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by TomaszMikene | created - 18 Jan 2018 | updated - 12 Nov 2020 | PublicList of documental movies
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1. Häxan (1922)
Not Rated | 91 min | Documentary, Fantasy, Horror
Fictionalized documentary showing the evolution of witchcraft, from its pagan roots to its confusion with hysteria in Eastern Europe.
Director: Benjamin Christensen | Stars: Benjamin Christensen, Elisabeth Christensen, Maren Pedersen, Clara Pontoppidan
Votes: 16,737
2. Talking Heads (1980)
16 min | Documentary, Short, Biography
People of different age, profession and social status answer two simple questions: who they are and what they want from life.
Director: Krzysztof Kieslowski
Votes: 3,771
3. Wszystko moze sie przytrafic (1995)
39 min | Documentary, Short
An energetic six-year-old boy talks to elderly strangers relaxing in the park. He confronts his childish knowledge of the world with their life-long experience.
Director: Marcel Lozinski | Star: Tomasz Lozinski
Votes: 498
4. Pozegnanie z ojczyzna (1964)
16 min | Documentary, Short
Polish emigrants leave the native country they have just visited and take the ship back from Gdynia to Montreal. Most of them have difficulties with choosing either Canada or Poland to spend the rest of their lives.
Director: Marian Marzynski | Star: Tadeusz Bukowski
5. Panorama du grand Canal pris d'un bateau (1896)
1 min | Documentary, Short
The first moving shot, created by a stationary camera on a gondola in Panorama du Grand Canal vu d'un Bateau, was filmed by Alexandre Promio for Louis Lumiere. Filming Locations: Venice, Veneto, Italy. Release Date: 1896 (France).
Director: Alexandre Promio
Votes: 653
6. The Sea (1895)
1 min | Documentary, Short
Several little boys run along a pier, then jump into the ocean.
Director: Louis Lumière
Votes: 1,508
7. Arrivée d'un train gare de Vincennes (1896)
1 min | Documentary, Short
This lost film presumably features a train arriving at Vincennes station.
Director: Georges Méliès
Votes: 230
10. The Ossuary (1970)
Not Rated | 10 min | Documentary, Short, Horror
A non-narrative voyage round Sedlec Ossuary, which has been constructed from over 50,000 human skeletons (victims of the Black Death).
Director: Jan Svankmajer
Votes: 883
11. Vue prise d'une baleinière en marche (1900)
1 min | Documentary, Short
Black and white short film of men rowing a boat. They are hunting whales.
Votes: 205
12. Le Bey de Tunis et les personnages de sa suite descendant l'escalier du Bardo (1904)
1 min | Documentary, Short
Director: Alexandre Promio
Votes: 187
13. Traffic Crossing Leeds Bridge (1888)
1 min | Documentary, Short
A shot of people walking on The Leeds Bridge.
Director: Louis Aimé Augustin Le Prince
Votes: 3,299
14. Le déjeuner du chat (1895)
1 min | Documentary, Short
A medium closeup of a large cat, washing itself. A boy brings him/her a plate of milk.
Director: Louis Lumière | Star: Marcel Koehler
Votes: 489
15. Bocal aux poissons-rouges (1895)
1 min | Short, Documentary
No.18 in the Lumière catalogue really stands out. Most of their films were long shots of people in everyday situations, usually in a diagonal composition. So these poor fish did not have ... See full summary »
Director: Louis Lumière
Votes: 477
16. Roundhay Garden Scene (1888)
Not Rated | 1 min | Documentary, Short
In the garden, a man asks his friends to do something silly for him to record on film.
Director: Louis Aimé Augustin Le Prince | Stars: Annie Hartley, Adolphe Le Prince, Joseph Whitley, Sarah Whitley
Votes: 6,803
17. Leaving the Factory (1895)
Not Rated | 1 min | Documentary, Short
Workers leaving the Lumière factory for lunch in Lyon, France in 1895; a place of great photographic innovation and one of the birth places of cinema.
Director: Louis Lumière
Votes: 7,555
18. The Arrival of a Train (1896)
Not Rated | 1 min | Documentary, Short
A train arrives at La Ciotat station.
