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1. 20th Century Women (2016)

R | 119 min | Comedy, Drama

The story of a teenage boy, his mother, and two other women who help raise him among the love and freedom of Southern California of 1979.

Director: Mike Mills | Stars: Annette Bening, Elle Fanning, Greta Gerwig, Billy Crudup

Votes: 49,471 | Gross: $5.66M

2. Life of Crime (2013)

R | 98 min | Comedy, Crime

Two common criminals get more than they bargained for after kidnapping the wife of a corrupt real-estate developer who shows no interest in paying the $1 million dollar ransom for her safe return.

Director: Daniel Schechter | Stars: Jennifer Aniston, Yasiin Bey, Isla Fisher, Will Forte

Votes: 20,227 | Gross: $0.26M

3. American Experience (1987– )

TV-PG | 120 min | Documentary, Biography, History

A series showcasing documentaries on American history.

Stars: David McCullough, David Ogden Stiers, Michael Murphy, Oliver Platt

Votes: 2,209

4. Won't You Be My Neighbor? (2018)

PG-13 | 95 min | Documentary, Biography, History

An exploration of the life, lessons, and legacy of iconic children's television host Fred Rogers.

Director: Morgan Neville | Stars: Fred Rogers, Margaret Whitmer, Tom Junod, Joanne Rogers

Votes: 27,134 | Gross: $22.84M

5. 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

6. Kate Plays Christine (2016)

Not Rated | 112 min | Documentary, Biography, Drama

Actress Kate Lyn Sheil prepares to portray the role of Christine Chubbuck, a real-life news reporter who took her own life on local Florida television in 1974.

Director: Robert Greene | Stars: Kate Lyn Sheil, Stephanie Coatney, Michael Ray Davis, Zachary Gossett

Votes: 1,207

7. Gimme Danger (2016)

R | 108 min | Documentary, Music

An in-depth look at legendary punk band The Stooges.

Director: Jim Jarmusch | Stars: Iggy Pop, Jim Jarmusch, Bob Waller, The Stooges

Votes: 6,517 | Gross: $0.44M

8. Teenage (I) (2013)

Not Rated | 78 min | Documentary, History

Teenagers did not always exist. In this living collage of rare archival material, filmed portraits, and voices lifted from early 20th Century diary entries, a struggle erupts between adults and adolescents to define a new idea of youth.

Director: Matt Wolf | Stars: Jena Malone, Ben Whishaw, Julia Hummer, Jessie T. Usher

Votes: 895 | Gross: $0.02M

9. AlphaGo (2017)

90 min | Documentary, Sport

Google's DeepMind has developed a program for playing the 3000 year old game Go using AI. They test AlphaGo on the European champion, then March 9-15, 2016, on the top player, Lee Sedol, in a best of 5 tournament in Seoul.

Director: Greg Kohs | Stars: Ioannis Antonoglou, Lucas Baker, Nick Bostrom, Yoo Changhyuk

Votes: 6,931

10. P.O.V. (1988– )

60 min | Documentary

POV, a cinema term for "point of view," is television's longest-running showcase for independent non-fiction films. Since 1988, POV has presented more than 300 of the best, boldest, and ... See full summary »

Stars: Stacey Abrams, Rashida Tlaib, Lucy McBath, Veronica Escobar

Votes: 245

11. Trial by Media (2020– )

TV-MA | 61 min | Documentary, Crime

In our modern media landscape where real courtroom dramas have increasingly been transformed into a form of entertainment, this series reflects on some of the most dramatic and memorable trials in recent history.

Stars: Al Sharpton, Curtis Sliwa, Patti Blagojevich, Kadiatou Diallo

Votes: 3,561

12. Riotsville, U.S.A. (2022)

91 min | Documentary, History

Welcome to Riotsville, a fictional town built by the US military. Using all archival footage, the film explores the militarization of the police and creates a counter-narrative to the nation's reaction to the uprisings of the late '60s.

Director: Sierra Pettengill | Stars: Charlene Modeste, Lyndon B. Johnson, Otto Kerner, Edward P. Morgan

Votes: 384

13. Call Me Miss Cleo (2022)

91 min | Documentary

This eye-opening documentary chronicles the rise, fall, and reinvention of revered and reviled '90s TV psychic Miss Cleo.

