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Matches come from recorded genres and theme tags; catalogue coverage can vary. 8,596 films · Page 9.
Cultural Film, documentary film
Robert Crumb, a pioneer in the underground comix movement of the 1960s, collects 78-rpm blues records from the 1920s and '30s and is moving soon with his wife (fellow comics artist Aline Kominsky-Crumb) and daughter (Sophie) to a house in …
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Documentation, Musical, documentary film
Explores the Lilith Fair, a musical festival founded by Sarah McLachlan, which focused on female solo musicians and female-led bands. McLachlan, Paula Cole, Sheryl Crow, Brandi Carlile, Erykah Badu, Bonnie Raitt, Jewel, Indigo Girls, Mya, …
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Animal Documentary
Popular documentary by Frenchman Luc Jacquet, who filmed emperor penguins in the Antarctic. The resulting images are extraordinary and unique. The film achieved the highest box office takings of any documentary worldwide after Michael Moor…
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Secret Agent, Thriller, biographical film, docudrama, documentary film, drama film, spy film
Eric O'Neill is a young ambitious FBI employee assigned to work undercover as a clerk to Robert Hanssen, a senior agent he is told is suspected of being a sexual deviant. Hanssen has been recalled from a detail post at the State Department…
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Monster Film, action thriller, documentary film
Big game hunter Bill, owner of Avex-Bio Tech, leads a hunting party with his best hunter Anna, where he takes wealthy participants to hunt down Graboids on Dark Island, a private area where he operates his company. Dr. Jasmine 'Jas' Welker…
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Fake Documentary, Komödie, comedy film, mockumentary
Set in the 1920s and 1930s, the film concerns Leonard Zelig, a nondescript man who has the ability to transform his behavior and demeanor to that of the people who surround him. He is first observed at a party by F. Scott Fitzgerald, who n…
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Pseudoscientific Documentary, comedy drama, science fiction film
Filmed in Portland, Oregon, What the Bleep Do We Know!? presents a viewpoint of the physical universe and human life within it, with connections to neuroscience and quantum physics. Some ideas discussed in the film are: That the universe i…
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Documentation, documentary film
The official website describes, "Expanding on the themes they developed in Baraka (1992) and Chronos (1985), Samsara explores the wonders of our world from the mundane to the miraculous, looking into the unfathomable reaches of humanity's …
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Documentation, documentary film
The film begins with a profile of Kenneth Lay, who founded Enron in 1985. In 1987, the company becomes embroiled in scandal after two traders begin betting on the oil markets, resulting in suspiciously consistent profits. One of the trader…
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Teen Horror Film, horror film, mystery film, slasher film, teen film
After conversing with security guard Reese Wilson about a murder spree that happened on the campus where she had previously worked, Amy Mayfield, a student at prestigious film school Alpine University, is inspired to make her thesis film a…
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Event Documentary, Musical, documentary film, musical film, rockumentary
Arranged Documentary, Documentation, documentary film
Moore begins by introducing himself and his family through 8 mm archival home movies; he describes himself as the Irish American Catholic middle-class son of a General Motors employee assembling AC spark plugs. Moore chronicles how GM had …
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Biographical picture, LGBTQ-related film, documentary film, drama film
Action, Adventure, children's film
In the summer of 1967, Marshall Stouffer is chased in Fort Smith, Arkansas, by his two older brothers, Mark and Marty; the brothers love using Marshall to film him in stunts, which he dislikes. Occasionally, Marty and Mark will show footag…
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Documentation, documentary film
Event Documentary, concert film
Dark Comedy, Horror, comedy film, comedy horror, documentary film, slasher film, thriller film
Ronnie, a pathological liar who fabricates stories about disco groups like the Bee Gees, runs a disco-themed walking location tour in his town, alongside his son Brayden, who aspires to be a space fantasy author. Ronnie allows Brayden to l…
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Documentation, documentary film, war film
The film tells the story of the twenty days Chernov spent with his colleagues in the besieged city of Mariupol in February–March 2022 in the first weeks of the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine. Chernov compiled footage that he collec…
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Documentation, crime film, documentary film
Class Action Park chronicles the life of penny stockbroker Eugene Mulvihill, who is described as having become rich from pump-and-dump schemes. It outlines his path to opening Vernon Township, New Jersey's Action Park in 1978. He envisione…
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documentary film
The film examines the 1969 Harlem Cultural Festival, which took place on six Sundays between June 29 and August 24 at Mount Morris Park (now Marcus Garvey Park) in Harlem, using professional footage of the festival that was filmed as it ha…
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comedy film, documentary film
After attending a workshop on how to write and sell a Hallmark movie, filmmaker John Wilson attempts to utilize the same commercial formula to create and sell a documentary about the history of concrete. The project evolves into a humorous…
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Documentation, Komödie, comedy film, documentary film, stand-up comedy
The film opens with a pre-taped sketch depicting a scene from Murphy's childhood. At a family Thanksgiving in November 1968, the children take turns showing their talents to the assembled relatives (including one played by Murphy himself).…
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Documentation, documentary film
The film opens with a 1968 interview on The Dick Cavett Show. Cavett notes that Baldwin is often asked a stubborn question: "Why aren't the Negroes optimistic?" He says that many people believe the situation to be improving considerably, w…
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Drama Documentary, Fake Documentary, science fiction film
In the near future, the Vietnam War is escalating, South Korea's capital of Seoul is under bombardment, and the Soviet Union is deploying their U-boats off the coast of Cuba. As a "preventive measure" against possible attacks and sabotages…
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