Documentary

A dramatized re-enactment and documentary of the Battle of Verdun as seen by both French and German soldiers, shot on site of the actual battle.

Bold and exhilarating documentary account of the building of the Turkestan-Siberian railway, presented as a heroic triumph of Soviet progress ...

A lyrical portrait of Amsterdam and its changing appearance during a rain-shower.

A silent film by John Grierson. It tells the story of Britain’s North Sea herring fishery.

A cameraman wanders around with a camera slung over his shoulder, documenting urban life with dazzling inventiveness.

The film is dedicated to the achievements of the Ukrainian SSR for the eleventh anniversary of the October Revolution.

A day in the city of Berlin, which experienced an industrial boom in the 1920s, and still provides an insight into the living and working ...

Commissioned by the Moscow Soviet as a documentary and information film for the citizens of Moscow prior to municipal elections, film is a ...

Robert J. Flaherty’s South Seas follow-up to Nanook of the North is a Gauguin idyll moved by “pride of beauty… pride of ...

This documentary promoting the joys of life in a Soviet village centers on the activities of the Young Pioneers. These children are constantly ...

A pulsing, kaleidoscope of images set to an energetic soundtrack. This is a world in motion, dominated by mechanical and repetitive images, with ...

This pioneering documentary film depicts the lives of the indigenous Inuit people of Canada’s northern Quebec region. Although the ...

Grave robbing, torture, possessed nuns, and a satanic Sabbath: Benjamin Christensen’s legendary film uses a series of dramatic vignettes to ...

IM KAMPF MIT DEM BERGE: IN STURM UND EIS, a mountain-and-snow adventure film directed by his friend Arnold Fanck in 1920.

A chronicle of the Russian Revolution of 1917, from the bourgeois democratic February Revolution to the great socialist October Revolution and ...

The first woman to appear in front of an Edison motion picture camera and possibly the first woman to appear in a motion picture within the ...

Three men hammer on an anvil and pass a bottle of beer around. Notable for being the first film in which a scene is being acted out.

A man (Thomas Edison’s assistant) takes a pinch of snuff and sneezes. This is one of the earliest Thomas Edison films and was the second ...

The individual journeys of the four members of the band, as they move through the music scene of the 1960s, playing small clubs throughout ...

In this documentary, wealthy entrepreneur Bryan Johnson puts his body and fortune on the line to defy aging and extend his life beyond all known ...

On Aug. 28, 2016, Tim Bergling, better known as Avicii, graced the stage of the Ushuaïa nightclub in Ibiza for what would be his final performance.

Inspired by Chris Marker’s iconic 1962 featurette La Jetée; the year is 2073—a not-so-distant dystopian future—and the setting is New San ...

With 12M+ fans, VMX turned up the heat in 2024 with record-breaking, steamy films from top Filipino directors, starring your fave crushes and ...

The main character of the documentary is a 16-year-old Kurdish girl who, after the tragic death of her mother on the Polish-Belarusian border, ...

Two unemployed friends have a fresh idea: they want to stage Shakespeare’s ‘Hamlet’ in Grand Theft Auto. But even in a virtual ...

Featuring never-before-seen footage of the band and the legions of young fans who helped fuel their ascendance, follow McCartney, John Lennon, ...

Under roaring fighter jets and missile strikes, Ukrainian artists Slava, Anya, and Andrey choose to stay behind and fight, contending with the ...

This subversive documentary unpacks the tricks brands use to keep their customers consuming — and the real impact they have on our lives and the world.