My Collection of Documentaries
I couldn't list them all, as not all are on IMDB, but at least it's a good part of it.
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- DirectorFenton BaileyRandy BarbatoStarsDavid AnthonyGary BarryScott Black101 Rent Boys is shot on location in various motel rooms situated on the length of the Santa Monica Boulevard, and features 101 different hustlers. Although the film features 101 different people, it focuses on the lives (and loves) of a few key men. They have been chosen to reflect the immense diversity of the boys of the Santa Monica Strip. An amazing thing happens when you cross a video camera with award-winning directors, $50 and a hustler. The pieces are slickly grouped to cover certain themes; such as their first john, gay for pay, homelessness, drugs or the reason that they began to work as a rent boy. It also explores the variety of insiders' opinion on subjects such as; how a rent boy should dress, speak, act, think, give head, receive head, increase cash flow, keep safe, walk, eat, smoke, and flirt.
- StarsMorgan SpurlockRyan HickmottEd CollerA 24-year old straight man moves to San Francisco to live in what is known to have the largest gay community in the country.
- DirectorChris WaittStarsAleksandra BoyarskayaDanielle McLeodOlivia TrenchA humorous look at life for a loser in love.
- DirectorJoshua OppenheimerAnonymousChristine CynnStarsAnwar CongoHerman KotoSyamsul ArifinA 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.
- DirectorRon FrickeStarsPatrick DisantoA collection of expertly photographed scenes of human life and religion.
- DirectorChris BouldingStarsMaggi ChapmanJean DavisonTamsin GreigTelling the intriguing and poignant story of the closure of Britain's insane asylums.
- DirectorDoug PrayA portrait of contemporary American life, as seen through the eyes of long-haul truck drivers.
- DirectorMonica BiglerSarah PriorStarsSteve HarrisSharon PackerAndre RambaudA documentary about Americans who are actively engaged in preparations for nuclear attack. Journey into the interior of the country--into the bomb shelters that lie beneath us and into the minds that make them.
- DirectorWerner HerzogStarsWerner HerzogJean ClottesJulien MonneyWerner Herzog gains exclusive access to film inside the Chauvet caves of Southern France and captures the oldest known pictorial creations of humanity.
- DirectorKirby DickStarsEthan AdagioSilva ArzunyanStephanie De La GarzaChain Camera is a 2001 American documentary film directed by Kirby Dick about the lives of Los Angeles high school students.
- DirectorEdet BelzbergStarsCristina IonescuMihai Alexandre TudoseVioleta 'Macarena' RosuA profile of homeless Romanian children who were born victims of the nation's reckless population growth policy during its communist era.
- DirectorRon TibbettStarsShane BallardAaron DunnCharles MansonAdult businesses in Lowndes County, Mississippi (the "Buckle of the Bible Belt") are being unfairly harassed by local law enforcement. Record label owner Shane Ballard, 22, plans to change that. He is a Republican candidate for sheriff. This documentary follows Ballard on and off the campaign trail during his controversial bid for public office. Along the way, we learn about his strange music, his even stranger hobbies, and his friendship with Charles Manson. We also discover some unsettling truths about his mother's mysterious death in Lowndes County. Can an obscene, porn-loving political unknown change minds in a small southern town? If anyone can, it's "Citizen Shane".
- DirectorDaniel GordonStarsDamion CruzzBruce CumingsJames Joseph DresnokA British documentary about US Army defector James Dresnok currently living in North Korea after having defected during the 60s.
- DirectorMarc SingerStarsMarc SingerA cinematic portrait of the homeless population who live permanently in the underground tunnels of New York City.
- DirectorLes BlankMaureen GoslingStarsAlphonse ArdoinGustave ArdoinMorris ArdoinA portrait of black Creole life in the Louisiana Delta, accompanied by the hot sounds of Zydeco music.
- DirectorNigel FinchStarsRalph SteadmanHunter S. ThompsonEdward JuddA look at "Gonzo journalist", Hunter S. Thompson with his collaborator, British illustrator, Ralph Steadman.
- DirectorRalph ArlyckStarsRalph ArlyckSean FarrellThirty years, three generations, and a lifetime later, award-winning filmmaker Ralph Arlyck returns to San Francisco in search of Sean, the boy who was the subject of his controversy-sparking 1969 documentary.
