Alexander Payne Movies

Frustrated with her mundane life, a Tokyo office worker becomes obsessed with a fictional movie that she mistakes for a documentary. Fixating on a...

Documentary about the art of film editing. Clips are shown from many groundbreaking films with innovative editing styles.

Hal Ashby's obsessive genius led to an unprecedented string of Oscar®-winning classics, including Harold and Maude, Shampoo and Being There. But...

Tells the story of how Frank Capra, a young and penniless immigrant, rose through the ranks of early Hollywood to become one of the Great American...

"Citizen Ruth" is the story of Ruth Stoops, a woman who nobody even noticed -- until she got pregnant. Now, everyone wants a piece of her. The film...

After losing a custody battle, perpetual teenager Wayne Stobierski steals his son away for one last father-son weekend to the city of their dreams -...

Softcore anthology film containing stories: "Dogs Playing Poker"; "The Branding"; "The Portal"; "The Perfect Woman"; "Within Ten Minutes"; "Tango";...

A struggling writer and his engaged buddy hit the road for California wine country. Remake of the 2004 film 'Sideways'.

An appreciation of the film “The Last Detail” by Alexander Payne

How does the vision of the brilliant Spanish filmmaker Luis García Berlanga (1921-2010) remain relevant in a time whose popular culture has...

Tracy Flick, a type-A go-getter in high school, is now a hardworking assistant principal at a public high school in suburban New Jersey and is still...

Carmen was Alexander Payne’s first short film, made while he was studying at UCLA Film School. It is a silent comedy, derived from the opera of...

Western set in 1886 Nebraska. Plot details have not been revealed.

A lonely photographer gradually develops a rather unhealthy obsession with a young woman he once met by sheer chance.

Introductory piece to Alexander Payne's student film "The Passion of Martin" included on the Criterion Collection release of Election (1999).

After spending a year in a juvenile center for beating up his stepfather, Todd Turnbull returns to his backwoods hometown a repentant, deeply...

The acclaimed director Alexander Payne gives his notes on the making and interpretation of 'The Last Detail

“14e Arrondissement” is the last of the eighteen short films by well-known filmmakers that make up the anthology film Paris Je’...