DOCUMENTARY Movies and Tvshows - Page 222

The United States of Detroit (2017)

IMDb: 5.8
2017

This is a film about the power and necessity of community action in Detroit, and the street level solutions that residents there are finding to make a way in the biggest city in our nation to ever go bust

Iliza Shlesinger: Over & Over (2019)

IMDb: 5.6
2019

A documentary following Iliza Shlesinger behind the scenes as she prepares for her fourth special Elder Millennial

Ayn Rand: A Sense of Life (1997)

IMDb: 6.5
1997

A documentary focusing on the life of novelist and philosopher Ayn Rand, the author of the bestselling novels The Fountainhead and Atlas Shrugged and originator of the Objectivist philosophy

Heaven Adores You (2014)

IMDb: 6.9
2014

Heaven Adores You is an intimate, meditative inquiry into the life and music of Elliott Smith By threading the music of Elliott Smith through the dense, yet often isolating landscapes of the three major cities he lived in Portlan

Kingdom of Shadows (2015)

IMDb: 7.0
2015

Bernardo Ruiz takes an unflinching look at the human cost of the U S Mexico drug war through the perspectives of three unlikely individuals

March of the Dinosaurs (2011)

IMDb: 6.5
2011

Set 70 million years ago in the Cretaceous period in North America, this animated documentationdrama follows the journey of a young Edmontosaurus named Scar and his herd as they migrate

The Last Patrol (2014)

IMDb: 6.9
2014

Two journalists and two veterans examine war

Illuminated (2019)

IMDb: 5.1
2019

ILLUMINATED exposes the truth behind the controversial group, the Illuminati Written and directed by Johnny Royal 33 and Beyond, ILLUMINATED reveals the origins, documents, rituals, and degree ceremonies of the Illuminati

Chasing Madoff (2010)

IMDb: 6.3
2010

A look at how one investigator spent ten years trying to expose Bernie Madoffs massive Ponzi scheme that scammed an estimated 18 billion from investors

The Art of Flight (2011)

IMDb: 8.2
2011

Two years in the making, this film gives snowboarder Travis Rice and friends the opportunity to redefine what is possible in the mountains

I Want Your Money (2010)

IMDb: 4.9
2010

A documentary that contrasts two views of role that the federal government should play in our daily lives using the words and actions of Ronald Reagan and Barack Obama

God Bless Ozzy Osbourne (2011)

IMDb: 7.5
2011

Ozzy Osbournes four decade track record as a culturally relevant artist is unprecedented, but his personal struggles have been shrouded in secrecy, until now Featuring never before seen footage uncovered from the archives and inter

Missing 411 (2016)

IMDb: 6.4
2016

A documentary that chronicles the similar disappearances of five children in the wilds of North America, across multiple decades

White Rock (1977)

IMDb: 7.3
1977

Documentary about the Winter Olympics in Innsbruck 1976

Kehinde Wiley: An Economy of Grace (2014

IMDb: 6.4
2014

Famous for his vibrant reinterpretations of classical portraits featuring African American men, New York based painter Kehinde Wiley has turned the practice of portraiture on its head and in the process has taken the art world by sto

What Happened, Miss Simone? (2015)

IMDb: 7.6
2015

A documentary about the life and legend Nina Simone, an American singer, pianist, and civil rights activist labeled the High Priestess of Soul

A Defeated People (1946)

IMDb: 6.3
1946

Most of the footage for this film was shot in September and October of 1945 mainly in the ruined cities of Hamburg, Dusseldorf and Essen The people mainly women and children huddled in the unheated cellars of ruined houses without

Family Portrait (1950)

IMDb: 6.1
1950

In preparation for the celebration of the 1951 Festival of Britain, this short film was released to assure British citizens of their nations place in the world and of their own places within that nation Illustrative scenes of farmi

Locomotives (1934)

IMDb: 6.1
1934

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The Day We Walked On The Moon (2019)

IMDb: 6.6
2019

Landmark documentary to mark the 50th anniversary of Neil Armstrongs first step on the moon

Words for Battle (1941)

IMDb: 6.7
1941

Poetry by Rudyard Kipling, John Milton, and William Blake, and excerpts from speeches by Abraham Lincoln and Winston Churchill, all read by Laurence Olivier, illuminate documentary footage of England during its defense against the Na

The First Days (1939)

IMDb: 7.2
1939

Londoners prepare for war

Free CeCe (2016)

IMDb: 6.6
2016

This film confronts the culture of violence surrounding trans women of color It is told through the voices of Laverne Cox and Cece McDonald

One Light, One World (1992)

IMDb: 5.6
1992

A documentary chronicling the 1992 Winter Olympics in Albertville, France

The Great White Silence (1924)

IMDb: 8.0
1924

In 1910 the British Antarctic Expedition, led by Capt Robert F Scott, embarks from Lyttleton, NZ on a quest to become the first to reach the South Pole

Weekend of a Champion (2013)

IMDb: 7.5
2013

Filmmaker Roman Polanski spends a weekend with world champion driver Jackie Stewart as he attempts to win the 1971 Monaco Grand Prix, offering an extraordinarily rare glimpse into the life of a gifted athlete at the height of his pow

Beside the Seaside (1935)

IMDb: 6.8
1935

Beside the Seaside presents a beguiling picture of summer pleasures in UK during the 1930s Snippets of dialogue convey the diversity of seaside visitors and present the absorbing oddity of overheard conversation

This YearLondon (1951)

IMDb: 7.0
1951

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Drifters (1929)

IMDb: 6.6
1930

A silent documentary film by John Grierson telling the story of Britains North Sea herring fishery

Patience (After Sebald) (2012)

IMDb: 6.9
2012

Using the late WG Sebalds book The Rings of Saturn as its template, this documentary traces the immensely respected authors account of a walk through Suffolk a tour which prompted tangential musings

First Descent (2005)

IMDb: 7.1
2005

Five of the worlds best snowboarders are taken to the mountains of Alaska for some outrageous Big Mountain rides

Cold Case Hammarskjöld (2019)

IMDb: 7.6
2019

Danish director Mads Brugger and Swedish private investigator Goran Bjorkdahl are trying to solve the mysterious death of Dag Hammarskjold As their investigation closes in, they discover a crime far worse than killing the Secretary

Kill Pen (2015)

IMDb: 8.1
2016

Horse slaughter is more than inhumane Its big business

Egypt 3D (2013)

IMDb: 5.4
2013

A look at the pyramids, pharaohs, mummification, the Sphinx, hieroglyphs and gods like never before in this stereoscopic journey in full 3D

Hitsville The Making of Motown (2018)

IMDb: 7.9
2019

Documentary film that focuses on the period beginning with the birth of Motown in Detroit in 1958 until its relocation to Los Angeles in the early 1970s

Great White Odyssey (2008)

IMDb: 6.4
2008

Two shark experts tag along wit a 12 foot great white shark as she journeys thousands of miles across the ocean in this thrilling documentary