2019

Gena Rowlands: A Life on Film

7.2/5

An intimate portrait of the superb actress Gena Rowlands, icon of independent cinema. Together with her husband, legendary director John Cassavetes (1...

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Gena Rowlands: A Life on Film

1976

Not a Pretty Picture

7.75/6

Mixing narrative and documentary, the film retells a 16 year old girl's experience of a date rape.

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Not a Pretty Picture

1982

A Crime to Fit the Punishment

8/1

This fascinating making-of documentary investigates the controversy and political atmosphere surrounding the production of Salt of the Earth, movingly...

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A Crime to Fit the Punishment

1941

Women in Defense

5.6/5

Short documentary extolling the virtues and necessity for women to participate in America's preparation for war, showing women working in scientific,...

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Women in Defense

1971

Sikkim

6.667/3

Satyajit Ray's poetic documentary was commissioned by the Chogyal (King) of Sikkim at a time when he felt the sovereignty of Sikkim was under threat f...

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Sikkim

1983

I Be Done Been Was Is

0/0

A documentary about four African-American comediennes set in 1984. Restored in 2021 by the Academy Film Archive. 

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I Be Done Been Was Is

1960

Primary

6.475/40

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...

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Primary

1942

The Battle of Midway

5.894/80

The Japanese attack on Midway in June 1942, filmed as it happened. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive, in partnership with Twentieth Century Fox F...

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The Battle of Midway

1944

The Town

6/3

The Town was a short propaganda film produced by the Office of War Information in 1945. It presents an idealized vision of American life, shown in mic...

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The Town

2019

Todos los nombres de Sara

4/2

Born in Campo de Criptana, a small village in the Spanish region of La Mancha, Sara Montiel (1928-2013) conquered Mexico, Hollywood, and the hearts of...

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Todos los nombres de Sara

1943

Food and Magic

5.833/6

A sideshow barker uses magic and visual aids to alert the public that proper food management is both a resource and a weapon that could be to America'...

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Food and Magic

1956

The Wormwood Star

6.4/7

A portrait of artist, actress, poet and occultist Marjorie Cameron, it shows images of her paintings and recitations of her poems. Preserved by the A...

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The Wormwood Star

2007

The Tragic Mask: The Laird Cregar Story

7/1

A biography of the short-lived character actor Laird Cregar.

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The Tragic Mask: The Laird Cregar Story

1951

The Extraordinary Adventures of a Quart of Milk

10/1

Documentary short subject preserved by the Academy Film Archive, from the Marshall Plan Collection, in 2003.

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The Extraordinary Adventures of a Quart of Milk

1950

The Costume Designer

10/1

This short focuses on the job of the costume designer in the production of motion pictures. The costume designer must design clothing that is correct...

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The Costume Designer

2017

Gene Tierney: A Forgotten Star

6.4/7

Martin Scorsese is among those paying tribute to Gene Tierney, the Academy Award-nominated American actress who was a leading lady in Hollywood throug...

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Gene Tierney: A Forgotten Star

1975

The Man Who Skied Down Everest

6.762/21

This Oscar-winning documentary tells the story behind Japanese daredevil Yuichiro Miura's 1970 effort to ski down the world's tallest mountain.

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The Man Who Skied Down Everest

1972

Marjoe

7.6/35

Part documentary, part expose, this film follows one-time child evangelist Marjoe Gortner on the "church tent" Revivalist circuit, commenting on the s...

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Marjoe

1963

Showman

6.667/3

Albert and David Maysles (Gimme Shelter) directed this 53-minute documentary about movie tycoon Joseph E. Levine (1963). Preserved by the Academy Fil...

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Showman

1945

Appointment in Tokyo

6.4/5

Produced by the Army Pictorial Service, Signal Corps, with the cooperation of the Army Air Forces and the United States Navy, and released by Warner B...

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Appointment in Tokyo