Documentaries
Documentaries I've seen so far. The list is not complete, it would be incredibly hard to remember all the documentaries I've seen in so many years, but I'll add those which I've seen lately.
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- DirectorIan LeeseStarsAndrew Graham-DixonGiuseppe PallantiJean-Pierre IsboutsBehind the enigmatic smile, the Mona Lisa remains a mystery, fuelling endless speculation.
- DirectorAndreas KoefoedStarsMohammad Bin SalmanMartin KempJerry SaltzThe mystery surrounding the Salvator Mundi, the first painting by Leonardo da Vinci to be discovered for more than a century, which has now seemingly gone missing.
- DirectorJames ScottStarsLaurie LiptonTerry GilliamSean SorensenSundance award winning editor James Scotts documentary directorial debut Love Bite chronicles Laurie Liptons life and prolific body of black & white work spanning over fifty years. Largely ignored by the mainstream art world, her creations are perhaps too real, too raw and show us a portrait of ourselves were not willing to see. No one on the planet has drawn more than Laurie Lipton. With millions of tiny strokes of her humble pencil, Lauries haunted images seek answers to some of the most uncomfortable themes in our culture - fear, politics, sexuality, murder, mayhem, greed, and indifference. But what compels her to live a life of isolation drawing is neither black nor white.
- 1987– 45mTV-148.0 (129)TV EpisodeStarsPaul ClemensNorman GeorgePeter GravesDescend into the dark world and tragic life of the melancholy author who is the uncontested master of the macabre, and hear excerpts from his famous works.
- DirectorD.W. YoungStarsParker PoseyFran LebowitzGay TaleseA behind-the-scenes look at the New York rare book world.
- StarsMarilyn MilgromLinda WilliamsMarc WarrenA serious, non-titillating history of pornography, from the earliest days of erotic art right up to the present day's multimedia.
- DirectorGeoffrey O'ConnorStarsLouis TherouxKaitlyn AshleyJohnnie BlackLouis visits the home of the American porn industry, the San Fernando Valley. His hopes of getting a part in a porn film begin with some nude shots in Jim South's modeling agency. A walk on part in a gay film called SNOWBOUND, and an offer of work from Rob Black follow.
- DirectorJason MassotStarsLouis TherouxXander CorvusBrad ArmstrongIn 1997, Louis made a documentary on the booming Californian porn industry. In 2012, he returns to find an industry that has been decimated by illegal Internet tube sites.
- DirectorJens HoffmannStarsOtto BauerAudrey HollanderBelladonna9to5 - Days in Porn focuses on the people behind a controversial and multi-billion dollar industry "The Adult Entertainment industry". It depicts their stories, each one different, unadorned and authentic, without glorification or prejudice. It delivers deep insight into their personal lives - from glamorous to grotesque - strange, fascinating, offensive, absurd and sometimes funny moments all at once.
- DirectorMihai DragoleaStarsGeorgianaMonaTwo young Romanian women make money as models on an erotic video chat site. All while they try to lead normal family lives, get along with their parents, and raise children. This observational documentary captures exactly this - their private space. The filmmakers let them speak freely about not only their jobs, but also how they themselves see their lives. At the same time, they show how a publicly condemned profession influences people's behavior and their view of the world. The film also presents dramatic generational differences in contemporary Romanian society in which the older generation, working in agriculture, wants their children to remain at home while the younger one seems to be moving continuously to the bigger cities, leaving behind their past.
- DirectorSarah WaldronStarsKate HardieThree women reveal how they really feel about their small breasts and the lengths to which they'll go to change their situation.
- DirectorChad TerpstraStarsFrank BurlaKarin DomenicoPippo DomenicoFor centuries, the tobacco pipe has been a symbol of contentment and contemplation. Through the window of this transcendental artifact and its sacred origins, Father the Flame is a cinematic exploration of legacy, family and love.
- DirectorChris BuddyStarsBarnaby Conrad IIIPierre-Andre DelachauxChristopher RoussetAbsinthe looks at the history of the famous and controversial alcoholic drink. It looks at how it is created and prepared. It examines the drinks popularity in Western Europe especially among artists. It also looks at the legality of the drink in the United States and its growing popularity there.
