PickFlick
The Hobby

The Hobby

2024•1h 29m
Documentary

Follows longtime collectors and a new generation of buyers from the trading card industry, diving deep into the real-time trading card fever as the hobby goes nuclear.

Open in PickFlick

Production

XTR, Fox Productions, Téléfilm Canada

Language

EN

Status

Released

Release Date

Trailers & Videos

Cast

Sharon Chiong

Self

Josh Luber

Self

Mike Gioseffi

Self

Chris Vernon

Self

Gary Haase

Self

Shevon Collins

Self

Similar Movies

Grey Ambition

Grey Ambition

2014
Movie

Canadian seniors over 65 are staying active through philanthropy, the arts, volunteerism, education, entrepreneurship, or the workplace. Profiled here are a fashion tycoon gone back to school in his 80s, a 95 year old who builds and flies airplanes, a competitive darts player and painter without hands, an entrepreneur, an avid community volunteer, and a couple in their 90s who continue to teach roller skating.

Grey Ambition

2014
Cinemania

Cinemania

6.8
2002
Movie

This documentary about the culture of intense cinephilia in New York City reveals the impassioned world of five obsessed movie buffs. These human encyclopedias of cinema see two to five films a day, and from 600 to 2,000 films per year. This is the story of their lives, their memories, their unbending habits and the films they love.

Cinemania

2002
6.8
Lost Records

Lost Records

6.0
2020
Movie

A documentary that follows a middle-aged Azorean record obsessive who has lost the vinyl collection of his youth, and so seeks to reconnect with it through talking with the fellow island collectors he grew up with about the music scene of their wilder years.

Lost Records

2020
6.0
The Gleaners and I

The Gleaners and I

7.6
2000
Movie

Varda focuses her eye on gleaners: those who scour already-reaped fields for the odd potato or turnip. Her investigation leads from forgotten corners of the French countryside to off-hours at the green markets of Paris, following those who insist on finding a use for that which society has cast off, whether out of necessity or activism.

The Gleaners and I

2000
7.6
Jack of all Trades

Jack of all Trades

5.8
2018
Movie

In the late 80's/early 90's North America's favorite pastime was collecting baseball cards. People would invest millions, in this game of pirates treasure, by putting their mint condition gold in plastic sleeves, locking it away and hoping it's value would continue to rise year after year. Unfortunately, this house of cards would soon collapse, leaving the pieces of cardboard along with the hopes and dreams of fathers and sons worthless. Stu Stone was one of those sons, and his relationship with his father Jack, who was in the card business, would crumble with the industry. 25 years later, Stu is on a mission to discover why his beloved baseball cards are worth nothing more than the memories they hold of a happy childhood. What he didn't plan on finding though, was the most elusive card of them all, his father Jack.

Jack of all Trades

2018
5.8
Blade Rollers

Blade Rollers

2024
Movie

Honour West and Joan Camuglia-May share their experiences in this upbeat roller-skating documentary.

Blade Rollers

2024
Making Fun: The Story of Funko

Making Fun: The Story of Funko

6.5
2018
Movie

From a small garage in Redmond, Washington, to the furthest corners of the earth, Funko's story is one that is centered around the fans and the global community that arose from their unique passion - a story that spans twenty years full of joy, ambition, adversity, and... well... toys.

Making Fun: The Story of Funko

2018
6.5
Freaks & Errors: A Rare Collection

Freaks & Errors: A Rare Collection

2017
Movie

Obsession, love, money, and postage. Freaks and Errors: A Rare Collection, is the first, independent documentary film that reveals the rarely seen, expectedly eccentric and surprisingly large world of stamp collecting.

Freaks & Errors: A Rare Collection

2017
Die-Cast Mania

Die-Cast Mania

2024
Movie

A behind-the-scenes look at the world of diecast collectibles and the fan obsession with collecting small collectible reproductions of iconic NASCAR race cars.

Die-Cast Mania

2024
The Pigeon People

The Pigeon People

10.0
2023
Movie

Directed by Patrick Gramm, 'The Pigeon People' (2023) takes you deep into Arizona's underground pigeon racing scene as racing rivals prepare for and compete in the Grand Canyon Classic - a 350-mile pigeon race from Utah to Arizona that crosses over the Grand Canyon.

The Pigeon People

2023
10.0
ULLA

ULLA

2025
Movie

A slice-of-life documentary following Ulla, a blind woman adjusting to life after eye removal surgery. With the help of her guide dog, Laina, she navigates Helsinki while pursuing a prosthetic eye and a deeper understanding of photography.

ULLA

2025
CrazyHot

CrazyHot

2020
Movie

Hot & spicy food is enjoyed around the world, but for some people, ultrahot peppers are more than a flavor profile, they're an obsessive passion. Join filmmaker Eric Raine as he travels across 3 continents to talk with the leading farmers, scientists, and food alchemists as well as the community of devoted "chileheads" who are using peppers in countless ways.

CrazyHot

2020