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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....

Spitfire (2018)

7.1/10
Director: Ant Palmer, David Fairhead
Starring: Charles Dance

The story of the fighter plane and pilots that helped win the Battle of Britain in World War II. Read more

Latcho Drom (1995)

8.2/10
Director: Tony Gatlif

Ecstatically celebrates the gypsy experience through eight countries on three separate continents. Beginning in Northern India and proceeding through... Read more

What Happened to Kerouac? (1986)

7.1/10
Director: Lewis MacAdams, Richard Lerner
Starring: Steve Allen, William Burroughs, Neal Cassady, Allen Ginsberg

A lively and revealing investigation into the personal history and creative process of Jack Kerouac - father of the Beat Generation, author of 'On the... Read more

Ayurveda: The Art of Being (2001)

7.6/10
Director: Pan Nalin

This fascinating documentary tells of the ancient health-care system Ayurveda, which means "The Science of Life" in Sanskrit. The oldest continually p... Read more

The Staircase (2004)

8.1/10
Director: Jean Xavier de Lestrade

When Kathleen Peterson was found dead at the bottom of a staircase in her North Carolina mansion, her husband Michael claimed she had fallen, but he w... Read more

Secrets of the Supernatural (2006)

6.2/10

Asking the big questions - is there life after death? Can the human soul wander from body to body? What latent powers are hidden in the mind? - this 6... Read more

Melvyn Bragg's The Adventure of English (2002)

Director: David Thomas, Robert Bee
Starring: Melvyn Bragg

Written and presented by Melvyn Bragg, this eight-part series tells the story of how an insignificant German dialect, which only arrived in the count... Read more

Cocaine Cowboys (2006)

7.9/10
Director: Billy Corben

Billy Corben's blood-soaked documentary traces the transformation of Miami from sleepy '70s retirement town to the United State's drug and murder capi... Read more

First Position (2011)

7.6/10
Director: Bess Kargman

Every year, thousands of aspiring dancers enter one of the world's most prestigious ballet competitions, the Youth America Grand Prix, where lifelong... Read more

Fahrenhype 9/11 (2004)

4.9/10
Director: Alan Peterson

The most incendiary documentary film released in 2004 saw filmmaker Michael Moore openly lambast president George W. Bush in "Fahrenheit 9/11". But de... Read more