Frederick Wiseman Movies

Frederick Wiseman observes the ins and outs of the Paris Opera House, including the processes behind seven of their operas: Genus (Wayne McGregor),...

A look at the daily activities at the Metropolitan Hospital in New York City, with emphasis on the emergency ward and outpatient clinics. The cases...

Famous in the 19th-century for silver mining, Aspen is now better known for its scenic splendor, skiing, hiking, and fashion. One typical winter, the...

An in-depth look at the main Neiman-Marcus store and corporate headquarters in Dallas: the selection, presentation, marketing, pricing, advertising...

An epic look at Boston’s city government, covering racial justice, housing, climate action, and more, exploring the government of Boston, MA,...

A fifteen-year-old boy wants to buy a gun from an adult racketeer named Priest, in order to become president of the gang to which he belongs, and to...

La Comédie-Française is the oldest continuous repertory company in the world, founded in late 17th-century Paris. This is the first...

Frederick Wiseman focuses his lens on male and female models at work on television commercials, fashion shows, magazine covers, and advertising for a...

The School for the Deaf at the Alabama Institute is organized around a theory of total communication, i.e. the use of signs and finger spelling in...

The nature and complexity of the welfare system is explored in sequences illustrating the staggering diversity of constituting problems: housing,...

A group of middle-aged men dressed as the Nazi high command gather in London to attempt a crucial experiment: making the first film entirely shot by...

Daily life in a Benedictine monastery follows resolution of conflict between personal needs and the institutional and organizational priorities of...

A look at how the Tampa, Florida police respond to domestic violence calls and the work of The Spring, the principal shelter for women and children....

Documentarian Frederick Wiseman highlights the educational programs and daily life of all levels of students at the Alabama School for the Blind,...

Acclaimed documentary filmmaker Frederick Wiseman analyzes the interrelation between animals and their human captors at Miami's Metro Zoo. Looking...

Wiseman enumerates the sights and sounds of Talladega, Alabama — the railroad tracks, quiet streets and homes, a few shops downtown —...

A film about ordinary experience in a beautiful old New England port city. A portrait of daily life with particular emphasis on the work and the...

The day to day activities of multi-handicapped and sensory impaired students and their teachers, dormitory parents, and counselors at the Helen...

Simon, a disillusioned developer, carries a secret that could dismantle modern society: a code capable of remote neural hijacking. Hunted by his...

A documentary exploring the landscape of Madison Square Garden. Filmed in 1997 and prevented from public screening by the property's operators.