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1. 7 Days in September (2002)

Not Rated | 94 min | Documentary

74 Metascore

This documentary from director Steven Rosenbaum presents the experiences of a diverse group of regular Americans in the wake of the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. Featuring ... See full summary »

Director: Steve Rosenbaum | Stars: Rasheed J. Daniel, Peter DiPilato, Jim Goetz, Dave Goldberg

Votes: 194

2. The Act of Killing (2012)

Not Rated | 117 min | Documentary, Biography, Crime

92 Metascore

A documentary which challenges former Indonesian death-squad leaders to reenact their mass-killings in whichever cinematic genres they wish, including classic Hollywood crime scenarios and lavish musical numbers.

Directors: Joshua Oppenheimer, Anonymous, Christine Cynn | Stars: Anwar Congo, Herman Koto, Syamsul Arifin, Ibrahim Sinik

Votes: 40,818 | Gross: $0.49M

3. Amy (III) (2015)

R | 128 min | Documentary, Biography, Music

85 Metascore

Archival footage and personal testimonials present an intimate portrait of the life and career of British singer/songwriter Amy Winehouse.

Director: Asif Kapadia | Stars: Amy Winehouse, Mitch Winehouse, Mark Ronson, Russell Brand

Votes: 55,096 | Gross: $8.41M

4. Bears (I) (2014)

G | 78 min | Documentary, Family

68 Metascore

A documentary that follows an Alaskan bear family as its young cubs are taught life's most important lessons.

Directors: Alastair Fothergill, Keith Scholey, Adam Chapman | Star: John C. Reilly

Votes: 7,102 | Gross: $17.77M

5. The Beatles: Eight Days a Week - The Touring Years (2016)

Not Rated | 106 min | Documentary, History, Music

72 Metascore

A compilation of found footage featuring music, interviews, and stories of The Beatles' 250 concerts from 1963 to 1966.

Director: Ron Howard | Stars: The Beatles, John Lennon, George Harrison, Paul McCartney

Votes: 13,841 | Gross: $2.93M

6. Born in China (2016)

G | 79 min | Documentary

57 Metascore

Venturing into the wilds of China, "Born in China" captures intimate moments with a panda and her growing cub, a young golden monkey who feels displaced by his baby sister, and a mother snow leopard struggling to raise her two cubs.

Director: Chuan Lu | Stars: John Krasinski, Claire Keim, Xun Zhou

Votes: 4,110 | Gross: $13.83M

7. Chronos (1985)

Not Rated | 43 min | Documentary, Short

Carefully picked scenes of nature and civilization are viewed at high speed using time-lapse cinematography in an effort to demonstrate the history of various regions.

Director: Ron Fricke

Votes: 3,844

8. A Decade Under the Influence (2003)

R | 138 min | Documentary

67 Metascore

A documentary examining the decade of the 1970s as a turning point in American cinema. Some of today's best filmmakers interview the influential directors of that time.

Directors: Ted Demme, Richard LaGravenese | Stars: Francis Ford Coppola, William Friedkin, Robert Altman, John G. Avildsen

Votes: 2,804 | Gross: $0.03M

9. Eat That Question: Frank Zappa in His Own Words (2016)

R | 93 min | Documentary, Biography, Music

74 Metascore

An in-depth look at the life and work of avant-garde musician, Frank Zappa.

Director: Thorsten Schütte | Stars: Frank Zappa, Steve Allen, Angel, Chuck Ash

Votes: 1,371 | Gross: $0.35M

10. Farmageddon (2011)

Unrated | 86 min | Documentary, News

62 Metascore

Farmageddon is the story of a mom whose son healed from all allergies and asthma after consuming raw milk, and real food from farms. It depicts people all over the country who formed food ... See full summary »

Director: Kristin Canty | Stars: Linda Faillace, Adam Helfer, Mark McAfee, Joel Salatin

Votes: 583 | Gross: $0.06M

11. Finding Happiness (2014)

Not Rated | 96 min | Documentary

A reporter learns that when you change, everything changes.

Director: Ted Nicolaou | Stars: Elisabeth Röhm, Jyotish Novak, Romina Caruana, Anandi Cornell

Votes: 128

12. Gimme Shelter (1970)

GP | 91 min | Documentary, Music, Thriller

85 Metascore

When three hundred thousand members of the Love Generation collided with a few dozen Hells Angels at San Francisco's Altamont Speedway, the bloody slash that transformed a decade's dreams into disillusionment was immortalized on this film.

Directors: Albert Maysles, David Maysles, Charlotte Zwerin | Stars: Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Mick Taylor, Charlie Watts

Votes: 12,892 | Gross: $0.25M

13. He Named Me Malala (2015)

PG-13 | 88 min | Documentary, Biography

61 Metascore

A look at the events leading up to the Taliban's attack on Pakistani schoolgirl Malala Yousafzai for speaking out on girls' education, followed by the aftermath, including her speech to the United Nations.

