On this day in movie history - Shine On: The Forgotten Shining Location (2024):

Shine On: The Forgotten Shining Location

documentary directed and written by Paul King,

released in the United States on July 26, 2024.

Music by Andrew Scullin.

Cast: Jan Harlan, Katharina Kubrick, Michael Sheen, Leslie Tomkins, Lisa Burns, Louise Burns, Scatman Crothers, Shelley Duvall, Stanley Kubrick, Danny Lloyd, Jack Nicholson, Philip Stone, Joe Turkel.

On this day in movie history - Film Noir: Bringing Darkness to Light (2006):

Film Noir: Bringing Darkness to Light

documentary directed by Gary Leva,

was released in the United States on July 18, 2006.

Cast:

John Alton, Drew Casper, Roger Deakins, John Debney, Edward Dmytryk, James Ellroy, Glenn Erickson, William Goldman, Jane Greer, Haden Guest, Patricia King Hanson, Brian Helgeland, Peter Honess, Rick Jewell, Janusz Kaminski, Eric Lax, Carol Littleton, Michael Madsen, Christopher McQuarrie, Frank Miller, Eddie Muller, Kim Newman, Christopher Nolan, John Ottman, Nicholas Pileggi, Sydney Pollack, André Previn, Graeme Revell, Henry Rollins, Theresa Russell, Paul Schrader, Talia Shire, Newton Thomas Sigel, Alain Silver, Audrey Totter, James Ursini, Gordon Willis, Lili Fini Zanuck.

On this day in movie history - Stanley Kubrick’s Boxes (2008):

Stanley Kubrick’s Boxes

documentary directed and written by Jon Ronson,

released in the United States on July 16, 2008.

Music by Simon Fisher-Turner.

Cast: Stanley Kubrick, Jon Ronson, Anthony Frewin, Jan Harlan, Christiane Kubrick, Manuel Harlan, Anya Kubrick, Julian Senior, Vincent Tilsley, Rick Senat, Deborah Davis, Judy Tobey, Van Boudreaux, Leon Vitali, Terry Needham, Bernd Eichhorn.

On this day in movie history - Jaws @ 50: The Definitive Inside Story (2025):

Jaws @ 50: The Definitive Inside Story

documentary directed by Laurent Bouzereau,

based on the novel by Peter Benchley,

released in the United States on July 10, 2025.

Music by Blake Neely.

Cast:

Emily Blunt, Steven Spielberg, Guillermo del Toro, Jordan Peele, J.J. Abrams, Steven Soderbergh, James Cameron, George Lucas, Robert Zemeckis, Cameron Crowe, John Williams, Lorraine Gary, Greg Nicotero, Jeffrey Voorhees, Jeffrey Kramer, Ian Shaw, Carl Gottlieb, Jonathan Filley, Joe Alves, Wendy Benchley, Tracy Benchley Turner.

On this day in movie history - The Story of Film: A New Generation (2021):

The Story of Film: A New Generation

a two-part documentary directed and written by Mark Cousins,

was released at the Cannes Film Festival in France on July 6, 2021.
Narrated by Mark Cousins.

On this day in movie history - Watch the Skies! Science Fiction, the 1950s and Us (2005):

Watch the Skies!

Science Fiction, the 1950s and Us

documentary directed and written by Richard Schickel,

released in the United States on July 5, 2005.

Music by Casey Cohen.

Cast:

Mark Hamill, Steven Spielberg, George Lucas, Ridley Scott, James Cameron, Edmund Gwenn, Lou Costello, Walter Pidgeon, Anne Francis, James Arness, Michael Rennie, Warner Anderson, Morris Ankrum, Raymond Bailey, Gene Barry, Noah Beery Jr., Lloyd Bridges, Edward Colmans, Frank Conroy, Robert Cornthwaite, Sandy Descher, Kirk Douglas, Leif Erickson, Arthur Franz, Bert Freed, Ned Glass, Billy Gray, Jimmy Hunt, Virginia Huston, Sam Jaffe, Jack Kelly, Harry Lauter, Lock Martin, Osa Massen, Cameron Mitchell, Leslie Nielsen, Ann Robinson, William Schallert, Douglas Spencer, Warren Stevens, Randy Stuart, Barry Sullivan, Kenneth Tobey, Joan Weldon, James Whitmore, Grant Williams.

On this day in movie history - Time Warp: The Greatest Cult Films of All-Time. Vol 3: Comedy & Camp - June 23, 2020.

Time Warp: The Greatest Cult Films of All-Time
Vol 3: Comedy & Camp

documentary directed by Danny Wolf,

was released in the United States on June 23, 2020.

Cast:

Diedrich Bader, John Cleese, David Cross, Joe Dante, Illeana Douglas, Peter Farrelly, Jim Gaffigan, Gina Gershon, Amy Heckerling, Jon Heder, Mike Judge, Ron Livingston, Tina Majorino, Michael McKean, John Cameron Mitchell, Kevin Pollak, Kevin Smith, John Waters, Fred Willard, Mary Woronov.

