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1. Man with a Movie Camera (1929)
Not Rated | 68 min | Documentary
A man travels around a city with a camera slung over his shoulder, documenting urban life with dazzling invention.
Director: Dziga Vertov | Stars: Mikhail Kaufman, Elizaveta Svilova
Votes: 28,002
2. Nanook of the North (1922)
Passed | 78 min | Documentary
In this silent predecessor to the modern documentary, film-maker Robert J. Flaherty spends one year following the lives of Nanook and his family, Inuits living in the Arctic Circle.
Director: Robert J. Flaherty | Stars: Allakariallak, Alice Nevalinga, Cunayou, Allegoo
Votes: 13,458
3. Forest of Bliss (1986)
Unrated | 90 min | Documentary
A look at daily life in the city of Benares, India, one of the most religious places in the country.
Director: Robert Gardner
Votes: 324
4. Exit Through the Gift Shop (2010)
R | 87 min | Documentary, Comedy, Crime
Following the style of some of the world's most prolific street artists, an amateur filmmaker makes a foray into the art world.
Director: Banksy | Stars: Banksy, Mr. Brainwash, Space Invader, Debora Guetta
Votes: 68,835 | Gross: $3.29M
5. Waste Land (2010)
Not Rated | 99 min | Documentary
On the outskirts of Rio de Janeiro is Jardim Gramacho, the world's largest landfill, where men and women sift through garbage for a living. Artist Vik Muniz produces portraits of the workers and learns about their lives.
Directors: Lucy Walker, Karen Harley, João Jardim | Star: Vik Muniz
Votes: 9,362 | Gross: $0.19M
6. The Battle of Chile: Part I (1975)
Not Rated | 97 min | Documentary, History
The chronicle of the political tension in Chile in 1973 and of the violent counter revolution against the democratically elected government of Salvador Allende.
Director: Patricio Guzmán | Stars: Abilio Fernández, Salvador Allende
Votes: 1,614
7. The Battle of Chile: Part II (1976)
Not Rated | 88 min | Documentary, History
Filmmaker Patricio Guzmán tracks the deterioration of Salvador Allende's position following the attempted coup d'état of 29 June 1973, and analyzes the 10 weeks before Augusto Pinochet's CIA-backed seizure of power.
Director: Patricio Guzmán | Stars: Salvador Allende, Carlos Altamirano, Fernando Castillo, Luis Corvalán
Votes: 1,283
8. Fahrenheit 9/11 (2004)
R | 122 min | Documentary, Drama, War
Michael Moore's view on what happened to the United States after September 11 and how the Bush Administration allegedly used the tragic event to push forward its agenda for unjust wars in Afghanistan and Iraq.
Director: Michael Moore | Stars: Michael Moore, George W. Bush, Ben Affleck, Stevie Wonder
Votes: 132,405 | Gross: $119.19M
9. Bowling for Columbine (2002)
R | 120 min | Documentary, Crime, Drama
Filmmaker Michael Moore explores the roots of America's predilection for gun violence.
Director: Michael Moore | Stars: Michael Moore, Charlton Heston, Marilyn Manson, Salvador Allende
Votes: 148,766 | Gross: $21.58M
10. We Feed the World (2005)
Not Rated | 96 min | Documentary
A look at how the world's food is produced and how mass production changes the environment and the lives of people.
Director: Erwin Wagenhofer | Stars: Jean Ziegler, Peter Brabeck, Karl Otrok
Votes: 2,478
11. Buena Vista Social Club (1999)
G | 105 min | Documentary, Music
Aging Cuban musicians whose talents had been virtually forgotten following Castro's takeover of Cuba, are brought out of retirement by Ry Cooder, who travelled to Havana in order to bring the musicians together, resulting in triumphant performances of extraordinary music, and resurrecting the musicians' careers.
Director: Wim Wenders | Stars: Compay Segundo, Ibrahim Ferrer, Rubén González, Octavio Calderon
Votes: 20,550 | Gross: $7.00M
12. Pina (2011)
PG | 103 min | Documentary, Music
A tribute to the late German choreographer Pina Bausch, as her dancers perform her most famous creations.
