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Great Documentarys! (no particular oder)

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  • Capturing the Friedmans (2003)

    1. Capturing the Friedmans

    20031h 47mNot Rated90Metascore
    7.6 (28K)
    Documentary on the Friedmans, a seemingly typical, upper-middle-class Jewish family whose world is instantly transformed when the father and his youngest son are arrested and charged with shocking and horrible crimes.
    DirectorAndrew JareckiStarsArnold FriedmanJesse FriedmanDavid Friedman
  • Soul in the Hole (1997)

    2. Soul in the Hole

    19971h 38m
    7.0 (241)
    The life trials and tribulations of a group of young athletic men that struggle through everyday life supporting one another on the rough streets of a Brooklyn neighborhood, using basketball as their way out of a possible life of poverty.
    DirectorDanielle GardnerStarsKenny JonesRonnet JonesRonald Kelly
  • Paradise Lost: The Child Murders at Robin Hood Hills (1996)

    3. Paradise Lost: The Child Murders at Robin Hood Hills

    19962h 30mNot Rated
    8.2 (19K)
    A horrific triple child murder leads to an indictment and trial of three nonconformist boys based on questionable evidence.
    DirectorsJoe BerlingerBruce SinofskyStarsTony BrooksDiana DavisTerry Wood
  • The Bridge (2006)

    4. The Bridge

    20061h 34mR58Metascore
    7.2 (13K)
    Filmmakers use hidden cameras to capture the various suicide attempts at the Golden Gate Bridge - the world's most popular suicide destination. Interviews with the victims' loved ones describe their lives and mental health.
    DirectorEric SteelStarsEric GeleynseChris BrownSusan Ginwalla
  • Forks Over Knives (2011)

    5. Forks Over Knives

    20111h 30mPG57Metascore
    7.7 (13K)
    Examines the profound claim that most, if not all, of the degenerative diseases that afflict us can be controlled, or even reversed, by rejecting our present menu of animal-based and processed foods.
    DirectorLee FulkersonStarsLee FulkersonMatthew LedermanAlona Pulde
  • Hoop Dreams (1994)

    6. Hoop Dreams

    19942h 50mPG-1398Metascore
    8.3 (29K)
    A film following the lives of two inner-city Chicago boys who struggle to become college basketball players on the road to going professional.
    DirectorSteve JamesStarsWilliam GatesArthur AgeeEmma Gates
  • Standard Operating Procedure (2008)

    7. Standard Operating Procedure

    20081h 56mR70Metascore
    7.4 (4.2K)
    Errol Morris examines the incidents of abuse and torture of suspected terrorists at the hands of U.S. forces at the Abu Ghraib prison.
    DirectorErrol MorrisStarsMegan Ambuhl GranerJaval DavisKen Davis
  • GasLand (2010)

    8. GasLand

    20101h 47mNot Rated
    7.6 (11K)
    An exploration of the fracking petroleum extraction industry and the serious environmental consequences involved.
    DirectorJosh FoxStarsJosh FoxDick CheneyPete Seeger
  • Bag It (2010)

    9. Bag It

    20101h 14mNot Rated
    7.4 (733)
    An average guy makes a resolution to stop using plastic bags at the grocery store. Little does he know that this simple decision will change his life completely. He comes to the conclusion that our consumptive use of plastic has finally caught up to us, and looks at what we can do about it. Today. Right now.
    DirectorSuzan BerazaStarsJeb BerrierJared BlumenfeldMartin Bourque
  • The Power of Nightmares (2004)

    10. The Power of Nightmares

    20043 epsTV Mini Series78Metascore
    8.7 (4.7K)
    A series of three documentaries about the use of fear for political gain.
    StarsGilles KepelWilliam KristolRichard Perle
  • The Century of the Self (2002)

    11. The Century of the Self

    20024 epsTV Mini Series80Metascore
    8.7 (6.7K)
    A documentary about the rise of psychoanalysis as a powerful means of persuasion for both governments and corporations.
    StarsAdam CurtisRobert ReichAnn Bernays
  • All Watched Over by Machines of Loving Grace (2011)

    12. All Watched Over by Machines of Loving Grace

    20113 epsTV Mini Series
    8.3 (2.3K)
    A series of films about how humans have been colonized by the machines we have built. Although we don't realize it, the way we see everything in the world today is through the eyes of the computers.
    StarsAdam CurtisStewart BrandAl Gore
  • Zinédine Zidane in Zidane, un portrait du 21e siècle (2006)

