Top Documentary Movies


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

311. Buck

Year of Release: 2011
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Cindy Meehl
Actors: Buck Brannaman
Plot: Documentary about Buck Brannaman, a real-life horse whisperer who endured a hard life to get where he wanted to be.

312. Naqoyqatsi

Year of Release: 2002
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Godfrey Reggio
Actors: Marlon Brando, Elton John, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Steven Soderbergh, Bella Donna, Ronald Reagan
Plot: Godfrey Reggio presents his brave new world: fusing everyday reality with digital techniques, Naqoyqatsi shows us a world once ruled by nature now ruled by technology.

313. Bears

Year of Release: 2014
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary
MPAA Rating: G
Director: Alastair Fothergill, Keith Scholey
Actors: John C. Reilly, Victoria Naumova
Plot: Disneynature presents Bears - this documentary focuses on the life of bears living on the Alaskan coast and mountainous regions.

314. The Wild and Wonderful Whites of West Virginia

Year of Release: 2009
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Julien Nitzberg
Actors: Jesco White
Plot: A portrait of America's last outlaw family.

315. Shoah

Year of Release: 1985
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Claude Lanzmann
Actors: Simon Srebnik, Michael Podchlebnik, Motke Zaidl, Hanna Zaidl, Jan Piwonski, Itzhak Dugin
Plot: The ground-breaking documentary about the survivors of the Holocaust is 9 1/2 hours of candid interviews with the survivors, witnesses and, secretly, ex-Nazis whose first-hand experience of the horrific genocide that faced the Jewish population and also explores how anti-Semitism is still an everyday way of life in some parts of Europe.

316. Let It Be

Year of Release: 1970
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary
MPAA Rating: G
Director: Michael Lindsay-Hogg
Actors: John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, Ringo Starr, Yoko Ono, George Martin
Plot: Documentary focusing on The Beatles trying to reignite their passion for music but ultimately showcasing the tension and deterioration of the band. Includes the last time The Beatles played together: the legendary rooftop performance atop Apple.

317. Touching the Void

Year of Release: 2004
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary/Adventure
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Kevin Macdonald
Actors: Nicholas Aaron, Brendan Mackey
Plot: The true story told in documentary style of the hiking expedition between Joe Simpson and Simon Yates.

318. Collapse

Year of Release: 2009
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Chris Smith
Actors: Michael Ruppert

319. Dreams of a Life

Year of Release: 2011
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary/Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Carol Morley
Actors: Zawe Ashton, Neelam Bakshi, Jonathan Harden, Cornell John, Ki'juan Whitton, Alix Luka-Cain
Plot: Joyce Vincent died in her North London home in 2003 - and wasn't discovered for three years. Newspapers offered little details - not even a picture - and Carol Morley sets out to track down the story of this woman and how this sad ending came to pass.

320. Amanda Knox

Year of Release: 2016
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Rod Blackhurst, Brian McGinn
Actors: Amanda Knox

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