Movie Releases by Genre

Chop Suey

Chop Suey

October 5, 2001
This documentary brilliantly encompasses famed photographer/ filmmaker Bruce Weber's myriad passions and fantasies, his almost Peter Pan-like relationship to those objects of desire the rest of us experience in the glossy magazines or on Houston Street billboards. (Film Forum)
Metascore:
53
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Grateful Dawg

Grateful Dawg

October 5, 2001 | PG-13
The deeply rooted musical friendship between Jerry Garcia and David Grisman is exquisitely detailed in this musical documentary, which includes live Garcia/Grisman performances as well as rare and unique personal moments from the studio, backstage and home-style jam sessions. (Sony Pictures Classics)
Metascore:
64
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Won't Anybody Listen

Won't Anybody Listen

September 28, 2001
A documentary about a struggling rock band trying to make it in Hollywood.
Metascore:
68
User Score:
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Go Tigers!

Go Tigers!

September 21, 2001 | R
A rare behind-the-scenes chronicling of a remarkable season for the Massillon Tiger's high school football team, played out in a small town that draws its identity from football. (IFC Films)
Metascore:
69
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The Endurance

The Endurance

September 21, 2001 | G
This documentary tells the story of the survival of British explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton and the crew of his vessel 'The Endurance,' which shipwrecked in the ice floes and frigid ocean of the Antarctic in 1914.
Metascore:
85
User Score:
7.3
Children Underground

Children Underground

September 19, 2001
This political documentary focuses on homeless children living in the subway tunnels of Bucharest, Romania.
Metascore:
85
User Score:
7.8
A Trial in Prague

A Trial in Prague

September 14, 2001 | Not Rated
This documentary tells the story of an infamous political show trial that took place in Czechoslovakia in 1952.
Metascore:
68
User Score:
tbd
Bounce: Behind the Velvet Rope

Bounce: Behind the Velvet Rope

September 7, 2001
This documentary looks into the world of the bouncers at some of the hottest nightclubs in New York and London.
Metascore:
36
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Fighter

Fighter

August 24, 2001
A documentary about a journey made by two Holocaust survivors through the geography and psychology of their pasts.
Metascore:
83
User Score:
8.5
The Turandot Project

The Turandot Project

August 10, 2001
This documentary chronicles the creation of the extraordinary outdoor production of Puccini's opera "Turandot" in the Forbidden City of Beijing.
Metascore:
65
User Score:
6.6
LaLee's Kin: The Legacy of Cotton

LaLee's Kin: The Legacy of Cotton

June 22, 2001
This heartbreaking documentary depicts the extreme poverty of an African-American family and their Mississippi Delta school district.
Metascore:
78
User Score:
8.6
Chain Camera

Chain Camera

June 22, 2001
Ten students at John Marshall High School in Los Angeles were given video cameras to film their lives. There were no limitations on what they could shoot. After one week, the cameras were given to ten new students, who filmed their lives for a week, then handed the cameras on. Like chain letters, these cameras were passed from student to student for an entire year. (FilmNoir Post Productions)
Metascore:
68
User Score:
8.0
Saudate for the Future

Saudate for the Future

June 20, 2001
Records the sights and sounds of the many extraordinary street musicians of Sao Paulo whose music and lyrics tell the stories of their lives with improvised humor, drama and colorful vulgarisms. (Film Forum)
Metascore:
57
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A Huey P. Newton Story

A Huey P. Newton Story

June 18, 2001 | TV-14
Originally born in a small town in Louisiana and later moving with his family to Oakland, California as an infant, Huey P. Newton became the co-founder and leader of the Black Panther Party.
Metascore:
78
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Life and Debt

Life and Debt

June 16, 2001
An unapologetic look at the "new world order" from the point of view of Jamaican workers, farmers, and government and policy officials who see the reality of globalization from the ground up. (Human Rights Watch International)
Metascore:
67
User Score:
7.9
Down from the Mountain

Down from the Mountain

June 15, 2001 | G
A documentary about the musicians behind the songs in the Coen Brothers' film "O Brother, Where Art Thou?"
Metascore:
75
User Score:
tbd
Une journée d'Andrei Arsenevitch

