Documentary movies, page 1

Jimi Hendrix

Documentary, Biography, Music

1973 year N/A min 7.9 IMDB

Arthur Allen, Albert Allen, Stella Benabon, Eric Barrett

This documentary was made three years after Jimi Hendrix's untimely death. At the time it was an example of how a visual biography should be done, but some of the information in it needs ...
Blood, Sand and Fire: The Making of 'The Hills Have Eyes Part 2'

Documentary, Short

2019 year N/A min 5.7 IMDB

Michael Berryman, Janus Blythe, Dominick Bruno, John Callas
Salesman

Documentary, Drama

1969 year N/A min 7.8 IMDB

Paul Brennan, Charles McDevitt, James Baker, Raymond Martos

Four relentless door-to-door salesmen deal with constant rejection, homesickness and inevitable burnout as they go across the country selling very expensive bibles to low-income Catholic families.
The Captain's Summit

Documentary

2009 year N/A min 8 IMDB

William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, Patrick Stewart, Jonathan Frakes

For the first time in Star Trek history, five of the final frontier's greatest names have been brought together for a 70 minute rare and unprecedented round table event. Filmed exclusively ...
What We Left Behind: Star Trek DS9

Documentary

2018 year N/A min 8.4 IMDB

Max Grodénchik, Andrew Robinson, Armin Shimerman, Nana Visitor

Ira Steven Behr explores the legacy of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1993).
Tribes of the Moon: The Making of Nightbreed

Documentary

2014 year N/A min 8.5 IMDB

Simon Bamford, Clive Barker, Anne Bobby, Doug Bradley

Retrospective documentary on the making of the horror/fantasy creature feature Nightbreed (1990).
Paris Is Burning

Documentary

1990 year N/A min 8.2 IMDB

Brooke Xtravaganza, André Christian, Dorian Corey, Paris Duprée

A chronicle of New York's drag scene in the 1980s, focusing on balls, voguing and the ambitions and dreams of those who gave the era its warmth and vitality.
Jim Norton: Please Be Offended

Documentary, Comedy

2012 year 60 min 7.1 IMDB

Anthony Cumia, Gregg Hughes, Eva Lin, Jim Norton

Jim Norton riffs on the many ways our privacy is being invaded, and other modern day absurdities, in his first Epix comedy special. In HD.
The Mystery of Picasso

Documentary, Biography, History

1956 year 78 min 7.7 IMDB

Pablo Picasso

A filmed record of Pablo Picasso painting numerous canvases for the camera, allowing us to see his creative process at work.
Getting to the Nutcracker

Documentary, Family

2014 year 98 min 7.5 IMDB

Every Christmas season, The Nutcracker Ballet is performed in cities all over the world. What does it really take to produce this ballet each year? Our documentary film, Getting to The ...
Along the Coast

Documentary, Short, History

1958 year 25 min 7.1 IMDB

Roger Coggio, Anne Olivier, Jacopo Nizi

A humorous travelogue of the French Riviera.
Sympathy for the Devil

Documentary, Music

1968 year 115 min 6.3 IMDB

Sean Lynch, Mick Jagger, Brian Jones, Keith Richards

Godard's documentation of late 1960s Western counter-culture, examining the Black Panthers, referring to works by LeRoi Jones and Eldridge Cleaver. Other notable subjects are the role of ...
It Was Fifty Years Ago Today... Sgt Pepper and Beyond

Documentary, Music

2017 year 113 min 5.5 IMDB

John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, Ringo Starr

A documentation of the influences that went on to help create the seminal album Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band.
David Bowie: The Last Five Years

Documentary

2017 year 90 min 7.5 IMDB

David Bowie, Earl Slick, Gail Ann Dorsey, Gerry Leonard

A documentary about David Bowie's final two albums "The Next Day" (2013) and "Blackstar" (2016) and Broadway musical "Lazarus".
AC/DC: No Bull

Documentary, Music

1996 year 120 min 8.3 IMDB

AC/DC, Angus Young, Malcolm Young, Brian Johnson

Very much a follow up to their 1991 concert film masterpiece Live At Donington, No Bull was designed to capture the over the top spectacle that was the 1996 Ballbreaker tour. On board again...
The Rolling Stones Olé, Olé, Olé!: A Trip Across Latin America

Documentary

2016 year 105 min 7.5 IMDB

Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Charlie Watts, Ronnie Wood

Rocknroll concert doc following the Stones on their 2016 tour, culminating in their historic stop in Havana, Cuba.
AC/DC: Live at Donington

Documentary, Music

1992 year 118 min 8.5 IMDB

AC/DC, Angus Young, Malcolm Young, Brian Johnson

Filmed coverage of legendary Australian band AC/DC's third headlining show at the "Monsters of Rock" festival in Castle Donington, UK.
Cartel Land

Documentary, News

2015 year 100 min 7.4 IMDB

Tim Nailer Foley, José Manuel 'El Doctor' Mireles, Paco Valencia, Chaneque

Filmmaker Matthew Heineman examines the state of the ongoing drug problem along the U.S.-Mexican border.
The Act of Killing

Documentary, Biography, Crime, History

2012 year 115 min 8.2 IMDB

Anwar Congo, Herman Koto, Syamsul Arifin, Ibrahim Sinik

A documentary which challenges former Indonesian death-squad leaders to reenact their mass-killings in whichever cinematic genres they wish, including classic Hollywood crime scenarios and lavish musical numbers.
Where Was God?

Documentary, Drama

2014 year 89 min 8 IMDB

Micah Brown, Rhett Burnett, Kari Carmona, Kayla Carmona

May 20, 2013--an EF5 tornado ripped through Moore, OK. The magnitude of devastation measured over eight times greater than the atomic bomb that leveled Hiroshima. As the world watched, one question continued to surface-Where Was God?