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Best of Enemies
2015 • History • Documentary
A documentary about the legendary series of nationally televised debates in 1968 between two great public intellectuals, the liberal Gore Vidal and the conservative William F. B…
Matched on: Vidal
Gore Vidal: The United States of Amnesia
2013 • Documentary
Anchored by intimate, one-on-one interviews with the man himself, Nicholas Wrathall’s new documentary is a fascinating and wholly entertaining tribute to the iconic Gore Vidal.…
Matched on: Vidal
Why We Fight
2005 • History • Documentary
Is American foreign policy dominated by the idea of military supremacy? Has the military become too important in American life? Jarecki's shrewd and intelligent polemic would se…
Why matched: genres History, Documentary
The Celluloid Closet
1996 • History • Documentary
Exuberant, eye-opening movie that serves up a dazzling hundred-year history of the role of gay men and lesbians have had on the silver screen. Film contains fabulous footage fro…
Why matched: genres History, Documentary
Salinger
2013 • Documentary
An in-depth investigation into the private world of the American writer J. D. Salinger (1919-2010), who lived most of his life behind the impenetrable wall of a self-imposed sec…
Why matched: genres Documentary
Gattaca
1997 • Thriller • Mystery • Romance
Vincent is an all-too-human man who dares to defy a system obsessed with genetic perfection. He is an "In-Valid" who assumes the identity of a member of the genetic elite to pur…
Why matched: genres Thriller, Mystery
Bob Roberts
1992 • Drama • Comedy
Millionaire conservative Bob Roberts launches an insurgent campaign against incumbent senator Brickley Paiste, firing up crowds at his rallies by singing '60s-style acoustic fol…
Why matched: genres Drama, Comedy
With Honors
1994 • Drama • Comedy
Convinced he'll graduate with honors because of his thesis paper, a stuffy Harvard student finds his paper being held hostage by a homeless man, who might be the guy to school t…
Why matched: genres Drama, Comedy
Inside Deep Throat
2005 • Documentary
In 1972, a seemingly typical shoestring budget pornographic film was made in a Florida hotel: "Deep Throat," starring Linda Lovelace. This film would surpass the wildest expecta…
Why matched: genres Documentary
Wilde Salomé
2013 • Documentary
In documentary style, Al Pacino tells the story of how he came to stage a production of Oscar Wilde's Salomé. He travels to the Mojave Desert ("dessert?"), to Ireland and the Un…
Why matched: genres Documentary
Shadow Conspiracy
1997 • Thriller
Bobby Bishop is a special assistant to the President of the United States. Accidentally, he meets his friend professor Pochenko on the street. Pochenko has time to tell Bishop a…
Why matched: genres Thriller
Suddenly, Last Summer
1959 • Drama • Thriller • Mystery
The only son of wealthy widow Violet Venable dies while on vacation with his cousin Catherine. What the girl saw was so horrible that she went insane; now Mrs. Venable wants Cat…
Why matched: genres Drama, Thriller
The U.S. vs. John Lennon
2006 • Documentary
A documentary on the life of John Lennon, with a focus on the time in his life when he transformed from a musician into an antiwar activist.
Why matched: genres Documentary
Thinking XXX
2004 • Documentary
For a book project, photographer Timothy Greenfield-Sanders took photographs of 30 stars of adult movies, each pair of photographs in the same pose, clothed and nude. This film…
Why matched: genres Documentary
Public Speaking
2011 • Documentary
Martin Scorsese’s portrait of writer and social commentator Fran Lebowitz, celebrated for her sharp wit and observations on modern life. Filmed at New York’s Waverly Inn and int…
Why matched: genres Documentary
Shrink
2009 • Drama • Comedy
Unable to cope with a recent personal tragedy, LA's top celebrity shrink turns into a pothead with no concern for his appearance and a creeping sense of his inability to help hi…
Why matched: genres Drama, Comedy
The Best Man
1964 • Drama
The other party is in disarray. Five men vie for the party nomination for president. No one has a majority as the first ballot closes and the front-runners begin to decide how b…
Why matched: genres Drama
Igby Goes Down
2002 • Drama • Comedy
Igby Slocumb, a rebellious and sarcastic 17-year-old boy, is at war with the stifling world of old money privilege he was born into. With a schizophrenic father, a self-absorbed…
Why matched: genres Drama, Comedy