Filmography

John Pilger began his film career in British television in 1970, starting with the ITV current affairs series ‘World in Action’. His first documentary, ‘The Quiet Mutiny’, is credited with disclosing to a worldwide audience the internal disintegration of the US army in Vietnam. Four decades on, he is still making challenging films for ITV and cinema. His films have won Academy Awards in Britain and the United States.

Most of John Pilger’s films are now available to watch in their entirety on this website. Click on each film title below to watch or browse all videos.

1970

Vietnam: The Quiet Mutiny

1971

Conversations With a Working Man

1974

Vietnam: Still America’s War
Palestine Is Still The Issue (Part 1)
Guilty Until Proven Innocent
Thalidomide: The Ninety-Eight We Forgot
The Most Powerful Politician in America
One British Family

1975

An Unfashionable Tragedy
Nobody’s Children
Mr Nixon’s Secret
Legacy

Smashing Kids
To Know Us Is To Love Us
A Nod & A Wink

1976

Pilger in Australia
Zap! The Weapon is Food
Pyramid Lake is Dying
Street of Joy

1977

A Faraway Country
Dismantling A Dream
An Unjustifiable Risk

1978

The Selling of the Sea
Do You Remember Vietnam?

1979

Year Zero: The Silent Death of Cambodia

1980

The Mexicans
Cambodia: Year One

1981

Heroes
Island of Dreams

1983

The Truth Game
In Search of Truth in Wartime
Nicaragua: A Nation’s Right to Survive

1984

Burp! Pepsi v Coke in The Ice Cold War

1985

The Secret Country: The First Australians Fight Back

1987

Japan Behind the Mask

1988

The Last Dream: Heroes Unsung
The Last Dream: Secrets
The Last Dream: Other People’s Wars

1989

Cambodia: Year Ten
Cambodia: Year Ten (updated version)

1990

Cambodia: The Betrayal

1992

War by Other Means

1993

Cambodia: Return to Year Zero

1994

Death of a Nation: The Timor Conspiracy
Flying the Flag, Arming the World

1995

Vietnam: The Last Battle

1996

Inside Burma: Land of Fear

1997

Breaking The Mirror: The Murdoch Effect

1998

South Africa: Apartheid Did Not Die
Inside Burma: Land of Fear (updated version)

1999

The Timor Conspiracy (updated version)
Welcome to Australia

2000

Paying The Price: Killing the Children of Iraq

2001

The New Rulers Of The World

2002

Palestine Is Still The Issue (Part 2)

2003

Breaking the Silence: Truth and Lies in the War on Terror

2004

Stealing a Nation

2007

The War on Democracy
The War on Democracy (Spanish version)

2010

The War You Don’t See

2013

Utopia

2016

The Coming War on China
The Coming War on China (Chinese version)

2019

The Dirty War on the NHS