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1. Ming of Harlem: Twenty One Storeys in the Air (2014)
71 min | Documentary
A documentary exploring secret lives, behavior, and extreme levels of human/beast intimacy and communication, focusing on the 'only in New York' story of Antoine Yates and his cohabitation ... See full summary »
Director: Phillip Warnell | Stars: Antoine Yates, Rajiv, Brianna, Johnny Jarrett-Graham
Votes: 122
2. Match Me! (2014)
95 min | Documentary, Drama
How does dating and finding love work in an era where partnership has been radically redefined? All people share the yearning to connect and belong with others and the hope of experiencing ... See full summary »
Director: Lia Jaspers | Stars: Sampsa Kotajärvi, Sarah Psibilskis, Johanna Zey
Votes: 22
3. See No Evil (2014)
Not Rated | 75 min | Documentary
Documentary about three retired apes: a film star, a scientist and a cripple. They look back at their lives and the intriguing relationship between humans and apes. Who watches whom, and who learns from this?
Director: Jos de Putter | Stars: Cheeta, Nicole Henderson, Glen Schultz
Votes: 156
4. Waiting for August (2014)
88 min | Documentary, Drama, Family
Fifteen year old Georgiana is left to raise her 6 siblings in Bacau (Romania), since mother has to work abroad to get by. Torn between adolescence and heavy responsibilities, the teenage girl struggles to keep everyone afloat.
Director: Teodora Mihai
Votes: 236
5. My Name Is Salt (2013)
92 min | Documentary
Year after year, for an endless eight months, thousands of families move to a desert in India to extract salt from the burning earth. Every monsoon their salt fields are washed away, as the desert turns into sea.
Director: Farida Pacha | Stars: Chhanabhai Bababhai Pagi, Devuben Chhanabhai Pagi, Guhabhai Lakshmanbhai Rathod, Manju
Votes: 310
6. Elephant's Dream (2014)
72 min | Documentary, News
Elephant's Dream is a portrait about three State-owned institutions and their workers in DR Congo, providing insight into their daily lives and survival in the third largest city of Africa, Kinshasa.
Director: Kristof Bilsen | Stars: Henriette, Simon Ngola, Van Nzai, Lieutenant Kasunga
Votes: 63
7. Citizenfour (2014)
R | 114 min | Documentary, Biography
A documentarian and a reporter travel to Hong Kong for the first of many meetings with Edward Snowden.
Director: Laura Poitras | Stars: Edward Snowden, Glenn Greenwald, William Binney, Jacob Appelbaum
Votes: 58,000 | Gross: $2.80M
8. Love & Engineering (I) (2014)
Not Rated | 81 min | Documentary, Comedy, Romance
Our modern life is largely designed by engineers. They like to invent and structure things and they are more at ease with figures and natural science than in relations with the opposite sex... See full summary »
Director: Tonislav Hristov | Stars: Atanas Boev, Todor Vlaev, Tuomas Nieminen, Markus Virtanen
Votes: 160
9. 35 Cows and a Kalashnikov (2014)
83 min | Documentary
35 COWS AND A KALASHNIKOV is a film about African pride. Directed by Oswald von Richthofen and produced by Roland Emmerich, two old film school friends. It is not a classical documentary ... See full summary »
Directors: Oswald von Richthofen, Gernot Aschoff | Stars: Bar Jala, Kuwedo, Regole, Tanga
Votes: 70
10.
America's Book of Secrets (2012–2021)
Episode:
Secret Prisons
(2014)
TV-PG | 42 min | Documentary
Go inside the maximum-security world of America's "secret prisons" and unveil their hidden agendas and covert operations. With about 1 in every 107 Americans serving time, why are there ... See full summary »
Stars: Jonathan Adams, David Fathi, Bob Hood, Tracy Harmon
Votes: 27
11.
Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey (2014)
Episode:
Standing Up in the Milky Way
(2014)
TV-PG | 44 min | Documentary
A thrilling, new adventure across space and time begins.
Directors: Brannon Braga, Ann Druyan, Bill Pope | Stars: Neil deGrasse Tyson, Phil LaMarr, Seth MacFarlane, John Steven Rocha
Votes: 3,557
12. Going Clear: Scientology & the Prison of Belief (2015)
Not Rated | 119 min | Documentary
A documentary looking at the inner-workings of the Church of Scientology.
