A Must-Watch Priority Film List
by adam-leemartin | created - 11 Jan 2019 | updated - 1 day ago | PublicA list of films, documentaries, tv shows, etc. that I want to prioritise watching ahead of all others, with the films, documentaries, tv shows, etc. that I most want to see appearing on this list in ascending order.
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1. A Certain Kind of Death (2003)
69 min | Documentary
Unblinking and unsettling, this documentary lays bare a mysterious process that goes on all around us - what happens to people who die with no next of kin.
Directors: Grover Babcock, Blue Hadaegh | Stars: Fred Corral, Sherwood Dixon, Julie Wilson
Votes: 971
2. A Love Song (2022)
PG | 81 min | Romance
At a campground in the rural West, a woman waits alone for an old flame from her past to arrive, uncertain of his intentions while bashful about her own.
Director: Max Walker-Silverman | Stars: Dale Dickey, Wes Studi, Michelle Wilson, Benja K. Thomas
Votes: 2,224
3. Against the War (1999 TV Movie)
25 min | Documentary
Documentary arguing against the NATO bombing of Serbia and Kosovo
Director: Stuart Urban | Star: Harold Pinter
Votes: 24
4. Amazing Grace (2006)
PG | 118 min | Biography, Drama, History
The idealist William Wilberforce maneuvers his way through Parliament, endeavoring to end the British transatlantic slave trade.
Director: Michael Apted | Stars: Ioan Gruffudd, Albert Finney, Michael Gambon, Romola Garai
Votes: 25,697 | Gross: $21.21M
5. American Circumcision (2017)
TV-14 | 101 min | Documentary
American Circumcision is about the modern circumcision debate, and the growing Intactivist movement, which says that all human beings should have the right to make their own choices about their bodies.
Director: Brendon Marotta | Stars: Georgeanne Chapin, Jonathon Conte, Dean Edell, Andrew Freedman
Votes: 629
6. American Media & The Second Assassination of John F. Kennedy (2017)
130 min | Documentary
In 1969 New Orleans District Attorney Jim Garrison prosecuted only trial for the murder of John F Kennedy. Although the defendant, Clay Shaw, was acquitted, he committed perjury and the ... See full summary »
Director: John Barbour
Votes: 50
7. American Moon (2017)
214 min | Documentary, History
This documentary examines the authenticity of the photographic record of NASA's Apollo missions.
Director: Massimo Mazzucco | Stars: Paolo Attivissimo, Aldo Fallai, Peter Lindbergh, Danilo Pasqua
Votes: 288
8. Amy (III) (2015)
R | 128 min | Documentary, Biography, Music
Archival footage and personal testimonials present an intimate portrait of the life and career of British singer/songwriter Amy Winehouse.
Director: Asif Kapadia | Stars: Amy Winehouse, Mitch Winehouse, Mark Ronson, Russell Brand
Votes: 55,099 | Gross: $8.41M
9. And Then There Were None (2015)
TV-14 | 57 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Ten strangers are invited to an island by a mysterious host, and start to get killed one by one. Could one of them be the killer?
Stars: Maeve Dermody, Charles Dance, Toby Stephens, Burn Gorman
Votes: 43,881
10. And You Don't Stop: 30 Years of Hip-Hop (2004)
300 min | Documentary, History, Music
A five-part documentary series released by VH1 in 2004. The series recounts the development of hip hop culture from its birth in New York City in the 1970s through its flowering into a global phenomenon in the 21st Century.
Stars: Bill Adler, Will Smith, Ice-T, Snoop Dogg
Votes: 201
11. Another Earth (2011)
PG-13 | 92 min | Drama, Mystery, Romance
On the night of the discovery of a duplicate Earth in the Solar system, an ambitious young student and an accomplished composer cross paths in a tragic accident.
Director: Mike Cahill | Stars: Brit Marling, William Mapother, Matthew-Lee Erlbach, DJ Flava
Votes: 100,039 | Gross: $1.32M
12. Antichrist (2009)
Not Rated | 108 min | Drama, Horror, Thriller
A grieving couple retreat to their cabin in the woods, hoping to repair their broken hearts and troubled marriage, but nature takes its course and things go from bad to worse.
