Alex Gibney: movies and TV shows
Alex Gibney has 287 credits in the archive: 181 films and 106 TV series, from 1953 to 2026. Highest rated: Billions (7.8/10).
Career timeline
1953 – 2026 · busiest year: 2016 (17 credits)
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Full filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Type | Rating | Age then |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Knife: The Attempted Murder of Salman Rushdie | Film | — | 72 | |
| 2026 | Knife: The Attempted Murder of Salman Rushdie | Film | — | 72 | |
| 2026 | Connect with Jacob Soboroff | TV | — | 72 | |
| 2026 | Speechless | Film | — | 72 | |
| 2026 | Musk | Film | — | 72 | |
| 2026 | Musk | Film | — | 72 | |
| 2025 | Mr. Scorsese | TV | 8.1 | 71 | |
| 2025 | The Furry Detectives: Unmasking a Monster | TV | 7.3 | 71 | |
| 2025 | The Dark Money Game | Narrator (voice) | TV | 7.2 | 71 |
| 2025 | The Dark Money Game | TV | 7.2 | 71 | |
| 2025 | The Dark Money Game | TV | 7.2 | 71 | |
| 2025 | The Dark Money Game | TV | 7.2 | 71 | |
| 2025 | The Dark Money Game | TV | 7.2 | 71 | |
| 2025 | Orwell: 2+2=5 | Film | 7.2 | 71 | |
| 2025 | Bodyguard of Lies | Film | 7.7 | 71 | |
| 2024 | Wise Guy: David Chase and The Sopranos | Self | TV | 8.3 | 70 |
| 2024 | Wise Guy: David Chase and The Sopranos | TV | 8.3 | 70 | |
| 2024 | Wise Guy: David Chase and The Sopranos | TV | 8.3 | 70 | |
| 2024 | God Save Texas | TV | 6.3 | 70 | |
| 2024 | In Restless Dreams: The Music of Paul Simon | TV | — | 70 | |
| 2024 | In Restless Dreams: The Music of Paul Simon | TV | — | 70 | |
| 2024 | Between Goodbyes | Film | 7.0 | 70 | |
| 2024 | In Restless Dreams: The Music of Paul Simon | Film | 6.6 | 70 | |
| 2024 | In Restless Dreams: The Music of Paul Simon | Film | 6.6 | 70 | |
| 2024 | The Bibi Files | Film | 7.2 | 70 | |
| 2024 | Walk with Me | Film | — | 70 | |
| 2023 | Painkiller | TV | 7.2 | 69 | |
| 2023 | Money Shot: The Pornhub Story | Film | 5.8 | 69 | |
| 2023 | Money Shot: The Pornhub Story | Film | 5.8 | 69 | |
| 2023 | Boom! Boom! The World vs Boris Becker | TV | 6.7 | 69 | |
| 2023 | Boom! Boom! The World vs Boris Becker | TV | 6.7 | 69 | |
| 2023 | Boom! Boom! The World vs Boris Becker | TV | 6.7 | 69 | |
| 2023 | The Ruling Class | TV | — | 69 | |
| 2022 | How to Change Your Mind | TV | 7.8 | 68 | |
| 2022 | How to Change Your Mind | TV | 7.8 | 68 | |
| 2022 | Unveiled: Surviving La Luz del Mundo | TV | 6.8 | 68 | |
| 2021 | The Line | TV | 6.9 | 67 | |
| 2021 | The Crime of the Century | TV | 7.7 | 67 | |
| 2021 | The Crime of the Century | TV | 7.7 | 67 | |
| 2021 | The Crime of the Century | TV | 7.7 | 67 | |
| 2021 | The Crime of the Century | TV | 7.7 | 67 | |
| 2021 | Tiger | TV | 6.5 | 67 | |
| 2021 | The Forever Prisoner | Film | 7.5 | 67 | |
