121. My Octopus Teacher
Year of Release: 2020
Overall Rating: 3.2 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary
MPAA Rating: G
Director: Pippa Ehrlich, James Reed
Actors: Craig Foster, Tom Foster
122. Overnight
Year of Release: 2004
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Tony Montana, Mark Brian Smith
Actors: Troy Duffy, Harvey Weinstein, Mark Wahlberg, Willem Dafoe, Vincent D'Onofrio, John Goodman
Plot: The both tragic and hilarious story of Troy Duffy, writer and director of The Boondock Saints, as told by his friends and Troy himself.
123. The Central Park Five
Year of Release: 2012
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Ken Burns, Sarah Burns, David McMahon
Actors: Raymond Santana, Antron McCray, LynNell Hancock, Kevin Richardson, David Dinkins, Michael Joseph
Plot: In 1989 a woman was raped in Central Park and five black and Latino teenagers were convicted of the crime. After having served between six-13 years in prison, a serial rapist came forward and admitted he was responsible. Ken Burns' documentary looks how racial tension, a rush to judgement and sensationalist media all played a part in upending the lives of five innocent people.
124. The Pixar Story
Year of Release: 2007
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary
MPAA Rating: G
Director: Leslie Iwerks
Actors: Stacy Keach, John Lasseter, Brad Bird, John Musker, Ron Clements, Ollie Johnston
Plot: An interesting, informative and surprising look into the history and people of the animation company, Pixar Studios.
125. Grey Gardens
Year of Release: 1976
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary/Comedy
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Ellen Hovde, Albert Maysles, David Maysles and Muffie Meyer
Actors: Edith Bouvier Beale, Edith 'Little Edie' Bouvier Beale, Brooks Hyers, Norman Vincent Peale, Jerry Torre
Plot: Maysles brothers Documentary about the poor side of the family of Jacque O (Edith Bouvier Beale, and her daughter Edie)
126. Into the Abyss
Year of Release: 2011
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Werner Herzog
Actors: Werner Herzog, Michael Perry
Plot: Werner Herzog's intimate look into the mind of killer, the people affected and if capital punishment is the answer.
127. Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room
Year of Release: 2005
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Alex Gibney
Actors: Peter Coyote, Michael Lugenbuehl, Mark Salzberg
Plot: A documentary about an energy/gas company, which became the 7th biggest industry of its time from humble beginnings. It shows the rise and fall of a huge empire because of human flaws.
128. Jonestown: The Life and Death of Peoples Temple
Year of Release: 2006
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary/Historical
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Stanley Nelson
Actors: Rebecca Moore, Janet Shular, Tim Carter, Stanley Clayton, Hue Fortson Jr., Garrett Lambrev
129. Side by Side
Year of Release: 2012
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Christopher Kenneally
Actors: Keanu Reeves, David Fincher, Christopher Nolan, Danny Boyle, James Cameron, Martin Scorsese
Plot: A documentary about film - specifically explores the history and implementation of digital and photochemical film creation.
130. Man with a Movie Camera, The ( Chelovek s kino-apparatom )
Year of Release: 1929
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: Russian
Genre: Documentary
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Dziga Vertov
Plot: In this inventive documentary we follow a man documenting a typical day in the Soviet Union... while also documenting the making of that documentary.
