20 movies like Frank Serpico, ordered by similarity : Kill Chain: The Cyber War on America's Elections(2020), Atomic Homefront(2017), Man on Wire(2008), High Fidelity: The Guarneri String Quartet(1989), Icarus(2017), Wal-Mart: The High Cost of Low Price(2005), Page One: Inside The New York Times(2011), Birthright: A War Story(2017), Troublemakers: The Story of Land Art(2015), Abacus: Small Enough to Jail(2016), Client 9: The Rise and Fall of Eliot Spitzer(2010), Studio 54: The Documentary(2018) ...
Documentary
2017
99 Minutes
police officer ex-policeman hero italian-american new yorker suspenseful shocking chilling engaging fascinating gripping brooklyn new york united states whistle-blowing bribery corruption police corruption cover-up rivalry
The life of Frank Serpico, the former NYPD officer and whistle blower who exposed rampant corruption in the department in the '60s and '70s. The reclusive Serpico talks about his life, from childhood through retirement.
Documentary
USA
2020
91 Minutes
Russell Michaels
hacker national security advisor politician political consultant political candidate computer computer expert computer programmer bleak brooding chilling confident dark disheartening disturbing engaging fascinating gripping intense powerful
Finnish hacker and election expert Harri Hursti investigates election-related hacks, uncovering just how unprotected voting systems really are.
Documentary
USA
2017
100 Minutes
Dawn Chapman Douglas Clemens Robbin Ellison Dailey Kay Drey R. William Field Lois Gibbs
documentarian american citizen fascinating gripping eerie disturbing sad united states city corruption earth greed save humanity documentary filmmaking discovery escape quest rescue revenge
A terrifying look at the corruption that's destroying our nation and our planet. This should shake every American citizen. Citizens of an American city fight back against corruption and greed and try to save their own lives.
Documentary
UK|USA
2008
90 Minutes
high-wire artist police officer girlfriend friend fascinating suspenseful incredible france new york city skyscraper world trade center daunting task aspirations friendship crime quest underdog 1970s
A look at tightrope walker Philippe Petit's daring, but illegal, high-wire routine performed between New York City's World Trade Center's twin towers in 1974, what some consider, "the artistic crime of the century".
Documentary
USA
1989
85 Minutes
violinist cellist musician rival coworker engaging fascinating amusing stage recording studio united states university music performance rehearsal rivalry relationships guarneri string quartet rivalry transformation
Relationships, rehearsals, performances, hobbies, family life of the members of the Guarneri string quartet
Documentary
USA
2017
110 Minutes
Bryan Fogel Richard Pound Dave Zabriskie Don Catlin David Howman
filmmaker documentarian mastermind athlete reporter government agent brooding disturbing shocking profound russia united states newsroom office street crime scene sports cheating olympic games cover-up
When Bryan sets out to uncover the truth about doping in sports, a chance meeting with a Russian scientist transforms his story from a personal experiment into a geopolitical thriller.
Documentary
USA
2005
98 Minutes
Don Hunter Jon Hunter Jeremy Hunter Frank Mormino John Bruening Susie Geiser
employee manager ceo father mother mechanic emotional bleak united states store household small town convention center corporate greed worker's rights exploitation deception corruption discovery underdog
A look at the impact of the retail giant on local communities.
Documentary
USA
2011
88 Minutes
Sarah Ellison Larry Ingrassia David Carr Brian Stelter Nick Denton Jimmy Wales
blogger newspaper reporter editor writer engaging tense emotional fascinating new york city newsroom office newspapers journalism economy media new york times changing times fall rivalry transformation
Unprecedented access to the New York Times newsroom yields a complex view of the transformation of a media landscape fraught with both peril and opportunity.
Documentary
USA
2017
105 Minutes
Michele Goodwin Lynn Paltrow Dr. David Grimes Carole Joffe Jessica Gonzalez-Rojas Andrea F. Friedman
woman doctor police detective politician priest shocking rousing brooding united states hospital jail office birth reproduction civil rights government policy rivalry pursuit underdog 2010s
Women are being jailed, physically violated and at risk of dying as a radical movement tightens its grip across America.
