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...

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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...

Not rated

Not rated

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...

Not rated

Not rated

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...

Not rated

Not rated