Documentary, History
Five-time Olympic medalist and Native Hawaiian Duke Paoa Kahinu Mokoe Hulikohola Kahanamoku shattered records and brought surfing to the world while overcoming a lifetime of personal challenges. Waterman explores his journey and legacy as a legendary swimmer, trailblazer, and the undisputed father of modern-day surfing, following the sport’s first-time inclusion in this year’s Summer Olympics – a fitting tribute to his work promoting the sport around the globe.
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The Swiss Machine
3 Still Standing
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Beyond: An African Surf Documentary
Something to Stand for with Mike Rowe
Bonnie & Clyde: The Musical
María Casares, a muller que viviu mil vidas
Morning of the Earth
The Jodorowsky Constellation
Madame Curie
Judge Horton and the Scottsboro Boys
Henry Louis Gates Jr.: Uncovering America
The Hiding Place
Das Leben der Darts-Legende Phil Taylor
Maserati: The Brothers
Snowden
Rang Rasiya
Grace Kelly: Destiny of a Princess
I Love Life Anyway
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The Swiss Machine
IMDB 10 | Sep , 2010
Ueli Steck may be the greatest speed alpinist the world has ever seen. In this film he tells the stories of his record-breaking ascents in the Alps, accompanied by stunning aerial footage of him racing up 8,000 foot alpine faces. Ueli joins Alex Honnold in Yosemite to attempt speed records there. His ultimate goal: take his one-man alpine speed game to the largest, highest walls in the world.3 Still Standing
IMDB 6 | Oct , 2014
Three stand-up comedians seek fame and fortune in the hottest comedy scene in the world: San Francisco in the 1980s.Facing Monsters
IMDB 0 | Mar , 2022
Kerby Brown made headlines in 2008 when he surfed a 40-foot wave: The ride of a lifetime. He's been chasing that thrill ever since. Facing Monsters follows Kerby and his brother Cortney into the furious power of the oceanStalin's James Bond
IMDB 6.7 | Dec , 2017
An account of the troubled life of Richard Sorge (1895-1944), a Soviet spy of German origin who played a decisive role in the outcome of World War II.Beyond: An African Surf Documentary
IMDB 6.4 | Oct , 2017
Africa, Europe - Europe and Africa: Surfers live differently on each continent and Africa marks a special place - as surfing is in many places at its very beginnings. 'Beyond - An African Surf Documentary' follows locals along the coast of Morocco, Western Sahara, Mauritania, Senegal and Gambia into their homes, visits their home surf spots and takes a look into their surfing lives. Three months of shooting culminated in a 111 minute long episodic journey on a continent, that has the potential to be the next big thing in surfing.Something to Stand for with Mike Rowe
IMDB 9 | Jun , 2024
Drawing from his blockbuster podcast “The Way I Heard It”, this cinematic tour de force will take viewers to the frontlines of the American Revolution, World War II, the Civil Rights movement, and more. Part mystery, part history – each harrowing tale tells a story you’ve never heard, about the patriots who built our country. From the legendary rebels we call the “Founding Fathers” to unknown Marines of Iwo Jima – these are the Americans who risked everything to build the country we love and call home. The American heroes who gave us… something to stand for!Bonnie & Clyde: The Musical
IMDB 8 | May , 2025
Filmed at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane during its two scheduled performances on January 17-18, 2022, tells the story of Bonnie and Clyde. At the height of the Great Depression, Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow went from two small-town nobodies in West Texas to America's most renowned folk heroes and the Texas law enforcement's worst nightmares. Fearless, shameless, and alluring, Bonnie & Clyde is the electrifying story of love, adventure and crime that captured the attention of an entire country.María Casares, a muller que viviu mil vidas
IMDB 2 | Mar , 2023
A portrait of the Spanish actress María Casares (1922-96).Morning of the Earth
IMDB 6.1 | Feb , 1972
