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1. Testa di rapa (1966)
94 min | Comedy, Family
A widower with a young son objects to the government forcing him to send his son to school.
Director: Giancarlo Zagni | Stars: Folco Lulli, Umberto D'Orsi, Carlo Croccolo, Franco Gulà
Votes: 10
2. Fun City Revisited: The Lindsay Years (2010)
Documentary
The story of John V. Lindsay's years as Mayor of New York City.
3.
CBS Reports (1959– )
Episode:
Hunger in America
(1968)
60 min | Documentary, News
Stars: David Culhane, Charles Kuralt, A.J. Ploch
4.
Independent Lens (1999– )
Episode:
The Great Pink Scare
(2006)
TV-14 | 60 min | Documentary
Directors: Daniel S. Miller, Tuggelin Yourgrau | Star: Terrence Howard
5. 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: 281
6.
Independent Lens (1999– )
Episode:
The Political Dr. Seuss
(2004)
TV-14 | Documentary
Director: Ron Lamothe | Stars: Edwin Beschler, America Ferrera, Ron Lamothe, Sara Leary
Votes: 7
7. Brankár bydlí v nasí ulici (1957)
81 min | Family, Sport
Director: Cenek Duba | Stars: Otomar Korbelár, Premysl Kocí, Miroslav Homola, Pavel Spálený
Votes: 17
8. Vietnam: A Television History (1983– )
660 min | Documentary, History, War
An in-depth look at the Vietnam War.
Stars: Will Lyman, Henry Kissinger, William C. Westmoreland, Dean Rusk
Votes: 334
9. King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis (1969)
185 min | Documentary, Biography, History
Follows Martin Luther King's life and decades-long civil rights activism.
Directors: Sidney Lumet, Joseph L. Mankiewicz | Stars: Harry Belafonte, Ruby Dee, Ben Gazzara, Charlton Heston
Votes: 625
10. Brecht vs. Pabst (2007 Video)
49 min | Documentary
The documentary traces the tragic story of the "Threepenny Opera" from stage to screen and ultimately to the bitter lawsuit between Bertolt Brecht and the film producers.
Stars: Eric Bentley, Jan-Christopher Horak, Kim Kowalke, Lotte Lenya
Votes: 14
11. A Wayfarer's Journey: Listening to Mahler (2007 TV Movie)
84 min | Documentary
"The Wayfarer's Journey: Listening to Mahler is an exploration of the relationship between music and healing. It presents a parallel story between two icons from the world of music ... See full summary »
Director: Ruth Yorkin Drazen | Stars: Kathleen Chalfant, Richard Dreyfuss
Votes: 14
12. Sugar Cane Alley (1983)
PG | 103 min | Drama, History
Set in 1931, Sugar Cane Alley paints a rich impasto of native life under French colonial rules, filtered through the coming-of-age of a bright, sweetly opportunistic boy.
Director: Euzhan Palcy | Stars: Garry Cadenat, Darling Légitimus, Douta Seck, Joby Bernabé
Votes: 1,021
13.
American Experience (1987– )
Episode:
Houdini
(2000)
TV-PG | Documentary, Biography, History
Stars: James Fellows, Edward Germain, Pier Guftafson, Tom Kemp
Votes: 28
14. The 1964 World's Fair (1996 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 58 min | Documentary
An extraordinary documentary narrated by Judd Hirsch that takes a fresh look at the sights and sounds of this once-in-a-lifetime event.
Director: Rich Hanley | Star: Judd Hirsch
Votes: 37
15.
Independent Lens (1999– )
Episode:
Grey Gardens: From East Hampton to Broadway
(2007)
TV-14 | 50 min | Documentary
This 50-minute documentary unfolds the creative journey of Albert Maysles' cult classic, GREY GARDENS - from non-fiction film to spectacularly mounted Broadway musical. Captured in the 1975... See full summary »
Stars: Anastasia Barzee, Matt Cavenaugh, Erin Davie, Christine Ebersole
Votes: 12
16. A Journey to Jerusalem (1968)
Not Rated | 84 min | Documentary, Music
Three weeks after the Six-Day War, Leonard Bernstein plans a historic concert atop Mount Scopus; played by Isaac Stern and the Israel Philharmonic.
