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"
The Human Face (2001)
7.9/10
Director: James Erskine
Starring: Presented By, John Cleese
Join host John Cleese for this innovative four-part BBC exploration of the "The Human Face," from what defines beauty to the countless array of expre... Read more
The Human Mind (2003)
6/10
Starring: Robert Winston
Professor Robert Winston takes us on a mind-boggling journey into the most extraordinary organ in our bodies - the brain. Produced for the BBC, this... Read more
The Human Scale (2012)
7.4/10
Director: Andreas M Dalsgaard
Starring: Jan Gehl
Based on the work of famed Danish architect and urban planner Jan Gehl and his visionary work transforming urban environments from traffic-congested s... Read more
The Hunt For HMAS Sydney (2008)
Starring: (narrated by), Colin Friels
The wreckage of HMAS Sydney, sunk off the West Australian coast in 1941, has at last been found. The Sydney's entire crew of 645 went down with the sh... Read more
The Hunt For The Zodiac Killer (2017)
7.1/10
Throughout the early 1960s and 1970s, the Zodiac Killer, one of history's most famous unidentified serial murderers, terrorized America in a spree of... Read more
The Hunting Ground (2015)
7.4/10
Director: Kirby Dick
The Hunting Ground takes audiences straight to the heart of a shocking epidemic of violence and institutional cover-ups sweeping college campuses acro... Read more
The Hunting of the President (2004)
7/10
Director: Harry Thomason, Nickolas Perry
Starring: Bill Clinton, (narrated by), Morgan Freeman
This scathingly witty documentary chronicles the history of an alleged ongoing smear campaign designed to ruin Bill Clinton. Examining a political car... Read more
The Imposter (2012)
7.5/10
Director: Bart Layton
A documentary that uses interviews and dramatised recreations to piece together the bizarre story of a missing boy and the young man who impersonated... Read more
The Impressionists: The Other French Revolution (2001)
8.2/10
Director: Bruce Alfred
"The Impressionists" looks at the men who formed the core of the movement; Degas, Pisarro, Renoir and Monet. Despite their very disparate backgrounds... Read more
The Inner Tour (2002)
7.6/10
Director: Ra'anan Alexandrowicz
Filmmaker Ra'anan Alexandrowicz's moving documentary follows a busload of Palestinians from the disputed West Bank on a three-day tour of Israel, with... Read more