Direction: Thom Andersen

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


Los Angeles Plays Itself

2003 · Documentary · 169 min. · United States

Direction Thom Andersen

Plot A documentary on how Los Angeles has been used and depicted in the movies.

7.8

287 votes

7.8

287 votes

The Thoughts That Once We Had

2015 · Documentary · 108 min. · United States

Direction Thom Andersen

7.4

80 votes

7.4

80 votes

Get Out of the Car

2010 · Documentary · 34 min. · United States

Direction Thom Andersen

Plot In a miniature city symphony, Los Angeles’ gentrification and neglect is exposed through a cheeky montage of static images set against the region’s musical history. In Richard Berry’s words, we...

7.2

60 votes

7.2

60 votes

Eadweard Muybridge, Zoopraxographer

1975 · Documentary · 59 min. · United States

Direction Thom Andersen · Fay Andersen · Morgan Fisher

Cast Eadweard Muybridge

Plot Eadweard Muybridge, Zoopraxographer is a 1975 documentary film directed by Thom Andersen about the English photographer Eadweard Muybridge.

7.2

48 votes

7.2

48 votes

Red Hollywood

1995 · Documentary · 118 min. · United States

7.0

75 votes

7.0

75 votes

Reconversion

2012 · Documentary · 65 min. · Portugal

Direction Thom Andersen

Plot Reconversion portrays seventeen buildings and projects by Portuguese architect Eduardo Souto Moura, accompanied by his own writings. An investigation upon his architecture and his critical approach.

6.6

29 votes

6.6

29 votes

A Train Arrives at the Station (S)

2016 · Documentary · 16 min. · United States

Direction Thom Andersen

6.4

56 votes

6.4

56 votes

The Tony Longo Trilogy (S)

2014 · Documentary · 14 min. · United States

Direction Thom Andersen

Cast Tony Longo

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— ——– (Rock and Roll Movie) (S)

1967 · Documentary · 11 min. · United States

Direction Thom Andersen · Malcolm Brodwick

Plot A documentary about rock ‘n’ roll.

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Olivia’s Place (S)

1974 · Documentary · 6 min. · United States

Direction Thom Andersen · Fay Andersen · Morgan Fisher

Plot In 1966, Thom Andersen knew that Olivia’s Place would soon be gone, so he decided to make a film in order to save something of it for the future.

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Juke: Passages from the Films of Spencer Williams

2015 · Documentary · 30 min. · United States

Direction Thom Andersen

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