Top Rated Documentary Movies - Page 489
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Walt Disney: Once Upon a Time
2006
star 7.6Talks about the iconographical sources that Walt Disney and his studio's designers drew on to create the films that are incontestably among the masterpieces of animation.National Geographic: Incredible Human Machine
2007
star 7.1National Geographic: Incredible Human Machine takes viewers on a two-hour journey through an ordinary, and extraordinary, day-in-the-life of the human machine. With stunning high-definition footage, radical scientific advances and powerful firsthand accounts, Incredible Human Machine plunges deep into the routine marvels of the human body. Through 10,000 blinks of an eye, 20,000 breaths of air and 100,000 beats of the heart, see the amazing and surprising, even phenomenal inner workings of our bodies on a typical day. And explore striking feats of medical advancement, from glimpses of an open-brain surgery to real-time measurement of rocker Steven Tyler's vocal chords.Whoever Says the Truth Shall Die
1981
star 4.9Philo Bregstein tells us this film looks at Pasolini's life and art to explain why he died. The film traces Pasolini's life chronologically - family roots, hiding during World War II, teaching, moving to Rome, being arrested and acquitted many times, publishing poems, getting into film, being provocative, and being murdered. Interviews with Alberto Moravia, Laura Betti, Maria Antonietta Macciocch, and Bernard Bertolucci are inter-cut with readings of Pasolini's poems and with clips from four films - primarily the Gospel According to St. Matthew - to illustrate his changing ideas and points of view. Bregstein makes a case for Pasolini's being lynched.XXXL: The John Holmes Story
2000
star 4.4A documentary about the troubled life of legendary porn icon John Holmes.Beetle Queen Conquers Tokyo
2009
star 5.6Untangling the web of cultural and historical ties underlying Japan's deep fascination with insects.Petropolis: Aerial Perspectives on the Alberta Tar Sands
2009
star 6.5The huge tar sands in Alberta are a potentially profitable resource, but the environmental impact could be heavy and long-term.Stress - Portrait Of A Killer
2008
star 6.2Over the last three decades, science has been advancing our understanding of stress—how it impacts our bodies and how our social standing can make us more or less susceptible. From baboon troops on the plains of Africa, to neuroscience labs at Stanford University, scientists are revealing just how lethal stress can be. Research tells us that the impact of stress can be found deep within us, shrinking our brains, adding fat to our bellies, even unraveling our chromosomes. Understanding how stress works can help us figure out ways to combat it and how to live a life free of the tyranny of this contemporary plague. In Stress: Portrait of a Killer, scientific discoveries in the field and in the lab prove that stress is not just a state of mind, but something measurable and dangerous.Spielberg on Spielberg
2007
star 7.5Film critic Richard Schickel interviews Oscar-winning filmmaker Steven Spielberg about his craft, his body of work and the movie business.Chernobyl: A Natural History
2010
star 7.2Documentary exploring the aftermath of the nuclear disaster that struck the city on April 26th 1986, uncovering how nature has survived in the radioactive zone. This compelling film explores how nature has survived in the radioactive ghost town.R.I.P. Rest in Pieces: A Portrait of Joe Coleman
1997
star 5.8R.I.P Rest in Pieces is an intimate portrait of artist Joe Coleman, who is known around the world as a shamanic, moral voice diagnosing the ills of 21st century America. Coleman holds nothing back, telling us of a world wracked with tumorous cities, perversion, divorce, violence, atomic bombs, and a human race destroying itself simply because we are born.Space Tourists
2009
Space Tourists
2009
star 5.4In his most recent work, Christian Frei turns to an age-old dream of man: to leave our planet as a «normal person» and travel into outer space. For 20 million dollars, the American Anousheh Ansari was able to fulfil this childhood dream. This documentary follows her journey into space and shows everyday life as it is on the International Space Station.John Carpenter: The Man and His Movies
2004
star 5.5Chronicles the work of cult director John Carpenter through interviews with him and his associates, with emphases on the earlier work.The Shakers: Hands to Work, Hearts to God
1984
star 6.8They called themselves the United Society of Believers in Christ's Second Appearing, but because of their ecstatic dancing, the world called them Shakers. Ken Burns creates a moving portrait of this particularly American movement, and in the process, offers us a new and unusually moving way to understand the Shakers.Daughter From Danang
2002
Daughter From Danang
2002
star 6.8In 1975, as the Vietnam War was ending, thousands of orphans and Amerasian children were brought to the United States as part of "Operation Babylift." Daughter from Danang tells the dramatic story of one of these children, Heidi Bub (a.k.a. Mai Thi Hiep), and her Vietnamese mother, Mai Thi Kim, separated at the war's end and reunited 22 years later. Heidi, now living in Tennessee - a married woman with kids - had always dreamt of a joyful reunion. When she ventures to Vietnam to meet her mother, she unknowingly embarks on an emotional pilgrimage that spans decades and distance. Unlike most reunion stories that climax with a cliché happy ending, Daughter from Danang is a real-life drama. Journeying from the Vietnam War to Pulaski, Tennessee and back to Vietnam, Daughter from Danang tensely unfolds as cultural differences and the years of separation take their toll in a riveting film about longing and the personal legacy of war.Stop That Tank!
1942
Stop That Tank!
1942
star 6.2A Disney educational animated short instructing the use of the Boys MK.1 Anti-Tank rifle.Killing Us Softly 3: Advertising's Image of Women
2000
star 6Jean Kilbourne's pioneering work helped develop and popularize the study of gender representation in advertising. Her award-winning Killing us Softly films have influenced millions of college and high school students across two generations and on an international scale. In this important new film, Kilbourne reviews if and how the image of women in advertising has changed over the last 20 years. With wit and warmth, Kilbourne uses over 160 ads and TV commercials to critique advertising's image of women. By fostering creative and productive dialogue, she invites viewers to look at familiar images in a new way, that moves and empowers them to take action.Queen + Paul Rodgers: Return of the Champions
2005
star 6.1Queen + Paul Rodgers was a collaboration between Brian May and Roger Taylor of Queen and Paul Rodgers (formerly of Bad Company, Free, The Firm and The Law). Guitarist May had previously performed with Rodgers on several occasions, including a performance at the Royal Albert Hall. This live performance is from the Hallam FM Arena in Sheffield, in 2005.Just a Beginning
2010
Just a Beginning
2010
star 5.8Ils s’appellent Azouaou, Abderhamène, Louise, Shana, Kyria ou Yanis, ils ont entre 3 ans et 4 ans quand ils commencent à discuter librement et tous ensemble de l’amour, la liberté, l’autorité, la différence, l’intelligence… Durant leurs premières années de maternelle, ces enfants, élèves à l’école d’application Jacques Prévert de Le Mée-sur- Seine, dans une ZEP de Seine-et-Marne, ont expérimenté avec leur maîtresse, Pascaline, la mise en place d’un atelier à visée philosophique.Tracking Down Maggie
1994
Tracking Down Maggie
1994
star 7.1What begins as a genuine attempt to get an interview with the so-called 'Iron Lady' former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, quickly turns into a game of cat-and-mouse in the United States. The filmmaker Nick Broomfield is snubbed at every turn. Aside from the comedy of Broomfield's repeatedly failing attempts to gain access, the film discusses the accusations that Thatcher's son, Mark, used his mother's connections to effect arms deals in Saudi Arabia.