Director: Lars von Trier | Stars: Willem Dafoe, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Storm Acheche Sahlstrøm
Votes: 136,582 | Gross: $0.40M
13. Apollo 13 (I) (1995)
PG | 140 min | Adventure, Drama, History
NASA must devise a strategy to return Apollo 13 to Earth safely after the spacecraft undergoes massive internal damage putting the lives of the three astronauts on board in jeopardy.
Director: Ron Howard | Stars: Tom Hanks, Bill Paxton, Kevin Bacon, Gary Sinise
Votes: 315,734 | Gross: $173.84M
14. Barney's Version (2010)
R | 134 min | Comedy, Drama
The picaresque and touching story of the politically incorrect, fully lived life of the impulsive, irascible and fearlessly blunt Barney Panofsky.
Director: Richard J. Lewis | Stars: Paul Giamatti, Rosamund Pike, Jake Hoffman, Macha Grenon
Votes: 26,254 | Gross: $7.50M
15. Beautiful Boy (2010)
R | 100 min | Drama
A married couple on the verge of separation are leveled by the news their 18-year-old son committed a mass shooting at his college, then took his own life.
Director: Shawn Ku | Stars: Michael Sheen, Maria Bello, Kyle Gallner, Logan South
Votes: 6,950 | Gross: $0.08M
16. Blade Runner (1982)
R | 117 min | Action, Drama, Sci-Fi
A blade runner must pursue and terminate four replicants who stole a ship in space and have returned to Earth to find their creator.
Director: Ridley Scott | Stars: Harrison Ford, Rutger Hauer, Sean Young, Edward James Olmos
Votes: 823,428 | Gross: $32.87M
17. Blade Runner 2049 (2017)
R | 164 min | Action, Drama, Mystery
Young Blade Runner K's discovery of a long-buried secret leads him to track down former Blade Runner Rick Deckard, who's been missing for thirty years.
Director: Denis Villeneuve | Stars: Harrison Ford, Ryan Gosling, Ana de Armas, Dave Bautista
Votes: 665,800 | Gross: $92.05M
18. Boardwalk Empire (2010–2014)
TV-MA | 60 min | Crime, Drama
An Atlantic City politician plays both sides of the law by conspiring with gangsters during the Prohibition era.
Stars: Steve Buscemi, Kelly Macdonald, Michael Shannon, Shea Whigham
Votes: 203,217
19.
National Geographic Explorer (1985– )
Episode:
Border Wars
(2008)
Documentary, History
Director: Ray Telles
20. Bridge of Spies (2015)
PG-13 | 142 min | Drama, History, Thriller
During the Cold War, an American lawyer is recruited to defend an arrested Soviet spy in court, and then help the CIA facilitate an exchange of the spy for the Soviet captured American U2 spy plane pilot, Francis Gary Powers.
Director: Steven Spielberg | Stars: Tom Hanks, Mark Rylance, Alan Alda, Amy Ryan
Votes: 327,853 | Gross: $72.31M
21. Britain's Happy Hookers (2010 TV Movie)
48 min | Documentary
Directors: Nick Jesper, Mandana Mofidi | Star: Alex Bedford
Votes: 21
22.
National Geographic Explorer (1985– )
Episode:
Brooklyn Bridge
(1985)
Documentary, History
Explorer examines the dramatic and sometimes tragic history of the construction of the Brooklyn Bridge.
23. Bully (2001)
R | 108 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
A pack of naïve teenagers conspire to murder a mutual friend, whose aggressive demeanour has proven too much.
Director: Larry Clark | Stars: Brad Renfro, Nick Stahl, Bijou Phillips, Rachel Miner
Votes: 40,532 | Gross: $1.54M
24.
Viewpoint '90 (1990– )
Episode:
Cambodia, the Betrayal
(1990)
Documentary
A year after warning of the dangers of a return by the Khmer Rouge in Cambodia: Year Ten, John Pilger went back to the country still suffering from the effects of Pol Pot's tyranny and Western sanctions with director David Munro.
