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1. The Barbarian Invasions (2003)
R | 99 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
During his final days, a dying man is reunited with old friends, former lovers, his ex-wife, and his estranged son.
Director: Denys Arcand | Stars: Rémy Girard, Dorothée Berryman, Stéphane Rousseau, Marie-Josée Croze
Votes: 30,041 | Gross: $3.43M
2. Sanders of the River (1935)
Approved | 85 min | Adventure, Drama, Music
A British District Officer in Nigeria in the 1930s rules his area strictly but justly. He struggles with gun-runners and slavers with the aid of a loyal native chief.
Director: Zoltan Korda | Stars: Paul Robeson, Leslie Banks, Nina Mae McKinney, Robert Cochran
Votes: 732
3. Caccia allo scorpione d'oro (1991)
100 min | Action, Adventure
In the deepest, most remote part of the Amazon, a treasure is hidden. A treasure so valuable that men would kill for it, women would undress for it, and entire armies would fight for it.
Director: Umberto Lenzi | Stars: Andy J. Forest, Christine Leigh, David Brandon, Philip Wagner
Votes: 94
4. People of the Wind (1976)
G | 110 min | Documentary
There are two hundred miles of raging rivers and dangerous mountains to cross. There are no towns, no roads, no bridges. There is no turning back. The Bakhtiari migration is one of the most... See full summary »
Director: Anthony Howarth | Stars: James Mason, Shusha Guppy, Anthony Howarth
Votes: 143
5. Manakamana (2013)
Not Rated | 118 min | Documentary
A documentary about a group of pilgrims who travel to Nepal to worship at the legendary Manakamana temple.
Directors: Stephanie Spray, Pacho Velez | Stars: Chabbi Lal Gandharba, Anish Gandharba, Bindu Gayek, Narayan Gayek
Votes: 779
6. Filles perdues, cheveux gras (2002)
100 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Crossing paths of three lost young women: Elodie wants her daughter back, Natacha wants her cat back, and Marianne wants her soul back. They find friendship and love, encountering many ... See full summary »
Director: Claude Duty | Stars: Amira Casar, Marina Foïs, Olivia Bonamy, Charles Berling
Votes: 496
7. Divorce in the Family (1932)
Passed | 81 min | Drama, Romance
Divorced Ethnologist John Parker loves his two boys, Al and Terry, and misses them terribly when they have to leave his archaeological dig at the end of the summer. While Al goes to ... See full summary »
Director: Charles Reisner | Stars: Jackie Cooper, Conrad Nagel, Lewis Stone, Lois Wilson
Votes: 186
8. Walkabout to Hollywood (1980 TV Movie)
50 min | Documentary, Biography, History
This film concerns David Gulpilil's work to bridge the gap between his life as an Australian Aboriginal and as a film and TV actor.
Director: Bill Leimbach | Stars: Robert Powell, David Gulpilil, Ed Devereaux, Kamahl
Votes: 7
9. The Last Cannibals (1954)
Documentary
Documentary on New Guinea directed by Danish ethnologist/filmmaker Jens Bjerre , including footage of the Kukukuku cannibals (also known as the Angu or Änga people) of Papua, New Guinea.
Director: Jens Bjerre
10. Paradise Bent: Boys Will Be Girls in Samoa (1999)
51 min | Documentary
An exploration of the Samoan fa'afafine, boys who are raised as girls, fulfilling a traditional role in Samoan culture.
Director: Heather Croall | Stars: Derek Freeman, Tania Grey, Jeanette Mageo, Tom Pollard
Votes: 25
11. Otros pueblos (1983– )
60 min | Documentary
There are much worlds...and all they have in this one.
