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. 8,598 films · Page 37.
Arranged Documentary, Ghost-Movie, Horror, Mysterie, Psychological Thriller, Thriller, found footage film, horror film, mockbuster, pseudo-documentary
A notice reveals that a young man named Thomas Finley has been convicted of raping and killing his sister, and murdering Dr. Edgar Lauren, a psychic. He claimed a demon had committed the murders.
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Biographical documentary, documentary film, rockumentary
Documentation, documentary film
The film is about a former U.S. Army soldier, James J. Dresnok, who defected to North Korea on 15 August 1962.
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Documentation, documentary film
thumb|David Lynch in 2017 Lynch/Oz examines the influence of the 1939 Victor Fleming-directed film The Wizard of Oz on the work of American filmmaker David Lynch. The concept for the film originates from a response Lynch gave during a Q&A …
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documentary film
In November 2009, filmmaker Cameron Crowe began filming a behind-the-scenes look at the creation of the album The Union, a collaboration between musicians Elton John and Leon Russell, who hadn't spoken to one another in 38 years prior to b…
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Documentation, documentary film
Documentation, documentary film
Documentation, documentary film
documentary film, musical film
nature documentary
Walking with Cavemen follows the previous series Walking with Dinosaurs (1999) and Walking with Beasts (2001) in showcasing prehistoric life in a nature documentary style. Beginning in Ethiopia 3.2 million years ago, Walking with Cavemen f…
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Cultural Film, Komödie, Social Study, documentary film
Documentation, Fake Documentary, Komödie, Satire, Sci-Fi, comedy film
Set in 2067, the narrator tells how the world is a happier place, as meat eating ("carnism") is banned and veganism prevails. Young people express their disbelief on how people could have ever killed and eaten animals. Yasmine Vondenburgen…
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Documentation, documentary film
The Invisible War features interviews with veterans from multiple branches of the United States Armed Forces who recount the events surrounding their assaults. Their stories show many common themes, such as the lack of recourse to an impar…
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documentary film
documentary film
The film is mainly a collage of various pieces of Australian film, past and present, including Miller's own Mad Max series. Miller focuses primarily on Australian cinema as a vessel of public Dreaming, creating a link between contemporary …
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Documentation, biographical film, documentary film
documentary film
The documentary looks into the Steubenville High School rape case that occurred in August 2012. It also documents Alexandria Goddard's investigation and documentation of the crimes through her true crime blog.
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Biographical documentary, Musical, biographical film, music documentary film
Gaga: Five Foot Two is a documentary that follows a year in the life of American singer Lady Gaga at age 30 as she records, releases, and promotes her fifth studio album, Joanne. The film presents an intimate portrait of Gaga's personal an…
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Documentation, documentary film
The film follows Gameau's experiment on himself, changing from his normal diet containing no refined sugar to a 'health-conscious' diet low in fat but high in sugar, equivalent to 160 grams (40 tsp) of sugar per day. As a result, Gameau ga…
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Documentation, documentary film
Based on a feature article written by Sewell, Mad Hot Ballroom looks inside the lives of 11-year-old New York City public school kids who journey into the world of ballroom dancing and reveal pieces of themselves along the way. Told from t…
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Documentation, Musical, documentary film, musical film
Komödie, comedy film, documentary film, stand-up comedy
In the film's spy sub-plot, set before the events of the performance, Kevin is secret agent for MI6 (Agent 0054) and attends a poker game event with his date Money Berry (Halle Berry), only for it to go horribly wrong. In the performance p…
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documentary film, sport film
Beginning 6 months before the 2012 World Championships, the movie visits each of the eight subjects at their homes, some of which are as far away as Paris, Manila, Johannesburg, and Shenzhen, China to meet the kids and their parents. Once …
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Biographical documentary, documentary film
The film explores the life and career of Faye Dunaway. Dunaway also for the first time reveals her bipolar disorder diagnosis and discusses her reputation for being "difficult". Actors Sharon Stone and Mickey Rourke, director James Gray, a…
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