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1. The Daily Show (1996– )
TV-14 | 22 min | Comedy, News, Talk-Show
A comedy news show featuring humorous takes on top stories.
Stars: Jon Stewart, Trevor Noah, Stephen Colbert, Roy Wood Jr.
Votes: 48,238
2. 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: 40,917 | Gross: $0.49M
3. The End (XVIII)
Drama, Fantasy, Musical | Post-production
A Golden Age-style musical about the last human family.
Director: Joshua Oppenheimer | Stars: Michael Shannon, Tilda Swinton, George MacKay, Tim McInnerny
4. All That Breathes (2022)
Not Rated | 97 min | Documentary
Amidst the darkening backdrop of Delhi's apocalyptic air and escalating violence, two brothers devote their lives to protect one casualty of the turbulent times: the bird known as the Black Kite.
Director: Shaunak Sen | Stars: Salik Rehman, Mohammad Saud, Nadeem Shehzad
Votes: 4,838
5. The Look of Silence (2014)
PG-13 | 103 min | Documentary, Biography, History
A family that survived the genocide in Indonesia confronts the men who killed one of their brothers.
Director: Joshua Oppenheimer | Stars: Adi Rukun, M.Y. Basrun, Volker Hanisch, Amir Hasan
Votes: 13,924 | Gross: $0.11M
6. P.O.V. (1988– )
60 min | Documentary
POV, a cinema term for "point of view," is television's longest-running showcase for independent non-fiction films. Since 1988, POV has presented more than 300 of the best, boldest, and ... See full summary »
Stars: Stacey Abrams, Rashida Tlaib, Lucy McBath, Veronica Escobar
Votes: 245
7. Werner Herzog: Radical Dreamer (2022)
102 min | Documentary
Documentary presents a comprehensive portrait of an iconic artist of our time.
Director: Thomas von Steinaecker | Stars: Werner Herzog, Chloé Zhao, Joshua Oppenheimer, Patti Smith
Votes: 619
8. Two Strangers Trying Not to Kill Each Other (2024)
100 min | Documentary
Directors: Manon Ouimet, Jacob Perlmutter | Stars: Maggie Barrett, Joel Meyerowitz, Brenda Bufalino, Denise Wolff
Votes: 14
9. Dateline (1984– )
60 min | News
The "Dateline" team report on and present international current affairs.
Stars: Anjali Rao, Amos Roberts, Evan Williams, Mark Davis
Votes: 60
10. 2nd Chance (2022)
89 min | Documentary
An exploration of Richard Davis, the inventor of the modern-day bulletproof vest who shot himself at least 192 times to prove his product worked.
Director: Ramin Bahrani | Star: Richard Davis
Votes: 436
11. The Oscars (2014 TV Special)
TV-14 | 175 min | Comedy, Music, Reality-TV
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences celebrates the previous year's (2013) achievements in film.
Director: Hamish Hamilton | Stars: Ellen DeGeneres, Anne Hathaway, Barkhad Abdi, Bradley Cooper
Votes: 4,137
12. The Unknown Known (2013)
PG-13 | 103 min | Documentary, Biography, History
Former United States Secretary of Defense, Donald Rumsfeld, discusses his career in Washington D.C. from his days as a congressman in the early 1960s to planning the invasion of Iraq in 2003.
Director: Errol Morris | Stars: Donald Rumsfeld, Errol Morris
Votes: 4,297 | Gross: $0.28M
13. The Distant Barking of Dogs (2017)
91 min | Documentary, War
THE DISTANT BARKING OF DOGS is set in Eastern Ukraine on the frontline of the war. The film follows the life of 10-year-old Ukrainian boy Oleg throughout a year, witnessing the gradual ... See full summary »
Director: Simon Lereng Wilmont | Stars: Oleg Afanasyev, Alexandra Ryabichkina, Jarik
Votes: 651
14. Democracy Now! (2001– )
60 min | News, Talk-Show
Journalist Amy Goodman hosts this independent news program which features international journalists, grassroots leaders, independent analysts, as well as ordinary people directly affected by world events and U.S. policy.
Stars: Amy Goodman, Juan Gonzalez, Nermeen Shaikh, Sharif Abdel Kouddous
Votes: 481
15. The Last Race (2018)
Not Rated | 75 min | Documentary, Sport
A sumptuous Sundance doc depicting the Long Island birthplace of stock car racing where only one track remains. Located on prime real estate, the real tors are circling. The property is ... See full summary »
Director: Michael Dweck | Stars: Marty Berger, Barbara Cromarty, Jim Cromarty, Bob Finan
Votes: 305 | Gross: $0.01M
16. Días de cine (1991– )
60 min | News
Antonio Gasset hosts this show in which recently released movies and DVDs are thoughtfully discussed in a documentary-like way.
