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- DirectorJean-Paul Le ChanoisStarsFranck BauerAbel BonnardGenevieve BrissautThis documentary about WW II, composed of clandestine Allied film takes and German Wochenschaubilder, focuses on the French Resistance, especially the heroic but disastrous battle of the Vercors plateau in July 1944, where German troops mercilessly slaughtered the Maquis and the inhabitants.
- DirectorJames AlgarStarsWinston HiblerAlthough first glance reveals little more than stones and sand, the desert is alive. Witness moving rocks, spitting mud pots, gorgeous flowers and the never-ending battle for survival between creatures of every shape, size and description.
- DirectorJacques-Yves CousteauLouis MalleStarsFrédéric DumasAlbert FalcoJacques-Yves CousteauA documentary about the undersea explorers and how they penetrate into the underwater world.
- DirectorPaul KenworthyRalph WrightStarsWinston HiblerTrue-Life nature photography is used to tell the tale of a female tree squirrel named Perri who encounters many different forest creatures, both friendly and dangerous, as she grows up through the four seasons and finds a mate named Porro.
- DirectorFrançois ReichenbachStarsJean CocteauPaul KlingerJune RichmondSatirical documentary, shot in all parts of the US, showing various aspects of American behavior.
- DirectorErwin LeiserStarsPaul KlingerClaude StephensonLouis Arbessier"Mein Kampf" presents the rise and fall of the Third Reich, showing mainly the destruction of Poland and the life of Hitler, from when he was a mediocre student and frustrated aspirant of art living in the slums of Austria and Germany, until his suicide in 1945 after being responsible for the deaths of millions of people and the destruction of Europe. All of the footage is real and was in a secret file of Göbbels, including many poignant scenes filmed by Göbbels himself.
- DirectorLuigi VanziStarsAlfredo AlariaThe Amin BrothersChéri BibiA tour in colour and 'scope of cabarets and night-spots around the world.
- DirectorPaolo CavaraGualtiero JacopettiFranco ProsperiStarsStefano SibaldiRossano BrazziYves KleinA "shockumentary" consisting of a collection of mostly real archive footage displaying mankind at its most depraved and perverse, displaying bizarre rites, cruel behavior and bestial violence.
- DirectorFrançois ReichenbachStarsAbdoulaye FayeJean-Paul BelmondoMarcel BouchardSemi-documentary about a young black boxer named Abdoullah Faye and his life in Paris.
- DirectorFrédéric RossifStarsIrene WorthJohn GielgudSuzanne FlonTo Die in Madrid (French: Mourir à Madrid) is a 1963 French documentary film about the Spanish Civil War, directed by Frédéric Rossif. It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature.
- DirectorChris MarkerPierre LhommeStarsChris MarkerYves MontandSimone SignoretChris 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 and the first time in 23 years that France was not involved in any war.
- DirectorBertrand BlierStarsZouzouYoung people talk about the past, present and the future, dreams and trends, in front of Blier's camera.
- DirectorJames AlgarStarsRex AllenIngvald LieberkindRobert DalbanWhen both parents are killed by man, the wolf Lobo learns the ways of the hunter.
- DirectorJacques-Yves CousteauStarsPierre BidaultLouis BidegantChristian BonniciFascinating underwater documentary filmed with hand-held cameras by frogmen and mostly filmed in deep-water seas from within a special designed batiscaff, by the Cousteau family of sea explorers.
- DirectorEdouard LogereauStarsHenri GarcinRomain BouteilleA shockumentary about what happens in Paris that even Parisian never see.
- DirectorKon IchikawaStarsAntonio AmbuGary AndersonGerry AshworthKon Ichikawa examines the beauty and rich drama on display at the 1964 Summer Games in Tokyo, creating a record of observations that range from the expansive to the intimate.
- DirectorJean-Luc GodardJoris IvensWilliam KleinStarsAnne BellecKaren BlanguernonFidel CastroIn seven different segments, Godard, Klein, Lelouch, Marker, Resnais, and Varda show their sympathy and support for the North Vietnamese army during the Vietnam War.
