Urban Planning Movies

  • 1965
    City Under Pressure

    City Under Pressure

    City Under Pressure

    01965HD

    The city of Edmonton is under pressure to deal with the problems related to housing, development, and traffic.

    City Under Pressure
  • 2017
    The Iron Triangle: Willets Point and the Remaking of New York

    The Iron Triangle: Willets Point and the Remaking of New York

    The Iron Triangle: Willets Point and the Remaking of New York

    02017HD

    Targeted for several failed redevelopment plans dating back to the days of Robert Moses, Willets Point, a gritty area in New York City known as the “I...

    The Iron Triangle: Willets Point and the Remaking of New York
  • 2020
    Prime Farmland

    Prime Farmland

    Prime Farmland

    02020HD

    This documentary film follows farmers and activists fighting together to stop the Indiana Enterprise Center, a mega-sized industrial park planned west...

    Prime Farmland
  • 1964
    To Build a Better City

    To Build a Better City

    To Build a Better City

    01964HD

    Documentary commissioned by the City of Vancouver focusing on areas in Vancouver considered to be an urban blight

    To Build a Better City
  • 1974
    Saskatoon: Land and Growth Control

    Saskatoon: Land and Growth Control

    Saskatoon: Land and Growth Control

    01974HD

    The city of Saskatoon makes strategic decisions which prevent speculation and keep land prices down.

    Saskatoon: Land and Growth Control
  • 2007
    Radiant City

    Radiant City

    Radiant City

    6.52007HD

    Since the end of World War II, one of kind of urban residential development has dominate how cities in North America have grown, the suburbs. In these...

    Radiant City
  • 1971
    Encounter on Urban Environment

    Encounter on Urban Environment

    Encounter on Urban Environment

    01971HD

    This feature documentary takes a look at how the Halifax/Dartmouth community in Nova Scotia was stimulated by a week-long session held by a panel of s...

    Encounter on Urban Environment
  • 1975
    La ciudad es nuestra

    La ciudad es nuestra

    La ciudad es nuestra

    01975HD

    La ciudad es nuestra
  • 2010
    Make No Little Plans: Daniel Burnham and the American City

    Make No Little Plans: Daniel Burnham and the American City

    Make No Little Plans: Daniel Burnham and the American City

    7.52010HD

    Make No Little Plans: Daniel Burnham and the American City reveals the fascinating life and complex legacy of architect and city planner Daniel Hudson...

    Make No Little Plans: Daniel Burnham and the American City
  • 1979
    A Walk Through H

    A Walk Through H

    A Walk Through H

    7.41979HD

    An anonymous narrator outlines a bizarre journey taken through "H", aided by a series of extraordinary maps, and his previous dealings with the myster...

    A Walk Through H
  • 2004
    Shellmound

    Shellmound

    Shellmound

    02004HD

    “Shellmound” is the story of how one location was transformed from a sacred center of pre-historic cultures to a commercial mecca for modern people. W...

    Shellmound
  • 2018
    City Dreamers

    City Dreamers

    City Dreamers

    82018HD

    Urban architecture as seen through the eyes of four female veterans in the field.

    City Dreamers
  • 1948
    Charley in New Town

    Charley in New Town

    Charley in New Town

    01948HD

    Meet Charley, your jovial cartoon guide to Britain’s changing towns and cities.

    Charley in New Town
  • 1939
    The City

    The City

    The City

    5.61939HD

    A prescient documentary about city planning, which presents idyllic suburbs and nuclear families as a solution to the chaos, poverty and social decay...

    The City
  • 2001
    Father of the City

    Father of the City

    Father of the City

    02001HD

    A film about "the father" of Malmö Eric Svenning and how the city has developed during his time.

    Father of the City
  • 2018
    Bauhaus Spirit: 100 Years of Bauhaus

    Bauhaus Spirit: 100 Years of Bauhaus

    Bauhaus Spirit: 100 Years of Bauhaus

    62018HD

    Founded in 1919 by Walter Gropius, Bauhaus was supposed to unite sculpture, painting, design and architecture into a single combined constructive disc...

    Bauhaus Spirit: 100 Years of Bauhaus
  • 1973
    The Innocent Door

    The Innocent Door

    The Innocent Door

    01973HD

    A short documentary about urban planning and the harmonisation of old and new building elements in Jerusalem of the 1970's, led by the architect Moshe...

    The Innocent Door
  • 2017
    The Sun Island

    The Sun Island

    The Sun Island

    02017HD

    A documentary essay film about coincidences, shattered lives and posthumous fame. A found footage family film about love and passion, friendship and h...

    The Sun Island
  • 1969
    I Love This Dirty Town

    I Love This Dirty Town

    I Love This Dirty Town

    61969HD

    An authored film by Margaret Drabble about the rise of the suburbs and the failure of city planning.

    I Love This Dirty Town
  • 2016
    Cycologic

    Cycologic

    Cycologic

    02016HD

    And urban planner's journey to making the impossible possible.

    Cycologic