Cinematography: Peter Donahue

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


The Fog of War: Eleven Lessons from the Life of Robert S. McNamara

2003 · Documentary · 105 min. · United States

Direction Errol Morris

Cast Robert McNamara

Plot Documentary about Robert McNamara, Secretary of Defense in the Kennedy and Johnson Administrations, who subsequently became president of the World Bank. "Fog of War" combines an interview with McNamara discussing...

7.4

1K votes

7.4

1K votes

Mr. Death: The Rise and Fall of Fred A. Leuchter, Jr.

1999 · Documentary · 91 min. · United States

Direction Errol Morris

Plot A cinematic portrait of the life and career of the infamous American execution device designer and holocaust denier.

7.1

241 votes

7.1

241 votes

Prophet's Prey

2014 · Documentary · 90 min. · United States

Direction Amy Berg

Cast Nick Cave

Plot When Warren Jeffs rose to Prophet of the Fundamentalist Church of Latter Day Saints, he took control of a religion with a history of polygamous and underage marriage. In a...

6.2

66 votes

6.2

66 votes

Junebug

2005 · Movie · 107 min. · United States

Direction Phil Morrison

Cast Embeth Davidtz · Amy Adams · Alessandro Nivola · Celia Weston

Plot When Madeleine (Embeth Davidtz), a British-born dealer in regional, "outsider" art, travels from Chicago to North Carolina to pursue a local painter for her gallery, she and her brand-new, younger...

6.1

2K votes

6.1

2K votes

$5 a Day

2008 · Movie · 98 min. · United States

Direction Nigel Cole

Cast Christopher Walken · Sharon Stone · Alessandro Nivola · Dean Cain

Plot The conservative son of a thrifty conman begrudgingly joins his father on the road, after years of separation. The son a reformed conman, doesn't want anything to do with his...

5.6

69 votes

5.6

69 votes

Gigantic

2008 · Movie · 97 min. · United States

Direction Matt Aselton

Cast Zooey Deschanel · Paul Dano · John Goodman · Ed Asner

Plot Brian Weathersby (PAUL DANO) is a 28 year-old salesman at a high-end Swedish mattress company. The afterthought child to elderly parents (ED ASNER, JANE ALEXANDER), and the youngest son in...

5.1

1K votes

5.1

1K votes

Then She Found Me

2007 · Movie · 100 min. · United States

Direction Helen Hunt

Cast Helen Hunt · Colin Firth · Bette Midler · Matthew Broderick

Plot Adapted from Elinor Lipman's novel of the same name, Helen Hunt makes her feature directing debut with "Then She Found Me," a touching story of schoolteacher April Epner (Hunt) and...

5.0

2K votes

5.0

2K votes