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1. Crumb (1994)
R | 119 min | Documentary, Biography, Comedy
An intimate portrait of controversial cartoonist Robert Crumb and his traumatized family.
Director: Terry Zwigoff | Stars: Robert Crumb, Aline Kominsky-Crumb, Charles Crumb, Maxon Crumb
Votes: 21,587 | Gross: $3.17M
2. Extremis (2016)
TV-PG | 24 min | Documentary, Short
Witness the wrenching emotions that accompany end-of-life decisions as doctors, patients and families in a hospital ICU face harrowing choices.
Director: Dan Krauss | Stars: Monica Bhargava, Jessica Zitter
Votes: 2,680
3. White Light/Black Rain: The Destruction of Hiroshima and Nagasaki (2007)
Not Rated | 86 min | Documentary, History
Using extensive interviews with survivors and archival footage, an examination reveals the aftermath of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
Director: Steven Okazaki | Stars: Harold Agnew, Shuntaro Hida, Kiyoko Imori, Morris Jeppson
Votes: 2,323
4. Mifune: The Last Samurai (2015)
Not Rated | 80 min | Documentary, Biography
A feature-length documentary about the life and films of legendary actor Toshiro Mifune, weaving together film clips, archival stills, and interviews with such luminaries as Steven Spielberg and Martin Scorsese. Narrated by Keanu Reeves.
Director: Steven Okazaki | Stars: Wataru Akashi, Kyôko Kagawa, Takeshi Katô, Hisao Kurosawa
Votes: 1,382 | Gross: $0.06M
5. Black Tar Heroin: The Dark End of the Street (2000)
Not Rated | 75 min | Documentary, Biography
This documentary follows the lives of a number of heroin addicts in the U.S.A. It shows their heroin life stories.
Director: Steven Okazaki | Stars: Tracey Helton, Alice McMunn, Jessica Snow
Votes: 1,073
6. Heroin: Cape Cod, USA (2015 TV Movie)
TV-MA | 75 min | Documentary
Documentary examining the impact heroin has had on Cape Cod in Massachusetts, following the stories of eight people who are all in their twenties as they battle with their addiction.
Director: Steven Okazaki
Votes: 878
7. Independent Lens (1999– )
TV-14 | Documentary
Independent Lens is an award-winning PBS documentary series that streams on the PBS App and airs on public television. Independent Lens documentaries focus on stories of underrepresented ... See full summary »
Stars: America Ferrera, Terrence Howard, Stanley Tucci, Mary-Louise Parker
Votes: 634
8. Something Better to Come (2014)
98 min | Documentary, Biography
Ten-year-old Yula has but one dream: to lead a normal life. For 14 years, Hanna Polak follows Yula as she grows up in the forbidden territory of Svalka, the garbage dump located 13 miles from the Kremlin in Putin's Russia.
Director: Hanna Polak | Stars: Yula, Hanna Polak
Votes: 590
9. The 63rd Annual Academy Awards (1991 TV Special)
Family, News
Award of the American academy of cinematographic arts and sciences, from 1940 known as "Oscar", - American film award created in 1929 and traditionally handed to the figures of ... See full summary »
Director: Jeff Margolis | Stars: Billy Crystal, Danny Aiello, Ann-Margret, Anne Archer
Votes: 430
10. America Undercover (1983– )
TV-MA | 67 min | Documentary
A series that features original and previously released documentaries which look at contemporary issues with strong social relevance.
Stars: Lee Grant, Marlene Sanders, Richard Kiley, Lawrence Pressman
Votes: 328
11. Living on Tokyo Time (1987)
R | 83 min | Comedy, Drama
When her visa expires, a young Japanese immigrant in San Francisco agrees to marry a Japanese-American boy to avoid being deported back to Japan.
Director: Steven Okazaki | Stars: Minako Ohashi, Ken Nakagawa, Mitzi Abe, Bill Bonham
Votes: 280 | Gross: $0.29M
12. Facing Fear (2013)
23 min | Documentary, Short, Drama
The worlds of a former neo-Nazi and the gay victim of his senseless hate crime attack collide by chance 25 years after the incident that dramatically shaped both of their lives. They ... See full summary »
Director: Jason Cohen
Votes: 207
13. Days of Waiting (1991)
28 min | Documentary, Short, Biography
The story of Estelle Ishigo, one of the few whites interned with Japanese Americans during World War II. The wife of a Japanese American, Ishigo refused to be separated from her husband and... See full summary »
Director: Steven Okazaki | Stars: Estelle Peck Ishigo, Lynn O'Donnell, Dorothy Stroup
Votes: 94
14. The Conscience of Nhem En (2008)
34 min | Documentary, Short
An intimate look at Cambodia 30 years after the end of the Khmer Rouge's reign.
