Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "american-culture"

51. Hemingway (2021)

TV-14 | 120 min | Documentary, Biography, History

Explore the painstaking process through which Hemingway created some of the most important works of fiction in American letters.

Stars: Peter Coyote, Jeff Daniels, Edna O'Brien, Michael Kitakis

Votes: 1,640

52. The Automat (2021)

TV-PG | 79 min | Documentary, History

Documentary centers on the vending machine popularized in the 20th century that offered fresh cooked meals in a commissary-style eatery.

Director: Lisa Hurwitz | Stars: Mel Brooks, John W. Romas, Carl Reiner, Krystyna Romas

Votes: 1,578

53. Liberated: The New Sexual Revolution (2017)

84 min | Documentary

A documentary about today's young adult hookup culture and the stories in pop-culture that influence it.

Director: Benjamin Nolot | Stars: Kimberleigh Andrews, Kim Biddle, Adam Brown, Gail Dines

Votes: 1,682

54. Studio 54 (2018)

TV-MA | 98 min | Documentary, History, Music

The story of the notorious 1970s New York City nightclub.

Director: Matt Tyrnauer | Stars: Ian Schrager, Steve Rubell, Donald Rubell, Neil Schlesinger

Votes: 3,556 | Gross: $0.20M

55. Jazz (2001)

108 min | Documentary, History, Music

A survey of the musical form's history and major talents.

Stars: Keith David, Wynton Marsalis, Gary Giddins, Delroy Lindo

Votes: 2,517

56. The Power of Nightmares (2004)

60 min | Documentary, History

A series of three documentaries about the use of fear for political gain.

Stars: Gilles Kepel, William Kristol, Melvin Goodman, Richard Perle

Votes: 4,552

57. Queenmaker: The Making of an It Girl (2023)

Documentary

In the height of heiress-era NYC, an anonymous blogger infiltrated Manhattan's elite, brings socialite celebrity to new heights. When the website creator was unmasked, the mastermind was not the one anybody expected.

Director: Zackary Drucker | Stars: Paris Hilton, Nicole Richie, Nicky Rothschild, Daniielle Alexis

Votes: 373

58. The Beautiful Country (2004)

R | 125 min | Drama

After reuniting with his mother in Ho Chi Minh City, a family tragedy causes Binh to flee from Viet Nam to America. Landing in New York, Binh begins a road trip to Texas, where his American father is said to live.

Director: Hans Petter Moland | Stars: Damien Nguyen, Bai Ling, Dang Quoc Thinh Tran, Thi Hoa Mai

Votes: 3,979 | Gross: $0.44M

59. I Was a Shoplifter (1950)

Passed | 74 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir

In 1950s California, the police force tries to infiltrate and neutralize a shoplifting crime ring operating in major department stores.

Director: Charles Lamont | Stars: Scott Brady, Mona Freeman, Andrea King, Tony Curtis

Votes: 453

60. Roundabout American (2012)

Unrated | 86 min | Comedy, Romance

A young French chef with a fondness for America and a life in shambles pushes the limits of the American Dream by converting a Chicago pizza shop into an escort-service for the super-rich ... See full summary »

Director: Boris Wexler | Stars: Jeff Garretson, Venessa Nicole Rodriguez, Richard Cotovsky, Annabel Kuentzmann

Votes: 190

61. Superheroes Decoded (2017)

TV-PG | 123 min | Documentary

Uncovers how the rise of the superhero parallels America's rise as a superpower in the 20th century, evolving through the decades into a uniquely American mythology that has captured audiences across the globe.

Stars: Kevin Conroy, Steve Englehart, John K. Bucher Jr., T.J. Miller

Votes: 243

62. Desperate Souls, Dark City and the Legend of Midnight Cowboy (2022)

101 min | Documentary, History

Follows the behind-the-scenes odyssey to get Midnight Cowboy (1969) produced, as well as the tumultuous era in which the movie was released and embraced.

Director: Nancy Buirski | Stars: Jon Voight, Waldo Salt, Jennifer Salt, John Schlesinger

Votes: 276

63. Jimmy Carter: Rock & Roll President (2020)

95 min | Documentary, History, Music

Jimmy Carter's election to the presidency of the United States in 1977 was helped by the links that this fan of pop music had with stars.

