swap_horiz Human Flow Alternatives

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DW Documentary

DW Documentary is a production unit of Deutsche Welle, Germany’s international broadcaster. It creates factual documenta...

Analysis Global European Culture

9.1 Excellent

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Apollo 11

'Apollo 11' is a breathtaking immersive experience that uses never-before-seen footage and audio recordings to recreate...

Technology Exploration History Science

9.0 Excellent

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No Direction Home: Bob Dylan

Martin Scorsese’s “No Direction Home” chronicles Bob Dylan’s transformative period from 1961 to 1966. The documentary me...

Music Film Biography Scorsese

9.0 Excellent

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The Gatekeepers

“The Gatekeepers” presents a profound examination of Israel’s security apparatus through the recollections of six former...

Security Israel Politics Film

8.7 Great

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Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse

The documentary Hearts of Darkness meticulously chronicles the chaotic production of Francis Ford Coppola’s *Apocalypse...

Film 1990S Production Hollywood

8.6 Great

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4 Little Girls

4 Little Girls is Spike Lee's 1997 documentary on the 1963 Birmingham church bombing, Oscar nominated and added to the N...

History Film Civil Rights Spike Lee

8.5 Great

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How to Survive a Plague

How to Survive a Plague is David France's 2012 documentary on ACT UP, TAG, and AIDS activism during the early epidemic y...

Health Activism Film Aids

8.5 Great

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Streetwise

Streetwise is Martin Bell's 1984 documentary about homeless teenagers in Seattle, expanded from a Life magazine photo es...

Youth Film Poverty Seattle

8.5 Great

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This Is Not a Film

This Is Not a Film is Jafar Panahi and Mojtaba Mirtahmasb's 2011 Iranian documentary made while Panahi was under a filmm...

Politics Film Cinema Iran

8.5 Great

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Los Angeles Plays Itself

Los Angeles Plays Itself is Thom Andersen's 2003 essay documentary about how Los Angeles has been depicted and disguised...

Film 2000S Los Angeles Essay

8.4 Great

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The Story of Film: An Odyssey

The Story of Film: An Odyssey is Mark Cousins's 2011, 15-part documentary history of world cinema, notable for its wide...

History Global Series Film

8.3 Great

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Listen to Me Marlon

Listen to Me Marlon is Stevan Riley's 2015 British documentary built from Marlon Brando's private audio tapes and made w...

Acting Film Biography 2010S

8.3 Great

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Gates of Heaven

Gates of Heaven is Errol Morris's 1978 documentary on US pet cemeteries, an early independent film that helped launch hi...

Classic Film Errol Morris Pets

8.3 Great

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Of Fathers and Sons

Of Fathers and Sons is Talal Derki's 2017 German-Syrian documentary on jihadist indoctrination in Syria, filmed undercov...

Family Film War Syria

8.3 Great

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The Overnighters

The Overnighters is Jesse Moss's 2014 documentary about a North Dakota pastor sheltering workers during the Bakken oil b...

Film Religion Oil Labor

8.3 Great

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Into Great Silence

Into Great Silence is Philip Groening's 2005 documentary on Carthusian monks at Grande Chartreuse, filmed after a 16-yea...

Film Monastery Contemplative Religion

8.3 Great

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Let the Fire Burn

Let the Fire Burn is Jason Osder's 2013 documentary on the 1985 Philadelphia MOVE standoff and bombing that killed 11 pe...

History Philadelphia Film Policing

8.3 Great

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The Devil and Daniel Johnston

The Devil and Daniel Johnston is Jeff Feuerzeig's 2005 documentary about musician Daniel Johnston, notable for winning S...

Music Mental Health Film Biography

8.3 Great

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Last Days in Vietnam

Last Days in Vietnam is Rory Kennedy's 2014 documentary on the 1975 evacuation of Saigon, nominated for the Best Documen...

History Film War Vietnam

8.2 Great

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Workingman's Death

Workingman's Death is Michael Glawogger's 2005 documentary examining extreme manual labor in countries including Ukraine...

Global Film Essay Labor

8.0 Great