- DirectorThom ZimnyStarsRobert DuvallDwight YoakamBob DylanJohnny Cash stands among the giants of 20th century American life, but his story remains tangled in mystery and myth. This documentary brings Cash the man out from behind the legend.
- DirectorChris RodleyStarsJune Carter CashJohnny CashJack ClementDocumentary profiling the life of the legendary country music star Johnny Cash, who died in 2003, featuring contributions from his family and fellow musicians.
- StarsB.J. CarnahanTommy CashReid CumminsMusic On Demand Presents - "The Unauthorized Biography of Johnny Cash" is the real story of America's most beloved music icon. Come walk the line with the man and his music, and uncover all the facets of a truly larger-than-life American hero.
- DirectorMatt RiddlehooverStarsJoaquin PhoenixReese WitherspoonKristen WiigThe story of Vivian Liberto, Johnny Cash's first wife and the mother of his four daughters.
- DirectorDan ReedStarsMichael JacksonWade RobsonJoy RobsonAt the height of his stardom, the world's biggest pop star, Michael Jackson, began long-running relationships with two young boys, aged between seven and ten, along their families. They now allege that he sexually abused them.
- DirectorKenny OrtegaStarsMichael JacksonAlex AlAlexandra ApjarovaA compilation of interviews, rehearsals, and backstage footage of Michael Jackson as he prepared for his series of sold-out shows in London.
- DirectorPenelope SpheerisStarsFleaKeith MorrisEyeballThe Decline of Western Civilization III is a 1998 documentary film that follows the gutter punk lifestyle of homeless teenagers.
- DirectorTorstein GrudeStarsMalcolm DomeAsbjørn DyrendalKarl M. HartveitAbout Varg Vikernes and the church burnings in Bergen, Norway 1993. And all the media circus around it.
- StarsAnanda LewisHeather Eason LiposkyColin SpeirWoodstock 1969 promised peace and music, but its '99 revival delivered days of rage, riots and real harm. Why did it go so horribly wrong?
- DirectorAlexander NanauStarsDan Alexandru CondreaLiviu IoluRazvan LutacDirector Alexander Nanau follows a crack team of investigators at the Romanian newspaper Gazeta Sporturilor as they try to uncover a vast health-care fraud that enriched moguls and politicians and led to the deaths of innocent citizens.
- DirectorMisu PredescuA documentary about the fire which started in a Bucharest rock club called Collective, which ended in several deaths and massive fire-induced injuries. The documentary explores the reasons such a catastrophe occurred and why it had such an impact not only on the lives of those involved, but on an entire nation that decided to take a stand and end corruption in Romania once and for all by taking down its corrupt leaders and change a government.
- DirectorMarcus RobbinStarsGoa GilCleo OdzerFrancisco C. Sardinha"Last Hippie Standing" is a video clip style portrait about the hippie generation. Thirty years ago, this was a movement which came to Goa to find something they couldn't find at home. Many returned, a few stayed. Goa, the hippie paradise of the 60's is our point where we start to search for "the last hippies". This former Portuguese colony in the south of India was for many the final destination after adventurous travels through Greece, Turkey, Iran, Afghanistan and Pakistan. Dreamlike untouched beaches promised to be a new holy land, which was also the spritual basis for Alex Garland's novel "The Beach". After viewing historical Super8 material we started searching for the famous beaches and found a new youth culture which seemed to be similar to the old hippie culture. Raver, Part-Time-Hippies, Backpacker und "normal" people enjoyed the beaches. We met people from Japan, Israel, Australia and the UK. Anjuna Beach is the center of the infamous Goa parties. Here, the millenium celebrations promised the best of all Goa parties. This is where the youth of the world demonstrated their understanding of fun.
- DirectorTantric DemonOmanandaThis 60 minutes wake-up call to the world reaches the public as a global peace prayer. It addresses as serious human rights issues the freedom to dance at trance parties and the right to get high.