- DirectorLes BlankStarsTeresa PeacockSherry DorstTobe Melora CorrealA charming valentine to women born with a space between their teeth.
- DirectorEllen HovdeAlbert MayslesDavid MayslesStarsEdith Bouvier BealeEdith 'Little Edie' Bouvier BealeBrooks HyersMeet a mother and daughter, high-society dropouts, reclusive cousins of Jackie O., managing to thrive together amid the decay and disorder of their East Hampton, NY, mansion, making for an eerily ramshackle echo of the American Camelot.
- DirectorChris SmithStarsEd PedenBen SkoraDiana PedenDocumentary look at five unusual homes and the people who built (or adapted) them.
- DirectorCharles FergusonStarsMatt DamonGylfi ZoegaAndri Snær MagnasonTakes a closer look at what brought about the 2008 financial meltdown.
- DirectorDean AliotoStarsBeng SpiesBob BrewerGary Chilcote
- DirectorMichel NegroponteStarsMaggie CoganKatina CommingsMichel Negroponte, a documentary filmmaker, meets Maggie one day in Central Park. Maggie claims to be married to the god Jupiter and the daughter of actor Robert Ryan. Michel gets to know Maggie over the next couple of years, and attempts to use her often outlandish stories as clues to reconstruct her past.
- DirectorJohn ChesterStarsJohn ChesterMatt CohnCucillo ConsadWhile conducting a humanitarian experiment, a group of filmmakers attempt to help two homeless alcoholics get their lives back together. After the series is unceremoniously cancelled, the question remains of how far they're willing to go to help.
- DirectorPaolo CavaraGualtiero JacopettiFranco ProsperiStarsStefano SibaldiRossano BrazziYves KleinA "shockumentary" consisting of a collection of mostly real archive footage displaying mankind at its most depraved and perverse, displaying bizarre rites, cruel behavior and bestial violence.
- DirectorGualtiero JacopettiFranco ProsperiStarsStefano SibaldiHenning SkaarupPeter UstinovThe official sequel to the original shockumentary, presenting new and bizarre behavior from around the world, including cruelty, graphic gore, and strange rituals.
- DirectorKelly RileyThe legendary story of Jim Tom Hedrick and the process of distilling moonshine whiskey from corn mash. A taste of bootleg whiskey and Jesus, straight from the mountains of North Carolina. 140 proof!
- DirectorYves MontmayeurStarsAsia ArgentoAbel FerraraPeter Fonda
- DirectorDavid MichôdJennifer PeedomStarsAndrew McAuleyAndrew McAuley attempted what many believed was impossible - a solo kayak expedition across the world's most treacherous ocean.
- DirectorAlbert NerenbergStarsGeorge W. BushNoam ChomskyJohn CleeseAn exploration into the nature of stupidity in Western society and its history of our perception of it.
- DirectorSandi ScottStarsTimothy SpallFollows five British teenagers with Tourette's Syndrome as they spend a week in an American summer camp.
- StarsAdam CurtisRobert ReichAnn BernaysA documentary about the rise of psychoanalysis as a powerful means of persuasion for both governments and corporations.
- DirectorBill WeberDavid WeissmanStarsLarry BrinkinPeggy CassThe CockettesDocumentary about the gender-bending San Francisco performance group who became a pop culture phenomenon in the early 1970s.
- DirectorJay RosenblattStarsRichard SilbergA haunting documentary on the pains of growing up male. It explores the inner and outer cruelties that boys perpetrate and endure. The film provokes the viewer to reflect on how our society can deprive boys of wholeness.
- DirectorPeter FischliDavid WeissInside a warehouse, a precarious 70-100 feet long structure has been constructed using various items. When this is set in motion, a chain reaction ensues. Fire, water, law of gravity as well as chemistry determine the life-cycle of objects - of things. It brings about a story concerning cause and effect, mechanism and art, improbability and precision.
- DirectorKristian PetriJan RöedJohan SöderbergStarsNobuyoshi ArakiMayuko HinoRyû MurakamiTokyo. A metropolis filled with sound, movement and culture. Through interviews with some of Tokyo's inhabitants, such as world-renowned photographer Nobuyoshi Araki, game designer Shono, musician Mayuko Hino and others.
