Cinematography: Tom Hurwitz

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


Direction Maro Chermayeff · Jeff Dupre

Plot Soundbreaking explores the history of recorded music. Featuring more than 150 original interviews, the series charts a century's worth of innovation and experimentation, and offers a behind-the-scenes look at the...

7.6

59 votes

7.6

59 votes

Shadowman

2017 · Documentary · 83 min. · United States

Direction Oren Jacoby

Plot Richard Hambleton was a founder of the street art movement before succumbing to drugs and homelessness. Rediscovered 20 years later, he gets a second chance. But will he take it?

7.3

75 votes

7.3

75 votes

The Killing of America

1981 · Documentary · 90 min. · United States

Direction Sheldon Renan

Cast Chuck Riley · Ed Dorris · Thomas Noguchi · Sirhan Sirhan

Plot A documentary of the decline of America. It features a lot a great footage (most exclusive to this film) from race riots to serial killers and much-much more.

7.2

108 votes

7.2

108 votes

Directed by William Wyler

1986 · Documentary · 60 min. · United States

Direction Aviva Slesin

Plot A documentary on the film director William Wyler (1902-1981), this feature was conceived by his daughter, Catherine, as a loving tribute to him. Utilizing a wealth of film clips, many...

7.1

32 votes

7.1

32 votes

Ghosts of Abu Ghraib

2007 · Documentary · 82 min. · United States

Direction Rory Kennedy

Plot Wielding startlingly candid interviews with perpetrators, witnesses, and victims, Ghosts of Abu Ghraib provides an inside look at the abuses that occurred at the Iraqi prison in the fall of...

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7.0

41 votes

7.0

41 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

Joan Didion: The Center Will Not Hold

2017 · Documentary · 97 min. · United States

Direction Griffin Dunne

Cast Joan Didion · Hilton Als · David Hare · Phyllis Rifield

Plot Literary icon Joan Didion reflects on her remarkable career and personal struggles in this intimate documentary directed by her nephew, Griffin Dunne.

6.9

349 votes

6.9

349 votes

Our Brand Is Crisis

2005 · Documentary · 87 min. · United States

Direction Rachel Boynton

Cast Mauricio Balcazar · James Carville · Tad Devine · Stanley Greenberg

Plot A documentary on American political campaign marketing tactics and their consequences.

6.8

45 votes

6.8

45 votes

Eames: The Architect & The Painter

2011 · Documentary · 83 min. · United States

Direction Jason Cohn · Bill Jersey

Cast James Franco

Plot The husband-and-wife team of Charles and Ray Eames were America's most influential and important industrial designers. Admired for their creations and fascinating as individuals, they have risen to iconic status...

6.8

85 votes

6.8

85 votes

Valentino: The Last Emperor

2008 · Documentary · 96 min. · United States

Direction Matt Tyrnauer

Cast Valentino · Giancarlo Giammetti

Plot An intimate, engaging, and humorous exploration of one of Italy’s most extravagant icons. The dramatic, very colorful culmination of Valentino’s celebrated career, tells the story of his extraordinary life and...

6.7

127 votes

6.7

127 votes

The Illegal

1977 · Movie · 110 min. · United States

Direction Robert M. Young

Cast Domingo Ambriz · Trinidad Silva · Linda Gillen · Ned Beatty

Plot After his daughter's birth, Roberto leaves his town in Michoacan to make money in the United States. He's "an illegal," crossing into California and taking work wherever he can: picking...

6.7

84 votes

6.7

84 votes

The Queen of Versailles

2012 · Documentary · 100 min. · United States

Direction Lauren Greenfield

Cast Alyse Barker · Lorraine Barrett · June Downs · Phillip Froehlich

Plot A documentary that follows a billionaire couple as they begin construction on a mansion inspired by Versailles. During the next two years, their empire, fueled by the real estate bubble...

6.7

408 votes

6.7

408 votes

Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles

2014 · Documentary · 94 min. · United States

Direction Chuck Workman

Cast Orson Welles · Jeanne Moreau · Peter Brook · Costa-Gavras

Plot Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles looks at the remarkable genius of Orson Welles on the eve of his centenary - the enigma of his career as...

6.7

232 votes

6.7

232 votes

(Dis)Honesty: The Truth About Lies

2015 · Documentary · 90 min. · United States

Direction Yael Melamede

Cast Dan Ariely

Plot From ticket-fixing in our police departments to test-score scandals in our schools, from our elected leaders' extra-marital affairs to financial schemes undermining our economy, dishonesty seems to be a ubiquitous...

6.6

241 votes

6.6

241 votes

Can't Stand Losing You

2012 · Documentary · 79 min. · United States

Direction Andy Grieve · Lauren Lazin

Cast Stewart Copeland · Sting · Andy Summers

Plot Based on the acclaimed memoir One Train Later by rock guitarist Andy Summers, Can't Stand Losing You: Surviving the Police follows Summers' journey from his early days in the psychedelic...

6.5

24 votes

6.5

24 votes

Studio 54

2018 · Documentary · 98 min. · United States

Direction Matt Tyrnauer

Cast Steve Rubell · Ian Schrager

Plot Studio 54 was the epicenter of 70s hedonism, a place that not only redefined the nightclub, but also came to symbolize an entire era. Now, 39 years after the velvet...

6.5

437 votes

6.5

437 votes

The China Hustle

2017 · Documentary · 82 min. · United States

Direction Jed Rothstein

Plot A Wall Street horror story about Chinese companies, the American stock market, and the opportunistic greed behind the biggest heist you've never heard of.

6.5

149 votes

6.5

149 votes

Fallen Champ: The Untold Story of Mike Tyson (TV)

1993 · Documentary · 93 min. · United States

Direction Barbara Kopple

6.5

36 votes

6.5

36 votes

What Is Cinema?

2013 · Documentary · 80 min. · United States

Direction Chuck Workman

Cast Mike Leigh · Jonas Mekas · David Lynch · Michael Moore

Plot Using the words and ideas of great filmmakers, from archival interviews with Alfred Hitchcock and Robert Bresson to new interviews with Mike Leigh, David Lynch, and Jonas Mekas, Oscar-winning filmmaker...

6.3

69 votes

6.3

69 votes

SUBWAYStories: Tales from the Underground (TV)

1997 · Movie · 80 min. · United States

Direction Bob Balaban · Patricia Benoit · Julie Dash · Jonathan Demme

Cast Anne Heche · Gretchen Mol · Rosie Pérez · Denis Leary

Plot 10 short segments losely based on real-life experiences on various New York City underground subways. In "Subway Car from Hell" music player Bill Irwin is late for a gig and...

6.0

48 votes

6.0

48 votes