Director: Michael Mindlin Jr. | Stars: Leonard Bernstein, Isaac Stern, Jennie Tourel, Netania Davrath
Votes: 18
17. Heartland (1979)
PG | 96 min | Drama, Western
A widow with a young daughter travels to a ranch in Wyoming to manage the household of a rancher. After a while the man and woman develop a relationship that leads to a marriage. But life in the harsh place takes its toll.
Director: Richard Pearce | Stars: Rip Torn, Conchata Ferrell, Barry Primus, Megan Folsom
Votes: 1,240
18. Our Paul: Remembering Paul Robeson (2007 Video)
45 min | Biography
A retrospective look at the career of Paul Robeson and his legacy as both an American and a citizen of the world.
Director: Abbey Lustgarten | Stars: William Greaves, James Earl Jones, Paul Robeson, Ruby Dee
Votes: 20
19. Battle for Dien Bien Phu (1979)
Not Rated | 50 min | Documentary, Drama, War
Tells not only of this important conflict that happened between March and May 1954 during the First Indochina War. It also relates the events leading up to that climactic confrontation ... See full summary »
Director: Peter Batty | Stars: Bernard Archard, Christian de Castries, Hubert de Seguins-Pazzis, Malcolm MacDonald
Votes: 20
20.
Independent Lens (1999– )
Episode:
Parliament Funkadelic: One Nation Under a Groove
(2005)
TV-14 | Documentary
Director: Yvonne Smith | Stars: Cholly Bassoline, Pedro Bell, Armen Boladian, Jerome Brailey
Votes: 16
21.
American Experience (1987– )
Episode:
Minik, the Lost Eskimo
(2008)
TV-PG | 60 min | Documentary, Biography, History
This installment provides a provocative look at the collision of race, culture and the burgeoning science of anthropology as it recounts the life of Minik, later named Minik Wallace, a ... See full summary »
Director: Axel Engstfeld | Stars: Anuu Jin Boldsaikhan, Zdenek Havlicek, Martin Krehak, Joe Morton
Votes: 25
22. How the Myth Was Made: A Study of Robert Flaherty's Man of Aran (1978)
59 min | Documentary
American documentary film-maker George C. Stoney visits the Aran Islands to try and unravel some of the myths surrounding a film that had engrossed him as a youngster - Robert Flaherty's ... See full summary »
Directors: James B. Brown, George C. Stoney | Stars: Michael Balcon, Arthur Calder-Marshall, Robert J. Flaherty, Walter Lassally
Votes: 28
23.
American Experience (1987– )
Episode:
Oswald's Ghost
(2008)
TV-PG | 83 min | Documentary, Biography, History
Director: Robert Stone
Votes: 30
24. James Brown: Live at the Boston Garden, 1968 (1968 TV Special)
108 min | Music
Director: David Atwood | Stars: Tom Atkins, James Brown, Bobby Byrd, John Starks
Votes: 35
25. Dalton Trumbo: Rebel in Hollywood (2006 Video)
59 min | Documentary
The story behind the novel and the film Johnny Got His Gun by Dalton Trumbo.
Director: Robert Fischer | Stars: Christopher Trumbo, Marsha Hunt, Jules Brenner, Harold Michelson
Votes: 29
26.
Frontline (1983– )
Episode:
Exodus
(2016)
TV-MA | 113 min | Documentary, News
Hear first-person stories of refugees and migrants fleeing war and persecution for Europe, told through camera-phone footage filmed by the families themselves as they leave their homes on dangerous journeys to seek safety and refuge.
Directors: Robin Barnwell, James Bluemel, Paul Glynn, Jack Macinnes | Stars: Priyanka Boghani, Sarah Childress, Will Lyman
Votes: 33
27.
American Experience (1987– )
Episode:
The Carter Family: Will the Circle Be Unbroken
(2005)
Not Rated | 52 min | Documentary, Biography, History
The life and times of The Carter Family, one of the earliest and most-influential group in American country and roots music.
