Subgenre Sampler
Documentary: 3053 Films to Buy & Rent
Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares (TV Series) (2004-2005)
- Feat. Gordon Ramsay
- Potty–mouthed chef and reality TV mogul Mr Gordon Ramsay visits some of the scummiest and most incompetent restaurants and gives them a swift…
Rhythm Is It! (2004)
- Dir. Thomas Grube
- The Berlin Philharmonic’s ambitious and dramatic undertaking – to school 250 children in a staging of Stravinsky's "Rite of Spring" – is…
Riding Giants (2004)
- Dir. Stacy Peralta
- Perhaps the definitive cinematic fan–letter to the sport of surfing, in particular its "big wave" subcult, with the dir. of DOGTOWN AND…
Roman Empire (2004)
- Overarching three–part documentary series anatomising the rise and spectacular fall of the Roman Empire.
Root of All Evil?, The (2004)
- Dir. Russell Barnes
- Divisive, religion–debunking documentary from staunch atheist Richard Dawkins (author of 'The God Delusion') attempts to dismantle Islam,…
Salvador Allende (2004)
- Dir. Patricio Guzmán
- A documentary portrait of the Marxist Chilean President who was elected by the public and brutally overthrown by Pinochet's fascist coup of September…
Scared Sacred (2004)
- Dir. Velcrow Ripper
- Visiting sites of some of the world’s most horrible stories doesn’t seem like a relaxed night’s viewing, but this doco by the interestingly…
Seconds From Disaster (TV Series) (2004)
- Compellingly constructed doco series covering some of the most devastating disasters of modern history, each episode opening with a dramatic…
Seven Wonders of the Industrial World (2004)
- Using the propulsive docu–drama style of the BEYOND IMAGINATION series, this illuminates the stories behind seven great achievements of the…
Shake Hands With the Devil (The Journey of Roméo Dallaire) (2004)
- Dir. Peter Raymont
- Arresting account of the deplorable Rwandan genocide, told through the eyes of one of the most controversial figures surrounding the 1994 massacre,…