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  • Listen to Me Marlon (2015)

    1. Listen to Me Marlon

    20151h 43mUnrated87Metascore
    8.1 (8.1K)
    A documentary that utilizes hundreds of hours of audio that Marlon Brando recorded over the course of his life to tell the screen legend's story.
    DirectorStevan RileyStarsMarlon BrandoStella AdlerBernardo Bertolucci
  • Baraka (1992)

    2. Baraka

    19921h 36mNot Rated
    8.5 (42K)
    A collection of expertly photographed scenes of human life and religion.
    DirectorRon FrickeStarPatrick Disanto
  • Home (2009)

    3. Home

    20091h 58mNot Rated47Metascore
    8.5 (23K)
    With aerial footage from fifty-four countries, 'Home' is a depiction of how Earth's problems are all interlinked.
    DirectorYann Arthus-BertrandStarsYann Arthus-BertrandGlenn CloseJacques Gamblin
  • Ashes and Snow (2005)

    4. Ashes and Snow

    20051h 2m
    8.0 (4.5K)
    Exploring the shared language and poetic sensibilities of all animals.
    DirectorGregory ColbertStarsPatrick DisantoLaurence FishburneJeanne Moreau
  • Totality (1999)

    5. Totality

    1999
    9.0 (41)
    A unique look at total eclipses, capturing the experience within the scenery of a wide range of settings around the planet, from ancient ruins to city skylines. Totality is constantly growing as a film, as it represents "a lifelong dance with the Moon's shadow". Thus far the film has been shot on location in Venezuela, France, Turkey, China and Easter Island. Mallery also composes the original score for each segment as the film progresses.
    DirectorBilly Mallery
  • Long Yearning (2017)

    6. Long Yearning

    201724mShort
    9.3 (57)
    "Long Yearning" is a cinematic exploration of the lives of Chinese factory workers and the nature of repetitive industrialized work.
    DirectorElliot J. Spencer
  • Samsara (2011)

    7. Samsara

    20111h 42mPG-1365Metascore
    8.4 (39K)
    Filmed over nearly five years in twenty-five countries on five continents, and shot on seventy-millimetre film, Samsara transports us to the varied worlds of sacred grounds, disaster zones, industrial complexes, and natural wonders.
    DirectorRon FrickeStarsBalinese Tari Legong DancersNi Made Megahadi PratiwiPuti Sri Candra Dewi
  • The Keepers (2017)

    8. The Keepers

    Episode: 

    The Murder

    (2017)
    201756mTV-MATV Episode
    7.5 (726)
    Two former students launch a dogged investigation into the cold case of Sister Catherine Cesnik, a nun who was slain in Baltimore in 1969.
    DirectorRyan WhiteStarsCathy CesnikTom NugentGemma Hoskins
  • The Salt of the Earth (2014)

    9. The Salt of the Earth

    20141h 50mPG-1383Metascore
    8.4 (25K)
    The life and work of photographer Sebastião Salgado, who has spent forty years documenting societies in hidden corners of the world.
    DirectorsJuliano Ribeiro SalgadoWim WendersStarsSebastião SalgadoWim WendersLélia Wanick Salgado
  • Capital in the Twenty-First Century (2019)

    10. Capital in the Twenty-First Century

    20191h 43m70Metascore
    7.3 (3.2K)
    Based on Thomas Piketty's No. 1 New York Times Bestseller, Capital in the Twenty-First Century explores one of the most important and controversial subjects of our time: wealth, and who gets a share of the dividends.
    DirectorJustin PembertonStarsKeira KnightleyMichael DouglasVanessa Redgrave
  • Human Nature (2019)

    11. Human Nature

    20191h 35m77Metascore
    7.7 (1.8K)
    A breakthrough called CRISPR opens the door to curing diseases, reshaping the biosphere, and designing our own children. A provocative exploration of its far-reaching implications, through the eyes of the scientists who discovered it.
    DirectorAdam BoltStarsJennifer DoudnaGeorge ChurchAlta Charo
  • The Cove (2009)

    12. The Cove

    20091h 32mPG-1384Metascore
    8.4 (53K)
    Using state-of-the-art equipment, a group of activists, led by renowned dolphin trainer Ric O'Barry, infiltrate a cove near Taijii, Japan to expose both a shocking instance of animal abuse and a serious threat to human health.
    DirectorLouie PsihoyosStarsRichard O'BarryLouie PsihoyosHardy Jones
  • Racing Extinction (2015)