Director: Alex Gibney | Stars: Paul Haggis, Jason Beghe, Spanky Taylor, David Miscavige
Votes: 40,923
13. The Wolfpack (2015)
R | 90 min | Documentary, Biography
Confined in an apartment from a New York housing project, the six Angulo brothers learned everything they know about the world through watching films and spend their time reenacting their favorite movies with intricate homemade costumes.
Director: Crystal Moselle | Stars: Mukunda Angulo, Narayana Angulo, Susanne Angulo, Bhagavan Angulo
Votes: 13,519 | Gross: $1.30M
14. She's Beautiful When She's Angry (2014)
Not Rated | 92 min | Documentary, History
A documentary that resurrects the buried history of the outrageous, often brilliant women who founded the modern women's movement from 1966 to 1971.
Director: Mary Dore | Stars: Chude Pamela Allen, Alta, Judith Arcana, Nona Willis Aronowitz
Votes: 1,654 | Gross: $0.42M
15. Aileen: Life and Death of a Serial Killer (2003)
R | 93 min | Documentary, Crime
Nick Broomfield's second documentary about serial killer Aileen Wuornos, focusing on her mental state on death row.
Directors: Nick Broomfield, Joan Churchill | Stars: Aileen Wuornos, Nick Broomfield, Terry Humphreys-Slay, Leitha Prather
Votes: 6,955 | Gross: $0.10M
16. The Woodmans (2010)
Unrated | 82 min | Documentary, Biography
The story of a family that suffers a tragedy, but perseveres and finds redemption through each other and their work - making art.
Director: Scott Willis | Stars: Francesca Woodman, George Woodman, Betty Woodman, Charles Woodman
Votes: 681 | Gross: $0.04M
17. Jesus Camp (2006)
PG-13 | 87 min | Documentary
A documentary on kids who attend a summer camp hoping to become the next Billy Graham.
Directors: Heidi Ewing, Rachel Grady | Stars: Mike Papantonio, Lou Engle, Becky Fischer, Ted Haggard
Votes: 28,781 | Gross: $0.90M
18. Fed Up (2014)
PG | 92 min | Documentary
An examination of America's obesity epidemic and the food industry's role in aggravating it.
Director: Stephanie Soechtig | Stars: Michele Simon, Katie Couric, Bill Clinton, Michael Pollan
Votes: 12,359 | Gross: $1.54M
19. The Ghosts in Our Machine (2013)
93 min | Documentary
A cinematic documentary that illuminates the lives of individual animals living within and rescued from the machine of our modern world.
Director: Liz Marshall | Stars: Marcel Saba, Lori Reese, Perrie Wardell, Martin Rowe
Votes: 680 | Gross: $0.02M
20. Forest of Bliss (1986)
Unrated | 90 min | Documentary
A look at daily life in the city of Benares, India, one of the most religious places in the country.
Director: Robert Gardner
Votes: 324
21. The Missing Picture (2013)
Not Rated | 92 min | Documentary
Rithy Panh uses clay figures, archival footage, and his narration to recreate the atrocities Cambodia's Khmer Rouge committed between 1975 and 1979.
Director: Rithy Panh | Stars: Randal Douc, Jean-Baptiste Phou
Votes: 3,528 | Gross: $0.05M
22. Forbidden Voices (2012)
95 min | Documentary
How to start a revolution with a laptop.
Director: Barbara Miller | Stars: Yoani Sanchez, Farnaz Seifi, Zeng Jinyan, Lucie Morillon
Votes: 52
23. She Male Snails (2012)
75 min | Documentary
When Ester meets Eli he recognized himself for the 1st time, and later they are lovers. In this very personal, sensual, colorful and genre- and gender-breaking documentary movie about love, you'll see how important it is to find real love.
Director: Ester Martin Bergsmark | Stars: Juli Apponen, Sebastian Bendefors, Ester Martin Bergsmark, Leo Correia de Verdier
Votes: 193
24. In the Basement (2014)
Not Rated | 81 min | Documentary
A documentary that reveals what its subjects do in their respective basements.
Director: Ulrich Seidl | Stars: Fritz Lang, Alfreda Klebinger, Manfred Ellinger, Inge Ellinger
Votes: 3,103 | Gross: $0.00M
25. Jodorowsky's Dune (2013)
PG-13 | 90 min | Documentary
The story of cult film director Alejandro Jodorowsky's ambitious but ultimately doomed film adaptation of the seminal science fiction novel.
