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1. Particle Fever (2013)
Not Rated | 99 min | Documentary
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
2. Don't Think I've Forgotten: Cambodia's Lost Rock and Roll (2014)
Unrated | 105 min | Documentary, Music
Through the eyes, words, and songs of its popular music stars of the 50s, 60s, and 70s, 'Don't Think I've Forgotten: Cambodia's Lost Rock & Roll' examines and unravels Cambodia's tragic ... See full summary »
Director: John Pirozzi | Stars: Norodom Sirivudh, Norodom Sihanouk, Sisowath Kossamak, Samley Hong
Votes: 426 | Gross: $0.12M
3. Democrats (2014)
100 min | Documentary
In politically unstable Zimbabwe, a new constitution is being put together by the ruling party of strongman Robert Mugabe and the divided opposition. Various political, local and personal interests are bogging the process down.
Director: Camilla Nielsson | Stars: Paul Mangwana, Robert Mugabe, Douglas Mwonzora, Morgan Tsvangirai
Votes: 381
4. Gored (2015)
Not Rated | 75 min | Documentary
Antonio Barrera is the most gored matador in modern bullfighting. After a career of hardship, he is forced to define his legacy in his final performance.
Director: Ido Mizrahy | Stars: Antonio Barrera, José Manuel Barrera, María José Barrera, José Sánches Benito
Votes: 143
5. Dreamcatcher (I) (2015)
TV-MA | 104 min | Documentary, Crime, Drama
Takes us into a hidden world of prostitution and sexual trafficking through the eyes of one of its survivors, Brenda Myers-Powell.
Director: Kim Longinotto | Stars: Brenda Myers-Powell, T.T., Keena, Temeka
Votes: 434
6. In Football We Trust (2015)
Not Rated | 87 min | Documentary, Family, Sport
"In Football We Trust" captures a snapshot in time amid the rise of the Pacific Islander presence in the NFL. Presenting a new take on the American immigrant story, this feature length ... See full summary »
Directors: Tony Vainuku, Erika Cohn | Stars: Leva Bloomfield, Vita Bloomfield, Fihi Kaufusi, Harvey Langi
Votes: 81
7. Western (2015)
Not Rated | 92 min | Documentary, Western
For generations, all that distinguished Eagle Pass, TX, from Piedras Negras, MX, was the Rio Grande. But when darkness descends upon these harmonious border towns, a cowboy and lawman face a new reality that threatens their way of life.
Directors: Bill Ross IV, Turner Ross | Stars: Chad Foster, Brylyn Wall, Martín Wall
Votes: 269
8. Dark Star: HR Gigers Welt (2014)
Not Rated | 95 min | Documentary, Biography
A look at the life the dark surrealist Swiss artist, H.R.Giger shot a year before his death.
Director: Belinda Sallin | Stars: H.R. Giger, Carmen Maria Giger, Stanislav Grof, Hans H. Kunz
Votes: 1,277
9. The Seven Five (2014)
R | 104 min | Documentary, Biography, Crime
Meet the dirtiest cop in NYC history. Michael Dowd stole money and dealt drugs while patrolling the streets of 80s Brooklyn.
Director: Tiller Russell | Stars: Mike Dowd, Ken Eurell, Walter Yurkiw, Chickie
Votes: 6,278 | Gross: $0.01M
10. The Bridgewater Triangle (2013)
91 min | Documentary, Crime, History
The Bridgewater Triangle sits within Southeastern Massachusetts, and includes a number of locations known for unexplained occurrences; the most prominent of which include the legendary ... See full summary »
Directors: Aaron Cadieux, Manny Famolare | Stars: John Horrigan, Jeff Belanger, Christopher Pittman, Christopher Balzano
Votes: 309
11. Brainwash (2010)
39 min | Documentary
Interviewing several Norwegian and international scientists, the documentary series asks whether biology has been underestimated in social sciences.
Stars: Harald Eia, Jørgen Lorentzen, Martine Aurdal, Richard Lippa
Votes: 322
12. Aleister Crowley: Legend of the Beast (2013)
Not Rated | 80 min | Biography, Drama
A haunting look into the world most famous occultist's journey from his death bed - from his devout Christian upbringing through his many aspirations, Aleister Crowley looks back on the many triumphs and pains of how he lived and loved.
Director: Dom Lenoir | Stars: Matthew Sheppard, Val Monk, John Symes, Kathryn Carpenter
Votes: 71
13. La constellation Jodorowsky (1994)
91 min | Documentary, Biography
The quest for the true personality of multi-talented cult artist and psycho-magician Alexandro Jodorowsky
Director: Louis Mouchet | Stars: Fernando Arrabal, Peter Gabriel, Alejandro Jodorowsky, Marcel Marceau
Votes: 554
14. Fists of Pride (2012)
Not Rated | 63 min | Documentary
In a boxing camp on the Thai-Burmese border, the children of mostly illegal migrant workers fleeing Burma live and train for prize fights.
Director: Hélène Choquette
Votes: 21
15. Landfill Harmonic (2015)
TV-PG | 84 min | Documentary, Biography, Drama
Landfill Harmonic follows the Recycled Orchestra. An unlikely orchestra made out of recycled trash. As this group takes its inspiring spectacle of trash-into-music around the world, we ... See full summary »
Directors: Brad Allgood, Graham Townsley, Juliana Penaranda-Loftus
Votes: 245
16. This is Congo (2017)
TV-MA | 93 min | Documentary, History, War
An unfiltered look in to the lives of 3 characters surviving amongst the most recent cycle of conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo, otherwise known as the M23 rebellion.
