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1. Man Bites Dog (1992)
NC-17 | 95 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
A film crew follows a ruthless thief and heartless killer as he goes about his daily routine. But complications set in when the film crew lose their objectivity and begin lending a hand.
Directors: Rémy Belvaux, André Bonzel, Benoît Poelvoorde | Stars: Benoît Poelvoorde, Jacqueline Poelvoorde-Pappaert, Nelly Pappaert, Hector Pappaert
Votes: 43,734 | Gross: $0.21M
2. I Am Curious (Yellow) (1967)
X | 121 min | Drama, Romance
Told in a quasi-documentary style, this companion piece to I Am Curious (Blue) (1968) deals with topics such as class society, non-violent resistance, sex, relationships, and tourism to Francoist Spain.
Director: Vilgot Sjöman | Stars: Lena Nyman, Vilgot Sjöman, Börje Ahlstedt, Peter Lindgren
Votes: 4,302 | Gross: $20.24M
3. Gimme Shelter (1970)
GP | 91 min | Documentary, Music, Thriller
When three hundred thousand members of the Love Generation collided with a few dozen Hells Angels at San Francisco's Altamont Speedway, the bloody slash that transformed a decade's dreams into disillusionment was immortalized on this film.
Directors: Albert Maysles, David Maysles, Charlotte Zwerin | Stars: Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Mick Taylor, Charlie Watts
Votes: 12,892 | Gross: $0.25M
4. Salesman (1969)
G | 91 min | Documentary, Drama
Four dogged door-to-door Bible salesmen travel from Boston to Florida on a seemingly futile quest to sell luxury editions of the Good Book to working-class Catholics.
Directors: Albert Maysles, David Maysles, Charlotte Zwerin | Stars: Paul Brennan, Charles McDevitt, James Baker, Raymond Martos
Votes: 5,708
5. Cocksucker Blues (1972)
93 min | Documentary, Music
Follow the Rolling Stones on their 1972 North American Tour and their first return to the States since the tragedy at Altamont.
Director: Robert Frank | Stars: Truman Capote, Dick Cavett, Marshall Chess, Chris Collins
Votes: 874
6. From the Edge of the City (1998)
Unrated | 94 min | Crime, Drama
A group of Pontian Greek immigrant teenage dreamers dwelling marginalised in the notorious and lustreless wild suburbia, witness the city's repulsive face and an unrelenting world defined by prostitution, drugs, and inevitably, loss.
Director: Constantine Giannaris | Stars: Stathis Papadopoulos, Costas Kotsianidis, Panagiotis Chartomatsidis, Anestis Polychronidis
Votes: 1,474
7. Primary (1960)
Not Rated | 60 min | Documentary, History, News
Cinéma vérité feature that follows presidential hopefuls John F. Kennedy and Hubert H. Humphrey during the 1960 Wisconsin primary.
Director: Robert Drew | Stars: Robert Drew, Hubert H. Humphrey, Muriel Buck Humphrey, Joseph Julian
Votes: 1,484
8. Le joli mai (1963)
Not Rated | 165 min | Documentary
Chris Marker and Pierre Lhomme's LE JOLI MAI (The Lovely Month of May) is a portrait of Paris and Parisians during May 1962, the first springtime of peace after the ceasefire with Algeria ... See full summary »
Directors: Chris Marker, Pierre Lhomme | Stars: Chris Marker, Yves Montand, Simone Signoret, Jean-Luc Godard
Votes: 878 | Gross: $0.02M
9. Near Death (1989)
358 min | Documentary
Renowned documentarian Frederick Wiseman profiles the doctors, nurses, physicians, and patients at the Beth Israel Hospital in Boston, Massachusetts, as he watches medical staff work around... See full summary »
Director: Frederick Wiseman
Votes: 267
10. Comment Yukong déplaça les montagnes (1976)
763 min | Documentary
From 1972 until 1974, Joris Ivens and Marceline Loridan, along with a Chinese film crew, documented the last days of the Cultural Revolution, marking the end of an era. The vast amount of ... See full summary »
Directors: Joris Ivens, Marceline Loridan Ivens, Jean Bigiaoui
Votes: 118
11. Third Side of the Coin (1960)
60 min | Documentary
A documentary about the then only twelve year old country of Israel, caught amidst the tensions of the Middle East and the ongoing Cold War.
