Archival footage movies and TV shows

The list contains the best, new and most relevant archival footage movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out serious, realistic, suspense, historical drama, cult classic and inspirational films and TV shows about / with archival footage, archive footage, flashback, photograph, biopic, cigarette smoking, death, explosion, father son relationship and politics plots mostly in Drama, Biography and History genres shot in USA, UK, France and other countries.
archival footage
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archival footage movies
TOP 10 movies tagged as archival footage: The Butler (2013), Smoke & Mirrors (2016), 89 (2017), Operation Finale (2018), Martin Eden (2019), Meet the Richardsons (2020), Black Sunday (1977), Bridge of Spies (2015), Kong: Skull Island (2017), We Are Marshall (2006).

List of archival footage movies

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 7.2
 119K
The Butler (2013)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 132 min.
Story: A look at the life of Cecil Gaines who served eight presidents as the White House's head butler from 1952 to 1986, and had a unique front-row seat as political and racial history was made.
Style: touching, inspirational, political, emotional, factual ...
Audience: teens, date night
Plot: racism, civil rights, president, u.s. president, black history, butler, african american, injustice, father son relationship, white house, biopic, civil rights movement ...
Time: 80s, year 2013, 70s, 2010s, 60s ...
Place: washington d.c., usa, tennessee, america, indiana ...
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Smoke & Mirrors (2016)
Genre: Biography, Thriller
Country: Spain
Duration: 123 min.
Story: A tale of cheats and impostors, taking its inspiration from true facts and from one of the most intriguing characters of recent decades: the spy Francisco Paesa.
Style: suspense, tense, rough, disturbing, touching ...
Plot: spy, espionage, corruption, biopic, jail, government, police, minister, politics, cold war, train station, terrorism ...
Time: 90s, year 1988, year 1986, year 1998, year 1994 ...
Place: spain, paris france, geneva switzerland, thailand, laos ...
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 7.7
 927
89 (2017)
Genre: Documentary, Sport
Country: UK
Duration: 91 min.
Story: 89 tells the incredible story of one of football’s greatest triumphs: when against all odds Arsenal snatched the Championship title from Liverpool at Anfield in the last minute of the last game of the 1988/89 season. It’s a universal tale of a ...
Style: factual, captivating, tense, sentimental, exciting ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: soccer, football, football team, sport team, sports history, football player, playing football, sporting event, athlete's life, sport competition, celebrity interview, interview ...
Time: 20th century
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Operation Finale (2018)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Thriller, War
Country: USA
Duration: 122 min.
Story: In 1960, a team of Israeli secret agents is deployed to find Adolf Eichmann, the infamous Nazi architect of the Holocaust, supposedly hidden in Argentina, and get him to Israel to be judged.
Style: period piece, ambiguous ending, historical drama, tense, art house ...
Plot: war criminal, mossad, nazi hunter, world war two, nazi, holocaust, world war, chase, manhunt, israeli, secret agent, spy ...
Time: 60s, 1940s, year 1954, year 1960, year 1945 ...
Place: israel, argentina, buenos aires argentina, germany, tel aviv israel ...
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 7.0
 8K
Martin Eden (2019)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Italy, France, Germany
Duration: 129 min.
Story: The tale of an individualist proletarian in a time marked by the rise of mass political movements. In early 20th-century Italy, illiterate sailor Martin Eden seeks fame as a writer while torn between the love of a bourgeois girl and allegiance to ...
Style: social, touching, emotional, sentimental, sweet ...
Plot: individualism, class struggle, love at first sight, love and romance, social differences, couples, secret love, love affair, young lovers, love triangle, writers, biopic ...
Time: 70s
Place: naples italy, italy
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Meet the Richardsons (2020)
Genre: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 40 min.
TV show
Story: Stand-up comedians Richardson and Beaumont play exaggerated versions of themselves as viewers get a glimpse into their home and work lives, surrounded by their celebrity friends and their Hebden Bridge neighbours.
Style: mockumentary, funny, light, humorous, entertaining ...
Plot: comedian, friend, family life, marriage, male female relationship, relationships, life philosophy, youth, society, love, love and romance, rivalry ...
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 6.8
 9K
Black Sunday (1977)
Genre: Adventure, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 143 min.
Story: An Israeli anti-terrorist agent must stop a disgruntled Vietnam vet cooperating in a plot to commit a terrorist plot at the Super Bowl.
Style: political thriller, suspense, political, exciting, suspenseful ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: terrorism, american football, politics, disaster, revenge, cheerleader, spy, chase, terrorist, violence, airplane, espionage ...
