Jonathan Demme Movies

Live performance by Robyn Hitchcock, in... well, a storefront.

A chronicle of three generations of Italian-American women struggling to get by in post-World War II New York’s Little Italy.

In January 2015, at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, the final nights of the "20/20 Experience World Tour", director Jonathan Demme captures...

A chronicle of the former president's tour recent for his book "Palestine: Peace Not Apartheid."

After a young village boy dies on San Rosario island, the leader of the People's Army decides to kidnap a group of American nurses who have traveled...

A documentary that chronicles the life of South African leader Nelson Mandela. Mandela is probably best known for his 27 years of imprisonment, and...

Demme captures the late choreographer Trisha Brown performing a meta-narrative dance work.

Documentary about the making of "The Silence of the Lambs" (1991). Presented as three short documentaries on the collector's edition DVD (MGM,...

The second of Jonathan Demme's three Neil Young performance docs.

This brief throwback piece focused on interview snippets from Hopkins, Demme, Glenn, Foster, FBI agent John Douglas and another unnamed FBI agent.

Jonathan Demme helms this musical documentary that shines a light on the eclectic sounds of songwriter-musician Enzo Avitabile.

A heartbreaking, must-see Jonathan Demme documentary on a proud New Orleans couple coming to terms with their post-Katrina loss.

Beah: A Black Woman Speaks is a 2003 documentary about the life of Academy Award nominated actress Beah Richards. Directed by Lisa Gay Hamilton, it...

Director Noah Hutton returns to the same landowners, state officials, and oil workers he captured at the beginning of the Bakken oil boom six years...

Robert Castle is the idealistic pastor of St. Mary's Episcopal Church in Harlem, and also the cousin of filmmaker Jonathan Demme. Demme's...

An American woman doctor comes to Tanzania to work at a hospital for the mentally disturbed, with her Tanzanian lover. There, she meets a sometimes...

A raw, live-in-studio performance of "The Perfect Kiss" by New Order.

This half-hour documentary by acclaimed director Jonathan Demme ("The Silence of the Lambs") captures singer-songwriter Neil Young and his...

After Tyrone Hayes said that a chemical was harmful, its maker pursued him.

An East Village performance space fought against the Bowery homeless shelter who threatened to shut them down. Some of the most iconic figures in...