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101. The Advocate for Fagdom (2011)
Not Rated | 91 min | Documentary
The Advocate for Fagdom unites the puzzle pieces one by one. Testimonies are combined with rare archive images. Art galeries present movie extracts that are succeeded by images shot on ... See full summary »
Director: Angélique Bosio | Stars: Bruce La Bruce, Glenn Belverio, Bruce Benderson, Jürgen Brüning
Votes: 112
102. 13th (2016)
TV-MA | 100 min | Documentary, Crime, History
An in-depth look at the prison system in the United States and how it reveals the nation's history of racial inequality.
Director: Ava DuVernay | Stars: Melina Abdullah, Michelle Alexander, Cory Booker, Dolores Canales
Votes: 37,691
103. The Pervert's Guide to Ideology (2012)
Not Rated | 136 min | Documentary
Philosopher Slavoj Zizek examines the hidden themes and existential questions asked by world renowned films.
Director: Sophie Fiennes | Star: Slavoj Zizek
Votes: 7,531 | Gross: $0.07M
104. War Photographer (2001)
96 min | Documentary, War
Documentary about war photographer James Nachtwey, considered by many the greatest war photographer ever.
Director: Christian Frei | Stars: James Nachtwey, Christiane Amanpour, Hans-Hermann Klare, Christiane Breustedt
Votes: 4,304
105. Ghostland: The View of the Ju'Hoansi (2016)
Not Rated | 85 min | Documentary
Remember the culture clash in THE GODS MUST BE CRAZY? This time it's real. One of the most ancient cultures on our planet is undergoing a major change. The Ju/Hoansi Bushmen in Namibia are ... See full summary »
Director: Simon Stadler
Votes: 162
106. Point and Shoot (2014)
Not Rated | 83 min | Documentary
An American sets out with his motorbike to find both adventure and his sense of manhood, leading him on an extraordinary journey he could not have imagined, including fighting in the Libyan Revolution.
Director: Marshall Curry | Stars: Joseph Oliveira, Matt Sager, Matthew Vandyke
Votes: 1,713
107. Minding the Gap (2018)
Not Rated | 93 min | Documentary, Sport
Filmmaker Bing Liu searches for correlations between his skateboarder friends' turbulent upbringings and the complexities of modern masculinity.
Director: Bing Liu | Stars: Kent Abernathy, Mengyue Bolen, Nina Bowgren, Keire Johnson
Votes: 10,471 | Gross: $0.01M
108. 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
109. It Felt Like a Kiss (2009)
54 min | Documentary, History, Music
The story of America's rise to power starting with 1959; it uses archive footage and American pop music to highlight the consequences to the rest of the world and in the peoples' minds.
Director: Adam Curtis | Stars: H. Rap Brown, Nikita Khrushchev, Richard Nixon
Votes: 932
110. HyperNormalisation (2016)
166 min | Documentary
Adam Curtis explains how, at a time of confusing and inexplicable world events, politicians and the people they represent have retreated in to a damaging over-simplified version of what is happening.
Director: Adam Curtis | Stars: Adam Curtis, Donald Trump, Vladimir Putin, Victor Gotbaum
Votes: 7,381
111. Hale County This Morning, This Evening (2018)
Not Rated | 76 min | Documentary
A kaleidoscopic and humanistic view of the Black community in Hale County, Alabama.
Director: RaMell Ross | Stars: Latrenda 'Boosie' Ash, Karmyn Bryant, Korbyn Bryant, Kyrie Bryant
Votes: 2,127 | Gross: $0.11M
112. Somewhere to Disappear (2010)
57 min | Documentary
Directors: Laure Flammarion, Arnaud Uyttenhove | Star: Alec Soth
Votes: 77
113. Dream Boat (2017)
Not Rated | 92 min | Documentary
Once a year, the Dream Boat sets sail - a cruise only for gay men. Far from their families and political restrictions, we follow five men from five countries on a quest for their dreams. ... See full summary »
Director: Tristan Ferland Milewski | Stars: Michael A., Amit, Michael Anastasio, Ansgar
Votes: 1,744 | Gross: $0.00M
114. The Pervert's Guide to Cinema (2006)
150 min | Documentary
Slavoj Zizek examines famous films in a philosophical and a psychoanalytic context.
