The 14 Best Documentaries About Filmmaking

14 documentaries

How films get made, and how they sometimes fall apart.

How films get made, and how they sometimes fall apart. Hearts of Darkness is the making of Apocalypse Now and one of the great disaster stories. Jodorowsky's Dune is about the greatest film never made.

Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse poster

1

Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse

1991 · 1h 36m

8.1100%

American Movie poster

2

American Movie

1999 · 1h 44m

7.894%

Jodorowsky's Dune poster

3

Jodorowsky's Dune

2013 · 1h 27m

8.097%

Listen to Me Marlon poster

4

Listen to Me Marlon

2015 · 1h 43m

8.195%

Life Itself poster

5

Life Itself

2014 · 2h 1m

7.898%

Burden of Dreams poster

6

Burden of Dreams

1982 · 1h 37m

7.992%

Shirkers poster

7

Shirkers

2018 · 1h 37m

7.399%

Jim & Andy: The Great Beyond poster

8

Jim & Andy: The Great Beyond

2017 · 1h 33m

7.692%

Lost in La Mancha poster

9

Lost in La Mancha

2002 · 1h 33m

7.394%

Best Worst Movie poster

10

Best Worst Movie

2009 · 1h 33m

7.294%

This Film Is Not Yet Rated poster

11

This Film Is Not Yet Rated

2006 · 1h 38m

7.484%

My Best Fiend poster

12

My Best Fiend

1999 · 1h 39m

7.878%

Room 237 poster

13

Room 237

2012 · 1h 43m

6.294%

The Kid Stays in the Picture poster

14

The Kid Stays in the Picture

2002 · 1h 33m

7.3

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