Top Documentary Movies


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

321. Resurrect Dead: The Mystery of the Toynbee Tiles

Year of Release: 2011
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Jon Foy
Actors: Justin Duerr, Colin Smith, Steve Weinik

322. Woody Allen: A Documentary

Year of Release: 2011
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Robert B. Weide
Actors: Woody Allen, Letty Aronson, Josh Brolin, Penélope Cruz, John Cusack, Dick Cavett

323. The Beatles: Eight Days a Week - The Touring Years

Year of Release: 2016
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Ron Howard
Actors: Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, John Lennon, George Harrison, Elvis Costello, Richard Lester

324. Jean-Michel Basquiat: The Radiant Child

Year of Release: 2010
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Tamra Davis
Actors: Jean-Michel Basquiat
Plot: Tamra Davis crafts a documentary and homage to artist Jean-Michel Basquiat who had a meteoric rise from street artist to celebrity to an all-to early death.

325. Kurt Cobain About a Son

Year of Release: 2006
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: AJ Schnack
Actors: Kurt Cobain

326. Streetwise

Year of Release: 1984
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Martin Bell
Actors: Roberta Joseph Hayes, Erin Blackwell, Kimberly Marsh, Brandia Taamu, Justin Reed Early, Lou Ellen Couch

327. John Huston: The Man, the Movies, the Maverick

Year of Release: 1989
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary/Biography
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Frank Martin
Actors: John Huston, Anjelica Huston, Robert Mitchum, Michael Caine, Paul Newman, Lauren Bacall

328. Winnebago Man

Year of Release: 2009
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary/Comedy
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Ben Steinbauer
Actors: Jack Rebney, Ben Steinbauer, Alan Berliner, Keith Gordon, Charlie Sotelo, Joe Pickett
Plot: Jack Rebney became an underground sensation once his expletive-laden Winnebago sales video outtake became an Internet hit. Ben Steinbauer makes it his duty to track down the reclusive man and find out about the real Winnebago Man.

329. Apollo 11

Year of Release: 2019
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary
MPAA Rating: G
Director: Todd Douglas Miller
Actors: Buzz Aldrin, Neil Armstrong, Michael Collins
Plot: An inside look into the Apollo 11 mission that landed Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin on the moon. Director Todd Douglas Miller used 65mm archival material along with 11,000 hours of uncatalogued audio, working closely with NASA and the National Archives to create an unprecedented look at this historic event.

330. Hey, Boo: Harper Lee and 'To Kill a Mockingbird'

Year of Release: 2011
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary/Biography
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Mary Murphy
Actors: Mary Badham, Tom Brokaw, Rosanne Cash, Alice Finch Lee, James McBride, James Patterson

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