1. Dark Side of the Moon (Opération Lune)
A French documentary or, one might say more accurately, a mockumentary, by director William Karel which originally aired on Arte in 2002 with the title Opération Lune. The basic premise for the film is the theory that the television footage from the Apollo 11 Moon landing was faked and actually recorded in a studio by the CIA with help from director Stanley Kubrick.
It has an average vote of 7 on TMDB.
2. The Philosophy of Horror (Part I): Etymology (The Philosophy of Horror (Part I): Etymology)
The Philosophy of Horror is a seven-part abstract adaptation of Noël Carroll’s influential film theoretical book of the same title , which is a close examination of the horror genre. The film uses hand painted and decayed 35mm film strips of the classic slasher movie A Nightmare on Elm Street and its sequel A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy's Revenge .
3. Shark of Darkness: Wrath of Submarine
Said to be deadliest great white shark of all time, Submarine is a 30-foot shark that has terrorized the shores of South Africa for decades. Locals believe this shark is responsible for countless fatal attacks, but its existence has never been proven.
4. A Life on the Farm
A strange story from Somerset, England about a filmmaking farmer and the inspiring legacy of his long-lost home movies.
It has an average vote of 7 on TMDB.
5. The Future Tense
Staged as a series of voiceover sessions, written with gloriously off-balanced precision and dipped in the color green, THE FUTURE TENSE unfolds as a poignant tale of tales, exploring the filmmakers’ own experiences in aging, parenting, mental illness, along with the brutal history that lies submerged beneath Ireland’s heavy, moist earth.
It has an average vote of 6.7 on TMDB.
6. Dave Rubin's Battle of Ideas
A look into the career and impact of "classical liberal" talk show host Dave Rubin
It has an average vote of 9 on TMDB.
7. El Paraíso (El Paraíso)
The film consists of video tapes made by the filmmaker’s father documenting daily scenes of family life, family celebrations, and holidays over the course of fifteen years. The tapes are a mixture of the personal and the political – the father was politically engaged in the revolutionary movement that brought Hugo Chávez to power. The family’s life becomes a backdrop for political and economic developments in Venezuela and their impact on the lives of ordinary citizens.
8. Still Lives
'Still Lives' comprises a trilogy of films by Patrick Sheard; Lamenta, Libertas and Exitus, anthologized here in their entirety.
9. The Kiamichi Beast Expedition
The expedition for the Kiamichi beast up into the mountains was a tedious journey. For over 200 years the Kiamichi beast has roamed Arkansas, the Indians say he would raid the camp and steal the children. Now adays the locals are afraid to enter the woods at night. The howl’s coming from the woods are enough to make even a big man shake
10. Rastros que Deixamos (Rastros que Deixamos)
(Rastros que Deixamos)
11. The Drone Is The Message
The Drone is the Message. It's not the laptop nor phone that best typifies our relationship to the internet. It's the drone.
It has an average vote of 8 on TMDB.
12. Fungus (Houba)
This film essay about mushrooms and their connections to other living things tries to use the structure of mushrooms to explain nature, science, and civilization, all the while searching for various analogies, such as the similarities between mycorrhiza and other structures.
13. Debra Paget, For Example
A video essay where the author presumes motivations and insights in a fictionalized biography regarding Debra Paget, a contract player for 20th-Century Fox whom they groomed and coached for stardom.
It has an average vote of 3.2 on TMDB.
14. Essay on color and its absence (Ensaio sobre a cor e sua ausência)
An experiment and a dialogue about recording, the act of filming and the colors available to whoever points the camera somewhere.
15. Didactica Magna: Against the Grain (Ponorná řeka didaktiky)
The film is an insight into a teacher's soul and a contemplation upon his teaching fate. This portrait of a unique, experimental filmmaker and teacher Martin Čihák takes a look at his teaching methods, his meetings with his students at FAMU and at a park where they work with film, or in his studio.
16. Obit
How do you put a life into 500 words? Ask the staff obituary writers at the New York Times. OBIT is a first-ever glimpse into the daily rituals, joys and existential angst of the Times obit writers, as they chronicle life after death on the front lines of history.
It has an average vote of 6.4 on TMDB.
17. Visions of Europe
Twenty-five films from twenty-five European countries by twenty-five European directors.
It has an average vote of 4.882 on TMDB.
18. The Wild Blue Yonder
An alien narrates the story of his dying planet, his and his people's visitations to Earth and Earth's self-made demise, while human astronauts in space are attempting to find an alternate planet for surviving humans to live on.
It has an average vote of 6.056 on TMDB.
19. City of Signs (La ciudad de los signos)
Italy, March 1980. César travels to the ruins of Pompeii with the extravagant intention of recording psychophonies, supernatural echoes of the great eruption of Mount Vesuvius that destroyed the city in the 1st century, but he does not succeed. However, on one of the tapes a strange phrase, much more recent, is recorded, words that César has already heard somewhere…
It has an average vote of 5 on TMDB.
20. FFG: un retrato (FFG: un retrato)
An experimental portrait of Fernando Fernán Gómez, one of the most renowned Spanish artists of all time.
It has an average vote of 7 on TMDB.
