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1. I'm Only Sleeping (2011)
11 min | Short, Drama
Clyde, a virginal 16-year-old is forced to mature quickly over the course of a year.
Director: Joseph Zentil | Stars: Omer Barnea, Mal Dassin, Erica Hernandez, Francesca Van Horne
Votes: 60
2. Independent Lens (1999– )
TV-14 | Documentary
Independent Lens is an award-winning PBS documentary series that streams on the PBS App and airs on public television. Independent Lens documentaries focus on stories of underrepresented ... See full summary »
Stars: America Ferrera, Terrence Howard, Stanley Tucci, Mary-Louise Parker
Votes: 635
3.
The Last Days of Ptolemy Grey (2022)
Episode:
Reggie
(2022)
TV-MA | 49 min | Drama
Ptolemy Grey's memory is getting worse. After learning his grand-nephew is no longer there for him, Ptolemy's niece assigns him a new caretaker.
Director: Ramin Bahrani | Stars: Samuel L. Jackson, Dominique Fishback, Cynthia Kaye McWilliams, Damon Gupton
Votes: 348
4. The Last Days of Ptolemy Grey (2022)
TV-MA | 311 min | Drama
Suddenly left without his trusted caretaker, Ptolemy Grey is assigned to the care of orphaned teenager, Robyn. When they learn about a treatment that will restore Ptolemy's memories, it begins a journey towards shocking truths.
Stars: Samuel L. Jackson, Dominique Fishback, Cynthia Kaye McWilliams, Damon Gupton
Votes: 5,975
5. Life Itself (2014)
R | 121 min | Documentary, Biography
The life and career of the renowned film critic and social commentator, Roger Ebert.
Director: Steve James | Stars: Roger Ebert, Chaz Ebert, Gene Siskel, Martin Scorsese
Votes: 16,262 | Gross: $0.81M
6.
Treadstone (2019)
Episode:
The Cicada Protocol
(2019)
TV-MA | 52 min | Action
From the world of Jason Bourne, agents across the globe are "awakening" to resume deadly missions.
Director: Ramin Bahrani | Stars: Jeremy Irvine, Tracy Ifeachor, Omar Metwally, Han Hyo-joo
Votes: 908
7. The Florida Project (2017)
R | 111 min | Drama
Set over one summer, the film follows precocious six-year-old Moonee as she courts mischief and adventure with her ragtag playmates and bonds with her rebellious but caring mother, all while living in the shadows of Walt Disney World.
Director: Sean Baker | Stars: Brooklynn Prince, Bria Vinaite, Willem Dafoe, Christopher Rivera
Votes: 128,623 | Gross: $5.90M
8. Joyland (2022)
126 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
The youngest son in a traditional Pakistani family takes a job as a backup dancer in a Bollywood-style burlesque and quickly becomes infatuated with the strong-willed trans woman who runs the show.
Director: Saim Sadiq | Stars: Ali Junejo, Rasti Farooq, Alina Khan, Sarwat Gilani
Votes: 6,283
9. The Movies That Made Me (2018 Podcast Series)
Talk-Show
Filmmakers and entertainers discuss the movies that inspired them. Hosted by Oscar nominated screenwriter and TFH Guru Josh Olson and fearless leader himself, director Joe Dante.
Stars: Josh Olson, Joe Dante, Blaire Bercy, Allan Arkush
Votes: 6
10. Plastic Bag (2009)
18 min | Short, Drama
A plastic bag, thrown out in the trash, attempts to find his way back to his owner and along the way discovers the world.
Director: Ramin Bahrani | Stars: Werner Herzog, Barbara Weetman
Votes: 1,374
11. Goodbye Solo (2008)
R | 91 min | Drama
Two men form an unlikely friendship that will change both of their lives forever.
Director: Ramin Bahrani | Stars: Souleymane Sy Savane, Red West, Diana Franco Galindo, Lane 'Roc' Williams
Votes: 6,154 | Gross: $0.87M
12. Chop Shop (2007)
Unrated | 84 min | Drama
Alejandro, a resourceful street orphan on the verge of adolescence, lives and works in an auto-body repair shop in a sprawling junkyard on the outskirts of Queens, New York. In this chaotic world of adults, Alejandro struggles to make a better life for himself and his sixteen-year-old sister.
