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1. Abacus: Small Enough to Jail (2016)
Not Rated | 88 min | Documentary
A small financial institution called Abacus becomes the only company criminally indicted in the wake of the United States' 2008 mortgage crisis.
Director: Steve James | Stars: Thomas Sung, Hwei Lin Sung, Cyrus Vance Jr., Matt Taibbi
Votes: 2,942 | Gross: $0.10M
2. S Is for Stanley (2015)
78 min | Documentary, Biography, Drama
S Is For Stanley is the story of Emilio D'Alessandro, Stanley Kubrick's personal driver. A Friendship that lasted through 30 years of their lives, helped create four cinema masterpieces, ... See full summary »
Director: Alex Infascelli | Stars: Emilio D'Alessandro, Alex Infascelli, Roberto Pedicini, Clive Riche
Votes: 1,941
3. El Pepe: A Supreme Life (2018)
74 min | Documentary, Biography
An examination of the life, times, and legacy of Uruguay's last president, José "Pepe" Mujica.
Director: Emir Kusturica | Star: Pepe Mujica
Votes: 2,130
4. Great Communist Bank Robbery (2004)
75 min | Documentary
In 1959, in Romania, six former members of the nomenklatura and the secret police organize a hold up of the National Bank. After their arrest, the state forces them to play themselves in a ... See full summary »
Director: Alexandru Solomon | Stars: Gheorghe Alexandrescu, Gheorghe Blidaru, Gheorghe Bratescu, Mihai Calin
Votes: 484
5. The Capote Tapes (2019)
98 min | Documentary, Biography
The rise and fall of Truman Capote, the iconic writer of Breakfast at Tiffany's and In Cold Blood, as told by his friends and enemies.
Director: Ebs Burnough | Stars: Truman Capote, Kate Harrington, Dotson Rader, Sally Quinn
Votes: 652
6. Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood (2017)
Unrated | 98 min | Documentary, Biography, History
A portrait of unsung Hollywood legend Scotty Bowers, whose bestselling memoir chronicled his decades spent as sexual procurer to the stars.
Director: Matt Tyrnauer | Stars: Scotty Bowers, William Mann, David Kuhn, Stephen Fry
Votes: 1,803 | Gross: $0.46M
7. Struggle: The Life and Lost Art of Szukalski (2018)
TV-MA | 115 min | Documentary, Biography
This documentary chronicles the life of Polish-American artist Stanislav Szukalski (1893-1987) from his early years in Chicago, to his time in Poland and Los Angeles, and his artistic and political contributions to the world.
Director: Ireneusz Dobrowolski | Stars: Stanislav Szukalski, Glenn Bray, Robert Williams, Suzanne Williams
Votes: 4,637
8. Mission Control: The Unsung Heroes of Apollo (2017)
TV-PG | 101 min | Documentary, History
At the heart of the Apollo program was the special team in Mission Control who put a man on the moon and helped create the future.
Director: David Fairhead | Stars: John Aaron, Stephen Bales, Jerry Bostick, James Burke
Votes: 1,692
9. The Last Man on the Moon (2014)
TV-MA | 95 min | Documentary, Adventure, Biography
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
10. Bob Lazar: Area 51 & Flying Saucers (2018)
Not Rated | 97 min | Documentary
In 1989, physicist Bob Lazar broke the story of Area 51 and the US government's work on alien spacecrafts. He blew the whistle, shocked the world, then went silent - until now.
Director: Jeremy Kenyon Lockyer Corbell | Stars: Bob Lazar, George Knapp, Jeremy Kenyon Lockyer Corbell, Mickey Rourke
Votes: 6,593
11. Tim's Vermeer (2013)
PG-13 | 80 min | Documentary, History
Inventor Tim Jenison seeks to understand the painting techniques used by Dutch Master Johannes Vermeer.
Director: Teller | Stars: Tim Jenison, Penn Jillette, Martin Mull, Philip Steadman
Votes: 8,557 | Gross: $1.66M
12. The Propaganda Game (2015)
98 min | Documentary
Granted controlled access by national officials, filmmaker Álvaro Longoria tours North Korea to contrast his findings to the typical Western depiction of the nation.
Director: Álvaro Longoria | Stars: Álvaro Longoria, Simon Cockerell, Kang Hyoin Gyu, Barbara Demick
Votes: 4,536
13. This Is Pop (2021– )
TV-MA | 44 min | Documentary, Music
Uncover the real stories behind your favorite pop songs as this docuseries charts the impact of the festival scene, Auto-Tune, boy bands and more.
Stars: Ludwig Göransson, Hozier, T-Pain, Orville Peck
Votes: 1,421
14. Quincy (2018)
TV-MA | 124 min | Documentary, Biography
An intimate look into the life of icon Quincy Jones. A unique force in music and popular culture for 70 years, Jones has transcended racial and cultural boundaries; his story is inextricably woven into the fabric of America.
Directors: Alan Hicks, Rashida Jones | Stars: Quincy Jones, Rashida Jones, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Clarence Avant
Votes: 5,164
15. ReMastered: Devil at the Crossroads (2019 TV Movie)
48 min | Documentary, Biography
A look at the short, mysterious life of blues legend, Robert Johnson, who was said to have made a deal with the Devil at a crossroads in rural Mississippi.
