With Disher Music and Sound (Sorted by Popularity Ascending)
1. The Company You Keep (2012)
R | 125 min | Drama, Thriller
After a journalist discovers his identity, a former Weather Underground activist goes on the run.
Director: Robert Redford | Stars: Robert Redford, Brit Marling, Stanley Tucci, Nick Nolte
Votes: 31,949 | Gross: $5.13M
2. Banshee Chapter (2013)
R | 87 min | Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Journalist Anne Roland explores the disturbing links behind her friend's sudden disappearance, an ominous government research chemical, and a disturbing radio broadcast of unknown origin.
Director: Blair Erickson | Stars: Katia Winter, Ted Levine, Michael McMillian, Corey Moosa
Votes: 9,336
3. Sold (I) (2014)
PG-13 | 94 min | Drama
A girl risks everything for freedom after being trafficked from her mountain village in Nepal to a brothel in India.
Director: Jeffrey D. Brown | Stars: Gillian Anderson, David Arquette, Priyanka Bose, Tillotama Shome
Votes: 1,540
4. Jonestown: The Life and Death of Peoples Temple (2006)
86 min | Documentary, History
Featuring never-before-seen footage, this documentary delivers a startling new look at the Peoples Temple, headed by preacher Jim Jones who, in 1978, led more than 900 members to Guyana, where he orchestrated a mass suicide via tainted punch.
Director: Stanley Nelson | Stars: Rebecca Moore, Janet Shular, Tim Carter, Stanley Clayton
Votes: 5,066
5. Q Ball (2019)
96 min | Documentary
Documentary that explores the San Quentin Prison basketball squad - teammates and inmates at "the Q" - along their journey of rehabilitation and possible redemption.
Director: Michael Tolajian | Stars: Obada Adnan, Anthony Ammons, Lenny Costa, Rafael Cuevas
Votes: 579
6. I'm Charlie Walker
90 min | Biography, Drama | Post-production
The true story of how one desperate man, armed with only his charm and wits, takes on a racist San Francisco corporation in 1971.
Director: Patrick Gilles | Stars: Carl Lumbly, Emma Caulfield Ford, Monica Barbaro, Dylan Baker
7. Jinn (I) (2018)
Not Rated | 92 min | Drama
Summer is a 17-year old carefree black girl, whose world is turned upside down when her mother, a popular meteorologist named Jade Jennings, abruptly converts to Islam and becomes a ... See full summary »
Director: Nijla Mumin | Stars: Simone Missick, Zoe Renee, Hisham Tawfiq, Kelvin Harrison Jr.
Votes: 314
8. Coming Home Again (2019)
Not Rated | 86 min | Drama
A Korean American man takes care of his sick mother as she teaches him her traditional recipes.
Director: Wayne Wang | Stars: Justin Chon, Jackie Chung, Christina July Kim, Leesa Kim
Votes: 59
9. The Cherokee Word for Water (2013)
PG | 92 min | Drama
The work that led Wilma Mankiller to become the first modern female Chief of the Cherokee Nation.
Directors: Tim Kelly, Charlie Soap | Stars: Kimberly Guerrero, Mo Brings Plenty, Steve Reevis, Darryl Tonemah
Votes: 52
10. Bulge Bracket (2020– )
Comedy
An ensemble office dramedy centered around a young woman who begins her career at a prestigious investment bank only to discover that Wall Street is more ridiculous and sexist than she ever imagined.
Stars: Jessika Van, Feodor Chin, Teddy Larsen, Chris King Wong
Votes: 139
11. Adaline (2015)
TV-MA | 97 min | Thriller
Adaline's terrifying visions bleed through from the past and become Daniela's present-day nightmares.
Director: Bidisha Chowdhury | Stars: Jill Evyn, Lane Townsend, Jeremy S. Walker, Emily Claeys
Votes: 201
12. Beautiful Dreamer (2020)
94 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Beautiful Dreamer is a contemporary dramedy about a group of Bay Area friends in their early 40s navigating one of those life moments together: expecting a surrogate baby, a long and deep ... See full summary »
Director: Amy Glazer | Stars: Wendie Malick, Erin Daniels, Jennifer Mudge, Louis Ozawa
Votes: 6
13. The Big Scary 'S' Word (2020)
82 min | Documentary
After documenting the taboo word that it shows Socialism has historically been in the US, the film argues it is way past time to replace the failed capitalist economic system.