Director: Davis Guggenheim | Stars: Malala Yousafzai, Ziauddin Yousafzai, Toor Pekai Yousafzai, Khushal Yousafzai

Votes: 4,796 | Gross: $2.64M

14. The Inner Tour (2001)

97 min | Documentary, History

Documentarian Ra'anan Alexandrowicz accompanies a Palestinian tour group on a three-day sight-seeing trip to Israel.

Director: Ra'anan Alexandrowicz

Votes: 123

15. Inner Worlds, Outer Worlds (2012)

Not Rated | 122 min | Documentary, History

There is one vibratory field that connects all things. It has been called Akasha, Logos, the primordial OM, the music of the spheres, the Higgs field, dark energy, and a thousand other names throughout history.

Director: Daniel Schmidt | Star: Patrick Sweeney

Votes: 2,313

16. Jiro Dreams of Sushi (2011)

PG | 81 min | Documentary

77 Metascore

A documentary on 85-year-old sushi master Jiro Ono, his renowned Tokyo restaurant, and his relationship with his son and eventual heir, Yoshikazu.

Director: David Gelb | Stars: Jiro Ono, Yoshikazu Ono, Masuhiro Yamamoto, Daisuke Nakazama

Votes: 38,026 | Gross: $2.55M

17. Kedi (2016)

Not Rated | 79 min | Documentary

78 Metascore

A profile of an ancient city and its unique people, seen through the eyes of the most mysterious and beloved animal humans have ever known, the Cat.

Director: Ceyda Torun | Stars: Yaman Barlas, Sari, Arzu Göl, Kemal Suncu

Votes: 15,882 | Gross: $2.83M

18. Koyaanisqatsi (1982)

Not Rated | 86 min | Documentary, Music

72 Metascore

A collection of expertly photographed phenomena with no conventional plot. The footage focuses on the relationship between nature, humanity, and technology.

Director: Godfrey Reggio | Stars: Edward Asner, Pat Benatar, Jerry Brown, Johnny Carson

Votes: 41,501 | Gross: $1.72M

19. Last Days in Vietnam (2014)

Not Rated | 98 min | Documentary, History, War

86 Metascore

During the final days of the Vietnam War, North Vietnamese forces closed in on Saigon as South Vietnamese resistance crumbled. An unlikely group of heroes emerged as Americans and South Vietnamese took matters into their own hands.

Director: Rory Kennedy | Stars: Richard Nixon, Henry Kissinger, Stuart Herrington, Juan Valdez

Votes: 4,099 | Gross: $0.47M

20. The Last Man on the Moon (2014)

TV-MA | 95 min | Documentary, Adventure, Biography

78 Metascore

When Apollo astronaut Gene Cernan stepped off the moon in December 1972 he left his footprints and his daughter's initials in the lunar dust. Only now is he ready to share his epic but deeply personal story of fulfillment, love, and loss.

Director: Mark Craig | Stars: Eugene Cernan, Fred 'Baldy' Baldwin, Alan Bean, Barbara Butler

Votes: 3,572 | Gross: $0.05M

21. Lesson Plan (2010)

Not Rated | 76 min | Documentary, Biography, History

'Lesson Plan' is a documentary featuring interviews of the original students and teacher of the 1967 Third Wave experiment. This exercise in fascism took place in Palo Alto, California. ... See full summary »

Directors: David Jeffery, Philip Carr Neel | Stars: Ron Jones, Philip Zimbardo, Scott Thomson, Sherry Tousley

Votes: 184

22. Let It Be (1970)

G | 81 min | Documentary, Music

69 Metascore

The filmed account of The Beatles' attempt to recapture their old group spirit by making a back to basics album, which instead drove them further apart.

Director: Michael Lindsay-Hogg | Stars: John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, Ringo Starr

Votes: 6,586 | Gross: $1.06M

24. Life, Animated (2016)

PG | 92 min | Documentary, Comedy, Drama

75 Metascore

A coming-of-age story about a boy and his family who overcame great challenges by turning Disney animated movies into a language to express love, loss, kinship and brotherhood.

Director: Roger Ross Williams | Stars: Owen Suskind, Cornelia Suskind, Ron Suskind, Walter Suskind

Votes: 6,178 | Gross: $0.26M

25. Lo and Behold: Reveries of the Connected World (2016)

PG-13 | 98 min | Documentary

76 Metascore

Werner Herzog's exploration of the Internet and the connected world.

Director: Werner Herzog | Stars: Elon Musk, Lawrence Krauss, Lucianne Walkowicz, Kevin Mitnick

Votes: 13,413 | Gross: $0.59M

26. The Look of Silence (2014)

PG-13 | 103 min | Documentary, Biography, History

92 Metascore

A family that survived the genocide in Indonesia confronts the men who killed one of their brothers.

