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....
The Knowledge Of Healing (1996)
7.8/10
Director: Franz Reichie
Starring: H H Dalai Lama, Dr Tenzin Choedrak, Dr Chimit-Dorzhi, H H Tenzin Gyatso
The first full-length film dealing extensively with Tibetan medicine, one of the most highly developed, holistic approaches to health. With its own p... Read more
Lost Civilizations: Greece (1995)
7.8/10
Director: Anon
"A Moment of Excellence" - Journey Back to classical Greece....to the world's first democracy, led by the statesman Pericles into a golden age of art,... Read more
Walking the Camino: Six Ways to Santiago (2013)
7.2/10
Director: Lydia B Smith
Aka "The Camino Documentary". This acclaimed documentary follows six pilgrims as they attempt to walk across Spain's most popular Camino de Santiago r... Read more
Bukowski: Born Into This (2003)
7.9/10
Director: John Dullaghan
Starring: Charles Bukowski, Bono, Harry Dean Stanton, Tom Waits, Linda Lee Bukowski, Tayl...
The first comprehensive documentary on the controversial poet, underground writer and cult icon. Director John Dullaghan spent seven years researchin... Read more
My Architect (2003)
7.4/10
Director: Nathaniel Kahn
Born in Estonia and raised in Philadelphia, Louis I. Kahn was one of the 20th century's most important architects, blending the massive geometrics of... Read more
Earthlings (2007)
8.7/10
Director: Shaun Monson
Starring: Narrated by, Joaquin Phoenix
A startling feature-length documentary about humankind's absolute economic dependence on animals raised as pets, food, clothing, entertainment and for... Read more
Lessons of Darkness / Fata Morgana (1992)
Director: Werner Herzog
In the aftermath of the Gulf War, retreating Iraqi soldiers left the oil fields of Kuwait a raging inferno. True to form as perhaps the world's most d... Read more
The Weather Underground (2002)
7.6/10
Director: Sam Green, Bill Siegel
Thirty years ago, a group of young American radicals called The Weathermen announced their intention to overthrow the U.S. government. Fueled by outra... Read more
A Crude Awakening: The Oil Crash (2006)
7.9/10
Director: Basil Gelpke, Ray McCormack
An astoundingly sobering and unashamedly apocalyptic documentary about the world's obsession with oil, when it's going to run out, and what will happe... Read more
Mysterious Forces Beyond: Death and The Paranormal (2002)
6.6/10
Director: Anon
Things that go bump in the night. A sixth sense. Unearthly beings. These are just some of the fascinating topics that are uncovered in this series. Th... Read more