Cinema HoundSniffing out great movies.Explore documentary storytelling about people, events and ideas.
Matches come from recorded genres and theme tags; catalogue coverage can vary. 8,596 films · Page 10.
Arranged Documentary, Found Footage, Horror, Modern-Day Fantasy, adventure film, found footage film, horror film
In Egypt, a three-sided pyramid is discovered buried beneath the desert surface by an archaeological team led by Dr. Miles Holden. After a remote-controlled rover vehicle sent to map the interior goes offline the team enters the pyramid to…
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Biographical documentary, documentary film
The film reveals Yelchin's struggle with cystic fibrosis, which his parents told him about when he was 17 and he hid from close friends, colleagues, and the public. The film further shows Yelchin's passion for his artistic pursuits and clo…
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Documentation, documentary film
Streetwise portrays the lives of nine teenagers living on the streets of Seattle, Washington. Rat, the dumpster diver; Tiny, the teenage prostitute; Shellie, the baby-faced one; and DeWayne, the hustler, with a considerable portion of the …
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Animal Documentary, Dokufiction
Animation, Documentation, adult animated film, animated documentary, docudrama, independent film
The film is presented in the form of an animated documentary; animated scenes depict Amin's past and present, interspersed with archival footage of the historical context. Amin Nawabi is being interviewed in Denmark by director Jonas Poher…
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documentary film, horror film
In 2015, a video is uploaded to YouTube depicting a clown named Wrinkles emerging from beneath a young girl's bed. It quickly goes viral. In the following months, it is revealed that Wrinkles is a professional clown in Florida who offers h…
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Arranged Documentary, Documentation, Essayfilm, mockumentary
After performing magic tricks to children and quoting Jean Eugène Robert-Houdin to the effect that a magician is just an actor, Orson Welles makes a promise that everything seen in the next hour of the film will be factual. He is watched o…
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Documentation, Musical, biographical film, music documentary film, performance art
Documentation, documentary film
Fake Documentary, Sport, comedy film, mockumentary, sport film
On the first day of the 1982 Tour de France, Italian cyclist JuJu Peppi (Orlando Bloom) accidentally causes a pileup after attempting to grope a bikini clad female spectator, which causes a massive brawl to break out between all the other …
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Documentation, Horror, documentary film
documentary film
Documentation, documentary film
Documentation
Documentation, Social Study, documentary film
In post-industrial Ohio, a Chinese billionaire opens a factory in an abandoned General Motors plant, hiring two thousand Americans. Early days of hope and optimism give way to setbacks as high-tech China clashes with working-class America.
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Documentation, Musical, documentary film, musical film
Documentary about the lives of backing singers of big stars.
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Concert film, Documentation, concert film, music documentary film
Gimme Shelter is a film about the Rolling Stones live tour in 1969 and focuses on the free Altamont concert that rapidly descended into chaos and death. This documentary shows parts of the concerts, the violence, and the reaction after the…
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Concert film, Documentation, documentary film, rockumentary
The opening scene of the film has Bob Dylan displaying and discarding a series of cue cards bearing selected words and phrases from the lyrics to his 1965 song "Subterranean Homesick Blues" (including intentional misspellings and puns). Th…
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Drama Documentary
Documentation, Long Term Documentary, documentary film, sport film
The Endless Summer, by Bruce Brown, is one of the first and most influential surf movies of all times. The film documents American surfers Mike Hynson and Robert August as they travel the world during California’s winter (which back in 196…
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Biographical documentary, documentary film
The film tells the story of French volcanologists Katia and Maurice Krafft, a daring couple bound by their love for each other and their shared obsession with volcanoes. Through rare archival footage and a poetic French New Wave-inspired n…
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Documentation, documentary film
documentary film
In 1978, Ron Hyatt (now Ron Jeremy) was a teacher who dreamed of some day becoming an actor. One day his girlfriend sent his nude photo to Playgirl magazine, who published the picture as part of their "Boy Next Door" feature. Later he was …
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Documentation, documentary film
The film is a making-of documentary about the chaotic production of Werner Herzog's 1982 film Fitzcarraldo. It was filmed on location in the jungles of Peru during production of Herzog's film.
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