Benny Safdie Movies

Get to know the siblings whose films have captured the skittering pulse of New York’s city streets. An original documentary featuring footage...

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

Mumblecore movie about a young woman named Eleonore who wanders New York City committing acts of theft.

In 2001, Lenny Cooke was the most hyped high school basketball player in the country, ranked above future greats LeBron James, Amar’e...

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

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...

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

Rod Goldman and Al Silverman are street performers who work the tourist scene of Times Square. Goldman gets no respect and Silverman is the first one...

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

JAY-Z reminisces on his days as a hustler in Marcy Houses in Brooklyn.

John embarks on a trip to Coney Island for a day of fun and happiness. Things don't quite work out as planned.

SOLID GOLD is an experiment in street performance and how to be seen. It's about a Golden Man in the streets and subways of New York, who tries and...

A short film by Ben Safdie.

A film by Ben Safdie.

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...

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

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

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 man named Charles Riverbank, who upon losing his home, wanders into various adventures and lot of dirty looks.

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