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1. Victory Through Air Power (1943)
Approved | 70 min | Documentary, Animation, History
An animated documentary promoting of the soundness of strategic aerial bombing in World War II.
Directors: James Algar, Clyde Geronimi, Jack Kinney, H.C. Potter | Stars: Alexander de Seversky, Art Baker, Billy Mitchell
Votes: 1,176 | Gross: $0.80M
2. Most Disturbed Person on Planet Earth II (2014)
188 min | Documentary, Horror
A look at the world's most obscure, obscene and shocking electronic media documentation.
Director: Thomas Extreme Cinemagore
Votes: 77
3. Most Disturbed Person on Planet Earth III (2019)
221 min | Documentary, Horror
A disturbing video meant to prove the creator's infamy, containing the world's most shocking media. It documents obscene and dark content made to be the most disturbing ever.
Director: Thomas Extreme Cinemagore
Votes: 72
4. Inside Job (2010)
PG-13 | 109 min | Documentary, Crime
Takes a closer look at what brought about the 2008 financial meltdown.
Director: Charles Ferguson | Stars: Matt Damon, Gylfi Zoega, Andri Snær Magnason, Sigridur Benediktsdottir
Votes: 78,984 | Gross: $4.31M
5. Smoke Sauna Sisterhood (2023)
89 min | Documentary
In the darkness of a smoke sauna, women share their innermost secrets and intimate experiences, washing off the shame trapped in their bodies and regaining their strength through a sense of communion.
Director: Anna Hints | Stars: Kadi Kivilo, Maria Meresaar, Elsa Saks, Marianne Liiv
Votes: 1,978
6. Faces of Death (1978)
Not Rated | 105 min | Documentary, Horror
A collection of death scenes, ranging from TV material to homemade super 8 movies.
Director: John Alan Schwartz | Stars: Michael Carr, Samuel Berkowitz, Mary Ellen Brighton, Thomas Noguchi
Votes: 8,004 | Gross: $35.00M
7. After Death (I) (2023)
PG-13 | 108 min | Documentary
Based on real near-death experiences, After Death explores the afterlife with the guidance of New York Times bestselling authors, medical experts, scientists, and survivors that shed a light on what awaits us.
Directors: Stephen Gray, Chris Radtke | Stars: Dale Black, Dean Braxton, John Burke, Chetavious Davis
Votes: 1,560
8. Food, Inc. 2 (2023)
94 min | Documentary, News
Robert Kenner and Melissa Robledo team up with authors Michael Pollan and Eric Schlosser to examine the modern food industry's efficiency and vulnerabilities.
Directors: Robert Kenner, Melissa Robledo | Stars: Michael Pollan, Gerardo Reyes-Chavez, Eric Schlosser, Tony Thompson
Votes: 104
9. Rocco (2016)
TV-MA | 105 min | Documentary
A behind-the-scene account of the porn world and its stars as they've never been seen before - and the no-holds-barred portrait of a true giant.
Directors: Thierry Demaizière, Alban Teurlai | Stars: Rocco Siffredi, Anikka Albrite, Veronica Avluv, Eva Berger
Votes: 4,312
10. What Is a Woman? (2022)
95 min | Documentary
Political commentator Matt Walsh explores the changing concepts of sex and gender in the digital age, particularly the transgender rights movement, anti-transgender bigotry, and what it means to be a woman.
Director: Justin Folk | Stars: Matt Walsh, Gert Comfrey, Marci Bowers, Don Sucher
Votes: 42,074
11. Skin: A History of Nudity in the Movies (2020)
130 min | Documentary, History
The definitive documentary on the history of nudity in feature films, from the early silent days to the present, studying the changes in morality that led to the use of nudity in films, ... See full summary »
Director: Danny Wolf | Stars: Warren Beatty, Elizabeth Berkley, Martine Beswick, Linda Blair
Votes: 1,301
12. Samsara (I) (2011)
PG-13 | 102 min | Documentary, Music
Filmed over nearly five years in twenty-five countries on five continents, and shot on seventy-millimetre film, Samsara transports us to the varied worlds of sacred grounds, disaster zones, industrial complexes, and natural wonders.
