The best Jodie Foster’s documentary movies

Jodie Foster

Jodie Foster

19/11/1962 (61 años)
Today we present the best Jodie Foster’s movies. If you are a great movie fan, you will surely know most of them, but we hope to discover a movie that you have not yet seen … and that you love! Let’s go there with the best Jodie Foster’s movies.
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And the Oscar Goes To...

And the Oscar Goes To...
7.1/10
The story of the gold-plated statuette that became the film industry's most coveted prize, AND THE OSCAR GOES TO... traces the history of the Academy itself, which began in 1927 when Louis B. Mayer, then head of MGM, led other prominent members of the industry in forming this professional honorary organization. Two years later the Academy began bestowing awards, which were nicknamed "Oscar," and quickly came to represent the pinnacle of cinematic achievement.

Showbiz Kids

Showbiz Kids
7/10
A documentary chronicling the shared experiences of prominent former child stars and the personal and professional price of fame and failure on a child.

Love, Antosha

Love, Antosha
8.1/10
  • Genre: Documentary
  • Release: 02/08/2019
  • Character: Self
From a prolific career in film and television, Anton Yelchin left an indelible legacy as an actor. Through his journals and other writings, his photography, the original music he wrote, and interviews with his family, friends, and colleagues, this film looks not just at Anton's impressive career, but at a broader portrait of the man.

The Cutting Edge: The Magic of Movie Editing

The Cutting Edge: The Magic of Movie Editing
7.7/10
  • Genre: Documentary
  • Release: 01/01/2004
  • Character: Self
Documentary about the art of film editing. Clips are shown from many groundbreaking films with innovative editing styles.

Be Natural: The Untold Story of Alice Guy-Blaché

Be Natural: The Untold Story of Alice Guy-Blaché
7.7/10
The epic life story of Alice Guy-Blaché (1873–1968), a French screenwriter, director and producer, true pioneer of cinema, the first person who made a narrative fiction film; author of hundreds of movies, but banished from history books. Ignored and forgotten. At last remembered.

Hollywood’s Children

Hollywood’s Children
7.2/10
  • Genre: Documentary
  • Release: 24/02/1982
  • Character: Self (archive footage)
A documentary about child actors in Hollywood, exploring their history from the early days of film.

Jodie Foster, Hollywood Under the Skin

Jodie Foster, Hollywood Under the Skin
7.2/10
From her precocious status as a sex symbol to her consecration as a filmmaker, Jodie Foster's story is about a feminist struggle, albeit atypical, fought on and off the screen. This film sets out to retrace her remarkable journey within the Hollywood industry.

Making Taxi Driver

Making Taxi Driver
7.4/10
  • Genre: Documentary
  • Release: 14/06/1999
  • Character: Self
A behind the scenes snapshot of the making of one of the greatest films ever made. Filled with trivia, interviews from cast and crew, and more.

The Silence of the Lambs: The Inside Story

The Silence of the Lambs: The Inside Story
8.2/10
  • Genre: Documentary
  • Release: 08/09/2010
  • Character: Self
With interviews from cast and crew, including stars Jodie Foster, Anthony Hopkins, and director Jonathan Demme, this feature-length documentary tells the story of how a film with a young director trained in B-movies and cheesy comedies managed to make one of the most chilling films in decades, and how a studio in the midst of collapse turned out a film that took the box office - and Oscars - by storm.

Shooting 'Panic Room'

Shooting 'Panic Room'
7.5/10
Watch David Fincher's journey of the filming process for Panic Room (2002) in this interesting documentary. We see the entire cast and crew throughout production until the final filming day. Many interviews and on-set footage inform us on how the shoot was.

Mickey's 50

Mickey's 50
7.2/10
"Mickey's 50" is a 90-minute special that aired on The Wonderful World of Disney on November 19, 1978. The special was made to commemorate the 50th birthday of Mickey Mouse and highlights many moments in his career.

Boffo! Tinseltown's Bombs and Blockbusters

Boffo! Tinseltown's Bombs and Blockbusters
6.5/10
  • Genre: Documentary
  • Release: 13/06/2006
  • Character: Herself
Hollywoods biggest talents explore what is the recipe for blockbuster, flops, and how absolute happenstance and controlled luck can make movie magic.