Director: Steven Okazaki | Stars: Nhem En, Chim Math, Bou Meng, Chum Mey
Votes: 72
15. The Mushroom Club (2005)
35 min | Documentary, Short
A filmmaker's journey to Hiroshima, sixty years after the bomb.
Director: Steven Okazaki | Stars: Keiji Nakazawa, Toshiko Saiki
Votes: 69
16. Unfinished Business (II) (1985)
Not Rated | 58 min | Documentary, History, War
Spring, 1942: F.D.R. signs executive order 9066, and more than 110,000 Japanese Americans, most of them U.S. citizens, are sent to internment camps. Three young men - Min Yasui, an attorney... See full summary »
Director: Steven Okazaki | Stars: Amy Hill, Gordon Hirabayashi, Fred Korematsu, Min Yasui
Votes: 55
17. Dogtown Redemption (2015)
95 min | Documentary, Biography, History
Three street recyclers fight for survival in one of the poorest neighborhoods in Oakland, Calif.
Directors: Amir Soltani, Chihiro Wimbush | Stars: Landon Goodwin, Hayok Kay, Jason Witt
Votes: 45
18. Rehab (2005 TV Movie)
TV-MA | Documentary
Camp Recovery, located in the coastal town of Santa Cruz, Cal., features a mix of new and long-term addicts, most of whom stay for 30 days (the maximum allowed by most insurance companies).... See full summary »
Director: Steven Okazaki | Stars: Ally, Anitra, Brandi, Brannon
Votes: 40
19. Unlisted: A Story of Schizophrenia (2010)
57 min | Documentary
Why do we see so many severely mentally ill people on the street off treatment? Delaney has seen her paranoid schizophrenic father in this state and for 10 years hid from him. Unlisted ... See full summary »
Director: Delaney Ruston
Votes: 18
20. The Lisa Theory (1994)
80 min | Drama, Romance
A punk rocker's girlfriend confuses things when she moves into, then out of, his co-op apartment.
Director: Steven Okazaki | Stars: Devon Morf, Honey O. Yates, Avel Sosa II, Jimbo Matison
Votes: 16
21. Kids of Survival (1996)
87 min | Documentary
Directors: Daniel Geller, Dayna Goldfine | Stars: Carlos Rivera, Victor Llanos, Chris Hernandez, Rick Saviron
Votes: 15
22. Toyo's Camera (2009)
Documentary
Director: Junichi Suzuki | Stars: Toyo Miyatake, George Takei, George Aratani, Tetsu Asato
Votes: 14
23.
Independent Lens (1999– )
Episode:
The Kill Team
(2015)
TV-14 | Documentary
A young man with integrity and honor enlists in the army, but is horrified by what he actually signed up for.
Director: Dan Krauss | Star: Safiya Fredericks
Votes: 9
24.
Independent Lens (1999– )
Episode:
Dogtown Redemption
(2016)
TV-14 | Documentary
Dogtown Redemption is the story of three homeless recyclers surviving in West Oakland, a neighborhood decimated by unemployment, addiction, and violence.
Directors: Amir Soltani, Chihiro Wimbush | Stars: Landon Goodwin, Hayok Kay, Jason Witt
Votes: 9
25. Hunting Tigers (1994)
30 min | Short
October, 1987. American filmmaker Steven Okazaki is making a documentary about laureated japanese author Kenzaburo Oe, but all goes wrong when he finds out that due to "mistranslated facts"... See full summary »
Director: Steven Okazaki
Votes: 5
28. Troubled Paradise (1992)
Offers four stories about Native Hawaiians fighting for the survival of their culture. Features performances by island musicians and dancers, and shows footage of recent volcanic eruptions.
Director: Steven Okazaki
29. Approximately Nels Cline (2013)
27 min | Documentary, Short, Biography
Taking a break from ultra serious documentaries, Academy Award-winning filmmaker Steven Okazaki has joined forces with legendary Fantasy Studios to create an extraordinary film on the music... See full summary »
Director: Steven Okazaki | Stars: Scott Amendola, Scott Amendola, Matthias Bossi, Nels Cline
Gross: $0.00M
32. Alone Together: Young Adults Living with HIV (1995)
18 min | Documentary, Short
Young adults talk about their HIV-positive condition.
Director: Steven Okazaki
33. Giap's Last Day at the Ironing Board Factory (2015)
26 min | Documentary, Short, Biography
In 1975, a seven-months pregnant Vietnamese refugee, Giap, escapes Saigon in a boat and, within weeks, finds herself working on an assembly line in Seymour, Indiana. 35 years later, her ... See full summary »
Director: Tony Nguyen
34.
Life 360 (2001– )
Episode:
Milestones
(2002)
Documentary
Life 360 looks at how life's big events can be both pain and productive. "On the Verge" follows a group of graduating high school students as they head out in the world. "Widowhood" looks ... See full summary »