| 2021 | The Forever Prisoner | Film | 7.5 | 67 | |
| 2021 | The First Wave | Film | 6.6 | 67 | |
| 2021 | Totally Under Control | Narrator (voice) | Film | 6.9 | 67 |
| 2021 | Totally Under Control | Film | 6.9 | 67 | |
| 2021 | Totally Under Control | Film | 6.9 | 67 | |
| 2021 | Totally Under Control | Film | 6.9 | 67 | |
| 2021 | 137 Shots | Film | 6.3 | 67 | |
| 2021 | Citizen Ashe | Film | 4.2 | 67 | |
| 2020 | The Innocence Files | TV | 7.4 | 66 | |
| 2020 | The Innocence Files | TV | 7.4 | 66 | |
| 2020 | The Innocence Files | TV | 7.4 | 66 | |
| 2020 | Laurel Canyon | TV | 8.0 | 66 | |
| 2020 | Crazy, Not Insane | Film | 7.2 | 66 | |
| 2020 | Crazy, Not Insane | Film | 7.2 | 66 | |
| 2020 | Crazy, Not Insane | Film | 7.2 | 66 | |
| 2020 | Agents of Chaos | Narrator | TV | 6.6 | 66 |
| 2020 | Agents of Chaos | TV | 6.6 | 66 | |
| 2020 | Agents of Chaos | TV | 6.6 | 66 | |
| 2020 | Agents of Chaos | TV | 6.6 | 66 | |
| 2020 | Agents of Chaos | TV | 6.6 | 66 | |
| 2020 | How to Fix a Drug Scandal | TV | 7.0 | 66 | |
| 2020 | Kingdom of Silence | Film | 8.0 | 66 | |
| 2019 | The Family | TV | 6.7 | 65 | |
| 2019 | Hip Hop: The Songs That Shook America | TV | 8.0 | 65 | |
| 2019 | Hip Hop: The Songs That Shook America | TV | 8.0 | 65 | |
| 2019 | Why We Hate | TV | 6.7 | 65 | |
| 2019 | Why We Hate | TV | 6.7 | 65 | |
| 2019 | The Inventor: Out for Blood in Silicon Valley | Self - Narrator / Interviewer | Film | 7.0 | 65 |
| 2019 | The Inventor: Out for Blood in Silicon Valley | Film | 7.0 | 65 | |
| 2019 | The Inventor: Out for Blood in Silicon Valley | Film | 7.0 | 65 | |
| 2019 | The Inventor: Out for Blood in Silicon Valley | Film | 7.0 | 65 | |
| 2019 | Citizen K | Narrator (voice) | Film | 6.7 | 65 |
| 2019 | Citizen K | Film | 6.7 | 65 | |
| 2019 | Citizen K | Film | 6.7 | 65 | |
| 2019 | Citizen K | Film | 6.7 | 65 | |
| 2019 | Los Últimos Frikis | Film | — | 65 | |
| 2018 | Dirty Money | Self | TV | 7.1 | 64 |
| 2018 | Dirty Money | TV | 7.1 | 64 | |
| 2018 | Dirty Money | TV | 7.1 | 64 | |
| 2018 | Dirty Money | TV | 7.1 | 64 | |
| 2018 | The Looming Tower | TV | 7.3 | 64 | |
| 2018 | The Looming Tower | TV | 7.3 | 64 | |
| 2018 | The Looming Tower | TV | 7.3 | 64 | |
| 2018 | The Looming Tower | TV | 7.3 | 64 | |
| 2018 | Robin Williams: Come Inside My Mind | Film | 7.9 | 64 | |
| 2018 | The Clinton Affair | TV | 6.8 | 64 | |
| 2018 | Salt Fat Acid Heat | TV | 7.9 | 64 | |
| 2018 | Enemies: The President, Justice & the FBI | TV | 6.3 | 64 | |
| 2018 | Enemies: The President, Justice & the FBI | TV | 6.3 | 64 | |
| 2018 | The China Hustle | Film | 7.2 | 64 | |
| 2018 | Enhanced | TV | — | 64 | |
| 2018 | Divide and Conquer: The Story of Roger Ailes | Film | 6.7 | 64 | |
| 2017 | Rolling Stone: Stories from the Edge | TV | 6.9 | 63 | |
