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1. The Story of Film: An Odyssey (2011)
Not Rated | 62 min | Documentary, History
A comprehensive history of the medium and art of motion pictures.
Stars: Mark Cousins, Juan Diego Botto, Aleksandr Sokurov, Norman Lloyd
Votes: 4,834
2.
American Masters (1985– )
Episode:
Woody Allen: A Documentary
(2011)
Not Rated | 192 min | Documentary, Biography, History
A documentary on Woody Allen that trails him on his movie sets and follows him back to Brooklyn as he visits his childhood haunts.
Director: Robert B. Weide | Stars: Woody Allen, Letty Aronson, Marshall Brickman, Josh Brolin
Votes: 5,285
3. Trespassing Bergman (2013)
107 min | Documentary
A group of filmmakers visit Ingmar Bergman's house on the remote Swedish island of Faro to discuss his legacy.
Directors: Jane Magnusson, Hynek Pallas | Stars: Tomas Alfredson, Woody Allen, Wes Anderson, Harriet Andersson
Votes: 978
4. Godard, l'amour, la poésie (2007)
53 min | Documentary
Documentary about director Jean-Luc Godard and Anna Karina.
Director: Luc Lagier | Stars: Charles L. Bitsch, Raoul Coutard, Jean Douchet, Jean-Paul Savignac
Votes: 123
5. Room 237 (I) (2012)
Not Rated | 102 min | Documentary
An exploration of various interpretations of Stanley Kubrick's horror film, The Shining (1980).
Director: Rodney Ascher | Stars: Bill Blakemore, Geoffrey Cocks, Juli Kearns, John Fell Ryan
Votes: 23,119 | Gross: $0.26M
6. Fritz Lang, le cercle du destin - Les films allemands (2004 TV Movie)
54 min | Documentary, Biography
Director: Jorge Dana | Stars: Fritz Lang, Artur Brauner, Claude Chabrol, Alfred Eibel
Votes: 76
7.
Histoire(s) du cinéma (1989–1999)
Episode:
Toutes les histoires
(1989)
51 min | Documentary
An 8-part documentary chronically the history of cinema: "All the Histories", "A Single History", "Only Cinema", "Deadly "Beauty", "The Coin of the Absolute", "A New Wave", "The Control of the Universe", and "The Signs Among Us".
Director: Jean-Luc Godard
Votes: 989
8. Ingmar Bergman Makes a Movie (1963 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 146 min | Documentary
Vilgot Sjöman (I Am Curious -- Yellow 1967) and a crew from Swedish Television followed Ingmar Bergman during the filming of Winter Light and came away with a five-part documentary, ... See full summary »
Director: Vilgot Sjöman | Stars: Ingmar Bergman, Gunnar Björnstrand, Sven Nykvist, Vilgot Sjöman
Votes: 497
9. 1966-1988: Kieślowski, Polish Filmmaker (2005 Video)
31 min | Documentary, Short
An overview of Polish director Krzysztof Kieslowski's oeuvre with excerpts from his movies.
Director: Luc Lagier
Votes: 10
10.
Telescope (1963–1973)
Episode:
A Talk with Hitchcock - Part I
(1964)
52 min | Documentary
This 1964, interview of Alfred Hitchcock was part of the CBC television series Telescope with host-director Fletcher Markle. It was conducted during or immediately after the filming of ... See full summary »
Director: Fletcher Markle | Stars: Fletcher Markle, Alfred Hitchcock, Bernard Herrmann, Norman Lloyd
Votes: 142
11. Belair (2011)
81 min | Documentary
Julio Bressane, through fragments, memories and interviews, traces the history of the production company: belair, that create in the 70s , along with Helena Ignez and Rogerio Sganzerla for fight conformism of the military regime.
Directors: Noa Bressane, Bruno Safadi | Stars: Júlio Bressane, Maria Gladys, Luiz Gonzaga, Helena Ignez
Votes: 26
12. Burden of Dreams (1982)
Not Rated | 95 min | Documentary
A documentary following German auteur Werner Herzog as he deals with difficult actors, bad weather and getting a boat over a mountain, all in an effort to make his film Fitzcarraldo (1982).
Director: Les Blank | Stars: Werner Herzog, Klaus Kinski, Claudia Cardinale, Jason Robards
Votes: 8,139
13. Edgar G. Ulmer: The Man Off-Screen (2004)
77 min | Documentary, Biography, History
A documentary about the "King of B-Movies", Edgar G. Ulmer. It includes interviews with well-known filmmakers Roger Corman, Peter Bogdanovich, Wim Wenders, Joe Dante, and Ulmers's daughter, Arianne Ulmer.