- DirectorPhilippe ArthuysGilbert ProuteauStarsJean-Paul BelmondoMarcel AchardAmarandeThis is NOT a documentary. It's much more. A very interesting mixture of filmed scenes with J-P Belmondo and archival footage regarding cultural aspects of all kind around Paris, starting at the end of the 19th century and ending in the mid-1960's. Jean-Paul Belmondo leads us through the movie starting as a young photographer around 1900, a reporter in both world-wars and doing fictional interviews with lots of celebrities. The film ends showing Belmondo as an old man around 90 years saying goodbye to his beloved Paris. A quiet but superb role for J-P B who can be seen in dozens of outfits and in different ages.
- DirectorMarcel OphülsStarsHelmut TausendMarcel VerdierAlexis GraveAn in-depth exploration of the various reactions by the French people to the Vichy government's acceptance of the German invasion.
- DirectorBruce BrownStarsSteve McQueenDave AldanaMark BrelsfordDocumentary on motorcycle racing featuring stars of the sport, including film star Steve McQueen, a racer in his own right.
- DirectorMichelangelo AntonioniStarsGiuseppe RinaldiA documentary on China, concentrating mainly on the faces of the people, filmed in the areas they were allowed to visit. The 220-minute version consists of three parts. The first part, taken around Beijing, includes a cotton factory, older sections of the city, and a clinic where a Caesarean operation is performed using acupuncture. The middle part visits the Red Flag canal and a collective farm in Henan, as well as the old city of Suzhou. The final part shows the port and industries of Shanghai and ends with a stage presentation by Chinese acrobats.
- DirectorGualtiero JacopettiFranco ProsperiStarsStefano SibaldiSusan HampshireDick GregoryTwo documentary filmmakers go back in time to the pre-Civil War American South, to film the slave trade.
- DirectorBarbet SchroederStarsIdi AminFidel CastroGolda MeirA documentary on the military dictator of Africa's Uganda.
- DirectorOrson WellesGary GraverOja KodarStarsOrson WellesOja KodarFrançois ReichenbachA documentary about fraud and fakery.
- DirectorJean-François DavyStarsBenoît ArchenoulFrédérique BarralClaudine BeccarieA look behind the scenes of the French adult film industry.
- DirectorFrédéric RossifStarsEvelyne DressGérard FalconettiMyriam MézièresA documentary about the life of wild animals.
- DirectorGene KellyStarsFred AstaireGene KellyJudy GarlandThe second installment in the "That's Entertainment" trilogy features more classic scenes from MGM's vast musical library with the addition of comedy and drama films.
- DirectorFrançois ReichenbachStarsFrank MooreJohn HolmesMarc StevensThe director films common people in sexual related situations, in a variety of true, gripping, funny, dramatic, disturbing, imaginative ways - in the country than facing a big moral change in their view of adult, public and sexual life.
- DirectorGeorge ButlerRobert FioreStarsArnold SchwarzeneggerLou FerrignoMatty FerrignoArnold Schwarzenegger and Lou Ferrigno face off in a no-holds-barred competition for the title of Mr. Olympia in this critically-acclaimed film that made Schwarzenegger a household name.
- DirectorColine SerreauStarsLasse BraunVéronique Monod
- DirectorLasse HallströmStarsAnni-Frid LyngstadBenny AnderssonBjörn UlvaeusAn incompetent radio DJ tries to get an interview with the Swedish pop group during their famous week-long 1977 tour of Australia.
- DirectorFrançois BelGérard VienneA documentary depicting the day- and nighttime behaviors of African animals.
- DirectorMartin ScorseseStarsRobbie RobertsonMuddy WatersNeil YoungA film account and presentation of the final concert of The Band.
- DirectorBarbet SchroederStarsKokoPenny PattersonSaul KitchenerA documentary that follows Dr. Penny Patterson's current scientific study of Koko, a gorilla who communicates through American Sign Language.
