David Fincher

Beau Is Afraid

Following the sudden death of his mother, a mild-mannered but anxiety-ridden man confronts his darkest fears as he embarks on an epic, Kafkaesque odyssey back home.

Release Date:2023-04-14

Department:Crew

Job:Thanks

Vote Count:1069

Is That Black Enough for You?!?

A look at the Black revolution in 1970s cinema, from genre films to social realism, from the making of new superstars to the craft of rising auteurs.

Release Date:2022-10-09

Department:Production

Job:Producer

Vote Count:27

Mank

1930s Hollywood is reevaluated through the eyes of scathing social critic and alcoholic screenwriter Herman J. Mankiewicz as he races to finish the screenplay of Citizen Kane.

Release Date:2020-11-13

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Vote Count:1624

The Girl in the Spider's Web

After being enlisted to recover a dangerous computer program, hacker Lisbeth Salander and journalist Mikael Blomkvist find themselves caught in a web of spies, cybercriminals and corrupt government officials.

Release Date:2018-10-25

Department:Production

Job:Executive Producer

Vote Count:1380

Gone Girl

With his wife's disappearance having become the focus of an intense media circus, a man sees the spotlight turned on him when it's suspected that he may not be innocent.

Release Date:2014-10-01

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Vote Count:18828

The One I Love

Ethan and Sophie are a married couple on the brink of separation when, at the urging of their therapist, they decide to salvage their relationship by escaping to a beautiful vacation house for the weekend.

Release Date:2014-08-08

Department:Crew

Job:Thanks

Vote Count:702

Gravity

Dr. Ryan Stone, a brilliant medical engineer on her first Shuttle mission, with veteran astronaut Matt Kowalsky in command of his last flight before retiring. But on a seemingly routine spacewalk, disaster strikes. The Shuttle is destroyed, leaving Stone and Kowalsky completely alone-tethered to nothing but each other and spiraling out into the blackness of space. The deafening silence tells them they have lost any link to Earth and any chance for rescue. As fear turns to panic, every gulp of air eats away at what little oxygen is left. But the only way home may be to go further out into the terrifying expanse of space.

Release Date:2013-10-03

Department:Crew

Job:Thanks

Vote Count:15448

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

Disgraced journalist Mikael Blomkvist investigates the disappearance of a weary patriarch's niece from 40 years ago. He is aided by the pierced, tattooed, punk computer hacker named Lisbeth Salander. As they work together in the investigation, Blomkvist and Salander uncover immense corruption beyond anything they have ever imagined.

Release Date:2011-12-14

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Vote Count:7055

The Social Network

In 2003, Harvard undergrad and computer programmer Mark Zuckerberg begins work on a new concept that eventually turns into the global social network known as Facebook. Six years later, Mark is one of the youngest billionaires ever, but his unprecedented success leads to both personal and legal complications when he ends up on the receiving end of two lawsuits, one involving his former friend.

Release Date:2010-10-01

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Vote Count:12269

I'm Still Here

I'm Still Here is a portrayal of a tumultuous year in the life of actor Joaquin Phoenix. With remarkable access, the film follows the Oscar-nominee as he announces his retirement from a successful film career in the fall of 2008 and sets off to reinvent himself as a hip-hop musician. The film is a portrait of an artist at a crossroads and explores notions of courage and creative reinvention, as well as the ramifications of a life spent in the public eye.

Release Date:2010-09-10

Department:Crew

Job:Thanks

Vote Count:373

Sympathy for Delicious

A newly paralyzed DJ gets more than he bargained for when he seeks out the world of faith healing.

Release Date:2010-04-09

Department:Crew

Job:Thanks

Vote Count:34

Where the Wild Things Are

Max imagines running away from his mom and sailing to a far-off land where large talking beasts—Ira, Carol, Douglas, the Bull, Judith and Alexander—crown him as their king, play rumpus, build forts and discover secret hideaways.

