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  • Kevin Smith in The Death of Superman Lives: What Happened? (2015)

    1. The Death of Superman Lives: What Happened?

    20151h 44mNot Rated
    7.1 (4.8K)
    A documentary about the proposed 1998 Superman Lives feature film that would have starred Nicolas Cage.
    DirectorJon SchneppStarsJon SchneppCharlie OliverAaron Blossom
  • Ayrton Senna in Senna (2010)

    2. Senna

    20101h 46mPG-1379Metascore
    8.5 (82K)
    A documentary on Brazilian Formula One racing driver Ayrton Senna, who won the F1 world championship three times before his death at age 34.
    DirectorAsif KapadiaStarsAyrton SennaReginaldo LemeJohn Bisignano
  • Searching for Sugar Man (2012)

    3. Searching for Sugar Man

    20121h 26mPG-1379Metascore
    8.2 (75K)
    Two South Africans set out to discover what happened to their unlikely musical hero, the mysterious 1970s rock n roller, Rodriguez.
    DirectorMalik BendjelloulStarsRodriguezStephen 'Sugar' SegermanDennis Coffey
  • Aaron Swartz in The Internet's Own Boy: The Story of Aaron Swartz (2014)

    4. The Internet's Own Boy: The Story of Aaron Swartz

    20141h 45mNot Rated72Metascore
    8.0 (18K)
    The story of programming prodigy and information activist Aaron Swartz, who took his own life at the age of 26.
    DirectorBrian KnappenbergerStarsAaron SwartzTim Berners-LeeCindy Cohn
  • The Man Who Saved the World (2014)

    5. The Man Who Saved the World

    20141h 50m55Metascore
    7.5 (2.7K)
    Retired Soviet Lt. Col. Stanislav Petrov, who saved the world from WW3, talks about his life as retiree and shares his opinions on the Cold War with actor Kevin Costner in this melancholic mixture of documentary and reenacted footage.
    DirectorPeter AnthonyStarsStanislav PetrovKevin CostnerSergey Shnyryov
  • Food, Inc. (2008)

    6. Food, Inc.

    20081h 34mPG80Metascore
    7.8 (53K)
    An unflattering look inside America's corporate controlled food industry.
    DirectorRobert KennerStarsMichael PollanEric SchlosserRichard Lobb
  • Man on Wire (2008)

    7. Man on Wire

    20081h 34mPG-1389Metascore
    7.7 (60K)
    A look at tightrope walker Philippe Petit's daring, but illegal, high-wire routine performed between New York City's World Trade Center's twin towers in 1974, what some consider, "the artistic crime of the century".
    DirectorJames MarshStarsPhilippe PetitJean François HeckelJean-Louis Blondeau
  • Woodstock (1970)

    8. Woodstock

    19703h 4mR95Metascore
    8.1 (19K)
    Oscar-winning musical chronicle that brilliantly captures the three-day rock concert and celebration of peace and love that became a capstone for the Sixties.
    DirectorMichael WadleighStarsJoan BaezRichie HavensRoger Daltrey
  • Deliver Us from Evil (2006)

    9. Deliver Us from Evil

    20061h 41mNot Rated86Metascore
    7.9 (11K)
    Documentary about Father Oliver O'Grady, a Catholic priest who was relocated to various parishes around the United States during the 1970s in an attempt by the Catholic Church to cover up his rape of dozens of children.
    DirectorAmy BergStarsOliver O'GradyThomas DoyleAdam
  • March of the Penguins (2005)

    10. March of the Penguins

    20051h 20mG79Metascore
    7.5 (61K)
    In the Antarctic, every March since the beginning of time, the quest begins to find the perfect mate and start a family.
    DirectorLuc JacquetStarsMorgan FreemanRomane BohringerCharles Berling
  • Encounters at the End of the World (2007)

    11. Encounters at the End of the World

    20071h 39mG80Metascore
    7.7 (20K)
    Film-maker Werner Herzog travels to the McMurdo Station in Antarctica, looking to capture the continent's beauty and investigate the characters living there.
    DirectorWerner HerzogStarsWerner HerzogScott RowlandStefan Pashov
  • Waiting for Superman (2010)

