Top Documentary Movies


The Top Documentary Movies List is calculated by overall movie ratings and members' "Top Documentary List". Lists are calculated daily.

171. Birth of the Living Dead

Year of Release: 2013
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Rob Kuhns
Actors: George A. Romero, Larry Fessenden, Gale Anne Hurd, Jason Zinoman, Mark Harris, Elvis Mitchell
Plot: In 1968 director George Romero and a group of Pittsburgh natives, filmed what was to become one of the seminal horror movies classics, Night of the Living Dead. This documentary offers an insight behind the making of the film.

172. We Steal Secrets: The Story of WikiLeaks

Year of Release: 2013
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Alex Gibney
Actors: Julian Assange, Adrian Lamo
Plot: Documentary about Julian Assange, his website and the largest security breach in U.S history.

173. Restrepo

Year of Release: 2010
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary/War
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Tim Hetherington, Sebastian Junger
Actors: Juan 'Doc Restrepo, Dan Kearney, LaMonta Caldwell, Aron Hijar, Misha Pemble-Belkin, Miguel Cortez
Plot: A pair of documentary filmmakers spent one year with the Second Platoon - a group stationed in one of the most strategically important and deadly valleys in Afghanistan.

174. Young at Heart

Year of Release: 2008
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary/Comedy
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Stephen Walker
Actors: Bob Cilman, Joseph Mitchell, Bob Salvini, Fred Knittle, Louise Canady, Eileen Hall
Plot: A documentary on an American vocal group which consists of senior citizens who sing new age rock and roll, hip hop and other popular tunes.

175. Comandante

Year of Release: 2003
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Oliver Stone
Actors: Oliver Stone, Fidel Castro, Juanita Vera

176. Ringers: Lord of the Fans

Year of Release: 2005
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary/Comedy
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Carlene Cordova
Actors: Dominic Monaghan, Elijah Wood, Peter Jackson, Viggo Mortensen, Orlando Bloom, Ian McKellen
Plot: A documentary the discusses the legacy and fandom of the J.R.R. Tolkien's literary series, The Lord of the Rings and the subsequent adapted films.

177. You're Gonna Miss Me

Year of Release: 2007
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Keven McAlester
Actors: Evelyn Erickson, Roger Kynard Erickson, Roky Erickson, Sumner Erickson
Plot: Documentary about Roger Kynard whose band 13th Floor Elevators coined psychedelic rock in the 60's.

178. Bag It

Year of Release: 2010
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary/Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Suzan Beraza
Actors: Jeb Berrier, David Chameides, Anne Reeser
Plot: One, simple resolution to stop using plastic bags at the grocery store leads to a life-altering change in one man's life and shows just how plastic our society has become.

179. Kids for Cash

Year of Release: 2014
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary/Crime
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Robert May
Plot: In the wake of the Columbine shootings, two judges in Pennsylvania - at first lauded for the efforts of keeping kids in line - are involved in a scandal involving for-profit juvenile detention facilities - netting them a lot of money for these "kids for cash" operations.

180. Soaked in Bleach

Year of Release: 2015
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary/Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Benjamin Statler
Actors: Kurt Cobain, Sarah Scott, Daniel Roebuck, Tyler Bryan, August Emerson, Alyssa Suede

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