Director: Joshua Oppenheimer | Stars: Adi Rukun, M.Y. Basrun, Volker Hanisch, Amir Hasan

Votes: 13,889 | Gross: $0.11M

27. Man on Wire (2008)

PG-13 | 94 min | Documentary, Biography, Crime

89 Metascore

A look at tightrope walker Philippe Petit's daring, but illegal, high-wire routine performed between New York City's World Trade Center's twin towers in 1974, what some consider, "the artistic crime of the century".

Director: James Marsh | Stars: Philippe Petit, Jean François Heckel, Jean-Louis Blondeau, Annie Allix

Votes: 58,684 | Gross: $2.96M

28. Microcosmos (1996)

Not Rated | 80 min | Documentary

87 Metascore

A documentary on insect life in meadows and ponds.

Directors: Claude Nuridsany, Marie Pérennou | Stars: Kristin Scott Thomas, Jacques Perrin

Votes: 11,654 | Gross: $1.57M

29. The Missing Picture (2013)

Not Rated | 92 min | Documentary

87 Metascore

Rithy Panh uses clay figures, archival footage, and his narration to recreate the atrocities Cambodia's Khmer Rouge committed between 1975 and 1979.

Director: Rithy Panh | Stars: Randal Douc, Jean-Baptiste Phou

Votes: 3,526 | Gross: $0.05M

30. Monkey Kingdom (2015)

G | 81 min | Documentary

72 Metascore

Life is an adventure for a young monkey and her son, living among ancient ruins in the jungle. But when her family is forced from their home, she must lead them to safety amidst strange new creatures and surroundings.

Directors: Mark Linfield, Alastair Fothergill | Star: Tina Fey

Votes: 4,174 | Gross: $16.43M

31. Nanking (2007)

R | 88 min | Biography, History, War

76 Metascore

Through readings of historical account by actors and the testimony of survivors, the events of the Nanjing Massacre are recounted.

Directors: Bill Guttentag, Dan Sturman | Stars: Hugo Armstrong, Rosalind Chao, Stephen Dorff, John Getz

Votes: 3,589 | Gross: $0.16M

32. The Perfect Human Diet (2012)

Not Rated | 90 min | Documentary, History

Journalist C.J.Hunt's global quest for a solution to the obesity epidemic and diet-related disease. It explores modern dietary science, previous historical findings, ancestral native diets and the emerging field of human dietary evolution.

Director: C.J. Hunt | Stars: C.J. Hunt, C.J. Hunt, Leslie Aiello, Susan Loraine Anderson

Votes: 752

33. S21: The Khmer Rouge Killing Machine (2003)

Unrated | 101 min | Documentary, History, War

75 Metascore

A unique documentary on the notorious S-21 prison, today the Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, with testimony by the only surviving prisoners and former Khmer Rouge guards.

Director: Rithy Panh | Stars: Khieu 'Poev' Ches, Yeay Cheu, Nhem En, Houy Him

Votes: 1,163 | Gross: $0.02M

34. Saving Face (2012)

Not Rated | 40 min | Documentary, Short, Drama

Plastic surgeon Dr. Mohammad Jawad returns to his native Pakistan to help those left horribly scarred by acid attacks.

Directors: Daniel Junge, Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy | Stars: Sarkar Abbas, Mohammad Jawad

Votes: 1,512

35. Stanley Kubrick: A Life in Pictures (2001)

Not Rated | 142 min | Documentary, Biography

The career and life of Stanley Kubrick is explored through pictures, clips from his films, his old home movies, comments from his colleagues and a narration by Tom Cruise.

Director: Jan Harlan | Stars: Katharina Kubrick, Malcolm McDowell, Stanley Kubrick, Barbara Kroner

Votes: 12,206

36. Swimming to Cambodia (1987)

R | 85 min | Comedy, Drama

68 Metascore

Spalding Gray discusses his participation in the film The Killing Fields (1984) and the background story about the troubles of Cambodia.

Director: Jonathan Demme | Stars: Spalding Gray, Sam Waterston, Ira Wheeler

Votes: 2,379 | Gross: $1.09M

37. To Be Takei (2014)

Not Rated | 94 min | Documentary, Biography

66 Metascore

A look at the many roles played by eclectic actor/activist George Takei, whose wit, humor and grace have helped him to become an internationally beloved figure and Internet phenomenon with 7-million Facebook fans and counting.

Director: Jennifer M. Kroot | Stars: George Takei, Brad Takei, Walter Koenig, William Shatner

Votes: 1,572 | Gross: $0.05M

38. Under the Electric Sky (2014)

PG-13 | 85 min | Documentary, Music

42 Metascore

More than 350,000 people celebrate electronic dance music at the 2013 Electric Daisy Carnival.

