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1. The Act of Killing (2012)

Not Rated | 117 min | Documentary, Biography, Crime

A documentary which challenges former Indonesian death-squad leaders to reenact their mass-killings in whichever cinematic genres they wish, including classic Hollywood crime scenarios and lavish musical numbers.

Directors: Joshua Oppenheimer, Anonymous, Christine Cynn | Stars: Anwar Congo, Herman Koto, Syamsul Arifin, Ibrahim Sinik

Votes: 40,909 | Gross: $0.49M

2. The Social Dilemma (2020)

PG-13 | 94 min | Documentary, Drama

Explores the dangerous human impact of social networking; tech experts sound the alarm on their own creations.

Director: Jeff Orlowski-Yang | Stars: Tristan Harris, Jeff Seibert, Bailey Richardson, Joe Toscano

Votes: 89,657

3. Disclosure (2020)

TV-MA | 108 min | Documentary

An in-depth look at Hollywood's depiction of transgender people and the impact of those stories on transgender lives and American culture.

Director: Sam Feder | Stars: Laverne Cox, Bianca Leigh, Jen Richards, Alexandra Billings

Votes: 6,095

4. Citizenfour (2014)

R | 114 min | Documentary, Biography

A documentarian and a reporter travel to Hong Kong for the first of many meetings with Edward Snowden.

Director: Laura Poitras | Stars: Edward Snowden, Glenn Greenwald, William Binney, Jacob Appelbaum

Votes: 58,059 | Gross: $2.80M

5. The Great Hack (2019)

TV-MA | 114 min | Documentary, Biography, History

The Cambridge Analytica scandal is examined through the roles of several affected persons.

Directors: Karim Amer, Jehane Noujaim | Stars: Brittany Kaiser, David Carroll, Paul-Olivier Dehaye, Ravi Naik

Votes: 25,042

6. The Look of Silence (2014)

PG-13 | 103 min | Documentary, Biography, History

A family that survived the genocide in Indonesia confronts the men who killed one of their brothers.

Director: Joshua Oppenheimer | Stars: Adi Rukun, M.Y. Basrun, Volker Hanisch, Amir Hasan

Votes: 13,919 | Gross: $0.11M

7. While We Watched (2022)

94 min | Documentary, Biography, News

How independent news reporting in India and beyond is increasingly under threat by budgetary cuts and especially, extremists leveraging alternative platforms to spread misinformation.

Director: Vinay Shukla | Stars: Ravish Kumar, Sushil Bahuguna, Deepak Chaubey, Sushil Mohapatra

Votes: 2,294

8. Virunga (2014)

Not Rated | 100 min | Documentary, War

A team of brave individuals risk their lives to protect the last mountain gorillas.

Director: Orlando von Einsiedel | Stars: André Bauma, Emmanuel de Merode, Mélanie Gouby, Rodrigue Mugaruka Katembo

Votes: 12,275

9. 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

10. Coming Up (2003–2013)

Drama

Coming Up is a British Channel 4 television series of films made for television by new directors and writers.

Stars: Fotios Foddy Savva, Johnny Harris, Anthony Flanagan, Ben Smith

Votes: 195

11. Chasing Coral (2017)

93 min | Documentary

Coral reefs around the world are vanishing at an unprecedented rate. A team of divers, photographers and scientists set out on a thrilling ocean adventure to discover why and to reveal the underwater mystery to the world.

Director: Jeff Orlowski-Yang | Stars: Andrew Ackerman, Pim Bongaerts, Neal Cantin, Phil Dustan

Votes: 5,659

12. The Square (2013)

Not Rated | 95 min | Documentary, Drama, History

A group of Egyptian revolutionaries battle leaders and regimes, risking their lives to build a new society of conscience.

Director: Jehane Noujaim | Stars: Ahmed Hassan, Khalid Abdalla, Magdy Ashour, Ramy Essam

Votes: 9,409 | Gross: $0.12M

13. The Invisible War (2012)

Not Rated | 93 min | Documentary, Crime

An investigative documentary about the epidemic of rape of soldiers within the US military.