Director: David Munro | Star: John Pilger
Votes: 6
25. Casino Royale (2006)
PG-13 | 144 min | Action, Adventure, Thriller
After earning 00 status and a licence to kill, secret agent James Bond sets out on his first mission as 007. Bond must defeat a private banker funding terrorists in a high-stakes game of poker at Casino Royale, Montenegro.
Director: Martin Campbell | Stars: Daniel Craig, Eva Green, Judi Dench, Jeffrey Wright
Votes: 694,800 | Gross: $167.45M
26. Christopher Hitchens' 'God Is Not Great' (2009)
Short
Director: Jeff Scheftel | Star: Christopher Hitchens
Votes: 47
27.
National Geographic Explorer (1985– )
Episode:
Climbing Redwood Giants
(2009)
Documentary, History
Explorer follows two team as they explore and film the giant redwood forests of North America.
Directors: James Donald, John Rubin | Stars: Jim Able, Peter Coyote, Todd Dawson, Michael Fay
Votes: 43
28. Cocaine Cowboys 2 (2008)
Not Rated | 97 min | Documentary, Crime, History
The sequel follows cocaine dealer Charles Crosby beginning in 1991 on the inner-city streets of Oakland, California. The story of Griselda Blanco is presented in greater depth.
Director: Billy Corben | Stars: Nelson Andreu, Jorge Ayala, Griselda Blanco, Sam Burstyn
Votes: 3,127
29.
National Geographic Explorer (1985– )
Episode:
Conquest
(1985)
Documentary, History
The United States and Soviet Union jockey for predominance in the conquest of space.
30. Conspiracy Theory: Did We Land on the Moon? (2001 TV Movie)
45 min | Documentary
Were the Apollo moon landings faked?
Director: John Moffet | Stars: Mitch Pileggi, Bill Kaysing, Brian Welch, Brian O'Leary
Votes: 1,007
31. Crisis: Behind a Presidential Commitment (1963)
Not Rated | 52 min | Documentary, History, News
Governor George Wallace will not let two black students into an Alabama school, against the wishes of President Kennedy. Loud shouts come from both sides of the issue as JFK stands by his decisions.
Director: Robert Drew | Stars: James Lipscomb, John F. Kennedy, George Wallace, Robert F. Kennedy
Votes: 845
32. Death Valley (2011)
TV-14 | 22 min | Comedy, Horror
A mockumentary following a police force as they deal with various perpetrators who are mostly supernatural in nature.
Stars: Texas Battle, Bryce Johnson, Tania Raymonde, Charlie Sanders
Votes: 5,659
33. Deepwater Horizon (2016)
PG-13 | 107 min | Action, Drama, History
A dramatization of the disaster in April 2010, when the offshore drilling rig called the Deepwater Horizon exploded, resulting in the worst oil spill in American history.
Director: Peter Berg | Stars: Mark Wahlberg, Kurt Russell, Douglas M. Griffin, James DuMont
Votes: 182,572 | Gross: $61.43M
34. Dreamcatcher (I) (2015)
TV-MA | 104 min | Documentary, Crime, Drama
Takes us into a hidden world of prostitution and sexual trafficking through the eyes of one of its survivors, Brenda Myers-Powell.
Director: Kim Longinotto | Stars: Brenda Myers-Powell, T.T., Keena, Temeka
Votes: 434
35. Drugs as Weapons Against Us: The CIA War on Musicians and Activists (2018)
120 min | Documentary
Evidence supports that the CIA manipulated musicians and activists to promote drugs for social control, particularly regarding the Civil Rights and anti-war movements. Some musicians that resisted these manipulations were killed.
Director: John Potash | Stars: Ed Opperman, Bobby Seale
Votes: 107
36. Dynamite Kid: A Matter of Pride (2013 Video)
145 min | Documentary, Sport
Stars: Bronwyne Billington, Tommy Billington, Leo Burke, Allen Coage
Votes: 19
37.
