Documentaries
"Life caught unawares," that's how Soviet filmmaker Dziga Vertov defined the principle and art of documentary in the thirties. Yet the documentary has taken so many forms over the past century that it is too simple to call it the mere recording of reality.
| Spine # | Title | Director | Country | Year | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 663 |
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Shoah | Claude Lanzmann | France, | 1985 |
| 1324 |
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American Dream | Barbara Kopple | United States, | 1990 |
| 334 |
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Harlan County USA | Barbara Kopple | United States, | 1976 |
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Sennan Asbestos Disaster | Kazuo Hara | Japan, | 2016 | |
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A Dedicated Life | Kazuo Hara | Japan, | 1994 | |
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The Emperor’s Naked Army Marches On | Kazuo Hara | Japan, | 1987 | |
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Extreme Private Eros: Love Song 1974 | Kazuo Hara | Japan, | 1974 | |
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Goodbye CP | Kazuo Hara | Japan, | 1972 | |
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First Graders | Abbas Kiarostami | Iran, | 1984 | |
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Fellow Citizen | Abbas Kiarostami | Iran, | 1983 | |
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Homework | Abbas Kiarostami | Iran, | 1989 | |
| 287 |
|
Burden of Dreams | Les Blank | United States, | 1982 |
| 1265 |
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Thelonious Monk Straight, No Chaser | Charlotte Zwerin | United States, | 1988 |
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Room 666 / Room 999 | ||||
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Ryuichi Sakamoto | Opus | Neo Sora | Japan, | 2023 | |
| 1230 |
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Not a Pretty Picture | Martha Coolidge | United States, | 1975 |
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Anselm | Wim Wenders | Germany, | 2023 | |
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Orlando, My Political Biography | Paul B. Preciado | France, | 2023 | |
| 156 |
|
Hearts and Minds | Peter Davis | United States, | 1974 |
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All That Breathes | Shaunak Sen | United Kingdom, | 2022 | |
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Lynch/Oz | Alexandre O. Philippe | United States, | 2022 | |
| 1210 |
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All the Beauty and the Bloodshed | Laura Poitras | United States, | 2022 |
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Hotel Monterey | Chantal Akerman | United States, | 1972 | |
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News from Home | Chantal Akerman | France, | 1976 | |
| 1192 |
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Moonage Daydream | Brett Morgen | United States, | 2022 |
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Love Meetings | Pier Paolo Pasolini | Italy, | 1964 | |
| 1164 |
|
The Velvet Underground | Todd Haynes | United States, | 2021 |
| 1141 |
|
Faya dayi | Jessica Beshir | Ethiopia, | 2021 |
| 54 |
|
For All Mankind | Al Reinert | United States, | 1989 |
| 1118 |
|
The Last Waltz | Martin Scorsese | United States, | 1978 |
| 1111 |
|
Dick Johnson Is Dead | Kirsten Johnson | United States, | 2020 |
| 1109 |
|
Time | Garrett Bradley | United States, | 2020 |
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Tongues Untied | Marlon Riggs | United States, | 1989 | |
| 1081 |
|
Visions of Eight | Juri Ozerov, Mai Zetterling, Arthur Penn, Michael Pfleghar, Kon Ichikawa, Miloš Forman, Claude Lelouch, and John Schlesinger | United States, | 1973 |
| 1079 |
|
Streetwise | Martin Bell | United States, | 1984 |
| 1080 |
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Tiny: The Life of Erin Blackwell | Martin Bell | United States, | 2016 |
| 689 |
|
Trances | Ahmed El Maanouni | Morocco, | 1981 |
| 1062 |
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Rolling Thunder Revue: A Bob Dylan Story by Martin Scorsese | Martin Scorsese | United States, | 2019 |
| 1061 |
|
Minding the Gap | Bing Liu | United States, | 2018 |
| 1039 |
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Town Bloody Hall | Chris Hegedus and D. A. Pennebaker | United States, | 1979 |
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Agnès de ci de là Varda | Agnès Varda | France, | 2011 | |
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The Beaches of Agnès | Agnès Varda | France, | 2008 | |
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Black Panthers | Agnès Varda | France, | 1970 | |
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Daguerréotypes | Agnès Varda | France, | 1975 | |
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Faces Places | Agnès Varda and JR | France, | 2017 | |
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The Gleaners and I | Agnès Varda | France, | 2000 | |
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The Gleaners and I: Two Years Later | Agnès Varda | France, | 2002 | |
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Jane B. par Agnès V. | Agnès Varda | France, | 1988 | |
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Mur Murs | Agnès Varda | France, | 1981 | |
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Uncle Yanco | Agnès Varda | France, | 1968 | |
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Varda by Agnès | Agnès Varda | France, | 2019 | |
| 155 |
|
Tokyo Olympiad | Kon Ichikawa | Japan, | 1965 |
| 1030 |
|
Scorsese Shorts | Martin Scorsese | United States, | |
| 122 |
|
Salesman | David Maysles, Albert Maysles, and Charlotte Zwerin | United States, | 1969 |
| 1018 |
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Paris Is Burning | Jennie Livingston | United States, | 1990 |
| 425 |
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Antonio Gaudí | Hiroshi Teshigahara | Japan, | 1984 |
| 998 |
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When We Were Kings | Leon Gast | United States, | 1996 |
| 988 |
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The Inland Sea | Lucille Carra | United States, | 1991 |
| 153 |
