My top documentaries

Interviews and news footage explore the rise of black metal music in Norway in the 1990s, including artists who were involved in suicide, murder and arson.

A documentary on the life and career of revered heavy-metal musician Lemmy Kilmister.

Mythology and belief in society today, presenting uncommon perspectives of common cultural issues.

Alan Moore writer, artist and performer is the world's most critically acclaimed and widely admired creator of comic books and graphic novels.

The career and life of Stanley Kubrick is explored through pictures, clips from his films, his old home movies, comments from his colleagues and a narration by Tom Cruise.

An examination of the heavy metal music subculture that tries to explain why, despite the longevity and popularity of the genre, fans are marginalized and ridiculed for their passion.

Zeitgeist: Addendum attempts to locate the root causes of the pervasive social corruption, while also offering a solution.

Since 1978, Anvil has become one of heavy metal's most influential yet commercially unsuccessful acts. In 2006, after a fledging European tour Anvil sets out to record their thirteenth album and continue to follow their dreams.

A documentary on 85-year-old sushi master Jiro Ono, his renowned Tokyo restaurant, and his relationship with his son and eventual heir, Yoshikazu.

Documentary on Charles Bukowski, author of 'Notes of a Dirty Old Man', 'Love Is a Dog from Hell', and the autobiographical novels, 'Women', 'Hollywood', and 'Post Office'.

A film about the life and work of the cosmologist, Stephen Hawking, who despite his near total paralysis, was one of the great minds of all time.

A documentary about typography, graphic design, and global visual culture.

In 1968, one man films his attempt to build a cabin and live in the Alaskan wilderness. He goes weeks or months at a time without human contact.

An intimate portrait of controversial cartoonist Robert Crumb and his traumatized family.

Aspiring filmmaker Mark Borchardt attempts to finance his dream project by finally completing Coven (1997), a low-budget horror film he abandoned years before.

A tomato is planted, harvested, transported and sold in a supermarket, but it rots and ends up in the trash. The film follows it to its true end, all to make clear the difference between tomatoes, pigs, and human beings.

Get Thrashed: The Story of Thrash Metal is the story of how bands like Metallica, Megadeth, Slayer, Anthrax, Exodus and others pioneered a new form of heavy metal in the early 1980's.

Filmmaker Michael Moore explores the roots of America's predilection for gun violence.

A feature length documentary work which presents a case for a needed transition out of the current socioeconomic monetary paradigm which governs the entire world society.

A look at tightrope walker Philippe Petit's daring, but illegal, high-wire routine performed between New York City's World Trade Center's twin towers in 1974, what some consider, "the artistic crime of the century".

A portrait of the late gonzo journalist Hunter S. Thompson.

A look at the controversial author, philosopher and candidate for Slovenian presidency: Slavoj Zizek.