| 2017 | Rolling Stone: Stories from the Edge | TV | 6.9 | 63 | |
| 2017 | Parched | TV | 9.0 | 63 | |
| 2017 | Accidental Anarchist | Film | 6.7 | 63 | |
| 2017 | Elián | Film | 6.5 | 63 | |
| 2017 | The Last Shot | TV | 7.0 | 63 | |
| 2017 | American Jihad | Film | 8.0 | 63 | |
| 2017 | City of Ghosts | Film | 7.2 | 63 | |
| 2017 | Zero Days VR | Film | — | 63 | |
| 2017 | No Stone Unturned | Film | 7.6 | 63 | |
| 2017 | No Stone Unturned | Film | 7.6 | 63 | |
| 2017 | No Stone Unturned | Film | 7.6 | 63 | |
| 2017 | Water & Power: A California Heist | Film | 7.2 | 63 | |
| 2016 | Billions | TV | 7.8 | 62 | |
| 2016 | The New Yorker Presents | Narrator | TV | 6.8 | 62 |
| 2016 | The New Yorker Presents | TV | 6.8 | 62 | |
| 2016 | The New Yorker Presents | TV | 6.8 | 62 | |
| 2016 | The New Yorker Presents | TV | 6.8 | 62 | |
| 2016 | The New Yorker Presents | TV | 6.8 | 62 | |
| 2016 | The Killing Season | TV | 6.6 | 62 | |
| 2016 | The 4%: Film's Gender Problem | Film | 3.3 | 62 | |
| 2016 | Cooked | TV | 7.2 | 62 | |
| 2016 | Cooked | TV | 7.2 | 62 | |
| 2016 | Cooked | TV | 7.2 | 62 | |
| 2016 | Zero Days | Film | 7.4 | 62 | |
| 2016 | Zero Days | Film | 7.4 | 62 | |
| 2016 | Zero Days | Film | 7.4 | 62 | |
| 2016 | Spring Broke | Film | 6.0 | 62 | |
| 2016 | Too Hip for the Room: The Righteous Reign of Lord Buckley | Film | — | 62 | |
| 2016 | Every Move You Make | Film | — | 62 | |
| 2015 | Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter | Self | TV | 6.2 | 61 |
| 2015 | Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief | Narrator (voice) | Film | 7.6 | 61 |
| 2015 | Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief | Film | 7.6 | 61 | |
| 2015 | Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief | Film | 7.6 | 61 | |
| 2015 | Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief | Film | 7.6 | 61 | |
| 2015 | Sinatra: All or Nothing at All | TV | 7.2 | 61 | |
| 2015 | Sinatra: All or Nothing at All | TV | 7.2 | 61 | |
| 2015 | Steve Jobs: The Man in the Machine | Narrator (voice) | Film | 6.6 | 61 |
| 2015 | Steve Jobs: The Man in the Machine | Film | 6.6 | 61 | |
| 2015 | Steve Jobs: The Man in the Machine | Film | 6.6 | 61 | |
| 2015 | Steve Jobs: The Man in the Machine | Film | 6.6 | 61 | |
| 2015 | Sunshine Superman | Film | 6.5 | 61 | |
| 2015 | Janis: Little Girl Blue | Film | 7.3 | 61 | |
| 2015 | What Happened, Miss Simone? | Film | 7.4 | 61 | |
| 2015 | What's Motivating Hayes | Film | — | 61 | |
| 2014 | Death Row Stories | TV | 7.4 | 60 | |
| 2014 | Finding Fela | Film | 6.9 | 60 | |
| 2014 | Finding Fela | Film | 6.9 | 60 | |
| 2014 | 30 for 30: Soccer Stories | TV | 6.9 | 60 | |
| 2014 | 30 for 30: Soccer Stories | TV | 6.9 | 60 | |
| 2014 | Fields of Fear | Film | 7.0 | 60 | |
| 2014 | Edge of Eighteen | TV | — | 60 | |