Director: Kathy Conkwright | Stars: Joan Baez, Mary Bufwack, June Carter Cash, A.P. Carter
Votes: 39
28. Voices of the Andes (2009)
TV-G | 78 min | Documentary, History
A poetic film along the Inca trail.
Director: Stéphane Pachot | Star: Wolframio Sinué
Votes: 25
30.
American Experience (1987– )
Episode:
The Rise and Fall of Penn Station
(2014)
TV-PG | 55 min | Documentary, Biography, History
In 1910, the Pennsylvania Railroad successfully accomplished an enormous engineering feat: knitting together the entire eastern half of the United States by building tunnels under New York ... See full summary »
Director: Randall MacLowry | Stars: Jill Jonnes, Michael Murphy
Votes: 137
31.
Secrets of the Dead (2000– )
Episode:
Slave Ship Mutiny
(2010)
TV-PG | 54 min | Documentary, History, War
The slave ship Meermin set sail from Madagascar for South Africa in 1766, but would never make it to Cape Town, the slaves mutinied and managed to overpower the Dutch crew, ordering the ship be sailed back to Madagascar and freedom.
Directors: Joe Kennedy, Yopung Nic | Stars: Liev Schreiber, Nigel Worden, Lucy Campbell, Desmond Tutu
Votes: 36
32.
American Experience (1987– )
Episode:
The Great War: Part 2
(2017)
TV-PG | 114 min | Documentary, Biography, History
Americas entry into World War 1 is recalled, including the speed of mobilization.
Director: Amanda Pollak | Stars: Jennifer Lee Andrews, Blythe Danner, Brandon J. Dirden, Josh Hamilton
Votes: 118
33.
American Experience (1987– )
Episode:
The Great War: Part 3
(2017)
TV-PG | 114 min | Documentary, Biography, History
Chart the ways in which the bloodiest battle in American history, and the ensuing peace, forever changed a president and a nation. In the fall of 1918, the deadly flu swept through cities ... See full summary »
Director: Rob Rapley | Stars: Jennifer Lee Andrews, Blythe Danner, Brandon J. Dirden, Josh Hamilton
Votes: 119
34. Music Scene (1969–1970)
TV-G | 45 min | Music
"Music Scene" was presented by ABC TV in a 45 minute format, Monday evenings 7:30-8:15, a unique time slot that pitted it against CBS' "Gunsmoke" at 7:30PM and NBCs "Laugh In" at 8PM . The ... See full summary »
Stars: David Steinberg, Chris Bokeno, Paul Reid Roman, Christopher Ross
Votes: 41
35. Gospel According to Al Green (1984)
94 min | Documentary, Music
The story of R&B singer Al Green, who gave up a successful singing career to become a gospel minister.
Director: Robert Mugge | Stars: Al Green, Willie Mitchell, Ken Tucker
Votes: 65
36. 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: 799
37. Marcus Garvey: Look for Me in the Whirlwind (2000 TV Movie)
90 min | Documentary, Biography
Marcus Garvey emmigrated from Jamaica to New York City in 1914, bringing with him a message of black empowerment. After touring the United States with his message, his organization started ... See full summary »
Director: Stanley Nelson
Votes: 48
38. Pandemic: Facing AIDS (2003– )
113 min | Documentary
Covers the key aspects of the world AIDS epidemic through powerful documentary stories about five victims and their communities, on five continents.
Stars: Elton John, Danny Glover
Votes: 65
39. 8th Man (1965– )
30 min | Animation, Sci-Fi
After Special Agent Peter Brady of the Metropolitan Crime Prevention Bureau is fatally shot by criminals, Professor Genius transfers Brady's mind into his 8th robot creation, naming him 8th Man. One of the first anime ever produced.
Stars: Sandy Warshaw, Jack Metger, Jerry Berke, Bob Gaynor
Votes: 126
40. The New People (1969–1970)
45 min | Drama
A group of young people crash-land on a deserted island that was a never-used atomic bomb test site. With the world thinking that they were all killed, they set out to form a civilization.
