Mel Stuart Movies

When eccentric candy man Willy Wonka promises a lifetime supply of sweets and a tour of his chocolate factory to five lucky kids, penniless Charlie...

Retrospective documentary on the making of the cult classic "Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory."

A group of travelers from the United States race through seven European countries in 18 days.

The story of a fire in the Triangle Shirt Mfg. Co. building in New York City in 1911 that resulted in the deaths of 146 employees, mostly young...

Bill, an intellectually disabled man, ventures out into the world for the first time, having spent most of his life in a dreary inner city...

This biopic about actress Sophia Loren covers her life from childhood through international stardom, her marriage to Carlo Ponti following a romantic...

Rafe Esquith, 1992 American Teacher of the Year and National Medal of Arts recipient, teaches 5th-grade children whose parents don't speak English at...

A victim of circumstance, country and western musician Paul Ramsey finds himself on a Southern chain gang.

This documentary showcases Hitler's strategy for conquering hearts and minds by exploiting people's capacity to hate, something as relevant in our...

A dramatic re-creation of the four-day span preceding and following the assassination of John F. Kennedy in November, 1963, drawn from authenticated...

A documentary film about the Afro-American Woodstock concert held in Los Angeles seven years after the Watts riots. Director Mel Stuart mixes footage...

A young woman has difficulty understanding why her husband walks out on her. Alone for the first time, she finds life difficult to cope with and for...

An hour documentary on the history of Bond for the 25th anniversary of the film series.

A profile of writer-director Billy Wilder

1964 American documentary film about the assassination of John F. Kennedy.

A newspaper reporter trying to track down a hermit-like billionaire goes to the Brazilian jungle, where she finds herself in the middle of an...

A college professor, his wife, and daughter go the the wilds of Africa to live, and study the rare white lions of the region.

Man Ray, the master of experimental and fashion photography was also a painter, a filmmaker, a poet, an essayist, a philosopher, and a leader of...

A documentary about men who are courageous enough to risk their lives undertaking challenges, sports-related and not, that are at the limit of human...

The work of the US police force and the problem of fighting rising crime across the country.