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1. Chevalier (2015)
Unrated | 105 min | Comedy, Drama
A fishing trip in the Aegean Sea among a sextet of friends becomes the perfect setting for a relentless contest of male dominance. Everything can spark a fierce competition; but, only one can wear the precious chevalier. Who will it be?
Director: Athina Rachel Tsangari | Stars: Vangelis Mourikis, Nikos Orfanos, Yorgos Pirpassopoulos, Yiorgos Kendros
Votes: 4,967 | Gross: $0.03M
2. Sherman's March (1985)
Not Rated | 157 min | Documentary, Biography, Comedy
Documentary filmmaker Ross McElwee sets out to make a movie about Union General Sherman's March to the Sea towards the end of the American Civil War, but keeps getting sidetracked by his own love life.
Director: Ross McElwee | Stars: Ross McElwee, Dede McElwee, Ross McElwee Jr., Patricia Rendleman
Votes: 2,709
3. Frontline (1983– )
TV-MA | 60 min | Documentary, News
FRONTLINE is investigative journalism that questions, explains and changes our world and American television's top long-form news and current affairs series since 1983
Stars: Will Lyman, Sarah Childress, Priyanka Boghani, Arun Rath
Votes: 2,295
4. Bright Leaves (2003)
Not Rated | 107 min | Documentary, Biography, Comedy
McElwee family legend has it that the Hollywood melodrama "Bright Leaf" starring Gary Cooper as a 19th century tobacco grower, is based on filmmaker Ross McElwee's great-grandfather, who created the Bull Durham brand.
Director: Ross McElwee | Stars: Allan Gurganus, Paula Larke, Marilyn Levine, Emily Madison
Votes: 666 | Gross: $0.08M
5. Time Indefinite (1993)
Not Rated | 114 min | Documentary, Biography
Forty year old documentary filmmaker Ross McElwee has a penchant for filming everything around him. Following the announcement of his impending marriage to his film-making partner Marilyn ... See full summary »
Director: Ross McElwee | Stars: Steve Ascher, Michael Blumenthal, Robert Gardner, Dee Dee Geraty
Votes: 407
6. Días de cine (1991– )
60 min | News
Antonio Gasset hosts this show in which recently released movies and DVDs are thoughtfully discussed in a documentary-like way.
Stars: Gerardo Sánchez, Elena S. Sánchez, Antonio Gasset, Cayetana Guillén Cuervo
Votes: 334
7. P.O.V. (1988– )
60 min | Documentary
POV, a cinema term for "point of view," is television's longest-running showcase for independent non-fiction films. Since 1988, POV has presented more than 300 of the best, boldest, and ... See full summary »
Stars: Stacey Abrams, Rashida Tlaib, Lucy McBath, Veronica Escobar
Votes: 244
8. Photographic Memory (2011)
Not Rated | 87 min | Documentary
Filmmaker Ross McElwee (Sherman's March, Bright Leaves) finds himself in frequent conflict with his son, a young adult who seems addicted to and distracted by the virtual worlds of the ... See full summary »
Director: Ross McElwee | Stars: Adrian McElwee, Ross McElwee
Votes: 240 | Gross: $0.01M
9. Who Is Henry Jaglom? (1995)
Not Rated | 52 min | Documentary
Henry Jaglom was hailed by some as a cinematic genius, a feminist voice and a true maverick of American cinema, dismissed by others as a voyeuristic, egomaniac fraud and the "world's worst director,"
Directors: Henry Alex Rubin, Jeremy Workman | Stars: Candice Bergen, Karen Black, Peter Bogdanovich, Seymour Cassel
Votes: 208
10. Moving Midway (2007)
Not Rated | 95 min | Documentary
At Christmas 2003, New York-based film critic Godfrey Cheshire is visiting his family in North Carolina when his cousin Charlie Silver tells him something startling. Charlie inherited ... See full summary »
Director: Godfrey Cheshire | Stars: Bruce Chadwick, Elizabeth Cheshire
Votes: 180 | Gross: $0.04M
11.
Frontline (1983– )
Episode:
Six O'Clock News
(1996)
TV-MA | 90 min | Documentary, News
A documentary by and about a man who carries a film camera around most of the time and films the events of his life, including himself being interviewed by a news crew, and focusing on some... See full summary »
Director: Ross McElwee | Stars: Ross McElwee, Yung Su An, Bobby DeLaughter, Jim Fripp
Votes: 169
12. The Windmill Movie (2008)
82 min | Documentary
Filmmaker Richard P. Rogers tried for twenty years to make a documentary about his own life. He died in 2001, leaving the project unfinished, until his widow, acclaimed photographer Susan ... See full summary »
Director: Alexander Olch | Stars: Wallace Shawn, Bob Balaban, Susan Meiselas, Richard P. Rogers
Votes: 131 | Gross: $0.03M
13. My Father, the Genius (2002)
84 min | Documentary
An old architect who believes he's a genius and the world doesn't appreciate his big ideas, asks his daughter to write his biography, and she decides to make a movie about him including all aspects of his life, professional and personal.
Director: Lucia Small | Stars: John Johansen, David Mesa, Ralph Mursinna, Michael Rendler
Votes: 110
14. Backyard (1984)
40 min | Documentary, Short
Director: Ross McElwee | Stars: Ross McElwee, Ross McElwee Jr., Ann McElwee, Tom McElwee
Votes: 83
15. Charleen (1977)
Not Rated | 54 min | Documentary
One month in the life of Charleen Swansea, North Carolina poet, mother, beloved teacher, eccentric, romantic, and complex star of McElwee's Sherman's March. In HD.