Director: Ramin Bahrani | Stars: Alejandro Polanco, Isamar Gonzales, Rob Sowulski, Carlos Zapata
Votes: 4,721 | Gross: $0.12M
14.
Futurestates (2010–2014)
Episode:
Plastic Bag
(2010)
Sci-Fi
The epic, existential journey of a plastic bag searching for its lost maker.
Director: Ramin Bahrani
Votes: 14
15. 99 Homes (2014)
R | 112 min | Crime, Drama
A recently unemployed single father struggles to get back his foreclosed home by working for the real estate broker who is the source of his frustration.
Director: Ramin Bahrani | Stars: Andrew Garfield, Michael Shannon, Laura Dern, Clancy Brown
Votes: 38,303 | Gross: $1.41M
16. The White Tiger (2021)
R | 125 min | Crime, Drama
An ambitious Indian driver uses his wit and cunning to escape from poverty and rise to the top. An epic journey based on the New York Times bestseller.
Director: Ramin Bahrani | Stars: Adarsh Gourav, Rajkummar Rao, Priyanka Chopra Jonas, Vedant Sinha
Votes: 65,580
17. 7 Prisoners (2021)
R | 93 min | Crime, Drama
To provide a better life for his family in the country, 18-year-old Mateus accepts a job in a junkyard in São Paulo for his new boss, Luca, but becomes trapped in the dangerous world of human trafficking.
Director: Alexandre Moratto | Stars: Christian Malheiros, Rodrigo Santoro, Lucas Oranmian, Vitor Julian
Votes: 9,235
18. Socrates (2018)
Not Rated | 71 min | Drama
After his mother's sudden death, Socrates, a 15-year-old living on the margins of São Paulo's coast, must survive on his own while coming to terms with his grief.
Director: Alexandre Moratto | Stars: Christian Malheiros, Tales Ordakji, Jayme Rodrigues, Vanessa Santana
Votes: 1,220
19. A Little Prayer (2023)
R | 91 min | Drama
A man tries to protect his daughter-in-law when he finds out that his son is having an affair.
Director: Angus MacLachlan | Stars: Jane Levy, Will Pullen, David Strathairn, Celia Weston
Votes: 142
20. Futurestates (2010–2014)
Sci-Fi
Imagining tomorrow's America today, "Futurestates" is a series of independent mini-features--short narrative films created by established filmmakers and emerging talents transforming ... See full summary »
Stars: Sheetal Sheth, Luis Antonio Aldana, Lyle Kanouse, Johnny Wilson
Votes: 107
21. Man Push Cart (2005)
Not Rated | 87 min | Drama
A night in the life of a former Pakistani rock star who now sells coffee from his push cart on the streets of Manhattan.
Director: Ramin Bahrani | Stars: Ahmad Razvi, Leticia Dolera, Charles Daniel Sandoval, Ali Reza
Votes: 3,711
22. Bears Discover Fire (2015)
14 min | Short, Comedy, Sci-Fi
'Bears Discover Fire' is the strange tale of a lonely man, his aging mother, his curious nephew, and a family of bears that have discovered how to use fire.
Director: Ben Leonberg | Stars: Daniel Butler, Andrew M. Chamberlain, Edith Ivey, Jon Riddleberger
Votes: 55
23. Lift You Up (2014)
8 min | Documentary, Short
Glyn Stewart inspects eggs at a food bank in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. He volunteers and helps people. He wonders about his life, his love, his death. Glyn Stewart answers the age-old ... See full summary »
Director: Ramin Bahrani | Star: Glyn Stewart
Votes: 90
24. Treadstone (2019)
TV-MA | 44 min | Action
Having created super-spy Jason Bourne, the Treadstone project turns its attention on a new protocol to develop unstoppable superhuman assassins.
Stars: Jeremy Irvine, Tracy Ifeachor, Omar Metwally, Han Hyo-joo
Votes: 12,397
25. The Man Who Sold His Skin (2020)
104 min | Drama
His own body turned into a living work of art and promptly exhibited in a museum, Sam, a Syrian refugee, will soon realize to have sold away more than just his skin.
