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1. Cinema Novo (1967 TV Movie)
30 min | Documentary, History
German documentary for TV about the "Cinema Novo" movement (Brazilian New Wave). Director Joaquim Pedro de Andrade focuses on six Cinema Novo filmmakers working in Rio in 1967: Leon ... See full summary »
Director: Joaquim Pedro de Andrade | Stars: Paulo Autran, Joel Barcellos, Luiz Carlos Barreto, Maria Bethânia
Votes: 69
2. Making of 'Tampopo' (1986 Video)
87 min | Documentary
Director: Toshirô Uratani | Stars: Toshiya Fujita, Isao Hashizume, Seigo Hosogoe, Hisashi Igawa
Votes: 29
3. Around the World with Orson Welles (1955– )
26 min | Documentary
In 1955, Orson Welles directed and hosted a mini series for British television. He leads us through a few famous places of Europe with his inimitable touch. In Paris he introduces us to ... See full summary »
Stars: Orson Welles, Chris Wertenbaker, Kenneth Tynan, Art Buchwald
Votes: 168
4. L'affaire Dominici par Orson Welles (2000 TV Movie)
52 min | Documentary, Crime
In 1956, Orson Welles directed 'Tragedy of Lurs', an episode of the television series 'Around the World' that was inspired by the murder of a British family near the Dominici farm. The film... See full summary »
Director: Christophe Cognet | Stars: Stacey Benoit, Jacques Chapus, Alain Pol, Orson Welles
Votes: 43
5. Filming 'Othello' (1978)
84 min | Documentary
Essay film shot for TV including Orson Welles reflections on Othello close to the Moviola, a chat with Hilton Edwards and Micheál MacLiammóir and fragments of a conversation with the audience in Boston after a screening of the film.
Director: Orson Welles | Stars: Orson Welles, Micheál MacLiammóir, Hilton Edwards
Votes: 531
6. Filming 'the Trial' (1981)
82 min | Documentary
After a screening of 'The Trial' at the University of Southern California, Welles discussed with the public and tried to answer their questions.
Director: Orson Welles | Stars: Scott Alexander, Joseph McBride, Todd McCarthy, Myron Meisel
Votes: 191
7.
Arena (1975– )
Episode:
The Orson Welles Story: Part 1
(1982)
111 min | Documentary
Part 1 of an in-depth interview exploring Welles' achievements and frustrations during his life in film and theatre.
Stars: Leslie Megahey, Orson Welles, Peter Bogdanovich, Robert Wise
Votes: 74
8.
Arena (1975– )
Episode:
The Orson Welles Story: Part 2
(1982)
54 min | Documentary
Part 2 of an in-depth interview exploring Welles' achievements and frustrations during his life in film and theatre.
Stars: Leslie Megahey, Orson Welles, Anthony Perkins, Peter Bogdanovich
Votes: 54
9. With Orson Welles: Stories of A Life in Film (1990 TV Movie)
150 min | Documentary
A two-and-a-half hour documentary retrospective on the career of Orson Welles.
Director: Leslie Megahey | Stars: Peter Bogdanovich, Charlton Heston, Micheál MacLiammóir, Leslie Megahey
Votes: 77
10. Orson Welles: The One-Man Band (1995)
88 min | Documentary
Orson Welles' archives of unfinished/never released movies and the last years of his life from the perspective of Oja Kodar (life and artistic partner Of Orson Welles in his last years). ... See full summary »
Directors: Vassili Silovic, Oja Kodar | Stars: Oja Kodar, Ingrid Bergman, Tim Brooke-Taylor, Michael Bryant
Votes: 540
11. The Sion Sono (2016)
97 min | Documentary
Directed by Arata Oshima, son of rebel filmmaker Nagisa Oshima, who had praised Sono's early work before his passing, this documentary gives insight into the man, the poet, the painter, the... See full summary »
Director: Arata Ôshima | Stars: Ellie, Megumi Kagurazaka, Fumi Nikaidô, Shôta Sometani
Votes: 128
12. Sois belle et tais-toi! (1981)
115 min | Documentary
Famous actresses talk about their role in the movie industry, and the demand to "be beautiful and shut up".