Directors: Auguste Lumière, Louis Lumière | Stars: Madeleine Koehler, Marcel Koehler, Mrs. Auguste Lumiere, Jeanne-Joséphine Lumière
Votes: 12,874
19. Ballada o prawdziwym klamstwie (2007)
74 min | Documentary
Director: Andrzej Trzos-Rastawiecki | Stars: Piotr Fronczewski, Edward Gierek, Wladyslaw Gomulka, Wojciech Jaruzelski
Votes: 17
20. Wizards of Waverly Place: Fashionista Presto Chango (2009 Video)
8 min | Documentary, Short
Stars: Jake T. Austin, Maria Canals-Barrera, Selena Gomez, Todd J. Greenwald
Votes: 29
21. Astérix et Obélix contre César: L'envers du décor (1999 Video)
24 min | Documentary, Short
Director: Pierre Bourgeois | Stars: Alain Bévérini, Claude Berri, Giannetto De Rossi, Sylvie Gautrelet
Votes: 171
22. Such a Nice Boy I Gave Birth To (2000)
25 min | Documentary, Short
A bold uncompromising look at the hell of the director's real-life family life. He still shares the apartment with his dysfunctional parents who use verbal violence towards him on a daily basis.
Director: Marcin Koszalka
Votes: 290
23. From a Night Porter's Point of View (1979)
17 min | Documentary, Short
A factory night watchman, who is a fanatic of total control, shares his opinions on various topics.
Director: Krzysztof Kieslowski | Star: Marian Osuch
Votes: 972
24. The Children of Leningradsky (2005)
35 min | Short, Documentary
AIDS, drug abuse, police brutality, and other social ills in post-Soviet Russia.
Directors: Andrzej Celinski, Hanna Polak
Votes: 951
25. Szczurolap (1986)
20 min | Documentary, Short
The only professional rat exterminator in Poland, who works on an industrial scale, presents his unorthodox methods of destroying the intelligent enemies.
Director: Andrzej Czarnecki
Votes: 166
26. Korkociag (1971)
10 min | Documentary, Short
The final stages of alcohol addiction are juxtaposed with the official attitude of Polish authorities towards the success of the ever-growing national alcohol industry.
Director: Marek Piwowski
Votes: 127
27. Night and Fog (1956)
TV-14 | 32 min | Documentary, Short, History
The history of Nazi Germany's death camps of the Final Solution and the hellish world of dehumanization and death contained inside.
Director: Alain Resnais | Stars: Michel Bouquet, Reinhard Heydrich, Heinrich Himmler, Adolf Hitler
Votes: 21,473
28. Elementarz (1976)
8 min | Documentary, Short
From the alphabet to the patriotic children's poem, an allegorical vision of social consciousness of 1970s Poland unravels and haunts us with a crowd of sad people in depressing surroundings.
Director: Wojciech Wiszniewski
Votes: 159
29. The Cock Fight (1894)
Not Rated | 1 min | Documentary, Short
Two gamecocks fight in the Edison Company film studio. This feature was remade later in the same year, with additional detail added.
Director: William K.L. Dickson
Votes: 650
30. Leonard-Cushing Fight (1894)
1 min | Documentary, Short, Sport
In the background, five fans lean on the ropes looking into the ring. The referee is to the left; like the fans, he hardly moves as two fighters swing roundhouse blows at each other. Mike ... See full summary »
Director: William K.L. Dickson | Stars: Jack Cushing, Mike Leonard
Votes: 509
31. Edison Kinetoscope Records: Annie Oakley (1894)
Not Rated | 1 min | Documentary, Short, Western
Annie Oakley, the 'Little Miss Sure Shot' of the 'Wild West' gives an exhibition of rifle shooting at glass balls and clay pigeons in a film from the Edison Catalog.
Director: William K.L. Dickson | Stars: Francis E. Butler, Annie Oakley
Votes: 1,492
32. Men Boxing (1891)
Not Rated | 1 min | Documentary, Short, Action
Two men wearing boxing gloves prepare to spar in the Edison Company studio.
Directors: William K.L. Dickson, William Heise
Votes: 1,112
33. Newark Athlete (1891)
Not Rated | 1 min | Documentary, Short, Sport
An athlete swings Indian clubs.
