1. Hong Kong Stories (Hong Kong Stories)
A documentary about Hong Kong cinema mythology via Julien Carbon and Laurent Courtiaud’s experience as screenwriters in the HK film industry, working for Wong Kar-wai, Tsui Hark, Daniel Lee and Johnnie To
2. Artist Unknown
A short documentary on how people view art and its value in today's society.
3. This Is an Adventure
During production on the film "The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou", documentary filmmakers followed the cast and crew of a film which depicts other documentary filmmakers who follow animal life. In this film, we get a first hand look at the sets and come very close to many of the cast and crew members at work, especially Bill Murray and Wes Anderson.
It has an average vote of 6 on TMDB.
4. Somewhere Between New York and LA
Since he was 18 years old, Blake Eckard has written and directed six feature length films in his hometown of Stanberry, Missouri . Aside from a short distribution deal in Canada and a few festival screenings, his movies have largely gone unseen.
5. Mi Marilyn (Mi Marilyn)
A memory of Marilyn Monroe , woman, actress, goddess, myth, in the words of the Spanish director and scriptwriter José Luis Garci, who returns to his childhood and recovers a lost paradise.
It has an average vote of 6.1 on TMDB.
6. Misery Loves Company
A documentary presenting the behind the scenes of Rob Reiner's classic "Misery", with Reiner himself, Kathy Bates, James Caan, Frances Sternhagen, writer William Goldman, Barry Sonnenfeld presenting their views on the film years later of its release and the impact "Misery" had in their professional lives.
It has an average vote of 7 on TMDB.
7. The Ability Exchange
A documentary about an innovative Disability Studies class at NYU Tandon School of Engineering where engineering students and adults with cerebral palsy learn to communicate, connect, and cultivate their abilities by making movies.
8. Broadway Cinema: The Heart of Filmmaking in Nottingham
A short documentary about one of the best independent cinemas in the UK.
9. Full Tilt Boogie
A documentary about the production of From Dusk Till Dawn and the people who made it.
It has an average vote of 6.449 on TMDB.
10. Inside High Noon Revisited
An updated version of John Mulholland’s making-of documentary that explores the remarkable 1952 film starring Gary Cooper, and the gripping story behind its troubled production. Though High Noon was originally seen as an attack on the blacklisting witch hunt gripping Hollywood at the time, it is now recognized as a damning portrait of civic complacency, democracy in peril. High Noon is today considered a classic of American cinema.
11. Midnight Movies: From the Margin to the Mainstream
From 1970-1977, six low budget films shown at midnight transformed the way we make and watch films.
It has an average vote of 6.314 on TMDB.
12. The Cyberpunk Educator
A 2003 documentary study of mainstream Cyberpunk films of the 1980s created by director Andrew J. Holden. The film uses the structure of literary theorist Northrop Frye to describe the common, repeating stories in Western culture, and how Cyberpunk can be defined and understood according to that analysis, with a focus toward American film industry portrayal of race, gender, and government.
13. Faggots (Maricones: El cine de Els 5 QK's)
Absolute pleasure as an identity. Alfonso de Sierra, Luis Escribano, Ramón Massa, Ces Martí and Enric Bents were “Els 5 QKs”, a group of amateur filmmakers who, in 1975, decided to get together and create a transgressive and courageous filmography breaking social, religious, and political boundaries; placing the faggot as leading role hero: proud of himself, shameless, beyond good and evil. In this documentary film, Luis Escribano and Ces Martí, only living members of the group, review, alongside some actors, their creative process and what those films, forgotten till now, meant to Barcelona during La Trancisión.
It has an average vote of 3.5 on TMDB.
14. From Star Wars to Jedi: The Making of a Saga
From Star Wars to Jedi: The Making of a Saga is a 1983 television documentary special that originally aired on PBS. It is a behind-the-scenes look at the making of the original Star Wars trilogy, with particular emphasis on the final film, Return of the Jedi. Narrated by actor Mark Hamill, the documentary was written by Richard Schickel who had written the previous television documentaries The Making of Star Wars and SP FX: The Empire Strikes Back .
It has an average vote of 7.1 on TMDB.
15. Zombiemania
The evolution of the zombie from its roots in Haitian voodoo to its coveted role as the world's most popular monster: from being a clumsy corpse to becoming a cannibal killer and the main agent of every infectious pandemic, the zombie has come a long way in seventy years. A look at the rising tide of zombie culture examining why something so dead has so much life in viewers' nightmares and at the box office.
It has an average vote of 6.1 on TMDB.
16. VeggieTales: Behind the Scenes
See how the VeggieTales episodes are made! Plus, hear the heart and purpose of VeggieTales from the creators, Phil Vischer and Mike Nawrocki, as they sit down for an entertaining conversation with Matt and Laurie Crouch.
17. VISITAS (VISITAS)
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18. Room Full of Spoons
Room Full of Spoons is an in depth documentary about the cult film that is widely accepted as the worst film ever made: The Room, and it’s eccentric creator Tommy Wiseau. Referred to as “The Citizen Kane of bad movies” by Entertainment Weekly, The Room grossed only $1800 during it’s initial box office run. Against all odds, Mr. Wiseau’s disastrous film found a new life on the midnight movie circuit and now plays to audiences around the world making it one of the most adored and important films in popular culture. Follow Rick Harper and his team on their journey across the Globe as they experience this midnight movie phenomenon, meet with the entire cast and crew of the The Room and piece together the story behind the mysterious Tommy Wiseau. The film has not yet received a full release due to legal action taken by Wiseau against the filmmakers.
19. Comrades in Dreams (Leinwandfieber)
Four lives that could not be more different and a single passion that unites them: the unconditional love for their cinemas, somewhere at the end of the world. Comrades in Dreams brings together six cinema makers from North Korea, America, India and Africa and follows their efforts to make their audiences dream every night.
It has an average vote of 7.2 on TMDB.
20. Akira Kurosawa: The Epic and the Intimate (Akira Kurosawa: The Epic and the Intimate)
Akira Kurosawa: The Epic and the Intimate is a French documentary film that consists primarily of interviews with Kurosawa’s European collaborators from the time of the making of Ran, with footage from the film interspersed between the talking heads.
