Subgenre Sampler
Documentary > Sociology: 226 Films to Buy & Rent
Super Size Me (2003)![Recommended Recommended](/img/arorecsm.gif)
- Dir. Morgan Spurlock
Feat. Morgan Spurlock
- Entertaining expose of the evils of 'fast food', in which the filmmaker uses himself as a human guinea–pig by embarking on a 30–day,…
Weeping Camel, The (Story of the Weeping Camel, The) (2003)![Recommended Recommended](/img/arorecsm.gif)
- Dir. Byambasuren Davaa, Luigi Falorni
- A lovingly filmed and touchingly simple excursion into the lives of a family of nomadic shepherds in the Gobi Desert, Mongolia, which blurs the line…
9/11 (2002)![Aro Favourite Aro Favourite](/img/arofavsm.gif)
- Dir. Jules Naudet, Gedeon Naudet, James Hanlon
- What started out as an amateur documentary by two French brothers about the New York Fire Department turns into a vital, ground’s–eye view of…
Bus 174 (2002)![Recommended Recommended](/img/arorecsm.gif)
- Dir. José Padilha
- A riveting analysis of an incident in Rio de Janeiro in June 2000 in which a lone, desperate gunman held hostage the passengers of a bus, while the…
Century of the Self, The (2002)
- Dir. Adam Curtis
- An expertly assembled wealth of archival footage helps tell the complex story of the growth of the mass–consumer society and the role played by…
Cinemania (2002)![Aro Favourite Aro Favourite](/img/arofavsm.gif)
- Dir. Stephen Kijak, Angela Christlieb
- An enthralling must–see for movie–buffs of any degree, this documents the daily rituals of five New York eccentrics whose lives are…
Coffee, Tea or Me? (2002)![Recommended Recommended](/img/arorecsm.gif)
- Dir. Brita McVeigh
- An engaging lowkey look at the experiences of seven woman who worked as air hostesses in the 1960s and 70s.
Similiar in tone to the documentaries…
Drowned Out (2002)![Recommended Recommended](/img/arorecsm.gif)
- Dir. Franny Armstrong
- A forerunner, and now excellent companion piece to the much vaunted UP THE YANGTZE, this captures in sobering close–up the plight of an Indian…
Georgie Girl (2002)![Recommended Recommended](/img/arorecsm.gif)
- Dir. Annie Goldson
- The unique and quite remarkable life story of Georgina Beyer, born George, a Maori transsexual and former sex–worker, who recently was elected…
I Don't Know Jack (2002)
- Dir. Chris Leavens
Feat. Jack Nance
- Concerning the life, work and death of Jack Nance, star of ERASERHEAD and eccentric of other David Lynch films, whose self–destructive…