Stars: Gerardo Sánchez, Elena S. Sánchez, Antonio Gasset, Cayetana Guillén Cuervo
Votes: 334
17. The Oscars (2016 TV Special)
TV-14 | 175 min | Music
The 88th Academy Awards ceremony honors achievement in film in 2015.
Director: Glenn Weiss | Stars: Chris Rock, Emily Blunt, Charlize Theron, Tom McCarthy
Votes: 2,249
18. A Mother Brings Her Son to Be Shot (2017)
84 min | Documentary
One night, Majella O'Donnell took her teenage son Philly to be shot in both legs. Majella, Philly, and his shooters all live in an extraordinary community in Derry, Northern Ireland. 'The ... See full summary »
Director: Sinéad O'Shea
Votes: 104
19. 73rd Venice Film Festival Awards Ceremony (2016 TV Special)
83 min | News
Stars: Ana Lily Amirpour, Laurie Anderson, Roberto Andò, Gemma Arterton
20. The Entire History of the Louisiana Purchase (1998)
Not Rated | 50 min | History
An enigmatic pseudo-documentary covering the stories of a woman who kills her baby in her microwave, the Native American genocide, and nuclear war.
Director: Joshua Oppenheimer | Stars: Jennifer Lee Carrell, J. Eric Marler, Darren Chadwick-Hussein
Votes: 70
21. Songs of Repression (2020)
88 min | Documentary, History
The inhabitants of a German colony in Chile share a dark past with violence and sexual abuse, but react in widely different ways when confronted with it today.
Directors: Marianne Hougen-Moraga, Estephan Wagner | Stars: Horst Schaffrik, Jürgen Szurgelies, Helga Bohnau, Dora Barr
Votes: 196
22. Durch die Nacht mit... (2002– )
Documentary
Two celebrities meet for the first time to spend an evening in each others and the camera's company.
Stars: Christoph Schlingensief, Jonathan Meese, Helene Hegemann, Till Brönner
Votes: 222
23. The Globalisation Tapes (2003 Video)
Not Rated | 71 min | Documentary
Documents their exploration of history, globalization, and how unions around the world can support each other and struggle together.
Directors: Anar, Basir, Christine Cynn, Erman, Hayati, Jumiati, Karman, Kirman, Mirza, Misnan, Muntoha, Joshua Oppenheimer | Stars: Intan Sinaga, Sharman Sinaga
Votes: 77
24. Our Father Wears a Sun (2024)
Documentary
After actor Søren Spanning's stroke in 2014, his children document their family's adaptation over six years, navigating their evolving relationship and coping with grief until his death in 2020.
Directors: Rosalinde Mynster, Jasper Spanning | Stars: Karen-Lise Mynster, Rosalinde Mynster, Jasper Spanning, Søren Spanning
Votes: 6
25. Mogadishu Soldier (2016)
84 min | Documentary, War
A camera in the hands of African Union soldiers in Mogadishu, Somalia, captures the war on the jihadist militants in Al-Shabaab.
Director: Torstein Grude
Votes: 36
26. Erase and Forget (2017)
Not Rated | 90 min | Documentary
This major new investigative documentary by one of Britain's leading woman filmmakers explores and exposes the decades of militarism, gun culture, toxic masculinity and social unrest that led to the age of Trump.
Director: Andrea Luka Zimmerman | Stars: Bo Gritz, Ted Kotcheff, Gagik, Tudor Gates
Votes: 113
27. The 2014 Film Independent Spirit Awards (2014 TV Special)
Director: Chris Donovan | Stars: Patton Oswalt, Matthew McConaughey, Reese Witherspoon, Lake Bell
Votes: 52
28. Land of Enchantment (2000)
Not Rated | 1 min | Documentary, Short
For eighty cents an hour, prisoners in a New Mexico prison answer telephones for the state tourism hotline. Co-directed by Christine Cynn.
Directors: Christine Cynn, Joshua Oppenheimer
Votes: 29
29. Postcard from Sun City, Arizona (2003)
Not Rated | 4 min | Short
Joshua Oppenheimer sets images of life in a retirement community in Arizona (as seen through television commercials) to a talk radio interview with a female convict extolling the benefits ... See full summary »
Director: Joshua Oppenheimer
Votes: 26
30. Angels Are Made Of Light (2018)
117 min | Documentary
A dozen years after his Oscar-nominated Iraq in Fragments, American documentarian James Longley delivers a sweeping, profoundly compassionate group portrait of Afghan students and teachers still weathering national turbulence.
