Top Documentary Movies


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

251. The Crash Reel

Year of Release: 2013
Overall Rating: 3.3 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary/Biography
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Lucy Walker
Actors: Shaun White, Kevin Pearce, Scotty Lago, Jake Burton, Luke Mitrani, Jack Mitrani

252. Crystal Lake Memories: The Complete History of Friday the 13th

Year of Release: 2013
Overall Rating: 3.3 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Daniel Farrands
Actors: Corey Feldman, Tom Savini, Kane Hodder, Betsy Palmer, Wes Craven, Robert Englund
Plot: Exclusive behind-the-scenes documentary chronicling the making, and lasting legacy, of the long-running Friday the 13th horror series.

253. Beyond the Edge

Year of Release: 2014
Overall Rating: 3.3 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary/Historical
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Leanne Pooley
Actors: Chad Moffitt, Sonam Sherpa, John Wraight, Joshua Rutter, Daniel Musgrove, Erroll Shand

254. The Overnighters

Year of Release: 2014
Overall Rating: 3.3 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary/Drama
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Jesse Moss

255. The Farthest

Year of Release: 2017
Overall Rating: 3.3 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Emer Reynolds
Actors: John Casani, James F. Bell, Edward Stone, Lawrence Krauss, Frank Drake, Carolyn Porco

256. Step

Year of Release: 2017
Overall Rating: 3.3 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Amanda Lipitz
Actors: Paula Dofat, Cori Grainger, Tayla Solomon
Plot: Follows four high school senior girls on the step team in inner-city Baltimore as each strives to become the first in their family to attend college while also making their step team a success even as social unrest grips the troubled city.

257. Remembering Gene Wilder

Year of Release: 2023
Overall Rating: 3.3 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary/Biography
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Ron Frank
Actors: Gene Wilder, Mel Brooks, Alan Alda, Carol Kane, Ben Mankiewicz, Harry Connick Jr.

258. Ghosts of the Abyss

Year of Release: 2003
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: James Cameron
Actors: Bill Paxton, James Cameron, Charles Pellegrino, Dr. Anatoly M. Sagalevitch, Don Lynch, Jason Paul
Plot: James Cameron's fascination of the Titanic continues in this documentary film. Cameron returns to the remains of Titanic to explore the wreck with specialized robotic cameras, allowing the team to visit areas of the ship not seen since 1912. The most compelling sequence involves a daring rescue of one of the robots; the crew surfaces triumphantly, only to find out that the World Trade Centers were attacked while they were submerged.

259. Pearl Jam Twenty

Year of Release: 2011
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Cameron Crowe
Actors: Eddie Vedder, Chris Cornell, Layne Staley, Stone Gossard, Jeff Ament, Jack Irons
Plot: Cameron Crowe directs this music documentary that looks into the life and times of Pearl Jam as they celebrate their 20th year together in 2011.

260. Great Ecstasy of Woodcarver Steiner, The ( Große Ekstase des Bildschnitzers Steiner, Die )

Year of Release: 1976
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: German
Genre: Documentary/Biography
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Werner Herzog
Actors: Walter Steiner

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