List of the best Albert Maysles movies: Salesman(1969), Gimme Shelter(1970), Grey Gardens(1975), The Love We Make(2011), The Beales of Grey Gardens(2006), Iris(2014) ... ...
Documentary
USA
1969
90 Minutes
Director
David Maysles Melbourne I. Feltman Margaret McCarron Kennie Turner
salesman employee husband housewife rival old man bleak somber dark united states small town car rural life traveling salesman working class work pursuit rivalry 1960s
Four dogged door-to-door Bible salesmen travel from Boston to Florida on a seemingly futile quest to sell luxury editions of the Good Book to working-class Catholics.
Documentary
USA
1970
90 Minutes
Director
Mick Jagger David Maysles Keith Richards Mick Taylor Charlie Watts Bill Wyman Marty Balin Paul Kantner Grace Slick Ian Stewart
musician rock star biker victim dark tense concert stage california the rolling stones death confrontation drugs music concert fall 1960s
When three hundred thousand members of the Love Generation collided with a few dozen Hells Angels at San Francisco's Altamont Speedway, the bloody slash that transformed a decade's dreams into disillusionment was immortalized on this film.
Documentary
USA
1975
95 Minutes
Albert Maysles Ellen Hovde
mother daughter filmmaker gardener handyman quirky witty touching east hampton, n.y. mansion mother/daughter relationship edith bouvier beale edie bouvier beale lost loves love 1970s
Meet a mother and daughter, high-society dropouts, reclusive cousins of Jackie O., managing to thrive together amid the decay and disorder of their East Hampton, NY, mansion, making for an eerily ramshackle echo of the American Camelot.
Documentary
USA
2011
94 Minutes
Director
Bradley Kaplan Rusty Anderson Backstreet Boys Jon Bon Jovi David Bowie Steve Buscemi Jim Carrey
rock star musician filmmaker positive touching emotional new york city madison square garden paul mccartney concert 9/11 attacks sacrifice quest 2000s
A lawyer defending a wealthy man begins to believe his client is guilty of more than just one crime.
Documentary
USA
2006
90 Minutes
Director
David Maysles Edith "Little Edie" Bouvier Beale Edith Ewing Bouvier Beale
Utilizing hours of unseen archival footage, The Beales is a new take on the women of Grey Gardens.
Documentary, Biography, Drama, History
2014
83 Minutes
Director
Iris Apfel Naeem Khan Mickey Boardman Linda Fargo Tavi Gevinson Carl Apfel
Filmmaker Albert Maysles pays tribute to nonagenarian Iris Apfel, the quick-witted, longtime interior designer and outspoken champion of eclectic fashion.