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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....

9/11: The Falling Man (2006)

7.4/10
Director: Henry Singer

In the wake of 9/11, one of the most haunting and unforgettable images of the tragedy was of a man falling from the World Trade Centre. The picture h... Read more

The Secret (2006)

5.7/10
Director: Drew Heriot

Finally! The 'secret' that has allowed those in the know to be healthy, wealthy and wise down through the ages, from Plato to Shakespeare to Einstein... Read more

Control Room (2003)

7.8/10
Director: Jehane Noujaim

This bristling documentary about Al Jazeera, the satellite news network, during the American invasion of Iraq is a seminal film that explores how trut... Read more

It Was A Wonderful Life (1992)

6.9/10
Director: Michele Ohayon
Starring: Narrated by, Jodie Foster

Academy Award-nominee Michele Ohayon presents a riveting and powerful account of six women who are members of America's growing "hidden homeless" popu... Read more

DIG! (2004)

7.8/10
Director: Ondi Timoner
Starring: Courtney Taylor, Anton A Newcombe

Ondi Timoner followed and filmed the divergent paths of two rock bands for seven years: the ill-fated Brian Jonestown Massacre and their one-time fans... Read more

1421: The Year China Discovered the World (2004)

6.5/10
Director: David Wallace

Based on Gavin Menzies' controversial book and his '1421 theory' that Chinese mariners had explored and charted the world, long before Europeans. Fol... Read more

Crumb (1995)

8/10
Director: Terry Zwigoff
Starring: Robert Crumb, Aline Kominsky, Charles Crumb

Robert Crumb, the multi-talented underground comic book artist, is profiled in this unique, in-depth documentary portrait. Emerging from a dysfunction... Read more

Sex: The Annabel Chong Story (1999)

5.6/10
Director: Gough Lewis
Starring: Annabel Chong, Ron Jeremy

On January 19, 1995, Annabel Chong, a twenty-two year old undergraduate in gender studies, embarked on a crusade to secure fame, notoriety and a perma... Read more

Game Over: Kasparov and the Machine (2003)

6.8/10
Director: Vikram Jayanti

In May 1997 Garry Kasparov, widely regarded as the greatest chess player the world has ever seen, played Deep Blue - a hulking, one-and-a-half ton IBM... Read more

An Inconvenient Truth (2006)

7.5/10
Director: Davis Guggenheim
Starring: Al Gore

The history and perils of global climate change are explored in this popular and controversial documentary featuring former vice president Al Gore. Ta... Read more