Director: Frank Pavich | Stars: Alejandro Jodorowsky, Michel Seydoux, H.R. Giger, Chris Foss
Votes: 27,602 | Gross: $0.65M
26. Karl Böhm - Porträt eines Dirigenten (1969 TV Movie)
55 min | Documentary
A portrait of the Austrian conductor Karl Böhm (1894-1981). He received two exclusive titles: "Ehrendirigent" of the Vienna Philharmonic and Austrian "Generalmusikdirektor".
Director: Karlheinz Böhm | Star: Karl Böhm
27. America in Primetime (2011)
TV-14 | Documentary
This documentary series looks at the evolution of specific character types appearing on American primetime episodic television from post WWII to the early twenty-first century. These ... See full summary »
Stars: Diablo Cody, David Chase, Judd Apatow, Alan Yentob
Votes: 360
28. Wonders of the Universe (I) (2011)
TV-G | 59 min | Documentary, Family
Professor Brian Cox visits some of the most dramatic parts of the globe to explain the fundamental principles that govern the laws of nature - light, gravity, energy, matter and time. With ... See full summary »
Stars: Brian Cox, Steven Mackintosh
Votes: 4,343
29. Waste Land (2010)
Not Rated | 99 min | Documentary
On the outskirts of Rio de Janeiro is Jardim Gramacho, the world's largest landfill, where men and women sift through garbage for a living. Artist Vik Muniz produces portraits of the workers and learns about their lives.
Directors: Lucy Walker, Karen Harley, João Jardim | Star: Vik Muniz
Votes: 9,362 | Gross: $0.19M
30. I Am Eleven (2011)
98 min | Documentary, Biography
The lives and thoughts of children from all around the world. It weaves together deeply personal and at times hilarious portraits of what it means to stand on the cusp between childhood and adolescence.
Director: Genevieve Bailey | Stars: Billy, Dagan, Fang, Ginisha
Votes: 278 | Gross: $0.26M
31. One Peace at a Time (2009)
Not Rated | 83 min | Documentary
Filmed in 20 countries, with the insights of Nobel Laureates: Muhammad Yunus (Nobel Peace Prize), Steve Chu (Nobel Prize Physics and President Obama's Secretary of Energy) & Desmond Tutu (... See full summary »
Director: Turk Pipkin | Stars: Donna Berber, Philip Berber, Caroline Boudreaux, Steve Chu
Votes: 71 | Gross: $0.01M
32. Stories We Tell (2012)
PG-13 | 108 min | Documentary
A film that excavates layers of myth and memory to find the elusive truth at the core of a family of storytellers.
Director: Sarah Polley | Stars: Michael Polley, John Buchan, Mark Polley, Joanna Polley
Votes: 14,121 | Gross: $1.60M
33. Peaceable Kingdom: The Journey Home (2009)
78 min | Documentary
Peaceable Kingdom: The Journey Home explores the powerful struggle of conscience experienced by several people from traditional farming backgrounds who come to question the basic ... See full summary »
Director: Jenny Stein | Stars: Harold Brown, Cheri Ezell-Vandersluis, Howard Lyman, Cayce Mell
Votes: 248
34. Les Invisibles (2012)
115 min | Documentary, Romance
Several elderly homosexual men and women speak frankly about their pioneering lives, their fearless decision to live openly in France at a time when society rejected them.
Director: Sébastien Lifshitz | Stars: Yann, Pierre, Bernard Romieu, Jacques
Votes: 678
35. We Live in Public (2009)
Unrated | 91 min | Documentary
A documentary focusing on the life of dot-com entrepreneur Josh Harris, and his exploits over the last decade.
Director: Ondi Timoner | Stars: Josh Harris, Tom Harris, Carlos Alvarez, David Amron
Votes: 1,983 | Gross: $0.04M
36. Be with Me (2013)
39 min | Documentary, Short, Family
A family unites to help their son recover from autism.
