80s Documentaries
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- DirectorHarry RaskyStarsBilly BartyChristopher PlummerSandra Elaine AllenThis compassionate documentary offers snapshots of a number of people living productive lives while coping with physical abnormalities.
- DirectorThomas Lee PhilpottStarsThomas Lee PhilpottMark McKinneyDean CorllTwo-part documentary focused on the abuse of prostitute boys, many tortured and even killed.
- DirectorJustin MilneStarsRoger Cardwell
- StarsAndré BaruchJackson BeckEva BraunHuman torture. Factories of death. War atrocities. The crimes that haunt the pages of history are chronicled in the piercing documentary Camps of Death. Following Hitler's murderous career, the film traces his rise to power, his ultimate demise, and the subsequent Nuremberg trials that publicized the horrors of Hitler's regime. Concentration camp footage combines with chilling POW interviews to graphically create the Nazi nightmare that few could hope to survive.
- DirectorKit LaughlinStarsArnold SchwarzeneggerTom PlatzFrank ZaneAfter an absence of five years, six times Mr Olympia winner Arnold Schwarzenegger makes a comeback and attempts to take the World Body Building Championship for the 7th time.
- DirectorFred WarshofskyStarsVincent PriceAn obscure collection of examples of today's problems, featuring tornadoes, earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, tidal waves, locust swarms, fires, floods, plane crashes, racing accidents, assassinations, riots and animal killing.
- DirectorPenelope SpheerisStarsEugene TatuAlice Bag BandBlack FlagA look into the Los Angeles punk rock scene, that was largely ignored by the rock music press of the time.
- DirectorDieter HildebrandtStarsAlexander ScourbyHolger HagenHelga Mayer-MaynardWith a great archive footage coming from 16 countries, this Oscar nominated documentary briefly presents some of the most important facts about the Nazist persecution against Jews in Europe, starting with Hitler's rise to the power.
- DirectorGeorge CaseyStarsRobert FoxworthMarvel at the awesome power of nature as photography displays the change evoked by a massive volcanic eruption of Mount St. Helens and the renewal process which followed when the entire side of the mountain was blown away in billowing clouds of ash.
- DirectorJohn Alan SchwartzStarsMichael CarrJames BradyMickey CroweThis movie continues in the same vein as F.O.D. 1 with short scenes of death related material. Mortuarys, accidents, police work are filmed by TV crews and home video cameras. Some of the material are most likely fake, some not as likely.
- DirectorMatthew MallinsonStarsBruce LeeFred WilliamsonRon Van CliefA reporter interviews fighters and promoters about Bruce Lee, intercut with footage from old Bruce Lee films and pseudo-documentary footage.
- DirectorSheldon RenanStarsChuck RileyEd DorrisThomas NoguchiA documentary of the decline of America. It features footage (most exclusive to this film) from race riots to serial killers and much, much more.
- DirectorGodfrey ReggioStarsEdward AsnerPat BenatarJerry BrownA collection of expertly photographed phenomena with no conventional plot. The footage focuses on the relationship between nature, humanity, and technology.
- DirectorAlfredo CastiglioniAngelo CastiglioniStarsKenneth BeltonA look at the fast disappearing tribal customs of North Africa.
- DirectorRolf OlsenStarsIngeborg SteinbachA documentary about Asia's shocking cultures.
- DirectorLinda Moulton HoweStarsJudy DoratyLou GirodoLinda Moulton HoweA documentary film of animal mutilation.
- DirectorErrol MorrisStarsRandall AdamsDavid HarrisGus RoseA film that successfully argued that a man was wrongly convicted for murder by a corrupt justice system in Dallas County, Texas.
- DirectorRomano VanderbesStarsNorman RoseAlan AdrianKandi BarbourThe atrocities on display here include animal motels, Captain Sticky- a super-hero, restaurants that offer genital-shaped foods, homeless bums living in the sewers of New York.