Release Date:2009-10-16

Department:Crew

Job:Thanks

Vote Count:1856

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

Born under unusual circumstances, Benjamin Button springs into being as an elderly man in a New Orleans nursing home and ages in reverse. Twelve years after his birth, he meets Daisy, a child who flits in and out of his life as she grows up to be a dancer. Though he has all sorts of unusual adventures over the course of his life, it is his relationship with Daisy, and the hope that they will come together at the right time, that drives Benjamin forward.

Release Date:2008-12-25

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Vote Count:12931

WALL·E

What if mankind had to leave Earth and somebody forgot to turn the last robot off? After hundreds of years doing what he was built for, WALL•E discovers a new purpose in life when he meets a sleek search robot named EVE. EVE comes to realize that WALL•E has inadvertently stumbled upon the key to the planet's future, and races back to space to report to the humans. Meanwhile, WALL•E chases EVE across the galaxy and sets into motion one of the most imaginative adventures ever brought to the big screen.

Release Date:2008-06-22

Department:Crew

Job:Thanks

Vote Count:19009

Zodiac

The Zodiac murders cause the lives of Paul Avery, David Toschi and Robert Graysmith to intersect.

Release Date:2007-03-02

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Vote Count:10682

Love and Other Disasters

Flighty Emily "Jacks" Jackson works for the British edition of Vogue magazine. Rather than pursue a relationship, Jacks regularly hooks up with her devoted ex-boyfriend, James Wildstone, and lives with Peter Simon, a gay screenwriter. When Jacks meets Argentinian photographer's assistant Paolo Sarmiento, she assumes he is gay and tries to bring him and Peter together, unaware that Paolo is straight and in love with her.

Release Date:2006-09-09

Department:Production

Job:Executive Producer

Vote Count:326

The Fall

In a hospital on the outskirts of 1920s Los Angeles, an injured stuntman begins to tell a fellow patient, a little girl with a broken arm, a fantastic story about 5 mythical heroes. Thanks to his fractured state of mind and her vivid imagination, the line between fiction and reality starts to blur as the tale advances.

Release Date:2006-09-09

Department:Production

Job:Executive Producer

Vote Count:1337

Lords of Dogtown

The radical true story behind three teenage surfers from Venice Beach, California, who took skateboarding to the extreme and changed the world of sports forever. Stacy Peralta, Tony Alva and Jay Adams are the Z-Boys, a bunch of nobodies until they create a new style of skateboarding that becomes a worldwide phenomenon. But when their hobby becomes a business, the success shreds their friendship.

Release Date:2005-06-03

Department:Production

Job:Executive Producer

Vote Count:752

Ticker

The Driver drives a wounded diplomat, who carries a mysterious briefcase, while under helicopter attack. During the attack the briefcase is struck by a bullet, causing a display on it to begin counting down, and it to leak an unknown fluid from the bullet hole. The Driver manages to destroy his pursuers, but refuses to proceed without knowing the contents of the damaged briefcase. It is revealed that the diplomat guards a human heart for a peacekeeper, whose life is needed for the continued freedom of the people. The case is delivered, and the tyrant is forced to give up his attempt to take the country by force. The Driver leaves for another mission.

Release Date:2002-11-12

Department:Writing

Job:Original Concept

Vote Count:66

Panic Room

Trapped in their New York brownstone's panic room, a hidden chamber built as a sanctuary in the event of break-ins, newly divorced Meg Altman and her young daughter Sarah play a deadly game of cat-and-mouse with three intruders - Burnham, Raoul and Junior - during a brutal home invasion. But the room itself is the focal point because what the intruders really want is inside it.

Release Date:2002-03-29

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Vote Count:5013

Powder Keg

The Driver is drafted by the UN to rescue a wounded war photographer named Harvey Jacobs from out of hostile territory. While they are leaving Jacobs tells the Driver about the horrors he saw as a photographer, but he regrets his inability to help war victims. Jacobs answers the driver curiosity about why he is a photographer by saying how his mother taught him to see. He gives the Driver the film needed for a New York Times story and also his dog tags to give to his mother. When they reach the border, they are confronted by a guard who begins to draw arms as Jacobs begins taking pictures, trying to get himself killed. The Driver drives through a hail of gunfire to the border, but finds Jacobs killed by a bullet through the seat. The Driver arrives in America to visit Jacobs' mother and share the news of him winning the Pulitzer prize and hand over the dog tags, only to discover that she is blind.