Director: Michael Terrill | Stars: James Cairns, Lori Cairns, Shelby Cairns, Jim Cairns
Votes: 11
37. Living Without Money (2010)
Not Rated | 52 min | Documentary
We meet the German woman Heidemarie Schwermer (68) who made a deliberate choice to live without money 14 years ago. One day she cancelled her flat, donated all of her belongings and started... See full summary »
Director: Line Halvorsen | Star: Heidemarie Schwermer
Votes: 44
38. Edie & Thea: A Very Long Engagement (2009)
Not Rated | 61 min | Documentary, Drama, Romance
After 42 years, feisty and delightful lesbian couple Edie and Thea are finally getting married. From the early '60s to the present day, the tireless community activists persevere through ... See full summary »
Directors: Susan Muska, Gréta Olafsdóttir | Stars: Thea Spyer, Edie Windsor
Votes: 420
39. Our City Dreams (2008)
Not Rated | 85 min | Documentary
Filmed over the course of two years, "Our City Dreams" is the story of a woman's struggles and successes as an artist in New York City.
Director: Chiara Clemente | Stars: Marina Abramovic, Ghada Amer, Caledonia Curry, Kiki Smith
Votes: 115 | Gross: $0.03M
40. 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: 8,812 | Gross: $0.15M
41. Winged Migration (2001)
G | 89 min | Documentary
Documentary on the migratory patterns of birds, shot over the course of three years on all seven continents.
Directors: Jacques Perrin, Jacques Cluzaud, Michel Debats | Stars: Jacques Perrin, Philippe Labro
Votes: 12,371 | Gross: $10.76M
42. Love, Marilyn (2012)
Not Rated | 107 min | Documentary, Biography
Modern day celebrities interpret excerpts from memoirs written by people who knew Marilyn Monroe as well as her recently discovered personal journals and letters.
Director: Liz Garbus | Stars: F. Murray Abraham, Elizabeth Banks, Adrien Brody, Ellen Burstyn
Votes: 1,992
43. 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: 15,957 | Gross: $3.52M
44. Die Geschichte vom weinenden Kamel (2003)
PG | 93 min | Documentary, Drama, Family
When a Mongolian nomadic family's newest camel colt is rejected by its mother, a musician is needed for a ritual to change her mind.
Directors: Byambasuren Davaa, Luigi Falorni | Stars: Janchiv Ayurzana, Chimed Ohin, Amgaabazar Gonson, Zeveljamz Nyam
Votes: 6,414 | Gross: $1.74M
45. Ashes and Snow (2005)
62 min | Documentary, Drama
Exploring the shared language and poetic sensibilities of all animals.
Director: Gregory Colbert | Stars: Patrick Disanto, Laurence Fishburne, Jeanne Moreau, Enrique Rocha
Votes: 4,397
46. Last Train Home (2009)
Not Rated | 85 min | Documentary, Drama
A couple embarks on a journey home for Chinese new year along with 130 million other migrant workers, to reunite with their children and struggle for a future. Their unseen story plays out as China soars towards being a world superpower.
Director: Lixin Fan | Stars: Changhua Zhang, Yang Zhang, Suqin Chen, Qin Zhang
Votes: 3,717 | Gross: $0.29M
47. Titicut Follies (1967)
Unrated | 84 min | Documentary
Documentary filmmaker Frederick Wiseman takes us inside the Massachusetts Correctional Institution Bridgewater where people stay trapped in their madness.
Director: Frederick Wiseman
Votes: 5,114
48. Grizzly Man (2005)
R | 103 min | Documentary, Biography
A devastating and heart-rending take on grizzly bear activists Timothy Treadwell and Amie Huguenard, who were killed in October of 2003 while living among grizzly bears in Alaska.
Director: Werner Herzog | Stars: Timothy Treadwell, Amie Huguenard, Werner Herzog, Carol Dexter
Votes: 61,949 | Gross: $3.17M
49. Sicko (2007)
PG-13 | 123 min | Documentary, Drama
A documentary comparing the highly profitable American health care industry to other nations, and HMO horror stories including shotgun deaths.
Director: Michael Moore | Stars: Michael Moore, Tucker Albrizzi, Tony Benn, George W. Bush
Votes: 76,840 | Gross: $24.54M
50. The Celluloid Closet (1995)
R | 102 min | Documentary, History
A documentary surveying the various Hollywood screen depictions of homosexuals and the attitudes behind them throughout the history of North American film.
