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by NemanjaBogdanovic | created - 04 Nov 2018 | updated - 04 Nov 2018 | PublicNon narative docs
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1. 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
2. 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: 40,999 | Gross: $1.33M
3. 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: 38,060 | Gross: $2.67M
4. Chronos (1985)
Not Rated | 43 min | Documentary, Short
Carefully picked scenes of nature and civilization are viewed at high speed using time-lapse cinematography in an effort to demonstrate the history of various regions.
Director: Ron Fricke
Votes: 3,845
5. 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: 41,511 | Gross: $1.72M
6. 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
7. 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: 6,242 | Gross: $0.13M
8. Totality (1999)
Documentary, Music
A unique look at total eclipses, capturing the experience within the scenery of a wide range of settings around the planet, from ancient ruins to city skylines. Totality is constantly ... See full summary »
Director: Billy Mallery
Votes: 42
9. 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: 28,004
10. Berlin: Symphony of Metropolis (1927)
Not Rated | 65 min | Documentary
This movie shows us one day in Berlin, the rhythm of that time, starting at the earliest morning and ends in the deepest night.
Director: Walter Ruttmann | Star: Paul von Hindenburg
Votes: 4,798
11. Microcosmos (1996)
Not Rated | 80 min | Documentary
A documentary on insect life in meadows and ponds.
Directors: Claude Nuridsany, Marie Pérennou | Stars: Kristin Scott Thomas, Jacques Perrin
Votes: 11,655 | Gross: $1.57M
12. Winged Migration (2001)
G | 89 min | Documentary
Documentary on the migratory patterns of birds, shot over the course of three years on all seven continents.
Directors: Jacques Perrin, Jacques Cluzaud, Michel Debats | Stars: Jacques Perrin, Philippe Labro
Votes: 12,370 | Gross: $10.76M
13. Dogora - Ouvrons les yeux (2004)
Not Rated | 80 min | Documentary
Director Patrice Leconte weaves an impressionistic, sensorial tapestry of existence in and around early 21st-century Cambodia. Journeying through the country's farmlands, factories, streets... See full summary »
Director: Patrice Leconte
Votes: 212
14. Atlantis (I) (1991)
TV-PG | 78 min | Documentary, Music
Atmospheric soundtrack follows this compilation of nature footage that focuses on the ocean and various life forms that live, mate and die in it.
Director: Luc Besson
Votes: 1,959 | Gross: $0.14M
15. Heild (2014)
70 min | Documentary
Iceland's first non-narrative full-feature film's focus is set on presenting Iceland in a way it has never been presented before, using various elements of high-end cinematography.
Director: Petur Kristjan Gudmundsson
Votes: 16
16. Sedae (2018)
87 min | Documentary
South Korea has undergone a massive political, economic, and social shift since it was liberated from Japan at end of World War II. It dealt with rediscovering its own identity while ... See full summary »
Director: Daniel Smukalla | Stars: Ingyeong Bae, Yeon Bae Byun, Daeryun Chang, Mina Chang
17. Rasa Yatra (2012)
Approved | 50 min | Documentary, History
"Some see this film as amazing, some describe Rasa Yatra as amazing and some hear about it as amazing, while others, even after watching it many times, do not understand it at all."
Director: Param Tomanec
Votes: 56
18. Into the Mind (2013)
Not Rated | 82 min | Documentary, Sport
This is a story of rising to the ultimate challenge. Having the courage to risk fatal expo- sure and the perseverance demanded on the quest for achievement. These are not solely physical feats, they are mental conquests.
Directors: Eric Crosland, Dave Mossop | Stars: Callum Pettit, Kye Petersen, J.P. Auclair, Xavier De Le Rue
Votes: 1,893
19. Visitors (2013)
Not Rated | 87 min | Documentary
Director Godfrey Reggio reveals humanity's trance-like relationship with technology, which, when commandeered by extreme emotional states, produces massive effects far beyond the human species.
