The Writer from a Country Without Bookstores (2019)

(6.4) based on 5 votes
The ruthless dictator Teodoro Obiang has ruled Equatorial Guinea with an iron hand since 1979. Juan Tomás Ávila Laurel is the most translated Equatoguinean writer, but he had to flee the country in 2011, after starting a hunger strike denouncing the crimes of the dictatorship. Since then, he has lived in Spain, feeling that, despite the risks, he must return and fight the monster with words.
Available in streaming on

The ruthless dictator Teodoro Obiang has ruled Equatorial Guinea with an iron hand since 1979. Juan Tomás Ávila Laurel is the most translated Equatoguinean writer, but he had to flee the country in 2011, after starting a hunger strike denouncing the crimes of the dictatorship. Since then, he has lived in Spain, feeling that, despite the risks, he must return and fight the monster with words.

Movies like The Writer from a Country Without Bookstores

For freedom and justice

A picture of the life of the Danish people from the late 1820s to the introduction of the free constitution in 1849. A fictional character, Rasmus Nielsen, travels around the country, first as a traveling teacher, later in other positions, and through his experiences we are introduced to the conditions of various population groups. The central figure in the portrayal of historical figures is the politician Orla Lehmann.
Search similar movies
6.2
For+freedom+and+justice
For freedom and justice

1949

Search similar movies
To Kill the Beast

Emilia arrives at her Aunt Inés' hostel located on the Argentina-Brazil border, looking for her missing brother. In this lush jungle a dangerous beast which takes the form of different animals seems to be roaming around.
Search similar movies
6.1
To+Kill+the+Beast
To Kill the Beast

2021

Search similar movies
(NULL)

An unknown girl breaks out of her daily grind by undergoing an intense audio-visual trip.
Search similar movies
8.1
%28NULL%29
Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba - Asakusa Arc

Tanjiro ventures to Asakusa for his second mission with the Demon Slayer Corps. A recap of Kimetsu no Yaiba episodes 6–10, with new footage and special end credits.
Search similar movies
7.8
Demon+Slayer%3A+Kimetsu+no+Yaiba+-+Asakusa+Arc
Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba - Asakusa Arc

2022

Search similar movies
Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2

Security guard Paul Blart is headed to Las Vegas to attend a Security Guard Expo with his teenage daughter Maya before she departs for college. While at the convention, he inadvertently discovers a heist - and it's up to Blart to apprehend the criminals.
Search similar movies
5.2
Paul+Blart%3A+Mall+Cop+2
Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2

2015

Search similar movies
102 Dalmatians

Get ready for a howling good time as an all new assortment of irresistible animal heroes are unleashed in this great family tail! In an unlikely alliance, the outrageous Waddlesworth - a parrot who thinks he's a Rottweiler - teams up with Oddball - an un-marked Dalmatian puppy eager to earn her spots! Together they embark on a laugh-packed quest to outwit the ever-scheming Cruella De Vil.
Search similar movies
5.5
102+Dalmatians
102 Dalmatians

2000

Search similar movies
American Pie Presents: The Book of Love

Ten years after the first American Pie movie, three new hapless virgins discover the Bible hidden in the school library at East Great Falls High. Unfortunately for them, the book is ruined, and with incomplete advice, the Bible leads them on a hilarious journey to lose their virginity.
Search similar movies
5.3
American+Pie+Presents%3A+The+Book+of+Love
American Pie Presents: The Book of Love

2009

Search similar movies
I Don't Expect Anyone to Believe Me

A writer's career — and entire life — suddenly goes off script when he falls prey to a dangerous web of criminals right before moving to Barcelona.
Search similar movies
6.5
I+Don%27t+Expect+Anyone+to+Believe+Me
I Don't Expect Anyone to Believe Me

2023

Search similar movies
Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked

Playing around while aboard a cruise ship, the Chipmunks and Chipettes accidentally go overboard and end up marooned in a tropical paradise. They discover their new turf is not as deserted as it seems.
Search similar movies
5.7
Alvin+and+the+Chipmunks%3A+Chipwrecked
Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked

2011

Search similar movies
Multishow ao Vivo: Vanessa da Mata

Multishow ao Vivo: Vanessa da Mata is a live album and DVD from Brazilian singer Vanessa da Mata, produced by the channel Multishow. Multishow ao Vivo was recorded live at the historic town of Paraty, and brings in the repertoire songs that marked the career of da Mata.
Search similar movies
8.7
Multishow+ao+Vivo%3A+Vanessa+da+Mata
Multishow ao Vivo: Vanessa da Mata

