TV Shows like Moving Pictures
If you enjoy Moving Pictures, you may also like Great Performances, 20/20 and R. L. Stine's The Haunting Hour. These recommendations share similar tone, themes, or genres, making them natural follow-ups once you finish this show, and can be streamed for free.
Great Performances • TV Show • Rating 6.1 out of 10
20/20 • TV Show • Rating 6.3 out of 10
R. L. Stine's The Haunting Hour • TV Show • Rating 8.2 out of 10
Masters of the Air • TV Show • Rating 7.8 out of 10
The Next Step • TV Show • Rating 7.2 out of 10
The Pacific • TV Show • Rating 7.8 out of 10
Marvel Studios Legends • TV Show • Rating 7.4 out of 10
Biography • TV Show • Rating 6.7 out of 10
Psi Factor: Chronicles of the Paranormal • TV Show • Rating 6.9 out of 10
Gremlins: Secrets of the Mogwai • TV Show • Rating 8.4 out of 10
Burning Love • TV Show • Rating 7.3 out of 10
Back to the Future • TV Show • Rating 6.3 out of 10
Documentary Now! • TV Show • Rating 7.1 out of 10
100 Years of Warner Bros. • TV Show • Rating 7.6 out of 10
The Muppets • TV Show • Rating 7.0 out of 10
Planet Earth II • TV Show • Rating 8.6 out of 10
Mr. Scorsese • TV Show • Rating 8.1 out of 10
War and Remembrance • TV Show • Rating 7.9 out of 10
Wise Guy: David Chase and The Sopranos • TV Show • Rating 8.3 out of 10
WWII in HD • TV Show • Rating 7.6 out of 10
What is Moving Pictures about?
Moving Pictures was a television series devoted to film that aired on BBC 2 from 1991 to 1996. It was presented by Rock Follies screenwriter Howard Schuman. Each program was composed of several short films on different cinematic subjects and not necessarily on current releases. Although it never achieved high ratings, Moving Pictures was frequently used to teach film studies. Interviewed on the set of Pulp Fiction, Quentin Tarantino told John Travolta it was the best show about movies on television. Director Mike Figgis credited a film about himself with salvaging his career after it showed the other side of the story regarding the making of his film Mr. Jones. The series finished in 1996, largely due to the huge cost of paying for film clips, but excerpts from it have since appeared as supplementary material on DVD releases. The Criterion Collection editions of Chungking Express and Straw Dogs include Moving Pictures documentaries on Wong Kar-Wai and Sam Peckinpah respectively.