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  • Hidden Colors (2011)

    1. Hidden Colors

    2011
    6.5 (925)
    Hidden Colors is a documentary about the real and untold history of people of color around the globe. This film discusses some of the reasons the contributions of African and aboriginal people have been left out of the pages of history. Traveling around the country, the film features scholars, historians, and social commentators who uncovered such amazing facts about things such as: The original image of Christ; The true story about the Moors; The original people of Asia; The great west African empires; The presence of Africans in America before Columbus; The real reason slavery was ended And much more.
    DirectorTariq NasheedStarsSabir BeyBooker T. ColemanUmar Johnson
  • Hidden Colors 2: The Triumph of Melanin (2012)

    2. Hidden Colors 2: The Triumph of Melanin

    20122h 32m
    7.2 (512)
    "Hidden Colors 2" is the follow-up to the critically acclaimed 2011 documentary about the untold history of people of African and aboriginal descent. This installment of goes into topics such as the global African presence, the science of melanin, the truth about the prison industrial complex, how thriving Black economic communities were undermined in America, the hidden truth about Native Americans, and much more.
    DirectorTariq NasheedStarsMichelle AlexanderClaud AndersonTony Browder
  • The People vs. George Lucas (2010)

    3. The People vs. George Lucas

    20101h 33mNot Rated55Metascore
    6.6 (5K)
    An examination of the widespread fan disenchantment with George Lucas.
    DirectorAlexandre O. PhilippeStarsJoe NussbaumDaryl FrazettiDoug Jones
  • Heckler (2007)

    4. Heckler

    20071h 20mR
    6.1 (2.9K)
    Comedian Jamie Kennedy shows just how nasty and mean the fight is between those in the spotlight and those in the dark
    DirectorMichael AddisStarsLouie AndersonCriss AngelDave Attell
  • The Greatest Movie Ever Sold (2011)

    5. The Greatest Movie Ever Sold

    20111h 30mPG-1366Metascore
    6.6 (15K)
    A documentary about branding, advertising and product placement that is financed and made possible by brands, advertising and product placement.
    DirectorMorgan SpurlockStarsJ.J. AbramsPeter BergPaul Brennan
  • The Comedians of Comedy (2005)

    6. The Comedians of Comedy

    20051h 43mR46Metascore
    7.2 (2.7K)
    Follow four comedians as they tour the States.
    DirectorMichael BliedenStarsPatton OswaltBrian PosehnMaria Bamford
  • Slave Queen (2013)

    7. Slave Queen

    201320mShort
    7.4 (14)
    A documentary about a 12 year old girl. One day she met the lady Shanti in a Shrine. She was drugged and brought to a brothel. There are thousands of adolescents in 70 brothels of Bangladesh. Some men have a high demand for children. Every day, children are facing inhuman torture. No one is there to stand beside them.
    DirectorsMasud AkhondRubaiyat AkhondStarsMasud AkhondRubaiyat AkhondGary Anthony Stennette
  • Winnebago Man (2009)

    8. Winnebago Man

    20091h 25mNot Rated71Metascore
    7.2 (5.2K)
    Jack Rebney is the most famous man you've never heard of - after cursing his way through a Winnebago sales video, Rebney's outrageously funny outtakes became an underground sensation and made him an internet superstar. Filmmaker Ben Steinbauer journeys to the top of a mountain to find the recluse who unwittingly became the "Winnebago Man."
    DirectorBen SteinbauerStarsJack RebneyBen SteinbauerKeith Gordon
  • How to Make Money Selling Drugs (2012)

    9. How to Make Money Selling Drugs

    20121h 36mNot Rated69Metascore
    7.6 (6.9K)
    Ten easy steps show you how to make money from drugs, featuring a series of interviews with drug dealers, prison employees, and lobbyists arguing for tougher drug laws.
    DirectorMatthew CookeStars'Freeway' Ricky RossSusan SarandonDavid Simon
  • Vegucated (2011)

    10. Vegucated

    20111h 16mNot Rated
    7.1 (3.1K)
    Vegucated is a guerrilla-style documentary that follows three meat- and cheese-loving New Yorkers who agree to adopt a vegan diet for six weeks and learn what it's all about.
    DirectorMarisa Miller WolfsonStarsMarisa Miller WolfsonChloe DavisCody Tarlow
  • Born Rich (2003)

    11. Born Rich

    20031h 15m
    6.5 (2K)
    A documentary on children of the insanely rich. Directed by one of their own, Johnson & Johnson heir, Jamie Johnson.
    DirectorJamie JohnsonStarsIvanka TrumpGeorgina BloombergSi Newhouse IV
  • Hands on a Hardbody: The Documentary (1997)

    12. Hands on a Hardbody: The Documentary

    19971h 38mPG82Metascore
    7.6 (2.6K)
    Twenty-four contestants compete in an endurance/sleep deprivation contest in order to win a brand new Nissan Hardbody truck. The last person to remain standing with his or her hand on the truck wins. An absurd marketing gimmick at first glance, the contest proves to be much more...
    DirectorS.R. BindlerStarsSid AllenBrent BaskinGreg Cox
  • Bigger Stronger Faster* (2008)