2009

Search similar movies
Kitty Foiled

Tom subjects Jerry to his usual harassment; but the cat finds a new enemy, and the mouse finds a new friend, in the canary of the house.
Search similar movies
7.0
Kitty+Foiled
Kitty Foiled

1948

Search similar movies
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Police Tactics

As Japan gears up for the 1964 Olympic games, the cops start to crack down on the gangs, under pressure from the public and the press, adding a new dimension in the war for power among the yakuza families of Hiroshima.
Search similar movies
7.0
Battles+Without+Honor+and+Humanity%3A+Police+Tactics
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Police Tactics

1974

Search similar movies
Fogaréu

On the border between the real and the fantastic, between the colonial past and the overwhelming modernity of agribusiness, the city of Goiás is the scene of the meeting between the young Fernanda and her secret roots. She returns to the home of her wealthy uncle, after the death of her adoptive mother, in order to implode the certainties and to reveal the painful truth about its origin.
Search similar movies
6.9
Fogar%C3%A9u
The Wild Soccer Bunch 5

"The Wild Soccer Bunch" celebrate their last victory against the "Silver Lights" - and set one record in volley-pass game after another in the forest. But they are not alone: Vampires target the team. To lure them into their bunker, they kidnap Leon. Will Vanessa ever see him again?
Search similar movies
5.4
The+Wild+Soccer+Bunch+5
The Wild Soccer Bunch 5

2008

Search similar movies
Ashes in the Sky

In 1945, at the end of World War II, Neus Català returns to France, where she recalls her life under the Nazi yoke.
Search similar movies
5.3
Ashes+in+the+Sky
Ashes in the Sky

2023

Search similar movies
Love

In Imperial Russia, Anna Karenina falls in love with the dashing military officer Count Vronsky and abandons her husband and child to become his mistress.
Search similar movies
5.6
Love
Scooby-Doo! Pirates Ahoy!

It's horror on the high seas when Scooby-Doo and the gang take a creepy cruise into one of the world's most mysterious places, the Bermuda Triangle! If Scooby, Shaggy and the gang can't solve this mystery, they may have to walk the plank.
Search similar movies
7.5
Scooby-Doo%21+Pirates+Ahoy%21
Scooby-Doo! Pirates Ahoy!

2006

Search similar movies
Winning Dad

A young man tricks his homophobic father into a camping trip with his secret boyfriend.
Search similar movies
6.0
Winning+Dad
Winning Dad

2015

Search similar movies
Cool Cool Bye

Wandering warriors Lek and Flene stumble on an impoverished village pushed to the brink of extinction by a giant mechanical monster that kidnaps newborn baby girls. Unable to sit by and watch, the heroes plot an assault on the behemoth to rescue the women before the village is wiped off the map.
Search similar movies
6.8
Cool+Cool+Bye
Cool Cool Bye

1986

Search similar movies
Six Hours: Surviving Typhoon Yolanda

In the middle of a broadcast about Typhoon Yolanda's initial impact, reporter Jiggy Manicad was faced with the reality that he no longer had communication with his station. They were, for all intents and purposes, stranded in Tacloban. With little option, and his crew started the six hour walk to Alto, where the closest broadcast antenna was to be found. Letting the world know what was happening to was a priority, but they were driven by the need to let their families and friends know they were all still alive. Along the way, they encountered residents and victims of the massive typhoon, and with each step it became increasingly clear just how devastating this storm was. This was a storm that was going to change lives.
Search similar movies
8.5
Six+Hours%3A+Surviving+Typhoon+Yolanda
Six Hours: Surviving Typhoon Yolanda

2014

Search similar movies
Tooth Fairy 2

Larry Guthrie, who loses his first love to the town hot shot, decides to win her back by volunteering with the children at her after-school program. When Larry accidentally tells the kids the Tooth Fairy is make-believe, he soon is transformed into a tutu-clad fairy with the "sentence" of collecting teeth.
Search similar movies
4.9
Tooth+Fairy+2
Tooth Fairy 2