- DirectorPhilippa RobinsonStarsSue JohnstonStuart ColquhounJohn DavidsonA documentary featuring several individuals with Tourettes Syndrome and how they are able to cope with the condition.
- DirectorMathieu VerboudJean-Robert VialletStarsDenis LavantApparently am extremely 'tough love' if not military styled disciplinary school, accused of torture and violence towards the wayward youth attending. Many accusations of abuse, torture and neglect have brought forth several law suits on the institution. Check out this fact based docudrama.
- DirectorDale ElmoreStarsJeff ClaytonBob ElmoreRockey Proctor
- DirectorWilliam ArntzBetsy ChasseMark VicenteStarsMarlee MatlinElaine HendrixJohn Ross BowieA fictional photographer's quest to spiritually rediscover herself is interspersed with documentary footage of scientists and theologians discussing the philosophical aspects of quantum physics.
- DirectorJeffrey SchwarzStarsJack WranglerMargaret WhitingRobert AlvarezThe outrageous story of 1970s porn icon Jack Wrangler, and how he rose to the top of the gay, and then straight, adult film industry.
- DirectorLes BlankStarsAnzonini Del PuertoKathleen BendelHarrod BlankA documentary on the history of garlic. Blank interviews chefs, garlic lovers, and historians about the their love of the 'stinking rose.'
- DirectorEric SteelStarsEric GeleynseChris BrownSusan GinwallaFilmmakers use hidden cameras to capture the various suicide attempts at the Golden Gate Bridge - the world's most popular suicide destination. Interviews with the victims' loved ones describe their lives and mental health.
- DirectorKirsty SmithStarsMorwenna BanksN. BrooksVanessa FeltzA look at the most Extreme Television programmes from around the world
- DirectorMichael CainMatt RadeckiStarsRick KirkhamTom BrokawJames BrownA man tries to discover his purpose in life after searching through 3000 hours of video and over 5000 photos.
- DirectorLaurent CourauStarsFather SebastianMichelle BelangerDon HenrieA journalist discovers the underworld of the clans of Vampyres in New York City. He spends two years with the real vampyres like an anthropologist and brings back unique evidence on film.
- DirectorErrol MorrisStarsAlbert BitterlingRoscoe CollinsGeorge HarrisA documentary on the eccentric residents of Vernon, Florida.
- DirectorStanislaw MuchaFollows the filmmakers as they travel through eastern Slovakia to interview Warhol's surviving relatives, ethnic-Rusyns living near the Polish border in Miková, and to visit the Andy Warhol Museum of Modern Art in Medzilaborce.
- DirectorShawn R. OwensStarsDorothea BrowderRamsey CampbellScott ChonjakiA look at the world of literary outsider H.P. Lovecraft who posthumously infected a large number of artists, writers, mystics and fanatics with his wonderfully bleak world view.
- DirectorRobert-Adrian PejoStarsHasil AdkinsBill ColemanJoe ColemanR.I.P Rest in Pieces is an intimate portrait of artist Joe Coleman, who is known around the world as a shamanic, moral voice diagnosing the ills of 21st century America.
- DirectorToby KeelerStarsPatricia ArquetteAngelo BadalamentiRobert BlakeFrom an early age, David Lynch was inspired by the arts and the warm inner glow that comes with the pursuit of creative expression. "Pretty as a Picture:The Art of David Lynch" examines how this modern day Renaissance man makes a motion picture, and examines, through his artistic explorations, the very nature of creativity.
- DirectorMeema SpadolaStarsBirgitteSusan MasonTawny PeaksTwenty-two women (ranging in age from 11 to 84), with 41 breasts, talk about their breasts; most are topless as they speak. They talk about adolescence, bras, commercial images of women's figures, having implants or, in one case, a breast reduction, health problems with silicone, doctors' exams ("I think you have a throat infection, let me examine your breasts"), breasts as power tools and as objects of pleasure, cancer, living with mastectomies, and the effects of time and gravity. Two mother-daughter teams and two strippers participate. The women (and the girls) are humorous, straightforward, reflective, and good-natured about their bodies and themselves.
