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"
On Any Sunday (1971)
7.9/10
Director: Bruce Brown
Starring: Steve McQueen, Mert Lawwill, Malcolm Smith
Academy Award nominated Bruce Brown ('The Endless Summer') highlights the intoxicating motorcycle race world filled with rugged road riders and the gr... Read more
On Life and Enlightenment - The Dalai Lama (2007)
Starring: H H Dalai Lama
The Dalai Lama, legendary Buddhist teacher and exiled leader of Tibet, is one of twelve spiritual leaders featured in this enlightening documentary.... Read more
On the Ropes (1999)
7.5/10
Director: Brett Morgen, Nanette Burstein
Starring: Harry Keitt, Tyrene Manson, George Walton, Noel Santiago
Special Jury Award Winner at the 1999 Sundance Film Festival, "On The Ropes" is the compelling true story that follows the lives of three aspiring box... Read more
On The Whisky Trail (2002)
Take a journey of discovery from the well-known blended Whiskies, right through to the sophisticated Highland single-malts that represent the very bes... Read more
Once in a Lifetime: The Extraordinary Story of the New York Cosmos (2006)
7.3/10
Director: John Dower, Paul Crowder
Starring: Narrated by, Matt Dillon
In 1977, for one brief shining moment, the international football fraternity were all focused on a newly-created team in New York - the Cosmos. Media... Read more
One Life (2011)
7.9/10
Director: Martha Holmes, Michael Gunton
Starring: Daniel Craig, Narrated by
More than four years in the making and packed full of filming firsts, One Life captures unprecedented and beautiful sequences of animal behaviour guar... Read more
One Man, One Cow, One Planet ( aka How to Save the World ) (2007)
7.5/10
Director: Thomas Burstyn
Starring: Narrated by, Peter Coyote
AKA "How to Save the World". This 'eco-mentary' exposes globalization and its mantra of infinite growth in an infinite world for what it really is: an... Read more
One Strange Rock (2018)
8.8/10
Starring: Will Smith
The extraordinary story of Earth and why it is special and uniquely brimming with life among a largely unknown but harsh cosmic arena; astronauts tell... Read more
One: The Movie (2006)
7.5/10
Director: Ward Powers
Starring: Deepak Chopra, Ram Dass, Barbara Marx Hubbard, Robert Thurman, etc ...
A cinematic journey in search of the answer to life's ultimate question. Armed with only a mail-order video camera, a list of twenty questions and a d... Read more
Operation 8 (2011)
7.4/10
Director: Errol Wright, Abi King-Jones
On October 15th 2007, activists around New Zealand woke to guns in their faces. Black-clad police smashed down doors, dragging families out onto roads... Read more