2012

Search similar movies
Halloweentown II: Kalabar's Revenge

The Cromwell clan lives in the real world, except for their grandmother who lives in Halloweentown, a place where monsters go to escape reality. But now the son of the Cromwells' old enemy Kalabar has a plan to use the grandmother's book to turn Halloweentown into a grey dreary version of the real world while transforming the denizens of the real world into monsters.
Search similar movies
6.8
Halloweentown+II%3A+Kalabar%27s+Revenge
Halloweentown II: Kalabar's Revenge

2001

Search similar movies
Sapphire Blue

Gwen has just discovered, that she's the final member of the secret time-traveling Circle of Twelve. Now she has to juggle with constant trips to the past, her relationships with Gideon and figuring out dark secrets surrounding the Circle.
Search similar movies
7.1
Sapphire+Blue
Sapphire Blue

2014

Search similar movies
Despicable Me Presents: Minion Madness

Three new mini-movies from the creators of Despicable Me. Orientation Day: Three freshly cloned minions go through the wacky orientation process at the evil laboratories of Gru. Home Makeover: The minions "assist" Edith, Margo & Agnes in a home makeover when they find out a social worker is going to pay them a visit. Watch the crazy antics ensue! Banana: A minion finds a banana in his lunch bag. To what lengths will the other minions go through to steal away that coveted yellow goodness?
Search similar movies
6.9
Despicable+Me+Presents%3A+Minion+Madness
Despicable Me Presents: Minion Madness

2010

Search similar movies
Tutto molto bello

Antonio and Giuseppe meet at the hospital, while awaiting the birth of their respective first children. The two leave together for a quick lunch, ending up involved against their will in an odyssey of amusing setbacks and bizarre characters.
Search similar movies
3.7
Tutto+molto+bello
Tutto molto bello

2014

Search similar movies
10

Vijay Kumar, a successful boxer and a gold medallist, fails his drug test and suffers a setback in his career. To survive his failing career, he must get up and fight harder than before.
Search similar movies
5.1
10
Miles and Lies

Lu has a perfect life. Or so she pretends to have. She meets the handsome, short-tempered Argentinian, Diego, who is on a visit to Mexico, and she is confident to get him head over heels in love with her. In order to win a wager with her friends, her life will take a turn when she does the impossible to win him over, including taking a trip to Argentina to look for him.
Search similar movies
7.1
Miles+and+Lies
Miles and Lies

2023

Search similar movies
Panic in the Mailroom

Two Minions are busy at work in the mailroom. One of them, bored, decides to throw a box of expired PX-41 samples into its designated chute.
Search similar movies
6.8
Panic+in+the+Mailroom
Panic in the Mailroom

2013

Search similar movies
Planes: Fire & Rescue

When world-famous air racer Dusty learns that his engine is damaged and he may never race again, he must shift gears and is launched into the world of aerial firefighting. Dusty joins forces with veteran fire and rescue helicopter Blade Ranger and his team, a bunch of all-terrain vehicles known as The Smokejumpers. Together, the fearless team battles a massive wildfire, and Dusty learns what it takes to become a true hero.
Search similar movies
6.2
Planes%3A+Fire+%26+Rescue
Planes: Fire & Rescue

2014

Search similar movies
American Pie Presents: Beta House

Erik, Ryan, and Cooze start college and pledge the Beta House fraternity, presided over by none other than legendary Dwight Stifler. But chaos ensues when a fraternity of geeks threatens to stop the debauchery and the Betas have to make a stand for their right to party.
Search similar movies
5.7
American+Pie+Presents%3A+Beta+House
American Pie Presents: Beta House

2007

Search similar movies
Passport to Paris

Sent to Paris to visit their grandfather, the twins fall in love with France, not to mention two French boys.
Search similar movies
6.2
Passport+to+Paris
Passport to Paris

1999

Search similar movies
5 Seconds of Summer: How Did We End Up Here?

The story of four young friends from the western suburbs of Sydney, who formed a band and got to travel to the other side of the globe sharing their music, winning awards, selling millions of records and generally conquering the world.
Search similar movies
8.2
5+Seconds+of+Summer%3A+How+Did+We+End+Up+Here%3F
5 Seconds of Summer: How Did We End Up Here?

