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...
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
Direction Joe Swanberg
Cast Kate Winterich · Joe Swanberg · Kevin Pittman · Kris Swanberg
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.
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