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1. Made in Hollywood

A breathtaking investigation into blockbusters, a film genre that enjoys worldwide success yet keeps its secret weapon well hidden backstage in Hollywood. The blockbuster appeals to a very wide audience, from 7 to 77 years and from Paris to Beijing. These films, which have boosted the film industry, started out with "Jaws" and "Star Wars" and are still prospering with Avatar or Alice in Wonderland. To succeed, the films must meet a few precise criteria, one of them being their cost - at 100 million dollars minimum. But in Hollywood, the films' ingredients are a well-kept secret; perhaps for fear of discovering that the studios' house rules are not as rosy as in certain fruitful happy endings? The pressure and the stakes are colossal. This fascinating documentary reviews the numerous professions affiliated with the blockbuster, via interviews with producers of the major studios ...

It has an average vote of 5 on TMDB.

2. Peter von Bagh (Peter von Bagh)

Piirainen's documentary on the last years of Peter von Bagh.

It has an average vote of 6 on TMDB.

3. White Noise (Ruído Branco)

Through a poetic language, "White Noise" seeks to reflect on the whitening processes that Brazil suffered for 130 years, after the abolition of slavery. How it affects our offspring and makes it difficult to search for the identity of black people in a historically racist country.

It has an average vote of 8 on TMDB.

4. Querido Fotogramas (Querido Fotogramas)

The 70th anniversary of the “Fotogramas” magazine comes in the shape of a sentimental voyage through the history of Spanish cinema thanks to a mosaic of voices represented by people who make films, those who write them and those who consume them. The documentary pays tribute to the readers of “Fotogramas” helped by the leading figures of Spanish cinema, who will read to the camera the most representative letters received at its offices in the history of the magazine.

It has an average vote of 4 on TMDB.

5. 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.

6. Blood of 1000 Virgins

The question of "who hunts virgins" and more will be stripped down and explored in the sexiest trailers hosted by Playboy's Nikki Leigh.

It has an average vote of 5.2 on TMDB.

7. Laurel & Hardy: Their Lives and Magic (Laurel & Hardy - Die komische Liebesgeschichte von Dick und Doof)

The lives of Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy , on the screen and behind the curtain. The joy and the sadness, the success and the failure. The story of one of the best comic duos of all time: a lesson on how to make people laugh.

It has an average vote of 7.8 on TMDB.

8. Cinema Dadaab (Cinema Dadaab)

In one of the world's largest and oldest refugee camps, Dadaab, the inhabitans survive by watching films and dreaming. The refugees cannot leave the camp, but they let their minds escape the harsh reality: by going to the simple cinema hall run by Abdikafi Mohamed, the film's protagonist.

It has an average vote of 6 on TMDB.

9. The Dinosaur and the Baby (Cinéastes de notre temps: Le dinosaure et le bébé, dialogue en huit parties entre Fritz Lang et Jean-Luc Godard)

An hour-long discussion between Fritz Lang and Jean-Luc Godard in which they discuss a variety of art forms, the role of the cinema, their collaboration together, and much more.

It has an average vote of 6 on TMDB.

10. Katharine Hepburn: The Great Kate

A peep behind the scenes of the golden era of Hollywood to discover exactly how and why Katharine Hepburn became one of the most famous actresses in the glamorous world of cinema.

It has an average vote of 6.5 on TMDB.

11. Caligari: When Horror Came to Cinema (Caligari — Wie der Horror ins Kino kam)

On February 26, 1920, Robert Wiene's world-famous film The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari premiered at the Marmorhaus in Berlin. To this day, it is considered a manifesto of German expressionism; a legend of cinema and a key work to understand the nature of the Weimar Republic and the constant political turmoil in which a divided society lived after the end of the First World War.

It has an average vote of 6.7 on TMDB.

12. La Folle Aventure de Louis de Funès (La Folle Aventure de Louis de Funès)

(La Folle Aventure de Louis de Funès)

It has an average vote of 7.5 on TMDB.

13. Heute Programmwechsel (Heute Programmwechsel)

(Heute Programmwechsel)

14. Emelka-Palast (Emelka-Palast)

(Emelka-Palast)

15. I'm a Stranger Here Myself

A portrait of legendary filmmaker Nicholas Ray while he is working as a film professor at a college in upstate New York.

It has an average vote of 6.4 on TMDB.

16. Complicated Women

Looks at the stereotype-breaking films of the period from 1929, when movies entered the sound era, until 1934 when the Hays Code virtually neutered film content. No longer portrayed as virgins or vamps, the liberated female of the pre-code films had dimensions. Good girls had lovers and babies and held down jobs, while the bad girls were cast in a sympathetic light. And they did it all without apology.

It has an average vote of 6.7 on TMDB.

17. The Silence of Pelešjan (Il silenzio di Pelešjan)

A documentary about the Armenian avant-garde filmmaker, Artavazd Pelešjan.

It has an average vote of 5.8 on TMDB.

18. The Batman Shootings

The premiere of The Dark Knight Rises was the big event in Aurora, Colorado. So popular with young cinema-goers, the city's theatre complex put on an extra showing. But minutes into the film, lone gunman James Holmes, dressed as the Joker, entered the room and started firing indiscriminately. Twelve people died, many more were injured. This documentary tells the life story of Holmes, of his victims and speaks to survivors.

It has an average vote of 6.4 on TMDB.

19. Archiving Time (數電影的人)

In Taiwan, there is a group of people participating in this race against time. They are hidden inside the film archive of New Taipei City’s “Singapore Industrial Park”, where the 17,000-plus film reels and over a million film artifacts have become their spiritual nourishment. Day after day, they shuttle back and forth inside, carrying their doubts, their learnings, and their faith. What they are doing is awakening these long-neglected film reels, then piecing together the no-longer-existent social atmospheres and lives of distant pasts recorded on them. And spending time in this archive has become everyday life for these film archivists and restorers.

20. Starz Inside: Sex and the Cinema

Sex and Cinema is a steamy trip through the looking glass of the camera lens, depicting how sexually charged films reflect our own sexual liberation. It will unzip America's obsession with sex, both from a cinematic and social perspective, exposing the hypocrisy inherent in our culture's war against eroticism . The special will look at many films that push the boundary, from mainstream studio films to product that in its time has been considered pornographic.

It has an average vote of 4.5 on TMDB.