Stars: Tiffany Bolling, Zooey Hall, David Moses, Peter Ratray
Votes: 113
41.
Kraft Theatre (1947–1958)
Episode:
Patterns
(1955)
60 min | Drama
Fred Staples is the newest executive in a large firm. He strikes up a friendship with Andy Sloane, the Vice President to whom he nominally reports. Staples is good at his job and the ... See full summary »
Director: Fielder Cook | Stars: Joanna Roos, Jack Arthur, Joy Lafleur, Elizabeth Montgomery
Votes: 141
42. The Story of Football (2002 Video)
110 min | Documentary, Sport
Stars: Tony Adams, Demetrio Albertini, Carlos Alberto, Arthur Albiston
Votes: 93
43. Fantastic Animation Festival (1977)
PG | 91 min | Animation, Family
A collection of fourteen award winning animated short films including "Moonshadow," "The Last Cartoon Man," "Closed Mondays," and "Cosmic Cartoon".
Directors: Dean A. Berko, Christopher Padilla | Stars: Spike Milligan, Paul Frees
Votes: 121
44. The Ernie Kovacs Show (1952–1956)
60 min | Comedy, Family
An American comedy show, hosted by comedian Ernie Kovacs who often changed the show's format during its run. It was variously retooled as a daytime show, prime-time show, late-night show, ... See full summary »
Stars: Ernie Kovacs, Edie Adams, Pat White, Elliot Lawrence
Votes: 125
45. Ishi: The Last Yahi (1993)
Not Rated | 57 min | Documentary
In the early 1900s, Ishi, the last of the Yahi Indian tribe, is discovered nearly 20 years after the Yahi tribe was thought to be wiped out. The curators of a museum agree to look after him... See full summary »
Directors: Jed Riffe, Pamela Roberts | Stars: Rayna Green, Linda Hunt
Votes: 121
46. Around the World with Orson Welles (1955– )
26 min | Documentary
In 1955, Orson Welles directed and hosted a mini series for British television. He leads us through a few famous places of Europe with his inimitable touch. In Paris he introduces us to ... See full summary »
Stars: Orson Welles, Chris Wertenbaker, Kenneth Tynan, Art Buchwald
Votes: 168
47. Ansel Adams: A Documentary Film (2002 TV Movie)
100 min | Documentary
An in depth study of Adams's life and work.
Director: Ric Burns | Stars: Ansel Adams, Josh Hamilton, Barbara Feldon, John Szarkowski
Votes: 166
48.
Playhouse 90 (1956–1961)
Episode:
Days of Wine and Roses
(1958)
90 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
An alcoholic falls in love with and gets married to a young woman, whom he systematically addicts to booze so they can share his "passion" together.
Director: John Frankenheimer | Stars: Cliff Robertson, Piper Laurie, Charles Bickford, Malcolm Atterbury
Votes: 177
49. Chibideka monogatari (1958)
51 min | Drama, Family
Two young Japanese schoolboys, one skinny and poor, one fat and well-to-do, become unlikely friends.
Director: Jûkichi Uno | Stars: Yoshiro Kataoka, Tomoko Naraoka, Shunkoku Sha, Masami Shimojô
Votes: 154
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. The Story of English (1986– )
60 min | Documentary
A history of the English language from its early beginnings to present day English in all its variations.
Stars: Robert MacNeil, J.L. Dillard, Alistair Cooke, Siaka Stevens
Votes: 162
52. The Curious Case of Curt Flood (2011)
90 min | Documentary
A documentary about Major League Baseball player Curt Flood's legal challenge to MLB's restrictive "reserve clause," which for decades had unconstitutionally prevented MLB players from benefiting from free agency.
Stars: Liev Schreiber, Judy Pace, Joe Torre, Tim McCarver
Votes: 122
53. Broad Street Bullies (2010 TV Movie)
58 min | Documentary, Sport
From 1974-1976 the Philadelphia Flyers were known as the Broad Street Bullies. This movie takes a trip down memory lane going into detail of this unorthodox, but dominant team.
