Documentary filmmaking movies and TV shows

The list contains the best, new and most relevant documentary filmmaking movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out documentary filmmaking, realistic, independent film, humorous, psychological and semi serious films and TV shows about / with filmmaking, family relations, husband wife relationship, couples, couple relations, friendship, love, mother daughter relationship, friends and love and romance plots mostly in Drama, Comedy and Romance genres shot in USA, UK, France and other countries.
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documentary filmmaking movies
TOP 10 movies tagged as documentary filmmaking: Keep the Lights On (2012), The Visit (2015), It Must Be Heaven (2019), The Pervert's Guide to Cinema (2006), While We're Young (2014), Life Itself (2018), Camera Buff (1979), The Fighter (2010), Crimes and Misdemeanors (1989), Sound of My Voice (2011).

List of documentary filmmaking movies

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Keep the Lights On (2012)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story: An emotionally and sexually charged journey through the love, addiction, and friendship of two men. Documentary filmmaker Erik and closeted lawyer Paul meet through a casual encounter, but they find a deeper connection and become a couple. ...
Style: serious, touching, emotional, lgbt cinema, sad ...
Audience: chick flick
Plot: gay, gay love, gay relationship, drug addiction, infidelity, lgbt, drug addict, phone sex, addiction, coping, lgbtq, gay sex ...
Time: year 1998, 90s, year 2006, 2000s, year 2003 ...
Place: new york, usa
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 6.3
 150K
The Visit (2015)
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 94 min.
Story: The terrifying story of a brother and sister who are sent to their grandparents' remote Pennsylvania farm for a weeklong trip. Once the children discover that the elderly couple is involved in something deeply disturbing, they see their chances ...
Style: suspense, twist ending, surprise ending, suspenseful, mockumentary ...
Audience: teens
Plot: murder, elderly, danger, kids in trouble, siblings relations, found footage, sibling relationship, farm, grandmother granddaughter relationship, family relations, parents and children, basement ...
Time: year 2015, 2010s, 21st century
Place: philadelphia, usa, pennsylvania
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Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired (2008)
Genre: Documentary, Crime
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 99 min.
Story: Examines the public scandal and private tragedy which led to legendary director Roman Polanski's sudden flight from the United States.
Style: psychological, factual, disturbing, suspense, talky ...
Plot: biopic, justice, artist, investigation, judge, betrayal, twists and turns, violence, obsession, tragedy, mentor, greed ...
Time: 70s, 60s
Place: usa, europe, santa monica california
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It Must Be Heaven (2019)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: France, Qatar, Germany, Canada, Turkey
Duration: 102 min.
Story: Filmmaker Elia Suleiman travels to different cities and finds unexpected parallels to his homeland of Palestine.
Style: sentimental, touching, melancholic, sincere, comedy drama ...
Plot: getting home, international relations, social satire, dialogue, art, existentialism, arab, architecture, lsd, old age, louvre, hunter ...
Time: year 2019, 2010s, 21st century
Place: middle east, france, palestine, paris france, israel ...
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The Pervert's Guide to Cinema (2006)
Genre: Documentary
Country: UK, Austria, Netherlands
Duration: 150 min.
Story: The Pervert's Guide to Cinema offers an introduction into some of Žižek's most exciting ideas on fantasy, reality, sexuality, subjectivity, desire, materiality and cinematic form. Whether he is untangling the famously baffling films of ...
Style: intellectual, psychological, philosophical, captivating, humorous ...
Plot: filmmaking, philosophy, social relations, artists and showbiz, society, cause and meaning, creativity, monologue, psychoanalysis, exploitation, conference, human relationship ...
Time: 20th century, 21st century
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While We're Young (2014)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: An uptight documentary filmmaker and his wife find their lives loosened up a bit after befriending a free-spirited younger couple.
Style: independent film, witty, ironic, psychological, humorous ...
Plot: hipster, older woman younger man relationship, friendship, marriage, couples, coming of age, midlife crisis, introspection, childless couple, baby, writers, husband wife relationship ...
Time: 2010s, year 2014, 21st century
Place: new york, usa
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 6.9
 24K
Life Itself (2018)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA, Spain
Duration: 117 min.
Story: As a young New York couple goes from college romance to marriage and the birth of their first child, the unexpected twists of their journey create reverberations that echo over continents and through lifetimes.
Style: sad, captivating, thought provoking, disturbing, psychological ...
