Popular Documentary Movies on Pantaflix - Page 186

The Mexican Suitcase

2011

The Mexican Suitcase

2011
8
The story of the recovery of the negatives of thousands of photos taken by three photographers during the Spanish Civil War that were found seventy years later in a suitcase, inside a closet in Mexico City.
James Dean: The First American Teenager

1975

James Dean: The First American Teenager

1975
6
Stacy Keach narrates this documentary that chronicles the abbreviated life and career of iconic brooding bad boy James Dean, from his obscure early days working in television to his rise to stardom in films such as Rebel Without a Cause. Clips from Dean's movies are intermingled with candid interviews with the star's friends and Hollywood colleagues, including Natalie Wood, Sal Mineo, Sammy Davis Jr. and Dennis Hopper.
Ernest Hemingway: 4 Weddings and a Funeral

2021

Ernest Hemingway: 4 Weddings and a Funeral

2021
7
A look at the intimacy of the US writer Ernest Hemingway (1899-1961), a man infinitely more complex than his public image suggested, through the story of his relationship with his four wives.
Feyenoord - tussen kade en Kuip

2023

Feyenoord - tussen kade en Kuip

2023
A chronicle of prominent Dutch association football club Feyenoord's 75-year history, and its place at the heart of its namesake neighborhood on the south bank of Rotterdam, the largest seaport in Europe.
Pure Imagination: The Story of 'Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory'

2001

Pure Imagination: The Story of 'Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory'

2001
6.7
Retrospective documentary on the making of the cult classic "Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory."
Whispers in the Woods

2025

Whispers in the Woods

2025
10
In the heart of the tranquil Vosges forests, where lynxes, bears and deer roam freely, Vincent Munier accompanies his father on his expeditions. He not only seeks to capture the visual wonders of this forest kingdom, but also aims to make its sounds audible. Every whisper of the forest is a reminder of the knowledge of nature that his father once imbued in him – knowledge that Vincent now passes on to his own son. Vincent Munier combines breathtaking footage of nature and its sounds to create a fairytale-like cinematic experience that slows time down.
Life Train

2024

Life Train

2024
An awe-inspiring documentary that delves into the extraordinary journeys of courageous Ukrainian railway workers who risked their lives daily to evacuate people from the most life-threatening war-torn regions. Set against the backdrop of a crucial supply and evacuation vein during the war, this film unveils the untold stories of these people, transcending their roles as railway workers and becoming beacons of hope for millions of Ukrainians.
Landscapes at the World's Ends

2010

Landscapes at the World's Ends

2010
7
A non-verbal visual journey to the polar regions of our planet portrayed through a triptych montage of photography and video. Landscapes at the World's Ends is a multi-dimensional canvas of imagery recorded above the Arctic Circle and below the Antarctic Convergence, viewed through the lens of whom is realistically an alien in this environment, the polar tourist. Filmed during several artist residencies on-board three expedition vessels, New Zealand nature photographer and filmmaker Richard Sidey documents light and time in an effort to share his experiences and the beauty that exists over the frozen seas. Set to an ambient score by Norwegian Arctic based musician, Boreal Taiga, this experimental documentary transports us to the islands of South Georgia, the Antarctic Peninsula, Greenland and Svalbard. Landscapes at the World's Ends is the first film in Sidey's Speechless trilogy, and is followed by Speechless: The Polar Realm (2015) and Elementa (2020).
La Grande Seine

2024

La Grande Seine

2024
8.5
Discover the Paris 2024 Opening Ceremony full preparations, from first sketches until the very end of the show. We follow every aspect, including exclusive access to Celine Dion’s rehearsal, as a small team of dedicated individuals defy all odds to create one of the most incredible TV shows that has ever-been produced.
Who’s Counting? Marilyn Waring on Sex, Lies and Global Economics