| 2014 | Mr. Dynamite: The Rise of James Brown | Film | 6.9 | 60 | |
| 2014 | Mr. Dynamite: The Rise of James Brown | Film | 6.9 | 60 | |
| 2014 | Mr. Dynamite: The Rise of James Brown | Film | 6.9 | 60 | |
| 2014 | Ceasefire Massacre | Film | 5.0 | 60 | |
| 2014 | Ceasefire Massacre | Film | 5.0 | 60 | |
| 2013 | History of the Eagles | TV | 7.5 | 59 | |
| 2013 | The Armstrong Lie | Self - Narrator | Film | 7.0 | 59 |
| 2013 | The Armstrong Lie | Film | 7.0 | 59 | |
| 2013 | The Armstrong Lie | Film | 7.0 | 59 | |
| 2013 | The Armstrong Lie | Film | 7.0 | 59 | |
| 2013 | We Steal Secrets: The Story of WikiLeaks | Narrator (voice) | Film | 6.5 | 59 |
| 2013 | We Steal Secrets: The Story of WikiLeaks | Film | 6.5 | 59 | |
| 2013 | We Steal Secrets: The Story of WikiLeaks | Film | 6.5 | 59 | |
| 2013 | We Steal Secrets: The Story of WikiLeaks | Film | 6.5 | 59 | |
| 2012 | 30 for 30 Shorts | TV | 7.8 | 58 | |
| 2012 | The Last Gladiators | Film | 6.9 | 58 | |
| 2012 | The Last Gladiators | Film | 6.9 | 58 | |
| 2012 | Venus and Serena | Film | 6.1 | 58 | |
| 2012 | Mea Maxima Culpa: Silence in the House of God | Self - Narrator (voice) | Film | 7.3 | 58 |
| 2012 | Mea Maxima Culpa: Silence in the House of God | Film | 7.3 | 58 | |
| 2012 | Mea Maxima Culpa: Silence in the House of God | Film | 7.3 | 58 | |
| 2012 | Mea Maxima Culpa: Silence in the House of God | Film | 7.3 | 58 | |
| 2012 | Dear Governor Cuomo | Film | — | 58 | |
| 2012 | Focus Forward: Short Films, Big Ideas | Film | — | 58 | |
| 2012 | Speaking with Light | Film | — | 58 | |
| 2012 | Park Avenue: Money, Power & The American Dream | Film | 7.0 | 58 | |
| 2012 | Park Avenue: Money, Power & The American Dream | Film | 7.0 | 58 | |
| 2011 | 30 for 30 - ESPN Films | TV | 9.0 | 57 | |
| 2011 | Catching Hell | Self | Film | 7.0 | 57 |
| 2011 | Catching Hell | Film | 7.0 | 57 | |
| 2011 | Catching Hell | Film | 7.0 | 57 | |
| 2011 | Catching Hell | Film | 7.0 | 57 | |
| 2011 | Magic Trip: Ken Kesey's Search for a Kool Place | Film | 6.9 | 57 | |
| 2011 | Magic Trip: Ken Kesey's Search for a Kool Place | Film | 6.9 | 57 | |
| 2011 | Magic Trip: Ken Kesey's Search for a Kool Place | Film | 6.9 | 57 | |
| 2011 | Biba! One Island, 879 Votes | Film | — | 57 | |
| 2010 | Freakonomics | Film | 6.1 | 56 | |
| 2010 | Freakonomics | Film | 6.1 | 56 | |
| 2010 | Freakonomics | Film | 6.1 | 56 | |
| 2010 | Freakonomics | Film | 6.1 | 56 | |
| 2010 | Client 9: The Rise and Fall of Eliot Spitzer | Self - Narrator (voice) | Film | 6.2 | 56 |
| 2010 | Client 9: The Rise and Fall of Eliot Spitzer | Film | 6.2 | 56 | |
| 2010 | Client 9: The Rise and Fall of Eliot Spitzer | Film | 6.2 | 56 | |
| 2010 | Client 9: The Rise and Fall of Eliot Spitzer | Film | 6.2 | 56 | |
