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1. Hugo (2011)
PG | 126 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
In 1931 Paris, an orphan living in the walls of a train station gets wrapped up in a mystery involving his late father and an automaton.
Director: Martin Scorsese | Stars: Asa Butterfield, Chloë Grace Moretz, Christopher Lee, Ben Kingsley
Votes: 336,881 | Gross: $73.86M
2. Renoir (2012)
R | 111 min | Biography, Drama, History
Set on the French Riviera in the summer of 1915, Jean Renoir -- son of the Impressionist painter, Pierre-Auguste -- returns home to convalesce after being wounded in World War I. At his ... See full summary »
Director: Gilles Bourdos | Stars: Michel Bouquet, Christa Théret, Vincent Rottiers, Thomas Doret
Votes: 5,994 | Gross: $2.29M
3. Five Came Back (2017)
TV-14 | 60 min | Documentary, Biography, History
The wartime contributions of five prominent Hollywood film directors during World War II are profiled.
Stars: Francis Ford Coppola, Steven Spielberg, Meryl Streep, Guillermo del Toro
Votes: 5,280
4. The Image Book (2018)
Not Rated | 88 min | Documentary, Drama, Horror
Nothing but silence. Nothing but a revolutionary song. A story in five chapters like the five fingers of a hand.
Director: Jean-Luc Godard | Stars: Jean-Luc Godard, Dimitri Basil, Jean-Pierre Gos, Anne-Marie Miéville
Votes: 2,991 | Gross: $0.09M
5. My Name Is Alfred Hitchcock (2022)
120 min | Documentary
A fictional Alfred Hitchcock narrates an explanation of some of the lesser known cinematic techniques he used in his movies, richly illustrated with clips from his entire 50-year career.
Director: Mark Cousins | Stars: Shirley MacLaine, Sean Connery, Julie Andrews, John Wayne
Votes: 310
6. My Journey Through French Cinema (2016)
Not Rated | 201 min | Documentary
Bertrand Tavernier's personal journey through French cinema, from films he enjoyed as a boy to his own early career, told through portraits of key creative figures.
Director: Bertrand Tavernier | Stars: Bertrand Tavernier, François Truffaut, Jean-Paul Gaultier, Jean Renoir
Votes: 980 | Gross: $0.04M
7. Women Make Film: A New Road Movie Through Cinema (2018– )
TV-14 | 840 min | Documentary, History
A documentary that spans 13 decades and five continents to give a guided tour of the art and craft of movies as told by female filmmakers.
Stars: Tilda Swinton, Adjoa Andoh, Jane Fonda, Sharmila Tagore
Votes: 390
8. What War May Bring (2010)
120 min | Drama
Ilva runs her stepfather's Eden Palace cinema in wartime Paris against a background of Resistance activities, the frequent sight of less fortunate Parisians being shipped east in ... See full summary »
Director: Claude Lelouch | Stars: Audrey Dana, Dominique Pinon, Raphaël Haroche, Samuel Labarthe
Votes: 753
9. About Cinema (2019– )
25 min | Documentary
About Cinema celebrates the art of filmmaking and the craftsmen on both sides of the camera.
Stars: Rita Khan, Abood, Hasan Saqer, Azzam Alawad
Votes: 47
10. When Evening Falls on Bucharest or Metabolism (2013)
Not Rated | 89 min | Drama
During the production of his new movie, a director wants to add a scene to improve the film's narrative by emphasising the aesthetic of female nudity. Endless negotiations ensue between lunch and dinner. Can they conclude?
Director: Corneliu Porumboiu | Stars: Bogdan Dumitrache, Diana Avramut, Mihaela Sirbu, Alexandru Papadopol
Votes: 1,187
11. Cinema Komunisto (2010)
Not Rated | 100 min | Documentary, History
When history has a different script from the one in your films, who wouldn't invent a country to fool themselves? The collapsing sets of Tito's Hollywood of the East take us on a journey ... See full summary »
Director: Mila Turajlic | Stars: Stevan Petrovic, Veljko Despotovic, Velimir 'Bata' Zivojinovic, Dragisa Djokic
Votes: 705
12. Special Collector's Edition (2010–2015)
9 min | Comedy, History
A Special Collector's Edition.
Stars: David Díaz, Luis Rodrigo, Gabriel Fernández-Gil, Daniel Retuerta
Votes: 106
13. Trespassing Bergman (2013)
107 min | Documentary
A group of filmmakers visit Ingmar Bergman's house on the remote Swedish island of Faro to discuss his legacy.
Directors: Jane Magnusson, Hynek Pallas | Stars: Tomas Alfredson, Woody Allen, Wes Anderson, Harriet Andersson
Votes: 978
14. Razor's Edge: The Legacy of Iranian Actresses (2016)
130 min | Documentary, History
An examination of the work and lives of actresses in the Iranian film industry prior to the 1979 revolution, featuring myriad interviews and rare film clips.