- StarsDenis RoabesIrina RimesCatalin MarutaWhat do you do when you feel like you've lost your inspiration? When you feel like you're moving away from your essence and losing yourself? After two years of working frantically, Irina Rimes feels the need for a change in order to find herself again. With the support of the music label she's signed to, Global Records, Irina goes on the road for two weeks, traveling in a mobile studio through six cities, in order to complete her album Home. Bucharest, Brasov, Piatra Neamt, Iasi, Chisinau, and Izvoare as the final destination. Her personal and professional life come together and at the end she's able to find closure and the way back home.
- DirectorPete McCormackStarsBruce LeePaul BowmanDaniele BolelliBruce Lee is universally recognized as the pioneer who elevated martial arts in film to an art form, and this documentary will reveal why Bruce Lee's flame burns brighter now than the day he died over three decades ago.
- DirectorBao NguyenStarsKareem Abdul-JabbarMuhammad AliLinda Lee CadwellRejected by Hollywood, Bruce Lee returned to Hong Kong to complete four films. Charting his struggles in two worlds, Be Water explores questions of identity and representation through rare archive, intimate interviews, and his writings.
- DirectorAnna RodzinskiStarsAlexander BrandonWith the first time international camera crews have been allowed inside, we get a look at three of Russia's toughest, strictest and harshest prisons, aswell as the rigid and disciplined regime the prisoners endure.
- DirectorJean-Pierre GuillerezNicolas MoscaraEach year, 10,000 young people from all over the world come to the Aubagne Foreign Legion Selection and Induction Center. Only 10% will pass the entrance tests. The American Lim, the Malagasy Vaifana, the French Liénart and Revel hope to be part of this elite troop. At the same time, a few kilometers from Sper Kunday, in Afghanistan, 250 legionnaires hold an advanced combat post surrounded by insurgents.
- CreatorJoe BerlingerStarsStephen MichaudBob KeppelKathleen McChesneyA look inside the mind of serial killer Ted Bundy, featuring interviews with him on death row.
- DirectorMichael HarteStarsDouglas BenceBob BrentonMike CattranSerial killer Dennis Nilsen narrates his life and horrific crimes via a series of chilling audiotapes recorded from his jail cell.
- DirectorRobert HendricksonStarsMary BrunnerBruce DavisLynette 'Squeaky' Fromme'Inside the MANSON Gang' The incredible behind the scenes, exclusive footage and true story of the most notorious white gang in American history, and the Trial of the 20th Century. Robert Hendrickson films the actual Charles Manson Family, over 35 years ago. This is a 25 year old filmmaker's personal journey as finally revealed decades later.
- StarsChip BolcikJonathan EigDeirdre Marie CaponeFrom PBS - Was Al Capone the quintessential self-made American man, a ruthless killer, or both? From his early days rising through the ranks of New York's gangs, to his slow demise in the aftermath of the St. Valentine's Day Massacre, this film chronicles the complicated life of one of America's favorite mob bosses. Capone was not only a bootlegger, killer, and gangster, but also a popular public figure who opened one of the nation's first soup kitchens, and was a devoted patron and guardian of jazz, giving African American musicians opportunities that they would otherwise never have had. More than 80 years have passed since the height of Capone's power, yet his impact is still felt today. Al Capone: Icon examines Capone's personal history and lasting legacy and unveils his unexpected connections to modern-day organized crime, law enforcement, popular culture from movies to rap music, and even everyday life in Chicago.
- DirectorDavid RoyleStarsBill KurtisEd BeckerStephen R. FoxOn this segment of American Justice host Bill Kurtis narrates an hour long look at the Mafia in it's "hay day" and some of it's most lucrative adventures. From the Prohibition Era up to World War II the Mafia enjoyed the excesses of legalized alcohol, casino's, prostitution, control of the dock's in New York, and racetrack betting. Among those profiled are Lucky Luciano, Meyer Lansky, Frank Costello, and Bugsy Siegel.
- 1987– 1h 28mTV-144.8 (120)TV Episode
- DirectorMichael HusainStarsBill Kurtisa historical account of how the government of the United States and the American mafia made an impact on each other.
- DirectorSimon GeorgeStarsRick BorgiaRichard DillaneTony GaltieriA documentary chronicling the rise and fall of the gangster Henry Hill.
- StarsGeorge AnastasiaNick CaramandiBill KurtisRecalling Philadelphia's bloody mob wars of the 1980s and early '90s. Interviewed are Mafia hit men who later became witnesses against their former bosses. Included: comments from prosecutors and FBI agents.
