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Zero Days (2016)
7.8/10
Director: Alex Gibney
Investigative journalism meets conspiracy thriller as Alex Gibney (Going Clear, NZIFF15) goes on the trail of Stuxnet, the extraordinary computer viru... Read more
The Armstrong Lie (2013)
7.3/10
Director: Alex Gibney
Starring: Lance Armstrong
In 2009 director Alex Gibney set out to film The Road Back, a documentary on cyclist Lance Armstrong's comeback year after a four-year retirement from... Read more
Steve Jobs: The Man in the Machine (2015)
6.9/10
Director: Alex Gibney
In his signature black turtleneck and blue jeans, shrouded in shadows below a milky apple, Steve Jobs image was ubiquitous. But who was the man on th... Read more
Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief (2015)
8/10
Director: Alex Gibney
The Church of Scientology hates this film. When it was released in the US in March, the organisation sent a five-page letter to the Hollywood Reporter... Read more
Finding Fela (2014)
7.1/10
Director: Alex Gibney
Starring: Fela Kuti, Yeni Kuti, Femi Kuti
Finding Fela tells the story of Fela Anikulapo Kuti's life, his music, his social and political importance. He created a new musical movement, Afrobea... Read more
We Steal Secrets: The Story of WikiLeaks (2013)
6.9/10
Director: Alex Gibney
Starring: Julian Assange
Filmed with the startling immediacy of unfolding history, award-winning filmmaker Alex Gibney's documentary details the creation of Julian Assange's c... Read more
Silence in the House of God: Mea Maxima Culpa (2012)
8.1/10
Director: Alex Gibney
In "Silence in the House of God", Oscar-winning documentarian Alex Gibney ("Taxi to the Dark Side") casts an unflinching eye on the Vatican's handling... Read more
Casino Jack and the United States of Money (2010)
7.1/10
Director: Alex Gibney
Lobbyists have long played a role in U.S. politics, but the 2006 scandal of Republican super lobbyist Jack Abramoff revealed just how much power they... Read more
Client 9: The Rise and Fall of Eliot Spitzer (2010)
7.4/10
Director: Alex Gibney
Writer/director Alex Gibney ("Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room") submits a probing examination of former New York governor Eliot Spitzer's brief,... Read more
Magic Trip: Ken Kesey's Search for a Kool Place (2011)
6.8/10
Director: Alex Gibney, Alison Ellwood
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... Read more
Freakonomics (2010)
6.4/10
Director: Morgan Spurlock, Alex Gibney, Heidi Ewing, Rachel Grady, Seth Gordon
'Freakonomics' is the highly anticipated film version of the phenomenally best-selling book about incentives-based thinking by Steven Levitt and Steph... Read more
Gonzo: The Life and Work of Dr Hunter S Thompson (2008)
7.7/10
Director: Alex Gibney
Starring: Johnny Depp, Sony Barger, Hunter S Thompson, Tom Wolfe
Living and dying with a fast, hard, and uncompromising style was the only choice for writer/journalist Hunter S. Thompson. In this insightful document... Read more
Taxi to the Dark Side (2007)
7.6/10
Director: Alex Gibney
A perpetually shocking documentary exposing the Bush administration's use of torture when dealing with political prisoners, focusing in particular on... Read more
Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room (2004)
7.7/10
Director: Alex Gibney
Starring: Narrated by, Peter Coyote
Alex Gibney's Oscar-nominated documentary is a searing indictment of the corporate mentality. Based on the best-seller by 'Fortune' magazine writers... Read more