Documentary Movies

Fortini/Cani is a movie starring Franco Fortini, Luciana Nissim, and Adriano Aprà. The film is a sort of presentation of Franco Fortini's book 'I Cani del Sinai'. Fortini, an Italian Jew, reads excerpts from the book about his...

Germany in Autumn does not have a plot per se; it mixes documentary footage, along with standard movie scenes, to give the audience the mood of Germany during the late 1970s. The movie covers the two month time period during 1977 whe

A film account and presentation of the final concert of The Band.

Filming 'Othello' is a movie starring Orson Welles, Micheál MacLiammóir, and Hilton Edwards. Essay film shot for TV including Orson Welles reflections on Othello close to the Moviola, a chat with Hilton Edwards and Micheál...

Director Martin Scorsese talks to actor Steven Prince about his past. As the night goes on, Prince reveals some very amusing and moving stories of his experiences with drugs and violence.

A documentary about a pet cemetery in California, and the people who have pets buried there.

Richard Pryor: Live in Concert is a movie starring Richard Pryor, Patti LaBelle, and Huey P. Newton. Richard Pryor's classic 1979 concert film has him discussing a wide range of topics, including race, the police and his favorite...

Infamously macho author Norman Mailer shares a 1971 NYC panel with an audience of intellectual women and famous feminists receiving a lively critique revealing the sophisticated political, literary discourse of early Women's Lib move

The Patriot Game is a movie starring Winnie Marshall. A history of the Northern Irish conflict from 1922 until the 1970s.

The Kids Are Alright is a movie starring Roger Daltrey, Pete Townshend, and Keith Moon. Interviews, TV clips and concert footage make up this comprehensive profile of The Who, Britain's premiere rock band.

Interviews with people involved with and leading the Madison, Wisconsin area resistance to the Vietnam war.

Fårö Document 1979 is the ten-year followup to the first documentary Bergman made about his adopted home, Fårö, where he filmed many of his best works and lived until the end of his life.

The documentary follows Gene Scott, famous televangelist involved with constant fights against FCC, who tried to shut down his TV show during the 1970's and 1980's, and even argues with his viewers, complaining about their lack of su

Der Kandidat is a movie starring Wolf Biermann, Karl Carstens, and Edmund Stoiber. In 1980 Franz Josef Strauss competed against Helmut Schmidt for the Office of the Government of the Federal Republic of Germany.

In 1975 and 1976 Paul McCartney and Wings undertook the epic Wings over the World tour, the largest scale tour they would ever undertake as a band. From this tour came both the legendary "Wings over America" triple live album and the

The Decline of Western Civilization is a movie starring Eugene Tatu, Alice Bag Band, and Black Flag. A look into the Los Angeles punk rock scene, that was largely ignored by the rock music press of the time.

Agnes Varda's documentary on murals in Los Angeles.

A documentary on the eccentric residents of Vernon, Florida.

Orson Welles and Elizabeth Taylor compassionately narrate this harrowing documentary about Jewish persecution in Nazi Germany, which soon turned into a notoriously industrious plan to wipe them from existence.

A documentary following German auteur Werner Herzog as he deals with difficult actors, bad weather and getting a boat over a mountain, all in an effort to make his film Fitzcarraldo (1982).

Koyaanisqatsi is a movie starring Edward Asner, Pat Benatar, and Jerry Brown. A collection of expertly photographed phenomena with no conventional plot. The footage focuses on nature, humanity and the relationship between them.

Sans soleil is a movie starring Amilcar Cabral, Florence Delay, and Arielle Dombasle. A woman narrates the contemplative writings of a seasoned world traveler, focusing on contemporary Japan.

The reverend Huie L. Rogers delivers an intense and impassioned sermon at his church in Brooklyn.

Leuchtturm des Chaos is a movie starring Sterling Hayden, Charles Brauer, and Burkhard Driest. Documentary profile of actor Sterling Hayden .

The Official Golden Harvest tribute to the Master of the Martial Arts Film, Bruce Lee.

De weg naar Bresson is a movie starring Robert Bresson, Louis Malle, and Dominique Sanda. A Dutch documentary about legendary French filmmaker Robert Bresson.

Burroughs: The Movie explores the life and times of controversial Naked Lunch author William S. Burroughs, with an intimacy never before seen and never repeated. The film charts the development of Burroughs' unique literary style and

Antonio Gaudí is a movie starring Isidro Puig Boada, Antoni Gaudí, and Seiji Miyaguchi. The work of Catalan architect Antonio Gaudí, as seen by Japanese New Wave director Hiroshi Teshigahara.

The history of the Gay and Lesbian community before the Stonewall riots began the major gay rights movement.

A compilation of scenes from many science fiction, crime drama and horror films of the 1930s through 1980s.

An innovative concert movie for the rock group Talking Heads.

Director Michael Apted interviews the same group of British-born adults after a 7 year wait as to the changes that have occurred in their lives during the last seven years.

Document of the Dead is a movie starring George A. Romero, Susan Tyrrell, and Nicole Potter. A documentary about George A. Romero's films, with a behind scenes look at Dawn of the Dead.

Guided by seasoned New Yorkers, political figures, and cultural connoisseurs, "Empire City" examines Manhattan and its surrounding boroughs in order to paint a portrait of the ever-evolving metropolis. Appearing to be both adaptable

Jack Kerouac was a Beat Generation writer who took the nation by storm upon the publication of his novel On the Road. Kerouac's legacy and influence are explained via interviews with Kerouac's friends and contemporaries such as Willi

Ornette: Made in America is a movie starring Ornette Coleman, John Giordano, and Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra. It captures Ornette's evolution over three decades. Returning home to Fort Worth, Texas in 1983, it chronicles his...

Set against the raw majesty of Colorado's Red Rocks Amphitheatre, this post Fleetwood Mac concert by Nicks captures this sensual, poetic artist in breathtaking surroundings

This documentary movie covers two concerts at the Fox Theatre in St. Louis, Missouri, to celebrate Chuck Berry's 60th birthday, and also discusses his life and career.

Eddie Murphy: Raw is a movie starring Eddie Murphy, Tatyana Ali, and Billie Allen. Eddie Murphy in a stand-up performance recorded live. For an hour and a half he talks about his favourite subjects: sex and women.

An exploration of technologically developing nations and the effect the transition to Western-style modernization has had on them.

A short documentary in which directors Werner Herzog and Errol Morris make a bet which results in Herzog being forced to eat his own shoe.

Documentary showcase, what life was like for the music artists living during the Los Angeles Heavy Metal scene in the mid and late 1980s.

A film that successfully argued that a man was wrongly convicted for murder by a corrupt justice system in Dallas County, Texas.

Let's Get Lost is a movie starring Chet Baker, Carol Baker, and Vera Baker. Documentary on the life of jazz trumpeter and drug addict Chet Baker. Fascinating series of interviews with friends, family, associates and lovers,...