The Film-Lover's Check List: Documentaries I've Seen

Documentaries I've Seen

STAND UP COMEDIANS

(Theatrically Released Feature Length + TV Specials)

HISTORY/ART OF STAND UP COMEDY


	Comedian (2002)
	The Aristocrats (2005)
	Whoopi Goldberg Presents Moms Mabley (2013)

BILL COSBY-RICHARD PRYOR & PROTEGES

Bill Cosby


	Bill Cosby: Himself (1983)
	Bill Cosby: Far From Finished (2013)

Richard Pryor


	Richard Pryor Is Back Live In Concert (1979)
	Richard Pryor: Live On the Sunset Strip (1982)
	Richard Pryor ...Here and Now (1983)
	Richard Pryor: Omit the Logic (2013)

Eddie Murphy


	Eddie Murphy Delirious (1983)
	Eddie Murphy: Raw (1987)

Chris Rock


	Chris Rock: Bring the Pain (1996)
	Chris Rock: Bigger & Blacker (1999)
	Chris Rock: Never Scared (2004)
	Chris Rock: Kill the Messenger (2008)

Wanda Sykes


	Wanda Sykes: Tongue Untied (2003)
	Wanda Sykes: Sick and Tired (2006)
	Wanda Sykes: I'ma Be Me (2009)

Kevin Hart


	Kevin Hart: I'm a Grown Little Man (2009)
	Kevin Hart: Seriously Funny (2010)
	Laugh At My Pain (2011)
	Kevin Hart: Let Me Explain (2013)

Cedric the Entertainer / Steve Harvey / D.L. Hughley / Bernie Mac


	The Original Kings of Comedy (2000)

THE DAILY SHOW

Lewis Black


	Lewis Black Unleashed (2003)
	Lewis Black: Black On Broadway (2004)
	Lewis Black: Red, White and Screwed (2006)
	Lewis Black: Stark Raving Black (2009)
	In God We Rust (2012)
	Lewis Black: Old Yeller - Live At the Borgata (2014)

Demetri Martin


	Demetri Martin. Person. (2007)

John Oliver


	John Oliver: Terrifying Times (2008)

OTHER FAVORITES

Bill Hicks


	Bill Hicks: Sane Man (1989)
	One Night Stand (1989)
	0148554 One Night Stand: Bill Hicks (1991)
	Bill Hicks: Relentless (1992)
	Bill Hicks: United States of Advertising (1993)
	Bill Hicks: Revelations (1993)
	Totally Bill Hicks (1994)
	Outlaw Comic: The Censoring of Bill Hicks (2003)
	Bill Hicks Live: Satirist, Social Critic, Stand-up Comedian (2004)
	American: The Bill Hicks Story (2009)

Bill Maher


	One Night Stand (1989)
	0666146 One Night Stand: Bill Maher (1989)
	0666178 One Night Stand: Bill Maher (1992)
	Bill Maher: Stuff That Struck Me Funny (1995)
	Bill Maher: The Golden Goose Special (1997)
	Bill Maher: Be More Cynical (2000)
	Bill Maher: Victory Begins At Home (2003)
	Bill Maher: 'I'm Swiss' and Other Treasonous Statements (2005)
	Bill Maher: The Decider (2007)
	Bill Maher... But I'm Not Wrong (2010)
	Bill Maher: CrazyStupidPolitics - Live From Silicon Valley (2012)
	Bill Maher: Live From D.C. (2014)

	Religulous (2008)

Sarah Silverman


	Sarah Silverman: Jesus Is Magic (2005)
	Sarah Silverman: We Are Miracles (2013)

Louie C.K.


