
Josh Safdie
Director · b. 1984 · New York City, New York, USA
Joshua Henry Safdie (born April 3, 1984) is an American filmmaker and screenwriter, best known for his work with his younger brother, Benny Safdie, as one half of the acclaimed Safdie Brothers. Together, they developed a reputation for raw, urgent storytelling in films such as Heaven Knows What (2014), Good Time (2017), and Uncut Gems (2019). In 2024, it was reported that the Safdie Brothers would no longer co-direct and would instead pursue solo projects. Josh's first feature since the split, Marty Supreme (2025), was critically acclaimed, earning him nine Oscar nominations, including best picture and best director.
Movies21
Movie7.2DramaThrillerA charismatic New York City jeweler always on the lookout for the next big score makes a series of high-stakes bets that could lead to the windfall of a lifetime. Howard must perform a precarious high-wire act, balancing business, family, and encroaching adversaries on all sides in his relentless pursuit of the ultimate win.
Uncut Gems
2019 · 5.6K votes
Movie6.5DocumentaryComedyAfter attending a workshop on how to write and sell a Hallmark movie, filmmaker John Wilson tries to use the same formula to sell a documentary about concrete.
The History of Concrete
2026 · 2 votes
Movie6.2MusicComedyThe story of Elliot Tiber and his family, who inadvertently played a pivotal role in making the famed Woodstock Music and Arts Festival into the happening that it was. When Elliot hears that a neighboring town has pulled the permit on a hippie music festival, he calls the producers thinking he could drum up some much-needed business for his parents' run-down motel. Three weeks later, half a million people are on their way to his neighbor’s farm in White Lake, New York, and Elliot finds himself swept up in a generation-defining experience that would change his life–and American culture–forever.
Taking Woodstock
2009 · 489 votes
Movie8.0DocumentaryThe Safdie brothers go undercover to record an interview with Adam Sandler, the star of their film UNCUT GEMS.
Question & Answer
2020 · 1 votes
Movie6.6DramaComedyAfter months of living a solitary existence, Lenny, 34, picks up his kids from school. Every year he spends a couple of weeks with his sons Sage, 9, and Frey, 7. Lenny hosts his kids within a midtown studio apartment in New York. During these two weeks, he must figure out if he wants to act as their father or be their friend. Ultimately, their trip upstate results in complete lawlessness taking over their lives.
Daddy Longlegs
2010 · 62 votes
Movie7.0DocumentaryGet to know the siblings whose films have captured the skittering pulse of New York’s city streets. An original documentary featuring footage from the making of their new thriller, Good Time, along with several of the brothers’ early features and shorts. Produced by the Criterion Channel for their "Meet the Filmmakers" series.
Meet the Filmmakers: Josh and Benny Safdie
2017 · 2 votes
Movie5.6DramaIn high summer, Sasha suddenly dies. Her death brings two virtual strangers, her boyfriend Lawrence and sister Zoé, closer together, sharing their grief and the burden of their loss in Berlin, Paris and New York.
Movie5.6ComedyDramaA maddeningly oblivious, tyrannical and emotionally stunted young woman tries her best to negotiate two toxic friendships.
Yeast
2008 · 10 votes
Movie8.0MusicLive performance broadcast of The Weeknd's album Dawn FM.
The Weeknd: 103.5 Dawn FM
2022 · 5 votes
Movie4.5DramaFrictions develop when Yisroel "Izzy" Jonigkeyt, a Chassidic Jew from Crown Heights, travels to San Francisco to visit Polish-born Catholic friend Marek Wisniewski with the intent of discovering why a Bay Area art-world iconoclast named Harry Kierk seeks to destroy a lifetime's worth of his own work. As the visit progresses, Izzy and Marek discover for the first time that complex historical baggage impinges on their curious friendship and, soon, they begin to understand why Kierk is driven towards destruction. Continued encounters with Marek's vaguely anti-Semitic cousin Irek (who is their only gateway to contact Kierk) only compound these tensions.
