The best Bryan Singer’s documentary movies
We present our ranking of the best Bryan Singer’s movies. Do you love cinema? Or are you looking for a movie of your favorite actor to watch tonight? Surely you have some to see or that you did not know yet about Bryan Singer.
X-Men: The Mutant Watch
6.2/10
While Senator Kelly addresses a senate committee about the supposed mutant menace, we learn about the making of the movie, X-Men.
X-Men: Production Scrapbook
6.1/10
X-Men: Premieres Around the World
5.1/10
We find notes from Singer, Stan Lee, Stewart, McKellen, Berry, Mane, Davison, Romijn-Stamos, Paquin, Jackman, Janssen, and Marsden.
X-Factor: The Look of X-Men
6.2/10
The short documentary about X-Men movie is featured on the X-Men 1.5 DVD.
X-Men: The Uncanny Suspects
5.6/10
The short documentary about X-Men movie is featured on the X-Men 1.5 DVD.
Look, Up in the Sky! The Amazing Story of Superman
7.8/10
The history of the comic book superhero, Superman, in his various media incarnations.
With Great Power: The Stan Lee Story
7.1/10
At 89 years old, Stan Lee's name appears on more than one BILLION comics in 75 countries in 25 languages. Arguably the most recognized name in comics, Stan Lee has co-created over 500 legendary pop culture characters including Spider-Man, Fantastic Four, X-Men, Iron Man, Thor and The Hulk. Stan continues to create new material and entertain fans of all ages with fantastic stories and characters in all areas of entertainment. With Great Power: the Stan Lee Story, explores the vivid life and imagination of Stan Lee, from the early days of his Depression-era upbringing through the Marvel Age of Comics and beyond! The film uncovers original transcripts, illustrations, photographs and stories of Lee's fascinating journey from his early years at Timely Comics and World War Two, the comic book industry's censorship battle of the 1950's led by Dr. Fredric Wertham, the dawn of Marvel Comics and the legendary characters Stan co-created, to his current company POW! Entertainment.
Secret Origin: The Story of DC Comics
7.6/10
A look at the history of the comic book publication that launched such legendary characters as Superman, Batman and Wonder Woman.
Milius
7.4/10
The life story of ‘Zen Anarchist’ filmmaker John Milius, one of the most influential storytellers of his generation.
David Blaine: Beyond Magic
7.2/10
In his most revealing performance yet, the one-hour special features an exploration into Blaine’s trademark style of street magic as he once again stuns his audience.
An Open Secret
7.3/10
An investigation into accusations of teenagers being sexually abused within the film industry.
The Shark Is Still Working: The Impact & Legacy of Jaws
7.6/10
After three decades, Jaws continues to intrigue, thrill and frighten viewers. This documentary focuses on the many ways Jaws has helped to shape common elements of pop culture.
A Night at the Movies: The Suspenseful World of Thrillers
6.8/10
A look at thrillers from all sides, including different types of thrillers and the stylistic tools filmmakers use to give their audiences a shot of adrenaline.
The Valkyrie Legacy: The Plot to Kill Hitler
Recalling Operation Valkyrie, a failed plot devised by German officers to assassinate Adolph Hitler. Included: a look at the events leading up to the July 20, 1944 attempt and the aftermath; interviews with survivors and historians; and archival footage and photographs.
Introducing the Incredible Nightcrawler!
5.8/10
It features interviews, some sketches of figuring out the look, behind the scenes footage of rehearsal and make-up of Nightcrawler on X2.
Requiem for Krypton: Making 'Superman Returns'
7/10
A detailed behind-the-scenes documentary on the making of Superman Returns.
Stanley Kubrick: The Invisible Man
6.6/10
Exploring the reputation of Stanley Kubrick by means of extracts from his work and contributions of people with whom he worked.
Round Up: Deposing 'The Usual Suspects'
7.3/10
Documentary that includes interviews with Singer as well as the rest of the cast - mainly Spacey. There is no "plot" or "promotional" elements to this documentary - all of the information offered is substantial and informative as we are let in on all the details of trying to seek out the right actors for the parts, as well as the thoughts of the actors about joining an independent production helmed by a young director. Part 2 is a more interesting look at the production itself, complete with the problems and obstacles that faced the low-budget feature, as well as the happier memories of the work that the cast and crew went through. There's a lot of discussion of the infamous laughter during the lineup sequence, complete with a few outtakes of the scene.
Requiem for Mutants: The Score of X2
5.4/10
This short film is a behind-the-scenes look at the scoring of the movie "X2". Included in this mini-documentary is an interview with the composer John Ottman about the score, as well as clips from the film and of the actual scoring sessions at the 20th Century Fox Newman scoring stage.
X2 Global Webcast Highlights
6/10
In this piece, Michael Broidy of Fox Publicity sits with Bryan Singer, producers Ralph Winter and Lauren Shuler Donner, and actors Hugh Jackman, James Marsden, Anna Paquin, Rebecca Romijn-Stamos, Alan Cumming, Famke Janssen, Shawn Ashmore, Aaron Stanford, and Kelly Hu for an Internet-based chat. Each participant appears solo in this set of excerpts. They take queries from various international chat rooms and discuss a number of topics in this reasonably informative and interesting discussion.