Director: Delphine Seyrig | Stars: Delphine Seyrig, Jill Clayburgh, Marie Dubois, Delia Salvi
Votes: 298
13. Great Bolshy Yarblockos! Making 'A Clockwork Orange' (2007 Video)
28 min | Documentary, Short
In this documentary, we follow Stanely Kubrick as he creates one of the most controversial films of all time, one that retains its power to shock audiences, even after 35 years. At the time... See full summary »
Director: Gary Leva | Stars: Steven Spielberg, Bernard Williams, Paul Duncan, John Baxter
Votes: 206
14. Room 237 (I) (2012)
Not Rated | 102 min | Documentary
An exploration of various interpretations of Stanley Kubrick's horror film, The Shining (1980).
Director: Rodney Ascher | Stars: Bill Blakemore, Geoffrey Cocks, Juli Kearns, John Fell Ryan
Votes: 23,113 | Gross: $0.26M
15. Was geschah wirklich zwischen den Bildern? (1986)
83 min | Documentary
What really happened between the pictures?
Director: Werner Nekes | Star: Werner Nekes
Votes: 146
16. What Is Cinema? (2013)
Not Rated | 80 min | Documentary, History
Amidst a constant stream of hundreds of film clips, dozens of filmmakers voice their opinions on the titular question while primarily looking beyond the Hollywood mainstream to independent, experimental, documentary and avant-garde films.
Director: Chuck Workman | Stars: Chantal Akerman, Robert Altman, Peter Bogdanovich, Robert Bresson
Votes: 392
17. L'abécédaire de Gilles Deleuze (1996 TV Movie)
450 min | Documentary
The eight-hour series of interviews between Gilles Deleuze and Claire Parnet, filmed by Pierre-André Boutang in 1988-1989. The individual episodes are "A comme Animal," "B comme Boisson," "... See full summary »
Directors: Pierre-André Boutang, Michel Pamart | Stars: Gilles Deleuze, Claire Parnet
Votes: 161
18. Home Movie, autour du 'Lit de la vierge' (1968)
39 min | Documentary, Short
A painter presents his own kind of "making of" documentary, without dialogue, playing games with light and superimpositions.
Director: Frédéric Pardo | Stars: Tina Aumont, Pierre-Richard Bré, Pierre Clémenti, Philippe Garrel
Votes: 47
19. Les ministères de l'art (1989 TV Movie)
52 min | Documentary
Director: Philippe Garrel | Stars: Chantal Akerman, Juliet Berto, Leos Carax, Jacques Doillon
Votes: 23
20.
Cinéma, de notre temps (1989– )
Episode:
Philippe Garrel, artiste
(1998)
48 min | Documentary
A biographical movie on film director Philippe Garrel, based on a live interview during which his ideas and relationships are discussed, and illustrated with inserts from his movies.
Director: Françoise Etchegaray | Star: Philippe Garrel
Votes: 32
21.
Cinéma, de notre temps (1989– )
Episode:
Oliveira l'architecte
(1993)
60 min | Documentary
The Portuguese director Paulo Rocha pays tribute to a mentor, Manoel De Oliveira, in this hour long TV documentary portrait.
Director: Paulo Rocha | Stars: Manoel de Oliveira, Leonor Silveira, João Bénard da Costa
Votes: 29
22. Memories and Confessions (1993)
73 min | Biography, History
A docu-drama that follows Manoel de Oliveira's life during the times of dictatorship in Portugal.
Director: Manoel de Oliveira | Stars: Manoel de Oliveira, Maria Isabel de Oliveira, Diogo Dória, Teresa Madruga
Votes: 403
23. Glauber o Filme, Labirinto do Brasil (2003)
80 min | Documentary
Documentary about Brazilian filmmaker Glauber Rocha, one of the most important names in the movement called "Cinema Novo", with interviews with some of his friends and colleagues.
Director: Silvio Tendler | Stars: Camila Amado, Jorge Amado, Paulo Autran, Bruno Barreto
Votes: 146
24.
Cinéma, de notre temps (1989– )
Episode:
Où gît votre sourire enfoui?
(2001)
104 min | Documentary
Two directors struggle to survive in the movie industry.
Directors: Pedro Costa, Thierry Lounas | Stars: Danièle Huillet, Jean-Marie Straub
Votes: 433
25. Elio Petri... appunti su un autore (2005)
85 min | Documentary
Examines the career of film director Elio Petri.
Directors: Federico Bacci, Nicola Guarneri, Stefano Leone | Stars: Robert Altman, Ursula Andress, Bernardo Bertolucci, Florinda Bolkan
Votes: 140
26. La véritable histoire d'Artaud le momo (1994)
170 min | Documentary
This three-hour-long French documentary chronicles the life and personality of famed French poet, actor and intellectual Antonin Artaud, who passed away in 1948 when he was only 50 years old.
