Top Documentary Movies


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

331. Four Days in October

Year of Release: 2010
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary/Sport
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Gary Waksman
Actors: Bronson Arroyo, Curt Schilling, David Ortiz, Johnny Damon, Pedro Martinez, Lenny Clarke
Plot: The Boston Red Sox were down three games in the 2004 American League Championship Series and looked to once again fall victim to the 86-year-old "curse" but then something happened and in four days the Red Sox pulled off a modern sports miracle on top of memorable performances, stunning plays and an accomplishment that finally gave fans what they had so long been waiting for: a victory and vindication.

332. The U

Year of Release: 2009
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary/Sport
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Billy Corben, Alfred Spellman
Actors: Howard Schnellenberger, Jimmy Johnson, Dennis Erickson, Michael Irvin, Alonzo Highsmith, Benny Blades

333. Air Guitar Nation

Year of Release: 2007
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary/Biography
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Alexandra Lipsitz
Actors: Peter Cilella, Dan Crane, David S. Jung, Angela Shelton, Mark Teich, Zac Munro

334. The Hamster Factor and Other Tales of Twelve Monkeys

Year of Release: 1996
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Keith Fulton, Louis Pepe
Actors: Keith Fulton, Terry Gilliam, Lloyd Phillips, Ernie Malik, Mark Egerton, Janet Peoples

335. American Grindhouse

Year of Release: 2010
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Elijah Drenner
Actors: Herschell Gordon Lewis, Fred Olen Ray, John Landis, Robert Forster, Joe Dante, David Hess
Plot: A documentary that explores the guilty pleasure of the film world: the American exploitation genre. Interviewing directors and actors alike, it delves deep into this fascinating, shameless and often shocking world of grindhouse cinema.

336. The Celluloid Closet

Year of Release: 1996
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary/Historical
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Rob Epstein, Jeffrey Friedman
Actors: Lily Tomlin, Tony Curtis, Armistead Maupin, Whoopi Goldberg, Harvey Fierstein, Gore Vidal

337. Phantom India ( Inde fantôme, L )

Year of Release: 1972
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: French
Genre: Documentary
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Louis Malle
Actors: Louis Malle

339. Lumière and Company ( Lumière et Compagnie )

Year of Release: 1996
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Various
Actors: Liv Ullmann, Stephen Rea, Aidan Quinn, Liam Neeson, David Lynch, Spike Lee

340. Deadline

Year of Release: 2004
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Katy Chevigny, Kirsten Johnson
Actors: George Ryan, Gary Gauger, Robert Jones, Stephen Bright, Bryan Stevenson, Lawrence Hayes

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