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84
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78
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77
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4.0
/10619/
100
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99
/44/
85
/16/

Beyond Utopia (2023)
A courageous pastor uses his underground network to rescue and aid North Korean families as they risk their lives to embrace freedom.
poster
Criterion Channel
82
7.9
/5368/
79
/180/
72
/93/
4.1
/12855/
96
/26/
89
/122/
77
/4/

Monterey Pop (1968)
Featuring performances by popular artists of the 1960s, this concert film highlights the music of the 1967 California festival. Although not all musicians who performed at the Monterey Pop Festival are on film, some of the notable acts include the Mamas and the Papas, Simon & Garfunkel, Jefferson Airplane, the Who, Otis Redding, and the Jimi Hendrix Experience. Hendrix's post-performance antics -- lighting a guitar on fire, breaking it and tossing a part into the audience -- are captured.
poster
Kanopy
82
7.6
/14906/
72
/283/
74
/400/
4.1
/31812/
89
/37/
86
/177/

The Gospel According to St. Matthew (1965)
Along a rocky, barren coastline, Jesus begins teaching, primarily using parables. He attracts disciples; he's stern, brusque, and demanding. His parables often take on the powers that be, so he and his teachings come to the attention of the Pharisees, the chief priests, and elders. They conspire to have him arrested, beaten, tried, and crucified, just as he prophesied to his followers.
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Criterion Channel
81
7.9
/10922/
75
/215/
74
/168/
4.1
/30001/
92
/59/
92
/337/
84
/15/

Dont Look Back (1967)
In this wildly entertaining vision of one of the twentieth century’s greatest artists, Bob Dylan is surrounded by teen fans, gets into heated philosophical jousts with journalists, and kicks back with fellow musicians Joan Baez, Donovan, and Alan Price.
poster
Criterion Channel
80
7.2
/4904/
70
/134/
66
/80/
3.8
/4773/
97
/60/
77
/278/
83
/20/

Chop Shop (2008)
Alejandro, a tough and ambitious Latino street orphan on the verge of adolescence, lives and works in an auto-body repair shop in a sprawling junkyard on the outskirts of Queens, New York. In this chaotic world of adults, young Alejandro struggles to make a better life for himself and his 16-year-old sister, Isamar.
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Criterion Channel
79
7.3
/4692/
73
/138/
68
/67/
3.8
/9659/
96
/26/
83
/137/
78
/30/

The War Room (1993)
A behind-the-scenes documentary about the Clinton for President campaign, focusing on the adventures of spin doctors James Carville and George Stephanopoulos.
poster
Netflix
79
7.9
/748157/
77
/24155/
74
/10101/
3.8
/511775/
90
/309/
82
/39344/
81
/36/
cc age 17+

District 9 (2009)
Thirty years ago, aliens arrive on Earth. Not to conquer or give aid, but to find refuge from their dying planet. Separated from humans in a South African area called District 9, the aliens are managed by Multi-National United, which is unconcerned with the aliens' welfare but will do anything to master their advanced technology. When a company field agent contracts a mysterious virus that begins to alter his DNA, there is only one place he can hide: District 9.
poster
77
7.2
/15449/
70
/276/
70
/239/
3.8
/15318/
84
/50/
81
/383/
66
/21/

Talk Radio (1988)
A rude, contemptuous talk show host becomes overwhelmed by the hatred that surrounds his program just before it goes national.
poster
Criterion Channel
78
76
7.2
/13445/
71
/258/
68
/264/
3.7
/35513/
100
/24/
81
/253/
86
/11/

Shadows (1960)
The relationship between Lelia, a light-skinned black woman, and Tony, a white man is put in jeopardy when Tony meets Lelia’s darker-skinned jazz singer brother, Hugh, and discovers that her racial heritage is not what he thought it was.
poster
76
7.3
/10939/
69
/172/
68
/145/
3.8
/8053/
79
/34/
87
/481/
76
/20/
cc age 17+

Nil by Mouth (1997)
The family of Raymond, his wife Val and her brother Billy live in working-class London district. Also in their family is Val and Billy's mother Janet and grandmother Kath. Billy is a drug addict and Raymond kicks him out of the house, making him live on his own. Raymond is generally a rough and even violent person, and that leads to problems in the life of the family.
poster
Criterion Channel
80
75
7.6
/6120/
72
/148/
71
/94/
3.9
/11703/
100
/26/
89
/141/
80
/13/

