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  • Anote's Ark (2018)

    1. Anote's Ark

    20181h 17m
    7.1 (150)
    A look at the devastating effects that climate change has on the people living on Kiribati, a low-lying atoll in the Pacific.
    DirectorMatthieu RytzStarsAnote TongTiemeri 'Sermary' TiareAto Raatati Garstang
  • Les nettoyeurs du web (2018)

    2. Les nettoyeurs du web

    20181h 28m70Metascore
    7.1 (1.9K)
    A look at the shadowy underworld of the Internet where questionable content is removed.
    DirectorsHans BlockMoritz RiesewieckStarsMark ZuckerbergDonald TrumpNicole Wong
  • 69 minutter av 86 dager (2017)

    3. 69 minutter av 86 dager

    20171h 10m
    6.9 (46)
    We follow three year old refugee Lean on her flight through Europe, for 69 minutes of a 86 days flight.
    DirectorEgil Håskjold LarsenStarsLean KanjoBashar KanjoRazan Kanjo
  • Freedom for the Wolf (2017)

    4. Freedom for the Wolf

    20171h 29m
    7.9 (70)
    This film is about the world's most radical idea - freedom - and how it is transforming the world. It is about how people all over the globe - from Tunisian rappers to Indian comedians, from America's #BlackLivesMatter activists to Hong Kong's students - are joining the struggle for freedom.
    DirectorRupert Russell
  • Bob Lazar: Zone 51 et soucoupes volantes (2018)

    5. Bob Lazar: Zone 51 et soucoupes volantes

    20181h 37mNot Rated
    5.6 (6.8K)
    In 1989, physicist Bob Lazar broke the story of Area 51 and the US government's work on alien spacecrafts. He blew the whistle, shocked the world, then went silent - until now.
    DirectorJeremy Kenyon Lockyer CorbellStarsBob LazarGeorge KnappJeremy Kenyon Lockyer Corbell
  • The Beast Within (2008)

    6. The Beast Within

    20081h 13m
    5.7 (40)
    Nobody wants them but everybody is watching: from time immemorial, animal fights have been as much looked down upon as they have been loved. "The Beast Within" pursues the reasons for man's drive to have animals fight against each other. It picks up the trails of our martial instincts that lead into various cultures.
    DirectorYves Scagliola
  • Horror Business (2007)

    7. Horror Business

    20071h 22mNot RatedVideo
    5.4 (212)
    Take a walk on the scary side with guerrilla horror filmmakers and the bizarre culture that drives them to pursue their dreams. In 2003, filmmaker Christopher P. Garetano began what would become a two-year journey to discover what possesses people to become horror filmmakers. Armed with nothing but a camera and a microphone, Chris traveled all over the United States to visit independent filmmakers on and off their sets. In Horror Business, you will witness that quest unfold and meet some truly independent filmmakers including Mark Borchardt (American Movie) and Dave Gebroe (Zombie Honeymoon), along with monster movie personalities like Herschell Gordon Lewis (Blood Feast), Joe Bob Briggs (cult film critic and author), and Sid Haig (Foxy Brown, The Devils Rejects). This timeless essay of popcorn-generation nostalgia and behind-the-scenes moments just may prove "movie making really is no way to spend a life!"
    DirectorChristopher P. GaretanoStarsRay AdellMark BorchardtRon Atkins
  • Louie Anderson Presents (2011)

    8. Louie Anderson Presents

    201157mTV-MATV Special
    5.8 (19)
    Louie Anderson is one of the most versatile and successful comedians working in Hollywood today, loved by the television audiences who never missed his nightly hit series "Family Feud" or his appearances on late night chat shows. He is adored by standing-room-only crowds in Las Vegas and respected by readers of his books. He is worshiped by the rising comics he mentors and encourages with his honesty and wisdom Louie brings his favorite comics together for one hilarious night, with performances by Louie Anderson's comedy camp graduates Lukas Seely, Chuck Roy, Jon Wilson and veteran comedian Al Jackson. Filmed in front of a sold out audiences at San Bernardino's 1,700 seat Historic California Theatre of the Performing Arts for Showtime, LOL Comedy brings you Louie Anderson Presents.
    DirectorScott L. MontoyaStarsLouie AndersonLukas SeelyAl Jackson
  • The Hunt for Transylvanian Gold (2017)

