Dino Bird

2017

English

7.0

♡ 2

Documentary

nature

Edward Saltau Director

Christian Lanz as Narrator

Dino Bird is a visually spectacular one-hour film that explores the life of the endangered southern cassowary through the eyes of matriarch Bertha, as she and her family strive to survive in the tropics of northern Queensland in the oldest rainforest on Earth. Over the course of one tumultuous season, Bertha, her partner and her chicks battle fearsome predators and formidable rains, but also play an invaluable role in sustaining life in this ecological hotspot. Dino Bird is an intimate and rarely seen portrait of one of Australia's last remaining southern cassowaries.

Dancing with the Birds

2019

English

8.2

♡ 1

95%

birds

Documentary

nature documentary

Huw Cordey Director

Stephen Fry as Narrator

Some of the world's most majestic birds display delightfully captivating mating rituals, from flashy dancing to flaunting their colorful feathers.

Veselka: The Rainbow on the Corner at the Center of the World

2024

English

7.0

♡ 6

100%

russian invasion of ukraine

russian invasion of ukraine (2022)

russo-ukrainian war

ukraine

war documentary

Michael Fiore Director

David Duchovny as Narrator

Eric Adams as Self

Jason Birchard as Self

Tom Birchard as Self

New York City's beloved Ukrainian restaurant Veselka is best known for its borscht and varenyky, but it has become a beacon of hope for Ukraine. As the second-generation owner Tom Birchard reluctantly retires after 54 years, his son Jason faces the pressures of stepping into his father’s shoes as the war in Ukraine impacts his family and staff.

24 Hours in the Life of a Clown

1946

French

6.2

♡ 4

Jean-Pierre Melville Director

Louis Maïss as Clown Beby

Beby as Clown

Jean-Pierre Melville as Narrator

The movie follows the clock round as music hall clown Beby takes off his make up, goes home for a meal, looks at photos and goes to bed to rise, spend a day in the village and perform with his new partner.

Ski Time

1983

English

6.8

♡ 1

Warren Miller Director

Warren Miller as Narrator

Scot Schmidt as Self - Skier

Time is the most precious and valuable thing we own, so hopefully, you’ll invest yours in Ski Time. From the Alps to Oregon, Montana, Idaho, down to New Zealand, and back up to Canada the world’s greatest skiers and riders like Scott Bowen, John Kirscher, Mike Peter, and Billy Campbell along with countless others take you on a ski adventure of global proportions. So come along and be reminded that there’s always time to be spent in the mountains skiing.

SnoWonder

1982

English

6.6

♡ 1

Documentary

Sport

Warren Miller Director

Warren Miller as Narrator

Grab your skis and discover the Snowonder of skiing. Join the likes of skiers like David Butterfield, Billy Campbell, Greg Athens, Dick Dorworth, John Harlan, Hal O’Leary, and many others as they show you the magic of snow and skiing around the globe. All across the U.S. up to Canada, down to Mexico, across the world to Austria and Switzerland, and back again to Chile, Warren Miller takes you on a journey that will make you say, “It’s snowonder people love skiing so much.”

JFK: A President Betrayed

2013

English

7.4

♡ 2

63%

Cory Taylor Director

Morgan Freeman as Narrator

John F. Kennedy as Self

Dwight D. Eisenhower as Self - 34th President of the United States

Nikita Khrushchev as Self - Leader of the Soviet Union

Narrated by Academy Award winner Morgan Freeman, "JFK: A President Betrayed" uncovers new evidence that reveals how JFK embarked on secret back channel peace efforts with Nikita Khrushchev and Fidel Castro and was determined to get out of Vietnam despite intense opposition inside his own government.

Europe's Largest Desert

2016

English

6.7

♡ 3

Alvaro Mendoza Director

Stephen Hughes as Narrator

Near the cold Pyrenees of Iberia, surrounded by ancient and dark green forests, lies a strange land where the rain is scarce and the wind is always blowing. The soil is poor, there are no trees and the landscape resembles the moon. Is this what the future of desertification will look like? Incredible creatures with surprising behavior live in this strange landscape. The documentary explores a place with very dry skin but a wet hidden heart where even waterfowl or amphibians can live. Living in such conditions is not easy and only the toughest animals will survive.

Holy Man: The USA vs Douglas White

2011

English

7.1

♡ 1

Documentary

Drama

Jennifer Jessum Director

Marcos Akiaten as Chanupa Glu Ha Mani

Mo Brings Plenty as Crazy Horse

Martin Sheen as Narrator

Russell Means as Self

Holy Man is the story of Douglas White, an 88 year old Lakota Sioux medicine man from Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota, who spent 17 years in federal prison for a crime he did not commit. During the making of this film, filmmakers uncovered new evidence of White's innocence and brought the case back to Federal Court. Holy Man offers a rare glimpse into the mysterious world of Lakota religion, their intimate connection to the land, and a provocative expose of the systemic injustice that Native Americans face in the criminal justice system.