Director: Sophie Fiennes | Star: Slavoj Zizek
Votes: 7,342
115. Raving Iran (2016)
84 min | Documentary, Drama, Music
Two DJ's in Tehran are battling to play the music they love and set up dance parties. Local regime does not look well at harbingers of western culture of decay so the protagonists need to do big decisions.
Director: Susanne Regina Meures | Stars: Anoosh Rakizade, Arash Shadram, Peyman Navidi Nahand, Mohammad Safari
Votes: 967
116. Grey Gardens (1975)
PG | 95 min | Documentary, Comedy, Drama
Meet a mother and daughter, high-society dropouts, reclusive cousins of Jackie O., managing to thrive together amid the decay and disorder of their East Hampton, NY, mansion, making for an eerily ramshackle echo of the American Camelot.
Directors: Ellen Hovde, Albert Maysles, David Maysles, Muffie Meyer | Stars: Edith Bouvier Beale, Edith 'Little Edie' Bouvier Beale, Brooks Hyers
Votes: 15,295 | Gross: $0.03M
117. Pina (2011)
PG | 103 min | Documentary, Music
A tribute to the late German choreographer Pina Bausch, as her dancers perform her most famous creations.
Director: Wim Wenders | Stars: Pina Bausch, Regina Advento, Malou Airaudo, Ruth Amarante
Votes: 15,956 | Gross: $3.52M
118. Fantastic Fungi (2019)
Not Rated | 81 min | Documentary
Fantastic Fungi is a descriptive time-lapse journey about the magical, mysterious and medicinal world of fungi and their power to heal, sustain and contribute to the regeneration of life on Earth that began 3.5 billion years ago.
Director: Louie Schwartzberg | Stars: Brie Larson, Andrew Weil, Giuliana Furci, Paul Stamets
Votes: 11,555
119. Leviathan (I) (2012)
Not Rated | 87 min | Documentary
A documentary shot in the North Atlantic and focused on the commercial fishing industry.
Directors: Lucien Castaing-Taylor, Verena Paravel | Stars: Brian Jannelle, Adrian Guillette, Arthur Smith, Asterias Vulgaris
Votes: 3,795 | Gross: $1.09M
120. Spaceship Earth (2020)
Not Rated | 113 min | Documentary
A look at the group of people who built the Biosphere 2, a giant replica of the earth's ecosystem, in 1991.
Director: Matt Wolf | Stars: Kathelin Gray, Marie Harding, William Dempster, John Allen
Votes: 2,155
121. Rat Film (2016)
82 min | Documentary
Across walls, fences, and alleys, rats not only expose our boundaries of separation but make homes in them. This documentary uses the rat to explore the history of Baltimore.
Director: Theo Anthony | Stars: Theo Anthony, Dan Deacon, Matt Fouse, Will Kearney III
Votes: 989 | Gross: $0.04M
122. Class Action Park (2020)
Not Rated | 90 min | Documentary, Crime
A documentary that focuses on a dangerously legendary water park and its slew of injuries and crimes along with child safety concerns.
Directors: Seth Porges, Chris Charles Scott III | Stars: John Hodgman, Faith Anderson, Alison Becker, Bill Benneyan
Votes: 7,987
123. Well Groomed (2019)
TV-G | 88 min | Documentary, Sport
A year immersed in the visually-stunning and humorous world of competitive creative dog groomers reveals that, no matter where or how, an innate passion for imaginative expression is universal.
