Popular Documentary Movies - Page 290
Tokyo In 33 RPM
2026
The Scars
2019
The Scars
2019
star 10The personal stories lived by the Uncle, the Father and the Son, respectively, form a tragic experience that is drawn along a line in time. This line is comparable to a crease in the pages of the family album, but also to a crack in the walls of the paternal house. It resembles the open wound created when drilling into a mountain, but also a scar in the collective imaginary of a society, where the idea of salvation finds its tragic destiny in the political struggle. What is at the end of that line? Will old war songs be enough to circumvent that destiny?Jean-Pierre Melville on the Set of Le Deuxième Souffle
1966
Director Jean-Pierre Melville and actor Lino Ventura are interviewed about their 1966 film.The Birds Shall Return
2025
star 7The Birds Shall Return is a documentary narrated by grandmothers and third-generation Palestinians from Jordan and the Netherlands. Their intimate testimonies show how passing on stories is an act of resistance; From memories of a paradise within arm’s reach, to the harsh reality of resisting the occupation of their homeland.Klæbo
2025
Klæbo
2025
Hello Stranger
2024
Hello Stranger
2024
star 3At the crossroads of documentary and fiction, Hello Stranger relates the transition journey of a young trans woman named Cooper Josephine. With humor, the film revisits key moments of her life from her childhood in a small fishing village of the east coast of Canada to her tumultuous medical process. Through the re-enactment of her memories, Cooper Josephine attempts to make peace with the last masculine imprint on her body: that unfortunate deep voice that sticks to her skin.Pattern Recognition
2017
Pattern Recognition
2017
To celebrate the BFI's Thriller season, filmmaker Daniel Cockburn explores the power of sound to terrify and unsettle. Using sounds from Hollywood's best-known thriller and horror films, Cockburn makes familiar noises frightening and leaves us wondering... What's that sound? And why won't it stop?Farther and Sun: A Dyslexic Road Trip
2018
star 5Could dyslexia be a gift? Or can it only ever be a disability? Documentary maker Richard Macer sets off on a road trip with his dyslexic son Arthur to find the answer. En route, they meet Richard Branson and Eddie Izzard, and many other successful dyslexic people. - BBCRobert Altman's Players
1992
star 7Behind-the-scenes documentary about a fundraiser which was staged for Robert Altman's film "The Player" (1992).Hard Oil!
1980
Hard Oil!
1980
The story of the early Canadian oil industry from its start in Petrolia and Oil Springs, Ontario, from about 1850 to 1900. Dramatic re-creations blend with archival photographs and diaries to tell the rags-to-riches-to-rags tale of a boom that went bust.Balance of the Force
2018
Balance of the Force
2018
star 7Explore the mythology of the Force and why Rian Johnson chose to interpret its role in such a unique way.Babylon Unveiled
2014
Momo 3000
2026
Momo 3000
2026
December 31, 1999. Quebec is a few hours from year 2000 and its potential bug. Trapped in a Montreal appartement, Momo needs only one thing to survive this nightmare: couscous.Just a Song and Dance
1987
star 7Documentary about television company ATV and its founder Lew Grade.All I Had Was Nothingness
2025
star 7.8Forty years after the release of Claude Lanzmann’s monumental film Shoah, Guillaume Ribot reveals the director’s relentless pursuit to tell the untold, using only Lanzmann’s words and unseen footage from the masterpiece.Eli Manning Presents: The Undercovers - Sabrina Ionescu
2026
star 1Eli Manning recruits WNBA superstar Sabrina Ionescu to go undercover at her alma mater, the University of Oregon. Sabrina transforms into Jennifer Scone, an enthusiastic Ducks fan who's attending her first basketball game. She fools coaches, mingles with fans, and shocks the crowd at halftime.Grandmother’s Small Talk
2019
Synopsis Le-Hun moved away to avoid her good friend Tshiu-Bi and her husband Siu-Gi, but by a twist of fate, she ended up rekindling her romance with Siu-Gi and accidentally fell pregnant with his child. Forty years later, Le-Hun’s grandson uses his camera to capture her recollection of the past and her yearning for her son.Cyberbunker: The Criminal Underworld
2023
star 6.5This documentary reveals how a group of hackers powered the darkest corners of the internet from a Cold War-era bunker in a quiet German tourist town.