Director: Daniel McCabe
Votes: 346 | Gross: $0.00M
17. No Land's Song (2014)
91 min | Documentary, Biography, Drama
In Iran, since the 1979 Islamic revolution, women are no longer allowed to sing in public as soloists - at least in front of men. Defying censorship and taboos, the young composer Sara ... See full summary »
Director: Ayat Najafi | Stars: Imed Alibi, Élise Caron, Jeanne Cherhal, Delkash
Votes: 174
18. A Band Called Death (2012)
Not Rated | 96 min | Documentary, Biography, Music
A documentary on the 1970s punk trio Death, and their new-found popularity decades after they disbanded.
Directors: Mark Christopher Covino, Jeff Howlett | Stars: Bobby Hackney, David Hackney, Dannis Hackney, Robbie Duncan
Votes: 4,005 | Gross: $0.13M
19. Third Eye Spies (2019)
Not Rated | 94 min | Documentary, Biography, History
Two physicists discover psychic abilities are real only to have their experiments at Stanford co-opted by the CIA and their research silenced by the demands of secrecy. Yet, as both these '... See full summary »
Director: Lance Mungia | Stars: Skip Atwater, Daryl Bem, Bernard Carr, Karil Daniels
Votes: 390
20. Songs of Injustice: Heavy Metal Music in Latin America (2019)
96 min | Documentary, History, Music
Experience Latin America through heavy metal music. In this documentary film a team of researchers, led by Dr. Nelson Varas-Díaz (Florida International University), examines the social ... See full summary »
Director: Nelson Varas-Diaz
21. Industrial Accident: The Story of Wax Trax! Records (2018)
TV-MA | 95 min | Documentary, Biography, History
Two men taking a tribe of outsiders on a ride through the 80s underground, accidentally changing music forever.
Director: Julia Nash | Stars: Matt Adell, Steve Albini, Paul Barker, Jello Biafra
Votes: 280
22. The Divided Brain (2019)
78 min | Documentary
A film which explores a radical new idea - is there an imbalance between our brain hemispheres that is affecting how we live in our modern society?
Director: Manfred Becker | Stars: Iain McGilchrist, Seana McKenna
Votes: 124
23. They Fight (2018)
TV-14 | 73 min | Documentary
Coach Walt Manigan mentors young boxers at his after-school program in Washington, D.C.'s Ward 8.
Director: Andrew Renzi
Votes: 50
24. The Edge of Democracy (2019)
TV-14 | 121 min | Documentary, History
Political documentary and personal memoir collide in this exploration into the complex truth behind the unraveling of two Brazilian presidencies.
Director: Petra Costa | Stars: Dilma Rousseff, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, Marisa Letícia Lula da Silva, Sergio Moro
Votes: 15,732
25. Go Brasil Go! (2014)
Documentary
A documentary which puts light on Brazil's latter political and economical progress on the international scene, as well as the fact that white seem to dominate colored Brazilians.
Director: Spike Lee
Votes: 37
26. Midnight Traveler (2019)
88 min | Documentary, War
When the Taliban puts a bounty on Hassan Fazili's head, he is forced to flee with his wife and two daughters. Capturing the journey, Fazili shows the dangers facing refugees seeking asylum and the love shared between a family on the run.
Director: Hassan Fazili | Stars: Hassan Fazili, Nargis Fazili, Zahra Fazili, Fatima Hossaini
Votes: 627
27. Theory of Obscurity: A Film About the Residents (2015)
87 min | Documentary, Music
Theory of Obscurity tells the story of the renegade sound and video collective known as The Residents. A story that spans 40 years and is clouded in mystery. Many details surrounding the ... See full summary »
Director: Don Hardy | Stars: Gerald Casale, Les Claypool, Chris Combs, Nolan Cook
Votes: 565
28. Where Does a Body End? (2019)
PG-13 | 161 min | Documentary
The worldview of Michael Gira, through his life as a globetrotter and his four decades leading Swans, a group that he founded in the noisy and iconoclastic New York underground of the early '80s and that keeps reinventing itself today.
Director: Marco Porsia | Stars: Devendra Banhart, Blixa Bargeld, Jehnny Beth, Michael Gira
Votes: 386
29. Gypsy Davy (2011)
Not Rated | 96 min | Documentary
How does a white boy with Alabama roots become a flamenco guitarist in Andalusian boots, and what happens behind the scenes along the way?
Director: Rachel Leah Jones | Star: David Serva Jones
Votes: 16
30. Icarus (2017)
TV-MA | 120 min | Documentary, Sport
When Bryan sets out to uncover the truth about doping in sports, a chance meeting with a Russian scientist transforms his story from a personal experiment into a geopolitical thriller.
Director: Bryan Fogel | Stars: Bryan Fogel, Dave Zabriskie, Don Catlin, Grigory Rodchenkov
Votes: 54,735
31. The Pedal Movie (2021)
142 min | Documentary
A Documentary about the history, culture, and sound of guitar effects pedals, told by the builders who build them and the artists who use them.
Directors: Michael Lux, Daniel Orkin | Stars: Oliver Ackermann, Steve Albini, Juan Alderete, Craig Anderton
Votes: 193
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