Director: George Roy | Stars: Ed Snider, Mark Mulvoy, Lou Scheinfeld, Bernie Parent
Votes: 229
54. Guy Maddin: Waiting for Twilight (1997)
60 min | Documentary, Biography
Interviews with Guy Maddin and his pals are included in this documentary about the Canadian film-maker's life and movies.
Director: Noam Gonick | Stars: Tom Waits, Pascale Bussières, Shelley Duvall, Frank Gorshin
Votes: 147
55. In Heaven There Is No Beer? (1984)
Not Rated | 51 min | Documentary, Music
A portrait of the life, culture and food surrounding the lovers of Polka music. The title is taken from an old Polka standard. Stars of the Polka world are highlighted.
Director: Les Blank | Stars: Dick Pillar, Walter Szczypula, Jimmy Sturr & His Orchestra, The Marion Lush Orchestra
Votes: 362
56.
Playhouse 90 (1956–1961)
Episode:
Requiem for a Heavyweight
(1956)
73 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
An over-the-hill heavyweight boxing champion who suffers from the ravages of years of head trauma is exploited by his manager, despite the efforts of a compassionate young woman who tries to help him recover his self-respect.
Director: Ralph Nelson | Stars: Jack Palance, Keenan Wynn, Kim Hunter, Ed Wynn
Votes: 321
57. An American Family (1973)
720 min | Documentary, Music, Reality-TV
Follows the real lives of the Loud family, a motley group of suburbanites.
Stars: Patricia Loud, Bill Loud, Lance Loud, Kevin Loud
Votes: 265
58. The Weavers: Wasn't That a Time (1981)
PG | 78 min | Documentary, Music
Documentary about the blacklisted folk group, "The Weavers," and the events leading up to their triumphant return to Carnegie Hall.
Director: Jim Brown | Stars: Lee Hays, Pete Seeger, Ronnie Gilbert, Arlo Guthrie
Votes: 221
59.
Playhouse 90 (1956–1961)
Episode:
The Comedian
(1957)
90 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
Sammy Hogarth, a vaudeville comedian who now has his own TV show, is a ruthless egomaniac who demands instant obedience from his staff and heaps abuse on those in lesser positions than his.... See full summary »
Director: John Frankenheimer | Stars: Mickey Rooney, Kim Hunter, Edmond O'Brien, Mel Tormé
Votes: 281
60. Freedom Riders (2010)
Not Rated | 117 min | Documentary, History
The story of the Civil Rights Movement interstate busing protest campaign.
Director: Stanley Nelson | Stars: Raymond Arsenault, Genevieve Houghton, Gordon Carey, Derek Catsam
Votes: 428
61. William Eggleston in the Real World (2005)
87 min | Documentary, Biography
Director: Michael Almereyda | Stars: William J. Eggleston, Michael Almereyda, Winston Eggleston, Leigh Haizlip
Votes: 276 | Gross: $0.04M
62. The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich (1968 TV Movie)
180 min | Documentary, History, War
"The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich" exposes the darkest chapter in history, from Adolf Hitler's rise to power as a Nazi demagogue to his ultimate fatal mistakes. Researchers spent ... See full summary »
Director: Jack Kaufman | Stars: Richard Basehart, Ernst Hanfstaengl, Adolf Hitler, Erich Kempka
Votes: 301
63. Motown 25: Yesterday, Today, Forever (1983 TV Special)
130 min | Documentary, Music
The 25th Anniversary of Motown Records is celebrated by its past and present stars playing their greatest hits, plus some new ones.
Director: Don Mischer | Stars: Adam Ant, Nick Ashford, Florence Ballard, Renaldo Benson
Votes: 347
64.
