Popular Documentary Movies - Page 400
Naples Is a Battlefield
1944
star 6.2The capture of Naples, the first great European city to be liberated, revealed the magnitude of the tasks involved in re-creating the means of livelihood and the machinery of government in a devastated, starving and disease-ridden city.Comrade, Where Are You Today?
2016
star 6.3In 1988, 20-year-old Kirsi Marie Liimatainen travels from Finland to the GDR, to study Marxism-Leninism at the International Youth Academy. In summer of´89 the course ends and the students spread out over the world. Afew months later, the Berlin Wall falls. 24 years later Kirsi, sets out on a cinematic journey to Nicaragua, South Africa, Chile, Bolivia, Lebanon, Germany and Finland to meet up once more with her former fellow students. What remains of their dream of the liberation of the oppressed?The Devil Is Busy
2024
The Devil Is Busy
2024
star 4.6At an Atlanta abortion clinic besieged by protesters, the director of operations, Tracy, takes necessary risks to safeguard staff and patients.Drag Becomes Him
2015
Drag Becomes Him
2015
star 6.5An intimate glimpse inside the life of internationally acclaimed drag performer Jinkx Monsoon.Albert & Hermann Goering
2016
star 8Two brothers who could not have been more different. The eldest, Hermann Göring (1893-1946), was a prominent member of the Nazi regime, head of the German Air Force, and a war criminal. The youngest, Albert Göring (1895-1966), opposed tyranny and was persecuted, but today he is still unjustly forgotten, although he saved many lives while his brother and his accomplices ravaged Europe.The Apothecary
2013
The Apothecary
2013
star 7In a former mining town in the American Southwest, a beloved druggist navigates a profound divide between his jovial public persona and his private pain while operating the community’s main hub: the sole pharmacy within 4,000 square miles.Charles Darwin and the Tree of Life
2009
star 7.7Darwin's great insight – that life has evolved over millions of years by natural selection – has been the cornerstone of all David Attenborough’s natural history series. In this documentary, he takes us on a deeply personal journey which reflects his own life and the way he came to understand Darwin’s theory.Dead Poets: A Look Back
2006
Documentary about the making of Dead Poets Society (1989) including interviews from various cast members.Fight Day
2003
Fight Day
2003
A fly-on-the-wall account of a Mixed Martial Arts fighter preparing for and engaging in battle, as seen through the eyes of Brazilian Jui-Jitsu legend Renzo Gracie.One Nation Under Dog
2012
One Nation Under Dog
2012
star 5.3.Americans have had a long love affair with dogs, with many of us referring to our canine companions as best friends, significant others, soul mates, even children. But lost amidst all the pampering and pedestaling are hard and often tragic truths surrounding dog ownership, care and commerce, not to mention the daunting odds continuing to face millions of unwanted shelter dogs. Divided into three parts – “Fear,” “Loss” and “Betrayal” – this 73-minute documentary is comprised of eight case studies that probe the complicated and conflicted relationship we have with canines. Collectively, the segments reveal the sobering realities behind our relationship with dogs, showing not only how far some dog lovers will go for their pets, but how far we as nation have to go in order to treat all dogs humanely.Our Cinema
1940
Peckinpah Suite
2019
Peckinpah Suite
2019
star 7.5The life and career of filmmaker Sam Peckinpah as told from his daughter's perspective. She travels to his final home to learn more about his life and work.I Choose to Live
2013
I Choose to Live
2013
The documentary »I Choose to Live« presents a touching confession of a young girl who after losing her mother, tried to end her life. Later on she struggled with self-destructive behaviour and also an eating disorder. In this documentary the young girl is portrayed by the actress Nina Rakovec. The theme of mental health of youngsters is highlighted with the help of the professional counsellors.Doppelganger
1987
Doppelganger
1987
It's a portrait of my friend Renate, who was born in Berlin and spent her early childhood playing in the rubble after WW2. She tells stories and recites entries from her diary in both English and German, evoking history, trauma and lost loves. Shot in long verite-like takes, in Super 8 sound, with several color hand processed scenes.La Tour
1928
La Tour
1928
star 6.2A poetic documentary tribute to the famous Eiffel tower, built for the 1889 World Fair and intended to have been destroyed 20 years later. A vocal subset of Parisians (among which, one may surmise, Clair would've been counted) insisted the Tower remain above the River Seine, a continued display of French engineering excellence. Clair makes strategic use of double exposures and dissolves, capturing the mechanical exuberance of the Tower; The great swooping steel latticework edifice a bounding symbol of the modern age.This was Pedro Infante
1963
star 6The life of Pedro Infante, with scenes from his best films and the chaos that his tragic death caused in the public.Sabbia
2006
Sabbia
2006
star 6Incredible tapestry of desert images shot by Kate McCabe, woven to music by Brant Bjork. Duna Records.Modern Life
2008
Modern Life
2008
star 7.5For ten years, Raymond Depardon has followed the lives of farmer living in the mountain ranges. He allows us to enter their farms with astounding naturalness. This moving film speaks, with great serenity, of our roots and of the future of the people who work on the land. This the last part of Depardon's triptych "Profils paysans" about what it is like to be a farmer today in an isolated highland area in France. "La vie moderne" examines what has become of the persons he has followed for ten years, while featuring younger people who try to farm or raise cattle or poultry, come hell or high water.The Secret World of LEGO
2015
star 8.1This documentary goes behind the doors at Lego's headquarters, meeting some of the notoriously secretive superbrands's key people and revealing more about its company DNA than ever before.
