very good documentaries
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1. Picture Me (2009)
Not Rated | 82 min | Documentary
A look at the inner world of modeling.
Directors: Ole Schell, Sara Ziff | Stars: Sara Ziff, Caitríona Balfe, Anne Bergstedt, Karl Lagerfeld
Votes: 550 | Gross: $0.01M
2. Outfoxed: Rupert Murdoch's War on Journalism (2004)
Unrated | 78 min | Documentary
Documentary on reported Conservative bias of the Rupert Murdoch-owned Fox News Channel (FNC), which promotes itself as "Fair and Balanced". Material includes interviews with former FNC employees and the inter-office memos they provided.
Director: Robert Greenwald | Stars: Douglas Cheek, Walter Cronkite, Bob McChesney, Jeff Cohen
Votes: 6,277 | Gross: $0.24M
3. Endgame: Blueprint for Global Enslavement (2007 Video)
Unrated | 139 min | Documentary, Biography, Crime
For the New World Order, a world government is just the beginning. Once in place they can engage their plan to exterminate 80% of the world's population, while enabling the "elites" to live... See full summary »
Director: Alex Jones | Stars: Alex Jones, Jeremie Rhodes, George Bush, George W. Bush
Votes: 2,180
4. Life and Debt (2001)
Not Rated | 80 min | Documentary
Documentary look at the effects of globalization on Jamaican industry and agriculture.
Director: Stephanie Black | Stars: Belinda Becker, Buju Banton, Horst Köhler, Michael Manley
Votes: 1,034 | Gross: $0.24M
5. Waco: The Rules of Engagement (1997)
Not Rated | 165 min | Documentary, History
A reassessment of the tragedy at Waco that left 76 members of the Branch Davidian religious sect dead.
Director: William Gazecki | Stars: Dan Gifford, Jim Cavanaugh, Dick DeGuerin, Clive Doyle
Votes: 3,734
6. Terror's Advocate (2007)
Unrated | 135 min | Documentary, Biography, History
A documentary on Jacques Vergès, the controversial lawyer and former Free French Forces guerrilla who has defending unpopular figures such as Nazi war criminal Klaus Barbie and Holocaust denier Roger Garaudy.
Director: Barbet Schroeder | Stars: Jacques Vergès, Klaus Barbie, Barbet Schroeder, Bassam Abu Sharif
Votes: 1,699 | Gross: $0.04M
7. Commanding Heights: The Battle for the World Economy (2002– )
360 min | Documentary, History
The people, ideas, and events that created our current world economy.
Stars: David Ogden Stiers, Dick Cheney, Newt Gingrich, Gordon Brown
Votes: 549
8. The Corporation (2003)
Not Rated | 145 min | Documentary, History
Documentary that looks at the concept of the corporation throughout recent history up to its present-day dominance.
Directors: Mark Achbar, Jennifer Abbott | Stars: Mikela Jay, Rob Beckwermert, Christopher Gora, Nina Jones
Votes: 21,787 | Gross: $1.88M
9. The New Rulers of the World (2001 TV Movie)
65 min | Documentary
The myths of globalisation have been incorporated into much of our everyday language. "Thinking globally" and "the global economy" are part of a jargon that assumes we are all part of one ... See full summary »
Directors: Alan Lowery, John Pilger | Stars: Pramoedya Ananta Toer, George Monbiot, Dita Sari
Votes: 264
10. Paradise Lost 3: Purgatory (2011)
Not Rated | 121 min | Documentary, Crime
A further followup of the case of the West Memphis Three and the decades long fight to exonerate them that finally gained traction with new DNA evidence.
Directors: Joe Berlinger, Bruce Sinofsky | Stars: Gary Gitchell, Todd Moore, Dana Moore, Pam Hobbs
Votes: 10,873
11. If a Tree Falls: A Story of the Earth Liberation Front (2011)
Unrated | 85 min | Documentary, Biography, Crime
A rare behind-the-curtain look at the Earth Liberation Front, the radical environmental group that the FBI calls America's 'number one domestic terrorist threat.'
Directors: Marshall Curry, Sam Cullman | Stars: Daniel McGowan, Lisa McGowan, Tim Lewis, Kirk Engdall
Votes: 3,317 | Gross: $0.06M
12. Le système Poutine (2007 TV Movie)
98 min | Documentary
How did Putin gain such unbridled power and what is he willing to do to restore a Soviet-style Russia? This definitive 2007 film investigates the ominous political career of the ultra-authoritarian leader.
Director: Jean-Michel Carré | Stars: Geoffrey Bateman, Alexander Belayev, Boris Berezovsky, Viktor Borissenko
Votes: 285
13. Death of a Nation: The Timor Conspiracy (1994)
60 min | Documentary
Documentary of the events that occurred in the East Timor genocide during 1990-91.