- DirectorThom PowersMeema SpadolaStarsAlan AbelJonah FalconGordonMen, most of them naked, talk about their penises. The men range from 17 to 70+, all are from the U.S. of diverse races. Several are artists or performers. Some are gay, others straight; two are transgender. One is paralyzed below the chest. The interviews are edited around themes: discovery, early sexual experiences, masturbation, size, oral sex, libido, performance, disease and maladies, maturity. A lexicographer discusses language, especially slang; a few archival educational-film clips divide the topics. Images and stories mix with facts and philosophical reflection. The usually private becomes public.
- DirectorJack KinneyStarsGloria BlondellA basic explanation of the purpose and process of menstruation, told largely with diagrams (and completely avoiding the subject of sex).
- StarsJohn SimmIan MichieJan WellmannChannel 4 presents a season of documentaries exploring the dark reality of the adult film industry.
- DirectorClaes LiljaStarsMitch BanningCelesteBud CockerhamMuch as the title suggests, Beyond Vanilla explores the kinkier aspects of sex on the other side of vanilla. With interviews, demonstrations and a good dose of how-to instructions, this documentary covers the gamut of fetishes and SM practices. From bondage, flogging and fisting to knife play, fire and golden showers, director Claes Lilja takes us on an unforgettable journey to the wilder side of sex. Sharing fantasies, experiences and pleasures, the over 60 people interviewed in the film help to blur boundaries and shed new light on sexuality and sexual practices. Open your mind and the rest will follow...
- DirectorHeather LeachStarsLisa RogersLisa Rogers investigates vaginal cosmetic surgery and why more and more women consider this surgical procedure.
- DirectorAmelia HannStarsSamuel BoutwellSteven CreeAna Carolina DiasFollows the stories of three young children who preach the word of the Lord.
- DirectorWerner HerzogStarsWerner HerzogAnna HitchVissarionWhat is faith and religion to Russians after the fall of communism? We get the insight into the Russian Orthodox church as well as different folk and shamanic beliefs.
- DirectorGeorge RatliffStarsAria AdlooAshley AdlooAmy AllredEach Halloween, youth members of Trinity Church, Texas construct a 'Hell House'; a modern-day fire-and-brimstone sermon, presented in the form of a haunted house, seen by over 10,000 visitors each year.
- DirectorOndi TimonerStarsRaymund MelzDeborah MelzJoaquin SullivanAward winning filmmaker, Ondi Timoner, follows four families as they leave an abusive church in South Carolina and realize they have been in a cult. The film documents them as they enter Wellspring, the only accredited, live-in cult treatment facility in the world, where they learn the true extent of the brainwashing they have all experienced. Eventually they return home to bring the Pastor and his wife to justice and try to begin to rebuild their damaged lives.
- DirectorTim WolochatiukStarsTed BiggsStephan JonesVernon GosneyCult leader Jim Jones leads his followers to a mass-suicide.
- DirectorStanley NelsonStarsRebecca MooreJanet ShularTim CarterFeaturing never-before-seen footage, this documentary delivers a startling new look at the Peoples Temple, headed by preacher Jim Jones who, in 1978, led more than 900 members to Guyana, where he orchestrated a mass suicide via tainted punch.
- DirectorLarry CharlesStarsBill MaherTal BachmanJonathan BouldenBill Maher's take on the current state of world religion.
- StarsJonathan MillerArthur MillerRichard DawkinsJonathan Miller interviews five atheists and one theologian on the subject of atheism.
- DirectorDrew HeriotStarsBob ProctorJoe VitaleJohn AssarafInterviews with self-proclaimed authors, philosophers and scientists, with an in-depth discussion of visualizing your goals. The audience is shown how they can learn and use 'The Secret' in their everyday lives.
- DirectorMichael KirkStarsDavid KoreshWilliam SessionsJeff JamarFrontline looks at the 1993 siege on the Branch Davidian compound in Waco, Texas. It talks to Branch Davidian survivors and FBI agents from both the negotiation and hostage rescue teams. On April 19, the FBI attempt to tear gas the compound which precipitates a fire which takes the lives of 76 people.
