Top 20 movies like Best of Enemies

Best of Enemies

A documentary about the legendary series of nationally televised debates in 1968 between two great public intellectuals, the liberal Gore Vidal and the conservative William F. Buckley Jr. Intended as commentary on the issues of their day, these vitriolic and explosive encounters came to define the modern era of public discourse in the media, marking the big bang moment of our contemporary media landscape when spectacle trumped content and argument replaced substance. Best of Enemies delves into the entangled biographies of these two great thinkers, and luxuriates in the language and the theater of their debates, begging the question, "What has television done to the way we discuss politics in our democracy today?"

Best of Enemies is of 1 hour(s) and 27 minute(s). It is Produced By:  Tremolo Productions, Media Ranch, Motto Pictures, Magnolia Pictures, Participant, ITVS, JustFilms / Ford Foundation. It was released on 2015-07-31. It has the tagline: Buckley vs. Vidal. 2 Men. 10 Debates. Television Would Never Be the Same. It has an average vote of 7.1 on TMDB.

Genres: DocumentaryHistory

1. Disorder in the Court

Disorder in the Court

The Stooges are key witnesses at a murder trial. Their friend Gail Tempest, who dances at the Black Bottom cafe where the Stooges are musicians, is accused of killing Kirk Robin.

It has an average vote of 6.5 on TMDB.

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2. Tangerine

Tangerine

It's Christmas Eve in Tinseltown and Sin-Dee is back on the block. Upon hearing that her pimp boyfriend hasn't been faithful during the 28 days she was locked up, the working girl and her best friend, Alexandra, embark on a mission to get to the bottom of the scandalous rumor. Their rip-roaring odyssey leads them through various subcultures of Los Angeles, including an Armenian family dealing with their own repercussions of infidelity.

It has an average vote of 6.922 on TMDB.

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3. Perfect

Perfect

A young man with a violent past enters a mysterious clinic where the patients wildly transform their bodies and minds using genetic engineering.

It has an average vote of 4.7 on TMDB.

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4. The Mark of Zorro

The Mark of Zorro

Around 1820 the son of a California nobleman comes home from Spain to find his native land under a villainous dictatorship. On the one hand he plays the useless fop, while on the other he is the masked avenger Zorro.

It has an average vote of 7.029 on TMDB.

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5. Crime Wave

Crime Wave

Reformed parolee Steve Lacey is caught in the middle when a wounded former cellmate seeks him out for shelter. The other two former cellmates then attempt to force him into doing a bank job.

It has an average vote of 6.993 on TMDB.

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6. The Central Park Five

The Central Park Five

In 1989, five black and Latino teenagers from Harlem were arrested and later convicted of raping a white woman in New York City's Central Park. They spent between 6 and 13 years in prison before a serial rapist confessed that he alone had committed the crime, leading to their convictions being overturned. Set against a backdrop of a decaying city beset by violence and racial tension, this is the story of that horrific crime, the rush to judgment by the police, a media clamoring for sensational stories and an outraged public, and the five lives upended by this miscarriage of justice.

It has an average vote of 7 on TMDB.

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7. Listen to Me Marlon

Listen to Me Marlon

With exclusive access to his extraordinary unseen and unheard personal archive including hundreds of hours of audio recorded over the course of his life, this is the definitive Marlon Brando cinema documentary. Charting his exceptional career as an actor and his extraordinary life away from the stage and screen with Brando himself as your guide, the film will fully explore the complexities of the man by telling the story uniquely from Marlon's perspective, entirely in his own voice. No talking heads, no interviewees, just Brando on Brando and life.

It has an average vote of 7.52 on TMDB.

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8. Winter on Fire: Ukraine's Fight for Freedom (Winter on Fire: Ukraine's Fight for Freedom)

Winter on Fire: Ukraine's Fight for Freedom

A documentary on the unrest in Ukraine during 2013 and 2014, as student demonstrations supporting European integration grew into a violent revolution calling for the resignation of President Viktor F. Yanukovich.

It has an average vote of 7.942 on TMDB.

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9. Obvious Child

Obvious Child

An immature, newly unemployed comic must navigate the murky waters of adulthood after her fling with a graduate student results in an unplanned pregnancy.

It has an average vote of 6.51 on TMDB.

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10. 45 Years

45 Years

There is just one week until Kate Mercer's 45th wedding anniversary and the planning for the party is going well. But then a letter arrives for her husband. The body of his first love has been discovered, frozen and preserved in the icy glaciers of the Swiss Alps. By the time the party is upon them, five days later, there may not be a marriage left to celebrate.

It has an average vote of 6.584 on TMDB.

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11. Border (Gräns)

Border

When a border guard with a sixth sense for identifying smugglers encounters the first person she cannot prove is guilty, she is forced to confront terrifying revelations about herself and humankind.

It has an average vote of 6.71 on TMDB.

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12. Touch of Evil

Touch of Evil

When a car bomb explodes on the American side of the U.S./Mexico border, Mexican drug enforcement agent Miguel Vargas begins his investigation, along with American police captain Hank Quinlan. When Vargas begins to suspect that Quinlan and his shady partner, Menzies, are planting evidence to frame an innocent man, his investigations into their possible corruption quickly put himself and his new bride, Susie, in jeopardy.

It has an average vote of 7.773 on TMDB.

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13. The Courier

The Courier

Cold War spy Greville Wynne and his Russian source try to put an end to the Cuban Missile Crisis.

It has an average vote of 7.035 on TMDB.

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14. Pi

Pi

A mathematical genius discovers a link between numbers and reality, and thus believes he can predict the future.

It has an average vote of 7.1 on TMDB.

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15. Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World

Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World

After an abrupt and violent encounter with a French warship inflicts severe damage upon his ship, a captain of the British Royal Navy begins a chase over two oceans to capture or destroy the enemy, though he must weigh his commitment to duty and ferocious pursuit of glory against the safety of his devoted crew, including the ship's thoughtful surgeon, his best friend.

It has an average vote of 7.144 on TMDB.

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16. Me and Earl and the Dying Girl

Me and Earl and the Dying Girl

Greg is coasting through senior year of high school as anonymously as possible, avoiding social interactions like the plague while secretly making spirited, bizarre films with Earl, his only friend. But both his anonymity and friendship threaten to unravel when his mother forces him to befriend a classmate with leukemia.

It has an average vote of 7.542 on TMDB.

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17. The Walk

The Walk

The story of French high-wire artist Philippe Petit's attempt to cross the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center in 1974.

It has an average vote of 6.986 on TMDB.

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18. Kubo and the Two Strings

Kubo and the Two Strings

Kubo mesmerizes the people in his village with his magical gift for spinning wild tales with origami. When he accidentally summons an evil spirit seeking vengeance, Kubo is forced to go on a quest to solve the mystery of his fallen samurai father and his mystical weaponry, as well as discover his own magical powers.

It has an average vote of 7.6 on TMDB.

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19. Revolutionary Road

Revolutionary Road

A young couple living in a Connecticut suburb during the mid-1950s struggle to come to terms with their personal problems while trying to raise their two children. Based on a novel by Richard Yates.

It has an average vote of 6.982 on TMDB.

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20. Memories of Murder (살인의 추억)

Memories of Murder

During the late 1980s, two detectives in a South Korean province attempt to solve the nation's first series of rape-and-murder cases.

It has an average vote of 8.064 on TMDB.

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