Director: Kaouther Ben Hania | Stars: Yahya Mahayni, Dea Liane, Koen De Bouw, Darina Al Joundi
Votes: 7,119
26. Luzzu (2021)
94 min | Drama
A man risks everything to provide for his wife and newborn son by entering Malta's black-market fishing industry.
Director: Alex Camilleri | Stars: Jesmark Scicluna, Marlene Schranz, David Scicluna, Marta Vella
Votes: 1,866
27. People Places Things (2015)
R | 85 min | Comedy, Romance
Will Henry is a newly single graphic novelist balancing parenting his young twin daughters and a classroom full of students while exploring and navigating the rich complexities of new love and letting go of the woman who left him.
Director: Jim Strouse | Stars: Jemaine Clement, Regina Hall, Jessica Williams, Stephanie Allynne
Votes: 11,005
28. 2nd Chance (2022)
89 min | Documentary
An exploration of Richard Davis, the inventor of the modern-day bulletproof vest who shot himself at least 192 times to prove his product worked.
Director: Ramin Bahrani | Star: Richard Davis
Votes: 431
29. Into the Blue (I) (2017)
22 min | Short, Drama
Thirteen year old Julija and her mother flee their abusive household to find refuge on an idyllic Croatian island where Julija grew up. Emotionally scarred, Julija is desperate to reconnect... See full summary »
Director: Antoneta Alamat Kusijanovic | Stars: Natasa Dangubic, Dominik Duzdevic, Gracija Filipovic, Marija Kohn
Votes: 219
30. Southwest (II) (2013)
17 min | Short, Drama
In southwest Turkey, a Dutch woman helps save the lives of illegal immigrants but is forced to confront the unattended needs of those who love her.
Director: Jordi Wijnalda | Stars: Carine Crutzen, Matthijs van de Sande Bakhuyzen, Aali Erguvanli, Reha Soysal
Votes: 19
31. If Dreams Were Lightning (2023)
25 min | Documentary, Short
Rural hospitals around America are closing at alarming rates, leaving communities without care. Oscar and Emmy-nominated director Ramin Bahrani visits Appalachia, where American communities... See full summary »
Director: Ramin Bahrani
Votes: 63
32. Keep the Change (I) (2017)
Not Rated | 94 min | Comedy, Romance
A New York City romantic comedy, Keep the Change is the unlikely love story of two people who meet in a support group.
Director: Rachel Israel | Stars: Jessica Walter, Christina Brucato, Tibor Feldman, Sondra James
Votes: 946 | Gross: $0.20M
33. Lemonade War (2014)
8 min | Short, Comedy
Director: Ramin Bahrani | Stars: Patton Oswalt, Tayler Buck, Mo Collins, Werner Herzog
Votes: 69
34. Skin (IV) (2012)
13 min | Short, Drama
SKIN is the story of a child taxidermist, an outsider in his small town. He is entranced by a girl who finds his work beautiful. But just as their relationship begins to progress, he does something that drastically changes everything.
Director: Jordana Spiro | Stars: Albert Flood, Sara Clark, Vickie Peterman, Jeremy A. Johnson
Votes: 141
35. Strangers (2000)
71 min | Drama
Kaveh, a young man from America, walks the roads of southern Iran searching for Dehdari, his recently deceased and estranged father's childhood home. Abdul Reza, a thirty year old truck ... See full summary »
Director: Ramin Bahrani | Stars: Ramin Bahrani, Karim Kashani, Amrollah Solati Dalaki, Elyas Afzali
Votes: 40
36. The Mission (2023)
PG-13 | 103 min | Documentary
26-year-old American missionary John Chau was killed as he attempted to make contact with an Indigenous group off the coast of India, one of the last communities on the planet still living in isolation.
Directors: Amanda McBaine, Jesse Moss | Stars: Pam Arlund, Dan Davis, Levi Davis, Daniel Everett
Votes: 916
37. Magic Lantern (2018)
93 min | Drama
A nostalgic serenade for the loss of "real cinema". A requiem for Hollywood's past.
Director: Amir Naderi | Stars: Thelonius Serrell-Freed, Sophie Lane Curtis, Jacqueline Bisset, Robert Beltran
Votes: 87
38. Blood Kin (2018)
27 min | Documentary, Short
Reflections from Red Oak, Texas where a teenage son murdered his father.
