Popular Documentary Movies on Pantaflix - Page 243

Reel in the Closet

2015

Reel in the Closet

2015
8
Never before seen home movies made by queer people dating back to the 1930s and the struggle to save them before they are lost forever.
Waiting for Lightning

2012

Waiting for Lightning

2012
5.8
Documentary about the life of skateboarder Danny Way and his attempt at jumping over the Great Wall of China on a skateboard.
The World of Tomorrow

1984

The World of Tomorrow

1984
1
Documentary featuring original materials from the 1939 New York World's Fair. Includes film images of Jason Robards Jr. as a child at the World's Fair and clips from the promotional film "The Middleton Family at the New York World's Fair" (1939).
House of the Long Shadows... revisited

2012

House of the Long Shadows... revisited

2012
Produced and presented by Derek Pykett. It is clearly an amateur production, and somebody needs to teach him how to conduct interviews without constantly giggling in the background, but we should be grateful for his enthusiasm. It is doubtful anyone else would have gone to so much trouble. He reunites Walker and Langley with Julie Peasgood, one of the film's younger stars, at the original location, actually Rotherfield park in Hampshire. He has also secured interviews with several other of the movie's participants from both in front of and behind the camera, the most surprising of all being a fascinating chat with Desi Arnaz. Jr himself. He has fond memories of the film, particularly working with such a terrific cast.
The Real Treasure Island

2008

The Real Treasure Island

2008
A documentary on the third Charlie Chan film to star Sidney Toler.
Tchernobyl : Le Mensonge français

2016

Tchernobyl : Le Mensonge français

2016
8.2
Fragments of Humanity

2022

Fragments of Humanity

2022
In the Kosovo War, human dignity was shattered by the terrors of the Serbian government and the Albanian liberation army. Truths about the victims’ fates faded away, which is why a Finnish forensic research group led by Helena Ranta got a mission to act as an unbiased agent and investigate the real course of events.
Tukdam: The Point Of Death

0000

Tukdam: The Point Of Death

0000
8
Irish director Donagh Coleman explores the extraordinary phenomenon of Tukdam, whereby some Tibetan Buddhist practitioners are able to forestall physical decay at the point of clinical death for days, even weeks, by entering a deep meditative state. Supported by His Holiness the Dalai Lama a group of leading scientists conduct groundbreaking research into the phenomenon, which challenges Western medical understanding of the line between life and death.
Exit Music

2018

Exit Music

2018
Born with cystic fibrosis, 28 year old Ethan Rice faces his demise with a dark sense of humour and more concern about what his passing will mean to those he leaves behind than for himself.
Magabanashi

2021

Magabanashi

2021
6
“Magabanashi” (真・狩場噺) is a Japanese collection of chilling tales, notorious for its “true” ghost stories that blend traditional storytelling with the dynamics of social media. Based on this, the drama “Human Story” focuses on the experiences of two members of the FEAR fan community. But is it really just a drama? Or perhaps a documentary? With an eerie intertwining of ghost stories and reality, viewers are taken on the most terrifying experience of their lives.
Goldorak Go ! Le Documentaire

2023

Goldorak Go ! Le Documentaire

2023
9
The Death of Playboy Playmate

1995

The Death of Playboy Playmate

1995
Have you heard of the famous playmate Dorothy Stratten? A pretty and innocent face exploited. Stratten was born in a Salvation Army hospital in Vancouver, British Columbia, to Simon and Nelly Hoogstraten, who were Dutch immigrants. In 1961 her brother John Arthur was born. Her sister Louise Stratten followed in May 1968. In 1977 she was attending Centennial High School in Coquitlam when, while working part-time at a local Dairy Queen, she met 26-year-old Vancouver-area club promoter and pimp, Paul Snider, who romanced her. Snider later had a photographer take professional nude photos of her which were sent to Playboy magazine in the summer of 1978. She was under the age of 19 at the time, which is the legal age to pose nude in Canada so she had to persuade her mother to sign the model release form.
NOVA: Mystery Beneath the Ice

2016

NOVA: Mystery Beneath the Ice

2016
7
Scientists venture onto the ice to find out why krill, creatures crucial to the Antarctic ecosystem, are disappearing at an alarming rate.
Dream Girl: The Making of Marilyn Monroe

2022

Dream Girl: The Making of Marilyn Monroe

2022
8.7
How did Marilyn Monroe become one of the greatest sex symbols of all time? What drove a prudish little Californian girl, who was not especially pretty nor exceptionally talented, to become this incredibly striking platinum blonde superstar? How did she become the icon capable of balancing innocence with raw sensuality, whilst continuing to captivate the masses to this day? How did she achieve this? And what price did she pay?
skin•es•the•si•a

1994

skin•es•the•si•a

1994
How does a woman’s body move? skin•es•the•si•a scrambles the cultural codes of female movement by juxtaposing images from the work of performance artist Hannah Sim with images of Sim working as a nude dancer in a peep show. It explores the rapport between one woman’s body and two performance environments. How are women perceived and typed through our own physical movements? What might a response of power to these codes and norms look like? What do we discover by embracing our otherness, by transforming it into a means of confronting the world?
North Korea: All the Dictator's Men

2018

North Korea: All the Dictator's Men

2018
7.1
North Korea has nuclear weapons. How did it manage to get them quietly? Donald Trump is under the impression that as US president he could convince Kim Jong-un, the North Korean leader, to disarm his nuclear weapons and make peace with South Korea. But how was it possible that one of the poorest countries in the world could acquire the knowledge to produce nuclear-tipped rockets?
Los guardianes del ángel

2004

Los guardianes del ángel

2004
The story takes us on a journey of tributes to the greatest bandoneon player of Buenos Aires, Aníbal Troilo, through interviews, musical sequences, dance and the powerful presence of football. The film intertwines fiction and testimonies to reveal to us a brilliant musician.
Railway Sleepers

2017

Railway Sleepers

2017
7
The first railway line in Thailand was inaugurated in 1893 – a sign of progress and prosperity. Shot over eight years on every active line of the country's railway system, this wondrous documentary offers an unprecedented immersion into the country's past and present.
Did Britain Murder Hanratty?

1970

Did Britain Murder Hanratty?

1970
A documentary covering the trials of James Hanratty, perceived to be wrongly accused at the time and one of the final eight people in the UK to be executed before capital punishment was effectively abolished.
Franco Zeffirelli: Directing from Life

2018

Franco Zeffirelli: Directing from Life

2018
Franco Zeffirelli passed away on 15th June 2019. Chris Hunt's biography explores how Zeffirelli's sense of drama was born out of his own experience and how his life inspired his productions. Chris Hunt interviewed him and other famous actors, friends and associates, had a camera at Zeffirelli's 94th birthday and during the opening of his foundation in Florence. This documentary, including clips from operas, films and plays aims to be the definitive portrait of a Renaissance man larger than life.