Benny Safdie Movies

While escorting a group of children through New York City, a harried man loses hold of a bouquet of one hundred balloons. Among them, a single black...

A documentary chronicling the production of Daddy Longlegs.

After a botched bank robbery lands his younger brother in prison, Connie Nikas embarks on a twisted odyssey through New York City's underworld to get...

A short film directed by Benny Safdie, with cinematography by Josh Safdie and produced under the Red Bucket Films collective.

In present-day Nicaragua, a headstrong American journalist and a mysterious English businessman strike up a romance as they become embroiled in a...

Charli contemplates the messiness of the ethics in filmmaking and collaboration.

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

This is a story about a man, who lives above an older Hindi man, who lives above a delinquent British man, who lives above a girl. It is the back of...

John is a lonely man who wanders through the city, encountering various acquaintances of differing temperaments. Though he crosses paths with many...

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...

Punk/Performance art band The Best Thing Ever tours the USA for three weeks performing exclusively unscheduled concerts for audiences who don't...

Blue-collar Paulie prepares for fatherhood and his forthcoming wedding to Sue by hanging out with his groomsmen. Brother Jimbo, cousin Mike, and his...

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

The Safdie brothers repurpose reality television’s vocabulary of confrontation and cramped cinematography for a miniature study of urban...

The Safdie brothers go undercover to record an interview with Adam Sandler, the star of their film UNCUT GEMS.

Commissioned by fashion label Vena Cava, Josh Safdie’s short replaces a runway show with an eerie, late-1970s Los Angeles-inspired tale about a...

Co-directed by Benny and Josh Safdie, this deadpan mock-documentary follows Ralph Handel, a buttoned-down office worker who spends his nights bombing...

When her station wagon conks out by a secluded house in the woods, a woman peers from the window and watches a string of peculiar goings-on next...

After months of living a solitary existence, Lenny, 34, picks up his kids from school. Every year he spends a couple of weeks with his sons Sage, 9,...

Commissioned by Northwest Film Forum’s One-Shot program, this Safdie short trails two street hustlers working a “cold” con in...