Top Documentary Movies


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

331. Wal-Mart: The High Cost of Low Prices

Year of Release: 2005
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Robert Greenwald
Actors: James Cromwell, Frances Fisher, Stan Fortune, Rev. James Lawson, Weldon Nicholson, Sandra Laney
Plot: A documentary that takes a look at the impact of the retail giant on local communities.

332. Case of the Grinning Cat, The ( Chats perchés )

Year of Release: 2006
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: French
Genre: Documentary
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Chris Marker
Actors: Chris Marker
Plot: Documentarian Chris Marker mixes political commentary along with his quest to discover the mystery of the graffiti stenciled "grinning cat" that appears all over the streets of France.

333. Four Days in October

Year of Release: 2010
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary/Sport
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Gary Waksman
Actors: Bronson Arroyo, Curt Schilling, David Ortiz, Johnny Damon, Pedro Martinez, Lenny Clarke
Plot: The Boston Red Sox were down three games in the 2004 American League Championship Series and looked to once again fall victim to the 86-year-old "curse" but then something happened and in four days the Red Sox pulled off a modern sports miracle on top of memorable performances, stunning plays and an accomplishment that finally gave fans what they had so long been waiting for: a victory and vindication.

334. Air Guitar Nation

Year of Release: 2007
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary/Biography
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Alexandra Lipsitz
Actors: Peter Cilella, Dan Crane, David S. Jung, Angela Shelton, Mark Teich, Zac Munro

335. The U

Year of Release: 2009
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary/Sport
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Billy Corben, Alfred Spellman
Actors: Howard Schnellenberger, Jimmy Johnson, Dennis Erickson, Michael Irvin, Alonzo Highsmith, Benny Blades

336. American Grindhouse

Year of Release: 2010
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Elijah Drenner
Actors: Herschell Gordon Lewis, Fred Olen Ray, John Landis, Robert Forster, Joe Dante, David Hess
Plot: A documentary that explores the guilty pleasure of the film world: the American exploitation genre. Interviewing directors and actors alike, it delves deep into this fascinating, shameless and often shocking world of grindhouse cinema.

337. The Celluloid Closet

Year of Release: 1996
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary/Historical
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Rob Epstein, Jeffrey Friedman
Actors: Lily Tomlin, Tony Curtis, Armistead Maupin, Whoopi Goldberg, Harvey Fierstein, Gore Vidal

338. The Big One

Year of Release: 1998
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary/Comedy
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Michael Moore
Actors: Michael Moore, Dan Burns, Kevin Keane, Jim Czarnecki, Brian Danitz, Garrison Keillor

339. Eddie Murphy Raw

Year of Release: 1987
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Documentary
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Robert Townsend
Actors: Eddie Murphy, Tatyana Ali, Samuel L. Jackson, Billie Allen, Clebert Ford, Birdie M. Hale
Plot: Eddie Murphy's stand-up comedy about his life, father and relationships.

340. American Hardcore

Year of Release: 2006
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Paul Rachman
Actors: Lucky Lehrer, Vic Bondi, Joe Keithley, Keith Morris, Angie Sciarappa, Nancy Barile

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