Une journée d'Andrei Arsenevitch

June 14, 2001
Incorporating film clips, journal entries, and personal musings, this film is Chris Marker's homage to a friend and colleague, Andrei Tarkovsky. A personal and loving portrait of the man widely regarded as one of the greatest filmmakers of the Twentieth Century, and certainly the most important post-war Russian filmmaker. (First Run Icarus Films)
Metascore:
80
User Score:
tbd
Startup.com

Startup.com

May 11, 2001 | R
Acclaimed documentary team Chris Hegedus, D A Pennebaker and newcomer Jehane Noujaim take a behind-the-scenes look at the volatile start-up phenomenon, chronicling the turbulent development of govWorks.com, an award-winning Internet site that facilitates interaction between local government, citizens and businesses. (Artisan Entertainment)
Metascore:
75
User Score:
7.0
The Man Who Bought Mustique

The Man Who Bought Mustique

May 9, 2001
This documentary tells the story of British entrepreneur Colin Tennant, who purchased the Caribbean island of Mustique and developed it into a posh resort.
Metascore:
59
User Score:
tbd
The End of the Road

The End of the Road

April 27, 2001
This documentary explores the Deadhead phenomenon.
Metascore:
35
User Score:
tbd
Pie in the Sky: The Brigid Berlin Story

Pie in the Sky: The Brigid Berlin Story

April 25, 2001
This shocking documentary profiles Brigid Berlin, a would-be society debutante who jumped the tracks and fell through the looking glass of Andy Warhol's Factory.
Metascore:
66
User Score:
tbd
The Charcoal People

The Charcoal People

April 20, 2001 | Not Rated
A documentary exploring the lives of thousand of migrant laborers employed to cut down Brazilian forests and produce charcoal for the multi-national pig-iron industry.
Metascore:
46
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tbd
The Hidden Wars of Desert Storm

The Hidden Wars of Desert Storm

April 20, 2001
This video documentary examines various aspects the Persian Gulf conflict.
Metascore:
47
User Score:
tbd
All Access: Front Row. Backstage. Live!

All Access: Front Row. Backstage. Live!

April 6, 2001
This exclusive, behind-the-scenes look at the inner workings of putting on a mega-concert combines candid moments backstage with electrifying musical performances on the giant IMAX® screen. (Imax Corporation)
Metascore:
56
User Score:
tbd
Mau Mau Sex Sex

Mau Mau Sex Sex

April 6, 2001
A documentary portrait of two pioneers in the exotic world of exploitation movies.
Metascore:
53
User Score:
5.8
Butterfly

Butterfly

March 30, 2001
This documentary details the dramatic struggle between Julia "Butterfly" Hill and the Pacific Lumber company over the stripping of vast sections of forest in Northern California.
Metascore:
58
User Score:
tbd
Friendly Persuasion: Iranian Cinema After the 1979 Revolution

Friendly Persuasion: Iranian Cinema After the 1979 Revolution

March 23, 2001
Documentary on filmmaking in Iran since the 1979 revolution.
Metascore:
65
User Score:
7.5
Keep the River on Your Right: A Modern Cannibal Tale

Keep the River on Your Right: A Modern Cannibal Tale

March 16, 2001 | R
Tells the amazing story of 78-year old Tobias Schneebaum, one of the most charming, enigmatic and perplexing men ever captured on screen. A seemingly mild-mannered elderly Jewish New Yorker, Tobias is actually one of the most fearless adventurers of our time. (Next Wave Films)
Metascore:
63
User Score:
5.6
Long Night's Journey Into Day

Long Night's Journey Into Day

March 9, 2001
This documentary examines South Africa's Truth and Reconciliation Committee and its efforts to bring together parties on both sides of human rights violations that occurred under Apartheid.
Metascore:
85
User Score:
tbd
The Gleaners & I

The Gleaners & I

March 7, 2001
An intimate, picaresque inquiry into French life, as lived by the country's poor and its provident, as well as by the film's own director, Agnès Varda. The aesthetic, political and finally moral point of departure for Varda are gleaners, those individuals who pick at already-reaped fields for the odd potato, the leftover turnip, and in previous generations were immortalized by the likes of Millet and Van Gogh. (Zeitgeist Films)
Metascore:
86
User Score:
8.1
The Gospel According to Philip K. Dick

