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1. I Shot My Love (2009)
56 min | Documentary
Seventy years after his grandfather escapes from Nazi Germany to Palestine, Israeli documentary director Tomer Heymann returns to the country of his ancestors to present his film "Paper ... See full summary »
Director: Tomer Heymann | Stars: Tomer Heymann, Zvi Heymann, Andreas Merk, Wieland Speck
Votes: 112
2. Wie de Waarheid Zegt Moet Dood (1981)
60 min | Documentary, Biography
Documentary on the life and death of Pier Paolo Pasolini.
Director: Philo Bregstein | Stars: Pier Paolo Pasolini, Alberto Moravia, Laura Betti, Maria Antonietta Macciocchi
Votes: 184
3. Love Meetings (1964)
Not Rated | 92 min | Documentary
Director Pasolini traverses Italy in 1963 with camera and microphone interviewing people in public places about sex, marriage and gender roles.
Director: Pier Paolo Pasolini | Stars: Lello Bersani, Alberto Moravia, Cesare Musatti, Peppino Di Capri
Votes: 2,644
4. Ocana, an Intermittent Portrait (1978)
85 min | Documentary
Portrait of Ocaña, a multi-artist who exploded the prevailing conventions in Barcelona during the last years of Franco's dictatorship.
Director: Ventura Pons | Stars: Ocaña, Camilo, Guillermo, Nazario
Votes: 149
5. Fifi Howls from Happiness (2013)
Unrated | 96 min | Documentary
A documentary on provocative artist Bahman Mohassess, the so-called "Persian Picasso," whose acclaimed paintings and sculptures dominated pre-revolutionary Iran.
Director: Mitra Farahani | Star: Bahman Mohasses
Votes: 522 | Gross: $0.01M
6. There Is No Sexual Rapport (2011)
Not Rated | 78 min | Documentary
French porn director and performer, Herve P. Gustave (HPG), and the highs and lows of the business.
Director: Raphaël Siboni | Stars: Hervé Pierre-Gustave, Cindy Dollar, Michael Cheritto, Stracy Stone
Votes: 311
7. Les Invisibles (2012)
115 min | Documentary, Romance
Several elderly homosexual men and women speak frankly about their pioneering lives, their fearless decision to live openly in France at a time when society rejected them.
Director: Sébastien Lifshitz | Stars: Yann, Pierre, Bernard Romieu, Jacques
Votes: 678
8. 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
9. Brothers of the Night (2016)
TV-14 | 88 min | Documentary
Soft boys by day, kings by night. The film follows a group of young Bulgarian Roma who come to Vienna looking for freedom and a quick buck. They sell their bodies as if that's all they had.... See full summary »
Director: Patric Chiha | Stars: Stefan, Yonko, Asen, Nikolay
Votes: 414
10. Electroboy (2014)
113 min | Documentary, Biography
'You can get it if you really want.' If this sentence applies to anyone, then it most definitely applies to Florian Burkhardt. He achieved nearly everything he wanted. Except the one thing that was most important to him: escaping himself.
Director: Marcel Gisler | Stars: Florian Burkhardt, Hildegard Burkhardt, Peter J. Burkhardt, Claudius Burkhardt
Votes: 139
11. Sherpa (2015)
Not Rated | 96 min | Documentary
In 2014, director Jennifer Peedom was working on a documentary about the Sherpas of Mount Everest when the largest avalanche in recent history occurred on the mountain, killing 16 Sherpas.
Director: Jennifer Peedom | Stars: Russell Brice, Tim Medvetz, Pasang Tenzing Sherpa, Phurba Tashi Sherpa
Votes: 5,414
12. Safari (2016)
Not Rated | 91 min | Documentary
A thought-provoking look on how white hunting tourists go to Afrika in search of excitement in killing wild animals, their backward views on humanity and the monetary reality behind this industry
Director: Ulrich Seidl | Stars: Inge Ellinger, Marita Neemann, Markolf Schmidt, Tina Hofmann
Votes: 1,257
13. Free Solo (2018)
PG-13 | 100 min | Documentary, Adventure, Sport
Alex Honnold faces the biggest challenge of his career, climbing El Capitan in Yosemite National Park. He pursues it Free Solo, which means climbing without a rope and alone.
Directors: Jimmy Chin, Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi | Stars: Alex Honnold, Tommy Caldwell, Jimmy Chin, Cheyne Lempe
Votes: 77,468 | Gross: $17.54M
14. The Dawn Wall (2017)
Not Rated | 100 min | Documentary, Biography, Sport
In an unbelievable story of perseverance, free climber Tommy Caldwell and climbing partner Kevin Jorgeson attempt to scale the impossible 3000ft Dawn Wall of El Capitan.
