The Photographer's movie list

by elenacreator | created - 04 Mar 2014 | updated - 17 Dec 2021 | Public

Movies every photographer should watch inducing documentaries, thrillers, classics, photography through a visionary eye, and more.

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101. Tierney Gearon: The Mother Project (2006 Video)

Not Rated | 70 min | Documentary

In 2002, American photographer Tierney Gearon (1963- ), fresh from the disconcerting success of her 2001 exhibit at London's Saatchi Gallery, goes to upstate New York to begin a project ... See full summary »

Directors: Peter Sutherland, Jack Youngelson

Votes: 33

102. Guest of Cindy Sherman (2008)

Not Rated | 88 min | Documentary

64 Metascore

A documentary on art-scene commentator Paul Hasegawa-Overacker's relationship with enigmatic photographer Cindy Sherman.

Directors: Tom Donahue, Paul Hasegawa-Overacker | Stars: Cindy Sherman, John Waters, Eric Bogosian, Danny DeVito

Votes: 240

103. Jan Saudek: Trapped by His Passions, No Hope for Rescue (2007)

96 min | Documentary

The film provides a personally truthful yet harsh life story of a hero and dropout. The world-renowned photographer Jan Saudek, winning international awards and being exhibited abroad long ... See full summary »

Director: Adolf Zika | Stars: Jan Saudek, Sára Saudková

Votes: 156

104. An American Journey (2009)

Not Rated | 58 min | Documentary, Biography, History

From Texas to Montana, from Nebraska to Louisiana, from New York to San Francisco, An American Journey is a 15,000 mile odyssey through contemporary America seeking to understand the impact... See full summary »

Director: Philippe Séclier

Votes: 21

105. The Decisive Moment (1973)

18 min | Documentary, Short

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Director: Cornell Capa | Star: Henri Cartier-Bresson

Votes: 56

106. American Masters (1985– )
Episode: Alfred Stieglitz: The Eloquent Eye (2001)

TV-14 | 88 min | Documentary, Biography, History

Biography of Alfred Stieglitz and his role in the early 20th century American art world.

Director: Perry Miller Adato | Stars: Alfred Stieglitz, Georgia O'Keeffe, Edward Steichen, John Marin

Votes: 123

107. La maleta mexicana (2011)

Not Rated | 86 min | Documentary, Drama, History

The story of three lost boxes known as the Mexican Suitcase that were recovered in 2007. The boxes, misplaced in the chaos at the start of WWII, contained many of the Spanish Civil War ... See full summary »

Director: Trisha Ziff | Stars: Ernest Alós, Juan Diego Botto, Sebastian del Amo, Antonio de la Fuente Ferraz

Votes: 274

108. Window of the Soul (2001)

73 min | Documentary

A sensitive statement about the importance of vision and our dependency on it, and on how malleable and adaptive is our soul.

Directors: João Jardim, Walter Carvalho | Stars: Evgen Bavcar, Raimunda da Conceição Filha, Felipe, Gabriel

Votes: 694

109. Pretty Baby (1978)

R | 110 min | Drama

66 Metascore

A preteen girl lives as a prostitute in New Orleans in 1917.

Director: Louis Malle | Stars: Brooke Shields, Keith Carradine, Susan Sarandon, Frances Faye

Votes: 12,843 | Gross: $5.79M

110. Silence Lies (2010)

109 min | Drama

Viviane est une photographe vivant à Montréal, recluse dans les souvenirs encore traumatisants depuis la rupture brutale d'avec son frère Frédéric. Elle vit essentiellement de contrats ... See full summary »

Director: Julie Hivon | Stars: Suzanne Clément, Maxime Dumontier, Sébastien Huberdeau, Sophie Cadieux

Votes: 138

111. Georgia O'Keeffe (2009 TV Movie)

Not Rated | 89 min | Biography, Drama, Romance

Biopic of American artist Georgia O'Keeffe and her husband, photographer Alfred Stieglitz.

Director: Bob Balaban | Stars: Joan Allen, Jeremy Irons, Ed Begley Jr., Kathleen Chalfant

Votes: 965

112. The Salt of the Earth (2014)

PG-13 | 110 min | Documentary, Biography, History

83 Metascore

The life and work of photographer Sebastião Salgado, who has spent forty years documenting societies in hidden corners of the world.

Directors: Juliano Ribeiro Salgado, Wim Wenders | Stars: Sebastião Salgado, Wim Wenders, Lélia Wanick Salgado, Juliano Ribeiro Salgado

Votes: 23,488 | Gross: $1.34M



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