The Gospel According to Philip K. Dick

March 2, 2001
The ultimate trip into the mind of the world's greatest science fiction writer. (First Run Features)
Metascore:
27
User Score:
2.4
Southern Comfort

Southern Comfort

February 23, 2001
Against the backdrop of rural Georgia, this documentary is a portrait of Robert Eads, a transgender female-to-male dealing with ovarian cancer.
Metascore:
78
User Score:
3.4
Rhythm 'n' Bayous: A Road Map to Louisiana Music

Rhythm 'n' Bayous: A Road Map to Louisiana Music

February 16, 2001
Documentary which celebrates the music of Louisiana.
Metascore:
70
User Score:
tbd
Scottsboro: An American Tragedy

Scottsboro: An American Tragedy

January 19, 2001
Covering several decades, this documentary examines the Scottsboro case, an often-overlooked chapter in our nation’s history. The case centered on nine black men, ages thirteen to nineteen, who were accused of raping two young white women while riding the rails in Alabama in 1931.
Metascore:
74
User Score:
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Wadd: The Life & Times of John C. Holmes

Wadd: The Life & Times of John C. Holmes

January 12, 2001 | NC-17
This documentary examines the facts and legends surrounding the life of male porn superstar John Holmes.
Metascore:
64
User Score:
8.1
Hillbrow Kids

Hillbrow Kids

December 8, 2000
A documentary with the street children of Johannesburg. (Media Luna)
Metascore:
70
User Score:
tbd
The Art of Amália

The Art of Amália

December 8, 2000
Documentary about the life of Portuguese Fado singer Amalia Rodrigues (1920-1999) with an interview and collection of footage from performances throughout her long career.
Metascore:
57
User Score:
tbd
One Day in September

One Day in September

November 17, 2000 | R
This documentary examines the events surrounding the 1972 Olympics in Munich, Germany, where eleven Israeli athletes were kidnapped and massacred by Palestinian terrorists.
Metascore:
82
User Score:
6.0
Rebels with a Cause

Rebels with a Cause

November 10, 2000
The story of the hopes, rebellions, and repression of the 1960s, told by those who lived it - members of Students for a Democratic Society (SDS). (Zeitgeist Films)
Metascore:
51
User Score:
tbd
Me & Isaac Newton

Me & Isaac Newton

November 3, 2000
A feature length documentary about the creative side of the scientific endeavor, this is a journey into the hearts and minds of seven of the most distinguished scientists of our time. (First Look Pictures)
Metascore:
71
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tbd
Sound and Fury

Sound and Fury

October 25, 2000
Takes viewers inside the seldom seen world of the deaf to witness a painful family struggle over a controversial medical technology called the cochlear implant. (Next Wave Films)
Metascore:
85
User Score:
7.6
Calle 54

Calle 54

October 20, 2000 | G
This documentary features a behind-the-scenes look into the music of many of the premier contemporary Latin musicians.
Metascore:
84
User Score:
4.0
The Red Stuff

The Red Stuff

October 13, 2000
This documentary examines the heyday of the Russian space program.
Metascore:
52
User Score:
tbd
The Great Dance: A Hunter's Story

The Great Dance: A Hunter's Story

September 29, 2000
This documentary by Craig and Damon Foster focuses on the surviving San bushmen in the central Kalahari.
Metascore:
71
User Score:
tbd
Barenaked in America

Barenaked in America

September 29, 2000
This rockumentary follows Canadian pop group Barenaked Ladies over 14 days of their U.S. tour. The film provides a behind-the-scenes look at life on the road with the band, as they achieve their first #1 hit single with the song "One Week." (Shooting Gallery)
Metascore:
52
User Score:
tbd
Alma

Alma

September 22, 2000
Ruth Leitman's 1998 documentary examines the bond between Margie Thorpe and her eccentric mother Alma, both of whom live in the same Alabama town. Their complicated relationship includes a history of alcoholism, mental illness, and sexual abuse.
Metascore:
47
User Score:
tbd
Into the Arms of Strangers: Stories of the Kindertransport

