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1. Kung Fu Stuntmen (龍虎武師)

A new documentary film revisits the golden age of kung fu stuntmen and action directors in Hong Kong during the 1960s-'80s, exploring their pain and struggles. The documentary is a tribute to kung fu stuntmen. “They risked their lives for stunts,” said kung fu choreographer Yuen Bin. In their heyday, these stuntmen and choreographers presented the best, most creative and most complicated kung fu fight sequences anywhere in the world, creating stunts that looked seemingly impossible.

It has an average vote of 7.2 on TMDB.

2. Casablanca revisitada (Casablanca revisitada)

A lyrical and nostalgic analysis of how Casablanca, the mythical film directed by Michael Curtiz in 1942, has influenced both film history and pop culture.

3. A Personal Journey Through Cinema History with Thomas Pollock

Covering over 100 years of cinema, this is a journey of discovering and exploring the magic of cinema from a personal perspective. Looking at the changes and developments of cinema Thomas explains how film has deeply affected his life as a person and a filmmaker.

It has an average vote of 6 on TMDB.

4. The Marvellous Spiral (La espiral maravillosa)

Spain, early 20th century. As a child, Leocadia Cantalapiedra was dazzled by a new art: cinema; but she lives in a society where directing films is something only men can do.

It has an average vote of 5.3 on TMDB.

5. ¡Ay, Carmen! (¡Ay, Carmen!)

The personal and professional story, told in first person, of Spanish actress Carmen Maura, director Pedro Almodóvar's first muse and a brilliant artist in her own right.

It has an average vote of 4.5 on TMDB.

6. 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.

7. Hedy Lamarr: The Invention of a Star (Hedy Lamarr : l'Invention d'une star)

The extraordinary life of Hedy Lamarr, a successful actress and inventor of a pioneer system that is the base of technologies such as Bluetooth, GPS and wi-fi.

It has an average vote of 4 on TMDB.

8. 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.

9. Cinema Novo (Cinema Novo)

A deep investigation, in the way of a poetic essay, on one of the main Latin American movements in cinema, analyzed via the thoughts of its main authors, who invented, in the early 1960s, a new way of making movies in Brazil, with a political attitude, always near to people's problems, that combined art and revolution.

It has an average vote of 6.7 on TMDB.

10. Trintignant by Trintignant (Trintignant par Trintignant)

A portrait of a man of rare elegance and enigmatic charm, versatile and successful: Jean-Louis Trintignant, one of the most critically acclaimed French actors of the last sixty years, known for his numerous roles on stage and screen.

It has an average vote of 6.667 on TMDB.

11. Le Grand Méliès (Le Grand Méliès)

A biographical film about cinematic illusionist Georges Méliès featuring Méliès’s widow, Jeanne d’Alcy, as herself, and their son André as his own father.

It has an average vote of 6.7 on TMDB.

12. The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind

This documentary revisits the making of Gone with the Wind via archival footage, screen tests, insightful interviews and rare film footage.

It has an average vote of 8 on TMDB.

13. Deep Throat: When Porn Makes Its Premiere (« Deep throat » : quand le porno sort du ghetto)

Deep Throat, a pornographic film directed by Gerard Damiano, a film-loving hairdresser, and starring Linda Lovelace, a shy girl manipulated by a controlling husband, was released in 1972 and divided audiences, who began to talk openly about sex, desire and female pleasure; but also about violence and abuse; and about pornography, until then an almost clandestine industry, as a revolutionary cultural phenomenon.

It has an average vote of 6.5 on TMDB.

14. Rojo Sangre: 10 años a puro género (Rojo Sangre: 10 años a puro género)

Argentinean filmmakers talk about the Buenos Aires Rojo Sangre Film Festival and the history of genre cinema in Argentina.

15. Film Spa (Filmová lázeň)

The Karlovy Vary International Film Festival is one of the world’s oldest and most respected. Film Spa was made to celebrate its belated 50th edition in 2015 in its 69th year – belated because from 1959 to 1993 it was forced to alternate with the festival in Moscow.

16. Volker Schlöndorff: The Beat of the Drum (Volker Schlöndorff : tambour battant)

The life and work of the brilliant German filmmaker Volker Schlöndorff, a cross-border artist who, by leaving Germany and making the whole world his place of work, acquired the objective perspective necessary to portray his country's society better than anyone else while providing a unique and original point of view on the troubled history of the European continent.

17. Romantic Comedy

This documentary goes beneath the surface of our favorite films, seeking to better understand the way we view love, relationships, and romance. From clumsy meet cutes to rain-soaked declarations of love, these films reflect our experiences but are often just as problematic as they are comforting. Helped by a chorus of critics, actors, and filmmakers, and original songs by her band Summer Camp, director Elizabeth Sankey embarks on a journey of investigation and self-discovery.

It has an average vote of 6 on TMDB.

18. The Lot of Fun: Hollywood’s Fun Factory (Hollywoods Spaßfabrik – Als die Bilder Lachen lernten)

A documentary about film producer Hal Roach.

It has an average vote of 7 on TMDB.

19. O Filme da Minha Vida (O Filme da Minha Vida)

(O Filme da Minha Vida)

20. The Pervert's Guide to Cinema

A hilarious introduction, using as examples some of the best films ever made, to some of Slovenian philosopher and psychoanalyst Slavoj Žižek's most exciting ideas on personal subjectivity, fantasy and reality, desire and sexuality.

It has an average vote of 7.312 on TMDB.