Director: Michael Palm | Stars: Peter Bogdanovich, Christian Cargnelli, John Carradine, Robert Clarke
Votes: 239
14.
Cinéma, de notre temps (1989– )
Episode:
Éric Rohmer, preuves à l'appui, 1e partie
(1994)
59 min | Documentary
Over eight days of interviews Rohmer elaborates on the relationship between film and literature, and how that pertains to his own work.
Directors: André S. Labarthe, Jean Douchet | Stars: Arielle Dombasle, Jean Douchet, Éric Rohmer, André S. Labarthe
Votes: 32
15. Free Cinema (1986 TV Movie)
53 min | Documentary
Survey of the British 'Free Cinema' movement, remarkable for the narrator's wit and clarity of vision.
Directors: Lindsay Anderson, Jeremy McCracken | Star: Lindsay Anderson
Votes: 17
16. Side B: How to Make a Feature Film Without Money in Brazil (2007)
72 min | Documentary
With humor, the documentary shows the drama and struggle to produce the low-budget film "Fourth Grade B" over four years.
Director: Marcelo Galvão | Stars: Theodoro Fontes, Ugo Giorgetti, Álvaro Lima, Joel Lopes
Votes: 53
17.
Cinéastes de notre temps (1964–1972)
Episode:
Luis Buñuel: Un cinéaste de notre temps
(1964)
44 min | Documentary
The odd,enigmatic character of the Spanish director and his surrealistic films is explored by interviews with him in Toledo and with some of his collaborators over the years.
Director: Robert Valey | Stars: Luis Buñuel, Valentin Arteta Luzuriaga, Conchita Buñuel, Max Ernst
Votes: 71
18. Panorama do Cinema Brasileiro (1968)
134 min | Documentary, History
Documentary about the first years of Brazilian cinema, until the movement called Cinema Novo, in the 1960s, with photographs and scenes of rare films.
Director: Jurandyr Passos Noronha | Star: Milton Valério
Votes: 20
19.
American Masters (1985– )
Episode:
Preston Sturges: The Rise and Fall of an American Dreamer
(1990)
TV-14 | 76 min | Documentary, Biography, History
Considered the father of the screwball comedy, Preston Sturges was recognized as one of the great early writers in Hollywood.
Director: Kenneth Bowser | Stars: Fritz Weaver, Peter Bogdanovich, Preston Sturges, Priscilla Bonner
Votes: 261
20. Roman Polanski: A Film Memoir (2011)
Not Rated | 90 min | Documentary, Biography
A documentary about Roman Polanski, the man and filmmaker. Roman Polanski speaks about his eventful life story and career in conversation with Andrew Braunsberg, his former business partner, producer, and friend of many years.
Director: Laurent Bouzereau | Stars: Roman Polanski, Andrew Braunsberg, Pedro Almodóvar, Catherine Deneuve
Votes: 1,273
21. Sergei Eisenstein: Autobiography (1995)
90 min | Documentary
Director: Oleg Kovalov | Stars: Sergei Eisenstein, Aleksey German
Votes: 69
22. That's Entertainment! (1974)
G | 135 min | Documentary, Family, Musical
Various MGM stars from yesteryear present their favorite musical moments from the studio's 50-year history.
Director: Jack Haley Jr. | Stars: Fred Astaire, Gene Kelly, Bing Crosby, Peter Lawford
Votes: 5,434 | Gross: $26.89M
23.
Cinéma, de notre temps (1989– )
Episode:
Abbas Kiarostami: Truths and Dreams
(1994)
52 min | Documentary
Iranian director Abbas Kiarostami is interviewed in Tehran and his work is profiled.
Director: Jean-Pierre Limosin | Stars: Abbas Kiarostami, Ahmed Ahmed Poor, Babek Ahmed Poor
Votes: 53
24. Alive Inside: A Story of Music and Memory (2014)
Not Rated | 78 min | Documentary, Music, News
Dan Cohen, founder of the nonprofit organization Music & Memory, fights against a broken healthcare system to demonstrate music's ability to combat memory loss and restore a deep sense of self to those suffering from it.
Director: Michael Rossato-Bennett | Stars: Dan Cohen, Louise Dueno, Nell Hardie, Norman Hardie
Votes: 3,240 | Gross: $0.15M
25. Visions of Light (1992)
92 min | Documentary, History
Cameramen and women discuss the craft and art of cinematography, illustrating their points with clips from 100 films, from The Birth of a Nation (1915) to Do the Right Thing (1989).
