With Ma.Ja.De Filmproduktion (Sorted by Popularity Ascending)
1. The Weather Inside (2015)
100 min | Drama
A luxury hotel in a conflict zone. Development aid worker Dorothea begins an affair with a young drifter, Alec, but what starts as sweet distraction brings her dangerously close to losing control.
Director: Isabelle Stever | Stars: Maria Furtwängler, Mehmet Sözer, Barbara Bouchet, Dorka Gryllus
Votes: 106
2. The Cave (I) (2019)
PG-13 | 107 min | Documentary, War
Amidst air strikes and bombings, a group of female doctors in Ghouta, Syria struggle with systemic sexism while trying to care for the injured using limited resources.
Director: Feras Fayyad | Stars: Yara Ibrahim, Tia Alkerdi, Amani Ballour, Salim Namour
Votes: 2,838
3. The Fantastic Family Hotel (2017)
85 min | Comedy, Drama, Family
The story is about the 13-year-old boy Kos. His mother passed away and after his father ended up in the hospital, Kos must run the family hotel together with his three sisters. Kos tries to... See full summary »
Director: Ineke Houtman | Stars: Julian Ras, Abbey Hoes, Bente Fokkens, Linde van der Storm
Votes: 209
4. Aquarela (I) (2018)
PG | 90 min | Documentary
Water and ice are shown around the world, in all of their many powerful forms.
Director: Viktor Kosakovskiy
Votes: 1,495 | Gross: $0.19M
5. Invisible Demons (2021)
70 min | Documentary
Explores the dramatic consequences of India's growing economy, capturing not only a city in crisis but magnifying our collective climate realities.
Director: Rahul Jain
Votes: 325
6. My Joy (2010)
Not Rated | 127 min | Drama
A few days in the life of truck driver Georgi, which seems to be a never-ending nightmare, a spiral of violence and abuses of power.
Director: Sergey Loznitsa | Stars: Viktor Nemets, Vladimir Golovin, Aleksey Vertkov, Dmitriy Gotsdiner
Votes: 2,549 | Gross: $0.01M
7. Khadak (2006)
Not Rated | 104 min | Drama, Romance
Set in the frozen steppes of Mongolia, a young nomad confronted with his destiny after animals fall victim to a plague which threatens to eradicate nomadism.
Directors: Peter Brosens, Jessica Woodworth | Stars: Batzul Khayankhyarvaa, Tsetsegee Byamba, Banzar Damchaa, Tserendarizav Dashnyam
Votes: 946 | Gross: $0.00M
8. Memory Games (2018)
85 min | Documentary
Glimpse into the brain's vast potential for memorization through the eyes of four competitive memory athletes as they share techniques and insights.
Directors: Janet Tobias, Claus Wehlisch | Stars: Yanjaa Wintersoul, Andy Fong, Kyle Bryan Johnson, Simon Reinhard
Votes: 457
9. Love in India (2009)
Not Rated | 91 min | Documentary, Drama
A filmmaker explores the cultural traditions and contradictions across the sexually conservative land of the Kama Sutra.
Director: Qaushiq Mukherjee | Stars: Divya Dwivedi, Ranajit Mohanty, Rituparna Sen
Votes: 256
10. Chris the Swiss (2018)
90 min | Documentary, Animation, Biography
Croatia, 7th of January 1992: In the middle of the war a young journalists' body is being found dressed with an uniform of the international mercenary group. 19 years later, his cousin Anja Kofmel detects his story.
Director: Anja Kofmel | Stars: Susanne-Marie Wrage, Megan Gay, Christian Würtenberg, Michael Würtenberg
Votes: 522
11. ¡Vivan las Antipodas! (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: Viktor Kosakovskiy
Votes: 699
12. Heimat is a Space in Time (2019)
218 min | Documentary, History
In this immersive film essay, master documentary filmmaker Thomas Heise dives into four generations of his own family archives to trace the profound cultural and political upheaval of Germany's last century.