2015

Search similar movies
Scooby-Doo: Agence toutou risques, vol. 1 : Le voleur de vélo

Plot unavailable
Search similar movies
10.0
Scooby-Doo%3A+Agence+toutou+risques%2C+vol.+1+%3A+Le+voleur+de+v%C3%A9lo
Scooby-Doo: Agence toutou risques, vol. 1 : Le voleur de vélo

2007

Search similar movies
Never-Ending Man: Hayao Miyazaki

A look at legendary Japanese animator Hayao Miyazaki following his retirement in 2013.
Search similar movies
7.4
Never-Ending+Man%3A+Hayao+Miyazaki
Never-Ending Man: Hayao Miyazaki

2017

Search similar movies
The Rumba Kings

In the fifties, when the future Democratic Republic of Congo was still a Belgian colony, an entire generation of musicians fused traditional African tunes with Afro-Cuban music to create the electrifying Congolese rumba, a style that conquered the entire continent thanks to an infectious rhythm, captivating guitar sounds and smooth vocals.
Search similar movies
9.0
The+Rumba+Kings
The Rumba Kings

2021

Search similar movies
Mirror

A dying man in his forties recalls his childhood, his mother, the war and personal moments that tell of and juxtapose pivotal moments in Soviet history with daily life.
Search similar movies
8.0
Mirror
The Painting

For three and a half centuries, from the same day that Diego Velázquez (1599-1660) applied his last brushstroke to the canvas, the enigma of “Las meninas, o La familia de Felipe IV” (1656) has not been deciphered. The secret story of a painting unveiled as if it was the resolution of a perfect crime.
Search similar movies
7.5
The+Painting
The Painting

2019

Search similar movies
Palestine 36

In 1936, as Palestinian villages revolt against British colonial rule, Yusuf navigates between Jerusalem and his rural home, amidst escalating unrest and a pivotal moment for the British Empire.
Search similar movies
8.0
Palestine+36
Palestine 36

2025

Search similar movies
The Village Detective: A Song Cycle

Atlantic Ocean, off the coast of Iceland, July 9, 2016. The surprising discovery of a canister —containing four reels of The Village Detective (Деревенский детектив), a 1969 Soviet film—, caught in the nets of an Icelandic trawler, is the first step in a fascinating journey through the artistic life of film and stage actor Mikhail Ivanovich Zharov (1899-1981), icon and star of an entire era of Russian cinema.
Search similar movies
4.0
The+Village+Detective%3A+A+Song+Cycle
The Village Detective: A Song Cycle

2021

Search similar movies
Barbra Streisand: Becoming an Icon 1942–1984

Barbra Streisand grew up in working class Brooklyn, dreaming of escape from her tough childhood. A stellar student, she resisted the pressure to go to college as her sights were firmly set on Broadway. She was determined to become an actress and landed her first role aged 16, but it was two years later, when she started to sing, that her career took off. Subverting stereotypes and breaking glass ceilings, this programme looks at her rise to stardom and the remarkable achievements of her early career.
Search similar movies
6.9
Barbra+Streisand%3A+Becoming+an+Icon+1942%E2%80%931984
Barbra Streisand: Becoming an Icon 1942–1984

2017

Search similar movies
Rabbit-Proof Fence

In 1931, three Aboriginal girls escape after being plucked from their homes to be trained as domestic staff, and set off on a trek across the Outback.
Search similar movies
7.0
Rabbit-Proof+Fence
Rabbit-Proof Fence

2002

Search similar movies
Revolution of Our Times

Throughout Hong Kong’s history, Hongkongers have fought for freedom and democracy but have yet to succeed. In 2019, a controversial extradition bill was introduced that would allow Hongkongers to be tried in mainland China. This decision spurred massive protests, riots, and resistance against heavy-handed Chinese rule over the City-State. Award-winning director Kiwi Chow documents the events to tell the story of the movement, with both a macro view of its historical context and footage and interviews from protestors on the front lines.
Search similar movies
8.3
Revolution+of+Our+Times
Revolution of Our Times

2021

Search similar movies
L’Énigme Velázquez

Plot unavailable
Search similar movies
7.1
L%E2%80%99%C3%89nigme+Vel%C3%A1zquez
L’Énigme Velázquez

2025

Search similar movies
Heaven Adores You

Heaven Adores You is an intimate, meditative inquiry into the life and music of Elliott Smith. By threading the music of Elliott Smith through the dense, yet often isolating landscapes of the three major cities he lived in -- Portland, New York City, Los Angeles -- Heaven Adores You presents a visual journey and an earnest review of the singer's prolific songwriting and the impact it continues to have on fans, friends, and fellow musicians.
Search similar movies
6.8
Heaven+Adores+You
Heaven Adores You

