Top Documentary Movies


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

81. West of Memphis

Year of Release: 2012
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Amy Berg
Actors: Jason Baldwin, Lorris Davis, Julie Ann Doan, Damien Wayne Echols
Plot: An in-depth examination of the Arkansas case of the West Memphis Three - gaining access to the investigation and research behind the scenes in an attempt to free the men from a notorious case of injustice.

82. Best of Enemies

Year of Release: 2015
Overall Rating: 3.2 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary/Historical
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Robert Gordon, Morgan Neville
Actors: John Lithgow, Kelsey Grammer, Gore Vidal, Dick Cavett

83. The Hunting Ground

Year of Release: 2015
Overall Rating: 3.2 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Kirby Dick
Actors: Kirby Dick, Amy Ziering, Amy Herdy, Caroline Heldman

84. Lo and Behold, Reveries of the Connected World

Year of Release: 2016
Overall Rating: 3.2 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Werner Herzog
Actors: Kevin Mitnick, Lucianne Walkowicz
Plot: Prolific documentarian Werner Herzog turns his keen eye to the wonder of the Internet, past, present and future - and explores both how it connects the world while also exploring the more dangerous aspect of its implications.

85. Chasing Coral

Year of Release: 2017
Overall Rating: 3.2 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Jeff Orlowski
Actors: Zackery Rago, Andrew Ackerman, Trevor Mendelow, John 'Charlie' Veron

86. RBG

Year of Release: 2018
Overall Rating: 3.2 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Julie Cohen, Betsy West
Actors: Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Gloria Steinem, Nina Totenberg

87. Maiden

Year of Release: 2019
Overall Rating: 3.2 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Alex Holmes
Actors: Tracy Edwards
Plot: Follows the true story of Tracy Edwards, 24-year-old who went from a cook on charter boats to the skipper of an all-female crew - the first such to compete in the Whitbread Round the World Race in 1989.

88. Tell Me Who I Am

Year of Release: 2019
Overall Rating: 3.2 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary/Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Ed Perkins
Actors: Andrew Caley, Alex Lewis, Marcus Lewis, Evan Milton

89. Exit Through the Gift Shop

Year of Release: 2010
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary/Comedy
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Banksy
Actors: Banksy, Shepard Fairey, Thierry Guetta, Rhys Ifans
Plot: The story of how an eccentric French shop keeper and amateur film maker attempted to locate and befriend Banksy, only to have the artist turn the camera back on its owner. The film contains footage of Banksy, Shephard Fairey, Invader and many of the world's most infamous graffiti artists at work.

90. Lessons of Darkness ( Lektionen in Finsternis )

Year of Release: 1995
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: German
Genre: Documentary/Sci-Fi
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Werner Herzog
Actors: Werner Herzog
Plot: Werner Herzog's documentary about the burning of the Kuwaiti oil fields eschews formal interviews and commentary and lets music and striking visuals tell the tale.

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