Director: Wim Wenders | Stars: Pina Bausch, Regina Advento, Malou Airaudo, Ruth Amarante
Votes: 15,952 | Gross: $3.52M
13. Que Viva Mexico (1979)
Not Rated | 90 min | Documentary, Drama, Western
Eisenstein shows us Mexico in this movie, its history and its culture. He believes, that Mexico can become a modern state.
Director: Sergei Eisenstein | Stars: Sergey Bondarchuk, Grigoriy Aleksandrov
Votes: 1,884
14. Tarnation (2003)
Unrated | 88 min | Documentary, Biography
Filmmaker Jonathan Caouette's documentary on growing up with his schizophrenic mother -- a mixture of snapshots, Super-8 film, answering machine messages, video diaries, early short films, and more - culled from nineteen years of his life.
Director: Jonathan Caouette | Stars: Jonathan Caouette, Renee Leblanc, Adolph Davis, Rosemary Davis
Votes: 6,710 | Gross: $0.59M
15. Die Geschichte vom weinenden Kamel (2003)
PG | 93 min | Documentary, Drama, Family
When a Mongolian nomadic family's newest camel colt is rejected by its mother, a musician is needed for a ritual to change her mind.
Directors: Byambasuren Davaa, Luigi Falorni | Stars: Janchiv Ayurzana, Chimed Ohin, Amgaabazar Gonson, Zeveljamz Nyam
Votes: 6,414 | Gross: $1.74M
16. Persepolis (2007)
PG-13 | 96 min | Animation, Biography, Drama
A precocious and outspoken Iranian girl grows up during the Islamic Revolution.
Directors: Vincent Paronnaud, Marjane Satrapi | Stars: Chiara Mastroianni, Catherine Deneuve, Gena Rowlands, Danielle Darrieux
Votes: 100,211 | Gross: $4.45M
17. The City of Photographers (2006)
80 min | Documentary
A film about the fearless photographers and photojournalists who documented strikes, demonstrations, protests etc during the Chilean military regime of Augusto Pinochet, sometimes risking their very lives.
Director: Sebastián Moreno | Stars: Verónica De Negri, José Durán, Paz Errázuriz, Julia Garrido
Votes: 191
19. Los ladrones viejos. Las leyendas del artegio (2007)
97 min | Documentary, Crime
A series of stories with old thieves. Framed portraits in Mexico City from the 1970s and 1980s. From the corners of poverty and the prowess of being able to steal "honestly", a series of ... See full summary »
Director: Everardo González
Votes: 334
20. The English Surgeon (2007)
TV-14 | 93 min | Documentary
This documentary offers a glimpse into the life of an English neurosurgeon (Henry Marsh) situated in Ukraine as we are exposed to the overwhelming dilemmas he has to face and the burden he has to carry throughout his profession.
Director: Geoffrey Smith | Star: Henry Marsh
Votes: 760
21. The Inheritors (2008)
90 min | Documentary
Depicts the lives of children and their families who labor in the Mexican countryside.
Director: Eugenio Polgovsky
Votes: 123
22. RiP: A Remix Manifesto (2008)
Not Rated | 87 min | Documentary, Music
A documentary which examines copyright issues in the information age.
Director: Brett Gaylor | Star: Cory Doctorow
Votes: 1,296
23. MATA MATA: Stories about Football, Dreams and Life (2014)
90 min | Documentary, Biography, Drama
'Mata Mata' is the Brazilian term for a 'knockout match': a win-or-go-home battle, do or die and sometimes also a metaphor for life. The Film 'Mata Mata' is the never before told story of the ups and downs in becoming a football superstar.
Director: Jens Hoffmann | Stars: Dante Bonfim, Danilo Barbosa, Thiago Mosquito, Leo Bonatini
Votes: 87
24. Chile, the Obstinate Memory (1997)
59 min | Documentary
After decades of fascist rule in Chile, Patricio Guzman returns to his country to screen his documentary, Battle of Chile, which until the time of the filming was banned by authorities. His... See full summary »
Director: Patricio Guzmán | Stars: Patricio Guzmán, Vincent Davy, Hortensia Allende, José Balmes
Votes: 371
25. Valparaiso (1963)
27 min | Documentary, Short
A travelogue of Valparaiso, Chile, a city built on steep hills. Life is a constant struggle against geography. Neighbourhoods are reached by series of ramps, staircases, and funicular ... See full summary »
Director: Joris Ivens | Star: Roger Pigaut
Votes: 1,321
26. Sans Soleil (1983)
Not Rated | 100 min | Documentary, Drama
A woman narrates the contemplative writings of a seasoned world traveler, focusing on contemporary Japan.