Salesman (1969)
This documentary from Albert and David Maysles follows the bitter rivalry of four door-to-door salesmen working for the Mid-American Bible Company: Paul "The Badger" Brennan, Charles "The Gipper" McDevitt, James "The Rabbit" Baker and Raymond "The Bull" Martos. Times are tough for this hard-living quartet, who spend their days traveling through small-town America, trying their best to peddle gold-leaf Bibles to an apathetic crowd of lower-middle-class housewives and elderly couples.
poster
Criterion Channel
75
7.0
/904/
62
/43/
70
/26/
3.6
/3146/
92
/12/
86
/2/

Burroughs: The Movie (1984)
An exploration of Burroughs’ life story, as told by Burroughs himself along with many of his contemporaries, including Allen Ginsberg, Brion Gysin, Francis Bacon, Herbert Huncke, Patti Smith, Terry Southern, and William Burroughs Jr.
poster
74
7.2
/21789/
71
/357/
70
/331/
3.9
/27512/
76
/34/
79
/236/
72
/9/

Scarecrow (1973)
Two drifters bum around, visit earthy women and discuss opening a car wash in Pittsburgh.
poster
Criterion Channel
74
7.4
/45905/
73
/1088/
72
/982/
3.8
/62301/
68
/19/
90
/1535/
67
/22/

Man Bites Dog (1992)
The activities of rampaging, indiscriminate serial killer Ben are recorded by a willingly complicit documentary team, who eventually become his accomplices and active participants. Ben provides casual commentary on the nature of his work and arbitrary musings on topics of interest to him, such as music or the conditions of low-income housing, and even goes so far as to introduce the documentary crew to his family. But their reckless indulgences soon get the better of them.
poster
Kanopy
73
6.5
/10468/
70
/244/
62
/162/
3.8
/12087/
86
/36/
70
/295/
70
/24/

Madonna: Truth or Dare (1991)
From the rains of Japan, through threats of arrest for 'public indecency' in Canada, and a birthday tribute to her father in Detroit, this documentary follows Madonna on her 1990 'Blond Ambition' concert tour. Filmed in black and white, with the concert pieces in glittering MTV color, it is an intimate look at the work of the icon, from a prayer circle before each performance to bed games with the dance troupe afterwards.
poster
GuideDoc
77
69
7.6
/5111/
75
/116/
75
/125/
3.7
/8764/
86
/7/
81
/41/

Berlin: Symphony of a Great City (1927)
A day in the city of Berlin, which experienced an industrial boom in the 1920s, and still provides an insight into the living and working conditions at that time. Germany had just recovered a little from the worst consequences of the First World War, the great economic crisis was still a few years away and Hitler was not yet an issue at the time.
poster
Kanopy
69
6.4
/2330/
67
/118/
60
/58/
3.6
/9636/
97
/71/
40
/24/

Hale County This Morning, This Evening (2018)
Composed of intimate and unencumbered moments of people in a community, this film is constructed in a form that allows the viewer an emotive impression of the Historic South - trumpeting the beauty of life and consequences of the social construction of race, while simultaneously a testament to dreaming.
poster
Criterion Channel
74
69
7.1
/6738/
70
/198/
68
/149/
3.8
/35276/
92
/39/
70
/43/

Wanda (1970)
After a string of abusive relationships, Wanda abandons her family and seeks solace in the company of a petty criminal.
poster
68
7.0
/90960/
70
/2326/
69
/1235/
3.4
/221091/
47
/57/
76
/3309/
63
/18/
cc age 18+

Kids (1995)
A day in the life of a group of teens as they travel around New York City skating, drinking, smoking and deflowering virgins.
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Kanopy
68
6.5
/312906/
65
/9815/
63
/5282/
3.3
/888886/
86
/175/
57
/16481/
80
/33/
cc age 16+

The Blair Witch Project (1999)
In October of 1994 three student filmmakers disappeared in the woods near Burkittsville, Maryland, while shooting a documentary. A year later their footage was found.
poster
Criterion Channel
75
65
7.2
/2846/
70
/72/
70
/56/
4.0
/17115/
88
/17/
76
/70/
71
/4/

Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take One (1968)
In Manhattan's Central Park, a film crew directed by William Greaves is shooting a screen test with various pairs of actors. It's a confrontation between a couple: he demands to know what's wrong, she challenges his sexual orientation. Cameras shoot the exchange, and another camera records Greaves and his crew. Sometimes we watch the crew discussing this scene, its language, and the process of making a movie. Is there such a thing as natural language? Are all things related to sex? The camera records distractions - a woman rides horseback past them; a garrulous homeless vet who sleeps in the park chats them up. What's the nature of making a movie?
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75
65
7.5
/3155/
77
/69/
73
/51/
4.2
/7448/
73
/41/
89
/99/
58
/11/

Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars (1983)
Hammersmith Odeon, London, July 3, 1973. British singer David Bowie performs his alter ego Ziggy Stardust for the very last time. A decadent show, a hallucinogenic collage of kitsch, pop irony and flamboyant excess: a musical symbiosis of feminine passion and masculine dominance that defines Bowie's art and the glam rock genre.
poster
64
6.5
/6822/
64
/110/
62
/72/
3.4
/3206/
72
/83/
69
/312/
55
/29/

Series 7: The Contenders (2001)
A reality TV program selects six contestants to participate in a free-for-all, no holds barred deathmatch, where they must skillfully outwit and kill each other in order to be the last person alive.
poster
Criterion Channel
72
63
6.8
/4166/
72
/54/
66
/70/
3.7
/7101/
79
/28/
73
/91/
76
/14/

Japón (2003)
A painter from the big city goes to a remote canyon to commit suicide. To reach some calmness he stays at the farmstead of Ascen, an old religious woman. Although only a few words are spoken, love grows.
poster
Criterion Channel
78
62
7.4
/2885/
70
/54/
71
/82/
3.9
/7163/
100
/5/
78
/24/

Naked Childhood (1969)
Handed over to foster care by his mother—who's unwilling to give up permanent custody—the now-adolescent François understands that nothing in life is permanent, and his increasingly erratic actions reflect this knowledge.
poster
Criterion Channel
73
62
7.4
/3973/
72
/107/
71
/112/
3.9
/14462/
72
/653/

Chronicle of a Summer (1961)
Paris, summer 1960. Anthropologist and filmmaker Jean Rouch and sociologist and film critic Edgar Morin wander through the crowded streets asking passersby how they cope with life's misfortunes.
poster
The Roku Channel
59
6.1
/7477/
60
/214/
60
/122/
2.8
/5466/
61
/54/
44
/253/

Kurt & Courtney (1998)
After rocker Kurt Cobain's death, ruled a suicide, a film crew arrives in Seattle to make a documentary. Director Nick Broomfield talks to lots of people. Portraits emerge: a shy, slight Kurt, weary of touring, embarrassed by fame, hooked on heroin; an out-going Courtney, dramatic, controlling, moving from groupie to star.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
65
58
6.1
/6766/
67
/141/
62
/203/
3.5
/22651/
77
/13/
54
/85/

Hi, Mom! (1970)
Vietnam vet Jon Rubin returns to New York and rents a rundown flat in Greenwich Village. It is in this flat that he begins to film, 'Peeping Tom' style, the people in the apartment across the street. His obsession with making films leads him to fall in with a radical 'Black Power' group, which in turn leads him to carry out a bizarre act of urban terrorism.
poster
Criterion Channel
76
57
7.3
/3173/
72
/51/
70
/74/
3.9
/8442/
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
Hulu
77
55
7.1
/1214/
69
/123/
66
/29/
3.7
/1978/
98
/40/
82
/13/
85
/11/

The First Wave (2021)
When Covid-19 hit New York City in 2020, filmmaker Matthew Heineman gained unique access to one of New York’s hardest-hit hospital systems. The resulting film focuses on the doctors, nurses, and patients on the frontlines during the “first wave” from March to June 2020. Their distinct storylines each serve as a microcosm to understand how the city persevered through the worst pandemic in a century
poster
76
54
7.4
/1807/
73
/63/
69
/49/
3.8
/1575/
89
/85/

