Cinematography: Tom Hurwitz
The best movies, series, and documentaries with cinematography by Tom Hurwitz. Explore visually stunning titles that highlight an exceptional filmmaking.
Titles found: 58
Soundbreaking: Stories from the Cutting Edge of Recorded Music (TV Series)
2016 · Documentary · min. · United States
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...
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