Subgenre Sampler
Documentary: 3039 Films to Buy & Rent
Whatever! The Science Of Teens (2009)
- Dir. Anne Delaney
- Enlightening doco series examining teenagers and their odd behaviour through observation and scientific testing. Often hilarious, this requires you…
When You're Strange: A Film About the Doors (2009)
- Dir. Tom DiCillo
- This burning tribute to The Doors and their late frontman Jim Morrison delves deep into the vaults to furnish the all–too–compelling…
Who Killed Nancy? (2009)
- Dir. Alan G. Parker
- Under Sid Vicious' mother's posthumous request, rock author Alan Parker directs this intensive documentary in order to re–examine the supposed…
Wild Caribbean (TV Mini-series) (2009)
- Picturesque doco that looks beyond the Carribean's friendly, sun–soaked surface to the more hostile features rarely portrayed on postcards,…
Wild Russia (2009)
- Russia's expansive, unseen wilderness is spectacularly documented in this nature series with a particular focus on the natural wonders and flora and…
William Kunstler: Disturbing the Universe (2009)
- Filmmakers Emily and Sarah Kunstler explore the life of their father, the late radical civil rights lawyer. In the 1960s and 70s, William Kunstler…
Winnebago Man (2009)
- Dir. Ben Steinbauer
- Ostensibly about a gag reel gone viral, this hugely likeable documentary uses Jack Rebney's hilarious (and some might say, cathartic)…
Wolf's Mouth, The (Mouth of the Wolf; La bocca del lupo) (2009)
- Dir. Pietro Marcello
- Impressive hybrid of documentary and actuality chronicles the unlikely romance between a macho ex–con and a transsexual former…
Woman With the Five Elephants, The (2009)
- Dir. Vadim Jendreyko
- Intimate portrait of the enchanting Svetlana Geier – the hunched, wizened translator of Dostoevsky's novels, still bubbling well into her…
World War II in Colour (TV Series) (World War 2 in Colour) (2009)
- Featuring rare and previously unseen colourized archive footage, this 13–part series is one of the most comprehensive documentaries ever made…