| 2010 | Casino Jack and the United States of Money | Film | 7.0 | 56 | |
| 2010 | Casino Jack and the United States of Money | Film | 7.0 | 56 | |
| 2010 | Casino Jack and the United States of Money | Film | 7.0 | 56 | |
| 2010 | My Trip to Al-Qaeda | Film | 5.5 | 56 | |
| 2010 | My Trip to Al-Qaeda | Film | 5.5 | 56 | |
| 2009 | Dirty Business | Film | 7.0 | 55 | |
| 2009 | Money-Driven Medicine | Film | — | 55 | |
| 2008 | Taxi to the Dark Side | Narrator (voice) | Film | 6.9 | 54 |
| 2008 | Taxi to the Dark Side | Film | 6.9 | 54 | |
| 2008 | Taxi to the Dark Side | Film | 6.9 | 54 | |
| 2008 | Taxi to the Dark Side | Film | 6.9 | 54 | |
| 2008 | Gonzo: The Life and Work of Dr. Hunter S. Thompson | Film | 6.9 | 54 | |
| 2008 | Gonzo: The Life and Work of Dr. Hunter S. Thompson | Film | 6.9 | 54 | |
| 2008 | Gonzo: The Life and Work of Dr. Hunter S. Thompson | Film | 6.9 | 54 | |
| 2007 | Mr. Untouchable | Film | 6.7 | 53 | |
| 2007 | No End in Sight | Film | 7.7 | 53 | |
| 2007 | Love Comes Lately | Film | 5.2 | 53 | |
| 2006 | Who Killed the Electric Car? | Film | 7.2 | 52 | |
| 2006 | Herbie Hancock: Possibilities | Film | 5.9 | 52 | |
| 2006 | The House Is Burning | Film | 6.5 | 52 | |
| 2006 | The Human Behavior Experiments | Film | 7.5 | 52 | |
| 2006 | The Human Behavior Experiments | Film | 7.5 | 52 | |
| 2006 | The Human Behavior Experiments | Film | 7.5 | 52 | |
| 2006 | Time Piece | Film | — | 52 | |
| 2005 | Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room | Film | 7.2 | 51 | |
| 2005 | Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room | Film | 7.2 | 51 | |
| 2005 | Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room | Film | 7.2 | 51 | |
| 2005 | 3 Doors Down: Away from the Sun, Live from Houston, Texas | Film | — | 51 | |
| 2005 | 3 Doors Down: Away from the Sun, Live from Houston, Texas | Film | — | 51 | |
| 2005 | Behind Those Eyes | Film | 10.0 | 51 | |
| 2005 | Behind Those Eyes | Film | 10.0 | 51 | |
| 2005 | Behind Those Eyes | Film | 10.0 | 51 | |
| 2004 | Lightning in a Bottle | Film | 7.6 | 50 | |
| 2003 | Real Time with Bill Maher | Self | TV | 6.1 | 49 |
| 2003 | The Blues | TV | 7.4 | 49 | |
| 2003 | The Soul of a Man | Film | 6.6 | 49 | |
| 2003 | The Soul of a Man | Film | 6.6 | 49 | |
| 2002 | The Trials of Henry Kissinger | Film | 6.9 | 48 | |
| 2002 | The Trials of Henry Kissinger | Film | 6.9 | 48 | |
| 2001 | Uppdrag granskning | TV | 7.3 | 47 | |
| 2001 | Uppdrag granskning | TV | 7.3 | 47 | |
| 2001 | Uppdrag granskning | TV | 7.3 | 47 | |
| 2001 | Brooklyn Babylon | Film | 5.1 | 47 | |
| 2001 | Jimi Hendrix and The Blues | Film | — | 47 | |
| 2001 | Jimi Hendrix and The Blues | Film | — | 47 | |
| 2000 | The Huntress | Film | 7.0 | 46 | |
| 2000 | The Kennedy Center Presents: Speak Truth to Power | Film | 9.0 | 46 | |