- DirectorRaymond DepardonStarsUrsula AndressFrancis ApestéguyRaymond BarreThis documentary traces the unrewarding, cynical and difficult world of photographers.
- DirectorRomain GoupilStarsAlain BureauPierre GoupilRomain GoupilRomain Goupil records his years of militancy and disappointment as the new world they fought for doesn't come. He praises his missing friend Michel Recanati who committed suicide at 30 years.
- DirectorRomano VanderbesStarsBree AnthonyFanne FoxeC.J. LaingDocumentary about bizarre and unusual practices in the USA.
- DirectorRobert ParrishBertrand TavernierThe two directors meander through rural Mississippi in search of the spirit of local music and society. Highlights the heritage of William Faulkner, the role of Black churches, and gospel and blues music.
- DirectorFrédéric RossifJean-Charles CuttoliStarsRichard Berry
- DirectorClaude LanzmannStarsSimon SrebnikMichael PodchlebnikMotke ZaïdlClaude Lanzmann's epic documentary recounts the story of the Holocaust through interviews with witnesses - perpetrators as well as survivors.
- DirectorJack Haley Jr.StarsMikhail BaryshnikovRay BolgerSammy Davis Jr.The history of dance depicted on film.
- DirectorJonathan DemmeStarsDavid ByrneBernie WorrellAlex WeirConsidered by critics as the greatest concert film of all time, the live performance was shot over the course of three nights at Hollywood's Pantages Theater in December of 1983 and features Talking Heads' most memorable songs.
- DirectorGodfrey ReggioStarsChristie BrinkleyDavid BrinkleyPatrick DisantoAn exploration of technologically developing nations and the effect the transition to Western-style modernization has had on them.
- DirectorBill CouturiéStarsTom BerengerEllen BurstynJ. Kenneth CampbellFeature-length documentary film featuring real-life letters written by American soldiers, sailors, airmen, and Marines during the Vietnam War to their families and friends back home.
- DirectorGérard VienneStarsMichel PiccoliSusan SarandonFilmed over a period of five years, this is a documentary about monkeys, and how their world is not too different from our own. They share with man concerns for the search for affection, the care of children, and the struggle for power.
- DirectorAdrian MabenStarsAdrian MabenCandice BergenTina BrownA camera crew follows Helmut Newton, the fashion and ad photographer whose images of tall, blond, big-breasted women are part of the iconography of twentieth-century erotic fantasy. He's on the go from L.A., to Paris, to Monte-Carlo, to Berlin, where he was a youth until he escaped from the Nazis in 1936. We see him on shoots, interviewing models, and discussing his work. It's not art and it's not good taste, he tells students. We meet June, his Australian-born wife, whom he married in 1948. Three actresses talk about working with Newton and how posing is different from acting. A heart attack in 1973 helps Newton re-focus, resulting in more personal photographic projects.
- DirectorDiane KeatonStarsMichael AgbabianJames AllportLazaro ArvizuA series of interviews are conducted concerning people's beliefs towards the possibility of an afterlife. The interviews are filmed against a set of strange backdrops, and are intercut with clips from classic films and a variety of stock footage.
- DirectorBruce WeberStarsChet BakerCarol BakerVera BakerDocumentary on the life of jazz trumpeter and drug addict Chet Baker. Fascinating series of interviews with friends, family, associates and lovers, interspersed with film from Baker's earlier life and some modern-day performances.
- DirectorMike HooverGreg MacGillivrayDerek HartStarsNina AnaniashviliLarisa EryominaRichard KileyWhat happens in a human body during high stress activities like extreme sports?
- DirectorMichael MooreStarsMichael MooreRoger B. SmithRhonda BrittonAfter General Motors closes its factory in Flint, Michigan, eliminating 35,000 jobs, filmmaker Michael Moore undertakes a quixotic quest to interview General Motors' chairman, Roger B. Smith.
