Topic: Photography

Explore the top movies, series, and documentaries on Photography. Enjoy the must-watch titles that define this topic.


Francisco Boix, un fotógrafo en el infierno

2000 · Documentary · 55 min. · Spain

Direction Llorenç Soler

6.8

149 votes

6.8

149 votes

Foto Estudio Luisita

2018 · Documentary · 75 min. · Argentina

6.8

41 votes

6.8

41 votes

Dreams

1955 · Movie · 87 min. · Sweden

Direction Ingmar Bergman

Cast Eva Dahlbeck · Harriet Andersson · Gunnar Björnstrand · Ulf Palme

Plot Susanne is the owner of a model agency in Stockholm. Doris, her most popular model, has an argument with her fiancé, Palle, just before she goes with Susanne to Gothenburg...

6.8

871 votes

6.8

871 votes

The Bang Bang Club

2010 · Movie · 107 min. · Canada

Direction Steven Silver

Cast Taylor Kitsch · Malin Akerman · Ryan Phillippe · Frank Rautenbach

Plot A drama based on the true-life experiences of four combat photographers capturing the final days of apartheid in South Africa.

6.8

702 votes

6.8

702 votes

The Public Eye

1992 · Movie · 98 min. · United States

Direction Howard Franklin

Cast Joe Pesci · Barbara Hershey · Richard Riehle · Bryan Travis Smith

Plot Leon Bernstein is New York's best news photographer in 1942, equally at home with cops or crooks. The pictures are often of death and pain, but they are the ones...

6.8

2K votes

6.8

2K votes

Girlfriends

1978 · Movie · 88 min. · United States

Direction Claudia Weill

Cast Melanie Mayron · Anita Skinner · Eli Wallach · Christopher Guest

Plot Fat and insecure Jewish photographer Melanie Mayron tries to cope with love, a career and personal independence after her room-mate leaves to get married. She encourages a lesbian to stay,...

6.7

139 votes

6.7

139 votes

6.7

28 votes

Robert Doisneau, le révolté du merveilleux

2016 · Documentary · 77 min. · France

6.7

68 votes

6.7

68 votes

Don't Blink: Robert Frank

2015 · Documentary · 82 min. · United States

Direction Laura Israel

Cast Robert Frank

Plot New York Film Festival synopsis:The life and work of Robert Frank—as a photographer and a filmmaker—are so intertwined that they’re one in the same, and the vast amount of territory...

6.7

105 votes

6.7

105 votes

Under Fire

1983 · Movie · 128 min. · United States

Direction Roger Spottiswoode

Cast Nick Nolte · Joanna Cassidy · Gene Hackman · Jean-Louis Trintignant

Plot Russell Price (Nick Nolte) is a photojournalist caught up in the political crossfire in war-torn Nicaragua. Under pressure from radio reporter Claire (Joanna Cassidy), Price becomes involved with the Sandanista...

6.7

2K votes

6.7

2K votes

Unas fotos en la ciudad de Sylvia

2007 · Documentary · 67 min. · Spain

Direction José Luis Guerín

Plot Before shooting "En la Ciudad de Sylvia", José Luis Guerín spent a lot of time shooting and working on a series of sketches that now come to light under the...

6.7

286 votes

6.7

286 votes

Manufactured Landscapes

2006 · Documentary · 80 min. · Canada

Direction Jennifer Baichwal

Plot Photographer Edward Burtynsky travels the world observing changes in landscapes due to industrial work and manufacturing.

6.7

302 votes

6.7

302 votes

Salvador

1986 · Movie · 120 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Oliver Stone

Cast James Woods · John Savage · James Belushi · Michael Murphy

Plot A journalist, down on his luck in the US, drives to El Salvador to chronicle the events of the 1980 military dictatorship, including the assasination of Archbishop Oscar Romero. He...

6.7

2K votes

6.7

2K votes

Letter to Jane: An Investigation About a Still

1972 · Documentary · 50 min. · France

Direction Jean-Luc Godard · Jean-Pierre Gorin · Groupe Dziga Vertov

Plot The film’s subject is a photograph of Jane Fonda visiting Hanoi during the Vietnam War. It asks what the position of the intellectual should be in the class struggle and...

6.7

144 votes

6.7

144 votes

Revealing Mario

2020 · Documentary · 78 min. · Spain

Direction Simó Mateu

6.7

81 votes

6.7

81 votes

Harry Benson: Shoot First

2016 · Documentary · 87 min. · United States

Direction Justin Bare · Matthew Miele

Cast Alec Baldwin · Gigi Benson · Harry Benson · Wendy Benson-Landes

Plot What we know today about many famous musicians, politicians, and actresses is due to the famous work of photographer Harry Benson. He captured vibrant and intimate photos of the most...

6.7

43 votes

6.7

43 votes

Time to Leave

2005 · Movie · 75 min. · France

Direction François Ozon

Cast Melvil Poupaud · Jeanne Moreau · Valeria Bruni Tedeschi · Daniel Duval

Plot A handsome, successful fashion photographer (Melvil Poupaud, strong in a role any young actor would covet) passes out during a gruelling shoot. When doctors come to deliver the bad news,...

6.7

2K votes

6.7

2K votes

Koudelka Shooting Holy Land

2015 · Documentary · 71 min. · Czech Republic

Direction Gilad Baram

Cast Josef Koudelka

6.6

67 votes

6.6

67 votes

Photographic Memory

2011 · Documentary · 87 min. · United States

Direction Ross McElwee

Plot Photographic Memory is a 2011 documentary film by independent filmmaker Ross McElwee about a voyage back to the roots of his involvement with the camera. Photographic Memory premiered at the...

6.6

102 votes

6.6

102 votes

Woman in Chains (Female Prisoner)

1968 · Movie · 106 min. · France

Direction H.G. Clouzot

Cast Laurent Terzieff · Elisabeth Wiener · Bernard Fresson · Dany Carrel

Plot Stanislas Hassler blazes the development of modern art in his gallery, packed with works of surprising shapes, colours and textures, and where exhibitions turn into media events. Gilbert Moreau is...

6.6

210 votes

6.6

210 votes