Best 19 Documentary Movies Popular from 1967

While in San Francisco for the promotion of her last film in October 1967, Agnès Varda gets to know a relative she had never heard of before. This unknown uncle lives on a boat, is a painter, has adopted a hippie lifestyle and loves life. More about Uncle Yanco / IMDB / YouTube

Black gay prostitute Jason Holliday is rigorously interviewed on his story and character, revealing nuanced truths about life and art. Get info on Portrait of Jason / IMDB / YouTube

In seven different segments, Godard, Klein, Lelouch, Marker, Resnais, and Varda show their sympathy and support for the North Vietnamese army during the Vietnam War. Explore Far from Vietnam / IMDB / YouTube

Plastics salesman Oshima disappeared without a word to anyone, and has been missing for two years. Shohei Imamura and his crew follow Oshima's fiancé Yoshie and actor Shigeru Tsuyuguchi as they investigate the disappearance. Explore A Man Vanishes / IMDB / YouTube

This documentary captures performances, interviews, and conversations from the 1963-1966 Newport Folk Festivals. Explore Festival / IMDB / YouTube

Documentary film of The Beatles classic August 15, 1965 New York concert. Get info on The Beatles at Shea Stadium / IMDB / YouTube

Peter Whitehead's disjointed Swinging London documentary, subtitled A Pop Concerto, comprises a number of different movements, each depicting a different theme underscored by music. Explore Tonite Let's All Make Love in London / IMDB / YouTube

A faux travelogue that mixes documentary and mockumentary footage. The camera looks through a one-way glass into the women's dressing room at a lingerie shop, visits a Kyoto massage parlor, goes inside the mailroom at Frederick's of Hollywood, watches an Australian who sticks nails through his skin and eats glass, checks out the art and peace scene in Los Angeles, tak. Read about Mondo Bizarro / IMDB / YouTube

Iconoclast Lenny Bruce appears at San Francisco's Basin Street West in what was his next-to-last live appearance. His act that night consisted of reading allegations and transcripts from one of his several obscenity trials and then commenting on what he'd actually done or said. While there are some bits in the performance (including the prison riot with Dutch, the W. Look into Lenny Bruce in 'Lenny Bruce' / IMDB / YouTube

Documentary about the potentially dangerous and unpredictable drug LSD. Various experts discuss how LSD is made and the hazards involved in using it while avid users explain why they enjoy taking it. Read about LSD: Insight or Insanity? / IMDB / YouTube

Mark Lane interviews witnesses to the Kennedy assassination and exposes serious flaws in the conclusions made by the Warren Commission. Look into Rush to Judgment / IMDB / YouTube

Recreating the one-man show he starred in on Broadway, 'Hal Holbrook' portrays Mark Twain as a 70-year old humorist who skewers politicians, newspapermen and so-called patriots in this 90 minute monologue. Holbrook adapted Twain's own words for a commentary on slavery, religion and politics, mixing the satire with comic yarns about life on the Mississippi and a very e. Read about Hal Holbrook: Mark Twain Tonight! / IMDB / YouTube

Documentary about the social/political/cultural scene in Los Angeles, and especially Hollywood, in the mid to late '60s. See more about Mondo Hollywood: Hollywood Laid Bare! / IMDB / YouTube

This promotional short film provides a behind-the-scenes look at the making of The Dirty Dozen (1967). It shows star Lee Marvin and the other actors on set and enjoying their time off in London during the Swinging 1960s. Look into Operation Dirty Dozen / IMDB / YouTube

A study on a small Pentecostal congregation in Scrabble Creek, West Virginia. Learn about Holy Ghost People / IMDB / YouTube

Bettie de Jong performs the same dance nine times, starting and ending in a reclined position. As the film proceeds the camera becomes more and more adventurous. Learn about 9 Variations on a Dance Theme / IMDB / YouTube

A documentary featuring director Robert Bresson on the set of Mouchette and interviews with him (off and in). Check out Au hasard Bresson / IMDB / YouTube

A documentary chronicling the youth movement of the late '60s on Los Angeles' Sunset Strip and San Francisco's Haight-Ashbury district. Look into Something's Happening / IMDB / YouTube

A 22-minute short film featuring interviews with four trans women in 1967. Info on Queens at Heart / IMDB / YouTube