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1. Being James Bond: The Daniel Craig Story (2021 Video)
Not Rated | 46 min | Documentary, Action, Biography
Daniel Craig candidly reflects on his fifteen year tenure as James Bond. Includes never-before-seen archival footage spanning from Casino Royale (2006) to No Time to Die (2021).
Director: Baillie Walsh | Stars: Daniel Craig, Michael G. Wilson, Barbara Broccoli, Mathieu Amalric
Votes: 2,235
2. Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio: Handcarved Cinema (2022)
37 min | Documentary, Short
Behind the scenes discussion of animation techniques and the making of Pinocchio.
Director: Javier Soto | Stars: Guillermo del Toro, Mark Gustafson, Cate Blanchett, Tilda Swinton
Votes: 729
3. The Making of 'Man on Fire' (2004 TV Short)
12 min | Documentary, Short
Directors: Jerry Heiss, William Hooke | Stars: Marc Anthony, Paul Cameron, Dakota Fanning, Don Ferrarone
Votes: 52
4. Making 1899 (2022 TV Special)
50 min | Documentary
Go behind the scenes and see how the creators of "Dark" by Jantje Friese, Baran BO Odar, and Andrew Amondson for Netflix, used groundbreaking virtual technology "The Volume" to shoot their ... See full summary »
Director: Andrew Amondson | Stars: Aneurin Barnard, Emily Beecham, Miguel Bernardeau, Lucy Bevan
Votes: 441
5. Making 'Saving Private Ryan' (2004 Video)
22 min | Documentary, Short
Stars: Steven Spielberg, Ian Bryce, Thomas E. Sanders, Tom Hanks
Votes: 103
6. Star Wars: Episode III - The Return of Darth Vader (2004 Video)
9 min | Documentary, Short, Sci-Fi
A short feature on Darth Vader.
Stars: Hayden Christensen, Ivo Coveney, George Lucas, Rick McCallum
Votes: 28,921
7. 6 Days to Air: The Making of South Park (2011 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 42 min | Documentary, Comedy
A look at the making of South Park: HUMANCENTiPAD (2011).
Director: Arthur Bradford | Stars: Trey Parker, Matt Stone, Anne Garefino, Frank C. Agnone II
Votes: 3,199
8. QT8: The First Eight (2019)
TV-MA | 103 min | Documentary
A documentary that focuses on the first 21 years of Quentin Tarantino's career and includes interviews with his frequent collaborators.
Director: Tara Wood | Stars: Zoë Bell, Louis Black, Bruce Dern, Robert Forster
Votes: 5,070 | Gross: $0.05M
9. The Blood Tide (1998 Video)
20 min | Documentary, Short
Stars: Nina Auerbach, Brian Clemens, Gregory Coiro, Mike Farren
Votes: 29
10. Friends: The Reunion (2021 TV Special)
TV-14 | 104 min | Documentary, Biography, Comedy
"Friends (1994)" reunion special hosted by James Corden in which the main cast revisit the sets of the original show, meet with celebrity guests, do table reads and re-enactments of episodes, and share behind-the-scenes footage.
Directors: Russell Norman, Ben Winston | Stars: Jennifer Aniston, Courteney Cox, Lisa Kudrow, Matt LeBlanc
Votes: 64,839
11. An Inconvenient Truth (2006)
PG | 96 min | Documentary
Filmmaker Davis Guggenheim follows Al Gore on the lecture circuit, as the former presidential candidate campaigns to raise public awareness of the dangers of global warming and calls for immediate action to curb its destructive effects on the environment.
Director: Davis Guggenheim | Stars: Al Gore, Billy West, George Bush, George W. Bush
Votes: 85,214 | Gross: $23.81M
12. Making 'The Matrix' (1999 TV Short)
26 min | Documentary, Short, Sci-Fi
A promotional making-of documentary for the film Matrix, The (1999) that devotes its time to explaining the digital and practical effects contained in the film. This is very interesting, ... See full summary »
Director: Josh Oreck | Stars: Laurence Fishburne, Joe Pantoliano, Barrie M. Osborne, Joel Silver
Votes: 13,901
13. The Matrix Reloaded Revisited (2004)
Documentary
A documentary film dedicated to the creation of The Matrix Reloaded
Director: Josh Oreck | Stars: Tanveer K. Atwal, Helmut Bakaitis, Monica Bellucci, Laurence Fishburne
Votes: 469
14. Getting Past Impossible: Forrest Gump and the Visual Effects Revolution (2009 Video)
27 min | Documentary, Short
This documentary celebrates the technical achievements of "Forrest Gump." We fly through the history of composite cinematography and break down the method, using a few signature Gump scenes... See full summary »
Director: Kim Aubry | Stars: Ken Ralston, Steve Starkey, Doug Chiang, John Knoll
Votes: 21
15. Through the Eyes of Forrest Gump (1994 TV Movie)
30 min | Documentary
A look behind the scenes of Robert Zemeckis' 1994 Oscar-winning film, 'Forrest Gump'.
