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The Roughnecks
The Roughnecks (2014) follows the struggles and triumphs of the “Ridglea Roughnecks”, one of Texas’ oldest and most intense Pee Wee Football teams, during a full season.

- 2014
Fat Head
A comedian replies to the "Super Size Me" crowd by losing weight on a fast-food diet (including plenty of double-cheeseburgers and fried chicken) while demonstrating that almost everything you think you know about the obesity "epidemic" and healthy eating is wrong.

- 2009
Syd Barrett: Up Close and Personal
The rise and fall of original Pink Floyd front man Syd Barrett is charted in this documentary, which tells the whole story from the formation of Pink Floyd, through Barrett's creative genius, his shocking slide into psychiatric illness and finally to his tragic and untimely death. Includes interviews with many who knew and worked with him.

- 2007
Last Days in the Desert
On his way out of the wilderness, after weeks of subsisting on only water and prayer, a holy man (Ewan McGregor) struggles with the Devil (also McGregor) over the fate of an ordinary family in crisis, setting for himself a dramatic test with distinctly human conflicts.

- Metascore67
- 2015
Madonna: Truth or Dare
Madonna offers a no-holds-barred look at her life, taking viewers behind the scenes at her "Blond Ambition" tour. From the dressing room to the bedroom, the outrageous and always entertaining singer exposes her every secret -- from her waning relationship with actor Warren Beatty to her friendship with Sandra Bernhard and her crush on future Evita co-star Antonio Banderas.

- Metascore70
- 1991
Tucker: The Man and His Dream
Based on a true story. Shortly after World War II, Preston Tucker is a grandiose schemer with a new dream, to produce the best cars ever made. With the assistance of Abe Karatz and some impressive salesmanship on his own part, he obtains funding and begins to build his factory. The whole movie also has many parallels with director Coppola's own efforts to build a new movie studio of his own.

- Metascore76
- 1988
Brian Epstein: Inside the Fifth Beatle
Brian Epstein, frequently acknowledged as the fifth driving force behind the Beatles' artistic and financial success, ascended from a small Liverpool wannabe actor to the manager of the most iconic musical act in the history of popular music. This documentary illustrates his relationship with the iconic group, as well as his personal and professional lives.

- 2004
Minds in the Water
Pro soul surfer Dave Rastovich went from observer to activist when he embarked on a mission to protect dolphins, whales and the oceans they all share, in a quest to inspire change.

- 2011
Herbie Hancock: Possibilities
Filmmakers follow the jazz musician over 18 months, as he collaborates in-studio with Sting, Annie Lennox, Paul Simon, Christina Aguilera, Carlos Santana, and include clips of Hancock playing with Miles Davis, as well as his groundbreaking video for "Rockit."

- Metascore54
- 2006
Who Is Harry Nilsson (And Why Is Everybody Talkin' About Him?)
A wildly entertaining, star-studded documentary about The Beatles’s favorite American musician, Who Is Harry Nilsson? (And Why Is Everybody Talkin’ About Him) is a vibrant and definitive portrait of one of the most talented singer-songwriters in pop music history.

- Metascore68
- 2010
Death in the Bunker: The True Story of Hitler's Downfall
In the closing days of the European Theater of World War II, the Soviet Union was closing in on the capital city of Nazi Germany, Berlin. Through archival footage and witness interviews, this film covers the final days of the Third Reich as Adolf Hitler and his cronies try to fend off the inevitable with a combination of dwindling forces and wishful thinking.

- 2004
DysFunktional Family
Documentary on comedian Eddie Griffin who heads back home to a family reunion, which includes two uncles - one a porn director and the other an ex-pimp.

- Metascore51
- 2003
Amandla!
Through a chronological history of the South African liberation struggle, this documentary cites examples of the way that music was used in the fight for freedom. Songs united those who were being oppressed and gave those fighting a way to express their plight. The music consoled those incarcerated, and created an effective underground form of communication inside the prisons.

- Metascore78
- 2002
Deepsea Challenge
A film about determination, danger and the ocean’s greatest depths, "JAMES CAMERON'S DEEPSEA CHALLENGE 3D" tells the story of Cameron’s journey to fulfill his boyhood dream of becoming an explorer. The movie offers a unique insight into Cameron's world as he makes that dream reality – and makes history – by becoming the first person to travel solo to the deepest point on the planet.

- Metascore58
- 2014
Great North
Martin J. Dignard and William Reeve examine the landscape of the Arctic and long-standing Inuit traditions.

- 2001
Dior and I
Dior and I brings the viewer inside the storied world of the Christian Dior fashion house with a privileged, behind-the-scenes look at the creation of Raf Simons’ first haute couture collection as its new artistic director.

- Metascore70
- 2014
America and Lewis Hine
America and Lewis Hine is an award-winning documentary narrated by Jason Robards, Jr. and Maureen Stapleton, which portrays the life and times of America’s pioneer social photographer, Lewis Hine, who recorded the development of industrial America.

- 1984
Manson
Documentary on Charles Manson and his family. Has a number of insightful interviews with many family members most notably Squeaky and Sandy (Blue and Red). There is also a history of Manson from his birth to the family formation to the Tate/La Bianca murders. Plenty of footage of the family playing at Spahn Ranch.

- 1973
Kurt Cobain About a Son
An intimate and moving meditation on the late musician and artist Kurt Cobain, based on more than 25 hours of previously unheard audiotaped interviews conducted with Cobain by noted music journalist Michael Azerrad for his book "Come As You Are: The Story of Nirvana." In the film, Kurt Cobain recounts his own life - from his childhood and adolescence to his days of musical discovery and later dealings with explosive fame - and offers often piercing insights into his life, music, and times. The conversations heard in the film have never before been made public and they reveal a highly personal portrait of an artist much discussed but not particularly well understood.

- Metascore69
- 2006
Undefeated
Chronicles three underprivileged students from inner-city Memphis and their volunteer coach who tries to help them beat the odds on and off the field.

- Metascore71
- 2011
Children of the Wind
Two brothers and a cousin journey from humble fishing families on the tiny Caribbean island of Bonaire to become three of the best freestyle windsurfers in history.

- 2013
Dear Mr. Watterson
Of American newspaper comic strips, few great ones have been so short-lived, and yet so enduring in the public, than "Calvin and Hobbes" by Bill Watterson. This film explores the strip, its special artistic qualities and its extraordinary lasting appeal decades after its conclusion. Furthermore, the film explores the impact of Bill Watterson, a cartoonist with high artistic ideals and firm principles who defied the business conventions of a declining medium. Although he forwent a merchandising fortune for his strip, various associates and colleagues speak about how Watterson created a legacy that would be an inspiration for years to come.

- Metascore54
- 2013
The Irish Pub
The tradition of the Irish pub. Speaking to pub owners all over Ireland, Alex Fegan gets into the heart of what makes "the Irish pub" the institution that it is.

- 2013
Beauty Factory
From oratory classes to operating room, Beauty Factory follows five girls for four months as they compete for the coveted Miss Venezuela crown; revealing the process that has won Venezuela more international beauty pageants than any other country.
- 2013