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- StarsCharles MartinetRebecca Ann HeinemanNolan BushnellTraces the history of classic video games, featuring insights from the innovators who brought these worlds and characters to life.
- DirectorJeremy SneadStarsSean AstinAl AlcornPeter ArmstrongLearn how video games are made, marketed, and consumed by looking back at gaming history and culture through the eyes of game developers, publishers, and consumers.
- DirectorDavid CarrDavid ComtoisStarsTony Hawk
- DirectorBlake J. HarrisJonah TulisStarsHoward PhillipsShinobu ToyodaPaul RiouxIt was 1990: Sega, startup gaming co. assembled a team to take on Nintendo, world's greatest video game company. A make or break conflict pit brother against brother, Sonic against Mario and, American capitalism against Japanese tradition.
- DirectorLisanne PajotJames SwirskyStarsJonathan BlowBrandon BoyerRenaud BédardA documentary that follows the journeys of indie game developers as they create games and release those works, and themselves, to the world.
- DirectorRobert McCallumStarsJay BartlettRobert McCallumThor AackerlundAn adventure-filled documentary on Nintendo that follows two gaming enthusiasts, as they hit the open road in hopes of buying all the 678 official retail-licensed Nintendo games in 30 days with no online purchases.
- DirectorAnna BradyLester FrancoisStarsShawn AllenRobin ArnottMark BacklerGameLoading Rise of the Indies is a feature documentary exploring the world of indie game developers, their craft, their games, their dreams, and how they have forever changed the landscape of games culture.
- DirectorDavid OsitMalika Zouhali-WorrallStarsAmy GreenRyan GreenJosh LarsonWhen Ryan and Amy Green learned that their baby son Joel's rare cancer was terminal, Ryan, an indie game developer, found solace in the only creative outlet he knew: a video game, the critically acclaimed "That Dragon, Cancer."
- DirectorKamil IwanowiczPawel KazimierczakStarsMichal AdamczakMarcin BorkowskiAdrian ChmielarzDocumentary about the phenomenon of Polish video game magazines in the 90s. Times when magazine pages were put together with glue and scissors and original games were a scarcity. A unique journey to the classic Amiga and PC titles accompanied by an extraordinary soundtrack.
- DirectorZak PennStarsZak PennJoe LewandowskiRobert RentschlerA crew search for all of the old Atari 2600 game cartridges of "E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial" that were tossed into a landfill in the 1980s.
- StarsKhail AnonymousRob TalbertUncover the dirt behind your favorite video game franchises on "All Your History".
- DirectorAnthony CaulfieldNicola CaulfieldA film that explores the influence of the Sony PlayStation and how it took video game development and the very way we experience games to a whole new level, revolutionising the video games industry forever.
- CreatorDaniel Oliveira CarneiroBram RuiterStarsDominik JohannJonatan SöderströmLiselore GoedhartFilmed in five cities over a period of six months, each episode pairs two indie developers together for 48 hours and challenges them to create a game according to a theme suggested by their peers.
- DirectorCharles QuinioStarsStig AsmussenSteve CatersonZoran IovanoviciThe creators of the God of War video game series discuss how the game parallels the form and function of classic Greek mythology. Experts in classics are brought in to provide their take on the character of Kratos and discuss his journeys. Peter Weller hosts.
- DirectorMatthew Davis WalkerThe Art of the Game documents a cultural shift in the entertainment people enjoy by following a group of college students as they compete for a job in the increasingly influential video game industry. Through a series of interwoven stories, the film explores the passion, creativity, and change taking place in interactive entertainment, and its oftentimes misunderstood artistic culture.
- DirectorKurt VincentStarsAnthony CaliHenry CenAkuma HokoruThe story of Chinatown Fair, the legendary arcade located in the heart of New York's Chinatown. This documentary explores how the arcade became a shelter to a community as diverse as the city surrounding it and changed lives in doing so.
- DirectorLincoln RuchtiStarsWalter DayBen GoldSteve Sanders1982's Video Game World Champions share their philosophies on joysticks, groupies and life.
- DirectorPhilip JonesStarsColleen MacklinGeorge SkleresNaomi ClarkDiversity in video games is extraordinarily important - especially to the people who play them. Explore the story of the queer gaming community, 'gaymer' culture and events, and the rise of LGBTQ themes in video games.
- DirectorValveStarsBenedict LimClinton LoomisDanil IshutinFollow three professional video game players as they overcome personal adversity, family pressures, and the realities of life to compete in a $1,000,000 tournament that could change their lives forever.
- DirectorPaul OwensStarsJens BergenstenJonathan BlowLewis BrindleyThe first year in the life of independent game studio "Mojang" following the landmark success of their debut title, "Minecraft."
- DirectorSeth GordonStarsSteve WiebeBilly MitchellMark AlpigerDie-hard gamers compete to break world records on classic arcade games.
- From "Pong" to "Pac Man" and "Super Mario" to "Lara Croft", "Doom", "Grand Theft Auto" and everything in between - it's the story of the videogame revolution.
- DirectorJeremy MackStarsBill CarltonRobert MruczekTerry NelsonAlthough technology continues to evolve, a group of die-hard gamers refuses to abandon the classic arcade games of yesteryear. The 80's live on for these enthusiasts, who compete against each other and history to record the world's highest scores. Portland gamer Bill Carlton is one of the most brazen, fearlessly taking on some of the toughest records on the books. HIGH SCORE follows Bill as he attempts to take down the Atari classic Missile Command and its twenty year-old record. To get the 80 million points he'll have to play the game on one quarter for over two days straight. There is no pause button. There will be no sleep. There can only be one victor in this classic story of Man versus Missile Command.
- StarsGreg PalmerSeamus BlackleyNolan BushnellA light-hearted look at the worldwide phenomenon of video games, and how they have revolutionized technology and forever changed popular culture.
- DirectorMarc de GuerreIan HannahStarsClive ThompsonHenry JenkinsRobert KozinetsSpecial documentary look at how pop culture's 'new dark continent,' video games, are changing the world.
- DirectorTamara KatepooStarsJohn ChoiJoey CuellarWayden EncisoA documentary of an exhibition tournament in Japan showing the difference between American and Japanese gaming cultures.
- DirectorIan CofinoStarsRyan GutierrezJoe CiaramelliJustin WongI Got Next" is a documentary on the fighting game community. It follows four prominent players, Justin Wong, Ryan "Gootecks" Gutierrez, Joe "iloveu" Ciaramelli and Mike Ross through their experiences in the scene with the release of Street Fighter 4, which has caused a resurgence in the fighting game genre and a rekindling of the East Coast/West Coast rivalry that had died down in years past.