Subgenre Sampler
Documentary: 3050 Films to Buy & Rent
Four Days in November (1964)
- Dir. Mel Stuart
- An unbiased view of events surrounding the death of JFK taken from more than eight million feet of newsreel footage encompassing joyous Kennedy…
Guns of August, The (1964)
- Dir. Nathan Kroll
- A World War I documentary based on the writings of Pulitzer Prize–winning historian Barbara Tuchman that traces the origins and actions of the…
I am Cuba (1964)
- Dir. Mikhail Kalatozov
- One of the most renowned documentaries of the 1960s, this poetic evocation of Cuba under Batista is today notable for both its quaint politics and…
London in the Raw (1964)
- Dir. Arnold L. Miller, Norman Cohen
- 1960s documentary detailing the sordid underbelly of London, aiming for the shock–value notoriety of Mondo Cane, which was released several…
National Geographic Specials (1964-2012)
Up Series Boxset (7-49UP) (1964-2005)
- Dir. Michael Apted
- All 49 years of Michael Apted's extraordinary documentary series chronicling the evolving lives of ordinary Brits.
What's Happening: The Beatles in the USA (The Beatles: The First U.S. Visit) (1964)
- Dir. David Maysles, Albert Maysles
Feat. John Lennon, Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr…
- First aired for television, this all access fly–on–the–wall account of the Beatles first trip through the USA in February 1964 is a…
Crisis (1963)
- Dir. Robert Drew
- Tense account of a key battle in the American Civil Rights movement with President Kennedy locked in a tense negotiation with Alabaman Governor…
It Happened Here (1963)
- Dir. Kevin Brownlow, Andrew Mollo
- A genuine filmic curiousity, this meticulous historical fantasy proposes that Nazi Germany invaded Britain in 1940 – leading to a lengthy…
Elgar (1962)
- Dir. Ken Russell
Feat. Peter Brett, Rowena Gregory, George McGrath
- Restrained and brilliant TV docudrama on England’s greatest 20th century composer, Edward Elgar, that made the director’s name and…