- DirectorLeonard ChretienStarsLeonard ChretienMarjorie ChretienRaymond FranzA documentary recounting the history of the Watchtower Society and explaining the beliefs of Jehovah's Witnesses. Includes testimonies by former Witnesses.
- DirectorTatsuya MoriStarsHiroshi ArakiAum Shinrikyo, the Buddhist sect led by Shoko Asahara and responsible for the 1995 Sarin gas attack on a Tokyo subway, becomes the subject of this documentary.
- DirectorTatsuya MoriStarsShoko AsaharaFollows the dissolution of the cult in the absence of their leader, Shoko Asahara.
- DirectorJonathan HackerStarsDavid MorrisseyMitsuru KonoYurikoZERO HOUR is a unique documentary format - a ticking clock hour of television which transports the viewer into the gripping countdown to some of the most dramatic events in recent history. Terror in Tokyo tells of the attack on 20 March 1995 on the Tokyo Subway using Sarin gas. In the attack members of the Aum Shinrikyo (Supreme Truth) cult carried six packages onto Tokyo subway trains and punctured the packages with umbrella tips, releasing deadly Sarin gas killing 12 persons and injuring more than 5,000. It was a planned and co-ordinated attack. Shoko Asahara, the leader of Aum had been tipped off about planned police raids on cult facilities by an insider, and ordered the attack in central Tokyo to divert attention away from the group. The plan backfired, and the police conducted huge simultaneous raids on cult compounds across the country. Over the next week, the full scale of Aum's activities was revealed for the first time. At the cult's headquarters on the foot of Mount Fuji, police found explosives, chemical weapons and biological warfare agents, such as anthrax and Ebola cultures, and a Russian MIL Mi-17 military helicopter. There were stockpiles of chemicals which could be used for producing enough sarin to kill four million people. Police also found laboratories to manufacture drugs such as LSD, methamphetamines, and a crude form of truth serum, a safe containing millions of dollars worth in cash and gold, and cells, many still containing prisoners.
- DirectorRalph TorjanStarsCarlos CastanedaPeter CoyoteRobert J. FeldmanHistory, speculation, experimental footage, and even animation is all used to explore the impact of Carlos Castaneda's teachings of perceiving non-ordinary reality.
- DirectorSandya ViswanathanStarsCara AnnMarieTim CarterEugene V. GallagherA journey behind closed doors into a secret world where faith and devotion give way to desperation and despair. From the bizarre prophecies of Charles Manson to the desperate paranoia of Jim Jones, cult leaders draw followers into worlds of power, obsession, and sometimes death. Hear from parents who have lost their children to cults and travel back in time to examine how cults have been attracting devotees throughout history.
- DirectorLucy WalkerStarsVelda BontragerMark BontragerDewayne ChuppAmish teenagers experience and embrace the modern world as a rite-of-passage before deciding which life they will choose.
- DirectorBrian FlemmingStarsSam HarrisRobert M. PriceRichard CarrierDid Jesus exist? This film starts with that question, then goes on to examine Christianity as a whole.
- DirectorNorman HullStarsSuna DasiNikki FayJoanne HeeleyRock Bitch is a group of female musicians who live in a sex commune. The girls see themselves as striking a blow for women everywhere, and they are doing it through the medium of rock music - in the nude.
- DirectorAndrew TaitStarsLudo Graham
- DirectorJon AlpertJoe BerlingerKate DavisA documentary made up of nine separate segments on the topic of drug addiction. Segments include: "Saturday Night in a Dallas ER," by Jon Alpert; "A Mother's Desperation," by Susan Froemke and Albert Maysles; "The Science of Relapse," by Eugene Jarecki and Susan Froemke; "The Adolescent Addict," by Kate Davis and David Heilbroner; "Brain Imaging," by Liz Garbus and Rory Kennedy; "Opiate Addiction: A New Medication," by D.A. Pennebaker and Chris Hegedus; "Topiramate: A Clinical Trial for Alcoholism," by Alan and Susan Raymond; "Steamfitters Local Union 638," by Barbara Kopple; and "Insurance Woes," by Susan Froemke.
