Istoria Filmului Documentar Master I, Sem.2
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1. Momma Don't Allow (1956)
22 min | Documentary, Short
A night at the Wood Green Jazz Club - an example of 'Free Cinema'
Directors: Karel Reisz, Tony Richardson | Stars: Chris Barber, Ron Bowden, Jim Bray, Lonnie Donegan
Votes: 332
C1
2. O Dreamland (1953)
13 min | Documentary, Short, Comedy
Documentary on a famous amusement park, showing the irony of its manufactured fun.
Director: Lindsay Anderson
Votes: 594
C1
3. Together (1956)
52 min | Drama
Two dockers, both deaf and dumb, stand together.
Directors: Lorenza Mazzetti, Denis Horne | Stars: Michael Andrews, Eduardo Paolozzi, Vali Myers, Denis Richardson
Votes: 170
C1
4. Every Day Except Christmas (1957)
37 min | Documentary, Short
A day in the working class market at Covent Garden in London, where fresh fruits, vegetables and flowers are sold.
Director: Lindsay Anderson | Star: Alun Owen
Votes: 237
C1
5. We Are the Lambeth Boys (1959)
53 min | Documentary
Seminal piece of documentary film by New Wave director Karel Reisz follows the daily activites of members of the Lambeth Youth club in late 1950's London.
Director: Karel Reisz | Stars: Jon Rollason, Tony Benson, Adrian Harding, Brian Mott
Votes: 288
C1
6. Refuge England (1959)
26 min | Short
The films follows a Hungarian refugee arriving in London, speaking no English and with little money, the only prospect of help being an address given to him by a fellow refugee. He makes ... See full summary »
Director: Robert Vas | Stars: Tibor Molnár, Abdul Hamid Khan, Leonard Ryland, Bill Collins
Votes: 78
C1
7. Terminus (1961)
33 min | Short, Documentary
The movie follows the routine of a busy train station - London's Waterloo Station - making a brief yet important cultural portrait of 1960s England, mixing reality and fiction.
Director: John Schlesinger | Stars: Margaret Ashcroft, Gertrude Dickin, Margaret Lacey, Matthew Perry
Votes: 407
C1
8. Primary (1960)
Not Rated | 60 min | Documentary, History, News
Cinéma vérité feature that follows presidential hopefuls John F. Kennedy and Hubert H. Humphrey during the 1960 Wisconsin primary.
Director: Robert Drew | Stars: Robert Drew, Hubert H. Humphrey, Muriel Buck Humphrey, Joseph Julian
Votes: 1,484
C2
9. Salesman (1969)
G | 91 min | Documentary, Drama
Four dogged door-to-door Bible salesmen travel from Boston to Florida on a seemingly futile quest to sell luxury editions of the Good Book to working-class Catholics.
Directors: Albert Maysles, David Maysles, Charlotte Zwerin | Stars: Paul Brennan, Charles McDevitt, James Baker, Raymond Martos
Votes: 5,710
C2
10. Gimme Shelter (1970)
GP | 91 min | Documentary, Music, Thriller
When three hundred thousand members of the Love Generation collided with a few dozen Hells Angels at San Francisco's Altamont Speedway, the bloody slash that transformed a decade's dreams into disillusionment was immortalized on this film.
Directors: Albert Maysles, David Maysles, Charlotte Zwerin | Stars: Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Mick Taylor, Charlie Watts
Votes: 12,899 | Gross: $0.25M
C2
11. Primate (1974)
105 min | Documentary
This film casts a forensic observational eye over researchers working with primates. After a time watching it is possible to wonder which ones of these two sets of primates is the more strange.
Director: Frederick Wiseman
Votes: 263
C2
12. Don't Look Back (1967)
Not Rated | 96 min | Documentary, Music
Documentary covering Bob Dylan's 1965 tour of England, which includes appearances by Joan Baez and Donovan.
Director: D.A. Pennebaker | Stars: Bob Dylan, Albert Grossman, Bob Neuwirth, Joan Baez
Votes: 10,016
C2
13. Chronicle of a Summer (1961)
Not Rated | 85 min | Documentary, History
A documentary about the everyday lives of ordinary Parisians, done in the style of cinéma vérité.