Directors: Celia Aniskovich, Jennifer Brea | Stars: Dave Aronberg, Catherine Brunelle, Tim Connelly, Youree Dell Harris

Votes: 775

14. Cutie and the Boxer (2013)

R | 82 min | Documentary, Biography

This candid New York love story explores the chaotic 40-year marriage of famed boxing painter Ushio Shinohara and his wife, Noriko. Anxious to shed her role as her overbearing husband's assistant, Noriko finds an identity of her own.

Director: Zach Heinzerling | Stars: Ushio Shinohara, Noriko Shinohara, Alex Shinohara, Ethan Cohen

Votes: 4,739 | Gross: $0.20M

15. Stinking Heaven (2015)

Not Rated | 70 min | Comedy, Drama

A black as tar comedy charting the dissolution of a commune for sober living in 90's suburban New Jersey.

Director: Nathan Silver | Stars: Deragh Campbell, Henri Douvry, Jason Giampietro, Jason Grisell

Votes: 354

16. 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: 2,365 | Gross: $0.20M

17. Wartorn: 1861-2010 (2010 TV Movie)

Not Rated | 68 min | Documentary, War

With suicide rates among active military servicemen and veterans currently on the rise, the HBO special WARTORN 1861-2010 brings urgent attention to the invisible wounds of war. Drawing on ... See full summary »

Directors: Jon Alpert, Ellen Goosenberg Kent, Matthew O'Neill

Votes: 579

18. Silenced (I) (2014)

Not Rated | 102 min | Documentary, Drama

Three National Security whistleblowers fight to reveal the darkest corners of America's war on terror, challenging a government that is increasingly determined to maintain secrecy.

Director: James Spione | Stars: Majdi Alghader, Marc Basil, Marc Blagowidow, Jeffrey Brewer

Votes: 359

19. The Rifleman (2021)

18 min | Short

An all-archival excavation of the links between gun culture, the National Rifle Association, and the U.S. Border Patrol across five decades.

Director: Sierra Pettengill

Votes: 25

20. Matangi/Maya/M.I.A (2018)

96 min | Documentary, Biography, Music

Drawn from a never-before-seen cache of personal footage spanning decades, this is an intimate portrait of the Sri Lankan artist and musician who continues to shatter conventions.

Director: Steve Loveridge | Stars: M.I.A., Spike Jonze, Madonna, Bill Maher

Votes: 2,228 | Gross: $0.23M

21. Live from New York! (2015)

Not Rated | 90 min | Documentary, Biography, Comedy

"Saturday Night Live" has been reflecting and influencing life in the United States for 40 years. Live From New York! goes deep inside this cultural phenomenon exploring the laughter that ... See full summary »

Director: Bao Nguyen | Stars: Fred Armisen, Alec Baldwin, Anne Beatts, Candice Bergen

Votes: 368

22. E-Team (2014)

88 min | Documentary, War

When atrocities are committed in countries held hostage by ruthless dictators, Human Rights Watch sends in the E-Team (Emergencies Team), a collection of fiercely intelligent individuals ... See full summary »

Directors: Katy Chevigny, Ross Kauffman | Stars: Anna Neistat, Ole Solvang, Peter Bouckaert, Fred Abrahams

Votes: 947

23. GameChangers: Dreams of BlizzCon (2018)

91 min | Documentary

In 1998 a single video game forever changed the world. The game was StarCraft. It would go on to become the foundation of esports (electronic sports) and the force behind the online ... See full summary »

Director: John Keating | Stars: Seong Won Mun, Min Chul Jang, Dan Stemkoski, Nick Plott

Votes: 312

24. Bad Blood: A Cautionary Tale (2010)

TV-PG | 83 min | Documentary

From PBS - BAD BLOOD chronicles how a "miracle" treatment for hemophilia became an agent of death for 10,000 Americans.

Director: Marilyn Ness

Votes: 100

25. Our New President (2018)

77 min | Documentary

The story of Donald Trump's election told entirely through Russian propaganda, including Youtube videos by common Russians and Russia Today, the most popular and unashamedly manipulative TV news network.

