List of the best Alex Gibney movies: Going Clear: Scientology & the Prison of Belief(2015), Mea Maxima Culpa: Silence in the House of God(2012), Catching Hell(2011), Zero Days(2016), Gonzo: The Life and Work of Dr. Hunter S. Thompson(2008), Totally Under Control(2020), Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room(2005), Client 9: The Rise and Fall of Eliot Spitzer(2010), Park Avenue: Money, Power and the American Dream(2012), The Armstrong Lie(2013), No Stone Unturned(2017), My Trip to Al-Qaeda(2010) ... ...
Documentary
USA
2015
119 Minutes
Director
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A documentary looking at the inner-workings of the Church of Scientology.
Documentary
USA|UK
2012
107 Minutes
Director
Aaron Ballard
Alex Gibney explores the charged issue of pedophilia in the Catholic Church, following a trail from the first known protest against clerical sexual abuse in the United States and all the way to the Vatican.
Documentary
USA
2011
102 Minutes
Director
After the Chicago Cubs blow an opportunity to reach the World Series in 2003, Cubs fans blame the team's misfortune on fellow fan Steve Bartman, who interfered with a foul ball and prevented Moises Alou from making a catch.
Documentary
USA
2016
116 Minutes
Director
Richard A. Clarke Michael Hayden Tadashi Mitsui Eric Chien Eugene Kaspersky Ralph Langner
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A documentary focused on Stuxnet, a piece of self-replicating computer malware that the U.S. and Israel unleashed to destroy a key part of an Iranian nuclear facility, and which ultimately spread beyond its intended target.
Documentary
USA
2008
118 Minutes
Director
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A portrait of the late gonzo journalist Hunter S. Thompson.
Documentary
USA
2020
123 Minutes
Director
Ophelia Harutyunyan Taison Bell Michael Bowen Rick Bright Caroline Chen Thomas Frieden
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An in-depth look at how the United States government handled the response to the COVID-19 outbreak during the early months of the pandemic.
Documentary
USA
2005
113 Minutes
Director
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A documentary about the Enron corporation, its faulty and corrupt business practices, and how they led to its fall.
Documentary
USA
2010
117 Minutes
Director
Eliot Spitzer Wrenn Schmidt Roger Stone Kim Allen Karen Finley
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An in-depth look at the rise and fall of New York Governor Eliot Spitzer, including interviews with the scandalized, former politician.
Documentary
USA|South Africa
2012
70 Minutes
Director
Jack Abramoff Bruce Bartlett Jane Mayer Jeffrey Sachs Mahlon Mitchell
Filmmaker Alex Gibney investigates the fact that the 400 richest Americans control more wealth than the 150 million people in the bottom 50 percent of the population.
Documentary
USA
2013
122 Minutes
Director
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A documentary chronicling sports legend Lance Armstrong's improbable rise and ultimate fall from grace.
Documentary
UK|USA
2017
111 Minutes
Director
Emma Rogan
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An in-depth look at the unsolved 1994 Loughinisland massacre, where six Irishmen were murdered, presumably by a Unionist paramilitary group, while watching the World Cup at the local pub in Loughinisland, Northern Ireland.
Documentary
USA
2010
86 Minutes
Director
Chronicles fundamentalist Islam's rise to power and explores Wright's struggle to maintain his objectivity as a journalist writing about Islamic terror.
Documentary
USA
2014
120 Minutes
Director
Yeni Kuti Femi Kuti Seun Kuti Bill T. Jones Tony Allen Ogugua Iwelu
A look at the life and music of Nigerian singer Fela Kuti.
Documentary
USA
2013
130 Minutes
Director
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A documentary that details the creation of Julian Assange's controversial website, which facilitated the largest security breach in U.S. history.
Documentary
UK|USA
2019
128 Minutes
Director
Mikhail Khodorkovsky Vladimir Putin Leonid Nevzlin Boris Berezovsky Alexei Navalny Tatyana Lysova Maria Logan Anton Drel
The strange case of Mikhail Khodorkovsky, once believed to be the wealthiest man in Russia, who rocketed to prosperity and prominence in the 1990s, served a decade in prison, and became an unlikely martyr for the anti-Putin movement.
Documentary
USA
2015
128 Minutes
Director
Andy Grignon Yukari Iwatani Kane Brian Lam Daniel Kottke Regis McKenna Joe Nocera Sherry Turkle
A look at the personal and private life of the late Apple CEO, Steve Jobs.
Documentary
USA
2011
90 Minutes
Director
A freewheeling portrait of Ken Kesey and the Merry Pranksters' fabled road trip across America.
Documentary
USA
2019
119 Minutes
Director
Elizabeth Holmes Errol Morris Dan Ariely Tyler Shultz John Carreyrou Tim Draper
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A rag-tag group of undocumented youth - Dreamers - deliberately get detained by Border Patrol in order to infiltrate a shadowy, for-profit detention center.
Documentary, Music
USA
2012
73 Minutes
Director
Jon Bowermaster Natalie Merchant Joan Osborne Pete Seeger
'Dear Governor Cuomo' is a concert protest film aimed at influencing New York state's decision to ban hydraulic fracturing - fracking - or adopt it. Featuring local activists including Mark... See full summary »
Documentary
2020
118 Minutes
Director
Psychiatrist Dorothy Otnow Lewis stirs controversy for her views on serial killers and the death penalty.
Documentary
2010
86 Minutes
Director
James Ransone Seth Gordon Rachel Grady Bill Gates Mala Wright Greg Crowe
Vignettes explore concepts put forth in a best-selling book, including cheating, bribery, and the importance of names.
Documentary, War, Crime, Drama
2007
106 Minutes
Director
Brian Keith Allen Jack Cloonan Greg D'Agostino Carl Levin Moazzam Begg
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