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1. The Salt of the Earth (2014)
PG-13 | 110 min | Documentary, Biography, History
The life and work of photographer Sebastião Salgado, who has spent forty years documenting societies in hidden corners of the world.
Directors: Juliano Ribeiro Salgado, Wim Wenders | Stars: Sebastião Salgado, Wim Wenders, Lélia Wanick Salgado, Juliano Ribeiro Salgado
Votes: 23,540 | Gross: $1.34M
2. 50 to 1 (2014)
PG-13 | 110 min | Drama
Based on the inspiring true story of Mine That Bird, a misfit group of New Mexico cowboys find themselves on the journey of a lifetime when their crooked-footed racehorse qualifies for the 2009 Kentucky Derby.
Director: Jim Wilson | Stars: Skeet Ulrich, Christian Kane, William Devane, Madelyn Deutch
Votes: 2,259 | Gross: $1.06M
3. The Independent (2000)
R | 81 min | Comedy
A notorious B-movie director tries for a comeback by seeking out the film rights to the life story of a serial killer who wants his biography film to be a musical.
Director: Stephen Kessler | Stars: Jerry Stiller, Janeane Garofalo, Max Perlich, Ted Demme
Votes: 1,375 | Gross: $0.24M
4. Directed by John Ford (1971)
Unrated | 99 min | Documentary, Biography
A documentary on the life and films of director John Ford.
Director: Peter Bogdanovich | Stars: John Ford, Peter Bogdanovich, Orson Welles, Clint Eastwood
Votes: 1,334
5. Andrew Jackson (2007 TV Movie)
90 min | Drama
Through interviews, visits to historical locations and vivid reenactments, this History Channel production details the life of Andrew Jackson. It illuminates his early years as well as his ... See full summary »
Directors: Jim Lindsay, Harlan Glenn | Stars: Edward Herrmann, Peter Kiklowicz, Ryan Proffitt, Nathan Wiederman
Votes: 43
6. The Assassination of Jesse James: Death of an Outlaw (2008 Video)
32 min | Documentary, Short
Explores the true story of the notorious Jesse James, how the myth developed during his lifetime, and how the legends have persisted over 100 years after his death at the hands of his former friend, Robert Ford.
Stars: Casey Affleck, Andrew Dominik, Ralph Ganis, Ron Hansen
Votes: 77
7. Life with Judy Garland: Me and My Shadows - A Behind-the-Scenes Look (2002 TV Special)
Documentary
A short documentary about making TV movie "Life with Judy Garland: Me and My Shadows (2001)"
Stars: Tammy Blanchard, Judy Davis, Jayne Eastwood, Victor Garber
Votes: 68
8. Karl May (1974)
187 min | Biography, Drama, History
This ethereal, three-hour biopic is the middle film in Hans-Jürgen Syberberg's "German Trilogy" on the mythological foundations of the Third Reich.
Director: Hans-Jürgen Syberberg | Stars: Helmut Käutner, Kristina Söderbaum, Käthe Gold, Attila Hörbiger
Votes: 173
9. St. Louis Superman (2019)
28 min | Documentary, Short, Drama
Bruce Franks Jr. is a 34-year-old battle rapper, Ferguson activist and state representative from St. Louis, Missouri. Known as Superman to his constituents, he is a political figure the ... See full summary »
Directors: Sami Khan, Smriti Mundhra | Stars: King Bruce Franks III, Bruce Franks Jr.
Votes: 488
10. Cleopatra: The Film That Changed Hollywood (2001 TV Movie)
119 min | Documentary, History
A trip through the idiosyncrasies and difficulties of making one of the most tormented movies ever filmed.
Directors: Kevin Burns, Brent Zacky | Stars: Robert Culp, Roddy McDowall, Darryl F. Zanuck, Mel Gussow
Votes: 406
11. When We Walk (2019)
78 min | Documentary
When We Walk documents a devoted father and filmmaker with an indestructible drive to keep the cameras rolling no matter what and to show his son what it means to never give up.
Director: Jason DaSilva | Star: Jason DaSilva
Votes: 15
12. The Making of 'Amadeus' (2002 Video)
60 min | Documentary
This riveting film takes a look behind the scenes at one of the 20th century's cinema classics and at one of contemporary cinema's most maddeningly brilliant directors, Milos Forman. Using ... See full summary »
Director: Bill Jersey | Stars: Milos Forman, Peter Shaffer, Saul Zaentz, Neville Marriner
Votes: 212
13. The Irishman: In Conversation (2019)
TV-MA | 23 min | Documentary, Short
A roundtable discussion about The Irishman (2019) with Martin Scorsese, Robert De Niro, Al Pacino and Joe Pesci.