Directors: Gérard Mordillat, Jérôme Prieur | Stars: Anie Besnard, Marthe Robert, Paule Thevenin, Henri Thomas
Votes: 32
27. Le fantôme d'Henri Langlois (2004)
Not Rated | 128 min | Documentary, Biography, History
Life and work of the founder of the Cinémathèque Française.
Director: Jacques Richard | Stars: Henri Alekan, Catherine Allégret, Jo Amorin, Jean-Michel Arnold
Votes: 423
28. Dans le labyrinthe de Marienbad (2005 Video)
33 min | Documentary, Short
Director: Luc Lagier | Stars: Giorgio Albertazzi, Cary Grant, Alfred Hitchcock, Jack Nicholson
Votes: 58
29. Souvenirs d'une année à Marienbad (2010)
46 min | Documentary
Director: Françoise Spira | Stars: Volker Schlöndorff, Françoise Spira
Votes: 19
30.
Cinéastes de notre temps (1964–1972)
Episode:
Carl Th. Dreyer
(1965)
61 min | Documentary
Director: Éric Rohmer | Stars: Carl Theodor Dreyer, Anna Karina, Preben Lerdorff Rye, Henrik Malberg
Votes: 45
31. Louis Lumière (1968 TV Movie)
66 min | Documentary
Eric Rohmer leads a conversation with Jean Renoir and Henri Langlois on the art of filmmaker Louis Lumière. The cinematographic pioneer Lumière produced thousands of documentaries in the ... See full summary »
Director: Éric Rohmer | Stars: Jean Renoir, Henri Langlois, Éric Rohmer
Votes: 428
32.
Cinéastes de notre temps (1964–1972)
Episode:
Le celluloïd et le marbre
(1966)
90 min | Documentary
"Celluloid and Marble" is based on Éric Rohmer's own articles published in "Cahiers du cinéma" discussing film in relation to the other arts, maintaining that, in an age of cultural ... See full summary »
Director: Éric Rohmer | Stars: César Baldaccini, Georges Candilis, Pierre Klossowski, Claude Parent
Votes: 24
33.
Cinéma, de notre temps (1989– )
Episode:
Éric Rohmer, preuves à l'appui, 1e partie
(1994)
59 min | Documentary
Over eight days of interviews Rohmer elaborates on the relationship between film and literature, and how that pertains to his own work.
Directors: André S. Labarthe, Jean Douchet | Stars: Arielle Dombasle, Jean Douchet, Éric Rohmer, André S. Labarthe
Votes: 32
34.
Cinéma, de notre temps (1989– )
Episode:
Éric Rohmer, preuves à l'appui, 2e partie
(1994)
58 min | Documentary
Over eight days of interviews Rohmer elaborates on the relationship between film and literature, and how that pertains to his own work.
Directors: André S. Labarthe, Jean Douchet | Stars: Arielle Dombasle, Jean Douchet, Éric Rohmer, André S. Labarthe
35. Moral Tales, Filmic Issues (2006 Video)
84 min | Documentary
Stars: Éric Rohmer, Barbet Schroeder
Votes: 45
36.
Cinéastes de notre temps (1964–1972)
Episode:
François Truffaut ou l'esprit critique
(1965)
64 min | Documentary
Director: Jean-Pierre Chartier | Stars: François Truffaut, Claude de Givray, Albert Rémy, Jean-Pierre Léaud
Votes: 27
37. François Truffaut, une autobiographie (2004 TV Movie)
78 min | Documentary
Director: Anne Andreu | Stars: Woody Allen, Fanny Ardant, Nathalie Baye, Claude Berri
Votes: 97
38. Hitchcock/Truffaut (2015)
PG-13 | 79 min | Documentary
Filmmakers discuss how Francois Truffaut's 1966 book "Cinema According to Hitchcock" influenced their work.
Director: Kent Jones | Stars: Wes Anderson, Peter Bogdanovich, David Fincher, Bob Balaban
Votes: 7,182 | Gross: $0.30M
39.
Cinéastes de notre temps (1964–1972)
Episode:
Jean Vigo
(1964)
94 min | Documentary
A number of surviving collaborators on two of Jean Vigo's films. "Zero For Conduct" and " L'Atalante," are interviewed about the making of these works and their historical context.
Director: Jacques Rozier | Stars: Claude Aveline, Maurice Bessy, Docteur Caussat, Jean Dasté
Votes: 79
40.
