In 2009, Alex Gibney was hired to make a film about Lance Armstrong’s comeback to cycling. The project was shelved when the doping scandal erupted, and re-opened after Armstrong’s confession. The Armstrong Lie picks up in 2013 and presents a riveting, insider's view of the unraveling of one of the most extraordinary stories in the history of sports. As Lance Armstrong says himself, “I didn’t live a lot of lies, but I lived one big one.”

We Steal Secrets

2013

English

6.9

♡ 5

Documentary

Alex Gibney Director

Hillary Clinton as Self

Diane Sawyer as Self

Jake Tapper as Self

Alex Gibney as Self - Narrator

Julian Assange. Bradley Manning. Collateral murder. Cablegate. WikiLeaks. These people and terms have exploded into public consciousness by fundamentally changing the way democratic societies deal with privacy, secrecy, and the right to information, perhaps for generations to come. We Steal Secrets: The Story of WikiLeaks is an extensive examination of all things related to WikiLeaks and the larger global debate over access to information.

Mea Maxima Culpa: Silence in the House of God

2012

English

8.0

♡ 6

98%

Alex Gibney Director

John Slattery as Arthur

Chris Cooper as Gary

Ethan Hawke as Pat

Alex Gibney as Self - Narrator

Academy Award®–winning documentary filmmaker Alex Gibney (Taxi to the Dark Side) explores the charged issue of pedophilia in the Catholic Church, following a trail from the first known protest against clerical sexual abuse in the United States and all way to the Vatican.

Park Avenue: Money, Power and the American Dream

2012

English

7.3

81%

Alex Gibney Director

Alex Gibney as Narrator

Barack Obama as Self

George W. Bush as Self

Rod Stewart as Self

If income inequality were a sport, the residents of 740 Park Avenue in Manhattan would all be medalists. This address boasts the highest number of billionaires in the United States.

Client 9

2010

English

7.3

♡ 2

90%

Alex Gibney Director

Wrenn Schmidt as Angelina

Bill Clinton as Self

Geraldo Rivera as Self

Penélope Cruz as Self

An in-depth look at the rapid rise and dramatic fall of New York Governor Eliot Spitzer.

Citizen K

2019

Russian

7.2

♡ 3

95%

73%

Action

Documentary

investigative journalism

Alex Gibney Director

Alex Gibney as Narrator

Vladimir Putin as Self

Alexei Navalny as Self

Dmitry Medvedev as Self

The strange case of Mikhail Khodorkovsky — once believed to be the wealthiest man in Russia — who rocketed to prosperity and prominence in the 1990s, served a decade in prison, and became an unlikely martyr for the anti-Putin movement.

The Forever Prisoner

2021

English

7.4

♡ 4

80%

Alex Gibney Director

Ali Soufan as Self

Alberto J. Mora as Self

John Rizzo as Self

James Mitchell as Self

The chilling story of Abu Zubaydah, the first high-value detainee subjected to the CIA’s program of Enhanced Interrogation Techniques, later identified as torture by those outside the agency. Having never been charged with a crime or allowed to challenge his detention, Zubaydah remains imprisoned at Guantánamo Bay in Kafkaesque limbo, in direct contravention of America’s own ideals of justice and due process.

Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room

2005

English

7.6

♡ 5

97%

securities, stocks and bonds

wall street

Alex Gibney Director

Peter Coyote as Narrator

Bill Clinton as Self

George W. Bush as Self

Arnold Schwarzenegger as Self

A documentary about the Enron corporation, its faulty and corrupt business practices, and how they led to its fall.

No Stone Unturned

2017

English

7.2

♡ 5

79%

Ireland's victory over Italy at the World Cup in New Jersey in 1994, remains a source of Irish pride. But it is haunted by memories of a massacre: terrorists opened fire and killed six innocents while they watched the match in a small village pub in Northern Ireland. Remarkably, no one was ever charged for the crime. For more than twenty years the victims' families have searched for answers. Now, at last, they may have found them. But what they learn turns a murder mystery into bigger inquiry relevant for us all: what happens when governments cover up the truth?