    12. Waiting for Superman

    20101h 51mPG81Metascore
    7.4 (12K)
    An examination of the current state of education in America today.
    DirectorDavis GuggenheimStarsCharles AdamsJonathan AlterRobert Balfanz
  • Henrik Gawkowski in Shoah (1985)

    13. Shoah

    19859h 26mNot Rated99Metascore
    8.7 (11K)
    Claude Lanzmann's epic documentary recounts the story of the Holocaust through interviews with witnesses - perpetrators as well as survivors.
    DirectorClaude LanzmannStarsSimon SrebnikMichael PodchlebnikMotke Zaïdl
  • 9/11 (2002)

    14. 9/11

    20021h 52mTV-PGTV Movie
    8.5 (8.8K)
    A real life documentary following the events of September 11 from an insider's view, through the lens of James Hanlon and two French filmmakers who were in Manhattan that one day.
    DirectorsJames HanlonGédéon NaudetJules NaudetStarsTony BenatatosYusuf Baran BilgicJamal Braithwaite
  • Mike Tyson in Tyson (2008)

    15. Tyson

    20081h 30mR83Metascore
    7.4 (13K)
    A mixture of original interviews, archival footage, and photographs sheds light on the life experiences of Mike Tyson.
    DirectorJames TobackStarsMike TysonMills LaneTrevor Berbick
  • A Brief History of Time (1991)

    16. 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
  • In the Shadow of the Moon (2007)

    17. In the Shadow of the Moon

    20071h 40mPG84Metascore
    8.0 (7K)
    The crew members of NASA's Apollo missions tell their story in their own words.
    DirectorDavid SingtonStarsBuzz AldrinAlan BeanEugene Cernan
  • Biggie & Tupac (2002)

    18. Biggie & Tupac

    20021h 48mR63Metascore
    6.7 (5.1K)
    Documentary on the deaths of Tupac Shakur and Biggie Smalls and the East Coast/West Coast, hip-hop/rap rivalry that culminated in late 1996 and early 1997.
    DirectorNick BroomfieldStarsThe Notorious B.I.G.Tupac ShakurNick Broomfield
  • Pug and Steven in 12 O'Clock Boys (2013)

    19. 12 O'Clock Boys

    20131h 16mTV-MA68Metascore
    6.5 (1.6K)
    Pug, a young boy growing up on a combative West Baltimore block, finds solace in a group of illegal dirt bike riders known as The 12 O'Clock Boys.
    DirectorLotfy NathanStarsCocoPugFunmi Sodipo
  • Koyaanisqatsi (1982)

    20. 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
  • Welcome to Leith (2015)

    21. Welcome to Leith

    20151h 25mNot Rated78Metascore
    6.9 (4.6K)
    When a noted white supremacist moves into their town, the residents of Leith, North Dakota do what they can to prevent him from taking control of the municipality.
    DirectorsMichael Beach NicholsChristopher K. WalkerStarsRyan SchockHeather CookLee Cook
  • Particle Fever (2013)

    22. Particle Fever

    20131h 39mNot Rated87Metascore
    7.4 (7.7K)
    As the Large Hadron Collider is about to be launched for the first time, physicists are on the cusp of the greatest scientific discovery of all time -- or perhaps their greatest failure.
    DirectorMark LevinsonStarsDavid KaplanFabiola GianottiSherwood Boehlert
  • Powaqqatsi (1988)

    23. Powaqqatsi

    19881h 39mG57Metascore
    7.2 (9.2K)
    An exploration of technologically developing nations and the effect the transition to Western-style modernization has had on them.
    DirectorGodfrey ReggioStarsChristie BrinkleyDavid BrinkleyPatrick Disanto
  • Naqoyqatsi (2002)

    24. Naqoyqatsi

    20021h 29mPG59Metascore
    6.4 (6.5K)
    A visual montage portrait of our contemporary world dominated by globalized technology and violence.
    DirectorGodfrey ReggioStarsBelladonnaMarlon BrandoElton John
  • Planet Earth (2006)

    25. Planet Earth

    200611 epsTV-PGTV Mini Series
    9.4 (228K)
    A documentary series on the wildlife found on Earth. Each episode covers a different habitat: deserts, mountains, deep oceans, shallow seas, forests, caves, polar regions, fresh water, plains and jungles. Narrated by David Attenborough.
    StarsSigourney WeaverDavid AttenboroughNikolay Drozdov

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