Cinéastes de notre temps (1964–1972)
Episode:
Jean-Pierre Melville (Portrait en 9 poses)
(1971)
52 min | Documentary
Melville is visited in the Paris studio he built in the mid 1950s and talks about his working strategies,and the filmmakers who have influenced him.
Director: André S. Labarthe | Star: Jean-Pierre Melville
Votes: 51
41.
Cinéastes de notre temps (1964–1972)
Episode:
Jean Renoir le patron, 1e partie: La recherche du relatif
(1967)
94 min | Documentary
First part of an over four hour documentary for TV in which Rivette visited Renoir at his country place, lunched with him, and let him talk about his work, interspersed with extracts from some of his oeuvre.
Director: Jacques Rivette | Stars: Charles Blavette, Pierre Braunberger, Max Dalban, Marcel Dalio
Votes: 46
42.
Cinéastes de notre temps (1964–1972)
Episode:
Jean Renoir le patron, 2e partie: La direction d'acteur
(1967)
95 min | Documentary
After clips from the films on which director Jean Renoir and actor Michel Simon collaborated, the two are filmed seated at a convivial table, enjoying a jovial conversation about their work together and the topics of directing and acting.
Director: Jacques Rivette | Stars: Jean Renoir, Michel Simon, Janine Bazin, Henri Cartier-Bresson
Votes: 63
43.
Cinéma, de notre temps (1989– )
Episode:
Jacques Rivette le veilleur: 1-Le jour
(1990)
70 min | Documentary
This is a film made of interviews of the film director Jacques Rivette, by a film critic ("Les Cahiers du Cinéma"), Serge Daney.
Directors: Claire Denis, Serge Daney | Stars: Serge Daney, Jacques Rivette, Bulle Ogier, Jean Babilée
Votes: 93
44.
Cinéma, de notre temps (1989– )
Episode:
Jacques Rivette le veilleur: 2-La nuit
(1990)
54 min | Documentary
This is a film made of interviews of the film director Jacques Rivette, by a film critic ("Les Cahiers du Cinéma"), Serge Daney.
Directors: Claire Denis, Serge Daney | Stars: Serge Daney, Jacques Rivette, Bulle Ogier, Jean Babilée
Votes: 24
45. Les Mystères de Paris: 'Out 1' de Jacques Rivette revisité (2015)
110 min | Documentary
Utilizing archival and contemporary interviews (director, cast and crew), Jacques Rivette's 12 hour Out 1: noli ma tangere, and the shorter 4 hour Out 1: Spectre are examined. Clips of the films are shown as well, with some spoilers.
Directors: Robert Fischer, Wilfried Reichart | Stars: Pierre-William Glenn, Hermine Karagheuz, Michael Lonsdale, Bulle Ogier
Votes: 28
46.
Cinéastes de notre temps (1964–1972)
Episode:
Bresson ni vu ni connu
(1965)
65 min | Documentary
As befits the austerity of this director, for his first ever on camera interview, it is just Bresson and the filmmaker, with pronouncements on the difference between "le cinematographe" and... See full summary »
Director: François Weyergans | Stars: Robert Bresson, Maurice Béjart, François Weyergans
Votes: 45
47. Au hasard Bresson (1967)
31 min | Documentary, Short
A documentary featuring director Robert Bresson on the set of Mouchette and interviews with him (off and in).
Director: Theodor Kotulla | Stars: Robert Bresson, Nadine Nortier
Votes: 115
48. The Road to Bresson (1984)
54 min | Documentary
A Dutch documentary about legendary French filmmaker Robert Bresson.
Directors: Leo De Boer, Jurriën Rood | Stars: Robert Bresson, Louis Malle, Dominique Sanda, Paul Schrader
Votes: 261
49.
Océaniques - Des idées des hommes des oeuvres (1987–1992)
Episode:
Serge Daney: Itinéraire d'un 'ciné-fils'
(1992)
197 min | Documentary
Directors: Pierre-André Boutang, Dominique Rabourdin | Stars: Serge Daney, Régis Debray
Votes: 30
50. My Journey Through French Cinema (2016)
Not Rated | 201 min | Documentary
Bertrand Tavernier's personal journey through French cinema, from films he enjoyed as a boy to his own early career, told through portraits of key creative figures.