Director: Chris Marker | Stars: Amilcar Cabral, Florence Delay, Arielle Dombasle, Riyoko Ikeda
Votes: 12,136 | Gross: $0.03M
27. What Happened, Miss Simone? (2015)
Not Rated | 101 min | Documentary, Biography, Music
A documentary about the life and legend Nina Simone, an American singer, pianist, and civil rights activist labeled the "High Priestess of Soul."
Director: Liz Garbus | Stars: Nina Simone, Lisa Simone Kelly, Roger Nupie, Al Schackman
Votes: 14,836
28. The Bridge (1928)
15 min | Documentary, Short
Close shots of a railway train underway: track racing underneath, steam escaping, cars coupling, gears ratcheting, signals changing.
Director: Joris Ivens
Votes: 510
29. Dead Birds (1963)
Not Rated | 85 min | Documentary
An ethnographic documentary with allegorical undertones about the Dani people of Papua Barat and their social values based on an elaborate system of tribal warfare and revenge.
Director: Robert Gardner | Star: Robert Gardner
Votes: 282
30. Deep Hearts (1981)
Documentary
An ethnographic portrayal of the Bororo people of Niger, showing an annual ritual dance, which symbolizes their beliefs about containing and controlling their feelings of love.
Director: Robert Gardner | Star: Robert Gardner
Votes: 11
31. Searching for Sugar Man (2012)
PG-13 | 86 min | Documentary, Biography, Music
Two South Africans set out to discover what happened to their unlikely musical hero, the mysterious 1970s rock n roller, Rodriguez.
Director: Malik Bendjelloul | Stars: Rodriguez, Stephen 'Sugar' Segerman, Dennis Coffey, Mike Theodore
Votes: 72,923 | Gross: $3.97M
33. Un tren a Pampa Blanca (2011)
79 min | Documentary
Director: Rodolfo Pochat | Stars: Chumbita Adriana, Filomena Gómez, Kevin Martínez, Sonia Martínez
Votes: 8
34. Narco Cultura (2013)
R | 103 min | Documentary, Crime
Narco Cultura (Spanish, English subtitles) takes viewers behind the scenes of narcocorridos, the most explosive and violent music subculture in America.
Director: Shaul Schwarz
Votes: 2,499 | Gross: $0.14M
35. My Beautiful Broken Brain (2014)
TV-14 | 86 min | Documentary, Biography
After suffering a stroke at age 34, a woman documents her struggles, setbacks and eventual breakthrough as she relearns to speak, read and write.
Directors: Sophie Robinson, Lotje Sodderland | Stars: David Lynch, Sophie Robinson, Hente Sodderland, Jan Sodderland
Votes: 2,456
36. Cartel Land (2015)
R | 100 min | Documentary
Filmmaker Matthew Heineman examines the state of the ongoing drug problem along the U.S.-Mexican border.
Director: Matthew Heineman | Stars: Tim Foley, José Manuel 'El Doctor' Mireles, Paco Valencia, Chaneque
Votes: 18,829 | Gross: $0.70M
37. The Pearl Button (2015)
Not Rated | 82 min | Documentary
Delving into the nearly-religious significance of water, this profound rumination on memory and loss bridges the gap between its mystical origins, Pinochet's coup d'état, and the secret of a mother-of-pearl button at the bottom of the sea.
Director: Patricio Guzmán | Stars: Martín Calderón, Cristina, Patricio Guzmán, Ema Malig
Votes: 2,902
38. Parador Húngaro (2014)
79 min | Documentary, Biography, History
The story of what happens in between where we are born and who we decide to be, the only place we can really call home.