| 2000 | Soldiers in the Army of God | Film | 5.9 | 46 | |
| 1999 | Independent Lens | TV | 6.6 | 45 | |
| 1999 | Independent Lens | TV | 6.6 | 45 | |
| 1999 | Independent Lens | TV | 6.6 | 45 | |
| 1999 | The Sexual Century: The Look of Love | TV | — | 45 | |
| 1999 | The Sexual Century: The Look of Love | TV | — | 45 | |
| 1999 | The Sexual Century: The Look of Love | TV | — | 45 | |
| 1999 | The Sexual Century: The Look of Love | TV | — | 45 | |
| 1998 | AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movies | TV | 8.4 | 44 | |
| 1998 | AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movies | TV | 8.4 | 44 | |
| 1998 | AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movies | TV | 8.4 | 44 | |
| 1998 | AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movies: Love Crazy | Film | 8.0 | 44 | |
| 1998 | AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movies: Love Crazy | Film | 8.0 | 44 | |
| 1998 | AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movies: Love Crazy | Film | 8.0 | 44 | |
| 1997 | The View | Self | TV | 4.3 | 43 |
| 1997 | Storyville | TV | 7.6 | 43 | |
| 1997 | The Fifties | TV | 3.3 | 43 | |
| 1997 | The Fifties | TV | 3.3 | 43 | |
| 1997 | The Fifties | TV | 3.3 | 43 | |
| 1997 | The Fifties | TV | 3.3 | 43 | |
| 1996 | The Daily Show | Self | TV | 6.4 | 42 |
| 1992 | The Pacific Century | TV | 10.0 | 38 | |
| 1992 | The Pacific Century | TV | 10.0 | 38 | |
| 1992 | The Pacific Century | TV | 10.0 | 38 | |
| 1992 | Inside Japan, Inc. | Film | — | 38 | |
| 1988 | Manufacturing Miracles | Film | 10.0 | 34 | |
| 1988 | Manufacturing Miracles | Film | 10.0 | 34 | |
| 1988 | Collision Course: Labor Management Relations in America | Film | — | 34 | |
| 1988 | Collision Course: Labor Management Relations in America | Film | — | 34 | |
| 1988 | Collision Course: Labor Management Relations in America | Film | — | 34 | |
| 1983 | The Golden Seal | Film | 5.7 | 29 | |
| 1980 | Flipper | Film | — | 26 | |
| 1980 | Flipper | Film | — | 26 | |
| 1980 | The Ruling Classroom | Film | 8.0 | 26 | |
| 1980 | The Ruling Classroom | Film | 8.0 | 26 | |
| 1980 | The Ruling Classroom | Film | 8.0 | 26 | |
| 1980 | The Ruling Classroom | Film | 8.0 | 26 | |
| 1953 | The Oscars | Self | TV | 7.0 | 0 |
| The Statement | Film | — | — | ||
| The Sound of Philadelphia | Film | — | — | ||
| Edward Said: Between Worlds | Film | — | — | ||
| Kids Don't Know What's Best | Film | — | — | ||
| Two Wolves | Film | — | — | ||
| Two Wolves | Film | — | — | ||
| Untitled Luigi Mangione Documentary | Film | — | — | ||
| Untitled Luigi Mangione Documentary | Film | — | — | ||
| Untitled Barbra Streisand Documentary | Film | — | — | ||
| Return to Timbuktu | Film | — | — | ||
| The Hands That Held the Knives | Film | — | — |