1995

Who’s Counting? Marilyn Waring on Sex, Lies and Global Economics

1995
This documentary profiles economist and writer Marilyn Waring. In extensive interviews, Waring details her feminist approach to finances and challenges commonly accepted truths about the global economy. The filmmakers detail Waring's early rise to political prominence and her successful protests against nuclear arms. Waring also speaks candidly about wartime economies, suggesting that government policies tend to marginalize the fiscal contributions of women.
The End of Time

2012

The End of Time

2012
7.1
Working at the limits of what can easily be expressed, filmmaker Peter Mettler takes on the elusive subject of time, and once again turns his camera to filming the unfilmable. From the particle accelerator in Switzerland, where scientists seek to probe regions of time we cannot see, to lava flows in Hawaii which have overwhelmed all but one home on the south side of Big Island; from the disintegration of inner-city Detroit, to a Hindu funeral rite near the place of Buddha's enlightenment, Mettler explores our perception of time. He dares to dream the movie of the future while also immersing us in the wonder of the everyday. THE END OF TIME, at once personal, rigorous and visionary, Peter Mettler has crafted a film as compelling and magnificent as its subject.
Kumbha Mela

1992

Kumbha Mela

1992
5
Documentary about India's most important Hindu festival, 1977's Kumbha Mela, during which millions of believers gather to pray where the Ganges, Jamuna and Saraswati rivers meet.
The Cossack and the Gypsy

2013

The Cossack and the Gypsy

2013
The Cossack and the Gypsy takes us to the heart of intimate worlds of Lev Chayka and Régine Gabrysz, illustrating their memories, interior views composed of the stories about their childhood and devotion to their country of origin (Ukraine and Soviet Union). The wars and dictatorship of the past in the Eastern Europe is set in contrast with the Far North of Quebec in a forgotten boom town. Vera and Jack, the last miner, Régine and Lev are among the last first immigrants. Their Slavic voices and accents still lull the Abitibi sonorous landscapes, but for how long...
The Humans of Tara

2007

The Humans of Tara

2007
The cast and crew look back at the making of The Androids of Tara.
The Marvellous Maggie Smith: A Celebration

2022

The Marvellous Maggie Smith: A Celebration

2022
8
A look at Dame Maggie Smith's life from a two-up two-down in Essex to Broadway and Hollywood. Starring in more than 60 films and 70 plays across her 70-year career, Maggie's incredible determination and talent landed her among the elite.
The Colonel's Stray Dogs

2021

The Colonel's Stray Dogs

2021
In 1981, seven Libyan exiles formed the core opposition group to Colonel Muammar Gaddafi. Thirty years later, they are back to their country only to inherit the mess he left. The film is an intricate blend of rare first-hand accounts, propaganda archival material turned on its head, evocative cinematography and an untold history of a country.
Willa Cather: The Road Is All

2005

Willa Cather: The Road Is All

2005
Willa Cather had the great good fortune to have lived among the first generation of white settlers in 1880's Nebraska, and she gives witness to their time and place in such a way that American literature will never forget them.
Riot On!

2004

Riot On!

2004
4.7
The year is 2000 and investors are going crazy about a new mobile phone company called Riot Entertainment. Many high profile companies, like Nokia, invest millions on this unknown firm. Two years later, when all the money has been spent and the company is bankrupt, the fun is over. What happened?
Il pianeta che ci ospita

2015

Il pianeta che ci ospita

2015
Three years of filming across Italy, from Mont Blanc to the island of Lampedusa, have resulted in this short film. The aim of this universal event is, first and foremost, to commit wealthy nations to guaranteeing food, water, and dignity to every human being according to a principle of justice that governs coexistence among the peoples of the Earth. Similarly, and just as with food, the peoples who have won the privilege of freedom through the sacrifice of their martyrs should be an example of democracy and civil coexistence.
Empty Harbours, Empty Dreams

1976

Empty Harbours, Empty Dreams

1976
The film explores how the three British colonies of New Brunswick, Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island became provinces of Canada and charts the subsequent decline of their economies after Confederation. Photographs, archival drawings, cartoons and interviews with Maritime historians are used to document the case.