Directors: Patrick Alexander, Aseneth Suarez Ruiz | Star: Gyuri Villás
Votes: 63
39. Onces (2003)
37 min | Documentary, Drama, Short
Director: Alejandro Gerber Bicecci | Stars: Daniel Barragan, Gabriel Castillo, Gustavo Lara, Enrique Metinides
40. Toro negro (2005)
87 min | Documentary
Intimate and fascinating portrait of Fernando, also known as El Suicida and El Negro, a bull fighter in the slums of the Mexican Yucutan Peninsular. Sometimes he is a charming host to the ... See full summary »
Directors: Carlos Armella, Pedro González-Rubio | Stars: Fernando Pacheco, Romelia Sosa, Mario Tello, Teodoro
Votes: 82
41. Intimidades de Shakespeare y Víctor Hugo (2008)
83 min | Documentary, Crime, Thriller
My grandmother??s lodging house situated at the corner of Shakespeare and Victor Hugo streets in Mexico City. When I was ten years old I met one of them. His name was Jorge Riosse. My grand... See full summary »
Director: Yulene Olaizola | Stars: Regina Cardo, Florencia Vega Moctezuma
Votes: 278
43. 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
44. 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
45. 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: 12,875
46. Annabelle Serpentine Dance (1895)
Not Rated | 1 min | Documentary, Short
Annabelle (Whitford) Moore performs one of her popular dance routines. She uses her dance steps and her long, flowing skirts to create a variety of visual patterns.
Directors: William K.L. Dickson, William Heise | Star: Annabelle Moore
Votes: 2,405
47. The Corbett-Fitzsimmons Fight (1897)
100 min | Documentary, News, Sport
Documentary film depicting the 1897 boxing match between James J. Corbett and Bob Fitzsimmons in Carson City, Nevada on St. Patrick's Day. Originally running for more than 100 minutes, it is the world's first feature film.
Director: Enoch J. Rector | Stars: James J. Corbett, Bob Fitzsimmons, Billy Madden, George Siler
Votes: 512
48. Child Fidencio, the Healer of Espinazo (1981)
80 min | Documentary
Director: Nicolás Echevarría
Votes: 29
50. The Chilean Building (2010)
96 min | Documentary, Biography, Drama
Towards the end of the seventies, the militants of MIR exiled in Europe, decided to return to Chile in order to support the fight against the military dictatorship. The ones who could would... See full summary »
Directors: Macarena Aguilo, Susana Foxley
Votes: 52
51. Waiting for Superman (2010)
PG | 111 min | Documentary
An examination of the current state of education in America today.
Director: Davis Guggenheim | Stars: Charles Adams, Jonathan Alter, Robert Balfanz, Harriet Ball
Votes: 11,635 | Gross: $6.41M
52. The Battle of Midway (1942)
TV-PG | 18 min | Documentary, Short, War
The Japanese attack on Midway in June 1942, filmed as it happened.
Director: John Ford | Stars: Henry Fonda, Jane Darwell, Logan Ramsey, James Roosevelt
Votes: 2,272
53. The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution (2015)
Not Rated | 115 min | Documentary, History
This documentary tells the rise and fall of the Black Panther Party, one of the 20th century's most alluring and controversial organizations that captivated the world's attention for nearly 50 years.
Director: Stanley Nelson | Stars: Blair Anderson, Omar Barbour, Julian Bond, Elaine Brown
Votes: 2,144 | Gross: $0.48M
54. Devil's Freedom (2017)
TV-MA | 74 min | Documentary
A documentary about the violence in Mexico told from the word of those who have suffered the pain and those who make the pain.
Director: Everardo González
Votes: 957
55. El viaje del cometa (2009)
86 min | Documentary
Enoc and Maria Luisa a retired teachers couple travels in a RV packed with telescopes to the most remote places in Mexico to teach and share their love for astronomy.
Director: Ivonne Fuentes | Stars: Maria Luisa Aguilar, Enoc Fuentes, Víctor Enoch García
Votes: 56
56. María Sabina, mujer espíritu (1978)
80 min | Documentary
"Maria Sabina, woman spirit", is the cinematic portrait of one of the most famous healers-shamans of Mexico.
Director: Nicolás Echevarría | Star: María Sabina
Votes: 79
57. Reminiscences of a Journey to Lithuania (1972)
Not Rated | 88 min | Documentary
Filmmaker Jonas Mekas creates an elegiac diary of a trip to his home country of Lithuania.
