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1. Searching for Sugar Man (2012)
PG-13 | 86 min | Documentary, Biography, Music
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: 72,897 | Gross: $3.97M
2. The Beatles: Eight Days a Week - The Touring Years (2016)
Not Rated | 106 min | Documentary, History, Music
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: 13,830 | Gross: $2.93M
3. Queen: Days of Our Lives (2011 TV Movie)
TV-14 | 120 min | Documentary, Music
The life and times of the rock band Queen - told in two parts covering in part one the 1970's and in part two the 1980's and beyond.
Director: Matt O'Casey | Stars: Freddie Mercury, Brian May, Roger Taylor, Chris Smith
Votes: 2,016
4. George Harrison: Living in the Material World (2011)
Not Rated | 208 min | Documentary, Biography, Music
Filmmaker Martin Scorsese examines the life of musician George Harrison, weaving together interviews, concert footage, home movies and photographs.
Director: Martin Scorsese | Stars: George Harrison, Harry Harrison, Peter Harrison, Paul McCartney
Votes: 12,626
5. Cave of Forgotten Dreams (2010)
G | 90 min | Documentary, History
Werner Herzog gains exclusive access to film inside the Chauvet caves of Southern France and captures the oldest known pictorial creations of humanity.
Director: Werner Herzog | Stars: Werner Herzog, Jean Clottes, Julien Monney, Jean-Michel Geneste
Votes: 17,788 | Gross: $5.23M
6. McQueen (2018)
R | 111 min | Documentary, Biography
The life and career of fashion designer Lee Alexander McQueen: from his start as a tailor, to launching and overseeing his eponymous line and his untimely death.
Directors: Ian Bonhôte, Peter Ettedgui | Stars: Alexander McQueen, Joyce McQueen, John Hitchcock, Danny Hall
Votes: 8,415 | Gross: $1.26M
7. Won't You Be My Neighbor? (2018)
PG-13 | 95 min | Documentary, Biography, History
An exploration of the life, lessons, and legacy of iconic children's television host Fred Rogers.
Director: Morgan Neville | Stars: Fred Rogers, Margaret Whitmer, Tom Junod, Joanne Rogers
Votes: 27,114 | Gross: $22.84M
8. Free Solo (2018)
PG-13 | 100 min | Documentary, Adventure, Sport
Alex Honnold faces the biggest challenge of his career, climbing El Capitan in Yosemite National Park. He pursues it Free Solo, which means climbing without a rope and alone.
Directors: Jimmy Chin, Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi | Stars: Alex Honnold, Tommy Caldwell, Jimmy Chin, Cheyne Lempe
Votes: 77,353 | Gross: $17.54M
9. Valley Uprising (2014)
Not Rated | 103 min | Documentary
In the shady campgrounds of Yosemite valley, climbers carved out a counterculture lifestyle of dumpster-diving and wild parties that clashed with the conservative values of the National Park Service.
Directors: Peter Mortimer, Nick Rosen, Josh Lowell | Stars: Peter Sarsgaard, Alex Honnold, Yvon Chouinard, Royal Robbins
Votes: 6,276
10. The Wildest Dream (2010)
PG | 94 min | Documentary, Biography
Uses astonishing visuals to tell the intersecting stories of George Mallory, the first man to attempt a summit of Mount Everest, and Conrad Anker, the mountaineer who finds Mallory's frozen remains 75 years later.
Director: Anthony Geffen | Stars: Conrad Anker, Susan Robertson, Robert Macfarlane, Peter Gillman
Votes: 2,728 | Gross: $0.87M
11. Seven Worlds One Planet (2019)
TV-PG | 59 min | Documentary
Millions of years ago incredible forces ripped apart the Earth's crust creating our seven continents - each with its own distinct climate, its own distinct terrain and its own unique animal... See full summary »
Stars: David Attenborough, Peter Drost, Goetz Bielefeldt, Bertie Gregory
Votes: 6,054
12. Guardian of Angels (2018)
44 min | Documentary, Short
This documentary focused the life of Mohammad Bzeek, is a 62-year-old foster parent who takes in terminally ill children in Los Angeles.
Director: Ensar Altay | Star: Mohamed Bzeek
Votes: 2,566
13. Uzun Sürmüs Bir Kis (2016)
139 min | Documentary
A documentary about the filming session of the movie "Winter Sleep" by Nuri Bilge Ceylan. 'Winter Sleep' had been filmed in about 14 weeks in the Cappadocia region of Anatolia.