National Geographic Explorer (1985– )
Episode:
Easter Island Underworld
(2009)
TV-PG | 45 min | Documentary, History
Deep beneath the legendary Easter Island, National Geographic undertakes a groundbreaking expedition to map a vast cave system utilized by the people who carved these iconic statues. ... See full summary »
Director: Geoffrey Luck | Star: Peter Coyote
Votes: 42
38. Elle (I) (2016)
R | 130 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A successful businesswoman gets caught up in a game of cat and mouse as she tracks down the unknown man who raped her.
Director: Paul Verhoeven | Stars: Isabelle Huppert, Laurent Lafitte, Anne Consigny, Charles Berling
Votes: 71,173
39. Empire of Dust (2011)
77 min | Documentary
CREC employees arrive in Kolwezi, DRC to build a road. Logistics head Lao Yang must procure local supplies as government deliveries fail. With translator Eddy, misunderstandings ensue as Lao Yang negotiates with Congolese entrepreneurs.
Director: Bram Van Paesschen
Votes: 618
40. Endsville (2000)
Drama
A mock-documentary about a religious cult headed by Caleb Solar in Endsville, NY that believes the world is coming to an end in the form of a giant flood.
Director: Steven Cantor | Stars: Kyle Secor, Alan Ruck, Jim Gaffigan, Dwight Ewell
Votes: 71
41. Facing Ali (2009)
R | 100 min | Documentary, Biography, Sport
Ten of Muhammad Ali's former rivals pay tribute to the three-time world heavyweight champion.
Director: Pete McCormack | Stars: George Chuvalo, Henry Cooper, George Foreman, Joe Frazier
Votes: 3,774
42. The Blackcoat's Daughter (I) (2015)
R | 93 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Two girls must battle a mysterious evil force when they get left behind at their boarding school over winter break.
Director: Oz Perkins | Stars: Emma Roberts, Kiernan Shipka, Lucy Boynton, James Remar
Votes: 26,031 | Gross: $0.02M
43. Fences (2016)
PG-13 | 139 min | Drama
A working-class African-American father tries to raise his family in the 1950s, while coming to terms with the events of his life.
Director: Denzel Washington | Stars: Denzel Washington, Viola Davis, Stephen McKinley Henderson, Jovan Adepo
Votes: 118,087 | Gross: $57.68M
44. Flights of Fancy: The Politics and Paranoia of Capricorn One (2008 Video)
15 min | Documentary, Short, History
The director Peter Hyams and two experts discuss the context and impact of Capricorn One (1977) on Americans' trust in the government.
Director: Charles de Lauzirika | Stars: Peter Hyams, Steven J. Ross, Michael Shermer
45. Food, Inc. (2008)
PG | 94 min | Documentary, News
An unflattering look inside America's corporate controlled food industry.
Director: Robert Kenner | Stars: Michael Pollan, Eric Schlosser, Richard Lobb, Vince Edwards
Votes: 52,227 | Gross: $4.42M
46. Fortean TV (1997–1998)
30 min | Documentary
Paranormal documentary series. It featured anomalous phenomena and the paranormal. It was based upon the Fortean Times magazine and was presented by Reverend Lionel Fanthorpe.
Star: Lionel Fanthorpe
Votes: 30
47. Frailty (2001)
R | 100 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A mysterious man arrives at the offices of an FBI agent and recounts his childhood: how his religious fanatic father received visions telling him to destroy people who were in fact "demons."
Director: Bill Paxton | Stars: Bill Paxton, Matthew McConaughey, Powers Boothe, Matt O'Leary
Votes: 91,404 | Gross: $13.10M
48. Frequency (2000)
PG-13 | 118 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
An accidental cross-time radio link connects father and son across 30 years. The son tries to save his father's life, but then must fix the consequences.
Director: Gregory Hoblit | Stars: Dennis Quaid, Jim Caviezel, Shawn Doyle, Elizabeth Mitchell
Votes: 115,786 | Gross: $45.01M
49. Fury (2014)
R | 134 min | Action, Drama, War
A grizzled tank commander makes tough decisions as he and his crew fight their way across Germany in April, 1945.