Director: Chris Marker | Stars: Ali, Père Gauthier, Monsieur Klein, Yaakov Malkin
Votes: 232
12. Kings of Pastry (2009)
Not Rated | 87 min | Documentary, Drama, Family
The collar awarded to the winners of the Meilleur Ouvrier de France (Best Craftsman in France) is more than the ultimate recognition for every pastry chef - it is a dream and an obsession. ... See full summary »
Directors: Chris Hegedus, D.A. Pennebaker | Stars: Jacquy Pfeiffer, Regis Lazard, Philippe Rigollot, Rachel Beaudry
Votes: 1,383 | Gross: $0.34M
13. Sweetheart Deal (2022)
98 min | Documentary
Four sex workers caught in the spiral of addiction turn to a self-proclaimed healer offering friendship and a path to salvation from the streets inside his roadside RV. But just as they ... See full summary »
Directors: Elisa Levine, Gabriel Miller
Votes: 34
14. Kanarta (2020)
120 min | Documentary, Adventure, Drama
Sebastian and Pastora live in a Shuar village in Upper Amazonia of Ecuador. Sebastian is not only a respected healer, but also a medicinal botanist who experiments with unknown plants. His ... See full summary »
Director: Akimi Ota | Stars: Pastora Tanchima, Sebastian Tsamarain
Votes: 5
15. Of Whales, the Moon, and Men (1963)
105 min | Documentary
At the instigation of the filmmakers, the young men of the Ile-aux-Coudres in the middle of the St-Lawrence River try as a memorial to their ancestors to revive the fishing of the belugas interrupted in 1924.
Directors: Michel Brault, Pierre Perrault | Stars: Léopold Tremblay, Alexis Tremblay, Abel Harvey, Louis Harvey
Votes: 710
16. High Risk Offender (1998)
57 min | Documentary
An unflinching look at ex-convicts, their parole officers and therapists, and the process that eases ex-cons back into society. For ten months, this cinema verite documentary followed the ... See full summary »
Director: Barry Greenwald
Votes: 20
17. Rhythm Thief (1994)
Not Rated | 88 min | Drama
Simon is a street retailer, his shop a corner on the lower east side in New York, his stock bootleg cassette tapes,the ambience a boombox. He scrounges food from restaurants, exists on ... See full summary »
Director: Matthew Harrison | Stars: Jason Andrews, Eddie Daniels, Kevin Corrigan, Kimberly Flynn
Votes: 265
18. In Transit (I) (2015)
76 min | Documentary, News
Journey into the hearts and minds of passengers aboard the Empire Builder, America's busiest long-distance train route.
Directors: Albert Maysles, Lynn True, David Usui, Nelson Walker III, Ben Wu
Votes: 158
19. Senkyo (2007)
Not Rated | 120 min | Documentary
Can a candidate with no political experience and no charisma win an election if he is backed by the political giant Prime Minister Koizumi and his Liberal Democratic Party? This ... See full summary »
Director: Kazuhiro Sôda | Stars: Seiko Hashimoto, Nobuteru Ishihara, Yoriko Kawaguchi, Jun'ichirô Koizumi
Votes: 244
20. Mental (2008)
Not Rated | 135 min | Documentary
MENTAL is a feature-length documentary that observes the complex world of an outpatient mental health clinic in Japan, interwoven with patients, doctors, staff, volunteers, and home-helpers... See full summary »
Director: Kazuhiro Sôda | Stars: Toshio Kashiwagi, Itsuko Kishimoto, Ikuo Miyake, Kikuyo Nishimura
Votes: 186
21. Les raquetteurs (1958)
15 min | Short, Documentary
Footage of a snowshoe festival in Sherbrooke, Quebec. Depictions of culture in the early years including snowshoe races, and musical attractions.
