Direction: George Butler

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


The Endurance

2000 · Documentary · 97 min. · United States

Direction George Butler

Plot A retelling of Sir Ernest Shackleton 's ill-fated expedition to Antarctica in 1914-1916, featuring new footage of the actual locations and interviews with surviving relatives of key expedition members, plus...

7.5

1K votes

7.5

1K votes

Roving Mars

2006 · Documentary · 40 min. · United States

Direction George Butler

Plot A pair of uncrewed vehicles transmit images from Mars.

7.0

28 votes

7.0

28 votes

Pumping Iron

1977 · Documentary · 85 min. · United States

Direction George Butler · Robert Fiore

Cast Arnold Schwarzenegger · Lou Ferrigno · Franco Columbu · Ken Waller

Plot From Gold's Gym in Venice Beach California to the showdown in Pretoria, amateur and professional bodybuilders prepare for the 1975 Mr. Olympia and Mr. Universe contests in this part-scripted, part-documentary...

6.9

1K votes

6.9

1K votes

Going Upriver: The Long War of John Kerry

2004 · Documentary · 90 min. · United States

Direction George Butler

Cast John Kerry

Plot A documentary on Senator John Kerry's Navy tour of duty in Vietnam, his contributions to the peace movement that followed, and the ultimate shape of his future political career. Filmmaker...

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Shackleton's Antarctic Adventure

2001 · Documentary · 40 min. · United States

Direction George Butler

Cast Kevin Spacey

Plot Shackleton's Antarctic Adventure is a giant-screen film that tells the dramatic true story of explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton's now-legendary 1914-1916 British Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition. A testament to heroism and human...

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Pumping Iron II: The Women

1985 · Documentary · 107 min. · United States

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In the Blood

1989 · Documentary · 90 min. · United States

Direction George Butler

Plot The savage beauty of Africa comes alive in this vibrant film of two hunting safaris separated by eighty years. The first, taken by Theodore Roosevelt in 1909, is captured through...

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