1. 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.
2. Johann Winckelmann - The Love of Art (Der erotische Blick - Johann Winckelmann)
He described his love of art as his greatest inclination from his youth: Johann Joachim Winckelmann as a representative and rediscoverer of Greek and Roman antiquity. He was the father of European art history and was the victim of a robbery-murder in 1768. The documentary tells of his life, his work and his early death.
3. Killer, Trader and Psychopath: The America of Bret Easton Ellis (Tueur, trader et psychopathe : l'Amérique de Bret Easton Ellis)
In 1991, American Psycho, the third novel by controversial writer Bret Easton Ellis, provoked heated discussions among critics and readers alike; an extraordinarily disturbing book that transported its readers into the mind of Patrick Bateman, a cynical mergers and acquisitions executive obsessed with brands, inconsequential details, pop culture and brutal murder.
It has an average vote of 6 on TMDB.
4. The Emma Bovary Trial (Le Procès d'Emma Bovary)
On January 31, 1857, the French writer Gustave Flaubert took his place in the dock for contempt of public morality and religion. The accused, the real one, is, through him, Emma Bovary, heroine with a thousand faces and a thousand desires, guilty without doubt of an unforgivable desire to live.
It has an average vote of 6.75 on TMDB.
5. Canto a la Patria que ahora nace
Based on a poem and archive images, the military aggression of the US army stationed in the Canal Zone against the Panamanian people who demand to raise their flag in the territory occupied since the beginning of the 20th century is reconstructed and denounced. The aggression that occurred between January 9 and 11, 1964 left a balance of 21 patriots.
6. The Right to Live in Peace (El derecho de vivir en paz)
A moving portrait of Chilean singer-songwriter and political activist Victor Jara that chronicles the life of the talented artist who was imprisoned, tortured and machine-gunned by the country's dictatorship.
It has an average vote of 6.2 on TMDB.
7. Jean Daskalidès (Jean Daskalidès)
Documentary on Belgian director of greek descent Jean Daskalidès.
8. Sergio Leone: cinema, cinema (Sergio Leone: cinema, cinema)
The life and work of one of the great masters of Italian cinema, Sergio Leone ; a rich and fascinating portrait through unpublished testimonies of collaborators, actors, directors and critics who reconstruct every aspect of his creative activity.
It has an average vote of 5.8 on TMDB.
9. Louis de Funès Forever (Monsieur de Funès)
A moving and very funny portrait of the personal and professional life of the magnificent French comedian Louis de Funès , as well as a detailed analysis of his masterful acting technique.
It has an average vote of 6.8 on TMDB.
10. FFG, el último gran conversador (FFG, el último gran conversador)
Fernando Fernán Gómez , actor, writer, playwright and film director, was for decades one of the most important figures in Spanish culture. His close friends and relatives reveal another facet in which he stood out above all: that of being an excellent conversationalist, capable of hypnotizing and seducing those who listened to him.
It has an average vote of 8.1 on TMDB.
11. Run Wrake's Guide to Animation
Run Wrake is an English filmmaker, animation director, and music video director. He studied graphic design at Chelsea College of Arts before completing a master's degree in animation at the Royal College of Art in London. In this interview for the BBC's Channel 4, he describes some of his films, their inception, and their production. He also comments on technological and cultural developments that have changed how animated films are produced and perceived.
12. Kautela, Photographer (Kautela, el fotógrafo)
After the discovery of a suitcase hidden in the family home of Francisco Martínez Gascón, known as Kautela, a photojournalist who lived through the Spanish Civil War from the perspective of the rebel side, his granddaughter decides to carry out an investigation into his life and work.
It has an average vote of 6 on TMDB.
13. ¡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.
14. Total Disaster
Armed with realistic bird puppets, trickster environmental activists pretend to be oil company Total—staging a satirical press conference to introduce “RéHabitat,” a program to rescue animals from the East African Oil Pipeline by relocating them to “more sustainable” habitats. Using humor and mischief, they expose a deadly ecological disaster in a zany effort to help #StopEACOP.
15. America: Freedom to Fascism
This is a documentary about an honest search for the truth about the Federal Reserve Bank and the legality of the Internal Revenue System. Through extensive interviews with recognised experts and authority, the director shows an astonishing revelation of how the Federal Government and the Bankers have fooled the American public by taking thier wages and putting it in the pockets of the super-rich.
It has an average vote of 7.139 on TMDB.
16. L'illusionniste (L'illusionniste)
(L'illusionniste)
17. WINHANGANHA
WINHANGANHA - is a lyrical journey of archival footage and sound, poetry and original composition. It is an examination of how archives and the legacies of collection affect First Nations people and wider Australia, told through the lens of acclaimed Wiradjuri artist, Jazz Money.
18. Madonna: Truth or Dare
From the rains of Japan, through threats of arrest for 'public indecency' in Canada, and a birthday tribute to her father in Detroit, this documentary follows Madonna on her 1990 'Blond Ambition' concert tour. Filmed in black and white, with the concert pieces in glittering MTV color, it is an intimate look at the work of the icon, from a prayer circle before each performance to bed games with the dance troupe afterwards.
It has an average vote of 6.238 on TMDB.
19. Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade
An account of the life and work of American film director Sam Peckinpah , a tortured artist whose genius and inner demons changed the Western genre forever.
It has an average vote of 7.3 on TMDB.
20. Regreso a Coronel Vallejos (Regreso a Coronel Vallejos)
A bitter postcard of the town of the Buenos Aires countryside that Argentinean writer Manuel Puig portrayed with singular mastery, based on his own land, a town named General Villegas. Its inhabitants never forgave him. However, a woman, owner of a painful and enigmatic past, will build a bridge between Coronel Vallejos, the town created by Puig, and the real General Villegas, trying to reconcile the place with the writer.
It has an average vote of 5 on TMDB.