Director: Mary Wharton | Stars: Madeleine Albright, Tom Beard, Bono, Garth Brooks

Votes: 729

64. Prohibition (2011)

60 min | Documentary, History

The story of the American activist struggle against the influence of alcohol, climaxing in the failed early 20th century nationwide era when it was banned.

Stars: Peter Coyote, Pete Hamill, Catherine Gilbert Murdock, Michael Lerner

Votes: 3,436

65. Riotsville, U.S.A. (2022)

91 min | Documentary, History

Welcome to Riotsville, a fictional town built by the US military. Using all archival footage, the film explores the militarization of the police and creates a counter-narrative to the nation's reaction to the uprisings of the late '60s.

Director: Sierra Pettengill | Stars: Charlene Modeste, Lyndon B. Johnson, Otto Kerner, Edward P. Morgan

Votes: 388

66. Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy (2021)

TV-MA | 89 min | Documentary, Crime, History

In the early 1980s, the crack epidemic tore through America’s inner cities like a tsunami, ravaging all in its wake.

Director: Stanley Nelson | Stars: Elizabeth Hinton, Nelson George, Alan Charles, Felipe Luciano

Votes: 3,891

67. The Disco Years (1991)

Not Rated | 30 min | Short, Drama

Tom Peters looks back to 1978, the year in high school that he came out of the closet. Tom's mom is both sweet and intrusive, urging him to take out girls. She also drags him to her ... See full summary »

Director: Robert Lee King | Stars: Matt Nolan, Gwen Welles, Dennis Christopher, Russell Scott Lewis

Votes: 433

68. The '80s: The Decade That Made Us (2013)

360 min | Documentary

The '80s: The Decade That Made Us is the defining biography of a decade, as told through exclusive interviews with more than 40 icons, entertainers and innovators who shaped its identity.

Stars: Rob Lowe, Kurt Andersen, David Sirota, Tom Brokaw

Votes: 640

69. Street Food: USA (2022)

TV-MA | 30 min | Documentary

Get a taste of the most beloved bites on American streets and, along the way, discover the heart, soul and wildly diverse real people behind the food.

Stars: Lanai Tabura, Bill Esparza, Vance Vaucresson, J.J. Johnson

Votes: 730

70. Cry for Happy (1961)

110 min | Comedy, Romance

U.S. Navy photographic team uses Tokyo geisha house as its home.

Director: George Marshall | Stars: Glenn Ford, Donald O'Connor, Miiko Taka, James Shigeta

Votes: 317

71. Love, Marilyn (2012)

Not Rated | 107 min | Documentary, Biography

Modern day celebrities interpret excerpts from memoirs written by people who knew Marilyn Monroe as well as her recently discovered personal journals and letters.

Director: Liz Garbus | Stars: F. Murray Abraham, Elizabeth Banks, Adrien Brody, Ellen Burstyn

Votes: 1,992

72. Life, Liberty & Levin (2018– )

60 min | Talk-Show

Exploring the fundamental values and principles undergirding American society, culture, politics, and current events, and their relevance to the nation's future and everyday lives of citizens.

Stars: Mark Levin, Brian Stivale, Leo Terrell, Victor Davis Hanson

Votes: 343

73. Mark Twain (2001 TV Movie)

TV-PG | 212 min | Documentary, Biography

A biographical film about the acclaimed American humourist and author.

Director: Ken Burns | Stars: Keith David, Kevin Conway, Philip Bosco, Blythe Danner

Votes: 1,119

74. Naked: Sex and Gender (2023)

Documentary

What is sex and gender, how does it manifest itself in our minds and our lives - and how can we go beyond?

Director: Stephanie Weimar

Votes: 12

75. Dreams Don't Die (1982 TV Movie)

TV-PG | 95 min | Drama, Thriller

Danny is a New York City subway graffiti artist whose prodigious talent is noticed by a concerned cop who becomes a mentor and urges him to help track down a drug kingpin.

Director: Roger Young | Stars: Ike Eisenmann, Trini Alvarado, Israel Juarbe, Mark Gordon

Votes: 186

76. Ku Klux Klan: An American Story (2020)

113 min | Documentary, Crime, History

A look back at years of largely unpunished violence committed from 1865 to the present day by the Ku Klux Klan, the "oldest terrorist group in the United States".

