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1. Nova (1974– )
TV-PG | 60 min | Documentary
Science documentaries about various topics.
Stars: Jay O. Sanders, Craig Sechler, Stacy Keach, Eric Meyers
Votes: 3,103
2. American Experience (1987– )
TV-PG | 120 min | Documentary, Biography, History
A series showcasing documentaries on American history.
Stars: David McCullough, David Ogden Stiers, Michael Murphy, Oliver Platt
Votes: 2,209
3. Soul Food (1997)
R | 115 min | Comedy, Drama
One person can keep a family together and, when that one person is gone, a family can be torn apart.
Director: George Tillman Jr. | Stars: Vanessa Williams, Vivica A. Fox, Nia Long, Michael Beach
Votes: 9,023 | Gross: $43.49M
4. Frontline (1983– )
TV-MA | 60 min | Documentary, News
FRONTLINE is investigative journalism that questions, explains and changes our world and American television's top long-form news and current affairs series since 1983
Stars: Will Lyman, Sarah Childress, Priyanka Boghani, Arun Rath
Votes: 2,301
5. American Masters (1985– )
TV-14 | 90 min | Documentary, Biography, History
Documentary series focusing on great American artists and personalities.
Stars: Martin Scorsese, Peter Bogdanovich, Tony Bennett, Dick Cavett
Votes: 1,175
6. Independent Lens (1999– )
TV-14 | Documentary
Independent Lens is an award-winning PBS documentary series that streams on the PBS App and airs on public television. Independent Lens documentaries focus on stories of underrepresented ... See full summary »
Stars: America Ferrera, Terrence Howard, Stanley Tucci, Mary-Louise Parker
Votes: 635
7. Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer, Part 2 (1996)
R | 84 min | Crime, Horror, Thriller
Henry II picks up where the original (Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer) left off. Henry (Neil Giuntoli) takes a thankless job at a port-o-john company where he meets husband and wife, Kai... See full summary »
Director: Chuck Parello | Stars: Penelope Milford, Neil Giuntoli, Mike Houlihan, James Otis
Votes: 1,283
8. Normal Life (1996)
R | 101 min | Crime, Drama
Chris is young idealistic cop who falls in love and gets married to Pam, a beautiful but emotionally unstable woman who suffers from alcoholism and drug addiction. While Chris is trying ... See full summary »
Director: John McNaughton | Stars: Ashley Judd, Luke Perry, Bruce A. Young, Jim True-Frost
Votes: 2,526
9. Life Itself (2014)
R | 121 min | Documentary, Biography
The life and career of the renowned film critic and social commentator, Roger Ebert.
Director: Steve James | Stars: Roger Ebert, Chaz Ebert, Gene Siskel, Martin Scorsese
Votes: 16,263 | Gross: $0.81M
10. P.O.V. (1988– )
60 min | Documentary
POV, a cinema term for "point of view," is television's longest-running showcase for independent non-fiction films. Since 1988, POV has presented more than 300 of the best, boldest, and ... See full summary »
Stars: Stacey Abrams, Rashida Tlaib, Lucy McBath, Veronica Escobar
Votes: 245
11. Stevie (2002)
R | 140 min | Documentary
In 1995, director Steve James (of 'Hoop Dreams') returned to rural Southern Illinois to reconnect with Stevie Fielding, a troubled young boy to whom he had been an "Advocate Big Brother" ten years earlier.
Director: Steve James | Stars: Steve James, Stephen Fielding, Tonya Gregory, Bernice Hagler
Votes: 2,741 | Gross: $0.10M
12. Chicago Cab (1997)
R | 96 min | Comedy, Drama
There is more to this story than this review lets on. It reflects all different facets of society over one driver's shift. As he starts out, he seems cold and ignorant, but his character ... See full summary »
Directors: Mary Cybulski, John Tintori | Stars: Paul Dillon, Tim Gamble, Olivia Trevino, Moira Sinise
Votes: 2,085 | Gross: $0.00M
13. America to Me (2018)
TV-14 | 60 min | Documentary
Follows students, teachers and administrators in suburban Chicago's Oak Park and River Forest High School over the course of a year.
