20 movies like Chasing Ice, ordered by similarity : Sid & Judy(2019), Bill Cunningham New York(2010), Jane Fonda in Five Acts(2018), Finding Vivian Maier(2013), The British Guide to Showing Off(2011), Koko: A Talking Gorilla(1978), This Is Not a Movie(2019), Rivers and Tides: Andy Goldsworthy With Time(2001), For Sama(2019), Jane(2017), Free Solo(2018), The Endurance: Shackleton's Legendary Antarctic Expedition(2000) ...
Documentary, Biography
USA
2012
74 Minutes
James Woolsey James Balog Louie Psihoyos Jeff Orlowski Synte Peacock Sylvia Earle
nature photographer scientist engaging glacier outdoors global warming discovery
Follow National Geographic photographer James Balog across the Arctic as he deploys time-lapse cameras designed for one purpose: to capture a multi-year record of the world's changing glaciers.
Documentary, Biography, Drama, Music
USA
2019
95 Minutes
Albert Poland
husband actress wife engaging united states judy garland relationships discovery 1960s
Revealing new look at Judy Garland fifty years after her tragic, untimely death. Fusing the unpublished recollections of producer, manager and third husband, Sid Luft, with film clips, rare concert footage and Judy's own inimitable words.
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, Biography
USA
2018
133 Minutes
actress celebrity tycoon fascinating engaging creative confident cool amusing spirited intense inspiring united states life story life's work fame scandal celebrity discovery transformation
A look at the life, work, activism and controversies of actress and fitness tycoon, Jane Fonda.
Biography, Mystery & Thriller, Documentary
USA
2013
83 Minutes
Charlie Siskel Phil Donahue Howard Greenberg Mary Ellen Mark Joel Meyerowitz Tim Roth
nanny photographer john engaging auction house talent work career mystery
A documentary on the late Vivian Maier, a nanny whose previously unknown cache of 100,000 photographs earned her a posthumous reputation as one of the most accomplished street photographers.
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
France
1978
85 Minutes
Penny Patterson Karl H. Pribram
researcher gorilla scientist charming engaging house trailer california stanford university sign language human-animal friendship wild animals animal rights education emotion transformation discovery quest 1970s
A documentary that follows Dr. Penny Patterson's current scientific study of Koko, a gorilla who communicates through American Sign Language.
Documentary
Canada|Germany
2019
106 Minutes
war correspondent journalist british man writer enemy foreigner suspenseful engaging thrilling intense gripping emotional afghanistan war zone iraq syria iraq war war journalism danger
The groundbreaking and often game-changing reporting of legendary foreign correspondent and author Robert Fisk is profiled in the latest from acclaimed documentarian Yung Chang (Up the Yangtze).
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.
War, Documentary
UK|Syria|USA
2019
95 Minutes
Waad Al-Khateab Waad Al-Kateab
mother husband daughter survivor documentarian doctor inspiring engaging fascinating shocking sad emotional syria syrian-israeli relations war survival uprising casualties of war documentary filmmaking discovery
FOR SAMA is both an intimate and epic journey into the female experience of war.
Documentary
USA
2017
90 Minutes
jane goodall scientist chimpanzee engaging fascinating inspiring incredible tanzania, africa africa chimpanzees science human-animal friendship humanity animal behavior animal intelligence discovery love quest
A penitent bounty hunter goes to work with at Risk Kids and realizes he needs their help as much as they need his.
Documentary
USA
2018
100 Minutes
Jimmy Chin
rock climber climber confident engaging fascinating gripping inspiring incredible intense raw wild yosemite valley united states adventure challenge climbing nature discovery quest adventure
Alex Honnold attempts to become the first person to ever free solo climb El Capitan.
Documentary
USA|UK|Germany|Sweden
2000
93 Minutes
explorer crew member cameraman narrator scientist engaging fascinating incredible antarctica exploration science survival ernest shackleton quest rescue discovery 2000s
A retelling of Sir Ernest Shackleton 's ill-fated expedition to Antarctica in 1914-1916, featuring new footage of the actual locations and interviews with surviving relatives of key ... See full summary »
Documentary
UK
2018
96 Minutes
airplane fascinating engaging airplane airplanes battle of britain world war ii documentaries war discovery 20th century
The story of the fighter plane and pilots that helped win the Battle of Britain in World War II.
Documentary
USA
2006
95 Minutes
politician meteorologist inspiring fascinating engaging earth forest japan siberia fire storm environmentalism melting global warming transformation quest discovery 2000s
Filmmaker Davis Guggenheim follows Al Gore on the lecture circuit, as the former presidential candidate campaigns to raise public awareness of the dangers of global warming and calls for immediate action to curb its destructive effects on the environment.
Biography, Documentary
UK|USA
1996
55 Minutes
quentin tarantino martin scorsese writer soldier reporter director creative engaging passionate new york city hollywood, calif. europe samuel fuller journalism film industry world war ii adventure discovery transformation 1980s
In a documentary about Samuel Fuller, the spectator gets different impressions about the Hollywood director and his films. The film is divided into the three sections: The Typewriter, the ... See full summary »
Biography, Documentary, Music
Canada|UK
2019
97 Minutes
singer-songwriter former lover muse interviewee celebrity poet fascinating engaging emotional touching moving tender america male/female relationship musicians fame muses romance documentaries love
An in-depth look at the relationship between the late musician Leonard Cohen and his Norwegian muse Marianne Ihlen.
Documentary
USA|Singapore|Taiwan
2003
45 Minutes
oceanographer diver engaging fascinating inspiring profound south pacific australia tahiti fiji ocean floor ocean nature sea environment environmentalism discovery rescue adventure 2000s
Take a once in a lifetime journey across the South Pacific for a spectacular IMAX adventure. Joy, ecstasy, a spiritual high: these words describe the exhilaration of diving a pristine coral... See full summary »
Documentary
USA
1994
60 Minutes
Quincy Jones Dizzy Gillespie Sonny Rollins Buck Clayton Art Blakey Hank Jones Art Farmer Johnny Griffin Milt Hinton Chubby Jackson
jazz musician photographer charming engaging new york city harlem, n.y. daunting task music jazz musicians photography quest discovery 1950s
The documentary compiles interviews of all the top jazz musicians in NYC in the year 1958, for a piece in Esquire magazine.
Documentary
2000
39 Minutes
dolphin scientist diver fisherman marine biologist charming lighthearted spirited west indies ocean research station patagonia laboratory nature dolphins aquatic life science environment animals discovery
Filmmaker Greg MacGillivray examines the mammal's behavior and intelligence. Pierce Brosnan narrates.
Documentary
2010
94 Minutes
helicopter nature engaging village river technology life understanding discovery