Stars: Lucien Jean-Baptiste, Birgitta Assheuer, David Gasman, Mark Potok

Votes: 315

77. Hollywoodism: Jews, Movies and the American Dream (1998 TV Movie)

98 min | Documentary, History

The history of the influence of Eastern European Jewish Emigre culture has had on Hollywood and the films created in its golden age.

Directors: Simcha Jacobovici, Stuart Samuels | Stars: Neal Gabler, R.H. Thomson, J. Hoberman, Arthur Tracy

Votes: 381

78. The Past Is Never Dead: The Story of William Faulkner

Documentary, Biography, Drama | Completed

Narrated by Academy Award nominee Eric Roberts, "Faulkner: The Past Is Never Dead" is about the Nobel-prize writer William Faulkner who has not only shaped the American literary canon but ... See full summary »

Director: Michael Modak-Truran | Stars: Eric Roberts, Jack Fisher, Rose Lane Sanfilippo, William Faulkner

79. Kennedy, Sinatra and the Mafia (2023 TV Movie)

Documentary, Crime, History

With his mafia wiseguy links and access to entertainment industry star power, Frank Sinatra helped John F. Kennedy into the White House in 1960. But it all came to a bitter end.

Director: David Harvey | Stars: Chuck Granata, Lenny Luizzi, Robert Foster, Robbyn Swan

Votes: 58

80. Soul Power (2008)

PG-13 | 92 min | Documentary, Music

A filmed account of the Zaire 74 soul music festival, originally intended to be in concert with the famous Rumble in the Jungle bout in Kinshasa, Zaire in 1974.

Director: Jeffrey Kusama-Hinte | Stars: Muhammad Ali, James Brown, Don King, Afrisa

Votes: 926 | Gross: $0.21M

81. Mutantes: Punk Porn Feminism (2009 TV Movie)

Not Rated | 85 min | Documentary

Mutantes sheds light on a feminism that was little talked about in France. This documentary comprises of a series of interviews conducted in the USA, Paris and Barcelona, and documents from... See full summary »

Director: Virginie Despentes | Stars: Norma Jean Almodovar, Maria Beatty, Lynn Breedlove, Catherine Breillat

Votes: 120

82. The Price of Freedom (2021)

94 min | Documentary, History

A look into the inner workings of the NRA and its influence, featuring interviews with government leaders, NRA representatives and people whose lives have been personally touched by gun violence.

Director: Judd Ehrlich | Stars: Peter Ambler, Harlon Carter, Bill Clinton, Cassandra Crifasi

Votes: 410

83. The Ku Klux Klan: A Secret History (1998 TV Movie)

89 min | Documentary, Biography, Crime

The history of the Ku Klux Klan in America.

Director: Bill Brummel | Stars: D. Paul Thomas, David M. Chalmers, William M. Banks, Julian Bond

Votes: 213

84. The Most Dangerous Year (2018)

90 min | Documentary

In 2016 a small group of families with transgender kids joined the fight against a wave of discriminatory anti-transgender legislation that swept the nation and their home state. With the ... See full summary »

Director: Vlada Knowlton | Stars: Aidan Key, Veondre Mitchell, Cyrus Habib, Huddle Morris Blakefield

Votes: 134

85. Only Roundup Remains (2022)

76 min | Documentary, Western

In central Montana, the Highwood Cattle Roundup has been happening exactly this same way since 1912. As the world changes and modernizes, this proud iconic American culture struggles to ... See full summary »

Director: Brian Liu

Votes: 6

86. Superheroes: A Never-Ending Battle (2013)

TV-PG | 180 min | Documentary, History

A comprehensive history of the superhero comic book fantasy genre and its influence on American culture.