Stars: Ke'Shawn Kumsa, Charles Donalson Jr., Kendale McCoy, Grant Lee
Votes: 415
14. My America... or Honk If You Love Buddha (1997)
87 min | Documentary
Intoxicating and irreverent, Renee Tajima-Peñas documentary and Sundance Film Festival award-winner, MY AMERICA...OR HONK IF YOU LOVE BUDDHA, is inspired by the Jack Kerouacs novel, On the ... See full synopsis »
Director: Renee Tajima-Pena | Star: Renee Tajima-Pena
Votes: 52
15. The First 48: Missing Persons (2011– )
Reality-TV
This show follows detectives from the Chicago Police Missing Persons Unit as they work cases from initial report to conclusion. There are both happy and tragic endings.
Stars: Bill Mondy, Pam Childs, Selles Morris, Joe Struck
Votes: 184
16. The Interrupters (2011)
Unrated | 125 min | Documentary, Crime
A year in the life of a city grappling with urban violence.
Director: Steve James | Stars: Tio Hardiman, Ameena Matthews, Toya Batey, Cobe Williams
Votes: 3,617 | Gross: $0.28M
17. Rosenwald (2015)
95 min | Documentary, Biography
The movie shows the work that Rosenwald did in his efforts, with Booker T. Washington, to build over 5, 300 schools for African-American children.
Director: Aviva Kempner | Stars: Peter Ascoli, Julian Bond, Stephanie Deutsch, Richard J. Powell
Votes: 76 | Gross: $0.36M
18. African American Lives (2006–2008)
TV-PG | 54 min | Documentary, History
This 4 part PBS series attempts to trace the roots of 8 guests using genealogy, oral history, family stories, and DNA analysis.
Stars: Henry Louis Gates Jr., Whoopi Goldberg, Chris Tucker, Oprah Winfrey
Votes: 162
19. No Más Bebés (2015)
79 min | Documentary, History
They came to have their babies. They went home sterilized. No Mas Bebes is the story of Mexican immigrant mothers who were pushed into sterilizations while giving birth at Los Angeles ... See full summary »
Director: Renee Tajima-Pena
Votes: 54
20. By the People: The Election of Barack Obama (2009)
116 min | Documentary
Nearly a year before Barack Obama announced his candidacy for the presidency, two filmmakers began to roll cameras on the young senator. Over the next 19 months, across the USA, the daily events of the presidential campaign are chronicled.
Directors: Amy Rice, Alicia Sams | Stars: Barack Obama, Neil Abercrombie, Dick Armey, David Axelrod
Votes: 1,153
21. The Big Payback (2023)
88 min | Documentary
An inspiring look at Alderman Robin Rue Simmons' fight to redress the wrongs of "redlining" and the legacy of slavery through a groundbreaking reparations program in Evanston, Illinois.
Directors: Erika Alexander, Whitney Dow | Stars: Ta-Nehisi Coates, Sheila Jackson Lee, Jason Johnson, Richard Malmos
Votes: 81
22. Head Games (2012)
PG-13 | 95 min | Documentary, Sport
A documentary that follows football player and pro-wrestler Chris Nowinski's quest to uncover the truth about the consequences of sports-related head injuries.
Director: Steve James | Stars: Chris Nowinski, Gene Atkins, Laura Balcer, Hunt Batjer
Votes: 366 | Gross: $0.01M
23. How to Live Forever (2009)
Not Rated | 92 min | Documentary
Baby boomer Mark Wexler travels the world searching for the secrets of long life.
Director: Mark Wexler | Stars: Suzanne Somers, Phyllis Diller, Ray Bradbury, Jack LaLanne
Votes: 286 | Gross: $0.06M
24. March in Windy City (1998 TV Movie)
115 min | Comedy, Thriller
Retired MI6 agent Steven March is called back into action by his former employers. His task is to assassinate Chicago politician Dan Paterson, an ambitious and ruthless Russian who March ... See full summary »
Director: Graham Theakston | Stars: David Jason, Vanessa Earl, Jerome Willis, David McCallum
Votes: 60
25. The Infinite Voyage (1987–1991)
G | 60 min | Documentary, Sci-Fi, Sport
An exceptional series about of humanity, the stars, the dinosaurs, and other mysteries of the world and the universe.