Director: Yael Bridge | Stars: Lee Carter, Jimmy Durante, Eric Foner, Naomi Klein
Votes: 11
14. I'll Believe You (2006)
PG | 82 min | Comedy, Sci-Fi
Late-night radio host Dale Sweeney's usual line up of odd-ball, conspiracy-obsessed callers is interrupted by a panicked phone call in an indecipherable language. When FBI agents arrive ... See full summary »
Director: Paul Francis Sullivan | Stars: David Alan Basche, Patrick Warburton, Siobhan Fallon Hogan, Patrick Gallo
Votes: 395
15. Screaming Queens: The Riot at Compton's Cafeteria (2005)
57 min | Documentary
Documentary about transgender women and drag queens who fought police harassment at Compton's Cafeteria in San Francisco's Tenderloin in 1966, three years before the famous riot at Stonewall Inn bar in NYC.
Directors: Victor Silverman, Susan Stryker | Stars: Ray Baxter, Elliot Blackstone, Aleshia Brevard, Felicia Elizondo
Votes: 152
16. The Full Picture (2008)
Not Rated | 80 min | Comedy
Like many guys, Mark Foster struggles with commitment, but given his past, he has good reason. Fifteen years ago, his parents' scandalous divorce grabbed the public's attention and ... See full summary »
Director: Jon Bowden | Stars: Joshua Farrell, Bettina Devin, Daron Jennings, Lizzie Ross
Votes: 96
17. Agents of Change (2016)
66 min | Documentary
From the well-publicized events at SF State in 1968 to the image of black students with guns emerging from the takeover of the student union at Cornell University in April 1969, the ... See full summary »
Directors: Frank Dawson, Abby Ginzberg | Stars: Roger Alvarado, Zachary Carter, Harry Edwards, Eric Evans
Votes: 18
18. Tulia, Texas (2008)
Not Rated | 54 min | Documentary
A look at the aftermath and investigation behind the massive 1999 Tulia, Texas drug bust, which resulted in the arrest of 46 people, 39 of whom were African American.
Directors: Cassandra Herrman, Kelly Whalen
Votes: 33
19. Red Without Blue (2007)
Not Rated | 74 min | Documentary
The intimate bond between two identical twin brothers is challenged when one decides to transition from male to female; this is the story of their evolving relationship, and the resurrection of their family from a darker past.
Directors: Brooke Sebold, Benita Sills, Todd Sills | Stars: Clair Farley, Jennie Farley, Mark Oliver Farley, Scott Farley
Votes: 474
20. Irena Sendler: In the Name of Their Mothers (2011)
60 min | Documentary, Biography, War
95-year-old Polish heroine Irena Sendler tells the unknown story of a conspiracy of women who outwitted the Nazis and rescued thousands of Jewish children from the Warsaw ghetto during WWII.
Director: Mary Skinner | Stars: Irena Sendlerowa, Jan Becker
Votes: 45
21. The Princess of Nebraska (2007)
Not Rated | 77 min | Drama
The story of a pregnant Chinese girl's life in the U.S. Based on the the short story by Yiyun Li.
Director: Wayne Wang | Stars: Li Ling, Brian Danforth, Minghua Tan, Zhi Hao Li
Votes: 295
22. Trattoria (I) (2012)
Not Rated | 82 min | Comedy
This funny and heartwarming dramedy set in the exciting San Francisco culinary scene follows Sal Sartini, a workaholic chef who must repair the bond he had with his son before he risks ... See full summary »
Director: Jason Wolos | Stars: Tony Denison, John Patrick Amedori, Kandis Fay, Lisa Rotondi
Votes: 159
23. Plagues and Pleasures on the Salton Sea (2004)
Not Rated | 74 min | Documentary
Renowned cult film director John Waters narrates this quirky exploration of the Salton Sea, the massive Southern California lake that was created by accident a century ago, became a popular... See full summary »
Directors: Chris Metzler, Jeff Springer | Stars: Sonny Bono, John Waters, Norm Niver, Petre Melvin
Votes: 645 | Gross: $0.05M
24. Bleeding Audio (2020)
90 min | Documentary
Bleeding Audio is an intimate portrait detailing The Matches' promising career, defeating break up, and inspiring reunion as they reflect on what success truly means for musicians in ... See full summary »
Director: Chelsea Christer | Stars: Shawn Harris, Jon Devoto, Matt Whalen, Justin San Souci
Votes: 26
25. The Great 14th: Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama in His Own Words (2019)
82 min | Documentary
This is the Dalai Lama's story as he has lived it: his experience of the personal, political, spiritual, and historical events that shaped his life. From childhood to adulthood, in his ... See full summary »
Director: Rosemary Rawcliffe | Star: The Dalai Lama
Votes: 110
26. Collapse: Based on the Book by Jared Diamond (2010 TV Movie)
Documentary
National Geographic follows a hypothetical team of scientists in the year 2210 as they set out to learn what led to the collapse of our present day society in this theoretical look into the future.