Director: Ron Fricke | Stars: Balinese Tari Legong Dancers, Ni Made Megahadi Pratiwi, Puti Sri Candra Dewi, Putu Dinda Pratika
Votes: 38,053 | Gross: $2.67M
13. The Salt of the Earth (2014)
PG-13 | 110 min | Documentary, Biography, History
The life and work of photographer Sebastião Salgado, who has spent forty years documenting societies in hidden corners of the world.
Directors: Juliano Ribeiro Salgado, Wim Wenders | Stars: Sebastião Salgado, Wim Wenders, Lélia Wanick Salgado, Juliano Ribeiro Salgado
Votes: 23,464 | Gross: $1.34M
14. Climate: The Movie (The Cold Truth) (2023)
80 min | Documentary
A different perspective on the climate change debate supported by the scientists who signed the Clinton World Climate Declaration.
Directors: Martin Durkin, Martin O'Toole | Stars: Sallie Baliunas, King Charles III, John Clauser, Stephen Davies
Votes: 500
15. Beyond Utopia (2023)
PG-13 | 115 min | Documentary, Biography, History
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: 3,408
16. 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: 40,996 | Gross: $1.33M
17. Zero Dark Thirty (2012)
R | 157 min | Drama, History, Thriller
A chronicle of the decade-long hunt for al-Qaeda terrorist leader Osama bin Laden after the September 2001 attacks, and his death at the hands of the Navy S.E.A.L.s Team 6 in May 2011.
Director: Kathryn Bigelow | Stars: Jessica Chastain, Joel Edgerton, Chris Pratt, Mark Strong
Votes: 318,982 | Gross: $95.72M
18. Terms and Conditions May Apply (2013)
Not Rated | 79 min | Documentary, News
A documentary that exposes what corporations and governments learn about people through Internet and cell phone usage, and what can be done about it ... if anything.
Director: Cullen Hoback | Stars: Max Schrems, Moby, Mark Zuckerberg, Orson Scott Card
Votes: 6,541 | Gross: $0.06M
19. Trans (2012)
104 min | Documentary, Drama, Family
TRANS is an extraordinary documentary feature about men and women, and all the variations in between. It is about the Transgender Community, perhaps the most misunderstood and mistreated ... See full summary »
Director: Chris Arnold | Stars: Masen Davis, Christine McGinn, Tiffany Woods
Votes: 158
20. Banking on Bitcoin (2016)
TV-PG | 90 min | Documentary, History, News
Bitcoin is the most disruptive invention since the Internet, and now an ideological battle is underway between fringe utopists and mainstream capitalism. The film shows the players who are defining how this technology will shape our lives.
Director: Christopher Cannucciari | Stars: Charlie Shrem, Nancy Cannucciari, Paul Vigna, Michael Casey
Votes: 3,738
21. E-Motion (2014)
TV-G | 87 min | Documentary, News
E-Motion is a factual documentary that explores how human emotions affect the physiology of the human body and how once negative emotions are replaced with positive emotions bona fide ... See full summary »
Director: Frazer Bailey | Stars: Joseph Dispenza, Nassim Haramein, Ty Hungerford, Lauren A Jackson
Votes: 302
22. The Human Scale (2012)
83 min | Documentary, News
Half of the human population lives in urban areas. By 2050, this will increase to 80%. Life in a megacity is both enchanting and problematic. Today we face peak oil, climate change, ... See full summary »
Director: Andreas Dalsgaard | Stars: Jan Gehl, Rob Adams, Robert Doyle, Lars Gemzøe
Votes: 795
23. Poverty, Inc. (2014)
94 min | Documentary, History, News
From Toms Shoes to international adoptions, from solar panels to U.S. agricultural subsidies, drawing from over 200 interviews filmed in 20 countries, Poverty, Inc. unearths an uncomfortable side of charity we can no longer ignore.