You Shoot, I Shoot (2001)
A hired killer pairs up with an amateur filmmaker to provide clients with satisfying footage of enemies getting whacked.
poster
Criterion Channel
71
53
6.9
/1429/
71
/75/
68
/25/
3.5
/1370/
86
/35/
69
/1286/
69
/11/

Kings of Pastry (2009)
The collar awarded to the winners of the Meilleur Ouvrier de France (Best Craftsman in France) is more than the ultimate recognition for every pastry chef - it is a dream and an obsession. The 3-day competition includes everything from delicate chocolates to precarious six foot sugar sculptures and requires that the chefs have extraordinary skill, nerves of steel and luck. The film follows Jacquy Pfeiffer, founder of The French Pastry School in Chicago, as he returns to France to compete against 15 of France's leading pastry chefs. The filmmakers were given first time/exclusive access to this high-stakes drama of passion, sacrifice, disappointment and joy in the quest to have President Sarkozy declare them one of the best in France.
poster
Criterion Channel
72
52
7.1
/1649/
60
/57/
64
/38/
3.5
/5058/
100
/6/
71
/20/

Primary (1960)
Primary is a documentary film about the primary elections between John F. Kennedy and Hubert Humphrey in 1960. Primary is the first documentary to use light equipment in order to follow their subjects in a more intimate filmmaking style. This unconventional way of filming created a new look for documentary films where the camera’s lens was right in the middle of what ever drama was occurring. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in partnership with The Film Foundation in 1998.
poster
The Roku Channel
63
52
5.5
/3202/
55
/155/
61
/64/
2.9
/16811/
89
/9/
64
/18/

Be My Cat: A Film for Anne (2015)
An aspiring filmmaker goes to shocking extremes to convince Hollywood actress Anne Hathaway to star in his film. First entry in Adrian Țofei's spiritual trilogy which includes We Put the World to Sleep and Pure.
poster
76
50
7.1
/1694/
71
/38/
66
/17/
3.6
/561/
91
/65/
79
/152/
84
/26/

Iraq in Fragments (2006)
An opus in three parts, Iraq In Fragments offers a series of intimate, passionately-felt portraits: A fatherless 11-year-old is apprenticed to the domineering owner of a Baghdad garage; Sadr followers in two Shiite cities rally for regional elections while enforcing Islamic law at the point of a gun; a family of Kurdish farmers welcomes the US presence, which has allowed them a measure of freedom previously denied. American director James Longley spent more than two years filming in Iraq to create this stunningly photographed, poetically rendered documentary of the war-torn country as seen through the eyes of Sunnis, Shiites and Kurds.
poster
68
47
7.5
/1997/
79
/74/
72
/30/
3.7
/1461/
20
/5/
90
/47/

Elvis on Tour (1972)
This documentary captures Elvis Presley on his 1972 American tour and includes rehearsals, interviews, archival television appearances and backstage moments. With Elvis at his most flamboyant, the film features well-known hits and cover songs showcasing his country, gospel and rhythm-and-blues influences.
poster
75
46
7.6
/1245/
72
/92/
75
/26/
4.0
/10803/

Incident (2023)
Chicago, 2018. A man is killed by police on the street. Through a composite montage of images from surveillance and security footage as well as police body-cams, Incident recreates the event and its consequences, featuring vain justifications, altercations and attempts to avoid blame. Bill Morrison delivers a chilling political investigation in search of the truth.
poster
Criterion Channel
45
4.3
/210/
55
/10/
48
/6/
30
/104/

Beyond the Law (1968)
Takes place over the course of one feverish night in a Manhattan police precinct and neighboring bar.
poster
Criterion Channel
74
45
7.7
/931/
70
/34/
69
/22/
3.9
/2283/
76
/488/

Crisis: Behind a Presidential Commitment (1963)
During a two-day period before and after the University of Alabama integration crisis, the film uses five camera crews to follow President John F. Kennedy, attorney general Robert F. Kennedy, Alabama governor George Wallace, deputy attorney general Nicholas Katzenbach and the students Vivian Malone and James Hood. As Wallace has promised to personally block the two black students from enrolling in the university, the JFK administration discusses the best way to react to it, without rousing the crowd or making Wallace a martyr for the segregationist cause. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in partnership with The Film Foundation in 1999.
poster
MGM Plus
45
5.8
/5664/
61
/106/
59
/110/
3.0
/2635/
6
/16/
50
/141/