Director: Bahman Maghsoudlou | Stars: Shohreh Aghdashloo, Katayun Amir Ebrahimi, Mary Apick, Pouri Baneai
Votes: 20
15. De Kijk van Koolhoven (2018–2022)
Documentary
Director Martin Koolhoven takes a look at his favorite genres and their movies.
Star: Martin Koolhoven
Votes: 170
16. Forbidden Films (2014)
94 min | Documentary
During the years of the Third Reich, some 1200 films were produced under Joseph Goebbels' ministry of propaganda. Until now, 40 of them are still banned in Germany.
Director: Felix Moeller | Stars: Hans Albers, Götz Aly, Elise Aulinger, Berta Drews
Votes: 215
17. Historia kina w Popielawach (1998)
100 min | Drama, Fantasy, Romance
A young boy dreams of rebuilding a cinematograph constructed by his ancestor. The boy's father, however, does not approve of the idea.
Director: Jan Jakub Kolski | Stars: Krzysztof Majchrzak, Bartosz Opania, Grazyna Blecka-Kolska, Franciszek Pieczka
Votes: 372
18. Truly, Madly, Cheaply!: British B Movies (2008 TV Movie)
90 min | Documentary
A look at the history of British B-movies.
Director: Hans Petch | Stars: Matthew Sweet, Steve Chibnall, Kenneth Baker, John Mortimer
Votes: 57
19. Deux de la Vague (2010)
Not Rated | 91 min | Documentary
Jean-Luc Godard and François Truffaut, their careers, their friendship and their impact on the French New Wave of the 1960s.
Director: Emmanuel Laurent | Stars: Isild Le Besco, Anouk Aimée, Jean-Pierre Aumont, Charles Aznavour
Votes: 881 | Gross: $0.03M
20. One Hundred Children Waiting for a Train (1988)
55 min | Documentary
"Tells the story of a group of Chilean children who discover a larger reality and a different world through the cinema. Each Saturday, Alicia Vega transforms the chapel of Lo Hermida into a... See full summary »
Director: Ignacio Agüero | Star: Alicia Vega
Votes: 298
21. Togoland - Projections (2023)
96 min | Documentary, History
Togoland Projections takes us to the territory of the former German colony of Togo. We follow the film expedition of director Hans Schomburgk who shot documentary and adventure films there in 1913-1914 and question Togo's colonial history.
Director: Jürgen Ellinghaus
22. Natan (2013)
66 min | Documentary, Biography, History
Bernard Natan could be described as one of the fathers of French cinema. How did he come to be completely forgotten, especially so in France? How is it that what little attention is paid to... See full summary »
Directors: Paul Duane, David Cairns | Stars: Lenny Borger, Serge Bromberg, Bart Bull, Gisèle Casadesus
Votes: 91
23. They've Gotta Have Us (2018)
TV-14 | 59 min | Documentary
The rise of black actors as they have gone from being the backdrop to calling the shots. This is the inside story of the turning points of black life on both sides of the lens, from Sidney Poitier and Harry Belafonte, to the present day.
Stars: Simon Frederick, David Oyelowo, Jesse Williams, Lil Rel Howery
Votes: 331
24. Regarding Buñuel (2000)
103 min | Documentary
Documentary about spanish director Luis Buñuel.
Directors: José Luis López-Linares, Javier Rioyo | Stars: José Sancho, Carlos Fuentes, Claudio Isaac, Michel Piccoli
Votes: 370
25. HAGIGA: The Story of Israeli Cinema (2015)
54 min | Documentary
Documentary series about the history of Israeli cinema, featuring hundreds of interviews and a wealth of rare archival footage.
Stars: Itay Tiran, Menahem Golan, Nira Gal, Topol
Votes: 9
26. Radio Dolin (2021– )
Talk-Show
Every week, film critic Anton Dolin talks about cinema, culture and everything in the world.
Stars: Anton Dolin, Naum Kleiman, Alexander Rodnyansky, Andrey Zvyagintsev
Votes: 30
27. From Magic Lantern to Today: A History of Animation (1963)
26 min | Documentary, Animation, Short
28. In the Teeth of Jaws (1997 TV Movie)
50 min | Documentary
Stars: Peter Benchley, David Brown, Michael Chapman, Richard Dreyfuss
Votes: 18
29. Coming to America: Jan Troell on 'the Emigrants' and 'the New Land' (2016 Video)
36 min | Documentary, Short
An interview with director Jan Troell, conducted by critic Peter Cowie, on his epic Oscar-nominated masterpieces, The Emigrants (1971) and The New Land (1972).
Stars: Eddie Axberg, Peter Cowie, Jan Troell, Liv Ullmann
30. Komm mit mir in das Cinema - Die Gregors (2022)
155 min | Documentary
Documentary on 1937 poem by Else Lasker-Schüler, in which the poet writes that "what once was: love" can be found at the cinema.
