About Film: Recommended Movie-Themed Documentaries

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A list of notable documentaries about movies and moviemaking.

Criteria: 50+ votes and 6.0+ rating on Imdb - or - I have seen it and recommend it (usually for newer documentaries).

See also:
About Film II: The Filmmakers:
https://www.icheckmovies.com/lists/about+film+ii+the+filmmakers/moviedearest/

About Film III: The Actors:
http://www.icheckmovies.com/lists/about+film+iii+the+actors/moviedearest/

About Film IV: Classic Movies:
https://www.icheckmovies.com/lists/about+film+iv+classic+movies/moviedearest/

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    Hollywood

    1980, in 1 top list Check
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    Hollywood the Golden Years: The RKO Story

    1987 — a.k.a. "The RKO Story: Tales from Hollywood", in 0 top lists Check
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    MGM: When the Lion Roars

    1992, in 0 top lists Check
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    Cinema Europe: The Other Hollywood

    1995, in 0 top lists Check
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    Il mio viaggio in Italia

    1999 — a.k.a. My Voyage to Italy, in 2 top lists Check
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    American Masters: You Must Remember This: The...

    2008, in 0 top lists Check
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    Century of Cinema: A Personal Journey with...

    1995, in 1 top list Check
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    Voyage à travers le cinéma français

    2016 — a.k.a. My Journey Through French Cinema, in 0 top lists Check
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    Cinéma Vérité: Defining the Moment

    2000, in 0 top lists Check
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    A History of Horror with Mark Gatiss

    2010, in 0 top lists Check
  11. 56 -

    Los Angeles Plays Itself

    2003, in 5 top lists Check
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    20th Century-Fox: The First 50 Years

    1997, in 0 top lists Check
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    The Pervert's Guide to Cinema

    2006, in 0 top lists Check
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    A Decade Under the Influence

    2003, in 0 top lists Check
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    That's Entertainment!

    1974, in 0 top lists Check
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    That's Entertainment, Part II

    1976, in 0 top lists Check
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    The Movies

    2019, in 0 top lists
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    Z Channel: A Magnificent Obsession

    2004, in 0 top lists Check
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    Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex, Drugs...

    2003, in 0 top lists Check
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    Von Caligari zu Hitler: Das deutsche Kino im...

    2014 — a.k.a. From Caligari to Hitler: German Cinema in the Age of the Masses, in 0 top lists Check
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    Red Hollywood

    1996, in 0 top lists Check
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    America at the Movies

    1976, in 0 top lists Check
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    That's Entertainment! III

    1994, in 1 top list Check
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    Oscar's Greatest Moments

    1992, in 0 top lists Check
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    Official Rejection

    2009, in 0 top lists Check
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    Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of...

    2014, in 0 top lists Check
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    A Story of Children and Film

    2013, in 0 top lists Check
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    The Art of Action: Martial Arts in Motion Picture

    2002, in 0 top lists Check
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    Hitlers Hollywood

    2017 — a.k.a. Hitler's Hollywood, in 0 top lists
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    Public Enemies: The Golden Age of the Gangster...

    2008, in 0 top lists Check
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    Tales from the Script

    2009, in 0 top lists Check
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    That's Dancing!

    1985, in 0 top lists Check
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    Not Quite Hollywood: The Wild, Untold Story of...

    2008, in 0 top lists Check
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    The Celluloid Closet

    1995, in 1 top list Check
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    Flesh and Blood: The Hammer Heritage of Horror

    1994, in 0 top lists Check
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    The Cutting Edge: The Magic of Movie Editing

    2004, in 0 top lists Check
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    Side by Side

    2012, in 0 top lists Check
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    Hollywoodism: Jews, Movies and the American Dream

    1998, in 0 top lists Check
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    This Film Is Not Yet Rated

    2006, in 0 top lists Check
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    What She Said: The Art of Pauline Kael

    2018, in 0 top lists
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    CinemAbility: The Art of Inclusion

    2018, in 0 top lists
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    Cinerama Adventure

    2002, in 0 top lists Check
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    Video Nasties: Draconian Days

    2014, in 0 top lists Check
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    Nightmares in Red, White and Blue: The...

    2009, in 0 top lists Check
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    Universal Horror

    1998, in 0 top lists Check
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    Blank City

    2010, in 0 top lists Check
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    Making Waves: The Art of Cinematic Sound

    2019, in 0 top lists Check
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    Score: A Film Music Documentary

    2016, in 0 top lists Check
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    Imaginary Witness: Hollywood and the Holocaust

    2004, in 0 top lists Check
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    Visions of Light

    1992, in 0 top lists Check
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