In the early ‘70s, founding member of Australian surf magazine Tracks, Albert Falzon, began filming off the North Coast of New South Wales, Hawaii, and Indonesia. He set out to make a film “that was a reflection of the spirit of surfing at the time” and the end result, Morning of the Earth, proved its worth as a vital document of surf culture and a powerful nature film.The Jodorowsky Constellation
IMDB 6.2 | Oct , 1994
This documentary depicts the filmmaker Alejandro Jodorowsky talking about his life, his loves, his career as a filmmaker, graphic novelist, and workshop leader, and his eccentricities including tarot reader and theatrical director during The Panic Movement. Directed by Louis Mouchet, La Constellation Jodorowsky includes a lengthy on-camera interview with Jodorowsky in Spanish with subtitles. Marcel Marceau, Fernando Arrabal, Peter Gabriel, Jean "Moebius" Giraud, and Jean Pierre Vignau make appearances discussing their various projects with the director. In addition to the interview and film clips, Mouchet features some bizarre footage from Jodorowsky’s absurdist plays in which topless women splattered with paint writhe around the stage in a theatrical production meant to represent The Panic Movement, i.e., an artistic expression in which reason cannot fully express the human experience.Madame Curie
IMDB 7.2 | Dec , 1943
Poor physics student Marie is studying at the Sorbonne in 1890s Paris. One of the few women studying in her field, Marie encounters skepticism concerning her abilities, but is eventually offered a research placement in Pierre Curie's lab. The scientists soon fall in love and embark on a shared quest to extract, from a particular type of rock, a new chemical element they have named radium. However, their research puts them on the brink of professional failure.Judge Horton and the Scottsboro Boys
IMDB 6 | Apr , 1976
In 1930s Alabama, nine young black men are accused of raping two white women. The judge in the case, unlike the rest of the town, comes to believe that the boys are innocent and, against all advice from his friends and family, sets them free, which turns the entire community against him.Henry Louis Gates Jr.: Uncovering America
IMDB 0 | Mar , 2019
Actor Courtney B. Vance hosts this special celebrating Dr. Henry Louis Gates, Jr.'s work with focus on his five quintessential documentary series about American, African and African American history for PBS.The Hiding Place
IMDB 6.8 | May , 1975
Corrie and Betsie ten Boom are middle-aged sisters working in their father's watchmaker shop in pre-World War II Holland. Their uneventful lives are disrupted with the coming of the Nazis. Suspected of hiding Jews and caught breaking rationing rules, they are sent to a concentration camp, where their Christian faith keeps them from despair and bitterness.Das Leben der Darts-Legende Phil Taylor
IMDB 0 | Dec , 2017
Darts legend Phil Taylor: the complete documentation of his great career - Phil Taylor is the darts legend. SPORT1 accompanied him during his career and shortly before his last World Cup.Maserati: The Brothers
IMDB 0 | Mar , 2026
A biopic about the family behind the high-performance automobiles that, along with Ferrari and Lamborghini, Italy is known for.Snowden
IMDB 7.1 | Sep , 2016
CIA employee Edward Snowden leaks thousands of classified documents to the press.Rang Rasiya
IMDB 6.1 | Nov , 2014
A look a the life of 19th century Indian painter Raja Ravi Varma.Grace Kelly: Destiny of a Princess
IMDB 7.2 | Sep , 2006
In 1956, actress and Hollywood star Grace Kelly (1929-82), then at the height of her film career, unexpectedly dropped everything to marry Prince Rainier III of Monaco. Jinx, an American journalist and friend of the future princess, accompanied her on her journey to the wedding and covered the sensational event.I Love Life Anyway
IMDB 8 | Jul , 2015
In 2011, the director and screenwriter Wolf Gremm receives the diagnosis - prostate cancer. According to the doctors, he has not much longer to live, maybe eight months. Wolf Gremm is torn by these devastating news in the midst of an active, fulfilling life, but he decides to deal with the disease offensively and to fight. From now on smartphone and mini camera are his constant companions.