Directors: Michel Brault, Gilles Groulx
Votes: 394
22. The Times That Are (1967)
118 min | Documentary
Four years after Of Whales, the Moon, and Men (1963), the director 'Pierre Perrault' ask Alexis Tremblay if he agreed to travel with his wife Marie in the country of their ancestors, France... See full summary »
Director: Pierre Perrault | Stars: Alexis Tremblay, Marie Tremblay, Léopold Tremblay, Marie-Paule Tremblay
Votes: 78
23. Cinéma Vérité: Defining the Moment (1999)
193 min | Documentary
This is a documentary about direct-cinema from its very beginnings (Nanook of the North) to the fake-direct-cinema of the Blair Witch Project. All the important direct-cinema filmmakers are... See full summary »
Director: Peter Wintonick | Stars: Jean-Pierre Beauviala, Michel Brault, Gillian Caldwell, Robin Cowie
Votes: 245
24. A People in the Shadows (2008)
92 min | Documentary
Almost thirty years after the revolution, and twenty since the end of the long Iran-Iraq war, A People in the Shadows takes us on a voyage into the heart of Tehran, a megalopolis of 14 ... See full summary »
Director: Bani Khoshnoudi
Votes: 14
25. The Shimmering Beast (1982)
128 min | Documentary
A documentary film about a group of hunters who gather annually to hunt moose near Maniwaki, Quebec.
Director: Pierre Perrault | Stars: Louis-Philippe Lécuyer, Philippe Cross, Stéphane-Albert Boulais, Maurice Chaillot
Votes: 279
26. Wow (1970)
94 min | Documentary
Nine teenagers are interviewed about social and cultural issues and then get to act out their dreams and fantasies.
Director: Claude Jutra | Stars: Danielle Bail, Philippe Dubé, Michèle Mercure, Dave Gold
Votes: 72
27. Bikini (2014)
20 min | Documentary, Short, Drama
Masha is dreaming of winning the fitness bikini models championship cup. She has been working on achieving this goal for many years. She has been training under the supervision of her ... See full summary »
Director: Marina Nefyodova | Star: Maria Tskirija
Votes: 13
28. Harlem School 1970 (2018 TV Movie)
51 min | Documentary
A Feature Documentary Film, Conceived, Produced, Directed, Photographed, Audio Recorded, Edited, by Phil Gries based on his observations as an elementary school teacher in Harlem, New York (1967-1970).
Director: Phil Gries | Stars: Arthur Atkins, Ronnie Berman, Maria Bithorn, Jacqueline Bussey
29. A Face of War (1968)
Approved | 72 min | Documentary, War
Most powerful Vietnam war doco not available except on Facebook page
Director: Eugene S. Jones | Star: Michael Mileham
Votes: 58
30. Asylum (II) (1972)
Not Rated | 95 min | Documentary
A documentary crew lives with the schizophrenic residents of a group home based upon radical psychiatrist R. D. Laing's controversial approach to healing through compassion and freedom.
Director: Peter Robinson | Stars: R.D. Laing, Leon Redler, David Bell, Julia
Votes: 121
31. Druga generacija (1983)
88 min | Drama
A teenager arrives from Germany to his grandparents in Novi Sad. He can't adjust to Yugoslavian schools, system or slow way of life, so he asks his folks to go back, but his parents insist on him staying. What now?
Director: Zelimir Zilnik | Stars: Petar Bosancic, Vlastimir Sinko, Dragan Sokoljanski, Sanja Zlatkovic
Votes: 47
32. Cavepeople
10 min | Short, Documentary, Music | Post-production
On January 13th, 2024; The Long Island punk scene is displayed through the more than a hundred attendees at the one year anniversary of the independently operated basement venue "The Cave".
Director: Anthony Thomas Larkin | Stars: Katy Morge, John Statc, Abi Areola, Buddy the Dog
33. Adelheid, Kornelius & die Töde (2018)
90 min | Documentary
Everything's supposed to stay as it's always been. Kornelius (82) doesn't trust the radiation therapy that could turn him into a 'eunuch'. He'd rather carry on 'doing rigorous stuff'. It's ... See full summary »
Director: Kirstin Schmitt
34. La lutte (1961)
28 min | Documentary, Short
Follows the professional wrestling scene in Montreal and observes the before, during, and after portions of a major show and the spectators who are enthralled by it.