Director: Ramin Bahrani
Votes: 76
39. Kudzu (2017)
15 min | Short, Drama
A young boy is questioned after his friend disappears. Then he makes a life altering choice.
Director: Connor Simpson | Stars: Jake Whipple, Nisey Woods, Casey Fuller, Caleb Burdette
Votes: 25
40. Backgammon (1998)
10 min | Drama, Short
Backgammon tells the tale of a young Iranian American girl who desperately wants to play backgammon with her stubborn grandfather who has recently arrived from Iran. Within the circle of a ... See full summary »
Director: Ramin Bahrani | Stars: Manou Marzban, Sheema Regimand
Votes: 55
41. Knighthood (2013)
10 min | Short, Fantasy
A young knight must face her worst nightmare- her first training bra.
Director: Pei-Ju Hsieh | Stars: Zi-Ting Peng, Yao-Jen Chang, Jonathan Brantschen, An-Yi Cho
Votes: 8
42. Elsewhere (I) (2019)
R | 98 min | Comedy, Drama
Still mourning the death of his wife, Bruno is hopelessly attached to the seaside cottage they built together. When he's evicted by his soulless in-laws, Bruno vows to get it back at any price.
Director: Hernán Jiménez | Stars: Aden Young, Parker Posey, Ken Jeong, Beau Bridges
Votes: 1,178
43. We the Economy: 20 Short Films You Can't Afford to Miss (2014)
Documentary
An anthology of short films that pairs directors with leading economic advisers to create stories that offer a better understanding of how the economy impacts all of our lives.
Directors: Ramin Bahrani, Bob Balaban, Joe Berlinger, Jon M. Chu, Marshall Curry, Heidi Ewing, Rachel Grady, Adrian Grenier, Catherine Hardwicke, Mary Harron, Chris Henchy, Lee Hirsch, Albert Hughes, Steve James, Barbara Kopple, Shola Lynch, Adam McKay, Jehane Noujaim, James Schamus, Morgan Spurlock, Miao Wang, Jessica Yu, Geeta Gandbhir | Stars: Chadd Smith, Robert Clotworthy, Billy Eichner, Will Janowitz
Votes: 125
44. Nowhere to Be Found (I) (2015)
8 min | Documentary, Short
Matt Smith, an openly gay young man in conservative South Carolina, reflects on his first relationship with a man and the tragic end to their time together. This powerful portrait examines ... See full summary »
Director: Alexandre Moratto | Star: Matt Smith
Votes: 9
45. Dream Murder Machine (2018)
6 min | Short, Drama
An unstable women channels Ingrid Bergman to overcome her fears.
Director: James Repici | Stars: Belladonna, Richard Edson, Joe Coffey, Blake Boyd
Votes: 11
46. At Any Price (2012)
R | 105 min | Drama, Sport, Thriller
A farming family's business is threatened by an unexpected crisis, further testing the relationship between a father and his rebellious son.
Director: Ramin Bahrani | Stars: Dennis Quaid, Zac Efron, Kim Dickens, Heather Graham
Votes: 7,969 | Gross: $0.38M
47. Bye Bye, Body (2019)
10 min | Short, Drama
When Nina fails to meet her goal in the final week of weight loss camp, she makes a deal with the devil that takes her on an unexpected adventure, through which she learns to see her body anew.
Director: Charlotte Benbeniste | Stars: Charvelle, Kat Christiansen, Isabella Ferregur, Grayson
Votes: 48
48. Film Independent's 2007 Spirit Awards (2007 TV Special)
Director: Chris Donovan | Stars: Sarah Silverman, Amy Adams, Mike Akel, Angie Alvarez
Votes: 33
49. The 2009 Independent Spirit Awards (2009 TV Special)
Director: Chris Donovan | Stars: Steve Coogan, Hiam Abbass, Jessica Alba, Christina Applegate
Votes: 55
50. Fahrenheit 451 (2018)
TV-14 | 100 min | Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
In a terrifying care-free future, a young man, Guy Montag, whose job as a fireman is to burn all books, questions his actions after meeting a young woman - and begins to rebel against society.
Director: Ramin Bahrani | Stars: Michael B. Jordan, Aaron Davis, Cindy Katz, Michael Shannon
Votes: 22,705