Movies Similar to Absentia: A Retrospective

Mon Clown(2008)

Documentary from French TV channel Canal+ about Marion Cotillard's road to the Oscar for her performance as French singer Édith Piaf in the 2007 film 'La Vie en Rose', also featuring behind-the-scenes footage from the film.

BTS Memories of 2014(2015)

BTS' first MEMORIES DVD delivers 343 minutes of footage on 3 Discs.

BTS Memories of 2015(2016)

The band's second MEMORIES project delivers 410 minutes of footage in 4 Discs.

BTS Memories of 2016(2017)

BTS 2016 Memories project includes 390 minutes of footage of the band.

BTS Memories of 2017(2018)

The best memories of BTS, who recorded unprecedented hits all over the world, with as many as 545 minutes of footage from 2017.

The Greatest Night in Pop(2024)

On a January night in 1985, music's biggest stars gathered to record "We Are the World." This documentary goes behind the scenes of the historic event.

13 Days in France(1968)

This colorful documentary chronicles the events of the 1968 Winter Olympics in France. The events made international celebrities of skater Peggy Fleming and skier Jean-Claude Killy for their gold-medal performances. The camera accurately catches the speed of bobsleds and downhill racers and ski jumpers as they race for the gold. President Charles DeGaulle is shown observing the action over 13 days, which saw France earn the best performance to date in the winter games.

Gorefest: La Muerte(2005)

A Gray State(2017)

In 2010 David Crowley, an Iraq veteran, aspiring filmmaker and charismatic up-and-coming voice in fringe politics, began production on his film Gray State. Set in a dystopian near-future where civil liberties are trampled by an unrestrained federal government, the film’s crowd funded trailer was enthusiastically received by the burgeoning online community of libertarians, Tea Party activists and members of the nascent alt-right. In January of 2015, Crowley was found dead with his family in their suburban Minnesota home. Their shocking deaths quickly become a cause célèbre for conspiracy theorists who speculate that Crowley was assassinated by a shadowy government concerned about a film and filmmaker that was getting too close to the truth about their aims.

Becoming Cary Grant(2017)

For the first time one of Hollywood's greatest stars tells his own story, in his own words. From a childhood of poverty to global fame, Cary Grant, the ultimate self-made star, explores his own screen image and what it took to create it.

Team America: Building the World(2005)

A documentary on the design and construction of the sets of Team America: World Police (2004).

Behind the Scenes of Palo Alto(2014)

Jacqui Getty's behind-the-scenes look at Gia Coppola's directorial debut Palo Alto, starring Emma Roberts, James Franco, Jack Kilmer, Nat Wolff, and Val Kilmer.

Listen to the Light: The Making of 'Brain Damage'(2017)

54-minute long documentary on the making of Frank Henenlotter's cult classic, Brain Damage.

Boundary Breakers: The Making of Livescreamers(2024)

Follow the cast and crew of Livescreamers across their five day shoot, and go deep behind the scenes of how the innovative horror film was brought to life.

Cole Porter in Hollywood: Too Darn Hot(2003)

Ann Miller hosts this documentary short on the making of the MGM-Cole Porter hot musical "Kiss Me Kate".

Le Tibet face à la Chine, le dernier souffle ?(2024)

As the crucial question arises of the future succession of the Dalai Lama, we take a look back at the tormented history of the "Land of Snows" which lives under Chinese domination and which remains a geopolitical issue of the first order. A valuable documentary that gives voice to a people that China is trying to permanently silence.

The Making of 'Rio Grande'(1993)

A short documentary about the making of John Ford's "Rio Grande."

The Desperado from Kolsva(2004)

About Jösta Hagelbäck (1945-2009), Swedish film director, writer, poet, musician, actor etc. A human bipolar mixture of genius and madman. Invited to Hollywood, had an artistic hit with the film "Kejsaren/The Emperor" (1979) at the Berlin Film Festival.

Golden Gate Girls(2013)

The film traces the life and times of Esther Eng, a San Francisco native known as Hong Kong’s first “directress.” She directed 10 Cantonese talkies.

Meet the Pickles: The Making of "Win or Lose"(2025)

Discover how Pixar brought its first long-form original series to life. This behind-the-scenes documentary introduces the scrappy filmmaking team that drew from personal experiences to create this ambitious and stylistically unique series that follows a middle-school softball team, the Pickles, in the week leading up to the big championship game.