Documentary

Marvel: 75 Years, From Pulp to Pop! | United States of America
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7 (1111 votes)
In celebration of the publisher's 75th anniversary, the hour-long special will take a detailed look at the company's journey from fledgling comics publisher to multi-media juggernaut. Hosted by Emily VanCamp (S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent Sharon Carter), the documentary-style feature will include interviews with comic book icons, pop culture authorities, and Hollywood stars. The special also promises an "extraordinary peek into Marvel's future!" Might Marvel release the first official footage from next year's Avengers: Age of Ultron or Ant-Man? If they do, you'll know about it here.

Floyd Norman: An Animated Life | United States of America
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7.4 (613 votes)
Animator. Storyman. Troublemaker. At 80 years old, see how Disney Legend Floyd Norman, the first African-American animator at Disney, continues to impact animation and stir up "trouble" after the company forced him to retire at age 65.

Bert Stern: Original Madman | United States of America
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6.7 (281 votes)
The untold and intimate life story of one of the greatest American photographers of all time, Bert Stern. After working alongside Stanley Kubrick at Look Magazine, Stern became an original Madison Avenue 'mad man', his images helping to create modern advertising. Ground-breaking photos of Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton, Marilyn Monroe and Twiggy, coupled with his astonishing success in advertising, minted Stern as a celebrity in his own right.

Building the Dream: Assembling the Avengers
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7.2 (30 votes)
This 90-minute feature will show how the films Iron Man, The Incredible Hulk, Iron Man 2, Thor, and Captain America: The First Avenger were conceived and led to the greatest super hero team ever assembled on screen The Avengers.

Lost on Location
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7.4 (213 votes)
Behind the scenes documentary shot during the making of Sofia Coppola's Lost In Translation (2003)

Art as Dialogue
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7.8 (23 votes)
Documentary on acting in the movie Ghost World (2001).

The Prime Ministers: The Pioneers | United States of America
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6.7 (52 votes)
Based on the best-selling book by Ambassador Yehuda Avner, The Prime Ministers: The Pioneers takes the audience inside the offices of Israel's Prime Ministers through the eyes of an insider, Yehuda Avner, who served as a chief aide, English language note-taker and speechwriter to Levi Eshkol, Golda Meir, Yitzhak Rabin, Menachem Begin, and Shimon Peres. The first of two parts, The Prime Ministers: The Pioneers focuses on Ambassador Avner's years working with Prime Ministers Levi Eshkol and Golda Meir and then US Ambassador Yitzhak Rabin and reveals new details about the Six-Day War, the development of Israel's close strategic relationship with the United States, the fight against terrorism, the Yom Kippur War and its aftermath.

Secret Origin: The Story of DC Comics | United States of America
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7.6 (1278 votes)
A look at the history of the comic book publication that launched such legendary characters as Superman, Batman and Wonder Woman.

Weapon X Mutant Files
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6.8 (12 votes)
The nine main mutants in the film-plus William Stryker-are each given the behind-the-scenes treatment in Mutant Files. Each segment starts with a character giving a straight-up cheesy monologue before we're treated to plenty of on-set footage and interviews with the actors, producer Lauren Shuler Donner, director Gavin Hood, stunt coordinator JJ Perry, and visual effects supervisors Patrick McClung and Craig Lyn. Highlights include Kevin Duran's makeup-intensive transformation into Blob, and Jackman talking about how he and Liev Schreiber egged each other on to do their own stunts.

Betty White: First Lady of Television | United States of America
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7.8 (990 votes)
The definitive look at Betty White's life and career. As the only authorized documentary on Betty ever made, this film is packed with hilarious clips from her long career. Plus comments from friends and co-stars.

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7 (51 votes)
Seals, lies and videotapes. Violent confrontation boils over on the ice floes of Canada as activists, fishermen and politicians battle over the fate of baby seals.

The Whale | Canada
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8.1 (717 votes)
The true story of a young, wild killer whale - an orca - nicknamed Luna, who lost contact with his family on the coast of British Columbia and turned up alone in a narrow stretch of sea between mountains, a place called Nootka Sound.

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