	Louis C.K. Oh My God (2013)

Jeff Dunham


	Jeff Dunham: Arguing With Myself (2006)
	Jeff Dunham: Spark of Insanity (2007)
	Jeff Dunham's Very Special Christmas Special (2008)
	Jeff Dunham: Controlled Chaos (2011)
	Jeff Dunham: Birth of a Dummy (2011)
	Jeff Dunham: Minding the Monsters (2012)

NON COMEDIAN STAND UP

Kevin Smith


	An Evening With Kevin Smith (2002)
	An Evening With Kevin Smith 2: Evening Harder (2006)

Mike Tyson


	Mike Tyson: Undisputed Truth (2013)

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THE "UP SERIES" DOCUMENTARIES

(Theatrically Released Feature Length + TV Specials)


	7 Up (1964)
	7+7 (1970)
	21 Up (1977)
	28 Up (1985)
	35 Up (1991)
	42 Up (1998)
	49 Up (2005)
	56 Up (2012)
	63 Up (2019)

HISTOIRE(S) DU CINEMA (1989-1999)


	6677224 = Histoire(s) du cinema (1989-1999)
	Histoire(s) du cinema: Toutes les histoires (1988)
	Histoire(s) du cinema: Une histoire seule (1989)
	Histoire(s) du cinema: 2A: Seul le cinema (1997)
	Histoire(s) du cinema: Fatale beaute (1997)
	Histoire(s) du cinema: La monnaie de l'absolu (1998)
	Histoire(s) du cinema: Une vague nouvelle (1998)
	Histoire(s) du cinema: Le controle de l'univers (1998)
	Histoire(s) du cinema: Les signes parmi nous (1998)

DOCUMENTARIES

(Theatrically Released Feature Length)


	Man With the Movie Camera (1929)
	Conquest of the Air (1936)
	Why We Fight, 1: Prelude To War (1943)
	The True Glory (1945)
	The Eleanor Roosevelt Story (1965)
	Salesman (1969)
	The Sorrow and the Pity (1969)
	Journey Through the Past (1974)
	Grey Gardens (1976)
	Led Zeppelin: The Song Remains the Same (1976)
	Pumping Iron (1977)
	Gates of Heaven (1978)
	Rust Never Sleeps (1979)
	Burden of Dreams (1982)
	Koyaanisqatsi (1982)
	Chuck Berry Hail! Hail! Rock 'n' Roll (1987)
	Imagine: John Lennon (1988)
	For All Mankind (1989)
	A Brief History of Time (1991)
	Crumb (1995)
	Trekkies (1997)
	Everest (1998)
	Kurt & Courtney (1998)
	Marilyn Monroe: The Final Days (2001)
	Lost In La Mancha (2002)
	Fahrenheit 9/11 (2004)
	End of the Century: The Story of the Ramones (2003)
	My Date With Drew (2004)
	Magnificent Desolation: Walking On the Moon 3D (2005)
	Hollywood Without Make-Up (1963)
	Grizzly Man (2005)
	Into Great Silence (2005)
	An Inconvenient Truth (2006)
	Strummer (2007)
	Suicide Killers (2006)
	In the Shadow of the Moon (2007)
	The Wonder of It All (2007)
	Waltz With Bashir (2008)
	Encounters At the End of the World (2007)
	Anvil: The Story of Anvil (2008)
	Nick Nolte: No Exit (2008)
	Anne Perry: Interiors (2009)
	Reflections of the Past (2010)
	Caves of Forgotten Dreams (2010)
	Mitt (2014)
	The Captains (2011)
	Love, Marilyn (2012)
	Part of Me (2012)
	Springsteen & I (2013)
	Blackfish (2013)
	And the Oscar Goes To... (2014)
	To Be Takei (2014)
	Life Itself (2014)
	Shoah (1985)
	Bergman Island (2004)

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	Cobain: Montage of Heck (2015)

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	The Sorrow and the Pity (1969)
	Mary Pickford: The Muse of the Movies (2008)
	Listen To Me Marlon (2015)
	Bright Lights: Starring Carrie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds (2016)
	Spielberg (2017)
	Woodstock (1970)
	Monterey Pop (1968)

