Movies Similar to Grandma's Grammar

Preston Sturges: The Rise and Fall of an American Dreamer(1990)

Documentary about the life and work of film director Preston Sturges.

Inventory(2008)

A documentary by Olivier Gonard, shot partly in Paris’s Musée d’Orsay, that examines Olivier Assayas' film Summer Hours, and its approach to art.

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Cinema Through the Eye of Magnum(2017)

The film tells the story of the intimate and unprecedented encounter between the photojournalists of the Magnum Agency and the world of cinema. The confrontation of two seemingly opposite worlds – fiction and reality. For 70 years their paths crossed: a family of photographers, amongst them the biggest names in photography, and a family of actors and filmmakers who helped write the history of cinema, from John Huston to Marilyn Monroe to Orson Welles, Kate Winslet and Sean Penn.

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Cut(1976)

A peculiar homage to the things that go wrong, this film is purportedly about rugby. The self-explanatory title for this jumpy “documentary” is less concerned with the filmed subject (the game, the field, the players) than a comic editing style and the complete acknowledgement given to the technical aspect of gathering and manipulating raw footage.

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Enrique Herreros(2011)

The story of Enrique Herreros (1903-1977), cartoonist, advertiser, poster designer, talent manager, actor, producer and filmmaker, and the most daring of mountaineers; the man who, along with his companions from the so-called “other Generation of '27,” brought Hollywood to Madrid's Gran Vía, turning a grey and sinister post-war city into the capital of an incipient and ambitious cultural industry.

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Once Upon a Time...: Children of Paradise(2009)

Television documentary about the making of Marcel Carné's 1945 film "Children of Paradise"

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Il était une fois... « Mon Oncle »(2008)

Television documentary about the making of Jacques Tati's 1958 film "Mon oncle".

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Once Upon a Time... 'Tess'(2007)

Television documentary about the making of Roman Polanski's 1979 film "Tess."

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Once Upon a Time... The Umbrellas of Cherbourg(2008)

Television documentary about the making of Jacques Demy's 1964 film "The Umbrellas of Cherbourg".

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Spider-Man 2: Making the Amazing(2004)

A comprehensive 12-part documentary on the making of "Spider-Man 2," covering everything from pre-production to premiere.

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Ermanno Olmi: The Roots of the Tree(1981)

Documentary about Italian film director Ermanno Olmi, with emphasis on "The Tree of Wooden Clogs".

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Parlons cinema avec Eric Rohmer(1977)

An interview with French film director Eric Rohmer.

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Bernardo Bertolucci and the Making of 'The Last Emperor'(1988)

Documentary about the making of the film first presented on the British television series "The South Bank Show".

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Dark Glamour: The Blood and Guts of Hammer Productions(2017)

The greatness, fall and renaissance of Hammer, the flagship company of British popular cinema, mainly from 1955 to 1968. Tortured women and sadistic monsters populated oppressive scenarios in provocative productions that shocked censorship and disgusted critics but fascinated the public. Movies in which horror was shown in offensive colors: dreadful stories, told without prejudices, that offered fear, blood, sex and stunning performances.

6.0

Alien: Terror in Space(2025)

A retrospective look at the global impact of Alien, the science fiction and horror masterpiece directed by British filmmaker Ridley Scott in 1979, exploring the origins of its unique aesthetic and the audacity of its screenplay.

6.8

Spielberg(2017)

A documentary on the life and career of one of the most influential film directors of all time, Steven Spielberg.

7.6

Tasmanian Devil: The Fast and Furious Life of Errol Flynn(2007)

The story of Tasmanian-born actor Errol Flynn whose short & flamboyant life, full of scandals, adventures, loves and excess was largely played out in front of the camera - either making movies or filling the newsreels and gossip magazines. Tragically he was dead from the effects of drugs and alcohol by the time he was only 50 & the myths live on. But there is another side of Flynn that is less well known - his ambitions to be a serious writer and newspaper correspondent, his documentary films and his interest in the Spanish Civil War and Castro's Cuba

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Ciné regards: Tess: Roman Polanski(1979)

Television documentary about the making of Roman Polanski's 1979 film, Tess.

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Mantrap – Straw Dogs: The Final Cut(2003)

Documentary about the making of Sam Peckinpah's 1971 film "Straw Dogs."

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Signs of Vigorous Life: The New German Cinema(1976)

BBC documentary about the rise of the New German Cinema and several of its most important figures.

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