Top Rated Documentary Movies on Hoopla - Page 116

Yiddish

2020

Yiddish

2020
6.8
Seven young people tell their personal stories with the Yiddish language while discussing the life and work of avant-garde Yiddish poets.
Germany's Wild Wolves - As They Really Are

2019

Germany's Wild Wolves - As They Really Are

2019
8
Wolves – some see in them predatory beasts, others romanticize them as mythical creatures. But does their fabled competitive hierarchy also exist in the wild? Over a period of three years, our filmmaker obtained unique footage of a family of wild wolves as has never been seen before in Europe. This is the first documentary about wild wolves in Germany shot exclusively in the wild; it shows how similar the social structures of humans and wolves are and dispels myths about a fascinating wild animal.
Don't Fall in Love with Yourself

2022

Don't Fall in Love with Yourself

2022
5
A documentary about the life and music of Justin Pearson. An enigmatic underground musician and owner of Three One G records.
Higher Love

2020

Higher Love

2020
6
A blue collar worker tries to rescue his pregnant, heroin-addicted girlfriend from the notorious streets of Camden, NJ and her close-knit group of drug users. Once their son is born, he forces her to choose between her life with her drug "family" and one with him and their child.
The Man Who Invented The Vespa

2015

The Man Who Invented The Vespa

2015
7
Corradino D'Ascanio gave us three inventions that influenced the 20th century: the helicopter, the variable pitch propelled and the famous Vespa.
Mars Calling: Manifest Destiny or Grand Illusion?

2018

Mars Calling: Manifest Destiny or Grand Illusion?

2018
9.5
Some believe Mars is the next home for Humanity. But the real "red planet" is a trickster; strikingly beautiful, yet sweetly sinister. Even as a growing armada of instruments arrive, this small cold world conceals its secrets. This film merges the mythic and the scientific to show that Mars may not be what we imagine. Settlers beware: the Red Planet may change us as much as we change it.
Kinsey

2005

Kinsey

2005
1
Documentary examining the impact and continuing influence of 'Alfred Kinsey"s groundbreaking research on human sexuality.
Thea

2016

Thea

2016
7.5
A captivating short film about Thea, a 12-year-old Norwegian girl whose life is conditioned by epileptic seizures.
Saving Mes Aynak

2014

Saving Mes Aynak

2014
7
Saving Mes Aynak follows Afghan archaeologist Qadir Temori as he races against time to save a 5,000-year-old archaeological site in Afghanistan from imminent demolition. A Chinese state-owned mining company is closing in on the ancient site, eager to harvest $100 billion dollars worth of copper buried directly beneath the archaeological ruins. Only 10% of Mes Aynak has been excavated, though, and some believe future discoveries at the site have the potential to redefine the history of Afghanistan and the history of Buddhism itself. Qadir Temori and his fellow Afghan archaeologists face what seems an impossible battle against the Chinese, the Taliban and local politics to save their cultural heritage from likely erasure.
Woodstock: 3 Days That Changed Everything

2019

Woodstock: 3 Days That Changed Everything

2019
7
Woodstock started as a music festival but became something more. Its mix of music & ideals resonate now more than ever.
The Shadow of the Desert (or the Paradise Regained)

2020

The Shadow of the Desert (or the Paradise Regained)

2020
5
While an exodus of migrants waits to cross the deadly Altar Desert towards the US, the last Natives of the desert survive a diaspora that has them on the verge of vanishing.
All Against All

2019

All Against All

2019
7
This richly illustrated historical documentary investigates the mechanism of nationalist feelings that radicalise. It shows how fascism was on the rise even a decade before the founding of the NSB, due to a number of anti-democratic initiatives led by a millionaire with a predilection for one-legged women, a market vendor, a cleric, and an artist. Historians, writers and collectors of fascist curios reveal how an initially marginal and fragmented movement grew into a radical populist party.
Most Likely to Succeed

2019

Most Likely to Succeed

2019
8
In 2007, four teenagers from disparate backgrounds are voted "Most Likely To Succeed" during their senior year of high school. Over a ten-year period, they each chart their own version of success and navigate the unpredictability of American life in the 21st Century.
Robolove

2020

Robolove

2020
6
Robolove is a documentary that explores the interaction between humans and humanoid robots. The filmmaker visits various technology research centers in Japan, Korea, China, USA and Europe as researchers share the challenges of injecting human emotions into these robots.
I Love You I Miss You I Hope I See You Before I Die

2020

I Love You I Miss You I Hope I See You Before I Die

2020
8
A harsh and dreamy story of a young girl from the American West and her longing heart. Through Betty we experience a tight family clan of children born by children born by children where love and dependency go hand in hand.
Retirement Home

2017

Retirement Home

2017
10
A group of elders spends their weekdays in a retirement home in Sandim, in the north of Portugal, where they talk, do arts and crafts, practice yoga and pray. We follow them between October 2012 and March 2013, when an economic crisis overshadowed Portuguese society and unemployment rates reached record levels. Meanwhile, arrangements are made for the Carnival ball. Will they bring the first place home this time?
Life Love Dogs

2019

Life Love Dogs

2019
7
Heartwarming, inspiring documentary that explores the unbreakable bonds we share with our dogs & how humans and dogs rescue each other.
Iceland You Think You're Alone

2018

Iceland You Think You're Alone

2018
8.2
Iceland is one of the wildest places on earth. You could be caught up in the midst of snowstorms and blizzards, but you are never alone... Although tourists from all over the world have started a silent invasion, nature keeps on winning.
Narrowsburg

2019

Narrowsburg

2019
6
The stranger-than-fiction story of a French film producer and her mafioso-turned-actor husband who attempt to turn a tiny town into the “Sundance of the East.”
Roy's World: Barry Gifford's Chicago

2020

Roy's World: Barry Gifford's Chicago

2020
6
Author Barry Gifford's gritty autobiographical stories of growing up in 1950s Chicago provide the backdrop for an impressionistic documentary portrait of a vanished time and place.