Director: Peyton Reed | Stars: Robert Zemeckis, Wendy Finerman, Tom Hanks, Sally Field
Votes: 314
16. Rise of the Superheroes (2018)
TV-PG | 117 min | Documentary
This is the story of how comic book superheroes were brought to life in cinema, from Tim Burton's Batman films to The Avengers, Black Panther and beyond, and how they first took over Hollywood and then conquered the world.
Director: Tom O'Dell | Stars: Neal Adams, Scott Beatty, Jenna Busch, Chris Claremont
Votes: 373
17. A Palace for Putin. The Story of the Biggest Bribe (2021)
113 min | Documentary
This documentary investigates allegations of how a palace, on the coast of the Black Sea, is allegedly controlled by Russian president Putin, and how its construction was financed through corruption and a network of close associates.
Director: Alexei Navalny | Stars: Alexei Navalny, Georgy Alburov, Vyacheslav Gimadi, Alina Kabaeva
Votes: 2,491
18. March of the Penguins (2005)
G | 80 min | Documentary, Family
In the Antarctic, every March since the beginning of time, the quest begins to find the perfect mate and start a family.
Director: Luc Jacquet | Stars: Morgan Freeman, Romane Bohringer, Charles Berling, Jules Sitruk
Votes: 59,946 | Gross: $77.44M
19. The Children of Leningradsky (2005)
35 min | Short, Documentary
AIDS, drug abuse, police brutality, and other social ills in post-Soviet Russia.
Directors: Andrzej Celinski, Hanna Polak
Votes: 949
20. A Life Without Limits: The Making of 'The Aviator' (2005 Video)
12 min | Documentary, Short
Stars: Ashton Smith, Martin Scorsese, Leonardo DiCaprio, John Logan
Votes: 82
21. Citizen K (2019)
Not Rated | 126 min | Documentary
The strange case of Mikhail Khodorkovsky, once believed to be the wealthiest man in Russia, who rocketed to prosperity and prominence in the 1990s, served a decade in prison, and became an unlikely martyr for the anti-Putin movement.
Director: Alex Gibney | Stars: Mikhail Khodorkovsky, Vladimir Putin, Leonid Nevzlin, Boris Berezovsky
Votes: 1,605
22. The Matrix Revisited (2001 Video)
Not Rated | 123 min | Documentary
A DVD-exclusive documentary about the making and production of The Matrix (1999).
Director: Josh Oreck | Stars: Lorenzo di Bonaventura, Joel Silver, Bill Pope, Owen Paterson
Votes: 4,140
23. The Prestige: Now That's Magic (2006 TV Special)
Documentary
Stars: Christian Bale, Piper Perabo, Rebecca Hall, Samantha Mahurin
Votes: 160
24. Navalny (2022)
R | 99 min | Documentary, Biography
Follows the man who survived an assassination attempt by poisoning with a lethal nerve agent in August 2020. During his months-long recovery he makes shocking discoveries about the attempt on his life and decides to return home.
Director: Daniel Roher | Stars: Alexei Navalny, Yulia Navalnaya, Christo Grozev, Dasha Navalnaya
Votes: 29,898
25. Crossing Criminal Cultures (2007 Video)
24 min | Documentary, Short
Stars: Martin Scorsese, Peter Travers, Thomas B. Duffy, Louis B. Schlesinger
Votes: 71
26. Stranger Than Fiction: The True Story of Whitey Bulger, Southie and 'The Departed' (2007 Video)
21 min | Documentary, Short
Authorities, journalists along with the cast & crew from _Departed, The (2006)_ talk about the film's influences. Among them being a real-life Boston gangster named Whitey Bulger, who is the mold for Jack Nicholson's character.
Directors: Gidion Phillips, Barbara Toennies | Stars: Thomas B. Duffy, James 'Whitey' Bulger, Shelley Murphy, Kevin Cullen
Votes: 110
27. I Called My Killer. He Confessed (2020)
33 min | Documentary, Short
A call to his poisoner during the investigation into the poisoning of Alexei Navalny.
Director: Alexei Navalny | Stars: Christo Grozev, Alexei Navalny, Dmitriy Peskov, Maria Pevchikh
Votes: 795
28. On vam ne Dimon (2017)
50 min | Documentary
Don't call him Dimon is a 2017 Russian documentary film about the corrupt affairs of Prime Minister of Russia Dmitry Medvedev. According to the film, Dmitry Medvedev has stolen property estimated to be worth about $1.2 billion.