Sinatra: All or Nothing at All

2015

English

8.0

♡ 6

Alex Gibney Director

Gina Gershon as Ava Gardner 1 episode, 2015

Vincent D'Onofrio as Dean Elson 1 episode, 2015

Daniel Taradash as Self 1 episode, 2015

Joey Bishop as Self 1 episode, 2015

SINATRA: All or Nothing at All is an up-close and personal examination of the life, music and career of the legendary entertainer. Told in his own words from hours of archived interviews, along with commentary from those closest to him, the documentary weaves the music and images from Sinatra's life together with rarely seen footage of Sinatra's famous 1971 "Retirement Concert" in Los Angeles. The film's narrative is shaped by Sinatra's song choices for that concert, which Gibney interprets as the singer's personal guide through his own life.—HBO

Taxi to the Dark Side

2007

English

7.4

♡ 6

100%

Alex Gibney Director

Alex Gibney as Narrator

George W. Bush as Self

John McCain as Self

Brian Keith Allen as Soldier - New York Studio Shoot Reenactment

An in-depth look at the torture practices of the United States in Afghanistan, Iraq and Guantanamo Bay, focusing on an innocent taxi driver in Afghanistan who was tortured and killed in 2002.

Gonzo

2008

English

7.6

♡ 8

Alex Gibney Director

John F. Kennedy as Himself

Henry Kissinger as Himself

Johnny Depp as Himself - Narrator

Bill Murray as Himself - Thompson Memorial Attendee

Fueled by a raging libido, Wild Turkey, and superhuman doses of drugs, Thompson was a true "free lance, " goring sacred cows with impunity, hilarity, and a steel-eyed conviction for writing wrongs. Focusing on the good doctor's heyday, 1965 to 1975, the film includes clips of never-before-seen (nor heard) home movies, audiotapes, and passages from unpublished manuscripts.

The Inventor: Out for Blood in Silicon Valley

2019

English

7.2

♡ 44

78%

Alex Gibney Director

Bill Clinton as Himself

Henry Kissinger as Himself

Charlie Rose as Himself

Sanjay Gupta as Himself

With a magical new invention that promised to revolutionize blood testing, Elizabeth Holmes became the world’s youngest self-made billionaire, heralded as the next Steve Jobs. Then, overnight, her 10-billion-dollar company dissolved. The rise and fall of Theranos is a window into the psychology of fraud.

Crazy, Not Insane

2020

English

6.9

♡ 2

94%

77%

Biography

Crime

dissociative identities

dissociative identity disorder

Alex Gibney Director

Diane Sawyer as Self - Co-Host, The CBS Morning News

Bill Clinton as Self - Governor of Arkansas

Tom Brokaw as Self - Host, NBC Nightly News with Tom Brokaw

Laura Dern as Self - Literary Voice of Dorothy Lewis

Fascinated by the human brain and its capacity for ruthlessness, psychiatrist Dr. Dorothy Otnow Lewis has spent her life investigating the interior lives of violent people. With each case, she came closer to developing a unified field theory of what makes a killer. Along the way - steering away from the conventional wisdom of her colleagues - she explored the world of multiple personality disorder.

Totally Under Control

2020

English

7.6

♡ 19

99%

Alex Gibney Director

Alex Gibney as Narrator

Barack Obama as Self - 44th President of the United States

Gavin Newsom as Self - Governor of California

Anthony Fauci as Self - Immunologist

This documentary puts a spotlight on the White House’s failed response to the global pandemic and how it could have been prevented. Featuring damning testimony from public health officials and hard investigative reporting, director Alex Gibney reveals a system-wide collapse caused by a profound dereliction of presidential leadership.

