Direction: Joe Swanberg

The best movies, series, and documentaries directed by Joe Swanberg. Explore exceptional titles that showcase a unique filmmaking vision.


Looking (TV Series)

2014 · Series · 30 min. · United States

Direction Michael Lannan · Andrew Haigh · Ryan Fleck · Joe Swanberg

Cast Jonathan Groff · Frankie J. Alvarez · Murray Bartlett · Raúl Castillo

Plot Looking' offers up the unfiltered experiences of three close friends living -- and loving -- in modern-day San Francisco. Friendship may bind them, but each is at a markedly different...

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7.1

1K votes

7.1

1K votes

Love (TV Series)

2016 · Series · 30 min. · United States

Direction Paul Rust · Judd Apatow · Lesley Arfin · Dean Holland

Cast Gillian Jacobs · Paul Rust · Claudia O'Doherty · Dave Allen

Plot TV Series (2016-2018). 3 Seasons. 34 Episodes. Sweet Guy (Paul Rust) and wild Mickey (Gillian Jacobs) are a couple who must navigate the exhilarations and humiliations of intimacy, commitment and...

6.9

4K votes

6.9

4K votes

Easy (TV Series)

2016 · Series · 30 min. · United States

Direction Joe Swanberg

Cast Orlando Bloom · Malin Akerman · Jake Johnson · Marc Maron

Plot TV Series (2016-2019). 3 Seasons. 25 Episodes. A TV show from creator Joe Swanberg that explores diverse Chicago characters as they fumble through the modern maze of love, sex, technology...

6.3

2K votes

6.3

2K votes

Soundtrack (TV Series)

2019 · Series · 56 min. · United States

Direction Joshua Safran · Karen Gaviola · Darren Grant · Joe Swanberg

Cast Jenna Dewan · Isaiah Edmonds Givens · Megan Ferguson · Jahmil French

Plot TV Series (2019). 10 Episodes. Love, loss and transformative luck intersect in this musical drama about two struggling artists experiencing life at full volume in Los Angeles.

5.8

86 votes

5.8

86 votes

Hannah Takes the Stairs

2007 · Movie · 83 min. · United States

Direction Joe Swanberg

Cast Greta Gerwig · Kent Osborne · Andrew Bujalski · Ry Russo-Young

Plot Hannah is a recent college graduate interning at a Chicago production company. She is crushing on two writers at work, Matt and Paul, who share an office and keep her...

5.6

286 votes

5.6

286 votes

Drinking Buddies

2013 · Movie · 87 min. · United States

Direction Joe Swanberg

Cast Olivia Wilde · Jake Johnson · Anna Kendrick · Ron Livingston

Plot Luke and Kate are two beer geeks in a Chicago brewery. Inseparable on the job, the two share everything from childish inside jokes and a penchant for alcoholic snobbery to...

5.5

4K votes

5.5

4K votes

Nights and Weekends

2008 · Movie · 80 min. · United States

Direction Greta Gerwig · Joe Swanberg

Cast Greta Gerwig · Joe Swanberg · Alison Bagnall · Elizabeth Donius

Plot Mattie and James are in love. But too many mornings and too many miles apart have taken a toll on them. As they struggle with the distance between New York...

5.5

159 votes

5.5

159 votes

V/H/S

2012 · Movie · 116 min. · United States

Direction Adam Wingard · Glenn McQuaid · Radio Silence · David Bruckner

Cast Joe Swanberg · Adam Wingard · Hannah Fierman · Sophia Takal

Plot When a group of petty criminals is hired by a mysterious party to retrieve a rare piece of found footage from a rundown house in the middle of nowhere, they...

5.3

5K votes

5.3

5K votes

Happy Christmas

2014 · Movie · 78 min. · United States

Direction Joe Swanberg

Cast Anna Kendrick · Melanie Lynskey · Mark Webber · Lena Dunham

Plot Irresponsible 20-something Jenny arrives in Chicago to live with her older brother Jeff, a young film-maker living a happy existence with his novelist wife Kelly and their two-year-old son. Jenny's...