Director: David Ayer | Stars: Brad Pitt, Shia LaBeouf, Logan Lerman, Michael Peña
Votes: 547,528 | Gross: $85.82M
50. GasLand (2010)
Not Rated | 107 min | Documentary
An exploration of the fracking petroleum extraction industry and the serious environmental consequences involved.
Director: Josh Fox | Stars: Josh Fox, Dick Cheney, Pete Seeger, Richard Nixon
Votes: 11,105 | Gross: $0.03M
51. Gaslight (1944)
Passed | 114 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Ten years after her aunt was murdered in their London home, a woman returns from Italy in the 1880s to resume residence with her new husband. His obsessive interest in the home rises from a secret that may require driving his wife insane.
Director: George Cukor | Stars: Charles Boyer, Ingrid Bergman, Joseph Cotten, May Whitty
Votes: 33,925
52. Ghosts of the Abyss (2003)
G | 61 min | Documentary, Family
James Cameron and Bill Paxton, director and actor of the 1997 film Titanic, travel to the final undersea resting place of the ill-fated ship of dreams.
Director: James Cameron | Stars: Bill Paxton, Lori Johnston, Lewis Abernathy, John Broadwater
Votes: 6,398 | Gross: $17.09M
53. Good Night, and Good Luck. (2005)
PG | 93 min | Biography, Drama, History
Broadcast journalist Edward R. Murrow looks to bring down Senator Joseph McCarthy.
Director: George Clooney | Stars: David Strathairn, George Clooney, Patricia Clarkson, Jeff Daniels
Votes: 101,317 | Gross: $31.56M
54. Grizzly Man (2005)
R | 103 min | Documentary, Biography
A devastating and heart-rending take on grizzly bear activists Timothy Treadwell and Amie Huguenard, who were killed in October of 2003 while living among grizzly bears in Alaska.
Director: Werner Herzog | Stars: Timothy Treadwell, Amie Huguenard, Werner Herzog, Carol Dexter
Votes: 61,913 | Gross: $3.17M
55. Hands of Stone (2016)
R | 111 min | Biography, Drama, Sport
The legendary Roberto Duran and his equally legendary trainer Ray Arcel change each other's lives.
Director: Jonathan Jakubowicz | Stars: Edgar Ramírez, Usher, Robert De Niro, Rubén Blades
Votes: 17,568 | Gross: $4.71M
56.
Secret History (1991– )
Episode:
Harold Wilson - The Final Days
(1996)
Documentary, History
Stars: Bernard Donoughue, Geoffrey Goodman, Joe Haines, Quintin Hogg
57. Have You Seen Andy? (2007 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 79 min | Documentary, Crime, Mystery
"Have You Seen Andy?" is the personal story of a childhood friendship abruptly ended by the tragic abduction of a young boy. On a hot summer day in August 1976, ten year-old Andy Puglisi ... See full summary »
Director: Melanie Perkins
Votes: 723
58. Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse (1991)
R | 96 min | Documentary
Documentary that chronicles how Francis Ford Coppola's Apocalypse Now (1979) was plagued by extraordinary script, shooting, budget, and casting problems--nearly destroying the life and career of the celebrated director.
Directors: Fax Bahr, George Hickenlooper, Eleanor Coppola | Stars: Dennis Hopper, Martin Sheen, Marlon Brando, George Lucas
Votes: 23,239 | Gross: $1.32M
59.
The Last Dream (1988)
Episode:
Heroes Unsung
(1988)
Documentary
Director: Alan Lowery | Star: John Pilger
60. HipHop Story: Tha Movie (2001 Video)
90 min | Documentary
Various hip-hop artist think back and talk about the ghetto life, PAC shakur and there favorite occupations. Also a featured live performance.
Director: Sal Martino | Stars: DMX, KRS-One, The Notorious B.I.G., Tupac Shakur
Votes: 27
61. Hitchens vs Lennox: Can Atheism Save Europe? (2008 Video)
68 min | Documentary
Director: Iain Morris | Stars: Richard Dawkins, Christopher Hitchens, John Lennox, James Naughtie
Votes: 23
62.
Secret History (1991– )
Episode:
Hitler of the Andes
(2003)
49 min | Documentary, History
Declassified FBI documents trace an 11-year investigation of rumors that Hitler survived Germany's defeat in 1945, escaping via U-boat to Argentina.