Directors: Rob Epstein, Jeffrey Friedman | Stars: Lily Tomlin, Tony Curtis, Susie Bright, Arthur Laurents
Votes: 7,518 | Gross: $1.51M
51. Born Into Brothels: Calcutta's Red Light Kids (2004)
R | 85 min | Documentary, Biography, News
Two documentary filmmakers chronicle their time in Sonagchi, Calcutta and the relationships they developed with children of prostitutes who work the city's notorious red light district.
Directors: Zana Briski, Ross Kauffman | Stars: Kochi, Avijit Halder, Shanti Das, Manik
Votes: 18,006 | Gross: $3.41M
52. Nostalgia for the Light (2010)
Not Rated | 90 min | Documentary
A documentary about two different searches conducted in the Chilean Atacama Desert: one by astronomers looking for answers about the history of the cosmos, and one by women looking for the remains of loved ones killed by Pinochet's regime.
Director: Patricio Guzmán | Stars: Gaspar Galaz, Lautaro Núñez, Luís Henríquez, Miguel Lawner
Votes: 6,119
53. Ångrarna (2010)
58 min | Documentary
Two men in their 60s meet for the first time and discuss their respective sex changes, and subsequent reversals.
Director: Marcus Lindeen | Stars: Orlando Fagin, Mikael Johansson
Votes: 229
54. Chimpanzee (2011)
G | 78 min | Documentary, Family
Meet adorable young chimp Oscar and his fellow mayhem-creating buddies, who see the world as their playground. Full of curiosity, joy and a love for mimicking others, these are some of the most extraordinary personalities in the jungle.
Directors: Alastair Fothergill, Mark Linfield | Star: Tim Allen
Votes: 6,369 | Gross: $28.97M
55. Outrage (I) (2009)
R | 90 min | Documentary
An indictment of closeted politicians who lobby for anti-gay legislation in the U.S.
Director: Kirby Dick | Stars: Barney Frank, James McGreevey, Kevin Naff, Dan Popkey
Votes: 1,754 | Gross: $0.04M
56. For the Bible Tells Me So (2007)
Unrated | 95 min | Documentary, Romance
An exploration of the intersection between religion and homosexuality in the U.S. and how the religious right has used its interpretation of the Bible to stigmatize the gay community.
Director: Daniel G. Karslake | Stars: Imogene Robinson, Victor Robinson, Gene Robinson, Isabella 'Boo' McDaniel
Votes: 4,520 | Gross: $0.31M
57. Little White Lie (2014)
Not Rated | 65 min | Documentary, Biography, Drama
A film about denial, race, family secrets and a search for identity.
Directors: Lacey Schwartz Delgado, James Adolphus | Stars: Lacey Schwartz Delgado, Sarah Brokaw, Bruce Corwin, Joshua Corwin
Votes: 944
58. Alice Walker: Beauty in Truth (2013)
84 min | Documentary, Biography, History
This film tells the compelling story of an extraordinary woman's journey from her birth in a paper thin shack in the cotton fields of Georgia to her recognition as a key writer of the ... See full summary »
Director: Pratibha Parmar | Stars: Robert L. Allen, Tony Brown, Angela Davis, Jennifer DeVere Brody
Votes: 75
59. Gulabi Gang (2012)
96 min | Documentary
In Bundelkhand, India, a revolution is in the making among the poorest of the poor, as the fiery women of the Gulabi Gang empower themselves and take up the fight against gender violence, caste oppression and widespread corruption.
Directors: Nishtha Jain, Torstein Grude | Stars: Sampat Pal Devi, Ram Dulari, Devrati, Babu
Votes: 234
60. Meet the Fokkens (2011)
Not Rated | 80 min | Documentary, Biography
A documentary on Louise and Martine Fokkens, 69-year-old twin sisters who have worked as prostitutes in the red-light district in Amsterdam for over 40 years.
Directors: Gabrielle Provaas, Rob Schröder | Stars: Louise Fokkens, Martine Fokkens
Votes: 690 | Gross: $0.03M
61. The Light in Her Eyes (2011)
Not Rated | 87 min | Documentary
Houda al-Habash, a conservative Muslim preacher, founded a Qur'an school for girls in Damascus, Syria when she was just 17 years old. Every summer, her female students immerse themselves in... See full summary »
Directors: Julia Meltzer, Laura Nix
Votes: 58
62. After Tiller (2013)
PG-13 | 85 min | Documentary, Biography, Drama
This thought provoking, sometimes troubling documentary examines the personal and ethical imperatives that drive abortion providers to continue in the face of often dangerous legal and personal harassment.
