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Criterion Channel
84
7.9
/8941/
77
/246/
75
/142/
4.1
/21878/
91
/22/
91
/204/
77
/14/

Burden of Dreams (1982)
The Amazon rain forest, 1979. The crew of Fitzcarraldo (1982), a film directed by German director Werner Herzog, soon finds itself with problems related to casting, tribal struggles and accidents, among many other setbacks; but nothing compared to dragging a huge steamboat up a mountain, while Herzog embraces the path of a certain madness to make his vision come true.
poster
Kanopy
81
7.4
/6591/
73
/346/
70
/169/
3.7
/19122/
95
/112/
85
/68/
83
/31/

De Palma (2016)
An intimate conversation between filmmakers, chronicling De Palma’s 55-year career, his life, and his filmmaking process, with revealing anecdotes and, of course, a wealth of film clips.
poster
Kanopy
78
7.7
/1237/
74
/60/
72
/39/
3.8
/4175/
96
/89/
96
/141/
76
/13/

Be Natural: The Untold Story of Alice Guy-Blaché (2018)
The epic life story of Alice Guy-Blaché (1873–1968), a French screenwriter, director and producer, true pioneer of cinema, the first person who made a narrative fiction film; author of hundreds of movies, but banished from history books. Ignored and forgotten. At last remembered.
poster
HBO Max Amazon Channel
78
7.7
/8892/
76
/619/
75
/299/
3.8
/25268/
91
/34/
90
/31/

Spielberg (2017)
A documentary on the life and career of one of the most influential film directors of all time, Steven Spielberg.
poster
Criterion Channel
72
6.7
/1193/
69
/35/
70
/43/
3.4
/2246/
93
/46/
76
/4/
75
/7/

The Eyes of Orson Welles (2018)
A poetic journey into the visual world of the legendary filmmaker and actor Orson Welles (1915-85) that reveals a new portrait of a unique genius, both of his life and of his monumental work: through his own eyes, drawn by his own hand, painted with his own brush.
poster
Kanopy
70
6.7
/692/
64
/23/
60
/14/
3.4
/1025/
91
/34/
80
/1/
71
/18/

Searching for Ingmar Bergman (2018)
A meaningful account of the personal and professional life of the great Swedish filmmaker Ingmar Bergman (1918-2007) that explores his film legacy, with interviews with his closest collaborators and a new generation of filmmakers.
poster
Kanopy
70
6.9
/1025/
73
/50/
65
/35/
3.4
/1433/
73
/48/
67
/16/

Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles (2014)
The extraordinary life of Orson Welles (1915-85), an enigma of Hollywood, an irreducible independent creator: a musical prodigy, an excellent painter, a master of theater and radio, a modern Shakespeare, a magician who was always searching for a new trick to surprise his audience, a romantic and legendary figure who lived only for cinema.
poster
78
67
7.5
/2846/
75
/117/
70
/81/
3.7
/3677/
92
/50/
84
/98/

Corman's World (2011)
A chronicle of the long career of American filmmaker Roger Corman, the most tenacious and ingenious low-budget producer and director in the US film industry, a pioneer of independent filmmaking and discoverer of new talent.
poster
Fandango at Home Free
77
66
7.3
/5543/
73
/410/
72
/175/
3.5
/14509/
92
/25/
86
/9/

QT8: The First Eight (2019)
A detailed account of the life and artistic career of legendary filmmaker Quentin Tarantino, from his early days as a video club manager to the scandalous fall in disgrace of producer Harvey Weinstein. A story about how to shoot eight great movies and become an icon of modern pop culture.
poster
80
64
7.4
/2084/
78
/54/
72
/89/
3.8
/4271/
100
/29/
82
/47/

Henri-Georges Clouzot's Inferno (2009)
In 1964, Henri-Georges Clouzot's production of L'Enfer came to a halt. Despite huge expectations, major studio backing and an unlimited budget, after three weeks the production collapsed. This documentary presents Inferno's incredible expressionistic original rushes, screen tests, and on-location footage, whilst also reconstructing Clouzot's original vision, and shedding light on the ill-fated endeavor through interviews, dramatizations of unfilmed scenes, and Clouzot's own notes.
poster
Kanopy
64
6.6
/1118/
67
/51/
69
/30/
3.3
/1285/
79
/76/
53
/11/
65
/23/

The Lovers and the Despot (2016)
Hong Kong, 1978. South Korean actress Choi Eun-hee is kidnapped by North Korean operatives following orders from dictator Kim Jong-il.
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Hoopla
75
64
7.4
/2261/
74
/88/
70
/51/
3.6
/4368/
94
/16/
87
/47/
59
/7/

