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1. Koyaanisqatsi (1982)
Not Rated | 86 min | Documentary, Music
A collection of expertly photographed phenomena with no conventional plot. The footage focuses on the relationship between nature, humanity, and technology.
Director: Godfrey Reggio | Stars: Edward Asner, Pat Benatar, Jerry Brown, Johnny Carson
Votes: 41,500 | Gross: $1.72M
2. In the Shadow of the Moon (2007)
PG | 100 min | Documentary, History
The crew members of NASA's Apollo missions tell their story in their own words.
Director: David Sington | Stars: Buzz Aldrin, Alan Bean, Eugene Cernan, Mike Collins
Votes: 6,928 | Gross: $1.13M
3. Exit Through the Gift Shop (2010)
R | 87 min | Documentary, Comedy, Crime
Following the style of some of the world's most prolific street artists, an amateur filmmaker makes a foray into the art world.
Director: Banksy | Stars: Banksy, Mr. Brainwash, Space Invader, Debora Guetta
Votes: 68,834 | Gross: $3.29M
4. Food, Inc. (2008)
PG | 94 min | Documentary, News
An unflattering look inside America's corporate controlled food industry.
Director: Robert Kenner | Stars: Michael Pollan, Eric Schlosser, Richard Lobb, Vince Edwards
Votes: 52,225 | Gross: $4.42M
5. An Inconvenient Truth (2006)
PG | 96 min | Documentary
Filmmaker Davis Guggenheim follows Al Gore on the lecture circuit, as the former presidential candidate campaigns to raise public awareness of the dangers of global warming and calls for immediate action to curb its destructive effects on the environment.
Director: Davis Guggenheim | Stars: Al Gore, Billy West, George Bush, George W. Bush
Votes: 85,223 | Gross: $23.81M
6. Stanley Kubrick: A Life in Pictures (2001)
Not Rated | 142 min | Documentary, Biography
The career and life of Stanley Kubrick is explored through pictures, clips from his films, his old home movies, comments from his colleagues and a narration by Tom Cruise.
Director: Jan Harlan | Stars: Katharina Kubrick, Malcolm McDowell, Stanley Kubrick, Barbara Kroner
Votes: 12,206
7. Jean Seberg: American Actress (1995)
82 min | Documentary
Directors: Donatello Dubini, Fosco Dubini | Stars: Jean Seberg, Tom Apgar, Marion Brouihet, Raoul Coutard
Votes: 31
8. Chambre 12, Hôtel de Suède (1993 TV Movie)
78 min | Documentary
Just before one of the locations for the 1960 film Breathless is about to be demolished 33 years later, journalist Claude Ventura seeks out as many of the surviving participants in the ... See full summary »
Directors: Claude Ventura, Xavier Villetard | Stars: Richard Balducci, Jean-Paul Belmondo, José Bénazéraf, Claude Chabrol
Votes: 96
9. François Truffaut, une autobiographie (2004 TV Movie)
78 min | Documentary
Director: Anne Andreu | Stars: Woody Allen, Fanny Ardant, Nathalie Baye, Claude Berri
Votes: 97
10. Side by Side (2012)
Not Rated | 99 min | Documentary
The documentary investigates the history, process and workflow of both digital and photochemical film creation.
Director: Christopher Kenneally | Stars: Derek Ambrosi, Michael Ballhaus, Andrzej Bartkowiak, Dion Beebe
Votes: 13,717 | Gross: $0.03M
11. Nouvelle vague vue d'ailleurs (2009 TV Movie)
52 min | Documentary
Director: Luc Lagier | Stars: William Friedkin, James Gray, Arthur Penn, D.A. Pennebaker
Votes: 21
12. Joy Division (2007)
R | 93 min | Documentary, Music
A chronological account of the influential late 1970s English rock band.