Directors: Martha Shane, Lana Wilson | Stars: George Tiller, Warren Hern, Leroy Carhart, Susan Robinson
Votes: 1,116 | Gross: $0.07M
63. Half the Sky (2012)
Not Rated | 224 min | Documentary
HALF THE SKY is a passionate call-to-arms, urging us not only to bear witness to the plight of the world's women, but to help to transform their oppression into opportunity. Our future is in the hands of women everywhere.
Director: Maro Chermayeff | Stars: America Ferrera, Nicholas Kristof, Diane Lane, Dipti Mehta
Votes: 283
64. The Punk Singer (2013)
Not Rated | 81 min | Documentary, Biography, Music
A look at the life of activist, musician, and cultural icon Kathleen Hanna, who formed the punk band Bikini Kill and pioneered the "riot grrrl" movement of the 1990s.
Director: Sini Anderson | Stars: Kathleen Hanna, Carrie Brownstein, Kim Gordon, Joan Jett
Votes: 3,086 | Gross: $0.12M
65.
Storyville (1997– )
Episode:
India's Daughter
(2015)
63 min | Documentary, Biography
The life and death of Jyoti Singh, an Indian medical student whose violation and murder by gang rapists exposed the violent misogyny of Indian society.
Director: Leslee Udwin | Stars: Asha Devi, Badri Singh, Satendra, Mukesh Singh
Votes: 2,224
66. Stanley Kubrick: A Life in Pictures (2001)
Not Rated | 142 min | Documentary, Biography
The career and life of Stanley Kubrick is explored through pictures, clips from his films, his old home movies, comments from his colleagues and a narration by Tom Cruise.
Director: Jan Harlan | Stars: Katharina Kubrick, Malcolm McDowell, Stanley Kubrick, Barbara Kroner
Votes: 12,209
67. 2001: A Space Odyssey - A Look Behind the Future (1966)
23 min | Documentary, Short, Sci-Fi
A short documentary about the making of and production of Stanley Kubrick's 2001: A Space Odyssey and it's impact on the 60's view of the future.
Stars: Vernon Myers, Fred Ordway, Harry Lange, Charles A. Lindbergh
Votes: 123
68. Mr. X, a Vision of Leos Carax (2014)
Not Rated | 71 min | Documentary, Biography, Mystery
The image of a mysterious, solitary filmmaker - a cineaste maudit - who flees from both the media and the public, is unrelentingly bound to the figure of Leos Carax, in France. Elsewhere, ... See full summary »
Director: Tessa Louise-Salomé | Stars: Leos Carax, Mehdi Belhaj Kacem, Richard Brody, Caroline Champetier
Votes: 302
69. I Am My Films (1978)
93 min | Documentary
"I Am My Films - A Portrait of Werner Herzog" - Herzog is one of the most important German auteur filmmakers and certainly also one of the most passionate. For his film projects, he does ... See full summary »
Directors: Erwin Keusch, Christian Weisenborn | Stars: Bruno S., Eva Mattes, Burkhard Driest, Wilhelm von Homburg
Votes: 150
70.
Imagine (2003– )
Episode:
Warhol: Denied
(2006)
TV-14 | 60 min | Biography, History
Director: Chris Rodley | Stars: Alan Yentob, Joe Simon, Sam Green, David Hockney
Votes: 10
71. 4 Elements (2006)
89 min | Documentary
4 Elements shows in a poetic way the battle of humanity with the four primal elements. Four places on earth where companionship and mutual trust are still of vital importance.
Director: Jiska Rickels
Votes: 221
72. Wide Awake (2006)
Unrated | 79 min | Documentary
A filmmaker documents his bout with insomnia.
Director: Alan Berliner | Star: William C. Dement
Votes: 646
73. Blindsight (I) (2006)
PG | 104 min | Documentary, Adventure
Six blind Tibetan teenagers climb the Lhakpa-Ri peak of Mount Everest, led by seven-summit blind mountain-climber Erik Weihenmayer.
Director: Lucy Walker | Stars: Gavin Attwood, Sally Berg, Sonam Bhumtso, Dachung
Votes: 699 | Gross: $0.09M
74.
