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Summary: The true story of Hossain Sabzian, a cinephile who impersonated the director Mohsen Makhmalbaf to convince a family they would star in his so-called new film.
Runtime: 1 h 38 min
MPAA: Not Rated

Country: Iran
Language: Farsi
Domestic: $ 2,670
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Summary: Writer and urban activist Jane Jacobs fights to save historic New York City during the ruthless redevelopment era of urban planner Robert Moses in the 1960s.
Release Date: April 21, 2017
Runtime: 1 h 32 min
MPAA: Not Rated

Production: Altimeter Films
Country: United States
Language: English
Domestic: $ 313,411
International: $ 9,713
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Summary: This feature documentary film shows the past and the future of Wa-Shoku that these men and women created and how they maintained the essential traditional qualities of Japanese food.
Runtime: 1 h 47 min
MPAA: G

Countries: Japan, United States
Language: English
Domestic: $ 12,240
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Summary: A follow up to the documentary Herb & Dorothy, that captures an ordinary couple's extraordinary gift of art to the nation as they close the door on their life as collectors.
Release Date: September 13, 2013
Runtime: 1 h 27 min

Distributor: Fine Line Media
Country: United States
Language: English
Domestic: $ 38,933
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Summary: Herb and Dorothy Vogel redefine what it means to be an art collector.
Runtime: 1 h 27 min
MPAA: Not Rated

Country: United States
Language: English
Domestic: $ 194,721
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Summary: A film about the life and work of the cosmologist, Stephen Hawking, who despite his near total paralysis, was one of the great minds of all time.
Runtime: 1 h 20 min
MPAA: G

Domestic: $ 2,279,692
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Summary: A dedicated music teacher in East Harlem instructs a gaggle of underprivileged children in the art of the violin. In the climax, they play Carnegie Hall with some of the world's foremost fiddlers.
Runtime: 1 h 17 min
MPAA: G

Country: United States
Language: English
Domestic: $ 20,819
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Summary: In a French forest in 1798, a child is found who cannot walk, speak, read or write. A doctor becomes interested in the child and patiently attempts to civilize him.
Runtime: 1 h 23 min
MPAA: G

Country: France
Language: French
Domestic: $ 65,560
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Summary: Interweaves Twain's life and times with the lives of current day enthusiasts of the 19th century way of life. Utilizing archival stereo-optic photos, powerful images from the past seemingly come alive in a larger-than-life present...
Runtime: 0 h 52 min
MPAA: G

Country: United States
Language: English
Domestic: $ 2,297,096
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Summary: Born in a remote village on Ireland's west coast, Joe Heaney conquered the shyness of his youth to become one of his country's most revered traditional vocalists, as chronicled in this lyrical biopic.
Runtime: 1 h 44 min

Countries: Ireland, Canada
Language: English
Movie budget: $ 1,300,000
Domestic: $ 16,182
International: $ 5,167
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Summary: An in-depth portrait of MANOLO BLAHNIK, self-confessed 'cobbler' and the man regarded by most influential fashion figures as 'the best shoe-maker of the 20th and 21st centuries. A film for anyone who has ever looked longingly at a...
Runtime: 1 h 29 min
MPAA: Not Rated

Distributor: Music Box Films
Language: English
Domestic: $ 60,056
International: $ 4,833
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Summary: A collection of vignettes highlighting different aspects of the life, work, and character of the acclaimed Canadian classical pianist.
Runtime: 1 h 38 min
MPAA: Not Rated

Language: English
Domestic: $ 1,319,521
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Summary: A documentary on the mysterious and influential pianist.
Runtime: 1 h 46 min
MPAA: Not Rated

Distributor: Lorber Films
Country: Canada
Language: English
Domestic: $ 167,508
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Summary: Actor and writer Stephen Fry explores his passion for the world's most controversial composer - Richard Wagner. But Stephen is Jewish and lost family members in the Holocaust, so can he salvage the music he loves from its dark ass...
Runtime: 1 h 29 min
MPAA: Not Rated

Domestic: $ 37,745
International: $ 68,507
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Summary: Fifty years after the fall of his country, can the Dalai Lama make a breakthrough in his efforts to find a solution to the Tibet question?
Runtime: 1 h 19 min
MPAA: TV-G

Domestic: $ 67,095
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Summary: Krishna Das is on a journey to India to discover legendary spiritual teacher Neem Karoli Baba, through drug addiction and depression, to his eventual emergence as a world-famous Kirtan singer.
Release Date: June 17, 2012
Runtime: 1 h 14 min
MPAA: Not Rated

Production: Substratum Films
Distributor: Zeitgeist Films
Countries: United States, India
Language: English
Domestic: $ 100,401
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Summary: The untold story of Mahendra Singh Dhoni's journey from ticket collector to trophy collector - the world-cup-winning captain of the Indian Cricket Team.
Runtime: 3 h 04 min
MPAA: G

Country: India
Language: Hindi
Domestic: $ 1,801,550
International: $ 27,101,497
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Summary: True story of the life of Jimmy Piersall, who battled mental illness to achieve stardom in major league baseball.
Runtime: 1 h 40 min
MPAA: Approved

Production: Paramount Pictures
Country: United States
Language: English
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Summary: A touching story between a lonely woman and a TGV train driver.
Runtime: 0 h 30 min

Country: Switzerland
Language: French