The Best Joe Berlinger Movies, Ranked
24 credits from 1996 to 2025, ranked by the Movie Echo Score — a blend of critic reviews, audience ratings and lasting impact. Intent to Destroy (2017) comes out on top with a score of 70. The biggest box office hit is Book of Shadows: Blair Witch 2 (2000) with $47.7M worldwide. Below: the best films by genre and by decade, the most awarded and the newest releases.
Biggest Joe Berlinger Box Office Hits
Joe Berlinger's films have made $59.9M worldwide in total. Book of Shadows: Blair Witch 2 (2000) is the biggest hit at $47.7M, ahead of Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile (2019) ($9.82M). Lifetime grosses, with each film's domestic share.
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Book of Shadows: Blair Witch 2 2000 · Mystery $47.7M $26.4M dom. - 2
Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile 2019 · Biography $9.82M - 3
Metallica: Some Kind of Monster 2004 · Music $1.98M $1.22M dom. - 4
Crude 2009 · Documentary $186K $170K dom. - 5
Whitey: United States of America v. James J. Bulger 2014 · Biography $75.9K $75.9K dom. - 6
Intent to Destroy 2017 · Documentary $31.5K $31.5K dom. - 7
Intent to Destroy: Death, Denial & Depiction 2017 · Documentary $31.5K $31.5K dom.
The Best Joe Berlinger Movie in Every Genre
The best-rated film in each genre Joe Berlinger has worked in, the genres with the most films first. Documentary leads with 14 films, and Intent to Destroy (2017) is the pick of them.
The Latest Joe Berlinger Movies
The most recent films Joe Berlinger is credited on, newest first — starting with Conversations with a Killer: The Son of Sam Tapes (2025). Open any of them for the cast, ratings, box office and where to watch.
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Conversations with a Killer: The Son of Sam Tapes 2025 · Director -
Hitler and the Nazis: Evil on Trial 2024 · Director -
Cold Case: Who Killed JonBenét Ramsey 2024 · Director -
Madoff: The Monster of Wall Street 2023 · Director -
Conversations with a Killer: The John Wayne Gacy Tapes 2022 · Director -
Conversations with a Killer: The Jeffrey Dahmer Tapes 2022 · Director -
Confronting a Serial Killer 2021 · Director -
Crime Scene: The Vanishing at the Cecil Hotel 2021 · Director -
Crime Scene: The Times Square Killer 2021 · Director - Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile 2019 · Director
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Conversations with a Killer: The Ted Bundy Tapes 2019 · Director - Intent to Destroy 2017 · Director
The Best Joe Berlinger Movies: Questions & Answers
The best-rated, highest-grossing, most awarded and newest Joe Berlinger films, answered from the rankings on this page.
What is the best Joe Berlinger movie?
Intent to Destroy (2017) is the best-rated Joe Berlinger film, with a Movie Echo Score of 70, ahead of Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile (2019) (64). The Movie Echo Score blends critic reviews, audience ratings and how well a film has lasted.
Intent to Destroy: cast, ratings & box office What is the highest-grossing Joe Berlinger movie?
Book of Shadows: Blair Witch 2 (2000) made the most at the box office, with $47.7M worldwide, followed by Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile (2019) with $9.82M. Together, Joe Berlinger's films with box office figures have made $59.9M.
Which Joe Berlinger movie won the most awards?
Metallica: Some Kind of Monster (2004) is the most decorated Joe Berlinger film, with 1 win from 2 nominations across the Oscars, Golden Globes, BAFTA and the other ceremonies in the awards database.
What is the best Joe Berlinger documentary movie?
Intent to Destroy (2017) is the best-rated of Joe Berlinger's documentary films, with a score of 70. In other genres: Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile (biography), Metallica: Some Kind of Monster (music) and Book of Shadows: Blair Witch 2 (mystery).
What is the newest Joe Berlinger movie?
The newest film on Joe Berlinger's filmography is Conversations with a Killer: The Son of Sam Tapes (2025), directed by Joe Berlinger.
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