Director: Nuri Bilge Ceylan
Votes: 78
14. Making of the Wild Pear Tree (2019)
390 min | Documentary
A documentary about the filming session of the film "The Wild Pear Tree" by Nuri Bilge Ceylan.
Director: Nuri Bilge Ceylan | Stars: Murat Cemcir, Nuri Bilge Ceylan, Dogu Demirkol
Votes: 798
15. We Need to Talk About A.I. (2020)
86 min | Documentary, Sci-Fi
A new film from acclaimed director, Leanne Pooley.
Director: Leanne Pooley | Stars: James Cameron, Keir Dullea, Bryan Johnson, Sam Harris
Votes: 380
16. Andrey Tarkovsky. A Cinema Prayer (2019)
97 min | Documentary
The documentary recounts Tarkovsky's life and work, letting the director tell the story himself, as he shares with us his memories, his view of art and his reflections on the destiny of the artist and the meaning of human existence.
Director: Andrey A. Tarkovskiy | Star: Andrei Tarkovsky
Votes: 911
17. Baraka (1992)
Not Rated | 96 min | Documentary
A collection of expertly photographed scenes of human life and religion.
Director: Ron Fricke | Star: Patrick Disanto
Votes: 40,983 | Gross: $1.33M
18. Stalin and the Katyn Massacre (2020 TV Movie)
97 min | Documentary, History
The Soviet Union commanded the killing of 22 000 Polish prisoners in 1940. 4500 of them were killed in the Katyn forest, in Russia. This sheds light on the paranoid and cruel Soviet top ranks that made it happen.
Director: Cédric Tourbe | Stars: Lavrenti Beria, Wassili Michailowitsch Blochin, Winston Churchill, Józef Czapski
Votes: 114
19. Il était une fois le musée du Louvre (2021 TV Movie)
95 min | Documentary
The Louvre is the largest and most popular museum in the world: 35, 000 works of art and 10 million visitors. This documentary tells the extraordinary history of the museum and how its invaluable artefacts have come together.
Director: Frédéric Wilner | Stars: Sébastien Allard, Elisabeth Antoine, Vincent Delieuvin, Louis Frank
Votes: 18
20. Marie Antoinette: The Trial of a Queen (2018 TV Movie)
105 min | Biography, Drama, History
1793.Chronicle of the last months of Marie-Antoinette.Accused of having conspired against the new republic,with her children taken away and guillotined husband,in a rigged trial as the result of political negotiations and power struggles.
Director: Alain Brunard | Stars: Maud Wyler, Denis Podalydès, Patrick Descamps, Sophie Breyer
Votes: 73
21. Truffaut Insurrected (2014 TV Movie)
52 min | Documentary
This portrait of the world-famous French director based on his personal correspondance reveals the little known insurgent side of his personnality. Featuring interviews with close ... See full summary »
Director: Alexandre Moix | Stars: Irène Jacob, Éric Caravaca, François Truffaut, Jean Renoir
Votes: 43
22. Unknown: The Lost Pyramid (2023)
TV-PG | 83 min | Documentary, History
In the sands of Saqqara, two of the world's most famous Egyptologists, Dr. Zahi Hawass and his protege and rival, Dr. Mostafa Waziri race with their teams against the clock to see who will make the biggest discovery.
Director: Max Salomon | Stars: Zahi Hawass, Tori Finlayson, Mostafa Waziri, Hamada Shehata Ahmed Mansour
Votes: 3,550
23. Unknown: Cosmic Time Machine (2023)
64 min | Documentary
Follows a team of engineers and scientists in an ambitious mission to launch the James Webb Space Telescope and take the next giant leap in the understanding of the universe.
Director: Shai Gal | Stars: Joe Biden, Amber Straughn, Thomas Zurbuchen, Joseph DePasquale
Votes: 2,607
24. Unknown: Killer Robots (2023)
TV-14 | 68 min | Documentary
Follows the terrifying behind-the-scenes of military-funded scientists racing to build this technology, as Artificial intelligence infiltrates every level of the armed forces.
Director: Jesse Sweet | Stars: Andrew Yang, Nick Bilton, Max Tegmark, Brandon Tseng
Votes: 1,214
25. Unknown: Cave of Bones (2023)
TV-PG | 93 min | Documentary
Follows Paleo anthropologist Lee Berger in South Africa, as he and his team try to prove that the world's oldest graveyard they found, is not human. A small brained, ape-like creature could have practiced complex burial rituals.
