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Kanopy
86
8.0
/5267/
82
/145/
77
/134/
4.3
/29389/
96
/72/
88
/96/
86
/19/

The Beaches of Agnès (2008)
Filmmaking icon Agnès Varda, the award-winning director regarded by many as the grandmother of the French new wave, turns the camera on herself with this unique autobiographical documentary. Composed of film excerpts and elaborate dramatic re-creations, Varda's self-portrait recounts the highs and lows of her professional career, the many friendships that affected her life and her longtime marriage to cinematic giant Jacques Demy.
poster
DocAlliance Films
84
8.0
/438/
71
/15/
73
/20/
4.2
/1342/
100
/21/

Dead Souls (2018)
In Gansu Province, northwest China, lie the remains of countless prisoners abandoned in the Gobi Desert sixty years ago. Designated as ultra-rightists in the Communist Party’s Anti-Rightist campaign of 1957, they starved to death in the reeducation camps. The film invites us to meet the survivors of the camps to find out firsthand who these persons were, the hardships they were forced to endure and what became their destiny.
poster
Criterion Channel
84
8.2
/39502/
79
/1186/
78
/963/
4.3
/137138/
90
/29/
93
/732/

La Jetée (1962)
A man confronts his past during an experiment that attempts to find a solution to the problems of a post-apocalyptic world caused by a world war.
poster
Criterion Channel
83
81
8.0
/12591/
79
/355/
77
/256/
4.3
/43336/
89
/9/
90
/66/

The Cremator (1969)
In 1930s Prague, a Czech cremator who firmly believes cremation relieves one from earthly suffering is drawn inexorably to Nazism.
poster
Kanopy
80
78
7.7
/12950/
76
/296/
74
/259/
4.2
/42490/
88
/16/
86
/245/

Sans Soleil (1983)
A woman narrates the thoughts of a world traveler, meditations on time and memory expressed in words and images from places as far-flung as Japan, Guinea-Bissau, Iceland, and San Francisco.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
74
7.0
/297/
71
/26/
65
/10/
3.5
/202/
92
/12/
87
/4/
69
/5/

Private Violence (2014)
One in four women experience violence in their homes. Have you ever asked, “Why doesn't she just leave?” Private Violence shatters the brutality of our logic and intimately reveals the stories of two women: Deanna Walters, who transforms from victim to survivor, and Kit Gruelle, who advocates for justice.
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Hoopla
73
7.0
/1005/
63
/21/
60
/31/
3.8
/3043/
94
/17/
54
/6/
87
/8/

Level Five (1997)
Laura, a French programmer, inherits the task of creating a game about the World War II Battle of Okinawa. Her research and interviews with Japanese experts and witnesses prompt her to reflect on life, humanity, and the lasting influence of history and memories.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
73
6.7
/691/
73
/33/
64
/22/
3.5
/773/
90
/42/
74
/20/
72
/14/

Our Nixon (2013)
Never before seen Super 8 home movies filmed by Richard Nixon's closest aides - and convicted Watergate conspirators - offer a surprising and intimate new look into his Presidency.
poster
DocAlliance Films
71
7.0
/1184/
69
/138/
63
/28/
3.6
/856/
91
/44/
62
/268/
69
/14/

Do Not Resist (2017)
Do Not Resist is an exploration of the rapid militarization of the police in the United States. Opening on startling on-the-scene footage in Ferguson, Missouri, the film then broadens its scope to present scenes from across the country.
poster
Kanopy
69
6.7
/1385/
63
/49/
64
/38/
3.5
/1985/
83
/24/
68
/3/
65
/10/

The Other Side (2015)
In an invisible territory at the margins of society, at the border between anarchy and illegality, lives a wounded community that is trying to respond to a threat: of being forgotten by political institutions and having their rights as citizens trampled. Disarmed veterans, taciturn adolescents, drug addicts trying to escape addiction through love, ex-special forces soldiers still at war with the world, floundering young women and future mothers, and old people who have not lost their desire to live. Through this hidden pocket of humanity, the door opens to the abyss of today's America.
poster
DocAlliance Films
77
67
7.3
/3173/
74
/109/
71
/84/
3.7
/1743/
100
/27/
80
/69/
68
/11/

Into Eternity: A Film for the Future (2010)
Every day, the world over, large amounts of high-level radioactive waste created by nuclear power plants is placed in interim storage, which is vulnerable to natural disasters, man-made disasters, and to societal changes. In Finland the world’s first permanent repository is being hewn out of solid rock – a huge system of underground tunnels - that must last 100,000 years as this is how long the waste remains hazardous.
poster
Criterion Channel
78
66
7.7
/3498/
74
/112/
73
/83/
4.0
/11888/
88
/342/