Stars: Richard Kiley, Paul Shenar, Josef Sommer, Fritz Weaver
Votes: 23
26. Do No Harm (I) (2018)
87 min | Documentary
Jumping off hospital rooftops, hanging themselves in janitorial closets, overdosing on drugs-they're A students and their suicides are often like well-planned school projects. Doctors are ... See full summary »
Director: Robyn Symon | Stars: John Dietl, Michele Dietl, Hawkins Mecham, Pamela Wible
Votes: 33
27. Election Day (2007)
Not Rated | 84 min | Documentary
Forget the pie charts, color-coded maps and hyperventilating pundits. What's the street-level experience of voters in today's America? In a triumph of documentary storytelling, ELECTION DAY... See full summary »
Director: Katy Chevigny | Star: Jim Fuchs
Votes: 42
28. Above and Beyond: NASA's Journey to Tomorrow (2018 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 90 min | Documentary
Discovery shines a spotlight on the institution taking us to the moon and to the outer edge of our solar system. Above and Beyond celebrates NASA's many accomplishments and catapults ... See full summary »
Director: Rory Kennedy
Votes: 126
29. 5 Girls (2001)
Not Rated | 120 min | Documentary
For two years, filmmaker Maria Finitzo followed five strong young women between the ages of 13 and 17. Unlike the myriad reports, books and "specials" that focus on young women as passive ... See full summary »
Director: Maria Finitzo | Stars: Haibihn, Amber, Toby, Corrie
Votes: 41
30. Deadline (2004)
Not Rated | 90 min | Documentary
A documentary on Illinois Governor George Ryan, who, with 60 days left in office, makes a decision on the fate of death row prisoners.
Directors: Katy Chevigny, Kirsten Johnson | Stars: Anthony Amsterdam, Jeanne Bishop, Stephen Bright, George W. Bush
Votes: 238
31. Hard Earned (2015– )
Documentary
Hard Earned, a six-part documentary series for Al Jazeera America, follows five families around the country to find out what it takes to get by on 8, 10, or even 17 dollars an hour.
Votes: 16
32. Poetry in America with Elisa New (2018– )
TV-PG | 24 min
Scholar and host Elisa New travels the country, joining up with distinguished poets, celebrities, and everyday Americans to create a fully immersive experience in hearing, reading, and interpreting American poems.
Stars: Elisa New, Nas, Donna Lynne Champlin, Tony Kushner
Votes: 30
33. American Creed (2018)
82 min | Documentary
Former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and Pulitzer Prize-winning historian David M. Kennedy come together from remarkably different backgrounds, life experiences and points of view to ... See full summary »
Director: Sam Ball | Stars: Joan Blades, Terrence Davenport, Junot Diaz, Tegan Griffith
Votes: 22
34. The Trials of Muhammad Ali (2013)
Not Rated | 86 min | Documentary, Biography, Sport
The legal battles of the great American boxer against being conscripted into the US military during the Vietnam War.
Director: Bill Siegel | Stars: Eamonn Andrews, Muhammad Ali, David Susskind, George W. Bush
Votes: 1,180 | Gross: $0.06M
35. At the Death House Door (2008)
98 min | Documentary
An investigation of the wrongful death of Carlos DeLuna, who was executed in Texas on December 7, 1989, after prosecutors ignored evidence inculpating a man, who bragged to friends about committing the crimes of which DeLuna was convicted.
Directors: Peter Gilbert, Steve James | Stars: Carroll Pickett, Steve Mills, Maurice Possley, Anne Ellis
Votes: 439
36. On Beauty (2014)
31 min | Documentary, Short, Biography
ON BEAUTY follows fashion photographer Rick Guidotti, who left the fashion world when he grew frustrated with having to work within the restrictive parameters of the industry's standard of beauty.