Directors: Dan Cutforth, Jane Lipsitz | Stars: Calvin Harris, Avicii, Fatboy Slim, Tiësto

Votes: 618 | Gross: $0.20M

39. Uncle Saddam (2000)

Unrated | 63 min | Documentary, Comedy, History

A "Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous"--style mockumentary, filmed partly in Iraq under the guise of an actual documentary, that is a send up of Saddam Hussein

Director: Joel Soler | Stars: Qusay Hussein, Saddam Hussein, Uday Hussein, Wallace Langham

Votes: 253

40. The Decline of Western Civilization Part III (1998)

R | 86 min | Documentary, Music

77 Metascore

The Decline of Western Civilization III is a 1998 documentary film that follows the gutter punk lifestyle of homeless teenagers.

Director: Penelope Spheeris | Stars: Flea, Keith Morris, Eyeball, Myke Chambers

Votes: 1,585

41. The Decline of Western Civilization (1981)

Not Rated | 100 min | Documentary, History, Music

93 Metascore

A look into the Los Angeles punk rock scene, that was largely ignored by the rock music press of the time.

Director: Penelope Spheeris | Stars: Eugene Tatu, Alice Bag Band, Black Flag, Catholic Discipline

Votes: 4,868

42. Jane (II) (2017)

PG | 90 min | Documentary, Biography

87 Metascore

The life and work of the renowned primatology scientist, Jane Goodall, especially on her research about chimpanzees.

Director: Brett Morgen | Stars: Jane Goodall, Hugo Van Lawick, Hugo Eric Louis van Lawick

Votes: 5,666 | Gross: $1.72M

43. Santoalla (2016)

83 min | Documentary, Crime, Mystery

68 Metascore

A Dutch couple, Martin and Margo Verfondern, move to a remote Spanish village of Santoalla to start a new life. There is conflict with the Spanish residents, resulting in the disappearance of Martin.

Directors: Andrew Becker, Daniel Mehrer | Stars: Margo Pool, Martin Verfondern, Manolo Rodríguez, Jovita González

Votes: 660 | Gross: $0.00M

44. Chimpanzee (2011)

G | 78 min | Documentary, Family

57 Metascore

Meet adorable young chimp Oscar and his fellow mayhem-creating buddies, who see the world as their playground. Full of curiosity, joy and a love for mimicking others, these are some of the most extraordinary personalities in the jungle.

Directors: Alastair Fothergill, Mark Linfield | Star: Tim Allen

Votes: 6,367 | Gross: $28.97M

45. AC/DC: Let There Be Rock (1980)

PG | 98 min | Documentary, Music

Filmed coverage of Australian band AC/DC's '79 appearance in Paris intercut with quasi-fictional interludes.

Directors: Eric Dionysius, Eric Mistler | Stars: AC/DC, Phil Rudd, Bon Scott, Cliff Williams

Votes: 1,276 | Gross: $1.37M

46. Fahrenheit 11/9 (2018)

R | 128 min | Documentary

69 Metascore

Filmmaker Michael Moore examines the current state of American politics, particularly the Donald Trump presidency and gun violence, while highlighting the power of grassroots democratic movements.

Director: Michael Moore | Stars: Jim Acosta, Roger Ailes, Brooke Baldwin, Ashleigh Banfield

Votes: 20,398 | Gross: $6.35M

47. 78/52 (2017)

Not Rated | 91 min | Documentary

74 Metascore

An unprecedented look at the iconic shower scene in Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho (1960), the "man behind the curtain", and the screen murder that profoundly changed the course of world cinema.

Director: Alexandre O. Philippe | Stars: Marli Renfro, Alfred Hitchcock, Tere Carrubba, Alan Barnette

Votes: 3,872 | Gross: $0.04M

48. Chasing Coral (2017)

93 min | Documentary

86 Metascore

Coral reefs around the world are vanishing at an unprecedented rate. A team of divers, photographers and scientists set out on a thrilling ocean adventure to discover why and to reveal the underwater mystery to the world.

Director: Jeff Orlowski-Yang | Stars: Andrew Ackerman, Pim Bongaerts, Neal Cantin, Phil Dustan

Votes: 5,652

49. Jim & Andy: The Great Beyond (2017)

TV-MA | 94 min | Documentary

77 Metascore

A behind-the-scenes look at how Jim Carrey adopted the persona of idiosyncratic comedian Andy Kaufman on the set of Man on the Moon (1999).

Director: Chris Smith | Stars: Jim Carrey, Danny DeVito, Milos Forman, Peter Bonerz

Votes: 27,989

50. The Sunshine Makers (2015)

101 min | Documentary, History

68 Metascore

The story of Nicholas Sand and Tim Scully, the unlikely duo at the heart of 1960s American drug counter-culture.