Director: Brian Oakes | Stars: Terry Harmonica Bean, Rory Block, Yvonne Chireau, Eric Clapton
Votes: 3,117
16. What Happened, Miss Simone? (2015)
Not Rated | 101 min | Documentary, Biography, Music
A documentary about the life and legend Nina Simone, an American singer, pianist, and civil rights activist labeled the "High Priestess of Soul."
Director: Liz Garbus | Stars: Nina Simone, Lisa Simone Kelly, Roger Nupie, Al Schackman
Votes: 14,833
17. ReMastered: The Two Killings of Sam Cooke (2019 TV Movie)
TV-MA | 74 min | Documentary, Music
An investigation into the circumstances and controversy surrounding Sam Cooke's murder.
Director: Kelly Duane | Stars: Sam Cooke, Quincy Jones, Smokey Robinson, Dionne Warwick
Votes: 2,482
18. Oriented (2015)
Not Rated | 86 min | Documentary
A feature documentary that follows the lives of three gay Palestinian friends exploring their national and sexual identity in Tel-Aviv during the Israel-Gaza conflict of 2014.
Director: Jake Witzenfeld | Stars: Khader Abu Seif, Fadi Daeem, Naeem Jiryes, David Pearl
Votes: 537
19. The Great Buster (2018)
Not Rated | 102 min | Documentary, Biography, Comedy
Documentary on the life and works of comic genius Buster Keaton, directed by Peter Bogdanovich.
Director: Peter Bogdanovich | Stars: Peter Bogdanovich, Dick Cavett, Frank Capra, Jim Curtis
Votes: 2,389 | Gross: $0.14M
20. Bombshell: The Hedy Lamarr Story (2017)
88 min | Documentary, Biography, History
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: 4,303 | Gross: $0.82M
21. Billie (2019)
Not Rated | 98 min | Documentary, Biography, History
Documentary on the famed jazz singer Billie Holiday.
Director: James Erskine | Stars: Linda Lipnack Kuehl, Billie Holiday, Sylvia Syms, Tony Bennett
Votes: 1,011
22. 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: 72,911 | Gross: $3.97M
23. Studio 54 (2018)
TV-MA | 98 min | Documentary, History, Music
The story of the notorious 1970s New York City nightclub.
Director: Matt Tyrnauer | Stars: Ian Schrager, Steve Rubell, Donald Rubell, Neil Schlesinger
Votes: 3,542 | Gross: $0.20M
24. Tiny Tim: King for a Day (2020)
78 min | Documentary, Animation, Biography
The story about the outcast, Herbert Khaury's rise to stardom as Tiny Tim. Either considered a freak or a genius Tiny Tim left no one unaffected.
Director: Johan von Sydow | Stars: Tiny Tim, 'Weird Al' Yankovic, Jonas Mekas, Richard Barone
Votes: 361
25. Total Balalaika Show (1994)
Not Rated | 57 min | Documentary, Comedy, Music
A 57 minute documentary of a Helsinki concert featuring the Leningrad Cowboys and the Alexandrov Red Army Choir and Ballet, who collaborate on a number of US Rock songs sung in English (... See full summary »
Director: Aki Kaurismäki | Stars: Alexandrov Red Army Ensemble, Twist-Twist Erkinharju, Ben Granfelt, Sakke Järvenpää
Votes: 901
26. For You Naked (2012)
74 min | Documentary
A love story between two men from entirely different backgrounds for whom the old cliché of love moving mountains acquires absolute currency.
Director: Sara Broos | Stars: Lars Lerin, Manoel Marques
Votes: 167
27. Grace Jones: Bloodlight and Bami (2017)
115 min | Documentary, Biography, Music
Electrifying concert performances and intimate, personal footage showcase the life and talent of singer and actress Grace Jones.
Director: Sophie Fiennes | Stars: Grace Jones, Lowell 'Sly' Dunbar, Jean-Paul Goude, Marjorie Jones
Votes: 1,293 | Gross: $0.37M
28. Filmworker (2017)
Not Rated | 94 min | Documentary, Biography
A documentary about how English actor Leon Vitali came to work as an assistant to American filmmaker Stanley Kubrick for over 30 years.
Director: Tony Zierra | Stars: Leon Vitali, Ryan O'Neal, Brian Capron, Mike Alfreds
Votes: 3,502 | Gross: $0.10M
29. Creating Woodstock (2019)
111 min | Documentary, Music
For three days in August 1969, nearly a half-million young people descended upon Max Yasgur's farm in upstate New York for the rock 'n' roll event that defined a generation. Mythologized ... See full summary »
Director: Mick Richards | Stars: Henry Diltz, Arlo Guthrie, Richie Havens, Artie Kornfeld
Votes: 108
30. Elton John: Uncensored (2019 TV Movie)
TV-14 | 57 min | Documentary, Music
Elton John will reflect on his career and performances, as well as talk about addiction and how fatherhood has changed his life.