Director: Mark Mannucci | Stars: Lee Berger, Keneiloe Molopyane, Agusin Fuentes, John Hawks
Votes: 2,328
26. Citizen K (2019)
Not Rated | 126 min | Documentary
The strange case of Mikhail Khodorkovsky, once believed to be the wealthiest man in Russia, who rocketed to prosperity and prominence in the 1990s, served a decade in prison, and became an unlikely martyr for the anti-Putin movement.
Director: Alex Gibney | Stars: Mikhail Khodorkovsky, Vladimir Putin, Leonid Nevzlin, Boris Berezovsky
Votes: 1,603
27. Meru (2015)
R | 90 min | Documentary, Sport
Three elite climbers struggle to find their way through obsession and loss as they attempt to climb Mount Meru, one of the most coveted prizes in the high stakes game of Himalayan big wall climbing.
Directors: Jimmy Chin, Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi | Stars: Conrad Anker, Grace Chin, Jimmy Chin, Amee Hinkley
Votes: 19,051 | Gross: $2.33M
28. The Lost Tomb of Alexander the Great (2019 TV Movie)
44 min | Documentary, Biography, History
In this gripping investigation, archaeologist Pepi Papakosta is on a hunt for Alexander the Great's lost tomb, and she makes an extraordinary discovery.
Director: Duncan Singh | Stars: Matt McFetridge, Fredrik T. Hiebert, Calliope Limneos-Papakosta, Maria Nilsson
Votes: 472
29.
Nova (1974– )
Episode:
First Horse Warriors
(2019)
TV-PG | 53 min | Documentary
The advent of horse riding changed the course of human history and the genetic makeup of humankind.
Director: Niobe Thompson | Star: Jay O. Sanders
Votes: 56
30. The Phenomenon (2020)
Not Rated | 100 min | Documentary
This documentary examines unidentified aerial phenomenon. With testimony from high-ranking government officials, and NASA Astronauts, Senator Harry Reid says it "makes the incredible credible."
Director: James Fox | Stars: Peter Coyote, Chris Mellon, William T. Coleman, Kim Arnold
Votes: 4,351
31. Zeitgeist (2007 Video)
Not Rated | 118 min | Documentary, History
Mythology and belief in society today, presenting uncommon perspectives of common cultural issues.
Director: Peter Joseph | Stars: Chogyam Trungpa, Jordan Maxwell, George Carlin, Bill Hicks
Votes: 50,367
32. Secrets of the Saqqara Tomb (2020)
TV-PG | 113 min | Documentary, History
After unearthing a tomb that had been untouched for 4,400 years, Egyptian archaeologists attempt to decipher the history of the astonishing find.
Director: James Tovell | Stars: Ahmed Zikrey Abdellhak, Ghareeb Ali Mohammed Abushousha, Nabil Eldaleel, Sabry Mohyeldin Farag
Votes: 7,173
33.
Strangest Things (2021–2022)
Episode:
The Scarab, the Ark and the Rock
(2021)
Documentary
The team investigates some of the most remarkable artifacts from Tutankhamun's tomb, including an exquisite piece of jewelry.
Stars: Rebecca Bradshaw, Corey Johnson, Anna Ploszajski, Dougal Jerram
Votes: 29
34. Petra: Secrets of the Ancient Builders (2019)
TV-G | 44 min | Documentary, Short
In southern Jordan lies the spectacular city of Petra. Built over 2,000 years ago, it contains innumerable architectural treasures: colossal buildings carved into cliffs and hundreds of ... See full summary »
Directors: Thierry Fessard, Yohann Thiriet | Stars: Hani M.K. Al-Nawafleh, Jean-Claude Bessac, Hani Falahat, Thibaud Fournet
Votes: 179
35.
Nature's Great Events (2009)
Episode:
The Great Tide
(2009)
TV-PG | 49 min | Documentary, Family
The sardine run, which takes place each winter along the South African coast. Dolphins first find the sardines and gannets, seals, sharks and whales follow for the biggest fish supper on the planet.
Stars: David Attenborough, Didier Noirot, Joe Stevens, Steve Benjamin
Votes: 135
36.
Nature's Great Events (2009)
Episode:
The Great Salmon Run
(2009)
TV-PG | 49 min | Documentary, Family
The annual return from the Pacific Ocean of millions of salmon to the streams where they were born in North America in order to spawn and die. Grizzly bears depend for their survival on this event, too.