Director: Cosmo Feilding-Mellen | Stars: Tim Scully, Nick Sand, Alice Einhorn, Billy Hitchcock

Votes: 1,489 | Gross: $0.01M

51. Becoming Bond (2017)

TV-MA | 95 min | Documentary, Biography, Comedy

65 Metascore

A look at the troubled acting career of George Lazenby and his short-lived association with James Bond.

Director: Josh Greenbaum | Stars: George Lazenby, Josh Lawson, Kassandra Clementi, Jane Seymour

Votes: 3,223

52. Monterey Pop (1968)

Not Rated | 78 min | Documentary, History, Music

77 Metascore

A film about the greatest pre-Woodstock rock music festival.

Director: D.A. Pennebaker | Stars: Otis Redding, Jimi Hendrix, Ravi Shankar, Country Joe McDonald

Votes: 4,928 | Gross: $0.00M

53. Stop Making Sense (1984)

PG | 88 min | Documentary, Music

94 Metascore

Considered by critics as the greatest concert film of all time, the live performance was shot over the course of three nights at Hollywood's Pantages Theater in December of 1983 and features Talking Heads' most memorable songs.

Director: Jonathan Demme | Stars: David Byrne, Bernie Worrell, Alex Weir, Steven Scales

Votes: 20,039 | Gross: $5.02M

54. Kliou, the Killer (1935)

52 min | Documentary

This lost film was the last silent film to be released by Hollywood, and the last to be released in two-color Technicolor. Little is known about this travelogue drama silent film about Asian life and customs.

Director: Henri de la Falaise | Stars: Lieut. Allouard Carny, Henri de la Falaise, Dhi, Bhat

Votes: 21

55. Gods of Bali (1951)

55 min | Documentary

Gods of Bali documents the practices and beliefs that found the Balinese existence. Carefully attenuated to the details of the rituals it captures - which range from musical performances, ... See full summary »

Director: Nikola Drakulic | Star: John Rodney

Votes: 19

56. The Mask You Live In (2015)

Not Rated | 97 min | Documentary, News

Explores how our culture's narrow definition of masculinity is harming our boys, men and society at large and unveils what we can do about it.

Director: Jennifer Siebel Newsom | Stars: Joe Herman, Michael Kimmel, Caroline Heldman, Tony Porter

Votes: 2,798

57. Echo in the Canyon (2018)

PG-13 | 82 min | Documentary, Music

69 Metascore

A look at the roots of the historic music scene in L.A.'s Laurel Canyon featuring the music of iconic groups such as The Byrds, The Beach Boys, Buffalo Springfield, and The Mamas and the Papas.

Director: Andrew Slater | Stars: Lou Adler, Fiona Apple, The Beach Boys, Beck

Votes: 4,011 | Gross: $3.33M

58. Bombshell: The Hedy Lamarr Story (2017)

88 min | Documentary, Biography, History

70 Metascore

The life and career of the hailed Hollywood movie star and underappreciated genius inventor, Hedy Lamarr.

Director: Alexandra Dean | Stars: Hedy Lamarr, Mel Brooks, Jennifer Hom, Anthony Loder

Votes: 4,304 | Gross: $0.82M

59. Screwball (2018)

105 min | Documentary, History

72 Metascore

Billy Corben's true-crime dramedy investigates the MLB's infamous doping scandal involving a nefarious clinician and his most famous client: the New York Yankees' Alex Rodriguez.

Director: Billy Corben | Stars: Frankie Diaz, Bryan Blanco, Ian Mackles, Samuel Kai Taylor

Votes: 1,827 | Gross: $0.01M

60. Science Fair (I) (2018)

PG | 90 min | Documentary

79 Metascore

Nine high school students from disparate corners of the globe navigate rivalries, setbacks, and hormones on their quest to win the international science fair. Only one can be named "Best in Fair."

Directors: Cristina Costantini, Darren Foster | Stars: Jack Andraka, Anjali Chadha, Serena McCalla

Votes: 676 | Gross: $0.28M

61. Pandas (2018)

G | 42 min | Documentary, Short

82 Metascore

In the mountains of Sichuan, China, a researcher forms a bond with Qian Qian, a panda who is about to experience nature for the first time.

Directors: David Douglas, Drew Fellman | Stars: Kristen Bell, Wen Lei Bi, Rong Hou, Ben Kilham

Votes: 750 | Gross: $2.89M

62. The Horse Boy (2009)

Unrated | 93 min | Documentary

64 Metascore

A writer documents the journey his family takes to Mongolia to consult with nomadic shamans on the healing of their autistic son.

