Joe Swanberg Movies

After moving to a farmhouse with her newly single mother and leaving her father behind, a teenage girl's curiosity awakens something strange within...

Melissa and Stephanie fantasize about becoming downtown "IT" girls , but their dreams come crashing down on them when the photographer they idolize...

An edgy drama about a gay teen's tumultuous decent into drugs and anonymous sex, Wrecked smashes cinematic taboos while it spins its cautionary tale....

A kaleidoscopic film portrait of Shelly Brown, a twenty-three year-old alienated urban misfit recently released from a psychiatric hospital.

Caveh is commissioned by Fandor to film awkward celebrity encounters at the 2017 Sundance Film Festival. This is a documentary about his time at the...

After an old friend's visit ends, Lori is feeling a bit down. Bored with her job, agitated at home, and frustrated with money problems, Lori takes...

An insomniac actress is facing the waning days of her career, when her niece pays a visit to her Malibu house.

A romantic tale of two body-swapping aliens trying to find their place on this big, dumb planet.

An American couple argues about the safety of a French girl after a night out.

An actress and her filmmaker boyfriend experience turbulence in their relationship when she accepts a role in a werewolf film.

The story of two people caught in the routines of work and circles of friends. The days begin with an alarm and end with the fading sound of a...

Filmmakers Joe Swanberg and Spencer Parsons discuss the Midwestern roots and work ethic of Lewis' output and how The Gore Gore Girls represents the...

A blend of reality and fiction, "Open Five" follows the story of Jake, a struggling musician and his sidekick, Kentucker, a maker of "poor" films and...

A queer femme dominatrix huffs a magic aerosol can and develops the ability to speak to the dead.

Nominated for two Chicago/Midwest Emmy awards including Outstanding Historical Documentary and Outstanding Off-Camera Directing, "90 Years of the...

From an audacious opening scene that runs over 22 minutes (before the credits!) to an ending that is as quiet as it is disquieting, SON OF A SEAHORSE...

The relationships of three men are examined through their use of technology.

'LOL' director Joe Swanberg was given an early screenplay draft of 'Quiet City' the day before he and friends Tipper Newton and Kevin Bewersdorf flew...

Two brothers have a really bad time on a fishing trip until a stranger makes them a bizarre but lucrative offer.