Director: Kirby Dick | Stars: Amy Ziering, Kirby Dick, Kori Cioca, Jessica Hinves

Votes: 7,090 | Gross: $0.07M

14. Writing with Fire (2021)

Not Rated | 92 min | Documentary

In a cluttered news landscape dominated by men, emerges India's only newspaper run by Dalit women. Chief Reporter Meera and her journalists break traditions, redefining what it means to be powerful.

Directors: Sushmit Ghosh, Rintu Thomas | Stars: Meera Devi, Shyamkali Devi, Suneeta Prajapati

Votes: 1,672

15. The Edge of Democracy (2019)

TV-14 | 121 min | Documentary, History

Political documentary and personal memoir collide in this exploration into the complex truth behind the unraveling of two Brazilian presidencies.

Director: Petra Costa | Stars: Dilma Rousseff, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, Marisa Letícia Lula da Silva, Sergio Moro

Votes: 15,744

16. Cold Case Hammarskjöld (2019)

Not Rated | 128 min | Documentary, History

Danish director Mads Brügger and Swedish private investigator Göran Björkdahl are trying to solve the mysterious death of Dag Hammarskjöld. As their investigation closes in, they discover a... See full summary »

Director: Mads Brügger | Stars: Mads Brügger, Clarinah Mfengu, Saphir Wenzi Mabanza, U Thant

Votes: 2,795 | Gross: $0.09M

17. Welcome to Chechnya (2020)

TV-MA | 107 min | Documentary

A group of activists risk their lives fighting for LGBTQ+ rights in Chechnya.

Director: David France | Stars: Olga Baranova, David Isteev, Ramzan Kadyrov, Maxim Lapunov

Votes: 3,151

18. Dirty Wars (2013)

Not Rated | 87 min | Documentary, Crime, History

Investigative journalist Jeremy Scahill is pulled into an unexpected journey as he chases down the hidden truth behind America's expanding covert wars.

Director: Rick Rowley | Stars: Jeremy Scahill, Nasser Al Aulaqi, Saleha Al Aulaqi, Muqbal Al Kazemi

Votes: 9,399 | Gross: $0.38M

19. Queendom (I) (2023)

98 min | Documentary

In defiance of Russia's anti-LGTBQ laws, a queer, 21-year-old artist risks her life performing in surreal costumes throughout Moscow. Jenna Marvin's radical public performances blend artistry and activism in this SXSW documentary.

Director: Agniia Galdanova | Star: Jenna Marvin

Votes: 174

20. Risk (I) (2016)

TV-MA | 86 min | Documentary

The story of WikiLeak's editor-in-chief Julian Assange as seen by documentary filmmaker Laura Poitras.

Director: Laura Poitras | Stars: Julian Assange, Sarah Harrison, Jacob Appelbaum, Joseph Farrell

Votes: 2,368 | Gross: $0.20M

21. Hale County This Morning, This Evening (2018)

Not Rated | 76 min | Documentary

A kaleidoscopic and humanistic view of the Black community in Hale County, Alabama.

Director: RaMell Ross | Stars: Latrenda 'Boosie' Ash, Karmyn Bryant, Korbyn Bryant, Kyrie Bryant

Votes: 2,131 | Gross: $0.11M

22. This Changes Everything (2015)

Not Rated | 89 min | Documentary

A look at seven communities around the world with the proposition that we can seize the crisis of climate change to transform our failed economic system into something radically better.

Director: Avi Lewis | Stars: Naomi Klein, Stacey Arwen Raab

Votes: 634 | Gross: $0.01M

23. This Is a True Story (2003 TV Movie)

25 min | Documentary

In December 2001 the world's media focused on the small town of Fargo, North Dakota, where the body of Takako Konishi was found in the woods by a hunter. The media reported that she had ... See full summary »

Director: Paul Berczeller | Stars: Mimi Ohmori, Jesse Heliman, Steve Kilde, Guy Taima

Votes: 141

24. Shadow World (2016)

94 min | Documentary

Based on the book of The Shadow World, this feature length documentary is an investigation into the multi-billion dollar international arms trade.

Director: Johan Grimonprez

Votes: 766

25. The Yes Men Fix the World (2009)

87 min | Documentary, Comedy

Troublemaking duo Andy Bichlbaum and Mike Bonanno, posing as their industrious alter-egos, expose the people profiting from Hurricane Katrina, the faces behind the environmental disaster in Bhopal, and other shocking events.

