Popular Documentary Movies - Page 394
Ulysses S. Grant
2002
Ulysses S. Grant
2002
star 9As a general, he had fought to preserve the Union. As president, he helped to oversee the transformation from union to nation. As a former president, he was the embodiment of the very idea of national union, and of America's entry onto the world stage. As a dying general, he was the symbol of the nation's greatest and most traumatic war. The story of Ulysses S. Grant's life, from his first days on the Ohio frontier to his last days out-writing death in the Adirondacks, is an endlessly fascinating one. Few public figures have ever held a such a firm grip on the American popular imagination. Grant was a man whose rise from obscurity made him a hero to millions who could see themselves in him. An ordinary man who faced and met extraordinary challenges, his successes and failures seemed to encapsulate the national character. He was so popular with the American public that, despite his two scandal-ridden terms as president, he was nearly nominated to run for a third term.Kroos
2019
Kroos
2019
star 6.1Documentary about German football player Toni Kroos. Features a review of his recent career including his time at FC Bayern Munich and Real Madrid as well as his participation at FIFA Wold Cups 2014 and 2018.Corrida Interdite
1959
Corrida Interdite
1959
star 7.7Denys Colomb de Daunant (1922 - 2006) is a writer, poet, photographer and filmmaker known for being the author and co-writer of the film Crin-Blanc (1952) directed by Albert Lamorisse. Highly symbolic character of the Camargue, aristocrat and dandy, he was also a manager and hotelier. He would lead the immemorial life of an animal herder if he did not have another passion: images. The photographic apparatus and the camera are like sensitive antennas that he spreads over his world and which seek the truth beyond appearances. Since Crin Blanc his photographs have appeared in illustrated books on five continents. Among his many films, Corrida Interdite (in competition at the 1959 Cannes Film Festival) and Le Rêve des Chevaux Sauvages (Golden Bear at the Berlin Film Festival) are global short film successes. The animals, the images... a single passion: that of a free life in one of the rare countries where you can still live freely: the Camargue.Upon This Rock
1970
Upon This Rock
1970
star 9Drama describing the story of the building of Saint Peter's Cathedral, Vatican, Rome.Sexual Partnership
1968
Sexual Partnership
1968
star 4.3This is a continuation of the sex education films by Oswald Kolle. This time the sexual partnership is discussed.Chaplin's Goliath
1996
Chaplin's Goliath
1996
star 6.6A film about the tall actor who was most famous for playing the quintessential villain for Charlie Chaplin's Tramp character.76 Days Adrift
2025
76 Days Adrift
2025
Steven Callahan gives a gripping first-hand account of his NYT bestselling novel "Adrift: 76 Days Lost At Sea." On the eve of February 4, 1982, in the middle of the night there was a loud boom as a whale collided with Steven's boat. Within minutes, his small craft was flooded with a rush of water. He grabbed what he could, heaved his life raft into the ocean, and snatched his emergency kit. Without food or water, for an incredible 76 days the inflatable raft was his home as he drifted across the entire Atlantic Ocean. Forced to come to terms with his own shortcomings and limitations, Steven finds a strength he never knew he had. This official documentary, executive produced by Callahan, brings the story to life with found 8MM footage, original stills of the time of the voyage, and first-person recreation. Still possessing many of the original artifacts, he takes us step-by-step through his harrowing and life-altering adventure.RBG
2018
RBG
2018
star 7.5Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg now 84, and still inspired by the lawyers who defended free speech during the Red Scare, Ginsburg refuses to relinquish her passionate duty, steadily fighting for equal rights for all citizens under the law. Through intimate interviews and unprecedented access to Ginsburg’s life outside the court, RBG tells the electric story of Ginsburg’s consuming love affairs with both the Constitution and her beloved husband Marty—and of a life’s work that led her to become an icon of justice in the highest court in the land.By Dawn's Early Light
2026