Directors: Michel Brault, Marcel Carrière, Claude Fournier, Claude Jutra | Stars: Edouard Carpentier, Al Costello, Dominic DeNucci, Ivan Kalmykov
Votes: 173
35. Animal Cinema (2017)
13 min | Documentary, Short
Animal Cinema is a film composed of fragments of videos of animals operating cameras. All cameras were stolen by animals who acted autonomously. These video materials, downloaded from ... See full summary »
Director: Emilio Vavarella | Stars: Cardisoma Guanhumi, Octopus Vulgaris, Amphioctopus Marginatus, Canis Lupus Familiaris
36. Panoramen (2019)
54 min | Documentary
1829 the naturalist Alexander von Humboldt attempted a russian-siberian expedition. Humboldt travelled to obtain a clear view of nature, people and life in this immense country. 2019 ... See full summary »
Directors: Jonas Erler, Marian Röder
37. Jeannot le fou (2008)
75 min | Documentary
In Saint-Hyacinthe, a little town in Quebec, Jeannot Caron is considered to be a crazy man. However, he has a dream. He wishes to build the first love hospital in the world for people in ... See full summary »
Directors: Francis Pinard, Benoit Thomassin | Stars: Jeannot Caron, Luc Jean Daviau
38. On Point (2008)
75 min | Documentary, Music
A look at The Brasilia, Brazil Dance Seminar and Competition. Dancers and world renown judges come from around the world to dance and compete in ballet, modern, jazz and flamingo.
Director: Theodore Collatos
39. The Hellacopters: Goodnight Cleveland (2002 TV Movie)
48 min | Documentary, Music
The Hellacopters "Goodnight Cleveland" is a fly on the wall documentary following the Hellacopters on their 2002 tour of America. Informed by the techniques of cinema verité and direct ... See full summary »
Director: Jim Heneghan | Stars: Nicke Andersson, Chippen, Robert Dahlqvist, Robert Eriksson
Votes: 80
41. Twenty-Seven Stories (2007)
24 min | Short
Graduate business students from across the world, have two minutes to pitch start-up business ideas in moving elevators to venture capitalists during the 2006 Wake Forest Elevator Competition.
Director: Jeff M. Giordano
42. Break a Leg (2012)
15 min | Short, Comedy
Two actors are cast to enact the same role in the same film.
Director: Prashant Bhilare | Stars: Prashant Bhilare, Sameer Kalbhor, Sanjeev Pandey, Sushil Sharma
43. Roma città chiusa (2020)
8 min | Documentary, Short
Rome, Friday the 13th, 2020. Life oscillates between normality and fear as a pandemic takes hold.
Director: Mo Scarpelli
44. Sickfuckpeople - Short Version (2011)
42 min | Documentary, Short, Drama
This is a documentary triptych about a group of homeless kids who have survived their drug-addicted childhood, grown up and begun to live an adult life. It is a story about a boy facing the... See full summary »
Director: Juri Rechinsky
Votes: 14
45. Jean Rouch: paroles données (2005)
15 min | Documentary, Short
Director: Marc-Arnaud Boussat | Star: Jean Rouch
46. Domace je najbolje (2009)
27 min | Documentary, Short
A graphic presentation of Croatian traditional pig slaughter festivity, which has recently become illegal in Croatia as a result of the country's preparation for the membership in the ... See full summary »
Director: Slaven Zimbrek
47. The World According to David Liebe Hart (2010)
57 min | Documentary, Biography, Comedy
David Liebe Hart is a self-described actor, artist, puppeteer, singer, and songwriter who has been trying to make it big in Hollywood for over thirty years.
Director: Kevin Schreck | Stars: David Liebe Hart, Adam Papagan, James Quall, Susan Diane Yurkew
Votes: 20
48. Georg (1964)
55 min | Drama
A German WWII veteran and émigré to the United States depicts the increasingly downward progression of his family and life through the lens of his battlefield camera, including his own death during a stateside military protest.
Director: Stanton Kaye | Stars: Lynn Averill, Mark Cheka, Stanton Kaye
50.
Independent Lens (1999– )
Episode:
The New Americans
(2004)
TV-14 | 408 min | Documentary
The New Americans follows four years in the lives of a diverse group of contemporary immigrants and refugees as they journey to start new lives in America. The detailed portraits--woven ... See full summary »
Directors: Laura Angelica Simon, Susana Aikin, Carlos Aparicio, Jerry Blumenthal, Steve James, Indu Krishnan, Gordon Quinn, Renee Tajima-Pena | Stars: Ismail Bashey, Don Cheadle, America Ferrera
Votes: 35