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General Docos

Under General Documentaries be all those diverse subjects that are not about Filmmaking, Sport, War, Natural History, Queer Doco's, New Zealand Doco's or Art on Film. This is a fascinating area to scroll....

Buy the Ticket, Take the Ride: Hunter S. Thompson on Film (2006)

7.2/10
Director: Tom Thurman
Starring: Hunter S Thompson, Johnny Depp, John Cusack, Sean Penn, Gary Busey, Tom Wolfe, e...

Nick Nolte narrates this acclaimed bio-documentary about the maverick writer and Gonzo journalist that includes interviews with many of the 'outlaw ce... Read more

Cafe de los Maestros (2009)

7.5/10
Director: Miguel Kohan

The story of the legendary maestros from the golden age of Tango. This film is an introduction to the once globally-popular form of music and dance, a... Read more

Cancer: The Emperor of All Maladies (2015)

8.4/10
Director: Deborah Dickson, Barak Goodman, Jack Youngelson

The story of the war on cancer spans centuries and continents. It is a scientific story, but also a deeply human one: of doctors, researchers, and esp... Read more

Capturing the Friedmans (2003)

7.8/10
Director: Andrew Jarecki
Starring: Arnold Friedman, David Friedman, Elaine Friedman, Jesse Friedman, Seth Friedman

Devastating, critically acclaimed documentary centres on Arnold Friedman, a Long Island math teacher and former magician, and son Jesse, who were accu... Read more

Carlos Castaneda - Enigma of a Sorceror (2006)

Director: R Torjan
Starring: Readings By , Peter Coyote, Carlos Castaneda

Best-selling author and dubbed 'the godfather of the new age movement', Carlos Castaneda claimed to be the apprentice of sorcerer, Don Juan and to hav... Read more

Cartel Land (2015)

7.4/10
Director: Matthew Heineman

Matthew Heinemans unnervingly action-based documentary captures the impact of Mexican drug cartels on both sides of the border with you-are-there imm... Read more

Catfish (2010)

7.1/10
Director: Henry Joost, Ariel Schulman

Photographer Nev Schulman didn't know exactly what he was getting into when he befriended (and soon fell for) the sister of an 8-year-old Michigan art... Read more

Catherine the Great (2006)

6.3/10
Starring: Emily Bruni

One of Russia's most brilliant rulers, Catherine the Great, is the subject of this thrilling and extensively researched documentary/drama. Lavishly f... Read more

Catwalk (1995)

6.4/10
Director: Robert Leacock
Starring: Christy Turlington, Kate Moss, Naomi Campbell

A revealing, behind-the-scenes peek at the life of a supermodel on and off the runways, with this glamour-filled documentary that follows Christy Turl... Read more

Changing Climate, Changing Times (2008)

Director: Marion Milne, Jean-Christophe De Reviere

Over the past 10,000 years, Earth's five warmest years took place after 1996. With the knowledge that we have about climate change today, we travel to... Read more