2014

Search similar movies
The Red Sea Diving Resort

Sudan, East Africa, 1980. A team of Israeli Mossad agents plans to rescue and transfer thousands of Ethiopian Jews to Israel. To do so, and to avoid raising suspicions from the inquisitive and ruthless authorities, they establish as a cover a fake diving resort by the Red Sea.
Search similar movies
6.8
The+Red+Sea+Diving+Resort
The Red Sea Diving Resort

2019

Search similar movies
LARRY (they/them)

A young non-binary trans photographer, Laurence Philomène asserts themselves as one of the most original and inspiring voices of their generation and an icon of the LGBTQ+ community. Revealing both Laurence's intimate world and creative process, "LARRY (they/them)" paints a luminous and committed portrait of the complex and often misunderstood multiplicity of trans and non-binary identities and experiences.
Search similar movies
LARRY+%28they%2Fthem%29
LARRY (they/them)

2024

Search similar movies
Mia Farrow: Shadows and Light

The artistic career of American actress Mia Farrow has been that of a passionate and committed woman who became the embodiment of a special kind of femininity, halfway between innocence and madness.
Search similar movies
6.0
Mia+Farrow%3A+Shadows+and+Light
Mia Farrow: Shadows and Light

2025

Search similar movies
François Truffaut: My Life, a Screenplay

At the end of his life, gravely ill, François Truffaut took refuge with his ex-wife Madeleine Morgenstern. She tried to keep him occupied during his long agony. The filmmaker confided in his friend Claude de Givray, with the intention of writing his autobiography. Too weakened, he abandoned the project. The film reveals part of this final story.
Search similar movies
6.4
Fran%C3%A7ois+Truffaut%3A+My+Life%2C+a+Screenplay
François Truffaut: My Life, a Screenplay

2024

Search similar movies
Madonna: Truth or Dare

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 circle before each performance to bed games with the dance troupe afterwards.
Search similar movies
6.2
Madonna%3A+Truth+or+Dare
Madonna: Truth or Dare

1991

Search similar movies
Lagaan: Once Upon a Time in India

The year is 1893 and India is under British occupation. In a small village, the tyrannical Captain Russell has imposed an unprecedented land tax on its citizens. Outraged, Bhuvan, a rebellious farmer, rallies the villagers to publicly oppose the tax. Russell offers a novel way to settle the dispute: he challenges Bhuvan and his men to a game of cricket, a sport completely foreign to India. If Bhuvan and his men can defeat Russell's team, the tax will be repealed.
Search similar movies
7.3
Lagaan%3A+Once+Upon+a+Time+in+India
Lagaan: Once Upon a Time in India

2001

Search similar movies
Dawn of the Damned

This excellent feature-length documentary - the story of the imperialist colonization of Africa - is a film about death. Its most shocking sequences derive from the captured French film archives in Algeria containing - unbelievably - masses of French-shot documentary footage of their tortures, massacres and executions of Algerians. The real death of children, passers-by, resistance fighters, one after the other, becomes unbearable. Rather than be blatant propaganda, the film convinces entirely by its visual evidence, constituting an object lesson for revolutionary cinema.
Search similar movies
7.2
Dawn+of+the+Damned
Dawn of the Damned

1965

Search similar movies
Little Richard: I Am Everything

The story of the black, gay origins of rock n' roll. It explodes the whitewashed canon of American pop music to reveal the innovator – the originator – Richard Penniman. Through a wealth of archive and performance that brings us into Richard's complicated inner world, the film unspools the icon's life story with all its switchbacks and contradictions.
Search similar movies
6.6
Little+Richard%3A+I+Am+Everything
Little Richard: I Am Everything

2023

Search similar movies
Happier Than Ever: A Love Letter to Los Angeles

Fresh off the heels of her brand-new album, "Happier Than Ever," this cinematic concert experience features an intimate performance of every song in the album's sequential order – for the first and only time – from the stage of the legendary Hollywood Bowl.
Search similar movies
7.8
Happier+Than+Ever%3A+A+Love+Letter+to+Los+Angeles
Happier Than Ever: A Love Letter to Los Angeles

2021

Search similar movies
Antonio García-Trevijano: Transición e historia política de España en primera persona