    13. Zidane, un portrait du 21e siècle

    20061h 30m
    6.2 (3.2K)
    Seventeen cameras capture the soccer match between Real Madrid and Villareal, played on April 23, 2005, from the perspective of French superstar Zinédine Zidane.
    DirectorsDouglas GordonPhilippe ParrenoStarsDavid BeckhamZinédine Zidane
  • Koyaanisqatsi (1982)

    14. Koyaanisqatsi

    19821h 26mNot Rated72Metascore
    8.2 (44K)
    A collection of expertly photographed phenomena with no conventional plot. The footage focuses on the relationship between nature, humanity, and technology.
    DirectorGodfrey ReggioStarsEdward AsnerPat BenatarJerry Brown
  • The Thin Blue Line (1988)

    15. The Thin Blue Line

    19881h 41mNot Rated79Metascore
    7.9 (27K)
    A film that successfully argued that a man was wrongly convicted for murder by a corrupt justice system in Dallas County, Texas.
    DirectorErrol MorrisStarsRandall AdamsDavid HarrisGus Rose
  • Murder on a Sunday Morning (2001)

    16. Murder on a Sunday Morning

    20011h 51mNot Rated
    7.9 (4.7K)
    Oscar-winning documentary that documents a murder trial in which a 15-year-old African-American is wrongfully accused of a 2000 murder in Jacksonville, Florida.
    DirectorJean-Xavier de LestradeStarsAnn FinnellPatrick McGuinnessJames Williams
  • Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room (2005)

    17. Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room

    20051h 50mR
    7.6 (21K)
    A documentary about the Enron corporation, its faulty and corrupt business practices, and how they led to its fall.
    DirectorAlex GibneyStarsJohn BeardTim BeldenBarbara Boxer
  • The Queen of Versailles (2012)

    18. The Queen of Versailles

    20121h 40mPG80Metascore
    7.1 (14K)
    A documentary that follows a billionaire couple as they begin construction on a mansion inspired by Versailles. During the next two years, their empire, fueled by the real estate bubble and cheap money, falters due to the economic crisis.
    DirectorLauren GreenfieldStarsJaqueline SiegelDavid SiegelLorraine Barrett
  • Matt Damon in Inside Job (2010)

    19. Inside Job

    20101h 49mPG-1388Metascore
    8.2 (82K)
    Takes a closer look at what brought about the 2008 financial meltdown.
    DirectorCharles FergusonStarsMatt DamonGylfi ZoegaAndri Snær Magnason
  • Capitalism: A Love Story (2009)

    20. Capitalism: A Love Story

    20092h 7mR61Metascore
    7.4 (44K)
    An examination of the social costs of corporate interests pursuing profits at the expense of the public good.
    DirectorMichael MooreStarsMichael MooreWilliam BlackJimmy Carter
  • The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters (2007)

    21. The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters

    20071h 19mPG-1383Metascore
    8.0 (38K)
    Die-hard gamers compete to break world records on classic arcade games.
    DirectorSeth GordonStarsSteve WiebeBilly MitchellMark Alpiger
  • A Brief History of Time (1991)

    22. A Brief History of Time

    19911h 20mG78Metascore
    7.3 (6.1K)
    A film about the life and work of the cosmologist, Stephen Hawking, who despite his near total paralysis, was one of the great minds of all time.
    DirectorErrol MorrisStarsStephen HawkingIsobel HawkingJanet Humphrey
  • Werner Herzog and Timothy Treadwell in Grizzly Man (2005)

    23. Grizzly Man

    20051h 43mR87Metascore
    7.8 (65K)
    A devastating and heart-rending take on grizzly bear activists Timothy Treadwell and Amie Huguenard, who were killed in October of 2003 while living among grizzly bears in Alaska.
    DirectorWerner HerzogStarsTimothy TreadwellAmie HuguenardWerner Herzog
  • James Barnes in On Death Row (2012)

    24. On Death Row

    2012– 8 epsTV Series
    7.9 (1.4K)
    An inside look at a maximum security prison in Texas featuring interviews with death row inmates.
    StarsWerner HerzogHank SkinnerLinda Carty
  • Into the Abyss (2011)

    25. Into the Abyss

    20111h 47mPG-1374Metascore
    7.3 (18K)
    Conversations with death row inmate Michael Perry and those affected by his crime serve as an examination of why people - and the state - kill.
    DirectorWerner HerzogStarsWerner HerzogRichard LopezMichael Perry

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