Into the Arms of Strangers: Stories of the Kindertransport

September 15, 2000 | PG
In an effort to remove Jewish children from Nazi territory in pre-World War II Europe, the "Kindertransport" sent children far away from their families to live with stangers, often never to see their parents again. In this documentary, the aging survivors and their rescuers tell their moving stories.
Metascore:
79
User Score:
7.4
Paragraph 175

Paragraph 175

September 13, 2000
During World War II 100,000 German homosexual men were sent to concentration camps. This documentary tells their story and includes personal accounts of six of the survivors.
Metascore:
85
User Score:
7.8
Backstage

Backstage

September 8, 2000 | R
This documentary offers an intimate view of what life is like backstage at one of the biggest Rap Concert tours of all time, the Hard Knock Life tour.
Metascore:
29
User Score:
1.3
Dark Days

Dark Days

August 30, 2000 | Not Rated
For years, a homeless community took root in a train tunnel beneath New York City, braving dangerous conditions and perpetual night. Dark Days explores this surprisingly domestic subterranean world, unearthing a way of life unimaginable to those above. Through stories simultaneously heartbreaking, hilarious, intimate, and off the cuff, tunnel dwellers reveal their reasons for taking refuge and their struggle to survive underground. Filmed in striking black and white with a crew comprised of the tunnel’s inhabitants and scored by legendary turntablist DJ Shadow (Endtroducing…), Dark Days remains a soulful and enduring document of life on the fringe. [Oscilloscope Pictures]
Metascore:
75
User Score:
7.4
Fastpitch

Fastpitch

August 25, 2000
This look at the world of fastpitch softball details vanishing Americana, the line between hobby and obsession, and a pride in identity that transcends racial or regional affiliation. (Artistic License Films)
Metascore:
67
User Score:
4.8
Bittersweet Motel

Bittersweet Motel

August 25, 2000
Todd Phillips direct this documentary look at Phish, following the Vermont-based band on several concert tours.
Metascore:
47
User Score:
8.0
The Original Kings of Comedy

The Original Kings of Comedy

August 18, 2000 | R
February 26 and 27, 2000, the Original Kings of Comedy play Charlotte, NC. The themes are Blacks and Whites, men and women, old-school and hip-hop. Steve Harvey emcees, celebrates '70s music and lyrics of love, and pokes at folks in the front row. D.L. Hughley mines racial differences and talks about his marriage. Cedric the Entertainer riffs on a Black president and on being grown up. Bernie Mac, who says he expresses what's in the back of our minds, closes with reflections on being 42 (new aspects to his sex life and his attitude toward children). Spike Lee's camera takes us backstage and off-stage with the Kings and into the crowd where everyone's laughing.
Metascore:
73
User Score:
6.3
The Ballad of Ramblin' Jack

The Ballad of Ramblin' Jack

August 18, 2000 | PG-13
An extraordinary and remarkably humorous portrait of American folk music legend Ramblin' Jack Elliott. (Lot 47 Films)
Metascore:
72
User Score:
tbd
The Eyes of Tammy Faye

The Eyes of Tammy Faye

July 21, 2000 | PG-13
A documentary about the life and times of televangelist Tammy Faye Bakker Messner.
Metascore:
69
User Score:
6.3
Benjamin Smoke

Benjamin Smoke

July 21, 2000
A documentary which examines the life of the HIV-positive leader of the Atlanta band Smoke.
Metascore:
71
User Score:
tbd
The Decline of Western Civilization Part III

The Decline of Western Civilization Part III

July 7, 2000
Penelope Spheeris's third installment in her documentary series examining the Los Angeles punk rock scene in the late 1990s.
Metascore:
77
User Score:
7.8
Pop & Me

Pop & Me

June 9, 2000 | PG-13
This documentary follows the twenty-something filmmaker and his Baby Boomer father, Richard, as they take a six-month trip around the globe. (Fish Eggs)
Metascore:
62
User Score:
tbd
BookWars

BookWars

June 9, 2000
The lives of New York City street booksellers are chonicled in a fascinating story about their lives, loves and perspectives on living.
Metascore:
43
User Score:
tbd
American Pimp

American Pimp

June 9, 2000 | R
This documentary looks at the lives of real pimps; particularly African-Americans. The history of the pimp in American is also detailed.
Metascore:
59
User Score:
5.2
Grass

