
Joe Swanberg
Director · b. 1981 · Detroit, Michigan, USA
Joe Swanberg (born August 31, 1981) is an American independent film director, producer, writer, and actor. Known for micro-budget films which make extensive use of improvisation, Swanberg is considered a major figure in the mumblecore film movement. His films often focus on relationships, sex, technology, and the filmmaking process, and include V/H/S (2012), Hannah Takes the Stairs (2007), Win It All (2017), Digging For Fire (2015), and Nights and Weekends (2008), the last of which was co-directed by Academy Award nominee Greta Gerwig.
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Movie6.6HorrorThrillerWhen the Davison family comes under attack during their wedding anniversary getaway, the gang of mysterious killers soon learns that one of their victims harbors a secret talent for fighting back.
You're Next
2013 · 2.8K votes
Movie6.1ThrillerHorrorWhen a group of misfits is hired by an unknown third party to burglarize a desolate house and acquire one rare VHS tape, they discover more found footage than they had bargained for.
V/H/S
2012 · 1.8K votes
Movie4.5HorrorA high school prom faces a deadly threat: a flesh-eating virus that spreads via a popular brand of bottled water.
Cabin Fever 2: Spring Fever
2009 · 434 votes
Movie6.0RomanceDramaWeekend trips, office parties, late night conversations, drinking on the job, marriage pressure, biological clocks, holding eye contact a second too long… you know what makes the line between “friends” and “more than friends” really blurry? Beer.
Drinking Buddies
2013 · 893 votes
Movie5.2DramaHorrorUpon receiving a mysterious letter that her mother's grave has been vandalized, Marie travels to the desolate island town where she's buried. Just as she arrives, the island closes for the season, leaving Marie trapped in a nightmare.
Offseason
2022 · 128 votes
Movie6.0HorrorThrillerTwo journalists set out to document their friend's journey to reunite with his estranged sister. They track her to an undisclosed location where they are welcomed into the remote world of "Eden Parish," a self-sustained rural utopia composed of nearly two hundred members and overseen by a mysterious leader known only as "Father." It quickly becomes evident to the newcomers that this paradise may not be as it seems. Eden Parish harbors a twisted secret. What started as just another documentary shoot soon becomes a fight for survival.
The Sacrament
2014 · 512 votes
Movie9.0RomanceDramaWendy’s life is thrown into chaos when her boyfriend, Jack, who is older and divorced with children, insists they take space to evaluate the relationship. During their break, Wendy runs into her ex, Chuck, forcing them into a volatile triangle.
The Sun Never Sets
2026 · 1 votes
Movie5.1ComedyDramaAfter a breakup with her boyfriend, a young woman moves in with her older brother, his wife, and their 2-year-old son.
Happy Christmas
2014 · 179 votes
Movie5.6DramaComedyAfter his engagement ends badly, Josh decides to take advantage of his bachelor-party plans in Ojai, California, with the few friends still willing to join him. Focused on drugs and their own hangups, his self-absorbed friends refuse to confront the elephant in the room and ask Josh how he’s feeling. As welcome and unwelcome guests stop by, Josh will attempt to find some closure over this weekend with the guys.
Joshy
2016 · 115 votes
Movie5.5DramaHorrorWhile walking home from her latest OB appointment, a very pregnant Esther Woodhouse is brutally attacked and disfigured by a hooded assailant. This horrible event seems to be a blessing in disguise when Esther finds consolation in a support group. Her life of sadness and solitude is opened up to friendship, understanding, and even acceptance. However, friendship and understanding can be very dangerous things when accepted by the wrong people.
Proxy
2014 · 114 votes
Movie5.7DramaIn the aftermath of a conspiracy-minded father’s sudden death, his daughter inherits his patent for an experimental healing device.
Invention
2025 · 3 votes
Movie4.2DramaComedyAfter moving to Chicago for art school, Sam begins turning tricks to help pay the bills.
