261. Project Nim
Year of Release: 2011
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: James Marsh
Actors: Bob Angelini, Bern Cohen, Reagan Leonard
Plot: In the 1970s a couple take a chimp from birth and attempt to raise it as a human child - Nim is an experiment to see if the human experience can trump animal nature, and the result is both wondrous and unsettling.
262. One Day in September
Year of Release: 2000
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary/Crime
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Kevin Macdonald
Actors: Michael Douglas, Ankie Spitzer, Jamal Al Gashey, Gerald Seymour, Axel Springer, Gad Zahari
263. The Queen of Versailles
Year of Release: 2012
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Lauren Greenfield
Actors: David Siegel, Jackie Siegel
Plot: A look into the lives of billionaire couple David and Jackie Siegel who find their development of a 90,000 square-foot mansion based on Versailles, and their way of life itself, threatened by the onset of the 2008 financial crisis.
264. Murderball
Year of Release: 2005
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary/Sport
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Henry Alex Rubin, Dana Adam Shapiro
Actors: Joe Bishop, Mark Zupan, Kevin Orr, Andy Cohn, Bob Lujano, Scott Hogsett
Plot: Documentary that follows a group of paraplegics participating in full-contact rugby in wheelchairs reminiscent of gladiatorial combat - and how they deal with personal life, competition and challenges they face.
265. Ghosts of the Abyss
Year of Release: 2003
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: James Cameron
Actors: Bill Paxton, James Cameron, Charles Pellegrino, Dr. Anatoly M. Sagalevitch, Don Lynch, Jason Paul
Plot: James Cameron's fascination of the Titanic continues in this documentary film. Cameron returns to the remains of Titanic to explore the wreck with specialized robotic cameras, allowing the team to visit areas of the ship not seen since 1912. The most compelling sequence involves a daring rescue of one of the robots; the crew surfaces triumphantly, only to find out that the World Trade Centers were attacked while they were submerged.
266. Pearl Jam Twenty
Year of Release: 2011
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Cameron Crowe
Actors: Eddie Vedder, Chris Cornell, Layne Staley, Stone Gossard, Jeff Ament, Jack Irons
Plot: Cameron Crowe directs this music documentary that looks into the life and times of Pearl Jam as they celebrate their 20th year together in 2011.
267. Great Ecstasy of Woodcarver Steiner, The ( Große Ekstase des Bildschnitzers Steiner, Die )
Year of Release: 1976
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: German
Genre: Documentary/Biography
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Werner Herzog
Actors: Walter Steiner
268. The Decline of Western Civilization Part II: The Metal Years
Year of Release: 1988
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Penelope Spheeris
Actors: Steven Tyler, Joe Perry, Alice Cooper, Gene Simmons, Paul Stanley, Lemmy
269. I Am Bruce Lee
Year of Release: 2012
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Pete McCormack
Actors: Daniele Bolelli, Paul Bowman, Richard Bustillo, Bruce Lee, Gina Carano, Mickey Rourke
Plot: Over three decades following his death, Bruce Lee continues to inspire - from athletes to actors to martial artists, Lee has a great influence over an entire generation and his legacy continues to this day.
270. To Be Takei
Year of Release: 2014
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Jennifer M. Kroot
Actors: George Takei, Brad Takei, Leonard Nimoy, Walter Koenig, Nichelle Nichols, William Shatner
Plot: Learn about the life of George Takei, from his time in a Japanese internment camp to his gay rights activism.