Director: Godfrey Reggio
Votes: 1,176 | Gross: $0.07M
20. Sweetgrass (2009)
Unrated | 101 min | Documentary, Adventure, Western
In the summer of 2003, a group of shepherds took a herd of sheep one final time through the Beartooth Mountains of Montana, in the extreme north-west of the United States. It was a journey ... See full summary »
Directors: Ilisa Barbash, Lucien Castaing-Taylor
Votes: 1,106 | Gross: $0.21M
21. Epic Java (2013)
30 min | Documentary, Short
Epic Java is a visual of the universe and human culture. A searching process of the mysteries of life and everything related to it. A contemplative depiction that will take us into God's power.
Director: Febian Nurrahman Saktinegara
Votes: 214
22. Bodysong (2003)
83 min | Documentary
Simon Pummell's epic movie tells the story of a human life, using found footage from the last 100 years of cinema, cut to a powerful score by Jonny Greenwood of Radiohead.
Director: Simon Pummell
Votes: 768
23. La Terre vue du ciel (2004)
Not Rated | 67 min | Documentary
Yann Arthus-Bertrand has flown over hundreds of countries to create an extraordinary aerial portrait of our planet as never seen before. This DVD from the Panoramica Motion Gallery is '... See full summary »
Director: Renaud Delourme | Stars: Bernard Giraudeau, Nils Hugon
Votes: 342
24. ¡Vivan las antípodas! (2011)
Not Rated | 108 min | Documentary
What would be the shortest route between Entre Rios in Argentina and the Chinese metropolis Shanghai? Simply a straight line through the center of the earth, since the two places are ... See full summary »
Director: Victor Kossakovsky
Votes: 720
25. Fascinating Nature (1996)
90 min | Documentary
Fascinating Nature is a nonverbal landscape documentary film of images from around the world.
Director: Gogol Lobmayr
Votes: 96
26. Bestiaire (2012)
Not Rated | 72 min | Documentary
Along the rhythm of the seasons, beasts and humans regard each other. 'Bestiary' unfolds like a picture book about mutual observation. A contemplation of a stable imbalance, and of loose, tranquil and indefinable elements.
Director: Denis Côté
Votes: 467 | Gross: $0.00M
27. Laya Project (2007)
67 min | Documentary
A musical, visual journey. Recorded and filmed on location, it resurrects ancient and forgotten folk music from Sri Lanka, Thailand, Indonesia, Maldives, India and Myanmar. The experience ... See full summary »
Director: Harold Monfils
Votes: 35
28. Coral Sea Dreaming (1999 Video)
82 min | Documentary
Explore the vibrant colors and alien-like creatures of the coral reef.
Director: David Hannan
Votes: 90
29. Highway World: Living, Changing, Growing (2008)
Not Rated | 81 min | Documentary
In this nonverbal documentary film the industrial footage as well as the musical style of sitar master Al Gromer Khan create the film's base for an immersion into the highway spheres.
Director: Martin H. Schmitt
Votes: 6
30. Robot World (2010)
61 min | Documentary, Music
The non-verbal documentary Robot World depicts the evolution of robots from a mechanical somnambulist to an autonomous sensorium.
Director: Martin H. Schmitt
31. Landscapes at the World's Ends (2010)
30 min | Documentary, Short, Adventure
A non-verbal visual journey to the polar regions of our planet portrayed through a triptych montage of photography and video. Landscapes at the World's Ends is a multi-dimensional canvas of... See full summary »
Director: Richard Sidey
Votes: 33
32. Silence Above the Clouds (2009)
65 min | Documentary
Up there, above the clouds, one can feel a mysterious alliance with the universe.
Director: Pavol Barabas
Votes: 14
33. Ruhr (2009)
121 min | Documentary
James Benning's worrying and also reassuring vision of the Ruhr Valley, shot in 7 fascinating takes of a tunnel, a factory, a forest near an airport, inside a mosque, a graffiti wall, a street and an industrial chimney.
Director: James Benning
Votes: 195
34. El Valley Centro (1999)
90 min | Documentary
Employing natural sound and contemplative proscenium shots, Benning skillfully composes a series of pure and majestic images that at once evoke a sense of nostalgic splendor as well as ... See full summary »
Director: James Benning
Votes: 210
35. 13 Lakes (2004)
135 min | Documentary
Shots of 13 great lakes in the USA, with each shot containing half water and half sky or land.
Director: James Benning
Votes: 368
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