Grass

June 2, 2000 | R
Excellent documentary on the ever-changing series of official truths regarding the horrors caused by the drug.
Metascore:
64
User Score:
6.4
Better Living Through Circuitry

Better Living Through Circuitry

May 26, 2000
Documentary about the rave phenomenon, going deeper than you'll want to go unless you are already a fan of electronic dance music.
Metascore:
70
User Score:
tbd
Shadow Boxers

Shadow Boxers

May 12, 2000
An upbeat documentary portrait of the world of women's boxing, focusing on Dutch-born boxer Lucia Rijker.
Metascore:
70
User Score:
tbd
Dream of Light

Dream of Light

May 5, 2000
A lovely portrait of celebrated Spanish painter Antonio Lopez Garcia as he paints the quince tree growing in his courtyard. The two and a half hour film offers perspectives on everything from artistic vision, realism, painting and film to life, mortality and possibility of eternal rebirth.
Metascore:
82
User Score:
tbd
Michael Jordan to the Max

Michael Jordan to the Max

May 5, 2000
The film, narrated by Laurence Fishburne, focuses on Jordan's last season with the Chicago Bulls.
Metascore:
57
User Score:
6.0
The Specialist

The Specialist

April 14, 2000
Eyal Silvan's documentary of the 1961 trial of former SS official Adolf Eichmann, cut from 350 hours of footage, details how three Isreali judges had to determine over the course of eight months the extent to which Eichmann (known as the "specialist" for his transportation of the Reich's Jewish population) could be held legally responsible for the deaths of millions.
Metascore:
75
User Score:
6.0
The Girl Next Door

The Girl Next Door

April 14, 2000
Christine Fugate's documentary tells the story of how Stacy Valentine transformed herself from Oklahoma housewife to porn star. Valentine comes to terms with her motives for entering the adult film industry, struggling between self-esteem building and financial benefits of this choice and her growing dissolutionment.
Metascore:
69
User Score:
5.3
The Filth and the Fury

The Filth and the Fury

April 7, 2000 | TV-MA
An English documentary by Julien Temple which details the short but tempestuous life of the punk rock band the Sex Pistols from the perspective of the band members themselves, unlike the 20-year-old Temple film "The Great Rock 'n' Roll Swindle" which focuses instead on the perspective of Malcolm McLaren, the band's controversial manager.
Metascore:
82
User Score:
7.0
Southpaw

Southpaw

April 7, 2000
A documentary about 19-year-old Irish boxer Francis Barrett who as a member of the "Travellers" a small, rootless, and often poor subclass of caravaners derisively known as "Irish Gypsies," is determined to gain respect for himself and his family by training and representing Ireland in the 1996 Olympic Summer Games in Atlanta.
Metascore:
62
User Score:
tbd
Beyond the Mat

Beyond the Mat

March 17, 2000 | Unrated
Documentry focusing on the lives of professional wrestlers. Gives the viewer a behind-the-scenes look at how their sport is not fake.
Metascore:
73
User Score:
7.7
Condo Painting

Condo Painting

March 10, 2000
Documentary about New York artist George Condo.
Metascore:
48
User Score:
tbd
The Life and Times of Hank Greenberg

The Life and Times of Hank Greenberg

February 18, 2000 | PG
A humorous and nostalgic documentary about an extraordinary baseball player who transcended ethnic and religious prejudice to become an American icon. (Cowboy Booking International)
Metascore:
75
User Score:
tbd
Sex: The Annabel Chong Story

Sex: The Annabel Chong Story

February 11, 2000
This provocative documentary examines the motivations of porn star Annabel Chong, the woman who engaged in "the world's largest gang bang."
Metascore:
37
User Score:
3.0
Mr. Death: The Rise and Fall of Fred A. Leuchter, Jr.

Mr. Death: The Rise and Fall of Fred A. Leuchter, Jr.

