1. beweistheorie I
A video puzzle using mathematical principles and prime numbers, daring the audience to decode it's journey.
2. Energy and How to Get It
Filmed in Wendover, Nevada, in early 1981, Energy and How to Get It combines documentary and fictional ideas. What began as a documentary film about Robert Golka, an engineer who was experimenting with ball lightening and the development of fusion as an energy force, was turned into a spoof on the documentary form, inserting fictional characters into the story such as the Energy Czar , and a Hollywood agent .
It has an average vote of 5.8 on TMDB.
3. No. 4
This film consists entirely of close ups of famous persons' bottoms. Ono meant it to encourage a dialogue for world peace.
It has an average vote of 2.6 on TMDB.
4. The Age of Swordfish (Lu tempu di li pisci spata)
A short anthropological documentary from 1954. Director De Seta was fortunate enough to document swordfish fishing; by 1956 it no longer existed.
It has an average vote of 6.4 on TMDB.
5. Fishing Boats (Pescherecci)
The unpredictable nature of the sea governs the world of Sicilian fishermen as they work, rest, and seek refuge from a storm.
It has an average vote of 6.1 on TMDB.
6. Golden Parable (Parabola d'oro)
Filming amid the flaxen wheat fields of Sicily, Vittorio De Seta documents the everyday rituals of farmers during harvest time.
It has an average vote of 6 on TMDB.
7. The Reality of Karel Appel (De werkelijkheid van Karel Appel)
Documentary about the work and the unconventional approach of the painter Karel Appel. The film shows him flinging vast amounts of paint onto the canvas, resulting in dynamic paintings showing an overful, raging, run-away world. In 1962 awarded with a Golden Bear at the Berlinale.
It has an average vote of 5.4 on TMDB.
8. Arnold's Blueprint
A short documentary showing how Arnold Schwarzenegger's military service played a critical role in his fame.
It has an average vote of 8 on TMDB.
9. American Juggalo
A look at the often mocked and misunderstood subculture of Juggalos, hardcore Insane Clown Posse fans, who meet once a year for 4 days at The Gathering of the Juggalos.
It has an average vote of 6.7 on TMDB.
10. Welcome to Sherwood! The Story of 'The Adventures of Robin Hood' (Welcome to Sherwood! The Story of 'The Adventures of Robin Hood')
Film historians examines the making of the 1938 "The Adventures of Robin Hood."
It has an average vote of 6.5 on TMDB.
11. The Many Lives of Jason Voorhees
A documentary charting the rise and fall of fictional killer Jason Vorhees from the Friday the 13th series, which takes in the "video nasty" phenomenon in general.
It has an average vote of 8 on TMDB.
12. Iran (Iran)
Claude Lelouch presents in his own vision of Iran. Between tradition and modernity, the movie reveals all the country's vision contrasts, under the very precise and aesthetic eye of Lelouch : veil and miniskirt, caviar and oil, ancestral Islamic art and the Shah of Iran.
It has an average vote of 6 on TMDB.
13. A Diary for Timothy
A narrator recounts the state of Great Britain near the end of WWII via a visual diary for the titular baby boy born in September 1944.
It has an average vote of 6.6 on TMDB.
14. Complaints of a Dutiful Daughter
This Academy Award-nominated film takes a moving personal story, illuminates it with insight and humor, and makes it universal. In recounting her attempts to come to terms with her mother's advancing Alzheimer's disease, Deborah Hoffmann explores the relationship between mother and daughter, parent and child, and the tenacity of love.
It has an average vote of 6 on TMDB.
15. Workers Leaving the Lumière Factory (La Sortie de l'usine Lumière à Lyon)
Working men and women leave through the main gate of the Lumière factory in Lyon, France. Filmed on 22 March 1895, it is often referred to as the first real motion picture ever made, although Louis Le Prince's 1888 Roundhay Garden Scene pre-dated it by seven years. Three separate versions of this film exist, which differ from one another in numerous ways. The first version features a carriage drawn by one horse, while in the second version the carriage is drawn by two horses, and there is no carriage at all in the third version. The clothing style is also different between the three versions, demonstrating the different seasons in which each was filmed. This film was made in the 35 mm format with an aspect ratio of 1.33:1, and at a speed of 16 frames per second. At that rate, the 17 meters of film length provided a duration of 46 seconds, holding a total of 800 frames.
It has an average vote of 6.684 on TMDB.
16. Land Without Bread (Las Hurdes)
An exploration —manipulated and staged— of life in Las Hurdes, in the province of Cáceres, in Extremadura, Spain, as it was in 1932. Insalubrity, misery and lack of opportunities provoke the emigration of young people and the solitude of those who remain in the desolation of one of the poorest and least developed Spanish regions at that time.
It has an average vote of 7.1 on TMDB.
17. Ivan Hellberg, Baggerführer in Kiruna (Ivan Hellberg, Baggerführer in Kiruna)
Short documentary about an excavator operator in sweden
18. Neapel (Neapel)
Short documentary about Naples, Italy.
19. Können Analphabeten lesen? (Können Analphabeten lesen?)
The short film answers the question of whether illiterate people are able to read.
20. The Arrival of a Train at La Ciotat (L'arrivée d'un train à La Ciotat)
Likely in June 1897, a group of people are standing along the platform of a railway station in La Ciotat, waiting for a train. One is seen coming, at some distance, and eventually stops at the platform. Doors of the railway-cars open and attendants help passengers off and on. Popular legend has it that, when this film was shown, the first-night audience fled the café in terror, fearing being run over by the "approaching" train. This legend has since been identified as promotional embellishment, though there is evidence to suggest that people were astounded at the capabilities of the Lumières' cinématographe.
It has an average vote of 7.108 on TMDB.