Release Date:2001-06-01

Department:Production

Job:Executive Producer

Vote Count:80

Star

The Driver now carries an arrogant rock star who is visiting a major city (not Pittsburgh as earlier believed). Played by Madonna, this title character wants to get away from her bodyguards in the Driver's BMW. He soon gets tired of her and decides to have a bit of fun.

Release Date:2001-06-01

Department:Production

Job:Executive Producer

Vote Count:301

The Follow

The Driver is hired by a nervous movie manager to spy on a paranoid actor's wife. During his tailing of the wife, the Driver describes the right way to tail someone. As he follows her he begins to fear what he might learn of her apparently tragic life. He discovers the wife is fleeing the country and returning to her mother's, and that she's been given a black eye, likely by her husband. He returns the money for the job, refusing to tell where the wife is, and drives off telling the manager never to call him again.

Release Date:2001-05-24

Department:Production

Job:Executive Producer

Vote Count:78

Ambush

While escorting an elderly man to an undisclosed location, The Driver is confronted by a van full of armed men and is warned that the old man has stolen a large amount of diamonds. The old man claims to have swallowed the diamonds and that the men will likely cut him open to retrieve them. The Driver decides at the last minute to help him, participating in a car chase and shootout with the van. The Driver eventually evades his pursuers and watches their destruction. He then delivers the old man to a town nearby and asks the merchant if he did indeed swallowed the diamonds. The client merely chuckles and walks away. The Driver then leaves.

Release Date:2001-04-26

Department:Production

Job:Executive Producer

Vote Count:78

Chosen

The Driver is carrying an Asian child who has been chosen for a strange ritual. He must drive him through a dark night in the city to get to a monk's house, while eluding several American cars out to get the child.

Release Date:2001-01-01

Department:Production

Job:Executive Producer

Vote Count:75

Keeping the Faith

Best friends since they were kids, Rabbi Jacob Schram and Father Brian Finn are dynamic and popular young men living and working on New York's Upper West Side. When Anna Reilly, once their childhood friend and now grown into a beautiful corporate executive, suddenly returns to the city, she reenters Jake and Brian's lives and hearts with a vengeance. Sparks fly and an unusual and complicated love triangle ensues.

Release Date:2000-04-14

Department:Crew

Job:Thanks

Vote Count:616

Fight Club

A ticking-time-bomb insomniac and a slippery soap salesman channel primal male aggression into a shocking new form of therapy. Their concept catches on, with underground "fight clubs" forming in every town, until an eccentric gets in the way and ignites an out-of-control spiral toward oblivion.

Release Date:1999-10-15

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Vote Count:29871

The Game

In honor of his birthday, San Francisco banker Nicholas Van Orton, a financial genius and a cold-hearted loner, receives an unusual present from his younger brother, Conrad: a gift certificate to play a unique kind of game. In nary a nanosecond, Nicholas finds himself consumed by a dangerous set of ever-changing rules, unable to distinguish where the charade ends and reality begins.

Release Date:1997-09-12

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Vote Count:6683

Se7en

Two homicide detectives are on a desperate hunt for a serial killer whose crimes are based on the "seven deadly sins" in this dark and haunting film that takes viewers from the tortured remains of one victim to the next. The seasoned Det. Sommerset researches each sin in an effort to get inside the killer's mind, while his novice partner, Mills, scoffs at his efforts to unravel the case.

Release Date:1995-09-22

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Vote Count:21419

Alien³

After escaping with Newt and Hicks from the alien planet, Ripley crash lands on Fiorina 161, a prison planet and host to a correctional facility. Unfortunately, although Newt and Hicks do not survive the crash, a more unwelcome visitor does. The prison does not allow weapons of any kind, and with aid being a long time away, the prisoners must simply survive in any way they can.

