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  • An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power (2017)

    1. An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power

    20171h 38mPG68Metascore
    6.6 (8.5K)
    A decade after An Inconvenient Truth (2006) brought climate change to the heart of popular culture, the follow-up shows just how close we are to a real energy revolution.
    DirectorsBonni CohenJon ShenkStarsAl GoreCory BookerGeorge W. Bush
  • Tower (2016)

    2. Tower

    20161h 22mTV-1492Metascore
    7.9 (8.5K)
    Animation, testimony, and archival footage combine to relate the events of August 1, 1966 when a gunman opened fire from the University of Texas clock tower, killing 16 people.
    DirectorKeith MaitlandStarsMonty MuirViolett BeaneCole Bee Wilson
  • James Baldwin in I Am Not Your Negro (2016)

    3. I Am Not Your Negro

    20161h 33mPG-1395Metascore
    7.9 (24K)
    Writer James Baldwin tells the story of race in modern America with his unfinished novel, Remember This House.
    DirectorRaoul PeckStarsSamuel L. JacksonJames BaldwinMartin Luther King
  • Virunga (2014)

    4. Virunga

    20141h 40mNot Rated95Metascore
    8.1 (13K)
    A team of brave individuals risk their lives to protect the last mountain gorillas.
    DirectorOrlando von EinsiedelStarsAndré BaumaEmmanuel de MerodeMélanie Gouby
  • Man on Wire (2008)

    5. 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
  • Citizenfour (2014)

    6. Citizenfour

    20141h 54mR88Metascore
    8.0 (59K)
    A documentarian and a reporter travel to Hong Kong for the first of many meetings with Edward Snowden.
    DirectorLaura PoitrasStarsEdward SnowdenGlenn GreenwaldWilliam Binney
  • The Invisible War (2012)

    7. The Invisible War

    20121h 33mNot Rated75Metascore
    7.6 (7.4K)
    An investigative documentary about the epidemic of rape of soldiers within the US military.
    DirectorKirby DickStarsAmy ZieringKirby DickKori Cioca
  • Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room (2005)

    8. 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 Devil Came on Horseback (2007)

    9. The Devil Came on Horseback

    20071h 25m78Metascore
    7.6 (1.6K)
    A documentary that exposes the genocide raging in Darfur, Sudan as seen through the eyes of a former U.S. marine who returns home to make the story public.
    DirectorsRicki SternAnne SundbergStarsNicholas KristofBrian Steidle
  • For the Bible Tells Me So (2007)

    10. For the Bible Tells Me So

    20071h 35mUnrated73Metascore
    7.8 (4.5K)
    An exploration of the intersection between religion and homosexuality in the U.S. and how the religious right has used its interpretation of the Bible to stigmatize the gay community.
    DirectorDaniel G. KarslakeStarsImogene RobinsonVictor RobinsonGene Robinson
  • Food, Inc. (2008)

    11. Food, Inc.

    20081h 34mPG80Metascore
    7.8 (53K)
    An unflattering look inside America's corporate controlled food industry.
    DirectorRobert KennerStarsMichael PollanEric SchlosserRichard Lobb
  • Red Army (2014)

    12. Red Army

    20141h 24mPG83Metascore
    7.6 (7.3K)
    The story of the Soviet Union's famed Red Army hockey team through the eyes of its players.
    DirectorGabe PolskyStarsViacheslav FetisovVladislav TretiakScotty Bowman
  • Fahrenheit 9/11 (2004)

    13. Fahrenheit 9/11

    20042h 2mR67Metascore
    7.5 (134K)
    Michael Moore's view on what happened to the United States after 9/11 and how the Bush Administration allegedly used the tragic event to push forward its agenda for unjust wars in Afghanistan and Iraq.
    DirectorMichael MooreStarsMichael MooreGeorge W. BushBen Affleck
  • Morgan Spurlock in Super Size Me (2004)

    14. Super Size Me

    20041h 40mPG-1373Metascore
    7.2 (116K)
    While examining the influence of the fast food industry, Morgan Spurlock personally explores the consequences on his health of a diet of solely McDonald's food for one month.
    DirectorMorgan SpurlockStarsMorgan SpurlockDaryl IsaacsChemeeka Walker
  • Mansome (2012)

    15. Mansome

    20121h 22mPG-1335Metascore
    5.4 (3K)
    A documentary that explores the question: In the age of manscaping, metrosexuals, and grooming products galore - what does it mean to be a man?
    DirectorMorgan SpurlockStarsJason BatemanWill ArnettMorgan Spurlock
  • The Greatest Movie Ever Sold (2011)

    16. 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
  • Freakonomics (2010)

    17. Freakonomics

    20101h 25mPG-1358Metascore
    6.3 (7.8K)
    A collection of documentaries that explores the hidden side of human nature through the use of the science of economics.
    DirectorsHeidi EwingAlex GibneySeth GordonStarsJames RansoneMorgan SpurlockTempestt Bledsoe
  • The War You Don't See (2010)

    18. The War You Don't See

    20101h 37m
    8.3 (1.6K)
    Thought-provoking documentary on war propaganda: how governments manipulate the facts and how most media let them get away with it.
    DirectorsAlan LoweryJohn PilgerStarsJohn PilgerStuart EwenMelvin Goodman
  • I.O.U.S.A. (2008)

    19. I.O.U.S.A.

    20081h 25mPG70Metascore
    7.4 (2K)
    Few are aware that America may be on the brink of a financial meltdown. I.O.U.S.A. explores the country's shocking current fiscal condition and ways to avoid a national economic disaster.
    DirectorPatrick CreadonStarsRobert BixbyHumphrey BogartWarren Buffett
  • Taxi to the Dark Side (2007)

    20. Taxi to the Dark Side

    20071h 46mR82Metascore
    7.5 (17K)
    Alex Gibney exposes the haunting details of the USA's torture and interrogation practices during the War in Afghanistan.
    DirectorAlex GibneyStarsAlex GibneyBrian Keith AllenMoazzam Begg
  • Inong in The Look of Silence (2014)

    21. The Look of Silence

    20141h 43mPG-1392Metascore
    8.2 (15K)
    A family that survived the genocide in Indonesia confronts the men who killed one of their brothers.
    DirectorJoshua OppenheimerStarsAdi RukunM.Y. BasrunVolker Hanisch
  • Into the Abyss (2011)

    22. 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
  • Cave of Forgotten Dreams (2010)

    23. Cave of Forgotten Dreams

    20101h 30mG86Metascore
    7.4 (18K)
    Werner Herzog gains exclusive access to film inside the Chauvet caves of Southern France and captures the oldest known pictorial creations of humanity.
    DirectorWerner HerzogStarsWerner HerzogJean ClottesJulien Monney
  • Terms and Conditions May Apply (2013)

    24. Terms and Conditions May Apply

    20131h 19mNot Rated68Metascore
    7.3 (6.6K)
    A documentary that exposes what corporations and governments learn about people through Internet and cell phone usage, and what can be done about it ... if anything.
    DirectorCullen HobackStarsMax SchremsMobyMark Zuckerberg
  • The Corporation (2003)

    25. The Corporation

    20032h 25mNot Rated73Metascore
    8.0 (22K)
    Documentary that looks at the concept of the corporation throughout recent history up to its present-day dominance.
    DirectorsMark AchbarJennifer AbbottStarsMikela JayRob BeckwermertChristopher Gora

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