Documentaries
Documentary Films, strictly speaking, are non-fictional, "slice of life" factual works of art, sometimes known as cinema verite. As films became more narrative-based, documentaries branched out and took many forms, some of which have been termed propagandistic or non-objective.
One of Alice's favourite sections, and due to the sheer size of this collection, we have split ioto a number of sub-sections. See side bars on left for more options. By scrolling below are you will be exposed to whole darn caboodle - all of Alice's documentaries.
Right: Werner Herzog directs "Burden of Dreams"
Leonard Cohen: Under Review 1978 - 2006 (2008)
7.2/10
Starring: Leonard Cohen
By 1978 Leonard Cohen had already produced a staggering body of work that contained numerous classic songs within its cannon, but the 6 studio albums... 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
Liam Gallagher: As It Was (2019)
Starring: Liam Gallagher
From the dizzying heights of his "champagne supernova" years, Oasis frontman Liam Gallagher falls into a wilderness of booze and legal battles, before... Read more
Liberation (Simon Wiesenthal Collection) (1994)
7.7/10
Director: Arnold Schwartzman
Starring: Ben Kingsley, Miriam Margolyes, Narrated by, Patrick Stewart, Whoopi Goldberg, J...
From the acclaimed 'Simon Wiesenthal Collection' comes this dramatic documentary detailing the allied campaign to liberate Europe, and Hitler's genoci... Read more
Life After People (2008)
7.4/10
Director: David de Vries
This documentary imagines the gradual post-apocalyptic disintegration of urban civilisation following the sudden disappearance of human inhabitants fr... Read more
Life in Cold Blood: The Complete Series (2007)
9/10
Starring: David Attenborough
The epic story of cold-blooded life, from golden frogs to sea snakes and from armadillo lizards to giant tortoises, complete David Attenborough's magn... 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 One Chord (2025)
Director: Margaret Gordon
Starring: Shayne Carter
An iconoclastic tour through the career of punk renegade Shayne Carter, a member of Straitjacket Fits and Dimmer, tracing the highs and lows, from sub... Read more
Life In The Dead Zone (2018)
Director: Peter Tonks
Starring: Des Morgan, Gabe Page, Jake Hurrell, Chester Dextar
A comedy-drama-mockumentary about Council workers, in a zombie infested city, dealing with office politics, government regulations and the ravenous un... Read more