Director: Michael Matheson Miller | Star: Robert Sirico
Votes: 720
24. Most Likely to Succeed (2015)
TV-14 | 86 min | Documentary, Drama, News
A powerful documentary examining education in America and inspiring school communities to re-imagine what students and teachers are capable of doing.
Director: Greg Whiteley | Stars: Laszlo Bock, Brian Cesson, Scott Swaaley
Votes: 166
25. Fukushima: A Nuclear Story (2015)
84 min | Documentary, News
A powerful documentary - shot from March 11th, 2011 through March 2015 - that sheds some light on what really happened at the Fukushima nuclear power plant after the 2011 earthquake and the tsunami that followed.
Director: Matteo Gagliardi | Stars: Willem Dafoe, Massimo Dapporto, Hal Yamanouchi
Votes: 411
26. The Rise and Rise of Bitcoin (2014)
TV-14 | 96 min | Documentary, History, News
A computer programmer becomes fascinated with the digital currency Bitcoin, and through his involvement in the Bitcoin community, we learn about the impending global impact of this amazing new technology.
Director: Nicholas Mross | Stars: Daniel Mross, Eliza Mross, Gabriel Sukenik, Matt
Votes: 1,892
27. The Truth: The Journey Within (2024)
91 min | Documentary, Biography, Drama
What we think we know and have based our entire lives upon is not the full story. Man has searched for the Truth since the beginning of time but all along the answers have only ever been ... See full summary »
Directors: Carla Lee Johnston, Straw Weisman, Richie Marcello, Jamie Mitchell | Stars: Newton Bailey, Michael Beckwith, Itzel Berrio, Bebe Booth
Votes: 8
28. The Dickumentary (2014)
Not Rated | 70 min | Documentary, News
Everything you've always wanted to know about the penis, but were afraid to find out.
Director: Sofian Khan | Stars: Theodore Bouloukos, Shamsi Ali, Patricia Brennan, David Francis Cassidy
Votes: 196
29. Planet Earth II (2016)
TV-G | 50 min | Documentary
David Attenborough returns with a new wildlife documentary that shows life in a variety of habitats.
Stars: David Attenborough, Chadden Hunter, Gordon Buchanan, Elizabeth White
Votes: 158,285
30. Planet Earth (2006)
TV-PG | 49 min | Documentary, Family
A documentary series on the wildlife found on Earth. Each episode covers a different habitat: deserts, mountains, deep oceans, shallow seas, forests, caves, polar regions, fresh water, plains and jungles. Narrated by David Attenborough.
Stars: Sigourney Weaver, David Attenborough, Nikolay Drozdov, Thomas Anguti Johnston
Votes: 220,327
31. Chernobyl (2019)
TV-MA | 41 min | Drama, History, Thriller
In April 1986, the city of Chernobyl in the Soviet Union suffers one of the worst nuclear disasters in the history of mankind. Consequently, many heroes put their lives on the line in the following days, weeks and months.
Stars: Jessie Buckley, Jared Harris, Stellan Skarsgård, Adam Nagaitis
Votes: 865,887
32. Blue Planet II (2017)
TV-G | 52 min | Documentary
David Attenborough returns to the world's oceans in this sequel to the acclaimed documentary filming rare and unusual creatures of the deep, as well as documenting the problems our oceans face.
Stars: David Attenborough, Peter Drost, Roger Munns, Roger Horrocks
Votes: 46,585
33. The Blue Planet (2001)
TV-G | 49 min | Documentary
Mammoth series, five years in the making, taking a look at the rich tapestry of life in the world's oceans.
Stars: David Attenborough, Pierce Brosnan, Peter Scoones
Votes: 42,716
34. Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey (2014)
TV-PG | 43 min | Documentary
An exploration of our discovery of the laws of nature and coordinates in space and time.