Director: Rebecca Stern | Stars: Nicole Beckman, Angela Kumpe, Catherine Opson, Adriane Pope
Votes: 596
124. What You Gonna Do When the World's on Fire? (2018)
Not Rated | 123 min | Documentary
What You Gonna Do When The World's On Fire is the story of a community of black people in the American South during the summer 2017, when a string of brutal killings of black men sent ... See full summary »
Director: Roberto Minervini | Stars: Judy Hill, Dorothy Hill, Michael Nelson, Ronaldo King
Votes: 713 | Gross: $0.00M
125. 12 O'Clock Boys (2013)
TV-MA | 76 min | Documentary, Biography, Crime
Pug, a young boy growing up on a combative West Baltimore block, finds solace in a group of illegal dirt bike riders known as The 12 O'Clock Boys.
Director: Lotfy Nathan | Stars: Coco, Pug, Funmi Sodipo, Steven
Votes: 1,545 | Gross: $0.04M
126. A Thousand Cuts (2020)
99 min | Documentary
A look at how Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte uses social media to spread disinformation.
Director: Ramona S. Diaz | Stars: Amal Clooney, Ronaldo 'Bato' Dela Rosa, Rodrigo Duterte, Patricia Evangelista
Votes: 820
127. The Collector (2002)
46 min | Documentary
This is a documentary about a passionate collector. A man who has been collecting for 70 years, collecting everything one can imagine. A man who lives in his own house like a guest of his ... See full summary »
Director: Pelin Esmer | Star: Mithat Esmer
Votes: 581
128. The Mole: Undercover in North Korea (2020)
123 min | Documentary, Thriller
A real-life undercover thriller about two ordinary men who embark on an outrageously dangerous ten-year mission to penetrate the world's most secretive and brutal dictatorship: North Korea.
Director: Mads Brügger | Stars: Ulrich Løvenskjold Larsen, Mads Brügger, Alejandro Cao de Benos de Les y Pérez, Jim Latrache-Qvortrup
Votes: 5,412
129. Daguerreotypes (1975)
Not Rated | 78 min | Documentary
Portraits of the people that occupy the small shops of the Rue Daguerre, Paris, where the filmmaker lived.
Director: Agnès Varda | Stars: Lucien Bossy, Leance Debrossian, Marcelle Debrossian, Robert François
Votes: 1,996
130. Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project (2019)
Unrated | 87 min | Documentary, Biography, History
For over 30 years, Marion Stokes obsessively and privately recorded American television news 24 hours a day filling 70,000 VHS tapes, capturing wars, talk shows and commercials that show us how television shaped the world of today.
Director: Matt Wolf | Stars: Anne Stokes Hochberg, Frank Hollman, Tom Keenan, Anna Lofton
Votes: 569
131. Streetwise (1984)
91 min | Documentary, Drama
Gritty documentary that looks at the lives of teenagers living on the streets of Seattle.
Director: Martin Bell | Stars: Annie, Eddie, Antoine, Erica
Votes: 2,964 | Gross: $0.01M
132. Night Will Fall (2014)
Not Rated | 75 min | Documentary, History, War
Researchers discover film footage from World War II that turns out to be a lost documentary shot by Alfred Hitchcock and Sidney Bernstein in 1945 about German concentration camps.
Director: André Singer | Stars: Helena Bonham Carter, Jasper Britton, Leonard Berney, George Leonard
Votes: 3,451
133. For Sama (2019)
TV-PG | 100 min | Documentary, Biography, War
FOR SAMA is both an intimate and epic journey into the female experience of war.
Directors: Waad Al-Kateab, Edward Watts | Stars: Waad Al-Kateab, Sama Al-Khateab, Hamza Al-Khateab, Afra
Votes: 12,824 | Gross: $0.04M
134. The Dawn Wall (2017)
Not Rated | 100 min | Documentary, Biography, Sport
In an unbelievable story of perseverance, free climber Tommy Caldwell and climbing partner Kevin Jorgeson attempt to scale the impossible 3000ft Dawn Wall of El Capitan.