Director: Thomas Heise | Star: Thomas Heise
Votes: 159
13. Skydancer (2011)
75 min | Documentary, Adventure, History
Great short film about the Mohawk iron workers, history about these fearless sky walkers who work very hard for their families and keep a tradition that keeps them going
Director: Katja Esson | Stars: Jerry Thundercloud McDonald, Pierce Brosnan, Bobby D'Amelio, Bear Fox
Votes: 23
14. Altiplano (2009)
Not Rated | 109 min | Drama
A former war photographer and her physician husband are caught up in a riot when locals in an Andean village vent their unhappiness with contamination from a nearby mine.
Directors: Peter Brosens, Jessica Woodworth | Stars: Magaly Solier, Jasmin Tabatabai, Olivier Gourmet, Arturo Anacarino Zarate
Votes: 742 | Gross: $0.00M
15. Ménage à trois (2008 TV Movie)
52 min | Documentary
Director: Caterina Klusemann | Stars: Caroline Arni, Ulrich Clement, Barbara Foster, Michael Foster
Votes: 20
16. Rabbit à la Berlin (2009)
Not Rated | 51 min | Documentary, History, News
The untold story about wild rabbits which lived between the Berlin Walls.
Director: Bartosz Konopka
Votes: 874
17. Hamada (2018)
89 min | Documentary
With vitality, humor and unexpected situations, this film paints an unusual portrait of a group of young friends living in a refugee camp in the middle of the stony Saharan desert. A ... See full summary »
Director: Eloy Domínguez Serén | Stars: Sidahmed Salec Labeid, Ainina Sihamed Mohamed, Zaara Mohamed Saleh, Taher Mulay Zain
Votes: 92
18. Melancholian 3 huonetta (2004)
Not Rated | 106 min | Documentary, War
A searing examination of the unrelenting Chechen conflict, observed through the prisms of a Russian military boys academy, a war-torn town and a children's refugee camp.
Director: Pirjo Honkasalo | Star: Pirkko Saisio
Votes: 686
19. Landscape (2003)
60 min | Documentary
A Russian town where people are waiting at a bus stop. We get to know some of them from fragments of their conversations.
Director: Sergey Loznitsa
Votes: 156
20. Merry Christmas, Yiwu (2020)
93 min | Documentary
Communist ideals have long lost their value in Yiwu, a city with 600 Christmas factories, in which Christmas as we know it is produced for the entire world. With rising wages, the workers ... See full summary »
Director: Mladen Kovacevic | Stars: Cui Jiaojiao, Luo Jiaqi, Fang Libao, Li Mapeng
Votes: 81
21. Do Communists Have Better Sex? (2006 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 51 min | Documentary
his is about sex. About sex in Germany and who, on which side of the Iron Curtain, was better at it. At the end of the Second World War, Germans shared the same culture, lifestyle, morals. ... See full summary »
Director: André Meier
Votes: 55
22. School of Seduction (2019)
95 min | Documentary
'School of Seduction' follows the three Russian women, Diana, Lida and Vica, who are on the same mission. They're searching for security, a higher social status, and plain, simple happiness... See full summary »
Director: Alina Rudnitskaya | Stars: Lida, Vika, Diana, Vladimir Putin
Votes: 174
23. Unter Schnee (2011)
108 min | Documentary
In Echigo in Japan the snow often lies several feet deep well into May covering landscape and villages. Over the centuries the inhabitants have organized their lives accordingly. In order ... See full summary »
Director: Ulrike Ottinger | Stars: Setsuko Arakawa, Kiyotsugu Fujima, Takamasa Fujima, Hiroomi Fukuzawa
Votes: 76
24. Pepe Mujica - Lessons from the Flowerbed (2014)
90 min | Documentary
In this documentary about the president of Uruguay, José Mujica, we follow the eccentric man in his simple life.
Director: Heidi Specogna | Stars: Lucia Topolansky, Pepe Mujica
Votes: 147
25. Bad Weather (2011)
83 min | Documentary
A beautiful story about the island in Bangladesh where prostitues live with their families and work. A true masterpiece!