Release Date:1992-05-22

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Vote Count:5806

Twice Upon a Time

In the world of the Murkworks where nightmares are made, the evil Synonamess Botch hatches a scheme to make non-stop nightmares. Only Ralph and Mumford, misfits from the cheery land of Frivoli where good dreams are made, can stop him.

Release Date:1983-08-05

Department:Crew

Job:Special Effects

Vote Count:26

The Goon

“The Goon” comic, which debuted in 1998 and was picked up by Dark Horse in 2003, is about a hulking orphan raised by his aunt, a strong-woman for a carnival. When a gangster named Labrazio guns down the aunt, the Goon kills the gangster and takes over his operation.

Department:Production

Job:Executive Producer

Smoking Fetus

A memorable public information film for American Cancer Society; it shows a fetus smoking a cigarette, to warn expectant mothers against smoking while pregnant.

Release Date:1985-12-31

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Vote Count:1

Rick Springfield: The Beat of the Live Drum

He soared to the heights of stardom in the '80s as a teen idol, a soap star on "General Hospital," and a platinum-selling, Grammy-Award winning music artist. This concert event showcases the energy and vitality that propelled Springfield to the top of the pop charts, filled with spectacular live footage, giant projection screens, integrated music videos, and thousands of adoring fans. It's an unforgettable evening with one of the hottest performers of the '80s! Songs: Don't Walk Away, Alyson, Living in Oz, Affair of the Heart, Celebrate Youth, Human Touch, My Father's Chair, Jessie's Girl, State of the Heart, Bop 'Til You Drop, Don't Talk to Strangers, Love Somebody, Souls, Dance This World Away, Stand Up.

Release Date:1985-01-01

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Vote Count:7

Lange

The life story of a photojournalist who documented the plight of migrant farm workers during the Great Depression, and whose photography inspired John Steinbeck's 'The Grapes of Wrath.'

Department:Production

Job:Executive Producer

This Is the Zodiac Speaking

In this true-crime docuseries, a family searching for answers shares clues and eye-opening testimonies about the prime suspect in the Zodiac murders.

Release Date:2024-10-23

Character:Self (archive footage)

Episode Count:3

Vote Count:34

The Killer

After a fateful miss, an assassin battles his employers, and himself, on an international manhunt he insists isn't personal.

Release Date:2023-10-25

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Vote Count:2276

Voir

Film lovers examine the cinematic moments that thrilled, perplexed, challenged and forever changed them in this collection of visual essays.

Release Date:2021-12-06

Department:Production

Job:Executive Producer

Episode Count:6

Vote Count:30

Variety Studio: Directors on Directors

PBS SoCal and Variety take you inside the biggest movies and T.V. shows of the past year through candid conversations with today's hottest actors. Hosted by Variety Film Awards Editor Clayton Davis and Variety Chief Correspondent Elizabeth Wagmeister, each episode brings together pairs of directors engaging in intimate one-on-one discussions about their craft and work.

Release Date:2021-03-03

Character:Self

Episode Count:1

The Magic of the Movies: Behind the Scenes of David Fincher's Mank

Join acclaimed director David Fincher, actors Gary Oldman and Amanda Seyfried, and the cast and crew of MANK, for a peek behind the curtain of Netflix's black-and-white ode to Hollywood's Golden Age.

Release Date:2021-02-27

Character:Self

Love, Death & Robots

Terrifying creatures, wicked surprises and dark comedy converge in this NSFW anthology of animated stories presented by Tim Miller and David Fincher.

Release Date:2019-03-15

Department:Production

Job:Executive Producer

Episode Count:35

Vote Count:3406

MINDHUNTER

An agent in the FBI's Elite Serial Crime Unit develops profiling techniques as he pursues notorious serial killers and rapists.

Release Date:2017-10-13

Department:Production

Job:Executive Producer

Episode Count:19

Vote Count:2547

Hitchcock/Truffaut

Filmmakers discuss the legacy of Alfred Hitchcock and the book “Hitchcock/Truffaut” (“Le cinéma selon Hitchcock”), written by François Truffaut and published in 1966.