Reel Herstory: The Real Story of Reel Women

Reel Herstory: The Real Story of Reel Women
7.5/10
  • Genre: Documentary
  • Release: 10/08/2014
  • Character: Self – Host
Using rare footage and exclusive interviews with filmmakers from all over the globe, "Reel Herstory" corrects the historic notion that women behind the scenes in motion pictures held peripheral careers compared with their male counterparts.

Inside the Labyrinth: The Making of 'The Silence of the Lambs'

Inside the Labyrinth: The Making of 'The Silence of the Lambs'
7.5/10
  • Genre: Documentary
  • Release: 01/01/2001
  • Character: Self
A behind-the-scenes look at the making of this Oscar winning thriller, prepared for its tenth anniversary. Includes interviews with star Anthony Hopkins, as well as other members of the cast and crew, giving their views on the experience of creating this masterpiece of terror and suspense.

Movies Are My Life: A Profile on Martin Scorsese

Movies Are My Life: A Profile on Martin Scorsese
6.6/10
  • Genre: Documentary
  • Release: 06/10/1978
  • Character: Self
The very first full-length documentary on Scorsese offers an invaluable look at how he was perceived by his colleagues, and himself, in 1977. Catching Scorsese while he was in post-production on New York and editing The Last Waltz, British filmmaker Peter Hayden gets the manically hyper Scorsese to comment on his youth, his relation to his lead characters, and most importantly, his approach to direction. The doc doesn’t quite move at the pace of Scorsese’s revved-up speed-talking, but it does offer some real insight into his productivity in the 1970s, thanks to an impressive array of talking heads. Included are Scorsese’s collaborators Jay Cocks, Mardik Martin, Brian De Palma, Steven Prince (who co-produced this doc), and his mentor John Cassavetes. Also the performers, who discuss his working methods in detail — Jodie Foster, Liza Minnelli, and, of course, Robert De Niro.

The Making of 'The Silence of the Lambs'

The Making of 'The Silence of the Lambs'
7.7/10
This brief throwback piece focused on interview snippets from Hopkins, Demme, Glenn, Foster, FBI agent John Douglas and another unnamed FBI agent.

Page to Screen: The Silence of the Lambs

Page to Screen: The Silence of the Lambs
7/10
  • Genre: Documentary
  • Release: 28/10/2002
  • Character: Interviewee
Documentary about the adaptation of the 1988 novel by Thomas Harris into the 1991 film directed by Jonathan Demme. Originally presented in two parts on Bravo Television.

Everest: The Death Zone

Everest: The Death Zone
7.4/10
  • Genre: Documentary
  • Release: 24/02/1998
  • Character: narrator
Get ready for a (literally) breathtaking trek up Mt. Everest, from Base Camp at 17,600 feet; through the chilling, corpse-strewn Death Zone; to the very pinnacle of the the Earth, five and a half miles above sea level. For those brave souls who survive the harrowing climb to the top of the world, it is a transformative experience. But can the excruciating ascent—through frigid cold, blasting wind, blinding sun, and severe lack of oxygen—cause permanent, damaging changes to the human brain and body? In the wake of the 1996 disaster that took eight climbers in a single day, scientists follow a team of hikers to measure, for the first time ever, the toll high-altitude climbing takes on the heart, lungs, blood, and brain. Why do seemingly rational people make poor, sometimes fatal decisions as they approach the peak? And the danger doesn’t end there—as NOVA discovers during the descent, when one climber's respiratory illness takes a terrifying turn on the isolated mountainside.

Jodie F(r)oster

Jodie F(r)oster
  • Genre: ComedyDocumentary
  • Release: 21/12/2021
  • Character: herself / snake (segment: snakes on a plane)
So you think you know Jodie Foster? Join us for a retrospective journey through the star’s career and discover clips you’ve never seen before, moments you didn’t know you’d missed, and films you never even knew she played a part in. Is it a film program? An installation? Performance art? Honestly, we don’t even know. But one thing is for certain: you’ve never seen this side of Jodie Foster before.

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