Genre: Documentary
2905 content found
Richard Pryor: Omit the Logic 2013

The life and times of Richard Pryor.

Category: Documentary

Stars: David Banks,Rona Barrett,David Brinkley,Skip Brittenham

7.3 IMDB Rating 2,684 Views
Into the Mind 2013

This is a story of rising to the ultimate challenge. Having the courage to risk fatal expo- sure and the perseverance demanded on the quest for achievement. These are not solely physical feats, they are mental conquests.

Category: Documentary, Sport

Stars: Callum Pettit,Kye Petersen,J.P. Auclair,Xavier De Le Rue

7.1 IMDB Rating 3,282 Views
Alive Inside 2014

The documentary follows social worker Dan Cohen, founder of the nonprofit organization Music & Memory, as he fights against a broken health-care system to demonstrate music's ability to combat memory loss and restore a deep sense of self to those suffering from it. Rossato-Bennett visits family members who have witnessed the miraculous effects of personalized music on their loved ones, and offers illuminating interviews with experts including renowned neurologist and best-selling author Oliver Sacks (Musicophilia: Tales of Music and the Brain) and musician Bobby McFerrin ("Don't Worry, Be Happy").

Category: Documentary, News

Stars: Dan Cohen,Louise Dueno,Nell Hardie,Norman Hardie

8.1 IMDB Rating 4,018 Views
Doc of the Dead 2014

The definitive zombie culture documentary, brought to the screen by the makers of THE PEOPLE vs. GEORGE LUCAS.

Category: Documentary

Stars: Charlie Adlard,Joanna Angel,Steven Barton,Arnold T. Blumberg

6.4 IMDB Rating 3,086 Views
Journey to Le Mans 2014

The 24 hours of Le Mans is the most prestigious endurance motorsport event in the world. Fantelli Productions follows Great British privateer team Jota Sport, taking an intimate look at the feat of human endurance and the marvel of engineering it takes to compete in one of the most challenging races on earth. We bring to the screen the spectacle that is Le Mans, through the eyes and emotions of the men at the very heart of it. Proving with enough hard work, dedication and passion, you really can achieve anything. Journey to Le Mans is a depiction of the blood, sweat and tears we see, as we travel with the team. Our journey playing out over the season to - and during - Le Mans 2014.

Category: Documentary

Stars: Patrick Stewart,Tiff Needell,Filipe Albuquerque,Simon Dolan

5.5 IMDB Rating 3,353 Views
Whitey: United States of America v. James J. Bulger 2014

WHITEY: United States of America v. James J. Bulger captures the sensational trial of infamous gangster James 'Whitey' Bulger, using the legal proceedings as a springboard to explore allegations of corruption within the highest levels of law enforcement. Embedded for months with Federal Prosecutors, retired FBI and State Police, victims, lawyers, gangsters and journalists, Academy Award-nominated filmmaker Joe Berlinger examines Bulger's relationship with the FBI and Department of Justice that allowed him to reign over a criminal empire in Boston for decades. Pulling back the curtain on long-held Bulger mythology, the film challenges conventional wisdom by detailing shocking, new allegations. With unprecedented access, Berlinger's latest crime documentary offers a universal tale of human frailty, opportunism, deception, and the often elusive nature of truth and justice.

Category: Biography, Crime, Documentary

Stars: Stephen Rakes,James 'Whitey' Bulger,Tommy Donahue,David Boeri

6.8 IMDB Rating 3,570 Views
Pulp: a Film About Life, Death & Supermarkets 2014

PULP find fame on the world stage in the 1990's with anthems including 'Common People' and 'Disco 2000'. 25 years (and 10 million album sales) later, they return to Sheffield for their last UK concert. Giving a career best performance exclusive to the film, the band share their thoughts on fame, love, mortality - & car maintenance. Director Florian Habicht (Love Story) weaves together the band's personal offerings with dream-like specially-staged tableaux featuring ordinary people recruited on the streets of Sheffield. PULP is a music-film like no other - by turns funny, moving, life-affirming & (occasionally) bewildering.

Category: Documentary, Music

Stars: Nick Banks,Jarvis Cocker,Candida Doyle,Richard Hawley

7.3 IMDB Rating 2,720 Views
Soul Boys of the Western World 2014

Set against the backdrop of the 1980s music scene, this documentary charts the meteoric rise, fall and ultimate reunion of pop sensation Spandau Ballett, told by the band members themselves with unseen archive footage that will thrill the many fans and beyond.

Category: Biography, Documentary, Music

Stars: Tony Hadley,John Keeble,Gary Kemp,Martin Kemp

6.8 IMDB Rating 2,569 Views
America: Imagine the World Without Her 2014

Tells a story of a group of people attempting to lead this country astray - fingers wagging along with tongues, placing blame, from Lincoln to current time on everyone and everything on one side of the equation. Yes! A look at true revisionist behavior - leading savvy viewers to recognize the familiar yet modernized example of classic dramatic irony.

Category: Documentary

Stars: Dinesh D'Souza,Barack Obama,Josh Bonzie,Rich Bentz

5.6 IMDB Rating 3,014 Views
I Am Santa Claus 2014

We have documented an entire year in the lives of five real-bearded professional Santa Clauses to find out what the rest of the year is like for a man who perpetually looks like Jolly Saint Nick. In the process, they are shown for who they actually are, flawed, flesh and blood men who feel an overbearing responsibility to protect the integrity of the spotless, untarnished reputation of the 'Red Suit.' 'I Am Santa Claus' is a documentary that poses a question about a ubiquitous holiday figure that few parents ever ask themselves; 'Whose lap is my child sitting on?'