Magic Trip: Ken Kesey's Search for a Kool Place

2011

English

6.8

♡ 1

72%

Alex Gibney Director

Veronica Taylor as Jane Burton

Stanley Tucci as Narrator

Timothy Leary as Self

Jim Meskimen as Zonker

A freewheeling portrait of Ken Kesey and the Merry Prankster’s fabled road trip across America in the legendary Magic Bus. In 1964, Ken Kesey, the famed author of “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest,” set off on a legendary, LSD-fuelled cross-country road trip to the New York World’s Fair. He was joined by “The Merry Band of Pranksters,” a renegade group of counterculture truth-seekers, including Neal Cassady, the American icon immortalized in Kerouac’s “On the Road,” and the driver and painter of the psychedelic Magic Bus.

Inside the Manson Cult: The Lost Tapes

2018

English

6.3

♡ 15

83%

Hugh Ballantyne Director

Kyle O'Mally as Dennis Wilson

Hayla Stewart as Mary Brunner

Liev Schreiber as Narrator

Brian Slayton as Policeman #2

Culled from more than 100 hours of new and archival interviews with former Manson cult members, this two-hour special goes inside Spahn’s Ranch, where the Manson cult lived, to offer an intimate and terrifying look into America’s most murderous group.

Wild Slovakia

2015

German

7.3

♡ 2

Jan Haft Director

Axel Wostry as Narrator

Slovakia lies in the heart of Europe. What natural treasures the small country holds, what spectacular nature and what peculiarities of flora and fauna, it is told in "Wild Slovakia".

The Fire Within: A Requiem for Katia and Maurice Krafft

2022

English

7.6

♡ 7

88%

Werner Herzog Director

Werner Herzog as Narrator

Harry Glicken as Self

Katia Krafft as Self

Maurice Krafft as Self

Filmmaker Werner Herzog combs through the film archives of volcanologists Katia and Maurice Krafft to create a film that celebrates their legacy.

Death to 2020

2020

English

6.8

♡ 15

45%

Charlie Brooker Director

Samuel L. Jackson as Dash Bracket

Joe Keery as Duke Goolies

Cristin Milioti as Kathy Flowers

Laurence Fishburne as Narrator

2020: A year so [insert adjective of choice here], even the creators of Black Mirror couldn't make it up… but that doesn't mean they don't have a little something to add. This comedy event that tells the story of the dreadful year that was — and perhaps still is? The documentary-style special weaves together some of the world's most (fictitious) renowned voices with real-life archival footage.

Nightmares in Red, White and Blue: The Evolution of the American Horror Film

2009

English

7.1

♡ 9

Andrew Monument Director

Lance Henriksen as Narrator

Joe Dante as Self

John Carpenter as Self

Tom McLoughlin as Self

An exploration of the appeal of horror films, with interviews of many legendary directors in the genre.

Faces of Death

1978

English

4.2

♡ 17

25%

John Alan Schwartz Director

John Alan Schwartz as Leader of Flesh Eating Cult

Vern Stierman as Narrator

Adolf Hitler as Self

Benito Mussolini as Self

A collection of death scenes, ranging from TV-material to home-made super-8 movies. The common factor is death by some means.

The Nazis Strike

1943

English

7.0

♡ 12

85%

Frank Capra Director

Walter Huston as Narrator

Paul von Hindenburg as Self

Anthony Eden as Self

Adolf Hitler as Self - Führer und Reichskanzler

The second film of Frank Capra's Why We Fight propaganda film series. It introduces Germany as a nation whose aggressive ambitions began in 1863 with Otto von Bismarck and the Nazis as its latest incarnation.

Cerro Torre: A Snowball's Chance in Hell

2013

English

7.0

♡ 2

40%

Thomas Dirnhofer Director

Alexander Huber as Appearances by

Jeff Burrell as Narrator

Jim Bridwell as Self

Reinhold Messner as Self

Movie about David Lama climbing the Patagonian mountain Cerro Torre for the first time free, a mountain that has been dubbed the most difficult to climb in the world.

Rivers of Danger

2004

English

6.1

♡ 1

The rivers of Africa bring life and abundance to their inhabitants, but they can also be the arena for some of nature's greatest challenges and dramas. Harsh seasonal cycles dictate the course of life - and death - along the rivers. Only the fittest survive crossing the crocodile-infested Mara, the extreme drought of the Luangwa Valley or any of the many other perils harbored by rivers all over the continent. With cunning and opportunistic hunters of all sizes lurking in the waters or prowling the banks, "Rivers of Danger" is a predator's world.