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1. La vie en face (1996–2021)
Episode: #salepute (2021)

57 min | Documentary

Florence Hainaut and Myriam Leroy, journalists, have suffered cyber violence like 73% of women in the world. Starting from online hate speeches, they take the viewer into an international ... See full summary »

Directors: Florence Hainaut, Myriam Leroy | Stars: Leila Agic, Alice Barbe, Lauren Bastide, Nadia Daam

Votes: 40

2. A Billion Lives (2016)

95 min | Documentary

35 Metascore

The story of the vaping revolution and tragic corruption leading to a billion deaths around the world.

Director: Aaron Biebert | Stars: David Goerlitz, Clive Bates, Attila Danko, Delon Human

Votes: 2,853

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: 55,129 | Gross: $8.41M

4. Histoire de l'antisémitisme (2022)

225 min | Documentary

To understand a phenomenon as immemorial and powerful as anti-Semitism, whose manifestations have survived the destruction of Europe's Jews, requires a deep dive into its two-thousand-year ... See full summary »

Stars: Christian Gonon, Stéphane Bittoun, Joël Kotek, David Nirenberg

Votes: 104

5. Ben Harper: Pleasure and Pain (2002)

Unrated | 89 min | Documentary, Music

Documentary on roots rocker Ben Harper and his band, the Innocent Criminals.

Director: Danny Clinch | Stars: Ben Harper, Jean-Pierre Plunier, Dean Butterworth, Juan D. Nelson

Votes: 92

6. Calle Santa Fe (2007)

163 min | Documentary

October 5, 1974: In the suburbs of Santiago, pregnant Carmen is badly injured and her partner Miguel, head of the resistance against Pinochet's dictatorship, is killed in combat. So begins a journey into the memories of the defeated...

Director: Carmen Castillo | Stars: Salvador Allende, Carmen Castillo, Consuelo Castillo, Mónica Echeverría

Votes: 147

7. Choron, dernière (2006)

104 min | Documentary

At the end of his life, the famous provocateur looks back on his past life.

Directors: Pierre Carles, Éric Martin | Stars: Professeur Choron, Cabu, François Cavanna, Marc-Édouard Nabe

Votes: 55

8. Décolonisations (2020– )

Documentary, History

An history of decolonization, told through the colonized point of view, in 3 chapters: 'Learning', 'Liberation' and 'The world is ours'

Stars: Reda Kateb, Sebastian Kowski, Laurent Lederer, Alice Seeley Harris

Votes: 81

9. Exterminate All the Brutes (2021)

TV-MA | 58 min | Documentary, History

The path to the new world, an unsettling and intricate story of genocides. Conquest, slavery and the fabrication of "Whiteness".

Stars: Raoul Peck, Josh Hartnett, Caisa Ankarsparre, Fraser James

Votes: 2,978

11. Indie Game: The Movie (2012)

Not Rated | 103 min | Documentary, Drama

73 Metascore

A documentary that follows the journeys of indie game developers as they create games and release those works, and themselves, to the world.

Directors: Lisanne Pajot, James Swirsky | Stars: Jonathan Blow, Brandon Boyer, Renaud Bédard, Anthony Carboni

Votes: 21,442

12. Killing the Indian in the Child (2021 TV Movie)

73 min | Documentary, History

The indigenous population of Canada fell victim to a cultural genocide. The re-education was cruel until 1996: children were torn from their parents and taken to boarding schools. These ... See full summary »

Director: Gwenlaouen Le Gouil | Stars: Gwenlaouen Le Gouil, Stéphane Bittoun, Charlie Angus, Edmund Metatawabin

Votes: 38

13. La Bataille de L'Eau Noire (2015)

Documentary

During the year 1978, Couvin inhabitants, in Belgium, oppose a dam project.

Director: Benjamin Hennot

Votes: 10

14. Mariannes Noires (2017)

83 min | Documentary, Biography

Seven Afro-French women investigate the pieces of their mosaic identities and unravel what it means to be French.

Directors: Kaytie Nielsen, Mame-Fatou Niang | Stars: Iris Beaumier, Isabelle Boni-Claverie, Bintou Dembélé, Alice Diop

Votes: 8

15. Marley (2012)

PG-13 | 144 min | Documentary, Biography, Music

82 Metascore

A documentary on the life, music, and legacy of Bob Marley.

Director: Kevin Macdonald | Stars: Bob Marley, Ziggy Marley, Rita Marley, Jimmy Cliff

Votes: 14,503 | Gross: $1.41M

16. Media Crash - Qui a tué le débat public? (2022)

85 min | Documentary

Two journalists analyze the control of French private media by billionaires Bernard Arnault and Vincent Bolloré.