Director: David Munro | Stars: John Pilger, Alan Clark, James Dunn, Gareth Evans
Votes: 211
14. Life in a Day (2011)
PG-13 | 95 min | Documentary, Drama
A documentary shot by film-makers all over the world that serves as a time capsule to show future generations what it was like to be alive on the twenty-fourth of July, 2010.
Directors: Tegan Bukowski, Loressa Clisby, Kevin Macdonald, Hiroaki Aikawa, Natalia Andreadis, Jack Attridge, Cristina Bocchialini, Zillah Bowes, Andrea Dalla Costa, Lisa Cottrell-Bentley, Alejo Crisóstomo, Sócrates Cuadri, Ayman El Gazwy, Shawn Gadberry, Seth Grant, Jane Haubrich, Soma Helmi, Jennifer M. Howd, Clementine Isaac, Aditya Kolli, Gabor Kukucska, Francesco La Regina, Frederic Lumiere, Marek Mackovic, Zuqy Cruz Marquez, Linda Matarasso, Kevin McMahon, Joseph Michael, Joaquin Montalvan, Lilit Movsisyan, Emmanuelle Pickett, Christopher Redmond, Alejandro Romeo, Alaa Sheikh Hassan, Marcus Tedenryd | Stars: Hiroaki Aikawa, Cindy Baer, Teagan Bentley, Ester Brym
Votes: 15,572 | Gross: $0.25M
15. The Secret Country: The First Australians Fight Back (1986 TV Movie)
60 min | Documentary, History
John Pilger tells of their struggles of indigenous Australians as they were driven from their lands and he follows events throughout this century as they relate to Aboriginal rights.
Director: Alan Lowery | Stars: John Pilger, Vince Forrester, Mario Fredericks, Bob Hawke
Votes: 45
16. Touching the Void (2003)
R | 106 min | Documentary, Adventure, Drama
The true story of two climbers and their perilous journey up the west face of Siula Grande in the Peruvian Andes in 1985.
Director: Kevin Macdonald | Stars: Simon Yates, Joe Simpson, Brendan Mackey, Nicholas Aaron
Votes: 38,118 | Gross: $4.59M
17. The Rise and Fall of the Russian Oligarchs (2006 TV Movie)
83 min | Documentary
Director: Alexander Gentelev | Star: Peter Hudson
Votes: 46
18. Man on Wire (2008)
PG-13 | 94 min | Documentary, Biography, Crime
A look at tightrope walker Philippe Petit's daring, but illegal, high-wire routine performed between New York City's World Trade Center's twin towers in 1974, what some consider, "the artistic crime of the century".
Director: James Marsh | Stars: Philippe Petit, Jean François Heckel, Jean-Louis Blondeau, Annie Allix
Votes: 58,688 | Gross: $2.96M
19. Brainwashing 101 (2004 Video)
46 min | Documentary
Director: Evan Coyne Maloney | Stars: John Norris Brown, Denise Chaykun, Michael R. Fitzgerald, Laura Freberg
Votes: 74
20. Do You Remember Vietnam (1978 TV Movie)
52 min | Documentary
John Pilger, after reporting the end of the Vietnam War in 1975, returns in 1978 to take a look at the Vietnam of three years later and along with David Munro made this documentary.
Director: David Munro | Star: John Pilger
Votes: 37
21.
Frontline (1983– )
Episode:
The Pot Republic
(2011)
TV-PG | 54 min | Documentary, News
From PBS and Frontline - FRONTLINE's primetime monthly newsmagazine returns with three new stories, leading with a timely report from the frontlines of marijuana legalization in California.
Director: Robert J. Rosenthal | Stars: Rick Adams, Tom Allman, Andrew Becker, Michael Montgomery
Votes: 10
22.
Frontline (1983– )
Episode:
The Dancing Boys of Afghanistan
(2010)
TV-14 | 52 min | Documentary, News
In Afghanistan many hundreds of boys, often as young as ten, are being lured off the streets on the promise of a new life.
Directors: Jamie Doran, Mike Healy | Stars: Najibullah Quraishi, Arun Rath
Votes: 168
23.
Frontline (1983– )
Episode:
Are We Safer?
(2011)
TV-PG | 54 min | Documentary, News
From PBS and Frontline - FRONTLINE launches its new monthly magazine program with three reports, led by "Are We Safer?" In this first story, Pulitzer Prize-winning Washington Post reporter ... See full summary »
Director: Michael Kirk | Stars: William Arkin, Peter Berkrot, Peter Haydu, Charles Linshaw
Votes: 9
24.
Frontline (1983– )
Episode:
Revolution in Cairo
(2011)
TV-PG | 54 min | Documentary, News
In "Revolution in Cairo", Frontline follows the founders of the April 6th Movement as they use social networking in an effort to bring down Hosni Mubarak. In "The Brotherhood", Charles Sennott the changing face of the Muslim Brotherhood.