Milius (2013)
The life story of ‘Zen Anarchist’ filmmaker John Milius, one of the most influential storytellers of his generation.
poster
Kanopy
60
5.9
/1189/
60
/27/
43
/36/
3.2
/1668/
77
/26/
67
/2/
49
/5/

Enfant Terrible (2020)
When 22-year-old Rainer Werner Fassbinder storms the stage of a small, progressive theatre in Munich 1967, and seizes the production without further ado, nobody suspects this brazen young rebel to become one of the most important post-war German filmmakers. Despite early setbacks, many of his films breakout at the most renowned films festivals and polarise audience, critics and filmmakers alike. His radical views and self-exploitation, as well as his longing for love, have made him one of the most fascinating film directors of this time.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
59
6.6
/2836/
63
/103/
65
/103/
3.5
/13458/
75
/36/
26
/2/

Cobweb (2023)
In the 1970s, Director Kim is obsessed by the desire to re-shoot the ending of his completed film Cobweb, but chaos and turmoil grip the set with interference from the censorship authorities, and the complaints of actors and producers who can't understand the re-written ending. Will Kim be able to find a way through this chaos to fulfill his artistic ambitions and complete his masterpiece?
poster
fuboTV
59
6.9
/741/
69
/87/
60
/22/
3.5
/2547/
82
/34/
50
/6/
51
/5/

Clerk (2021)
A look at Kevin Smith's life and career from his childhood in New Jersey, to the day they cemented his footprints at the world famous TCL Chinese Theater, with a flock of famous folks testifying on Silent Bob's behalf!
poster
57
6.5
/821/
62
/65/
63
/37/
3.2
/1509/
40
/15/
56
/8/
51
/10/

21 Years: Richard Linklater (2014)
A journey through the professional life of innovative film director Richard Linklater: 21 years creating films, carving his signature in pop culture; an analysis of his style and motivations, through the funny and moving testimonies of close friends and collaborators, actors and other filmmakers.
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Amazon Prime Video
74
54
7.1
/3072/
73
/113/
74
/46/
3.5
/6178/
82
/22/
83
/2/
69
/9/

Kubrick by Kubrick (2020)
A rare and transcendent journey into the life and films of the legendary Stanley Kubrick like we've never seen before, featuring a treasure trove of unearthed interview recordings from the master himself.
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Criterion Channel
77
53
7.7
/1092/
67
/17/
75
/17/
3.7
/1475/
89
/9/
87
/25/
71
/5/

Bergman Island (2006)
The desolate and mysterious island of Fårö, Sweden, Baltic Sea, 2004. Swedish master filmmaker Ingmar Bergman (1918-2007) looks back on his personal and artistic life; a journey through more than sixty years devoted to film, plays and television programs. (An abridged version of Ingmar Bergman Complete, 2004; a collection of three thematic documentaries: Bergman and Film; Bergman and Theater; and Bergman and Fårö Island.)
poster
72
45
6.9
/1822/
68
/74/
70
/47/
3.5
/5288/
75
/8/
80
/1/

Django & Django: Sergio Corbucci Unchained (2021)
A tribute to Italian filmmaker Sergio Corbucci (1926-90), presented by American filmmaker Quentin Tarantino.
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Kanopy
67
45
6.8
/1529/
68
/63/
66
/37/
3.3
/2790/
70
/27/
67
/16/

Altman (2014)
Robert Altman's life and career contained multitudes. This father of American independent cinema left an indelible mark, not merely on the evolution of his art form, but also on the western zeitgeist. With its use of rare interviews, representative film clips, archival images, and musings from his family and most recognizable collaborators, Altman is a dynamic and heartfelt mediation on an artist whose expression, passion and appetite knew few bounds.
poster
Criterion Channel
63
43
6.7
/981/
63
/27/
57
/19/
3.6
/1692/
60
/5/
60
/61/
67
/8/

Lynch (one) (2007)
Rare glimpse into the fascinating mind of one of cinema's greatest directors. Footage was gathered over a two year period and documents David Lynch's many creative interests as well as his passion for filmmaking. It’s “abstract trip” which reveals new aspects of the personality and the cinematographic vision of one of the exceptional authors of contemporary cinema. Personal portrait of David Lynch and his creative universe.
poster
Criterion Channel
75
42
7.6
/1033/
79
/27/
67
/37/
3.9
/3147/

Andrey Tarkovsky. A Cinema Prayer (2019)
An account of the life and work of Russian filmmaker Andrey Tarkovsky (1932-86) in his own words: his memories, his vision of art and his reflections on the fate of the artist and the meaning of human existence; through extremely rare audio recordings that allow a complete understanding of his inner life and the mysterious world existing behind his complex cinematic imagery.
poster
71
41
6.9
/2031/
70
/64/
75
/82/
3.5
/2841/
72
/4/

