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1.
Future Fantastic (1996)
Episode:
The Incredible Shrinking Planet
(1996)
Documentary
Looks at the future of transport, including teleportation and time travel.
Directors: Sam Starbuck, Chris Wells, James Younger | Stars: Gillian Anderson, John Anderson, Dennis Bushnell, Frank Close
Votes: 25
2. Nature (1982– )
TV-PG | 60 min | Documentary, Family
Documentary series exploring various global wildlife issues and subjects.
Stars: F. Murray Abraham, George Page, Chris Morgan, David Attenborough
Votes: 840
3. Nova (1974– )
TV-PG | 60 min | Documentary
Science documentaries about various topics.
Stars: Jay O. Sanders, Craig Sechler, Stacy Keach, Eric Meyers
Votes: 3,097
4.
Nature (1982– )
Episode:
The Dolphin Defender
(2005)
TV-PG | Documentary, Family
Join Hardy Jones in his crusade to protect dolphins.
Star: Hardy Jones
Votes: 16
5. 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: 2,206
6. Future Fantastic (1996)
Documentary
A series of Science Fiction documentaries on a similar theme to the X-Files only true stories. Some of the topics include aliens, our planet, technology and UFO's.
Stars: Gillian Anderson, John Clute, Bruce Sterling, Mark Pauline
Votes: 127
7. 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
8. Ry Cooder & The Moula Banda Rhythm Aces: Let's Have a Ball (1988)
90 min | Documentary
Following a brief statement by Ry Cooder on his thoughts about performing - and improvising - on stage, this concert film depicts Cooder's 1987 live show in Santa Cruz, California, which was part of his "Get Rhythm" world tour.
Director: Les Blank | Stars: Ry Cooder, Terry Evans, Bobby A. King, Van Dyke Parks
Votes: 47
9. National Geographic Explorer (1985– )
120 min | Documentary, History
A weekly series of short documentary segments funded by the National Geographic Society and done in the style of the National Geographic Specials. In 2003, the show was re-branded National ... See full summary »
Stars: Salvatore Vecchio, Peter Coyote, Lisa Ling, Ryan Duffy
Votes: 316
10. Maria's Story (1990)
Not Rated | 53 min | Documentary
It is El Salvador, 1989, three years before the end of a brutal civil war that took 75,000 lives. Wife, mother and guerrilla leader Maria Serrano is on the front lines of the battle for her... See full summary »
Directors: Pamela Cohen, Monona Wali | Stars: Alma Martinez, Edward James Olmos, María Serrano
Votes: 27
11. Birth Story: Ina May Gaskin and The Farm Midwives (2012)
Not Rated | 95 min | Documentary, Biography, History
Birth Story: Ina May Gaskin and The Farm Midwives captures a spirited group of women who taught themselves how to deliver babies on a 1970s hippie commune. Today as nearly one third of all ... See full summary »
Directors: Sara Lamm, Mary Wigmore | Stars: Ina May Gaskin, Rebecca Brown, Heather Chan, Gerrie Sue Chappell
Votes: 87
12. In the Light of Reverence (2001)
73 min | Documentary
Tells the story of three indigenous communities and the lands they struggle to protect: the Lakota of the Great Plains, the Hopi of the Four Corners area, and the Winnemem Wintu of northern California.
Director: Christopher McLeod
Votes: 27
13. Dolphin (1979)
58 min | Documentary
Directors: Hardy Jones, Michael Wiese | Stars: Hardy Jones, Michael Wiese, Buckminster Fuller, Steve Gagné
Votes: 9
14. Louie Bluie (1985)
Not Rated | 75 min | Documentary, Music
About the obscure country-blues musician and idiosyncratic visual artist Howard "Louie Bluie" Armstrong, member of the last known black string band in America.
Director: Terry Zwigoff | Stars: Howard Armstrong, Ted Bogan, Yank Rachell, Ikey Robinson
Votes: 900
15. I Went to the Dance (1989)
84 min | Documentary, Music
Film on the history of the toe-tapping, foot-stomping music of French Southwest Louisiana.
Directors: Les Blank, Chris Strachwitz | Stars: Barry Jean Ancelet, Alphonse Ardoin, Dewey Balfa, Rodney Balfa
Votes: 103
16. N Is a Number: A Portrait of Paul Erdös (1993)
Not Rated | 57 min | Documentary, Biography
N Is a Number: A Portrait of Paul Erdos is a 1993 biographical documentary about the life of mathematician Paul Erdos, directed by George Paul Csicsery.
Director: George Paul Csicsery | Stars: Paul Erdös, Ronald Graham, Joel Spencer, J.W.S. Cassels
Votes: 243
18. Gates of Heaven (1978)
Not Rated | 85 min | Documentary
A documentary about a pet cemetery in California, and the people who have pets buried there.
