Benny Safdie Movies

A maddeningly oblivious, tyrannical and emotionally stunted young woman tries her best to negotiate two toxic friendships.

Betting, boxing, and boozing: this is the weird, true story of the time Norman Mailer confronted James Toback to argue about the difference between...

John sells things online, cheats off dollar stores, needs friends but settles for strangers, has roaches. He is punch drunk, not with love but...

The story behind the acclaimed film, "Heaven Knows What," directed by Josh and Benny Safdie, and inspired by the life of Arielle Holmes.

This is the story of a lonely man named John. He wanders through the city into various acquaintances of varying levels of niceness. He sees a lot of...

A short film by Josh Safdie, Benny Safdie, & Alex Kalman.

Hustle, hustle, hustle... hard. These two got a cold hustle going on in downtown Seattle. Commissioned and produced by the Northwest Film Forum for...

With her life crashing down around her, Linda, a Long Island-based therapist and mother, navigates her way through an emotional minefield.

A short film by Ben Safdie.

Trophy Hunter, a short, fake documentary about illegal wildlife trade that Josh and Benny made for the Turtle Conservancy in 2012. It features the...

Benny Safdie’s deadpan spoof of stand-up comedy and staged cinéma verité verges on performance art. His Ralph Handel is a...

A documentary chronicling the production of Daddy Longlegs.

Josh & Benny Safdie, Alex Kalman, and Factory 25 present this feature-length program of found moments from the everyday—films that showcase the...

An alien in a crowded land searched for some semblance of companionship after losing all of its friends.

A woman's car breaks down at a house in the woods. She looks out the window to see a variety of bizarre activities.

This is a story about him, who lives above an older Hindi man, who lives above a delinquent British guy, who lives on top of her. It is the back of...

A horror film inspired by cults and Los Angeles in the late 1970s.

A film by Ben Safdie.

This is a Film about Slater's Friend. A camera crew follows a man by the name of Philbert Powell around on his journey from the supermarket to his...

The Safdie brothers repurpose reality television’s vocabulary of confrontation and cramped cinematography for a miniature study of urban...