Recommended: Documentary
70 Documentary Films we think you’ll enjoy
Once in a Lifetime (2005)
- An explosive, tabloid–juicy account of the rise and fall of the New York Cosmos, a fledging team in the American Soccer League who, within the…
- DVD $29.95
Kaikohe Demolition (2004)
- A glimpse into the mirth, mayhem and pathos of provincial New Zealand, this concerns a group of unkempt Northland residents who relish their…
- DVD
$29.95 $22.45
Scared Sacred (2004)
- Visiting sites of some of the world’s most horrible stories doesn’t seem like a relaxed night’s viewing, but this doco by the interestingly…
- DVD
$19.95 $14.95
Take, The (2004)
- A feisty documentary about the aftermath of Argentina's disastrous economic 'crash' in 2001 and how a group of unemployed workers attempt to occupy…
- Poster (G) $9.95
Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill, The (2004)
- The unlikely tale of a homeless street musician in San Francisco, Mark Bittner, and his longtime attachment to a flock of wild parrots…
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$20 $15
Spellbound (2003)
- Surprise hit documentary that struck a universal chord in following eight high–school hopefuls in their bid to succeed at the American National…
- Poster (F) $7.95
Daughter from Danang (2002)
- A moving and troubling documentary about Heidi Bub, the daughter of an American serviceman and a poor Vietnamese woman, born in Danang and raised in…
- Poster (VG) $9.95
Decasia: The State of Decay (2002)
- Highly original experimental film that achieves a stunning aesthetic and haunting visual poetry by compiling an array of found archival film footage…
- DVD $49.95
Smashing Machine, The (The Life and Times of Extreme Fighter Mark Kerr) (2002)
- Intense and strangely moving look at the life of Mark Kerr, the most successful and celebrated combatant in the (now banned) Ultimate Fighting…
- DVD $29.95
Blerta - The Return Trip... (Blerta Revisited) (2001)
- Less a nostalgia 'trip' than a brilliant compendium of manic moments from New Zealand's 1970's travelling roadshow of anarchic performance –…
- DVD $40