Philosophy Movies

Documentary examining the medieval myth of the Philosopher's Stone, a Holy Grail-type relic which supposedly held the key to alchemy and immortality....

The dramatization of Socrates' trial for spoiling the Athenian youth which resulted in his death sentence.

What does a bankrupt poet with no desire to live have to say about life?

The city is overwhelmed by consumerism and information. The constant barrage of information starts to glide past all of us. We are neither here nor...

Documentary-maker David Malone delves into the secrets of ocean waves. In an elegant and original film, he finds that waves are not made of water,...

A man tries to get a group of young people trapped in drugs out through philosophy.

Lucie was born with a protruding ear that she got from her mother. In this documentary she tries to find answers in her fathers' features.

An essay film about Jean-Paul Sartre and the French Existentialists, featuring Roland Barthes' last interview.

The documentary focuses on the annual Mani Rimdu festival of Tibet and Nepal, an event which encapsulates the Himalayan Buddhist experience.

The film tells of old Antonio, 81, who refuses to stay in a mental home and walks away. He hits the streets to give a message to people: be...

A portrait documentary tracing the inspiration, philosophy and imagination of the celebrated theatre and screen writer - and Bunuel's long term...

Somewhere, a man tinkers, cooks, and smokes in silence, caught between the tranquility of an afternoon nap and the strangeness of time stretching out.

A film about people on having different perspective on life. It's a journey in a car of two different people having a conversation on difficulties of...

An extensive interview with legendary director Andrei Tarkovsky conducted by Donatello Baglivo.

This is a film about Ludwig Wittgenstein and Arnold Schoenberg; two men whose lives and ideas run parallel in the development of Viennese radicalism....

Philosopher Johnny Golding ruminates on a formative childhood experience, when her father brought home an early prototype of night vision he was...

A dozen of comedians try to pass the French national academic qualification known as "baccalauréat".

Almost one hundred years ago, the project to reduce the world to mathematical physics failed suddenly and completely: “One of the best-kept...