The Fabulous Baron Munchausen (1962)
A 20th century man lands on the Moon and discovers that Baron Munchausen has beaten him to it, accompanied by Cyrano de Bergerac and the characters from Jules Verne's novels about the conquest of the satellite.
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Kanopy
69
64
6.5
/3951/
64
/166/
65
/100/
3.7
/11635/
83
/54/
54
/58/
81
/17/

Leviathan (2012)
An experimental portrait of the North American commercial fishing industry through the lens of GoPro cameras placed on a fishing vessel off the coast of New England.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
63
5.8
/26015/
58
/750/
54
/389/
3.0
/9887/
74
/145/
35
/952/
70
/35/
cc age 18+

Rampart (2011)
The story follows veteran police officer Dave Brown, the last of the renegade cops, as he struggles to take care of his family, and fights for his own survival.
poster
Criterion Channel
70
61
7.0
/4784/
67
/104/
69
/121/
3.7
/21101/
72
/330/

La Pointe Courte (1956)
A penetrating study of a marriage on the rocks, set against the backdrop of a small Mediterranean fishing village. Both a stylized depiction of the complicated relationship between a married couple and a documentary-like look at the daily struggles of the inhabitants of Sète in the South of France.
poster
Criterion Channel
80
61
7.5
/3100/
71
/103/
71
/88/
3.9
/6389/
100
/5/
84
/14/

The Fabulous World of Jules Verne (1958)
As the world progresses into the industrial age, a professor studying the "nature of pure matter" is spirited away by a would-be dictator and connived into building a super-bomb, as a young reporter and a girl rescued from the sea attempt to warn him of their mutual kidnapper's intentions to dominate the world with a new and more-deadly-yet weapon.
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Kanopy
79
59
7.6
/2755/
78
/75/
77
/41/
3.9
/1454/
86
/10/

Our Daily Bread (2006)
Welcome to the world of industrial food production and high-tech farming! To the rhythm of conveyor belts and immense machines, the film looks without commenting into the places where food is produced in Europe: monumental spaces, surreal landscapes and bizarre sounds - a cool, industrial environment which leaves little space for individualism.
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Kanopy
57
6.3
/534/
61
/18/
55
/17/
3.5
/743/
64
/22/
67
/1/
52
/8/

Bobbi Jene (2017)
A love story, portraying the dilemmas and inevitable consequences of ambition. It is a film about a woman's fight for independence, a woman trying to succeed with her own art in the extremely competitive world of dance.
poster
DocAlliance Films
73
57
7.3
/2426/
72
/42/
72
/36/
3.6
/1275/
79
/24/
76
/85/
72
/7/

Czech Dream (2004)
Two students from the Czech Film Academy commission a leading advertising agency to organize a huge campaign for the opening of a new supermarket named Czech Dream. The supermarket however does not exist and is not meant to. The advertising campaign includes radio and television ads, posters, flyers with photos of fake Czech Dream products, a promotional song, an internet site, and ads in newspapers and magazines. Will people believe in it and show up for the grand opening?
poster
Criterion Channel
75
56
7.3
/3172/
71
/45/
70
/73/
3.9
/7941/
92
/12/
71
/14/

Diamonds of the Night (1964)
Two Jewish boys escape from a train transporting them from one concentration camp to another. Beyond themes of war and anti-Nazism, the film concerns itself with man's struggle to preserve human dignity.
poster
DocAlliance Films
70
55
7.2
/2675/
66
/48/
65
/52/
3.6
/3587/
76
/175/

The Perfect Human (1968)
An elegant and humorous film—in the guise of a serious anthropological treatise—spotlights "The Perfect Human," a model of the modern Dane created by our wishful thinking.
poster
Kanopy
80
55
6.9
/3805/
73
/171/
67
/39/
6.3
/237/
81
/26/
67
/51/
cc age 15+

#UNFIT: The Psychology of Donald Trump (2020)
Medical doctors and mental health professionals go on camera, on the record, for the record, for a discussion, analysis, and science-based examination of the behavior, psyche, condition, and stability of President Donald Trump. Also examines Trump's effect on our citizenry, culture, and institutions.
poster
DocAlliance Films
81
55
7.9
/1186/
83
/19/
78
/24/
4.1
/3129/
81
/9/

A Grin Without a Cat (1977)
Chris Marker’s A Grin Without a Cat is an epic political essay tracing the rise and decline of the global left from the 1960s to the 1970s. Through archival footage and commentary, the film examines revolutionary movements in France, Latin America, and beyond, reflecting on the ideals, failures, and fading hopes of a generation.
poster
Criterion Channel
81
54
7.6
/2245/
77
/62/
73
/51/
4.0
/14209/
100
/11/
83
/3/

Daguerréotypes (1978)
An intimate portrait of the small shops and shopkeepers of the Rue Daguerre in Paris, a picturesque street that has been the filmmaker’s home for more than 50 years.
poster
Hoopla
78
54
7.4
/1421/
71
/70/
80
/40/
3.8
/7960/
93
/29/
76
/3/
82
/8/