Plot: pregnancy, tragic event, estranged couple, marriage proposal, jealousy, suicide, relationships, love story, love triangle, dead mother, orphan, death of mother ...
Place: new york, manhattan new york city, andalusia
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Arabian Nights: Volume 1 - The Restless One (2015)
Genre: Drama
Country: Portugal, France, Germany, Switzerland
Duration: 125 min.
Story: Every night, in danger of being beheaded, Scheherazade tells King Shahryar unfinished tales to continue them the following night, hence defying his promise of murdering his new wives after their wedding night. Scheherazade tells king Shahryar her ...
Style: semi documentary, surreal, psychedelic, mind bending, art house ...
Plot: unemployment, economic crisis, virgin, financial crisis, poverty, banker, erection, debt, working class, shipyard, pyromaniac, wasp ...
Time: year 2013, 90s, 2010s
Place: portugal
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 7.8
 8K
Camera Buff (1979)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Poland
Duration: 112 min.
Story: Filip buys an 8mm movie camera when his first child is born. Because it's the first camera in town, he's named official photographer by the local Party boss. His horizons widen when he is sent to regional film festivals with his first ...
Style: biting, existential, art house, poetic, realistic ...
Plot: filmmaking, breast feeding, existentialism, art, factory, friendship, factory worker, anti communist, photographer, obsession, social commentary, art history ...
Time: year 1979, near future, 70s, 20th century
Place: poland, eastern europe, europe, warsaw poland
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 7.8
 387K
The Fighter (2010)
Genre: Action, Biography, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story: The Fighter, is a drama about boxer "Irish" Micky Ward's unlikely road to the world light welterweight title. His Rocky-like rise was shepherded by half-brother Dicky, a boxer-turned-trainer who rebounded in life after nearly being ...
Style: inspirational, sincere, realistic, uplifting, serious ...
Audience: manly, boys' night, adult
Plot: boxing, boxer, addiction, underdog, biopic, athlete's life, drug abuse, drug addiction, arrest, white trash, fight, working class ...
Time: year 2010, 2010s, 20th century, 2000s, 90s ...
Place: boston, massachusetts, new jersey, america, usa ...
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Crimes and Misdemeanors (1989)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story: An ophthalmologist's mistress threatens to reveal their affair to his wife, while a married documentary filmmaker is infatuated by another woman.
Style: philosophical, talky, humorous, witty, meditative ...
Plot: adultery, murder, infidelity, mistress, existentialism, justice, guilt, blackmail, satire, couple relations, moral dilemma, human nature ...
Time: 20th century, year 1989, 80s
Place: new york, usa
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Sound of My Voice (2011)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story: A journalist and his girlfriend get pulled in while they investigate a cult whose leader claims to be from the future.
Style: thought provoking, surreal, tense, cerebral, suspenseful ...
Plot: manipulation, cult leader, sect, religions or cults, brainwashing, amnesia, investigation, journalist, twists and turns, time travel, uncover truth, exploitation ...
Time: year 2011, distant future, future, 21st century
Place: los angeles, usa, california
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 7.4
 14K
Even the Rain (2010)
Genre: Drama, History
Country: Spain, Mexico, France
Duration: 103 min.
Story: Focuses on Sebastian and Costa, obsessive filmmakers who, in their quest to uncover the myth of Christopher Columbus and resistance to colonial power by Indian rebel Hatuey, ultimately end up embroiled in a modern revolt against Western ...
Style: political, talky, visually appealing, tense, harsh ...
Plot: filmmaking, politics, protest, culture clash, society, rebellion, demonstration, prejudice, audition, unlikely friendships, storytelling, mentor ...
Time: year 2010, year 2000, 21st century
Place: bolivia, latin america
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 6.6
 6K
The Odyssey (2016)
Genre: Adventure, Biography, Drama
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 122 min.
Story: Biopic of the great French ocean-going adventurer and filmmaker
Style: factual, exciting, thought provoking, disturbing, captivating ...
Audience: kids
Plot: explorer, sea, biopic, ocean, environmental, diver, love, ship, airplane accident, ecology, fish, diving ...
Time: 1940s, 20th century, year 1972, 1950s, 60s ...
Place: paris france, france, new york, antarctica
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Getting Go, the Go Doc Project (2013)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: Too shy to make a proper introduction, a recent college grad devises to shoot a documentary about the NYC nightlife scene in order to meet the go-go guy he’s cyber-obsessed with.