- DirectorOlly LambertStarsBen RogersThis documentary shows the decline of Ben as he spirals in to heroin addiction
- 20001hTV-PG7.6 (77)TV MovieDirectorTom YaroschukStarsRobert KlitzmanTrinka PorrataMichael MontagneHow did the psychedelic drugs LSD and Ecstasy journey from a scientific discovery to a popular recreation to banned drugs? Mental health professionals once believed that LSD could treat schizophrenia or alcoholism. Meanwhile, Ecstasy, the "penicillin for the soul", was used in marriage counseling. Now, continuing the cycle of the hallucinogen, some of the latest derivatives in this category of drugs, the "rave" drugs such as GHB and Ketamine, are about to be banned.
- DirectorRon MannStarsLarry EvansGary LincoffFungi documentary exploring their longevity, environmental roles, cultural relevance, and mushroom foraging.
- StarsAndrew SherrattA series of documentaries investigating the effects hallucinogenic plants have had on ancient societies.
- DirectorJonathan BlankAn award-winning, feature-length documentary that asks, 'how much freedom is too much?'
- DirectorJay BlumenfieldScott's a 40-year-old preacher's son and a raver, enamored by marijuana and the synthetic drug Ecstasy, who puts his children's future at risk through his lassez faire approach to child-rearing.
- DirectorChris MartinStarsCaroline CoonJimi HendrixGeorge MellyStoned In Suburbia is a social history film, examining the change in people's opinions to cannabis over the past 50 years. Discussing the impact of the 60's sexual revolution, the Hippie movement, the emergence of the Punks right up until the modern day.
- DirectorO.B. BabbsA.J. CatolineStarsKen BabbsO.B. BabbsNeal CassadyLearning that Leary is going to die, journalists interviews him about his perception and acceptance of death, and on key moments of his life.
- DirectorDennis K. SmithStarsDon BridgesDavid CadeJack CadeAn Australian doctor discovered an astonishing treatment for bi-polar disorder. It would change the way we think about mental illness and mark the beginning of psychopharmacology - using drugs to manage psychiatric conditions.
- DirectorDaniel G. KarslakeStarsImogene RobinsonVictor RobinsonGene RobinsonAn exploration of the intersection between religion and homosexuality in the U.S. and how the religious right has used its interpretation of the Bible to stigmatize the gay community.
- DirectorAntony ThomasStarsGore VidalCalpernia AddamsBeth AynsleyExamines the diversity of human sexual and gender variance around the globe, with commentary by scientific experts and first-hand accounts of people who do not conform to a simple male/female binary.
- DirectorRob EpsteinJeffrey FriedmanStarsRupert EverettKlaus MüllerKarl GorathHistorian Klaus Müller interviews survivors of the Nazi persecution of homosexuals because of the German Penal Code of 1871, Paragraph 175.
- DirectorMoisés KaufmanStarsChristina RicciSteve BuscemiKathleen ChalfantThe true story of an American town in the wake of the murder of Matthew Shepard.
- DirectorKathryn ParkStarsDavid AkinsanyaWayne BesenDanny CosbyDocumentary following David Akinsanya as he attends a controversial treatment center in America that promises 'freedom from homosexuality through the power of Jesus Christ'. David has been living as a gay man for 20 years, but if he could take a pill to make him heterosexual he'd pop it without a second thought. He believes his homosexuality is learned behavior but will it be something he can unlearn?
- DirectorTanaz EshaghianAn intimate and unflinching look at life in Iran, seen through the lens of those living at its fringes, 'Be Like Others' is a provocative look at a generation of young Iranian men choosing to undergo sex change surgery.
- DirectorLuke Woodward
- DirectorLynne FernieAerlyn WeissmanStarsKeely MollStephanie OzardAnn BannonTen women, most of them in Vancouver or Toronto, talk about being lesbian in the 1940s, 1950s, and 1960s: discovering the pulp fiction of the day about women in love, their own first affairs, the pain of breaking up, frequenting gay bars, facing police raids, men's responses, and the etiquette of butch and femme roles. Interspersed among the interviews and archival footage are four dramatized chapters from a pulp novel, "Forbidden Love": Laura leaves her hick town and heads for the city, where she meets Mitch in a bar. Sparks fly, and so do laughter and joy. Ann Bannon, one of the writers of those paperback novels about forbidden love, talks about the genre.