Director: Giovanni Giommi
Votes: 31
26. The First 54 Years: An Abbreviated Manual for Military Occupation (2021)
110 min | Documentary, History
An account of Israeli occupation of the Palestinian Territories in the West Bank and Gaza Strip with statements from Israeli soldiers about their service there.
Director: Avi Mograbi | Stars: Dani Vilenski, Shlomo Gazit, Roni Hirschson, Zvi Barel
Votes: 87
27. I am Kuba (2015)
55 min | Documentary
"I am Kuba" is a coming-of-age film about Kuba who must take care of his little brother while his parents are away.
Director: Åse Svenheim Drivenes | Stars: Jakob Pyrek, Mikolaj Pyrek, Danuta Pyrek, Tomasz Pyrek
Votes: 23
28. Dead Donkeys Fear No Hyenas (2017)
80 min | Documentary
Farmland - the new green gold. Hoping for export revenues, Ethiopia's government leases millions of hectares of farmland to foreign investors. But the dream of prosperity has a dark side ... See full summary »
Director: Joakim Demmer | Stars: Alexander Karim, Mohammed Alamoudi, Ivan Holmes, Argaw Ashine
Votes: 97
29. Revue (2008)
82 min | Documentary
Excerpts from newsreels, propaganda films, TV shows and feature films that present a evocative portrait of Soviet life during the 1950s and the 1960s.
Director: Sergey Loznitsa
Votes: 204
30. Smokings (2014)
Not Rated | 96 min | Documentary
The Messina brothers are Yesmoke, a little tobacco company based in Turin, Italy. Originally, Yesmoke was an online store for cheap cigarettes, selling mainly Philip Morris to millions of ... See full summary »
Director: Michele Fornasero
Votes: 104
31. Anamnesis (I) (2021)
111 min | Documentary, Drama
What we don't see is the face of the most important figure in the film, Stefan S., who is serving a life sentence in a Brandenburg jail.
Directors: Stefan Kolbe, Chris Wright | Stars: Josephine Hock, Nadia Ihjeij
Votes: 22
32. Song from the Forest (2013)
Not Rated | 98 min | Documentary, Biography, Music
25 years ago, Louis Sarno, an American, heard a song on the radio and followed its melody into the Central Africa Jungle and stayed. He than recorded over 1000 hours of original BaAka music... See full summary »
Director: Michael Obert | Stars: Louis Sarno, Samedi Mathurin Bokombe, Jim Jarmusch, Albert Angende
Votes: 232
34. Staub (2007)
Not Rated | 90 min | Documentary
A look at the pervasive power of dust from its tiny particles settling in unseen places to its ability to cause illnesses and create the cosmos.
Director: Hartmut Bitomsky | Stars: Marga Beck, Cornelia Hoepfner, Ayni Iloar, Hiltrud Jehle
Votes: 154
35. Tony 10 (2012)
90 min | Family
A family film which tells the unlikely and timeless story about almost ten year old Tony, whose father rises from being a crane driver to Secretary of State. As a result his parents get ... See full summary »
Director: Mischa Kamp | Stars: Faas Wijn, Jeroen Spitzenberger, Rifka Lodeizen, Annet Malherbe
Votes: 279
36. Exit (VI) (2018)
83 min | Documentary
An exploration into the motives and histories of individuals, including herself, who have exited the world of violent extremism.
Director: Karen Winther
Votes: 72
37. Those Who Said No (2014)
89 min | Documentary, Crime, Drama
For the first time in history an international People's Tribunal convenes in the Hague Court of Justice to investigate the mass executions of political prisoners in Iran during the 1980s. ... See full summary »
Director: Nima Sarvestani | Stars: Payam Akhavan, Mehdi Aslani, Amir Atiabi, Nader Bokaee
Votes: 58
38. The Queen of Silence (2014)
80 min | Documentary, Music
A music-driven documentary about a deaf gypsy girl falling in love with Bollywood.
