Top Rated Documentary Movies on Pantaflix - Page 274

Bear Country

1953

Bear Country

1953
7.4
Bear Country is a 1953 American short documentary film directed by James Algar. It won an Academy Award at the 26th Academy Awards in 1954 for Best Short Subject (Two-Reel).[1] The film was produced by Walt Disney as part of the True-Life Adventures series of nature documentaries.
To Love

1968

To Love

1968
6
Four love stories connected by newsreels of the late 60s. Each short story begins with an epigraph taken from the Song of Songs of the Old Testament. The stories are interconnected by documentary shots and numerous interviews taken on the streets from passers-by who are asked the same question: “what does it mean to love?”.
The ABC's of Sex Education for Trainable Persons

1975

The ABC's of Sex Education for Trainable Persons

1975
5.4
This training film is meant for professionals who work with the mentally impaired, and is meant to teach them how to help their patients deal with sexual issues.
Tale of a Forest

2012

Tale of a Forest

2012
6.9
A documentary that unveils the primeval forests of Northern Finland, some of Europe's sole remaining, old-growth forests. The main characters of the film are the various inhabitants of the forest: the bears and the elk, the snakes and the owls, the ants, the frogs and the flying squirrels, the ancient soul birds such as the Siberian Jay, the Lapland Owl and many, many others.
Anita

2013

Anita

2013
7
The story of young, brilliant African-American Anita Hill who accuses the Supreme Court nominee Clarence Thomas of unwanted sexual advances during explosive Senate Hearings in 1991 and ignites a political firestorm about sexual harassment, race, power and politics that resonates today.
Canyon

1970

Canyon

1970
5.6
“A silent perusal of the Grand Canyon, morning to night, from a single, fixed camera position, by means of constant dissolves spaced a few seconds apart. Man — entirely absent — is no longer the center of the universe; the canyon exists outside of him. Despite the invisible photographer and his technologically-caused dissolves, this is a creditable approximation of the true foreign-ness of nature.” — Amos Vogel, Film as a Subversive Art (1974)
Human Remains

1998

Human Remains

1998
7.3
Human Remains is a haunting documentary which illustrates the banality of evil by creating intimate portraits of five of the 20th century's most reviled dictators. The film unveils the personal lives of Adolf Hitler, Benito Mussolini, Joseph Stalin, Francisco Franco and Mao Tse Tung. We learn the private and mundane details of their everyday lives -- their favorite foods, films, habits and sexual preferences. There is no mention of their public lives or of their place in history. The intentional omission of the horrors for which these men were responsible hovers over the film.
Warszawa 1956

1956

Warszawa 1956

1956
6.1
Over a decade after the almost total wartime destruction, Warsaw still looks bruised and battered. Ruined houses are nevertheless inhabited which can be dangerous for the local population.
Post-Haste

1934

Post-Haste

1934
4.9
Humphrey Jennings' first film as a director, a brief overview of the British postal service.
Corridor

1970

Corridor

1970
6.4
An unknown observer is seen traveling through a bleak corridor. At the end of the corridor they see a naked woman, whom they are unable to reach as their trip seems to become increasingly twisted and looped.
Children of Darkness

1983

Children of Darkness

1983
6.9
A significant number of American children and teenagers - from all social backgrounds - suffer from mental disorders, schizophrenia, autism and emotional problems, leading them to isolation from society while treating their issues in mental health facilities. But there's no end in sight for those young individuals when they face obstacles and mistreatment in inadequate places under the supervision of careless and inexperienced professionals. The documentary follows some of those public mental institutions and another private center dealing with troubled kids and reveals what's wrong with their procedures, and the irreparable harm they cause in those patients.
Fengming: A Chinese Memoir

2007

Fengming: A Chinese Memoir

2007
7.7
The film consists almost entirely of an interview with the elderly He Fengming, recounting her experiences in post-1949 China.
Siege

1940

Siege

1940
5.9
Siege is a 1940 documentary short about the Siege of Warsaw by the Wehrmacht at the start of World War II. It was shot by Julien Bryan, a Pennsylvanian photographer and cameraman who later established the International Film Foundation. Siege was nominated for an Oscar for Best One-reel Short at the 13th Academy Awards in 1941, and in 2006, it was named to the National Film Registry by the Librarian of Congress as "a unique, horrifying record of the dreadful brutality of war."
Multiple SIDosis

1970

Multiple SIDosis

1970
5
Short film utilizing quick cuts and multiple angles of a one-man-band musical performance by Sid Lavarents (who served as both film-maker and musician). Added to the National Film Registry, Library of Congress for 2000.
The Plow That Broke the Plains

1936

The Plow That Broke the Plains

1936
5.7
A documentary about what happened to the Great Plains of the United States and Canada when uncontrolled farming destroyed the soil and led to the Dust Bowl.
Historic Centre

2012

Historic Centre

2012
6.2
Four voices and their visions of Guimarães, cradle city of the Portuguese nation and European Capital of Culture in 2012.
A Bigger Splash

1973

A Bigger Splash

1973
5.8
After a difficult break-up, Hockney is left unable to paint, much to the concern of his friends.
Legends of the Dark Knight: The History of Batman

2005

Legends of the Dark Knight: The History of Batman

2005
7
A brief history of the DC Comics character Batman, created by Bob Kane in 1939.
Alien Autopsy: (Fact or Fiction?)

1995

Alien Autopsy: (Fact or Fiction?)

1995
5.8
This provacative FOX Network "prime time" television special investigates the purported "Alien Autopsy" footage that was allegedly filmed by the United States military after the legendary UFO crash near Roswell, New Mexico in 1947.
The Road to 'Dracula'

1999

The Road to 'Dracula'

1999
7.4
A documentary from Universal about the movie "Dracula" (1931) starring Bela Lugosi.