Directors: Edgar Morin, Jean Rouch | Stars: Angelo, Nadine Ballot, Catherine, Céline
Votes: 3,591
C3
14. Le joli mai (1963)
Not Rated | 165 min | Documentary
Chris Marker and Pierre Lhomme's LE JOLI MAI (The Lovely Month of May) is a portrait of Paris and Parisians during May 1962, the first springtime of peace after the ceasefire with Algeria ... See full summary »
Directors: Chris Marker, Pierre Lhomme | Stars: Chris Marker, Yves Montand, Simone Signoret, Jean-Luc Godard
Votes: 879 | Gross: $0.02M
C3
15. Regards sur la folie (1962)
53 min | Documentary
Allowed inside a psychiatric facility, the director documents the delusions of patients and the concerns of the staff.
Director: Mario Ruspoli | Star: Michel Bouquet
Votes: 29
C3
16. Cocksucker Blues (1972)
93 min | Documentary, Music
Follow the Rolling Stones on their 1972 North American Tour and their first return to the States since the tragedy at Altamont.
Director: Robert Frank | Stars: Truman Capote, Dick Cavett, Marshall Chess, Chris Collins
Votes: 875
C3
17. The Thin Blue Line (1988)
Not Rated | 101 min | Documentary, Crime
A film that successfully argued that a man was wrongly convicted for murder by a corrupt justice system in Dallas County, Texas.
Director: Errol Morris | Stars: Randall Adams, David Harris, Gus Rose, Jackie Johnson
Votes: 25,999 | Gross: $1.21M
C3
18. Winter adé (1989)
116 min | Documentary
Before GDR collapsed, Misselwitz interviewed diverse East German women who candidly reveal personal and professional stories, frustrations, hopes, aspirations to record a changing society against a backdrop of architecture and landscapes.
Director: Helke Misselwitz | Stars: Erika Banhardt, Hermann Busse, Margarete Busse, Heide Drechsler
Votes: 165 | Gross: $0.01M
C3
19. Les raquetteurs (1958)
15 min | Short, Documentary
Footage of a snowshoe festival in Sherbrooke, Quebec. Depictions of culture in the early years including snowshoe races, and musical attractions.
Directors: Michel Brault, Gilles Groulx
Votes: 394
C4
20. Very Nice, Very Nice (1961)
Not Rated | 7 min | Short
Through an unconventional use of concise narrative, a conceptual collage of sounds and images, and a rapid-fire montage, Arthur Lipsett's first film vividly portrays the urban estrangement in the times of social erosion and materialism.
Director: Arthur Lipsett
Votes: 884
C4
21. Of Whales, the Moon, and Men (1963)
105 min | Documentary
At the instigation of the filmmakers, the young men of the Ile-aux-Coudres in the middle of the St-Lawrence River try as a memorial to their ancestors to revive the fishing of the belugas interrupted in 1924.
Directors: Michel Brault, Pierre Perrault | Stars: Léopold Tremblay, Alexis Tremblay, Abel Harvey, Louis Harvey
Votes: 710
C4
22. Wow (1970)
94 min | Documentary
Nine teenagers are interviewed about social and cultural issues and then get to act out their dreams and fantasies.
Director: Claude Jutra | Stars: Danielle Bail, Philippe Dubé, Michèle Mercure, Dave Gold
Votes: 72
C4
23. La lutte (1961)
28 min | Documentary, Short
Follows the professional wrestling scene in Montreal and observes the before, during, and after portions of a major show and the spectators who are enthralled by it.
Directors: Michel Brault, Marcel Carrière, Claude Fournier, Claude Jutra | Stars: Edouard Carpentier, Al Costello, Dominic DeNucci, Ivan Kalmykov
Votes: 173
C4
24. The Shimmering Beast (1982)
128 min | Documentary
A documentary film about a group of hunters who gather annually to hunt moose near Maniwaki, Quebec.
Director: Pierre Perrault | Stars: Louis-Philippe Lécuyer, Philippe Cross, Stéphane-Albert Boulais, Maurice Chaillot
Votes: 279
C4
25. Extreme Private Eros: Love Song 1974 (1974)
Not Rated | 98 min | Documentary
In this uncomfortably intimate film, documentary filmmaker Kazuo Hara visits his ex-girlfriend Miyuki and records her new relationships.
Director: Kazuo Hara | Stars: Kazuo Hara, Miyuki Takeda, Sachiko Kobayashi
Votes: 404
C5
26. 11 x 14 (1977)
81 min | Drama
One of most widely praised American avant-garde films in recent years, James Benning's 1977 feature is a laconic mosaic of single-shot sequences.
