20 movies like Into Great Silence, ordered by similarity : Rivers and Tides: Andy Goldsworthy With Time(2001), The Beaches of Agnès(2008), The Lovely Month of May(1963), Which Way Home(2009), Cameraman: The Life & Work of Jack Cardiff(2010), Richard Linklater: Dream Is Destiny(2016), The Gleaners and I(2000), The Five Obstructions(2003), Bright Leaves(2003), Elstree 1976(2015), I Am Because We Are(2008), Oceans(2009) ...
Documentary
2005
164 Minutes
filmmaker monk roman catholic engaging profound incredible french alps france monastery religion prayer isolation new life grande chartreuse dedication transformation discovery sacrifice 2000s
Filmmaker Philip Gröning travels to the French Alps to document the daily lives and rituals of the Carthusian Order of monks.
Documentary
Germany|Finland|UK|Canada
2001
90 Minutes
artist filmmaker sculptor creative engaging incredible france forest new york state river scotland museum nature art sculpture creative process andy goldsworthy discovery quest 2000s
Portrait of Andy Goldsworthy, an artist whose specialty is ephemeral sculptures made from elements of nature.
Documentary, Biography
France
2008
110 Minutes
Agnès Varda André Lubrano Blaise Fournier Vincent Fournier Andrée Vilar Stéphane Vilar
filmmaker artist actor family member winsome emotional creative beach france agnes varda regret art travel family nostalgia discovery transformation love 2000s
Agnès Varda explores her memories, mostly chronologically, with photographs, film clips, interviews, reenactments, and droll, playful contemporary scenes of her narrating her story.
Documentary
1963
124 Minutes
Pierre Lhomme
man woman frenchman engaging mellow paris france street household war economy patriotism religion art social change rise transformation 1960s
Actors Yves Montand and Simone Signoret narrate an introduction to springtime in Paris, as described by its citizens.
Documentary
USA
2009
83 Minutes
migrant immigrant young boy young girl teen boy emotional engaging inspiring intense powerful el salvador honduras mexico train illegal immigration immigration american dream childhood new life family
"Which Way Home" is a feature documentary film that follows unaccompanied child migrants, on their journey through Mexico, as they try to reach the United States. We follow children like ... See full summary »
Documentary
UK
2010
86 Minutes
Jack Cardiff Martin Scorsese Kirk Douglas Lauren Bacall John Mills Thelma Schoonmaker Kim Hunter Kathleen Byron Christopher Challis Raffaella De Laurentiis Richard Fleischer
martin scorsese editor charlton heston lauren bacall cinematographer director engaging inspiring spirited striking london hollywood, calif. studio art gallery film set cinematography filmmaking innovation jack cardiff art
In 2001 Jack Cardiff (1914-2009) became the first director of photography in the history of the Academy Awards to win an Honorary Oscar. But the first time he clasped the famous statuette ... See full summary »
Documentary
USA
2016
90 Minutes
Karen Bernstein Julie Delpy
filmmaker director crafty creative engaging fascinating inspiring quirky united states austin texas hollywood biography life life lessons life story life's work filmmaking film independent filmmaking
A feature documentary on the life and work of filmmaker, Richard Linklater. Produced and Directed by Louis Black (founder of SXSW Festivals and the Austin Chronicle) and Karen Bernstein (... See full summary »
Documentary
France
2000
82 Minutes
Agnès Varda Francois Wertheimer
filmmaker chef professor artist truck driver amusing somber bleak creative engaging fascinating france beach countryside city refuse community art homelessness food
Varda films and interviews gleaners in France in all forms, from those picking fields after the harvest to those scouring the dumpsters of Paris.