Director: Grant Gee | Stars: Richard Boon, Anton Corbijn, Kevin Cummins, Bob Dickinson
Votes: 3,869
13. We Feed the World (2005)
Not Rated | 96 min | Documentary
A look at how the world's food is produced and how mass production changes the environment and the lives of people.
Director: Erwin Wagenhofer | Stars: Jean Ziegler, Peter Brabeck, Karl Otrok
Votes: 2,478
14. Buena Vista Social Club (1999)
G | 105 min | Documentary, Music
Aging Cuban musicians whose talents had been virtually forgotten following Castro's takeover of Cuba, are brought out of retirement by Ry Cooder, who travelled to Havana in order to bring the musicians together, resulting in triumphant performances of extraordinary music, and resurrecting the musicians' careers.
Director: Wim Wenders | Stars: Compay Segundo, Ibrahim Ferrer, Rubén González, Octavio Calderon
Votes: 20,545 | Gross: $7.00M
15. Samsara (I) (2011)
PG-13 | 102 min | Documentary, Music
Filmed over nearly five years in twenty-five countries on five continents, and shot on seventy-millimetre film, Samsara transports us to the varied worlds of sacred grounds, disaster zones, industrial complexes, and natural wonders.
Director: Ron Fricke | Stars: Balinese Tari Legong Dancers, Ni Made Megahadi Pratiwi, Puti Sri Candra Dewi, Putu Dinda Pratika
Votes: 38,055 | Gross: $2.67M
16. Full Metal Jacket: Between Good and Evil (2007 Video)
31 min | Documentary, Short
Follow Stanley Kubrick as he creates his savage and brilliant Vietnam film, hewing closely to the theme that dominated his creative life for four decades - the duality of human nature. ... See full summary »
Director: Gary Leva | Stars: Jan Harlan, John Calley, David Hughes, R. Lee Ermey
Votes: 221
17. Whores' Glory (2011)
Not Rated | 110 min | Documentary
An examination of the lives, needs, troubles, and hopes of prostitutes in Thailand, Bangladesh, and Mexico.
Director: Michael Glawogger | Stars: Emma, Ning, Toh, Wat
Votes: 5,120 | Gross: $0.03M
18. The End of Time (2012)
TV-G | 109 min | Documentary
Explores our perception of time.
Director: Peter Mettler | Stars: Peter Mettler, Freya Blekman, Richie Hawtin, George Mikenberg
Votes: 421 | Gross: $0.00M
19. Sunshine (I) (2011)
14 min | Documentary, Short, Biography
Sunshine depicts John, an American advertising producer, who travels to China to make a TV commercial. A funny and sobering glimpse into the advertising world and globalization as John ... See full summary »
Director: Doug Nichol | Stars: John Benet, Joe Zizzo
Votes: 39
20. Bar25: Tage außerhalb der Zeit (2012)
95 min | Documentary
Four young individuals whose freewheeling way of life, of music, individuality and never ending energy transforms a riverside wasteland into a fantasy land by the river Spree.
Directors: Britta Mischer, Nana Yuriko | Stars: Juval Dieziger, Danny Faber, Christoph Klenzendorf, Steffi Lotta
Votes: 265
21. Master of the Universe (2013)
Not Rated | 88 min | Documentary
A former banker in Germany, who entered the business with the advent of modern computer systems reminisces of his working years in some of the world-leading banking corporations.
Director: Marc Bauder | Stars: Rainer Voss, Angela Merkel
Votes: 1,201
22. Sans Soleil (1983)
Not Rated | 100 min | Documentary, Drama
A woman narrates the contemplative writings of a seasoned world traveler, focusing on contemporary Japan.
Director: Chris Marker | Stars: Amilcar Cabral, Florence Delay, Arielle Dombasle, Riyoko Ikeda
Votes: 12,135 | Gross: $0.03M
23. Baraka (1992)
Not Rated | 96 min | Documentary
A collection of expertly photographed scenes of human life and religion.
