Subgenre Sampler
Documentary: 3033 Films to Buy & Rent
Girls Can't Surf (2020)
- Dir. Christopher Nelius
- An Australian documentary about the female surfers who challenged the male–dominated surfing industry of the 1980's, and who rejected their…
Gunda (2020)
- Dir. Viktor Kossakovsky
- A sublime, meditative documentary following the lives of a small group of farm animals, from acclaimed Russian documentarian Victor Kossakovsky.…
Helmut Newton: The Bad and the Beautiful (2020)
- Dir. Gero von Boehm
- Wildly successful photographer Helmut Newton made a name for himself exploring the female form over many decades, and his cult status continues long…
I Am Greta (2020)
- Dir. Nathan Grossman
- A portrait of teenage climate change activist Greta Thunberg, which starts with her one–person school strike outside Swedish parliament, and…
Ken Burns' Country Music (2020)
- Dir. Ken Burns
- Formidable 8–part, 16 hour PBS series by the legendary documentarian Ken Burns, exploring the history of country music and it's cultural impact…
Laurel Canyon (2020)
- Two part documentary series exploring the music and culture of Laurel Canyon and the wider LA rock scene of the 60's and 70's. Features incredible…
Love it Was Not (2020)
- Dir. Maya Sarfaty
- Superb documentary about the incredible story of an SS officer and a Jewish prisoner who fall in love and have an affair at Auschwitz.
A talented…
Mole Agent, The (2020)
- Dir. Maite Alberdi
- An Academy Award–nominated documentary set in a nursing home in Chile, where a private investigator has hired a charismatic…
Painter and the Thief, The (2020)
- Dir. Benjamin Ree
- A astonishing art documentary about the Czech painter Barbora Kysilkova, who tracked down and met the criminal who stole her paintings.
What…
Pompeii: Sin City (2020)
- A documentary exploring the city of Pompeii and its profound influence on culture and art over the course of human history.
Provides an evocative…