Documentaries I Love

A film that excavates layers of myth and memory to find the elusive truth at the core of a family of storytellers.

Two South Africans set out to discover what happened to their unlikely musical hero, the mysterious 1970s rock n roller, Rodriguez.

Documentary about war photographer James Nachtwey, considered by many the greatest war photographer ever.

A documentary centered on a young man in Spain who claims to a grieving Texas family that he is their 16-year-old son who has been missing for 3 years.

A documentary film about old age that is set in nursing homes. Under the contemplative eye of the camera, the life and moments some old people face in their last stage are portrayed in an atmosphere of solitude and abandonment. Their families have no regard for them anymore, except when the occasional relative shows up to deal with a death. These homes, and the drawn-out passage of time, are the last station in life before setting out on the final inevitable journey.

In a city where 13 ambulances struggle to serve 2 million people, Krassi, Mila and Plamen are our unlikely heroes: chain-smoking, filled with humour, relentlessly saving lives against all odds. Yet, the strain of a broken system is taking a human toll: how long can they keep fixing society's injured until they lose their empathy?

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

A documentary on the life, music, and legacy of Bob Marley.

A warm documentary about an elderly Romanian couple. Each day, they still manage to enjoy life and each other, but grieve over the finiteness of it all.

Following the style of some of the world's most prolific street artists, an amateur filmmaker makes a foray into the art world.

A collection of expertly photographed scenes of human life and religion.

This candid New York love story explores the chaotic 40-year marriage of famed boxing painter Ushio Shinohara and his wife, Noriko. Anxious to shed her role as her overbearing husband's assistant, Noriko finds an identity of her own.

The story of cult film director Alejandro Jodorowsky's ambitious but ultimately doomed film adaptation of the seminal science fiction novel.

A documentary on Brazilian Formula One racing driver Ayrton Senna, who won the F1 world championship three times before his death at age 34.

A documentary that explores how the digital revolution of the last decade has unleashed creativity and talent of people in an unprecedented way.

A documentarian and a reporter travel to Hong Kong for the first of many meetings with Edward Snowden.

Tenzing Norgay and Edmund Hillary's monumental and historical ascent of Mt. Everest in 1953 - an event that stunned the world and defined a nation.

Inventor Tim Jenison seeks to understand the painting techniques used by Dutch Master Johannes Vermeer.

An in-depth look at honeybee colonies in California, Switzerland, China and Australia.

A documentary that follows the journeys of indie game developers as they create games and release those works, and themselves, to the world.

A documentary on the late Vivian Maier, a nanny whose previously unknown cache of 100,000 photographs earned her a posthumous reputation as one of the most accomplished street photographers.

A documentary following the controversial captivity of killer whales, and its dangers for both humans and whales.

The crew members of NASA's Apollo missions tell their story in their own words.

An Israeli film director interviews fellow veterans of the 1982 invasion of Lebanon to reconstruct his own memories of his term of service in that conflict.

In 1980 New York, three young men who were all adopted meet each other and find out they're triplets who were separated at birth. But their quest to find out why turns into a bizarre and sinister mystery.