Popular Documentary Movies - Page 243
Salman Rushdie: Death on a Trail
2019
star 6.6An intimate portrait, in his own words, of the Indian writer Salman Rushdie, author of The Satanic Verses (1988), thirty years after the fatwa uttered by the Iranian Ayatollah Khomeini: his youth in multicultural Bombay, his life in England, his many years of forced hiding, his thoughts on President Trump's United States of America.The Outsider
2021
The Outsider
2021
Michael Shulan was once a struggling novelist who owned a storefront space down in NYC's trendy Soho neighborhood. The attacks on the World Trade Center changed his life forever. He & three friends turned his Spring Street space into a now-famous crowdsourced photo exhibit called "Here Is New York." For five years, he was known as the world's leading expert on 9/11 photography. Then, the lifelong outsider was invited to be part of something big. Shulan was named the Creative Director of the National 9/11 Museum at Ground Zero. This is the story of his dream job and how it turned against him. His vision of an open, inclusive, participatory place for America to engage in the painful, personal story of 9/11 goes wrong. His role as creative leader turns into a daily battle to keep his vision alive.Hotel Royal
2021
Hotel Royal
2021
star 5'In the course of my cleaning duties, I examined the belongings of each guest of the hotel and observed through the details, lives that will remain unknown', says the temporary Chambermaid in a large seaside hotel, which, unable to communicate, lives through a rigid methodology of analysis of the exterior and a ritualised quotidian. Until the uncontrollable comes to disrupts this dynamic. Hotel Royal is fragmented and incomplete mosaic of contemporary societies. It could be dubbed a film about the horrors of the soul, about voyeurs or simply about misfits.The Guns of August
1964
The Guns of August
1964
Traces the origins and actions of World War I, from the funeral of Britain's King Edward VII to the Versailles Treaty.Humphrey Jennings: The Man Who Listened to Britain
2025
Documentary about Humphrey Jennings, an English documentary filmmaker from the 1930s to 1950.Mustang: The House That Joe Built
1977
star 2A documentary about the girls of the Mustang Ranch, a legal brothel in Nevada.Among Wild Birds
1927
Among Wild Birds
1927
star 8Finland’s first nature documentary. The filmmakers’ expedition leads them all the way to the Åland Islands and the Karelian Isthmus.Terchovská muzika
1984
Terchovská muzika
1984
Who We Were
2021
Who We Were
2021
star 6.5A look at the current state of the world, from the hand of six intellectuals and scientists who reflect on the present and postulate about the future.Die Elon-Musk-Story
2025
What Now? Remind Me
2014
What Now? Remind Me
2014
star 5.4Joaquim Pinto has been living with HIV and VHC for almost twenty years. “What now? Remind Me” is the notebook of a year of clinical studies with toxic, mind altering drugs as yet unapproved. An open and eclectic reflection on time and memory, on epidemics and globalization, on survival beyond all expectations, on dissent and absolute love. In a to-and-fro between present and past memories, the film is also a tribute to friends departed and those who remain.Antoni Gaudi: God's Architect
2003
Documentary about Spanish architect Antoni Gaudi made for the BBC series "Visions of Space".Blackwood
1976
Blackwood
1976
star 5.3This short film studies the works of one of Canada's greatest contemporary etchers - Newfoundland-born David Blackwood. The artist himself guides viewers through a step-by-step explanation of the etching process. Scenes of his hometown, examples of his own work and vivid tales of an old mariner recall the tragic seal hunts and a way of life that has now vanished.La Magra
1998
La Magra
1998
This short documentary shows the original ending to 'Blade' (1998) and explains why it is not in the final film.Occupy!
1976
Occupy!
1976
Bill Nighy, Pete Postlewaite and (briefly) Julie Walters, then all of the Everyman Theatre Company, feature in this potent reportage/dramatisation hybrid about the occupation of the Fisher-Bendix Factory in Kirkby. Dohany uses a variety of imaginative techniques to explore the longstanding dispute, and a pronounced sense of urgency pervades this act of solidarity.All Power to the People!
1996
star 5.8Using government documents, archive footage and direct interviews with activists and former FBI/CIA officers, All Power to the People documents the history of race relations and the Civil Rights Movement in the United States during the 1960s and 70s. Covering the history of slavery, civil-rights activists, political assassinations and exploring the methods used to divide and destroy key figures of movements by government forces, the film then contrasts into Reagan-Era events, privacy threats from new technologies and the failure of the “War on Drugs”, forming a comprehensive view of the goals, aspirations and ultimate demise of the Civil Rights Movement…Ear Buds: The Podcasting Documentary
2016
star 6.5Exploration of the podcasting medium via interviews with several big names in the field and their fans.The Magic of Fellini
2002
According to Occam's Razor
1999
A mockumentary look at the myths and realities surrounding aliens and UFOs. A hybrid of genres on the UFO subject.The Light and the Dark: The Making of 'Face/Off'
2007
A five-part documentary with interviews from the director, cast and crew, and some behind-scenes footage.