Director: Errol Morris | Stars: Lucille Billingsley, Zella Graham, Cal Harberts, Dan Harberts
Votes: 6,297
20. Hungry for Monsters (2004)
67 min | Documentary
In the early 1990s, teenager Nicole Althaus began an unlikely friendship with a teacher at her high school. Soon after, she accused her father of sexual abuse and rape. Local law ... See full summary »
Director: George Paul Csicsery | Stars: C. Renee Althaus, Nicole Althaus, Rick Althaus, Martha Bailor
Votes: 23
21. Frosh: Nine Months in a Freshman Dorm (1994)
98 min | Documentary
Two filmmakers spend a year living in a multi-cultural dormitory at Stanford University.
Directors: Daniel Geller, Dayna Goldfine
Votes: 25
22. Peace Is Every Step: Meditation in Action: The Life and Work of Thich Nhat Hanh (1998)
60 min | Documentary
The classic film profile of renowned Vietnamese Buddhist teacher, author, activist and Nobel Peace Prize-nominee Thich Nhat Hanh.
Director: Gaetano Kazuo Maida | Stars: Ben Kingsley, Peter Matthiessen, Maxine Hong Kingston, Stephen Batchelor
Votes: 51
23.
American Experience (1987– )
Episode:
Daughter from Danang
(2003)
TV-PG | Documentary, Biography, History
A woman taken to America during Operation Babylift returns to Vietnam in order to meet her birth mother.
Directors: Gail Dolgin, Vicente Franco | Stars: Jessica Bub, John Bub, Kaitlin Bub, Sam T. Collins
Votes: 21
24. The New Klan - Heritage of Hate (1978 TV Movie)
57 min | Documentary
Depicts the Klan's involvement in the murders of two black and white freedom fighters in Alabama along with the rise of David Duke, the Grand Wizard of the Knights of the Ku Klux Klan 1974-80.
Directors: Eleanor Bingham Miller, Leslie Shatz | Stars: Barry Bingham, Dennis Campbell, David Duke, Charles Evers
Votes: 9
25. Thrive: What on Earth Will It Take? (2011)
Unrated | 132 min | Documentary
Propaganda film that smashes together pretty much every modern conspiracy theory in the books, including free energy suppression, UFO landings, New World Order, vaccine hysteria, 9/11 ... See full summary »
Directors: Steve Gagné, Kimberly Carter Gamble | Stars: Foster Gamble, Duane Elgin, Nassim Haramein, Steven M. Greer
Votes: 2,911
26. Sworn to the Drum: A Tribute to Francisco Aguabella (1995)
Not Rated | 35 min | Documentary, Short, Music
A documentary about the music and influence that Francisco Aguabella has had on the world.
Director: Les Blank | Stars: Bill Graham, Francisco Aguabella, John Santos, Carlos 'Patato' Valdés
Votes: 151
27. Renaldo and Clara (1978)
R | 235 min | Documentary, Drama, Music
Bob Dylan on tour with the Rolling Thunder Revue in 1975; concert footage, documentary interviews and bizarre improvised character scenes.
Director: Bob Dylan | Stars: Bob Dylan, Sara Dylan, Joan Baez, Ronnie Hawkins
Votes: 602
28. The Cult of JT LeRoy (2014)
Not Rated | 92 min | Documentary, Biography, Crime
JT LeRoy was a teen prostitute, addicted to heroin and infected with HIV, when a therapist encouraged him to write his life stories. Buoyed by a cadre of celebrities, he published three ... See full summary »
Director: Marjorie Sturm | Stars: Asia Argento, Beth Bachtold, Stephen Beachy, Bruce Benderson
Votes: 124
29. My Home, My Prison (1993)
Documentary, Biography, War
Directors: Susana Blaustein Muñoz, Erica Marcus | Star: Martin Sheen
Votes: 20
30. Kamikaze Hearts (1986)
Unrated | 87 min | Drama
Lesbian porn star Sharon Mitchell and her girlfriend, Tigr, navigate the ups and downs of being in love while working in the sex industry.
Director: Juliet Bashore | Stars: Tigr, Sharon Mitchell, Jon Martin, Sparky Vasc
Votes: 321
31. Where the Heart Roams (1987)
83 min | Documentary
In 1983, ambitious Chelley Kitzmiller is both an obsessive fan and an aspiring writer of romance novels. Wanting to attend a conference celebrating the genre in New York but too afraid to fly, Chelley travels by train from Los Angeles.
