51. Koyaanisqatsi
Year of Release: 1983
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Genre: Documentary
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Godfrey Reggio
Actors: Ted Koppel
Plot: With a score by Philip Glass, Koyaanisqatsi (Hopi for "Life Out of
Balance") is a journey through time and history. No dialogue, just images,
sped up, slowed down showing nature and man's influence on it.
52. Night and Fog ( Nuit et brouillard )
Year of Release: 1955
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: French
Genre: Documentary/Historical
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Alain Resnais
Actors: Michel Bouquet, Adolf Hitler, Heinrich Himmler, Julius Streicher, Reinhard Heydrich
Plot: Alain Resnais presents a chilling history lesson - the horrors of Nazi Concentration Camps. With color footage and vintage news reel, and allies' footage as well - it's not just about the camps, but a reminder of how inhumane humanity can be.
53. Tower
Year of Release: 2016
Overall Rating: 3.2 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary/Animation
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Keith Maitland
Actors: Violett Beane, Josephine McAdam, Reece Everett Ryan
54. 4 Little Girls
Year of Release: 1997
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary/Historical
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Spike Lee
Actors: Maxine McNair, Chris McNair, Helen Pegues, Queen Nunn, Arthur Hanes Jr., Carole C. Smitherman
Plot: This is about the fatal bombing of a Birmingham church on a Sunday morning in September, 1963 that killed four innocent little girls, ages 11 to 14.
55. Dark Days
Year of Release: 2000
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Marc Singer
Actors: Marc Singer
Plot: A documentary crew enters the dark, underground world of vagrants. In an East Coast subway tunnel, hundreds of would-be homeless have set up their own community using whatever scraps of construction material they can find. Community dwellers have provided for themselves electricity, tvs, stoves, even running water. This documentary makes for a surprising look at homeless people taking pride in a community they have helped to develop.
56. Michael Jackson's This is It
Year of Release: 2009
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Kenny Ortega
Actors: Michael Jackson, Orianthi, Dorian Holley, Darryl Phinnessee, Ken Stacey, Mo Pleasure
Plot: Comprised of interviews, rehearsals and backstage footage as the late singer prepares for his London concert tour.
57. For the Love of Spock
Year of Release: 2016
Overall Rating: 3.2 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary/Biography
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Adam Nimoy
Actors: Leonard Nimoy, Zachary Quinto, William Shatner, J.J. Abrams, Nichelle Nichols, George Takei
58. Woodstock
Year of Release: 1970
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary/Historical
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Michael Wadleigh
Actors: Joan Baez, Joe Cocker, Arlo Guthrie, Jimi Hendrix, Santana, The Who
Plot: Filmmakers document the1969 Woodstock festival in Bethel, NY featuring musical performances and a candid look at some of the 500,000 concertgoers, the organizers and townspeople who were all a part of the historic event.
59. Jesus Camp
Year of Release: 2006
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Heidi Ewing, Rachel Grady
Actors: Becky Fischer, Ted Haggard, Mike Papantonio, Lou Engle
Plot: A documentary about children being raised in evangelical, fundamentalist Christianity.
60. Aileen: Life and Death of a Serial Killer
Year of Release: 2004
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Nick Broomfield, Joan Churchill
Actors: Aileen Wuornos, Nick Broomfield, Steve Glazer, Jeb Bush
