Movies from Phoebe Waller-Bridge

Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief

GOING CLEAR intimately profiles eight former members of the Church of Scientology, shining a light on how they attract true believers and the things they do in the name of religion.
Phoebe Waller-Bridge
Actress, Director, Screenwriter
This documentary is like someone dripping ice water down your spine for 90 thrilling minutes. It’s a beautifully told insider’s explanation of the Church of Scientology through the people who got out. I’m fascinated with the cult of personality, people’s need to have a leader and, especially, extraordinary stories of when maniacs rise to that challenge.
Movies from Phoebe Waller-Bridge

Mustang

In a Turkish village, five orphaned sisters live under strict rule while members of their family prepare their arranged marriages.
Phoebe Waller-Bridge
Actress, Director, Screenwriter
This film hit me like a punch to the gut. It’s a fictional story of six orphaned sisters in Turkey who are left under the guardianship of their uncle. He can’t cope and in a bid to control them and marry them off he turns them into prisoners in their own home.
Movies from Phoebe Waller-Bridge

Bridesmaids

Annie's life is a mess. But when she finds out her lifetime best friend is engaged, she simply must serve as Lillian's maid of honor. Though lovelorn and broke, Annie bluffs her way through the expensive and bizarre rituals. With one chance to get it perfect, she’ll show Lillian and her bridesmaids just how far you’ll go for someone you love.
Phoebe Waller-Bridge
Actress, Director, Screenwriter
Kristen Wiig in the airplane scene! Sometimes we just watch that together.
Movies from Phoebe Waller-Bridge

Alfie

A young man leads a promiscuous lifestyle until several life reversals make him rethink his purposes and goals in life.
Phoebe Waller-Bridge
Actress, Director, Screenwriter
Waller-Bridge cites are nearly all male — Louis C.K., the original Alfie, Bret Easton Ellis, even one particular scene in East of Eden in which John Steinbeck dispenses with a character’s life in a single tragic sentence — yet she’s rarely compared to men.
Movies from Phoebe Waller-Bridge

Joker

During the 1980s, a failed stand-up comedian is driven insane and turns to a life of crime and chaos in Gotham City while becoming an infamous psychopathic crime figure.
Phoebe Waller-Bridge
Actress, Director, Screenwriter
In her little bit of free time, she’d gone to see Joker, which she thought was “absolutely brilliant.” “I think the reason people got so uncomfortable is because it feels too true, too raw,” she said.
Movies from Phoebe Waller-Bridge

Bugsy Malone

A pint-sized cast illuminates this musical that is unlike any other ever made. Set in 1929 New York City, Bugsy Malone captures a flashy world of would-be hoodlums, showgirls, and dreamers - all played by child actors! As Tallulah, the sassy girlfriend of the owner of Fat Sam's Grand Slam Speakeasy, future superstar Jodie Foster dances and sings her way into our hearts.
Phoebe Waller-Bridge
Actress, Director, Screenwriter
I always felt like comedy was the most fun way in. And also I always knew I wanted to be an actor. I remember seeing Bugsy Malone. I saw a bunch of kids do Bugsy Malone when I was that age. I was about eight. I think it was at the National Youth Theatre. It blew my tiny mind that they were doing it.