1. Happy Animals
Rottnest Island is one of the most remote and isolated places you can journey to on Earth. It’s also one of the only places you can meet a quokka. This is the story of a tiny island off the west coast of Australia that's become a global magnet for selfie tourism. All because of one very happy animal.
It has an average vote of 6.2 on TMDB.
2. Riding Giants
Riding Giants is story about big wave surfers who have become heroes and legends in their sport. Directed by the skateboard guru Stacy Peralta.
It has an average vote of 7.6 on TMDB.
3. Au parc Lafontaine
This short documentary profiles the idyllic landscapes of Parc Lafontaine. Set to an original song, the film follows a mother who brings her son to the park, where he plays, swings, and watches the ducks and gondolas glide on the pond. As an adult, he wanders through the park with his sweetheart. The song closes sadly, for his sweetheart leaves him. The passing gondola seems to bear his love away forever, but the final scenes suggest a happy ending. - NFB
It has an average vote of 5 on TMDB.
4. Silks and Sulkies
This short documentary from 1950 captures the thrill of harness racing on Prince Edward Island. We follow Bellhop's career as a pacer, from his unwilling introduction to harness through trials with a bicycle sulky to his first big race. The film culminates with scenes of trotters and pacers at Charlottetown's Old Home Week.
It has an average vote of 6 on TMDB.
5. Hotspot: Island zwischen Massentourismus und Einsamkeit (Hotspot: Island zwischen Massentourismus und Einsamkeit)
(Hotspot: Island zwischen Massentourismus und Einsamkeit)
6. Malmi Airport Documentary
While on the surface Malmi Airport seems like just another airport, it is in fact, an incredibly important historical, cultural, and practical landmark with a rich past. However, the Finnish government has decided to demolish the airport. Hosted by the duo of Omar Kadir and Jolle Tolvanen, this documentary was made to raise awareness for the airport they love.
It has an average vote of 10 on TMDB.
7. Isamu Noguchi: Stones and Paper
Isamu Noguchi was a sculptor, designer, architect, and craftsman. Throughout his life he struggled to see, alter, and recreate his natural surroundings. His gardens and fountains were transformations meant to bring out the beauty their locations had always possessed.
8. The Big One
The Big One is an investigative documentary from director Michael Moore who goes around the country asking why big American corporations produce their product abroad where labor is cheaper while so many Americans are unemployed, losing their jobs, and would happily be hired by such companies as Nike.
It has an average vote of 6.7 on TMDB.
9. Chop Thye Bee
An intimate portrait of an inter-generational family as they bid farewell to the common ground that binds them together.
10. Listening to the Space in my Room (Listening to the Space in my Room)
Ostensibly a portrait of a place where the artist had resided until recently, the new film by Robert Beavers conjures not only the memory but also the physical presence of those who have previously stayed there. Adhering to a solitary intimacy while simultaneously acting as an ode to human endeavour and shared impulses toward fulfillment through art, Listening to the Space in my Room is a moving testament to existence and our endless search for meaning and authenticity. The film's precise yet enigmatic sound-image construction carries a rare emotional weight.
It has an average vote of 10 on TMDB.
11. Hindenburg Disaster: Probable Cause
(Hindenburg Disaster: Probable Cause)
12. Balnearios (Balnearios)
An album of odd and humorous stories on small places exclusively dedicated to idleness, which are empty in winter and crowded in summer: the spa towns. Cities under water, luxury hotels, mermaids, sea animals, sand castles, people who worship water, praying for health.
It has an average vote of 6.8 on TMDB.
13. Sports Illustrated: Swimsuit 2010
Sports Illustrated Swimsuit 2010 gives you an all access pass to the making of the highly anticipated annual SI Swimsuit issue. Take a journey with Bar Refaeli, Brooklyn Decker, and 16 other super models to the hottest locations around the world.
14. The Life of a Rock Smasher
The inspiring story about the professional rock smasher Clive Tapps. A devoted man who plans to fulfill his dream, to smash the biggest rock he has ever faced.
15. Roundhay Garden Scene
The earliest surviving celluloid film, and believed to be the second moving picture ever created, was shot by Louis Aimé Augustin Le Prince using the LPCCP Type-1 MkII single-lens camera. It was taken in the garden of Oakwood Grange, the Whitley family house in Roundhay, Leeds, West Riding of Yorkshire , possibly on 14 October 1888. The film shows Adolphe Le Prince , Mrs. Sarah Whitley , Joseph Whitley, and Miss Harriet Hartley walking around in circles, laughing to themselves, and staying within the area framed by the camera. The Roundhay Garden Scene was recorded at 12 frames per second and runs for 2.11 seconds.
It has an average vote of 6.328 on TMDB.
16. Danger Zone
In the competitive world of tourism, there are very few experiences that are out of bounds. “Danger Zone” explores the world of war tourism, catering to a growing market for ever more rare and extreme experiences.
It has an average vote of 7 on TMDB.
17. Packed Lunch
What is it about Speedos? Well here Australian director Tim Hunter is on a mission to find the answer to the question of why so many gay men can't seem to get enough of hunks in tight fitting trunks? Although somehow I think the answer can be found in the question! Anyway in a bid to discover the truth, Hunter has carried out a series of interviews with men who have more than a passing interest in this briefest of garment, including that of Speedo designer Peter Travis, who here relates his part in the history of 'the male equivalent of the Wonder Bra.'
It has an average vote of 4 on TMDB.
18. The Secret Life of the World's Busiest Airport
Each year over 100 million passengers pass through Hartfield Jackson Atlanta airport - making it the busiest in the world. With an extraordinary all-areas-pass, this film offers up a unique combination of jaw-dropping scale and surprisingly intimate stories, to build a picture of the daily challenges faced by some of its 63,000 staff.
It has an average vote of 8 on TMDB.
19. Cartas de Arapuca (Cartas de Arapuca)
(Cartas de Arapuca)
20. A Wild Stream (Una corriente salvaje)
Chilo and Omar seem to be the only two men on earth. They live on a solitary beach and their constant activity is fishing to survive. Their friendship, surrounded by sensuality, becomes a kind of a love story. Through their conversations and their relationship, the film explores and portraits human condition.