Documentary
2003
91 Minutes
Jørgen Leth Claus Nissen
filmmaker man woman director jørgen leth lars von trier chilling fascinating suspenseful cuba bombay red-light district brussels, belgium discipline solitude challenge art altering history discovery quest
Documentary
USA|UK
2003
107 Minutes
Ross McElwee Charleen Swansea
filmmaker cousin businessman cancer patient doctor engaging lighthearted hospital north carolina farm tobacco american south lawsuit cancer addiction smoking discovery quest transformation 2000s
North Carolina produces more tobacco than any other state in America. Bright Leaves describes a journey taken across the social, economic, and psychological tobacco terrain of North ... See full summary »
Documentary
UK
2015
90 Minutes
actor actress extra filmmaker crew member engaging fascinating united states documentaries documentary filmmaking film life career acting biography interview discovery 1970s
Actors and extras reminisce about their time on the set of Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977) and how making the film affected their lives.
Documentary
USA
2008
86 Minutes
madonna president bill clinton rev. dr. desmond tutu professor jeffrey sachs filmmaker disheartening passionate uplifting africa malawi united states malawi orphans aids poverty famine outreach transformation sacrifice discovery
A look into the lives of Malawi's 1 million plus orphans in the wake of the AIDS pandemic. It offers hope and real solutions to the challenges that people face living in extreme poverty.
Documentary
France|Switzerland|Spain|USA|United Arab Emirates|Monaco
2009
102 Minutes
Jacques Cluzaud
filmmaker fish whale seal dolphin animal fascinating incredible profound ocean under the sea antarctica science biology oceans ecology animal rights sea creatures discovery adventure
An ecological drama/documentary, filmed throughout the globe. Part thriller, part meditation on the vanishing wonders of the sub-aquatic world.
Documentary
USA
2009
86 Minutes
filmmaker interviewee friend creative profound fascinating film set apartment creative process filmmaking david lynch bernardo bertolucci agnes varda todd haynes sacrifice discovery quest pursuit 2000s
Great Directors, directed by Angela Ismailos, features conversations with ten of the world's greatest living directors: Bernardo Bertolucci, David Lynch, Liliana Cavani, Stephen Frears, ... See full summary »
Documentary
USA
2015
89 Minutes
filmmaker writer tom hanks steven spielberg meryl streep creative emotional engaging fascinating united states life documentaries work biography discovery 21st century
A look at the life and work of writer/filmmaker Nora Ephron.
Documentary
USA
2017
87 Minutes
counselor buddhist japanese man priest family emotional engaging endearing fascinating powerful japan death mortality humanity helping others life middle age transformation discovery 21st century
A Buddhist monk asks what we owe one another & provides experiences to help us find answers. Documentary.
Documentary
2000
55 Minutes
Arseni Tarkovsky Alexandra Stewart Larisa Tarkovskaya Sven Nykvist Chris Marker Valérie Mairesse Michal Leszczylowski Marina Vlady
filmmaker son actress wife editor cinematographer fascinating dreamy profound touching france film set bedroom andrei tarkovsky creative process father/son relationship reunion cancer filmmaking discovery
Documentary
USA
2016
89 Minutes
neurologist cancer patient director emotional engaging inspiring uplifting beach house hospital school grocery store court cancer health society science bad choices discovery pursuit
A personal, important, surprising, and funny documentary about the industries of death that give us cancer, and the unheralded science of prevention.
Documentary
USA
2018
94 Minutes
director woman filmmaker activist executive passionate positive powerful uplifting confident hollywood, calif. women in hollywood sexism investigation show business filmmaker career discovery quest adventure
A documentary about discriminatory hiring practices concerning women directors in Hollywood, and an inspiring conversation with those who have succeeded against all odds.
Documentary, Adventure
2006
104 Minutes
Erik Weihenmayer Jeff Evans Stefani Jackenthal Kami Tenzing Sherpa Sabriye Tenberken Ed Weihenmayer
blind person mountain climber teenager teacher emotional incredible gripping himalayas mount everest courage determination blindness mountain climbing leadership adventure discovery transformation 2000s
Documentary, Music
USA
2019
96 Minutes
jazz singer journalist friend character confident passionate engaging fascinating interview courtroom house billie holiday celebrities biography interview book discovery growing up forbidden love sacrifice
A group of wealthy boys in Los Angeles during the early 1980s establish a 'get-rich-quick' scam that turns deadly.