Director: James Benning | Stars: Serafina Bathrick, Ted Brady, Barbara Frankel, Rick Goodwin
Votes: 295
C5
27. Caught in the Acts (1994)
109 min | Documentary
This documentary is a collection of footage of 14 suspects being 'interviewed' by the deputy public prosecutors.
Director: Raymond Depardon | Star: Michèle Bernard-Requin
Votes: 335
C5
28. Récréations (1998)
54 min | Documentary
There is a kind of country, very small, so small that it looks a bit like a theater scene. It is inhabited two or three times a day by its people. The inhabitants are small in size. If they... See full summary »
Director: Claire Simon
Votes: 114
C5
29. Three Sisters (2012)
Not Rated | 153 min | Documentary
Three young sisters live and work in extreme poverty in the harsh environment of Yunnan, a province on the Sino Burmese border area of China.
Director: Wang Bing
Votes: 476
C5
30. Far from Vietnam (1967)
Not Rated | 120 min | Documentary, Drama, War
In seven different segments, Godard, Klein, Lelouch, Marker, Resnais, and Varda show their sympathy and support for the North Vietnamese army during the Vietnam War.
Directors: Jean-Luc Godard, Joris Ivens, William Klein, Claude Lelouch, Chris Marker, Alain Resnais, Agnès Varda | Stars: Anne Bellec, Karen Blanguernon, Fidel Castro, Bernard Fresson
Votes: 887
C6
31. A Film Like Any Other (1968)
Not Rated | 100 min | Drama
Workers on a car factory argue with revolutionary students.
Director: Jean-Luc Godard
Votes: 359
C6
32. La reprise du travail aux usines Wonder (1968)
10 min | Documentary, Short
Director: Jacques Willemont
Votes: 42
C6
33. Classe de lutte (1969)
Not Rated | 37 min | Documentary, Short
Workers at the Yema Watch Factory in Besançon depict their own labor struggles in this collective production initiated by Chris Marker
Director: Chris Marker
Votes: 69
C6
34. The Inextinguishable Fire (1969)
25 min | War, Short
Short film which explores the origins of napalm, it's use in the Vietnam war, and it's evil effects on society.
Director: Harun Farocki | Stars: Gerd Volker Bussäus, Harun Farocki, Caroline Gremm, Hanspeter Krüger
Votes: 339
C6
35. The Hour of the Furnaces (1968)
Unrated | 260 min | Documentary, History, War
Divided into three segments, namely 1 Neocolonialism, 2 Act for liberation, 3 Violence and liberation, the documentary lasts more than 4 hours this deals with the defense of the revolution ... See full summary »
Directors: Octavio Getino, Fernando E. Solanas | Stars: María de la Paz, Fernando E. Solanas, Edgardo Suárez, Julio Troxler
Votes: 1,189
C7
36. Harlan County U.S.A. (1976)
PG | 103 min | Documentary
A heartbreaking record of the thirteen-month struggle between a community fighting to survive and a corporation dedicated to the bottom line.
Director: Barbara Kopple | Stars: John L. Lewis, Carl Horn, Norman Yarborough, Logan Patterson
Votes: 6,641
C7
37. Sanrizuka: Heta buraku (1973)
146 min | Documentary
Documentary on the life of the farmers of the Heta Village opposing their resettlement due to the construction of the Narita Airport.
Director: Shinsuke Ogawa | Star: Shinsuke Ogawa
Votes: 74
C7
38. The Night of San Juan (1971)
90 min | Drama, History
A documentary reenactment of the government-ordered massacre of striking tin miners and their families at the Siglo XX Mines in 1967 in Bolivia.
The film starts with previous massacres and ... See full synopsis »
Director: Jorge Sanjinés | Stars: Domitila de Chungara, Eusebio Gironda, Federico Vallejo, Felicidad Coca García
Votes: 146
C7
39. 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: 132,417 | Gross: $119.19M
C7
40. Fahrenheit 11/9 (2018)
R | 128 min | Documentary
Filmmaker Michael Moore examines the current state of American politics, particularly the Donald Trump presidency and gun violence, while highlighting the power of grassroots democratic movements.
Director: Michael Moore | Stars: Jim Acosta, Roger Ailes, Brooke Baldwin, Ashleigh Banfield
Votes: 20,406 | Gross: $6.35M
C7
41. Maso and Miso Go Boating (1975)
55 min | Documentary
Bernard Pivot invited Françoise Giroud, then Secretary of State for Women, on his popular TV show. A collective of women parody the misogynistic statements from the show in a provocative way.
