Calling this documentary "one of a kind" undersells the uniqueness of its cinematic experience. German director Werner Herzog, who has never shied from adventure, is granted rare access to document the 30,000-year-old cave paintings in the Chauvet Cave in France. The technical requirements needed to document one of mankind's earliest works of art, while still preserving its inviolability, is enough of an incredible story, but 'Dreams' also offers Herzog's philosophical musings on humans' inherent need for artistic expression. And if it wasn't enough to attempt to record the exploration of the soul at the dawn of civilization, Herzog made 'Dreams' in lush 3D to truly capture the cave's natural wonders. -- Eric Larnick

Calling this documentary "one of a kind" undersells the uniqueness of its cinematic experience. German director Werner Herzog, who has never shied from adventure, is granted rare access to document the 30,000-year-old cave paintings in the Chauvet Cave in France. The technical requirements needed to document one of mankind's earliest works of art, while still preserving its inviolability, is enough of an incredible story, but 'Dreams' also offers Herzog's philosophical musings on humans' inherent need for artistic expression. And if it wasn't enough to attempt to record the exploration of the soul at the dawn of civilization, Herzog made 'Dreams' in lush 3D to truly capture the cave's natural wonders. -- Eric Larnick