Directors: Arnold Glassman, Todd McCarthy, Stuart Samuels | Stars: Conrad L. Hall, John Bailey, Vilmos Zsigmond, Charles Lang
Votes: 3,336 | Gross: $0.80M
26. The Pervert's Guide to Cinema (2006)
150 min | Documentary
Slavoj Zizek examines famous films in a philosophical and a psychoanalytic context.
Director: Sophie Fiennes | Star: Slavoj Zizek
Votes: 7,342
27.
American Experience (1987– )
Episode:
The Battle Over Citizen Kane
(1996)
TV-PG | 108 min | Documentary, Biography, History
Documentary about the battle between Orson Welles and William Randolph Hearst over Welles' Citizen Kane (1941). Features interviews with Welles' and Hearst's co-workers also as a relative complete bio of Hearst.
Directors: Michael Epstein, Thomas Lennon | Stars: Richard Ben Cramer, William Alland, Thomas Anderson, Peter Bogdanovich
Votes: 1,458
28. Stanley Kubrick: A Life in Pictures (2001)
Not Rated | 142 min | Documentary, Biography
The career and life of Stanley Kubrick is explored through pictures, clips from his films, his old home movies, comments from his colleagues and a narration by Tom Cruise.
Director: Jan Harlan | Stars: Katharina Kubrick, Malcolm McDowell, Stanley Kubrick, Barbara Kroner
Votes: 12,208
29. Pasolini prossimo nostro (2006)
58 min | Documentary
We are on the set of "Salò or the 120 days of Sodom". Pasolini lets a small camera team led by the journalist Gideon Bachmann follow him around engaging him in a long and extraordinary ... See full summary »
Director: Giuseppe Bertolucci | Stars: Franco Merli, Pier Paolo Pasolini, Salò Cast & Crew
Votes: 150
30. The Century of the Self (2002)
59 min | Documentary
A documentary about the rise of psychoanalysis as a powerful means of persuasion for both governments and corporations.
Stars: Adam Curtis, Robert Reich, Ann Bernays, Alfred Pritz
Votes: 6,362
31. What Is Cinema? (2013)
Not Rated | 80 min | Documentary, History
Amidst a constant stream of hundreds of film clips, dozens of filmmakers voice their opinions on the titular question while primarily looking beyond the Hollywood mainstream to independent, experimental, documentary and avant-garde films.
Director: Chuck Workman | Stars: Chantal Akerman, Robert Altman, Peter Bogdanovich, Robert Bresson
Votes: 392
32. The Thorn in the Heart (2009)
Not Rated | 86 min | Documentary
Michel Gondry chronicles the life of Gondry family matriarch, his aunt Suzette Gondry, and her relationship with her son, Jean-Yves.
Director: Michel Gondry | Stars: Suzette Gondry, Jean-Yves Gondry, Michel Gondry, Sasha Allard
Votes: 506 | Gross: $0.01M
33. My Voyage to Italy (1999)
PG-13 | 246 min | Documentary
World-renowned director Martin Scorsese narrates this journey through his favorites in Italian cinema.
Director: Martin Scorsese | Star: Martin Scorsese
Votes: 3,527 | Gross: $0.01M
34. Henri-Georges Clouzot's Inferno (2009)
Not Rated | 100 min | Documentary
Henri-Georges Clouzot's unfinished masterpiece, Inferno (1964), is reconstructed in this film which is part drama and part documentary.
Directors: Serge Bromberg, Ruxandra Medrea | Stars: Romy Schneider, Bérénice Bejo, Serge Reggiani, Jacques Gamblin
Votes: 2,003 | Gross: $0.02M
36. Fellini: I'm a Born Liar (2002)
R | 105 min | Documentary, Biography
A look at Fellini's creative process. In extensive interviews, Fellini talks a bit about his background and then discusses how he works and how he creates. Several actors, a producer, a ... See full summary »
Director: Damian Pettigrew | Stars: Federico Fellini, Roberto Benigni, Luigi 'Titta' Benzi, Italo Calvino
Votes: 986 | Gross: $0.11M
37. Dogville Confessions (2003)
52 min | Documentary
This film depicts the intense drama that takes place during the making of Dogville. Lars von Trier and Nicole Kidman work through this creative process under very extreme conditions.
Director: Sami Saif | Stars: Harriet Andersson, Lauren Bacall, Paul Bettany, Blair Brown
Votes: 709
38. Deux de la Vague (2010)
Not Rated | 91 min | Documentary
Jean-Luc Godard and François Truffaut, their careers, their friendship and their impact on the French New Wave of the 1960s.