Release Date:2015-09-04

Character:Self

Vote Count:240

House of Cards

Set in present day Washington, D.C., House of Cards is the story of Frank Underwood, a ruthless and cunning politician, and his wife Claire who will stop at nothing to conquer everything. This wicked political drama penetrates the shadowy world of greed, sex and corruption in modern D.C.

Release Date:2013-02-01

Department:Production

Job:Executive Producer

Episode Count:65

Vote Count:2809

Side by Side

Since the invention of cinema, the standard format for recording moving images has been film. Over the past two decades, a new form of digital filmmaking has emerged, creating a groundbreaking evolution in the medium. Keanu Reeves explores the development of cinema and the impact of digital filmmaking via in-depth interviews with Hollywood masters, such as James Cameron, David Fincher, David Lynch, Christopher Nolan, Martin Scorsese, George Lucas, Steven Soderbergh, and many more.

Release Date:2012-08-19

Character:Self

Vote Count:291

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo: Characters - Salander, Blomkvist and Vanger

Cast and crew, including Mara, discuss her casting.

Release Date:2012-03-20

Character:Self

Vote Count:1

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo: Metal One Sheet

A look at the process of creating a metallic poster.

Release Date:2012-03-20

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo: Post-Production

Divided into several segments: A detailed examination of the editing process, centered around Fincher screening scenes from the film; in the recording studio for post-production dialogue recording; comparing the final title sequence to its earliest stages of development in a three-way composite. - viewers may also watch any off the three variations in a full-screen mode and a supplement that showcases various scenes in different stages of completion.

Release Date:2012-03-20

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo: Hard Copy

This is a mock episode of the 80's-90's era tabloid show was created as part of the film's Internet promotion.

Release Date:2012-03-20

Vote Count:1

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo: Men Who Hate Women

Cast and crew discuss the success of the novel, transitioning it to film and condensing it for the medium, and gender dynamics in Sweden.

Release Date:2012-03-20

Character:Self

Vote Count:2

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo: On Location - Sweden and Hollywood

A look at the necessity of shooting in Sweden, with emphasis on the country's culture, history, climate, and politics as they play central to the story-line. Also examined is the country's film industry. The supplement offers viewers a glimpse into shooting at the end of the process in Sweden and provides a very brief glimpse into the celebration that followed. It discusses the casting Armansky of actor Goran Visnjic playing the role of Salander's employer at Milton Security. Goran Visnjic works with David Fincher in shaping the character and his performance. additionally this supplement combines a look at the work and style of David Fincher along with the process of shooting some of the scenes in Martin Vanger's house.

Release Date:2012-03-20

Vote Count:1

Exploring 'The Tree of Life'

A documentary on Terrence Malick and the making of his film "The Tree of Life."

Release Date:2011-10-11

Character:Self

Vote Count:5

How Did They Ever Make a Movie of Facebook?

This feature-length documentary about the making of "The Social Network" goes back and forth from the elements of storytelling and long rehearsals with the cast and crew, to the shooting itself capturing the extreme attention to detail, filming locations such as Boston and LA, and David Fincher's filmmaking process.

Release Date:2011-01-11

Character:Self

Vote Count:20

Logorama

Two cops portrayed by Michelin Men chase an armed Ronald McDonald through the streets of a fictionalized, stylized city.

Release Date:2009-05-16

Character:Pringles Original (voice)

Vote Count:176

The Curious Birth of Benjamin Button

A documentary about the making of David Fincher's 2008 film THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON. Virtually every element in the evolution of the Fincher's film is documented here, from the project's attachment to numerous other directors during the 1990s, to its shoot in 2006 and 2007 in New Orleans, to its complex, CGI-intensive postproduction process.

Release Date:2009-05-05

Character:Self

Vote Count:121

Zodiac Deciphered

An exhaustive behind-the-scenes documentary on the making of Zodiac (2007).

Release Date:2008-01-08

Character:Self

The Work of Director Mark Romanek

More than two-dozen music-videos directed by filmmaker Mark Romanek (One-Hour Photo) are collected together in this compilation from Palm Pictures. Among the songs featured in The Work of Director Mark Romanek are "Novocaine for the Soul" by Eels, "99 Problems" by Jay-Z, and "Hurt" by Johnny Cash.

