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1. Man with a Movie Camera (1929)
Not Rated | 68 min | Documentary
A man travels around a city with a camera slung over his shoulder, documenting urban life with dazzling invention.
Director: Dziga Vertov | Stars: Mikhail Kaufman, Elizaveta Svilova
Votes: 27,996
2. Sans Soleil (1983)
Not Rated | 100 min | Documentary, Drama
A woman narrates the contemplative writings of a seasoned world traveler, focusing on contemporary Japan.
Director: Chris Marker | Stars: Amilcar Cabral, Florence Delay, Arielle Dombasle, Riyoko Ikeda
Votes: 12,135 | Gross: $0.03M
3. Apollo 11 (I) (2019)
G | 93 min | Documentary, History
A look at the Apollo 11 mission to land on the moon led by commander Neil Armstrong and pilots Buzz Aldrin and Mike Collins.
Director: Todd Douglas Miller | Stars: Neil Armstrong, Mike Collins, Buzz Aldrin, Deke Slayton
Votes: 27,221 | Gross: $9.04M
4. Pink Floyd: Live at Pompeii (1972)
G | 92 min | Documentary, Music
Live versions of the songs, filmed in an old Pompeii amphitheater. Songs included are Echoes (split into 2 parts), Careful with that axe, Eugene, A saucerful of secrets, One of those days, ... See full summary »
Director: Adrian Maben | Stars: David Gilmour, Roger Waters, Richard Wright, Nick Mason
Votes: 9,673
5. Porcupine Tree: Arriving Somewhere... (2006 Video)
105 min | Documentary, Music
Porcupine Tree filmed at Park West, Chicago in Oct 2005 from the Deadwing tour.
Directors: Lasse Hoile, Porcupine Tree | Stars: Porcupine Tree, Richard Barbieri, Colin Edwin, Gavin Harrison
Votes: 210
6. Led Zeppelin: Celebration Day (2012)
Not Rated | 124 min | Documentary, Music
A concert documentary of Led Zeppelin's December 10, 2007 tribute performance for Atlantic Records founder Ahmet Ertegun.
Director: Dick Carruthers | Stars: Robert Plant, Jimmy Page, John Paul Jones, Jason Bonham
Votes: 2,695
7. Porcupine Tree: Anesthetize (2010 Video)
130 min | Documentary, Music
Anesthetize is the second live DVD by progressive rock band Porcupine Tree, released on 20 May 2010. The Blu-ray edition was released on 15 June.
Director: Lasse Hoile | Stars: Richard Barbieri, Colin Edwin, Gavin Harrison, Steven Wilson
Votes: 386
8. David Gilmour: Live At Pompeii (2017)
Not Rated | 125 min | Documentary, Music
Former lead guitarist and singer of Pink Floyd, David Gilmour returns decades later after previously performing there with Pink Floyd. David Gilmour returned for two concerts in the ancient... See full summary »
Director: Gavin Elder | Stars: David Gilmour, Chester Kamen, Guy Pratt, Bryan Chambers
Votes: 940
9. Roger Waters - Us + Them (2019)
Not Rated | 135 min | Documentary, Music
A look at Roger Waters' 2017-2018 concert tour.
Directors: Sean Evans, Roger Waters | Stars: Rufat Aliyev, Farshid Azizi, Nikoo Bafti, Azzurra Caccetta
Votes: 1,347
10. Faces Places (2017)
PG | 94 min | Documentary, Adventure
Director Agnes Varda and photographer/muralist J.R. journey through rural France and form an unlikely friendship.
Directors: JR, Agnès Varda | Stars: Agnès Varda, JR, Jeannine Carpentier, Clemens Van Dungern
Votes: 13,611 | Gross: $0.95M
11. Ask, Mark ve Ölüm (2022)
96 min | Documentary
A documentary that tells the stories of Turkish workers who went from Turkey to Germany since 1950. It generally tells the stories of musicians of Turkish origin in Germany.
Director: Cem Kaya | Stars: Alper Aga, Orhan Amuroglu, Imran Ayata, Ali Ekber Aydogan
Votes: 1,728
12. The Salt of the Earth (2014)
PG-13 | 110 min | Documentary, Biography, History
The life and work of photographer Sebastião Salgado, who has spent forty years documenting societies in hidden corners of the world.
Directors: Juliano Ribeiro Salgado, Wim Wenders | Stars: Sebastião Salgado, Wim Wenders, Lélia Wanick Salgado, Juliano Ribeiro Salgado
Votes: 23,464 | Gross: $1.34M
13. The Gleaners & I (2000)
Not Rated | 82 min | Documentary
Varda films and interviews gleaners in France in all forms, from those picking fields after the harvest to those scouring the dumpsters of Paris.