Stars: Robert De Niro, Al Pacino, Joe Pesci, Martin Scorsese
Votes: 1,974
14. Bethune (1977 TV Movie)
88 min | Biography, Drama
Based on the true story of Canadian doctor Norman Bethune, this film traces his life from his beginnings with his deeply religious family in Ontario, through his medical studies in school, ... See full summary »
Director: Eric Till | Stars: Donald Sutherland, Kate Nelligan, David Gardner, James Hong
Votes: 103
15. Man on the Moon: Behind the Moonlight (2000 Video)
20 min | Documentary, Short, Comedy
Interviews with the cast from the film Man on the Moon (1999) educate us a bit on the making of the film and also information about Andy Kaufman is mentionned. Though this is yet another Universal promotion, it is still enjoyable to watch.
Stars: Jim Carrey, Danny DeVito, Milos Forman, Paul Giamatti
Votes: 109
16. Filmmakers in Action (2005)
102 min | Documentary, Biography
Following the documentary "Filmmakers vs. Tycoons", this second part focus on the measures to protect authors' copyright, and the legal difference in the figure of the author in the United States or in France.
Director: Carlos Benpar | Stars: Marta Belmonte, Woody Allen, Pedro Armendáriz Jr., Eugenie Bachelor
Votes: 127
17. Montgomery Clift (1983)
122 min | Documentary, Biography
The tragic life of method actor Montgomery Clift. a very talented but deeply troubled star addicted to alcohol and drugs, is recounted by friends and co-workers.
Director: Claudio Masenza | Stars: Montgomery Clift, Judy Balaban, Patricia Bosworth, Brooks Clift
Votes: 88
18. Wide Sargasso Sea (2011)
74 min | Documentary
Wide Sargasso Sea is an attempt to catch the Brazilian poet Ana Cristina Cesar, who killed herself at the age of 31, in 1983. Icon of the marginal literature generation of Rio de Janeiro in... See full summary »
Director: Letícia Simões | Stars: Ana Cristina Cesar, Chacal, Armando Freitas Filho, Augusto Guimaraens
Votes: 17
19. 'Catch Me If You Can': Behind the Camera (2003 Video)
17 min | Documentary, Short
Director: Laurent Bouzereau | Stars: Frank Abagnale Jr., Steven Spielberg, Jeff Nathanson, Walter F. Parkes
Votes: 205
20. The Roaring 20s: Mick Jagger's Glory Years (2011 Video)
106 min | Documentary
This documentary explores the musical influences of Mick Jagger, lead singer of The Rolling Stones, and chronicles Jagger's life during the key years of 1963-1972, while Jagger was in his 20s.
Director: Alex Westbrook | Stars: Mick Jagger, Alan Clayson, Dick Taylor, Bill Haley
21. Mommie Dearest: Joan Lives On (2006 Video)
15 min | Short
Director: Laurent Bouzereau | Stars: Rutanya Alda, Jocelyn Brando, Joan Crawford, Howard Da Silva
Votes: 45
22. The Sound of Music: From Fact to Phenomenon (1994 Video)
87 min | Documentary
This is a detailed made-for-video documentary on the saga of the making of the movie Sound of Music, The (1965), and the story of the life of Maria von Trapp and her family which inspired it.
Director: Michael Matessino | Stars: Claire Bloom, Eleonore von Trapp Campbell, Johannes von Trapp, Ted Chapin
Votes: 95
23. Parts of the Heart (2012)
90 min | Drama, Romance
8 stories about Peter, a gay man living in Jakarta from the age of 10 to 40 and his experiences with love that help to shape the man he is today.
Director: Paul Agusta | Stars: Joko Anwar, Endy Arfian, Bobby Asmoro, Tuhdil Haqiqi
Votes: 35
24. Ranabhoomi (2020)
Biography
It is the brave tale of Malabar rebellion, Chandappura combat and the retaliations happened at Pandikkad and neighbouring areas, which were all integral part of the Indian independence movement.
Director: Shahabas Pandikkad | Stars: Biju Calicut, Rafi, Shahul, Shobhi Thilakan
Votes: 7
25. AFI's 100 Years... 100 Heroes & Villains (2003 TV Special)
TV-14 | Documentary
The American Film Institute celebrates 100 years of film by recognizing the top 50 film heroes and top 50 film villains of all time.