Directors: Josh Lowell, Peter Mortimer | Stars: John Branch, Tommy Caldwell, Kevin Jorgeson
Votes: 21,243 | Gross: $1.08M
135. John Was Trying to Contact Aliens (2020)
16 min | Documentary, Short, Biography
John Shepherd spent 30 years trying to contact extraterrestrials by broadcasting music millions of miles into space. After giving up the search he makes a different connection here on Earth.
Director: Matthew Killip | Stars: John Shepherd, John Litrenta
Votes: 1,706
136. Stolen Seas (2012)
90 min | Documentary, Adventure, Crime
Stolen Seas presents a chilling exploration of the Somali pirate phenomenon and forces you to rethink everything you thought you knew about pirates. It's November 8th, 2008 and the CEC ... See full summary »
Director: Thymaya Payne
Votes: 296
137. Finding Yingying (2020)
Not Rated | 98 min | Documentary
After a young Chinese student goes missing on an American university campus, her family travels to the U.S. for the first time, hoping to unravel the mystery of her disappearance.
Director: Jiayan 'Jenny' Shi | Stars: Brendt Christensen, Yingying Zhang
Votes: 202
138. Below Sea Level (2008)
Not Rated | 110 min | Documentary
During a five year period an Italian filmmaker documents the world of down-on-their-luck individuals who live in a Californian desert trying to get by one day at a time. None of them has more than a vehicle, a dog and some clothes.
Director: Gianfranco Rosi
Votes: 493
139. In Search of Blind Joe Death: The Saga of John Fahey (2013)
Not Rated | 58 min | Documentary, Biography, History
In Search of Blind Joe Death: The Saga of John Fahey is a documentary film about the legendary American guitarist, composer and provocateur John Fahey, 1939-2001. Fahey is often considered ... See full summary »
Director: James Cullingham
Votes: 116 | Gross: $0.00M
140. Flavorful Origins (2019– )
12 min | Documentary
Embark on a delightful journey through the culinary traditions of China and uncover the stories of the people who create and cherish its dishes.
Stars: Yang Chen, Hao Chen, Vivian Lu
Votes: 743
141. The Gleaners & I (2000)
Not Rated | 82 min | Documentary
Varda films and interviews gleaners in France in all forms, from those picking fields after the harvest to those scouring the dumpsters of Paris.
Director: Agnès Varda | Stars: François Wertheimer, Agnès Varda, Jean La Planche, Bodan Litnanski
Votes: 8,811 | Gross: $0.15M
142. Vernon, Florida (1981)
Not Rated | 55 min | Documentary
A documentary on the eccentric residents of Vernon, Florida.
Director: Errol Morris | Stars: Albert Bitterling, Roscoe Collins, George Harris, Joe Payne
Votes: 3,588
143. Leningrad Cowboys Go America (1989)
PG-13 | 79 min | Comedy, Music
Siberian rock band Leningrad Cowboys go to the USA in pursuit of fame.
Director: Aki Kaurismäki | Stars: Matti Pellonpää, Kari Väänänen, Sakke Järvenpää, Heikki Keskinen
Votes: 8,457
144. Encounters at the End of the World (2007)
G | 99 min | Documentary
Film-maker Werner Herzog travels to the McMurdo Station in Antarctica, looking to capture the continent's beauty and investigate the characters living there.
Director: Werner Herzog | Stars: Werner Herzog, Scott Rowland, Stefan Pashov, Doug MacAyeal
Votes: 19,261 | Gross: $0.94M
145. Ascension (III) (2021)
Not Rated | 97 min | Documentary
The absorbingly cinematic Ascension explores the pursuit of the "Chinese Dream." This observational documentary presents a contemporary vision of China that prioritizes productivity and innovation above all.
Director: Jessica Kingdon
Votes: 4,107
146. Tabloid (2010)
R | 87 min | Documentary, Crime
A documentary on a former Miss Wyoming who is charged with abducting and imprisoning a young Mormon Missionary.
