Sicko is a Michael Moore documentary about the corrupt health care system in the United States who's main goal is to make profit even if it means loosing peoples lives. -The more people you deny health insurance the more money we make- is the business concept for health providers in America.
Documentary Movies & TV
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A meditation on the human quest to transcend physicality, constructed from decaying archival footage and set to an original symphonic score.
Martin Scorsese and the Rolling Stones unite in "Shine A Light," a look at The Rolling Stones." Scorsese filmed the Stones over a two-day period at the intimate Beacon Theater in New York City in fall 2006. Cinematographers capture the raw energy of the legendary band.
A documentary about the two New York rap artists I.G. Off & Hazadus and their struggle from street to studio to fame. Shot in the years 2000 and 2001
An exploration of technologically developing nations and the effect the transition to Western-style modernization has had on them.
From the rains of Japan, through threats of arrest for 'public indecency' in Canada, and a birthday tribute to her father in Detroit, this documentary follows Madonna on her 1990 'Blond Ambition' concert tour. Filmed in black and white, with the concert pieces in glittering MTV color, it is an intimate look at the work of the icon, from a prayer...
Born to Fight
Documentary on the cultural appeal of boxing and its incorporation in the film 'Million Dollar Baby'.
A documentary about fraud and fakery.
Follows the Friedmans, a seemingly typical, upper-middle-class Jewish family whose world is instantly transformed when the father and his youngest son are arrested and charged with shocking and horrible crimes.
An unflinching look at the how the battle over abortion rights has played out in the United States over the last 15 years
Having lost a bet with documentarian Errol Morris, Werner Herzog eats his shoe.
Footage shot in and around the Sahara Desert, accompanied only by a spoken creation myth and the songs of Leonard Cohen.
This is a documentary about the film "The Railrodder"
Michael Moore tries to find more information on the Columbine shooting incident and the larger picture of arms control in the USA.
Two documentary filmmakers chronicle their time in Sonagchi, Calcutta and the relationships they developed with children of prostitutes who work the city's notorious red light district.
The film describes the microcosmos of the small village Wacken and shows the clash of the cultures, before and during the biggest heavy metal festival in Europe.
This documentary takes the viewer on a deeply personal journey into the everyday lives of families struggling to fight Goliath. From a family business owner in the Midwest to a preacher in California, from workers in Florida to a poet in Mexico, dozens of film crews on three continents bring the intensely personal stories of an assault on famili...
Shut Up and Sing is a documentary about the country band from Texas called the Dixie Chicks and how one tiny comment against President Bush dropped their number one hit off the charts and caused fans to hate them, destroy their CD’s, and protest at their concerts. A film about freedom of speech gone out of control and the three girls lives that ...
Johnny Knoxville and his band of maniacs perform a variety of stunts and gross-out gags on the big screen for the first time. They wander around Japan in panda outfits, wreak havoc on a once civilized golf course, they even do stunts involving LIVE alligators, and so on.