December 29, 1999 | PG-13
A tale of ignorance, self-deception, and vanity. Documentarian Errol Morris sews together a patchwork of diverse viewpoints that seek to uncover the central mystery behind Fred Leuchter's motivations. (Lions Gate Films)
Metascore:
78
User Score:
7.0
42: Forty Two Up

42: Forty Two Up

November 17, 1999
Director Michael Apted revisits the same group of British-born adults after a 7 year wait. One of the most interesting film experiments ever. This time the group is 42, with eleven of the original fourteen still being documented.
Metascore:
86
User Score:
6.3
Mein liebster Feind - Klaus Kinski

Mein liebster Feind - Klaus Kinski

November 5, 1999
Werner Herzog's documentary profiles his turbulent relationship with the actor Klaus Kinski over the course of the five feature films they made together.
Metascore:
70
User Score:
6.3
American Movie

American Movie

November 5, 1999 | R
The story of Mark Borchardt, the ultimate independent filmmaker from Wisconsin, who attempts to raise money to finish "Coven," his short film, in order to have the funds to produce his next vision. Borchardt relies on his best friend and his mother to fill many roles in the process including acting and camera operating, and he even convinces his old Uncle Bill to invest in his film.
Metascore:
84
User Score:
8.2
Speaking in Strings

Speaking in Strings

October 29, 1999
Paola di Florio's documentary focuses on her childhood friend and premiere violinist Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg's performing style and volatile personality from her traumatic childhood through her rise to stardom.
Metascore:
56
User Score:
tbd
Five Wives, Three Secretaries and Me

Five Wives, Three Secretaries and Me

October 15, 1999
Filmmaker Teresa Blake's portrait of an 88-year-old man with a trail of Texas Exes: Houston oil man, Hollywood playboy, hotshot lawyer and serial monogamist Tommy Blake on a quirky and intimate journey, a daughter looks beyond myth, money, and society -- and all that hair -- in seeking the truth of her father. (Asset Pictures)
Metascore:
52
User Score:
tbd
The Source

The Source

October 15, 1999
Chuck Workman chronicles the Beat generation, focusing on the Jack Kerouac (Depp), Allen Ginsburg (Tuturro), and William S. Burroughs (Hopper).
Metascore:
66
User Score:
tbd
Divorce Iranian Style

Divorce Iranian Style

October 1, 1999
This documentary, set in an Islamic divorce court, examines the cultural difference surrounding this legal procedure.
Metascore:
73
User Score:
tbd
On the Ropes

On the Ropes

September 24, 1999
A documentary highlighting three young boxers from the mean streets of Brooklyn and their coach as they prepare for the 1997 Golden Gloves Tournament, giving equal attention to their experiences in and out of the ring.
Metascore:
80
User Score:
7.8
Het ondergrondse orkest

Het ondergrondse orkest

September 24, 1999
Heddy Honigmann's Dutch-financed documentary highlights the plight of several itinerant musicians, mostly political refugees or illegal immigrants, who play their music on the Paris sidewalks and in the metro. Their music serves as a link to their homelands as a way to console themselves in their current condition.
Metascore:
74
User Score:
tbd
Get Bruce

Get Bruce

September 17, 1999 | R
This documentary goes behind the scenes with Bruce Vilanch, one of the most sought after comedy writers in Hollywood. (Miramax Films)
Metascore:
61
User Score:
5.8
Marcello Mastroianni: I Remember

Marcello Mastroianni: I Remember

September 17, 1999 | Not Rated
Director Anna Maria Tato, the film icon's inseparable companion during his latter years, looks back at the life of Marcello Mastoianni, not in a chronological or comprehensive way, but through monologue-style interviews and rarely seen film clips.
Metascore:
71
User Score:
6.0
The Jaundiced Eye

The Jaundiced Eye

September 17, 1999 | Unrated
A documentary highlighting the injustice of a false accusation of sexual abuse made by a Michigan boy against his father and grandfather which resulted in a swift conviction based on no evidence other than the boy's questionable testimony.
Metascore:
75
User Score:
tbd
Buena Vista Social Club

Buena Vista Social Club

June 4, 1999 | G
This ground-breaking documentary, inspired by the album, includes appearances by legendary performers Ry & Joaquim Cooder, Ibrahim Ferrer, Ruben Gonzáles, Eliades Ochoa, Omara Portuondo, Compay Segundo and many other renowned Cuban Musicians. (Artisan Entertainment)
Metascore:
81
User Score:
7.8
Trekkies