Director: Jonas Mekas | Stars: Jonas Mekas, Adolfas Mekas, Pola Chapelle, Ken Jacobs
Votes: 1,252
58. Enough with Catcalling (2018)
73 min | Documentary
This documentary illustrates how the participation of women in open urban spaces is marked by insecurity and harassment, explores the public space as a place of violence and analyzes how ... See full summary »
Directors: Fernanda Frazão, Amanda Kamancheck | Stars: Raquel Braga S. Carvalho, Teresa Chaves, Rosa Cruz, Djamila Ribeiro
Votes: 109
59. Artemio (II) (2017)
48 min | Documentary
Artemio was born in the United States. Now he lives in a small town in Guerrero, Mexico, with his mother and his new family. Despite his roots are in Mexico, he still doesn't feel like a part of it.
Director: Sandra Luz López Barroso | Stars: Artemio Gómez Zárate, Cocco Zárate
Votes: 16
60. The Beaches of Agnès (2008)
Not Rated | 112 min | Documentary, Biography
Agnès Varda explores her memories, mostly chronologically, with photographs, film clips, interviews, reenactments, and droll, playful contemporary scenes of her narrating her story.
Director: Agnès Varda | Stars: Agnès Varda, André Lubrano, Blaise Fournier, Vincent Fournier
Votes: 4,786 | Gross: $0.24M
61. Sol negro (2016)
Not Rated | 43 min | Documentary, Short, Drama
Antonia is a lyrical singer whose beauty is uncommon, lush and somber. Recovering from a suicide attempt in a rehabilitation institution, all her family ties are irreparably broken. But her sister remains deeply affected by what happened.
Director: Laura Huertas Millán | Stars: Laura Huertas Millán, Nohemi Millan, Martha Millán
Votes: 121
62. La Libertad (2017)
Not Rated | 30 min | Documentary, Short
La Libertad follows a group of matriarchal weavers in Mexico, formally mimicking the examination of an object through subtle shifts in scale and space.
Director: Laura Huertas Millán | Stars: Crispina Navarro, Inés Navarro, Gerardo Navarro, Margarita Navarro
Votes: 99
63. Ruben Blades Is Not My Name (2018)
TV-14 | 85 min | Documentary
Latin American icon Ruben Blades was at the center of the New York Salsa revolution in the 1970's. His socially charged lyrics and explosive rhythms brought Salsa music to an international ... See full summary »
Director: Abner Benaim | Stars: Rubén Blades, Residente, Gilberto Santa Rosa, Paul Simon
Votes: 212
64. Elena (II) (2012)
80 min | Documentary, Biography, Drama
Elena, a young Brazilian woman, travels to New York with the same dream as her mother, to become a movie actress. She leaves behind her childhood spent in hiding during the years of the ... See full summary »
Director: Petra Costa | Stars: Li An, Elena Andrade, Petra Costa
Votes: 2,051
65. The Pretty Ones (2016)
Not Rated | 77 min | Documentary, Drama
Melisa, filmmaker and character in The Pretty Ones is young, intelligent and funny, but also critical and ironic. She interviews her friends, reconstructs herself as a person using family ... See full summary »
Director: Melisa Liebenthal | Stars: Melisa Liebenthal, Victoria D'Amuri, Camila Magliano, Sofia Mele
Votes: 198
66. The Sower (2018)
86 min | Documentary
This is the story of a teacher who has been a father to the children of the community and that has made the school a second home for all of them.
Director: Melissa Elizondo Moreno
Votes: 116
67. Tío Yim (2019)
82 min | Documentary
I am afraid of returning to my hometown and finding my father dead. Memoires of Uncle Yim, as told by his daughter, Luna.
Director: Luna Marán
Votes: 23
68. Adolescents (2019)
135 min | Documentary
Anaïs and Emma have been best friends since childhood. It's a friendship is filmed over the years, during a period when their physical, emotional and intellectual development is dramatic.
Director: Sébastien Lifshitz | Stars: Anaïs, Emma
Votes: 977
69. The Mole Agent (2020)
Not Rated | 84 min | Documentary
A private investigator in Chile hires someone to work as a mole at a retirement home where a client of his suspects the caretakers of elder abuse.
Director: Maite Alberdi | Stars: Sergio Chamy, Romulo Aitken, Marta Olivares, Berta Ureta
Votes: 9,503
70. Rush Hour (2018)
80 min | Documentary
A documentary of three people in three different cities, Istanbul, Los Angeles, and Mexico City, sharing their experiences on commuting - a sacrifice of half their lives for the sake of supporting themselves and their families.