Director: Agnès Varda | Stars: François Wertheimer, Agnès Varda, Jean La Planche, Bodan Litnanski
Votes: 8,805 | Gross: $0.15M
14. Megadeth: Rude Awakening (2002 Video)
140 min | Documentary, Music
Classic concert film from American heavy metal band Megadeth shot during their first farewell tour.
Director: Christoffer Salzgeber | Stars: Dave Mustaine, David Ellefson, Jimmy DeGrasso, Al Pitrelli
Votes: 241
15. Remake, Remix, Rip-Off: About Copy Culture & Turkish Pop Cinema (2014)
96 min | Documentary
Turkey in the 1960s and 70s was one of the biggest producers of film in the world even though its film industry did not have enough written material to start with. In order to keep up with ... See full summary »
Director: Cem Kaya | Stars: Melih Gülgen, Izzet Günay, Hüseyin Zan, Kayhan Yildizoglu
Votes: 544
16. Flee (2021)
PG-13 | 89 min | Documentary, Animation, Biography
FLEE tells the extraordinary true story of a man, Amin, on the verge of marriage which compels him to reveal his hidden past for the first time.
Director: Jonas Poher Rasmussen | Stars: Daniel Karimyar, Fardin Mijdzadeh, Milad Eskandari, Belal Faiz
Votes: 19,510
17. Honeyland (2019)
Unrated | 89 min | Documentary, Drama
The last female bee-hunter in Europe must save the bees and return the natural balance in Honeyland, when a family of nomadic beekeepers invade her land and threaten her livelihood.
Directors: Tamara Kotevska, Ljubomir Stefanov | Stars: Hatidze Muratova, Nazife Muratova, Hussein Sam, Ljutvie Sam
Votes: 19,415 | Gross: $0.82M
18. Daguerreotypes (1975)
Not Rated | 78 min | Documentary
Portraits of the people that occupy the small shops of the Rue Daguerre, Paris, where the filmmaker lived.
Director: Agnès Varda | Stars: Lucien Bossy, Leance Debrossian, Marcelle Debrossian, Robert François
Votes: 1,993
19. Cameraperson (2016)
Not Rated | 102 min | Documentary, Biography, History
Exposing her role behind the camera, Kirsten Johnson reaches into the vast trove of footage she has shot over decades around the world. What emerges is a visually bold memoir and a revelatory interrogation of the power of the camera.
Director: Kirsten Johnson | Stars: Kirsten Johnson, Aisha Bukar, Eric W. Davis, Jacques Derrida
Votes: 3,246 | Gross: $0.10M
20. Hitchcock/Truffaut (2015)
PG-13 | 79 min | Documentary
Filmmakers discuss how Francois Truffaut's 1966 book "Cinema According to Hitchcock" influenced their work.
Director: Kent Jones | Stars: Wes Anderson, Peter Bogdanovich, David Fincher, Bob Balaban
Votes: 7,186 | Gross: $0.30M
21. David Lynch: The Art Life (2016)
Not Rated | 88 min | Documentary, Biography
Artist and filmmaker David Lynch discusses his early life and the events that shaped his outlook on art and the creative process.
Directors: Rick Barnes, Olivia Neergaard-Holm, Jon Nguyen | Stars: David Lynch, Lula Lynch, Edwina Lynch, Donald Lynch
Votes: 6,587 | Gross: $0.17M
22. Andrey Tarkovsky. A Cinema Prayer (2019)
97 min | Documentary
The documentary recounts Tarkovsky's life and work, letting the director tell the story himself, as he shares with us his memories, his view of art and his reflections on the destiny of the artist and the meaning of human existence.
Director: Andrey A. Tarkovskiy | Star: Andrei Tarkovsky
Votes: 913
23. Love Meetings (1964)
Not Rated | 92 min | Documentary
Director Pasolini traverses Italy in 1963 with camera and microphone interviewing people in public places about sex, marriage and gender roles.
Director: Pier Paolo Pasolini | Stars: Lello Bersani, Alberto Moravia, Cesare Musatti, Peppino Di Capri
Votes: 2,644
24. Ingrid Bergman: In Her Own Words (2015)
Not Rated | 114 min | Documentary, Biography
A captivating look behind the scenes of the remarkable life of a young Swedish girl who became one of the most celebrated actresses of American and World cinema.
Director: Stig Björkman | Stars: Ingrid Bergman, Pia Lindström, Roberto Rossellini, Isotta Rossellini
Votes: 2,496 | Gross: $0.14M
25. Life Itself (2014)
R | 121 min | Documentary, Biography
The life and career of the renowned film critic and social commentator, Roger Ebert.
Director: Steve James | Stars: Roger Ebert, Chaz Ebert, Gene Siskel, Martin Scorsese
Votes: 16,257 | Gross: $0.81M
26. The Song Remains the Same (1976)
PG | 137 min | Documentary, Music
The line forms here for the world's greatest and possibly most influential band--Led Zeppelin. This mesmerizing movie built around Zep's famed 1973 concerts at New York's Madison Square Garden is convincing proof why.