Director: Bertrand Tavernier | Stars: Bertrand Tavernier, François Truffaut, Jean-Paul Gaultier, Jean Renoir
Votes: 978 | Gross: $0.04M
51. The Magic of Méliès (2002 TV Movie)
131 min | Documentary
The Magic Of Melies
Director: Jacques Mény | Stars: Daniel Ceccaldi, Marina Moncade, Charles-Antoine Decroix, Abdul Alafrez
Votes: 216
52. The Young Girls Turn 25 (1993)
64 min | Documentary, Music
A recital becomes part of the French culture; 25 years later the performers return to the village where it was first launched.
Director: Agnès Varda | Stars: Catherine Deneuve, Agnès Varda, Michel Legrand, Jacques Perrin
Votes: 532
53. The World of Jacques Demy (1995)
90 min | Documentary
In tribute to her late husband, the wife of the respected French director honors his life and artistic works by highlighting his vision in clips and interviews.
Director: Agnès Varda | Stars: Anouk Aimée, Richard Berry, Nino Castelnuovo, Danielle Darrieux
Votes: 572
54. My Conversations on Film (2013)
404 min | Documentary
A manifesto of independent cinema, free from financial and professional stress. These are not interviews in the strictest sense of the word, but rather, this is a film composed of small conversations that are all part of the mise en scène.
Director: Boris Lehman | Stars: Saguenail Abramocivi, François Albéra, Yaël André, Stefanie Bodien
Votes: 12
55. Rouch in Reverse (1995)
52 min | Documentary
Malian filmmaker and New York University professor, Manthia Diawara critiques visual anthropology through the work of Jean Rouch.
Director: Manthia Diawara | Stars: Manthia Diawara, Jean Rouch
Votes: 16
56.
Cinéma, de notre temps (1989– )
Episode:
Mosso mosso (Jean Rouch comme si...)
(1997)
73 min | Documentary
Director: Jean-André Fieschi | Stars: Tallou Mouzourane, Jean Rouch, Damouré Zika
Votes: 15
57.
Cinéastes de notre temps (1964–1972)
Episode:
Luis Buñuel: Un cinéaste de notre temps
(1964)
44 min | Documentary
The odd,enigmatic character of the Spanish director and his surrealistic films is explored by interviews with him in Toledo and with some of his collaborators over the years.
Director: Robert Valey | Stars: Luis Buñuel, Valentin Arteta Luzuriaga, Conchita Buñuel, Max Ernst
Votes: 71
58. Un Buñuel mexican (1997)
56 min | Documentary
Documentary made with interviews of people close to Buñuel.
Director: Emilio Maillé | Stars: Luis Buñuel, Jeanne Buñuel, Denise Tual, Carlos Fuentes
Votes: 82
59. La silla de Fernando (2006)
80 min | Documentary
Vital reflections of veteran actor and filmmaker Fernando Fernán Gómez.
Directors: Luis Alegre, David Trueba | Stars: Fernando Fernán Gómez, José María Caffarel, Emma Cohen, Carmen Franco
Votes: 166
60.
Cinéma, de notre temps (1989– )
Episode:
Chantal Akerman par Chantal Akerman
(1996)
64 min | Documentary
Approached to direct an episode of the tv series Cinema of Our Times, the Belgian auteur turns the camera on herself and offers a selection of clips from her work.
Director: Chantal Akerman | Star: Chantal Akerman
Votes: 100
61. The Making of 'Europa' (1991 TV Movie)
39 min | Documentary
French behind-the-scenes documentary of Lars von Trier's latest movie Europa (1991).
Stars: Lars von Trier, Edward Klosinski, Barbara Sukowa, Udo Kier
Votes: 43
62. De ydmygede (1998)
79 min | Documentary
Rarely is a making-of doc so perfectly matched in tone or storyline as the subject of its gaze, but The Idiots and The Humiliated are furiously intertwined, The Humiliated is an intimate meta thrill ride.
Director: Jesper Jargil | Stars: Jens Albinus, Iris Albøge, Lars Bjarke, Louise B. Clausen
Votes: 223
63. Dogville Confessions (2003)
52 min | Documentary
This film depicts the intense drama that takes place during the making of Dogville. Lars von Trier and Nicole Kidman work through this creative process under very extreme conditions.
Director: Sami Saif | Stars: Harriet Andersson, Lauren Bacall, Paul Bettany, Blair Brown
Votes: 709
64. Marco Ferreri: Il regista che venne dal futuro (2007)
90 min | Documentary
Depicts the highlights of director/writer Marco Ferreri's career. A nonconformist man, extreme, provocative in his ways, always close to the bleeding edge, and considered a visionary experimentalist.
