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My Best Fiend 1999
Documentary
A film that describes the love-hate relationship between Werner Herzog and Klaus Kinski, the deep trust between the director and the actor, and their independently and simultaneously hatched plans to murder one another.
The sides of My Best Fiend
- Werner Herzog remembering Klaus Kinski
- Five films made together, from the jungle of Peru
- Rages on set caught on camera
Good for you if
- you want the true story behind Aguirre and Fitzcarraldo.
- you laugh at a director calmly recalling his plan to kill his star.
- you like two impossible men who could not work apart.
Bad for you if
- you won't read subtitles for a film partly in German.
- you find footage from the seventies dated.
About: art · obsession · love and hate
Listen to Me Marlon 2015
Documentary
With exclusive access to his extraordinary unseen and unheard personal archive including hundreds of hours of audio recorded over the course of his life, this is the definitive Marlon Brando cinema documentary. Charting his exceptional career as an actor and his extraordinary life away from the stage and screen with Brando himself as your guide, the film will fully explore the complexities of the man by telling the story uniquely from Marlon's perspective, entirely in his own voice. No talking heads, no interviewees, just Brando on Brando and life.
The sides of Listen to Me Marlon
- Marlon Brando's private audio tapes
- A digital head of Brando speaking
- His life told in his own voice
Good for you if
- you like hearing Marlon Brando tell his own life, with no interviews.
- you like a portrait of a troubled man beyond his famous roles.
- you love clips of A Streetcar Named Desire and On the Waterfront.
Bad for you if
- you need a story that moves, not a voice over archives.
- you can't take the family tragedies that marked his later life.
About: fame · acting · solitude
Val 2021
Documentary
For over 40 years Val Kilmer, one of Hollywood's most mercurial and/or misunderstood actors, has been documenting his own life and craft through film and video. He has amassed thousands of hours of footage, from 16mm home movies made with his brothers, to time spent in iconic roles for blockbuster movies like Top Gun, The Doors, Tombstone, and Batman Forever. This raw, wildly original and unflinching documentary reveals a life lived to extremes and a heart-filled, sometimes hilarious look at what it means to be an artist and a complex man.
The sides of Val
- Val Kilmer's own home videos over forty years
- His son reading his words
- Throat cancer and a lost voice
Good for you if
- you like an actor's life told through his own camera.
- you can be moved by Val Kilmer struggling to speak after cancer.
- you like a family story, from 16mm films made with his brothers to his son reading his words.
Bad for you if
- you can't watch illness and a body that fails.
- you want the energy of his films, not a quiet look back.
About: art · illness · memory
Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse 1991
Documentary
A chronicle of the production problems — including bad weather, actors' health, war near the filming locations, and more — which plagued the filming of Apocalypse Now, increasing costs and nearly destroying the life and career of Francis Ford Coppola.
The sides of Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse
- The shoot of Apocalypse Now in the Philippines
- Footage filmed by Eleanor Coppola
- A typhoon, a heart attack and a director near breaking point
Good for you if
- you like seeing how a famous film almost never got made.
- you like watching Francis Ford Coppola stake everything on one film.
- you like the strange scenes of Brando improvising in the dark and Dennis Hopper rambling.
Bad for you if
- you want the battles of the film, not the chaos behind them.
- you find grainy 1970s home footage dated.
About: obsession · art · ego · madness
De Palma 2016
Documentary
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.
The sides of De Palma
- Brian De Palma talking to the camera
- Clips from Carrie to Mission: Impossible
- Stories from Hollywood sets
Good for you if
- you like a director telling candid stories about his own films.
- you like a portrait of Brian De Palma the man, his family, his friends and his battles with studios.
- you like the thrillers of the 1970s and 1980s.
Bad for you if
- you can't stand the bloody clips from his films.
- you can't sit through two hours of one man talking.
About: filmmaking · ambition · Hollywood
Robin Williams: Come Inside My Mind 2018
Documentary
A funny, intimate and heartbreaking portrait of one of the world’s most beloved and inventive comedians, Robin Williams, told largely through his own words. Celebrates what he brought to comedy and to the culture at large, from the wild days of late-1970s L.A. to his death in 2014.
The sides of Robin Williams: Come Inside My Mind
- Robin Williams in his own words
- Stand-up clips from the late 1970s
- Friends and family remembering him
Good for you if
- you want to laugh again at Robin Williams improvising at full speed.
- you like a portrait that makes you laugh and cry in the same scene.
- you want to hear the man behind Mork and Mrs. Doubtfire talk about himself.
Bad for you if
- you can't face depression and a death by suicide on screen.
- you roll your eyes at loving tributes from famous friends.