5.3

270 votes

5.3

270 votes

Silver Bullets

2011 · Movie · 70 min. · United States

Direction Joe Swanberg

Cast Kate Lyn Sheil · Ti West · Amy Seimetz · Joe Swanberg

Plot Claire, a beautiful young actress, is in a comfortable relationship with Ethan, a filmmaker who aspires to make meaningful art films. She is his muse and they are finishing a...

5.3

39 votes

5.3

39 votes

Win It All

2017 · Movie · 90 min. · United States

Direction Joe Swanberg

Cast Jake Johnson · Keegan-Michael Key · Aislinn Derbez · Cliff Chamberlain

Plot Small time gambler Eddie Garrett (Jake Johnson) agrees to watch a duffel bag for an acquaintance who is heading to prison. When he discovers cash in the bag, he’s unable...

5.2

1K votes

5.2

1K votes

Alexander the Last

2009 · Movie · 72 min. · United States

Direction Joe Swanberg

Cast Jess Weixler · Justin Rice · Barlow Jacobs · Amy Seimetz

Plot An ensemble drama about Alex, a married actress to a musician (Justin Rice), her sister Hellen and their myriad sexual and creative temptations.

5.2

61 votes

5.2

61 votes

Uncle Kent

2011 · Movie · 72 min. · United States

Direction Joe Swanberg

Cast Kevin Bewersdorf · Josephine Decker · Kent Osborne · Jennifer Prediger

Plot A pothead kid's show cartoonist in Los Angeles spends a weekend trying to sleep with his visiting house guest - a a pretty environmental journalist from New York who he...

5.1

67 votes

5.1

67 votes

Digging for Fire

2015 · Movie · 85 min. · United States

Direction Joe Swanberg

Cast Jake Johnson · Rosemarie Dewitt · Orlando Bloom · Brie Larson

Plot The discovery of a bone and a gun send a husband and wife on separate adventures over the course of a weekend.

5.0

501 votes

5.0

501 votes

Autoerotic

2011 · Movie · 72 min. · United States

Direction Joe Swanberg · Adam Wingard

Cast Amy Seimetz · Lane Hughes · Megan Mercier · Kate Lyn Sheil

Plot Joe Swanberg and Adam Wingard’s AUTOEROTIC follows four interconnected Chicago couples as they explore the boundaries of self-pleasure and sexual exploration. Through a unique blend of outrageous comedy and in-your-face...

4.8

44 votes

4.8

44 votes

24 Exposures

2013 · Movie · 77 min. · United States

Direction Joe Swanberg

Cast Adam Wingard · Simon Barrett · Sophia Takal · Helen Rogers

Plot Fetish photographer Billy (Adam Wingard) stages elaborate shoots around his fixations, photographing women in various stages of undress and death. When one of Billy’s models winds up actually dead, depressed...

4.3

47 votes

4.3

47 votes

LOL

2006 · Movie · 91 min. · United States

Direction Joe Swanberg

Cast Joe Swanberg · C. Mason Wells · Kevin Bewersdorf · Brigid Reagan

Plot The relationships of three men are examined through their use of technology.

4.1

57 votes

4.1

57 votes

Kissing on the Mouth

2005 · Movie · 78 min. · United States

4.1

37 votes

4.1

37 votes

Caitlin Plays Herself

2011 · Movie · 69 min. · United States

Direction Joe Swanberg

Cast Caitlin Stainken · Joe Swanberg · Kurt Chiang · Megan Mercier

Plot Caitlin, a young Chicago performance artist, struggles to create work that is both personal and political. A piece she performs about the BP oil spill sends her relationship into a...

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The Zone

2011 · Movie · 70 min. · United States

Direction Joe Swanberg

Cast Kentucker Audley · Dustin Guy Defa · Lawrence Michael Levine · Kate Lyn Sheil

Plot A mysterious visitor spends the night at an apartment belonging to a young engaged couple and their friend.

Not rated

Not rated