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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....

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

Len Lye: Flip and Two Twisters (1995)

7.4/10
Director: Shirley Horrocks

Shirley Horrocks explores Lye's career and ideas with the help of newly discovered historical footage of the artist. Featuring some great examples of... Read more

Leningrad Cowboys: Total Balalaika Show (1993)

7/10
Director: Aki Kaurismaki

Finland's Leningrad Cowboys meet the ex-Red Army Choir in this inspired documentary. The Cowboys (a comedy group) claim to be the world's worst rock a... Read more

Leonard Cohen: I'm Your Man (2005)

6.9/10
Starring: Leonard Cohen, Nick Cave, Bono, The Edge, Jarvis Cocker, etc ...

A reverential salute to the legendary Canadian singer/songwriter that mingles poetry, interviews and tributary performances from well-known fans inclu... 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

Leviathan (2012)

6.5/10
Director: Verena Paravel, Lucien Castaing-Taylor

Filmed off the coast of New Bedford, Massachusetts - at one time the whaling capital of the world as well as Melville's inspiration for Moby Dick; it... Read more

Life in Loops ( A Megacities RMX ) (2006)

8.5/10
Director: Timo Novotny

Taking footage originally shot for Michael Glawogger's 'Megacities', Timo Novotny has created an all-new documentary about lfe in the megalopolis. A s... Read more

Life in the Graveyards of the Pacific (2005)

A unique and fascinating look at the underwater wrecks around New Zealand's Pacific coastline. Master divers investigate the remains of the Rainbow W... Read more

Life, Animated (2016)

7.5/10
Director: Roger Ross Williams

Director Roger Ross Williams received a Sundance directing prize for this dynamic documentary about Owen Suskind and his equally extraordinary parents... Read more

Lightning In A Bottle: A One Night History of the Blues (2004)

7.6/10
Director: Antoine Fuqua
Starring: Aerosmith, Natalie Cole, Chuck D, Mos Def, John Fogerty, Macy Gray, Buddy Guy,...

On 7 February 2003 at New York's Radio City Music Hall a magical night of music was filmed; produced by Martin Scorsese this unique coming together of... Read more