Spanish jurist and republican thinker Antonio García-Trevijano (1927-2018) expounds his political thought and reflects on the recent political history of Spain.
Search similar movies
4.0
Antonio+Garc%C3%ADa-Trevijano%3A+Transici%C3%B3n+e+historia+pol%C3%ADtica+de+Espa%C3%B1a+en+primera+persona
Antonio García-Trevijano: Transición e historia política de España en primera persona

2021

Search similar movies
Corbo

Montreal, spring 1966. Jean Corbo, 16 years old, born to a Quebec mother and an Italian father, is torn between his two affiliations. After befriending two young far-left activists, he joined the Front de Libération du Québec, an underground radical group. Jean, from then on, marches inexorably towards his destiny.
Search similar movies
6.3
Corbo
We Have Boots

The Umbrella Movement of 2014, also known as the Occupy Movement, paved the way for Hong Kong’s current upheavals, but unfolded in significantly different ways. This creative documentary focuses on the intellectual, political, and discursive underpinnings of the social and political actions of 2014, before fast-forwarding to 2019. A range of thoughtful and engaged intellectuals, students, scholars, activists, and artists including Benny Tai, Chan Kin-man, Ray Wong, and Agnes Chow (many of whom are facing imprisonment for their democratic activism) articulate a range of philosophies, viewpoints and emotions, set against Hong Kong’s spectacular urban background of skyscrapers, night lights, and street-occupying mass movements.
Search similar movies
7.0
We+Have+Boots
We Have Boots

2020

Search similar movies
Max Havelaar: or, The Coffee Auctions of the Dutch Trading Company

An idealistic Dutch colonial officer posted to Indonesia in the 19th century is cohvinced that he can make the kinds of changes that will actually help the local people he is in charge of, but circumstances soon make him realize just how out of touch he really is, and it doesn't take long for things to go from bad to worse.
Search similar movies
6.2
Max+Havelaar%3A+or%2C+The+Coffee+Auctions+of+the+Dutch+Trading+Company
Max Havelaar: or, The Coffee Auctions of the Dutch Trading Company

1976

Search similar movies
Gerboise Bleue

"Gerboise bleue", the first French atomic test carried out on February 13, 1960 in the Algerian Sahara, is the starting point of France's nuclear power. These are powerful radioactive aerial shots carried out in areas belonging to the French army. Underground tests will follow, even after the independence of Algeria. From 1960 to 1978, 30,000 people were exposed in the Sahara. The French army was recognized recognized nine irradiations. No complaint against the army or the Atomic Energy Commission has resulted. Three requests for a commission of inquiry were rejected by the National Defense Commission. For the first time, the last survivors bear witness to their fight for the recognition of their illnesses, and revealed to themselves in what conditions the shootings took place. The director goes to the zero point of "Gerboise Bleue", forbidden access for 47 years by the Algerian authorities
Search similar movies
10.0
Gerboise+Bleue
Gerboise Bleue

2009

Search similar movies
Omar Sharif: Citizen of the World

Several high-budget epic films became Omar Sharif (1932-2015) a film star. He was an actor, but also a bridge player, a womanizer, a bon vivant; he was a man full of contradictions, who enjoyed card games more than movies; he was an eternal nomad who spent half his life in a hotel.
Search similar movies
7.0
Omar+Sharif%3A+Citizen+of+the+World
Omar Sharif: Citizen of the World

2020

Search similar movies
21 Years: Richard Linklater

A journey through the professional life of innovative film director Richard Linklater: 21 years creating films, carving his signature in pop culture; an analysis of his style and motivations, through the funny and moving testimonies of close friends and collaborators, actors and other filmmakers.
Search similar movies
6.3
21+Years%3A+Richard+Linklater
21 Years: Richard Linklater

2014

Search similar movies
Catalonia: Spain on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown

A serious crisis has shaken Spain since the referendum on self-determination and the proclamation of the independence of Catalonia by the government of Carles Puigdemont, bold actions firmly fought by the Spanish government by applying the constitutional article that allows it to place a region under guardianship. While Spain is on the verge of implosion, Europe is holding its breath.
Search similar movies
5.5
Catalonia%3A+Spain+on+the+Verge+of+a+Nervous+Breakdown
Catalonia: Spain on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown

