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7.8
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79
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71
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3.9
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89
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The Celluloid Closet (1996)
Exuberant, eye-opening movie that serves up a dazzling hundred-year history of the role of gay men and lesbians have had on the silver screen. Film contains fabulous footage from 120 films showing the changing face of cinema sexuality, from cruel stereotypes to covert love to the activist triumphs of the 1990s.
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Kanopy
75
7.0
/656/
74
/54/
65
/11/
3.5
/2732/
95
/40/
71
/4/
75
/15/

Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project (2019)
Marion Stokes secretly recorded television 24 hours a day for 30 years from 1975 until her death in 2012. For Marion taping was a form of activism to seek the truth, and she believed that a comprehensive archive of the media would be invaluable for future generations. Her visionary and maddening project nearly tore her family apart, but now her 70,000 VHS tapes are being digitized and they'll be searchable online.
poster
75
7.5
/201718/
71
/4585/
70
/2669/
4.0
/176849/
76
/174/
75
/13934/
68
/32/
cc age 16+

The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (2007)
Outlaw Jesse James is rumored to be the 'fastest gun in the West'. An eager recruit into James' notorious gang, Robert Ford eventually grows jealous of the famed outlaw and, when Robert and his brother sense an opportunity to kill James, their murderous action elevates their target to near mythical status.
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Kanopy
81
72
8.1
/5089/
82
/113/
75
/92/
3.9
/2644/
78
/9/
94
/177/

Manufacturing Consent: Noam Chomsky and the Media (1992)
A film about the noted American linguist/political dissident and his warning about corporate media's role in modern propaganda.
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Kanopy
74
65
7.5
/3918/
77
/174/
69
/86/
3.5
/5075/
80
/68/
cc age 14+

Miss Representation (2011)
The film MISS REPRESENTATION exposes how American youth are being sold the concept that women and girls’ value lies in their youth, beauty and sexuality. Explores the under-representation of women in positions of power and influence in America, and challenges the media's limited portrayal of what it means to be a powerful woman. It’s time to break that cycle of mistruths.
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Kanopy
72
64
7.5
/6323/
72
/163/
71
/69/
3.4
/1459/
85
/60/
77
/376/
58
/19/
cc age 14+

Outfoxed: Rupert Murdoch's War on Journalism (2004)
This film examines how media empires, led by Rupert Murdoch's Fox News, have been running a "race to the bottom" in television news, and provides an in-depth look at Fox News and the dangerous impact on society when a broad swath of media is controlled by one person. Media experts, including Jeff Cohen (FAIR) Bob McChesney (Free Press), Chellie Pingree (Common Cause), Jeff Chester (Center for Digital Democracy) and David Brock (Media Matters) provide context and guidance for the story of Fox News and its effect on society. This documentary also reveals the secrets of Former Fox news producers, reporters, bookers and writers who expose what it's like to work for Fox News. These former Fox employees talk about how they were forced to push a "right-wing" point of view or risk their jobs. Some have even chosen to remain anonymous in order to protect their current livelihoods. As one employee said "There's no sense of integrity as far as having a line that can't be crossed."
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Criterion Channel
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63
6.7
/6151/
69
/153/
69
/168/
3.7
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79
/19/
65
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63
/7/

Breaking News (2004)
After a disastrous failure to stop a robber gang, the police attempt to redeem themselves through a series of publicity stunts and shootouts.
poster
60
6.3
/51772/
67
/1759/
62
/899/
3.0
/24024/
53
/34/
44
/666/
46
/15/
cc age 17+

The Dead Pool (1988)
Dirty Harry Callahan returns for his final film adventure. Together with his partner Al Quan, he must investigate the systematic murder of actors and musicians. By the time Harry learns that the murders are a part of a sick game to predict the deaths of celebrities before they happen, it may be too late...
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Kanopy
66
58
6.8
/6097/
62
/73/
64
/117/
3.4
/2667/
77
/60/
66
/36/
61
/22/

September 11 (2002)
An anthology of short films inspired by the events of the September 11 World Trade Center attacks.
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Fandango at Home Free
56
4.9
/2379/
54
/199/
60
/89/
2.3
/4252/
76
/25/
47
/37/
cc age 15+

Followed (2020)
Social media influencer, 'DropTheMike', seeks thrills and stardom in the most horrific places. When he’s offered the possibility of a lucrative sponsorship, he takes his online channel to one of the most haunted hotels in America. What begins as a fun challenge accompanied by friends descends into a personal hell, begging the timely question: how far would you go to pursue internet fame?
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Amazon Prime Video
74
56
6.4
/2499/
71
/175/
66
/62/
3.3
/1162/
100
/10/
78
/21/