Mr. Dynamite: The Rise of James Brown

2014

English

7.4

♡ 2

rhythm and blues (r&b)

soul music

Alex Gibney Director

Sammy Davis Jr. as Self

Ahmir-Khalib Thompson as Self

Al Sharpton as Self

Dinah Shore as Self

James Brown changed the face of American music forever. Abandoned by his parents at an early age, James Brown was a self-made man who became one of the most influential artists of the 20th century, not just through his music, but also as a social activist. Charting his journey from rhythm and blues to funk, MR. DYNAMITE: THE RISE OF JAMES BROWN features rare and previously unseen footage, photographs and interviews, chronicling the musical ascension of “the hardest working man in show business,” from his first hit, “Please, Please, Please,” in 1956, to his iconic performances at the Apollo Theater, the T.A.M.I. Show, the Paris Olympia and more.

Going Clear: Scientology & the Prison of Belief

2015

English

8.0

♡ 34

95%

Alex Gibney Director

Tom Cruise as Himself

Anderson Cooper as Himself

John Travolta as Himself

Jason Beghe as Himself

GOING CLEAR intimately profiles eight former members of the Church of Scientology, shining a light on how they attract true believers and the things they do in the name of religion.

In Restless Dreams: The Music of Paul Simon

2023

English

7.6

♡ 2

Alex Gibney Director

Carrie Fisher as Self - Actress / Author / 2nd Wife of Paul Simon

Art Garfunkel as Self - Musician / Actor

Paul Simon as Self - Musician / Composer / Actor

Edie Brickell as Self - Musician / Composer / Wife of Paul Simon

Chronicles the career of the titular Grammy Award-winning folk-pop singer-songwriter. The documentary also follows Simon’s journey creating his new album, Seven Psalms. The track on the record pose questions about faith and mortality, particularly during the pandemic, and also feature him contending with his hearing loss. Gibney and Simon also journey through a dreamlike world of storytelling that transcends both time and space, as it moves freely between present and past. The movie also offers a unique peek into Simon’s entire career, from Tom & Jerry to Simon & Garfunkel and the triumphs of Graceland and Rhythm of the Saints.

Magic Trip: Ken Kesey's Search for a Kool Place

2011

English

6.8

♡ 1

72%

Alex Gibney Director

Veronica Taylor as Jane Burton

Stanley Tucci as Narrator

Timothy Leary as Self

Jim Meskimen as Zonker

A freewheeling portrait of Ken Kesey and the Merry Prankster’s fabled road trip across America in the legendary Magic Bus. In 1964, Ken Kesey, the famed author of “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest,” set off on a legendary, LSD-fuelled cross-country road trip to the New York World’s Fair. He was joined by “The Merry Band of Pranksters,” a renegade group of counterculture truth-seekers, including Neal Cassady, the American icon immortalized in Kerouac’s “On the Road,” and the driver and painter of the psychedelic Magic Bus.

Zero Days

2016

English

7.7

♡ 123

90%

Alex Gibney Director

Nancy Reagan as Herself

Michelle Obama as Herself

Hillary Clinton as Herself

George W. Bush as Himself

Alex Gibney explores the phenomenon of Stuxnet, a self-replicating computer virus discovered in 2010 by international IT experts. Evidently commissioned by the US and Israeli governments, this malware was designed to specifically sabotage Iran’s nuclear programme. However, the complex computer worm ended up not only infecting its intended target but also spreading uncontrollably.

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The Armstrong Lie

We Steal Secrets

Mea Maxima Culpa: Silence in the House of God

Park Avenue: Money, Power and the American Dream

Client 9

Citizen K

The Forever Prisoner

Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room

No Stone Unturned

Sinatra: All or Nothing at All

Taxi to the Dark Side

Gonzo

The Inventor: Out for Blood in Silicon Valley

Crazy, Not Insane

Totally Under Control

Mr. Dynamite: The Rise of James Brown

Going Clear: Scientology & the Prison of Belief

In Restless Dreams: The Music of Paul Simon

Magic Trip: Ken Kesey's Search for a Kool Place

Zero Days