S Is for Stanley (2016)
The incredible story of the Italian Emilio D'Alessandro, personal driver of the great director Stanley Kubrick (1928-1999), who met Emilio by chance in London in 1971 and hired him, thus establishing a deep friendship that lasted thirty years and helped create four masterpieces of cinema. A moving tale about two seemingly opposing people who found their ideal travel companion far away from home…
poster
74
39
7.4
/406/
64
/7/
65
/13/
3.6
/565/
86
/14/
89
/279/

Kubrick Remembered (2014)
An 83-minute candid look into the life of Kubrick, including interviews with his widow, family, coworkers and actors, and featuring a tour of the Archive in London and an inside look into Kubrick's home.
poster
71
35
7.0
/1305/
67
/28/
63
/36/
3.7
/2928/
83
/5/

A. K. (1985)
An intimate chronicle of the shooting of Ran (1985), a film directed by the legendary Japanese filmmaker Akira Kurosawa.
poster
71
34
7.0
/313/
71
/5/
60
/1/
3.6
/1355/
Popcorn
83
/22/

Welcome to Lynchland (2025)
Creator of absolute freedom, David Lynch constructed his work as an enigma to be deciphered between dream and reality. A cult director from his first films ("Eraserhead", "Elephant Man", "Blue Velvet"), Lynch forever changed the world of television with his series "Twin Peaks", before tackling the lies of Hollywood in "Mulholland Drive". Tracing the life of the most influential filmmaker of his generation, this documentary explores the hidden meaning of a relentlessly consistent filmography and delves beneath the dark, teeming surface of the American Dream.
poster
Criterion Channel
73
32
7.3
/642/
61
/9/
68
/15/
3.8
/1998/
86
/1/
75
/4/

The World of Jacques Demy (1995)
Agnès Varda's documentary portrait of her late husband, Jacques Demy. A companion piece to her Jacquot de Nantes.
poster
79
32
7.2
/291/
80
/15/
76
/13/
3.5
/459/
100
/5/

Forman vs. Forman (2019)
A moving account, in his own words, of the personal life and work of the brilliant Czech filmmaker Miloš Forman (1932-2018): his tragic childhood, his major contribution to the cultural movement known as the Czech New Wave, his exile in Paris, his troubled days in New York, his rise to stardom in Hollywood; a complete existence in the service of cinema.
poster
74
31
7.3
/564/
81
/32/
70
/15/
3.7
/2885/

Babenco: Tell Me When I Die (2020)
Besieged by cancer and nearing the end, the genius Argentine-Brazilian filmmaker Héctor Babenco (1946-2016) asks Bárbara Paz, his wife, for one last wish: to be the protagonist of his own death.
poster
74
30
7.4
/519/
79
/51/
78
/52/
3.7
/1159/
67
/1/

The Extraordinary Voyage (2011)
An account of the extraordinary life of film pioneer Georges Méliès (1861-1938) and the amazing story of the copy in color of his masterpiece A Trip to the Moon (1902), unexpectedly found in Spain and restored thanks to the heroic efforts of a group of true cinema lovers.
poster
Kanopy
68
29
7.0
/782/
63
/9/
71
/36/
3.5
/818/

How Strange to be Named Federico (2013)
On the 20th anniversary of Federico Fellini's death, Ettore Scola, a devoted admirer of the incomparable maestro, commemorates the lesser-known aspects of his personality, employing interviews, photographs, behind-the-scenes footage as well as his drawings and film clips.
poster
Kanopy
71
28
7.2
/1036/
66
/25/
65
/28/
3.5
/1598/
81
/2/

Trespassing Bergman (2013)
In the sixties, Swedish filmmaker Ingmar Bergman (1918-2007) built a house on the remote island of Fårö, located in the Baltic Sea, and left Stockholm to live there. When he died, the house was preserved. A group of very special film buffs, came from all over the world, travel to Fårö in search of the genius and his legacy. (An abridged version of Bergman's Video, 2012.)
poster
58
27
6.1
/1164/
57
/30/
58
/22/
3.0
/852/
50
/8/
64
/9/

Curtiz (2019)
Hollywood, 1942. The US government pressures Hungarian-born film director Michael Curtiz, who is about to finish shooting Casablanca, to accentuate the film's propaganda message in order to sway public opinion in favor of the country's intervention in the European war.
poster
81
25
7.6
/159/
77
/22/
67
/7/
3.8
/646/
92
/13/
100
/2/

Merata: How Mum Decolonised the Screen (2019)
This film is an intimate portrayal of pioneering filmmaker Merata Mita told through the eyes of her children. Using hours of archive footage, some never before seen, her youngest child and director Hepi Mita discovers the filmmaker he never knew and shares the mother he lost, with the world.
poster
Netflix
65
24
7.1
/294/
72
/13/
48
/3/
3.5
/1422/