Director: Ross McElwee | Stars: Charleen Swansea, John W. Love Jr., Jim Swansea
Votes: 78
16. N!Ai, the Story of a !Kung Woman (1981)
Not Rated | 59 min | Documentary
This film provides a broad overview of !Kung life, both past and present, and an intimate portrait of N!ai, a !Kung woman who in 1978 was in her mid-thirties.
Directors: John Marshall, Adrienne Miesmer
Votes: 62
17. Something to Do with the Wall (1991)
Not Rated | 88 min | Documentary
In 1986, Ross McElwee and Marilyn Levine were making a film about the 25th anniversary of the Berlin Wall, when the imposing structure was still very much intact as the world's most visible symbol of hardline Communism.
Directors: Marilyn Levine, Ross McElwee | Stars: Marilyn Levine, Ross McElwee
Votes: 50
18. No Vladimir (2000)
6 min | Comedy, Short
Director: Alexander Olch | Stars: Jedidiah Cohen, Charles L. Lindner, Werner Ahlers, Alfred Alden
Votes: 36
19. Teenage Graffiti (1977)
PG | 90 min | Comedy
A Midwestern teenager faces the problems of growing up and deciding what he wants to do with his life.
Director: Christopher G. Casler | Stars: Michael Driscoll, Jeannetta Arnette, Alden Sherry, James Devney
Votes: 33
20. Camera Noise (2002)
29 min | Comedy, Short
A dry, gently mocking look at the world of student filmmaking and personal documentaries in general, Camera Noise is the tragicomic story of film student Kyle Gilman who decides to record ... See full summary »
Director: Kyle Gilman | Stars: Jennie Tarr, Kyle Gilman, Greg Hudson, Brendon DeMay
Votes: 25
21. In Paraguay (2008)
78 min | Documentary
Director: Ross McElwee | Stars: Ross McElwee, Marilyn Levine, Adrian McElwee, Mariah McElwee
Votes: 20
22. Space Coast (1979)
90 min | Documentary
After the NASA space program in Florida has been defunded, a group of residents still lingers on, at Cape Canaveral.
Directors: Ross McElwee, Michel Negroponte | Stars: 'Papa' John Murphy, Mary Bubb, Willie Womack, Martin Caidin
Votes: 18
23. Street Fighting Men (2017)
101 min | Documentary, Crime, Drama
In a rapidly changing America where mass inequality and dwindling opportunity have devastated the black working class, three Detroit men must fight to build something lasting for themselves and future generations.
Director: Andrew James | Stars: James 'Jack Rabbit' Jackson, Deris Solomon, Luke Williams, Malik Shabazz
Votes: 16
24. Defectors (2023)
84 min | Documentary
Combining a humorous and affectionate family portrait, a historical film and a search for identity, Defectors confronts the impact of the Korean War on different generations. Through ... See full summary »
Director: Hyun Kyung Kim
25. Mizery (2006)
17 min | Documentary, Short
Directors: Carmen Oquendo-Villar, Joaquin Terrones | Star: Mizery
26. Past Imperfect (1991 TV Movie)
Director: Ross McElwee | Stars: John Astin, Doug Ballard, Talia Balsam, Dennis Drake
27. Batman: The Final Victory (2010)
50 min | Fantasy
Director: Robert P. Young | Stars: Sara Christie, Dan Cozzens, Randal Edmonston, Cassandre Fiering
28. How to Blow a (French) Kiss (2008)
10 min | Short, Comedy
Director: Oliver Horovitz | Stars: Daniel Malarkey, Sharon Franco, Lou Garion, Gosha Kowalinska
29. Resident Exile (1981)
30 min | Documentary, Short
Directors: Alexandra Anthony, Ross McElwee, Michel Negroponte | Star: Kazem Ala
30. Greek Light (2005)
19 min | Documentary, Short
Greek Light examines the lives of three old-school fishermen in the eccentric and trendy island hot-spot, Mykonos. We see the effects of modern tourism on the work of these fishermen. More ... See full summary »
Director: Akis Konstantakopoulos | Stars: Giannis Kousathanas, Markos Kousathanas, Barba-Nicolas
31. Former Nationality (2004)
23 min | Documentary, Short
What does it mean to be an immigrant? A poetic voice-over addressed from daughter to mother sets the tone of this film that tracks their journey back to Uganda from America. Along the way, ... See full summary »
32. The Energy War (1979– )
300 min | Documentary
Explores the long process by which the Natural Gas Policy Act of 1978 (NGPA) was crafted and signed into law under the presidency of Jimmy Carter.
Stars: Jimmy Carter, Ted Kennedy, Pierre Trudeau, Lloyd Bentsen
33. Love Seat (2012)
Short, Drama
A young woman goes to buy a couch from an old lady in the middle of the woods.
Director: Sean Goller | Stars: Lize Johnston, Chris Viemeister, Evangeline Johns, Charlie Tacker
35. 68 Albany Street (1976)
24 min | Documentary, Short
Director: Ross McElwee | Star: Charles Stark Draper
36. Black Box (V) (2013)
10 min | Documentary, Short, Biography
Black Box is a short, personal, experimental meditation about a woman's memory of, and recovery from, a traumatic childhood. Using hand-processed 16mm film, archival footage of Igor ... See full summary »
Director: Nicole Hart
37. Eddie and Paul (2008)
15 min | Short, Drama
Director: Oliver Horovitz | Stars: Jon Orsini, Robert Walsh, John Rahal Sarrouf, Heidi Dallin
39.
Días de cine (1991– )
Episode:
Episode dated 10 May 2018
(2018)
News
Director: Gerardo Sánchez | Stars: Elena S. Sánchez, Javier Bardem, Alain Bergala, Mane Cisneros