- DirectorMark FranchettiAndrew MeierStarsCristina BuscettaRoberto BuscettaLisa BuscettaOUR GODFATHER is a feature-length documentary about Tommaso Buscetta, the first high-ranking Italian mafia boss ever to turn against Cosa Nostra. Buscetta helped convict more than 400 Mafiosi. He became the Mob's most wanted man in the world - and 11 members of his family were killed. "He was the most important, protected and endangered witness in US criminal history" The film tells - for the first time- the Buscetta story with exclusive access to his family, which is breaking its silence after 30 years in hiding.
- StarsPatrick Bet-David
- 2015–TV EpisodeStarsPatrick Bet-David
- DirectorGraham SheldonStarsMichael FranzesePlaying Mafia Definitive Edition is the definitive Mafia experience. Colombo Family ex-mob boss Michael Franzese reveals the top five things Mafia Definitive Edition gets right about his former life in the Mafia.
- 2018–9.3 (15)Podcast Episode
- StarsJohn AliteMichael FranzeseJim KosslerFive Mafia families ruled New York with a bloody fist in the 1970s and '80s, until a group of federal agents tried the unthinkable: taking them down.
- DirectorHarvey LilleyStarsMark FrostSteven KnightCarl ChinnA historical presentation of the gang movements and organized crime from the end of the 19th century to the beginning of the 20th century in England.
- StarsMariana van Zeller
- DirectorBilly CorbenStarsJon RobertsAl SunshineSam BurstynThe story of how Miami became the cocaine capital of the United States in the early 1980's and the police officers who turned the tide on crime.
- DirectorBilly CorbenStarsNelson AndreuJorge AyalaGriselda BlancoThe sequel follows cocaine dealer Charles Crosby beginning in 1991 on the inner-city streets of Oakland, California. The story of Griselda Blanco is presented in greater depth.
- DirectorKate DartStarsJay O. SandersMat HonanEric ChienThe experts battling to protect data from hackers are spotlighted. Included: the men who discovered an advanced cyber weapon; the computer expert who figured out how to hack ATMs.
- DirectorHugo Berkeley
- DirectorPeter JosephStarsChogyam TrungpaJordan MaxwellGeorge CarlinMythology and belief in society today, presenting uncommon perspectives of common cultural issues.
- DirectorPeter JosephStarsJacque FrescoRoxanne MeadowsJohn PerkinsZeitgeist: Addendum attempts to locate the root causes of the pervasive social corruption, while also offering a solution.
- DirectorPeter JosephStarsPeter JosephRobert SapolskyGabor MatéA feature length documentary work which presents a case for a needed transition out of the current socioeconomic monetary paradigm which governs the entire world society.
- DirectorJoost VandebrugStarsFlorin HoraAnghelescu Costica NicusorRaluca PahomiNicu, a young homeless boy, is adopted by Bruce Lee, the notorious "King of the Underworld" and goes to live with him in the tunnels underneath Bucharest. As Nicu grows up, he starts to realize that he is not the perfect father.
- DirectorPenny LaneStarsJex BlackmoreChalice BlytheNicholas CroweA look at the quick rise and influence of the controversial religious group known as The Satanic Temple.
- DirectorJeff Orlowski-YangStarsTristan HarrisJeff SeibertBailey RichardsonExplores the dangerous human impact of social networking; tech experts sound the alarm on their own creations.
- DirectorMaurizio BenazzoZaya BenazzoStarsRussell BrandJames DotyTim FerrissMental illness, suicide, drug overdose, and autoimmune disorders are interconnected epidemics affecting 1 in 5 Americans annually, according to Dr Gabor Maté.
- DirectorFisher StevensStarsLeonardo DiCaprioBan Ki-moonAlejandro G. IñárrituA look at how climate change affects our environment and what society can do to prevent the demise of endangered species, ecosystems and native communities across the planet.
- DirectorCasey PattersonJoe PearlmanEran CreevyStarsGary OldmanEmma WatsonDaniel RadcliffeCast and crew members from all "Harry Potter" films reunite in a retrospective special to celebrate the 20th anniversary of Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (2001).