Philosophy Movies

Carried by a rich narration from Orson Welles, this rarely seen 1973 animated adaptation of Plato’s 'allegory of the cave' populates the tale...

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

In 1973 Yorkshire public television made a short film of the Nobel laureate while he was there. The resulting film, Take the World from Another Point...

A poetic look at the life and legacy of legendary author Philip K. Dick (1928-1982), who wrote over over a hundred short stories and 44 novels of...

Umberto Eco, the author of best-selling novels who passed away in February 2016, unveils the secrets behind his undertakings and novels.

Helena Petrovna von Hahn, called Madame Blavatsky, was an extraordinary personality of her time, regardless of how we decide to observe her...

The Ister is a 3000km journey to the heart of Europe, from the mouth of the Danube river on the Black Sea, to its source in the German Black Forest....

A barber fantasizes about killing his customers after hearing them complain about the world.

A documentary about the technological progress responsibility in employment destruction, analyzed by philosopher Zygmunt Bauman and others.

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

Richard Feynman was a scientific genius with - in his words - a "limited intelligence". This dichotomy is just one of the characteristics that made...

Tivadar Csontváry Kosztka the one-ideaed Hungarian painter was thought to be crazy by his peers, but he eventually became a significant artist.

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

An exploration of the link between science and beauty through the work of scientists at CERN, in Geneva.

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

An essay/documentary film that meditates on the concept of life, living & surviving. It tries to raise the questions on how we live, why we live the...

Exploring the life and impact of the greatest spiritual and legal philosopher in Islamic history, this film examines Ghazali's existential crisis of...

Musings on life and literature in this student drama made by the Cambridge Film Unit.