Pork Pie (2017)
A trio of accidental outlaws travel the length of New Zealand, protesting conformity and chasing lost love, with a posse of cops and a media frenzy in pursuit.
poster
55
6.6
/157148/
67
/3526/
63
/2094/
2.9
/37214/
34
/153/
57
/24497/
40
/32/
cc age 15+

Vantage Point (2008)
During an historic counter-terrorism summit in Spain, the President of the United States is struck down by an assassin's bullet. Eight strangers have a perfect view of the kill, but what did they really see? As the minutes leading up to the fatal shot are replayed through the eyes of each eyewitness, the reality of the assassination takes shape.
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Kanopy
55
52
5.2
/8874/
55
/383/
52
/157/
2.1
/7312/
74
/35/

Funhouse (2019)
When 8 celebrities from around the globe are invited to compete in an online reality show, they soon realize that they are playing for their very lives, as those voted off suffer horrific consequences, broadcast live to the entire world.
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Criterion Channel
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52
7.1
/1636/
60
/57/
64
/38/
3.5
/4712/
100
/6/
70
/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
51
4.8
/77063/
54
/2516/
51
/1584/
2.5
/52701/
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/35/
22
/3255/
59
/25/
cc age 11+

Junior (1994)
A research scientist becomes the world's first pregnant man in order to test a drug he and a colleague have designed for expectant women. To carry out the trial, he has an embryo implant, believing that he will only carry the baby for three months – hardly expecting to face the prospect of giving birth.
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7.1
/2997/
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/80/
71
/40/
3.2
/2716/

Kavan (2017)
A budding journalist passionate about ethical, noble, hard-hitting journalism understands the more flourishing ghetto of sensationalism & news fabrication that the Entertainment TV Channel he belongs to, thrives on. When caught in a dilemma of whether to hold for a while or rise in protest, a situation forces him to make a decision that puts him out of work but… there begins his work.
poster
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7.7
/1371/
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/49/
68
/29/
3.6
/2006/
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/33/

Video Nasties: Moral Panic, Censorship & Videotape (2010)
A documentary analyzing the furore which so-called "video nasties" caused in Britain during the 1980s.
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Amazon Prime Video
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45
7.6
/861/
73
/28/
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/13/
3.5
/537/
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/30/
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/42/
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/16/

Boogie Man: The Lee Atwater Story (2008)
Boogie Man is a comprehensive look at political strategist, racist, and former Republican National Convention Committee chairman, Lee Atwater, who reinvigorated the Republican Party’s Southern Strategy to increase political support among white voters in the South by appealing to racism against African Americans. He mentored Karl Rove and George W. Bush and played a key role in the elections of Reagan and George H.W. Bush.
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MGM Plus
45
5.8
/5642/
61
/103/
60
/109/
3.0
/2573/
6
/16/
50
/142/

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
Kanopy
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43
8.0
/604/
75
/28/
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/15/
4.0
/2886/
83
/67/

Ethnic Notions (1986)
This documentary traces the deep-rooted stereotypes which have fueled anti-black prejudice.
poster
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43
5.4
/4542/
73
/111/
63
/28/
3.1
/333/
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/82/

The Plot Against the President (2020)
Based on Lee Smith's book of the same name, this documentary follows the story of the biggest political scandal in U.S. history.
poster
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3.8
/39109/
56
/910/
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cc age 11+

Spice World (1997)
World famous pop group the Spice Girls zip around London in their luxurious double decker tour bus having various adventures and performing for their fans.
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37
8.3
/625/
78
/41/
78
/30/
3.7
/1498/

Beyond Citizen Kane (1993)
Beyond Citizen Kane (1993) is a British documentary film directed by Simon Hartog, produced by John Ellis, and broadcast on Channel 4. It details the dominant position of the Rede Globo media group in the Brazilian society, discussing the group's influence, power, and political connections. Globo's president and founder Roberto Marinho came in for particular criticism, being compared with fictional newspaper tycoon Charles Foster Kane, created by Orson Welles for the 1941 film Citizen Kane. According to the documentary, Marinho's media group engages in the same Kane wholesale manipulation of news to influence the public opinion.
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79
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73
/49/
3.8
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/2/