About: comedy · mental health · fame

Stanley Kubrick - Ein Leben für den Film 2001
Documentary
With commentary from Hollywood stars, outtakes from his movies and footage from his youth, this documentary looks at Stanley Kubrick's life and films. Director Jan Harlan, Kubrick's brother-in-law and sometime collaborator, interviews heavyweights like Jack Nicholson, Woody Allen and Sydney Pollack, who explain the influence of Kubrick classics like "Dr. Strangelove" and "2001: A Space Odyssey," and how he absorbed visual clues from disposable culture such as television commercials.
The sides of Stanley Kubrick - Ein Leben für den Film
- Stanley Kubrick's life and films
- Interviews with Jack Nicholson and others who worked with him
- Home footage from his family
Good for you if
- you love Dr. Strangelove, 2001 and the films around them.
- you want to know the man behind the legend from people who knew him.
- you care about how every Kubrick frame was built.
Bad for you if
- you can't sit through almost two and a half hours of documentary.
- you need a story, not a career told in interviews.
About: obsession · creation · cinema
Woody Allen: A Documentary 2011
Documentary
An intense portrait of the iconic filmmaker, writer, actor, comedian and musician Woody Allen: his life, family and friends; his writing and directing habits, and his relationship with performers.
The sides of Woody Allen: A Documentary
- Woody Allen at his typewriter
- His stand-up years in New York
- Actors who worked with him
Good for you if
- you like seeing how Woody Allen writes and directs.
- you like his old stand-up jokes and TV clips.
- you like going back to Annie Hall and Manhattan through clips and stories from the set.
Bad for you if
- you can't sit through three hours on one filmmaker.
- you want more than interviews and film clips.
About: creativity · work · comedy
The Captains 2011
Documentary
The Captains is a feature-length documentary film written and directed by William Shatner. The film follows Shatner as he interviews the other actors who have portrayed starship captains in the Star Trek franchise.
The sides of The Captains
- William Shatner interviewing the other Star Trek captains
- Actors talking about the roles that defined them
- Patrick Stewart, Kate Mulgrew and Chris Pine on camera
Good for you if
- you like hearing actors talk honestly about their careers.
- you want to know the people behind Kirk, Picard and Janeway.
- you grew up on the bridge of the Enterprise.
Bad for you if
- you want starships and space battles. This is actors talking in rooms.
- you roll your eyes when actors open up about their feelings.
About: fame · legacy · fandom
Bob Dylan – Don't Look Back 1967
Documentary
In this wildly entertaining vision of one of the twentieth century’s greatest artists, Bob Dylan is surrounded by teen fans, gets into heated philosophical jousts with journalists, and kicks back with fellow musicians Joan Baez, Donovan, and Alan Price.
The sides of Bob Dylan – Don't Look Back
- Bob Dylan on tour in England in 1965
- Cue cards dropped one by one
- Joan Baez and Donovan in hotel rooms
Good for you if
- you want young Dylan playing alone with a guitar and a harmonica.
- you like a black and white film shot on the fly.
- you can't look away from Dylan sparring with journalists.
Bad for you if
- you need a story that moves, not a camera that just follows.
- you want an artist who opens up, not one who mocks every question.
About: fame · youth · the press
The Pervert's Guide to Cinema 2006
Documentary
A hilarious introduction, using as examples some of the best films ever made, to some of Slovenian philosopher and psychoanalyst Slavoj Žižek's most exciting ideas on personal subjectivity, fantasy and reality, desire and sexuality.
The sides of The Pervert's Guide to Cinema
- Slavoj Žižek talking through famous films
- Rebuilt sets from Hitchcock and Lynch films
- Psychoanalysis applied to desire and fantasy
Good for you if
- you like an excited philosopher talking nonstop about movies.
- you like strange readings of Psycho, The Birds and Blue Velvet.
- you love classic Hollywood and want to see it with new eyes.
Bad for you if
- two and a half hours of lecture is too much for you.
- you need a story with people to follow, not one man talking over film clips.
About: desire · fantasy · cinema
Burden of Dreams 1982
Documentary
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.
The sides of Burden of Dreams
- Werner Herzog shooting Fitzcarraldo in the Amazon
- A steamboat pulled over a mountain
- A film crew facing accidents and delays
Good for you if
- you like watching a real film shoot slowly fall apart.
- you like the Peruvian jungle filmed up close.
- you like the sight of a whole steamboat hauled up a hill.
Bad for you if
- you find early 1980s footage dated.
- you need a film that moves faster than a jungle shoot.
About: obsession · filmmaking · nature
Looking for Richard 1996
Documentary
Al Pacino's deeply-felt rumination on Shakespeare's significance and relevance to the modern world through interviews and an in-depth analysis of "Richard III."
The sides of Looking for Richard
- Al Pacino rehearsing Richard III
- Actors and scholars on Shakespeare
- New Yorkers asked about Shakespeare in the street
Good for you if
- you like Al Pacino playing Richard with relish.
- you love Shakespeare's language spoken out loud.
- you like the story of a king who kills his way to the throne.
