Popular Documentary Movies - Page 124
Happy Happy Joy Joy: The Ren & Stimpy Story
2020
star 6.8Exploring the rise and fall of the groundbreaking animated series Ren & Stimpy and its controversial creator, John Kricfalusi, through archival footage, show artwork and interviews with the artists, actors and executives behind the show.That Click
2019
That Click
2019
star 8.8A man at the cutting edge of fashion, photojournalism and portraiture, photographer to the stars Douglas Kirkland has portrayed over sixty years of pop culture. This fascinating feature takes a closer look into the career of one of the most important photographers of the last century. His subjects, who are some of the biggest stars of Hollywood and the fashion world, provide testimonials.Joan Didion: The Center Will Not Hold
2017
star 7.3Literary icon Joan Didion reflects on her remarkable career and personal struggles in this intimate documentary directed by her nephew, Griffin Dunne.Before Stonewall
1984
Before Stonewall
1984
star 6.5New York City's Stonewall Inn is regarded by many as the site of gay and lesbian liberation since it was at this bar that drag queens fought back against police June 27-28, 1969. This documentary uses extensive archival film, movie clips and personal recollections to construct an audiovisual history of the gay community before the Stonewall riots.Ms. Information
2023
Ms. Information
2023
As the nation plunges into pandemic, Gwen Isaac’s observational documentary delves into the trenches with Siouxsie Wiles, the fuchsia-haired microbiologist who emerged as a national hero and a satanic witch in the minds of a divided New Zealand.Zeitgeist: Addendum
2008
Zeitgeist: Addendum
2008
star 7.2Zeitgeist: Addendum premiered at the 5th Annual Artivist Film Festival. Director Peter Joseph stated: "The failure of our world to resolve the issues of war, poverty, and corruption, rests within a gross ignorance about what guides human behavior to begin with. It address the true source of the instability in our society, while offering the only fundamental, long-term solution."Chain Reaction
2010
Chain Reaction
2010
The cast and crew of The Caves of Androzani look back on the making of a legendary story.SAQUON
2025
SAQUON
2025
star 6SAQUON began as a video diary documenting his ACL recovery five years ago. But the camera kept rolling after his return, revealing an intimate journey through his frustrations over the lack of control of his career, quiet family moments, and ultimately, his dominant year with the Eagles, culminating in a storybook Super Bowl win on his birthday. This is Saquon like you have never seen him before.Gonchi
2015
Gonchi
2015
star 7.2The story of a Uruguayan car racer that dreamt about being in F1 and did all that was possible to reach his goal. When he was about to reach his best prize, he died in a car accident at the CART World Series tests in Laguna Seca, US. This is a story about inspiration and overcoming obstacles. It portrays that nothing is impossible in life if there is dedication and love. A story about a young man that went through many hardships and that raced with the best. He came from a far away country with no tradition in the international automobile racing world.Architecton
2024
Architecton
2024
star 6An extraordinary journey through the material that makes up our habitat: concrete and its ancestor, stone. Victor Kossakovsky raises a fundamental question: how do we inhabit the world of tomorrow?Passion Project
2021
Passion Project
2021
Explores the ten-year journey of adapting Uzodinma Iweala's 2005 novel "Beasts of No Nation" into the 2015 film.Mona Mur in Conversation
2025
The film explores the life and career of the Hamburg-born musician, whose creative work began in the West German post-punk scene of the 1980s.Andy Warhol's America
2022
A pioneering artist and cultural icon. His work is a history of 20th-century America. A country reinventing itself - as seen through the legendary artist's eyes.Those Who Care
2021
Those Who Care
2021
star 7.6Since the cult success of Merci Patron!, activist/journalist/filmmaker François Ruffin has become an MP. Here, he attempts to table a law aimed at upholding the rights of what in Quebec are known as caregivers, and shows us in passing how a law whose need seems patently obvious is put together, debated, voted on and . . . dies on the battleground of French politics. A stirring documentary about social injustice that somehow manages to make us bust a gut laughing as we rage with indignation. And also cry at the beauty of it all, thanks to the director’s humanist sensibility and a deft play between reality and fiction.Do You Trust this Computer?
2018
star 7.1Science fiction has long anticipated the rise of machine intelligence, and today a new generation of self-learning computers has begun to reshape every aspect of our lives. Will A.I. usher in an age of unprecedented potential, or prove to be our final invention?Kim Dotcom: Caught in the Web
2017
star 6.6The larger-than-life story of Kim Dotcom, the 'most wanted man online', is extraordinary enough, but the battle between Dotcom and the US Government and entertainment industry—being fought in New Zealand—is one that goes to the heart of ownership, privacy and piracy in the digital age.Shooting Women
2008
Shooting Women
2008
Reveals the history of camerawomen around the world, celebrating not only the survival of pioneer women in a male-dominated field, but a new generation of camerawomen's visions.Jay Sebring… Cutting to the Truth
2020
star 7.5An illuminating portrait of Jay Sebring — the long-forgotten artist, designer, and entrepreneur who created a billion-dollar hair & beauty industry and defined iconic Hollywood styles for men.Bending the Arc
2017
Bending the Arc
2017
star 7.5About the extraordinary doctors and activists—including Paul Farmer, Jim Yong Kim, and Ophelia Dahl—whose work 30 years ago to save lives in a rural Haitian village grew into a global battle in the halls of power for the right to health for all.