Stars: Liev Schreiber, Danny Fingeroth, Mark Waid, Stan Lee

Votes: 784

87. The '90s Greatest (2018)

TV-14 | 30 min | Documentary

When the '90s kicked off, the Berlin Wall has just fallen down, and soon other walls were coming downtown - between public and private, news and entertainment, reality and fantasy. The ... See full summary »

Stars: Huey Morgan, Perez Hilton, David Sirota, Bob Batchelor

Votes: 132

88. John Laurens' War (2017 TV Movie)

74 min | Adventure, Biography, Drama

"John Laurens' War" is the fight for freedom by John Laurens from South Carolina, for every slave in America along with every colonist. During the War for American freedom, John told his ... See full summary »

Director: Chris Weatherhead | Stars: Clarence Felder, Robbin Knight, Kelvin Curtis, Michael Easler

Votes: 27

89. Becoming Marilyn (2022 TV Special)

52 min | Documentary

On the 60th anniversary of Marilyn Monroe's passing, this documentary provides a unique portrait of the screen icon from her own perspective. In contrast to the many films made and books ... See full summary »

Director: Michèle Dominici | Stars: Marilyn Monroe, Agnès Jaoui, Georgia Scalliet, Henriette Schmidt

Votes: 170

90. White Savior: Racism in the American Church (2019)

62 min | Documentary

A documentary exploring the historic roots and ongoing relationship between racism and American Christianity.

Director: Aaron J. Christopher | Star: Ashe Jaafaru

Votes: 283

91. The Dilemma of Desire (2020)

108 min | Documentary

Explores the work of four women who are shattering myths and lies that women are being told about their sexual desire and their bodies.

Director: Maria Finitzo | Stars: Ti Chang, Lisa Diamond, Stacey Dutton, Sophia Wallace

Votes: 101

92. John Ford: The Man Who Invented America (2019 TV Movie)

54 min | Documentary, Biography, History

This documentary follows the life of the renowned American director, author of more than 150 works and winner of more Oscar awards than any other, and shed light on the significance of his most outstanding films.

Director: Jean-Christophe Klotz | Stars: Paul Bandey, John Ford, Joseph McBride, Cécile Gornet

Votes: 278

93. Breakfast with Hunter (2003)

91 min | Documentary, Biography

A documentary on the infamous gonzo journalist, Dr. Hunter S. Thompson.

Director: Wayne Ewing | Stars: Bob Braudis, Douglas Brinkley, Alex Cox, John Cusack

Votes: 734

94. Young Turks (2013)

Unrated | 95 min | Documentary, Biography, History

From 1977 to 1981, multimedia artist Stephen Seemayer shot a Super-8mm movie of his creative friends in their unnatural habitat: the deserted industrial and commercial buildings of Downtown... See full summary »

Director: Stephen Seemayer | Stars: The Light Bob, Linda Frye Burnham, James Croak, The Dark Bob

Votes: 40

95. Breakin' in the USA: Break Dancing and Electric Boogie Taught by the Pros (1984 Video)

50 min | Documentary, Sport

Breakdancing techniques are demonstrated by a group of dancers including a teenage Vin Diesel.

Director: James L. Percelay | Stars: David 'Mr. Fantastik' Breaux, Vin Diesel, David 'Fresh Jome' Robinson

Votes: 13

96. 1959: The Year That Changed Jazz (2009 TV Movie)

60 min | Documentary

In 1959, four important jazz albums were released, each a watershed moment for the genre that reflects its time.

Director: Paul Bernays | Stars: Kerry Shale, George Avakian, Dave Brubeck, Ornette Coleman

Votes: 84

97. The '80s Greatest (2018)

TV-PG | 30 min | Documentary

THE '80s GREATEST is a television series that offers a challenging and stimulating view of one of history's most enigmatic periods, shining a light on the people and events that shaped the ... See full summary »

Stars: Huey Morgan, Steven Tyler, Kurt Andersen, Joan Collins

Votes: 102

98. Drive (2004–2008)

Documentary

Based on the award-winning documentary film, DRIVE: Notes From the Wilderness goes on the road with professional skateboarder Mike Vallely as he travels across America exploring the people,... See full summary »

Star: Mike Vallely

99. With God on Our Side: George W. Bush and the Rise of the Religious Right in America (2004 TV Movie)

100 min | Documentary

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Directors: Calvin Skaggs, David Van Taylor | Stars: George Bush, George W. Bush, Jimmy Carter, Bill Clinton

Votes: 241 | Gross: $0.00M

100. Leave It on the Track (2013)

80 min | Documentary, Action, Comedy

From the league that sparked the reemergence of Roller Derby comes an all-new documentary feature that focuses on the women involved in one of the greatest championship bouts the sport has ... See full summary »

Director: Benjamin Pascoe | Stars: Valeri Abrego-Liszewski, Adam Anderson, Melissa Arcaro, Samantha Armbruster

Votes: 14