Documentary Movies

Imagine: John Lennon is a movie starring John Lennon, Yoko Ono, and Paul McCartney. A biography of the rock music star.

Hand in Hand is a movie starring Kee-chung Sohn. A documentary covering the 1988 Olympic Games in Seoul.

In this documentary, Kiarostami asks a number of students about their school homework. The answers of some children shows the darker side of this method of education.

Comic Book Confidential is a movie starring Lynda Barry, Charles Burns, and Sue Coe. A survey of the artistic history of the comic book medium and some of the major talents associated with it.

A camera crew follows Helmut Newton, the fashion and ad photographer whose images of tall, blond, big-breasted women are part of the iconography of twentieth-century erotic fantasy. He's on the go from L.A., to Paris, to Monte-Carlo,

Pink Floyd Live in Venice is a TV special starring David Gilmour, Richard Wright, and Nick Mason. Live concert by Pink Floyd in Piazza San Marco, Venezia, in 1989, performig: Shine On You Crazy Diamond, Learning To Fly, Yet Another...

An in-depth look at various NASA moon landing missions, starting with Apollo 8.

Berkeley in the Sixties is a movie starring Jentri Anders, Joan Baez, and Frank Bardacke. A documentary about militant student political activity in the University of California-Berkely in the 1960's.

Documentary following singer Madonna on her controversial Blond Ambition tour in 1990.

Echoes That Remain paints a rich portrait of Eastern European Jewry before the Holocaust. Folk stories, parables, and anecdotes come together in a complex tapestry woven from archival research and oral histories.

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.

A filmmaker reunites with the daughter she gave up for adoption twenty years later.

Documentary that chronicles how Francis Ford Coppola's Apocalypse Now (1979) was plagued by extraordinary script, shooting, budget, and casting problems--nearly destroying the life and career of the celebrated director.

A Brief History of Time is a movie starring Stephen Hawking, Isobel Hawking, and Janet Humphrey. A film about the life and work of the cosmologist, Stephen Hawking, who despite his near total paralysis, was one of the great minds of...

Lektionen in Finsternis is a movie starring Werner Herzog. This film shows the disaster of the Kuwaitian oil fields in flames, with few interviews and no explanatory narration. Hell itself is presented in such beautiful sights and...

Videogramme einer Revolution is a movie starring Ion Caramitru, Elena Ceausescu, and Nicolae Ceausescu. This documentary uses news footage and amateur video to paint a vivid picture of Romania's 1989 revolution and the fall of...

A collection of expertly photographed scenes of human life and religion.

1992, Florida, USA. Aileen Wuornos is claimed to be the world's first female serial killer.

A recital becomes part of the French culture; 25 years later the performers return to the village where it was first launched.

"Belovy (the Belovs)" is a breathtaking portrait of a troubled peasant family. It's poetry in the form of a documentary that won many prizes. Beautifully shot in vintage black and white, the film tells the story of two times widow An

A film account about the military 1990 siege of a Native American reserve near Oka, Quebec, Canada and its causes.

A look at life in Eastern Europe after the collapse of the Soviet Union.

A look inside Rikers Island which is a rather unknown place in New York. Many of the inmates and various people working in the law enforcement field are interviewed. We see aftermath of violence, different units, a drug search in one

Interviews with a procurer and with nineteen boys and young men who are prostitutes in Prague. The youths range in age from 14 to 19. They hustle at the central train station and at clubs. Most of their clients are foreign tourists,

An intimate portrait of controversial cartoonist Robert Crumb and his traumatized family.

Filmmaker Greg MacGillivray examines the world's oceans and their importance to life on Earth.

Anne Frank Remembered is a movie starring Kenneth Branagh, Glenn Close, and Janny Brandes-Brilslijper. Using previously unreleased archival material in addition to contemporary interviews, this academy award-winning documentary...

Unzipped is a movie starring Isaac Mizrahi, Roseanne Barr, and Sandra Bernhard. One of the most successful designers in high fashion plans his fall 1994 collection. Follow the behind-the-scenes look at the creative side of fashion.

Trinity and Beyond: The Atomic Bomb Movie is a video starring William Shatner, Edward Teller, and W.H.P. Blandy. The history of nuclear weapons between 1945 until 1963.

Frank and Ollie is a movie starring Frank Thomas, Ollie Johnston, and Sylvia Roemer. A documentary about two famed Disney animators, Frank and Ollie.

Al Pacino's deeply-felt rumination on Shakespeare's significance and relevance to the modern world through interviews and an in-depth analysis of "Richard III."

'Definite Article' marks that thrilling moment when a promising talent moves up several gears into major stardom"--Daily Telegraph, UK

A documentary of the 1974 heavyweight championship bout in Zaire, "The Rumble in the Jungle," between champion George Foreman and underdog challenger Muhammad Ali.

Very much a follow up to their 1991 concert film masterpiece Live At Donington, No Bull was designed to capture the over the top spectacle that was the 1996 Ballbreaker tour. On board again was the renowned director David Mallet who

Paradise Lost: The Child Murders at Robin Hood Hills is a movie starring Tony Brooks, Diana Davis, and Terry Wood. A horrific triple child murder leads to an indictment and trial of three nonconformist boys based on questionable...

A documentary of the notorious racial terrorist bombing of an African American church during the Civil Rights Movement.

On his book tour, Michael Moore exposes more wrongdoing by greedy big businesses and callous politicians around America.

The Long Way Home is a movie starring Morgan Freeman, Israel Lau, and Livia Shacter. The story of the post World War II Jewish refugee situation from liberation to the establishment of the modern state of Israel.

Little Dieter Needs to Fly is a movie starring Dieter Dengler, Werner Herzog, and Eugene Deatrick. German-American Dieter Dengler discusses his service as a U.S. naval pilot in the Vietnam War. Dengler also revisits the sites of his...

The Decline of Western Civilization Part III is a movie starring Myke Chambers, Stephen Chambers, and Flea. The Decline of Western Civilization III is a 1998 documentary film that follows the gutter punk lifestyle of homeless...

A documentary focusing on the life of novelist and philosopher Ayn Rand, the author of the bestselling novels The Fountainhead and Atlas Shrugged and originator of the Objectivist philosophy.

In this film, director Jonathan Demme documents a live performance by Robyn Hitchcock, an English singer-songwriter.

42 Up is a TV movie starring Bruce Balden, Jacqueline Bassett, and Symon Basterfield. Director Michael Apted revisits the same group of British-born adults after a 7 year wait. The subjects are interviewed as to the changes that...

In late 1944, even as they faced imminent defeat, the Nazis expended enormous resources to kill or deport over 425,000 Jews during the "cleansing" of Hungary. This Oscar-winning documentary, executive produced by Steven Spielberg, fo

A richly funny behind-the-scenes look at the art of creating comedy. When celebrities need a hilarious punch line, they get Bruce Vilanch, the comic writer behind Hollywood's biggest events.

Buena Vista Social Club is a movie starring Compay Segundo, Ibrahim Ferrer, and Rubén González. Aging Cuban musicians whose talents had been virtually forgotten following Castro's takeover of Cuba, are brought out of retirement by...