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General Idi Amin Dada: A Self-Portrait | Barbet Schroeder | France, | 1974 |
| 169 |
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Jimi Plays Monterey & Shake! Otis at Monterey | D. A. Pennebaker and Chris Hegedus | United States, | 1986 |
| 168 |
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Monterey Pop | D. A. Pennebaker | United States, | 1968 |
| 895 |
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David Lynch: The Art Life | Jon Nguyen, Rick Barnes, and Olivia Neergaard-Holm | United States, | 2016 |
| 892 |
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Festival | Murray Lerner | United States, | 1967 |
| 866 |
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Buena Vista Social Club | Wim Wenders | United States, | 1999 |
| 753 |
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The Thin Blue Line | Errol Morris | United States, | 1988 |
| 853 |
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Cameraperson | Kirsten Johnson | United States, | 2016 |
| 828 |
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Ingrid Bergman: In Her Own Words | Stig Björkman | Sweden, | 2015 |
| 197 |
|
Night and Fog | Alain Resnais | France, | 1955 |
| 808 |
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The Kennedy Films of Robert Drew & Associates | Robert Drew | United States, | |
| 805 |
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A Poem Is a Naked Person | Les Blank | United States, | 1974 |
| 789 |
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Burroughs: The Movie | Howard Brookner | United States, | 1983 |
| 786 |
|
Dont Look Back | D. A. Pennebaker | United States, | 1967 |
| 289 |
|
Hoop Dreams | Steve James | United States, | 1994 |
| 751 |
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Gates of Heaven | Errol Morris | United States, | 1978 |
| 752 |
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Vernon, Florida | Errol Morris | United States, | 1981 |
| 737 |
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Les Blank: Always for Pleasure | Les Blank | United States, | 1968 |
| 288 |
|
F for Fake | Orson Welles | United States, | 1975 |
| 699 |
|
A Brief History of Time | Errol Morris | United States, | 1991 |
| 123 |
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Grey Gardens | David Maysles, Albert Maysles, Ellen Hovde, and Muffie Meyer | United States, | 1975 |
| 256 |
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A Constant Forge | Charles Kiselyak | United States, | 2000 |
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Land of Milk and Honey | Pierre Étaix | France, | 1971 | |
| 648 |
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Chronicle of a Summer | Jean Rouch and Edgar Morin | France, | 1961 |
| 644 |
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Pina | Wim Wenders | Germany, | 2011 |
| 640 |
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Koyaanisqatsi | Godfrey Reggio | United States, | 1983 |
| 642 |
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Naqoyqatsi | Godfrey Reggio | United States, | 2002 |
| 641 |
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Powaqqatsi | Godfrey Reggio | United States, | 1988 |
| 602 |
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The War Room | Chris Hegedus and D. A. Pennebaker | United States, | 1993 |
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Sans Soleil | Chris Marker | France, | 1983 | |
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My Crasy Life | Jean-Pierre Gorin | United States, | 1992 | |
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Poto and Cabengo | Jean-Pierre Gorin | United States, | 1980 | |
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Routine Pleasures | Jean-Pierre Gorin | United States, | 1986 | |
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Warrendale | Allan King | Canada, | 1967 | |
| 264 |
|
The Making of Fanny and Alexander | Ingmar Bergman | Sweden, | 1982 |
| 557 |
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The Times of Harvey Milk | Robert Epstein | United States, | 1984 |
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Come On Children | Allan King | Canada, | 1972 | |
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Dying at Grace | Allan King | Canada, | 2003 | |
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A Married Couple | Allan King | Canada, | 1969 | |
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Memory for Max, Claire, Ida and Company | Allan King | Canada, | 2005 | |
| 532 |
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Louie Bluie | Terry Zwigoff | United States, | 1985 |
| 533 |
|
Crumb | Terry Zwigoff | United States, | 1995 |
| 99 |
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Gimme Shelter | David Maysles, Albert Maysles, and Charlotte Zwerin | United States, | 1970 |
| 477 |
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Bergman Island | Marie Nyreröd | Sweden, | 2006 |
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. . . And the Pursuit of Happiness | Louis Malle | France, | 1986 | |
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God’s Country | Louis Malle | United States, | 1985 | |
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Humain, trop humain | Louis Malle | France, | 1973 | |
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Phantom India | Louis Malle | France, | 1969 | |
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Place de la République | Louis Malle | France, | 1974 | |
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Vive le Tour | Louis Malle | France, | 1962 | |
| 361 |
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The Beales of Grey Gardens | Albert Maysles and David Maysles | United States, | 2006 |
| 340 |
|
Koko: A Talking Gorilla | Barbet Schroeder | France, | 1978 |
| 42 |
|
Fishing with John | John Lurie | United States, | 1992 |
| 617 |
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And Everything Is Going Fine | Steven Soderbergh | United States, | 2010 |
| 128 |
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Carl Th. Dreyer—My Metier | Torben Skjødt Jensen | Denmark, | 1995 |
| 33 |
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Nanook of the North | Robert Flaherty | United States, | 1922 |
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Total Balalaika Show | Aki Kaurismäki | Finland, | 1994 |