Top Documentary Movies


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

321. 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.

322. Jean-Michel Basquiat: The Radiant Child

Year of Release: 2010
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Tamra Davis
Actors: Jean-Michel Basquiat
Plot: Tamra Davis crafts a documentary and homage to artist Jean-Michel Basquiat who had a meteoric rise from street artist to celebrity to an all-to early death.

323. Kurt Cobain About a Son

Year of Release: 2006
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: AJ Schnack
Actors: Kurt Cobain

324. Streetwise

Year of Release: 1984
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Martin Bell
Actors: Roberta Joseph Hayes, Erin Blackwell, Kimberly Marsh, Brandia Taamu, Justin Reed Early, Lou Ellen Couch

325. John Huston: The Man, the Movies, the Maverick

Year of Release: 1989
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary/Biography
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Frank Martin
Actors: John Huston, Anjelica Huston, Robert Mitchum, Michael Caine, Paul Newman, Lauren Bacall

326. Apollo 11

Year of Release: 2019
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary
MPAA Rating: G
Director: Todd Douglas Miller
Actors: Buzz Aldrin, Neil Armstrong, Michael Collins
Plot: An inside look into the Apollo 11 mission that landed Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin on the moon. Director Todd Douglas Miller used 65mm archival material along with 11,000 hours of uncatalogued audio, working closely with NASA and the National Archives to create an unprecedented look at this historic event.

327. Winnebago Man

Year of Release: 2009
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary/Comedy
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Ben Steinbauer
Actors: Jack Rebney, Ben Steinbauer, Alan Berliner, Keith Gordon, Charlie Sotelo, Joe Pickett
Plot: Jack Rebney became an underground sensation once his expletive-laden
Winnebago sales video outtake became an Internet hit. Ben Steinbauer makes
it his duty to track down the reclusive man and find out about the real
Winnebago Man.

328. Hey, Boo: Harper Lee and 'To Kill a Mockingbird'

Year of Release: 2011
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary/Biography
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Mary Murphy
Actors: Mary Badham, Tom Brokaw, Rosanne Cash, Alice Finch Lee, James McBride, James Patterson

329. Case of the Grinning Cat, The ( Chats perchés )

Year of Release: 2006
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: French
Genre: Documentary
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Chris Marker
Actors: Chris Marker
Plot: Documentarian Chris Marker mixes political commentary along with his quest to discover the mystery of the graffiti stenciled "grinning cat" that appears all over the streets of France.

330. Wal-Mart: The High Cost of Low Prices

Year of Release: 2005
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Robert Greenwald
Actors: James Cromwell, Frances Fisher, Stan Fortune, Rev. James Lawson, Weldon Nicholson, Sandra Laney
Plot: A documentary that takes a look at the impact of the retail giant on local communities.

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