Bad for you if
- you need momentum, not long talks about a play.
- you want the battles, not the rehearsals.
About: shakespeare · acting · ambition
They'll Love Me When I'm Dead 2018
Documentary
As his life comes to its end, famous Hollywood director Orson Welles puts it all on the line at the chance for renewed success with the film The Other Side of the Wind.
The sides of They'll Love Me When I'm Dead
- Orson Welles making his last film
- The Other Side of the Wind
- Years of chaotic shooting and money troubles
Good for you if
- you want the real story behind a film shot over years and left unfinished.
- you like a portrait of a stubborn filmmaker late in life.
- you love old Hollywood and the era of Welles.
Bad for you if
- you need a story told in order, without a flood of archive footage.
- you want a warm, easy watch rather than a chaotic shoot.
About: ambition · legacy · art
Pumping Iron 1977
Documentary
Amateur and professional bodybuilders prepare for the 1975 Mr. Olympia and Mr. Universe contests as five-time champion Arnold Schwarzenegger defends his Mr. Olympia title against Serge Nubret and the shy young Lou Ferrigno.
The sides of Pumping Iron
- Arnold Schwarzenegger chasing a sixth Mr. Olympia
- The shy young Lou Ferrigno
- Gyms and contests in 1975
Good for you if
- you like the training and rivalry behind a bodybuilding title.
- you want to see Schwarzenegger before Hollywood.
- you can't look away from young Arnold's charm and mind games.
Bad for you if
- a grainy 1977 documentary feels dated to you.
- you can't root for a champion who boasts he skipped his father's funeral to train.
About: ambition · rivalry · the body
Bombshell: The Hedy Lamarr Story 2018
Documentary
The life and career of the hailed Hollywood movie star and underappreciated genius inventor, Hedy Lamarr.
The sides of Bombshell: The Hedy Lamarr Story
- A Hollywood star who was also an inventor
- A wartime patent for radio frequency hopping
- Her own voice on rediscovered tapes
Good for you if
- you like learning that a Hollywood star co-invented frequency hopping.
- you like a life that crosses Vienna in the 1930s and Hollywood in the 1940s.
- you like a portrait of a woman nobody took seriously beyond her face.
Bad for you if
- you need more than interviews and archive clips.
- you find old Hollywood archive footage dated.
About: genius · beauty · recognition
Sly 2023
Documentary
His love of film began as an escape from a rocky childhood. From underdog to Hollywood legend, Sylvester Stallone tells his story in this documentary.
The sides of Sly
- Sylvester Stallone telling his own story
- A rough childhood and a hard father
- Rocky written by an unknown actor
Good for you if
- you like hearing a movie star tell his life in his own words.
- you like the man behind Rocky and Rambo more than the muscles.
- you want to see how a hard father shaped his films.
Bad for you if
- you want the fights from his films, not an hour and a half of talking.
- you roll your eyes at an underdog story told by the underdog himself.
About: ambition · fathers · fame
78/52 2017
Documentary
The most famous murder scene in movie history comprises 78 camera settings and 52 cuts: the shower scene in Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho. 78/52 tells the story of the man behind the curtain and his greatest obsession.
The sides of 78/52
- The shower scene of Psycho
- 78 camera setups and 52 cuts
- Filmmakers and editors on Hitchcock
Good for you if
- you like learning how one scene from 1960 changed horror films.
- you like seeing how a single scene is built shot by shot.
- you like details you only catch frame by frame.
Bad for you if
- you can't watch the same stabbing scene over and over.
- you want a story with people, not one scene taken apart.
About: filmmaking · fear · craft

The Cutting Edge: The Magic of Movie Editing 2004
Documentary
Documentary about the art of film editing. Clips are shown from many groundbreaking films with innovative editing styles.
The sides of The Cutting Edge: The Magic of Movie Editing
- Film editors talking about their craft
- Clips from a century of movies
- The cut that changes a scene
Good for you if
- you like seeing how silent films and classics were put together.
- you like hearing real editors like Thelma Schoonmaker explain cuts you never noticed.
- you like going back to your favorite films to spot the cuts.
Bad for you if
- you want a documentary that grips like a thriller.
- you want to follow one person's story, not a parade of interviews.
About: filmmaking · craft · invisible work
Comedian 2002
Documentary
A look at the work of two stand-up comics, Jerry Seinfeld and a lesser-known newcomer, detailing the effort and frustration behind putting together a successful act and career while living a life on the road.
The sides of Comedian
- Jerry Seinfeld starting over with new material
- Small comedy clubs and rough nights
- A young comic, Orny Adams, chasing a break
Good for you if
- you like watching jokes being built and tested.
- you want the work behind stand-up, not the polished special.
- you like the contrast between a star and a newcomer.
Bad for you if
- you need momentum more than backstage chatter.
- you want striking images, not handheld camera footage.
About: work · ambition · doubt