Director: Mario Canale | Stars: Michele Placido, Rafael Azcona, Nicoletta Braschi, Franco Brocani
Votes: 33
65. Murnau's 4 Devils: Traces of a Lost Film (2003 Video)
40 min | Documentary, Short
Reconstruction by film historian Janet Bergstrom of FW Murnau's lost 4 Devils (1928), using stills, drawings, sketches, and script drafts.
Director: Janet Bergstrom | Star: Janet Gaynor
Votes: 90
66.
Cinéastes de notre temps (1964–1972)
Episode:
Max Ophuls ou La ronde / Max Ophuls ou Le plaisir de tourner
(1965)
51 min | Documentary
Ten years after the release of the last Ophuls film,surviving collaborators gather in a circus setting inspired by that work (Lola Montes) and are interviewed about various aspects of his directorial approach.
Director: Michel Mitrani | Stars: Georges Annenkov, Léonide Azar, Ralph Baum, Martine Carol
Votes: 27
67. Romy - Portrait eines Gesichts (1967 TV Movie)
90 min | Documentary
An intimate profile of the actress Romy Schneider, shot in the medieval Austrian town of Kitzbühel.
Director: Hans-Jürgen Syberberg | Stars: Romy Schneider, Hans-Jürgen Syberberg, Jean Chapot, Gunther Kortwich
Votes: 96
68. Theater in Trance (1981)
91 min | Documentary
RWF visits the "Theater der Welt" festival 1981 in Cologne. 30 groups contributed with over 100 performances. Framed by Fassbinders reading of Antonin Artauds "The Theater and its double".
Director: Rainer Werner Fassbinder | Stars: Pina Bausch, The Kipper Kids, Yoshi Oida, Jérôme Savary
Votes: 179
69. Fassbinder (2015)
95 min | Documentary
A film portrait of the influential Bavarian actor, director and screenwriter who publicly confessed his homosexuality.
Director: Annekatrin Hendel | Stars: Margit Carstensen, Irm Hermann, Juliane Lorenz, Hanna Schygulla
Votes: 252
70. Für mich gab's nur noch Fassbinder (2000)
90 min | Documentary
Includes several interviews with the women who formed part of the professional and personal lives of the German film director Rainer Werner Fassbinder.
Director: Rosa von Praunheim | Stars: Irm Hermann, Peer Raben, Ursula Strätz, Hanna Schygulla
Votes: 170 | Gross: $0.16M
71. Fassbinder: at elske uden at kræve (2015)
109 min | Documentary
Thomsen presents previously unseen interview footage recorded with Fassbinder throughout their fifteen-year friendship, which spans exactly the length of his career - their first encounter ... See full summary »
Director: Christian Braad Thomsen | Stars: Rainer Werner Fassbinder, Irm Hermann, Harry Baer, Lilo Pempeit
Votes: 214
72. Marguerite Duras: Worn Out with Desire to Write (1985 TV Movie)
54 min | Documentary
Writer Marguerite Duras plays a bit of Moon River on the piano, then is interviewed about her thoughts on writing, her books, her movies and her own process.
Directors: Alan Benson, Daniel Wiles | Stars: Melvyn Bragg, Marguerite Duras, Elizabeth Rider
Votes: 13
73.
Cinéastes de notre temps (1964–1972)
Episode:
Le dinosaure et le bébé: Dialogue en huit parties entre Fritz Lang et Jean-Luc Godard
(1967)
61 min | Documentary
A one of a kind conversation between Lang and Godard, captured a year after the release of the film they had worked on together, Contempt.
Director: André S. Labarthe | Stars: Fritz Lang, Jean-Luc Godard, Howard Vernon, Peter Lorre
Votes: 165
74. Godard in America (1970)
45 min | Documentary
Director: Ralph Thanhauser | Stars: Jean-Luc Godard, Jean-Pierre Gorin, Andrew Sarris
Votes: 43
75. Quelques remarques sur la réalisation et la production du film 'Sauve qui peut (la vie)' (1979)
20 min | Documentary, Short
Director: Jean-Luc Godard | Stars: Nathalie Baye, Jacques Dutronc, Isabelle Huppert
Votes: 146
76. Scénario du film 'Passion' (1982)
54 min | Documentary
Director: Jean-Luc Godard | Stars: Pierre Binggeli, Jean-Luc Godard, Jean-Bernard Menoud, Anne-Marie Miéville
Votes: 190
77. Meeting Woody Allen (1986)
26 min | Documentary, Short
Revolutionary French New Wave director Jean-Luc Godard conducts a twenty-five minute interview with influential and acclaimed American director Woody Allen on the cultural radiation, the ... See full summary »
Director: Jean-Luc Godard | Stars: Woody Allen, Jean-Luc Godard, Annette Insdorf
Votes: 1,034
78. JLG/JLG: Self-Portrait in December (1994)
62 min | Documentary, Drama
Director Jean-Luc Godard reflects in this movie about his place in film history, the interaction of film industry and film as art, as well as the act of creating art.