Explores faith, liberty, and the American spirit, featuring cultural commentary and historical reflections on the challenges facing people of faith.Eilish: Life Without Katie
1995
Documentary about six-year-old Eilish Holton from Ireland, three years after she was surgically separated from her conjoined twin sister Katie, who sadly did not survive. This documentary shows Eilish starting school and her journey with learning to walk with a prosthesis. We also get to follow Eilish on a trip to the US to meet the still conjoined sisters Abigail and Brittany Hensel, who are about five years old here.Beefcake
1998
Beefcake
1998
star 5.3A look at the 1950s muscle men's magazines and the representative industry which were popular supposedly as health and fitness magazines, but were in reality primarily being purchased by the still-underground homosexual community. Chief among the purveyors of this literature was Bob Mizer, who maintained a magazine and developed sexually inexplicit men's films for over 40 years. Aided by his mother, the two maintained a stable of not so innocent studs.Blood, Boobs & Beast
2007
Super Bowl Champions: The 2025 Seattle Seahawks
2026
star 10From training camp to the final confetti fall, Super Bowl Champions: The 2025 Seattle Seahawks is the definitive, cinematic story of a team that soared above the odds, told with the style only NFL Films can deliver. Narrated by actor and Seahawks fan Jeffrey Dean Morgan, the 75-minute documentary looks back at Seattle's 2025 championship season through game broadcast footage, including extended highlights of their 29-13 victory over the New England Patriots in Super Bowl LX. The film also includes coverage from the championship parade, behind-the-scenes footage captured by the team, and the largest compilation of player and coach wired sound from throughout the season ever for an NFL Films championship documentary.Dolphins Up Close with Bertie Gregory
2025
star 6.8Bertie Gregory heads to the Azores, a vital marine sanctuary and seasonal hotspot for migrating ocean predators. During feeding season, thousands of elusive hunters gather to feast on massive bait balls. Battling storms and scanning vast seas, Bertie races against time to capture the most epic feeding frenzy of his career.Love Letters
2015
Love Letters
2015
Actors Tony Lo Bianco and Marilyn Chris, and editor Stan Warnow, discuss the 1970 film THE HONEYMOON KILLERS.Naszość. Tylko dla nienormalnych
2023
Since the 1990s, the Poznań-based group "Alternative Action Ourness" has been concocting happenings ridiculing politicians and activists with a Communist Party pedigree. Already 20 years ago it organized protests against Putin's criminal activities. The intergenerational group, headed by Piotr Lisiewicz, permanently argued with the courts, the police and the media. The documentary is a fast-flowing story of the erstwhile rebels, who are now active on the right side of the political scene.Stories We Tell
2012
Stories We Tell
2012
star 7.1Canadian actress and filmmaker Sarah Polley investigates certain secrets related to her mother, interviewing a group of family members and friends whose reliability varies depending of their implication in the events, which are remembered in different ways; so a trail of questions remains to be answered, because memory is always changing and the discovery of truth often depends on who is telling the tale.Predators
2025
Predators
2025
star 6.2In the mid-aughts, Dateline NBC's To Catch a Predator drew millions of weekly viewers to watch sting operations: men planning to meet minors for sex would instead be confronted by polished host Chris Hansen, then by the police — all on hidden camera.Remembrance
1954
Black Candle of the Bright Road. In memory of Vasyl Stus
1992
Documentary trilogy about the thorny path of the famous Ukrainian poet, translator, political prisoner Vasyl Stus. Filmed in 1989-1992, it describes the life of the poet, the story of the destruction of the dissident by the Soviet authorities, highlights his influence on Ukrainian society during life and after his death, records the testimony of witnesses, films the liquidated Kuchino camp, in which Stus was imprisoned, the reburial of Stus, Lytvyn and Tykhy in 1989. Consists of three parts: «Come back to me, my memory» (Верни до мене, пам’яте моя), «In the white cold the sun of Ukraine» (У білій стужі сонце України), «Crucified on a black cross» (Розіп’ятий на чорному хресті).
