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Documentary Movie Summaries & Endings Explained
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The Outraged
2012 · Documentary
Ethel
2012 · Documentary
Hunting the Elements
2012 · Documentary
El Sicario: Room 164
2011 · Documentary
Casuals
2011 · Documentary
Ayn Rand & the Prophecy of Atlas Shrugged
2011 · Documentary
Halloweenville
2011 · Comedy
Zombies: A Living History
2011 · Documentary
Bombay Beach
2011 · Drama
Being There
2011 · Documentary
Limelight
2011 · Documentary
Journey from Zanskar
2011 · Documentary
Position Among the Stars
2011 · History
When Aliens Attack
2011 · Documentary
The Whale
2011 · Documentary
Where Soldiers Come From
2011 · Documentary
Echotone
2011 · Music
The Autobiography of Nicolae Ceausescu
2011 · Documentary
Animal House
2011 · Documentary
Bag It
2011 · Comedy
Senna
2011 · Biography
Farmageddon
2011 · Documentary
Turtle: The Incredible Journey
2011 · Documentary
Empire of Dust
2011 · Documentary
!Women Art Revolution
2011 · Documentary
The Big Uneasy
2011 · Documentary
Under the Boardwalk: The Monopoly Story
2011 · History
March of the Dinosaurs
2011 · Drama
African Cats
2011 · Documentary
Give Up Tomorrow
2011 · Documentary
Foo Fighters: Back and Forth
2011 · Documentary
Nostalgia for the Light
2011 · Drama
I Am
2011 · Documentary
Justin Bieber: Never Say Never
2011 · Music
On the Shoulders of Giants
2011 · Documentary
Lemmy
2011 · Biography
These Amazing Shadows
2011 · Documentary
Breaking and Entering
2011 · Documentary
I'm Dangerous with Love
2011 · Documentary
Finding Atlantis
2011 · Documentary
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- Mind-Bending Movies Confusing, twisting stories you need to watch twice.
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