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Alex Gibney

Director · 54 credits · 35 in highly-rated films

Best known for Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief (2015)

Best Alex Gibney movies by genre

Directed movies (46 total, ranked by score)

  1. Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief

    2015 · ★ 7.6 (877 votes)

    Documentary

    1

  2. Zero Days

    2016 · ★ 7.3 (247 votes)

    Documentary

    2

  3. Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room

    2005 · ★ 7.2 (299 votes)

    Documentary

    3

  4. Taxi to the Dark Side

    2008 · ★ 6.9 (267 votes)

    Documentary

    4

  5. Mr. Dynamite: The Rise of James Brown

    2014 · ★ 6.9 (39 votes)

    Music, Documentary

    5

  6. The Inventor: Out for Blood in Silicon Valley

    2019 · ★ 7.0 (301 votes)

    Documentary

    6

  7. Crazy, Not Insane

    2020 · ★ 7.2 (79 votes)

    Documentary

    7

  8. Gonzo: The Life and Work of Dr. Hunter S. Thompson

    2008 · ★ 6.9 (127 votes)

    Documentary

    8

  9. Mea Maxima Culpa: Silence in the House of God

    2012 · ★ 7.3 (63 votes)

    Documentary

    9

  10. The Armstrong Lie

    2013 · ★ 7.0 (136 votes)

    Documentary

    10

  11. Freakonomics

    2010 · ★ 6.1 (128 votes)

    Documentary

    11

  12. Steve Jobs: The Man in the Machine

    2015 · ★ 6.6 (254 votes)

    Documentary

    12

  13. Casino Jack and the United States of Money

    2010 · ★ 7.1 (29 votes)

    Documentary

    13

  14. Catching Hell

    2011 · ★ 6.9 (29 votes)

    Documentary

    14

  15. Finding Fela

    2014 · ★ 6.9 (18 votes)

    Documentary, Music

    15

  16. Magic Trip: Ken Kesey's Search for a Kool Place

    2011 · ★ 6.9 (27 votes)

    Documentary, Music

    16

  17. Knife: The Attempted Murder of Salman Rushdie

    2026

    Documentary

    17

  18. Client 9: The Rise and Fall of Eliot Spitzer

    2010 · ★ 6.2 (40 votes)

    Documentary

    18

  19. We Steal Secrets: The Story of WikiLeaks

    2013 · ★ 6.5 (165 votes)

    Documentary, Drama

    19

  20. Totally Under Control

    2021 · ★ 6.8 (20 votes)

    Documentary

    20

  21. No Stone Unturned

    2017 · ★ 7.6 (21 votes)

    Documentary

    21

  22. Citizen K

    2019 · ★ 6.7 (30 votes)

    Documentary

    22

  23. The Forever Prisoner

    2021 · ★ 7.7 (10 votes)

    Documentary, Crime

    23

  24. In Restless Dreams: The Music of Paul Simon

    2024 · ★ 6.6 (11 votes)

    Documentary, Music

    24

  25. Park Avenue: Money, Power & The American Dream

    2012 · ★ 7.0 (27 votes)

    Documentary

    25

  26. The Last Gladiators

    2012 · ★ 6.8 (26 votes)

    Documentary

    26

  27. The Human Behavior Experiments

    2006 · ★ 7.5 (11 votes)

    Documentary

    27

  28. Behind Those Eyes

    2005

    Documentary

    28

  29. Speaking with Light

    2012

    Documentary

    29

  30. Time Piece

    2006

    Documentary

    30

Credits are ranked using the same weighted score as movie collections. Last updated Aug 29, 2026.