Director: William K.L. Dickson
Votes: 1,816
34. London's Trafalgar Square (1890)
1 min | Documentary, Short
A shot of Trafalgar Square.
Directors: William Carr Crofts, Wordsworth Donisthorpe
Votes: 916
35. Buffalo Dance (1894)
Not Rated | 1 min | Documentary, Short, Western
Three Sioux Indians perform a 'buffalo dance', while two others use drums to supply a rhythm. The three dancers move around in a circle as they perform the various actions that are part of the dance.
Director: William K.L. Dickson | Stars: Hair Coat, Parts His Hair, Last Horse
Votes: 1,035
36. Annabelle Butterfly Dance (1894)
Not Rated | 1 min | Documentary, Short
Annabelle (Whitford) Moore performs one of her popular dances. For this performance, her costume has a pair of wings attached to her back, to suggest a butterfly. As she dances, she uses her long, flowing skirts to create visual patterns.
Director: William K.L. Dickson | Star: Annabelle Moore
Votes: 998
37. Carmencita (1894)
Not Rated | 1 min | Documentary, Short
Performing on what looks like a small wooden stage, wearing a dress with a hoop skirt and white high-heeled pumps, Carmencita does a dance with kicks and twirls, a smile always on her face.
Director: William K.L. Dickson | Star: Carmencita
Votes: 2,052
38. Glenroy Brothers (Comic Boxing) (1894)
Not Rated | 1 min | Documentary, Short, Sport
The Glenroy Brothers perform a portion of their vaudeville act, "The Comic View of Boxing: The Tramp & the Athlete", which depicts a boxer with a classic style trying to contend with an opponent who uses a very unorthodox approach.
Director: William K.L. Dickson | Star: The Glenroy Brothers
Votes: 852
39. Brighton Street Scene (1888)
Documentary, Short
Lost film from 1888, directed by William Friese-Greene.
Director: William Friese-Greene
Votes: 161
40. Passage de Venus (1874)
1 min | Documentary, Short
Series of photographs of the transit of the planet Venus across the Sun in 1874.
Director: P.J.C. Janssen
Votes: 2,085
41. The Pickaninny Dance, from the 'Passing Show' (1894)
1 min | Documentary, Short
A scene representing Southern plantation life before the war. A jig and a breakdown by three colored boys.
Director: William K.L. Dickson | Stars: Joe Rastus, Denny Tolliver, Walter Wilkins
Votes: 278
42. Sandow: The Strong Man (1894)
Not Rated | 1 min | Documentary, Short
Eugen Sandow, who claims to be the strongest man in the world, appears in the Edison Company's film studio.
Director: William K.L. Dickson | Star: Eugen Sandow
Votes: 1,233
43. The Barbershop (1893)
1 min | Documentary, Short
Customer gets a lightning-fast shave.
Directors: William K.L. Dickson, William Heise
Votes: 1,209
44. Fishing for Goldfish (1895)
1 min | Documentary, Short
A baby held by his father dips his little hands into a water jug and he can' t catch the goldfish .
Director: Louis Lumière | Stars: Andrée Lumière, Auguste Lumière
Votes: 1,137
45. Ashes and Snow (2005)
62 min | Documentary, Drama
Exploring the shared language and poetic sensibilities of all animals.
Director: Gregory Colbert | Stars: Patrick Disanto, Laurence Fishburne, Jeanne Moreau, Enrique Rocha
Votes: 4,394
46. Baby's Meal (1895)
1 min | Documentary, Short
As part of a maiden public film screening at the Salon Indien, on December 28, in Paris, Auguste Lumière pivots the centre of attention around his baby daughter, as he tries to feed her from a spoon.
Director: Louis Lumière | Stars: Auguste Lumière, Mrs. Auguste Lumiere, Andrée Lumière
Votes: 3,514
48. Twin Peaks/Cop Rock: Behind the Scenes (1990 TV Movie)
Documentary
A promotional television special aired to prepare new viewers of ABC's shows Twin Peaks (for the second season), and Cop Rock (for the first season). It includes clips from Twin Peaks' ... See full summary »
Director: Eric Schotz | Stars: Alan Thicke, David Lynch, Mark Frost, Kyle MacLachlan
Votes: 27
49. Idem Paris (2013 Video)
8 min | Documentary, Short
A printing studio in Paris, France, document the lithographic process.