2017

Search similar movies
Trintignant by Trintignant

A portrait of a man of rare elegance and enigmatic charm, versatile and successful: Jean-Louis Trintignant, one of the most critically acclaimed French actors of the last sixty years, known for his numerous roles on stage and screen.
Search similar movies
6.8
Trintignant+by+Trintignant
Trintignant by Trintignant

2021

Search similar movies
Djembefola

African drummer leaves village, makes it big in the world. Great drumming!!
Search similar movies
7.8
Djembefola
Djembefola

1991

Search similar movies
Mögöbalu, Les Maîtres des Tambours d'Afrique

Plot unavailable
Search similar movies
10.0
M%C3%B6g%C3%B6balu%2C+Les+Ma%C3%AEtres+des+Tambours+d%27Afrique
Mögöbalu, Les Maîtres des Tambours d'Afrique

1998

Search similar movies
Robin Williams: Come Inside My Mind

A funny, intimate and heartbreaking portrait of one of the world’s most beloved and inventive comedians, Robin Williams, told largely through his own words. Celebrates what he brought to comedy and to the culture at large, from the wild days of late-1970s L.A. to his death in 2014.
Search similar movies
7.9
Robin+Williams%3A+Come+Inside+My+Mind
Robin Williams: Come Inside My Mind

2018

Search similar movies
Billie Eilish Unfiltered

With a style and attitude that defies conventions and a unique sound within the industry, it's hard to deny that Billie Eilish has become synonymous with the current culture. Her music resonates with millions of fans around the world, selling out arenas and stadiums, making her one of the largest artists today.
Search similar movies
6.7
Billie+Eilish+Unfiltered
Billie Eilish Unfiltered

2024

Search similar movies
Sheila, toutes ces vies-là

The portrait of a woman who remembers. Sheila tells the story of Sheila, without concessions or evasions. Her childhood, her parents, her beginnings, the rumors, her love affairs, her marriage, her son, her successes, her farewells, her return, her mourning. The journey of an extraordinary popular icon who never stopped fighting. The courage of an artist who never gives up. "Sheila, toutes ces vies-là" is also a journey through time. 60 years of pop music, punctuated by numerous archives, personal films, timeless hits and illustrations by Marc-Antoine Coulon. But also 60 years of fashion, through a legendary wardrobe (her TV show outfits) that Sheila invites us to rediscover.
Search similar movies
7.5
Sheila%2C+toutes+ces+vies-l%C3%A0
Sheila, toutes ces vies-là

2022

Search similar movies
General Idi Amin Dada

Filmmaker Barbet Schroeder shows the Ugandan dictator meeting his Cabinet, reviewing his troops, explaining his ideology.
Search similar movies
7.0
General+Idi+Amin+Dada
General Idi Amin Dada

1974

Search similar movies
Statues Also Die

Commissioned by the journal Présence Africaine, this short documentary examines how African art is devalued and alienated through colonial and museum contexts. Beginning with the question of why African works are confined to ethnographic displays while Greek or Egyptian art is celebrated, the film became a landmark of anti-colonial cinema and was banned in France for eight years.
Search similar movies
6.8
Statues+Also+Die
Statues Also Die

1953

Search similar movies
Africa Blood and Guts

A chronicle of the violence that occurred in much of the African continent throughout the 1960s. As many African countries were transitioning from colonial rule to other forms of government, violent political upheavals were frequent. Revolutions in Zanzibar and Kenya in which thousands were killed are shown, the violence not only political; there is also extensive footage of hunters and poachers slaughtering different types of wild animals.
Search similar movies
6.2
Africa+Blood+and+Guts
Africa Blood and Guts

1966

Search similar movies
The Written Face

In Japanese theater, women's roles are traditionally played by men. The man playing the woman's role, the Onnagata, does not imitate the woman, as in the West, but tries to capture her significance. He need not stick close to his model, but draws far more from his own identity - a shift of value takes place, which is nonetheless not a step beyond. THE WRITTEN FACE is an attempt to offer an insight into the Japanese Kabuki star Tamasaburo Bando, one of the last defenders of this ancient and disappearing performing tradition.
Search similar movies
The+Written+Face
The Written Face

1995

Search similar movies
I'm Not Everything I Want to Be

After the Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia in 1968, Libuše Jarcovjáková, a young female photographer, strives to break free from the constraints of Czechoslovak normalization and embarks on a wild journey towards freedom, capturing her experiences on thousands of subjective photographs.
Search similar movies
7.3
I%27m+Not+Everything+I+Want+to+Be
I'm Not Everything I Want to Be

2024

Search similar movies
Escape from Pretoria

South Africa, 1978. Tim Jenkin and Stephen Lee, two white political activists from the African National Congress imprisoned by the apartheid regime, put a plan in motion to escape from the infamous Pretoria Prison.
Search similar movies
7.2
Escape+from+Pretoria
Escape from Pretoria

2020

Search similar movies
Poverty, Inc.

