swap_horiz Monterey Pop Alternatives

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The Up Series

The Up Series is a British longitudinal documentary project following people from childhood into adulthood, beginning wi...

Life Classic Series Britain

9.1 Excellent

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The Sorrow and the Pity

The Sorrow and the Pity is Marcel Ophuls's 1969 French documentary on Vichy-era Clermont-Ferrand, notable for challengin...

Classic History France Wwii

8.8 Great

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Summer of Soul

Summer of Soul is Questlove's 2021 documentary about the 1969 Harlem Cultural Festival, built from long-unseen concert f...

Music Archive Festival 2020S

8.7 Great

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Chronicle of a Summer

Chronicle of a Summer is a 1961 French film by Jean Rouch and Edgar Morin, noted as a landmark of cinema verite social d...

Classic France 1960S Society

8.6 Great

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Dont Look Back

Dont Look Back is D. A. Pennebaker's 1967 documentary on Bob Dylan's 1965 UK tour, noted for its direct cinema style and...

Music Classic Tour 1960S

8.5 Great

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Seven Up!

Seven Up! is Paul Almond's 1964 British television documentary profiling 14 seven-year-olds, launching the long-running...

Life Series Britain 1960S

8.5 Great

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Salesman

Salesman is a 1969 direct cinema documentary by Albert and David Maysles and Charlotte Zwerin, following door-to-door Bi...

American Portrait 1960S Maysles

8.4 Great

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Night Mail

Night Mail is a 1936 British GPO Film Unit documentary about a postal train, noted for Basil Wright and Harry Watt's dir...

Classic British Railway Transport

8.3 Great

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Primary

Primary is a 1960 U.S. documentary on the Kennedy-Humphrey Wisconsin primary, notable for pioneering direct cinema campa...

Campaign Politics 1960S Cinema Verite

8.3 Great

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When We Were Kings

When We Were Kings is a 1996 documentary about Muhammad Ali and George Foreman's 1974 Zaire fight, notable for winning a...

Music Boxing Ali 1990S

8.3 Great

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Titicut Follies

Titicut Follies is Frederick Wiseman's 1967 film on Bridgewater State Hospital, notable for exposing institutional abuse...

Mental Health 1960S America Institution

8.2 Great

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Jazz

Jazz is Ken Burns's 2001 PBS documentary series on American jazz, tracing the music from New Orleans origins through maj...

Music Series 2000S Jazz

8.2 Great

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Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour

Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour is a 2023 concert film capturing performances from the Los Angeles leg of Swift’s sixth head...

Movie Concert United States 2020S

8.1 Great

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Medium Cool

Medium Cool is a 1969 drama film set in Chicago during the summer of 1968. The movie employs cinéma vérité techniques al...

Drama Movie 1960S United States

8.1 Great

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The Plow That Broke the Plains

The Plow That Broke the Plains is a 1936 U.S. government documentary by Pare Lorentz, noted for linking Dust Bowl devast...

Classic Agriculture 1930S America

8.1 Great

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Homecoming: A Film by Beyonce

Homecoming: A Film by Beyonce is a 2019 concert documentary about Beyonce's 2018 Coachella performance and its historica...

Music Netflix Concert Beyoncé

8.1 Great

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Country Music

Country Music is Ken Burns's 2019 PBS documentary series tracing the American genre from Southern roots to national comm...

Music Series Country Ken Burns

8.1 Great

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Let There Be Light

Let There Be Light is John Huston's 1946 U.S. Army documentary on soldiers treated for war trauma, notable for being sup...

Classic Wwii Mental Health War

8.0 Great

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20 Feet from Stardom

20 Feet from Stardom is Morgan Neville's 2013 documentary on backup singers, notable for winning the Academy Award for B...

Music Soul Hollywood 2010S

7.9 Good

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George Harrison: Living in the Material World

George Harrison: Living in the Material World is Martin Scorsese's 2011 documentary tracing the Beatle's music, spiritua...

Music Biography 2010S Beatles

7.8 Good