Director: Ron Fricke | Star: Patrick Disanto
Votes: 40,998 | Gross: $1.33M
24. Workingman's Death (2005)
Not Rated | 122 min | Documentary
A documentary on the extremes to which workers will go to earn a living.
Director: Michael Glawogger
Votes: 1,812
25. Man with a Movie Camera (1929)
Not Rated | 68 min | Documentary
A man travels around a city with a camera slung over his shoulder, documenting urban life with dazzling invention.
Director: Dziga Vertov | Stars: Mikhail Kaufman, Elizaveta Svilova
Votes: 28,000
26. Encounters at the End of the World (2007)
G | 99 min | Documentary
Film-maker Werner Herzog travels to the McMurdo Station in Antarctica, looking to capture the continent's beauty and investigate the characters living there.
Director: Werner Herzog | Stars: Werner Herzog, Scott Rowland, Stefan Pashov, Doug MacAyeal
Votes: 19,257 | Gross: $0.94M
27. Our Daily Bread (2005)
Not Rated | 92 min | Documentary
OUR DAILY BREAD is a wide-screen tableau of a feast which isn't always easy to digest - and in which we all take part. A pure, meticulous and high-end film experience that enables the audience to form their own ideas.
Director: Nikolaus Geyrhalter | Stars: Claus Hansen Petz, Arkadiusz Rydellek, Barbara Hinz, Renata Wypchlo
Votes: 2,690
28. Losses to Be Expected (1993)
118 min | Documentary
Looks at two communities on either side of the Czech - Austrian border. There's an elderly man in Austria looking for a new wife, and he meets a lone single woman on the Czech side of the border.
Director: Ulrich Seidl | Stars: Paula Hutterová, Vladimir Kundrát, Rusena Machaloyá, Alois Paur
Votes: 212
29. The Incomplete (2013)
48 min | Documentary, Biography, Drama
"Can you describe yourself?" "Odenwald-Gay... or Gollum... or Klaus! 60 years old... gay... slave!" A documentary portrait of Klaus Johannes Wolf, who decided to live as a slave. Chained to... See full summary »
Director: Jan Soldat | Stars: Klaus Johannes Wolf, Jan Soldat
Votes: 31
30. Souvenir (III) (2014)
86 min | Documentary
The focus of the film "Souvenir" is Alfred D., who calls himself a "Democracy Exporter". For more than twenty years, Alfred has worked for German foundations around the world to promote ... See full summary »
Director: André Siegers | Stars: Alfred Diebold, Maciej Salamon
31. Riding My Tiger (A Cinéma Very Vérité) (2014)
40 min | Documentary, Short
The story of Ascan Breuer's physical/psychic journey to track down the origins of his family. He is a young German citizen exploring the island of Java along with its culture, traditions ... See full summary »
Director: Ascan Breuer
32. Städtebewohner (2014)
83 min | Documentary
Director: Thomas Heise | Stars: Hortensia Curtado, Lena Lauzemis
Votes: 10
33. Tristia: A Black Sea Odyssey (2014) (2014)
98 min | Documentary
A remarkable travelogue from a trip around the Black Sea: along its shores, lined by the boundaries of six states, and through bizarre seaside resorts. More than the tourist industry or ... See full summary »
Director: Stanislaw Mucha
Votes: 32
35. Die Champions (2003)
128 min | Documentary, Sport
Documentary long-term observation of Borussia Dortmund's young football talent between 1999 and 2002
Director: Christoph Hübner | Stars: Mohammed Abdulai, Fredi Bobic, Edwin Boekamp, Francis Bugri
Votes: 27
36. Klaus Fuchs - Atomspion (1989)
88 min | Documentary
England, 1950. A defector Russian points out the brilliant nuclear physicist Klaus Fuchs as a spy for the Soviet Union. Apparently, five years earlier, Fuchs had smuggled documents out of ... See full summary »
Directors: Donatello Dubini, Fosco Dubini, Wolfgang Meyer | Stars: Bernhard Baier, Hans Bethe, Klaus Fuchs, Lutz Göhnermeier
37. Night and Fog (1956)
TV-14 | 32 min | Documentary, Short, History
The history of Nazi Germany's death camps of the Final Solution and the hellish world of dehumanization and death contained inside.
