Subgenre Sampler
Rental > Documentary: 2955 Films to Rent
That's Dancing! (1985)
- Dir. Jack Haley, Jr.
Feat. Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, James Cagney…
- A compilation of splendid dance sequences from dozens of Hollywood films. Includes over fifty top dancers, with the best of the crop generally dating…
Tokyo-Ga (1985)
- Dir. Wim Wenders
- Wim Wenders travels to Tokyo to deliver a love letter to Yasujiro Ozu and the surviving bastion of his films, actor Ryu Chishu, though ends up…
We are the World (1985)
- The complete story behind the renowned 1980s charity pop–song 'We are the World' is covered in this anniversary special edition of the original…
Antonio Gaudi (1984)
- Dir. Hiroshi Teshigahara
- The aesthetic worlds of architect Antonio Gaudi and Japanese visualist Teshigahara (WOMAN OF THE DUNES) collide with spectacular results in this…
Balanchine (1984)
- Dir. Merrill Brockway
- Renowned TV documentary about one of the most celebrated dance choreographers of the 20th century – George Balanchine – whose career…
Beach Boys: An American Band (1984)
- Dir. Malcolm Leo
- Authorized history of the Californian hitmakers. Includes some rare, eyebrow–raising footage of Wilson family lunacy.
Before Stonewall (1984)
- Dir. Greta Schiller
- Anecdotes and archival footage reflect the difficulties and absurdities of gay life from the 1920s up until the landmark revolt in 1969 following a…
Chicken Ranch (1984)
- Dir. Nick Broomfield
- Astonishing expose of a famous legal whorehouse in Texas on which a popular Dolly Parton movie was based. What is revealed, however, is far from the…
First Contact (1984)
- Dir. Robin Anderson, Bob Connolly
- The first part of the dir.'s 'Highlands Trilogy' about the recent history of the New Guinea Highlands combines period and contemporary footage to…
Grasp Of Wind, A (1984)
- Dir. Robert Franken, Russell Campbell
Feat. Neal Gunn
- Dutch born New Zealand visual artist Robert Franken's one–and–only directorial effort is a quietly surreal, wordless fable in which a…