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Rob Epstein

Director · 25 credits · 11 in highly-rated films

Best known for The Times of Harvey Milk (1984)

Frequent collaborators: Jeffrey Friedman

Best Rob Epstein movies by genre

Directed movies (20 total, ranked by score)

  1. The Times of Harvey Milk

    1984 · ★ 7.2 (117 votes)

    Documentary

    1

  2. The Celluloid Closet

    1996 · ★ 7.2 (116 votes)

    Documentary, History

    2

  3. Linda Ronstadt: The Sound of My Voice

    2019 · ★ 7.6 (31 votes)

    Documentary

    3

  4. Lovelace

    2013 · ★ 6.0 (786 votes)

    Drama

    4

  5. And the Oscar Goes To...

    2014 · ★ 6.8 (60 votes)

    Documentary, TV Movie

    5

  6. Howl

    2010 · ★ 6.5 (190 votes)

    Drama

    6

  7. End Game

    2018 · ★ 7.1 (79 votes)

    Documentary

    7

  8. Taylor Mac's 24-Decade History of Popular Music

    2023 · ★ 6.0 (4 votes)

    Documentary

    8

  9. Paragraph 175

    2000 · ★ 6.6 (38 votes)

    History, Documentary

    9

  10. Common Threads: Stories from the Quilt

    1989 · ★ 6.9 (19 votes)

    History, Documentary

    10

  11. Underground Zero

    2002

    Documentary

    11

  12. The Battle of Amfar

    2013 · ★ 5.0 (6 votes)

    Documentary

    12

  13. Rescued from the Closet

    2001 · ★ 6.5 (2 votes)

    Documentary

    13

  14. Word Is Out: Stories of Some of Our Lives

    1977 · ★ 4.7 (10 votes)

    Documentary

    14

  15. State of Pride

    2019 · ★ 5.0 (3 votes)

    Documentary

    15

  16. Musica!

    2023

    Documentary, Music

    16

  17. The AIDS Show

    1986 · ★ 4.0 (4 votes)

    History, Documentary

    17

  18. Where Are We? Our Trip Through America

    1992 · ★ 1.0 (2 votes)

    Documentary

    18

  19. Then and Now: 1981-2004

    2004

    Documentary

    19

  20. Coming Out Is a Many Splendored Thing

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    20

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