List of the best Frederick Wiseman movies: Near Death(1989), Domestic Violence(2001), Primate(1974), Canal Zone(1977), The Store(1983), High School II(1994), Ex Libris: The New York Public Library(2017), National Gallery(2014), La Danse: The Paris Opera Ballet(2009), City Hall(2020), At Berkeley(2013), In Jackson Heights(2015) ... ...
Documentary
USA
1989
348 Minutes
Director
Renowned documentarian Frederick Wiseman profiles the doctors, nurses, physicians, and patients at the Beth Israel Hospital in Boston, Massachusetts, as he watches medical staff work around... See full summary »
Documentary
USA
2001
196 Minutes
Director
Renowned documentarian Frederick Wiseman turns his observational camera on The Spring, a Florida shelter for battered women and children. For one-hundred and ninety-six minutes, Wiseman ... See full summary »
Documentary
USA
1974
105 Minutes
Director
This film casts a forensic observational eye over researchers working with primates. After a time watching it is possible to wonder which ones of these two sets of primates is the more strange.
Documentary
USA
1977
175 Minutes
Director
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On the one hand, you have the Panamians, but Frederick Wiseman shows them as the Americans see them: from a distance. They are poor and of no particular interest to them even if Panama is ... See full summary »
Documentary
USA
1983
113 Minutes
Director
A look at the employees and shoppers at the Neiman-Marcus department in Dallas, Texas during the holiday season.
Documentary
USA
2017
197 Minutes
Director
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A look within the walls of the New York Public Library.
Documentary
France|USA|UK
2014
180 Minutes
Director
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A documentary that goes inside one of the great museums of the world: The National Gallery in London.
Documentary
France|USA
2009
159 Minutes
Director
The film follows the production of seven ballets by the Paris Opera Ballet.
Documentary
USA
2020
275 Minutes
Director
A look at Boston's city government, covering racial justice, housing, climate action, and more.
Documentary
USA
2013
244 Minutes
Director
The University of California at Berkeley, the oldest and most prestigious member of a ten campus public education system, is also one of the finest research and teaching facilities in the ... See full summary »
Documentary
France|USA
2015
190 Minutes
Director
Jackson Heights, Queens is one of the most culturally diverse communities in the US where 167 languages are spoken. IN JACKSON HEIGHTS explores the conflict between maintaining ties to old traditions and adapting to American values.
Documentary
USA
1988
120 Minutes
Director
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Follows the 4315th Training Squadron of the Strategic Air Command at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, where Air Force officers are trained to man the Launch Control Centers for the ... See full summary »
Documentary
USA
1972
86 Minutes
Director
Daily life in a Benedictine monastery.
Documentary
USA
1979
115 Minutes
Director
A group of volunteer American soldiers go to Germany to participate in a practice in combat maneuver tactics.
Documentary
USA
2018
143 Minutes
Director
Following the 2016 presidential election, Frederick Wiseman's documentary dissects small-town America to understand how its values impact and influence the political landscape of the nation.
Documentary
USA
2010
91 Minutes
Director
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Explores the world of a boxing gym in Austin, Texas, dwelling on the discipline of training as people from all walks of life aspire to reach their personal best.
Documentary
USA
1985
111 Minutes
Director
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Documentary
USA
1978
127 Minutes
Director
Follows the station's technicians and officials through their routine activities amid the harsh landscape of the Sinai Peninsula, providing a glimpse into the daily practice of diplomacy.
Documentary
USA|France
2011
134 Minutes
Director
A look inside Paris' Crazy Horse, a club that boasts the greatest and most chic nude dancing in the world.
Documentary
1967
90 Minutes
Director
Filmmaker Frederick Wiseman exposes conditions at a Massachusetts hospital for the criminally insane.
Documentary
1999
248 Minutes
Director
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Filmmaker Frederick Wiseman profiles a small port town and shows its inhabitants, people from many walks of life.