Director: Joanna Rudnick | Stars: Rick Guidotti, Sarah Kanney, Nadia Merchant, Jayne Waithera
Votes: 13
37. Sacred Hearts (1995)
Not Rated | Drama
Seventeen-year-old Elizabeth maturely handles several distractions, among them: her mother's institutionalization because of mental instability; her father's female friend and his surgery; ... See full summary »
Director: Patrick O'Connor | Stars: Kelly Fritz, Doug Hubbell, Marlene May, Wendy Jewell
Votes: 30
38. The Tiger Next Door (2009)
TV-MA | 86 min | Documentary
Experts estimate that there are more tigers in private captivity in the USA than there are roaming wild in the world. 24 of them live in Dennis Hill's backyard. The Tiger Next Door follows ... See full summary »
Director: Camilla Calamandrei | Star: Dennis Hill
Votes: 27
39. Girls on the Wall (2009)
Not Rated | 62 min | Documentary, Crime, Music
The teenage girls of Warrenville Prison get a shot at redemption in a most unlikely form: a musical based on their lives.
Director: Heather Ross
Votes: 21
40. What's the Matter with Kansas? (2009)
Unrated | 90 min | Documentary
In 'What's the Matter with Kansas?' a politically active Kansas megachurch splinters, moves to an amusement park, and when that fails, a Best Western motel. Meanwhile, an idealistic farmer ... See full summary »
Director: Joe Winston | Stars: Alyssa Barden, Brittany Barden, Dawn Barden, Matthew Barden
Votes: 236
41. Betrayal: When the Government Took Over the Teamsters Union (2019)
57 min | Documentary
In a highly controversial move, the Justice Department used the RICO statute to take over the entire International Brotherhood of Teamsters, denying free speech and due process for 1.4 ... See full summary »
Director: George Bogdanich | Stars: Ed Barnes, Mike Breslan, Ron Carey, John Climaco
42. A Doula Story (2005)
Not Rated | 60 min | Documentary
A Doula Story documents one woman's fierce commitment to empower pregnant teenagers with the skills and knowledge they need to become confident nurturing mothers.
Director: Danny Alpert | Star: Loretha Weisinger
Votes: 18
43. Out of Faith (2006)
82 min | Documentary
OUT OF FAITH, a feature-length documentary, follows three generations of a family being torn apart by conflicts over interfaith marriage. The family's matriarch, Leah Welbel, and her ... See full summary »
Director: Lisa Leeman
Votes: 13
44. In the Family (2008)
Not Rated | 83 min | Documentary
At 31, filmmaker Joanna Rudnick faces an impossible decision: remove her breasts and ovaries or risk incredible odds of developing cancer.
Director: Joanna Rudnick
Votes: 28
45. In the Game (2014)
Not Rated | 91 min | Documentary, Sport
Through the stories of a Hispanic girls soccer team at Kelly High School in Chicago, IN THE GAME illustrates the enormous challenges facing inner-city girls in their quest for higher education and, most importantly, success in life.
Director: Maria Finitzo
Votes: 12
46. Andrew Bird: Fever Year (2011)
80 min | Documentary, Biography, Music
The acclaimed musician's rigorous touring year culminates in perpetual fever as he crosses the finish line on crutches from an onstage injury. Concert documentary features collaborators Martin Dosh, Annie Clark of St. Vincent, and others.
Director: Xan Aranda | Stars: Andrew Bird, Martin Dosh, Michael Lewis, St. Vincent
Votes: 69
47. The Smoke Detectives (1990 Video)
25 min | Short
The Smoke Detectives are an organization of kids who are called to the old spooky house of Count Floyd. They show Count Floyd the fire hazards in his house while he tries to frighten them ... See full summary »
Director: Tom Finerty | Stars: Joe Flaherty, Steven J. Crayton, Brendon DeMay, Tennille Martin
48. Do No Harm (I) (2009)
55 min | Documentary
Tells the incredible and often outrageous story of two men in a small, southern town who endured relentless attacks in order to draw national attention to the plight of the uninsured and ... See full summary »
Director: Rebecca Schanberg
Votes: 12
49. Trust: Second Acts in Young Lives (2010)
78 min | Documentary, Drama, Family
The story of Chicago's Albany Park Theater Project, an immigrant youth theater company.
Votes: 6
50. Grace (V) (2017)
16 min | Documentary, Short
GRACE tells the story of a 36-year-old suburban mom and breast cancer survivor who reclaims her body with an elaborate mastectomy tattoo. Directed by a recent breast cancer survivor and ... See full summary »
Director: Rachel Pikelny