The Philco Television Playhouse (1948–1956)
Episode:
Marty
(1953)
TV-PG | 51 min | Drama
Marty Pilletti is a 36 year-old butcher who lives with his mother. His brothers and sisters are all married and his dear mother - along with several other of her friends - is always asking ... See full summary »
Director: Delbert Mann | Stars: Rod Steiger, Nancy Marchand, Esther Minciotti, Joe Mantell
Votes: 357
65. The Anderson Platoon (1967)
Not Rated | 65 min | Documentary, History, War
The director, a French veteran of the Indochina war (La 317e Section), returned to follow a platoon of American soldiers for six weeks at the height of fighting in Vietnam in 1966. The ... See full summary »
Director: Pierre Schoendoerffer | Stars: Joseph B. Anderson, Stuart Whitman
Votes: 382
66. The Life and Times of Rosie the Riveter (1980)
65 min | Documentary, History, War
Documentary about women working in factories during WWII and resultant loss of jobs after the war. Five women tell their stories. Fascinating clips of racist, sexist propaganda of the era.
Director: Connie Field | Stars: Lola Weixel, Margaret Wright, Lyn Childs, Gladys Belcher
Votes: 337
67. Come Back, Africa (1959)
95 min | Documentary, Drama
Come Back, Africa chronicles the life of Zachariah, a black South African living under the rule of the harsh apartheid government in 1959.
Director: Lionel Rogosin | Stars: Zacharia Mgabi, Vinah Bendile, Miriam Makeba, Lewis Nkosi
Votes: 358
68. A Well-Spent Life (1971)
Not Rated | 44 min | Documentary, Short, Music
A deeply moving tribute to the Texas songster, Mance Lipscomb, considered by many to be the greatest guitarist of all time.
Directors: Les Blank, Skip Gerson | Stars: Mance Lipscomb, Elnora Lipscomb, Hattie Franklin, Alfred Franklin
Votes: 542
69. Always for Pleasure (1978)
Not Rated | 58 min | Documentary, Music
A look at the spirit of New Orleans. First a funeral: Allen Toussaint explains that you arrive slow and cut up afterwards. Then it's food, with a lesson in eating crayfish at Frankie and ... See full summary »
Director: Les Blank | Stars: Kid Thomas, Allen Toussaint, Blue Lu Barker, Irma Thomas
Votes: 574
70. Huey Long (1985)
Not Rated | 88 min | Documentary, Biography
Ken Burns' portrait of Louisiana governor/U.S. senator Huey Long.
Director: Ken Burns | Stars: Huey Long, Russell Long, David McCullough, Jennings Randolph
Votes: 570
71. Erendira (1983)
103 min | Drama, Fantasy, Romance
While Erendira, a beautiful teenage girl, has a surreal mystical vision, her grandmother's house catches on fire and burns to the ground. Her grandmother holds Erendira responsible and, in ... See full summary »
Director: Ruy Guerra | Stars: Irene Papas, Claudia Ohana, Michael Lonsdale, Oliver Wehe
Votes: 679
72. The Battle of Chile: Part III (1979)
80 min | Documentary, History
This film investigates the factory worker's response to the insurrection, as well as Chile's socialist aspirations for the future. The camera captures the optimism in the industrial working class before Pinochet's US-backed coup d'état.
Director: Patricio Guzmán | Stars: Salvador Allende, Abilio Fernández, Ernesto Malbran
Votes: 1,040
73. My Way Home (1978)
Not Rated | 71 min | Biography, Drama
Jamie leaves the children's home to live with his paternal grandmother. After working in a mine and in a tailor's shop, he is conscripted into the RAF, and goes to Egypt, where he is ... See full summary »
Director: Bill Douglas | Stars: Stephen Archibald, Paul Kermack, Jessie Combe, William Carrol
Votes: 859
74. The T.A.M.I. Show (1964)
123 min | Documentary, Music
Surf pop duo Jan and Dean host this showcase of performances by popular rock and roll and R&B musicians of the era.
Director: Steve Binder | Stars: The Beach Boys, The Barbarians, Chuck Berry, The Blossoms
Votes: 1,008
75. The Homecoming (1973)
PG | 111 min | Drama
In a dreary North London flat, the site of perpetual psychological warfare, a philosophy professor visits his family after a nine-year absence, and introduces the four men, father, uncle, and two brothers, to his wife.
Director: Peter Hall | Stars: Cyril Cusack, Ian Holm, Paul Rogers, Terence Rigby
Votes: 857
76. This American Life (2007–2012)
TV-14 | 22 min | Documentary
An anthology of true stories pertaining to various themes are illustrated.
