THEME EXPLORATION

documentary investigation

12 films · 3 directors
FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Trent’s Last Case
Trent’s Last Case
1929 · Howard Hawks
A Man Vanishes
A Man Vanishes
1967 · Shohei Imamura
The Girl in the News (20th Century-Fox
The Girl in the News (20th Century-Fox
1941 · Carol Reed
The Face of an Angel
The Face of an Angel
2014 · Michael Winterbottom
Michael Jackson: Chase the Truth
Michael Jackson: Chase the Truth
2019 · Jordan Hill
The Kennel Murder Case
The Kennel Murder Case
1933 · Michael Curtiz
The Protagonists
The Protagonists
1999 · Luca Guadagnino
Zootopia
Zootopia
2016 · Byron Howard & Rich Moore
Dr. Mabuse the Gambler
Dr. Mabuse the Gambler
1922 · Fritz Lang
Film Lesson
Film Lesson
1991 · Werner Herzog
Personal Column
Personal Column
1939 · Robert Siodmak
Satan’s Brew
Satan’s Brew
1976 · Rainer Werner Fassbinder
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Jordan Hill

Investigative documentarian who uncovers alternative narratives around iconic figures and unexplained phenomena.

 Werner Herzog Germany

His documentaries obsessively investigate human obsession, nature's mysteries, and the boundaries between reality and madness through immersive, participatory filmmaking.

 Michael Morris United States

He pioneered the investigative documentary by using innovative techniques like the Interrotron to interrogate truth, criminal cases, and the unreliability of perception itself.