom Diaz, Raymond W. Kelly

20. 60 Minutes (1968– )
Episode: Thalidomide/N.O.P.D. Blues/NPR (1995)

TV-PG | Documentary, News

"Thalidomide" examines whether the dangerous drug can help against AIDS. "N.O.P.D. Blues" rebroadcasts a look at how the New Orleans police department is being called the most brutal in the... See full summary »

Stars: Lesley Stahl, Giselle Cole, Gilla Kaplan, Mona Martin

21. Late Show with David Letterman (1993–2015)
Episode: Episode dated 8 May 1995 (1995)

TV-PG | Comedy, Music, Talk-Show

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Stars: David Letterman, Andrei Codrescu, Terence Trent D'Arby, Paul Shaffer

22. Frontline/World (2002– )
Episode: Romania, My Old Haunts (2002)

Documentary

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Director: Marian Marzynski | Star: Andrei Codrescu