Top Documentary Movies


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

411. Becoming

Year of Release: 2020
Overall Rating: 3.2 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Nadia Hallgren
Actors: Michelle Obama, Barack Obama, Phoebe Robinson

412. The Dissident

Year of Release: 2020
Overall Rating: 3.2 out of 4 stars
Language: Arabic
Genre: Documentary/Crime
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Bryan Fogel
Actors: Jamal Khashoggi, Hatice Cengiz, Mohammad Bin Salman, Donald Trump, Agnès Callamard, Omar Abdulaziz

413. The Rescue

Year of Release: 2021
Overall Rating: 3.2 out of 4 stars
Genre: Documentary
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Jimmy Chin, Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi
Actors: Jim Warny, John Volanthen, Thanet Natisri, Mikko Paasi, Derek Anderson, Josh Morris

414. Music by John Williams

Year of Release: 2024
Overall Rating: 3.2 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary/Biography
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Laurent Bouzereau
Actors: John Williams, Steven Spielberg, George Lucas, Ron Howard, Chris Columbus, Itzhak Perlman

415. Mr. Death: The Rise and Fall of Fred A. Leuchter, Jr.

Year of Release: 1999
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary/Biography
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Errol Morris
Actors: Fred A. Leuchter Jr., Robert Jan Van Pelt, David Irving, Caroline Leuchter, James Roth, Shelly Shapiro

416. Chasing Ice

Year of Release: 2012
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary/Biography
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Jeff Orlowski
Actors: James Balog, Svavar Jonatansson, Adam LeWinter, Louie Psihoyos, Jeff Orlowski, Kitty Boone
Plot: James Balog was once a climate change skeptic, until his Extreme Ice Survey provided undeniable evidence of the changing planet. Using time-lapse photography, a multi-year record of the changing glaciers is presented in minutes and Balog takes a cross-continent journey, and risks his career, to show this change.

417. H.H. Holmes: America's First Serial Killer

Year of Release: 2004
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary/Crime
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: John Borowski
Actors: Tony Jay, Harold Schechter, Thomas Cronin, Marian Caporusso, Willy Laszlo, Ed Bertagnoli
Plot: America's first serial killer is the subject of this documentary narrated by Tony Jay. The film looks at the life of Herman Mudgett, aka H.H. Holmes. After Holmes moved from New Hampshire to Chicago in the late 1800s, he designed a home with secret torture chambers, rented rooms to unsuspecting tourists who were in town for Chicago's 1893 World's Fair, then tortured them. The film covers Holmes's early years, his murderous spree and his trial.

(from Netflix)

418. PEZheads: The Movie

Year of Release: 2006
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Christopher Marshall
Actors: Chris Skeene, Kendra Skeene, Robby Takac, Vinnie Fiorello, Joe Vittoria, Shawn Peterson

419. Lemmy

Year of Release: 2010
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary/Biography
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Greg Olliver, Wes Orshoski
Actors: Lemmy, Alice Cooper, David Grohl, James Hetfield, Joan Jett, Ozzy Osbourne
Plot: In Lemmy, directors Greg Olliver and Wes Orshoski explore the amazing life and career of heavy metal pioneer and cultural icon Lemmy Kilmister, the life force behind the enduring, influential band Motörhead.

420. Don't Stop Believin': Everyman's Journey

Year of Release: 2012
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Ramona S. Diaz
Actors: Arnel Pineda, Neal Schon, Jonathan Cain, Deen Castronovo, Ross Valory
Plot: Arnel Pineda went from a YouTube celebrity to the lead singer of Journey. Having overcome the obstacles in his life, he now faces the daunting challenge of replacing a legendary singer in a hugely popular band.

Are you sure you want to delete this comment?