Director: Alain Resnais | Stars: Michel Bouquet, Reinhard Heydrich, Heinrich Himmler, Adolf Hitler
Votes: 21,473
38. Nowhere Home (2012)
93 min | Documentary, Drama
In 2009 the Norwegian government introduced new rules to enforce immigration. One was the rule for preliminary stay for sole minors under 18. Who's responsible for them?
Director: Margreth Olin | Stars: Goli Mohammed Ali, Husein Ali, Khalid Faquiri, Hassan
Votes: 128
39. Grizzly Man (2005)
R | 103 min | Documentary, Biography
A devastating and heart-rending take on grizzly bear activists Timothy Treadwell and Amie Huguenard, who were killed in October of 2003 while living among grizzly bears in Alaska.
Director: Werner Herzog | Stars: Timothy Treadwell, Amie Huguenard, Werner Herzog, Carol Dexter
Votes: 61,908 | Gross: $3.17M
40. O Lucky Malcolm! (2006)
86 min | Documentary, Biography
Actor Malcolm McDowell talks about his life and career. With interviews featuring his friends, family, directors and co-stars.
Director: Jan Harlan | Stars: Malcolm McDowell, Christiane Kubrick, Lilly McDowell, Charlie McDowell
Votes: 419
41. Bavaria - Traumreise durch Bayern (2012)
92 min | Documentary
It's a documentary with great pictures from bavaria's landscapes, mountains and seas. You will be informed from bavaria and the citys in it after the movie, too.
Director: Joseph Vilsmaier | Star: Joseph Vilsmaier
Votes: 172
42. Nur leichte Kämpfe im Raum Da Nang (1970 TV Movie)
44 min | Documentary
Director: Hans-Dieter Grabe | Stars: Alfred Jahn, Do Sanh
Votes: 25
43. Abdullah Yakupoglu: Warum habe ich meine Tochter getötet? (1986 TV Movie)
Documentary
Director: Hans-Dieter Grabe
44. Mendel Schainfelds zweite Reise nach Deutschland (1972 TV Movie)
43 min | Documentary
Director: Hans-Dieter Grabe
Votes: 9
45. Citizenfour (2014)
R | 114 min | Documentary, Biography
A documentarian and a reporter travel to Hong Kong for the first of many meetings with Edward Snowden.
Director: Laura Poitras | Stars: Edward Snowden, Glenn Greenwald, William Binney, Jacob Appelbaum
Votes: 57,989 | Gross: $2.80M
46. Taste the Waste (2010)
92 min | Documentary
Why do we throw away so much food? And how can we stop this kind of waste?Amazing but true: On the way from the farm to the dining-room table, more than half the food lands on the dump. Most of it before it ever reaches consumers.
Director: Valentin Thurn | Stars: Klaudia Fischer, Jörn Franck, Michael Gerling, Sylvain Sadoine
Votes: 530
47. 10 Billion - What's on your plate? (2015)
107 min | Documentary
How can we best meet every earth citizens need for healthy food facing our limited resources? Regarding the almost 10 billion humans living on earth by 2050, we have to decide now how we want to shape the future of agriculture.
Director: Valentin Thurn | Star: Valentin Thurn
Votes: 316
48. Brinkmanns Zorn (2006)
105 min
The Cologne author Rolf-Dieter Brinkmann introduced American beat literature to Germany
Director: Harald Bergmann | Stars: Eckhard Rhode, Alexandra Finder, Martin Kurz, Rainer Sellien
Votes: 36
49. Homo Faber (trois femmes) (2014)
89 min | Drama
A man narrates his liaisons with three women. We only see what he sees: he remains off-screen and there are no dialogues, just his post-synchronised voice.
