Breakdown: 1975

Breakdown: 1975
Directed byMorgan Neville
Produced byMorgan Neville
Lauren Belfer
Narrated byJodie Foster
Edited byAlan Lowe
Jody McVeigh-Schultz
Music byDaniel Wohl
Distributed byNetflix
Release date
  • December 19, 2025 (2025-12-19)
Running time
92 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Breakdown: 1975 is a 2025 documentary film directed and produced by Morgan Neville.

Synopsis

The film explores the year 1975 through the lens of American arts and culture.

Actress Jodie Foster, who was part of the New Hollywood era of American cinema during the 1970s, narrates (she would eventually be nominated for the Outstanding Narrator category at the 78th Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards).

Reception

On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 74% of 23 critics' reviews are positive. Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the film a score of 49 out of 100, based on six critics, indicating "mixed or average" reviews.

Daniel Fienberg of The Hollywood Reporter wrote

Breakdown: 1975 is packed with great clips and peppered with solid observations, but it's truly an odd documentary — one likely to be enticing for viewers with a casual interest in history or filmmaking, but infuriating for anybody craving even intermediate instruction.

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References

  1. 1 2 Fienberg, Daniel (December 18, 2025). "'Breakdown: 1975' Review: Morgan Neville's Netflix Doc Offers a Fun, if Unfocused, Glimpse at Hollywood and America in the Mid-1970s". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved January 2, 2026.
  2. ↑ Wilkinson, Alissa (December 19, 2025). "'Breakdown: 1975' Remembers the Distinctive Cinematic Voices of an Era". The New York Times. Retrieved January 2, 2026.
  3. ↑ "2026 Emmy Awards: 78th Emmy Awards Complete Nominations List" (PDF). Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. Retrieved July 22, 2026.
  4. ↑ "Breakdown: 1975". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved April 19, 2026.
  5. ↑ "Breakdown: 1975". Metacritic. Fandom, Inc.
  6. ↑ "Breakdown: 1975". Metacritic. Retrieved January 2, 2026.