Director: David Lynch | Stars: Christian Charpin, Khindelvert Em, Patrick Pramil, Phaythoune Soukaloun
Votes: 460
50. Lumière and Company (1995)
Not Rated | 88 min | Documentary, Drama
40 international directors were asked to make a short film using the original Cinematographe invented by the Lumière brothers.
Directors: Theodoros Angelopoulos, Vicente Aranda, John Boorman, Youssef Chahine, Alain Corneau, Costa-Gavras, Raymond Depardon, Francis Girod, Peter Greenaway, Lasse Hallström, Hugh Hudson, Gaston Kaboré, Abbas Kiarostami, Cédric Klapisch, Andrey Konchalovskiy, Spike Lee, Claude Lelouch, Bigas Luna, Sarah Moon, Arthur Penn, Lucian Pintilie, Helma Sanders-Brahms, Jerry Schatzberg, Nadine Trintignant, Fernando Trueba, Liv Ullmann, Jaco Van Dormael, Régis Wargnier, Wim Wenders, Yoshishige Yoshida, Yimou Zhang, Merzak Allouache, Gabriel Axel, Michael Haneke, James Ivory, Patrice Leconte, David Lynch, Ismail Merchant, Claude Miller, Idrissa Ouedraogo, Jacques Rivette | Stars: Pernilla August, Max von Sydow, Merzak Allouache, Jeffe Alperi
Votes: 3,352
51. Game of Thrones: Season 2 - In Production, Belfast (2011 Video)
TV-PG | 3 min | Documentary, Short
Journey to Northern Ireland for this look at the breathtaking locations used in the hit HBO series 'Game of Thrones.'
Stars: Alfie Allen, David Benioff, Robert Boake, Gwendoline Christie
Votes: 284
52. Game of Thrones: Season 2 - In Production: Croatia (2012 Video)
TV-G | 3 min | Documentary, Short
Explore the exquisite shooting location in Croatia that has been transformed into King's Landing in Season 2 of 'Game of Thrones.'
Stars: David Benioff, Emilia Clarke, Peter Dinklage, Emilio Doorgasingh
Votes: 290
53. Game of Thrones: Season 2 - In Production, Iceland (2012 Video)
TV-G | 4 min | Short, Fantasy
A visit to 'Game of Thrones' frigid location shoot in Iceland where cast and crew battle the elements while filming Season 2.
Stars: Simon Armstrong, David Benioff, John Bradley, James Cosmo
Votes: 281
54. Game of Thrones Ice and Fire: A Foreshadowing (2014 TV Short)
15 min | Documentary, Short, Adventure
This documentary is a special that includes scenes from the new season, season 4, as well as interviews with the cast and crew.
Director: Jacqui Busséy | Star: James Tolcher
Votes: 58
55. Game of Thrones: A Day in the Life (2015 TV Movie)
26 min | Documentary
Glimpse the epic scale of Game of Thrones in this featurette that spends one day touring various Season 5 sets in Croatia, Spain and Ireland.
Stars: Duncan Muggoch, Christopher Newman, Peter Welter Soler, Michael Slovis
Votes: 547
56. Game of Thrones: The Politics of Power - A Look Back at Season 3 (2014 TV Movie)
27 min | Documentary
Director: Jacqui Busséy
Votes: 98
57. Eraserhead Stories (2001 Video)
85 min | Documentary
The enduring hope that humanity may or may not persevere. A tale of love and abandonment.
Director: David Lynch | Stars: Catherine E. Coulson, David Lynch, Jack Nance
Votes: 575
58. Siege (1940)
10 min | Documentary, Short, History
A short film which documents the siege of Warsaw at the beginning of World War II.
Director: Julien Bryan | Star: Julien Bryan
Votes: 257
59. For All Mankind (1989)
Not Rated | 80 min | Documentary, History
An in-depth look at various NASA moon landing missions, starting with Apollo 8.
