Top Documentary Movies


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

291. Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex, Drugs and Rock 'n' Roll Generation Saved Hollywood

Year of Release: 2003
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary/Historical
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Kenneth Bowser
Actors: Peter Bogdanovich, Ellen Burstyn, Peter Fonda, Dennis Hopper, William H. Macy, Cybill Shepherd

292. More Than a Game

Year of Release: 2009
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Kristopher Belman
Actors: LeBron James, Dru Joyce, Romeo Travis, Sian Cotton, Willie McGee
Plot: The story of a close-knit high school basketball team.

293. Penguins

Year of Release: 2019
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary
MPAA Rating: G
Director: Alastair Fothergill, Jeff Wilson
Plot: Follows the life of Steven, an Adélie penguin, one among millions in the icy Antarctic who looks to nest, find connection and build a family. But life is not easy out here and between killer whales to leopard seals, Steve has a lot to contend with on his life's journey.

294. Amazing Grace

Year of Release: 2019
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary
MPAA Rating: G
Director: Alan Elliott, Sydney Pollack
Actors: Aretha Franklin, Reverand James Cleveland, C.L. Franklin, Alexander Hamilton, Bernard Pretty Purdie, Chuck Rainey
Plot: Follows Aretha Franklin as she sings with the New Bethel Baptist Church choir in Los Angeles in January of 1972.

295. U2: Rattle and Hum

Year of Release: 1988
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Phil Joanou
Actors: Bono, The Edge, Adam Clayton, Larry Mullen Jr., B.B. King, Phil Joanou

296. Rich Hill

Year of Release: 2014
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary/Biography
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Andrew Droz Palermo, Tracy Droz Tragos
Actors: Alyssa Jewell, Andrew Jewell, Elizabeth Jewell, Willie Jewell
Plot: In rural Missouri, we follow the lives of three boys, and their tenuous bond with their families, as they struggle with impoverished life.

297. The Seven Five

Year of Release: 2014
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Tiller Russell
Actors: Michael Dowd, Ken Eurell, Walter Yurkiw, Dori Eurell

298. Cave of Forgotten Dreams

Year of Release: 2011
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: German
Genre: Documentary/Historical
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Werner Herzog
Actors: Werner Herzog, Dominique Baffier, Jean Clottes, Jean-Michel Geneste, Carole Fritz, Gilles Tosello
Plot: Werner Herzog captures the earliest known artistic creations of mankind in an unprecedented look into the Chauvet caves in Southern France.

299. Bully

Year of Release: 2012
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Lee Hirsch
Actors: Alex, Ja'Maya, Kelby, Tina Long, Kirk Smalley, David Long
Plot: A documentary that examines how bullying - be it on the playground or online - affects the more than 5 million American students it happens to each year. From the victims to the perpetrators to those who are trying to make a difference, The Bully Project takes an unflinching look at it all.

300. Lake of Fire

Year of Release: 2007
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Tony Kaye
Actors: Noam Chomsky, Alan M. Dershowitz, Pat Buchanan, Norma McCorvey, Emily Lyons, Michael F. Griffin
Plot: Over a decade in the making, director Tony Kaye (American History X) takes a long look at all sides of the abortion debate -- Pro-Choice, Pro-Life, moderate and extreme. Includes interviews with Noam Chomsky, Alan Dershowitz and Norma McCorvey -- aka "Jane Roe" herself.

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