Top Documentary Movies


The Top Documentary Movies List is calculated by overall movie ratings and members' "Top Documentary List". Lists are calculated daily.

221. Comic-Con Episode IV: A Fan's Hope

Year of Release: 2012
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Morgan Spurlock
Actors: Jessica Merizan, Holly Conrad, Skip Harvey, Scott Mantz, James Darling, Eric Henson
Plot: Documentary by Morgan Spurlock about the glory of Comic-Con and how it effects people who attend it, famous and not famous alike.

222. Metallica: Some Kind of Monster

Year of Release: 2004
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Joe Berlinger, Bruce Sinofsky
Actors: Lars Ulrich, James Hetfield, Kirk Hammett, Robert Trujillo, Jason Newsted, Bob Rock
Plot: A documentary originally set out to be about the Metallica St. Anger album which ends up turning into a deep look at the bands long relationship and the troubles it can produce in the middle.

223. The Song Remains the Same

Year of Release: 1976
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Peter Clifton, Joe Massot
Actors: John Bonham, John Paul Jones, Jimmy Page, Robert Plant, Peter Grant, Richard Cole

224. Waiting for 'Superman'

Year of Release: 2010
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Davis Guggenheim
Actors: Anthony Black, Geoffrey Canada, Daisy Esparza, Bianca Hill, Bill Strickland, Randi Weingarten
Plot: Documentary that explores the plight of current state of education in America. A group of promising students are inhibited by an archaic and, at times, uncaring system.

225. Trekkies

Year of Release: 1999
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Roger Nygard
Actors: Denise Crosby, James Doohan, Barbara Adams, DeForest Kelley, Denis Bourguignon, Majel Barrett
Plot: Although it lasted for just three seasons in the 1960s, Star Trek spawned a billion-dollar franchise that launched careers and several movies, subsequent TV series and a mountain of merchandise. This was all thanks in large part to a ravenous fan base known as Trekkies - this is their passion and their story as told by the fans and actors alike.

226. The Magnificent Rebel

Year of Release: 1973
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Ed Apfel, Lawrence Tetenbaum
Actors: Fred Foy, Beau Billingslea, Dustin Hoffman, Steve McQueen, Henri Charrière, Fred J. Koenekamp

227. Out of the Past

Year of Release: 1998
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Jeffrey Dupre
Actors: Stephen Spinella, Gwyneth Paltrow, Cherry Jones, Edward Norton, Leland Gantt, Linda Hunt

228. Gaea Girls

Year of Release: 2000
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Kim Longinotto, Jano Williams
Actors: Chigusa Nagayo, Meiko Satomura, Yuka Sugiyama, Saika Takeuchi

229. Impaler

Year of Release: 2007
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: W. Tray White
Actors: Jonathon The Impaler Sharkey, Tina Fey, Tucker Carlson, Juliet Huddy, Julie Sharkey Carpenter, Paul Hale
Plot: Jonathon "The Impaler" Sharkey, a Hecate Witch, Satanic Dark Priest and Sanguinary Vampire, runs for governor of Minnesota and captures the attention of the nation.

230. Nerdcore Rising

Year of Release: 2008
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Negin Farsad, Kim Gatewood
Actors: Damian Hess, 'Weird Al' Yankovic, Brian Posehn, Beefy, Brandon Patton, Prince Paul

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