Les gars et les filles (2012– )
Episode:
Pleure ma fille, tu pisseras moins
(2012)
52 min | Documentary
Director: Pauline Horovitz
75. Bambi (2013)
58 min | Documentary, Biography
The film is a profile of Marie-Pierre Pruvot, an Algerian, born trans woman who had a long and prominent career as a dancer and showgirl in Paris in the 1950s and 1960s, under the stage name Bambi.
Director: Sébastien Lifshitz | Star: Marie-Pierre Pruvot
Votes: 162
76. The Ballad of Genesis and Lady Jaye (2011)
Not Rated | 72 min | Documentary, Biography, Music
A documentary on artist Genesis Breyer P-Orridge and his wife and collaborator, Lady Jaye, centered around the transformations the pair underwent for their Pandrogyne project.
Director: Marie Losier | Stars: Genesis P-Orridge, Lady Jaye Breyer P'Orridge, Big Boy Breyer P'Orridge, Edley Odowd
Votes: 688
77. The Space (2014)
14 min | Documentary, Short
"The boys won't let us play football at school": pencil and paper to hand, a minimalist treatise on the war of the sexes by a little girl who loves playing football.
Director: Eléonor Gilbert
Votes: 18
78. The Last Journey of Madam Phung (2014)
87 min | Documentary
Where does theatre begin and real life end? Endearing Madame Phung and her transvestite singers travel around Vietnam, sparking fascination and hostility from the local people.
Director: Tham Nguyen Thi
Votes: 109
79. Most Evil (2006–2015)
TV-14 | 44 min | Documentary, Crime
Series follows Columbia University's Michael Stone as he searches for the roots of evil in human beings by exploring acts committed by infamous criminals and ordinary people which he rates on his "scale of evil".
Stars: Michael Stone, Tim Hopper, Neil Dudgeon, Kris Mohandie
Votes: 918
80. Speciesism: The Movie (2013)
Not Rated | 94 min | Documentary, Comedy
A young man begins investigating the underworld of "factory farming" and soon discovers a growing political and intellectual movement that considers animals as important as humans.
Director: Mark Devries | Stars: Steven Best, Richard Dawkins, Gary Francione, Bruce Friedrich
Votes: 1,348
81. Whores' Glory (2011)
Not Rated | 110 min | Documentary
An examination of the lives, needs, troubles, and hopes of prostitutes in Thailand, Bangladesh, and Mexico.
Director: Michael Glawogger | Stars: Emma, Ning, Toh, Wat
Votes: 5,122 | Gross: $0.03M
82. Thank You for Smoking (2005)
R | 92 min | Comedy, Drama
Satirical comedy follows the machinations of Big Tobacco's chief spokesman, Nick Naylor, who spins on behalf of cigarettes while trying to remain a role model for his 12-year old son.
Director: Jason Reitman | Stars: Aaron Eckhart, Cameron Bright, Maria Bello, Joan Lunden
Votes: 229,022 | Gross: $24.79M
83. The Life and Crimes of Doris Payne (2013)
Not Rated | 74 min | Documentary
Tells the real life story of an 80 year old international jewel thief. Features interviews with Doris Payne, her daughter and son, her childhood best friend and law enforcement officers. ... See full summary »
Directors: Kirk Marcolina, Matthew Pond | Stars: Eunetta T. Boone, Jean Herbert, Thomas Jacques, Alfredo J. Molina
Votes: 269
84. Jonestown: The Life and Death of Peoples Temple (2006)
86 min | Documentary, History
Featuring never-before-seen footage, this documentary delivers a startling new look at the Peoples Temple, headed by preacher Jim Jones who, in 1978, led more than 900 members to Guyana, where he orchestrated a mass suicide via tainted punch.
Director: Stanley Nelson | Stars: Rebecca Moore, Janet Shular, Tim Carter, Stanley Clayton
Votes: 5,642
85. The Gut: Our Second Brain (2014 TV Movie)
PG-13 | 55 min | Documentary
For years, scientists have known about the existence of another brain within our bodies. Our stomach functions totally independently and does far more than just digestion. It reigns over a ... See full summary »
Director: Cécile Denjean | Stars: Liu Bo, Bruno Bonaz, Patrice Cani, Stephen M. Collins
Votes: 146
86. Schooling the World (2010)
66 min | Documentary, History
If you wanted to change an ancient culture in a generation, how would you do it? You would change the way it educates its children. The U.S. Government knew this in the 19th century when it... See full summary »
Director: Carol Black | Stars: Wade Davis, Helena Norberg-Hodge, Elijah Gergen, Vandana Shiva
Votes: 192
87. 48 Hours (1988– )
TV-14 | 60 min | Documentary, Crime
One of television's most popular true-crime series, investigating shocking cases and compelling real-life dramas with journalistic integrity and cutting-edge style.
