Movies123 - DOCUMENTARY Movies

Helvetica (2007) A documentary about typography, graphic design, and global visual culture.

Feed Your Head (2010) FEED YOUR HEAD: What causes mental illness? Are we, indeed, what we eat? Psychiatrists Abram Hoffer and Humphry Osmond met in Saskatchewan in 1951, and embarked on a quest to find what psychiatry said didn't exist: a cure for schizophrenia. Hoffer and Osmond set out to prove th

The Love We Make (2011) In the aftermath of the September 11th attacks on the World Trade Center, Paul McCartney travels through the streets of New York and organizes a benefit concert.

Breakwater (2019) group of friends from São Paulo go on a trip to a remote beach. While they wait for the new year's eve, they build a safe and pleasant environment through music and friendship.

7 Hills (2019) Children's laughter and the sound of skateboards rolling have replaced explosions and screaming. The war torn Middle East acts as a backdrop to this amazing story of human survival. They ...

Resistance (2015) 80 years ago antibiotics revolutionized medicine. Only now are we realizing the potentially catastrophic consequences of these miracle drugs. The question is: have we reached a point where we must save antibiotics to save ourselves? RESISTANCE uses interviews, archival material, an

Prag, März 92 (1992) Prompted by a seminar given by acclaimed German filmmaker Peter Nestler, Prague, March '92 combines 16mm footage shot over the course of a week in the title city with excerpts from Bohumil Hrabal's essay

Hurricane 2015 200 kmh winds, 18 cyclones, 12 countries Andy Byatt Blue Planet, Earth Cyril Barbancon and Jacqueline Farmer have teamed up with NASA and composer Yann Tiersen to bring this thrilling and immersive experience to the big screen Beginning its tumultuous journey as an ominous sandstorm i

D.L. Hughley: Reset (2012) A brand new comedy special, featuring the world-renowned D.L. Hughley, one of the most popular and highly recognized standup comedians on the road today.

Team Khan (2018) Fly-on-the-wall documentary about professional boxer Amir Khan. Filmed over two years, it follows Amir and his team in their quest to fight the best boxer on the planet, the unbeaten Floyd Mayweather Jr.

Very Extremely Dangerous (2012) Jerry McGill slipped from a rock'n'roll career into a life of crime, robbing banks and running from the FBI while touring with legends of country music and appearing in movies. After three jail sentences (under two different names), aged 70 and suffering from terminal

Andrew Dice Clay: Indestructible (2012) The "Indestructible" Andrew Dice Clay is back proving he is in fact the undisputed Heavy Weight King of Comedy in his first stand-up comedy special in over 17 years. The minute the Diceman hits the stage he is on fire staying true to his outrageously shocking

Gay USA (1978) Documentary that shows several mass manifestations of the American gay liberation movement. Participants as well as critical spectators are being interviewed.

L'essence des formes (The Essence of Forms), a documentary from 2010 in which collaborators and admirers of Bresson’s, including actor François Leterrier and director Bruno Dumont, share their thoughts about the director and his work.

Life Inside Islamic State (2017) An animated documentary about the experiences of the Arabic activist Al-Sharqiya-24 in the Syrian city of Raqqa after an extremist group of Jihadists took over the city, as told to the BBC Radio 4 Today's Mike Thomson.

Elstree 1976 (2015) Actors and extras reminisce about their time on the set of Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977) and how making the film affected their lives.

Journey to the Pale Red Dot (2017) On the hunt for other solar systems, scientists have discovered an Earth-sized planet orbiting the star nearest to our Sun, Proxima Centauri. It's an important test of whether we are alone in the universe. Stephen Hawking and others are calling for a mission to sea

Tarzans Testicles 2017 A film about utopias and a metaphoric drama that threads the similar destinies of monkeys and men

One More Time with Feeling (2016) A meditation narrative reflection of Nick Cave's process. A history that resists the narrative structure and shows the poet grasping at sensual intuitions. Filmed lovingly and richly raw that showcases the imperfections and hesitant fits of existence. This is a port

Dan Carter: A Perfect 10 (2019) All Blacks great Dan Carter has revealed that an "intimate" film about his personal life and his "challenging road" towards the 2015 Rugby

Dreams with Sharp Teeth (2008) A documentary on speculative fiction writer and essayist Harlan Ellison.

Pizza: A Love Story (2019) Learn about the history, the families, the love and design that goes into each pie. Moreover, discover a completely new appreciation for pizza as true culinary art.

Out of Mind, Out of Sight (2014) Profiles four residents of the Brockville Mental Health Centre, a forensic psychiatric hospital for people who have committed violent crimes.