Director: Alice Agneskirchner | Stars: Erika Gregor, Ulrich Gregor
Votes: 41
31. Il museo dei sogni (1950)
11 min | Documentary, Short
Director: Luigi Comencini | Star: Piero Gallinari
Votes: 17
32. Was geschah wirklich zwischen den Bildern? (1986)
83 min | Documentary
What really happened between the pictures?
Director: Werner Nekes | Star: Werner Nekes
Votes: 146
33. Legends of World Cinema (2004– )
Documentary
Weekly series of television feature documentaries "Legends of World Cinema" Different stories become the basis of the movie stars story. The film is about the fate of people whose names are forever in the history of world cinema.
Star: Konstantin Karasik
Votes: 50
34. Ozuland: David Bordwell on Good Morning (2017 Video)
19 min | Documentary, Short, Biography
An interview with film scholar David Bordwell on Yasujiro Ozu's themes and style and a comparison of Ozu's 1959 film Good Morning and 1932 film I was born, but..
Star: David Bordwell
35. Selección TCM: Aki Kaurismaki (2012 TV Movie)
Documentary
Self-produced short documentary about the filmography of acclaimed Finnish director Aki Kaurismäki
Director: Pedro González Bermúdez | Star: Luis Bajo
36. El arte de la luz y la sombra (2023)
Documentary, Animation, History
Animated documentary that tells the fascinating and unknown origins of cinema and audiovisuals from prehistoric times to the beginning of the 20th century.
Director: Miguel Herrero Herrero | Stars: Gonzalo Albiñana, Tsvetelina Lyubenova Avramova, Marc Azéma, Jordi S. Bonet
37. Cinema Shambhari (2013–2014)
24 min | History
The series is a celebration of centenary of Marathi Cinema through documentation of its glorious history.
Star: Kaanchan Adhikari
38. The Road to 'A Day in the Country' (2015)
25 min | Documentary, Short
Interview with Jean Renoir scholar, Christopher Faulkner, on the making of Renior's 1936 film, A Day In The Country.
Stars: Sylvia Bataille, Jacques B. Brunius, Georges D'Arnoux, Christopher Faulkner
39. New Cinema of Latin America (1983– )
Documentary
Stars: Michael Chanan, Patricio Guzmán, Carlos Diegues, Jorge Sanjinés
40. Melies: Tales of Terror (1904)
7 min | Short, Fantasy, Horror
A compilation of three short trick films by Georges Méliès: The Music Lover (1903) (The Melomaniac aka The Music Lover)(1903), The Monster (1903) (The Monster) (1903) and Decapitation in Turkey (1904) (The Terrible Turkish Executioner) (1904).
Director: Georges Méliès
41. Selección TCM: Michael Haneke (2012 TV Movie)
Documentary
Self-produced short documentary about the filmography of acclaimed Austrian director Michael Haneke and his filmography
Director: Pedro González Bermúdez | Star: Luis Bajo
42. La petite dame du Capitole (2005)
55 min | Documentary
In August 1949 Lucienne Schnegg joined the Cinéma Capitole in Lausanne as secretary. Now 80, she is still there as director and all-round woman. She tells us about her cinema, the Capitole.
Director: Jacqueline Veuve | Stars: Lucienne Schnegg, François-Pascal Bodevin, André Chevailler, Christophe Dufour
43. Commedia all'italiana and Il Sorpasso (2014)
16 min | Documentary, Short
Interview with film scholar Remi Fournier Lanzoni who discusses the social foundation of commedia all'italiana, the style of director Dino Risi and the unique qualities of Risi's 1962 film Il Sorpasso.
44. Seijun Suzuki | TCM (2013 TV Movie)
2 min | Documentary
His name is not as well known as that of Akira Kurosawa or Shohei Imamura, but in recent times his influence has reached such prestigious directors as Jim Jarmusch, Takeshi Kitano and ... See full summary »
Director: Pedro González Bermúdez | Stars: Luis Bajo, Seijun Suzuki
45. The language of the silent cinema 1895-1929 - Part I: 1895-1924 (1973)
75 min | Documentary, History
Director: Vlada Petric
46. Enredando sombras (1998)
Documentary
Celebrates 100 years of cinema in Latin America by discussing its origins and development in this subcontinent. Its structure is based in 12 short films directed by various Latin American directors.
Directors: Fernando Birri, Federico García Hurtado, Andrés Marroquín, Jacobo Morales, Pablo Rodríguez Jáuregui, Juan Carlos Tabío, Edmundo Aray, Marcela Fernández Violante, Julio García Espinosa, María Novaro, David Rodríguez, Orlando Senna, Iván Trujillo | Stars: Maria Bethânia, Michael Chanan, Costa-Gavras, Gabriel García Márquez
Votes: 26
48. American Picture Palaces (1982)
24 min | Documentary, Short, History
Director: Lee R. Bobker | Stars: Bob Balaban, Gaylord Carter, S. Charles Lee
50. The language of the silent cinema 1895-1929 - Part II: 1926-1929 (1973)
60 min | Documentary, History
Director: Vlada Petric