Documentary
USA
2015
72 Minutes
filmmaker host narrator expert artist fascinating engaging inspiring desert united states america art art history stories discovery love pursuit 1970s
Set in the desolate desert spaces of the American southwest, the film unearths the history of land art during the tumultuous late 1960s and early 1970s. Troublemakers is ultimately a story ... See full summary »
Documentary
USA
2016
90 Minutes
banker politician detective prosecutor brooding disturbing emotional gripping bank chinatown new york city scandal corruption bank failure american dream chinese-american culture discovery fall pursuit underdog
A small financial institution called Abacus becomes the only company criminally indicted in the wake of the United States' 2008 mortgage crisis.
Documentary
USA
2010
117 Minutes
Eliot Spitzer Wrenn Schmidt Roger Stone Kim Allen Karen Finley
politician call girl friend author governor attorney general engaging solemn powerful new york state house office government building prostitution scandal politics eliot spitzer infidelity corruption discovery
An in-depth look at the rise and fall of New York Governor Eliot Spitzer, including interviews with the scandalized, former politician.
Gay & Lesbian, Documentary
USA
2018
98 Minutes
celebrity actor actress mafia boss model gay/lesbian amusing cool fascinating gripping rousing unrestrained new york studio club disco dance club dance floor drugs mafia
The story of the notorious 1970s New York City nightclub.
Documentary
2019
93 Minutes
Anita Alvarez Dean Angelo Alma Benitez Pat Camden Charlene Carruthers Kina Collins
teenager murder victim murderer police captain police officer investigator lawyer judge journalist bleak dark emotional gripping gritty melancholy powerful sad solemn chicago murder
A documentary examining the 2014 shooting of 17-year-old Laquan McDonald by Chicago police officer Jason Van Dyke and the cover-up that ensued.
Documentary, Music
USA
2014
72 Minutes
Tiler Peck David Prottas Amar Ramasar
choreographer ballet director ballerina dancer fascinating engaging moving inspiring new york city united states ballet ballet new york city choreography creative process documentaries dance dancing transformation rise
From first rehearsal to world premiere, Ballet 422 takes us backstage at New York City Ballet as emerging choreographer Justin Peck crafts a new work.
Documentary
USA
2009
102 Minutes
american jew jewish immigrant holocaust survivor historian expert documentarian activist interviewee fascinating gripping moving emotional inspiring united states holocaust world war ii jewish culture jewish identity survival
'Against The Tide' examines the conflict that erupted in the American Jewish community over the best means to rescue the European Jews trying to escape the Holocaust. It tells the little ... See full summary »
Documentary
USA
2020
75 Minutes
martin luther king jr. civil rights activist entertainer host celebrity aretha franklin inspiring intense emotional engaging united states television studio new york city american south civil rights civil rights movement american culture vietnam war discovery pursuit
For one week in February 1968, Johnny Carson gave up his chair to Harry Belafonte, the first time an African-American had hosted a late night TV show for a whole week.
Documentary
USA
1977
175 Minutes
officer government official military officer young man pilot engaging fascinating striking panama house office ship panama canal society community culture politics quest discovery 1970s
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
2014
106 Minutes
dinosaur documentarian archaeologist tyrannosaurus rex skeleton government official fascinating engaging gripping intense powerful united states archaeological dig museum archaeology documentaries documentary filmmaking paleontology dinosaurs discovery
A documentary about the discovery of the largest Tyrannosaurus Rex fossil ever found.
Documentary
UK|Canada
2003
119 Minutes
filmmaker film critic film studio executive film editor actor actress confident cool fascinating engaging hollywood, calif. studio new york city film set hollywood cinema history counterculture youth influence changing times
A look at 1970s Hollywood when it was known as New Hollywood, and the director was the star of the movie.
Documentary
2017
89 Minutes
Geeta Gandbhir Michelle Brettin Rachel Dissell Mariska Hargitay Helena Lazaro Kym Worthy Cy Vance
expert victim sexual predator sex offender police detective investigator bleak emotional frightening gripping disheartening raw sad shocking united states sexual abuse assault investigation criminal justice system discovery
An investigation into the way sexual assault cases are handled by police departments across the United States.