Topic: Mondo Film

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Africa addio

1966 · Documentary · 140 min. · Italy

Direction Gualtiero Jacopetti · Franco Prosperi

Cast Sergio Rossi · Gualtiero Jacopetti · Ian Yule

Plot The second official sequel to the original shockumentary, displaying cruel acts of animal poaching and violence, executions, and tribal slaughtering, all taking place on the African continent.

7.3

106 votes

7.3

106 votes

The Killing of America

1981 · Documentary · 90 min. · United States

Direction Sheldon Renan

Cast Chuck Riley · Ed Dorris · Thomas Noguchi · Sirhan Sirhan

Plot A documentary of the decline of America. It features a lot a great footage (most exclusive to this film) from race riots to serial killers and much-much more.

7.2

108 votes

7.2

108 votes

Goodbye, Uncle Tom

1971 · Documentary · 136 min. · Italy

Direction Gualtiero Jacopetti · Franco Prosperi

Plot Two documentary filmmakers go back in time to the pre-Civil War American South, to film the slave trade.

6.7

85 votes

6.7

85 votes

Mondo Cane No. 1

1962 · Documentary · 108 min. · Italy

Direction Paolo Cavara · Gualtiero Jacopetti · Franco Prosperi

Cast Rossano Brazzi · Stefano Sibaldi

Plot Nominally a documentary, this film combines a number of unrelated sequences (both real and staged) -- including a South Pacific "cargo cult", the ritual slaughter of a bull, tribal dances...

6.5

552 votes

6.5

552 votes

Mondo Cane 2

1963 · Documentary · 102 min. · Italy

Direction Gualtiero Jacopetti · Franco Prosperi

Plot The official sequel to the original shockumentary, presenting new and bizarre behavior from around the world, including cruelty, graphic gore, and strange rituals.

6.2

64 votes

6.2

64 votes

Savage Man Savage Beast

1975 · Documentary · 94 min. · Italy

5.9

49 votes

5.9

49 votes

Mondo Trasho

1969 · Movie · 95 min. · United States

Direction John Waters

Cast Mary Vivian Pearce · Divine · David Lochary · Mink Stole

Plot After an introductory sequence during which chickens are beheaded on a chopping block, the main action begins. Platinum blond bombshell Mary Vivian Pearce begins her day by riding the bus...

5.5

185 votes

5.5

185 votes

Shocking Asia

1976 · Documentary · 94 min. · Germany - West Germany (FRG)

Direction Rolf Olsen

Plot A documentary about asia's shocking cultures.

5.5

37 votes

5.5

37 votes

This Is America

1977 · Documentary · 97 min. · United States

Direction Romano Vanderbes

Cast Fanne Foxe · Anibal O. Lleras · Ulli Lommel · Norman Rose

Plot Inspired by shock-documentaries like Mondo Cane, this film looks at the wilder side of life in America. Starting off with the bloodier side of the American car culture by showing...

5.5

39 votes

5.5

39 votes

Mondo Violence

1976 · Documentary · 95 min. · Italy

4.8

24 votes

4.8

24 votes

Cannibal Holocaust

1980 · Movie · 98 min. · Italy

Direction Ruggero Deodato

Cast Robert Kerman · Francesca Ciardi · Perry Pirkanen · Luca Barbareschi

Plot CANNIBAL HOLOCAUST was for years reviled as one of the most repugnant and morally questionable of the 1970s spate of cannibal films--and possibly the most horrifying ever. But director Ruggero...

4.7

13K votes

4.7

13K votes

Mondo Topless

1966 · Documentary · 60 min. · United States

Direction Russ Meyer

4.7

93 votes

4.7

93 votes

Faces of Death

1978 · Documentary · 105 min. · United States

4.3

225 votes

4.3

225 votes

Faces of Death II

1981 · Documentary · 85 min. · United States

Direction John Alan Schwartz

Cast Michael Carr

Plot Second entry in the shockumentary "Faces of Death" saga.

4.0

38 votes

4.0

38 votes

Faces of Death III

1985 · Documentary · 91 min. · United States

Direction John Alan Schwartz

Cast Michael Carr

Plot Just as the previous issues, the film shows different ways of dying, usually curious, accidental, unexpected, grotesque, shocking and violent.

3.5

24 votes

3.5

24 votes

Mondo cane 2000 - L'incredibile

1988 · Documentary · 73 min. · Italy

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Mondo New York

1988 · Documentary · 83 min. · United States

Direction Harvey Keith

Cast Joseph Arias · Rick Aviles · Charlie Barnett · Joe Coleman

Plot The dark-side tour includes performance artists, a cockfight, a slave auction, someone biting a chicken's head off.

Not rated

Not rated

Shocking Cannibals

1975 · Documentary · 85 min. · Italy

Direction Alfredo Castiglioni · Angelo Castiglioni · Guido Guerrasio

Cast Mac Mauro Smith

Plot This film is about tribes in Africa and South America who turn toward magic as a means of survival and way of life. The Mundari tribe in Africa herd cattle...

Not rated

Not rated

Shocking Africa

1982 · Documentary · 96 min. · Italy

Direction Alfredo Castiglioni · Angelo Castiglioni

Plot A look at the fast disappearing tribal customs of North Africa.

Not rated

Not rated

The Worst of Faces of Death

1987 · Documentary · 60 min. · United States

Direction John Alan Schwartz

Cast Michael Carr

Plot "Great" moments of the first three "Faces of Death" films.

Not rated

Not rated