Documentary Movies

Experimental film fragment made with the Edison-Dickson-Heise experimental horizontal-feed kinetograph camera and viewer, using 3/4-inch wide film.

Films beget films. Filmmakers influence other filmmakers constantly. But the most influential filmmaker of all time is Alfred Hitchcock.

It’s a moment time-stamped in our brains. Maybe it was a birthday gift. Or perhaps you saved paycheck after paycheck to finally purchase one....

For 200 years, the United States Congress has been one of the country's most important and least understood institutions. In this elegant, thoughtful...

Documentary by Eckhart Schmidt.

There’s only one person who so accurately personifies movie magic in the history of film, and that man is special effects maestro Ray...

Documentary film about the history of Oil prices and the future of alternative fuels. The film takes a wide, yet detailed examination of our...

Known for his spectacular pyrotechnic displays, Chinese artist Cai Guo-Qiang creates his most ambitious project yet: Sky Ladder, a visionary,...

A series of interviews featuring linguist, philosopher and activist Noam Chomsky done in hand-drawn animation.

"The Most Dangerous Man in America" is the story of what happens when a former Pentagon insider, armed only with his conscience, steadfast...

Many of us experience sexual desires in many different shapes and forms, yet there continues to be a certain stigma about expressing them openly....

An Italian documentary about Italian cinema.

Five times, Earth has faced apocalyptic events that swept nearly all life from the face of the planet. What did these prehistoric creatures look...

A cruise ship and 3,000 men – it is a universe without heteros and women that usually remains a mystery to the outside world. Once a year the...

BAFTA award-winning filmmaker Morgan Matthews was given unprecedented access to the behind-the-scenes of the final days of the final two Harry Potter...

This WW2 documentary centers on the crew of the American B-17 Flying Fortress Memphis Belle as it prepares to execute a strategic bombing raid on...

Crownsville Hospital: From Lunacy to Legacy is a feature-length documentary film highlighting the history of the Crownsville State Mental Hospital in...

The life of Christopher Hitchens as told through his own words and through archive footage.

East Coast natives Napoleon, Young Noble, Edi and Kastro attempt to unify the thug nation.