- DirectorKieth MerrillStarsDaniel T. MajetichCoby JordanBruce SimballaFollow the scientific expedition of John Wesley Powell who mapped the canyon and boated the Colorado River rapids into modern times.
- DirectorTony IanzeloLiu Hao XueStarsChristopher PlummerMichel GarneauBo Guan JunQin Shihuang conquered six powerful warring states and, in 221 BC, declared himself emperor of all China. During his reign, he introduced sweeping reforms, built a vast network of roads and connected the Great Wall of China which to this day stretches over 2400 kilometers. The film includes the first documentary footage of Qin's life-sized terracotta army, constructed almost 2,200 years ago for his tomb. The imperial system he created has endured for thousands of years, proving to be the world's most durable political structure. From the inner sanctum of Emperor Qin's royal palace to fierce battles with feudal kings, this lavish historical drama re-creates the glory and the terror of the Qin Dynasty.
- DirectorLuc BessonAtmospheric soundtrack follows this compilation of nature footage that focuses on the ocean and various life forms that live, mate and die in it.
- DirectorMick JacksonStarsSteve MartinVictoria TennantRichard E. GrantWith the help of a talking freeway billboard, a wacky weatherman tries to win the heart of an English newspaper reporter, who is struggling to make sense of the strange world of early 1990s Los Angeles.
- DirectorBen BurttStarsJames BuchliToni MyersOn several Shuttle missions, Earth has been portrayed from places that nobody else could reach. We also are shown the different locations and environmental problems mankind created there because of our wish to exploit our planet for our own benefit.
- DirectorBertrand TavernierStarsPatrick RotmanBertrand TavernierDocumentary on the French-Algerian conflict 1954-1962 which was never officially called a "war", including interviews with some of the survivors.
- DirectorJohn WeileyStarsAlex ScottThis large format film explores the last great wilderness on earth. It takes you to the coldest, driest, windiest continent, Antarctica. The film explores life in Antarctica, both for the animals that live there and the scientists that work there.
- DirectorAdrian WarrenStarsRebecca JenkinsMountain Gorilla takes the viewer to a remote range of volcanic mountains in Rwanda, Africa, described by those who have been there as ""one of the most beautiful places in the world"", and home to the few hundred remaining mountain gorillas.
- DirectorMichael AptedStarsRobert RedfordNorman ZigrossiRobert SikmaThis film describes the events surrounding a 1975 shootout at the Pine Ridge reservation in S. Dakota where two FBI agents were killed.
- DirectorRichard W. MunchkinRick JacobsonStarsDon WilsonMaria FordVince MurdoccoL.A.'s Chinatown is disrupted by the cross-town rivalry between two kickboxing clubs, as the competitive sport is catapulted from the ring of a gymnasium to a ring of fire.
- DirectorErrol MorrisStarsStephen HawkingIsobel HawkingJanet HumphreyA 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.
- DirectorClaude ChabrolStarsMichel BouquetBrian CoxMaquisard AlfonsoThis movie is only made of archive pictures: the official newsreels that were broadcasted on French movie screens during 1940 and 1944 (the Occupation). Those newsreels were controlled by the government of Vichy, which collaborated with the Nazis, so most of them are propaganda. Their purpose is to show what the disinformation was then, and perhaps more generally to evoke the problem of the power of the mass media.
- DirectorMichel PascalSerge ToubianaStarsFanny ArdantOlivier AssayasAlexandre AstrucTwenty-six people - including two daughters, an ex-wife, his last lover, actors, fellow directors and writers, a neighbor, and boyhood friends - talk about François Truffaut. They discuss his attitudes toward wealth, his early writings about cinema, the undercurrent of violence in his films and his personality, the way he used and altered events in his life when making films, his search for a father (both artistic and biological), his relationship with his mother, the scenes in his films that cause a squirm of embarrassment, and his ultimate mysticism. Clips from a dozen of his films are included.