Director: Richard Dindo | Stars: Arnaud Bedouët, Marthe Keller, Daphné Baiwir, Amanda Barron
Votes: 28
50. Thomas Pynchon: A Journey Into the Mind of P. (2002)
96 min | Documentary
This documentary tries to unravel the various mysteries around the identity, life and work of the reclusive author.
Directors: Donatello Dubini, Fosco Dubini | Stars: James Bone, Irwin Corey, Richard Lane, George Plimpton
Votes: 127
52.
Personenbeschreibung (1972–1993)
Episode:
Ron Kovic - Warum verschwindest du nicht?
(1977)
Documentary, Biography
Director: Georg Stefan Troller | Stars: Georg Stefan Troller, Ron Kovic
54. Genetic Me (2014)
56 min | Documentary
Director: Pernille Rose Grønkjær | Stars: Jay Belsky, James Fallon, Lone Frank
Votes: 71
55. Cave of Forgotten Dreams (2010)
G | 90 min | Documentary, History
Werner Herzog gains exclusive access to film inside the Chauvet caves of Southern France and captures the oldest known pictorial creations of humanity.
Director: Werner Herzog | Stars: Werner Herzog, Jean Clottes, Julien Monney, Jean-Michel Geneste
Votes: 17,794 | Gross: $5.23M
56. Lessons of Darkness (1992 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 54 min | Documentary, War
This film surveys the disaster of the Kuwaiti oil fields in flames, with little narration and scarcely any interviews. Hell on Earth is presented in such transcendent visions and music that one can only be fascinated by it.
Director: Werner Herzog | Star: Werner Herzog
Votes: 6,751
57. Pripyat (1999)
100 min | Documentary
After 1986, a restricted zone was erected at a radius of 30km around Chernobyl. More than 100.000 people have been evacuated from there, but some have remained or returned. "Pripyat" follows four protagonists who live or work in this zone.
Director: Nikolaus Geyrhalter
Votes: 347
58. Darwin's Nightmare (2004)
107 min | Documentary
A documentary on the effect of fishing the Nile perch in Tanzania's Lake Victoria. The predatory fish, which has wiped out the native species, is sold in European supermarkets, while starving Tanzanian families have to make do with the leftovers.
Director: Hubert Sauper | Stars: Elizabeth 'Eliza' Maganga Nsese, Raphael Tukiko Wagara, Dimond Remtulia, Marcus Nyoni
Votes: 5,662 | Gross: $0.20M
59. I Want to See the Manager (2014)
93 min | Documentary
In the light of the current transformations within the global power structure, I WANT TO SEE THE MANAGER traces the linkage of economic ascent and decline in seven paradigmatic episodes. ... See full summary »
Director: Hannes Lang
Votes: 42
60. Göttliche Lage - Eine Stadt erfindet sich neu (2014)
100 min | Documentary
In an urban regeneration project a decommissioned steelworks in Dortmund will be transformed into premium residential property with a hillside location and sea view. An amusing farce about ... See full summary »
Directors: Ulrike Franke, Michael Loeken | Stars: Ursula Klischan, Heinz Hüppe, Ludger Schürholz, Frank A. Kirsch
Votes: 34
61. The Year After Dayton (1997)
204 min | Documentary, War
In the first year after the war in Bosnia, Nikolaus Geyrhalter follows several people in their personal aftermaths.
Director: Nikolaus Geyrhalter | Stars: Amra Arslanagic, Ermina Avdic, Salkuna Avdic, Nikola Bobornik
Votes: 29
62. Over the Years (2015)
Not Rated | 188 min | Documentary
Nikolaus Geyrhalter accompanies the last few workers of an old textile mill over the span of ten years: how they deal with the mill closing and consequently move on with their lives.