Blackmail Boys
2010 · 9 votes
Movie5.8DramaRomanceJamie is 21. She's from Atlanta. She's come to Brooklyn to visit her friend Samantha, but she can't find her. Jamie meets a stranger named Charlie on the subway and spends 24 hours hanging out with him.
Quiet City
2007 · 22 votes
Movie3.9ComedyDramaMiddle-aged Lonnie hasn't done much since he graduated high school. His only shot at greatness is to take his relationship to the next level.
Bloomin Mud Shuffle
2015 · 7 votes
Movie4.4DramaRomanceTension mounts between a director and his lead actress on the set of a sexually explicit low-budget film. As the actress and her co-star develop real feelings for each other, the director's jealousy erupts and he begins sabotaging his own production.
Art History
2011 · 24 votes
Movie5.6DramaRomanceA man and woman must face the tension that builds between them during a long-distance relationship.
Nights and Weekends
2008 · 52 votes
Movie8.0DramaThrillerFollows a young man who after his father is murdered starts making bad choices, goes through life-threatening consequences and, of course, gets into guns.
Good Guy with a Gun
2022 · 4 votes
Movie5.4ComedyDramaIn a desperate search to create a follow-up to Joe Swanberg's 2011 film Uncle Kent, Kent Osborne travels to a comic book convention in San Diego where he loses his mind and confronts the end of the world.
Uncle Kent 2
2016 · 11 votes
Movie5.3ThrillerDramaThe arrival of a handsome new farmhand threatens the balance between a farmer and his daughter.
Thou Wast Mild and Lovely
2014 · 29 votes
Movie5.1HorrorThrillerAn escaped murderer is in pursuit of his ex-girlfriend, who has fled to start a new life in a small town.
A Horrible Way to Die
2010 · 90 votes
Movie5.7DramaRomanceThe story of two people caught in the routines of work and circles of friends. The days begin with an alarm and end with the fading sound of a television. Ron Hogan, a 28-year-old ATM parts purchaser, and Stacy Ryan, a 27-year-old, oddly charming courier, meet through a matchmaking Internet service and go through the routine of falling for one another.
Audrey the Trainwreck
2010 · 6 votes
Movie5.4HorrorDramaSmall town artist Charley is a tortured man whose drinking binges blur with his sneaking suspicion that he might be a werewolf. He distances himself from those he loves and sinks deeper into solitude, as his flashes of memory of his grisly nighttime acts manifest themselves through his artwork.
Blackout
2023 · 17 votes
Movie9.5HorrorA mysterious coven helps unhappy wives murder their husbands. A deadbeat stoner turns a pizzeria into a video rental headshop, and a lost soul falls in love with a serial killer, in this queer romance cursed by black magic and the occult!
Coven of the Black Cube
2024 · 2 votes
MovieDramaPaul - a workaholic independent filmmaker - takes charge of his sleepless baby, Pearl, when his wife, Mary, returns to work. He is slowly driven crazy by his inability to work and becomes the jerk he thought he'd never be.
Be Good
2012
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TV8.8ComedyDramaIndependent Filmmaker Caveh Zahedi is trying to make a television show. He persuades BRIC TV, a Brooklyn non-profit Arts organization, to finance a television show whose premise is that every episode will be about the making of the previous episode. In the process of creating the show, everything can-and does-go wrong. The cast, a who's who of Brooklyn's independent filmmaking community, includes Alex Karpovsky, Eleonore Hendricks, Dustin Defa, and Onur Tukel.
The Show About the Show
2015 · 4 votes
TV3.3DramaComedyYoung American Bodies is an American web series, which originally premiered on Nerve.com and currently airs on IFC and at IFC.com in the United States. Each short episode looks into the intersecting love lives of six twenty-somethings in Chicago. The series is produced and directed by Joe Swanberg, the director of Hannah Takes The Stairs and Nights and Weekends.
Young American Bodies
2006 · 3 votes
TVPrisma
2024