Directors: Gary Smith, Dann Netter | Stars: Kathy Bates, Anthony Hopkins, Hayden Christensen, Glenn Close
Votes: 272
26. Doctor Ray and the Devils (2012)
Biography, Comedy, Drama
Failing Hollywood director Nicholas Ray is invited by Ratko Drazevic to come to Belgrade, Yugoslavia.
Director: Dinko Tucakovic | Stars: Paul Leonard Murray, Dragan Bjelogrlic, Bojan Dimitrijevic, Lena Bogdanovic
Votes: 146
27. Return to the Lost Eden (2020)
54 min | Documentary, Biography, Family
50 years later, Adriano Zecca returns with his whole family to revisit the Mentawai people in Siberut Island, Indonesia: a journey of discovery, through time and memory, but also a precious ethnographic testimony of a fading world.
Director: Adriano Zecca | Stars: Eloy Zecca, Magda Castel, Raùl Zecca Castel, Bonar Paulus Sinabariba
Votes: 5
28. Vitha (2019)
15 min | Short, Biography | Completed
A true story of the dancer Vithabai Narayangaonkar, who performs in a live show while her pregnancy is due only to return to the stage after delivering the baby midway.
Director: Avishkar Bharadwaj | Stars: Sulekha Talwalkar, Ajit Shidhaye
29. Anatomy of Failure (2008)
53 min | Documentary
Filmmaker Minou Norouzi goes in search of five disappeared women who formed Carlos Castaneda's 'harem'. Trying to find out what hooked these women on the cultish guru figure she unveils ... See full summary »
Director: Minou Norouzi | Stars: Amy Wallace, Richard Jennings, Diana Alstad, Yvonne Apollonio
30. Hollywood contra Franco (2008)
92 min | Documentary, Biography, History
The Spanish Civil War made a great impression on the lives of most of the American artists of the 20th Century. Lots of films were made in Hollywood referring to this event, and the defeat ... See full summary »
Director: Oriol Porta | Stars: Lluís Soler, Brendan Price, Alvah Bessie, Moe Fishman
Votes: 63
32. Filmmakers vs. Tycoons (2005)
97 min | Documentary, Biography
This is the first of a series of two documentaries concerning the way the cinema industry is not respecting the author works as they were conceived, in the many ways this can be done. This ... See full summary »
Director: Carlos Benpar | Stars: Marta Belmonte, Woody Allen, Marco Bellocchio, Jack Cardiff
Votes: 178
33. Workhorse Queen (2021)
Not Rated | 88 min | Documentary
By day, Ed Popil worked as the manager of a telemarketing center in post-industrial Rochester, New York for 18 years. By night, he transformed into drag queen Mrs. Kasha Davis. Not your ... See full summary »
Director: Angela Washko | Stars: Edward Popil, Steven Levins, Thomas Smalley, Greg Meyer
Votes: 118
34. Fight Against Time: Oliver Stone's Alexander (2005 Video)
76 min | Documentary
When Sean Stone took time off from college to film behind-the-scenes on his father Oliver Stone's 2004 epic, 'Alexander', he didn't expect to work out his own feelings of alienation from a ... See full summary »
Director: Sean Stone | Stars: Moritz Borman, Elliot Cowan, Rosario Dawson, Colin Farrell
Votes: 34
35. Mel Gibson's 'Braveheart': A Filmmaker's Passion (2000 TV Movie)
Unrated | 28 min | Documentary
A very well structured making-of documentary for the film 'Braveheart' (1995). We learn about how Mel Gibson got attached to the project as star, director and producer. This is a fairly ... See full summary »
Directors: Tom Shelly, Toby Reisz | Stars: Mel Gibson, Randall Wallace, Catherine McCormack, Bruce Davey
Votes: 169
36. James Stewart: The Last of the Good Guys (1997 TV Movie)
50 min | Documentary, Biography
A portrait of actor James Stewart.
Director: Saul Metzstein | Stars: James Stewart, Judy Stewart, David Lynch, Frank Capra Jr.