Style: realistic, sexual, psychological, captivating, rough ...
Plot: gay, male nudity, nightlife, obsession, gender, gay sex, filmmaking, gay interest, gay relationship, lgbtq, gay love, go go dancer ...
Time: 21st century
Place: new york, usa
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Hard Core Logo (1996)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music
Country: Canada
Duration: 92 min.
Story: Bruce Macdonald follows punk bank Hard Core Logo on a harrowing last-gasp reunion tour throughout Western Canada. As magnetic lead-singer Joe Dick holds the whole magilla together through sheer force of will, all the tensions and pitfalls of life on ...
Style: mockumentary, talky, humorous, intense, captivating ...
Plot: punk, music, punk rock, on the road, existentialism, rock music, music band, rock and roll, artists and showbiz, friends, musician's life, ambition ...
Time: 90s
Place: canada, vancouver, winnipeg, british columbia, los angeles
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Sex, Politics & Cocktails (2002)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Latin American filmmaker Sebastian Cortez (Julien Hernandez) is unable to commit to his girlfriend and, at age 30, finds himself alone and never in love in this irreverent comedy. On a mission to find the love of his life, he solicits help from his ...
Style: witty, humorous, feel good, semi serious, independent film ...
Audience: girls' night, date night
Plot: gay stereotype, looking for love, culture clash, fall in love, friendship, couples, society, youth, lifestyle, love and romance, best friend, sex shop ...
Place: los angeles, latin america, cuba, usa
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The Big Bad Swim (2006)
Genre: Comedy, Romance, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: An adult swim class sets the stage for this sexually charged comedy-drama about love, loss, and second chances. Three strangers -- inextricably connected through personal heartbreak -- find themselves entering deep water as they learn that life ...
Style: independent film, semi serious, humorous, light, entertaining ...
Audience: date night
Plot: friendship, thirtysomething life, self discovery, introspection, love and romance, midlife crisis, teacher, lifestyle, swimming, stripper, life, swimming pool ...
Place: connecticut, usa
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To Be Fat Like Me (2007)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 89 min.
Story: Pretty, popular, and slim high-schooler Aly Schimdt had plans of earning a sports scholarship to college but a knee injury ruins her chances. She decides to enter a documentary contest in the hopes of winning money for college. She believes that ...
Style: semi serious, realistic, suspense, suspenseful, captivating ...
Audience: chick flick, teens, teen drama
Plot: teenage girl, overweight, female friendship, summer school, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, doctors and patients, youth, contests and competitions, working undercover, social experiment, bullying, follow your dream ...
Time: 21st century
Is relevant ?
 6.8
 16K
Intermission (2003)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: Ireland, UK
Duration: 105 min.
Story: A raucous story of the interweaving lives and loves of small-town delinquents, shady cops, pretty good girls and very bad boys. With Irish guts and grit, lives collide, preconceptions shatter and romance is tested to the extreme. An ill-timed and ...
Style: dark comedy, humorous, touching, witty, melancholic ...
Plot: infidelity, justice, unlikely friendships, multiple storylines, eccentricity, couple relations, heist, love and romance, caper, existentialism, gangster, profanity ...
Time: year 2003
Place: ireland, dublin ireland, europe
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 5.1
 229
The Ring Thing (2017)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story: When Sarah accidentally proposes to her girlfriend in Provincetown, the mixup turns their loving relationship into a minefield of marital exploration.
Style: psychological, sentimental, sexy, melancholic, touching ...
Plot: lesbian, lgbt, lesbian love, marriage proposal, marriage, lesbian sex, love and romance, lgbtq, young lovers, youth, lesbian interest, gays and lesbians ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
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The Neistat Brothers (2010)
Genre: Biography
Country: USA
TV show
Story: Following Casey and Van Neistat, The Neistat Brothers is a autobiographical documentary following the lives and adventures of the two brothers. The series follows their travels around the world and New York as they tell their stories about six week ...
Style: sincere, realistic, semi serious, humorous, offbeat ...
Plot: filmmaking, cyberspace, buddies, computers and web, small town, media, family relations, family life, society, disorder, parents and children, optimism ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, new york
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Something in the Dirt (2022)
Genre: Comedy, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story: When neighbors John and Levi witness supernatural events in their LA apartment building, they realize documenting the paranormal could inject some fame and fortune into their wasted lives.
