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Frontline
(1983 TV series documentary)
Episode: The Farmer's Wife "The Farmer's Wife" takes us deep inside the world of Juanita and Darrel Buschkoetter, a remarkable young Nebraska farm couple... |
8.5/10 | 135 |
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The American Experience
(1987 TV series documentary)
Episode: The Donner Party Doomed attempt to get to California in 1846. More than just a riveting tale of death, endurance and survival... |
8.4/10 | 163 |
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Baraka
(1992 documentary)
A collection of expertly photographed scenes of human life and religion. |
8.3/10 | 17,691 |
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Frontline
(1983 TV series documentary)
Episode: The Gate of Heavenly Peace |
" | 153 |
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Harlan County U.S.A.
(1976 documentary)
A filmed account of a bitterly violent miner strike. |
8.2/10 | 2,622 |
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Paradise Lost: The Child Murders at Robin Hood Hills
(1996 documentary)
A horrific triple child murder leads to an indictment and trial of three nonconformist boys based on questionable evidence. |
" | 6,290 |
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Samsara
(2011 documentary)
Filmed over nearly five years in twenty-five countries on five continents, and shot on seventy-millimetre film, Samsara transports us to the varied worlds of sacred grounds, disaster zones, industrial complexes, and natural wonders. |
" | 6,509 |
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The King of Kong
(2007 documentary)
Diehard video game fans compete to break World Records on classic arcade games. |
" | 23,113 |
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Hearts and Minds
(1974 documentary)
A documentary of the conflicting attitudes of the opponents of the Vietnam war. |
8.1/10 | 2,931 |
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Koyaanisqatsi
(1982 documentary)
A movie with no conventional plot: merely a collection of expertly photographed scenes. Subject matter has a highly environmental theme. |
" | 17,900 |
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| 11 | The Times of Harvey Milk (1984 documentary) | 8.1/10 | 3,483 | |
| 12 | For All Mankind (1989 documentary) | " | 2,300 | |
| 13 | Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse (1991 documentary) | " | 9,025 | |
| 14 | Eddie Murphy Delirious (1983 TV documentary) | 8.0/10 | 7,980 | |
| 15 | Stop Making Sense (1984 documentary) | " | 5,987 | |
| 16 | 28 Up (1984 TV documentary) | " | 1,356 | |
| 17 | The Thin Blue Line (1988 documentary) | " | 8,519 | |
| 18 | Hoop Dreams (1994 documentary) | " | 12,844 | |
| 19 | 42: Forty Two Up (1998 TV documentary) | " | 1,294 | |
| 20 | The War Game (1965 documentary) | 7.9/10 | 3,178 | |
| 21 | Monterey Pop (1968 documentary) | " | 1,540 | |
| 22 | Burden of Dreams (1982 documentary) | " | 2,490 | |
| 23 |
American Masters
(1985 TV series documentary)
Episode: Directed by William Wyler |
" | 301 | |
| 24 | 35 Up (1991 TV documentary) | " | 1,189 | |
| 25 | Crumb (1994 documentary) | " | 10,002 | |
| 26 |
Great Performances
(1970 TV series)
Episode: Music for the Movies: The Hollywood Sound |
" | 44 | |
| 27 | Little Dieter Needs to Fly (1997 documentary) | " | 3,337 | |
| 28 | Titicut Follies (1967 documentary) | 7.8/10 | 1,844 | |
| 29 | Salesman (1968 documentary) | " | 2,271 | |
| 30 | Powers of Ten (1977 documentary short) | " | 1,170 | |
| 31 | The Kids Are Alright (1979 documentary) | " | 2,313 | |
| 32 | Richard Pryor: Live in Concert (1979 documentary) | " | 1,939 | |
| 33 |
American Masters
(1985 TV series documentary)
Episode: The Ten-Year Lunch: The Wit and Legend of the Algonquin Round Table |
" | 32 | |
| 34 | American Dream (1990 documentary) | " | 509 | |
| 35 | Manufacturing Consent: Noam Chomsky and the Media (1992 documentary) | " | 2,758 | |
| 36 |
The American Experience
(1987 TV series documentary)
Episode: The Battle Over Citizen Kane |
" | 880 | |
| 37 | When We Were Kings (1996 documentary) | " | 8,987 | |