Director: Luciana Kaplan | Star: Nicole Monosky
Votes: 110
71. Flor en otomí (2012)
78 min | Documentary, Biography, Crime
At 19, Deni Prieto Stock joined a guerrilla group and, four months later, on February 14, 1974, was murdered by the Mexican army in Nepantla, Mexico State together with four companions. A ... See full summary »
Director: Luisa Riley
Votes: 20
72. The Other Side of the Wall (2017)
68 min | Documentary
Ale (18) and Rocio's (13) relationship is faced with the greatest challenge possible when their mother is imprisoned under dubious charges. They have to act as father and mother to their two younger siblings.
Director: Pau Ortiz
Votes: 58
73. La chirola (2008)
26 min | Documentary, Short
What can represent the confinement for a person. The emotions, changes, uncertainties and traumas that are generated in a space/situation limit. Place from where a particular form is constructed to see the life and the freedom.
Director: Diego Mondaca
Votes: 39
75. El Tema (2021– )
Documentary
The six-episode, documentary web series deals with the fundamental aspects of the climate crisis in Mexico through the stories and experiences of environmental activists, human rights ... See full summary »
Stars: Gael García Bernal, Yásnaya Aguilar
Votes: 7
76. Gente de Mar y Viento (2014)
26 min | Documentary, Short, Drama
On the Isthmus of Tehuantepec in Juchitan, Oaxaca is the town of Alvaro Obregon. Here, the members of a Binniza (Zapotec) community have been under constant threat since a transnational ... See full summary »
Director: Ingrid Eunice Fabián González
77. Midnight Family (2019)
Unrated | 81 min | Documentary, Action, Crime
In Mexico City's wealthiest neighborhoods, the Ochoa family runs a private ambulance, competing with other for-profit EMTs for patients in need of urgent help.
Director: Luke Lorentzen | Stars: Juan Ochoa, Fer Ochoa, Josue Ochoa, Manuel Hernandez
Votes: 2,018
78. La zozobra (2020)
68 min | Documentary
Five oil tankers went aground in the coasts of the Gulf of Mexico. Thousands of oil workers lost their jobs, their payments and their rights. The platforms threaten to exploit the densest ... See full summary »
Director: Pablo Cruz Villalba
79. Hidden (V) (2020)
18 min | Documentary, Short, Music
Jafar Panahi sets out to find a young woman with a golden voice that has been forbidden to sing by her family.
Director: Jafar Panahi | Stars: Shabnam Yousefi, Solmaz Panahi, Jafar Panahi, Leyla Khezri
Votes: 646
80. Users (2021)
81 min | Documentary
Documentary explores how humanity expresses itself with technology and the intended and unintended consequences of our tech-dominated world.
Director: Natalia Almada
Votes: 90
81. Nuhuu yagmuu yog ham: Essa Terra é Nossa! (2020)
70 min | Documentary
In the past, when white people didn't exist, we used to hunt with our yamayxop spirits. The whites came, cut down the trees, dried up the rivers and scared the animals away. Today, our tall... See full summary »
Directors: Carolina Canguçu, Isael Maxakali, Sueli Maxakali, Roberto Romero
Votes: 27
82. Al otro lado (2005)
70 min | Documentary
Told using Mexico's 200 year-old tradition of corrido music, To The Other Side recounts the story of an aspiring corrido composer facing two life-changing choices: to traffic drugs or unlawfully cross the border into the United States.
Director: Natalia Almada
Votes: 67
83. Sisters with Transistors (2020)
86 min | Documentary, Music
Follows the story of electronic music's female pioneers, composers who embraced machines and their liberating technologies to utterly transform how we produce and listen to music today.
Director: Lisa Rovner | Stars: Jean-Michel Jarre, Kim Gordon, Wendy Carlos, Laurie Anderson
Votes: 995
84. The One Amongst the Shadows (2021)
90 min | Documentary
Surrounded by prayers, music, altars and color, Lizbeth, a transsexual afro-descendant leads the funerary rituals of a small community in Guerrero, Mexico. Liz is heir to ancient knowledge,... See full summary »
Director: Sandra Luz López Barroso
Votes: 13
85. El Silencio del Topo (2021)
91 min | Documentary
In the 1970s, journalist Elías Barahona, also known as "The Mole", infiltrated the heart of one of the most repressive governments in Guatemalan history. The film captures the moments when ... See full summary »
Director: Anaïs Taracena
Votes: 56
86. La batalla del volcán (2018)
93 min | Documentary
A group of veterans "guerrilla and soldiers" faces hatred from the past and a prevailing grief when they return, 25 years later, to the neighborhoods of San Salvador where they fought the final battle of the Salvadoran Civil War.