Director: Noel Dockstader | Stars: Ricardo Agurcia, Jared Diamond, Jamie Effros, Daniel Gilbert
Votes: 134
27. All in This Tea (2007)
Not Rated | 70 min | Documentary
During the 1990s, David Lee Hoffman searched throughout China for the finest teas. He's a California importer who, as a youth, lived in Asia for years and took tea with the Dali Lama. ... See full summary »
Directors: Les Blank, Gina Leibrecht | Stars: David Lee Hoffman, Song Diefeng, Werner Herzog, Angela Justice
Votes: 274
29. 3 Still Standing (2014)
90 min | Documentary, Comedy
Although the local comedy scene has diminished since the 1980s, Will Durst, Johnny Steele and Larry 'Bubbles' Brown continue to entertain audiences with their stand-up material.
Directors: Robert Campos, Donna LoCicero | Stars: Larry Brown, Will Durst, Johnny Steele, Geoff Bolt
Votes: 32
30. Life Tastes Good (1999)
Not Rated | 88 min | Crime, Drama
Two San Francisco detectives discover a corpse in an abandoned car. From the dead man's wallet and a tape recorder, they determine the man was a money launderer. The story is then told in ... See full summary »
Director: Philip Kan Gotanda | Stars: Sab Shimono, Julia Nickson, Tamlyn Tomita, Greg Watanabe
Votes: 138
31. Nice Girls Crew (2012– )
Comedy
Sophie (Lynn Chen), Leena (Sheetal Sheth), and Geraldine (Michelle Krusiec) have been true "frenemies" since elementary school. All grown up and finding themselves in the city of Los ... See full summary »
Stars: Lynn Chen, Michelle Krusiec, Sheetal Sheth, Tsai Chin
Votes: 60
32. Smokin' Fish (2011)
81 min | Documentary, Biography, History
Cory Mann is a quirky Tlingit Businessman hustling to make a dollar in Juneau Alaska. He gets hungry for smoked salmon, nostalgic for his childhood and decides to spend a summer smoking ... See full summary »
Directors: Luke Griswold-Tergis, Cory Mann | Star: Cory Mann
Votes: 23
33. Green Fire (2011)
73 min | Documentary, Biography
Aldo Leopold is considered the most important conservationist of the twentieth-century. He is the father of the national wilderness system, wildlife management and ecological restoration. ... See full summary »
Directors: Ann Dunsky, Steve Dunsky, Dave Steinke | Stars: Peter Coyote, Aldo Leopold, Curt Meine
Votes: 33
34. The Date (II) (2013)
12 min | Short, Drama
New York City, New Year's Eve, 1949: all the elevator operator wants is someone to kiss at midnight. Instead she has a double shift to work and a deaf kid to babysit. Then in struts Frank.
Director: Adam Thorpe | Stars: Amanda Boxer, Annarose Cattanach, Morven Christie, Thomas Grube
35. Chee and T (2016)
80 min | Comedy
A Comedy about the only two guys left in Silicon Valley who have nothing to do with technology.
Director: Tanuj Chopra | Stars: Noureen DeWulf, Asif Ali, Dominic Rains, Karan Soni
Votes: 27
36. Burma: A Human Tragedy (2011)
85 min | Documentary
Director: Neil Hollander | Stars: Anjelica Huston, Aung San Suu Kyi
Votes: 6
37. See How They Run (2001)
58 min | Documentary
A behind the scenes look at a David and Goliath showdown between Mayor Willie Brown (incumbent) and openly gay city supervisor and stand-up comedian, Tom Ammiano.