Director: Errol Morris | Stars: Joyce McKinney, Peter Tory, Troy Williams, Jackson Shaw
Votes: 7,285 | Gross: $0.68M
147. Life of Crime 1984-2020 (2021)
121 min | Documentary, Biography, Crime
A relentless ride through the streets and prisons of Newark, New Jersey's largest city, and desperate fight to survive the deadliest enemy ever to attack America.
Director: Jon Alpert | Stars: Deliris, Freddy, Robert
Votes: 2,640
148. The Feminist on Cellblock Y (2018)
75 min | Documentary
The Feminist on Cellblock Y is an American documentary directed by Contessa Gayles and co-produced with Emma Lacey-Bordeaux for CNN. The titular subject is Richie Reseda, an inmate at a ... See full summary »
Director: Contessa Gayles
Votes: 28
149. Knjiga rekorda Sutke (2005)
78 min | Documentary
A documentary about bizarre residents of Shutka, a Macedonian village built on the former city dump area.
Director: Aleksandar Manic | Stars: Jasar Destani, Bajram Severdzan
Votes: 1,097
150. Tickled (2016)
R | 92 min | Documentary, Crime, Mystery
Journalist David Farrier stumbles upon a mysterious tickling competition online. As he delves deeper he comes up against fierce resistance, but that doesn't stop him getting to the bottom of a story stranger than fiction.
Directors: David Farrier, Dylan Reeve | Stars: David Farrier, Dylan Reeve, David Starr, Kevin Clarke
Votes: 20,756 | Gross: $0.61M
151. Los Sures (1984)
Not Rated | 57 min | Documentary
In the late 70s and early 80s, Los Sures was one of the poorest neighborhoods in New York City. In fact, it had been called the worst ghetto in America. Diego Echeverria's film skillfully ... See full summary »
Director: Diego Echeverria | Stars: Marta Avilés, Evelyn Borges, Tito Lopez, Ana Maria Soto
Votes: 149 | Gross: $0.08M
152. Bulkland (2017 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 58 min | Documentary
Migrant workers, factory bosses and nightclub dancers try to carve out a slice of the pie in the city the dollar store built. But China is changing. Selling cheap junk isn't what it used to be.
Director: Daniel Whelan
Votes: 71
153. Space Is the Place (1974)
R | 82 min | Sci-Fi, Music
In an effort to bring unity and equality to African-Americans, an interstellar traveler and musician lands on earth and duels with an evil overlord for the souls of people.
Director: John Coney | Stars: Sun Ra, Raymond Johnson, Christopher Brooks, Barbara Deloney
Votes: 1,464
154. All the Beauty and the Bloodshed (2022)
Unrated | 113 min | Documentary
Follows the life of artist Nan Goldin and the downfall of the Sackler family, the pharmaceutical dynasty who was greatly responsible for the opioid epidemic's unfathomable death toll.
Director: Laura Poitras | Stars: Nan Goldin, David Velasco, Megan Kapler, Marina Berio
Votes: 7,816
155. Fires of Kuwait (1992)
36 min | Documentary, Short
Man's emergency creativity can be seen at its best, after Saddam Hussein had the Kuwait oil wells lit up, as teams from all over the world fought those fires for months, and had to save the oil resources, as well as reduce air pollution.
Director: David Douglas | Star: Rip Torn
Votes: 581
156. Everybody Street (2013)
Not Rated | 83 min | Documentary, Biography, History
Everybody Street" highlights the lives and work of New York's iconic street photographers and the unparalleled city that has inspired them for decades.
Director: Cheryl Dunn | Stars: Boogie, Martha Cooper, Bruce Davidson, Elliott Erwitt
Votes: 932
157. Lessons of Darkness (1992 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 54 min | Documentary, War
This film surveys the disaster of the Kuwaiti oil fields in flames, with little narration and scarcely any interviews. Hell on Earth is presented in such transcendent visions and music that one can only be fascinated by it.
Director: Werner Herzog | Star: Werner Herzog
Votes: 6,756
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