Director: Nikolaus Geyrhalter
Votes: 66
63. Don't Swallow Everything (2015)
86 min | Documentary
"None of the psycho-pharmaceutical drugs have a healing approach. They subdue symptoms." NICHT ALLES SCHLUCKEN highlights the eternal stigma of mental illness, the power of medicine and ... See full summary »
Directors: Jana Kalms, Piet Stolz, Sebastian Winkels
Votes: 16
64. Above and Below (I) (2015)
Not Rated | 118 min | Documentary, Adventure, Drama
Filmmaker Nicolas Steiner documents the exploits of three homeless people in Las Vegas, a man who lives in a military bunker in the California desert and a woman at a Utah research station that simulates life on Mars.
Director: Nicolas Steiner | Stars: Edward Cardenas, Cynthia Goodwin, Richard F. Ethredge, April Davis
Votes: 460
65. Staatsdiener (2015)
81 min | Documentary, Drama
Staatsdiener follows the first year of young police officers in the police academy and on the beat in Eastern Germany. After simulating the real world inside the academy they have to face ... See full summary »
Director: Marie Wilke
Votes: 80
66. Democracy: Im Rausch der Daten (2015)
100 min | Documentary
Digitalization has changed society. While data is becoming the "new oil", data protection is becoming the new "pollution control". This creative documentary opens an astonishing inside view... See full summary »
Director: David Bernet | Stars: Jan Philipp Albrecht, Viviane Reding, Ralf Bendrath, John Boswell
Votes: 244
67. Eismädchen (2015)
60 min | Documentary, Sport
Unfulfilled dreams, expectations and competition in the closely interwoven relationships between a mother and her two daughters. Observations of a fragile triangular relationship in an icy microcosm.
Director: Lin Sternal
68. Abendland (2011)
90 min | Documentary
This documentary about Europe at night makes you reflect on service processes and infrastructures that never sleep.
Director: Nikolaus Geyrhalter
Votes: 231
69. In the Basement (2014)
Not Rated | 81 min | Documentary
A documentary that reveals what its subjects do in their respective basements.
Director: Ulrich Seidl | Stars: Fritz Lang, Alfreda Klebinger, Manfred Ellinger, Inge Ellinger
Votes: 3,103 | Gross: $0.00M
70. Berlin: Symphony of Metropolis (1927)
Not Rated | 65 min | Documentary
This movie shows us one day in Berlin, the rhythm of that time, starting at the earliest morning and ends in the deepest night.
Director: Walter Ruttmann | Star: Paul von Hindenburg
Votes: 4,798
71. El Sicario, Room 164 (2010)
Not Rated | 80 min | Documentary, Crime
The story of a hitman for the drug cartels in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico.
Director: Gianfranco Rosi
Votes: 1,020
72. Alphabet (2013)
109 min | Documentary
A documentary that analyzes the modern educational system and argues that it squelches children's capacity for imagination, creativity, and independent thought.
Director: Erwin Wagenhofer | Stars: Ken Robinson, Yang Dongping, Andreas Schleicher, Qu Pei
Votes: 868
73. Day Is Done (2011)
111 min | Documentary
A smokestack stubbornly pierces the sky. Trains rumble by down below. Lights come on in the buildings as night falls. There is a man behind the camera, looking for an image -- of himself? ... See full summary »
Director: Thomas Imbach
Votes: 76
74. Am Kölnberg (2014)
89 min | Documentary, Drama
The tower block area "Am Kölnberg" has a bad reputation. People who - for any number of reasons - ended up on the edge of society, live here alongside refugee families and immigrants from ... See full summary »
Directors: Laurentia Genske, Robin Humboldt
Votes: 90
75. Vincent Van Gogh - Der Weg nach Courrières (1989)
93 min | Documentary
Documentary that portrays Vincent van Gogh's live and work through his letters to his brother Theo.
Directors: Christoph Hübner, Gabriele Voss | Stars: Gerrit Boxem, Fernand Dufrasne, Peter Nestler, Gabriele Voss
76. Heart of a Dog (2015)
Not Rated | 75 min | Documentary
Multimedia artist Laurie Anderson reflects on her relationship with her beloved terrier Lolabelle.
