Top Rated Documentary Movies on Pantaflix - Page 198

We Come as Friends

2014

We Come as Friends

2014
6.8
As war-ravaged South Sudan claims independence from North Sudan and its brutal President, Omar al-Bashir, a tiny, homemade prop plane wings in from France. It is piloted by eagle-eyed documentarian Hubert Sauper, who is mining for stories in a land trapped in the past but careening toward an apocalyptic future.
Concerning Violence

2014

Concerning Violence

2014
7
Based on powerful archival material documenting the most daring moments in the struggle for liberation in the Third World, this documentary is accompanied by classic text from The Wretched of the Earth by Frantz Fanon.
The Shock Doctrine

2007

The Shock Doctrine

2007
7.4
Drawing surprising connections between market methods and CIA torture techniques developed in the 1950s, the film explores how well-known events of the recent past have been theaters for the shock doctrine, from Pinochet's coup in Chile, to the Tiananmen Square Massacre, to the war in Iraq today.
Sriracha

2013

Sriracha

2013
7.4
Sriracha has earned a cult following, but the story of this spicy sauce is a mystery to most fans. Dedicated to Sriracha lovers, this fast-paced documentary travels around the globe to reveal its origin and the man behind the iconic 'rooster sauce.'
Scenes from the Life of Andy Warhol: Friendships & Intersections

1990

Scenes from the Life of Andy Warhol: Friendships & Intersections

1990
6.5
Jonas Mekas’s intimate diary film spans 1963 to 1990, capturing Andy Warhol alongside friends and collaborators from the New York avant-garde. Featuring figures such as Allen Ginsberg, John Lennon, Yoko Ono, and George Maciunas—as well as rare footage of the Velvet Underground’s first performance—it offers a personal portrait of Warhol’s world and his intersections with art, music, and counterculture.
The Finnish Flash - A Teemu Selänne Story

2013

The Finnish Flash - A Teemu Selänne Story

2013
6.8
Selänne is a documentary about Teemu Selänne—the best Finnish ice hockey player of all time. It's directed by JP Siili, whose previous films include such hits as Härmä and Ganes. We've followed the heroic tales of Selänne for over two decades. His exploits are famous, but now we get to know Selänne the man. In this documentary Teemu lets the viewer get close and under his skin. The film follows Selänne's journey from childhood to the latest NHL season. We see the life story of an exceptional athlete inside and out, not only through Teemu's words, but through the views of his loved ones and colleagues. Selänne is charismatic, social, irritating, charming, happy and always late. Welcome to the life of Teemu Selänne!
Trances

1982

Trances

1982
6.8
A portrait of the groundbreaking Moroccan band Nass El Ghiwane, documenting a series of electrifying live performances in Tunisia, Morocco, and France; on the streets of Casablanca; and in intimate conversations. Storytellers through song and traditional instruments, and with connections to political theatre, the band became a local phenomenon and an international sensation, thanks to their rebellious lyrics and sublime, fully acoustic sound, which draws on Berber rhythms, Malhun sung poetry, and Gnawa dances.
Danse Serpentine (In a Lion's Cage)

1900

Danse Serpentine (In a Lion's Cage)

1900
5.4
Madame Ondine performs a serpentine dance surrounded by big cats.
Motion Picture (Employees Leaving the Lumière Factory)

1984

Motion Picture (Employees Leaving the Lumière Factory)

1984
3.9
In the darkroom, 50 unexposed film strips were laid across a surface, upon which a frame of "La sortie des ouvrier de l'usine Lumière" was projected. The stringing together of the individual developed sections make up the new film, which reads the original frame like a page from a musical score: within the strips from top to bottom and sequentially from left to right.
The Lion Dance

1936

The Lion Dance

1936
5.9
The lion dance in traditional Japanese theatre.
The Dark Matter of Love

2012

The Dark Matter of Love

2012
6.3
Eleven year old Masha Kulabokhova is about to be adopted into fourteen year old Cami Diaz's family. Masha grew up in a Russian orphanage; Cami was born and raised in Wisconsin and has been the exclusive focus of her parents' love her whole life. The process of Masha becoming part of the Diaz family is going to change both girls forever. The Dark Matter of Love follows Masha as she leaves Russia to the spend her first year as part of the Diaz family, who have also adopted five year old twin boys Marcel and Vadim. When the reality of bonding with children who have grown up in institutions turns out to be more difficult than they ever imagined, the Diaz's hire two of the world's best developmental psychologists to help them build their new family - through science. Sometimes hilarious, sometimes heartbreaking, The Dark Matter of Love melds the story of the Diaz family learning to love, with rare archive footage of science experiments exploring parent-child love.
Football

1897

Football

1897
5.6
Short clip of a football match, filmed on the Lumière cinematograph, 33 years before FIFA's 1st World Cup.
Passengers Descending from the Brooklyn Bridge

1896

Passengers Descending from the Brooklyn Bridge

1896
5.2
Passengers descend from the Brooklyn Bridge in New York.
Kamarinskaja

1895

Kamarinskaja

1895
4.3
Three dancers do a Russian folkloric step dance, facing the camera, in traditional clothes, fur hats and leather boots.
Der Jongleur

1895

Der Jongleur

1895
4.8
A man performs tricks on a theatre stage with a bowler hat and a billiards ball in equilibrium on his arms and body.
Coney Island at Night

1905

Coney Island at Night

1905
6
A panorama of Coney Island, taken at night: the camera sweeps across the scene from a vantage point well above the area. It then moves in for closer views of Dreamland and Luna Park.
Départ en voiture

1896

Départ en voiture

1896
4.8
Three women get in a horse-drawn carriage, as servants load luggage on the roof, before it pulls away.
Goldman Sachs: The Bank That Runs the World

2012

Goldman Sachs: The Bank That Runs the World

2012
7.3
This documentary is a case study of the multinational tentacles of the world's biggest bank, how it started and what its power means to everyone.
Evocateur: The Morton Downey Jr. Movie

2013

Evocateur: The Morton Downey Jr. Movie

2013
6
Long before O'Reilly and Beck, Morton Downey, Jr., was tearing up the talk-show format with his divisive populism. Between the fistfights, rabid audience, and Mort's cigarette smoke always "in your face," The Morton Downey Jr. Show was billed as "3-D television," "rock and roll without the music." Évocateur meditates on the hysteria that ended the '80s and ultimately its most notorious agitator.
Spanish Bullfight

1900

Spanish Bullfight

1900
4.1
With a crowded arena in the background, a stationary camera records a bull charging a picador astride his horse. An attendant on foot throws stones at the rump of the horse to get it to move. Various toreadors run past the bull to try to get him to charge or at least run about.