Release Date:2005-09-13

Character:Self - Interviewee

Vote Count:9

Shooting 'Panic Room'

Watch David Fincher's journey of the filming process for Panic Room (2002) in this interesting documentary. We see the entire cast and crew throughout production until the final filming day. Many interviews and on-set footage inform us on how the shoot was.

Release Date:2004-03-30

Character:Self

Vote Count:3

Murder by Numbers

A documentary on serial killer films.

Release Date:2004-03-16

Character:Self

Wreckage and Rage: Making 'Alien³'

The creation of the film Alien³ (1992) is covered here in this feature-length documentary in exhaustive detail. Many interviews with the cast and crew give us an idea of how hard of a time David Fincher had creating his first feature film, as well as present us with much information about every element that went into making this film, including how the plot and script changed drastically through filming.

Release Date:2003-12-02

Character:Self (archive footage)

Vote Count:21

Beat the Devil

The Driver drag-races the Devil, in order to earn James Brown his soul.

Release Date:2002-11-22

Department:Writing

Job:Original Concept

Vote Count:84

The Alien Saga

In 1979, Alien burst onto the scene with a strong female lead in the form of Ripley (Sigourney Weaver) battling the ultimate biomechanical creature. The brilliant and terrifying result reinvented the horror and science fiction genres, creating one of the most successful and celebrated film franchises in Hollywood history. This award-winning, feature-length documentary explores the series.

Release Date:2002-11-13

Character:Self (archive footage)

Vote Count:11

Full Frontal

A day in the life of a group of men and women in Hollywood, in the hours leading up to a friend's birthday party.

Release Date:2002-08-02

Character:Film Director

Vote Count:99

The Hire

BMW Films presents "The Hire", a series of nine short films produced for the Internet in 2001 and 2002, with a ninth short film following in 2016. A form of branded content, all nine short films feature popular filmmakers from across the globe, star Clive Owen as the "Driver", and highlight the performance aspects of various BMW automobiles.

Release Date:2001-04-26

Department:Creator

Job:Creator

Vote Count:17

Being John Malkovich

One day at work, unsuccessful puppeteer Craig finds a portal into the head of actor John Malkovich. The portal soon becomes a passion for anybody who enters its mad and controlling world of overtaking another human body.

Release Date:1999-10-29

Character:Christopher Bing (uncredited)

Vote Count:4416

Dangerous: The Short Films

Michael Jackson's Dangerous album once again rocketed the global superstar to mega-platinum success! "Dangerous - The Short Films" captures the visual and musical highlights of his most recent string of hit singles. As well as extensive behind the scenes profiles of the making of Michael's state of the art short films.

Release Date:1993-09-28

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Vote Count:37

Madonna: The Immaculate Collection

The Immaculate Collection is the first commercially released greatest videos compilation by singer Madonna. Released on November 13, 1990 to accompany the audio CD, it contained hits spanning 1983-1990. The collection won "Best Long Form Video" category at the 1991 MTV Video Music Awards. Includes the following videos: 1. Lucky Star 2. Borderline 3. Like a Virgin 4. Material Girl 5. Papa Don't Preach 6. Open Your Heart 7. La Isla Bonita 8. Like a Prayer 9. Express Yourself 10. Cherish 11. Oh Father 12. Vogue 13. Vogue (1990 MTV Awards Show Performance)

Release Date:1990-11-13

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Vote Count:59

Bitterroot

Estranged from his son and granddaughter, and grieving his wife's death, 78-year-old WWII veteran Francis Lee, Sr.'s only comfort comes from outings with his caretaker, Maya. A brief moment of hope arises when he wins a million-dollar sweepstakes, but it quickly turns to despair after becoming a victim of financial fraud, pushing him to his limits.

Department:Directing

Job:Director

The Oscars

An annual American awards ceremony honoring cinematic achievements in the film industry. The various category winners are awarded a copy of a statuette, officially the Academy Award of Merit, that is better known by its nickname Oscar.

Release Date:1953-03-19

Character:Self

Episode Count:1

Vote Count:65