Director: David Howard | Stars: Peter Davison, Michael Sheard, Karen Sheehan, Matthew Bentley
Votes: 111
63. I Due Kennedy (1969)
121 min | Documentary
This documentary suggests an economic motive behind assassinations such as those of JFK, RFK and MLK: to control resources and wealth.
Director: Gianni Bisiach | Stars: Al Capone, Fidel Castro, Ramsey Clark, Mickey Cohen
Votes: 71
64. Image of an Assassination: A New Look at the Zapruder Film (1998 TV Movie)
88 min | Documentary, History
Abraham Zapruder's home-camera footage of the assassination of John F. Kennedy is treated to digital re-mastering. We also get to see the images hidden "between the sprocket holes, " making for a wider view of this much-analyzed event.
Stars: Peter Dean, Joseph Barabe, Phil Chamberlain, Jack Harrison
Votes: 191
65. Imperial Grand Strategy (2006 Video)
Approved | 120 min | Documentary
Chomsky is back giving two 1-hour lectures at Merrimack College and University of Manchester.
Star: Noam Chomsky
Votes: 34
66. In the Heat of the Night (1967)
Approved | 110 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
A black Philadelphia police detective is mistakenly suspected of a local murder while passing through a racially hostile Mississippi town, and after being cleared is reluctantly asked by the police chief to investigate the case.
Director: Norman Jewison | Stars: Sidney Poitier, Rod Steiger, Warren Oates, Lee Grant
Votes: 83,595 | Gross: $24.38M
67. Inherent Vice (2014)
R | 148 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
In 1970, drug-fueled Los Angeles private investigator Larry "Doc" Sportello investigates the disappearance of a former girlfriend.
Director: Paul Thomas Anderson | Stars: Joaquin Phoenix, Josh Brolin, Owen Wilson, Katherine Waterston
Votes: 110,763 | Gross: $8.11M
68.
National Geographic Explorer (1985– )
Episode:
Inside LSD
(2009)
47 min | Documentary, History
LSD, a hallucinogenic street drug, was outlawed in 1970 but gained the status of being a tool of the counterculture, being able to inspire glimpses of genius or madness. Its volatile nature... See full summary »
Director: Pamela Caragol | Stars: Peter Coyote, Dan Gordon-Levitt, Patrick Hare, Isham Randolph
Votes: 97
69. Is God Great? - A Debate with Christopher Hitchens and John Lennox (2009 Video)
Stars: Christopher Hitchens, John Lennox
70.
Pilger (1974– )
Episode:
Israel: After the Earthquake
(1974)
Documentary
Director: Charles Denton | Star: John Pilger
71.
National Geographic Explorer (1985– )
Episode:
JFK: The Lost Bullet
(2011)
Documentary, History
High-resolution scanning methods and high-definition computer technology applied to films details the assassination of President John F. Kennedy.
Votes: 19
72. JFK: The Lost Bullet (2011 TV Movie)
Documentary, History
The uncovering of the 3 shots fired that resulted in the assassination of Jon F. Kennedy
Director: Robert Stone | Stars: Max Holland, Dave Markun, Michael Wilder, Fred Nichals Ciacelli
Votes: 109
73. JFK to 9/11: Everything Is a Rich Man's Trick (2014 Video)
208 min | Documentary, History, War
This is one of the only documentaries that actually speaks on the real Secret Societies which for most are still a secret.
Stars: Francis Richard Conolly, Gordon Arnold, Charles Brehm, Howard Brennan
Votes: 716
74. Journey to the Far Right (1999– )
118 min | Documentary
TV documentary filmmaker Nicholas Fraser investigates the threat of race hatred by talking to French fascists, Italian supporters of Mussolini, neo-Nazis in Germany, and those who deny the existence of the Holocaust.
Stars: TM Garret, Nicholas Fraser, Alexandra Gerlach, Jana
75. Journeys in Black (2000–2002)
TV-PG | 44 min | Documentary
Documentary television series featuring the biographies of famous African Americans.