Director: Michel Orion Scott | Stars: Rupert Isaacson, Kristin Neff, Rowan Isaacson, Kendal Stewart

Votes: 720 | Gross: $0.16M

63. One Child (2013)

39 min | Documentary, Short, Family

The 2008 Sichuan earthquake,China's deadliest disaster in three decades, killed 90,000 people, including thousands of children. For the majority of families in China, losing one child means... See full summary »

Director: Zijian Mu

Votes: 11

64. Meeting Gorbachev (2018)

Not Rated | 90 min | Documentary, Biography, History

72 Metascore

The life of Mikhail Gorbachev, the eighth and final President of the Soviet Union in chronological order.

Directors: Werner Herzog, André Singer | Stars: Mikhail Gorbachev, Werner Herzog, André Singer, Leonid Brezhnev

Votes: 2,735 | Gross: $0.25M

65. Love & Bananas: An Elephant Story (2018)

Not Rated | 77 min | Documentary, Action, Adventure

73 Metascore

A team of elephant rescuers embark on a mission to rescue a 70-year old captive Asian elephant.

Director: Ashley Bell | Stars: Ashley Bell, David Casselman, Lek Chailert, Noi Na

Votes: 308

66. Elephant (II) (2020)

G | 86 min | Documentary, Adventure, Biography

61 Metascore

African elephant Shani and her spirited son Jomo set out on an epic journey with their herd, traveling hundreds of miles across the vast Kalahari Desert from the Okavango delta to the Zambezi River.

Directors: Mark Linfield, Vanessa Berlowitz, Alastair Fothergill | Star: Meghan Markle

Votes: 2,412

67. Incident at Oglala (1992)

PG | 89 min | Documentary, History

This film describes the events surrounding a 1975 shootout at the Pine Ridge reservation in S. Dakota where two FBI agents were killed.

Director: Michael Apted | Stars: Robert Redford, Norman Zigrossi, Robert Sikma, Darelle 'Dino' Butler

Votes: 1,289 | Gross: $0.54M

68. Pink Floyd: Live at Pompeii (1972)

G | 92 min | Documentary, Music

Live versions of the songs, filmed in an old Pompeii amphitheater. Songs included are Echoes (split into 2 parts), Careful with that axe, Eugene, A saucerful of secrets, One of those days, ... See full summary »

Director: Adrian Maben | Stars: David Gilmour, Roger Waters, Richard Wright, Nick Mason

Votes: 9,673

69. Lost in America (2018)

Not Rated | 105 min | Documentary

59 Metascore

Following director Rotimi Rainwater, a former homeless youth, as he travels the country to shine a light on the epidemic of youth homelessness in America.

Director: Rotimi Rainwater | Stars: Rosario Dawson, Halle Berry, Jon Bon Jovi, Tiffany Haddish

Votes: 107

70. Searching for Sugar Man (2012)

PG-13 | 86 min | Documentary, Biography, Music

79 Metascore

Two South Africans set out to discover what happened to their unlikely musical hero, the mysterious 1970s rock n roller, Rodriguez.

Director: Malik Bendjelloul | Stars: Rodriguez, Stephen 'Sugar' Segerman, Dennis Coffey, Mike Theodore

Votes: 72,921 | Gross: $3.97M

71. Penguins (2019)

G | 76 min | Documentary, Family

69 Metascore

A coming-of-age story about an Adélie penguin named Steve who joins millions of fellow males in the icy Antarctic spring on a quest to build a suitable nest, find a life partner and start a family.

Directors: Alastair Fothergill, Jeff Wilson, Mark Linfield | Star: Ed Helms

Votes: 1,871 | Gross: $7.70M

72. Jewel - The Essential Live Songbook: Live at Rialto Theatre (2011)

Not Rated | 121 min | Music

Recorded at the historic Rialto Theatre in Joliet, Illinois.

Director: Joe Thomas | Star: Jewel

Votes: 18

73. Jewel - The Essential Live Songbook: Live at Meyerson Symphony Center (2011)

Not Rated | 102 min | Music

The Live at The Meyerson Symphony Center Songs Include: 1000 Miles Away, Near You Always, Stephenville, TX, Morning Song, Fly to Me Angel, Foolish Games, You Were Meant For Me, Long Slow ... See full summary »

Director: Joe Thomas | Star: Jewel

74. (This Is Known as) the Blues Scale (2004)

42 min | Documentary, Short

42-minute film of unused footage created by Dave Markey to accompany the eventual DVD release of "1991: The Year Punk Broke"

Director: David Markey | Stars: Kurt Cobain, Kim Gordon, Dave Grohl, Courtney Love

Votes: 37

75. Gorillaz: Reject False Icons (2019)

95 min | Documentary, Music

Focused on the life of the band and their collaborators over the 3 vital years in which they developed critically acclaimed albums, 'Humanz' and 'The Now Now', and undertook their most ambitious world tour to date.

