Cinematography: Sandi Sissel
The best movies, series, and documentaries with cinematography by Sandi Sissel. Explore visually stunning titles that highlight an exceptional filmmaking.
The Endurance
2000 · Documentary · 97 min. · United States
Direction George Butler
Plot A retelling of Sir Ernest Shackleton 's ill-fated expedition to Antarctica in 1914-1916, featuring new footage of the actual locations and interviews with surviving relatives of key expedition members, plus...
7.5
1K votes
7.5
1K votes
Free Angela & All Political Prisoners
2012 · Documentary · 101 min. · France
Direction Shola Lynch
Plot In this essential new feature documentary, legendary radical activist Angela Davis speaks for the first time about her 1970s imprisonment as a terrorist and conspirator, which became a flashpoint in...
7.4
40 votes
7.4
40 votes
Before Stonewall
1984 · Documentary · 87 min. · United States
Direction Greta Schiller · Robert Rosenberg
Plot The history of the Gay and Lesbian community before the Stonewall riots began the major gay rights movement. This documentary uses extensive archival film, movie clips and personal recollections to...
7.3
27 votes
7.3
27 votes
The Wonder Years (TV Series)
1988 · Series · 30 min. · United States
Direction Neal Marlens · Carol Black · Michael Dinner · Daniel Stern
Cast Fred Savage · Dan Lauria · Jason Hervey · Alley Mills
Plot TV Series (1988-1993). 6 Seasons. 115 episodes. The Wonder Years takes place during the turbulent times of the late 1960s and 1970s. The show focuses on Kevin Arnold (Fred Savage),...
7.0
49K votes
7.0
49K votes
Salaam Bombay!
1988 · Movie · 114 min. · India
Direction Mira Nair
Cast Shafiq Syed · Raghuvir Yadav · Aneeta Kanwar · Nana Patekar
Plot Mira Nair's first feature was an acclaimed drama depicting the desperate lives of homeless children in one of India's poorest cities. Krishna is a 10-year-old country boy forced to live...
7.0
844 votes
7.0
844 votes
A Conversation with Gregory Peck (American Masters) (TV)
1999 · Documentary · 87 min. · United States
Direction Barbara Kopple
Cast Gregory Peck
Plot In 1999, Gregory Peck (1916-2003) visits the Barter Theatre, Abingdon, VA, where he had acted in 1940 and where this evening he tells stories and answers questions about his career....
7.0
162 votes
7.0
162 votes
Young Americans (TV Series)
1999 · Series · 43 min. · United States
Direction Steve Antin · James Whitmore Jr. · Mel Damski · Perry Lang
Cast Kate Bosworth · Mark Famiglietti · Katherine Moennig · Rodney Scott
Plot This series portrays life at Rawley Summer Academy, an elite school in Connecticut where boys with a bright Ivy League future spend the summer industriously in classes and rowing training...
6.1
133 votes
6.1
133 votes
The People Under the Stairs
1991 · Movie · 94 min. · United States
Direction Wes Craven
Cast Brandon Quintin Adams · Everett McGill · Wendy Robie · A.J. Langer
Plot Two adults and a juvenile burglar break into a house occupied by a brother and sister and their stolen children and can't escape.
5.2
3K votes
5.2
3K votes
The Flash
1990 · Movie · 94 min. · United States
Direction Robert Iscove
Cast John Wesley Shipp · Amanda Pays · Michael Nader · Tim Thomerson
Plot Barry Allen, crime lab detective, is transformed into the Flash, the fastest man alive, and takes on the Dark Riders, a motorcycle gang terrorizing Central City.
5.1
376 votes
5.1
376 votes
Camp Nowhere
1994 · Movie · 96 min. · United States
Direction Jonathan Prince
Cast Jonathan Jackson · Christopher Lloyd · John Putch · Peter Scolari
Plot Morris "Mud" Himmel has a problem. His parents desperately want to send him away to summer camp. He hates going to summer camp, and would do anything to get out...
4.6
57 votes
4.6
57 votes
Meet the Browns
2008 · Movie · 100 min. · United States
Direction Tyler Perry
Cast Tyler Perry · David Mann · Tamela J. Mann · Angela Bassett
Plot A single mom takes her family to Georgia for the funeral of her father -- a man she never met. There, her clan is introduced to the crass, fun-loving Brown...
4.2
44 votes
4.2
44 votes
The Great Mom Swap (TV)
1995 · Movie · 80 min. · United States
Direction Jonathan Prince
Cast Shelley Fabares · Hillary Tuck · Valerie Harper · Mary Kate Schellhardt
Plot Terri Venessi (Mary Kate Schellhardt) local smart girl and deli girl always seems to be at odds with the cheerleading captain, Karen Ridgeway (Hilary Tuck). One day their pranks on...
4.1
46 votes
4.1
46 votes
Full Eclipse (TV)
1993 · Movie · 93 min. · United States
Direction Anthony Hickox
Cast Mario Van Peebles · Patsy Kensit · Bruce Payne · Jason Beghe
Plot The LA police department have a special team of officers with a talent for reducing big-time crime. The team leader has an excellent track record for crime reduction in other...
4.0
111 votes
4.0
111 votes
Night Sins (TV)
1997 · Movie · 240 min. · United States
Direction Robert Allan Ackerman
Cast Valerie Bertinelli · Harry Hamlin · Karen Sillas · Martin Donovan
Plot A female FBI investigator takes over jurisdiction in Dear Lake, a small northern town just as a young boy is abducted. Her investigation leads to a bigger series of abductions...
3.9
210 votes
3.9
210 votes
Toothless (TV)
1997 · Movie · 92 min. · United States
Direction Melanie Mayron
Cast Kirstie Alley · Dale Midkiff · Ross Malinger · Daryl Mitchell
Plot Good but reserved dentist Catherine Lewis (Kirstie Alley), killed in an accident, finds herself in Limbo, needing to account for her life, and correct her one flaw before being admitted...
3.4
410 votes
3.4
410 votes
Barney's Great Adventure
1998 · Movie · 76 min. · United States
Direction Steve Gomer
Cast Kyla Pratt · Trevor Morgan · Diana Rice · Bob West
Plot Mom and dad dump son Cody, daughter Abby, her best friend Marcella and a baby on the farm with Grandpa and Grandma. Purple dinosaur Barney soon appears to entertain kids,...
2.5
24 votes
2.5
24 votes
Witness to War: Dr. Charlie Clements
1985 · Documentary · 29 min. · United States
Direction Deborah Shaffer
Cast Charlie Clements
Plot Charlie Clements, who left the U.S. Air Force in 1970 after refusing to fly any more combat missions in Vietnam, discusses his gradual shift from a military background to being...
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Soul of the Game (TV)
1996 · Movie · 94 min. · United States
Direction Kevin Rodney Sullivan
Cast Delroy Lindo · Mykelti Williamson · Blair Underwood · Edward Herrmann
Plot In 1945, the world of baseball was divided between the Majors and the Negro Leagues - but the time has come for change. Satchel Paige, Josh Gibson and Jackie Robinson...
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To Protect Mother Earth
1989 · Documentary · 59 min. · United States
Direction Joel L. Freedman
Plot The Dann sisters, Carrie and Mary, are two Western Shoshone Indians fighting to keep the government from seizing their ancestral land and conducting underground nuclear tests there. At stake are...
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Going Upriver: The Long War of John Kerry
2004 · Documentary · 90 min. · United States
Direction George Butler
Cast John Kerry
Plot A documentary on Senator John Kerry's Navy tour of duty in Vietnam, his contributions to the peace movement that followed, and the ultimate shape of his future political career. Filmmaker...
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