Category: Comedy, Documentary, Drama

Stars: Mick Foley,Russell Spice,Jim Stevenson,Santa Claus

6.5 IMDB Rating 2,919 Views
Deepsea Challenge 3D 2014

DEEPSEA CHALLENGE 3D follows the dramatic story of James Cameron's odyssey as he undertakes an expedition to the deepest part of the ocean. This is a journey of historic proportion and risk. The film will mesmerize viewers of all ages with the thrill of true discovery and the allure of the unknown, of new life forms, and of vistas never before captured on camera - all right here on planet Earth.

Category: Documentary

Stars: James Cameron,Paul Henri,Frank Lotito,Lachlan Woods

6.7 IMDB Rating 3,299 Views
Venus and Serena 2012

Ever since Venus and Serena Williams started playing in tennis tournaments, they've provoked strong reactions - from awe and admiration to suspicion and resentment. They've been winning championships for over a decade, pushing the limits of longevity in such a demanding sport. How long can they last? In Venus & Serena, we gain unprecedented access into their lives during the most intimidating year of their career. Over the course of 2011, Venus grappled with an energy-sapping autoimmune disease while Serena battled back from a life-threatening pulmonary embolism. Neither Venus nor Serena let their adversities hold them back. They drew their greatest strength from each other.

Category: Documentary

Stars: Billie Jean King,John McEnroe,Richard Williams,Serena Williams

6.0 IMDB Rating 2,952 Views
Red Army 2014

Red Army is a feature documentary about the Soviet Union and the most successful dynasty in sports history: the Red Army hockey team. Told from the perspective of its captain Slava Fetisov, the story portrays his transformation from national hero to political enemy. From the USSR to Russia, the film examines how sport mirrors social and cultural movements and parallels the rise and fall of the Red Army team with the Soviet Union.

Category: Biography, Documentary, History

Stars: Scotty Bowman,Mark Deakins,Viacheslav Fetisov,Anatoli Karpov

7.8 IMDB Rating 4,069 Views
Blue Note – A Story of Modern Jazz 1997

"It must 'schwing!'" was the motto of Alfred Lion and Francis Wolff, two German Jewish immigrants who in 1939 set up Blue Note Records, the jazz label that was home to such greats as Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Herbie Hancock, Thelonious Monk, Art Blakey, Dexter Gordon and Sonny Rollins.Blue Note, the most successful movie ever made about jazz, is a testimony to the passion and vision of these two men and certainly swings like the propulsive sounds that made their label so famous.The only documentary about the legendary Jazz record label includes original footage from concert recordings by Blue Note label artists, original footage of Alfred Lion and Francis Wolff and interviews with Carlos Santana, Rudy Van Gelder, Horace Silver, Herbie Hancock among others.Grammy nominated for "Best Long Form Music Video" in 1997, Blue Note also went on to earn a Peabody Award (1998), Vision Award (1998) and a Rocky Award nomination.

Category: Documentary, Music

Stars: Freddie Hubbard,Gil Melle,Herbie Hancock,Horace Silver

7.8 IMDB Rating 3,083 Views
Last Days in Vietnam 2014

During the chaotic final weeks of the Vietnam War, the North Vietnamese Army closes in on Saigon as the panicked South Vietnamese people desperately attempt to escape. On the ground, American soldiers and diplomats confront the same moral quandary: whether to obey White House orders to evacuate U.S. citizens only--or to risk treason and save the lives of as many South Vietnamese citizens as they can.

Category: Documentary, History, War

Stars: N/A

7.7 IMDB Rating 4,698 Views
Narco Cultura 2013

To a growing number of Mexicans and Latinos in the Americas, narco traffickers have become iconic outlaws and the new models of fame and success. They represent a pathway out of the ghetto - a new form of the American Dream, fueled by the war on drugs. NARCO CULTURA looks at this explosive phenomenon from within; cycles of addiction to money, drugs and violence that are rapidly gaining strength on both sides of the US/Mexican border.

Category: Documentary

Stars: N/A

7.3 IMDB Rating 3,509 Views
Shanghai, de vilda åren 2010

An American man returns to a corrupt, Japanese-occupied Shanghai four months before Pearl Harbor and discovers his friend has been killed. While he unravels the mysteries of the death, he falls in love and discovers a much larger secret.

Category: Documentary

2,629 Views
Finding Fela! 2014

A look at the life and music of Nigerian singer Fela Kuti.

Category: Biography, Documentary, History

2,538 Views
On Tender Hooks 2013

The first feature film from accomplished short filmmaker Kate Shenton, On Tender Hooks is a documentary film delving into the world of human suspension and the people involved. Kate spends a year following a different people and group of suspenders. Every Sunday they pierce themselves with hooks and hang in mid-air from rigs in a display that challenges the perceptions and squeamishness of even the most hardened. The film is a fly on the wall documentary showing how the ordinary human body can achieve extraordinary things. Beginning with groups in London, and then following events in Rico, Croatia and Oslo, Norway, the film depicts a wide variety of experience and opinions, and delves thoughtfully into a deeply misunderstood practice On Tender Hooks was a self-funded project filmed and edited by director Kate Shenton. Completed in 2012 it is an example of independent film-making at its purest.

Category: Documentary

Stars: Kate Shenton,Tam Smith,Charlyne Chiappone,Ana Laco

5.6 IMDB Rating 2,805 Views
People Like Us: Social Class in America 2001

A sprawling look at the class system in the United States, ranging from WASP elegance to trailer-park desperation, with lots of other stuff in between.

Category: Documentary

Stars: N/A

8.6 IMDB Rating 3,471 Views