Top Rated Documentary Movies on Pantaflix - Page 142

As the Palaces Burn

2014

As the Palaces Burn

2014
7.3
As the Palaces Burn is a feature-length documentary that originally sought to follow Lamb of God and their fans throughout the world, to demonstrate how music ties us together when we can’t find any other common bond. However, during the filming process in 2012, the story abruptly took a dramatic turn when lead singer Randy Blythe was arrested on charges of manslaughter and blamed for the death of one of their young fans in the Czech Republic. What followed was a heart-wrenching courtroom drama that left fans, friends, and curious onlookers around the world on the edge of their seats.
The Real Inglorious Bastards

2012

The Real Inglorious Bastards

2012
7.9
The truth is way stranger than fiction,” muses one interviewee in this unbelievable true account of an incredible war time saga. As the Second World War was coming to a close, the US Office of Strategic Services trained and parachuted two Jewish refugees and a German deserter deep into Nazi occupied Austria. Through vivid first-person accounts, re-enactments, archival footage and learned commentary, the film reveals how their efforts disrupted a vital supply route between Germany and the Italian front to bring about the surrender of Innsbruck to Allied Forces. Their unbelievable adventure has a finale that beats any Hollywood movie hands down — but a story so powerful that it became the basis for Quentin Tarantino’s mega hit.
The Case Against 8

2014

The Case Against 8

2014
7
A behind-the-scenes look inside the case to overturn California's ban on same-sex marriage. Shot over five years, the film follows the unlikely team that took the first federal marriage equality lawsuit to the U.S. Supreme Court.
Louis Theroux: Law and Disorder in Philadelphia

2008

Louis Theroux: Law and Disorder in Philadelphia

2008
7.3
Louis visits one of America’s most crime-ridden cities in this installment of Law and Disorder.
Paris, Champs-Elysées (voitures)

1896

Paris, Champs-Elysées (voitures)

1896
5.1
Lumière Brothers film automobiles driving at the Champs-Elysées.
Origins of the 21st Century

2000

Origins of the 21st Century

2000
6.3
Commissioned by the heads of the 2000 Cannes Film Festival to make an opening-night short commemorating cinema as it enters its second full century, Godard instead offers up a 17-minute barrage of re-edited footage of wars and Nazi atrocities, interspersed with clips of Maurice Chevalier in "Gigi" and Godard's own "À bout de souffle."
Manakamana

2013

Manakamana

2013
7.5
A documentary about a group of pilgrims who travel to Nepal to worship at the legendary Manakamana temple.
The Vatican Exorcisms

2013

The Vatican Exorcisms

2013
4.2
The Vatican Exorcisms was shot by Joe Marino, an American film-maker who went to Italy to shed light on the phenomenon of exorcisms. Accompanied by Padre Luigi, a true exorcist, Joe travels to the south of Italy, a place where the sacred and profane have always lived together, where Christian rituals are inextricably linked to the pagan ones.
End

1992

End

1992
6.1
Peleshian transforms footage from a train ride into a metaphor for the shape of a life. Early images of faces on the train give way to landscape, a journey through a black tunnel, and a final emergence into pure white light.
Our Century

1983

Our Century

1983
5.9
A man paves his own way to his own soul through an intellectual quest, tragedies of nations and personal drama. The road moving through the cosmic distances is a flight into one's internal world. This flight and this drama are revealed in this philosophical film-poem.
Douche après le bain

1897

Douche après le bain

1897
5
Four young people throwing buckets of water at each other.
Entrée d'une noce à l'église

1897

Entrée d'une noce à l'église

1897
4.8
A marriage procession following the bride and her father enter a church.
Lyon: Quai de l'Archevêché

1896

Lyon: Quai de l'Archevêché

1896
5.4
The floods of the Saône river during the first week of November, 1896.
Luis Martinetti, Contortionist

1894

Luis Martinetti, Contortionist

1894
5
Luis Martinetti, a contortionist suspended from acrobatic flying rings, contorts himself for about thirty seconds. This is one of the first films made for Edison's kinetoscopes.
A Sixth Part of the World

1926

A Sixth Part of the World

1926
6.8
Through the travelogue format, it depicts the multitude of Soviet peoples in remote areas of USSR and details the entirety of the wealth of the Soviet land. Focusing on cultural and economic diversity, the film is in fact a call for unification in order to build a "complete socialist society".
Let the Fire Burn

2013

Let the Fire Burn

2013
7.6
Jason Osder delivers an account of the incidents leading up to and during the 1985 standoff between the extremist African-American organization MOVE and Philadelphia authorities. The dramatic clash would claim eleven lives and devastate an entire community.
Pan 0

1974

Pan 0

1974
4.4
Clouds roll by in a static haze.
Leonard-Cushing Fight

1894

Leonard-Cushing Fight

1894
5.1
In the background, five fans lean on the ropes looking into the ring. The referee is to the left; like the fans, he hardly moves as two fighters swing roundhouse blows at each other. Mike Leonard, in white trunks, is the aggressor; in black, Jack Cushing stands near the edge of the ring, warily pawing the air as Leonard comes at him. A couple of punches land, but the fighters maintain their upright postures.
I Met the Walrus

2007

I Met the Walrus

2007
7
The film is based on an interview of John Lennon by Jerry Levitan in 1969. Levitan, then 14 years old, tracked Lennon to his hotel room at Toronto's King Edward Hotel after hearing a rumour that Lennon had been sighted at the Toronto Airport. Jerry made his way into John Lennon's suite and persuaded John to agree to an interview. The animation is based on Levitan's historic 30 minute recording of the interview, which was edited down to 5 minutes.
Blood Brother

2013

Blood Brother

2013
6.9
Rocky Braat went to India as a disillusioned American tourist. When he met a group of children with HIV/AIDS, he decided to stay. He never could have imagined the obstacles he would face. Or the love he would find.