Director: Agnieszka Zwiefka | Star: Denisa Gabor
Votes: 153
39. Stand Up My Beauty (2021)
110 min | Documentary, Music
Nardos, an Azmari singer from Addis Ababa, dreams of telling stories about the lives of ordinary people through her music. In her search for the stories behind her songs, she meets Gennet, ... See full summary »
Director: Heidi Specogna | Stars: Nardos Wude Tesfaw, Gennet Hiale, Baharde Gelaye, Banchiamlak Mulalem
Votes: 10
40. John Berger or the Art of Looking (2016 TV Movie)
54 min | Documentary
Art, politics and motorcycles: on the occasion of his 90th birthday John Berger or The Art of Looking is an intimate portrait of the writer and art-critic whose ground-breaking work on seeing has shaped our understanding for over five decades. How paintings become narratives and stories turn into images, rarely does anybody demonstrate this as poignantly as Berger. The seeing is his life subject,... See full summary »
Director: Cordelia Dvorak | Stars: John Berger, Selçuk Demirel, Katya Berger Andreadakis, Michael Dibb
Votes: 62
41. Maayo Wonaa Keerol (Le fleuve n'est pas une frontière) (2022)
105 min | Documentary
Forty protagonists, witnesses and victims look back at the 1989 massacres on both sides of the Senegal River, the border between Mauritania and Senegal, in order to understand what really happened.
Director: Alassane Diago
42. Fatherland (2002)
98 min | Documentary
Using old correspondence and new talking heads material, the director explores the traces of a labor camp in Saxony where family members were sent by the Nazis, and a nearby town in what became the DDR.
Director: Thomas Heise | Star: Otto Natho
Votes: 22
43. Cabbage, Potatoes and Other Demons (2016)
65 min | Documentary
1 village, 1.000 tractors, 100.000 tons of cabbages & potatoes each year - which are hardly sold and eventually destroyed. Is there any way out?
Director: Serban Georgescu
Votes: 67
44. Spuren - Die Opfer des NSU (2019)
81 min | Documentary
Between September 2000 and April 2007, eight men with Turkish roots, a man of Greek descent and a German policewoman were murdered. The investigations were initially carried out exclusively... See full summary »
Director: Aysun Bademsoy
Votes: 19
45. Robinsons of Mantsinsaari (2009)
56 min | Documentary
Two men, a Finnish and a Byelorussian live, alone, in a lake's island.
Director: Victor Asliuk
Votes: 26
46. Material (2009)
166 min | Documentary
Story created from fragments in motion of observations from theatre and everyday life.
Director: Thomas Heise
Votes: 57
47. The Last Russian Limousine (2014 TV Movie)
53 min | Documentary
Director: Daria Khlestkina | Star: Mikhail Sattarov
Votes: 52
48. Freak Out! (2014)
89 min | Documentary, Animation, Biography
Long-haired, barefoot people. Free love! Veganism! Experiments with drugs... The sixties, right? Not quite. In 1900 a group of middle class kids revolted against their time and started the ... See full summary »
Director: Carl Javér | Stars: Iben Hjejle, Liz Aggiss, Eileen Boris, Nikolaus Brauns
Votes: 96
49. Little Yellow Boots (2017)
95 min | Documentary
A cinematic letter to a future great-grandchild weaves together a story of personal loss, family and the difference each of us can make in the world.
Director: John Webster | Stars: John Webster, Anu Webster, Benjy Webster, Samuel Webster
Votes: 61
50. God Bless Iceland (2009)
70 min | Documentary
The financial crisis has hit the core existence of no other country as hard as the small nation of Iceland: A country, that in the last years has been one of the most prosperous nations in ... See full summary »
Director: Helgi Felixson | Stars: Björgólfur Thor Björgólfsson, Geir Haarde, Jón Ásgeir Jóhannesson, Bjarni Ármannsson
Votes: 84