Stars: CeCe Winans, Al Sharpton, Russell Simmons, Luther Vandross
Votes: 25
76. Kevin Samuels: Hate or Truth (2023)
Biography
Kevin Samuels gained national attention via his harsh relationship advice to black women and ushered in the red pill movement. We explore the validity surrounding his controversial statements to understand why they triggered black women.
Stars: Alphonso A'Qen-Aten Jackson, Shuntel Renay, Alisha Dominique, Daniel Dickey
77. Kill Chain: The Cyber War on America's Elections (2020)
TV-14 | 91 min | Documentary
Finnish hacker and election expert Harri Hursti investigates election-related hacks, uncovering just how unprotected voting systems really are.
Directors: Simon Ardizzone, Russell Michaels, Sarah Teale | Stars: J. Alex Halderman, Sue Halpern, Nathaniel Herz, Harri Hursti
Votes: 747
78. LA 92 (2017)
R | 114 min | Documentary, Crime, History
Twenty-five years after the verdict in the Rodney King trial sparked several days of protests, violence and looting in Los Angeles, filmmakers examine that tumultuous period through rarely seen archival footage.
Directors: Daniel Lindsay, T.J. Martin | Stars: Henry Alfaro, Danny Bakewell, John D. Barnett, Bart Bartholomew
Votes: 6,904
79. Lady Ballers (2023)
TV-14 | 112 min | Comedy, Sport
A down-on-his-luck former high school basketball coach will do anything to win, which in this case means leading his team of men to don wigs and brutally dominate in multiple women's sports.
Director: Jeremy Boreing | Stars: Jeremy Boreing, Billie Rae Brandt, Daniel Considine, Tyler Fischer
Votes: 11,212
80. Lake of Fire (2006)
Unrated | 152 min | Documentary
A graphic documentary on both sides of the abortion debate.
Director: Tony Kaye | Stars: Noam Chomsky, Bill Baird, Flip Benham, Dallas Blanchard
Votes: 2,735 | Gross: $0.02M
81. Legendz of Rap (2005 Video)
Documentary
Directors: Hutch Axilrod, Daniel Zirilli | Stars: The Notorious B.I.G., Tupac Shakur
82. Lenny (1974)
R | 111 min | Biography, Drama
The story of acerbic 1960s comic Lenny Bruce, whose groundbreaking, no-holds-barred style and social commentary was often deemed by the Establishment as too obscene for the public.
Director: Bob Fosse | Stars: Dustin Hoffman, Valerie Perrine, Jan Miner, Stanley Beck
Votes: 17,590 | Gross: $8.43M
83. Let It Fall: Los Angeles 1982-1992 (2017)
TV-MA | 144 min | Documentary, History
An in-depth look at the culture of Los Angeles in the ten years leading up to the 1992 uprising that erupted after the verdict of police officers cleared of beating Rodney King.
Director: John Ridley | Stars: Daryl Gates, Tom Bradley, Damian 'Football' Williams, Michael Moulin
Votes: 838
84. Loose Change: Final Cut (2007 Video)
80 min | Documentary, History, Mystery
Loose Change Final Cut sets out to prove the official story of 9/11 - 'that the impact of two planes flying into two World Trade Center towers and the resulting fires caused three World ... See full synopsis »
Director: Dylan Avery | Stars: Dylan Avery, Mahmoud Ahmad, Ahmed Al-Ghamdi, Hamza Al-Ghamdi
Votes: 2,506
85. Mel Gibson: God's Lethal Weapon (2004 TV Movie)
50 min | Documentary
Director: Andrew Abbott | Stars: Phillip Avalon, John Badham, William Peter Blatty, Ted Casablanca
Votes: 143
86. Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil (1997)
R | 155 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A visiting city reporter's assignment suddenly revolves around the murder trial of a local millionaire, whom he befriends.
Director: Clint Eastwood | Stars: John Cusack, Kevin Spacey, Jack Thompson, Irma P. Hall
Votes: 41,481 | Gross: $25.08M
87. Midnight Special (2016)
PG-13 | 112 min | Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
A father and son go on the run, pursued by the government and a cult drawn to the child's special powers.