Director: Laurie Anderson | Stars: Laurie Anderson, Archie, Jason Berg, Heung-Heung Chin
Votes: 2,553 | Gross: $0.42M
78.
Personenbeschreibung (1972–1993)
Episode:
Annäherung an Thomas Brasch
(1977)
Documentary, Biography
Director: Georg Stefan Troller | Stars: Georg Stefan Troller, Katharina Thalbach, Thomas Brasch
Votes: 5
79. Ulrich Seidl: A Director at Work (2014)
52 min | Documentary
The film portrait Ulrich Seidl - A Director at Work depicts the controversial Austrian filmmaker Ulrich Seidl at work for the first time, painting a vivid picture of the much-debated "Seidl method".
Director: Constantin Wulff | Star: Ulrich Seidl
Votes: 54
80. Elsewhere (2001)
240 min | Documentary
During the year 2000 Geyrhalter and his teams travelled to a different destination each month, looking for places untouched by the millennium hysteria. Locations include Niger, Finland, Micronesia, Australia, China, Siberia or Greenland.
Director: Nikolaus Geyrhalter
Votes: 143
81. 7915 Km (2008)
Not Rated | 100 min | Documentary
A motor-sports spectacle that kicks up plenty of dust. On the trail of the 2007 Dakar Rallye '7915 KM' undertakes a search, along the way encountering the variety to be found in Africa's ... See full summary »
Director: Nikolaus Geyrhalter
Votes: 94
82. Bells from the Deep: Faith and Superstition in Russia (1993)
60 min | Documentary
What is faith and religion to Russians after the fall of communism? We get the insight into the Russian Orthodox church as well as different folk and shamanic beliefs.
Director: Werner Herzog | Stars: Werner Herzog, Anna Hitch, Vissarion, Yuri Yurievich Yurieff
Votes: 1,103
83. Borinage (1934)
36 min | Documentary, Short
Documentary about a miner's strike in Borinage.
Directors: Joris Ivens, Henri Storck
Votes: 434
84. The Spanish Earth (1937)
Unrated | 52 min | Documentary, War
A documentary showing the struggle of the Spanish Republican government against a rebellion by ultra-right-wing forces led by Gen. Francisco Franco and backed by Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy.
Director: Joris Ivens | Stars: Enrique Lister, Carlos Romero Giménez, José Díaz, Gustav Regler
Votes: 862
85. Balikbayan #1: Memories of Overdevelopment Redux III (2015)
140 min | Drama
Kidlat Tahimik along with his bamboo camera presents an aural and video tapestry of his alternative post-colonialist version of Ferdinand Magellan's expedition that led to the first recorded circumnavigation of the Earth.
Director: Kidlat Tahimik | Stars: Mitos Benitez, Jeff Cohen, Kabunyan de Guia, Katrin de Guia
Votes: 37
86. Landstück (2016)
122 min | Documentary
Documentary about the changing tides at the German farmland area bordering Poland. Once part of the GDR, the changes that the government had implemented here are also affecting the local way of life - but is it for the better or worse?
Director: Volker Koepp
Votes: 17
87. Losers and Winners (2006)
96 min | Documentary
A documentary about a German factory that is set to be taken apart and reassembled in China.
Directors: Ulrike Franke, Michael Loeken
Votes: 73
88. Was du willst (2008)
41 min | Documentary, Short
Director: Bettina Braun | Stars: Ali El Mkllaki, Moussa El Mkllaki, Alban Kadiri, Kais Setti
Votes: 13
89. A Tale of the Wind (1988)
80 min | Documentary
An elderly, asthmatic filmmaker travels to China, hoping to film the wind.
