The best Robert Osborne’s documentary movies
Today we present the best Robert Osborne’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 Robert Osborne’s movies.
Bombshell: The Hedy Lamarr Story
7.4/10
The life and career of the hailed Hollywood movie star and underappreciated genius inventor, Hedy Lamarr.
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.
Tab Hunter Confidential
7.5/10
In the 1950s, Tab Hunter was number one at the box office and number one on the music charts and was Hollywood’s most sought-after young star. Natalie Wood, Debbie Reynolds and Sophia Loren were just a few of the actresses he was romantically linked to. He was America’s Boy Next Door and nothing, it seemed, could damage Tab Hunter’s career. Nothing, that is, except for the fact that Tab Hunter was secretly gay. Now, the secret is out.
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History
7.7/10
The history of Hollywood musical movies, from the very beginning until the 21st century, hosted by Shirley Jones.
Private Screenings: Robert Osborne
7.9/10
TCM host Robert Osborne discusses his life and career with guest interviewer Alec Baldwin in commemoration of Osborne's 20 years with the network.
Making Montgomery Clift
7.1/10
Classic film star and queer icon Montgomery Clift’s legacy has long been a story of tragedy and self-destruction. But when his nephew dives into the family archives, a much more complicated picture emerges.
Inside 'The Apartment'
7.6/10
A 2007 documentary on the making of 'The Apartment'.
Boulevard! A Hollywood Story
6.9/10
Dickson Hughes and Richard Stapley, two young songwriters and romantic partners, find themselves caught in movie star Gloria Swanson's web when she hires them to write a musical version of "Sunset Boulevard."
A Night at the Movies: The Gigantic World of Epics
7/10
A Night at the Movies: The Gigantic World of Epics looks at Hollywood’s biggest screen spectaculars from all sides, including the genre’s beginnings, literary adaptations, great epic directors and actors, the challenges of making big-budget movies, classic set-pieces and epic music scores. The special also looks at how the genre fell out of favor with audiences and filmmakers in the ‘70s and ‘80s, only to be reborn with more recent films like Gladiator, and Dances with Wolves trilogy. Throughout, the special is packed with classic scenes and behind-the-scenes images from such films as The Birth of a Nation (1915), Gone With the Wind (1939), Samson & Delilah (1949), The Ten Commandments (1956), Ben-Hur (1959), El Cid (1961), King of Kings (1961), Lawrence of Arabia (1962) and Doctor Zhivago (1965).
Mae West and the Men Who Knew Her
7.2/10
As the first "blonde bombshell," Mae West reigned supreme and changed the nation's view of women, sex and race- on stage, in films, on radio and television. Including clips from Night After Night, She Done Him Wrong, I'm No Angel, Belle of the Nineties, and Klondike Annie. In addition to home movies and archival footage, Anthony Quinn, Rex Reed and Robert Wise provide interviews.
Hitchcock and Dial M
6.7/10
A retrospective look at the brilliance of Alfred Hitchcock's 'Dial M for Murder.'
3D: A Brief History
5.5/10
A look at how Dial M for Murder (1954) was produced for 3-D viewing.
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 Fabulous Allan Carr
7.6/10
Armed with a limitless Rolodex and a Benedict Canyon enclave with its own disco, Allan Carr threw the Hollywood parties that defined the 1970s. A producer, manager, and marketing genius, Carr built his bombastic reputation amid a series of successes including the mega-hit musical film "Grease," until it all came crashing down after he produced the 1989 Academy Awards, a notorious debacle.
Hitchcock's Confession: A Look at I Confess
6.6/10
Documentary short focusing on the making of Alfred Hitchcock's 1953 film I Confess.
Kim Novak: Live from the TCM Classic Film Festival
7.9/10
In a show taped before a live audience at the TCM Classic Film Festival in April 2012, Robert Osborne hosts an in-depth interview with actress Kim Novak concerning her life and career.
Guilt Trip: Hitchcock and 'The Wrong Man'
6.5/10
Documentary on the making of Alfred Hitchcock’s 'The Wrong Man'
Private Screenings: Ernest Borgnine
7.8/10
Oscar®-winner Ernest Borgnine sits down with Turner Classic Movies host Robert Osborne to discuss his life and career.
Mr. Hitchcock Meets the Smiths
6.3/10
Short documentary on the making of Alfred Hitchcock's Mr. & Mrs. Smith.
Before the Fact: Suspicious Hitchcock
6.4/10
A documentary on Alfred Hitchcock's 1941 film, "Suspicion".