Stars: Mohammed Abbas, Wael Abbas, Mohamed Adel, Ayman al-Zawahiri
Votes: 16
25.
Frontline (1983– )
Episode:
The Soldier's Heart
(2005)
TV-MA | Documentary, News
An examination of the long-lasting psychological effects on soldiers fighting in Iraq.
Directors: Raney Aronson, Miri Navasky | Star: Will Lyman
Votes: 10
26.
Frontline (1983– )
Episode:
News War: What's Happening with the News - Part 3
(2007)
TV-MA | Documentary, News
In News War, FRONTLINE examines political, cultural, legal, and economic forces challenging news media today and how press has reacted in turn.
Stars: Dean Baquet, Andrew Baron, Lowell Bergman, Tom Bettag
Votes: 16
27.
Frontline (1983– )
Episode:
Losing the War with Japan
(1991)
TV-MA | Documentary, News
Frontline looks at challenge Japanese-style capitalism poses to US market. The program examines three industries-automobile, video games, and flat panel displays used in computers.
28.
Frontline (1983– )
Episode:
Rules of Engagement
(2008)
TV-MA | Documentary, News
Frontline investigates the Haditha incident in which a group of Marines are accused of murdering 24 men, women and children in Iraq.
Director: Arun Rath | Stars: Khalid Jamal Aiad Ahmed, Abdul Rahman Al-Mashhadani, Peter Berkrot, Thomas Betro
Votes: 26
29.
Frontline (1983– )
Episode:
Young & Restless in China
(2008)
TV-MA | 104 min | Documentary, News
YOUNG & RESTLESS IN CHINA tracks the lives of nine Chinese Gen X'ers over four years as they scramble to keep pace with a society changing faster than any in history. Raised under communism... See full summary »
Director: Sue Williams | Stars: Will Lyman, Chris Cook, Eric Forman, Tim Hopper
Votes: 43
30.
Frontline (1983– )
Episode:
The Medicated Child
(2008)
TV-MA | Documentary, News
Frontline investigates the medical practice of prescribing behavior-modifying drugs to children. It interviews
Director: Marcela Gaviria | Stars: David Axelson, Patrick Bacon, Joseph Biederman, Daniel Carlat
Votes: 58
31.
Frontline (1983– )
Episode:
The Released
(2009)
TV-PG | 57 min | Documentary, News
Frontline examines the lives of mentally ill repeat offender who are struggling to make a life for themselves outside of prison.
Directors: Miri Navasky, Karen O'Connor | Stars: Bennie Anthony, Gary Brown, Jacqueline Edmondson, Michael Grissett
Votes: 38
32.
Frontline (1983– )
Episode:
Behind Taliban Lines
(2010)
TV-PG | 55 min | Documentary, News
Frontline followers a reporter who is embedded with Hezb-e-Islami who are group of insurgents allied with the Taliban.
Stars: Will Lyman, Najibullah Quraishi
Votes: 31
33.
Frontline (1983– )
Episode:
The Tank Man
(2006)
TV-MA | Documentary, News
On 4 June, 1989, a mysterious peaceful figure interrupted a line of war tanks during the protests over Tiananmen Square in China. Who was the young man who made an act of defiance and had ... See full summary »
Director: Antony Thomas | Stars: T.D. Allman, Nicholas Bequelin, Timothy Brook, Michael Callahan
Votes: 114
34.
Frontline (1983– )
Episode:
The Spill
(2010)
TV-MA | Documentary, News
Frontline investigates BP's record of safety violations and accidents in the years leading up to the Deepwater Horizon disaster in the Gulf.
Stars: Gordon Aaker, Martin Anderson, T.J. Aulds, James Baker III
Votes: 40
35.
Frontline (1983– )
Episode:
Secret History of the Credit Card
(2004)
TV-MA | Documentary, News
The credit industry generates more consumer complaints than any other industry in the United States. This program explains the reasons; industry polices that consumers don't understand, ... See full summary »
Director: David Rummel | Stars: Lowell Bergman, Will Lyman, Chris Dodd, Ben Stein
Votes: 61
36.
Frontline (1983– )
Episode:
Is Wal-Mart Good for America?
(2004)
TV-MA | 60 min | Documentary, News
Walmart is Rolling Back Prices, Rolling back the competition and also rolling all the jobs over-seas.
Director: Rick Young
Votes: 82
37.
Frontline (1983– )
Episode:
Spying on the Home Front
(2007)
TV-MA | 60 min | Documentary, News
A Story on post 9/11 spying on domestic soil. Narus, Nora and Total Information Awareness. There is even a domestic spying program operated by the NSA in San Francisco which is uncovered by Mark Klein of ATT.
Directors: Hedrick Smith, Rick Young | Star: Hedrick Smith
Votes: 26
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