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The Pirate: A Musical Treasure Chest
(2007 video documentary short)
MGM's tempestuous Technicolor musical "The Pirate" is examined from its early beginnings as a stage play for Alfred Lunt and Lynn Fontaine... |
9.5/10 | 5 |
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Busby Berkeley: Going Through the Roof (1998 TV documentary) | 9.2/10 | 26 |
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Hollywood
(1980 TV mini-series documentary)
The definitive documentary about the American silent film industry. |
9.1/10 | 282 |
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Lugosi: Hollywood's Dracula
(1997 documentary)
Documentary on the life and career of Bela Lugosi. |
" | 47 |
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Edison: The Invention of the Movies
(2005 video documentary)
A history of the Edison Company, the pioneering film production company begun by Thomas A. Edison. Included... |
" | 18 |
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Waldo Salt: A Screenwriter's Journey (1990 documentary) | 9.0/10 | 8 |
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Cinema Europe: The Other Hollywood
(1995 TV mini-series documentary)
Documentary mini-series about the rise and fall of the European silent film industry. |
8.9/10 | 165 |
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Lillian Gish (1983 documentary) | " | 8 |
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Hollywood the Golden Years: The RKO Story (1987 TV series documentary) | 8.7/10 | 60 |
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The Film That Was Lost
(1942 short)
A look at the problems of film preservation efforts in the 1930s and 1940s. Focuses on MOMA's efforts which commenced on August 8... |
8.6/10 | 33 |
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American Masters
(1983 TV series documentary)
Episode: Danny Kaye: A Legacy of Laughter |
8.6/10 | 18 | |
| 12 | Dreamland: A History of Early Canadian Movies 1895-1939 (1974 documentary) | " | 16 | |
| 13 | Show People (1928) | 8.5/10 | 1,388 | |
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American Masters
(1983 TV series documentary)
Episode: None Without Sin |
" | 45 | |
| 15 | Singin' in the Rain (1952) | 8.4/10 | 50,235 | |
| 16 | Nuovo cinema Paradiso (1988) | " | 40,319 | |
| 17 | 100 Years at the Movies (1994 TV documentary short) | " | 343 | |
| 18 | The Lumière Brothers' First Films (1996 documentary) | 8.3/10 | 136 | |
| 19 | MGM: When the Lion Roars (1992 TV mini-series documentary) | " | 220 | |
| 20 |
American Masters
(1983 TV series documentary)
Episode: Harold Lloyd: The Third Genius |
" | 81 | |
| 21 | The Star Dreamer (2002 documentary) | " | 43 | |
| 22 | All About Desire: The Passionate Cinema of Pedro Almodovar (2001 TV documentary) | " | 68 | |
| 23 | You Must Remember This: The Warner Bros. Story (2008 video documentary) | " | 70 | |
| 24 | Die Macht der Bilder: Leni Riefenstahl (1993 documentary) | 8.2/10 | 777 | |
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Biography
(1987 TV series documentary)
Episode: Katharine Hepburn: On Her Own Terms |
" | 7 | |
| 26 | Precious Images (1986 documentary short) | 8.1/10 | 192 | |
| 27 | Cinerama Adventure (2002 documentary) | " | 84 | |
| 28 | Hollywood Vietnam (2005 TV documentary) | " | 23 | |
| 29 | GoldenEye: Building a Better Bond (2006 video documentary short) | " | 7 | |
| 30 | Brando (2007 TV documentary) | " | 344 | |
| 31 | The Men Who Made the Movies: Vincente Minnelli (1973 TV documentary) | 8.0/10 | 62 | |
| 32 | D.W. Griffith: Father of Film (1993 documentary) | " | 30 | |
| 33 | Forever Ealing (2002 TV documentary) | " | 76 | |
| 34 | Ben-Hur: The Making of an Epic (1993 video documentary) | " | 87 | |
| 35 | Complicated Women (2003 TV documentary) | " | 146 | |
| 36 | Hollywood Screen Tests: Take 1 (1999 TV documentary) | " | 14 | |
| 37 | Ordet og lyset (2001 documentary short) | " | 7 | |
| 38 | Strictly Courtroom (2008 TV documentary) | " | 23 | |
| 39 | Louise Brooks: Looking for Lulu (1998 documentary) | 7.9/10 | 151 | |
| 40 | The Hollywood Greats (1977 TV series documentary) | " | 12 | |
| 41 | Cleopatra: The Film That Changed Hollywood (2001 TV documentary) | " | 172 | |
| 42 | Los Angeles Plays Itself (2003 documentary) | " | 296 | |
| 43 |
Disneyland
(1954 TV series)
Episode: The Story of the Animated Drawing |
" | 5 | |