On this day in movie history - Document of the Dead (1980):

Document of the Dead

directed and written by Roy Frumkes,

was released in Germany on June 21, 1981.
Documentary on the making of Dawn of the Dead (1978),

directed by George A. Romero.
Narrated by Susan Tyrrell and Nicole Potter.
Music by Rick Ulfik.

Cast:

Susan Tyrrell, Nicole Potter, George A. Romero, Richard P. Rubinstein, Michael Gornick, Carl Augenstein, Tom Savini, Ken Foree, Scott H. Reiniger, David Emge, John Amplas, Roy Frumkes, Christine Forrest, Gahan Wilson, Steve Bissette, Joe Kane, Gregory Lamberson, Ben Barenholtz, Dave Bartholomew, Pasquale Buba, Butchie   Butchie, Diane Donati, Jimmy 'Killer' Evans, George Haeck, Dave Hawkins, 'Sidecar' John Helbig, Jeanie Jefferies, Tom Kapusta, Katherine Kolbert, Leonard Lies, Doug Mertz, Sukey Raphael, Rudy Ricci, John Rice, Cindy Roman, Lenny Roman, Gaylen Ross, Donna Siegel, Nick Tallo, Danny Vail, Larry Vaira, Sara Venable, Susan Vermazen.

On this day in movie history - Stanley Kubrick: The Invisible Man (1996):

Stanley Kubrick: The Invisible Man

documentary directed and written by Paul Joyce,

was released in the United Kingdom on June 20, 1996.

Cast:

Ken Adam, Garrett Brown, Arthur C. Clarke, Shelley Duvall, R. Lee Ermey, James B. Harris, Michael Herr, Diane Johnson, Stanley Kubrick, Malcolm McDowell, Matthew Modine, Jonathan Pryce, Leonard Rosenman, Kate Sheldon, Bryan Singer, David Thomson.

On this day in movie history - Dreams Within a Dream: The Classic Cinema of Edgar Allan Poe (2019):

Dreams Within a Dream: The Classic Cinema of Edgar Allan Poe

documentary directed by Constantine Nasr,

written by Steve Haberman,

released in the United States on June 18, 2019.

Cast: Doug Bradley, Lon Chaney, Boris Karloff, Bela Lugosi.

On this day in movie history - American Cinema (1995–1996):

American Cinema

13-episode documentary series that ran from June 7, 1995 – August 22, 1996.

Episode titles: The Hollywood Style; The Studio System; The Star; The Western; Romantic Comedy; The Combat Film; Film Noir; Film in the Television Age; The Film School Generation; The Edge of Hollywood; Film Language; Writing and Thinking about Film; Classic Hollywood Style Today.

On this day in movie history - Back to the Drive-in (2022):

Back to the Drive-in

documentary directed and written by April Wright,

was released in the United States on June 6, 2022.

On this day in movie history - Going Attractions: The Definitive Story of the American Drive-in Movie (2013):

Going Attractions: The Definitive Story of the American Drive-in Movie

documentary directed and written by April Wright,

was released in the United States on June 6, 2013.
Music by Dave Glover, Kate Houle and Rob Houle.

Cast:

Charles Bruss, Riley Cooke, Roger Corman, Dennis Cozzalio, Bob Deutsch, Matt Dillon, Barry Floyd, Barb Frankhouser, Bill Frankhouser, Paul Geissinger, Patricia King Hanson, Richard M. Hollingshead III, David Hudzik, Jennifer Sherer Janisch, Sam Kirkland, Jim Kopp, Megan Kopp, Mark Lovato, Robbie Mack, Wes Neal, Teri Oldknow, Karen Sternheimer, Ed Szurek, Tony Troidl, D. Edward Vogel.

On this day in movie history - Jaws: The Inside Story (2010):

Jaws: The Inside Story

documentary directed and written by Rob Goldberg,

released in the United States on June 6, 2010.

Music by Richard Fiocca.

Cast:

Richard Dreyfuss, Steven Spielberg, David Fear, Sid Sheinberg, Alison Bailes, John Milius, Calvin Joe Acord/Cal Acord, James-Michael Roddy, Robert Shaw, Murray Hamilton, Richard D. Zanuck, Wendy Benchley, David Brown, Helen Gurley Brown, William S. Gilmore, Joe Alves, Edith Blake, Carl Gottlieb, Jeffrey Kramer, Lorraine Gary, Susan Backlinie, Roy Arbogast, Kevin Pike, Richard O. Helmer/Richie Helmer, Michael Chapman, Bill Butler, Jonathan Filley, Jeffrey Voorhees, Lee Fierro, Roy Scheider, Harlan Twible, Mike Kuryla, John Williams, Mike New.

On this day in movie history - Harold and Lillian: A Hollywood Love Story (2015):

Harold and Lillian: A Hollywood Love Story

a documentary directed and written by Daniel Raim,

was released at the Cannes Film Festival in France on May 23, 2015.
Music by David Lebolt.