- DirectorGreg MacGillivrayJon BoorstinStephen JudsonStarsRobert EatherLouis HermanEllen StofanFrom the earliest voyages that mapped the Earth to today's launches into space, "The Discoverers" reverberates with the passion to explore our universe. Based on the Pulitzer Prize winning book by Dr. Daniel J. Boorstin, "The Discoverers" examines our desire to expand the boundaries of knowledge. The stories presented in this film span space and time, taking us around the world to participate in the act of discovery. Stand alongside Sir Isaac Newton in his British lab; then travel to the present to observe Dr. Louis Herman working with his very cerebral dolphins in Hawaii. Ever wonder "how did they do that?"
- DirectorGreg MacGillivrayStarsJames BurkeMonty CoxShane McCameyA documentary on the history on mankind's attempts to reach high speeds. Starting with the invention of the bicycle, going on to sports cars, cars with jet engines, rocket-powered cars, attempts to break the sound barrier, and rocket-engine airplanes. Each achievement is documented by title card indicating the speed reached in miles per hour.
- DirectorTony GatlifStarsLa CaitaThe journey of the Romany people told through musicians and dancers of India, Egypt, Turkey, Romania, Hungary, Slovakia, France, and Spain.
- DirectorAdrian WarrenStarsPatrick StewartGo on a breathtaking adventure through time and across five continents to reveal nature's most vital secret.
- DirectorGeorge CaseyStarsJames Earl JonesThe Serengeti is a huge area of grassland in Tanzania, Africa. Once a year, in the time of drought, about two million herd animals like antelopes travel north to feed and mate before moving south again, when plants there begin to blossom.
- DirectorBruce BrownStarsPatrick O'ConnellRobert 'Wingnut' WeaverRobert AugustTwo famous surfers, Patrick O' Connell and Robert "Wingnut" Weaver, set out for an international worldwide surfing safari adventure with documentary filmmaker Bruce Brown.
- DirectorKieth MerrillStarsRosie the Bear CubBart the BearMichael R. BergerSee Yellowstone National Park: Grizzlies, geysers, rivers, canyons and, of course, moose.
- DirectorRaymond DepardonStarsMichèle Bernard-RequinThis documentary is a collection of footage of 14 suspects being 'interviewed' by the deputy public prosecutors.
- DirectorMarcel OphülsStarsChristiane AmanpourPaul AmarSergio ApollonioWe follow Marcel Ophuls' two journeys to Sarajevo in 1993. He is starting a documentary about war correspondants. But this also becomes a reflexion about truth and life. The form consists in many interviews of mostly French and American journalists and reporters of television or newspapers.
- DirectorBen BurttPhyllis FergusonJames NeihouseStarsLeonard NimoyRoberta L. BondarEric DeJongTravel up close astronauts as they repair the Hubble Space Telescope and soar above Venus and Mars whilst finding proof of new planets and the possibility of other life forming around distant stars.
- DirectorAndré AsséoPierre BillardAlain CorneauStarsJacques PerrinA documentary compiling excerpts from French cinema films or dealing with the beginnings of cinema.
- DirectorCatherine BreillatCosta-GavrasClaire DenisStarsBernard BenassayagThierry Saïd BouibilJérôme ChabreyrieAnthology of short films from various directors about the French city of Nice.
- DirectorRob EpsteinJeffrey FriedmanStarsLily TomlinTony CurtisSusie BrightA documentary surveying the various Hollywood screen depictions of homosexuals and the attitudes behind them throughout the history of North American film.
- DirectorJean-Jacques AnnaudStarsCraig ShefferElizabeth McGovernTom HulceWhile flying mail across the Andean mountains, Henri Guillaumet's plane has to crash-land, he must trek back to civilizatin on foot.
- DirectorJean-Pierre ChardonAlain GerenteStarsKelly MacAuliffeAnna FerrerHervé KleinOn Reunion Island, a university professor and two mountain climbers set up an expedition in search of a missing photographer friend who disappeared in the "Trou d'Enfer", a beautiful yet difficult to access canyon.