Directors: Andy Bichlbaum, Mike Bonanno, Kurt Engfehr | Stars: Reggie Watts, Mike Bonanno, Andy Bichlbaum, Richard Ebeling

Votes: 5,208 | Gross: $0.19M

26. F@ck This Job (2021)

104 min | Documentary, News

In 2008, Natasha, a newly rich woman, decides to open an independent TV station in Russia and builds an open-minded team of outcasts. By 2020, Natasha has lost everything to Russia's war between Propaganda and Truth.

Director: Vera Krichevskaya | Stars: Natalia Sindeeva, Aleksandr Vinokurov, Vera Krichevskaya, Anna Forshtreter

Votes: 567

27. Sounds Like Teen Spirit (2008)

Not Rated | 100 min | Documentary, Music

A documentary about the junior version of the annual Eurovision song festival.

Director: Jamie Jay Johnson | Stars: Bab Buelens, Marina Baltadzi

Votes: 219

28. The End of the Line (I) (2009)

Unrated | 85 min | Documentary

Documentary filmmaker Rupert Murray examines the devastating effect that overfishing has had on the world's fish populations and argues that drastic action must be taken to reverse these trends.

Director: Rupert Murray | Stars: Ben Bradshaw, Roberto Mielgo Bragazzi, Charles Clover, John Crosbie

Votes: 1,100

29. Who is Dayani Cristal? (2013)

Not Rated | 85 min | Documentary

An anonymous body in the Arizona desert sparks the beginning of a real-life human drama. The search for identity leads us back across a continent to seek out the people left behind and the meaning of a mysterious tattoo.

Director: Marc Silver | Stars: Gael García Bernal, Charles Harding, Lorena Ivón Ton Quevedo, Alejandro Solalinde

Votes: 552

30. Growing Up Coy (2016)

83 min | Documentary

A Colorado family is thrust into the international media spotlight when they fight for the rights of their 6-year-old transgender daughter in a landmark civil rights case.

Director: Eric Juhola | Stars: Auri Mathis, Coy Mathis, Dakota Mathis, Jeremy Mathis

Votes: 398

31. Queer Futures (2023–2024)

15 min | Documentary

The QUEER FUTURES series centers joy and connection to radically imagine future visions of queer life.

Stars: Yên Sen, Melba Martinez, Matias Herrera, Sonia

32. Pornography: The Musical (2003 TV Movie)

55 min | Documentary, Musical

Women who work in the adult film industry talk and sing songs about their experiences making pornographic films for a living.

Director: Brian Hill | Stars: Aaran Bawn, Sandie Caine, Kelly Cooke, Karina Currie

Votes: 52

33. Alexis Arquette: She's My Brother (2007)

70 min | Documentary

A documentary on Alexis Arquette and the process of her sex reassignment surgery.

Director: Matthew Barbato | Stars: Alexis Arquette, Reese Allbritton, Gary Alter, David Arquette

Votes: 83

34. Unknown White Male (2005)

PG-13 | 88 min | Documentary, Biography

The true story of Doug Bruce who woke up on Coney Island with total amnesia. This documentary follows him as he rediscovers himself and the world around him.

Director: Rupert Murray | Stars: Doug Bruce, Rupert Murray

Votes: 1,069 | Gross: $0.12M

35. The Tale of the Dragon, the Story of Bruce Lee (1999 TV Special)

55 min | Biography

The life and death of Bruce Lee portrayed through interviews of friends and his widow. Contains clips from his films and interviews.

Director: Jess Search | Stars: Burt Kwouk, Bruce Lee, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Pierre Berton

Votes: 9

36. The End of the World as We Know It (2005 TV Movie)

75 min | Documentary

The world is challenged with the reality of global warming. Marcel Theroux takes us on a pragmatic journey assessing the principle causes of excessive carbon emissions. He then considers ... See full summary »

Director: Nick Hornby | Star: Marcel Theroux

Votes: 22

37. Forever Pure (2016)

85 min | Documentary

One season and one football team in crisis, as power, money and politics fuel a club spiralling out of control.