37. Once Upon a Time in the South: Behind 'the Last Confederate' (2007 Video)
20 min | Documentary, Short
The story behind the Adams family and the making of "The Last Confederate: The Story of Robert Adams." Weston Adams and his son, Julian, tell the tale of making a feature film about their ... See full summary »
Director: Julian Adams | Stars: Weston Adams, Julian Adams, A. Blaine Miller, Robert W. Filion
Votes: 31
38. Volcano: An Inquiry Into the Life and Death of Malcolm Lowry (1976)
100 min | Documentary
A documentary on the life of the alcoholic writer Malcolm Lowry, interspersed with readings of Lowry's work by Richard Burton. Lowry was born and educated in England. He moved to Mexico in ... See full summary »
Directors: Donald Brittain, John Kramer | Stars: Marjorie Bonner, Donald Brittain, John Buchan, Richard Burton
Votes: 212
39. The White Crow: Ralph Fiennes and Oleg Ivenko in Conversation (2019 Video)
4 min | Documentary, Short
Star: Oleg Ivenko
40. Alfonso Sánchez (1980)
15 min | Documentary, Biography
Autobiography of the Spanish cinema critic Alfonso Sánchez.
Director: José Luis Garci | Stars: Anouk Aimée, Alfonso Sánchez
Votes: 39
41. As Old as My Tongue: The Myth and Life of Bi Kidude (2006)
66 min | Documentary, Music
A portrait of Bi Kidude, a living legend on her home island of Zanzibar. She has beguiled audiences around the world on her wide and varied travels.
Director: Andy Jones | Stars: Iddi Farhan, Maryam Hamdani, Nasra Hilal, Bi Kidude
Votes: 11
42. A Story of Survival: Behind the Scenes of 'the Pianist' (2003 Video)
39 min | Documentary, Short
Stars: Roman Polanski, Adrien Brody, Gene Gutowski, Robert Benmussa
Votes: 94
43. Behind This Convent (2008)
PG-13 | 66 min | Documentary
April 10th, 1994. Killers stormed a convent in of the small hill towns of Rwanda. They selected two hundred Tutsis from the group and executed them behind this convent. Behind This Convent ... See full summary »
Director: Gilbert Ndahayo
Votes: 9
44. Carl Th. Dreyer (1966)
30 min | Documentary, Short, Biography
At the world premiere of "Gertrud" in Paris, December 1964, Dreyer is greeted by many celebrities of the French cinema: Clouzot, Langlois, Truffaut, Godard, Anna Karina. Afterwards Dreyer ... See full summary »
Director: Jørgen Roos | Stars: Henri-Georges Clouzot, Carl Theodor Dreyer, Henri Langlois, François Truffaut
Votes: 104
45. Bilder (m)einer Mutter (2021)
78 min | Documentary
A seemingly entirely normal childhood in the 80s, captured on countless video cassettes. On them a family in which each one plays their own role. But there's a shadow on everyday life. With... See full summary »
Director: Melanie Lischker
Votes: 16
46. Black Sunshine: Conversations with T.F. Mou (2011)
95 min | Documentary, Biography, History
A documentary on Mou Tun-fei or T.F. Mou, the Chinese filmmaker best known for the harrowing, shockingly horrific World War II drama Men Behind the Sun.
Director: J.L. Carrozza | Stars: J.L. Carrozza, Tun-Fei Mou, Deirdre Yee
Votes: 34
47. Michelangelo: The Early Life
Biography | Pre-production
The plot revolves around Michelangelo Buonarroti his early life in Rome and follows him at his stages in Florence - where he completes his most famous work, the Statue of David, always accompanied by his apprentice "Ascanio".
Stars: Remo Vinzens, Gianfranco Piccione, Vivien Kemeny
48. Elizabeth & Essex: Battle Royale (2005 Video)
Not Rated | 10 min | Documentary, Short
Davis famously didn't want Flynn as her co-star, as she considered him unprofessional.
Stars: Lincoln Hurst, Rudy Behlmer, Bob Thomas, Nanette Fabray
Votes: 160
49. The Rwandan Night (2013)
107 min | Documentary, Biography, Family
The Rwandan Night is a feature ethno-documentary that is centered around the haunting memories of one of the oldest survivor of the genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda. One night, in the ... See full summary »
Director: Gilbert Ndahayo | Stars: Mosupyoe Boatamo, Alexandre Dauge-Roth, Andrea Grieder, Ban Ki-moon
50. Il Sergente dell'Altopiano. La storia di Mario Rigoni Stern (2022)
52 min | Documentary, Biography
A journey between present and past, full of testimonies and reflections to recount the writer Mario Rigoni Stern (1921-2008) on the occasion of the centenary of his birth. Over the course ... See full synopsis »
Directors: Tommaso Brugin, Federico Massa | Stars: Gian Piero Brunetta, Bepi De Marzi, Bruno Donati, Ernesto Franco