Director: Emmanuel Laurent | Stars: Isild Le Besco, Anouk Aimée, Jean-Pierre Aumont, Charles Aznavour
Votes: 881 | Gross: $0.03M
39. Dario Argento: An Eye for Horror (2001 TV Movie)
R | 57 min | Documentary, Horror
Documentary that explores Argento's film career.
Director: Leon Ferguson | Stars: Mark Kermode, Dario Argento, John Carpenter, Michael Brandon
Votes: 673
40. Dangerous Days: Making Blade Runner (2007 Video)
214 min | Documentary
The definitive three-and-a-half hour documentary about the troubled creation and enduring legacy of the science fiction classic Blade Runner (1982), culled from 80 interviews and hours of never-before-seen outtakes and lost footage.
Director: Charles de Lauzirika | Stars: Harrison Ford, Daryl Hannah, Michael Deeley, Joanna Cassidy
Votes: 2,112
41. La constellation Jodorowsky (1994)
91 min | Documentary, Biography
The quest for the true personality of multi-talented cult artist and psycho-magician Alexandro Jodorowsky
Director: Louis Mouchet | Stars: Fernando Arrabal, Peter Gabriel, Alejandro Jodorowsky, Marcel Marceau
Votes: 553
42. Cinéastes de notre temps (1964–1972)
Documentary
In-depth documentaries about the greatest filmmakers from around the world, all in the form of candid face-to-face interviews, conducted, created and produced by former critics for Les Cahiers du Cinéma, Janine Bazin and André S. Labarthe.
Stars: André S. Labarthe, Georges Franju, Jean Renoir, Jacques Rivette
Votes: 94
43. Six Degrees of Separation (2003 TV Movie)
30 min | Documentary
How many acquaintances separate a young Londoner from a herdsman living in outer Mongolia? In this documentary, Lucy Leveugle puts the decades-old "Six Degrees of Separation" theory to the test.
Director: Lucy Leveugle | Stars: Lucy Leveugle, Purev-Ochir Gungaa
Votes: 10
45.
Century of Cinema (1995–1998)
Episode:
A Personal Journey with Martin Scorsese Through American Movies
(1995)
225 min | Documentary, Biography, History
Martin Scorsese describes his initial and growing obsession with films from the 1940s and 50s as the art form developed and grew with clips from classics and cult classics.
Directors: Martin Scorsese, Michael Henry Wilson | Stars: Martin Scorsese, Allison Anders, Kathryn Bigelow, Francis Ford Coppola
Votes: 5,141
46. A Brief History of Time (1991)
G | 80 min | Documentary, Biography
A film about the life and work of the cosmologist, Stephen Hawking, who despite his near total paralysis, was one of the great minds of all time.
Director: Errol Morris | Stars: Stephen Hawking, Isobel Hawking, Janet Humphrey, Mary Hawking
Votes: 5,917 | Gross: $2.28M
47. Pier Paolo Pasolini: A Film Maker's Life (1971)
Not Rated | 29 min | Documentary, Short, Biography
Documentary about Italian movie director Pier Paolo Pasolini, with interviews with some of his actors and friends.
Director: Carlo Hayman-Chaffey | Stars: Pier Paolo Pasolini, Ninetto Davoli, Franco Citti, Giancarlo Arnao
Votes: 77
48. Twentieth Century Fox: The First 50 Years (1997 TV Movie)
TV-G | 150 min | Documentary
The first half century of Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation from its beginnings under Hungarian immigrant William Fox to it emergence as a major studio.
Director: Kevin Burns | Stars: James Coburn, Julie Andrews, David Brown, Red Buttons
Votes: 141
49. Alfred Hitchcock: Master of Suspense (2013)
Not Rated | 141 min | Documentary
This is a wonderful and revealing film about famed horror and suspense director Alfred Hitchcock. You'll see behind-the-scenes footage of some of his most famous films including Psycho, ... See full summary »
Director: Lindsay Luecht | Stars: Preston Trombly, Ingrid Bergman, Cary Grant, Alfred Hitchcock
Votes: 78
50. Antonioni: Documents and Testimonials (1965 TV Movie)
58 min | Documentary
Director: Gianfranco Mingozzi | Stars: Robert Gadouas, Francesco Aguiari, Michelangelo Antonioni, Silvio Ceccato
Votes: 149
51. A Brutal Game (1983)
Not Rated | 90 min | Crime, Drama
A strict father imposes impossible guidelines on his disabled daughter which reflect his secret, tortured life.
Director: Jean-Claude Brisseau | Stars: Bruno Cremer, Emmanuelle Debever, María Luisa García, Albert Pigot
Votes: 656
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