Top Documentary Movies


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

441. An Unreasonable Man

Year of Release: 2007
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Steve Skrovan, Henriette Mantel
Actors: Ralph Nader, Pat Buchanan, Howard Zinn, Phil Donahue, Claire Nader, Andrew Egendorf
Plot: A documentary that shows the career and activism of Ralph Nader's life.

442. To Be and to Have ( Être et avoir )

Year of Release: 2003
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: French
Genre: Documentary/Family
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Nicolas Philibert
Actors: Georges Lopez, Alizé, Axel, Guillaume, Johan, Marie-Elizabeth

443. Trumbo

Year of Release: 2008
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary/Biography
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Peter Askin
Actors: Dalton Trumbo, Donald Sutherland, Dustin Hoffman, Kirk Douglas, Joan Allen, Liam Neeson

444. Sorrow and the Pity, The ( chagrin et la pitié, Le )

Year of Release: 1972
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: French
Genre: Documentary/Historical
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Marcel Ophüls
Actors: Marcel Ophüls, Edward Spears, Henri Rochat, Pierre Mendès-France, Claude Levy, Georges Bidault

445. The People vs. George Lucas

Year of Release: 2010
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary/Comedy
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Alexandre O. Philippe
Actors: David Prowse, Neil Gaiman, Tom Payne, Bill Plympton, Gary Kurtz, Joe Nussbaum

446. 8: The Mormon Proposition

Year of Release: 2010
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Reed Cowan
Actors: George Takei, Hal Sparks, Dustin Lance Black, Darren Curtis, Gavin Newsom, Sarah Nicholson

447. The 11th Hour

Year of Release: 2007
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Nadia Conners, Leila Conners Petersen
Actors: Leonardo DiCaprio, Stephen Hawking, Kenny Ausubel, David Orr, Thom Hartmann, Wangari Maathai
Plot: A depiction on how we have changed the earth's ecosystem and what we can do before it is too late.

448. That's Entertainment! III

Year of Release: 1994
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary/Family
MPAA Rating: G
Director: Bud Friedgen, Michael J. Sheridan
Actors: Gene Kelly, June Allyson, Cyd Charisse, Lena Horne, Howard Keel, Mickey Rooney

449. GasLand

Year of Release: 2010
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Josh Fox
Actors: Josh Fox
Plot: A documentary on the every day widespread hazards of gas and oil drilling in America and the greedy business that neglects the public safety concerns.

450. His Name Was Jason: 30 Years of Friday the 13th

Year of Release: 2009
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary/Horror
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Daniel Farrands
Actors: Tom Savini, Kane Hodder, Betsy Palmer, Seth Green, Gregory Nicotero, Sean S. Cunningham
Plot: Exploring the legacy of a villain who's fueled a franchise for nearly 30 years and is on a first-name basis with horror fans everywhere, this documentary pays tribute to Jason Voorhees, the hockey-masked star character of the Friday the 13th films.

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