Stars: Ira Glass, Milo Finch, Chris Partyka, Barbara Beneville
Votes: 626
77. Best Boy (1979)
111 min | Documentary, Biography
In this documentary, the director follows the day-to-day activities of his mentally ill, middle-aged cousin Philly, over a three-year period.
Director: Ira Wohl | Stars: Ira Wohl, Philip Wohl, Zero Mostel, Christine O'Connor
Votes: 685
78. Hitler: A Film from Germany (1977)
442 min | Biography, Drama
Director Hans-Jurgen Syberberg examines the rise and fall of the Third Reich in this brooding seven-hour masterpiece, which incorporates puppetry, rear-screen projection, and a Wagnerian ... See full summary »
Director: Hans-Jürgen Syberberg | Stars: Heinz Schubert, Peter Kern, Hellmut Lange, Rainer von Artenfels
Votes: 907
79. On the Bowery (1956)
Not Rated | 65 min | Documentary, Drama
By focusing on the lives of three down-and-out alcoholic transients, the film creates a wrenching portrait of the tragic hopelessness of life on "The Bowery" in New York City.
Director: Lionel Rogosin | Stars: Ray Salyer, Gorman Hendricks, Frank Matthews, George L. Bolton
Votes: 1,159 | Gross: $0.01M
80. Imaginary Witness: Hollywood and the Holocaust (2004)
92 min | Documentary, History
The history of Hollywood's handling of the Nazis and its later depiction of the Holocaust they perpetrated.
Director: Daniel Anker | Stars: Gene Hackman, Norma Barzman, Jack Benny, Michael Berenbaum
Votes: 663 | Gross: $0.02M
81. Frank Lloyd Wright (1998)
TV-PG | 146 min | Documentary, Biography, History
A biography of the life and work of the American architect.
Directors: Ken Burns, Lynn Novick | Stars: Edward Herrmann, Philip Bosco, Julie Harris, Sab Shimono
Votes: 916
82. The Loving Story (2011)
Not Rated | 77 min | Documentary, Drama, History
A racially charged trial and a heartrending love story converge in this documentary about Mildred and Richard Loving, set during the Civil Rights era.
Director: Nancy Buirski | Stars: Jane Alexander, Lindsay Almond Jr., Edward L. Ayers, Leon M. Bazile
Votes: 961
83. Berkeley in the Sixties (1990)
Not Rated | 117 min | Documentary, History
A documentary about militant student political activity in the University of California-Berkely in the 1960's.
Director: Mark Kitchell | Stars: Jentri Anders, Joan Baez, Frank Bardacke, Stokely Carmichael
Votes: 776
84. My Ain Folk (1973)
Not Rated | 55 min | Biography, Drama
Jamie and Tommy are separated by the death of their grandmother; Jamie with another relative and Tommy to a welfare home. Now Jamie is all alone and his life is not at all happy taken over by silence, rejection and violence.
Director: Bill Douglas | Stars: Stephen Archibald, Hughie Restorick, Jean Taylor Smith, Bernard McKenna
Votes: 1,008
85. American Dream (1990)
PG-13 | 98 min | Documentary
Recounts the 1985-86 strike against the Hormel Foods Corporation in Minnesota after its employees' wages and benefits were cut.
Directors: Barbara Kopple, Cathy Caplan, Thomas Haneke, Lawrence Silk | Stars: Lewie Anderson, R.J. Bergstrom, Ron Bergstrom, Wayne Goodnature
Votes: 1,011 | Gross: $0.27M
86. The Farm: Angola, USA (1998)
88 min | Documentary
Documentary depicting day to day life in Angola Prison mostly from an inmate's perspective. Interviews are with several inmates including one with a life sentence who is about to die.
Directors: Liz Garbus, Wilbert Rideau, Jonathan Stack | Stars: Bernard Addison, Burl Cain, George Crawford, Wilbert Rideau
Votes: 814
87. Ulysses (1967)
Not Rated | 123 min | Drama
James Joyce's masterpiece incarnated: The story of two seperated Dublin wanderers, Leopold Bloom and Stephen Dedalus, struggling to control their personal lives.