Director: Alexei Navalny | Stars: Georgy Alburov, Dmitry Medvedev, Alexei Navalny, Alisher Usmanov
Votes: 3,997
29. Return to Source: Philosophy & The Matrix (2004 Video)
61 min | Documentary
Director: Josh Oreck | Stars: Donna Bowman, David Chalmers, Peter Chung, Andy Clark
Votes: 2,213
30. Spider-Man: All Roads Lead to No Way Home (2022 TV Movie)
30 min | Documentary, Action, Adventure
Join our hosts JB Smoove and Martin Starr for a celebration of 20 years of Spider-Man movies!. From the original Sam Raimi trilogy to Marc Webb's "amazing" movies to the latest trio from ... See full summary »
Stars: J.B. Smoove, Martin Starr
Votes: 195
31. Why Are We Creative: The Centipede's Dilemma (2018)
84 min | Documentary
A 30 years odyssey: the world's most intriguing artists and thinkers from the fields of visual art, music, filmmaking, acting, literature, philosophy, politics, business and science, are asked the same question: "Why are you creative?"
Director: Hermann Vaske | Stars: Marina Abramovic, Mariya Alyokhina, Laurie Anderson, Nobuyoshi Araki
Votes: 691
32. Avatar: Creating the World of Pandora (2010 TV Movie)
23 min | Documentary
Director: Thomas C. Grane | Stars: Laz Alonso, Richard Baneham, Christopher Boyes, James Cameron
Votes: 182
33. A Message from Pandora (2010 Video)
20 min | Documentary, Short
James Cameron was aware that our technological creations and pursuits are the prime causes for the damaging of our natural sights, animals, environment, and nature's abundance, more so for indigenous peoples of the world.
Stars: James Cameron, Suzy Amis, Sheyla Juruna, Joel David Moore
Votes: 45
34. Capturing Avatar (2010 Video)
Not Rated | 98 min | Documentary
James Cameron always had an intense interest in the woods and the dwellers that might live within them. He wanted to delve deeply into the world of visual effects and what could be ... See full summary »
Director: Laurent Bouzereau | Stars: James Cameron, Jon Landau, James Gianopulos, Yuri Bartoli
Votes: 138
35. Stan Lee (2023)
TV-14 | 86 min | Documentary, Biography
100 years of dreaming. 100 years of creating. 100 years of Stan Lee.
Director: David Gelb | Stars: Kevin Feige, Jack Kirby, J.C. Lee, Joan Lee
Votes: 2,604
36. The Making of 'Terminator 2: Judgment Day' (1991 TV Short)
Not Rated | 25 min | Documentary, Short, Action
A Behind the scenes of the making of Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991) the sequel to the popular Arnold Schwarzenegger film, The Terminator (1984).
Directors: David G. Hudson, Ed W. Marsh | Stars: Walter Noon, Arnold Schwarzenegger, James Cameron, George Bush
Votes: 371
37. Johnny Depp: King of Cult (2021)
57 min | Documentary, Biography
Johnny Depp. One of the world's best known actors. Famous for his versatility and dedication to the characters he plays. Initially known as a teen idol for his tortured pretty-boy looks, ... See full summary »
Director: Danielle Winter | Stars: Jerry Bruckheimer, Tim Burton, Alice Cooper, Penélope Cruz
Votes: 1,015
38. The Kingdom of Dreams and Madness (2013)
Not Rated | 118 min | Documentary
Follows the routines of those employed at Studio Ghibli, including filmmakers Hayao Miyazaki, Isao Takahata, and Toshio Suzuki as they work to release two films simultaneously, The Wind Rises and The Tale of the Princess Kaguya.
Director: Mami Sunada | Stars: Hayao Miyazaki, Yumiko Miyoshi, Toshio Suzuki, Shinsuke Nonaka
Votes: 5,660
39. Kubrick by Kubrick (2020)
65 min | Documentary
A rare and transcendent journey into the life and films of the legendary Stanley Kubrick like we've never seen before, featuring a treasure trove of unearthed interview recordings from the master himself.
Director: Gregory Monro | Stars: Stanley Kubrick, Michel Ciment, Malcolm McDowell, Jack Nicholson
Votes: 2,610
40. The Case Is Solved. I Know Everyone Who Tried to Kill Me (2020)
52 min | Documentary
Investigation into the attempted murder of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny
Director: Alexei Navalny | Stars: Yulia Navalnaya, Alexei Navalny, Vladimir Putin
Votes: 1,549
41. Durov (2021)
94 min | Documentary, Biography
First biography of VK and Telegram CEO Pavel Durov.
Director: Rodion Chepel | Stars: Pavel Durov, Aleksandr Akopov, Rodion Chepel
Votes: 135
42. Dreams: Cinema of the Subconscious (2010 Video)
44 min | Documentary, Short
Can the dream world be a fully functional parallel reality? Joseph Gordon-Levitt and leading scientists take you to the cutting edge of dream research in this documentary produced for Christopher Nolan's Inception.