Directors: Josh Lowell, Peter Mortimer | Stars: John Branch, Tommy Caldwell, Kevin Jorgeson
Votes: 21,240 | Gross: $1.08M
15. Playing Men (2017)
60 min | Documentary
A documentary essay about the relationships among Mediterranean men and their games. The film takes the form of a travelogue across Croatia, Italy, Slovenia and Turkey, and examines men, ... See full summary »
Director: Matjaz Ivanisin | Star: Peter Musevski
Votes: 226
16. Druzina (2017)
106 min | Documentary, Drama
Matej, born into a family of people with special needs tries to create a family of his own, but soon it all starts to collapse. The Family is a piece of cinéma vérité that covers a whole decade of Matej's attempts at living.
Director: Rok Bicek | Stars: Matej Rajk, Nia Kastelec, Barbara Kastelec, Alenka Rajk
Votes: 164
17. Ants on a Shrimp (2016)
Not Rated | 88 min | Documentary
One of the world's best restaurant, the Copenhagen based NOMA and its renowned chef-owner René Redzepi relocate the restaurant and its entire staff to Tokyo.
Director: Maurice Dekkers | Stars: Thomas Frebel, Dan Giusti, Kim Mikkola, Rene Redzepi
Votes: 483
18. How Are You (2011)
58 min | Documentary
HOW ARE YOU is a remarkable documentary about two now famous artists. The film brings us back to when they fell in love with each other and started working together. And even though the two... See full summary »
Director: Jannik Splidsboel | Stars: Michael Elmgreen, Ingar Dragset, Morten Olafsson
Votes: 39
19. Waiting for the Carnival (2019)
86 min | Documentary
A small village in the Brazilian outback is considered the nation's capital of jeans. It's also a microcosm that depicts modern day capitalism and its transgressions.
Director: Marcelo Gomes
Votes: 892
20. American Factory (2019)
TV-14 | 110 min | Documentary
In post-industrial Ohio, a Chinese billionaire opens a factory in an abandoned General Motors plant, hiring two thousand Americans. Early days of hope and optimism give way to setbacks as high-tech China clashes with working-class America.
Directors: Steven Bognar, Julia Reichert | Stars: Junming 'Jimmy' Wang, Robert Allen, Sherrod Brown, Dave Burrows
Votes: 23,883
21. Midnight Family (2019)
Unrated | 81 min | Documentary, Action, Crime
In Mexico City's wealthiest neighborhoods, the Ochoa family runs a private ambulance, competing with other for-profit EMTs for patients in need of urgent help.
Director: Luke Lorentzen | Stars: Juan Ochoa, Fer Ochoa, Josue Ochoa, Manuel Hernandez
Votes: 2,018
22. Miserere (2019)
74 min | Documentary
Sweltering day in Buenos Aires, Miserere square packed with guys discreetly prostituting themselves for little money. Their inner thoughts unveil an invisible plot amidst oppressive bustle.
Director: Francisco Ríos Flores
Votes: 65
23. The Painter and the Thief (2020)
106 min | Documentary
An artist befriends the thief who stole her paintings. She becomes his closest ally when he is severely hurt in a car crash and needs full time care, even if her paintings are not found. But then the tables turn.
Director: Benjamin Ree | Stars: Karl Bertil-Nordland, Barbora Kysilkova, Øystein Stene
Votes: 4,314
24. Jiro Dreams of Sushi (2011)
PG | 81 min | Documentary
A documentary on 85-year-old sushi master Jiro Ono, his renowned Tokyo restaurant, and his relationship with his son and eventual heir, Yoshikazu.
Director: David Gelb | Stars: Jiro Ono, Yoshikazu Ono, Masuhiro Yamamoto, Daisuke Nakazama
Votes: 38,030 | Gross: $2.55M
25. Circus of Books (2019)
Not Rated | 92 min | Documentary, Biography, History
In 1976, Karen and Barry Mason had fallen on hard times and were looking for a way to support their young family when they answered an ad in the Los Angeles Times. Larry Flynt was seeking ... See full summary »
Director: Rachel Mason | Stars: Karen Mason, Barry Mason, Micah Mason, Rachel Mason
Votes: 5,010
26. The Mole: Undercover in North Korea (2020)
123 min | Documentary, Thriller
A real-life undercover thriller about two ordinary men who embark on an outrageously dangerous ten-year mission to penetrate the world's most secretive and brutal dictatorship: North Korea.
Director: Mads Brügger | Stars: Ulrich Løvenskjold Larsen, Mads Brügger, Alejandro Cao de Benos de Les y Pérez, Jim Latrache-Qvortrup
Votes: 5,411
27. My Rembrandt (2019)
Not Rated | 97 min | Documentary
This is set in the world of the Old Masters and offers a mosaic of gripping stories in which unrestrained passion for Rembrandt's paintings leads to dramatic developments and unexpected plot turns.