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	Rolling Stone: Stories From the Edge (2017)
	The Beatles: Eight Days a Week - The Touring Years (2016)

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	John McCain: For Whom the Bell Tolls (2018)
	Olympia, Part I (1938)
	Olympia, Part II (1938)
	The Terry Kath Experience (2016)
	Rockshow (1980)

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	Pink Floyd: The Story of Wish You Were Here (2012)
	Gilda Live (1980)
	Hiroshima (2005)
	Eric Clapton: Life In 12 Bars (2017)
	Genesis: Together and Apart (2014)
	Jane Fonda In Five Acts (2018)
	March of the Penguins (2005)
	Born Into Brothels (2004)
	Man On Wire (2008)
	Free Solo (2018)
	Auf der Suche nach Ingmar Bergman (2018)
	The Dawn Wall (2017)
	CSNY/DA(c)jA Vu (2008)
	Taxi To the Dark Side (2007)
	The Great Buster (2018)
	0316142 = Kurosawa ('Great Performances' episode)
	Liv & Ingmar (2012)
	They Shall Not Grow Old (2018)
	Linda Ronstadt: The Sound of My Voice (2019)
	Year of the Horse (1997)
	Washington (2020)
	David Crosby: Remember My Name (2019)
	Roger Waters: The Wall (2014)
	Eric Clapton: The 1970s Review (2014)
	Natalie Wood: What Remains Behind (2020)
	Grant (2020)
	Don't Look Back (1967)
	Neil Young Journeys (2011)
	Triumph of the Will (1935)
	Showbiz Kids (2020)
	The Go-Go's (2020)
	Hitsville: The Making of Motown (2019)
	Belushi (2020)
	QT8: The First Eight (2019)
	Hoop Dreams (1994)
	The Thin Blue Line (1988)
	Titicut Follies (1967)
	Sans Soleil (1983)
	Gimme Shelter (1970)
	The Buddha (2010)
	What Drives Us (2021)
	Count Me In (2021)
	Sound City (2013)
	The Wrecking Crew (2008)
	The Beatles: Get Back (2021)
	The Last Waltz (1978)
	Stars and Strife (2020)
	Lewis Black: Thanks For Risking Your Life (2020)
	The Human Factor (2019)
	F For Fake (1973)
	Street Gang: How We Got To Sesame Street (2021)
	Venus and Serena (2012)
	Janet Jackson. (2022)
	The Real Charlie Chaplin (2021)
	Living With Lincoln (2015)
	We Need To Talk About Cosby (2022)
	16415264 Benjamin Franklin (2022)
	George Carlin's American Dream (2022)
	Hype! (1996)
	Love Means Zero (2017)
	Baraka (1992)
	Pearl Jam Twenty (2011)
	What Is Classic Rock? (2018)
	Stevie Nicks: Wild At Heart (2020)
	McEnroe (2022)
	Armstrong (2019)
	Twenty Feet From Stardom (2013)
	For the Love of Movies: The Story of American Film Criticism (2009)
	News From Home (1977)
	The Gleaners & I (2000)
	King of Cool (2021)
	Theodore Roosevelt (2022)
	Jackie Robinson (2016)
	Travelin' Band: Creedence Clearwater Revival At the Royal Albert Hall (2022)
	Amazing Journey: The Story of The Who (2007)
	Pretty Baby: Brooke Shields (2023)
	Randy Rhoads: Reflections of a Guitar Icon (2022)
	Arnold (2023)
	John Waite: The Hard Way (2022)
	The Ventures: Stars On Guitars (2020)
	Rolling Stone: Life and Death of Brian Jones (2019)
	Val (2021)
	Sour Grapes (2016)
	Wham! (2023)
	Sly (2023)
	Fireball: Visitors From Darker Worlds (2020)
	Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie (2023)
	Introducing, Selma Blair (2021)
	First Man (2017)