Araby (2018)
André, a teenager, lives in an industrial town in Brazil near an old aluminum factory. One day, a factory worker, Cristiano, suffers an accident. Asked to go to Cristiano’s house to pick up clothes and documents, André stumbles on a notebook, and it’s here that Araby begins — or, rather, transforms. As André reads from the journal entries, we are plunged into Cristiano’s life, into stories of his wanderings, adventures, and loves.
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GuideDoc
79
52
7.9
/1893/
78
/37/
70
/29/
4.0
/1209/
75
/12/
95
/29/

Workingman's Death (2005)
Is heavy manual labour disappearing or is it just becoming invisible? Where can we still find it in the 21st century? Workingman's Death follows the trail of the HEROES in the illegal mines of the Ukraine, sniffs out GHOST among the sulphur workers in Indonesia, finds itself face to face with LIONS at a slaughterhouse in Nigeria, mingles with BROTHERS as they cut a huge oil tanker into pieces in Pakistan, and joins Chinese steel workers in hoping for a glorious FUTURE.
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Kanopy
75
52
6.5
/802/
70
/31/
75
/26/
3.8
/1727/
96
/55/
61
/23/
86
/15/

Manakamana (2013)
A documentary about a group of pilgrims who travel to Nepal to worship at the legendary Manakamana temple.
poster
Kanopy
77
50
7.0
/579/
78
/15/
71
/24/
3.8
/1757/
100
/8/
72
/4/

A German Youth (2015)
At the end of the 1960s the post-war generation began to revolt against their parents. This was a generation disillusioned by anti-communist capitalism and a state apparatus in which they believed they saw fascist tendencies. This generation included journalist Ulrike Meinhof, lawyer Horst Mahler, filmmaker Holger Meins as well as students Gudrun Ensslin and Andreas Baader.
poster
MUBI
71
49
7.1
/3123/
71
/138/
64
/127/
4.0
/22261/
69
/7/

Outer Space (1999)
A young woman move towards a house that holds a potentially dangerous spirit that has been tormenting her. The woman tries to fight against the film itself as it starts to cause the world to collapse.
poster
Criterion Channel
67
49
6.7
/1517/
61
/45/
65
/51/
3.7
/8561/
71
/56/

Diary of a Pregnant Woman (1958)
Impressions of the rue Mouffetard, Paris 5, through the eyes of a pregnant woman.
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Kanopy
67
49
7.3
/4057/
67
/92/
66
/52/
3.6
/1333/
71
/7/
70
/8/
52
/5/

Wolf (2013)
A promising kickboxer struggles to resist the temptations of a life of crime.
poster
Kanopy
80
47
7.5
/560/
75
/19/
78
/16/
3.7
/1040/
100
/16/
82
/7/

The Waldheim Waltz (2018)
Ruth Beckermann documents the process of uncovering former UN Secretary General Kurt Waldheim’s wartime past. It shows the swift succession of new allegations by the World Jewish Congress during his Austrian presidential campaign, the denial by the Austrian political class, the outbreak of anti-Semitism and patriotism, which finally led to his election.
poster
Kanopy
76
46
7.4
/601/
66
/17/
70
/22/
4.1
/2819/
89

Lost, Lost, Lost (1976)
Drawn from footage shot between 1949 and 1963, Jonas Mekas’s autobiographical diary film chronicles his early years in exile, capturing the struggle to build a new life in New York and his gradual discovery of a vibrant artistic community.
poster
GuideDoc
73
45
6.8
/301/
70
/27/
65
/14/
3.5
/1837/
92
/26/
74
/6/

The Witches of the Orient (2021)
The Japanese volleyball players called the “Oriental Witches” are now in their 70s. From the formation of the team at the factory until their victory at the Tokyo Olympics in 1964, memories and legends rise to the surface and blend inextricably.
poster
MUBI
70
45
6.9
/1303/
68
/53/
67
/47/
3.8
/7887/

Dream Work (2001)
A woman goes to bed, falls asleep, and begins to dream. This dream takes her to a landscape of light and shadow, evoked in a form only possible through classic cinematography. An homage to Man Ray, dedicated to the beginning of the European avant-garde film within the surrealist movement.
poster
Criterion Channel
67
45
6.9
/1674/
67
/52/
62
/54/
3.6
/14312/

Women Reply (1975)
What does being a woman really mean? How do women live the status society reserves for them? A group of women, beautiful or not, young or not, gifted with motherly instinct or not, answer before Agnès Varda's camera.
poster
DocAlliance Films
81
45
7.9
/659/
81
/15/
80
/9/
4.1
/1581/
100
/16/
81
/5/
65
/5/