Director: Chris Purchase | Stars: Graham Norton, Elton John
Votes: 195
31. Hans Arnold - Penselns häxmästare (2019)
90 min | Documentary
Documentary about the horror- and surrealist-artist Hans Arnold (1925-2010). A documentary that took 12 years to finish.
Director: Micke Engström | Stars: Björn Arnold, Hans Arnold, Ylva Arnold, Ernst Billgren
Votes: 56
32. Amazing Grace (2018)
G | 89 min | Documentary, Music
A documentary presenting Aretha Franklin with choir at the New Bethel Baptist Church in Watts, Los Angeles in January 1972.
Directors: Alan Elliott, Sydney Pollack | Stars: Aretha Franklin, James Cleveland, Alexander Hamilton, Cornell Dupree
Votes: 5,152 | Gross: $4.45M
33. a-ha: The Movie (2021)
109 min | Documentary, Biography, Music
Follows the band on tour, telling the full story of how three young men followed their impossible dream of becoming Norwegian pop stars. When Take On Me reached number 1 on Billboard in the US in 1985 the dream came true. Or did it?
Directors: Thomas Robsahm, Aslaug Holm | Stars: a-ha, Morten Harket, Pål Waaktaar, Magne Furuholmen
Votes: 1,232
34. The Secret of Beethoven's Fifth Symphony (2016 TV Movie)
89 min | Documentary
Ian Hislop and John Eliot Gardiner reveal the story behind Beethoven's Fifth Symphony. Described as the 'greatest 'great' piece ever written,' its opening notes are among the most ... See full summary »
Director: Guy Evans | Stars: John Eliot Gardiner, Ian Hislop
Votes: 28
35. Anton Bruckner: A Giant in the Making (2020)
96 min | Documentary
Director: Reiner Moritz | Stars: Valery Gergiev, Hans Haselböck, Kent Nagano, Cornelius Obonya
Votes: 20
37. Betty Boop for ever (2020 TV Movie)
51 min | Documentary
Join us in the jazzy USA of the 1930s and meet Betty Boop, the first female protagonist in cartoons. Despite her innocent voice, well-turned spiers and bedroom look, she really was no weapon. How do we see Betty today?
Director: Claire Duguet | Stars: Laurent Lederer, Sarah-Jane Sauvegrain
Votes: 51
38. The Mission (I) (2022)
95 min | Documentary
A revelation of the inner lives of young LDS missionaries, as they leave their homes for the first time and embark upon the most emotionally, physically and psychologically challenging period of their life.
Director: Tania Anderson
Votes: 184
39. The Album (2023)
82 min | Documentary
A documentory about the record industry told from art directors who created the most memorable art in music history. Top creators of their day discuss the development of the art synonymous with the music you know and love.
Director: Kevin Hosmann | Stars: Debi West, Chuck Beeson, Craig Braun, Ernie Cefalu
Votes: 20
40. The Real George Michael: Portrait of an Artist (2023)
94 min | Documentary
This is by far the most definitive feature documentary of George Michael's amazing life, told candidly by fellow musicians and other friends who loved and respected him.
Director: Simon Napier-Bell | Stars: George Michael, Andrew Ridgeley, Tom Robinson, Amanda Harcourt
Votes: 383
41. Dans les yeux de Johnny Depp (2022 TV Movie)
54 min | Documentary, Biography
It is by selling pens by telephone at the turn of the eighties that Johnny Depp, young punk rocker in galley in the City of the Angels, affirms to have begun his "training" of actor, ... See full summary »
Director: Régis Brochier | Stars: Johnny Depp, Céline Sallette, Annette Wunsch, Paul Attanasio
Votes: 178
42. Brad Pitt, la revanche d'un blond (2022 TV Movie)
53 min | Documentary, Biography
Brad Pitt is a singular actor in Hollywood's glamorous world, breaking through his "playboy image" and embodying American cinema's renewal. At the beginning there was a humble Midwestern ... See full summary »
Directors: Adrien Dénouette, Thibaut Sève | Stars: Brad Pitt, Sarah-Jane Sauvegrain, Gabi Franke, Amy Adams
Votes: 105
43. 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: 23,231 | Gross: $1.32M
44. Ennio (2021)
156 min | Documentary, Biography, History
A documentary on the legendary film composer Ennio Morricone.
Director: Giuseppe Tornatore | Stars: Clint Eastwood, Quentin Tarantino, Hans Zimmer, Oliver Stone
Votes: 5,530
45. Apocalypse: Hitler Takes on the West (2021– )
104 min | Documentary, History, War
May 10th, 1940, Hitler takes on the West. Will he precipitate Europe into the Apocalypse?
Stars: Mathieu Kassovitz, Stephen Rashbrook, Nathan Rippy
Votes: 255
46. Abba: The Missing 40 Years (2021 TV Special)
47 min | Documentary
This story is about what happened after 1982. When Frida, Agnetha, Björn and Benny chose to go their separate ways. So we are following their journeys in the years after ABBA, with all the ups and downs of life, until the reunion in 2021.
Stars: Rebecca Front, Benny Andersson, Agnetha Fältskog, Zara Larsson
Votes: 53
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