Recommended: Documentary
77 Documentary Films we think you’ll enjoy
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
Tell Them Who You Are (2004)
- An intimate, prickly, and ultimately moving portrait of famed American cinematographer Haskell Wexler, who lensed seminal films such as ONE FLEW OVER…
- DVD
$20 $15
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…
- DVD
$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
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
Blue Planet, The (TV Series) (2001)
- Breathtaking footage of our planet’s largest feature – the ocean – reveals wondrous worlds within this still almost completely unexplored…
- DVD
$30 $22.50
Hotere (2001)
- Noted documentary on New Zealand's reclusive artist Ralph Hotere, constructed in non–linear, impressionistic style. Seven years in the making,…
- DVD
$50 $37.50
Ram Dass Fierce Grace (2001)
- A remarkable documentary portrait of one–time Harvard professor Richard Alpert, who in the 1960s began an epic spiritual voyage through LSD and…
- Poster (G) $9.95, Poster (VG) $12.95