Director: George Paul Csicsery | Stars: Rebecca Brandewyne, E. Jean Carroll, Barbara Cartland, Hilari Cohen
Votes: 10
32. Liebe in Hollywood (1995 TV Movie)
90 min | Documentary
Director: Georg Stefan Troller | Stars: Georg Stefan Troller, Roseanne Barr, Peter Bogdanovich, Janet Charlton
Votes: 15
33. The Job (1997)
10 min | Short
Director: A.W. Feidler | Stars: Jesse Garon, Ike Gingrich, Jennifer Mai
Votes: 25
34. Jeremiah Terminator LeRoy (2018)
R | 108 min | Biography, Drama
A young woman named Savannah Knoop spends six years pretending to be the celebrated author JT LeRoy, the made-up literary persona of her sister-in-law.
Director: Justin Kelly | Stars: Kristen Stewart, Laura Dern, Jim Sturgess, Diane Kruger
Votes: 2,855
35. Star Worms II: Attack of the Pleasure Pods (1985)
Not Rated | 90 min | Sci-Fi
Jessup, forced to hide his true identity, is imprisoned on a deadly and desolate planet, the Star Prison. banished to mine rabid rivers for the elusive Fire Gems, Jessup and his men must ... See full summary »
Director: Lin Sten | Stars: Taylor Gilbert, Jeff Munson, David O'Hara, Orly Oh
Votes: 144
36. Harry Bridges: A Man and His Union (1992)
Documentary, Biography, History
Director: Berry Minnott | Stars: Harry Bridges, Studs Terkel
37. Cowgirls: Portraits of American Ranch Women (1985)
29 min | Documentary, Short
The cowgirls in this documentary are modern-day women aged six to sixty, who ride, rope and tough out the elements just as well as their more famous cowboy counterparts. The film spans ... See full summary »
Director: Nancy Kelly | Stars: Norma Hapgood, Melody Harding, Cricket Long, Nondi Long
38. World of Audubon (1984– )
Documentary
Stars: Johnny Carson, Roger Payne, Martin Schreyer, Michael Sandlofer
39. Phoenix Dance (2006)
Not Rated | 16 min | Documentary, Short
A heroic journey of transformation and healing, Phoenix Dance challenges our expectations of what it means to be "disabled." In March, 2001, renowned dancer Homer Avila discovered that the ... See full summary »
Director: Karina Epperlein
40. Shadow Master (1979)
54 min
Shadow Master is a dramatic documentary about a family of performers in Bali. The film is an inside view of Balinese life which reveals the cultural context of theater, music, and dance on ... See full summary »
Director: Larry Reed | Stars: Nyoman Radjeg, Nyoman Sumandhi
41. Recent Sorrows (1984)
80 min | Drama
A bizarre tale of two men whose respective love affairs have recently ended. A strange encounter between the two in a cafe leads to a mysterious murder.
Director: Jerry Barrish | Stars: Bill O'Brien, Katie Guthorn, Frederick Hodgson, George Berg
42. Cowboy Poets (1987)
53 min | Documentary
American cowboys have been writing poetry for more than a century. This little-known literary tradition both belies the macho image of the Western Heroes and serves as an imaginative form of oral history.
Director: Kim Shelton | Stars: Slim Kite, Wally McRae, Waddie Mitchell
43. Awakening from Sorrow: Buenos Aires 1997 (2009)
40 min | Documentary, Short, History
Buenos Aires 1997 is about a crucial moment in history: in 1997, the sorrow of the young over their parents having disappeared during the 'Dirty War' was erupting into public action, and ... See full summary »
Directors: Karina Epperlein, John Knoop
44. 214-es csapat (2008)
60 min | Documentary
The story of Hungarian scouting through the Cold War, its survival in exile, and triumphant return after the fall of Communism.
Director: George Paul Csicsery | Stars: Gabor Bodnar, Péter Forgách, Károly Grósz, Mátyás Ivasivka
45.
Independent Lens (1999– )
Episode:
Hansel Mieth: Vagabond Photographer
(2003)
TV-14 | Documentary
Director: Nancy Schiesari | Stars: America Ferrera, Diane Franklin, Oliver Freiberger
46.
Nova (1974– )
Episode:
Poison in the Rockies
(1990)
TV-PG | Documentary
Poison in the Rockies is focused on the damage that decades of mining operations in the Rockies have inflicted on the local environment. It covers other problems such as the acid rain that ... See full summary »
Director: Christopher McLeod | Star: Peter Coyote
47.
World of Audubon (1984– )
Episode:
Whales!
(II) (1987)
60 min | Documentary
A documentary taking a close look at whales and the international preservation movement that has arisen to save them.
Stars: Johnny Carson, Al Avellar, David Day, Scott Kraus
48.
National Geographic Explorer (1985– )
Episode:
Cowgirls
(1986)
Documentary, History
National Geographic looks at three generations of contemporary female ranch hands who are riding, roping and roughing it way out West.
49.
National Geographic Explorer (1985– )
Episode:
The Highly Exalted
(1985)
Documentary, History
Cowboys on a northern Nevada cattle ranch tell tales of life on the range.