Director: Denholm Hewlett | Stars: Seye Adelekan, Damon Albarn, George Benson, Jehnny Beth

Votes: 423

76. The Unbelievers (2013)

Not Rated | 77 min | Documentary

32 Metascore

Renowned scientists Richard Dawkins and Lawrence Krauss cross the globe as they speak publicly about the importance of science and reason in the modern world.

Director: Gus Holwerda | Stars: Ayaan Hirsi Ali, Woody Allen, Richard Dawkins, Daniel C. Dennett

Votes: 6,778

77. Seaspiracy (2021)

TV-14 | 89 min | Documentary, Adventure

Passionate about ocean life, a filmmaker sets out to document the harm that humans do to marine species - and uncovers alarming global corruption.

Director: Ali Tabrizi | Stars: Ali Tabrizi, Richard O'Barry, Lucy Tabrizi, Lori Marino

Votes: 34,151

78. loudQUIETloud: A Film About the Pixies (2006)

Not Rated | 85 min | Documentary, Music

63 Metascore

loudQUIETloud is the story of this unforseen plot twist. A deeply compelling portrait of four band members and their difficult, tense, and ultimately triumphant return.

Directors: Steven Cantor, Matthew Galkin | Stars: Frank Black, Kim Deal, David Lovering, Joey Santiago

Votes: 1,415 | Gross: $0.00M

79. Le papier ne peut pas envelopper la braise (2007)

90 min | Documentary

The film is situated as close as one can get to the life - and thus the spiritual death - of a prostitute.

Director: Rithy Panh

Votes: 111

80. Magic Trip: Ken Kesey's Search for a Kool Place (2011)

R | 107 min | Documentary

59 Metascore

A freewheeling portrait of Ken Kesey and the Merry Pranksters' fabled road trip across America.

Directors: Alison Ellwood, Alex Gibney | Stars: Stanley Tucci, Ken Kesey, Timothy Leary, Jim Meskimen

Votes: 1,674 | Gross: $0.15M

81. The Last Waltz (1978)

PG | 117 min | Documentary, Biography, Music

84 Metascore

A film account and presentation of the final concert of The Band.

Director: Martin Scorsese | Stars: Robbie Robertson, Muddy Waters, Neil Young, Van Morrison

Votes: 20,178 | Gross: $0.32M

82. Time Will Tell (1992)

90 min | Documentary, Biography, Music

The life story of Nesta Robert Marley, Rastafarian prophet who with Peter Tosh and Bunny Wailer brought the powerful message of reggae music to the world outside their native Jamaica. ... See full summary »

Director: Declan Lowney | Star: Bob Marley

Votes: 177

83. Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers: Runnin' Down a Dream (2007)

Not Rated | 259 min | Documentary, Music

"Runnin' Down A Dream," a film directed by cinema legend Peter Bogdanovich, is the story of one of America's great rock and roll bands told as never before.

Director: Peter Bogdanovich | Stars: Neil Armstrong, Mick Avory, Ron Blair, Peter Bogdanovich

Votes: 2,164

84. Sleepwalking Through the Mekong (2007)

68 min | Documentary, Musical

Los Angeles based band Dengue Fever goes to Cambodia, native home of their lead singer. They perform live shows, play with master musicians, and bridge the gap between music lost during the... See full summary »

Director: John Pirozzi | Stars: Nimol Chhom, Ethan Holtzman, Zac Holtzman, David Ralicke

Votes: 71

85. Everyone Stares: The Police Inside Out (2006)

74 min | Documentary, Music

Stewart Copeland, drummer for The Police, compiles his Super 8 footage for an intimate look at what it was like to be a member of one of the world's biggest rock bands.

Director: Stewart Copeland | Stars: Terry Chambers, Miles A. Copeland III, Ian Copeland, Stewart Copeland

Votes: 372

86. Meeting People Is Easy (1998)

Not Rated | 99 min | Documentary, Music

An entertaining "rockumentary" about Radiohead that shows some of the tedium of being a rock star, as well as some of the fun stuff.

Director: Grant Gee | Stars: Radiohead, Thom Yorke, Jonny Greenwood, Ed O'Brien

Votes: 3,299 | Gross: $0.05M

87. I am Jane Doe (2017)

98 min | Documentary

69 Metascore

This intense documentary follows real cases of American girls enslaved in the child sex trade through ads in a newspaper's online classified section.

Director: Mary Mazzio | Stars: Erik Bauer, John Montgomery, Rob Portman, Claire McCaskill

Votes: 1,649

88. Powaqqatsi (1988)

G | 99 min | Documentary, Music

57 Metascore

An exploration of technologically developing nations and the effect the transition to Western-style modernization has had on them.