Trekkies

March 12, 1999 | PG
This documentary takes a serious look at the amazing cultural and decade-spanning phenomenon of Star Trek fandom.
Metascore:
64
User Score:
5.5
The Cruise

The Cruise

October 23, 1998 | PG-13
Timothy "Speed" Levitch, a tour guide for Manhattan's Gray Line double-decker buses, talks fast, is in love with the city, and dispenses historical facts, architectural analysis, and philosophical musings in equal measures. He's reflective and funny about cruising: he loves it, got in it to meet women, and he'd quit work if he could. His personal life is disclosed in small doses: he takes home $200 a week for 20 hours work, home is his suitcase and wherever he can flop.
Metascore:
69
User Score:
tbd
The Last Days

The Last Days

October 23, 1998 | PG-13
In late 1944, even as they faced imminent defeat, the Nazis expended enormous resources to kill or deport over 425,000 Jews during the "cleansing" of Hungary. This Oscar-winning documentary, executive produced by Steven Spielberg, focuses on the plight of five Hungarian Jews who survived imprisonment in Auschwitz. Though these survivors recount the horrors they witnessed and endured as a result of the Nazis' "Final Solution," their individual triumphs are a testament to hope and humanity.
Metascore:
85
User Score:
7.4
Hands on a Hardbody: The Documentary

Hands on a Hardbody: The Documentary

July 10, 1998 | PG
Twenty-four contestants compete in an endurance/sleep deprivation contest in order to win a brand new Nissan Hardbody truck. The last person to remain standing with his or her hand on the truck wins. An absurd marketing gimmick at first glance, the contest proves to be much more...
Metascore:
82
User Score:
tbd
Sick: The Life & Death of Bob Flanagan, Supermasochist

Sick: The Life & Death of Bob Flanagan, Supermasochist

November 7, 1997 | Not Rated
Documentary about writer and performance artist Bob Flanagan who died at 43 of cystic fibrosis. His life was indicated by pain from the beginning and he started to develop sadomasochistic practices, which he developed finally into performances.
Metascore:
82
User Score:
tbd
Year of the Horse

Year of the Horse

October 8, 1997 | R
This film documents Neil Young and Crazy Horse's 1996 concert tour. Jim Jarmusch interviews the band about their long history, and we see backstage footage from the 1970s and 1980s.
Metascore:
58
User Score:
tbd
4 Little Girls

4 Little Girls

July 9, 1997 | Not Rated
On September 15, 1963, a bomb destroyed a black church in Birmingham, Alabama, killing four young girls who were there for Sunday school. It was a crime that shocked the nation -- and a defining moment in the history of America's civil-rights movement. Now, acclaimed filmmaker Spike Lee tells the full story of the bombing, through heart-wrenching testimonials from surviving members of the victims' families, insights from Bill Cosby, Walter Cronkite, Andrew Young, Coretta Scott King and many others, and a rare and revealing interview with former Alabama Governor George Wallace. [HBO Documentary Films]
Metascore:
88
User Score:
7.2
When We Were Kings

When We Were Kings

October 25, 1996 | PG
An unforgettable account of the "Rumble in the Jungle," this Oscar-winning film captures all the magic of Muhammad Ali at the peak of his triumphant career. (Universal)
Metascore:
83
User Score:
8.5
Microcosmos

Microcosmos

October 9, 1996 | G
A documentary on insect life in meadows and ponds.
Metascore:
87
User Score:
tbd
Crumb

Crumb

April 28, 1995 | R
A documentary of artist Robert Crumb's life.
Metascore:
93
User Score:
8.4
The World of Jacques Demy

The World of Jacques Demy

March 14, 1995
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.
Metascore:
75
User Score:
tbd
Hoop Dreams

Hoop Dreams

October 14, 1994 | PG-13
Two inner-city Chicago boys with hopes of becoming professional basketball players struggle to become college players.
Metascore:
98
User Score:
8.0
That's Entertainment! III

That's Entertainment! III

July 1, 1994 | G
Third installment in the "That's Entertainment" series, featuring scenes from "The Hollywood Revue of 1929," "Brigadoon," "Singin' In The Rain," and many more MGM films.
Metascore:
81
User Score:
tbd
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