Good Documentaries
by GuyNoosh | created - 15 Jan 2013 | updated - 18 Sep 2021 | Public- Instant Watch Options
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1. Evacuate Earth (2012 TV Movie)
90 min | Documentary
If we faced a countdown to destruction, could we build a spacecraft to take us to new and habitable worlds? Can we Evacuate Earth? This documentary special examines this terrifying but ... See full summary »
Director: Ted Schillinger | Stars: Caleb Scharf, Kelvin Long, Hakeem Oluseyi, Karl Stapelfeldt
Votes: 323
2. Senna (2010)
PG-13 | 106 min | Documentary, Biography, Sport
A documentary on Brazilian Formula One racing driver Ayrton Senna, who won the F1 world championship three times before his death at age 34.
Director: Asif Kapadia | Stars: Ayrton Senna, Reginaldo Leme, John Bisignano, Neyde Senna
Votes: 75,787 | Gross: $1.61M
3. Faster (2003)
PG-13 | 103 min | Documentary
Filmed around the world in 2001 and 2002, Faster captures the rise of MotoGP superstar Valentino Rossi amid ferocious competition, especially from his bitter rival Max Biaggi.
Director: Mark Neale | Stars: Ewan McGregor, Valentino Rossi, Max Biaggi, Garry McCoy
Votes: 1,469
4. Fastest (2011)
PG-13 | 111 min | Documentary, Action, Sport
Fastest explores the greatest feeling coupled with the greatest risk in MotoGP racing, asking the question every rider - even the greatest of all time - must face: Who's fastest now?
Director: Mark Neale | Stars: Jorge Lorenzo, Ewan McGregor, Valentino Rossi, Ben Spies
Votes: 2,400
5. Jeremy Clarkson: Greatest Raid of All Time (2007 TV Movie)
59 min | Documentary, War
Jeremy Clarkson tells the story of one of the most daring operations of World War II - the Commando raid on the German occupied dry dock at St. Nazaire in France on 28th March 1942. It was ... See full summary »
Director: Richard Pearson | Stars: Jeremy Clarkson, Corran Purdon, Bob Wright, James Dunning
Votes: 612
6. The Victoria Cross: For Valour (2003 TV Movie)
58 min | Documentary, War
Jeremey Clarkson examines the history of the Victoria Cross, and follows the story of one of the 1,354 men who were awarded it - Major Robert Henry Cain.
Director: Richard Pearson | Stars: Jeremy Clarkson, Peter De La Billiere, Jack Reynolds, George Ashington
Votes: 334
7. The Other Dream Team (2012)
Not Rated | 89 min | Documentary, Sport
The incredible story of the 1992 Lithuanian basketball team, whose athletes struggled under Soviet rule, became symbols of Lithuania's independence movement, and - with help from the Grateful Dead - triumphed at the Barcelona Olympics.
Director: Marius A. Markevicius | Stars: Sarunas Marciulionis, Arvydas Sabonis, Rimas Kurtinaitis, Jonas Valanciunas
Votes: 3,686 | Gross: $0.13M
8. Hitting the Apex (2015)
Not Rated | 138 min | Documentary, Sport
'Hitting the Apex' is the story of six fighters - six of the fastest motorcycle racers the world has ever seen - and of the fates that awaited them at the peak of the sport.
Director: Mark Neale | Stars: Brad Pitt, Jorge Lorenzo, Jose Manuel Lorenzo, Marc Márquez
Votes: 4,169
9. Planet Earth II (2016)
TV-G | 50 min | Documentary
David Attenborough returns with a new wildlife documentary that shows life in a variety of habitats.
Stars: David Attenborough, Chadden Hunter, Gordon Buchanan, Elizabeth White
Votes: 158,237
10. They Shall Not Grow Old (II) (2018)
R | 99 min | Documentary, History, War
A documentary about World War I with never-before-seen footage to commemorate the centennial of the end of the war.
Director: Peter Jackson | Stars: Thomas Adlam, William Argent, John Ashby, Attwood
Votes: 38,465 | Gross: $17.96M
11. Schumacher (2021)
12 | 112 min | Documentary, Biography, Sport
Through exclusive interviews and archival footage, this documentary traces an intimate portrait of seven-time Formula 1 champion Michael Schumacher.
Directors: Hanns-Bruno Kammertöns, Vanessa Nöcker, Michael Wech | Stars: Ross Brawn, Flavio Briatore, Luca Cordero di Montezemolo, David Coulthard
Votes: 25,375
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