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The ‘Frankenstein’ Files: How Hollywood Made a Monster 7.7

The ‘Frankenstein’ Files: How Hollywood Made a Monster

2002 45 min Movie
The ‘Frankenstein’ Files: How Hollywood Made a Monster
7.7 2002 45 min HD
The history of Frankenstein's journey from novel to stage to screen to icon.
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Empire of Dreams: The Story of the Star Wars Trilogy 7.7

Empire of Dreams: The Story of the Star Wars Trilogy

2004 151 min Movie
Empire of Dreams: The Story of the Star Wars Trilogy
7.7 2004 151 min HD
From the earliest versions of the script to the blockbuster debuts, explore the creation of the Star Wars Trilogy.
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Genre: Documentary
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Look, Up in the Sky! The Amazing Story of Superman 7.5

Look, Up in the Sky! The Amazing Story of Superman

2006 115 min Movie
Look, Up in the Sky! The Amazing Story of Superman
7.5 2006 115 min HD
The history of the comic book superhero, Superman, in his various media incarnations.
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Genre: Documentary
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You Must Remember This: The Warner Bros. Story 8.5

You Must Remember This: The Warner Bros. Story

2008 228 min Movie
You Must Remember This: The Warner Bros. Story
8.5 2008 228 min HD
Jack L. Warner, Harry Warner, Albert Warner and Sam Warner were siblings who were born in Poland and emigrated to Canada near the turn of the century. In 1903, the brothers entered the ...
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Genre: Documentary
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His Name Was Jason: 30 Years of Friday the 13th 6.9

His Name Was Jason: 30 Years of Friday the 13th

2010 90 min Movie
His Name Was Jason: 30 Years of Friday the 13th
6.9 2010 90 min HD
A retrospective documentary about the groundbreaking horror series, Friday the 13th, featuring interviews with cast and crew from the twelve films spanning 3 decades.
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Everything or Nothing 7.1

Everything or Nothing

2012 98 min Movie
Everything or Nothing
7.1 2012 98 min HD
The story of three men with a shared dream: James Bond franchise producers Albert R. Broccoli and Harry Saltzman, and Bond creator and author Ian Fleming. It’s the thrilling and ...
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Genre: Documentary
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The Pervert’s Guide to Ideology 7.3

The Pervert’s Guide to Ideology

2012 131 min Movie
The Pervert’s Guide to Ideology
7.3 2012 131 min HD
A journey into the labyrinthine heart of ideology, which shapes and justifies both collective and personal beliefs and practices: with an infectious zeal and voracious appetite for ...
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Genre: Documentary
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Corman’s World 7.1

Corman’s World

2011 91 min Movie
Corman’s World
7.1 2011 91 min HD
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 ...
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Genre: Documentary
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Room 237 6.1

Room 237

2012 102 min Movie
Room 237
6.1 2012 102 min HD
A subjective documentary that explores various theories about hidden meanings in Stanley Kubrick's classic film The Shining. Five very different points of view are illuminated through ...
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Genre: Documentary
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Hugo 7.1

Hugo

2011 126 min Movie
Hugo
7.1 2011 126 min HD
Orphaned and alone except for an uncle, Hugo Cabret lives in the walls of a train station in 1930s Paris. Hugo's job is to oil and maintain the station's clocks, but to him, his more ...
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Genre: Adventure, Drama
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Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles 6.7

Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles

2014 92 min Movie
Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles
6.7 2014 92 min HD
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 ...
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Genre: Documentary
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Jodorowsky’s Dune 7.8

Jodorowsky’s Dune

2013 90 min Movie
Jodorowsky’s Dune
7.8 2013 90 min HD
Shot in France, England, Switzerland and the United States, this documentary covers director Alejandro Jodorowsky (El Topo, Holy Mountain, Santa Sangre) and his 1974 Quixotic attempt to ...
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Genre: Documentary
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Trespassing Bergman 6.6

Trespassing Bergman

2013 108 min Movie
Trespassing Bergman
6.6 2013 108 min HD
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 ...
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I Know That Voice 7.1

I Know That Voice

2014 95 min Movie
I Know That Voice
7.1 2014 95 min HD
Filmmaker Lawrence Shapiro discusses voice-over acting with the talented people behind the characters.
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Genre: Documentary
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Mifune: The Last Samurai 7.1

Mifune: The Last Samurai

2016 81 min Movie
Mifune: The Last Samurai
7.1 2016 81 min HD
An account of the life and work of legendary Japanese actor Toshirō Mifune (1920-97), the most prominent actor of the Golden Age of Japanese cinema.
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Genre: Documentary
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The Death of “Superman Lives”: What Happened? 6.7

The Death of “Superman Lives”: What Happened?

2015 105 min Movie
The Death of “Superman Lives”: What Happened?
6.7 2015 105 min HD
The Death of 'Superman Lives': What Happened? feature film documents the process of development of the ill fated "Superman Lives" movie, that was to be directed by Tim Burton and star ...
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Genre: Documentary
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VHS Revolution 6.1

VHS Revolution

2017 53 min Movie
VHS Revolution
6.1 2017 53 min HD
Using testimonies by pioneers and witnesses of the times, delve into the feverish visual culture the media generated – with far-fetched examples of canine television games, seduction ...
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Memory: The Origins of Alien 6.3

Memory: The Origins of Alien

2019 95 min Movie
Memory: The Origins of Alien
6.3 2019 95 min HD
The untold origin story behind Ridley Scott's Alien - rooted in Greek and Egyptian mythologies, underground comics, the art of Francis Bacon, and the dark visions of Dan O'Bannon and ...
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Genre: Documentary
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Iron Fists and Kung Fu Kicks 6.8

Iron Fists and Kung Fu Kicks

2019 108 min Movie
Iron Fists and Kung Fu Kicks
6.8 2019 108 min HD
The fantastic story of how an ancient martial art, Chinese kung fu, conquered the world through the hundreds of films that were produced in Hong Kong over the decades, transformed ...
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Audrey 7.2

Audrey

2020 101 min Movie
Audrey
7.2 2020 101 min HD
An unprecedented and intimate look at the life, work and enduring legacy of British actress Audrey Hepburn (1929-1993).
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The Last Blockbuster 6.4

The Last Blockbuster

2020 86 min Movie
The Last Blockbuster
6.4 2020 86 min HD
A documentary on the last remaining Blockbuster Video in Bend, Oregon.
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Genre: Documentary
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Disclosure 7.9

Disclosure

2020 107 min Movie
Disclosure
7.9 2020 107 min HD
An investigation of how Hollywood's fabled stories have deeply influenced how Americans feel about transgender people, and how transgender people have been taught to feel about themselves.
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Genre: Documentary
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Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts 7.3

Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts

2022 103 min Movie
Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts
7.3 2022 103 min HD
An enchanting making-of story told through all-new in-depth interviews and cast conversations, inviting fans on a magical first-person journey through one of the most beloved film ...
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Genre: Documentary