Rob Nilsson Movies

An agoraphobic psychologist and a female detective must work together to take down a serial killer who copies serial killers from the past.

A beautiful orphan of mysterious parentage is asked by her adoptive family to help find a husband for their niece, but when two suitors both fall for...

An in-depth look at documentarian Rob Nilsson.

A small boy is hurt by a horse on his father's ranch and he refuses to even be near one ever again. When a storyteller called Seven arrives with his...

After the birth of his grandson, Bobby Roth undertakes a cinematic investigation as to what constitutes being a "good man" in today's world. This...

A second-string pro golfer desperate for his shot at success tours the country.

Tortured manchild Danny returns to his family's abandoned island retreat and finds himself beset by fantasies of deceased ancestors, former lovers...

Jess Koster is a young attorney in Los Angeles, who is being stalked by the serial killer she is prosecuting.

In a futuristic desert hamlet, a ruthless town boss lynches a falsely accused Native American teen, setting the stage for revolt and a clash with a...

Just as sex, drugs, rock & roll, hippies, and Vietnam enter our consciousness, so it does for Ben Sweet, the shy, 18-year-old son of conservative...

Frictions develop when Yisroel "Izzy" Jonigkeyt, a Chassidic Jew from Crown Heights, travels to San Francisco to visit Polish-born Catholic friend...

In one final attempt to achieve victory, an aging professional runner is training vigorously for a very tough marathon race.

After learning his stepfather has throat cancer, a lazy pool hustler takes on a high-stakes contender.

Worlds collide in this unconventional essay film, when filmmaker, film historian, and archivist Daniel Kremer seamlessly edits Michelangelo...

Anna Reringer leaves her husband and goes to San Francisco to fulfill her dream of becoming an actress.

Center Divide is the second film in Rob Nilsson's multi-character Nomad Trilogy. In the first film, Arid Cut (2019), our refugees of the American...

"What do you do when the spark touches down-brief and hot?" So begins award-winning director Rob Nilsson's (Permission to Touch, MVFF 2015; A Bridge...

A small band of dysfunctional renegade homeless people led by charismatic "Pan" befriends a lonely youngster, a fatherless "Bobby" who stumbles upon...

Juanita Hutchins works at Texas bar, but she aspires to be a country songwriter. When she's not looking after her impulsive daughter, Candy, or...

For those with an open mind about what cinema can be. Jerry Garanyan, an ambulance-chasing San Francisco lawyer, is a camera buff and a dogged...