Stars: Neil deGrasse Tyson, Christopher Emerson, Keythe Farley, Piotr Michael
Votes: 128,729
35. Planet Earth III (2023)
TV-PG | 58 min | Documentary
Discover amazing landscapes, the most amazing fights of animals on our planet, from the highest mountains to the deepest oceans, from the darkest caves to the hottest deserts with new technology.
Stars: David Attenborough, Tom Greenhalgh, Fredi Devas, Keron Murray
Votes: 2,681
36. Human Planet (2011)
TV-PG | 50 min | Documentary
A cinematic experience bringing you the most amazing human stories in the world. Humans and wildlife surviving in the most extreme environments on Earth
Stars: John Hurt, Roger Munns
Votes: 27,799
37. The Green Planet (2022)
59 min | Documentary
Dive into a world where a single life can last a thousand years, with David Attenborough. See things no eye has ever seen, and discover the dramatic, beautiful plant life of Earth.
Stars: David Attenborough, Cong Liu, Freek Vonk, Tim Shepherd
Votes: 2,538
38. 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: 6,057
39. Our Planet (2019–2023)
TV-PG | 50 min | Documentary
Explores and unravels the mystery of how and why animals migrate, showing some of the most dramatic and compelling stories in the natural world through spectacular and innovative cinematography.
Star: David Attenborough
Votes: 51,177
40. Life (2009)
TV-G | 43 min | Documentary
David Attenborough's legendary BBC crew explains and shows wildlife all over planet earth. From giving an overview of the challenges facing life to hunting the deep sea and various major evolutionary groups of creatures.
Stars: Oprah Winfrey, David Attenborough, Doug Allan, Roger Munns
Votes: 42,818
41. Frozen Planet (2011–2012)
TV-PG | 33 min | Documentary
Focuses on life and the environment in both the Arctic and Antarctic.
Stars: David Attenborough, Alec Baldwin, Chadden Hunter, Michael Kelem
Votes: 32,998
42. Apocalypse: The Second World War (2009)
TV-MA | 60 min | Documentary, History, War
This six-part series traces the Second World War, from the rise of the Nazis to the surrender of the Japanese, with detailed portraits of key figures.
Stars: Mathieu Kassovitz, Martin Sheen, Rudolf Hess
Votes: 14,292
43. Africa (2013)
TV-PG | 51 min | Documentary
Africa, the world's wildest continent. David Attenborough takes us on an awe-inspiring journey through one of the most diverse places in the world. We visit deserts, savannas, and jungles and meet up with some of Africa's amazing wildlife.
Stars: David Attenborough, Simon Blakeney, Bill Rudolph, Justine Evans
Votes: 17,122
44. Aspirants (2021– )
45 min | Drama
It is the story of the journey of three UPSC (public service competitive exams in India) aspirants and their friendship against all odds.
Stars: Naveen Kasturia, Shivankit Singh Parihar, Abhilash Thapliyal, Sunny Hinduja
Votes: 311,393
45. Mammals (II) (2024)
58 min | Documentary
On every continent, in every ocean, conquering frozen landscapes and searing deserts - mammals are everywhere. Sir David Attenborough reveals the ingenuity behind their success.
Star: David Attenborough
Votes: 84
46. Unsolved Mysteries (2020– )
TV-MA | 45 min | Documentary, Crime, Mystery
Immersive, character-driven stories are rooted in the experiences of ordinary people who have lived the unthinkable. Families, detectives and journalists hope viewers hold the clues to solving these mysteries.
Stars: Thom Reed, Allison Rivera, Anne-Sophie Martin, Mary Murphy
Votes: 12,457
47. Earth from Space (2019– )
232 min | Documentary
Cameras in space tell stories of life on our planet from a brand new perspective, revealing new discoveries, incredible colours and patterns, and just how fast it is changing.
Stars: Chiwetel Ejiofor, Lilian Pintea, Joseph Sekar, Billy Ellis
Votes: 583
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