Director: James Longley | Stars: Fazula, Hasiba, Yaldash Mir-Habibullah, Rostam Mir-Mohammed-Ullah
Votes: 100 | Gross: $0.01M
31. Estate, a Reverie (2015)
83 min | Documentary, History
A film forged by community and a spirited celebration of extraordinary everyday humanity. Timely, lyrical, made over seven years from within the Hackney housing estate featured. A Utopian ... See full summary »
Director: Andrea Luka Zimmerman
Votes: 24
32. A Brief History of Paradise as Told by the Cockroaches (2002)
Not Rated | 3 min | Short
They say that when the Earth is destroyed beyond habitation, the only survivors will be the cockroaches. Filmmaker Joshua Oppenheimer gives the indomitable insects the floor in this ... See full summary »
Director: Joshua Oppenheimer
Votes: 27
34. Muzak: A Tool of Management (2002)
Not Rated | 4 min | Short
Prior to releasing the Academy Award -nominated documentary 'The Act of Killing', American film-maker Joshua Oppenheimer spent over a decade in Indonesia interviewing members of the death ... See full summary »
Director: Joshua Oppenheimer
Votes: 27
35. Blood Kin (2018)
27 min | Documentary, Short
Reflections from Red Oak, Texas where a teenage son murdered his father.
Director: Ramin Bahrani
Votes: 76
36. These Places We've Learned to Call Home (1996)
Not Rated | 32 min | Short
Experimental video and performance meditating on militias, American fundamentalism, the opening of the American West.
Directors: Joshua Oppenheimer, Jacob Silber
Votes: 27
37. The Act of Killing Masterclass: Joshua Oppenheimer in conversation with Penny Woolcock (2013 Video)
93 min | Documentary, Biography, History
Stars: Joshua Oppenheimer, Penny Woolcock
38. Market Update (2002)
Not Rated | 1 min | Short
Joshua Oppenheimer reimagines a sixty-second stock market update as maniacal monologue by a mumbling madman giving a bizarre play-by-play of floor traders and urban pedestrians as the ... See full summary »
Director: Joshua Oppenheimer
Votes: 28
40. 10 Questions for Joshua Oppenheimer (2014 Video)
18 min | Short
Interview with Joshua Oppenheimer during his visit to the Indiana University Cinema.
Director: Joseph Toth | Star: Joshua Oppenheimer
42. The 2013 European Film Awards (2013 TV Special)
Directors: Maria von Heland, Nadja Zonsarowa | Stars: Pedro Almodóvar, Ruben Alves, Alicja Bachleda, Veerle Baetens
43. Hollywood: Chronicle of an Empire (2014 TV Movie)
Documentary
Stars: Hany Abu-Assad, Marwan Bishara, Tim Grierson, John Hillcoat
45.
Dateline (1984– )
Episode:
Crippled Eagle/Hussein's Homecoming/Lights, Camera, Murder!
(2013)
News
If you can hear the sound of a clock ticking loudly tonight, that's because the U.S. has only till Thursday to reach agreement over its debt ceiling crisis. From that point on the prospect ... See full summary »
Stars: John Boehner, Joe Crowley, Tom Davis, Hussein Khoder
46.
Democracy Now! (2001– )
Episode:
Episode dated 19 July 2013
(2013)
News, Talk-Show
Stars: Amy Goodman, Joshua Oppenheimer
47.
The Daily Show (1996– )
Episode:
Joshua Oppenheimer
(2013)
TV-14 | 22 min | Comedy, News, Talk-Show
Director Joshua Oppenheimer stops by to talk about his documentary "The Act of Killing."
Director: Chuck O'Neil | Stars: John Oliver, Noah Forrest, Marvin Horne, Vern Hughes
Votes: 33
48.
P.O.V. (1988– )
Episode:
The Act of Killing
(2014)
TV-MA | 114 min | Documentary
Directors: Joshua Oppenheimer, Anonymous, Christine Cynn | Stars: Haji Anif, Syamsul Arifin, Sakhyan Asmara, Anwar Congo
Votes: 17
49.
Días de cine (1991– )
Episode:
Episode dated 12 February 2015
(2015)
News
Director: Gerardo Sánchez | Stars: Elena S. Sánchez, Antonio Banderas, Nerea Barros, Daniel Brühl
50.
Días de cine (1991– )
Episode:
Episode dated 14 May 2015
(2015)
News
Director: Gerardo Sánchez | Stars: Elena S. Sánchez, Alberto Ammann, Ariane Ascaride, Carlos Bardem