Stars: Peter Van Sant, Erin Moriarty, Maureen Maher, Richard Schlesinger
Votes: 2,350
88. The True Cost (2015)
PG-13 | 92 min | Documentary, Drama, News
The True Cost is a documentary film exploring the impact of fashion on people and the planet.
Director: Andrew Morgan | Stars: Livia Giuggioli, Stella McCartney, Richard D. Wolff, Vandana Shiva
Votes: 7,298
89. Inside the Animal Mind (2014– )
Documentary
Chris Packham explores the mysteries of the animal mind in an insightful miniseries about animal behaviour.
Star: Chris Packham
Votes: 70
90. Sans Soleil (1983)
Not Rated | 100 min | Documentary, Drama
A woman narrates the contemplative writings of a seasoned world traveler, focusing on contemporary Japan.
Director: Chris Marker | Stars: Amilcar Cabral, Florence Delay, Arielle Dombasle, Riyoko Ikeda
Votes: 12,138 | Gross: $0.03M
91. Girls Rock! (2007)
PG | 90 min | Documentary, Music
A documentary about four girls who transform their lives at the Rock 'n' Roll Camp for Girls.
Directors: Arne Johnson, Shane King
Votes: 169 | Gross: $0.16M
92. Dancer (II) (2016)
Not Rated | 85 min | Documentary, Biography
Sergei Polunin is a breathtaking ballet talent who questions his existence and his commitment to dance just as he is about to become a legend.
Director: Steven Cantor | Stars: Sergei Polunin, Galyna Polunina, Galina Ivanovna, Larysa Lavrikova
Votes: 3,199 | Gross: $0.04M
93. In the Company of Actors (2007)
Unrated | 75 min | Documentary
Within the world of theatre the rehearsal room is a sacred space -- the private domain where boundaries are pushed, risks taken, mistakes made, vulnerabilities exposed and, at its very best... See full summary »
Director: Ian Darling | Stars: Robyn Nevin, Cate Blanchett, Hugo Weaving, Justine Clarke
Votes: 73
94. Dragon Girls (2012)
90 min | Documentary, Action, Biography
The documentary "Drachenmädchen" (Dragon Girls) tells the story of three Chinese girls, training to become Kung Fu fighters, far away from their families at the Shaolin Tagou Kung Fu School... See full summary »
Director: Inigo Westmeier | Stars: Xin Chenxi, Chen Xi, Huang Luolan, Yang Ziyu
Votes: 283
95. The Brain with Dr. David Eagleman (2015– )
TV-PG | 60 min | Documentary
Six one-hour episodes that tell the story of the inner workings of the brain and take viewers on a visually spectacular journey into why they feel and think the things they do.
Stars: David Eagleman, Sam Raffal, Matthew Graham Wagner, Cheryl Stell
Votes: 479
96. Side by Side (2012)
Not Rated | 99 min | Documentary
The documentary investigates the history, process and workflow of both digital and photochemical film creation.
Director: Christopher Kenneally | Stars: Derek Ambrosi, Michael Ballhaus, Andrzej Bartkowiak, Dion Beebe
Votes: 13,719 | Gross: $0.03M
97. Microbirth (2014)
Unrated | 60 min | Documentary
Winner of Grand Prix Award at 2014 Life Sciences Film Festival. A documentary on the latest research on the origins of the microbiome; how microscopic events during childbirth have lifelong consequences for the health of our children.
Directors: Toni Harman, Alex Wakeford | Stars: Aleeca Bell, Martin Blaser, Sue Carter, Hannah Dahlen
Votes: 64
98. 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: 15,297 | Gross: $0.03M
99. 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: 14,836
100. Amy (III) (2015)
R | 128 min | Documentary, Biography, Music
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: 55,139 | Gross: $8.41M
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