1. Ekelöf's Blick - En Nordisk Diktarresa (Ekelöf's Blick - En Nordisk Diktarresa)
Ekelöf's Blick is a film about swedish poet and mystic Gunnar Ekelöf. The film is an attempt to visually articulate how Ekelöf saw things, a world characterized by an enigmatic beauty never previously formulated in such a way.
2. Christina Lindberg: The Original Eyepatch Wearing Butt Kicking Movie Babe
A look at the life and work of Christina Lindberg, the most famous Swedish model of the 1970s and star of exploitation cinema.
It has an average vote of 4 on TMDB.
3. DJ Punk: The Photographer Daniel Josefsohn (DJ Punk – Der Fotograf Daniel Josefsohn)
Nobody captured the atmosphere of 1990s Berlin better than German photographer Daniel Josefsohn, who died in 2016 at the age of 54, leaving his mark in advertising with his irreverent aesthetic and punk sensibility. It was his spontaneous, imperfect images shot for an MTV campaign in 1994 that first made him famous.
It has an average vote of 6 on TMDB.
4. Berlanga!! (Berlanga!!)
How does the vision of the brilliant Spanish filmmaker Luis García Berlanga remain relevant in a time whose popular culture has little to do with his own? Since to understand the secrets of an artist it is essential to know the person behind, his family, his friends, his collaborators, as well as prestigious filmmakers and actors trace a collective portrait of a creator as singular as he is universal.
It has an average vote of 8 on TMDB.
5. The Return of the Native
Eustacia Vye, an exquisite beauty despairing at her boring life on an English moor, sets up a fateful lovers' triangle when she uses her wiles to entice two men, a dashing suitor and a successful man who made his name abroad and returned to his home on the heath.
It has an average vote of 6.357 on TMDB.
6. The Many Lives of Jorge Semprún (Las mil vidas de Jorge Semprún)
The incredible life of Jorge Semprún : son of a republican intellectual; exiled in the early days of the Spanish Civil War; survivor of the Buchenwald concentration camp during World War II; clandestine communist in Spain during Franco's dictatorship; controversial socialist politician; acclaimed writer, screenwriter and filmmaker.
It has an average vote of 6 on TMDB.
7. Claude Chabrol, the Maverick (Chabrol, l'anticonformiste)
An account of the life and work of French filmmaker Claude Chabrol , a sybarite Buddha, a furtive anarchist, an insolent lover of life.
It has an average vote of 6.4 on TMDB.
8. Though You May Not Know (Aunque tú no lo sepas: la poesía de Luis García Montero)
An account of the life and work of the Spanish poet Luis García Montero; a journey through his experiences, his mentors, his influences and his contact with other artists, both from the literary world and from other disciplines.
It has an average vote of 7 on TMDB.
9. Un chico de portada: el arte de Macario Gómez (Un chico de portada: el arte de Macario Gómez)
Macario 'Mac' Gómez talks about his long career as a film poster designer.
It has an average vote of 7 on TMDB.
10. A. K. (A. K.)
An intimate chronicle of the shooting of Ran , a film directed by the legendary Japanese filmmaker Akira Kurosawa.
It has an average vote of 6.2 on TMDB.
11. Berlanga: el sentimiento austrohúngaro de la vida (Berlanga: el sentimiento austrohúngaro de la vida)
A journey through the life, work and many artistic miracles of the brilliant Spanish filmmaker Luis García Berlanga .
It has an average vote of 6 on TMDB.
12. Sergio Leone: cinema, cinema (Sergio Leone: cinema, cinema)
The life and work of one of the great masters of Italian cinema, Sergio Leone ; a rich and fascinating portrait through unpublished testimonies of collaborators, actors, directors and critics who reconstruct every aspect of his creative activity.
It has an average vote of 5.8 on TMDB.
13. Catherine Deneuve, belle et bien là (Catherine Deneuve, belle et bien là)
Catherine Deneuve couldn’t care less about being a celebrity, but fame made her an icon long ago and she occupies a special place in our imagination. The star is not one to let others get too close, but when she gives you her confidence, she keeps her word. If Deneuve’s career covers a half-century of cinema, it also bears witness to the force of a generation that experienced the deepest transformation of mores. This portrait reflects her entirely. The story of a mystery and an adventure.
It has an average vote of 7.3 on TMDB.
14. Louis de Funès Forever (Monsieur de Funès)
A moving and very funny portrait of the personal and professional life of the magnificent French comedian Louis de Funès , as well as a detailed analysis of his masterful acting technique.
It has an average vote of 6.8 on TMDB.
15. I'm Not Everything I Want to Be (Ještě nejsem, kým chci být)
After the Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia in 1968, Libuše Jarcovjáková, a young female photographer, strives to break free from the constraints of Czechoslovak normalization and embarks on a wild journey towards freedom, capturing her experiences on thousands of subjective photographs.
16. String Upon the Air (Cuerda al Aire)
Anolan is a soloist in a string orchestra, lives with her mother and dedicates every minute to his profession; Enmanuel is a peasant resident in the Sierra Maestra who devotes his time to working the land, accompanied by his young son.
It has an average vote of 10 on TMDB.
17. Van Gogh, deux mois et une éternité (Van Gogh, deux mois et une éternité)
(Van Gogh, deux mois et une éternité)
It has an average vote of 6.5 on TMDB.
18. Wuthering Heights: Love, Hate and Vengeance (« Les Hauts de Hurlevent » : amour, haine et vengeance)
In 1847, British writer Emily Brontë , perhaps the most enigmatic of the three Brontë sisters, published her novel Wuthering Heights, a dark romance set in the desolation of the moors, a unique work of early Victorian literature that stunned contemporary critics.
It has an average vote of 8 on TMDB.
19. Sanjulián: el poder de la ilustración (Sanjulián: el poder de la ilustración)
An account, in his own words and those of his relatives, of the life and work of the brilliant Manuel Pérez-Sanjulián Clemente, one of the most important Spanish illustrators of all times.
It has an average vote of 5 on TMDB.
20. Madonna: Truth or Dare
From the rains of Japan, through threats of arrest for 'public indecency' in Canada, and a birthday tribute to her father in Detroit, this documentary follows Madonna on her 1990 'Blond Ambition' concert tour. Filmed in black and white, with the concert pieces in glittering MTV color, it is an intimate look at the work of the icon, from a prayer circle before each performance to bed games with the dance troupe afterwards.
It has an average vote of 6.237 on TMDB.