Top Documentary Movies


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

61. Hungry for Change

Year of Release: 2012
Overall Rating: 3.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: James Colquhoun, Laurentine Ten Bosch, Carlo Ledesma
Actors: Jamie Oliver, Joe Cross, Frank Ferrante, Jason Vale

62. Paradise Lost 2: Revelations

Year of Release: 2001
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Joe Berlinger, Bruce Sinofsky
Actors: Damien Echols, Jessie Miskelly, Jason Baldwin, John Mark Byers

63. Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse

Year of Release: 1991
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Fax Bahr, George Hickenlooper
Actors: Marlon Brando, Francis Ford Coppola, Martin Sheen, Laurence Fishburne
Plot: The making of Apocalypse Now is nearly as big of drama as the film turned out to be. With a huge script and struggles all over, from budge to casting to nature itself - the film may now be iconic, but it ended up nearly destroyed Francis Ford Coppola.

64. Aileen: Life and Death of a Serial Killer

Year of Release: 2004
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Nick Broomfield, Joan Churchill
Actors: Aileen Wuornos, Nick Broomfield, Steve Glazer, Jeb Bush

65. Fahrenheit 9/11

Year of Release: 2004
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Michael Moore
Actors: George W. Bush, Al Gore, Condoleezza Rice
Plot: A liberal look at the events of 9/11 and the role that the Bush administration played during and after the tragedy.

66. Burden of Dreams

Year of Release: 1982
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Les Blank
Actors: Werner Herzog, Mick Jagger, Klaus Kinski, Jason Robards
Plot: Documentary on the making of Werner Herzog's epic Fitzcarraldo and the many troubles (casting, weather, war and much more) that would have caused a lesser man to give up the film.

67. Ace in the Hole

Year of Release: 1951
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary/Mystery
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Billy Wilder
Actors: Kirk Douglas, Robert Arthur, Jan Sterling, Porter Hall
Plot: A film about a big time reporter who uses a disaster as his ticket back to the top.

68. Senna

Year of Release: 2011
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary/Biography
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Asif Kapadia
Actors: Ayrton Senna, Alain Prost, Frank Williams, Ron Dennis
Plot: A documentary/biography of Formula One legend Ayrton Senna, who became a global sensation, and a revered man in his native Brazil, before meeting a sudden, tragic end at only 34 years of age.

69. We Jam Econo: The Story of the Minutemen

Year of Release: 2005
Overall Rating: 3.3 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary/Biography
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Tim Irwin
Actors: Mike Watt, George Hurley, D. Boon, Flea

70. One More Time with Feeling

Year of Release: 2016
Overall Rating: 3.3 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Andrew Dominik
Actors: Nick Cave, Warren Ellis
Plot: Explores the creative process of Nick Cave and his band as the singer struggles an
unspoken personal tragedy.

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