1. Phoolan
Phoolan is a documentary film about the extraordinary life of a village girl, gang-rape survivor, bandit leader, and finally parliamentarian. This is the story of one woman’s fight against incredible odds for justice and dignity. Known as India’s Bandit Queen, Phoolan Devi is considered by many to be one of the most extraordinary and controversial women of our time.
It has an average vote of 10 on TMDB.
2. Between the Lines: India's Third Gender
Repping best view to date into the world of the Indian eunuch, “Between the Lines: India’s Third Gender” may not answer all the questions it poses, but helmer Thomas Wartmann provides an intimate glimpse at a community whose members are considered pariahs and conduits of supernatural force. Following shutterbug Anita Khemka in her quest to discover why these castrated men fascinate and repel, docu concentrates on three personalities and uses them as guides to their highly stratified world. Under its nautch skirts, film has strong enough legs to step out into international arthouses.
It has an average vote of 1 on TMDB.
3. Land of the Taj Mahal
A brief but colorful travelogue of India's biggest cities following the partition of the country in 1947 at the end of the British Raj.
4. The River of Life and Death (Řeka života a smrti)
(Řeka života a smrti)
5. The Last Days of the Raj
Lord Louis Mountbatten arrives in India in March 1947 as Britain's Last Viceroy. He is committed to transfer administrative and authoritative power to an independent and sovereign India. Six months later India indeed was set free, but it had also been partitioned and overwhelmed by an orgy of sectarian violence involving Hindus, Muslims and Sikhs.
6. Le Beurre : Du bonheur en motte ? (Le Beurre : Du bonheur en motte ?)
(Le Beurre : Du bonheur en motte ?)
It has an average vote of 8 on TMDB.
7. Japan in Nagaland
This movie follows the growth and influence of anime culture in Nagaland, India.
8. Coda Lunga
A double journey into Kerala in India. Ghedalia Tazartes dips himself into the sea of Indian traditions in Kerala, from Katakhali dance and music to field recordings on location. A fantastic journey beyong India, through countries of the imagination. Another genre and cross cultural experience by the French master.
9. India Speaks
A documentary of explorer Richard Halliburton's travels on the Indian sub-continent, featuring a mix of real and staged footage.
10. The Rose Parade: A Pageant for the Ages
An entertaining look at the history of America’s greatest parade, guided by hosts and TV icons, William Shatner and Stephanie Edwards.
11. Officers and Crew of the U.S. Cruiser 'Brooklyn'
Brooklyn Jubilee Peace Parade
12. The Shepherdess of the Glaciers
She is one of the last shepherdesses who still lives with her flock in the heights of the Gya-Miru valley in Ladakh. At the age of 50, Tsering is the youngest in her village to drive her 350 goats and sheep at the expense of transhumance in this region of the Himalayas, located between 4000 and 6000 meters above sea level. A harsh and precarious life, often solitary, mishandled by difficult climatic conditions and a sometimes hostile nature, which does not prevent this tiny bit of woman to sing, laugh and ... philosophize.
It has an average vote of 7 on TMDB.
13. Annual Inspection of the Bodyguard by His Excellency Lord Lytton
The Governor of Bengal and family - on and off duty.
14. Ukhrul Medical Tour
A doctor and party visit the villages of eastern Manipur in India's far north east.
15. Devil Dancers of Sikkim
Hear the Lama band, see the sacred dances: welcome to Sikkim, in the shadow of the Himalayas.
16. Calcutta Pageant
Scenes from a lavish pageant held during the royal visit to India, celebrating King George V’s coronation.
17. Calcutta Topical No. 1
Fashionably attired folk attend the races in Kolkata.
18. One Ticket Please
A documentary about a 78-year-old Indian woman in New York who is the world's most passionate theatergoer. Nicki Cochrane has been seeing a play every day for more than 25 years, acquiring free tickets using a variety of ingenious means.
It has an average vote of 7.3 on TMDB.
19. An Indian Day
Director S. Sukhdev traveled the length of India to gather footage for his impressionistic portrait of the country in the year 1967. The film produces the same effect on the viewers as a month-long visit to India, a sense of having seen everything and a sense of having seen nothing, both at the same time.
It has an average vote of 6.2 on TMDB.
20. Meena
Meena is a documentary film about sex trafficking in India based on a true story.