Directors: Nadja Ringart, Carole Roussopoulos, Delphine Seyrig, Ioana Wieder | Stars: José Artur, Simone de Beauvoir, Françoise Giroud, Bernard Pivot
Votes: 112
C8
42. Sois belle et tais-toi! (1981)
115 min | Documentary
Famous actresses talk about their role in the movie industry, and the demand to "be beautiful and shut up".
Director: Delphine Seyrig | Stars: Delphine Seyrig, Jill Clayburgh, Marie Dubois, Delia Salvi
Votes: 299
C8
43. Mann & Frau & Animal (1973)
10 min | Short
The earlier films of Valie Export, one feels, were motivated by the author's desire and need to investigate her own subjectivity, with the audience as a necessary part of the transference ... See full summary »
Director: Valie Export
Votes: 72
C8
44. Menses (1973)
4 min | Short
Menstruation is explored in this documentary.
Director: Barbara Hammer
Votes: 42
C8
45. Divorce Iranian Style (1998)
Not Rated | 80 min | Documentary
A documentary about real divorce cases in Iran's tribunals.
Directors: Kim Longinotto, Ziba Mir-Hosseini
Votes: 554
C8
46. Jollies (1990)
11 min | Short
Short depicting a teenage lesbian in Milwaukee.
Director: Sadie Benning
Votes: 182
C8
47. Mediterranean (1963)
44 min | Documentary, Short
A short film documenting the seas and shores of the Mediterranean Sea.
Director: Jean-Daniel Pollet
Votes: 886
C9
48. Images of the World and the Inscription of War (1989)
75 min | Documentary, War
Documentary examines the 'blind spot' of the evaluators of aerial footage of the IG Farben industrial plant taken by the Americans in 1944.
Director: Harun Farocki | Stars: Ulrike Grote, Harun Farocki
Votes: 323
C9
49. Jane B. for Agnes V. (1988)
Not Rated | 99 min | Biography, Fantasy
"I'll look at you, but not at the camera. It could be a trap," whispers Jane Birkin shyly into Agnès Varda's ear at the start of JANE B. PAR AGNES V. The director of CLEO FROM 5 TO 7 and ... See full summary »
Director: Agnès Varda | Stars: Jane Birkin, Jean-Pierre Léaud, Philippe Léotard, Farid Chopel
Votes: 1,537
C9
50. Histoire(s) du cinéma (1989–1999)
267 min | Documentary
An 8-part documentary chronicling the history of cinema, examining the history of the concept of cinema and how both relates to the 20th century.
Stars: Jean-Luc Godard, Alain Cuny, Julie Delpy, Sabine Azéma
Votes: 801
C9
51. The Gleaners & I (2000)
Not Rated | 82 min | Documentary
Varda films and interviews gleaners in France in all forms, from those picking fields after the harvest to those scouring the dumpsters of Paris.
Director: Agnès Varda | Stars: François Wertheimer, Agnès Varda, Jean La Planche, Bodan Litnanski
Votes: 8,813 | Gross: $0.15M
C10
52. Dear Diary (1993)
Unrated | 100 min | Biography, Comedy, Drama
Director Nanni Moretti takes a mordant look at Italian life through three disparate journeys, presented as the chapters of an open diary.
Director: Nanni Moretti | Stars: Nanni Moretti, Renato Carpentieri, Antonio Neiwiller, Claudia Della Seta
Votes: 9,157 | Gross: $0.47M
C10
53. Michelangelo Eye to Eye (2004)
G | 15 min | Documentary, Short
Michelangelo Eye to Eye is a meditation on mortality which observes the director Michelangelo Antonioni contemplating Michelangelo's statues in St Peter's.
Director: Michelangelo Antonioni | Star: Michelangelo Antonioni
Votes: 456
C10
54.
Cinéma, de notre temps (1989– )
Episode:
Chantal Akerman par Chantal Akerman
(1996)
64 min | Documentary
Approached to direct an episode of the tv series Cinema of Our Times, the Belgian auteur turns the camera on herself and offers a selection of clips from her work.
Director: Chantal Akerman | Star: Chantal Akerman
Votes: 100
C10
55. Location Hunting in Palestine (1965)
54 min | Documentary
While scouting locations for his classic "The Gospel According to St. Matthew", director Pier Paolo Pasolini noticed that filming in the actual site of the story, in Palestine, wouldn't be ... See full summary »
Director: Pier Paolo Pasolini | Stars: don Andrea Carraro, Pier Paolo Pasolini
Votes: 325
C10
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