Director: Oeke Hoogendijk | Stars: Eijk De Mol van Otterloo, Jan Six, Rose-Marie De Mol van Otterloo, Martin Bilj
Votes: 439
28. My Brother Jordan (2020)
63 min | Documentary
My Brother Jordan is a love letter that chronicles the life and death of Jordan Robinson, told through the eyes of his younger brother, Justin.
Director: Justin Robinson | Stars: Jordan Robinson, Justin Robinson
Votes: 749
29. Collective (2019)
Not Rated | 109 min | Documentary, Crime
Director Alexander Nanau follows a crack team of investigators at the Romanian newspaper Gazeta Sporturilor as they try to uncover a vast health-care fraud that enriched moguls and politicians and led to the deaths of innocent citizens.
Director: Alexander Nanau | Stars: Dan Alexandru Condrea, Liviu Iolu, Razvan Lutac, Mirela Neag
Votes: 13,443
30. Adolescents (2019)
135 min | Documentary
Anaïs and Emma have been best friends since childhood. It's a friendship is filmed over the years, during a period when their physical, emotional and intellectual development is dramatic.
Director: Sébastien Lifshitz | Stars: Anaïs, Emma
Votes: 977
31. The Proposal (II) (2018)
86 min | Documentary
An artist fights to make the archives of Mexico's most famous architect available to the public.
Director: Jill Magid | Stars: Luis Barragán, Jill Magid, Federica Zanco
Votes: 146 | Gross: $0.05M
32. Flee (2021)
PG-13 | 89 min | Documentary, Animation, Biography
FLEE tells the extraordinary true story of a man, Amin, on the verge of marriage which compels him to reveal his hidden past for the first time.
Director: Jonas Poher Rasmussen | Stars: Daniel Karimyar, Fardin Mijdzadeh, Milad Eskandari, Belal Faiz
Votes: 19,520
33. The Alpinist (2021)
PG-13 | 92 min | Documentary, Biography
Marc-André Leclerc climbs alone, far from the limelight. The free-spirited 23-year-old makes some of the boldest solo ascents in history. With no cameras and no margin for error, Leclerc's approach is the essence of solo adventure.
Directors: Peter Mortimer, Nick Rosen | Stars: Marc-André Leclerc, Peter Mortimer, Alex Honnold, Jason Kruk
Votes: 14,438
34. The Things We Keep (2018)
73 min | Documentary
Casey, the new flatmate, was everything Alessandro was not. He was energetic and adventurous - even charismatic. But instead of being annoyed, Alessandro started to document this strange ... See full summary »
Directors: Alessandro Cassigoli, Casey Kauffman | Stars: Alessandro Cassigoli, Casey Kauffman
Votes: 25
35. Herr Bachmann und seine Klasse (2021)
217 min | Documentary
How does one feel at home? In Stadtallendorf, a German city with a complex history of both excluding and integrating foreigners, genial teacher Dieter Bachmann offers his pupils the key to at least feeling as if they are at home.
Director: Maria Speth | Stars: Dieter Bachmann, Aynur Bal, Önder Cavdar
Votes: 938
36. Yaramaz Çocuklar (2021 TV Movie)
93 min | Documentary
A young director who las left his native Turkey comes back to his village in Antakya upon his sister's request. As a mere observer, the director shoots his family's daily life .
Director: Ahmet Necdet Çupur | Stars: Mahmut Cupur, Nezahat Cupur, Zeynep Cupur, Ahmet Necdet Çupur
Votes: 132
37. Nous, étudiants! (2022)
82 min | Documentary
The filmmaker turns the camera on himself and his friends, capturing their everyday life as students of Bangui University. At once clear-eyed and poetic, they share their thoughts about their future in the Central African Republic.
Director: Rafiki Fariala | Stars: Rafiki Fariala, Aaron Koyasukpengo, Nestor Ngbandi Ngouyou, Benjamin Kongbo Sombot
Votes: 47
38. Silent Voice (2020)
52 min | Documentary
Khavaj, a young MMA (mixed martial art) fighter, fled Chechnya when his brother discovered his homosexuality and promised to kill him, under the persecution of Kadyrov's regime. In Brussels... See full summary »
Director: Reka Valerik | Star: Ruben Francq
Votes: 61
39. The Lost Leonardo (2021)
PG-13 | 96 min | Documentary, Mystery
The mystery surrounding the Salvator Mundi, the first painting by Leonardo da Vinci to be discovered for more than a century, which has now seemingly gone missing.
Director: Andreas Koefoed | Stars: Mohammad Bin Salman, Doug Patteson, Jerry Saltz, Robert K. Wittman
Votes: 2,761
40. Machines (2016)
71 min | Documentary
A portrait of daily life of the workers in an Indian textile factory, revealing its beauty as well as its shameful working conditions.
Director: Rahul Jain
Votes: 646 | Gross: $0.01M
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