Sangre del Toro (2025)
Director Guillermo del Toro journeys through a labyrinth of childhood memories, cultural myths and monsters to reveal the origins of his visionary films.
poster
Disney Plus
71
24
7.2
/250/
70
/50/
72
/14/
3.5
/1240/

Good Chemistry: The Story of Elemental (2023)
Pixar director Peter Sohn takes viewers on a humorous personal journey through the inspiration behind Disney and Pixar’s feature film “Elemental.” “Good Chemistry: The Story of Elemental” traces his parents’ voyage from Korea to New York, explores his dad’s former grocery shop in the heart of the Bronx, and delves into his choice of a career in animation, rather than the family business.
poster
Kanopy
76
19
7.3
/209/
77
/9/
79
/5/
3.8
/1363/

Michel Gondry: Do It Yourself (2023)
A portrait of French filmmaker Michel Gondry, creator, for three decades, of an imperfect, astonishing, fascinating, damaged and poetic work.
poster
75
18
7.0
/52/
78
/33/
80
/1/
3.6
/652/

Tim Burton : un monstre de cinéma (2025)
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poster
Kanopy
72
18
7.5
/490/
70
/7/
70
/18/
3.5
/404/
79
/11/

Billy Wilder Speaks (2006)
In 1988, German filmmaker Volker Schlöndorff sat down with legendary director Billy Wilder (1906-2002) at his office in Beverly Hills, California, and turned on his camera for a series of filmed interviews. (A recut of the 1992 TV miniseries Billy, How Did You Do It?)
poster
70
17
7.1
/382/
70
/16/
71
/17/
3.4
/498/

Birth of the Tramp (2013)
A look back at Charlie Chaplin's early life and career, from his rough childhood and music hall success in England to his early Hollywood days and the development of his enormously popular character, the Little Tramp, also called Charlot.
poster
63
12
6.5
/113/
58
/10/
64
/17/
3.4
/278/

Fellinopolis (2021)
Ferruccio Castronuovo was the only authorized eye, between 1976 and 1986, to film the brilliant Italian filmmaker Federico Fellini (1920-1993) in his personal and creative intimacy, to capture the gears of his great circus, his fantastic lies and his crazy inventions.
poster
62
10
5.7
/285/
62
/4/
65
/11/
3.3
/310/

John Ford: The Man Who Invented America (2019)
Over a 50-year career and more than a hundred movies, filmmaker John Ford (1894-1973) forged the legend of the Far West. By giving a face to the underprivileged, from humble cowboys to persecuted minorities, he revealed like no one else the great social divisions that existed and still exist in the United States. More than four decades after his death, what remains of his legacy and humanistic values in the memory of those who love his work?
poster
66
9
7.1
/63/
60
/3/
64
/6/
3.6
/544/

François Truffaut: My Life, a Screenplay (2024)
At the end of his life, gravely ill, François Truffaut took refuge with his ex-wife Madeleine Morgenstern. She tried to keep him occupied during his long agony. The filmmaker confided in his friend Claude de Givray, with the intention of writing his autobiography. Too weakened, he abandoned the project. The film reveals part of this final story.
poster
75
8
6.9
/19/
85
/2/
72
/3/
3.7
/570/

Jacques Demy: The Pink and the Black (2024)
Jacques Demy’s ability to enchant audiences was rooted in his personal struggles and doubts as a showman, establishing him as one of French cinema’s greatest artists.
poster
68
8
8.3
/105/
80
/4/
78
/10/
3.7
/328/
Popcorn
25
/2/

Charlie Chaplin, The Genius of Liberty (2020)
The whole world knows him. Burlesque comedy genius, popular actor, author, director, producer, composer, choreographer, Charlie Chaplin (1899-1977) used his talent to serve an ideal of justice and freedom. But his best scenario was his own destiny, a story written into the political and artistic history of the 20th century.
poster
72
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6.7
/70/
68
/39/
82
/4/

Steven Spielberg, the “New Hollywood” Prodigy (2025)
A new light on American filmmaker Steven Spielberg, Hollywood’s greatest director, offering a unique perspective on his work and digging into his personal influences.
poster
?
8.2
/54/
70
/2/

Chaplin et "Les temps modernes", La voie du silence (2025)
In 1936, the sound film had already been around for a decade. Nevertheless, Charlie Chaplin (1889-1977) made another silent film, "Modern Times", which only used sound effects as a dramaturgical device. Speaking is reserved for the apparatus alone. The film became a monument in the history of cinema for this very reason.
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?
6.2
/15/
80
/1/

Wim Wenders: Der ewig Suchende (2025)
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