Directors: Kelly Duane, Emily Morse | Stars: Tom Ammiano, Jerry Brown, Willie Brown, Dianne Feinstein
Votes: 34
38. Ferlinghetti: A Rebirth of Wonder (2009)
Not Rated | 73 min | Documentary
The poet and painter, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, is among the world's living monuments to arts and letters. For well over a half century, Ferlinghetti helped shape the currents of poetry and ... See full summary »
Director: Christopher Felver | Stars: Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Allen Ginsberg, Dennis Hopper, Billy Collins
Votes: 30 | Gross: $0.00M
39. Saving the Bay (2009 TV Movie)
Documentary
Narrated by Robert Redford, Saving the Bay explores the history of one of America's greatest natural resources - San Francisco Bay - with four one-hour episodes tracing the Bay from its ... See full summary »
Star: Robert Redford
Votes: 19
40. Columbus Day Legacy (2011 TV Movie)
PG | 30 min | Documentary
Columbus Day Legacy explores the quintessential American issues of free speech and ethnic pride against the backdrop of the ongoing Columbus Day parade controversy in Denver, Colorado. ... See full summary »
Director: Bennie Klain | Star: Russell Means
41. Weaving Worlds (2007 TV Movie)
PG | 57 min | Documentary
In this compelling and intimate portrait of economic and cultural survival through art, Navajo filmmaker BENNIE KLAIN takes viewers into the world of contemporary Navajo weavers and their ... See full summary »
Director: Bennie Klain
Votes: 14
42. The Burning Wigs of Sedition (2010)
10 min | Short, Fantasy, Music
The steamy belly of the rowing galleon is a place of Sisyphean suffering driven by drums and the cracking whip. How long can the Libertine sip his liquor in front of them before they revolt... See full summary »
Director: Anna Fitch | Stars: Steve Heck, Flash Hopkins, Freddi Price, Machiko Saito
Votes: 8
43. Man Made: Secret History of the Bra (2007 TV Movie)
Documentary
Director: Anna Fitch | Stars: Susan Verscheure, Manette Scheininger, Suzanne Ramsey, Marilyn Monroe
Votes: 7
44. When Medicine Got It Wrong (2009)
Not Rated | 54 min | Documentary
When Medicine Got it Wrong is the groundbreaking story of loving parents who rocked the halls of psychiatry, changing how we understand schizophrenia. In the 1970s, a small group of parents... See full summary »
Directors: Katie Cadigan, Laura C. Murray | Stars: Gregory Bateson, Anna Eshoo, Rita Moreno, Ronald Reagan
Votes: 10
45. Home Front (2001)
59 min | Documentary
Home Front tells the stories of two diverse, working-class communities who are fighting for the right to keep calling the San Francisco Bay Area home as the region becomes the country's most expensive.
Director: Jennifer Maytorena Taylor
46. The Ralph Stanley Story (2000)
82 min | Documentary
Director: Herb E. Smith | Star: Ralph Stanley
47. Across (2019)
12 min | Short, Drama | Completed
A grieving father's journey over a bridge goes awry after he picks up a homeless vet.
Director: Matthew Riutta | Stars: Ahku, Rashod Edwards, Jordan Edwards, William Hammond
48. Becoming California (2014 TV Movie)
116 min | Documentary
The story of environmental change in California. From geologic origins to present day and beyond, it provides a synopsis of change across deep time and reveals how human attitudes toward the environment dictate the nature of change.
Director: Kit Tyler | Star: Jane Fonda
49. Paperback Dreams (2008)
Not Rated | 57 min | Documentary
In a time of increasing competition from mega-chains and online retailers, many local businesses are fighting for survival. Through the tumultuous story of two beloved Bay Area booksellers,... See full summary »
Director: Alex Beckstead | Stars: Joan Baez II, Clark Kepler, Gabriel Marin, Ralph Nader
Votes: 13
50. How to Smell a Rose: A Visit with Ricky Leacock at his Farm in Normandy (2014)
Not Rated | 64 min | Documentary, Biography, History
In the year 2000, Les Blank, along with co-filmmaker Gina Leibrecht, visited Richard Leacock (1921-2011) at his farm in Normandy, France and recorded conversations with him about his life, ... See full summary »
Directors: Les Blank, Gina Leibrecht | Stars: Richard Leacock, Valérie Lalonde
Votes: 45