241. De Palma
Year of Release: 2015
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Noah Baumbach, Jake Paltrow
Actors: Brian De Palma
242. Fire at Sea ( Fuocoammare )
Year of Release: 2016
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: Italian
Genre: Documentary
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Gianfranco Rosi
Actors: Samuele Pucillo, Pietro Bartolo, Maria Costa, Samuele Caruana, Francesco Mannino, Maria Signorello
Plot: Situated off the coast of Italya, Lampedusa is host to a population of 6000 residents. But it's place in the international spotlight is a location known for the port of call for hundreds of thousands immigrant from Africa and the Middle East, as they make their way to Europe. Director Gianfranco Rosi spent months on the island capturing the stories and culture of the local population as well as the effect the migrant situation has on this island.
243. David Lynch - The Art Life
Year of Release: 2017
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Jon Nguyen, Rick Barnes, Olivia Neergaard-Holm
Actors: David Lynch
Plot: One of the most notable and unique visionaries in film, David Lynch takes us on a journey of his formative years that shaped him - his idyllic small-town upbringing to the dark streets of Philadelphia. Infused with the early work of Lynch - art, music and film, The Art of Life delves in to the mind of this enigmatic man and gives us a better understanding of the man and the artist.
244. Tea with the Dames
Year of Release: 2018
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Roger Michell
Actors: Eileen Atkins, Judi Dench, Joan Plowright, Maggie Smith, Michael Williams
Plot: Four powerhouse actresses, and certified Dames as honored by the Queen: join Judi Dench, Maggie Smith, Joan Plowright and Eileen Atkins as they sit down for tea and discuss their lives and careers.
245. Down from the Mountain
Year of Release: 2001
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary
MPAA Rating: G
Director: Nick Doob, Chris Hegedus, D.A. Pennebaker
Actors: Emmylou Harris, Alison Krauss, Nathan Best, John Hartford, Gillian Welch, Ralph Stanley
246. Strictly Background
Year of Release: 2007
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Jason Connell
Actors: Terry Bolo, Geoffrey Gould, Cecilia Hartfeld, Louis McCarten, Marvin Rouillard, Mark Nobel
Plot: Strictly Background takes a celebratory look at those who make their living as background actors.
247. Human Flow
Year of Release: 2017
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Ai Weiwei
Actors: Peter Bouckaert, Wella Kouyou, Samah Nabeel, Muhammed Hassan, Israa Abboud, Boris Cheshirkov
Plot: Director and artist Ai Weiwei presents a story that has affected 65 million people around the world: whether through famine, climate change or war, the human race has never experienced this much displacement since WWII. Following families across the globe over the course of a year, from Afghanistan to Greece, Iraq to Mexico - 23 countries in all, Ai Weiwei explores the affect this has on people and families in a refugee crisis that has exploded and the very real impact it has worldwide.
248. Metal: A Headbanger's Journey
Year of Release: 2006
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Sam Dunn, Scot McFadyen, Jessica Joy Wise
Actors: Alice Cooper, Ronnie James Dio, Geddy Lee, Lemmy, Tom Morello, Rob Zombie
249. Project Nim
Year of Release: 2011
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: James Marsh
Actors: Bob Angelini, Bern Cohen, Reagan Leonard
Plot: In the 1970s a couple take a chimp from birth and attempt to raise it as a human child - Nim is an experiment to see if the human experience can trump animal nature, and the result is both wondrous and unsettling.
250. One Day in September
Year of Release: 2000
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary/Crime
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Kevin Macdonald
Actors: Michael Douglas, Ankie Spitzer, Jamal Al Gashey, Gerald Seymour, Axel Springer, Gad Zahari