Poverty, Inc. explores the hidden side of doing good. From disaster relief to TOMs Shoes, from adoptions to agricultural subsidies, Poverty, Inc. follows the butterfly effect of our most well-intentioned efforts and pulls back the curtain on the poverty industrial complex - the multi-billion dollar market of NGOs, multilateral agencies, and for-profit aid contractors. Are we catalyzing development or are we propagating a system in which the poor stay poor while the rich get hipper?
Search similar movies
7.2
Poverty%2C+Inc.
Poverty, Inc.

2015

Search similar movies
Occupation

Students seeking greater control over the hiring of faculty occupy the offices of the Political Science Department at McGill University. The film crew lives with the students and follows their action through confusion, argument, dissent, and negotiations with faculty. The result is an intimate view of a student political action.
Search similar movies
Occupation
Occupation

1970

Search similar movies
Annie Leibovitz: Life Through a Lens

An account of the professional and personal life of renowned American photographer Annie Leibovitz, from her early artistic endeavors to her international success as a photojournalist, war reporter, and pop culture chronicler.
Search similar movies
7.7
Annie+Leibovitz%3A+Life+Through+a+Lens
Annie Leibovitz: Life Through a Lens

2007

Search similar movies
The Rebellious Olivia de Havilland

The legendary British-American actress Olivia de Havilland (1916-2020), who conquered Hollywood in the thirties, challenged the film industry when, in 1943, she took on the all-powerful producer Jack Warner in court, forever changing the ruthless working conditions that restricted the essential rights and freedom of artists.
Search similar movies
7.3
The+Rebellious+Olivia+de+Havilland
The Rebellious Olivia de Havilland

2021

Search similar movies
Nice Girls Don't Stay for Breakfast

In the late 1990s, iconic photographer Bruce Weber barely managed to convince legendary actor Robert Mitchum (1917-97) to let himself be filmed simply hanging out with friends, telling anecdotes from his life and recording jazz standards.
Search similar movies
4.6
Nice+Girls+Don%27t+Stay+for+Breakfast
Nice Girls Don't Stay for Breakfast

2019

Search similar movies
Apolonia, Apolonia

When Danish filmmaker Lea Glob first portrayed Apolonia Sokol in 2009, she appeared to be leading a storybook life. The talented Apolonia was born in an underground theater in Paris and grew up in an artists’ community—the ultimate bohemian existence. In her 20s, she studied at the Beaux-Arts de Paris, one of the most prestigious art academies in Europe. Over the years, Lea Glob kept returning to film the charismatic Apolonia and a special bond developed between the two young women.
Search similar movies
6.6
Apolonia%2C+Apolonia
Apolonia, Apolonia

2023

Search similar movies
Stanisław Lem: Autor Solaris

An account of the life and work of the Polish writer Stanisław Lem (1921-2006), a key figure in science fiction literature involved in mysteries and paradoxes that need to be enlightened.
Search similar movies
7.2
Stanis%C5%82aw+Lem%3A+Autor+Solaris
Stanisław Lem: Autor Solaris

2016

Search similar movies
Salvador (Puig Antich)

The story of Salvador Puig Antich, one of the last political prisoners to be executed under Franco's Fascist State in 1974.
Search similar movies
6.8
Salvador+%28Puig+Antich%29
Salvador (Puig Antich)

2006

Search similar movies
Good Night, and Good Luck.

The story of journalist Edward R. Murrow's stand against Senator Joseph McCarthy's anti-communist witch-hunts in the early 1950s.
Search similar movies
7.1
Good+Night%2C+and+Good+Luck.
Good Night, and Good Luck.

2005

Search similar movies
The Yes Men

A comic, biting and revelatory documentary following a small group of prankster activists as they gain worldwide notoriety for impersonating the World Trade Organization (WTO) on television and at business conferences around the world.
Search similar movies
6.9
The+Yes+Men
The Yes Men

2003

Search similar movies