Ezer Kenegdo
2017 · 2 votes
Movie5.2ComedyAspiring but less than ambitious photographer Nate clumsily navigates the New York City art world in a post-grad haze, waiting for his breakthrough project to fall into his lap. During a drug-fueled wormhole through the annals of YouTube, Nate discovers his next subjects when an arbitrary click lands him on a crude music video by the Young Torture Killaz—an Insane Clown Posse knock-off group of jaded Delaware teens with a lot to scream about—and the inspiration (and exploitation) flows
Hellaware
2013 · 4 votes
Movie6.2DramaWhen autistic teen Ricky is scolded for skipping class, he escapes into the subway for a days-long odyssey among the subway’s disparate denizens. Meanwhile, his mother wages an escalating search effort above ground. Based on a true story and set in Far Rockaway, Queens, in the days leading up to Hurricane Sandy, these parallel stories of mother and son take the viewer on a touching journey of community and connection in and below New York City.
Stand Clear of the Closing Doors
2014 · 13 votes
Movie5.7DramaCrimeA curious and lost Eleonore looks for something everywhere, even in the bags of strangers who find themselves sadly smiling only well after she's left their lives. They owe her their thanks.
The Pleasure of Being Robbed
2008 · 42 votes
Movie10.0ComedyDocumentaryA film crew trails Philbert Powell through his morning, from the supermarket to his job at a video store. Along the way, he crosses paths with several individuals all named “Slater.” His interactions with them raise the central question: who, among those Slaters, is his friend? The narrative unfolds across a single morning, blending encounters and identity as Philbert’s journey reveals the shifting dynamics of connection.
The Adventures of Slater's Friend
2005 · 1 votes
MovieDramaComedyA series of short films following the interconnected lives on Crosby street, New York City.
10 Crosby
2016
Movie5.5DramaThis is a story about a man, who lives above an older Hindi man, who lives above a delinquent British man, who lives above a girl. It is the back of her head that he is in love with.
The Back of Her Head
2007 · 4 votes
Movie5.0DramaA 65-year-old single artist living in New York City has a good life: a stable teaching job, successful friends, and a loyal, aging dog named Bing. As her dream of a respectable place in the art world becomes more elusive, her frustration with her lack of recognition feels alarmingly urgent.
My Art
2016 · 6 votes
MovieDramaA young woman invites a vagabond to stay the night at her house but her feelings of insecurity threaten to overshadow the visit.
Movie4.8DramaComedyThis is a story about a real life brother and sister and their journey to the zoo. On their way, they accidentally pick up a hitchhiker.
We're Going to the Zoo
2006 · 8 votes
MovieComedyCo-directed by Benny and Josh Safdie, this deadpan mock-documentary follows Ralph Handel, a buttoned-down office worker who spends his nights bombing on the open-mic circuit. Staged as cinéma vérité that edges into performance art—Safdie performed the disastrous sets in real clubs—the film channels Andy Kaufman’s anti-comedy and the self-reflexive diary mode of David Holzman’s Diary to sketch a sly portrait of a life quietly coming undone.
MovieDocumentaryA documentary chronicling the production of Daddy Longlegs.
Series6
TV5.8ComedyTalk ShowAfter Jay Leno's second retirement from the program, Jimmy Fallon stepped in as his permanent replacement. After 42 years in Los Angeles the program was brought back to New York.
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014 · 392 votes
TV7.1An 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.
The Oscars
1953 · 85 votes
TV6.8ComedyDramaFour adults nearing 40, living under the same roof, struggle to keep their relationships and their individual dreams alive.
Togetherness
2015 · 109 votes
TV8.1DocumentaryExplore the many lives of Martin Scorsese through intimate interviews with the man himself, access to his private archives, plus conversations with Robert De Niro, Leonardo DiCaprio, Margot Robbie, Daniel Day-Lewis, Steven Spielberg, and more.
Mr. Scorsese
2025 · 33 votes
TV5.5ComedyTalk ShowEach week on her podcast, she'll welcome celebrities and fun people to her studio. They'll share stories about their careers, mutual friends, shared enthusiasms, and most importantly, what's been making them laugh. This podcast is not about trying to make you better or giving advice. Amy just wants to have a good time.
Good Hang with Amy Poehler
2025 · 2 votes
TV7.5DocumentaryFollowing Casey and Van Neistat, The Neistat Brothers is a autobiographical documentary following the lives and adventures of the two brothers. The series follows their travels around the world and New York as they tell their stories about six week chunks of their lives in their signature vlog-like style
The Neistat Brothers
2010 · 4 votes