Cast:

Lillian Michelson, Harold Michelson, Bill Krohn, Stuart Cornfeld, Mel Brooks, Danny DeVito, Jim Bissell, Norman Newberry, Rick Carter, Francis Ford Coppola, Gene Allen, Alfred Hitchcock, Gabriel Hardman, Marc Wanamaker, Thomas A. Walsh, Alan Michelson, Anahid Nazarian, Tom Waits, Richard Sylbert, Patrick Mate, Tish Hicks, Will Vought, Dennis Michelson.

On this day in movie history - Time Warp: The Greatest Cult Films of All-Time. Vol. 2: Horror and Sci-Fi (2020):

Time Warp: The Greatest Cult Films of All-Time
Vol. 2: Horror and Sci-Fi

documentary directed by Danny Wolf,

was released in the United States on May 19, 2020.

Cast:

Bruce Campbell, Roger Corman, Joe Dante, Illeana Douglas, Jeff Goldblum, Malcolm Mcdowell, Joe Morton, Ed Neil, Kevin Pollak, John Sayles, Anthony Timpone, John Waters, Mary Woronov, Sean Young, Rob Zombie.

On this day in movie history - Filmworker (2017):

Filmworker

documentary directed by Tony Zierra,

was released at the Cannes Film Festival in France on May 19, 2017.
Music by David Ben Shannon.

Cast:

Leon Vitali, Ryan O'Neal, Brian Capron, Mike Alfreds, Nick Redman, Brian Jamieson, Danny Lloyd, Stanley Kubrick, Matthew Modine, R. Lee Ermey, Tim Colceri, Julian Senior, Colin Mossman, Warren Lieberfarb, Lisa Leone, Steve Southgate, Phil Rosenthal, Jacob Rosenberg, Max Vitali, Vera Vitali, Masha Vitali, Stellan Skarsgård, Pernilla August, Beverly Wood, Tim Vitali, Maria Hayward, Chris Vitali, Marie Richardson, Treva Etienne, Margaret Adams, Ned Price, Chris Jenkins, Janet Wilson, Adam Baldwin, Marisa Berenson, David Bowie, Scatman Crothers, Tom Cruise, Kirk Douglas, Keir Dullea, Shelley Duvall, Michael Gambon, George Harrison, Arliss Howard, Mick Jagger, John Lennon, James Mason, Paul McCartney, Malcolm McDowell, Jack Nicholson, Slim Pickens, Gordon Ramsay, Peter Sellers, Martin Sheen, Rita Wilson, Shelley Winters.

On this day in television history - Rainn Wilson and the Geography of Bliss (2023):

Rainn Wilson and the Geography of Bliss

documentary directed by Niharika Desai,

written by Eric Weiner,

based on the book by Eric Weiner,

was released in the United States on May 18, 2023.

Cast:

Rainn Wilson, Ólafur Darri Ólafsson, Ari Meyers, Jón Gnarr, Georgi Gospodinov, Ivo Dimchev, Hreimur Örn Heimisson, Margaret Liefsdóttir, Tinna Thorlacius, Jewells Chambers.

On this day in movie history - Z Channel: A Magnificent Obsession (2004):

Z Channel: A Magnificent Obsession

documentary directed by Xan Cassavetes,

was released at the Cannes Film Festival in France on May 16, 2004.
Music by Steven Hufsteter.  

Cast:

Robert Altman, Vera Carlisle Anderson, C.L. Batten, Jacqueline Bisset, Ernest Borgnine, Charles Champlin, David Chasman, Stuart Cooper, F.X. Feeney, James B. Harris, Jerry Harvey, William Holden, Don Hyde, Henry Jaglom, Jim Jarmusch, Charles H. Joffe, Kris Kristofferson, John McNally, Bill Mechanic, Ned Nalle, Alexander Payne, Sam Peckinpah, Doreen Ringer Ross, Chuck Ross, Alan Rudolph, Theresa Russell, Timothy Ryerson, Jeff Schwager, Penelope Spheeris, Bob Strock, Quentin Tarantino, Kevin Thomas, Jonathan Turell, Douglas Venturelli, Paul Verhoeven, James Woods, Vilmos Zsigmond.

On this day in movie history - James Ellroy's Feast of Death (2001):

James Ellroy's Feast of Death

documentary directed by Vikram Jayanti,

was released in the United Kingdom on May 6, 2001.
Music by Rob Lane.

Cast:

James Ellroy, Rick Jackson, Brian M. Carr, Mike Berchem, Eric J. Mosher, Tim Marcia, David Lambkin, Paul W. Coulter, William Stoner, Ray Peavy, Frank Merriman, Rey Verdugo, Louis D. Danoff, Nick Nolte, Helen Knode, Larry Harnisch, Karen Hilliker, Janet T. Klock, M. Brian Klock, Mindy Klock, Elizabeth Short, Ron Riekki.