Director: Al Reinert | Stars: Jim Lovell, Ken Mattingly, Russell Schweickart, Eugene Cernan
Votes: 6,536 | Gross: $0.77M
60. Moje miasto (1950)
6 min | Documentary, Short
A personal and lyrical vision of Cracow presented by Wojciech Has. The nostalgic tone of the narrator/protagonist talks about a city he regrets having to leave.
Director: Wojciech Has
Votes: 82
62. Ulica Brzozowa (1947)
9 min | Documentary, Short
The battered Warsaw is getting back to life after the WW2 destruction. The ruins of the Old Town become homes once again.
Directors: Wojciech Has, Stanislaw Rózewicz | Star: Jerzy Piórkowski
Votes: 76
63. Ukryta prawda (2012– )
60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
It is a Polish television series produced by TVN television station. The hidden truth tells the stories that life wrote, the fate of the people next to us. Each episode has a tense tale, ... See full summary »
Stars: Agnieszka Czekanska, Dawid Kwidzinski, Iwona Pytel, Michal Szczerbiec
Votes: 71
64. Crimes That Shook the World (2006– )
Documentary, Crime
Some of the most notorious murderers in recent history are examined. Using dramatic reconstruction and expert testimony, this is a forensic account of the perpetrators and the detectives in the crimes that shook the world.
Stars: Tim Pigott-Smith, Gregg McCrary, Franc Violi, Alistair Lock
Votes: 172
65. W11. Wydzial sledczy (2004–2014)
40 min | Crime
Stars: Sebastian Watroba, Joanna Czechowska, Anna Potaczek, Maciej Friedek
Votes: 78
66. Boso przez swiat (2007–2010)
25 min | Documentary, Adventure
Star: Wojciech Cejrowski
Votes: 119
67. Wojciech Cejrowski. Boso (2011– )
25 min | Documentary, Adventure
Star: Wojciech Cejrowski
Votes: 48
68. Inside Look: The People v. O.J. Simpson - American Crime Story (2016)
TV-14 | 5 min | Documentary, Short
Inside the series of the same name.
Stars: Sarah Paulson, Sterling K. Brown, Nina Jacobson, Brad Simpson
Votes: 27,209
69. The Sopranos: A Sitdown (2007 TV Short)
12 min | Documentary, Short
Stars: Ray Abruzzo, Sharon Angela, Tiffany L. Baker, Robert Bizik
Votes: 47
70. Making 'Cleaver' (2007 TV Short)
8 min | Short, Comedy
Cleaver is a metafictional film within a TV-series that serves as an important plot element toward the end of the HBO television drama series The Sopranos.
Stars: Ray Abruzzo, Daniel Baldwin, Tim Daly, Drea de Matteo
Votes: 115
71. MythBusters (2003–2018)
TV-PG | 44 min | Documentary, Mystery, Reality-TV
A weekly documentary in which two Hollywood special effects experts attempt to debunk urban legends by directly testing them.
Stars: Robert Lee, Jamie Hyneman, Adam Savage, Kari Byron
Votes: 54,808
72. Through the Wormhole (2010–2017)
TV-PG | 60 min | Documentary
Hosted by Morgan Freeman, Through the Wormhole will explore the deepest mysteries of existence - the questions that have puzzled mankind for eternity. What are we made of? What was there ... See full summary »
Stars: Morgan Freeman, Sean Carroll, Michio Kaku, Kip Thorne
Votes: 18,433
73. 1000 Ways to Die (2008–2012)
TV-14 | 23 min | Documentary, Comedy, Horror
Several different deaths based on true stories.
Stars: Alisdair Simpson, Ron Perlman, Khyber Zaffarkhan, Boyd Flinders
Votes: 4,359
74. Ancient Aliens (2009– )
TV-PG | 42 min | Documentary, History, Sci-Fi
Science and mythology - and how they are the same thing.
Stars: Robert Clotworthy, Giorgio A. Tsoukalos, David Childress, William Henry
Votes: 12,576
75. How It's Made (2001–2019)
TV-G | 24 min | Documentary
Television series that documents how various everyday products are made.
Stars: Brooks Moore, Tony Hirst, Lynne Adams, Lynn Herzeg
Votes: 8,206
76. Human (I) (2015)
Not Rated | 263 min | Documentary
A collection of stories about and images of our world, offering an immersion to the core of what it means to be human.
