Cinematography: Mark Putnam

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


Hit So Hard

2011 · Documentary · 103 min. · United States

Direction P. David Ebersole

Cast Patty Schemel · Courtney Love · Eric Erlandson · Kurt Cobain

Plot HIT SO HARD follows the journey of Patty Schemel, the openly gay drummer of Courtney Love's seminal rock band 'Hole.' As a young girl who always knew she was 'different'...

6.6

53 votes

6.6

53 votes

Extracted

2012 · Movie · 85 min. · United States

Direction Nir Paniry

Cast Sasha Roiz · Jenny Mollen · Dominic Bogart · Richard Riehle

Plot A scientist who has invented a technique to watch people's memories finds himself in a dangerous situation after he's tasked with entering a heroin addict's mind to see whether the...

5.9

282 votes

5.9

282 votes

Battle-Axe: The Making of 'Strait-Jacket' (S)

2002 · Documentary · 15 min. · United States

Direction Jeffrey Schwarz

Cast Diane Baker · Robert Bloch · William Castle · Joan Crawford

Plot A look back at the classic 1964 film of horror and suspense starring Joan Crawford as an axe-murderer just released from the mental hospital. Includes footage of the filming and...

5.8

22 votes

5.8

22 votes

The Fluffer

2001 · Movie · 95 min. · United States

Direction Richard Glatzer · Wash Westmoreland

Cast Scott Gurney · Michael Cunio · Roxanne Day · Richard Riehle

Plot Self-effacing, boyish Sean moves to LA to pursue a career in movies but finds it tougher than he imagined. He stumbles onto porn star Johnny Rebel--a handsome, muscled dream of...

4.7

355 votes

4.7

355 votes

4.4

34 votes

The Scribbler

2014 · Movie · 88 min. · United States

Direction John Suits

Cast Katie Cassidy · Garret Dillahunt · Michelle Trachtenberg · Eliza Dushku

Plot The film is a noir sci-fi action thriller about a young woman recently released from a mental hospital, and continuing a treatment programme to rid her of her alternate personalities....

4.4

168 votes

4.4

168 votes

No Way Jose

2015 · Movie · 98 min. · United States

Direction Adam Goldberg

Cast Adam Goldberg · Ahna O'Reilly · Emily Osment · Gillian Jacobs

Plot JOSE STERN -- formerly Joseph Stern, until he discovered he was 1/8th Mexican -- is on the precipice of turning 40. Going on 75. He and his band, The Borges,...

4.3

259 votes

4.3

259 votes

Pandemic

2016 · Movie · 91 min. · United States

Direction John Suits

Cast Missi Pyle · Rachel Nichols · Alfie Allen · Mekhi Phifer

Plot "Pandemic" is an intense and unique film that features non-stop action from a first person shooter perspective (FPS), putting the audience in the middle of every fight whilst feeling in...

4.0

300 votes

4.0

300 votes

Growth

2009 · Movie · 90 min. · United States

Direction Gabriel Cowan

Cast Mircea Monroe · Christopher Shand · Brian Krause · Nora Kirkpatrick

Plot In 1989, a breakthrough in advanced parasitic research on Cuttyhunk Island, gave scientists a jump in human evolution. Initial tests proved promising as subjects were experiencing heightened physical and mental...

3.2

112 votes

3.2

112 votes

Time Under Fire

1997 · Movie · 92 min. · United States

Direction Scott P. Levy · Tripp Reed

Cast Jeff Fahey · Richard Tyson · Jack Coleman · Bryan Cranston

Plot A US submarine runs into a time rift. A special unit goes on a mission to see what's on the other side. They find themselves in an alternate dystopian America,...

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Valerie Flake

1999 · Movie · 90 min. · United States

Direction John Putch

Cast Susan Traylor · Jay Underwood · Christina Pickles · Peter Michael Goetz

Plot A boozing, recently widowed young woman gives every one she comes into contact with a hard time. Initially, the viewer is led to believe that her attitude is because of...

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Play Dead

2001 · Movie · 79 min. · United States

Direction Jeff Jenkins

Cast Nathan Bexton · Diva Zappa · Sherrie Rose · Jessica D. Stone

Plot True love never dies...

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People Like Us: Making 'Philadelphia'

2003 · Documentary · 58 min. · United States

Direction Jeffrey Schwarz

Cast Ron Nyswaner · Jonathan Demme · Tom Hanks · Edward Saxon

Plot 10 years after the release of “Philadelphia”, director Jonathan Demme, Tom Hanks, Denzel Washington and others discuss about the making of that film and it’s important legacy through the years...

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To Police (S)

2015 · Movie · 10 min. · United States

Direction Corey Deshon

Cast Justin Dobies · Hiram A. Murray · David Kieran · Kendall Chappell

Plot A young police officer faces racially-charged fallout after the pursuit of a violent criminal ends in the shooting of an innocent teenager.

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My Name Is Lopez

2021 · Documentary · 90 min. · United States

Direction P. David Ebersole · Todd Hughes

Cast Trini Lopez · Tony Orlando · Dionne Warwick · Jim Brown

Plot Born in Dallas of undocumented Mexican immigrants, Trinidad Lopez III fought his way out of the ghetto with a guitar to become a true American rock and roll legend, one...

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Pedro

2008 · Movie · 90 min. · United States

Direction Nick Oceano

Cast Alex Loynaz · Justina Machado · Hale Appleman · DaJuan Johnson

Plot In 1994 Pedro Zamora was the first HIV-positive homosexual to appear in a reality show on MTV. The audience of 'The Real World: San Francisco' identified easily with this intelligent,...

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The Deviants

2004 · Movie · 80 min. · United States

Direction Reid Waterer

Cast Doug Dezzani · Tamara Curry · Parry Shen · Johanna Black

Plot A comedy about a matchmaker for people with hilarious dating problems.

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Ed Gein: The Ghoul of Plainfield (S)

2004 · Documentary · 24 min. · United States

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Family of Four

2009 · Movie · min. · United States

Direction John Suits

Cast Alexandra Paul · Robert Lewis Stephenson · Abby Wilde · Ty Simpkins

Plot This "Family of Four" sees their hidden lives, their isolation from one another and their pasts catch up to them, culminating in the one thing they've been avoiding... confrontation.

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Sweets to the Sweet: The Candyman Mythos (S)

2004 · Documentary · 24 min. · United States

Direction Jeffrey Schwarz

Cast Alan Poul · Bernard Rose · Virginia Madsen · Clive Barker

Plot Retrospective documentary featuring director Bernard Rose, writer Clive Barker, producer Alan Poul and stars Tony Todd, Virginia Madsen and Kasi Lemmons.

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