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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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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