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Best Documentaries About Movies and the Industry

A few documentaries about movies, about the film industry and how it has changed the world in many different years.
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Hearts of Darkness (1991, Eleanor Coppola)
Hearts of Darkness (1991, Eleanor Coppola)
2
Burden of Dreams (1982)
Burden of Dreams (1982)
89%7.9
3
Lost in La Mancha (2002)
Lost in La Mancha (2002)
94%7.3
4
Jodorowsky's Dune (2013)
Jodorowsky's Dune (2013)
98%8.0
5
Empire of Dreams: The Story of the Star Wars Trilogy (2004)
Empire of Dreams: The Story of the Star Wars Trilogy (2004)
8.3
6
Dangerous Days: Making Blade Runner (2007)
Dangerous Days: Making Blade Runner (2007)
7
The Death of "Superman Lives": What Happened? (2015)
The Death of "Superman Lives": What Happened? (2015)
85%7.1
8
Making the Shining (1980)
Making the Shining (1980)
7.6
9
Inside Jaws (2013)
Inside Jaws (2013)
8.2
10
Shutter Island: Into the Lighthouse (2010)
Shutter Island: Into the Lighthouse (2010)
11
Side by Side (2012)
Side by Side (2012)
93%7.6
12
Kubrick by Kubrick (2020)
Kubrick by Kubrick (2020)
82%7.2
13
De Palma (2016)
De Palma (2016)
95%7.4
14
Spielberg (2017)
Spielberg (2017)
92%7.7
15
Quentin Tarantino: 20 Years of Filmmaking (2012)
Quentin Tarantino: 20 Years of Filmmaking (2012)
16
Scorsese on Scorsese (2004)
Scorsese on Scorsese (2004)
17
Wes Anderson: From Above (2012)
Wes Anderson: From Above (2012)
18
Lynch / Oz (2022)
Lynch / Oz (2022)
19
Corman's World: Exploits of a Hollywood Rebel (2011)
Corman's World: Exploits of a Hollywood Rebel (2011)
92%7.5
20
The Story of Film: An Odyssey (2011)
The Story of Film: An Odyssey (2011)
8.5
21
Room 237 (2012)
Room 237 (2012)
94%6.2
22
Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy (2010)
Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy (2010)
100%8.6
23
Crystal Lake Memories: The Complete History of Friday the 13th (2013)
Crystal Lake Memories: The Complete History of Friday the 13th (2013)
8.5
24
In Search of Darkness (2019)
In Search of Darkness (2019)
94%8.0
25
Terror in the Aisles (1984)
Terror in the Aisles (1984)
57%6.3
26
The People vs. George Lucas (2010)
The People vs. George Lucas (2010)
72%6.6
27
Best Worst Movie (2009)
Best Worst Movie (2009)
94%7.3
28
That Moment: Magnolia Diary (2000)
That Moment: Magnolia Diary (2000)
7.5
29
Everything or Nothing: The Untold Story of 007 (2012)
Everything or Nothing: The Untold Story of 007 (2012)
100%7.5
30
Hitchcock/Truffaut (2015)
Hitchcock/Truffaut (2015)
96%7.4
31
Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films (2014)
Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films (2014)
92%7.4
32
Milius (2013)
Milius (2013)
94%7.5
33
Doomed: The Untold Story of Roger Corman's "The Fantastic Four" (2015)
Doomed: The Untold Story of Roger Corman's "The Fantastic Four" (2015)
88%6.9
34
Hollywood Bulldogs: The Rise and Falls of the Great British Stuntman (2021)
Hollywood Bulldogs: The Rise and Falls of the Great British Stuntman (2021)
35
This Film Is Not Yet Rated (2006)
This Film Is Not Yet Rated (2006)
84%7.5
36
Visions of Light (1992)
Visions of Light (1992)
95%7.7
37
Inside Deep Throat (2005)
Inside Deep Throat (2005)
82%6.7
38
The Celluloid Closet (1996)
The Celluloid Closet (1996)
97%7.8
39
These Amazing Shadows (2011)
These Amazing Shadows (2011)
75%7.6
40
American Grindhouse (2010)
American Grindhouse (2010)
75%7.1
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