Top Documentary Movies


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

81. Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief

Year of Release: 2015
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Alex Gibney
Actors: Paul Haggis, Mike Rinder, Tony Ortega, Lawrence Wright, Sylvia Taylor, Sara Goldberg

82. Val

Year of Release: 2021
Overall Rating: 3.2 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Ting Poo, Leo Scott
Actors: Val Kilmer, Jack Kilmer
Plot: Featuring never-before-seen footage, this documentary covers the 40+ year career of Val Kilmer.

83. Sans Soleil

Year of Release: 2003
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: French
Genre: Documentary
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Chris Marker
Actors: Florence Delay, Kim Novak, Arielle Dombasle, Riyoko Ikeda, Charlotte Kerr, James Stewart

84. 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, Noam Chomsky, Christopher Hitchens

85. 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, Diane Rosenfeld

86. 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.

87. 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, Richard Vevers, Ove Hoegh-Guldberg

88. 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.

89. 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, Pam Hobbs, Jessie Miskelly
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.

90. 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, Space Invader
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.

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