Leonard Maltin Movies

A fond remembrance of and tribute to the uniquely American institution of the horror movie host.

A documentary about the Fleischer brothers and how they revolutionized animation.

A nostalgic and compelling look into the legendary three camera, three projector process that revolutionized motion pictures and led the industry...

A documentary looking at the life and career of film director Frank Capra. Hosted by Ron Howard.

Boris Karloff: The Rest of the Story takes a deeper look at the life and career of Boris Karloff, from 1931 to 1969, exploring films such as The...

Robert Preston hosts this documentary that shows what people of the 1930s were watching as they were battling the Depression as well as eventually...

Fanarchy explores the rise of fan culture and ways in which fans are threatening the Hollywood system by becoming a creative force in their own...

A documentary on legendary movie-poster artist Drew Struzan.

During his career, Bob Hope was the only performer to achieve top-rated success in every form of mass entertainment. American Masters explores the...

A nostalgic, informative history of drive-in movie theaters, featuring extensive archival photographs and interviews with Leonard Maltin, John Bloom,...

Narrated by Billy Crystal, the documentary examines the history of the character over the decades, including sketches, clips from the shorts, and...

A celebration of the life and career of one of America's most influential and celebrated filmmakers and comedians—Buster Keaton—whose...

Documentary about veteran character actor Dick Miller, whose career in and outside of Hollywood has spanned almost 200 films across six decades,...

A 60th anniversary retrospective documentary on the influence and context of the 1962 film, To Kill a Mockingbird.

Join host Leonard Maltin as he explores the early life of John Wayne (born as Marion Michael Morrison) as a college football star. After a chance...

The story of the short film from the beginning of the movies in the 1890s, when all movies were shorts, through the 1950s when short subjects...

A documentary about James Dean. People who knew him or had worked with him reminisce.

A documentary about Frank Tashlin's cartoons.

Film historians, and survivors from the nearly 30-year struggle to bring sound to motion pictures take the audience from the early failed attempts by...

Hollywood stars, historical footage and stylized reenactments tell the story of costume designer Orry-Kelly, who ruled Tinseltown fashion for decades.