    9. The Hunt for Transylvanian Gold

    201750m
    7.1 (190)
    The mysterious appearance of massive golden bracelets in int'l antiquarian circles uncovers an inside story of the looting of a 2000 yr-old Transylvanian golden-hoard. Police investigations of $50 million in golden loot unfold as an epic and dramatic look into the illicit trafficking of archaeological artifacts worldwide.
    DirectorAndrei-Nicolae TeodorescuStarsAugustin LazãrBarbara Deppert-LippitzVladimir Brilinsky
  • Neat: The Story of Bourbon (2018)

    10. Neat: The Story of Bourbon

    20181h 15mNot Rated
    7.5 (819)
    NEAT dives into the rich and storied world of bourbon. Exploring its colorful history, charismatic characters, and uniquely American process, the film is a celebration of the artistry that makes America’s only native spirit.
    DirectorDavid AltroggeStarsFreddie JohnsonMarianne BarnesJimmy Russell
  • Le Complexe de Frankenstein (2015)

    11. Le Complexe de Frankenstein

    20151h 47m
    7.4 (552)
    From King Kong to Avatar, from Star Wars to The Lord of the Rings, movie creatures have never been more popular as they are today. Yet the art of creating monsters for the big screen is as old as cinema itself.
    DirectorsGilles PensoAlexandre PoncetStarsRick BakerJoe DanteGuillermo del Toro
  • Metallica Through the Never (2013)

    12. Metallica Through the Never

    20131h 33mTous publics61Metascore
    7.1 (19K)
    Trip, a young roadie for Metallica, is sent on an urgent mission during the band's show. But what seems like a simple assignment turns into a surreal adventure.
    DirectorNimród AntalStarsDane DeHaanJames HetfieldLars Ulrich
  • The Gilligan Manifesto (2018)

    13. The Gilligan Manifesto

    20181h 25m
    4.6 (160)
    At the height of the Cold War, L'île aux naufragés (1964) depicted seven Americans living in an analogue of a post-apocalyptic world where the survivors have to rebuild civilization. Remarkably, the society they create is pure communist. Interviews with the show's creator and some of the surviving actors, as well from professors from Harvard, reveal that Gilligan's Island was deliberately designed to be dismissed as low brow comedy in order to celebrate Marxism and lampoon Western democratic constructs.
    DirectorCevin SolingStarsDawn WellsRussell JohnsonSherwood Schwartz
  • Silly Symphonies Rediscovered (2006)

    14. Silly Symphonies Rediscovered

    200615mVideo
    7.4 (34)
    Documentary on Silly Symphonies: Walt Disney moves from animated cartoons to marrying cartoons to music and in doing so brings many fairy stories to life.
    StarsJerry BeckRoss CareFrank Churchill
  • Hidden Colors (2011)

    15. Hidden Colors

    2011
    6.5 (924)
    Hidden Colors is a documentary about the real and untold history of people of color around the globe. This film discusses some of the reasons the contributions of African and aboriginal people have been left out of the pages of history. Traveling around the country, the film features scholars, historians, and social commentators who uncovered such amazing facts about things such as: The original image of Christ; The true story about the Moors; The original people of Asia; The great west African empires; The presence of Africans in America before Columbus; The real reason slavery was ended And much more.
    DirectorTariq NasheedStarsSabir BeyBooker T. ColemanUmar Johnson
  • Hidden Colors 3: The Rules of Racism (2014)

    16. Hidden Colors 3: The Rules of Racism

    20142h 24m
    7.1 (417)
    Hidden Colors 3: The Rules Of Racism is the third installment of the critically acclaimed documentary series Hidden Colors 1 and 2. This installment of Hidden Colors tackles the taboo subject of systematic racism. The film explores how institutional racism effects all areas of human activity,and the rules,laws,and public policies that are utilized to maintain this system. Hidden Colors 3 features commentary from a diverse group of scholars,authors,and entertainment icons,which includes actor/rapper David Banner (The Butler), comedian Paul Mooney (The Chapelle Show),New York Times Best selling author Tariq Nasheed, Civil Rights activist/comedian Dick Gregory,Hip-Hop legend Nas,and many more.
    DirectorTariq NasheedStarsShahrazad AliCarol AndersonDavid Banner
  • Hidden Colors 4: The Religion of White Supremacy (2016)