- DirectorClaude NuridsanyMarie PérennouStarsKristin Scott ThomasJacques PerrinA documentary on insect life in meadows and ponds.
- DirectorFérid BoughedirStarsSonia MankaïAva Cohen-JonathanSarah ParienteSummer, 1967. La Goulette, the touristic beach of Tunisia, is the site where three nice seventeen-year-old girls live: Gigi, Sicilian and Catholic; Meriem, Tunisian and Arab; Tina, French and Jewish. They would like to have their first sexual experience during that summer, challenging their families. Their fathers, Youssef, Jojo and Giuseppe, are old friends and their friendship will be in crisis because of the girls, while Hadj, an old rich Arab, would like to marry Meriem.
- DirectorAl PacinoStarsAl PacinoAlec BaldwinKevin SpaceyAl Pacino's deeply-felt rumination on Shakespeare's significance and relevance to the modern world through interviews and an in-depth analysis of "Richard III."
- DirectorChris MarkerStarsCatherine BelkhodjaKenji TokitsuNagisa ÔshimaThe French computer programmer Laura inherits the task of making a computer game of the Battle of Okinawa during World War II. She searches the internet for information on the battle, and interviews Japanese experts and witnesses. The extraordinary circumstances of the Battle of Okinawa lead Laura to reflect deeply on her own life and humanity in general, particularly the influence of history and memories.
- DirectorLeon GastStarsMuhammad AliGeorge ForemanDon KingBoxing documentary on the 1974 world heavyweight championship bout between defending champion, George Foreman, and the underdog challenger, Muhammad Ali.
- DirectorBen BurttStarsJohn LithgowJean BolteCarl N. FrederickAn IMAX production that explores the ground-breaking special effects portrayed in Hollywood films from the very originals to the breathtaking special effects in movies today. Takes the audience on a "behind the scenes" look into what goes on during the production of a movie and how the special effects are created.
- DirectorDavid BreashearsStephen JudsonGreg MacGillivrayStarsLiam NeesonLhakpa DorjiDorje SherpaAn international team of climbers ascends Mt. Everest in the spring of 1996. The film depicts their lengthy preparations for the climb, their trek to the summit, and their successful return to Base Camp. It also shows many of the challenges the group faced, including avalanches, lack of oxygen, treacherous ice walls, and a deadly blizzard.
- DirectorBen StassenStarsHarry ShearerPaul HarperCassandra PetersonHow to create the imagination of movement for fun parks is the theme of this documentary. Although engineers try and try to create machines that shake, tilt, turn, lift and drop people in a way that fools their senses, the real McCoy cannot be imitated: Roller Coasters just let you experience movement much, much more intense than everything else - even on the screen.
- DirectorBruce NeibaurStarsOmar SharifKate MaberlyTimothy DaviesEgypt is and ever was a place of mystery. Many rumors spread around the great Pyramids of Gizeh. Here, an old Egyptian is asked by his granddaughter about those mysteries of which we all heard in one way or the other.
- DirectorPierre CarlesStarsFrançois LéotardAlain DuhamelAnne SinclairPierre Carles receives an order from a television channel to make a short film on television. The documentary traces the reason why it will never be broadcast on television.
- DirectorBenoît JacquotStarsFabrice Luchini
- DirectorJim JarmuschStarsNeil YoungJim JarmuschRalph MolinaThis film documents Neil Young and Crazy Horse's 1996 concert tour. Jim Jarmusch interviews the band about their long history, and we see backstage footage from the 1970s and 1980s.
- DirectorSarah KellyStarsRick StriblingKen BondyAmy Minda CohenA documentary about the production of From Dusk Till Dawn (1996) and the people who made it.
- DirectorMichael MooreStarsMichael MooreElaine BlyDan BurnsOn his book tour, Michael Moore exposes more wrongdoing by greedy big businesses and callous politicians around America.