The New Watchdogs (2012)
In 1932, the writer Paul Nizan published "The New Watchdogs" to denounce the philosophers and writers of his time who, sheltering behind intellectual neutrality, imposed themselves as true watchdogs of the established order. Today the watchdogs are journalists, editors, and media experts who've openly become market evangelists and guardians of the social order. In a sardonic manner, "The New Watchdogs" denounces this press that, claiming to be independent, objective and pluralist, makes out it is a democratic force of opposition. With forcefulness and precision, the film puts its finger on the increasing danger of information produced by the major industrial groups of the Paris Stock Exchange and perverted into merchandise.
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Hoopla
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29
7.2
/760/
72
/17/
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/9/
73
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Hell on Wheels (2004)
Year after year hundreds of thousands of fans line the route of the Tour de France, cheering on their heroes and willing them to victory, while millions of viewers worldwide tune in on their televisions. Academy Award-winning director Pepe Danquart, fascinated by the spectacle of the three week race, chose to focus on the courage, the pain and the fear of the riders of the Tour. Training his lens on German superstar sprinter Eric Zabel and his loyal domestique Rolf Aldag, Danquart captures the thrill of the race and the teamwork behind the stars of the peleton. He also shines light on the Tour's supporting cast - the director sportifs, masseurs, and, of course, the wildly enthusiastic fans. Reveling in the stunning landscape - from the Alps to the Pyrenees to the Massif Central to Paris - and with a nice dollop of Le Tour's history, HELL ON WHEELS transcends the sport it celebrates to reveal an astonishing human endeavor.
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6.7
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3.6
/733/
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/55/

Herostratus (1967)
When a young poet hires a marketing company to turn his suicide into a mass-media spectacle, he finds that his subversive intentions are quickly diluted into a reactionary gesture.
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75
24
8.1
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72
/12/
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3.6
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/40/

The Last Days of Left Eye (2007)
Lisa 'Left Eye' Lopes was the hip-hop voice of TLC, the best selling female R&B group of all time. On March 30th, 2002, Lisa decided to document her life. She filmed at a mysterious spiritual retreat deep in the jungles of Honduras, but 26 days later, after a tragic accident, she was dead and her unedited tapes were left behind. Last Days of Left Eye is the re-imagining of the film Lisa never got to complete. Revealing private moments from Lisa's journals and home movies, along with highlights from her celebrated career, this film is an intimate journey into the soul of a talented and still provocative young artist. Directed by Lauren Lazin, Academy Award nominated director of Tupac: Resurrection (2005, Best Documentary Feature), Last Days of Left Eye has screened to sold-out audiences at film festivals around the world.
poster
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21
6.4
/346/
55
/4/
55
/12/
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/9/
46
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Choose Connor (2007)
Idealistic 15-year-old Owen gets the chance of a lifetime to be the youth spokesman for U.S. Senate Candidate Lawrence Connor, only to be exploited in a fierce campaign of TV and radio ads, posters, interviews, and speaking engagements in the cut throat media-image-is-all world of American politics.
poster
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15
7.7
/480/
68
/9/
70
/12/
3.6
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85
/1/

The Rati Horror Show (2010)
"El Rati Horror Show" is a documentary that portrays the dramatic story of Fernando Ariel Carrera, the case of an ordinary man wrongly sentenced to thirty years in prison - not by mistake but deliberately - through the manipulation of a judicial case in Argentina. The film takes as its central point the way in which Fernando Carrera's case was fabricated: the manipulation and alteration of evidence at the scene of the crime; the manipulation of all national media by Rubén Maugeri, key witness to the events and president of the Association of Friends of Commissary 34. On the other hand, it shows how Fernando Carrera leads his daily life in prison.
poster
66
13
5.1
/1454/
59
/10/
56
/10/
100
/4/

Die Gstettensaga: The Rise of Echsenfriedl (2014)
A long time ago, the so-called "Google Wars" engulfed the whole world in a deadly chain reaction. Civilization came to a grinding halt. But there is still hope. This is the story of a new beginning...
poster
67
12
6.8
/551/
64
/5/
71
/13/
3.4
/219/

The Reporter (2020)
Documentary about a Finnish reporter, Hannu Karpo. The movie follows Karpo's decades-long career as a journalist, and how he became a phenomenon and known by the whole nation.
poster
?
60
/1/

Anti-XRL Campaign - Media Perspective (2010)
In late 2009, over twenty Hong Kong civic groups united as the "Anti-High-Speed Rail, Stop Funding" coalition, aiming to halt Legislative Council approval of the HKD 66.9 billion Express Rail Link amid deep social rifts. The "Post-80s Anti-High-Speed Rail Youth" group drew thousands of young people with their slogan “Defend Our Homeland, Protest with Joy,” leading to three funding suspensions that surprised the public. Media coverage was intense and innovative, featuring rare camera angles and lively online debate among journalists. This documentary explores how reporters shaped the movement, their emotional involvement, and the dynamic relationship between the media and activists during Hong Kong’s pivotal 2009–10 protests.
poster
?
10
/2/
100
/1/