Directors: Peter Clifton, Joe Massot | Stars: Robert Plant, Jimmy Page, John Paul Jones, John Bonham
Votes: 9,036
27. The Gleaners and I: Two Years Later (2002)
63 min | Documentary
Agnes Varda returns to the people she met in her 2000 documentary on gleaning and meets some new people who were inspired by her first film.
Director: Agnès Varda | Stars: Bodan Litnanski, Macha Makeïeff, Agnès Varda, François Wertheimer
Votes: 1,318
28. This Much I Know to Be True (2022)
105 min | Documentary, Music
Explores the creative relationship and songs from Nick Cave and Warren Ellis' last two studio albums, "Ghosteen" and "Carnage".
Director: Andrew Dominik | Stars: Earl Cave, Nick Cave, Andrew Dominik, Warren Ellis
Votes: 1,789
29. Mimaroglu: The Robinson of Manhattan Island (2020)
77 min | Documentary
"Mimaroglu: The Robinson of Manhattan Island" is the story of two free spirits: legendary electronic music composer Ilhan Mimaroglu and his vibrant wife Güngör who migrated to the USA from ... See full summary »
Director: Serdar Kokceoglu | Stars: Rüstem Batum, Arthur Fournier, Gungor Mimaroglu, Ilhan Mimaroglu
Votes: 399
30. My Octopus Teacher (2020)
TV-G | 85 min | Documentary, Drama
A filmmaker forges an unusual friendship with an octopus living in a South African kelp forest, learning as the animal shares the mysteries of her world.
Directors: Pippa Ehrlich, James Reed | Stars: Craig Foster, Tom Foster
Votes: 63,855
31. Kapali Gise (2016)
39 min | Documentary
Directors: Senay Aydemir, Evrim Kaya, Kaan Müjdeci, Firat Yücel | Stars: Funda Alp, Serkan Cakarer, Sevilay Demirci, Yonca Erturk
Votes: 288
32. One Child Nation (2019)
R | 83 min | Documentary, History
After becoming a mother, a filmmaker uncovers the untold history of China's one-child policy and the generations of parents and children forever shaped by this social experiment.
Directors: Nanfu Wang, Jialing Zhang | Stars: Nanfu Wang, Zaodi Wang, Zhimei Wang, Tunde Wang
Votes: 7,205 | Gross: $0.18M
33. After Nature (2022)
65 min | Documentary
Four prominent Danish scientists and an artist struggle in their own way to mitigate the man-made mass extinction and understand how humanity's pursuit of wealth might lead to an ecological collapse.
Director: Esther Elmholt | Star: Carsten Rahbek
34. Kedi (2016)
Not Rated | 79 min | Documentary
A profile of an ancient city and its unique people, seen through the eyes of the most mysterious and beloved animal humans have ever known, the Cat.
Director: Ceyda Torun | Stars: Yaman Barlas, Sari, Arzu Göl, Kemal Suncu
Votes: 15,882 | Gross: $2.83M
35. A Lego Brickumentary (2014)
G | 93 min | Documentary
A look at the global culture and appeal of the LEGO building-block toys.
Directors: Kief Davidson, Daniel Junge | Stars: Jason Bateman, Jamie Berard, Bryan Bonahoom, Corey Burton
Votes: 2,224 | Gross: $0.10M
36. Dream Workers (2022)
96 min | Documentary
Dream Workers is an intimate and daring journey into women's creativity, dreams, and unexpected confrontations by life through the intertwined stories of eight women filmmakers and a village women's theatre group from Turkey.
Director: Pinar Fontini
37. Blue (II) (2017)
100 min | Documentary, Music
A thorough look at the 90's Turkish rock scene, one legendary stage band and its two members: Kerim Capli and Yavuz Cetin... An inquiry of their existential battles with the society, the industry and their own minds.
Director: Mehmet Sertan Ünver | Stars: Aylin Aslim, Göksel, Batu Mutlugil, Batuhan Mutlugil
Votes: 1,071
38. Friedkin Uncut (2018)
Not Rated | 107 min | Documentary, Biography, History
In this documentary, the hotshot director of The Exorcist (1973) and The French Connection (1971), now 83 years old, is interviewed about his career, and a number of his colleagues and admirers weigh in with reminiscences and tributes.
Director: Francesco Zippel | Stars: William Friedkin, Wes Anderson, Dario Argento, Samuel Blumenfeld
Votes: 1,140
39. My Child (2013)
83 min | Documentary, Family
What happens when your child comes out to you? In this feature documentary, parents of lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans-gender individuals in Turkey intimately share their experiences with the... See full summary »
Director: Can Candan | Stars: Mehmet Yilmaz Ak, Yunus Albayrak, Mehmet Aslantug, Zehra Bilgin
Votes: 703
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