Documentary
There was an undeclared war for nearly half a century in Bulgaria between the then government and the majority of democratic-minded filmmakers during the Communist regime. Paradoxically, most of the banned or censored out movies were made by members of the Communist Party, believers in their party's ideas and justice. The Communist Party aesthetics against the freedom to tell truth.
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Censored!
Les Scandales de « La Religieuse »
The Fantastic
Forbidden Films
Los prohibidos
Històries de Bruguera
Obaida
Twentieth Century Fox: The Blockbuster Years
His Name Was Jason: 30 Years of Friday the 13th
Behind the Planet of the Apes
Warren Oates: Across the Border
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Heroes & Villains
News Without A Newsroom
Cleanflix
Video Nasties: Moral Panic, Censorship & Videotape
Boom! Hollywood's Greatest Disaster Movies
Texas Chain Saw Massacre: The Shocking Truth
The Secret Life of Brian
Twentieth Century Fox: The First 50 Years
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Censored!
IMDB 0 | Dec , 1999
A documentary about the cultural effect of film censorship, focusing on the tumultuous times of the teens and early 1920s in America.Les Scandales de « La Religieuse »
IMDB 8 | Nov , 2023
Released in 1796 posthumously, The Nun, a novel that Diderot did not dream of publishing during his lifetime, as he knew it to be revolutionary, caused the same explosion in the 19th century France as in that of the 1960s, when Jacques Rivette decided to adapt it, with Anna Karina in the title role. “This film is banned and it will remain so!” said the General de Gaulle. Exploration of an indictment of incredible modernity which, through the tragedy of the young Suzanne, locked up in the convent against her will, denounces the inequity of a society denying women all moral, political and sexual freedom.The Fantastic
IMDB 6 | Oct , 2021
In Maija Blåfield’s documentary, eight former North Koreans talk about what it was like to watch illegal films in a closed society. In addition to the 'waste videos', South Korean films were also smuggled into the country via China.Forbidden Films
IMDB 6.5 | Mar , 2014
Between 1933 and 1945 roughly 1200 films were made in Germany, of which 300 were banned by the Allied forces. Today, around 40 films, called "Vorbehaltsfilme", are locked away from the public with an uncertain future. Should they be re-released, destroyed, or continue to be neglected? Verbotene Filme takes a closer look at some of these forbidden films.Los prohibidos
IMDB 0 | Nov , 2019
Documentary film that follows Silvana Castro, a woman who works at the National Congress Library in Argentina where the books that were forbidden during the military dictatorship are kept. After the exhibition of the books is suspended, she'll try to open it again.Històries de Bruguera
IMDB 6 | Apr , 2012
The history of Bruguera, the most important comic publisher in Spain between the 1940s and the 1980s. How the characters created by great writers and pencilers became Spanish archetypes and how their strips persist nowadays as a portrait of Spain and its people. The daily life of the creators and the founding family, the Brugueras. The world in which hundreds of vivid colorful paper beings lived and still live, in the memory of millions, in the smile of everyone.Obaida
IMDB 0 | Apr , 2019
OBAIDA, a short film by Matthew Cassel, explores a Palestinian child’s experience of Israeli military arrest. Each year, some 700 Palestinian children undergo military detention in a system where ill-treatment is widespread and institutionalized. For these young detainees, few rights are guaranteed, even on paper. After release, the experience of detention continues to shape and mark former child prisoners’ path forward.Twentieth Century Fox: The Blockbuster Years
IMDB 5 | Nov , 2003
Behind-the-scenes footage, rare screen tests and insightful interviews highlight this engrossing two-hour look at one of Hollywood's greatest dream factories. Such film luminaries as Tom Hanks, William Friedkin, George Lucas, Oliver Stone and Robert Altman discuss their work at the studio. Clips include scenes from Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, Patton, Young Frankenstein, Star Wars, Alien, Big, Home Alone, Die Hard and dozens more.His Name Was Jason: 30 Years of Friday the 13th
IMDB 6.7 | Apr , 2010
A retrospective documentary about the groundbreaking horror series, Friday the 13th, featuring interviews with cast and crew from the twelve films spanning 3 decades.Behind the Planet of the Apes
IMDB 7.1 | Sep , 1998
Roddy McDowall takes you, film by film, from production meetings to make-up sessions, then right onto the movie set to see the actual filming of the science fiction masterpiece. The most comprehensive history of Planet of the Apes ever created, this fascinating 127-minute documentary explores one of the most imaginative and influential series in movie history.Warren Oates: Across the Border
IMDB 5.7 | Nov , 1993
A retrospective of the work of the late actor Warren Oates, with clips from his films and interviews with cast and crew members who worked with him.AFI's 100 Years... 100 Heroes & Villains
IMDB 7.7 | Jun , 2003
The American Film Institute celebrates 100 years of film by recognizing the top 50 film heroes and top 50 film villains of all time.News Without A Newsroom
IMDB 0 | Apr , 2025
As local newsrooms vanish, "News Without a Newsroom" explores journalism's uncertain future in the digital age. Through powerful stories and expert insights, the film examines the collapse of traditional media, the rise of misinformation, and the fight to preserve truth, trust and accountability in an era of disruption.Cleanflix
IMDB 6.2 | Sep , 2009
When a small Utah-based edited movie company is caught sanitizing Hollywood's copyrighted material, the film industry strikes back with a devastating blow.Video Nasties: Moral Panic, Censorship & Videotape
IMDB 6.8 | Aug , 2010
A documentary analyzing the furore which so-called "video nasties" caused in Britain during the 1980s.Boom! Hollywood's Greatest Disaster Movies
IMDB 0 | Jan , 2000
Narrated by Bill Mumy (Will Robinson from TV's "Lost in Space"), this documentary spotlights some of the most thrilling scenes the disaster genre has ever produced. From 1970s classics such as Airport and The Towering Inferno to James Cameron's Oscar-winning epic Titanic, no celluloid disaster flick is omitted. Interviews with directors and actors (including Will Smith) and newsreels of real historical disasters are also included.Texas Chain Saw Massacre: The Shocking Truth
IMDB 6.9 | Sep , 2000
A documentary primarily focusing on the filming and release of the original Texas Chainsaw Massacre.The Secret Life of Brian
IMDB 7.6 | Jan , 2007
A documentary about the making of the controversial Life of Brian and the surrounding accusations of blasphemy.Twentieth Century Fox: The First 50 Years
IMDB 7.2 | Jan , 1997
The first half century of Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation from its beginnings under Hungarian immigrant William Fox to it emergence as a major studio.[CENSORED]
IMDB 0 | Jun , 2018
An essay film by filmmaker and archivist Sari Braithwaite, [Censored] offers an overview of film censorship in Australia, told through an ever-changing collage of images compiled from the footage that was cut from films released domestically between 1958 and 1971.