Robert Greenwald

Beyond Bars (2023)

Chesa Boudin's journey from son of imprisoned Weather Underground activists to DA fighting to reform the justice system. ...

Racially Charged: America's Misdemeanor Problem (2020)

Suppressed 2020: The Fight to Vote (2020)

Deeply personal accounts from voters of color across the state of Georgia reveal deliberate, widespread voter suppression in the 2018 midterm election where Stacey Abrams fought to become the first Black female governor in the U.S. Polling place closures, ...

Suppressed: The Fight to Vote (2019)

Robert Greenwald exposes rampant voter suppression that affected the outcome of the 2018 midterm election in Georgia and the threat it poses to our elections all across the nation in 2020. ...

Making a Killing: Guns, Greed and the NRA (2016)

Making a Killing: Guns, Greed, and The NRA tells the stories of how guns, and the billions made off of them, affect the lives of everyday Americans. It features personal stories from people across the country who have been affected by gun violence, includi ...

Unmanned: America's Drone Wars (2013)

This documentary from Brave New Foundation and director Robert Greenwald, investigates the impact of U.S. drone strikes at home and abroad through more than 70 separate interviews, including a former American drone operator who shares what he has witnessed ...

War on Whistleblowers: Free Press and the National Security State (2013)

War on Whistleblowers: Free Press and the National Security State highlights four cases where whistleblowers noticed government wrong-doing and took to the media to expose the fraud and abuse. It exposes the surprisingly worsening and threatening reality f ...

Koch Brothers Exposed (2012)

Koch Brothers Exposed is a hard-hitting investigation of the 1% at its very worst. This full-length documentary film on Charles and David Koch—two of the world's richest and most powerful men—is the latest from acclaimed director Robert Greenwald (Wal- ...

Rethink Afghanistan (2009)

Filmmaker Robert Greenwald (Outfoxed) carefully examines the war in Afghanistan, raising challenging questions about the destabilization of Pakistan, U.S. troop escalation, ballooning military costs, civilian casualties and much more. Through fascinating i ...

Iraq for Sale: The War Profiteers (2006)

Documentary portraying the actions of U.S. corporate contractors in the U.S.-Iraq war. Interviews with employees and former employees of such companies as Halliburton, CACI, and KBR suggest that government cronyism is behind apparent "sweetheart" deals tha ...

Wal-Mart: The High Cost of Low Price (2005)

This documentary takes the viewer on a deeply personal journey into the everyday lives of families struggling to fight Goliath. From a family business owner in the Midwest to a preacher in California, from workers in Florida to a poet in Mexico, dozens of ...

The ACLU Freedom Files: Gay and Lesbian Rights (2005)

The American Civil Liberties Union and Robert Greenwald present The ACLU Freedom Files, a revolutionary, 10-part series of documentaries that tells the stories of real people in America whose civil liberties were threatened and shows how they fought back. ...

Uncovered: The Whole Truth About The Iraq War (2004)

Interviews with varied U.S officials and experts offer a deconstruction on the Bush administration's case for war in Iraq in the wake of 9/11. ...

Unconstitutional: The War On Our Civil Liberties (2004)

A documentary that investigates the ways in which the civil liberties of American citizens and immigrants have been rolled back since September 11 and the passing of the Patriot Act. ...

Plain Truth (2004)

An unmarried 18 year-old Amish girl is charged with the murder of her infant child. ...

Uncovered: The War on Iraq (2004)

The feature-length version of producer/director Robert's Greenwald's short documentary phenomenon "Uncovered: The Whole Truth About The Iraq War." The film deconstructs the current American administration's case for war in Iraq through interviews with U.S. ...

Outfoxed: Rupert Murdoch's War on Journalism (2004)

This film examines how media empires, led by Rupert Murdoch's Fox News, have been running a "race to the bottom" in television news, and provides an in-depth look at Fox News and the dangerous impact on society when a broad swath of media is controlled by ...

The Book of Ruth (2004)

The tensions that arise when a newlywed has her new husband move into the home of her oppressive mother. ...

The Crooked E: The Unshredded Truth About Enron (2003)

Brian Cruver, an ambitious 26-year-old lands a job at Enron. As he assimilates to the company's get-rich-quick mantra, spending sprees and wild corporate "gatherings" become the norm. But when Enron files for bankruptcy, Cruver discovers he's just a pawn i ...

Disappearance (2002)

A family driving through Nevada decides to take some snapshots at an out-of-the-way ghost town named Weaver, and horrible things start happening. ...

Redeemer (2002)

When a Black Panther raid on the house of a dope dealer goes awry, an innocent young man is killed and the leader of the raid team, a Panther named Charles Henderson (Obba Babatunde), is sentenced to life in prison. Bestselling author Paul Freeman (Modine) ...

Steal This Movie (2000)

Five years after Yippie founder Abbie Hoffman goes underground to avoid a drug-related prison sentence, he contacts a reporter to get out the story of the FBI's covert spying, harassment and inciting of violence they then blame on the Left. ...