A World Not Ours (2014)
An intimate, and often humorous, portrait of three generations of exile in the refugee camp of Ein el-Helweh, in southern Lebanon. Based on a wealth of personal recordings, family archives, and historical footage, the film is a sensitive, and illuminating study of belonging, friendship, and family in the lives of those for whom dispossession is the norm, and yearning their daily lives.
poster
DocAlliance Films
76
44
7.6
/1097/
76
/34/
74
/35/
4.0
/4927/

The Vampires of Poverty (1978)
Two filmmakers travel around impoverished sectors of the cities of Bogotá and Cali in search of the images of abjection needed to complete a documentary commissioned by German TV. Meanwhile, another camera captures these “vampire” filmmakers feeding off the misery of their marginal subjects.
poster
Criterion Channel
72
44
7.1
/1420/
72
/37/
70
/35/
3.8
/3976/

The Gleaners and I: Two Years Later (2002)
Agnès Varda’s follow-up to her acclaimed documentary THE GLEANERS AND I takes us deeper into the world of those who find purpose and beauty in the refuse of society, revisiting many of the original film’s subjects.
poster
DocAlliance Films
73
43
6.7
/663/
64
/17/
60
/14/
3.7
/3719/
100

Ticket of No Return (1979)
A sartorially resplendent woman of few words arrives in Berlin with plans to live out the rest of her days as a drunkard.
poster
Criterion Channel
72
43
7.5
/2043/
74
/86/
73
/53/
4.0
/17188/
60
/1/

Hello Cubans (1963)
A photo montage of Cubans filmed by Agnès Varda during her visit to Cuba in 1963, four years after Fidel Castro came to power. This black & white documentary explores their socialist culture and society while making use of 1500 pictures (out of 4000!) the filmmaker took while on the island.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
44
43
4.9
/7662/
55
/393/
49
/196/
2.4
/3302/
22
/103/

Don't Blink (2014)
Ten people arrive at a secluded mountain resort to find it completely deserted. With no gas for the return trip, the visitors are forced to stay and investigate the mystery surrounding the abandoned lodge.
poster
Kanopy
76
42
7.3
/475/
71
/12/
53
/11/
3.8
/773/
100
/8/
86
/4/

What Now? Remind Me (2014)
Joaquim Pinto has been living with HIV and VHC for almost twenty years. “What now? Remind Me” is the notebook of a year of clinical studies with toxic, mind altering drugs as yet unapproved. An open and eclectic reflection on time and memory, on epidemics and globalization, on survival beyond all expectations, on dissent and absolute love. In a to-and-fro between present and past memories, the film is also a tribute to friends departed and those who remain.
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True Story
82
41
7.7
/348/
81
/10/
70
/12/
4.2
/1551/
100
/11/

Little Palestine: Diary of a Siege (2021)
During the Syrian civil war, the district of Yarmouk, home to thousands of Palestinians, became the scene of dramatic and ferocious fighting. Little Palestine (Diary of a Siege) is a film that follows the destiny of civilians during the brutal sieges, imposed by the Syrian regime, that took place in the wake of the battles. With his camera, Abdallah Al-Khatib composes a love song to a place that proudly resists the atrocities of war.
poster
Criterion Channel
76
41
7.4
/1699/
67
/52/
72
/53/
4.1
/14476/
88
/1/

Uncle Yanco (1967)
While in San Francisco for the promotion of her last film in October 1967, Agnès Varda, tipped by her friend Tom Luddy, gets to know a relative she had never heard of before, Jean Varda, nicknamed "Yanco". This hitherto unknown uncle lives on a boat in Sausalito, is a painter, has adopted a hippie lifestyle and loves life. The meeting is a very happy one.
poster
DocAlliance Films
79
41
8.0
/908/
72
/16/
81
/25/
4.2
/2389/

Pictures of the Old World (1972)
A raw and telling portrait of a people left behind by the modern world, inspired by the work of photographer Martin Martinček - whose pictures of the inhabitants of the Liptov region in central Slovakia, encompassed by the Tatra mountains, distilled entire lifetimes into luminous and intransient images. Dušan Hanák's continuation of these photographs takes the shape of a poetic visual essay, capturing more comprehensive vignettes of their isolated human experiences.
poster
Criterion Channel
67
41
7.1
/1869/
64
/31/
63
/40/
3.6
/3205/
66
/15/

The Joke (1969)
In the 1950s, Ludvik Jahn was expelled from the Communist Party and the University by his fellow students, because of a politically incorrect note he sent to his girlfriend. Fifteen years later, he tries to get his revenge by seducing Helena, the wife of one of his accusers.
poster
Criterion Channel
68
41
7.0
/1969/
65
/34/
69
/38/
3.6
/3410/
67
/11/

The Party and the Guests (1966)
A group of the bourgeois head for a prominent figure's birthday party. As they venture through the woods and have a picnic, they're suddenly surrounded by some suspicious strangers.


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