1. No Address
This feature-length documentary by Alanis Obomsawin examines the plight of Native people who come to Montreal searching for jobs and a better life. Often arriving without money, friends or jobs, a number of them quickly become part of the homeless population. Both dislocated from their traditional values and alienated from the rest of the population, they are torn between staying and returning home.
It has an average vote of 8 on TMDB.
2. Final Account (Final Account)
A depiction of the last living generation of German participants in Adolf Hitler’s Third Reich.
It has an average vote of 7.4 on TMDB.
3. Le IIIe Reich n'aura pas la bombe (Le IIIe Reich n'aura pas la bombe)
(Le IIIe Reich n'aura pas la bombe)
4. Od Tatier po Azovské more (Od Tatier po Azovské more)
(Od Tatier po Azovské more)
5. Prelude to War
Prelude to War was the first film of Frank Capra's Why We Fight propaganda film series, commissioned by the Pentagon and George C. Marshall. It was made to convince American troops of the necessity of combating the Axis Powers during World War II. This film examines the differences between democratic and fascist states.
It has an average vote of 6.409 on TMDB.
6. Report from the Aleutians
A documentary propaganda film produced by the U.S. Army Signal Corps about the Aleutian Islands Campaign during World War II. The film opens with a map showing the strategic importance of the island, and the thrust of the 1942 Japanese offensive into Midway and Dutch Harbor. Nominated for the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature.
It has an average vote of 5.7 on TMDB.
7. Mike on the Farm
89-year-old Italian immigrant Mike Nardone operates a farm all by himself in Alberta, Canada.
8. Samuel Wilder King: Fighting For Statehood
Samuel Wilder King: Fighting for Statehood tells the story of Samuel Wilder King's service in WWI and WWII, including his efforts to minimized the internment of Japanese Americans in Hawaii, as well as his post-war efforts that led to the territory becoming the 50th State of the Union.
9. The Good Housewife in Her Kitchen
Short public information film showing housewives' efficient and hygienic methods of food storage.
10. A Propos of the Truce with Finland (К вопросу о перемирии с Финляндией)
A rare documentary that shows how Soviet war propaganda presented the events of the Finnish front in 1941–1944. The main emphasis is on the resolution of the war. The film contains plenty of unique footage of the final stages of the Continuation War.
It has an average vote of 6 on TMDB.
11. Mother Earth’s Inner Organs
The first mountains that the Amsterdam-based Colombian artist and filmmaker Ana Bravo Pérez saw in the Netherlands were black. In this experimental work, she follows the stench of the coal in the port of Amsterdam back to its origin: an open wound in northern Colombia. The mine is located in the territory of the Wayuu and has a huge impact on the indigenous people.
12. Ageless Friends (Ageless Friends)
A story of a Dutch young man who build a friendship with an American soldier from another time.
13. El final del día (El final del día)
The film takes place on December 21, 2012, while the people of the town of Quillagua await the supposed "end of the world" that the Mayans predicted for that day.
14. Looky Looky Here Comes Cooky
A new songline for 21st century Australia - a fresh look at the Cook legend from a First Nations' perspective - the songline tells of connection to country, resistance and survival and features the cheeky, acerbic and heartfelt showman - Steven Oliver and a host of outstanding, political Indigenous singer/songwriters.
It has an average vote of 5.3 on TMDB.
15. Spies: The Dirty Game of Espionage
You are about to enter the world of double-cross and triple-cross, of information and disinformation, of betrayal, blackmail, and murder. It is the world of international espionage with recently declassified and never before seen footage. A made-to-VHS documentary from the 1990s.
It has an average vote of 4 on TMDB.
16. John Ford Goes to War
When World War II broke out, John Ford, in his forties, commissioned in the Naval Reserve, was put in charge of the Field Photographic Unit by Bill Donavan, director of the soon-to-be-OSS. During the war, Field Photo made at least 87 documentaries, many with Ford's signature attention to heroism and loss, and many from the point of view of the fighting soldier and sailor. Talking heads discuss Ford's life and personality, the ways that the war gave him fulfillment, and the ways that his war films embodied the same values and conflicts that his Hollywood films did. Among the films profiled are "Battle of Midway," "Torpedo Squadron," "Sexual Hygiene," and "December 7."
It has an average vote of 5.7 on TMDB.
17. The Hitler–Stalin Pact (Le Pacte Hitler-Staline : autopsie d'un cataclysme)
How could Hitler and Stalin, sworn ideological enemies, come to a secret pact in 1939? The captivating and detailed story of the diplomatic fiasco that led to the signing of the Nazi-Soviet pact and its devastating consequences.
It has an average vote of 8.2 on TMDB.
18. De Gaulle, le géant aux pieds d'argile (De Gaulle, le géant aux pieds d'argile)
(De Gaulle, le géant aux pieds d'argile)
It has an average vote of 9 on TMDB.
19. Hitler's Secret Science
During the Second World War, to give himself every chance of winning the conflict, Adolf Hitler instructed the most brilliant German scientists to develop advanced technology weapons of mass destruction. Among them were the V1, the first cruise missile, and the V2, the first ballistic missile. The document looks back at the context in which their creators worked and succeeded in designing innovations that laid the foundations of modern aviation and aerospace.
20. Betrayed: Surviving an American Concentration Camp
The story of the unjust incarceration of Japanese Americans and the loss of civil rights.
