1. Porta d'Europa
A migrant boat has been stranded in the Mediterranean Sea for 30 hours. As authorities ignore calls for help, the Sea-Watch Crew, an NGO, launches an urgent search.
2. Life Under The Horseshoe
Life Under the Horseshoe is a fun, entertaining and historical look at Spring City, Utah's only live FM stage radio show. The film teaches us a little about history while taking us back to the golden age of radio. The documentary interviews Mark and Vicki Allen, the show hosts while learning more about their interesting, but opposite family history. The film also highlights the historical Victory Hall, a one-hundred-year-old restored vaudeville theater on Main Street, and "Spit & Whittle" Avenue, where Charlie , son of Simon Beck, had a bench the women of the town called the "Bummer's Bench." The men claimed it was where important community events were discussed and decisions made. Simon's son Charlie, paralyzed at an early age, presided at the bench providing advice and wisdom to all comers.
3. München 1945 (München 1945)
Shot in Munich just a few weeks after it was taken by the American troops on April 30, 1945.
It has an average vote of 6.2 on TMDB.
4. The Furthest Mosque
Following the Prophet Muhammad’s recommendation to journey to three mosques - , this film sets out in the company of British bass player Danny ‘Hamza’ Thompson to discover the reasons why the last of these three holds such an important place in the hearts of Muslims everywhere.
5. Haymatloz - Exil in der Türkei (Haymatloz - Exil in der Türkei)
″Haymatloz″ tells the stories of five German Jewish academics who emigrated to Turkey in the 1930s, to be welcomed with open arms. After 1933 a considerable number of German intellectuals emigrated to Turkey at the invitation of Atatürk and went on to definitively shape teaching and instruction in Turkish universities. Turkish-born filmmaker Önsöz accompanies the descendants of these German exiles and sheds light on a memorable piece of history whose meaning is still felt to this day, as these renowned Germans played a substantial role in the Europeanization of Turkey.
6. White Earth
An oil boom has drawn thousands to America’s Northern Plains in search of work. Against the backdrop of a cruel North Dakota winter, the stories of three children and an immigrant mother intertwine among themes of innocence, home, and the American Dream.
It has an average vote of 6.4 on TMDB.
7. Am Kölnberg (Am Kölnberg)
The tower block area "Am Kölnberg" has a bad reputation. People who - for any number of reasons - ended up on the edge of society, live here alongside refugee families and immigrants from all over the world. Unemployment, drug abuse and prostitution are part of everyday life for many of them. The film accompanies 4 people over a period of two years and portrays their life at "Kölnberg" with ups and downs. One thing they all have in common: The dream of leading a fulfilled life, far away from "Kölnberg".
It has an average vote of 7.3 on TMDB.
8. You Must Be This Tall: The Story of Rocky Point Park
The film that Michael Janusonis of the Providence Journal claims, "is not to be missed," is an exhilarating ride; a poignant and often hilarious look at one of New England's great landmarks. YMBTT takes you all the way back to 1847, to the early beginning of Rocky Point Park, then flies fast like a roller coaster to its current, demolished state. Along the way we meet colorful and insightful characters who rode the rides, who ran the rides, and who kept the park running for all those years. You'll see hurricanes and Presidents, the Yo-Yo and the Flume, and you'll just about be able to taste those clam cakes and that chowder from the World's Largest Shore Dinner Hall.
It has an average vote of 7 on TMDB.
9. The Foster Family (Fosterfamiljen)
Julia always said that her upbringing as a biological child in a foster family was a happy time. But something is wrong. In The Foster Family, we follow director Julia's journey back in time, where she, together with her parents Ewa and Lennart and the foster child Patrik, recollect the shocking events that changed their lives over thirty years ago. The children are at the center of this strong, touching and warm documentary about a system where you can love, but not too much.
10. Die geheime Welt der Superreichen - Das Milliardenspiel (Die geheime Welt der Superreichen - Das Milliardenspiel)
(Die geheime Welt der Superreichen - Das Milliardenspiel)
It has an average vote of 7.5 on TMDB.
11. God Knows Where I Am
Well-educated, New Hampshire mother, Linda Bishop, was determined to stay free of the mental health system after her early release from a 3 year commitment to New Hampshire State Hospital. Instead, she became a prisoner of her own mind, a fate which she documents in one of the most evocative and chilling accounts of mental illness and of our systemic failure to protect those suffering from it.
It has an average vote of 6.4 on TMDB.
12. Bruce Willis: Why the Legend Never Dies (Bruce Willis - Warum die Legende niemals stirbt)
An in-depth look at the life and career of Bruce Willis, featuring never-before-seen photos and videos from the Willis family collection. Narrated by Bruce Willis.
It has an average vote of 5.9 on TMDB.
13. Seven for Jack
In 1894 career criminal Jack Black came to Victoria BC looking for a burglary spree. This film recounts the episode with scenes from present-day Victoria and narration from Black's own recollection.
14. Im Westen ging die Sonne auf (Im Westen ging die Sonne auf)
The mining industry, which always had been “sponsor” and “financier” of the soccer clubs in the Ruhr valley during the post-war period, doesn’t exist anymore nowadays in that form. Many of the once glorious clubs which dominated German soccer until the 1970s faded into obscurity without financial backers.</p><p> The documentary “Im Westen ging die Sonne auf" shows the history of the “Revierfußball” from after the second World War until the decline of the mining industry and recalls legendary players and forgotten clubs. The film shows especially how deeply rooted the sport was back then in the entire lifestyle of the Ruhr area - in private life as well as in society - and how structural change also left clearly visible marks in sports. With pictures from back then, interviews with contemporary witnesses, and footage of original locations nowadays, a contemporary document of German post-war history, by taking the example of soccer, has been created.
15. Germany: A Summer's Fairytale (Deutschland. Ein Sommermärchen)
A documentary of the German national soccer team’s 2006 World Cup experience that changed the face of modern Germany.
It has an average vote of 6.8 on TMDB.
16. Counter Shot: Departure of the Filmmakers (Gegenschuss - Aufbruch der Filmemacher)
(Gegenschuss - Aufbruch der Filmemacher)
It has an average vote of 6.7 on TMDB.
17. Iwan der Schreckliche (Iwan der Schreckliche)
(Iwan der Schreckliche)
18. Salt Beef & Rye
Over the period of a year a camera crew filmed and interviewed people who visit the world famous Brick Lane Beigel Bake.
It has an average vote of 6 on TMDB.
19. White Man with Black Bread (Der Weiße mit dem Schwarzbrot)
Christof Wackernagel, best known in Germany as an actor and former member of the Red Army Faction lives in Mali. In his compelling portrait, Jonas Grosch shows a man who simply cannot stand still if he senses injustice. The courage to stand up for one’s beliefs coupled with vanity? However one chooses to look at it, it is easy to imagine what made him connect with the "RAF". With his irrepressible will for freedom, Christof Wackernagel gets entangled in the horrors of day-to-day life in Africa.
It has an average vote of 8 on TMDB.
20. Merkel-Jahre - Am Ende einer Ära (Merkel-Jahre - Am Ende einer Ära)
The film shines a light onto federal chancellor Angela Merkel and her now ending 16-year-long tenure. An era, not an episode. And a vagarious relationship history between the chancellor and the Germans. Who has changed whom here?
It has an average vote of 7 on TMDB.