S.F.W. (1995)
An alienated and misanthropic teenager gains sudden and unwanted celebrity status after he's taken hostage by terrorists where his indifference to their threats to kill him makes news headlines.
poster
64
44
6.5
/1908/
60
/53/
62
/65/
3.5
/4000/

The Mad Masters (1955)
The subject of the film was the Hauka movement. The Hauka movement consisted of mimicry and dancing to become possessed by French Colonial administrators. The participants performed the same elaborate military ceremonies of their colonial occupiers, but in more of a trance than true recreation.
poster
Criterion Channel
73
41
7.0
/602/
70
/29/
76
/8/
3.8
/2231/
88
/41/
58
/7/
76
/13/

A Poem Is a Naked Person (1974)
Les Blank's first feature-length documentary captures music and other events at Leon Russell's Oklahoma recording studio during a three-year period (1972-1974).
poster
Kanopy
53
41
5.0
/1652/
49
/67/
47
/36/
2.9
/3376/
67
/9/
48
/27/
54
/6/

Toad Road (2013)
Stuck in a dead end town, young James kills time with his druggie friends, engaging in debauched chemical intake to the point of unconsciousness, until he meets Sara, a sweet new arrival to their group. However, Sara wants James to take her further into the world of narcotics experimentation (just as James was contemplating abandoning this lifestyle), and she also wants him to introduce her to the sinister local legend of Toad Road, a spot deep in the forest that is apparently home to the Seven Gates of Hell.
poster
83
38
7.6
/661/
80
/13/
73
/26/
3.8
/1083/
100
/11/
96
/3/

The 10th District Court: Moments of Trial (2004)
The proceedings of a Paris courtroom are the grist for this documentary. Drawn from over 200 appearances before the same female judge, the director chooses a dozen or so varied misdemeanor and civil hearings to highlight the subtle details of human behavior. In the process he draws attention to issues of guilt, innocence, policing and ethnicity in France.
poster
74
38
7.5
/1300/
60
/12/
67
/20/
3.8
/1255/
85
/13/
84
/9/

Jonah Who Will Be 25 in the Year 2000 (1976)
A look at the lives of several men and women in their 30s as they confront the slim gains of the "revolutionary" sixties. Max, a dissatisfied copy editor; Myriam, a redhead into tantric sex; and Marie, a supermarket checker who gives unauthorized discounts to the elderly, search for renewed meaning on a communal farm. The title character, a six-year-old child, is the carrier of their hopes for the future.
poster
Criterion Channel
56
36
5.8
/1566/
58
/53/
58
/43/
3.4
/8105/
54
/13/
44
/3/

Lions Love (1969)
Three actors in Hollywood live and love together. A director comes from New York to make a movie about actors and Hollywood.
poster
70
35
6.8
/1395/
63
/22/
66
/22/
3.5
/690/
94
/16/
64
/8/

An Episode in the Life of an Iron Picker (2013)
Senada is 31 and she lives in Poljice neighborhood in Lukavac municipality with her partner and two daughters. She is pregnant with her third child for approximately five months. Since she didn’t have health insurance, she does not go to the doctor’s. When she started bleeding, she goes to the hospital. The doctor told Senada that she needs an emergency surgery and she needs to pay 500 EUR. Without a health insurance card and without money, Senada returns home.
poster
70
34
7.0
/436/
73
/14/
62
/13/
93
/14/
60
/7/
64
/8/

That Man: Peter Berlin (2006)
He slept with Sal Mineo, was photographed by Andy Warhol, and he was lusted after by millions of men around the world. Model, photographer, filmmaker, clothing designer, and porn icon Peter Berlin is his own greatest creation. Berlin is front and center in this bio documentary from director Jim Tushinski, and featuring interviews with director John Waters, novelist Armistead Maupin, 70s porn director Wakefield Poole and more, all with Berlin as the subject. This intimate film reveals the legendary man with the white saran wrapped pants, undersized leather vests, and Dutch-boy haircut


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