Director: Joris Ivens | Stars: Joris Ivens, Henxiang Han, Zhuang Liu, Delong Wang
Votes: 949
90. Jodorowsky's Dune (2013)
PG-13 | 90 min | Documentary
The story of cult film director Alejandro Jodorowsky's ambitious but ultimately doomed film adaptation of the seminal science fiction novel.
Director: Frank Pavich | Stars: Alejandro Jodorowsky, Michel Seydoux, H.R. Giger, Chris Foss
Votes: 27,587 | Gross: $0.65M
91. Kinshasa Symphony (2010)
Unrated | 98 min | Documentary
The Film "Kinshasa Symphony" shows how people living in one of the most chaotic cities in the world have managed to forge one of the most complex systems of human cooperation ever invented:... See full summary »
Directors: Claus Wischmann, Martin Baer | Stars: Joseph Masunda Lutete, Albert Nlanzu Matubanza, Nathalie Angwanguilo Bahati, Armand Wabasolele Diangienda
Votes: 173
92. The Net (2003)
Not Rated | 121 min | Documentary
Ultimately stunning in its revelations, Lutz Dammbeck's THE NET explores the incredibly complex backstory of Ted Kaczynski, the infamous Unabomber. This exquisitely crafted inquiry into the... See full summary »
Director: Lutz Dammbeck | Stars: Lutz Dammbeck, Eva Mattes, Tom Vogt, Stewart Brand
Votes: 390
93. Jesus, Du weisst (2003)
Not Rated | 87 min | Documentary
Six Catholics share their thoughts and problems with Jesus in different churches. The camera accompanies them.
Director: Ulrich Seidl | Stars: Elfriede Ahmad, Waltraute Bartel, Hans-Jürgen Eder, Thomas Grandegger
Votes: 570
94. Todesstaub (2007)
92 min | Documentary
Director: Frieder Wagner | Stars: Siegwart-Horst Günther, Asaf Durakovic, Tedd Weyman, Kenny Duncan
Votes: 29
95. Step Across the Border (1990)
90 min | Documentary, Music
Directors: Nicolas Humbert, Werner Penzel | Stars: Jonas Mekas, Julia Judge, John Spacely, Tom Walker
Votes: 336
96. Ghetto (1997)
122 min | Documentary
Bedlam in a classroom: a foot on a desk, someone making a face, a voice-obviously the teacher's-trying to get things under control, two kids fighting in the corner. In a word: Ghetto. We ... See full summary »
Director: Thomas Imbach | Stars: Xhumasije Serifi, Markus Bolleter, Daniel Donatsch, Ana-Maria Bopp
Votes: 53
97. Two Years at Sea (2011)
Not Rated | 88 min | Documentary
After working at sea, a man realizes his dream of moving to the middle of the forest.
Director: Ben Rivers | Star: Jake Williams
Votes: 633
98. Into the Abyss (2011)
PG-13 | 107 min | Documentary, Crime, Drama
Conversations with death row inmate Michael Perry and those affected by his crime serve as an examination of why people - and the state - kill.
Director: Werner Herzog | Stars: Werner Herzog, Richard Lopez, Michael Perry, Damon Hall
Votes: 17,355 | Gross: $0.22M
99. Angeschwemmt (1994)
86 min | Documentary
'Washed up' presents a portrait of people who spend their lives on the banks of the river Danube or on the river itself. (Robert Buchschwenter)
Director: Nikolaus Geyrhalter | Stars: Josef Fuchs, Vickerl Albrecht, Kastner Herbert, Helene Rotaru
Votes: 29
100. Good News: Newspaper Salesmen, Dead Dogs and Other People from Vienna (1990)
130 min | Documentary
This documentary, Ulrich Seidl's full-length film debut, examines the lives of the street newspaper sellers in Vienna, a mixture of men from Turkey, India, Pakistan, Egypt, and Eastern ... See full summary »
Director: Ulrich Seidl | Stars: Salah Abdel, Mustafa Muhammed, Kumar Saha Probil
Votes: 157
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