Directors: Luc Hermann, Valentine Oberti

Votes: 57

17. Muhammad Ali (2021)

445 min | Documentary, Biography, History

An in-depth look at the life of boxer, Muhammad Ali, including his years as an activist and philanthropist.

Stars: Gerald Early, Todd Boyd, Salim Muwakkil, Jerry Izenberg

Votes: 1,369

18. Pas vu, pas pris (1998)

90 min | Documentary

Pierre Carles receives an order from a television channel to make a short film on television. The documentary traces the reason why it will never be broadcast on television.

Director: Pierre Carles | Stars: François Léotard, Alain Duhamel, Anne Sinclair, François-Henry de Virieu

Votes: 232

19. Radio Silence (II) (2019)

79 min | Documentary

Carmen Aristegui has been fired from the radio station where she has worked for years. Supported by more than 18 million listeners, Carmen continues her fight. Her goal: raising awareness and fighting against misinformation.

Director: Juliana Fanjul | Stars: Carmen Aristegui, James L. Cavallaro, Xavier Cortina, Jan-Albert Hootsen

Votes: 74

20. Returning to Reims (Fragments) (2021)

83 min | Documentary

Based on the novel by Didier Eribon, the film tells an intimate and political story of the French working class from the beginning of the 1950s to today.

Director: Jean-Gabriel Périot | Stars: Adèle Haenel, Jacques Delors, Jacques Duclos, Lionel Jospin

Votes: 253

21. Sociology Is a Martial Art (2001)

146 min | Documentary

For three years, Pierre Carles followed French sociologist Pierre Bourdieu, working to have his research understood and people prompted to action. Is sociology a martial art? Or an intellectual tool for the elite to validate their choices?

Director: Pierre Carles | Stars: Pierre Bourdieu, José Bové, Pierre Carles, Gaby Reich

Votes: 311

22. The Edge of Democracy (2019)

TV-14 | 121 min | Documentary, History

81 Metascore

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: 15,733

23. La Sociale (2016)

84 min | Documentary

70 years ago, the ordinances promulgating the fields of application of Social Security were voted by the provisional government of the Republic. An old, secular dream emanating from people ... See full summary »

Director: Gilles Perret | Stars: Colette Bec, Patrick Chêne, Ambroise Croizat, Liliane Croizat

Votes: 59

24. The Vietnam War (2017)

TV-MA | 99 min | Documentary, History, War

A comprehensive history of the United States' involvement in the bitterly divisive armed conflict in Southeast Asia.

Stars: Peter Coyote, Huy Duc, James Willbanks, Duong Van Mai Elliott

Votes: 28,008

25. Le monde selon Monsanto (2008 TV Movie)

108 min | Documentary

You do not have to believe that God exists, but you will after this movie know that the devil poster! Monsanto is the largest global company that produces agricultural products: pesticides,... See full summary »

Director: Marie-Monique Robin | Stars: David Baker, Ken Cook, David Carpenter, Robert Bellé

Votes: 1,847

26. Travail, salaire, profit (2019– )

330 min | Documentary

The documentary series "Travail, salaire, profit" (Work, salary, profit) takes us into the mysteries of the global economy, which is often too opaque to grasp all the ins and outs. Gérard ... See full summary »

Stars: David Graeber, Arthur MacEwan, Alain Supiot, Fritz Helmedag

Votes: 13

27. Un homme est mort (2018)

66 min | Animation, Drama

In post-world war 2 France, the reconstruction effort leads to over exploitation of the working class. Labor unions demand better working conditions and decent salaries. During a ... See full summary »

Director: Olivier Cossu

Votes: 91

28. Un pays qui se tient sage (2020)

86 min | Documentary

A group of citizens question and confront their views on the social order, and the legitimacy of the use of violent police force.

Director: David Dufresne | Stars: Arié Alimi, Myriam Ayad, Ludivine Bantigny, Benoît Barret

Votes: 806

30. What Happened, Miss Simone? (2015)

Not Rated | 101 min | Documentary, Biography, Music

75 Metascore

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: 14,836

31. The Great Hack (2019)

TV-MA | 114 min | Documentary, Biography, History

The Cambridge Analytica scandal is examined through the roles of several affected persons.

Directors: Karim Amer, Jehane Noujaim | Stars: Brittany Kaiser, David Carroll, Paul-Olivier Dehaye, Ravi Naik

Votes: 25,027

32. La vie devant nous (2022 TV Movie)

54 min | Documentary, History

In the 1960s and 1970s, the French economy was booming, creating a labor shortage, and putting an end to the golden era of coal mines. The former colonial officer Félix Mora was sent to ... See full summary »

Director: Frédéric Laffont | Stars: Lahcen Azeroual, Abdellah Chakouk, Abderahman Chakouk, Abdoullah Chakouk

Votes: 7



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