Documentary Movies
The Children of Leningradsky (2005)
Since the fall of the Iron Curtain an estimated four million children have found themselves living on the streets in the former countries of the Soviet Union. In the streets…
Gambit (2005)
In 1976, a nuclear reactor near the Italian town of Seveso explodes, leaking highly poisonous dioxin into the atmosphere.
The Aristocrats (2005)
One hundred superstar comedians tell the same very, VERY dirty, filthy joke–one shared privately by comics since Vaudeville.
Grizzly Man (2005)
Werner Herzog’s documentary film about the “Grizzly Man” Timothy Treadwell and what the thirteen summers in a National Park in Alaska were like in one man’s attempt to protect the…
Last Mysteries Of The Titanic (2005)
Sitting inside his mini-sub, two and a half miles under the Atlantic Ocean, James Cameron is playing the ultimate video game. Using piloting techniques perfected in earlier dives to other…
Murderball (2005)
Quadriplegics, who play full-contact rugby in wheelchairs, overcome unimaginable obstacles to compete in the Paralympic Games in Athens, Greece.
No Direction Home: Bob Dylan (2005)
A chronicle of Bob Dylan’s strange evolution between 1961 and 1966 from folk singer to protest singer to “voice of a generation” to rock star.
Garbo (2005)
An original documentary from Turner Classic Movies, Garbo offers an intimate look at the life and career of the movies’ most luminous, reclusive and mystifying star. A portrait of Garbo…
Clarkson: Heaven and Hell (2005)
I trawl the whole of cardom to bring you seven great cars and truffle the undergrowth looking for seven automotive disasters. The good ones – the Ferraris, the Porches and…
Disco: Spinning The Story (2005)
Hosted by the one and only Disco Diva, Gloria Gaynor, “Disco: Spinning the Story” takes a comprehensive look at the evolution of the music that defined the 70’s. From the…
Lost Reality 2 (2005)
When nothing is sacred, everything is funny. More reality TV shows the networks wouldn’t dare air from the warped minds at National Lampoon.
Sir! No Sir! (2005)
Sir! No Sir! is a documentary film about the anti-war movement within the ranks of the United States Military during the Vietnam War. It consists in part of interviews with…
Tracey Ullman: Live and Exposed (2005)
After inhabiting dozens of comical alter-egos over the course of her award-winning career, Tracey Ullman finally “takes on” the one role that spawned all of her characters — herself.
Mad Hot Ballroom (2005)
Eleven-year-old New York City public school kids journey into the world of ballroom dancing and reveal pieces of themselves and their world along the way. Told from their candid, sometimes…
Playboy Video Centerfold: Tiffany Fallon – Playmate of the Year 2005 (2005)
She drives a pickup truck, loves sports and has an absolutely knockout body. Could Tiffany Fallon be any more perfect? The answer is yes, because she can add the title…
Positively Naked (2005)
No clothes. No apologies. This film marks artist Spencer Tunick’s third ‘Naked’ documentary which feature photo shoots that create art from the naked bodies of men and women. In this…
The Peacekeepers (2005)
With unprecedented access to the UN Department of Peacekeeping, The Peacekeepers provides an intimate and dramatic portrait of the struggle to save “a failed state” The film follows the determined…
Street Fight (2005)
This documentary follows the 2002 mayoral campaign in Newark, New Jersey, in which a City Councilman, Cory Booker, attempted to unseat longtime mayor Sharpe James.
Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room (2005)
A documentary about the Enron corporation, its faulty and corrupt business practices, and how they led to its fall.
Same Sex America (2005)
In the spring of 2004, Massachusetts began the final battle of its journey towards legalizing same-sex marriage. This documentary follows a few local couples & their families through the months…
Outerborough (2005)
In 1899, a photographer at American Mutoscope & Biograph mounted his camera on the front of a trolley traveling over the Brooklyn Bridge. The three 90-foot rolls he created were…
Playboy: Sexiest Amateur Home Videos (2005)
Playboy TV has discerned the best and the brightest of the amateur erotic videos that flood their offices every month. Of the thousands of girls looking for the opportunity to…
How to Eat Your Watermelon in White Company (and Enjoy It) (2005)
Melvin Van Peebles was one of the first black directors to challenge the white establishment in his films, which include “Watermelon Man” and “Sweet Sweetback’s Baadasssss Song.” In this documentary,…
Room (2005)
A Texan begins a cross-country journey in hope of finding the empty loft she keeps seeing in visions.
Dust to Glory (2005)
An action-adventure documentary chronicling the most notorious and dangerous race in the world–the Tecate SCORE Baja 1000. Rivaling the Indy 500 and 25 Hours of Daytona, the race across Baja’s…
Occupation: Dreamland (2005)
This documentary of American soldiers in Falluja offers a revealing and complex portrait of Army life.
Dope Sick Love (2005)
Two heroin-addicted couples lead hard and stressful lives on the streets of New York.
Banana in a Nutshell (2005)
An intimate portrait of a Chinese-European couple in New Zealand, and their journey to get a blessing for marriage from traditional Chinese parents. The story that led to the film,…
Beethoven’s Hair (2005)
Beethoven’s Hair traces the unlikely journey of a lock of hair cut from Beethoven’s corpse and unravels the mystery of his tortured life and death. The film begins in modern…
Mystery of the Nile (2005)
Filmed in IMAX, a team of explorers led by Pasquale Scaturro and Gordon Brown face seemingly insurmountable challenges as they make their way along all 3,260 miles of the world’s…
Inside Deep Throat (2005)
In 1972, a seemingly typical shoestring budget pornographic film was made in a Florida hotel: “Deep Throat,” starring Linda Lovelace. This film would surpass the wildest expectation of everyone involved…
The Real Da Vinci Code (2005)
Tony Robinson examines the claims made in Dan Brown’s best-selling novel, “The Da Vinci Code.”
Wallace and Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit: On the Set – Part 1 (2005)
Part 1 of a two-part documentary on the Wallace & Gromit feature film, this segment takes a behind-the-scenes look at the history of Aardman Animation and the development of the…
Mystic India (2005)
On June 29, 1792, Neelkanth begins his journey of awakening. Having resolved to embrace the challenges of nature, he leaves his home in the city of Ayodhya. Neelkanth walks alone…
Aliens of the Deep (2005)
James Cameron teams up with NASA scientists to explore the Mid-Ocean Ridge, a submerged chain of mountains that band the Earth and are home to some of the planet’s most…
March of the Penguins (2005)
Every year, thousands of Antarctica’s emperor penguins make an astonishing journey to breed their young. They walk, marching day and night in single file 70 miles into the darkest, driest…
Why We Fight (2005)
Is American foreign policy dominated by the idea of military supremacy? Has the military become too important in American life? Jarecki’s shrewd and intelligent polemic would seem to give an…
New York Doll (2005)
A recovering alcoholic and recently converted Mormon, Arthur “Killer” Kane, of the rock band The New York Dolls, is given a chance at reuniting with his band after 30 years.
Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take 2½ (2005)
A movie about making movies about making movies. In 1968, William Greaves shot several pairs of actors in a scene in which a woman confronts her husband and ends their…
Rize (2005)
A documentary film that highlights two street derived dance styles, Clowning and Krumping, that came out of the low income neighborhoods of L.A.. Director David LaChapelle interviews each dance crew…