Philosophy Movies

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,...

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

Architecture and life. What answers does one have for the other? What if we were to build our lives like we build sustainable houses: in harmony with...

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 exploration of the ideas of philosopher Douglas R. Hofstadter.

Being in the World is a celebration of human beings, and our ability, through the mastery of physical, intellectual and creative skills, to find...

Examined Life pulls philosophy out of academic journals and classrooms, and puts it back on the streets. Offering privileged moments with great...

Identical twin mathematicians investigate what Einstein called, "The world's greatest mystery".

This refreshingly frank and impartial study of the discovery and development of the notorious hallucinogenic drug is notably free of moral...

A remake of the 1948 Alfred Hitchcock classic about two longtime friends who attempt to prove that they committed the perfect murder by hosting a...

The impact of Marx on the 20th century has been all-pervasive and world-wide. This program looks at the man, at the roots of his philosophy, at the...

Between what passes and what remains, he seeks to understand what watches him and what might still be waiting to be remembered.

An American art dealer (Miguel Sandoval), who specializes in southwestern topaz, arrives by train in Liverpool. Similarly, a very proper British art...

Terence McKenna gives us a detailed description of his TimeWave concept and a demonstration of the software Terence originated in his early...

Christopher Gabriel, a young American, suffers from constant nightmares. These dreams have been coming for a long time, and nothing seems to be able...

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.

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

Documentary on writer/philospher Simone de Beauvoir via interviews of herself and friends supplimented with archive footage resulting in an intimate...

A four-hour French comedy that masterfully blends absurdist humor with the profound existential philosophy of Albert Camus.

The author Carl-Göran Ekerwald has written more than 50 books. At the age of 87, a new chapter in his life begins when he meets the journalist...