Style: captivating, semi serious, mystical, disturbing, satirical ...
Plot: paranormal activity, mysticism, paranormal phenomena, neighbor, supernatural horror, paranormal investigator, friendship, friends, paranormal investigation, nosy neighbor, neighbor neighbor relationship, paranormal ...
Time: 2020s
Place: los angeles
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Ruggero Deodato's Cannibal Holocaust (1980)
Genre: Adventure, Horror
Country: Italy
Duration: 95 min.
Story: A New York University professor returns from a rescue mission to the Amazon rainforest with the footage shot by a lost team of documentarians who were making a film about the area's local cannibal tribes.
Style: brutal, bloody, disturbing, controversial, scary ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: cannibalism, torture, jungle, rape, gory, cannibal, found footage, amazon rainforest, animal cruelty, sadism, violence, african tribe ...
Time: year 1980, 20th century
Place: south america, latin america, north america, usa, new york
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BARDO, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths (2022)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Mexico
Duration: 159 min.
Story: Silverio, a renowned Mexican journalist and documentary filmmaker living in Los Angeles, who, after being named the recipient of a prestigious international award, is compelled to return to his native country, unaware that this simple trip will push ...
Style: visual, visually stunning, mind bending, existential, metafiction ...
Audience: adult
Plot: filmmaking, latina, surrealism, stroke, miscarriage, journalism, existentialism, hollywood, midlife crisis, hospital, immigrant, family relations ...
Place: mexico, los angeles
Is relevant ?
 7.0
 4K
Real Life (1979)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story: A pushy, narcissistic filmmaker persuades a Phoenix family to let him and his crew film their everyday lives, in the manner of the ground-breaking PBS series "An American Family".
Style: mockumentary, satirical, funny, humorous, witty ...
Plot: dysfunctional family, society, family relations, dark humor, lifestyle, family life, nothing goes right, disorder, fictional reality show, satire, husband wife relationship, showbiz ...
Time: year 1979, 70s, 20th century
Place: arizona, phoenix arizona, usa
Is relevant ?
 6.3
 14K
Geek Charming (2011)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: Dylan Schoenfield is the pink princess of the upscale Los Angeles Woodlands Academy. She has the coolest boyfriend, the most popular friends, and a brand-new it bag that everyone covets. But when she accidentally tosses her Serge Sanchez bag into a ...
Style: feel good, sentimental, romantic, humorous, semi serious ...
Audience: teens, girls' night, chick flick, date night, kids ...
Plot: high school, youth, teenage love, opposites attract, teenage life, love and romance, popularity, social relations, high school life, initially antagonists, friendship, friends ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
Place: usa, los angeles, california
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 6.5
 1K
Sweet Home (1989)
Genre: Horror
Country: Japan
Duration: 100 min.
Story: A TV production crew are making a documentary about the infamous painter Mamiya Ichiro. When they start filming at his old home, they come under attack from the ghost of the painter's wife.
Style: cult classic, serious, atmospheric, suspenseful, scary ...
Plot: haunted house, ghost, supernatural, haunted, body horror, resident evil, sorcery, supernatural horror, occult, murder, painter, mansion ...
Time: 80s, 20th century
Place: asia, japan
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 4.2
 708
Surviving Evil (2009)
Genre: Action, Horror, Thriller
Country: UK, South Africa
Duration: 90 min.
Story: A TV documentary crew arrive on a remote island in the Philippines to film a survival special. Their back-to-the-wild adventure proves to be more terrifying than they ever could have imagined
Style: serious, suspenseful, tense, psychological, suspense ...
Plot: jungle, creature, survival, guide, danger, escapades, filmmaking, murder, monster, woman with a gun, zombie, creature feature ...
Time: 21st century
Place: the philippines, south africa
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An American Carol (2008)
Genre: Comedy, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story: In An American Carol a cynical, Anti-American Hollywood filmmaker sets out on a crusade to abolish the 4th of July holiday. He is visited by three spirits who take him on a hilarious journey in an attempt to show him the true meaning of America.
Style: parody, humorous, spoof, light, absurd ...
Plot: politics, farce, terrorism, slavery, nothing goes right, state affairs, ghost, goofy hero, lifestyle, disorder, religions or cults, celebrity culture ...
Time: year 2008, year 1968, year 1940, 21st century
Place: madison square garden manhattan new york city, manhattan new york city, cuba, new york, usa ...
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