Cast: Roger Ebert

Top movies, series, and documentaries starring Roger Ebert. Uncover the most acclaimed works, loved by fans and praised by critics.


Life Itself

2014 · Documentary · 115 min. · United States

Direction Steve James

Cast Roger Ebert · Errol Morris · Werner Herzog · Martin Scorsese

Synopsis It's the first-ever feature-length documentary on the life of Roger Ebert, which is enough of a reason for us to see it. But the fact that it's directed by Steve James ("Hoop Dreams") and features interviews with filmmakers such as...

6.8

588 votes

6.8

588 votes

Direction Stuart Samuels

Cast George A. Romero · Alejandro Jodorowsky · John Waters · Perry Henzell

Synopsis From 1970-1977, six low budget films shown at midnight transformed the way we make and watch films. Midnight Movies: From the Margin to the Mainstream tells the hidden history of these landmark films, El Topo (1970), Night of the Living...

6.7

47 votes

6.7

47 votes

Direction Gary Leva

Cast John Baxter · John Calley · Arthur C. Clarke · Rob Coleman

Synopsis In 2001: A Space Odyssey, Stanley Kubrick showed us what the future might look like. How true was his vision? This documentary employs interviews with filmmakers, screenwriters and authors - including Arthur C. Clarke - to delve deep into the...

6.3

25 votes

6.3

25 votes

Direction Gary Leva

Cast John Baxter · Ben Burtt · John Calley · Jay Cocks

Synopsis Stanley Kubrick's groundbreaking 2001: A Space Odyssey opened the door to all the films and filmmakers who followed it. Through interviews with directors such as George Lucas, Steven Spielberg and Sydney Pollack - as well as special effects professionals and...

6.2

48 votes

6.2

48 votes

Searching for Debra Winger

2002 · Documentary · 100 min. · United States

Direction Rosanna Arquette

Cast Patricia Arquette · Rosanna Arquette · Emmanuelle Béart · Katrin Cartlidge

Synopsis Rosanna Arquette informally interviews several contrasting actresses about how they cope with being a woman in the entertainment industry. The chauvenism of male crew is discussed, the pretentiousness / stereotyping of female characters in American film now. Interviews include those...

6.1

216 votes

6.1

216 votes

Direction Gerald Peary

Cast Roger Ebert

Synopsis “For the Love of Movies: The Story of American Film Criticism” is the first documentary to dramatize the rich saga of American movie reviewing. Directed by The Boston Phoenix critic, Gerald Peary, “For the Love of Movies” offers an insider’s...

5.6

33 votes

5.6

33 votes

Manufacturing Dissent

2007 · Documentary · 97 min. · Canada

Direction Rick Caine · Debbie Melnyk

Cast Rick Caine · Noam Chomsky · Mark Dowie · Howard Dean

Synopsis A documentary that looks to distinguish what's fact, fiction, legend, and otherwise as a camera crew trails Michael Moore as he tours with his film, Fahrenheit 9/11.

5.5

25 votes

5.5

25 votes

Jiminy Glick in Lalawood

2004 · Movie · 90 min. · Canada

Direction Vadim Jean

Cast Martin Short · Linda Cardellini · Janeane Garofalo · John Michael Higgins

Synopsis Jiminy Glick in LaLaWood starts off as an Entertainment Tonight or Access Hollywood spoof, but develops into a murder mystery, with David Lynch played by Martin Short as a makeshift Hercule Poirot. Jiminy Glick (also played by Short) checks into...

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Humphrey Bogart

2003 · Documentary · 43 min. · United States

Cast Humphrey Bogart · Stephen H. Bogart · Ernest Cunningham · Roger Ebert

Synopsis The story of how against all odds, Humphrey Bogart became a movie legend and the personification of cool.

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The Outsider

2005 · Documentary · 85 min. · United States

Direction Nicholas Jarecki

Cast James Toback · Woody Allen · Robert Downey Jr. · Roger Ebert

Synopsis Nicholas Jarecki follows director James Toback on the 12-day shoot of his thriller, "When Will I Be Loved" -- a movie made without a script or distribution deal. The Outsider, a feature-length documentary from first-time writer/director Jarecki, is a film...

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Dark City: The Architecture of Dreams

2008 · Documentary · 34 min. · United States

Direction Mark Rance

Cast Lem Dobbs · Roger Ebert · Alex Proyas · Vivian Sobchak

Synopsis Documentary that Intriguingly "unpacks" various meanings of the film "Dark City".

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Direction David Leaf

Cast Phil Collins · Roger Ebert · Peter Noone · Roger McGuinn

Synopsis Thirty years after A Hard Day's Night, its producer, director, writer and others describe its making. United Artists Records came to Walter Shenson, asking him to produce a movie so UA could issue a soundtrack album. Shenson signed Lester to...

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