Sean Baker

Sean Baker

February 26, 1971 · 55 years old

Sean Baker (born February 26, 1971) is an American filmmaker. He is best known for directing independent feature films about the lives of sex workers, including Take Out (2004), Starlet (2012), Tangerine (2015), The Florida Project (2017), Red Rocket (2021), and Anora (2024), the last of which won h…

Known For

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Anora

Anora

2024 · 2h 19m · Movie

A young stripper from Brooklyn meets and impulsively marries the son of a Russian oligarch. Once the news reaches Russia, her fairy tale is threatened as his parents set out for New York to get the marriage annulled.

7.5
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The Florida Project

The Florida Project

2017 · 1h 51m · Movie

A single mother and the manager of a roadside motel do their utmost to maintain the innocence of a six-year-old girl's life.

8.1
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Tangerine

Tangerine

2015 · 1h 28m · Movie

A hooker tears through Tinseltown on Christmas Eve searching for the pimp who broke her heart.

7.7
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Left-Handed Girl

Left-Handed Girl

2025 · 1h 48m · Movie

A single mother and her two daughters relocate to Taipei to open a night market stall, each navigating the challenges of adapting to their new environment while striving to maintain family unity.

7.8
5
Red Rocket

Red Rocket

2021 · 2h 10m · Movie

Washed-up porn star Mikey Saber returns to his small Texas hometown and decides if he wants to be with his ex-wife or the donut shop girl hes in love with.

7.6
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Starlet

Starlet

2012 · 1h 43m · Movie

An unlikely friendship forms between twenty-one-year-old Jane and the elderly Sadie after Jane discovers a hidden stash of money inside an object at Sadie's yard sale.

6.9
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The Feeling That the Time for Doing Something Has Passed

The Feeling That the Time for Doing Something Has Passed

2024 · 1h 27m · Movie

A mosaic-style comedy following the life of a woman as time passes in her long-term casual BDSM relationship, low-level corporate job, and quarrelsome Jewish family.

5.7
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Take Out

Take Out

2008 · 1h 27m · Movie

An illegal Chinese immigrant falls behind on payments on an enormous smuggling debt. Ming Ding has only until the end of the day to come up with the money.

7.1
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Prince of Broadway

Prince of Broadway

2010 · 1h 40m · Movie

A New York street hustler specializing in name-brand knock-offs finds his highly profitable game suddenly complicated when his ex-girlfriend shows up toting the son he never knew he had.

7.1
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Four Letter Words

Four Letter Words

2000 · 1h 22m · Movie

A study of the post-adolescent male psyche, Four Letter Words gives an often humorous but raw unadulterated look at the views, attitudes, and language of young men in Suburban America.

5.2