The best Mike Wallace’s movies

Mike Wallace

Mike Wallace

09/05/1918- 07/04/2012
Today we present the best Mike Wallace’s movies. If you are a great movie fan, you will surely know most of them, but we hope to discover a movie that you have not yet seen … and that you love! Let’s go there with the best Mike Wallace’s movies.

Mike Wallace Is Here

Mike Wallace Is Here
7.4/10
  • Genre: Documentary
  • Release: 26/07/2019
  • Character: Himself (archive footage)
For over half a century, 60 Minutes' fearsome newsman Mike Wallace went head-to-head with the world's most influential figures. Relying exclusively on archival footage, the film interrogates the interrogator, tracking Wallace's storied career and troubled personal life while unpacking how broadcast journalism evolved to today’s precarious tipping point.

Hugh Hefner: Playboy, Activist and Rebel

Hugh Hefner: Playboy, Activist and Rebel
7/10
  • Genre: Documentary
  • Release: 01/01/2009
  • Character: Self
A revealing look at the outspoken, flamboyant founder of the Playboy empire. With humor and insight, the film captures Hefner's fierce battles with the government, the religious right and militant feminists. Rare footage and compelling interviews with a remarkable who's who of 20th Century American pop culture, present a brilliant and entertaining snapshot of the life of an extraordinary man and the controversies that surrounded him.

Shy Guy

Shy Guy
4.9/10
  • Release: 05/08/1947
  • Character: Narrator
Phil, a student who recently transferred into his high school, keeps to himself a lot, spending time in his basement building radios and record players. His dad notices that he has no friends, and tells him that, like the electronic parts he assembles, "you have to fit in with all hte other parts." Realizing that the reason he has no friends is because he's not one of the "crowd," Phil studies the most popular kids at school, in order to see what traits they admire most, so he can be like them and fit in.

The World of Jim Henson

The World of Jim Henson
7/10
  • Genre: Documentary
  • Release: 23/11/1994
  • Character: Self (archive footage)
Episode of Great Performances about Jim Henson

Marilyn Monroe

Marilyn Monroe
  • Genre: Documentary
  • Release: 01/01/1986
  • Character: Narrator (voice)
A documentary about Marilyn Monroe.

Boulevard! A Hollywood Story

Boulevard! A Hollywood Story
6.9/10
Dickson Hughes and Richard Stapley, two young songwriters and romantic partners, find themselves caught in movie star Gloria Swanson's web when she hires them to write a musical version of "Sunset Boulevard."

Herb & Dorothy

Herb & Dorothy
7.6/10
  • Genre: Documentary
  • Release: 05/06/2009
  • Character: Himself
He was a postal clerk. She was a librarian. With their modest means, the couple managed to build one of the most important contemporary art collections in history. Meet Herb and Dorothy Vogel, whose shared passion and disciplines and defied stereotypes and redefined what it means to be an art collector.

The Marilyn Monroe Story

The Marilyn Monroe Story
A rare 1963 documentary on the life of Norma Jean Baker, who would soon and forever be remembered as Marilyn Monroe.

First Impressions

First Impressions
  • Character: Narrator
Relates why new employees may not like their jobs and the steps used to give them a good first impression of their work.

Malcolm X: Make It Plain

Malcolm X: Make It Plain
7.6/10
Narrated by actress Alfre Woodard, this trenchant, eye-opening doc traces the radical civil rights leader’s life from his tumultuous childhood, through his rise in the ranks of the Nation of Islam, to his 1965 assassination.

Michigan vs. Ohio State: The Rivalry

Michigan vs. Ohio State:  The Rivalry
7.7/10
  • Genre: Documentary
  • Release: 13/11/2007
  • Character: Himself
Steeped in a rich tradition dating back to their inaugural meeting in 1897, this rivalry extends beyond the pursuit of a Big Ten title, and is renewed each year through the pageantry and colliding cultures that distinguish the two schools.

The Homosexuals

The Homosexuals
4.7/10
  • Genre: Documentary
  • Release: 07/03/1967
  • Character: Self - Correspondent
On March 7, 1967, 40 million Americans tuned in to watch CBS Reports: The Homosexuals, network television’s first documentary on homosexuality. Near the top of the program, host and interviewer Mike Wallace calls homosexuals “the most despised minority in the United States.” The hour that follows is filled with salacious location footage, sermonizing therapists, and shadowed interviews with distraught homosexuals.

One Big Home

One Big Home
6.7/10
  • Genre: Documentary
  • Release: 14/07/2017
  • Character: Himself
On the tiny island of Martha's Vineyard, where presidents and celebrities vacation, trophy homes threaten to destroy the islands unique character. Twelve years in the making, One Big Home follows one carpenters journey to understand the trend toward giant houses. When he feels complicit in wrecking the place he calls home, he takes off his tool belt and picks up a camera.

The Hate That Hate Produced

The Hate That Hate Produced
7/10
  • Release: 17/07/1959
  • Character: Presenter
A television documentary about Black Nationalism in America, focusing on the Nation of Islam and, to a lesser extent, the United African Nationalist Movement.

Frank Lloyd Wright: Phoenix From the Ashes

Frank Lloyd Wright: Phoenix From the Ashes
7.6/10
  • Genre: Documentary
  • Release: 22/11/2020
  • Character: Self - Interviewer (1957) (archive footage)
A portrait of Frank Lloyd Wright (1867-1959), a genius of modern architecture, whose life passed between glory, scandal and tragedy.

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