Time: 70s, year 1977, 20th century
Place: florida, miami, usa, mojave desert, miami beach ...
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 7.6
 326K
Bridge of Spies (2015)
Genre: Drama, History, Thriller, War
Country: USA, India, Germany
Duration: 142 min.
Story: During the Cold War, the Soviet Union captures U.S. pilot Francis Gary Powers after shooting down his U-2 spy plane. Sentenced to 10 years in prison, Powers' only hope is New York lawyer James Donovan, recruited by a CIA operative to negotiate ...
Style: suspense, realistic, dramatic, intense, historical drama ...
Audience: teens
Plot: cold war, lawyer, espionage, spy, cia, justice, courtroom, court, trial, berlin wall, soviet spy, negotiation ...
Time: year 2015, 2010s, year 2016, 50s, 60s ...
Place: east germany, berlin germany, soviet union, new york, persia ...
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Kong: Skull Island (2017)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, China
Duration: 118 min.
Story: Explore the mysterious and dangerous home of the king of the apes as a team of explorers ventures deep inside the treacherous, primordial island.
Style: exciting, suspense, intense, scenic, suspenseful ...
Audience: teens, family friendly
Plot: monster, giant monster, creature, king kong, giant animal, island, survival, giant creature, jungle, chase, expedition, monster versus monster ...
Time: 70s, 1940s, year 2017, 2010s, year 1973 ...
Place: vietnam, fictional island, pacific ocean, washington d.c., thailand ...
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We Are Marshall (2006)
Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 131 min.
Story: When a plane crash claims the lives of members of the Marshall University football team and some of its fans, the team's new coach and his surviving players try to keep the football program alive.
Style: sentimental, inspirational, touching, compassionate, sincere ...
Audience: boys' night, kids, family outing, adult
Plot: football, college, american football, coach, football team, survivor, university, friendship, underdog, small town, teacher, happy ending ...
Time: 70s, 20th century, year 2006
Place: usa, west virginia, virginia, california
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 6.8
 6K
Vincere (2009)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Romance
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 128 min.
Story: The story of the descent into madness of Mussolini's secret first wife, Ida Dasler, who was seduced by his passion and vigour but blind to the fascist dictator's many flaws. A historical drama with the passion, lyricism and tragedy of a ...
Style: emotional, touching, sincere, realistic, political ...
Plot: dictatorship, fascism, world war one, politics, male star appears nude, world war two, destructive relationship, resistance, couples, family problems, obsession, state affairs ...
Time: 1920s, 1940s, 1930s, 1910s, year 2009 ...
Place: italy, rome italy, milan italy, europe
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 7.5
 16K
Sunshine (1999)
Genre: Drama, History, Romance, War
Country: Hungary, Germany, Canada, Austria, France, UK, USA
Duration: 181 min.
Story: The film follows a Jewish family living in Hungary through three generations, rising from humble beginnings to positions of wealth and power in the crumbling Austro-Hungarian Empire. The patriarch becomes a prominent judge but is torn when his ...
Style: costume drama, erotic, family saga, sad, saga ...
Plot: holocaust, world war two, fascism, sex scene, nazi, anti semitism, society, political unrest, siblings relations, family life, politics, revolution ...
Time: 19th century, 1940s, edwardian era, year 1999, 20th century ...
Place: hungary, eastern europe, israel, serbia, sarajevo ...
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 6.1
 1K
Doomsday Gun (1994)
Genre: Action, Drama, History, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story: Dr Gerald Bull was a genius at designing and building superguns (very large long range guns capable of shooting at ranges more than 100 miles). When an operational plan by the CIA to export sanctioned arms to apartheid-South Africa through him was ...
Style: semi documentary, realistic, serious, rough, suspenseful ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: mossad, assassination, iraq war, intrigue, war, military, cia agent, cia, engineer, undercover agent, secretary, weapon of mass destruction ...
Time: year 1988, 90s
Place: middle east, baghdad iraq, london, iraq, brussels belgium
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 6.5
 15K
Emperor (2012)
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: Japan, USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story: As the Japanese surrender at the end of WWII, Gen. Fellers is tasked with deciding if Emperor Hirohito will be hanged as a war criminal. Influencing his ruling is his quest to find Aya, an exchange student he met years earlier in the U.S.
Style: touching, captivating, sincere, epic, retro ...
Plot: world war two, japanese history, war, emperor, investigation, politics, occupation, military, war crime, political intrigue, moral dilemma, ruler ...
Time: 1940s, 1930s, 20th century, year 1932, year 1945 ...