Kingdom of Dreams 2022 A French entrepreneur uses young punk talent to reinvigorate fading fashion couture houses and become the richest man in the world What could possibly go wrong

Man on Wire (2008) On August 7, 1974, Philippe Petit, a French wire walker, juggler, and street performer days shy of his 25th birthday, spent 45 minutes walking, dancing, kneeling, and lying on a wire he and friends strung between the rooftops of the Twin Towers. Uses contemporary interviews, archi

42 Up (1998) In 1964, a film crew interviewed seven-year-old English kids: five or six from privilege, a Yorkshire farm lad, East-End girls, and boys from a children's home. Every seven years, Michael Apted re-interviews those willing (two declined this time). At 42, careers are stuck or flourishing

I Superbiker (2011) Feature film for release Spring 2011 following four superbike riders through their dramatic British Superbike Season. They are the new GLADIATORS, battling at 200MPH, riding through torturous conditions and risking life and limb at every race meeting. Only one can be the true cha

No Roses on a Sailors Grave 2020 June 6th, 1944 D Day Patrick Thomas, a telegraphist in the Royal Navy, boards a landing craft in Portsmouth, as thousands of vessels and tens of thousands of servicemen prepare for the day that changed history The vessel, LCH 185, would be part of the first wave on S

Choppertown: The Sinners (2005) Custom chopper builder and punk rocker Kutty Noteboom builds his working man's chopper from the ground up with the help of good friend Rico and the rest of his biker brothers in this intimate award-winning documentary about renowned hot rod and motorcycle club the Sin

Ocean Wonderland (2003)

Busby 2019 From the producers of Class of 92, Busby combines previously unseen archive footage with interviews with those who knew the man best

The Sanctity of Space 2021 Climbersfilmmakers Renan Ozturk and Freddie Wilkinson retrace the steps of pioneering mountaineer and aerial photographer Bradford Washburn Inspired by Washburns iconic images of Alaska, Ozturk and Wilkinson attempt the unprecedented traverse of the Mooses Tooth massif

SXSW Comedy with W. Kamau Bell (2015) Several comedians perform at the 2015 South by Southwest (SXSW) festival in Austin, Texas. Hosted by W. Kamau Bell. Performances by W. Kamau Bell, Matt Braunger, Mark Normand, Iliza Shlesinger, Nate Bargatze, and Beth Stelling.

The Babushkas of Chernobyl (2015) An affectionate portrait of a group of women who, after the 1986 Chernobyl disaster and evacuation, returned to the exclusion zone surrounding the nuclear power plant and have resided there - semi-officially, for years.

The MindFulness Movie (2013) An entertaining, secular, and educational look at the benefits of mindful practice, 'The Mindfulness Movie' brings together an unprecedented group of the world's leading neuroscientists, ...

En quête de sens (2015) The film tells the story of two childhood friends who leave everything behind to go question the workings of the world. This incredible, life-changing journey across the world encourages us to reconsider our relationship with nature, happiness, and the meaning of life.

After serving twenty-five years in the prison for the murder of his partner Eddy, the grifter Foley is released with the intention to live an honest life. He seeks his probation officer and finds a job in a construction site. But soon Eddy's son Ethan looks for him and offers a swindle to him, but F

Sample the sights and sounds of three distinct environments with this exotic National Geographic program that takes you to the vast grasslands of the African savannah, the dense rainforests of the Amazon and the icy plains of the Arctic. Users can also choose from two different audio tracks to accom

The Secret Rules of Modern Living: Algorithms (2015) Professor Marcus du Sautoy demystifies the hidden world of algorithms and reveals where these 2,000-year-old problem solvers came from, how they work, and what they have achieved.

The Muslims Are Coming! (2013) Comedians Negin Farsad and Dean Obeidallah lead an all-star Muslim comedy performing in big cities, small towns, liberal enclaves, conservative hotbeds, rural and everything in between to ...

Always at The Carlyle (2018) The iconic Carlyle hotel has been an international destination for a particular jet-set as well as a favorite haunt of the most discernible New Yorkers.

Chuck Berry Hail! Hail! Rock n Roll (1987) St. Louis, Missouri. For Chuck Berry's 60th birthday, Keith Richards assembles a pickup band of Robert Cray, Joey Spampinato, Eric Clapton, himself, and longtime Berry pianist Johnnie Johnson. Joined on stage by Etta James, Linda Ronstadt and Julian Lennon,

Surviving America 2020 In the wake of the new Civil Rights Movement it is important to tell Black stories from those who actually live it Shoot first and ask questions later, lynchings, redlining, policing of hair, food deserts, underfunded schools are just a day in the life struggle of being Black

Director Patrice Leconte weaves an impressionistic, sensorial tapestry of existence in and around early 21st-century Cambodia. Journeying through the country's farmlands, factories, streets and rural villages, camera-in-hand, Leconte glimpses the people and the elements of the landscape that make Ca

Above & Beyond: Giving Up the Day Job (2018) Story of the british trance legends Above & Beyond as they give up their DJ career a while for an acoustic journey across the world.

Changing the Game (2019) Transgender high school athletes from across the country compete at the top of their fields, while also challenging the boundaries and perceptions of fairness and discrimination.

Les Rose 2020 In October 1970, members of the Front de liberation du Quebec kidnapped Minister Pierre Laporte, triggering an unprecedented crisis in Quebec Canada Fifty years later, Felix Rose is trying to understand what could have led his father and uncle to commit such acts

Stranger in Paradise (2016) In a classroom newly arrived refugees learn a lesson about multifarious Europe. Operating at the intersection of fiction and documentary, Stranger in Paradise reflects on the power relations between Europeans and refugees in a candid fashion.