Director: Joseph Strick | Stars: Milo O'Shea, Barbara Jefford, Maurice Roëves, T.P. McKenna
Votes: 979
88. A Letter to Elia (2010)
Not Rated | 60 min | Documentary
A documentary on the late Elia Kazan.
Directors: Kent Jones, Martin Scorsese | Stars: Martin Scorsese, Elia Kazan, Elias Koteas
Votes: 1,121
89. The Life and Times of Hank Greenberg (1998)
PG | 90 min | Documentary, Biography, Sport
The life and career of Hank Greenberg, the first major Jewish baseball star in the Major Leagues.
Director: Aviva Kempner | Stars: Reeve Brenner, Hank Greenberg, Walter Matthau, Alan Dershowitz
Votes: 816 | Gross: $1.70M
90. Children of the Night (1999)
18 min | Documentary, Short
Black and white images of children, in lines, fill the screen while a woman's voice challenges us to look at them, some of the one million children who died during the Holocaust. Some look ... See full summary »
Director: Jolanta Dylewska
Votes: 25
91. Ubu (1978)
18 min | Short, Animation
Ubu kills the king to take the thrown but doesn't realize the prince will fight back for revenge.
Director: Geoff Dunbar | Star: Bill Mitchell
Votes: 47
92. Sound?? (1966 TV Movie)
25 min | Music
Director: Dick Fontaine | Stars: John Cage, Rahsaan Roland Kirk
Votes: 75
93. The Johnstown Flood (1989)
26 min | Documentary, Short
On May 30, 1889 the South Fork Dam, which maintained a pleasure lake for wealthy Pittsburgh industrialists and their families, failed due to very heavy rains and poor maintenance by the ... See full summary »
Director: Charles Guggenheim | Stars: Len Cariou, Elam Bender, Randy Bender, Clarita Berger
Votes: 139
94. The Great Flood (2012)
Not Rated | 80 min | Documentary, History, Music
The Mississippi River Flood of 1927 was the most destructive river flood in American history. In the spring of 1927, the river broke out of its banks in 145 places and inundated 27,000 ... See full summary »
Director: Bill Morrison
Votes: 148 | Gross: $0.01M
95. Betty Boop's Ups and Downs (1932)
7 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
Betty thinks everything on Earth is for sale...even the planet itself.
Directors: Dave Fleischer, Willard Bowsky | Stars: Billy Murray, Mae Questel
Votes: 202
96. Automania 2000 (1963)
9 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
An animated, dark satire of America's automobile-obsessed, consumerist culture. An anonymous, brilliant scientist toils tirelessly in his ivory tower satisfying the public's ever-increasing... See full summary »
Director: John Halas | Star: Ed Bishop
Votes: 234
97. Profit Motive and the Whispering Wind (2007)
Not Rated | 58 min | Documentary, History
A visual meditation on the progressive history of the United States as seen through cemeteries, historic plaques and markers. Inspired by Howard Zinn's "A People's History of the United States".
Director: John Gianvito
Votes: 313
98. The Eleanor Roosevelt Story (1965)
Not Rated | 90 min | Documentary, Biography, History
Richard Kaplan documents the life of one of America's most influential first ladies. Orphaned at age 10, Eleanor Roosevelt marries her fifth cousin, Franklin D. Roosevelt, in 1905. His ... See full summary »
Director: Richard Kaplan | Stars: Archibald Macleish, Eric Sevareid, Corinne Alsop Cole, Hillary Clinton
Votes: 208
99. Mysterious Mose (1930)
6 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
Betty Boop (with dog's ears) can't sleep on a scary night, so she sings the title song and meets the gentleman in question... a surreal version of Bimbo.
Directors: Dave Fleischer, Willard Bowsky | Stars: Margie Hines, Billy Murray
Votes: 292
100. Dojoji Temple (1976)
19 min | Animation, Short
A man who is on a pilgrimage spends the night with a woman. After they share a moment of passion, he runs away and she chases him.
Director: Kihachirô Kawamoto
Votes: 318
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