Deadlocked (2000)

A young man is accused of rape and murder and placed on trial. His father doesn't believe that he is guilty, so in act of desperation he grabs the bailiff's guns and takes the whole jury hostage and insists that the prosecuting attorney re-investigates the ...

Sharing the Secret (2000)

A teenage girl, who feels she must always seem happy for her parents and friends, secretly binges and purges. ...

The Audrey Hepburn Story (2000)

The film spans from Hepburn's early childhood to the 1950s which details her life as a Dutch ballerina, coming to grips with her parents' divorce, and enduring life in the Nazi-occupied Netherlands during World War II. She then settles in the U.S. where sh ...

Our Guys: Outrage at Glen Ridge (1999)

In 1989, a group of well-known high school athletes in Glen Ridge, New Jersey were accused of the gang rape of a teen girl. When the town rallies to protect their stars, a detective and the prosecutor have to unravel the cover-up by the school board and th ...

The Secret Path (1999)

14-year-old Jo Ann Foley lives in squalor in a rural Southern community during World War II. Abused by her bootlegging grandfather Hank, Jo Ann has, like her mother Marie, been forced into a life of prostitution. Periodically escaping her miserable existen ...

The Day Lincoln Was Shot (1998)

A dramatization of the assassination of Abraham Lincoln. Based on the book by Jim Bishop. ...

Breaking Up (1997)

An aloof, struggling food photographer thinks he has found true love with a fiery grade-school teacher. At first, the relationship is all wine and roses, but as they realize they have little in common besides great sex, the romance wanes, and they struggle ...

The Killing Secret (1997)

A pregnant teen is murdered and a popular high-school senior is suspected. But will his girlfriend stick by him to prove his innocence despite the fact she has bonded with the victim's mother? ...

To Love, Honor and Deceive (1996)

Sydney Carpenter is a devoted mother to her young son, and is now accustomed to the puzzling existence of her mysterious, non-communicative husband, Matthew. When her husband and son are suddenly lost at sea after a boating accident, Sydney's comfortable e ...

An Occasional Hell (1996)

A former policeman-turned college professor of forensics, is asked by a widow to solve the murder of her unfaithful husband and the disappearance of his mistress who may have been linked to some drug dealers. ...

Whose Daughter is She? (1995)

Two mothers, one biological, one stepmother, fight for the custody and love of 13-year-old Andrea. ...

Death in Small Doses (1995)

One night Nancy Lyon awakes in pain and dies shortly after - poisoned with arsenic. Her family immediately suspects her husband Richard, who left her temporarily the year before because of an affair. Especially Nancy's brother is keen on getting the childr ...

Hear No Evil (1993)

Deaf Jillian Shanahan becomes the target of a ruthless and corrupt cop. The cop is looking for a stolen coin, which he plans to keep for himself. A journalist briefly acquires the coin and hides it in Jillian's apartment, then his car explodes, now the cop ...

The Portrait (1993)

After a long absence, artist Margaret Church returns to her aging parent's home to finish a portrait of them, only to to discover that her parents have decided to sell their home. ...

Violation of Trust (1991)

Three teenage friends get into a fight, and one of them accidentally gets killed. The two remaining girls promise each other to keep silent. As the police get more and more suspicious, the mother of one of the girls gets into a crushing dilemma: protect he ...

Murder in New Hampshire: The Pamela Wojas Smart Story (1991)

Pamela Smart knows exactly what she wants and is willing to do anything to get it. She is fed up with teaching, and her marriage offers little excitement. Looking for a way out she applies for a job at a local TV station. When her dreams of fame are dashed ...

Our Sons (1991)

When James admits to his mother that he is gay it strains her liberal attitude. A San Diego businesswoman, Audrey believes she is a modern, open-minded mother, but the news sends her reeling. However, the real shock comes when James asks her to travel to A ...

Forgotten Prisoners: The Amnesty Files (1990)

A lawyer representing Amnesty International tries to find the whereabouts and condition of 17 political prisoners detained in a country known for its systematic torture of prisoners. ...

How to Murder a Millionaire (1990)

A Beverly Hills housewife suspects that her husband of thirty years is trying to kill her. ...

My Brother's Wife (1989)

Barney is a guy who comes home for his father's funeral. Eleanor, his brother's wife who is Barney first love meets him and they go to the club where they first met. And Barney recalls how things kept them apart like his need to act out at his father. And ...

A Deadly Silence (1989)

The father of three children was killed when he left his house. This provokes a lot of sentimental emotions in the neighbourhood because the people know nothing about his dark past. ...

Sweet Hearts Dance (1988)

Wiley and Sandra have been happily married for years and are now in the process of breaking up. Sam, his childhood friend, is just beginning to fall in love with a new teacher at the high school. As they try to adjust to these conflicting emotions they fin ...

Perfect People (1988)

After many years of marriage Ken and Barbara decide to change their way of living radically. In order to become more attractive they submit themselves not only under modern diets and physical education but also try plastic surgery. ...