Delenda (2018)
In the wake of a terrorist attack, a group of young people in New York seek to capitalize on the hysteria in a variety of morally dubious ways.
poster
?
97
/16/

Purple Leone (2025)
Purple Leone is an experimental short film exploring how trends emerge and spread across the world. Through a blend of visuals and sound, it reflects on influence, identity, and the subtle forces behind global culture. A quiet, atmospheric look at what drives what we follow.
poster
?
7.1
/44/
80
/1/
40
/1/

An Examination of Kubrick's A Clockwork Orange (1972)
An examination of Kubrick’s ‘A Clockwork Orange’ on Camera 3 (1972)
poster
?
6.8
/16/
90
/1/

Désentubage cathodique (2005)
From falsehood to mystification to manipulation and false impartiality, the whole logic of disinformation and brutality is brought to light. When the king of the media and his politico-journalistic buffoons are sifted by a radical counter-audiovisual power, the discredit of the "elites" sanctioned by the referendum of May 29, 2005 is better understood. With this film, Zalea TV's team had decided to laugh about it and make them laugh, even if at bottom these discoveries were rather disturbing. By staging a series of very simple techniques of "self-defense", this film is an invitation to self-disengage permanently. The use of the TV-B Gone, an instrument whose sole function is to turn off the television, appears here as the ultimate resort to media criticism.
poster
?
100
/1/

ARTIFICIAL: Media Production in an Age of AI (2024)
Exploring the transformative impact of artificial intelligence in an industry of imagination, “ARTIFICIAL: Media Production in an Age of AI” delves into how AI tools are currently revolutionizing various stages of media production and examines the balance between technological advancement and human creativity, attempting to spark conversation about the future of storytelling in an age of progress. It also addresses the possibility of government regulation and the broader ethical concerns implicit in the immense capabilities of AI technology. The documentary integrates extensive research, survey results, and insightful interviews with industry professionals.
poster
?
8.5
/22/

Who in the Hell Is Regina Jones? (2024)
Before Rolling Stone, there was Soul Newspaper. Behind Soul, there was Regina Jones. Against all odds, Regina blazed her own path, and at 80 has found herself again.
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?
80
/1/
100
/1/

Minden (2023)
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poster
?
7.0
/7/

Ricochet (2021)
When a young woman is shot by an undocumented immigrant on Pier 14 in San Francisco, the incident ignites a political and media furor that culminates in Donald Trump’s election as President of the United States. In the eye of this storm, two public defenders fight to reveal the truth.
poster
?
95
/2/

getty abortions (2023)
What images do we associate with abortion and why? Where do these images and the emotional scripts in our head come from? How do they influence women who (want to) have an abortion, how do they shape the general discussion? Franzis Kabisch’s personal desktop documentary investigates these questions with great precision, clarity and humour (yes, humour, too!).
poster
Kanopy
?
6.0
/15/

Beyond the Straight and Narrow (2023)
How did the rise of LGBTQ visibility, political progress, and digital technologies in the 2000s come together to offer the abundance of complex queer and transgender representations we see today? Media scholar Katherine Sender shows how LGBTQ visibility and political progress have combined with new digital media technologies and television platforms to produce an increasingly complex range of queer and transgender representations.
poster
72
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6.9
/122/
74
/5/
72
/6/

Enquiring Minds: The Untold Story of the Man Behind the National Enquirer (2014)
Chronicle of publisher Gene Pope Jr.'s celebrity gossip and scandal fused vision, which became The National Enquirer, America's most notorious tabloid.
poster
?
100
/1/

RE:MEMBER (2023)
RE:MEMBER is a documentary, split into three chapters, that provides insights into the topics of memory, media, and history, specifically through the lens of two millennial participants. Through their testimonies and introspections, we start to see the rift between the media they were nostalgic for and the reality we currently live in. They also consider how our current attitudes towards media have shaped our previous environments and how we can change society to better our future generations.
poster
?
6.7
/41/
50
/1/

15' (2023)
In an increasingly virtual world, what are three rappers and a fan doing barricaded in a clothing store? If Andy Warhol were alive, he would say they are looking for their 15 minutes of fame, but what will we say?
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?
10
/1/

Distress Signals (1991)
American television programming dominates around the world at the expense of regional cultural voices.
poster
?
70
/1/

Watusi Zombie! (2024)
Set in Kochi right before the pandemic, micro-celebrity and boy genius Gabriel finds himself in the midst of an ugly rumor as he deals with small people with big city ideas.
poster
Kanopy
?
6.4
/6/
70
/1/
15
/2/

Rope’s End (2022)
A fictionalized biography on John Dall who was in two great movies - Alfred Hitchcock’s Rope (1948) and Joseph H. Lewis’ Gun Crazy (1950).


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