    13. Racing Extinction

    20151h 30mNot Rated81Metascore
    8.2 (8.4K)
    A documentary that follows undercover activists trying to stave off a man-made mass extinction.
    DirectorLouie PsihoyosStarsElon MuskJoel SartoreLouie Psihoyos
  • Dear Zachary: A Letter to a Son About His Father (2008)

    14. Dear Zachary: A Letter to a Son About His Father

    20081h 35mNot Rated82Metascore
    8.5 (44K)
    A filmmaker decides to memorialize a murdered friend when his friend's ex-girlfriend announces she is expecting his son.
    DirectorKurt KuenneStarsKurt KuenneAndrew BagbyDavid Bagby
  • Oh My God (2009)

    15. Oh My God

    20091h 33mNot Rated30Metascore
    6.1 (488)
    People from all walks of life are asked "What is God?"
    DirectorPeter RodgerStarsPeter RodgerHugh JackmanRingo Starr
  • The Cordillera of Dreams (2019)

    16. The Cordillera of Dreams

    20191h 24m79Metascore
    7.2 (981)
    Patricio Guzmán left Chile more than 40 years ago when the military dictatorship took over the government. However, he never stopped thinking about a country, a culture and a place on the map.
    DirectorPatricio GuzmánStarsPatricio GuzmánÁlvaro AmigoJorge Baradit
  • David Attenborough in David Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet (2020)

    17. David Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet

    20201h 23mPGTV Movie72Metascore
    8.9 (35K)
    In this documentary David Attenborough, the celebrated naturalist, reflects upon both the defining moments of his lifetime and the devastating changes he has seen. The film provides a snapshot of global nature loss in a single lifetime.
    DirectorsAlastair FothergillJonathan HughesKeith ScholeyStarsDavid AttenboroughMax Hughes
  • Extinction: The Facts (2020)

    18. Extinction: The Facts

    202058mTV Movie
    8.5 (1K)
    With a million species at risk of extinction, Sir David Attenborough explores how this crisis of biodiversity has consequences for us all.
    DirectorSerena DaviesStarsDavid AttenboroughJames Mwenda
  • Crazy, Not Insane (2020)

    19. Crazy, Not Insane

    20201h 59mTV-MA78Metascore
    6.9 (2.8K)
    An examination of the research by forensic psychiatrist Dorothy Otnow Lewis who investigated the psychology of murderers.
    DirectorAlex GibneyStarsDorothy Otnow LewisCatherine YeagerRichard Burr
  • Last and First Men (2020)

    20. Last and First Men

    20201h 10m80Metascore
    6.7 (4.8K)
    Two billion years ahead of us, a future race of humans finds itself on the verge of extinction. Almost all that is left in the world are lone and surreal monuments, beaming their message into the wilderness.
    DirectorJóhann JóhannssonStarTilda Swinton
  • Rise of the Warrior Apes (2017)

    21. Rise of the Warrior Apes

    20171h 26m
    7.6 (302)
    For more than 20 years anthropologists have been researching the social behavior of a chimpanzee clan in Uganda's Kibale National Park. They gained new insights about the violence, brutal power struggles, rivalry, enmity, friendship and diplomacy within the large, strictly hierarchical primate group. The males set the tone. The intelligent individuals have the ability to network and forge alliances. War against external conspecifics and brutal hunting of other monkey species is not uncommon. The conclusion is that animals are by no means better than humans.
    DirectorJames ReedStarsDavid WattsJohn MitaniKevin Langergraber
  • TPB AFK: The Pirate Bay Away from Keyboard (2013)

    22. TPB AFK: The Pirate Bay Away from Keyboard

    20131h 25mNot Rated
    7.4 (14K)
    An intellectual freedoms documentary based around the interpersonal triumphs, and defeats of the three main characters against the largest industry in the known universe. The media industry.
    DirectorSimon KloseStarsGottfrid SvartholmPeter SundeFredrik Neij
  • Terms and Conditions May Apply (2013)

    23. 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
  • Deep Web (2015)

    24. Deep Web

    20151h 30mTV-MA
    6.9 (9.8K)
    A feature documentary that explores the rise of a new Internet; decentralized, encrypted, dangerous and beyond the law; with particular focus on the FBI capture of the Tor hidden service Silk Road, and the judicial aftermath.
    DirectorAlex WinterStarsRoss UlbrichtJames ChaparroNicolas Christin
  • Homework (1989)

    25. Homework

    19891h 26m
    7.8 (2.2K)
    In this documentary, Kiarostami asks a number of students about their school homework. The answers of some children shows the darker side of this method of education.
    DirectorAbbas KiarostamiStarsBabak AhmadpoorFarhang AkhavanMohammad Reza Nematzadeh

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