Director: Godfrey Reggio | Stars: Christie Brinkley, David Brinkley, Patrick Disanto, Pope John Paul II

Votes: 8,878 | Gross: $0.59M

89. Moonage Daydream (2022)

PG-13 | 135 min | Documentary, Biography, History

83 Metascore

A cinematic odyssey exploring David Bowie's creative and musical journey. From visionary filmmaker Brett Morgen, and sanctioned by the Bowie estate.

Director: Brett Morgen | Stars: David Bowie, Trevor Bolder, Ken Fordham, Mike Garson

Votes: 14,460

90. Meet Me in the Bathroom (2022)

105 min | Documentary, Music

64 Metascore

An immersive journey through the New York music scene of the early 2000s. A new generation kick-started a musical rebirth for New York City that reverberated around the world.

Directors: Will Lovelace, Dylan Southern, Andrew Cross, Vivienne Perry, Sam Rice-Edwards | Stars: Ryan Adams, Julian Casablancas, Brian Chase, Kimya Dawson

Votes: 1,553

91. Paradise Lost: The Child Murders at Robin Hood Hills (1996)

Not Rated | 150 min | Documentary, Crime

A horrific triple child murder leads to an indictment and trial of three nonconformist boys based on questionable evidence.

Directors: Joe Berlinger, Bruce Sinofsky | Stars: Tony Brooks, Diana Davis, Terry Wood, Dick Clay

Votes: 18,154

92. Night and Fog (1956)

TV-14 | 32 min | Documentary, Short, History

The history of Nazi Germany's death camps of the Final Solution and the hellish world of dehumanization and death contained inside.

Director: Alain Resnais | Stars: Michel Bouquet, Reinhard Heydrich, Heinrich Himmler, Adolf Hitler

Votes: 21,473

93. Dave Chappelle's Block Party (2005)

R | 103 min | Documentary, Comedy, Music

84 Metascore

A mix of Dave Chappelle's sketch comedy and musical interludes, inspired in part by the 1973 documentary Wattstax.

Director: Michel Gondry | Stars: Dave Chappelle, Yasiin Bey, Lauryn Hill, Erykah Badu

Votes: 9,627 | Gross: $11.72M

94. Particle Fever (2013)

Not Rated | 99 min | Documentary

87 Metascore

As the Large Hadron Collider is about to be launched for the first time, physicists are on the cusp of the greatest scientific discovery of all time -- or perhaps their greatest failure.

Director: Mark Levinson | Stars: David Kaplan, Fabiola Gianotti, Sherwood Boehlert, Joel Hefley

Votes: 7,589 | Gross: $0.87M

95. Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour (2023)

PG-13 | 169 min | Documentary, Music

82 Metascore

Experience the Eras Tour concert, performed by the one and only Taylor Swift.

Director: Sam Wrench | Stars: Taylor Swift, Mike Meadows, Max Bernstein, Paul Sidoti

Votes: 20,870

96. Touching the Void (2003)

R | 106 min | Documentary, Adventure, Drama

82 Metascore

The true story of two climbers and their perilous journey up the west face of Siula Grande in the Peruvian Andes in 1985.

Director: Kevin Macdonald | Stars: Simon Yates, Joe Simpson, Brendan Mackey, Nicholas Aaron

Votes: 38,112 | Gross: $4.59M

97. Beyond Utopia (2023)

PG-13 | 115 min | Documentary, Biography, History

84 Metascore

The story of several families as they attempt to escape oppression in North Korea, revealing a world most of us have never seen.

Director: Madeleine Gavin | Stars: Hyeonseo Lee, Sung-eun Kim, So-yeon Lee, Sue Mi Terry

Votes: 3,410

98. Lakota Nation vs. United States (2022)

PG-13 | 120 min | Documentary, History

85 Metascore

A chronicle about how the Lakota Indians fight to reclaim control of the Black Hills. Will investigate how the sacred land was stolen in violation of treaty agreements and feature interviews with Indigenous citizens.

Directors: Jesse Short Bull, Laura Tomaselli | Stars: Candi Brings Plenty, Phyllis Young, Krystal Two Bulls, Nick Tilsen

Votes: 261

99. Unfit: The Psychology of Donald Trump (2020)

Not Rated | 83 min | Documentary, Biography

An eye-opening and shattering analysis of the behavior, psyche, condition, and stability of Donald Trump.

Director: Dan Partland | Stars: Malcolm Nance, George Conway, John Gartner, Lance Dodes

Votes: 3,093

100. To Kill a Tiger (2022)

TV-MA | 128 min | Documentary

88 Metascore

Ranjit, a farmer in India, takes on the fight of his life when he demands justice for his 13-year-old daughter, the victim of a brutal gang rape. His decision to support his daughter is virtually unheard of, and his journey unprecedented.

Director: Nisha Pahuja

Votes: 2,122



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