Director: Roko Belic | Stars: Joseph Gordon-Levitt, William C. Dement, Jayne Gackenbach, Deirdre Barrett
Votes: 250
43. Making 'Snatch' (2001 Video)
25 min | Documentary, Short
Directors: Martin Herring, Janet Knipe | Stars: Jason Statham, Guy Ritchie, Tim Maurice-Jones, Matthew Vaughn
Votes: 86
44. King on Screen (2022)
105 min | Documentary
1976, Brian de Palma directs Carrie, the first novel by Stephen King. Since, more than 50 directors adapted the master of horror's books, in more than 80 films and series, making him now, the most adapted author still alive in the world.
Director: Daphné Baiwir | Stars: Tim Curry, James Caan, Mike Flanagan, Frank Darabont
Votes: 476
45. Clerk (2021)
115 min | Documentary, Biography
A documentary on the career and life of filmmaker and raconteur Kevin Smith.
Director: Malcolm Ingram | Stars: Betty Aberlin, Joey Lauren Adams, Marc Bernardin, Raquel Castro
Votes: 668
46. The Arrival of a Train (1896)
Not Rated | 1 min | Documentary, Short
A train arrives at La Ciotat station.
Directors: Auguste Lumière, Louis Lumière | Stars: Madeleine Koehler, Marcel Koehler, Mrs. Auguste Lumiere, Jeanne-Joséphine Lumière
Votes: 12,872
47. Leaving the Factory (1895)
Not Rated | 1 min | Documentary, Short
Workers leaving the Lumière factory for lunch in Lyon, France in 1895; a place of great photographic innovation and one of the birth places of cinema.
Director: Louis Lumière
Votes: 7,553
48. The Irishman: In Conversation (2019)
TV-MA | 23 min | Documentary, Short
A roundtable discussion about The Irishman (2019) with Martin Scorsese, Robert De Niro, Al Pacino and Joe Pesci.
Stars: Robert De Niro, Al Pacino, Joe Pesci, Martin Scorsese
Votes: 1,975
49. The Road to El Camino: Behind the Scenes of El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie (2019 TV Short)
13 min | Documentary, Short
A look behind the scenes of El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie (2019), with interviews of those involved.
Stars: Charles Baker, Jonathan Banks, Melissa Bernstein, Michael Bofshever
Votes: 1,598
50. Jim & Andy: The Great Beyond (2017)
TV-MA | 94 min | Documentary
A behind-the-scenes look at how Jim Carrey adopted the persona of idiosyncratic comedian Andy Kaufman on the set of Man on the Moon (1999).
Director: Chris Smith | Stars: Jim Carrey, Danny DeVito, Milos Forman, Peter Bonerz
Votes: 27,985
51. The Making of 'Scott Pilgrim vs. the World' (2010 Video)
49 min | Documentary
Directors: Dan Mudford, Phil Stoole | Stars: Edgar Wright, Marc Platt, Bryan Lee O'Malley, Michael Bacall
Votes: 49
52. Back in Time (2015)
Not Rated | 95 min | Documentary, Family, History
A look at the immense cultural impact of the Back to the Future trilogy 30 years after McFly and Brown went on an epic adventure.
Director: Jason Aron | Stars: Steven Spielberg, Michael J. Fox, Robert Zemeckis, Christopher Lloyd
Votes: 4,318
53. The Making of 'Carlito's Way' (2003 Video)
35 min | Documentary, Short
Director: Laurent Bouzereau | Stars: Edwin Torres, Martin Bregman, David Koepp, Brian De Palma
Votes: 207
54. De Palma (2015)
R | 110 min | Documentary, Biography
A documentary about writer and director Brian De Palma.
Directors: Noah Baumbach, Jake Paltrow | Stars: Brian De Palma, Mark Hamill, Amy Irving, Kurt Russell
Votes: 6,203 | Gross: $0.16M
55. George Carlin: You Are All Diseased (1999 TV Special)
TV-MA | 65 min | Documentary, Comedy
Legendary comic Carlin comes back to the Beacon theater to angrily rant about airport security, germs, cigars, angels, children and parents, men, names, religion, god, advertising, Bill Jeff and minorities.
Director: Rocco Urbisci | Star: George Carlin
Votes: 4,699
56. Louis C.K.: Chewed Up (2008 TV Special)
TV-MA | 61 min | Documentary, Comedy
Louis C.K.'s second one-hour special filmed at the Berklee Performance Center in Boston, MA.
Directors: Louis C.K., Shannon Hartman | Star: Louis C.K.
Votes: 11,088
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