Place: japan, asia
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The Buried Secret of M. Night Shyamalan (2004)
Genre: Documentary
Country: USA
Duration: 125 min.
Story: Everyone has a skeleton or two in his or her closet, but what about the director behind some of the most successful thrillers ever to hit the silver screen? Could M. Night Shyamalan be hiding a deep, dark secret that drives his macabre cinematic ...
Style: mockumentary, serious, cult classic, fake documentary
Plot: interview, uncover truth, filmmaking, showbiz, found footage, behind the scenes, water, crow, ouija board, conspiracy, malfunction, famous ...
Time: 21st century
Place: philadelphia, pennsylvania
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Man of Marble (1977)
Genre: Drama
Country: Poland
Duration: 165 min.
Story: Man of Marble is a Polish film about a student making a film about a bricklayer who was once idolized. She interviews people who knew him and finds old footage that lead to an unfolding mystery that causes her producer to cancel the project.
Style: emotional, meditative, compassionate, talky, disturbing ...
Plot: politics, visceral, communism, working class, friendship, honest, eviction, terrorist, journalism, heroes, father daughter relationship, ex husband ex wife relationship ...
Time: 70s, year 1977, 1950s, year 1976, 20th century ...
Place: poland, eastern europe, europe
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In Search of Lovecraft (2008)
Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story: While shooting a Halloween news story on horror writer H.P. Lovecraft, reporter Rebecca Marsh discovers that the "fiction" Lovecraft wrote is actually true and the creatures and cults described in his writings really exist.
Style: serious, scary, bleak, lovecraft, offbeat ...
Plot: halloween, nightmare, writer's life, uncover truth, supernatural, obsession, religions or cults, chaos, mad scientist, danger, journalism, curses spells and rituals ...
Time: 21st century
Place: san francisco
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Friend of the World (2020)
Genre: Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 50 min.
Story: After a catastrophic war, an eccentric general guides a filmmaker through a ravaged bunker.
Style: suspense, postmodern, independent film, black and white, dark comedy ...
Plot: body horror, military, absurdism, surrealism, parasite, post apocalypse, fight, murder, violence, filmmaker, zombie, survival horror ...
Time: 2020s, future, near future, 21st century
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Bad Luck Banging or Loony Porn (2021)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Romania, Luxembourg, Czech Republic, Croatia, Switzerland, UK
Duration: 106 min.
Story: Emi, a school teacher, finds her career and reputation under threat after a personal sex tape is leaked on the Internet. Forced to meet the parents demanding her dismissal, Emi refuses to surrender to their pressure. Radu Jude (Aferim!) delivers an ...
Style: captivating, intellectual, independent film, freeze frame, sitcom ...
Plot: explicit sex, erection, sex tape, oral sex, penetration, bare breasts, unsimulated sex, female masturbation, teacher, lechery, close up of a penis, nun ...
Time: future
Place: rome italy, romania, bucharest
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Vampire in Brooklyn (1995)
Genre: Comedy, Fantasy, Horror, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Maximillian, the lone survivor of a race of vampires, comes to Brooklyn in search of a way to live past the next full moon. His ticket to survival is Rita, a NYPD detective who doesn't know she's half vampire -- and Maximillian will do ...
Style: parody, gothic, humorous, black comedy, scary ...
Audience: teens, adult
Plot: vampire, supernatural, dangerous attraction, good versus evil, gangster, blood, female vampire, villain, murder, ghost ship, chase, transformation ...
Time: 90s
Place: brooklyn new york city, new york, usa, new york state, atlantic ocean ...
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Judas and the Black Messiah (2021)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 126 min.
Story: Bill O'Neal infiltrates the Black Panthers per FBI Agent Mitchell and J. Edgar Hoover. As Black Panther Chairman Fred Hampton ascends, falling for a fellow revolutionary en route, a battle wages for O’Neal’s soul.
Style: political, inspirational, philosophical, social, disturbing ...
Audience: date night, adult
Plot: violence, civil rights, betrayal, politics, murder, prison, black history, black, african american, racism, justice, betrayal by friend ...
Time: 2020s, year 1968, 60s
Place: chicago, hawaii, nebraska, new haven connecticut
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The Mandela Effect (2019)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 79 min.
Story: A man becomes obsessed with facts and events that have been collectively misremembered by thousands of people. Believing the phenomena to be the symptom of something larger, his obsession eventually leads him to question reality itself.
Style: suspense, suspenseful, exciting, psychological, twisted ...
Plot: trippy, escape from reality, hallucination, obsession, parallel universe, memories, mansion, mentally unstable, society, artificial intelligence, mind meld, name calling ...