Director: Julio López Fernández
Votes: 13
87. No somos nada (2021)
100 min | Documentary
After years of silence, the Basque band La Polla Records is back to play live. Evaristo Paramos, the band's charismatic vocalist, announces this at a press conference.
Director: Javier Corcuera | Stars: Iker Igeltz, Evaristo Páramos, Sumé, Txiki
Votes: 139
88. The Shock Doctrine (2007)
6 min | Documentary, Animation, Short
Drawing surprising connections between market methods and CIA torture techniques developed in the 1950s, the film explores how well-known events of the recent past have been theaters for the shock doctrine, from Pinochet's coup in Chile, to the Tiananmen Square Massacre, to the war in Iraq today.
Director: Jonás Cuarón | Star: Naomi Klein
Votes: 878
89. Scenes from Allen's Last Three Days on Earth as a Spirit (1997 Video)
67 min | Documentary
This is a video record of the Allen Ginsberg's death and funeral in his apartment in New York.
Director: Jonas Mekas | Stars: Gregory Corso, Allen Ginsberg, LeRoy Jones-Baraka, Jonas Mekas
Votes: 84
90. This Side of Paradise (1999)
35 min | Short, Documentary
Jonas Mekas spend his summer holiday with Jackie Kennedy, her sister's families and children.
Director: Jonas Mekas | Stars: Edith 'Little Edie' Bouvier Beale, John Kennedy Jr., Caroline Kennedy, Jacqueline Kennedy
Votes: 186
91. Scenes from the Life of Andy Warhol: Friendships and Intersections (1990)
38 min | Documentary, Short
The pioneer of the American diary film presents footage of his avant garde colleague shot between 1963 and 1990.
Director: Jonas Mekas | Stars: Andy Warhol, John Cale, Allen Ginsberg, Mick Jagger
Votes: 427
92. The Song of Moscow (1971)
4 min | Documentary, Short
Filmed in 1971, this film includes images of Moscow the beginning of the end of the Soviet Union.
Director: Jonas Mekas
Votes: 172
93. The Song of Stockholm (1981)
5 min | Documentary, Short
Sightseeing Stockholm offbeat through the lens of Jonas Mekas.
Director: Jonas Mekas
Votes: 170
94. The Song of Assisi (1967)
2 min | Documentary, Short
Part of the series of Travel Songs by Jonas Mekas.
Director: Jonas Mekas
Votes: 157
95. The Song of Italy (1967)
15 min | Documentary, Short
Part of the series of Travel Songs by Jonas Mekas.
Director: Jonas Mekas
Votes: 165
96. The Song of Avila (1967)
3 min | Documentary, Short
Mekas recounted and film the walk of St Teresa in 1967.
Director: Jonas Mekas
Votes: 191
97. Team Foxcatcher (2016)
TV-14 | 90 min | Documentary, Biography, Crime
Documentary filmmaker Jon Greenhalgh examines the life of Dave Schultz, a professional wrestler who was part of 'Team Foxcatcher', funded by multi-millionaire John du Pont.
Director: Jon Greenhalgh | Stars: John du Pont, Dave Schultz, Mike Gostigian, Ray Wilson
Votes: 7,237
98. El hombre nuevo (2015)
79 min | Documentary
Stephania is a transvestite born in Nicaragua. As a boy, he was adopted by a couple of Uruguayan leftist activists in the midst of the Sandinista revolution. At the moment, Stephania earns ... See full summary »
Director: Aldo Garay | Star: Stephania Mirza Curbelo
Votes: 41
100. My Imaginary Country (2022)
83 min | Documentary
Protests that exploded onto the streets of Chile's capital of Santiago in 2019 as the population demanded more democracy and social equality around education, healthcare and job opportunities.
Director: Patricio Guzmán
Votes: 539
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