20 movies like Lagerfeld Confidential, ordered by similarity : The September Issue(2009), Dior and I(2014), Westwood: Punk, Icon, Activist(2018), Valentino: The Last Emperor(2008), Nothing Left Unsaid: Gloria Vanderbilt & Anderson Cooper(2016), Aida's Secrets(2016), The Life of Reilly(2006), The British Guide to Showing Off(2011), A Small Act(2010), Last Train Home(2009), A Lion in the House(2006), Bill Cunningham New York(2010) ...
Documentary
France
2007
88 Minutes
Karl Lagerfeld Nicole Kidman Princess Caroline Of Monaco
fashion designer model princess nicole kidman gay man engaging emotional paris country house airport library fashion show karl lagerfeld fashion mother/son relationship relocation homosexuality privacy rise discovery
An up-close-and-personal portrait of the fashion icon, Karl Lagerfeld.
Documentary
USA
2009
90 Minutes
photographer writer model designer editor documentarian engaging fascinating incredible new york city publishing house newsroom fashion show office fashion publishing modeling vogue leadership success
A documentary chronicling Vogue editor-in-chief Anna Wintour's preparations for the 2007 fall-fashion issue.
Documentary
France
2014
90 Minutes
fashion designer artist creator inspiring creative paris france fashion show fashion design rise 21st century
Get inside the storied world of the Christian Dior fashion house with a privileged, behind-the-scenes look at the creation of Raf Simons' first haute couture collection as its new artistic director.
Documentary
UK
2018
80 Minutes
punk partner manager fashion designer musician amusing passionate creative confident cool incredible england paris milan runway photography studio backstage fame fashion icon
The first film to encompass the remarkable story of one of the true icons of our time, as she fights to maintain her brand's integrity, her principles - and her legacy.
Documentary
USA
2008
96 Minutes
Valentino Garavani Giancarlo Giammetti Natividad Abascal Giorgio Armani
designer partner model filmmaker businessman airy spectacular fascinating emotional rome france chateau london manhattan, n.y. party fashion retirement relationships business valentino garavani
A look at the life of legendary fashion designer Valentino.
Documentary
USA
2016
107 Minutes
fashion designer mother son inspiring united states fashion icon mother/son relationship life family history family growing up 20th century
Gloria Vanderbilt and her son Anderson Cooper discuss their notable family's history.
Documentary
Germany|Israel|Canada|USA
2016
90 Minutes
Shaul Schwarz
birth mother man brother father canadian israeli emotional fascinating intense israel canada airport nursing home car house separation secrets reunion questioning doubt
Family secrets, lies, high drama and generations of contemporary history unspool in this international story that begins with World War II and concludes with an emotional 21st-century ... See full summary »
Documentary
USA
2006
90 Minutes
Frank Anderson
actor audience gay man uplifting emotional engaging stage theater hollywood, calif. homosexuality performance game show family history alcoholism racism rise underdog transformation 2000s
If, in 1940, you had a lobotomized aunt, an institutionalized father, a racist mother, and were the only gay kid on the block, what do you think the odds would be that you'd end up a Tony ... See full summary »
Documentary, Comedy, Biography, Drama
UK
2011
98 Minutes
beauty pageant contestants pageant queen interviewee artist master of ceremonies judge fascinating engaging inspiring amusing campy confident england alternative lifestyles beauty pageant footage interview misfits fashion discovery
British artist and living legend Andrew Logan, loved the world over by celebrities and misfits alike, takes us under his glittering wing and inside his outrageous, anarchic and spectacular ... See full summary »
Documentary
USA
2010
88 Minutes
schoolteacher young boy mother lawyer father benefactor emotional engaging profound uplifting kenya village harvard university sweden house poverty education generosity united nations human rights
A young Kenyan's life changes drastically when his education is sponsored by a Swedish stranger. Years later, he founds his own scholarship program to replicate the kindness he once received.
Documentary
2009
85 Minutes
factory worker mother father daughter son seamstress fascinating emotional striking solemn china factory train train station village family worker's rights tradition work vs. family work-life balance
Forced to live far away, two Chinese factory workers make an arduous journey once a year to visit their children, who barely know them.
Documentary
USA
2006
229 Minutes
son daughter mother father patient doctor emotional inspiring hospital household cincinnati cancer childhood family illness medicine growing up quest discovery 2000s
Five families struggle with the ups and downs of cancer treatment over the course of six years.
Documentary, Biography, Drama, History
USA
2010
84 Minutes
Bill Cunningham Editta Sherman Patrick McDonald Carmen Dell'Orefice Anna Wintour Iris Apfel
photographer colleague friend editor brash cheery confident creative new york city newsroom street runway fashion clothing industry journalism bill cunningham photography career discovery rise
A profile of the noted and extraordinarily cheerful veteran New York City fashion photographer.
Documentary
Canada
1998
73 Minutes
Jerry Aronson Jane Brakhage Marilyn Brakhage Stan Brakhage Philip Solomon James Tenney
filmmaker ex-wife son friend scholar family member fascinating engaging colorado house family filmmaking cancer rise to stardom experiments stan brakhage rise discovery 20th century
Stan Brakhage (1933-2003) was possibly the most important filmmaker of the avant-garde and one of the greatest artists of our time. From 1952, at the age of nineteen, until his death, ... See full summary »
Documentary
USA
2001
98 Minutes
Chris Hegedus The Cox Family Nashville Bluegrass Band The Peasall Sisters Fairfield Four
record producer musician singer emmylou harris allison krause holly hunter spirited engaging positive emotional stage backstage recording studio nashville, tenn. house country music collaboration rehearsal performance culture
This is a documentary about the musical artists who performed the songs in the Coen Brothers' film O Brother, Where Art Thou?
Documentary
Germany|USA
2005
88 Minutes
Mina Block
documentarian father old flame mother sister friend emotional engaging powerful long island, n.y. family home party suburbia marriage family secrets death starting over interview relocation mystery
Documentary filmmaker Doug Block had every reason to believe his parents' 54-year marriage was a good one. But when his mother dies unexpectedly and his father swiftly marries his former ... See full summary »
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.
Comedy, Drama, Documentary
Canada
2006
86 Minutes
Jim Brown Daniel Jeffery Bob Legare Jane MacFarlane Ashleigh Fidyk Curt McKinstry Karen Planden
expert mother father son daughter suburbanite gripping amusing canada suburbia house suburban life isolation society artificial environment family discovery sacrifice 2000s
An examination of the nature of modern suburbia.
Documentary
USA
2003
116 Minutes
Louis Kahn Priscilla Pattison Edwina Pattison Daniels
father son colleague daughter mother frank gehry somber fascinating profound philadelphia bangladesh library office jerusalem louis kahn architecture art infidelity career vs. family estrangement
Director Nathaniel Kahn searches to understand his father, noted architect Louis Kahn, who died bankrupt and alone in 1974.
Documentary
USA
2003
87 Minutes
filmmaker mother grandmother grandfather boyfriend gay man creative quirky family home houston new york city family dysfunction mother/son relationship mental illness homosexuality abusive relationship growing up transformation 2000s
Filmmaker Jonathan Caouette's documentary on growing up with his schizophrenic mother -- a mixture of snapshots, Super-8 film, answering machine messages, video diaries, early short films, and more - culled from nineteen years of his life.
Documentary
USA
1988
106 Minutes
John Lennon Yoko Ono Sean Lennon Julian Lennon
yoko ono child son musician fascinating engaging new york city england house stage john lennon career music activism success rise discovery 1980s
A biography of the rock music star.