Stars: Luis Pancorbo, Julio Caro Baroja, Octavio Paz, Monica Vitti
Votes: 6
12. Nachtelijke bezoekers (1998)
46 min | Documentary
A documentary as a 'parcours', a trip towards the not knowing. What started as a classical report of the Mosuo - a matriarchal tribe in China - became a poetic and self-reflective encounter... See full summary »
Directors: An van Dienderen, Didier Volckaert
13. Hochzeit (1985 TV Movie)
168 min | Comedy
Director: Kurt Wilhelm | Stars: Josef Glas, Franziska Stömmer, Werner Asam, Gundi Ellert
Votes: 10
14. Festa, Trabalho e Pão em Grijó de Parada (1974)
35 min | Documentary, Short
Director: Manuel Costa e Silva | Star: Manuel Costa e Silva
Votes: 5
15. KonTiki Project
Documentary, History, Mystery | Filming
An archaeological excavation in the ancient Museum of Human Anatomy in Pisa, Italy.
Director: Beatrice Barberis | Stars: Pasquale Barile, Maria Longhena, Ramona Melli, Stefania Zampetti
16. No Bag Limit (1973)
12 min | Documentary, Short, History
Director: Andrew Vial | Stars: David Gulpilil, Dick Bundilil, Jenny Ingram, John Mathews
17. Jivaro (1958)
Documentary, Short
Documentary on the people of the Jivaro tribe of South America.
Director: Jørgen Bitsch
18. Borneo Death Blow (2018)
52 min | Documentary
An adventure with a nomadic tribe of blowpipe hunters from Borneo, the Penan.
Director: Raphael Treza | Stars: Bala, Bill Kayong, Laob, Bruno Manser
Votes: 34
19. From Cairo to Capetown (1949)
80 min | Documentary
An expeditionary film chronicling the crossing of the African continent and featuring untouched nature, wild fauna, and indigenous peoples.
Director: Jens Bjerre
20. A Man Called 'Bee': Studying the Yanomamo (1974)
40 min | Documentary, Short
This is one of the few ethnographic films in which the anthropologist appears as one of the subjects, and as such it is a lively introduction to the nature of fieldwork. Napoleon Chagnon, ... See full summary »
Directors: Timothy Asch, Napoleon A. Chagnon | Star: Napoleon A. Chagnon
22. Someone Is Weaving (2014)
21 min | Documentary, Short
In the village of Nashalj in Iran, Gohar Andalib recounts her life: childhood, poverty, youth, love failure, marriage, and her husband's death. She devoted her entire life to making Giveh (... See full summary »
Director: Leila Khalilzadeh | Star: Gohar Andalib
23. Reading Through the Body (2016)
8 min | Documentary, Short
What happens if a philosophical text is mirrored in the world of sign language? What happens if thoughts and signs are translated into moving pictures? "Reading Through the Body" is a short... See full summary »
Director: Mersolis Schöne | Star: Lena Schramek
Votes: 7
24. Naked Terror (1961)
74 min | Documentary
A documentary on African Zulu tribes.
Star: Vincent Price
Votes: 18
25. Days I'll Remember in South Australia (1979)
22 min | Documentary, Short, Music
Director: Howard Rubie | Stars: Julie Anthony, Eddie Natt
26. The Elevator Operator (2005)
8 min | Documentary, Short
Director: Jonathan Skurnik | Star: Eugene Sheiman
28. New Guinea - Meet with the Past (1994)
Documentary
Documentary film about the aboriginal peoples of New Guinea.
Director: Jens Bjerre
29. La grande case (1949)
22 min | Documentary, Short
Director: Jacques Dupont | Star: Louis Arbessier
30. The Vanishing People of Little Andaman (1998)
24 min | Documentary, Short
The film gives the audience a rare chance to explore the lives of the Negrito hunting-gathering tribe of this island now threatened with extinction. It is only the third film made on the ... See full summary »
Director: Shona Charlton
31. The Moon, the Sea, the Mood (2008)
47 min | Documentary
On their quest for traces of the Polish-Hapsburg ethnologist, Bronislaw Malinowski, the two directors of this film travel to New Guinea, casting an ironic gaze toward the own utterly touristy undertaking.
