Portrait of Joe Berlinger

Directing

Joe Berlinger

Career

Active from 1982 to 2026, with up to 3 main titles a year.

Average score
GoodWatch score69/100
Highest rated
Poster for Paradise Lost: The Child Murders at Robin Hood Hills
Paradise Lost: The Child Murders at Robin Hood Hills
GoodWatch score91/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 31 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 4.4 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 3.0 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 1.0 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.8 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.8 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 5.5 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Joe Berlinger Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Romance
    1.0, average 3.8
  • Situational Comedy
    0.4, average 2.7
  • Wholesome
    1.0, average 3.4
  • Wonder
    1.3, average 3.4

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Investigative Journalism 11
  • True Crime Documentary 10
  • Social Commentary 6
  • Moral Ambiguity 4
  • True Crime Docuseries 4
  • Archival Footage 3
  • Psychological Thriller 2
  • Psychological Horror 2
  • Serial Killer Narrative 2
  • Behind-the-Scenes 2
  • Legal Injustice 2
  • Social Critique 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

29
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

Upcoming

2 titles
Fail-Safe
Fail-Safe

Director

Slay the Dreamer
Slay the Dreamer

Executive Producer

2020s

1 title
Primetime Preacher$
Primetime Preacher$ (2026)

Director

2010s

16 titles · average score 64
Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile
Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile (2019)
GoodWatch score 58

as Colorado Jailhouse Reporter

The Longest Wave
The Longest Wave (2019)

Director, Producer

Cold Blooded: The Clutter Family Murders
Cold Blooded: The Clutter Family Murders (2018)
GoodWatch score 71

Director

Intent to Destroy: Death, Denial & Depiction
Intent to Destroy: Death, Denial & Depiction (2017)
GoodWatch score 81

Writer, Director

Tony Robbins: I Am Not Your Guru
Tony Robbins: I Am Not Your Guru (2016)
GoodWatch score 55

Additional Camera, Director

Whitey: United States of America v. James J. Bulger
Whitey: United States of America v. James J. Bulger (2014)
GoodWatch score 72

Director, Producer

Metallica: This Monster Lives
Metallica: This Monster Lives (2014)
GoodWatch score 59

Director

We the Economy: 20 Short Films You Can't Afford to Miss
We the Economy: 20 Short Films You Can't Afford to Miss (2014)

Director

Hank: 5 Years from the Brink
Hank: 5 Years from the Brink (2013)
GoodWatch score 50

Director

Devil's Knot
Devil's Knot (2013)
GoodWatch score 44

as Very Special Appearance

Paradise Lost 3: Purgatory
Paradise Lost 3: Purgatory (2012)
GoodWatch score 85

Director, Producer

Paul Simon: Under African Skies
Paul Simon: Under African Skies (2012)
GoodWatch score 74

Director

2000s

7 titles · average score 62
Crude
Crude (2009)
GoodWatch score 63

Director of Photography, Producer

Metallica: Some Kind of Monster
Metallica: Some Kind of Monster (2004)
GoodWatch score 77

Executive Producer, Director

Gray Matter
Gray Matter (2004)

Director, Writer

Judgment Day: Should the Guilty Go Free
Judgment Day: Should the Guilty Go Free (2003)

Director

The Virtual Corpse
The Virtual Corpse (2003)

Executive Producer

Book of Shadows: Blair Witch 2
Book of Shadows: Blair Witch 2 (2000)
GoodWatch score 24

as Burkittsville Tourist

Paradise Lost 2: Revelations
Paradise Lost 2: Revelations (2000)
GoodWatch score 84

Producer, Director

1990s

2 titles · average score 87
Paradise Lost: The Child Murders at Robin Hood Hills
Paradise Lost: The Child Murders at Robin Hood Hills (1996)
GoodWatch score 91

Producer, Editor

Brother's Keeper
Brother's Keeper (1992)
GoodWatch score 83

Editor, Director

1980s

1 title
Outrageous Taxi Stories
Outrageous Taxi Stories (1989)

Director