Director: Maya Zinshtein | Stars: Eli Cohen, Arcadi Gaydamak, Ariel Harush, Dzhabrail Kadiyev

Votes: 845

38. The Edgware Walker (2004 TV Short)

20 min | Comedy, Documentary, Drama

The truth about Dr Stephan Hassan, better known around North London as "The Edgeware Walker"

Director: Lee Kern | Stars: Stefan Hassan, Lee Kern

Votes: 11

39. The Hand That Feeds (2014)

Not Rated | 84 min | Documentary, Drama, News

Shy sandwich-maker Mahoma López unites his undocumented immigrant coworkers to fight abusive conditions at a popular New York restaurant chain.

Directors: Robin Blotnick, Rachel Lears | Stars: Virgilio Arán, Benjamin Dictor, Diego Ibañez, Gonzalo Jiménez

Votes: 105

40. Living with the Tudors (2007)

83 min | Documentary

After four years of participation as costumed historical re-enactors, Karen Guthrie & Nina Pope were given unprecedented access with their cameras to the UK's oldest and largest historical re-enactment at Kentwell Hall in rural Suffolk.

Directors: Karen Guthrie, Nina Pope | Stars: Karen Guthrie, Nina Pope

Votes: 23

41. Secret Lives (1995–1997)

60 min | Documentary, Biography

Looking at the private lives of famous historical figures.

Stars: Nigel Anthony, Tim Pigott-Smith, Sarah Bradford, Andrew Roberts

Votes: 13

42. The Homestretch (2014)

Not Rated | 90 min | Documentary

Three homeless teenagers brave Chicago winters, the pressures of high school, and life alone on the streets to build a brighter future.

Directors: Anne de Mare, Kirsten Kelly

Votes: 71 | Gross: $0.02M

43. Starched (2001)

6 min | Comedy, Short

A stylish comedic tale of sex and revenge played out between a maid, a female executive and a bottle of starch...

Director: Cath Le Couteur | Stars: Kelly Reilly, Polly Fey

Votes: 44

44. Softie (2020)

96 min | Documentary

Political activist Boniface "Softie" Mwangi runs for office in a regional Kenyan election, which puts pressure on his young family and his convictions.

Director: Sam Soko | Stars: Boniface Mwangi, Njeri Mwangi, Khadija Mohamed-Churchill, Charles Njagua Kanyi

Votes: 187

45. The Luckiest Nut in the World (2002)

20 min | Documentary, Short

Using a mix of songs, animation and archive footage an American peanut looks at how his experiences are compared to other nuts around the world. The end result is an amusing look at Trade ... See full summary »

Director: Emily James | Stars: Jim Conway, Jez Fielder

Votes: 32

46. My Kidnapper (2010)

83 min | Documentary, Biography, Crime

In 2003 Mark Henderson was one of eight backpackers taken hostage in Colombia. One year after his release one of his kidnappers contacted him by email. Now he's going back to meet him and finally close this chapter in his life.

Directors: Mark Henderson, Kate Horne

Votes: 78

47. The Opposition (2016)

90 min | Documentary

An indigenous community in Papua New Guinea is forced to fight back before they are cruelly evicted from their land in favor of a five star tourist hotel.

Director: Hollie Fifer

Votes: 30

48. We Are Together (Thina Simunye) (2006)

PG | 83 min | Documentary, Music

Tells the moving and inspiring story of 12 year old Slindile and her remarkable friends at the Agape orphanage in South Africa.

Director: Paul W. Taylor | Stars: Lorraine Bracco, Alicia Keys, Mbali, Mthobisi Moya

Votes: 229

49. In Shane's Shoes: The Making of 'Dead Man's Shoes' (2004 TV Movie)

25 min | Documentary

In 2004, the Edinburgh Festival sees the world premier of the film Dead Man's Shoes from Midlands director Shane Meadows. In this short documentary Meadows takes us from the inspiration for... See full summary »

Director: Steve Watson | Stars: Paddy Considine, Toby Kebbell, Shane Meadows, Johnny Vegas

Votes: 34

50. Clowns in the Hood (2003 TV Movie)

25 min | Documentary

A documentary looking at the new craze within the inner cities areas in LA; clowning. Clowning involves groups of kids getting together, putting on face paint and dancing; essentially a ... See full summary »

Director: David LaChapelle

Votes: 11