| 38 | Waco: The Rules of Engagement (1997 documentary) | " | 2,068 | |
| 39 | Zapruder Film of Kennedy Assassination (1963 documentary short) | " | 1,449 | |
| 40 | Dont Look Back (1967 documentary) | 7.7/10 | 4,497 | |
| 41 | High School (1968 documentary) | " | 768 | |
| 42 | In the Year of the Pig (1968 documentary) | " | 820 | |
| 43 | Directed by John Ford (1971 documentary) | " | 507 | |
| 44 | Brooklyn Bridge (1981 documentary) | " | 287 | |
| 45 | The Decline of Western Civilization (1981 documentary) | " | 1,122 | |
| 46 | The Atomic Cafe (1982 documentary) | " | 2,600 | |
| 47 | Jimi Plays Monterey (1986 documentary) | " | 398 | |
| 48 | Big Time (1988 documentary) | " | 532 | |
| 49 | Imagine: John Lennon (1988 documentary) | " | 2,570 | |
| 50 | Let's Get Lost (1988 documentary) | " | 770 | |
| 51 | Visions of Light (1992 documentary) | " | 1,849 | |
| 52 | Orson Welles: The One-Man Band (1995 documentary) | " | 304 | |
| 53 | 4 Little Girls (1997 documentary) | " | 1,615 | |
| 54 |
Great Performances
(1970 TV series)
Episode: John Barry: Moviola |
" | 17 | |
| 55 | The Farm: Angola, USA (1998 documentary) | " | 306 | |
| 56 | The Cruise (1998 documentary) | " | 921 | |
| 57 | Michael Jackson: Video Greatest Hits - HIStory (1995 video documentary) | " | 803 | |
| 58 | The Last Days (1998 documentary) | " | 1,368 | |
| 59 | Metallica: Cunning Stunts (1998 video documentary) | " | 1,325 | |
| 60 | A Year and a Half in the Life of Metallica (1992 video documentary) | " | 749 | |
| 61 | American Movie (1999 documentary) | " | 10,528 | |
| 62 |
American Masters
(1985 TV series documentary)
Episode: Hitchcock, Selznick and the End of Hollywood |
" | 226 | |
| 63 | Genghis Blues (1999 documentary) | " | 955 | |
| 64 | Another State of Mind (1984 documentary) | " | 380 | |
| 65 | Winter Soldier (1972 documentary) | " | 572 | |
| 66 | Pearl Jam: Single Video Theory (1998 video documentary) | " | " | |
| 67 | Black Tar Heroin: The Dark End of the Street (2000 documentary) | " | 581 | |
| 68 | One Day in September (1999 documentary) | " | 4,049 | |
| 69 | Dark Days (2000 documentary) | " | 4,074 | |
| 70 | Freedom Downtime (2001 documentary) | " | 640 | |
| 71 | An Unreasonable Man (2006 documentary) | " | 1,234 | |
| 72 | The T.A.M.I. Show (1964 documentary) | 7.6/10 | 367 | |
| 73 | The Men Who Made the Movies: Howard Hawks (1973 TV documentary) | " | 167 | |
| 74 | Grey Gardens (1975 documentary) | " | 4,622 | |
| 75 | Scared Straight! (1978 documentary) | " | 473 | |
| 76 | Best Boy (1979 documentary) | " | 385 | |
| 77 | Rust Never Sleeps (1979 documentary) | " | 610 | |
| 78 | From Mao to Mozart: Isaac Stern in China (1981 documentary) | " | 265 | |
| 79 | Marlene (1984 documentary) | " | 401 | |
| 80 | Streetwise (1984 documentary) | " | 712 | |
| 81 | Before Stonewall (1984 documentary) | " | 344 | |
| 82 | The Dream Is Alive (1985 documentary short) | " | 307 | |
| 83 | Huey Long (1985 documentary) | " | 224 | |
| 84 | Precious Images (1986 documentary short) | " | 388 | |
| 85 | Sign 'o' the Times (1987 documentary) | " | 675 | |
| 86 | Der Lauf der Dinge (1988 documentary short) | " | 601 | |
| 87 | Beavers (1988 documentary short) | " | 216 | |
| 88 | John Huston: The Man, the Movies, the Maverick (1989 documentary) | " | 168 | |
| 89 | Paris Is Burning (1990 documentary) | " | 1,708 | |
| 90 | Brother's Keeper (1992 documentary) | " | 1,984 | |
| 91 | Anne Frank Remembered (1995 documentary) | " | 599 | |
| 92 | The Celluloid Closet (1995 documentary) | " | 3,822 | |
| 93 |
The American Experience
(1987 TV series documentary)
Episode: Troublesome Creek: A Midwestern |
" | 154 | |
| 94 | The Hamster Factor and Other Tales of Twelve Monkeys (1996 video documentary) | " | 633 | |
| 95 | Hands on a Hard Body: The Documentary (1997 documentary) | " | 1,062 | |
| 96 | Hype! (1996 documentary) | " | 1,314 | |
| 97 | Whales: An Unforgettable Journey (1998 documentary short) | " | 130 | |
| 98 | The Rolling Stones Rock and Roll Circus (1996 documentary) | " | 884 | |
| 99 | Cane Toads: An Unnatural History (1988 documentary) | " | 783 | |
| 100 | Urgh! A Music War (1981 documentary) | " | 482 | |
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