Top Documentary Movies


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

31. Blackfish

Year of Release: 2013
Overall Rating: 3.2 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Gabriela Cowperthwaite
Actors: Tilikum, Kim Ashdown, Samantha Berg, Dawn Brancheau
Plot: Documentary that explores the nature of keeping wild animals captive with the story of Tilikum - a killer whale responsible for three deaths, including that of a top whale trainer.

32. Gore Vidal: The United States of Amnesia

Year of Release: 2013
Overall Rating: 3.5 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary/Biography
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Nicholas D. Wrathall
Actors: Gore Vidal, Joanne Woodward, Christopher Hitchens, David Mamet

33. Bathtubs Over Broadway

Year of Release: 2018
Overall Rating: 3.5 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary/Comedy
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Dava Whisenant
Actors: David Letterman, Martin Short, Chita Rivera, Susan Stroman

34. Harlan County U.S.A.

Year of Release: 1976
Overall Rating: 3.2 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Barbara Kopple
Actors: Billy G. Williams, Basil Collins, Lawrence Jones, W.A. 'Tony' Boyle
Plot: About a coal miners' strike against the Brookside Mine of the Eastover Mining Company in Harlan County, Kentucky in June, 1973.

35. Weiner

Year of Release: 2016
Overall Rating: 3.3 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Josh Kriegman, Elyse Steinberg
Actors: Anthony Weiner, Jordan Zain Weiner, Sydney Leathers, Adam S. Barta

36. Tickled

Year of Release: 2016
Overall Rating: 3.3 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary
MPAA Rating: R
Director: David Farrier, Dylan Reeve
Actors: David Farrier, Dylan Reeve, David Starr, Hal Karp

37. Dont Look Back ( Don't Look Back )

Year of Release: 1967
Overall Rating: 3.2 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: D.A. Pennebaker
Actors: Bob Dylan, Albert Grossman, Bob Neuwirth, Joan Baez
Plot: D.A. Pennebaker's documentary that follows Bob Dylan, 23, on a three-week tour of England in 1965. From airport to hotel to concert - this is the period Dylan was transitioning from acoustic to electric - and not everyone was happy about the chance. Joan Baez and Donovan make an appearance.

38. The Salt of the Earth

Year of Release: 2015
Overall Rating: 3.3 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary/Biography
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Juliano Ribeiro Salgado, Wim Wenders
Actors: Sebastião Salgado, Wim Wenders, Juliano Ribeiro Salgado, Hugo Barbier

39. Zero Days

Year of Release: 2016
Overall Rating: 3.3 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Alex Gibney
Actors: Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, George W. Bush, Hillary Clinton, Mikhail Gorbachev
Plot: A documentary examining the origins of the Stuxnet computer malware and the effects it has had on the geopolitical climate.

40. George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey

Year of Release: 1985
Overall Rating: 3.3 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary/Biography
Director: George Stevens Jr.
Actors: George Stevens Jr., George Stevens, Katharine Hepburn, Douglas Fairbanks Jr.

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