Directors: Christian Kobald, Philipp Mayrhofer
32. Who Is Your Grandfather? (2017)
24 min | Documentary, Short
Inspired by the writings and field studies of the Japanese anthropologist Junzo Kawada, this short documentary unfolds the aesthetic and mythical power of a musical narrative, in context of the ritual, via the drum language of the Mossi.
Directors: Sunjha Kim, Rikisaburo Sato | Stars: Naaba Goumbanéga, Pascal Yaugma
34. Orissa (1971)
30 min | Documentary, Short
Short documentary about Danish missionary work in the state of Orissa, India.
Director: Jens Bjerre | Stars: Kæthe Andersen, Agnes Hertz, Gerda Kobberøe Nielsen, Kai Erland Pedersen
35. Umoja: The Village Where Men Are Forbidden (2009)
52 min | Documentary
Directors: Jean Crousillac, Jean-Marc Sainclair
Votes: 8
36. Where the Peul Go (2007)
52 min | Documentary
Intimist and symbolic portraits tell the current fate of Western Africa Peuls. In Mali, one of the poorest states of the world, these people whom the west dreamed so much about, are ... See full summary »
Director: Sylvain Vesco | Stars: Bocar Darou, Kader Diallo
37. Amjad's Village (1991)
29 min | Documentary, Short
the first visit to the "Toy Village of Pakistan" and its people before it became the toy village.
Director: Joachim Polzer | Star: Amjad Ali
38. The Soul of India (1976)
80 min | Documentary
Documentary film about India.
Director: Jens Bjerre
39. Asha (1970)
25 min | Documentary, Short
Documentary chronicling a leper treatment center in Orissa, India.
Director: Jens Bjerre
40. La forêt sacrée (1954)
68 min | Documentary
Documentary film about an ethnological film expedition in Upper Guinea, Africa.
Director: Pierre-Dominique Gaisseau | Star: Gérard Philipe
41. The South Sea's Forgotten People (1963)
80 min | Documentary
Documentary film about the Kutubu tribe in the Papua mountains in the southeastern part of New Guinea.
Director: Jens Bjerre
43. Au pays de Neufve France: Volume II (1997)
88 min | Documentary
VHS compilation featuring 3 films from the original TV-series: Three Seasons (1960), Soirée at St. Hilarion (1960), and Turlutte (1960).
Director: René Bonnière | Stars: François Bertrand, Lloyd Bochner
45. Abracadabra (2003)
19 min | Short
A reflection upon the transfer of the ethnology collections of Paris' Musée de L'Homme to other museums in 2002, just prior to the death of historic French New Wave and cinéma-vérité filmmaker and anthropologist Jean Rouch.
Director: Éric Carlier | Stars: Bernard Ballet, Tobias Engel, Rona Hartner, Brisa Roché
46. With Jens Bjerre among Bushmen (1978)
42 min | Documentary, Short
Footage from a Danish expedition to Africa in 1958, mixed with sound, narration, and music.
Director: Jens Bjerre
47. Mick and the Moon (1977)
20 min | Documentary, Short, Biography
Director: Geoffrey Bardon | Stars: David Gulpilil, Tony Barry, Mick Namarari Japaltjarri, Tim Leura Japaltjarri
48. Au pays de Neufve France: Volume IV (1997)
89 min | Documentary
VHS compilation featuring 3 films from the original TV-series: Canadian Diamonds (1960), Ka Ke Ki Ku (1960), and Attiuk (1963).
Director: René Bonnière | Stars: François Bertrand, Lloyd Bochner
49. Shangri La (1985)
Documentary
Documentary about the Tibetan kingdom Zanskar.
Director: Jens Bjerre
50. Au pays de Neufve France: Volume I (1997)
119 min | Documentary
VHS compilation featuring 4 films from the original TV-series: On the Sea (1960), White-Whale Hunters of Anse-Aux-Basques (1960), Winter Crossing at L'Isle-Aux-Coudres (1960), and The Jean Richard (1963).
Director: René Bonnière | Stars: François Bertrand, Lloyd Bochner