Lena: My 100 Children (1987)

Lena Kuchler, a Holocaust survivor, searches a Polish refugee camp for lost family members in the months after the war but instead finds 100 starving children with nowhere to go and nobody who wants them. She takes it upon herself to care for them, leading ...

Daddy (1987)

Two high schoolers are unprepared for the reality of parenthood when the girl becomes pregnant. ...

On Fire (1987)

Joe is an arson investigator for the fire department. He has a loving and devoted wife and has two just as loving and devoted sons. Things couldn't be better for him until he learns that the department wants to retire him. He does so reluctantly. He then f ...

A Fight for Jenny (1986)

Kelsey finds herself fighting a legal battle with her ex-husband Ben when he sues for full custody of their daughter believing that she's no longer living in a suitable environment because her new husband David is African-American. Based on a true story. ...

Liberty (1986)

Drama about how the Statue of Liberty came to be erected in New York Harbor in the early 1880s and the people responsible for its creation. ...

Shattered Spirits (1986)

When his drinking problem takes control of his life, a father tries to leave the bottle behind while putting his and his family's lives back together. ...

Silent Witness (1985)

The marriage of a young working-class woman is jeopardized when she witnesses her brother-in-law's participation in a gang rape of an intoxicated woman in a neighborhood bar. ...

Answers (1985)

Three of Ernest Thompson's short plays are presented, each involving a surprise visitor. In the first, "A Good Time," a vacationing California Highway Patrolman visits a young woman in New York who had told him if he ever came to New York, she'd show him a ...

Challenge of a Lifetime (1985)

Nora Scoonover is 35, divorced, in debt and going nowhere when her 16 year-old son, Steven, runs away from camp and asks to spend the summer with her. Together they decide that she will enter the Ironman Triathlon competition in Hawaii, although she has no ...

The Burning Bed (1984)

An abused battered wife has had enough of husband beating up on her. Everywhere she turns for help, there's not much anyone will do. After he rapes her one night, she sets the bed on fire with him in it asleep. ...

In the Custody of Strangers (1982)

A teenage delinquent who goes on a drunken joyride is left in jail overnight by his parents in the hope that he might learn a lesson from it. But events follow which result in the boy spending far longer behind bars than anyone had foreseen. ...

Lois Gibbs and the Love Canal (1982)

A poorly-educated housewife fights companies polluting her hometown's water table in upstate New York during the 1970s. ...

Miracle on Ice (1981)

The story of the 1980 United States Olympic hockey players, a group of amateurs from around the country who were whipped into a cohesive unit by controversial coach Herb Brooks to win a gold medal at Lake Placid during the winter games. ...

Xanadu (1980)

Kira, a Greek muse incarnated on Earth to inspire people, helps Dan McGuire and an artist named Sonny Malone to meet. She inspires them to build a huge disco roller rink called Xanadu. ...

Portrait of a Stripper (1979)

A young widow, supporting herself and her pre-teen son by performing as a nightclub dancer, finds the place turned into a strip joint and learns that her father-in-law is trying to prove her an unfit mother. ...

Flatbed Annie & Sweetie Pie: Lady Truckers (1979)

This engaging made-for-television movie follows the adventures of Ginny "Sweetie Pie" LaRosa, who needs money after her trucker husband, Jack, is shot by hijackers. Fortunately, she finds a partner in Flatbed Annie, a freewheelin' driver. The women form an ...

Katie: Portrait of a Centerfold (1978)

A naive Texas beauty queen, seeking Hollywood stardom, quickly learns the realities of the business after attending an unethical modeling school. ...

Getting Married (1978)

A man falls madly in love with a pretty newscaster and goes all out to win her heart and her hand in marriage before she weds another man. ...

Sharon: Portrait of a Mistress (1977)

A woman's inability to make a lasting commitment results in her having a string of affairs with married men. ...

Escape from Bogen County (1977)

A political despot controls his town and his wife Maggie. When Maggie tries to escape his control, he swears a warrant out for her arrest and sends the law after her. The arresting officer, however, takes pity on Maggie and tries to help her escape the des ...

Delta County, USA (1977)

Delta County is a staid Southern community caught between the old traditions and a rapidly changing way of life. For teenagers Terry Nicholas, his sister McCain, and Joe Ed, the boy from the wrong side of the tracks that she's attracted to, the old traditi ...

21 Hours at Munich (1976)

A dramatization of the incident in 1972 when Arab terrorists broke into the Olympic compound in Munich and murdered 11 Israeli athletes. ...

The Desperate Miles (1975)

A disabled Vietnam vet sets out to prove that disabled people don't have to be helpless by starting a 180-mile trip in a wheelchair. On the way he finds his life is endangered by a deranged truck driver. ...

We Are Many (2014)

The story of the biggest demonstration in human history, which took place on 15th February 2003, against the impending war on Iraq. ...

The Brothers Warner (2008)

An intimate portrait and saga of four film pioneers--Harry, Albert, Sam and Jack who rose from immigrant poverty through personal tragedies persevering to create a major studio with a social conscience. ...

Going Back to Xanadu (2008)

A documentary about the movie Xanadu. ...