Director: Yann Arthus-Bertrand | Stars: Luis Cancu, Atman, Berthony, Bruno
Votes: 8,831
77. Baraka (1992)
Not Rated | 96 min | Documentary
A collection of expertly photographed scenes of human life and religion.
Director: Ron Fricke | Star: Patrick Disanto
Votes: 40,998 | Gross: $1.33M
78. Samsara (I) (2011)
PG-13 | 102 min | Documentary, Music
Filmed over nearly five years in twenty-five countries on five continents, and shot on seventy-millimetre film, Samsara transports us to the varied worlds of sacred grounds, disaster zones, industrial complexes, and natural wonders.
Director: Ron Fricke | Stars: Balinese Tari Legong Dancers, Ni Made Megahadi Pratiwi, Puti Sri Candra Dewi, Putu Dinda Pratika
Votes: 38,056 | Gross: $2.67M
79. Powaqqatsi (1988)
G | 99 min | Documentary, Music
An exploration of technologically developing nations and the effect the transition to Western-style modernization has had on them.
Director: Godfrey Reggio | Stars: Christie Brinkley, David Brinkley, Patrick Disanto, Pope John Paul II
Votes: 8,878 | Gross: $0.59M
80. Koyaanisqatsi (1982)
Not Rated | 86 min | Documentary, Music
A collection of expertly photographed phenomena with no conventional plot. The footage focuses on the relationship between nature, humanity, and technology.
Director: Godfrey Reggio | Stars: Edward Asner, Pat Benatar, Jerry Brown, Johnny Carson
Votes: 41,503 | Gross: $1.72M
81. Anima Mundi (1991)
28 min | Documentary, Short
Image and music are intertwined in this third collaboration between director Godfrey Reggio and composer Philip Glass. The film was produced to celebrate the World Wildlife Fund's ... See full summary »
Director: Godfrey Reggio
Votes: 1,356
82. Naqoyqatsi (2002)
PG | 89 min | Documentary, Music
A visual montage portrait of our contemporary world dominated by globalized technology and violence.
Director: Godfrey Reggio | Stars: Belladonna, Marlon Brando, Elton John, Julia Louis-Dreyfus
Votes: 6,241 | Gross: $0.13M
83. Inside Look: The Assassination of Gianni Versace - American Crime Story (2017–2018)
TV-MA | 3 min | Documentary, Short
An inside look at the making of American Crime Story: The Assassination of Gianni Versace.
Stars: Darren Criss, Giovanni Cirfiera, Ricky Martin, Penélope Cruz
Votes: 10,470
84. Demon Clown (2016)
11 min | Documentary, Short, Comedy | Completed
An odd, childlike clown is documented by a film crew, after he unknowingly becomes a viral hit.
Director: Roman Gabriel Arriola | Stars: Beccy Quinn, David A. Flores, Gerald Alejandro Ford, Alex Anaya
Votes: 18
85. Gaga: Five Foot Two (2017)
TV-MA | 100 min | Documentary, Music
This documentary goes behind the scenes with pop provocateur Lady Gaga as she releases a bold new album and prepares for her Super Bowl halftime show.
Director: Chris Moukarbel | Stars: Sandra Amador, Michael Bearden, Tony Bennett, BloodPop
Votes: 13,695
86. Amy (III) (2015)
R | 128 min | Documentary, Biography, Music
Archival footage and personal testimonials present an intimate portrait of the life and career of British singer/songwriter Amy Winehouse.
Director: Asif Kapadia | Stars: Amy Winehouse, Mitch Winehouse, Mark Ronson, Russell Brand
Votes: 55,097 | Gross: $8.41M
87. Secrets of the Saqqara Tomb (2020)
TV-PG | 113 min | Documentary, History
After unearthing a tomb that had been untouched for 4,400 years, Egyptian archaeologists attempt to decipher the history of the astonishing find.
Director: James Tovell | Stars: Ahmed Zikrey Abdellhak, Ghareeb Ali Mohammed Abushousha, Nabil Eldaleel, Sabry Mohyeldin Farag
Votes: 7,176
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