    13. Bigger Stronger Faster*

    20081h 45mPG-1380Metascore
    7.5 (14K)
    An examination of America's win-at-all-cost culture from the perspective of bodybuilding and performance enhancing drugs, as it focuses on a pair of siblings chasing their dream.
    DirectorChris BellStarsChris BellMike BellMark Bell
  • Conan O'Brien Can't Stop (2011)

    14. Conan O'Brien Can't Stop

    20111h 29mR64Metascore
    7.0 (7K)
    A documentary on Conan O'Brien's comedy tour of the U.S. and Canada after leaving The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien (2009) and severing his relationship with NBC.
    DirectorRodman FlenderStarsConan O'BrienAndy RichterStephen Colbert
  • Mike D, Adam Horovitz, and Adam Yauch in Awesome; I Shot That! (2006)

    15. Awesome; I Shot That!

    20061h 30mR68Metascore
    7.5 (1K)
    A live performance shot by audience members at a 2004 Beastie Boys concert at Madison Square Garden.
    DirectorAdam YauchStarsMike DAdam HorovitzAdam Yauch
  • It Might Get Loud (2008)

    16. It Might Get Loud

    20081h 38mPG70Metascore
    7.6 (14K)
    A documentary on the electric guitar from the point of view of three significant rock musicians: The Edge, Jimmy Page, and Jack White.
    DirectorDavis GuggenheimStarsJimmy PageThe EdgeJack White
  • Allee, Cunayou, Alice Nevalinga, and Allakariallak in Nanook of the North (1922)

    17. Nanook of the North

    19221h 18mPassed
    7.6 (14K)
    In this silent predecessor to the modern documentary, film-maker Robert J. Flaherty spends one year following the lives of Nanook and his family, Inuits living in the Arctic Circle.
    DirectorRobert J. FlahertyStarsAllakariallakAlice NevalingaCunayou
  • Armadillo (2010)

    18. Armadillo

    20101h 45mNot Rated72Metascore
    7.4 (11K)
    Danish soldiers are sent to Afghanistan in 2009 for 6 months, to help stabilize the country against the Taliban. They're stationed on Armadillo military base in Helman province. Unlike other war movies, this is the real deal - no actors.
    DirectorJanus MetzStarsKim BirkerodMads MiniDaniel Olby
  • Oxyana (2013)

    19. Oxyana

    20131h 18mNot Rated
    7.2 (688)
    The 'Hillbilly Heroin' epidemic that's slowly rotting the soul of rural America.
    DirectorSean Dunne
  • The God Who Wasn't There (2005)

    20. The God Who Wasn't There

    20051h 2m
    6.9 (5.1K)
    Did Jesus exist? This film starts with that question, then goes on to examine Christianity as a whole.
    DirectorBrian FlemmingStarsSam HarrisRobert M. PriceRichard Carrier
  • The Yes Men Fix the World (2009)

    21. The Yes Men Fix the World

    20091h 27m71Metascore
    7.5 (5.2K)
    Troublemaking duo Andy Bichlbaum and Mike Bonanno, posing as their industrious alter-egos, expose the people profiting from Hurricane Katrina, the faces behind the environmental disaster in Bhopal, and other shocking events.
    DirectorsAndy BichlbaumMike BonannoKurt EngfehrStarsReggie WattsMike BonannoAndy Bichlbaum
  • Hell and Back Again (2011)

    22. Hell and Back Again

    20111h 28mNot Rated81Metascore
    6.4 (2.4K)
    What does it mean to lead men in war? What does it mean to come home? Hell and Back Again is a cinematically revolutionary film that asks and answers these questions with a power and intimacy no previous film about the conflict in Afghanistan has been able to achieve. It is a masterpiece in the cinema of war.
    DirectorDanfung DennisStarsNathan HarrisAshley HarrisThe Marines of Echo Company
  • The House I Live In (2012)

    23. The House I Live In

    20121h 38mNot Rated77Metascore
    7.9 (5.4K)
    From the dealer to the narcotics officer, the inmate to the federal judge, a penetrating look inside America's criminal justice system, revealing the profound human rights implications of U.S. drug policy.
    DirectorEugene JareckiStarsEugene JareckiDavid SimonShanequa Benitez
  • Happy People: A Year in the Taiga (2010)

    24. Happy People: A Year in the Taiga

    20101h 30mNot Rated74Metascore
    7.7 (9.3K)
    A documentary depicting the life and work of the trappers of Bakhtia, a village in the heart of the Siberian Taiga, where daily life has changed little in over a century.
    DirectorsWerner HerzogDmitry VasyukovStarsWerner HerzogGennady SolovievAnatoly Blumei
  • Detropia (2012)

    25. Detropia

    20121h 30mNot Rated68Metascore
    6.5 (1.6K)
    A documentary on the city of Detroit and its woes, which are emblematic of the collapse of the U.S. manufacturing base.
    DirectorsHeidi EwingRachel GradyStarsNoah StewartRachele GilmnoreMichael Wanko

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