Director: Jean-Luc Godard | Stars: Jean-Luc Godard, Geneviève Pasquier, Denis Jadót, Brigitte Bastien
Votes: 803
79.
Century of Cinema (1995–1998)
Episode:
2 x 50 Years of French Cinema
(1995)
51 min | Documentary, Biography, History
At a lakeside hotel, Michel Piccoli discusses the centennial of cinema with Jean-Luc Godard. Godard asks why should cinema's birthday be celebrated when the history of film is a forgotten ... See full summary »
Directors: Jean-Luc Godard, Anne-Marie Miéville | Stars: Michel Piccoli, Cécile Reigher, Estelle Grynszpan, Dominique Jacquet
Votes: 388
80. Godard, l'amour, la poésie (2007)
53 min | Documentary
Documentary about director Jean-Luc Godard and Anna Karina.
Director: Luc Lagier | Stars: Charles L. Bitsch, Raoul Coutard, Jean Douchet, Jean-Paul Savignac
Votes: 123
81. The Wonderful, Horrible Life of Leni Riefenstahl (1993)
183 min | Documentary, Biography, History
A documentary about the life and work of Leni Riefenstahl, a German film director most notorious for making the most effective propaganda films for the Nazis.
Director: Ray Müller | Stars: Leni Riefenstahl, Marlene Dietrich, Arnold Fanck, Walter Frentz
Votes: 3,052 | Gross: $0.45M
82. Listen to Me Marlon (2015)
Unrated | 103 min | Documentary, Biography
A documentary that utilizes hundreds of hours of audio that Marlon Brando recorded over the course of his life to tell the screen legend's story.
Director: Stevan Riley | Stars: Marlon Brando, Stella Adler, Bernardo Bertolucci, Michael Borne
Votes: 7,919 | Gross: $0.43M
83. Trumbo (2007)
PG-13 | 96 min | Documentary, Biography
Through a focus on the life of Dalton Trumbo (1905-1976), this film examines the effects on individuals and families of a congressional pursuit of Hollywood Communists after World War II. ... See full summary »
Director: Peter Askin | Stars: Dalton Trumbo, Joan Allen, Brian Dennehy, Michael Douglas
Votes: 1,244 | Gross: $7.85M
84. Directed by John Ford (1971)
Unrated | 99 min | Documentary, Biography
A documentary on the life and films of director John Ford.
Director: Peter Bogdanovich | Stars: John Ford, Peter Bogdanovich, Orson Welles, Clint Eastwood
Votes: 1,329
85. John Ford (1992 TV Movie)
90 min | Documentary, Biography
Director: Andrew Eaton | Stars: Lindsay Anderson, Harry Carey Jr., Charles B. Fitzsimons, Dan Ford
Votes: 87
86.
Cinéma, de notre temps (1989– )
Episode:
David Lynch, Don't Look at Me
(1989)
59 min | Documentary
A documentary about American director David Lynch.
Director: Guy Girard | Stars: David Lynch, Angelo Badalamenti, Julee Cruise, Jack Nance
Votes: 118
87. Pretty as a Picture: The Art of David Lynch (1997 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 85 min | Documentary, Biography
From an early age, David Lynch was inspired by the arts and the warm inner glow that comes with the pursuit of creative expression. "Pretty as a Picture:The Art of David Lynch" examines how... See full summary »
Director: Toby Keeler | Stars: Patricia Arquette, Angelo Badalamenti, Robert Blake, Mel Brooks
Votes: 862
88. Lynch (2007)
Not Rated | 84 min | Documentary
Compiled from over two years of footage, the film is an intimate portrait of David Lynch's creative process as he completes his latest film, Inland Empire (2006). We follow Lynch as he ... See full summary »
Director: Jason S. | Stars: Jay Aaseng, Jeremy Alter, David Lynch, Krzysztof Majchrzak
Votes: 930
89. David Lynch: The Art Life (2016)
Not Rated | 88 min | Documentary, Biography
Artist and filmmaker David Lynch discusses his early life and the events that shaped his outlook on art and the creative process.
