Recommended: Documentary
70 Documentary Films we think you’ll enjoy
His & Hers (His and Hers) (2009)
- A collection of straight–talking vignettes informs this sweet, affecting, often witty documentary in which Irish women of all ages talk about…
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$29.95 $15
Land of the Long White Cloud (2009)
- Loveable loose sequel to Florian Habicht’s Kiwi classic KAIKOHE DEMOLITION finds the engaging filmmaker returning to Northland, where hundreds of…
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$20 $15
Man In The Hat, The (2009)
- Sam Neill narrates this intimate portrait of veteran art dealer Peter McLeavey, commemorating his 40 years in the business of running an independent…
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$19.95 $14.95
Trouble is My Business (2009)
- Keenly observational documentary about an empathetic assistant principal (Gary Peach) who battles to keep his students in school and out of trouble…
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$19.95 $14.95
Man On Wire (2008)
- Oscar–winning doco about a truly remarkable, one–of–a–kind subject; a cavalier French daredevil called Phillipe Petit who in…
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$19.95 $14.95
Waltz With Bashir (Vals Im Bashir) (2008)
- This striking hybrid animation is an audacious attempt to recall, through anecdote, dream, and documentary, the 1982 Israeli–Lebanon war.…
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$19.95 $14.95
Andrew Marr's The History of Modern Britain (TV Series) (2007)
- Political commentator Andrew Marr turns his astute focus on the key events that have shaped British society since the end of WWII, including the…
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$20 $15
Hunger for the Wild (TV Series) (2006-2007)
- Wellington restauranteurs Steve Logan and Al Brown (of 'Logan Brown') travel the wilds of New Zealand looking for fresh food to turn into…
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$20 $15, $20 $15
Maori Queen, The: 1931-2006 (Te Arikinui Dame Te Atairangikaahu) (2006)
- Televised tribute to the 'Maori Queen', Te Arikinui Dame Te Atairangikaahu, on the occasion of her funeral in August 2006, edited down from…
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$24.95 $18.70
Leonard Cohen - I'm Your Man (2005)
- A fittingly sublime homage documentary to the stately Leonard Cohen, based around the tribute concert held in his honour at the Sydney Opera House in…
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$19.95 $14.95