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Matches come from recorded genres and theme tags; catalogue coverage can vary. 8,596 films · Page 11.
Documentation, Essayfilm, documentary film
Voyage of Time is a celebration of the universe, displaying the whole of time, from its start to its final collapse. This film examines all that occurred to prepare the world that stands before us now: science and spirit, birth and death, …
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Documentation, documentary film
The film begins with archival footage of a young Ayrton Senna racing go-karts. In voiceover, the adult Senna wistfully recalls that back then, "there was no money, no politics – it was real racing." Senna joins Formula One in 1984. After e…
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Documentation, Musical, documentary film
In 1944, Jimmy Page is born amid the rubble of a Britain devastated by the Nazis during the Blitz. As World War II ends, John Paul Jones queues for rations, while Robert Plant chafes against the country's grey austerity, gazing longingly t…
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Event Documentary, biographical film, documentary film
Documentation, documentary film
Arranged Documentary, Event Documentary
The film tells the story of the search for and subsequent rescue of 13 boys from a flooded cave in Thailand in 2018, primarily from the perspective of two British divers. It uses original footage, re-enacted scenes and interviews.
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Biographical documentary
Documentation, documentary television film
Event Documentary, documentary film
thumb|left|200px|Firehouse of FDNY Engine 7, Ladder 1, and Battalion 1 thumb|left|200px|Jules Naudet captured American Airlines Flight 11 striking the North Tower. Filmmakers James Hanlon and the Naudet brothers were given permission by th…
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Fake Documentary, Komödie, pseudo-documentary
Fifteen years after his appearance in the BBC2 "documentary" series The Office, David Brent is a sales rep for bathroom supply firm Lavichem. His colleagues include his nemesis, Jezza, who cannot stand Brent or his jokes; however, he gets …
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Fake Documentary, Satire, alternate history film, black comedy film, comedy drama, mockumentary
During the Civil War, Judah P. Benjamin, CSA Secretary of State and chief advisor to Jefferson Davis, successfully convinces France and Britain to aid the CSA militarily by framing the issue as one of "states' rights", not slavery. The com…
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Documentation, documentary film
Director James Cameron returns to the site of the 1912 wreck of the RMS Titanic, aboard the Russian research vessel Akademik Mstislav Keldysh with a team of history and marine experts, and his friend Bill Paxton. Cameron and the crew docum…
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Fake Documentary, Horror comedy, Slasher Horror, comedy horror, horror film, slasher film
The film is shot as a documentary set in a world where the killers depicted in famous slasher films are historical figures. A journalist named Taylor Gentry and her two cameramen, Doug and Todd, document Leslie Vernon as he prepares to joi…
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Documentation, Event Documentary, Horror, Social Study, documentary film
The Bridge is the controversial documentary that shows people jumping to their death from the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco. Director Eric Steel staked out for a year under the infamous bridge filming 23 suicides. The footage was the…
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Documentation, Political Documentary, documentary film
thumb|left|thumbtime=1:05|Shot from the film trailer for Citizenfour In January 2013, Laura Poitras, an American documentary film director/producer who had been working for several years on a film about monitoring programs in the United St…
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Documentation, documentary film
James Wilks is a mixed martial artist and self defense instructor. Having suffered an injury he used his downtime to explore the effects of plant-based diets on health, recovery, and athletic performance. He first explores the vegetarian d…
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Fake Documentary, Komödie, Musical, Parodie, music-themed film, parody film, pseudo-documentary
All You Need Is Cash is a series of skits and gags that illustrate the fictional Rutles story, closely following the chronology of the Beatles' career.
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Drama Documentary, documentary film
The film tells the story of Joyce Vincent, whose skeletal remains were found in her flat in Wood Green, North London, in January 2006. Joyce was found surrounded by wrapped Christmas gifts and with her TV still switched on, having remained…
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Documentation, documentary film
Documentation, documentary film
Cartoon, Documentation, documentary film, live-action/animated film, propaganda film, war film
Documentation, documentary film
An examination of the intended consequences of the Iraqi war with a focus on events at Abu Ghraib prison which began to appear in global media in 2004. The prison quickly became notorious for the photos of the abuse of terror suspects, the…
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Concert film, documentary film, musical film, rock music
Biographical documentary, documentary film