poetic documentary movies page 2

Adagio (2024)
10 / 10

Documentary, Family, Music

Mirror of Holland (1950)
6.2 / 10

Documentary

In this short film Bert Haanstra gives his vision - from the water – of a tranquil Holland. During filming he held the camera upside down and...

Avant-Drag! (2024)
10 / 10

Documentary

Avant-Drag! paints portraits of ten drag artists of varying gender expressions and sexualities who take to the streets of Athens to query,...

Manhatta (1921)
6.5 / 10

Documentary

Morning reveals New York harbor, the wharves, the Brooklyn Bridge. A ferry boat docks, disgorging its huddled mass. People move briskly along Wall...

Glass (1958)
7.4 / 10

Documentary

This short documentary, shot in the glass factories of Leerdam and Schiedam, demonstrates how glass blowers do their work. But thanks to the superbly...

Con Traje y Sin Zapatos (1969)
0 / 10

Documentary, Animation, Family

Life in a Day 2020 (2021)
8 / 10

Documentary

On July 25th, 2020, Ridley Scott and Academy Award winner Kevin Macdonald invite you to be part of Life in a Day—a historic, global documentary...

Get Out of the Car (2010)
5.7 / 10

Documentary

A city symphony film in 16mm composed from advertising signs, building facades, fragments of music and conversation, and unmarked sites of vanished...

Skyscraper Symphony (1929)
5.8 / 10

Documentary

A montage of the skyscrapers of Manhattan opens with a succession of stationary views of the upper portions of numerous buildings. This is followed...

Walking (2024)
0 / 10

Documentary

Tommy sets out to document walking. He meets a colorful cast of characters, attaches microphones to his feet, and contends with what it means to...

From Dust To Light (2024)
0 / 10

Documentary, History

Filmed In the heart of the mountainous villages of Greece and North Macedonia, the documentary follows a group of conservators of antiquities and...

Necrology (1970)
5.7 / 10

Documentary

The faces of a 5:00 PM crowd descending via the Pan Am building escalators in one continuous shot. In old-fashioned black and white, these faces...

End of Summer (2014)
5.2 / 10

Documentary

A hypnotic and slow-burning journey through the austere landscapes of the island of South Georgia and the Antarctic Peninsula. Shot on black and...

Entre a Lei e a Luta (2024)
9 / 10

Documentary, History, Crime

The Zoo (1961)
6.9 / 10

Documentary

A perfect, fast and hilarious montage. Using images from Artis (Amsterdam Zoo), Bert Haanstra shows that a couple of similarities can be discovered...

The Song of the Years to Come (2024)
0 / 10

Documentary, Family, History

On the island of La Gomera, children imagine stories while they examine archeological remains. An ethno-fictional journey in which past and present...

WINHANGANHA (2023)
0 / 10

Documentary, History

WINHANGANHA (Wiradjuri language: Remember, know, think) - is a lyrical journey of archival footage and sound, poetry and original composition. It is...

California Light (2023)
0 / 10

Documentary

One filmmaker's exploration of natural light in California and its influence on people's lives.

Pickle (2016)
6.2 / 10

Documentary

An ode to man's capacity to care for all creatures throughout their sometimes greatly protracted existence, displayed through the homegrown remedies...

Tradition Is the Handing on of Fire and Not the Worship of Ashes (1999)
0 / 10

The pictures are burning. A house is in flames for exactly one minute. Cinema under attack: An anonymous fragment from the early days of film is...