5 Films to Watch after LIZA: A TRULY TERRIFIC ABSOLUTELY TRUE STORY
If you loved learning about the life and times of Liza Minnelli in the hit 2025 documentary Liza: A Truly Terrific Absolutely True Story and are craving more stories of bold personalities, iconic style, and creative expression, here are some films we think you'll enjoy. These films capture the same spirit of fearless individuality and cultural impact that Liza embodies. Whether it's through music, fashion, or sheer presence, each documentary—and one surreal comedy—offers a vibrant look at artists and outsiders who, like Minnelli, left their mark by daring to live out loud.
Studio 54
Matt Tyrnauer • Documentary • 2018
A haven of hedonism, glitz, and glamour, the infamous New York nightclub Studio 54 was the ultimate escapist fantasy until it imploded in financial scandal. With unprecedented access and a treasure-trove of rare footage, director Matt Tyrnauer's documentary constructs a vivid, glorious portrait of a disco-era phenomenon, and tells the story of two friends who stuck together through it all.
A Bigger Splash
Jack Hazan • Documentary •1974
In this intimate and innovative film about artist David Hockney, director Jack Hazan creates an improvisatory narrative-nonfiction hybrid. The result is at once a time capsule of hedonistic gay life in the 1970s and an honest-yet-tender depiction of gay male romance. A true classic, "A Bigger Splash" is an invaluable view of art history in action.
Grace Jones: Bloodlight and Bami
Sophie Fiennes • Documentary • 2018
Sophie Fiennes’s electrifying documentary is a journey through the public and private worlds of mega-icon Grace Jones that contrasts musical sequences with intimate personal footage, all the while brimming with Jones’s bold aesthetic. A larger-than-life entertainer, an androgynous glam-pop diva, an unpredictable media presence – Grace Jones is all these things and more.
Bill Cunningham New York
Richard Press • Documentary • 2010
A delicate, funny and often poignant portrait of bicycle-riding octogenarian Bill Cunningham, the beloved New York Times style photographer who was famous for his weekly columns "On the Street" and “Evening Hours.” Documenting uptown fixtures to downtown eccentrics, Cunningham’s enormous body of work is more reliable than any catwalk as an expression of time, place and individual flair.
Rhinocerous
Tom O'Horgan • Theatre • 1974
The film version of Eugene Ionesco's absurdist play tells of a French city where the citizens begin to turn mysteriously into rhinoceroses. Zero Mostel creates his Tony-winning Broadway role, along with his "The Producers" co-star Gene Wilder, catapulting their shared genius for elegant slapstick, manic wit, and sly satire to a level of fearless absurdity. Includes the marvelous Karen Black.