Directors: Rick Barnes, Olivia Neergaard-Holm, Jon Nguyen | Stars: David Lynch, Lula Lynch, Edwina Lynch, Donald Lynch
Votes: 6,584 | Gross: $0.17M
90. Blue Velvet Revisited (2016)
86 min | Documentary, Music
30 years after the shooting of 'Blue Velvet', the classic film of David Lynch, the German filmmaker Peter Braatz revisits his original Super-8 material and numerous photographies, filmed 30 years ago on the set in Wilmington, USA.
Director: Peter Braatz | Stars: Laura Dern, Brad Dourif, Jeff Goodwin, David Lynch
Votes: 172
91. Jodorowsky's Dune (2013)
PG-13 | 90 min | Documentary
The story of cult film director Alejandro Jodorowsky's ambitious but ultimately doomed film adaptation of the seminal science fiction novel.
Director: Frank Pavich | Stars: Alejandro Jodorowsky, Michel Seydoux, H.R. Giger, Chris Foss
Votes: 27,560 | Gross: $0.65M
92. Im Spiegel der Maya Deren (2001)
Not Rated | 103 min | Documentary, Biography
Documentary about the life of avant-garde filmmaker Maya Deren, who led the independent film movement of the 1940s.
Director: Martina Kudlácek | Stars: Miriam Arsham, Stan Brakhage, Chao Li Chi, Rita Christiani
Votes: 439 | Gross: $0.01M
93. Andy Warhol (1965)
22 min | Short, Biography
An experimental film which captures the creativity of Andy Warhol with images of cats, Brillo boxes, and other artwork.
Director: Marie Menken | Star: Andy Warhol
Votes: 88
94. 13 Most Beautiful... Songs for Andy Warhol Screen Tests (2009 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 59 min | Documentary
Between 1964 and 1966, Andy Warhol shot nearly 500 Screen Tests, beautiful and revealing portraits of hundreds of different individuals, from the famous to the anonymous, all visitors to ... See full summary »
Director: Andy Warhol | Stars: Ann Buchanan, Paul America, Edie Sedgwick, Billy Name
Votes: 60
95. Brakhage (1998)
Not Rated | 73 min | Documentary, Biography
A film about the life and work of avant-garde filmmaker Stan Brakhage.
Director: Jim Shedden | Stars: Jerry Aronson, Marilyn Brakhage, Stan Brakhage, Philip S. Solomon
Votes: 182
96.
Cinéma, de notre temps (1989– )
Episode:
Abel Ferrara: Not Guilty
(2003)
81 min | Documentary
Intimate portrait of Abel Ferrara: the result is an eccentric road movie, with the restless film maker around New York by night.
Director: Rafi Pitts | Stars: Abel Ferrara, Abenaa Frempong-Boadu, Nina Kazé, Robert Oppel
Votes: 202
97. Altman (2014)
TV-PG | 96 min | Documentary, Biography
A look at the life and work of American film-maker Robert Altman.
Director: Ron Mann | Stars: Michael Murphy, Robert Altman, Kathryn Reed, Sally Kellerman
Votes: 1,412
98. By Sidney Lumet (2015)
103 min | Documentary
In a never-before-seen interview filmed in 2008, three years before his death, Sidney Lumet discusses his life and career.
Director: Nancy Buirski | Star: Sidney Lumet
Votes: 454
99. Edgar G. Ulmer: The Man Off-Screen (2004)
77 min | Documentary, Biography, History
A documentary about the "King of B-Movies", Edgar G. Ulmer. It includes interviews with well-known filmmakers Roger Corman, Peter Bogdanovich, Wim Wenders, Joe Dante, and Ulmers's daughter, Arianne Ulmer.
Director: Michael Palm | Stars: Peter Bogdanovich, Christian Cargnelli, John Carradine, Robert Clarke
Votes: 239
100. Corman's World: Exploits of a Hollywood Rebel (2011)
R | 95 min | Documentary
A documentary on DIY producer/director Roger Corman and his alternative approach to making movies in Hollywood.
Director: Alex Stapleton | Stars: Roger Corman, Martin Scorsese, Quentin Tarantino, Paul W.S. Anderson
Votes: 2,675 | Gross: $0.01M
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