Grey Gardens (1976)

Edie Bouvier Beale and her mother, Edith, two aging, eccentric relatives of Jackie Kennedy Onassis, are the sole inhabitants of a Long Island estate. The women reveal themselves to be misfits with outsized, engaging personalities. Much of the conversation is centered on their pasts, as mother and daughter now rarely leave home.

Genres: Documentary

What to watch after Grey Gardens

• Gimme Shelter (1970) — Same subject: direct cinema
• Salesman (1969) — Albert Maysles and David Maysles directed both
• Mommy Dead and Dearest (2017) — Same subject: mother daughter relationship
• The Gleaners & I (2000)
• Capturing the Friedmans (2003)
• Aileen: Life and Death of a Serial Killer (2003) — Same subject: dysfunctional family, mother daughter relationship