1. 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 7.106 on TMDB.
2. [REC]: Horror Without Pause ([REC]: terror sin pausa)
The horror film — directed by Jaume Balagueró and Paco Plaza, and released in 2007 — was an unprecedented triumph for Spanish fantasy cinema. Fifteen years later, those responsible for the creation and worldwide success of this cinematic milestone decode its keys and resurrect the myth.
It has an average vote of 6.9 on TMDB.
3. The Concavenator Valley (El valle de Concavenator)
Three researchers work on a paleontological project focusing on two dinosaurs: one fictional, the one created by special effects genius Ray Harryhausen for the film The Valley of Gwangi ; the other real, the Concavenator corcovatus, whose remains were discovered in 2003 at the Las Hoyas site, in the province of Cuenca , very close to where the filming took place.
4. 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.
5. Stuntwomen (Cascadeuses)
The daily life of Petra, Virginie, and Estelle, three stuntwomen, from the dangerous film sets, where they face all kinds of deadly dangers, to the safety of their homes.
It has an average vote of 9.7 on TMDB.
6. 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.
7. Marlon Brando: An Actor Named Desire (Marlon Brando, un acteur nommé désir)
In his early days as an actor, Marlon Brando was a shy young man with theatrical ambitions, like many others; but his charisma and superb acting skills made him truly unique, so that the doors to the starry sky of Hollywood opened for him. However, his peculiar manners, political commitment and complicated love life always overshadowed his artistic success.
It has an average vote of 7.3 on TMDB.
8. Republic of Silence
They grew up in the land of dictators and surveillance, where images are censored, photos are burned, thoughts are discreet, and mouths are kept shut. They grew up in Syria.
It has an average vote of 9 on TMDB.
9. Passion Fanny Ardant (Fanny Ardant : naissance d'une passion)
A portrait of the famous French actress Fanny Ardant, who has worked with great figures of cinema such as Agnès Varda, Alain Resnais, Michelangelo Antonioni, Sydney Pollack and, above all, François Truffaut , with whom she had a sentimental relationship and whose death marked the rest of her life.
It has an average vote of 8 on TMDB.
10. The Memory of Cinema: A Film About Fernando Méndez-Leite (La memoria del cine: una película sobre Fernando Méndez-Leite)
A look at the life and work of Spanish filmmaker and film critic Fernando Méndez-Leite, as he writes his memoirs and a novel with autobiographical resonances.
It has an average vote of 6.4 on TMDB.
11. 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.
12. Journey to Somewhere (Viaje a alguna parte)
A young woman, who has inherited her grandparents' huge house, a fascinating place full of amazing objects, feels overwhelmed by the weight of memories and her new responsibilities. Fortunately, the former inhabitants of the house soon come to her aid.
It has an average vote of 6.5 on TMDB.
13. Cinema in Russia (Синема в России)
Documentary film about early years of Russian cinema: its first directors, cameramen, producers and actors. Includes rare fragments of pre-revolutionary feature films, newsreels and Starewicz's animation.
It has an average vote of 4 on TMDB.
14. Making the Connection: Untold Stories of 'The French Connection'
The exciting story of the making of William Friedkin's The French Connection , hosted by former NYPD detective Sony Grosso, who inspired the character of Buddy 'Cloudy' Russo, played in the film by actor Roy Scheider.
It has an average vote of 7 on TMDB.
15. 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.
16. 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.
17. The Fire Rises: The Creation and Impact of The Dark Knight Trilogy
This feature-length documentary delves into the trilogy, opening with the inspiration and vision for the new Batman films and inching its way toward the Rises finale and the culmination of nearly a decade of creative blood, sweat and tears. Candid, thoughtful and extensive, and comprised of revealing behind-the-scenes footage, countless interviews, audition tapes , and a narrative grip and momentum all its own, it leaves no stone unturned.
It has an average vote of 6.841 on TMDB.
18. 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.
19. 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.
20. La Antorcha de los Éxitos: Cifesa (1932-1961) (La Antorcha de los Éxitos: Cifesa (1932-1961))
The amazing story of Cifesa, a mythical film production company founded in Valencia by the Casanova family that managed to dominate the box office during the turbulent times of the Second Spanish Republic, the carnage of the Civil War and the hardships of the long post-war period and Franco's dictatorship — and survive until the sixties, when Spain was timidly beginning to change.
It has an average vote of 4 on TMDB.