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I Think I'm Missing Parts (2007)
Character: N/A
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 door. Josh Safdie’s 11-minute short turns a simple breakdown into a quietly absurd, deadpan set-piece.
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What To Do When Choking (2007)
Character: N/A
A 3-minute short film directed and edited by Benny Safdie, featuring Cassie Seale, Daniel S. Callahan, and Safdie himself.
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There's Nothing You Can Do (2008)
Character: N/A
The Safdie brothers repurpose reality television’s vocabulary of confrontation and cramped cinematography for a miniature study of urban maladies.
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The Ralph Handel Story (2006)
Character: Ralph Handel
Co-directed by Benny and Josh Safdie, this deadpan mock-documentary follows Ralph Handel, a buttoned-down office worker who spends his nights bombing on the open-mic circuit. Staged as cinéma vérité that edges into performance art—Safdie performed the disastrous sets in real clubs—the film channels Andy Kaufman’s anti-comedy and the self-reflexive diary mode of David Holzman’s Diary to sketch a sly portrait of a life quietly coming undone.
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If You See Something, Say Something (2006)
Character: Business Man 2
An early short film by Josh Safdie, co-written with Benny Safdie and featuring frequent collaborators including Sam Lisenco and Ariel Schulman. Running just over three minutes, it premiered at the 2006 New York Underground Film Festival.
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The Universe Is Out There: Josh and Benny Safdie (2017)
Character: Self
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.
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Why? (This Movie Exists) (2010)
Character: N/A
A short promotional film created by Benny and Josh Safdie to accompany the theatrical release of Daddy Longlegs. In the piece, Benny Safdie appears on the streets of New York City distributing handmade flyers and engaging passers-by, humorously questioning “why this movie exists.” The short served as a guerrilla-style companion to Daddy Longlegs and was later included as a special feature on the film’s Criterion Collection Blu-ray release.
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Solid Gold (2013)
Character: Goldman
A short observational piece by Josh and Benny Safdie, Solid Gold follows a gold-painted “living statue” (performed by Benny Safdie) working the streets and subways of New York—a compact study of street performance and the struggle to be seen, featured online via NoBudge in 2013.
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The Story of Charles Riverbank (2008)
Character: Charles Riverbank
This is the story of a man named Charles Riverbank, who, upon losing his home, wanders into various adventures (and a lot of dirty looks).
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The Adventures of Slater's Friend (2005)
Character: 1st Cameraman
A film crew trails Philbert Powell through his morning, from the supermarket to his job at a video store. Along the way, he crosses paths with several individuals all named “Slater.” His interactions with them raise the central question: who, among those Slaters, is his friend? The narrative unfolds across a single morning, blending encounters and identity as Philbert’s journey reveals the shifting dynamics of connection.
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Person to Person (2017)
Character: Eugene
Follows a variety of New York characters as they navigate personal relationships and unexpected problems over the course of one day.
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Good Time (2017)
Character: Nick Nikas
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.
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The Super Mario Galaxy Movie (2026)
Character: Bowser Jr. (voice)
A new movie based on the world of Super Mario Bros. that further broadens Mario's world with a bright and fun story. Plot TBA.
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The Acquaintances of a Lonely John (2008)
Character: John
John is a lonely man who wanders through the city, encountering various acquaintances of differing temperaments. Though he crosses paths with many people, some simply prefer not to be bothered with him.
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Licorice Pizza (2021)
Character: Joel Wachs
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.
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Pieces of a Woman (2020)
Character: Chris
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.
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The Odyssey (2026)
Character: N/A
Odysseus, the legendary Greek king of Ithaca, embarks on a long and perilous journey home following the Trojan War, chronicling his encounters with mythical beings such as the Cyclops Polyphemus, the Sirens, and the witch-goddess Circe.
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Goldman v Silverman (2020)
Character: Al Silverman
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.
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Question & Answer (2020)
Character: Self
The Safdie brothers go undercover to record an interview with Adam Sandler, the star of their film UNCUT GEMS.
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John's Gone (2010)
Character: John
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.
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Yeast (2008)
Character: Riverguy 2
A maddeningly oblivious, tyrannical and emotionally stunted young woman tries her best to negotiate two toxic friendships.
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Happy Gilmore 2 (2025)
Character: Frank Manatee
Happy Gilmore isn't done with golf — not by a long shot. Since his retirement after his first Tour Championship win, Gilmore returns to finance his daughter's ballet classes.
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Stars at Noon (2022)
Character: CIA Man
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.
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Oppenheimer (2023)
Character: Edward Teller
The story of J. Robert Oppenheimer's role in the development of the atomic bomb during World War II.
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