| 44 | The Forgotten Films of Roscoe Fatty Arbuckle (2005 video documentary) | " | 18 | |
| 45 | Universal Horror (1998 TV documentary) | 7.8/10 | 191 | |
| 46 | Funny Business (1992 TV series documentary) | " | 21 | |
| 47 |
American Masters
(1983 TV series documentary)
Episode: Preston Sturges: The Rise and Fall of an American Dreamer |
" | 68 | |
| 48 | Silent Clowns (2006 TV mini-series documentary) | " | 22 | |
| 49 | Not Quite Hollywood: The Wild, Untold Story of Ozploitation! (2008 documentary) | " | 889 | |
| 50 | Allemaal film (2007 TV series documentary) | " | 12 | |
| 51 | Eadweard Muybridge, Zoopraxographer (1975 documentary) | 7.7/10 | 47 | |
| 52 | Ingrid (1984 documentary) | " | 50 | |
| 53 | Lyrisch nitraat (1991 documentary) | " | 102 | |
| 54 | Forgotten Silver (1995 TV movie) | " | 3,042 | |
| 55 | Life with Judy Garland: Me and My Shadows (2001 TV mini-series) | " | 1,065 | |
| 56 |
Project XX
(1954 TV series documentary)
Episode: The Real West |
" | 12 | |
| 57 | The Pervert's Guide to Cinema (2006 documentary) | " | 960 | |
| 58 | Cleanflix (2009 documentary) | " | 12 | |
| 59 | The Age of Believing: The Disney Live Action Classics (2008 TV documentary) | " | 55 | |
| 60 | That's Entertainment! (1974 documentary) | 7.6/10 | 2,537 | |
| 61 | The Celluloid Closet (1995 documentary) | " | 2,665 | |
| 62 | 40,000 Years of Dreaming (1997 documentary) | " | 52 | |
| 63 | The House That Shadows Built (1931 documentary) | " | 26 | |
| 64 | Gagman (1987 TV series) | " | 6 | |
| 65 | Schlock! The Secret History of American Movies (2001 documentary) | " | 229 | |
| 66 | Bonds Are Forever (1983 video documentary) | " | 23 | |
| 67 | The Aviator (2004) | " | 75,886 | |
| 68 | A Decade Under the Influence (2003 documentary) | " | 1,042 | |
| 69 | The Century: America's Time (1999 TV mini-series documentary) | " | 29 | |
| 70 | The Cutting Edge: The Magic of Movie Editing (2004 documentary) | " | 653 | |
| 71 | This Film Is Not Yet Rated (2006 documentary) | " | 8,360 | |
| 72 | 007: The Return (1995 TV documentary) | " | 8 | |
| 73 | Schau mir in die Augen, Kleiner (2007 documentary) | " | 72 | |
| 74 | Truly, Madly, Cheaply!: British B Movies (2008 TV documentary) | " | 14 | |
| 75 | Hollywood: The Golden Years (1961 TV documentary) | 7.5/10 | 17 | |
| 76 | Charade (1984 short) | " | 159 | |
| 77 | Beim nächsten Kuß knall ich ihn nieder (1996) | " | 8 | |
| 78 | The Best of British Cinema (1987 video documentary short) | " | 10 | |
| 79 | As I Was Moving Ahead Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses of Beauty (2000 documentary) | " | 64 | |
| 80 | Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex, Drugs and Rock 'N' Roll Generation Saved Hollywood (2003 documentary) | " | 996 | |
| 81 | The Fantasy Film Worlds of George Pal (1985 documentary) | 7.4/10 | 65 | |
| 82 |
American Masters
(1983 TV series documentary)
Episode: Lena Horne: In Her Own Words |
" | 15 | |
| 83 | The Film Parade (1933) | " | 14 | |
| 84 |
Great Performances
(1972 TV series)
Episode: Chuck Jones: Extremes and In-Betweens - A Life in Animation |
" | 139 | |
| 85 | Lon Chaney: A Thousand Faces (2000 TV documentary) | " | 155 | |
| 86 | Musicals Great Musicals: The Arthur Freed Unit at MGM (1996 TV documentary) | " | 91 | |
| 87 | Bogart - As Time Goes by (2002 TV documentary short) | " | 11 | |
| 88 | Imaginary Witness: Hollywood and the Holocaust (2004 documentary) | " | 238 | |
| 89 | Z Channel: A Magnificent Obsession (2004 TV documentary) | " | 649 | |
| 90 | Edgar G. Ulmer - The Man Off-screen (2004 documentary) | " | 51 | |
| 91 | A Conversation with Lars von Trier About the Europe Trilogy (2005 video documentary short) | " | 5 | |
| 92 | That's Entertainment, Part II (1976 documentary) | 7.3/10 | 876 | |
| 93 | Dämonische Leinwand - Der deutsche Film der zwanziger Jahre (1998 documentary) | " | 9 | |
| 94 | Lekcja polskiego kina (2002 documentary) | " | 11 | |
| 95 |
The American Experience
(1988 TV series documentary)
Episode: Mary Pickford |
" | 49 | |
| 96 | Welcome to Japan, Mr. Bond (1967 TV documentary) | " | 22 | |
| 97 | Le vampire déchu (2007 TV documentary) | " | 32 | |
| 98 | Movie Magic (1994 TV series documentary) | 7.2/10 | 37 | |
| 99 | Hollywoodism: Jews, Movies and the American Dream (1998 TV documentary) | " | 118 | |
| 100 | The American Film Institute Salute to Fred Astaire (1981 TV documentary) | " | 82 | |
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