Director: Jeff Nichols | Stars: Michael Shannon, Joel Edgerton, Kirsten Dunst, Adam Driver
Votes: 84,050 | Gross: $3.71M
88. Mirage Men (2013)
Not Rated | 85 min | Documentary
For over 60 years, the US Air Force and US intelligence services exploited and manipulated beliefs about UFOs and extraterrestrial visits as part of their counter-intelligence programs. Now some of those behind these operations speak out.
Directors: John Lundberg, Roland Denning, Kypros Kyprianou | Stars: Robert J. Durant, Richard Doty, Tracy Tormé, Peter Gersten
Votes: 857
89.
National Geographic Explorer (1985– )
Episode:
Moment of Death
(2008)
Documentary, History
National Geographic Explorer examines the physical and psychological changes experienced by the human in the moments before and after death.
Director: Mark Mannucci | Stars: Benjamin Abella, Tarun Arora, Lance Becker, Bill Bondar
Votes: 63
91. Moonwalker
Documentary | Post-production
Only twelve humans have ever walked on the surface of another world. Astronaut, Dr. Edgar Mitchell was the sixth man to do so. He also wanted to reveal the secret organization that covers up the extraterrestrial presence engaging humanity.
Director: Jeremy Kenyon Lockyer Corbell | Stars: Edgar D. Mitchell, Jeremy Kenyon Lockyer Corbell, George Knapp
92. Looking for Mr. Goodbar (1977)
R | 136 min | Drama
A dedicated schoolteacher spends her nights cruising bars, looking for abusive men with whom she can engage in progressively extreme sexual encounters.
Director: Richard Brooks | Stars: Diane Keaton, Richard Gere, Tuesday Weld, William Atherton
Votes: 8,505 | Gross: $16.90M
93.
Seconds from Disaster (2004–2018)
Episode:
Nagasaki: The Forgotten Bomb
(2012)
TV-PG | Documentary
The use of the atomic bombs still excites controversy, and in particular the necessity for the second bomb on Nagasaki. The argument that it was the only way to bring a swift end to the war... See full summary »
Director: John Maidens | Stars: Jozef Aoki, William Barney, Barton Bernstein, Tsuyoshi Hasegawa
Votes: 32
94. Never Let Me Go (2010)
R | 103 min | Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi
The lives of three friends, from their early school days into young adulthood, when the reality of the world they live in comes knocking.
Director: Mark Romanek | Stars: Keira Knightley, Carey Mulligan, Andrew Garfield, Izzy Meikle-Small
Votes: 153,321 | Gross: $2.43M
95. Night Catches Us (2010)
R | 90 min | Drama, Romance
In 1976, complex political and emotional forces are set in motion when a young man returns to the race-torn Philadelphia neighborhood where he came of age during the Black Power movement.
Director: Tanya Hamilton | Stars: Anthony Mackie, Kerry Washington, Jamara Griffin, Sadiq Afif
Votes: 1,832 | Gross: $0.08M
96.
Pilger (1974– )
Episode:
Nixon's Secret Legacy
(1975)
Documentary
Director: Richard Marquand | Star: John Pilger
97. No End in Sight (2007)
Not Rated | 102 min | Documentary, War
A comprehensive look at the Bush Administration's conduct of the Iraq war and its occupation of the country.
Director: Charles Ferguson | Stars: Campbell Scott, Gerald Burke, Ali Fadhil, Omar Fekeiki
Votes: 8,631 | Gross: $1.43M
98. No Woman, No Cry (2010)
Not Rated | 60 min | Documentary
Pregnancy is a death sentence for more than half a million women every year, but their deaths would be preventable if they could obtain the health care they needed. This documentary focuses on the personal stories behind those statistics.
Director: Christy Turlington
Votes: 72
99.
Pilger (1974– )
Episode:
Nobody's Children
(1975)
25 min | Documentary
Director: John Ingram | Star: John Pilger
100.
Pilger (1974– )
Episode:
Nod and a Wink
(1975)
Documentary
Director: John Ingram | Star: John Pilger
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