Stars: David Attenborough, Jeff Turner
Votes: 171
37.
Barbarians, Secrets of the Dark Ages (2002– )
Episode:
History's Hell's Angels
(2003)
Documentary
Richard Rudgley goes in search of evidence of the barbarians of the dark ages, people whose names have for 1500 years been bywords for mindless brutality. The real truth about the ... See full summary »
Director: Mark Elliott
38.
Barbarians, Secrets of the Dark Ages (2002– )
Episode:
In a Time of Shadows
(2003)
Documentary
On the second part of his journey through the dark ages Richard Rudgley continues into the age of the wandering peoples, the Volkerwanderung. These Northern people enjoyed a golden age ... See full summary »
Director: Chris Malone
39.
Barbarians, Secrets of the Dark Ages (2002– )
Episode:
Out of the Darkness
(2003)
Documentary
The third assault on the tattered remains of Roman civilization came from even further North, where the melting glacial ice had created immense sheltered fjords, leaving its inhabitants ... See full summary »
Director: Chris Malone
40. Barbarians, Secrets of the Dark Ages (2002– )
60 min | Documentary
From Braveheart to barbarians, we're going medieval on myths and legends.
Votes: 7
41.
Cosmos (1980)
Episode:
The Shores of the Cosmic Ocean
(1980)
TV-PG | 60 min | Documentary
Carl Sagan examines our planet's place in the universe by leading us on a journey from Earth to Deep Space.
Directors: Adrian Malone, Geoffrey Haines-Stiles, Rob McCain, David F. Oyster, Tom Weidlinger, Richard J. Wells | Stars: Carl Sagan, Jaromír Hanzlík
Votes: 822
42.
Cosmos (1980)
Episode:
One Voice in the Cosmic Fugue
(1980)
TV-PG | 60 min | Documentary
Carl Sagan examines the origin, development, and complexity of life on Earth and speculates on the possibility of life developing elsewhere in the universe.
Directors: Adrian Malone, David Kennard, Rob McCain, David F. Oyster, Richard Wells | Stars: Carl Sagan, Alan Belod, Jean Charney, Jonathan Fahn
Votes: 675
43.
Cosmos (1980)
Episode:
Harmony of the Worlds
(1980)
TV-PG | 60 min | Documentary
After briefly looking at the pseudoscience of astrology, Carl Sagan examines the history of astronomy from ancient times through Ptolemy to Johannes Kepler.
Directors: Adrian Malone, Geoffrey Haines-Stiles, David Kennard, David F. Oyster, Tom Weidlinger | Stars: Carl Sagan, Alan Belod, Jean Charney, Jonathan Fahn
Votes: 628
44. The Alpinist (2021)
PG-13 | 92 min | Documentary, Biography
Marc-André Leclerc climbs alone, far from the limelight. The free-spirited 23-year-old makes some of the boldest solo ascents in history. With no cameras and no margin for error, Leclerc's approach is the essence of solo adventure.
Directors: Peter Mortimer, Nick Rosen | Stars: Marc-André Leclerc, Peter Mortimer, Alex Honnold, Jason Kruk
Votes: 14,400
45. 14 Peaks: Nothing Is Impossible (2021)
TV-MA | 101 min | Documentary, Adventure, Sport
Fearless Nepali mountaineer Nirmal Purja embarks on a seemingly impossible quest to summit all 14 of the world's 8,000-meter peaks in seven months.
Director: Torquil Jones | Stars: Nirmal Purja, Suchi Purja, Klára Kolouchová, Reinhold Messner
Votes: 30,407
46. Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse (1991)
R | 96 min | Documentary
Documentary that chronicles how Francis Ford Coppola's Apocalypse Now (1979) was plagued by extraordinary script, shooting, budget, and casting problems--nearly destroying the life and career of the celebrated director.
Directors: Fax Bahr, George Hickenlooper, Eleanor Coppola | Stars: Dennis Hopper, Martin Sheen, Marlon Brando, George Lucas
Votes: 23,224 | Gross: $1.32M
47.
Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey (2014)
Episode:
Standing Up in the Milky Way
(2014)
TV-PG | 44 min | Documentary
A thrilling, new adventure across space and time begins.
Directors: Brannon Braga, Ann Druyan, Bill Pope | Stars: Neil deGrasse Tyson, Phil LaMarr, Seth MacFarlane, John Steven Rocha
Votes: 3,554
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