Time: 21st century
Place: africa
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 7.5
 289K
BlacKkKlansman (2018)
Genre: Biography, Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: USA, China
Duration: 135 min.
Story: Ron Stallworth, an African-American police officer from Colorado, successfully manages to infiltrate the local Ku Klux Klan and become the head of the local chapter.
Style: informative, political, dark comedy, social, inspirational ...
Plot: racism, white supremacy, ku klux klan, african american, undercover cop, racial slur, racist cop, black, biopic, black lives matter, black cop, black american ...
Time: 70s, 2010s, 20th century, year 2017, year 1972
Place: usa, africa, colorado
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 7.3
 201K
First Man (2018)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: USA, Japan, China
Duration: 141 min.
Story: A look at the life of the astronaut, Neil Armstrong, and the legendary space mission that led him to become the first man to walk on the Moon on July 20, 1969.
Style: factual, inspirational, disturbing, exciting, historical drama ...
Audience: family friendly, teens, date night, adult
Plot: astronaut, space travel, nasa, space exploration, moon, moon landing, loss of child, grief, outer space, apollo program, male camaraderie, rocket ...
Time: 60s, 2010s, year 1963, 20th century, year 1965 ...
Place: usa, california, mojave desert, florida, houston texas
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 6.9
 51K
Bubba Ho-Tep (2002)
Genre: Comedy, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: Bubba Ho-tep tells the "true" story of what really did become of Elvis Presley. We find Elvis as an elderly resident in an East Texas rest home, who switched identities with an Elvis impersonator years before his "death," then ...
Style: black comedy, funny, independent film, humorous, scary ...
Plot: mummy, mental illness, president, undead, dark humor, nightmare, roommate, monster, irreverent, musician, old man, friendship ...
Time: 2000s, year 2002, 21st century
Place: texas, austin texas, las vegas, usa, southern usa ...
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 7.1
 206K
American Made (2017)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: USA, Japan, Colombia, Canada
Duration: 115 min.
Story: The true story of pilot Barry Seal, who transported contraband for the CIA and the Medellin cartel in the 1980s.
Style: exciting, black comedy, factual, emotional, captivating ...
Plot: drug cartel, pilot, cia, money laundering, aviation, smuggler, money, cocaine, fbi, trial, drug, sex scene ...
Time: 80s, year 1978, year 2017, 2010s, 70s ...
Place: colombia, latin america, usa, panama, nicaragua ...
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Lost and Beautiful (2015)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 87 min.
Story: Pulcinella, a foolish servant, is sent to present-day Campania to grant the last wish of Tommaso, a simple shepherd.
Style: road movie, semi documentary, surreal, experimental
Plot: art, death, countryside, mythology, interview, unhappy ending, realism, breaking the fourth wall, experiment, surrealism, villa, buffalo ...
Place: italy, southern italy
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 8.1
 588K
Hacksaw Ridge (2016)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, War
Country: Australia, USA, UK, China
Duration: 139 min.
Story: WWII American Army Medic Desmond T. Doss, who served during the Battle of Okinawa, refuses to kill people and becomes the first Conscientious Objector in American history to receive the Congressional Medal of Honor.
Style: inspirational, touching, sentimental, harsh, motivational ...
Audience: manly
Plot: world war two, war, soldier, conscientious objector, combat, religion, survival, american soldier, military, us military, bible, u.s. army ...
Time: 1940s, year 2016, 2010s, 20th century, year 1945 ...
Place: okinawa, okinawa japan, japan, tennessee, usa
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Saints and Soldiers: The Void (2014)
Genre: Action, Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: Germany, May 1945, deep in the Harz Mountains a U.S. tank crew discovers a platoon of Germans preparing to ambush U.S. supply trucks.
Style: tense, serious, suspenseful, realistic, exciting ...
Plot: world war two, tank, military, racism, soldier, danger, against the odds, save the day, military life, battles, human spirit, heroic mission ...
Time: 1940s, year 1944, 20th century
Place: germany, europe
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 5.3
 40K
Spy Hard (1996)
Genre: Action, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story: The evil Gen. Rancor has his sights set on world domination, and only one man can stop him: Dick Steele, also known as Agent WD-40. Rancor needs to obtain a computer circuit for the missile that he is planning to fire, so Steele teams up with ...
Style: parody, spoof, funny, slapstick, humorous ...
Audience: teens, boys' night
Plot: farce, spy, james bond spoof, spy spoof, kgb, spying, heroic mission, goofy hero, save the world, disorder, danger, race against time ...
Time: 90s
Place: los angeles
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