Cinematography: Michael Spiller

The best movies, series, and documentaries with cinematography by Michael Spiller. Explore visually stunning titles that highlight an exceptional filmmaking.


Trust

1990 · Movie · 107 min. · United States

Direction Hal Hartley

Cast Martin Donovan · Adrienne Shelly · Merritt Nelson · John MacKay

Plot When high school dropout Maria Coughlin announces her pregnancy to her parents, her father drops dead on the floor. Her mother kicks her out of the house and her boyfriend...

7.1

2K votes

7.1

2K votes

Simple Men

1992 · Movie · 105 min. · United States

Direction Hal Hartley

Cast Robert John Burke · Bill Sage · Karen Sillas · Elina Löwensohn

Plot Bitter about being double-crossed by the women he loved, (and with the police after him to boot), Bill vows to seduce the next woman he sees, then throw her away....

6.9

948 votes

6.9

948 votes

6.9

133 votes

Fishing with John (TV Miniseries)

1991 · Documentary · 152 min. · United States

Direction John Lurie

Cast John Lurie · Willem Dafoe · Matt Dillon · Dennis Hopper

Plot John Lurie knows absolutely nothing about fishing, but that doesn't stop him from undertaking the adventure of a lifetime on Fishing With John. Traveling with his special guests to the...

6.8

68 votes

6.8

68 votes

The Adventures of Pete & Pete (TV Series)

1993 · Series · 24 min. · United States

Direction Katherine Dieckmann · Peter Lauer · Nicholas Jacobs

Cast Michael C. Maronna · Danny Tamberelli · Alison Fanelli · Judy Grafe

Plot Pete and Pete are two red-headed brothers living in the somewhat surreal town of Wellsville. Pete, the older of the two, narrates the stories about their adventures in everyday life....

6.8

100 votes

6.8

100 votes

The Unbelievable Truth

1989 · Movie · 87 min. · United States

Direction Hal Hartley

Cast Robert John Burke · Adrienne Shelly · Christopher Cooke · Julia McNeal

Plot In Hal Hartley's first feature film, THE UNBELIEVABLE TRUTH, Josh (Robert John Burke), a criminal who has just been released from prison, returns home to Lindenhurst, Long Island. There he's...

6.8

930 votes

6.8

930 votes

Henry Fool

1997 · Movie · 137 min. · United States

Direction Hal Hartley

Cast Thomas Jay Ryan · James Urbaniak · Parker Posey · Nicholas Hope

Plot Socially inept garbage man Simon is befriended by Henry Fool, a witty roguish, but talent-less novelist. Henry opens a magical world of literature to Simon who turns his hand to...

6.8

1K votes

6.8

1K votes

Amateur

1994 · Movie · 105 min. · United States

Direction Hal Hartley

Cast Isabelle Huppert · Martin Donovan · Elina Löwensohn · Damian Young

Plot Isabelle is an ex-nun waiting for her special mission from God. In the meantime, she is making a living writing pornography. She meets Thomas, a sweet, confused amnesiac who cannot...

6.6

828 votes

6.6

828 votes

Sex and the City (TV Series)

1998 · Series · 20 min. · United States

Direction Darren Star · Michael Patrick King · Allen Coulter · Michael Engler

Cast Sarah Jessica Parker · Kim Cattrall · Kristin Davis · Cynthia Nixon

Plot TV Series (1998-2004). 6 Seasons. 94 Episodes. Sarah Jessica Parker, Kim Cattrall, Kristin Davis and Cynthia Nixon star in SEX AND THE CITY - The critically acclaimed, award-winning series that...

6.3

54K votes

6.3

54K votes

Niagara Niagara

1997 · Movie · 96 min. · United States

Direction Bob Gosse

Cast Robin Tunney · Henry Thomas · Michael Parks · Stephen Lang

Plot Two misfits - Marcy and petty thief Seth meet shop-lifting in their upstate New York hometown. Marcy wants to get a hold of some particular Barbie doll and they take...

