Benny Safdie
Also Known As: Ben Safdie, The Safdie Brothers, בני ספדי, Benjamin Safdie, Benjamin 'Benny' Safdie, بنی سفدی
Biography: Benjamin Safdie (born February 24, 1986) is an American film director, screenwriter, actor, and film editor best known for working with his older brother Josh as a filmmaker. His directorial works include Heaven Knows What (2014), Good Time (2017), and Uncut Gems (2019). Transitioning towards acting, Safdie was nominated for the Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Male for his role in Good Time and has since taken on roles in films such as Licorice Pizza (2021), Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret. and Oppenheimer (both 2023). He co-created, co-wrote and starred in the television show The Curse (2023). Description above from the Wikipedia article Benny Safdie, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Department: Directing
Place of Birth: New York City, New York, USA
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John's Gone
Overview: John sells things online, cheats off dollar stores, needs friends but settles for strangers, has roaches. He is punch drunk, not with love but something far more strange and lost. One can only say John's gone.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2010-09-07
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The Acquaintances of a Lonely John
Overview: This is the story of a lonely man named John. He wanders through the city into various acquaintances of varying levels of niceness. He sees a lot of people but sometimes they just don't want to be bothered with him.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2008-05-22
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Stars at Noon
Overview: In present-day Nicaragua, a headstrong American journalist and a mysterious English businessman strike up a romance as they become embroiled in a dangerous labyrinth of lies and conspiracies and are forced to try and escape the country.
Genres: Drama Romance Thriller
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2022-10-14
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Oppenheimer
Overview: The story of J. Robert Oppenheimer's role in the development of the atomic bomb during World War II.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2023-07-19
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The Story of Charles Riverbank
Overview: This is the story of a man named Charles Riverbank, who upon losing his home, wanders into various adventures and lot of dirty looks.
Genres: Comedy Fantasy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2008-01-08
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There's Nothing You Can Do
Overview: The Safdie brothers repurpose reality television’s vocabulary of confrontation and cramped cinematography for a miniature study of urban maladies.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2008-08-05
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Second Stop from Jupiter: The Making of Daddy Longlegs
Overview: A documentary chronicling the production of Daddy Longlegs.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 2011-12-13
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Projection/Admiration
Overview: Charli contemplates the messiness of the ethics in filmmaking and collaboration.
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Original Language: en
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Happy Gilmore 2
Overview: Revisit Happy Gilmore's golf career after his win in the Tour Championship.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2025-07-24
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Good Time
Overview: 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 his brother Nick out of jail.
Genres: Crime Thriller Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2017-08-11
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Yeast
Overview: A maddeningly oblivious, tyrannical and emotionally stunted young woman tries her best to negotiate two toxic friendships.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2008-03-10
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Person to Person
Overview: Follows a variety of New York characters as they navigate personal relationships and unexpected problems over the course of one day.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2017-07-28
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The Universe Is Out There: Josh and Benny Safdie
Overview: Get to know the siblings whose films have captured the skittering pulse of New York’s city streets. An original documentary featuring footage from the making of their new thriller, Good Time, along with several of the brothers’ early features and shorts. Produced by the Criterion Channel for their "Meet the Filmmakers" series.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2017-10-03
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The Ralph Handel Story
Overview: Benny Safdie’s deadpan spoof of stand-up comedy and staged cinéma verité verges on performance art. His Ralph Handel is a humorless white-collar worker who unaccountably spends his nights working the open mic circuit. Safdie bravely committed himself to actual nightclubs for several of these abysmal routines, lending a curious note of authenticity to the counterfeit documentary.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-06-19
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I Think I'm Missing Parts
Overview: A woman's car breaks down at a house in the woods. She looks out the window to see a variety of bizarre activities.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 2007-11-26
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John's Lonely Trip to Coney Island
Overview: John embarks on a trip to Coney Island for a day of fun and happiness. Things don't quite work out as planned.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 2008-09-27
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What To Do When Choking
Overview: A short film by Ben Safdie.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 2007-01-01
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If You See Something, Say Something
Overview: A short film by JoshSafdie.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-03-11
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Into the Woods with Mark
Overview: A film by Ben Safdie.
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Original Language: en
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Goldman v Silverman
Overview: 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 to make sure of that.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2020-01-16
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Solid Gold
Overview: SOLID GOLD is an experiment in street performance and how to be seen. It's about a Golden Man in the streets and subways of New York, who tries and that's all that matters.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2013-08-15
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Pieces of a Woman
Overview: When a young mother's home birth ends in unfathomable tragedy, she begins a year-long odyssey of mourning that fractures relationships with loved ones in this deeply personal story of a woman learning to live alongside her loss.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2020-12-30
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Money on the Street: The Making of Uncut Gems
Overview: A behind the scenes look at Uncut Gems (2019) by the Safdie Brothers with interviews from the cast and more.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2020-03-10
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Licorice Pizza
Overview: The story of Gary Valentine and Alana Kane growing up, running around and going through the treacherous navigation of first love in the San Fernando Valley, 1973.
Genres: Drama Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2021-11-26
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Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret.
Overview: When her family moves from New York City to New Jersey, an 11-year-old girl navigates new friends, feelings, and the beginning of adolescence.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2023-03-29
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A Hot Two Weeks: The Making of Heaven Knows What
Overview: The story behind the acclaimed film, "Heaven Knows What," directed by Josh and Benny Safdie, and inspired by the life of Arielle Holmes.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2015-01-01
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Question & Answer
Overview: The Safdie brothers go undercover to record an interview with Adam Sandler, the star of their film UNCUT GEMS.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2020-02-08
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The Odyssey
Overview: An adaptation of Homer's epic poem of the same name, follow Odysseus in his perilous journey home after the Trojan War, showcasing his encounters with Polyphemus, the Sirens, Circe, and finishing with his reunion with his wife, Penelope.
Genres: Adventure Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2026-07-15
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Obi-Wan Kenobi - The Patterson Cut
Overview: The Obi-Wan show, in my opinion, suffered from things that were easily fixable in the script and in the edit... awkward pacing, whole scenes that ultimately amounted to nothing, goofy dialogue and directing choices, so I decided to take matters into my own hands and change what I could. I want to be very clear, this is my own artistic interpretation of how these scenes could be strung together to make something that works better for me personally.
Genres: Action Adventure Drama Science Fiction Fantasy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2022-06-18
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