Documentals
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1.
Without Walls (1990–1996)
Episode:
Hell's Angel: Mother Teresa
(1994)
25 min | Documentary, Biography
Christopher Hitchens investigates whether Mother Teresa of Calcutta deserves her saintly image. He probes her campaigns against contraception and foeticide and her questionable relationships with wealthy religious and political leaders.
Director: Jenny Morgan | Stars: Christopher Hitchens, Mother Teresa, Jean-Bertrand Aristide, Mihir Bose
Votes: 488
2. What Happened, Miss Simone? (2015)
Not Rated | 101 min | Documentary, Biography, Music
A documentary about the life and legend Nina Simone, an American singer, pianist, and civil rights activist labeled the "High Priestess of Soul."
Director: Liz Garbus | Stars: Nina Simone, Lisa Simone Kelly, Roger Nupie, Al Schackman
Votes: 14,826
3. They'll Love Me When I'm Dead (2018)
TV-MA | 98 min | Documentary, Biography
In the final fifteen years of the life of legendary director Orson Welles, he pins his Hollywood comeback hopes on a film, The Other Side of the Wind (2018), in itself a film about an aging film director trying to finish his last great movie.
Director: Morgan Neville | Stars: Alan Cumming, Peter Bogdanovich, Oja Kodar, Orson Welles
Votes: 5,439
4. Luna grande, un tango por García Lorca (2017)
65 min | Documentary
Director: Juan José Ponce | Stars: Antonio de la Torre, Juan Echanove, Asier Etxeandia, Verónica Forqué
Votes: 9
5. Lunas de Nueva York (2015)
62 min | Documentary
Moons of New York recalls the trip that Federico García Lorca made to New York, where he stayed for nine months, which were to prove fundamental in his personal and literary development.
Director: Juan José Ponce | Stars: Alfonso Alcalá, Lara Bello, Arturo Cid, Luis Antonio de Villena
Votes: 6
6. The Salt of the Earth (2014)
PG-13 | 110 min | Documentary, Biography, History
The life and work of photographer Sebastião Salgado, who has spent forty years documenting societies in hidden corners of the world.
Directors: Juliano Ribeiro Salgado, Wim Wenders | Stars: Sebastião Salgado, Wim Wenders, Lélia Wanick Salgado, Juliano Ribeiro Salgado
Votes: 23,451 | Gross: $1.34M
7. Antonio Machado. Los días azules (2020)
94 min | Documentary
Director: Laura Hojman | Stars: Pedro Casablanc, Luis García Montero, Ian Gibson, Alfonso Guerra
Votes: 105
8. 30 años de oscuridad (2012)
85 min | Documentary, Animation, Drama
When the Spanish Civil War came to an end, Manuel Cortes was unable to flee the country. After a long journey, he managed to get back home in the dark without being discovered. His wife, ... See full summary »
Director: Manuel H. Martín | Stars: Juan Diego, Luis Fernández de Eribe, Ana Fernández
Votes: 96
9. Bombshell: The Hedy Lamarr Story (2017)
88 min | Documentary, Biography, History
The life and career of the hailed Hollywood movie star and underappreciated genius inventor, Hedy Lamarr.
Director: Alexandra Dean | Stars: Hedy Lamarr, Mel Brooks, Jennifer Hom, Anthony Loder
Votes: 4,302 | Gross: $0.82M
10. The Act of Killing (2012)
Not Rated | 117 min | Documentary, Biography, Crime
A documentary which challenges former Indonesian death-squad leaders to reenact their mass-killings in whichever cinematic genres they wish, including classic Hollywood crime scenarios and lavish musical numbers.
Directors: Joshua Oppenheimer, Anonymous, Christine Cynn | Stars: Anwar Congo, Herman Koto, Syamsul Arifin, Ibrahim Sinik
Votes: 40,804 | Gross: $0.49M
11. The Velvet Queen (2021)
92 min | Documentary, Adventure
Two men explore the high-altitude wilderness of Tibet with many cameras, filming wildlife from a respectful distance and searching for the rare snow leopard.
Directors: Marie Amiguet, Vincent Munier | Stars: Vincent Munier, Sylvain Tesson
Votes: 2,797
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