    17. Hidden Colors 4: The Religion of White Supremacy

    2016
    6.1 (317)
    Hidden Colors is a documentary about the real and untold history of people of color around the globe. This film discusses some of the reasons the contributions of African and aboriginal people have been left out of the pages of history. Traveling around the country, the film features scholars, historians, and social commentators who uncovered such amazing facts about things such as: The original image of Christ; The true story about the Moors; The original people of Asia; The great west African empires; The presence of Africans in America before Columbus; The real reason slavery was ended And much more.
    DirectorTariq NasheedStarsLlaila AfrikaDelbert BlairTony Browder
  • Hayao Miyazaki in Never-Ending Man: Hayao Miyazaki (2016)

    18. Never-Ending Man: Hayao Miyazaki

    20161h 10mTous publicsTV Movie64Metascore
    6.8 (1K)
    A look at famous Japanese animator Hayao Miyazaki following his retirement in 2013.
    DirectorKaku ArakawaStarsHayao MiyazakiToshio SuzukiYûhei Sakuragi
  • Lost Soul - The Doomed Journey Of Richard Stanley's Island of Dr. Morea (2014)

    19. Lost Soul - The Doomed Journey Of Richard Stanley's Island of Dr. Morea

    20141h 37mNot Rated
    7.4 (4.7K)
    A behind the scenes chronicle of how clash of vision, bad creative decisions, lack of interest and really bad weather plagued the disastrous production of the infamous L'Île du Dr. Moreau (1996).
    DirectorDavid GregoryStarsRichard StanleyKier-La JanisseMichael Gingold
  • Tricked: The Documentary (2013)

    20. Tricked: The Documentary

    20131h 13mNot Rated61Metascore
    6.0 (1.5K)
    This character-driven film considers the evolving sex trafficking landscape as seen by the main players: the exploited, the pimps, the johns that fuel the business, and the cops who fight to stop it.
    DirectorsJohn Keith WassonJane WellsStarsDanielle DouglasSlimRain
  • Le Grain et l'ivraie (2018)

    21. Le Grain et l'ivraie

    20181h 37mTous publics
    6.5 (70)
    The filmmaker's journey across seven Argentine provinces, investigating the social and environmental consequences of the transgenic agricultural model with agricultural toxins. Today, in order to keep up with larger export quantities, it produces grains, meat and food with pesticides and chemicals.
    DirectorFernando E. Solanas
  • Missing 411 (2016)

    22. Missing 411

    20161h 38mNot Rated
    6.4 (2.2K)
    A documentary that chronicles the similar disappearances of five children in the wilds of North America, across multiple decades.
    DirectorsMichael DeGrazierBenjamin PaulidesStarsJaryd AtaderoDeOrr Kunz Jr.Nate Eaton
  • Ramen Heads (2017)

    23. Ramen Heads

    20171h 33mNot Rated58Metascore
    7.0 (745)
    In 'Ramen Heads,' Osamu Tomita, Japan's reigning king of ramen, takes us deep into his world, revealing every single step of his obsessive approach to creating the perfect soup and noodles, and his relentless search for the highest-quality ingredients. In addition to Tomita's story, the film also profiles five other notable ramen shops, each with its own philosophy and flavour, which exemplify various different aspects the ramen world. Mixing in a brief rundown of ramen's historical roots, the film gives viewers an in-depth look at the culture surrounding this unique and beguiling dish. This is a documentary record of 15 months in the lives of Japan's top ramen masters and their legions of devoted fans.
    DirectorKoki ShigenoStarsShôta IidaKumiko IshidaKatsuya Kobayashi
  • Caitlin Fowler in Instant Dreams (2017)

    24. Instant Dreams

    20171h 31m46Metascore
    6.5 (1.2K)
    INSTANT DREAMS tells the story of a group of scientist who are trying to unravel the chemical formula of Polaroid and the Polaroid-users that eagerly await its rebirth. Each in their own way tries to keeps their instant dream alive.
    DirectorWillem BaptistStarsStefanie SchneiderStephen HerchenChris Bonanos
  • Cassie Jaye in The Red Pill (2016)

    25. The Red Pill

    20161h 48mTV-14
    8.0 (12K)
    The Red Pill chronicles filmmaker Cassie Jaye's journey following the mysterious and polarizing Men's Rights Movement. The Red Pill explores today's gender war and asks the question "what is the future of gender equality?"
    DirectorCassie JayeStarsCassie JayePaul ElamAttila Vinczer

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