6.1

151 votes

6.1

151 votes

The House of Yes

1997 · Movie · 85 min. · United States

Direction Mark Waters

Cast Parker Posey · Tori Spelling · Freddie Prinze Jr. · Geneviève Bujold

Plot Jackie-O is anxiously awaiting the visit of her brother home for Thanksgiving, but isn't expecting him to bring a friend. She's even more shocked to learn that this friend is...

6.0

178 votes

6.0

178 votes

Theory of Achievement (S)

1991 · Movie · 18 min. · United States

Direction Hal Hartley

Cast Bob Gosse · Jessica Sager · Jeffrey Howard · Elina Löwensohn

Plot It affectionately examines the lives of a group of "young, middle-class, white, college-educated, unskilled, broke, drunk" Brookylnites who would love to make something of their lives.

6.0

98 votes

6.0

98 votes

Flirt

1995 · Movie · 84 min. · United States

Direction Hal Hartley

Cast Bill Sage · Dwight Ewell · Parker Posey · Elina Löwensohn

Plot A lover, an ultimatum, a phone call, and a gun: these elements are found in each segment of Hal Hartley's Flirt, an experimental comedy-drama that essentially repeats the same story...

5.9

582 votes

5.9

582 votes

Walking and Talking

1997 · Movie · 85 min. · United States

Direction Nicole Holofcener

Cast Catherine Keener · Anne Heche · Liev Schreiber · Todd Field

Plot Things have been tough lately for Amelia. Her best friend moved out of the apartment, her cat got cancer, and now her best friend, Laura, is getting married. She copes...

5.8

226 votes

5.8

226 votes

No Such Thing

2001 · Movie · 102 min. · United States

Direction Hal Hartley

Cast Sarah Polley · Robert John Burke · Helen Mirren · Bill Sage

Plot Disgusted with human evolution and a society driven by instant gratification and voyeuristic sensationalism, a foul-mouthed Monster kills anyone who crosses his path. When a news crew sent to investigate...

5.5

225 votes

5.5

225 votes

Drop Dead Gorgeous

1999 · Movie · 99 min. · United States

Direction Michael Patrick Jann

Cast Kirstie Alley · Ellen Barkin · Kirsten Dunst · Denise Richards

Plot The local boosters of Mount Rose, Minnesota proudly invites you to watch as their annual celebration of civic pride, wholesome achievement, teenage innocence and spirited camaraderie all go up in...

5.5

1K votes

5.5

1K votes

Ambition (S)

1991 · Movie · 9 min. · United States

Direction Hal Hartley

Cast George Feaster · Hannah Sullivan · Rick Groel

Plot This short film was packaged on video with Hartley's featurette "Surviving Desire." It follows a day in the life of a young artist who longs for professional success and the...

5.5

109 votes

5.5

109 votes

Search and Destroy

1995 · Movie · 100 min. · United States

Direction David Salle

Cast Griffin Dunne · Rosanna Arquette · Dennis Hopper · Christopher Walken

Plot Dunne heads a cast of Hollywood's coolest in this self-consciously hip adaptation of the Broadway play about a Florida film producer, at odds with the IRS, who tries to orchestrate...

4.8

55 votes

4.8

55 votes

Hell's Kitchen

1998 · Movie · 95 min. · United States

Direction Tony Cinciripini

Cast Angelina Jolie · Mekhi Phifer · Rosanna Arquette · William Forsythe

Plot When a robbery goes awry, the bandits all end up in a puddle of blood and only one (Mekhi Phifer) lives and goes to jail for five years. Upon his...

4.4

248 votes

4.4

248 votes

Hand Gun (TV)

1994 · Movie · 90 min. · United States

Direction Whitney Ransick

Cast Treat Williams · Seymour Cassel · Paul Schulze · Anna Thomson

Plot Jack is in the midst of a major robbery, which leaves him injured and his accomplices dead. Jack manages to hide the $500,000 from the robbery before he makes his...

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Not rated