Director: Maxim Pozdorovkin | Stars: Emin Agalarov, Dmitry Butuzov, Bill Clinton, Hillary Clinton

Votes: 493 | Gross: $0.04M

26. An Apology to Elephants (2013)

TV-PG | 40 min | Documentary, Short, Drama

Narrated by Lily Tomlin, this documentary short traces mankind's long history with elephants and explores the many problems that arise when they are brought to live in captivity in zoos and circuses.

Director: Amy Schatz | Stars: Lily Tomlin, Pat Derby, Colleen Kinzley, Jeff Kinzley

Votes: 606

27. The Reagan Show (2017)

TV-PG | 74 min | Documentary

Made up entirely of archival news and White House footage, this documentary captures the pageantry, absurdity, and mastery of the made-for-TV politics of Ronald Reagan.

Directors: Sierra Pettengill, Pacho Velez | Stars: Ronald Reagan, Nancy Reagan, Mikhail Gorbachev, George Bush

Votes: 482

28. A Thousand Thoughts (2018)

86 min | Documentary, Music

Filmmaker Sam Green (The Weather Underground), in collaboration with writer and editor Joe Bini (Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired, Grizzly Man), takes the stage with the legendary ... See full summary »

Directors: Joe Bini, Sam Green

Votes: 28

29. The Supreme Court (2007– )

240 min | History

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Stars: David Strathairn, Robert Bullock, James Patrick Keefe, John Anderson

Votes: 36

30. Six Sides of Katharine Hepburn (2018)

44 min | Documentary, Short, Biography

Featuring over 500 different film clips from the past and present, actress and style icon Katharine Hepburn guides us through the most memorable characters in cinema and their impact on generations to come.

Directors: Oscar Boyson, Nate DeYoung | Stars: Kerry Bishé, Katharine Hepburn, Julie Andrews, Lauren Bacall

Votes: 28

31. Broken Heart Land (2014)

81 min | Documentary, Drama, Mystery

A conservative Oklahoma family is shattered when their gay teenage son commits suicide after a bitterly controversial town meeting discussing a proposal for Gay and Lesbian History Month. ... See full summary »

Directors: Jeremy Stulberg, Randy Stulberg | Stars: Cindy Cason, Lauren Cheney, Jordan Doerfel, Eric Eisenbrey

Votes: 36

32. Trump's Lobby (2017)

Documentary, Short

Since the election of Donald Trump, there has been a continual flow of high level visitors to the penthouse apartment in Trump Tower. Their arrivals were turned into a media spectacle.

Director: Alex Winter

Votes: 50

33. Graven Image (2017)

10 min | Documentary, Short

Using over 100 years of archival footage, director Sierra Pettengill explores the history of the largest Confederate monument, Georgia's Stone Mountain.

Director: Sierra Pettengill

Votes: 17

34. The American Sector (2020)

67 min | Documentary

The American Sector is a film about panels of the Berlin Wall scattered across the United States. It captures how monuments to our country's past resonate into the present.

Directors: Courtney Stephens, Pacho Velez

Votes: 120

35. Street Team Massacre (2007)

80 min | Action, Comedy, Horror

Two rival juice companies, Eco-Elixir and Jock Juice, accidentally unleash an experimental formula of energy drink on an unsuspecting group of concert- goers. This formula turns whoever is ... See full summary »

Directors: Adam Deyoe, Eric Gosselin | Stars: Tim Allen, Diana Arone, Michael Boland, Greg Brennan

Votes: 85

36. Balloonfest (2017)

TV-PG | 6 min | Short

The city of Cleveland was abuzz on September 27, 1986. Over 1.5 million balloons were about to be released at once, breaking the world record. What could go wrong?

Director: Nathan Truesdell | Stars: Mary Allen, Big Chuck, Lil Jon

Votes: 72

37. Town Hall (2013)

85 min | Documentary, Family, News

An inside look into two years in the lives of Katy and John, Tea Party activists from Central Pennsylvania, as they fight to preserve the America they fear is slipping away.

Directors: Sierra Pettengill, Jamila Wignot

Votes: 16

38. Green Bank Pastoral (2020)

54 min | Documentary

The portrait of a small Appalachian town where a group of electro-hypersensitive refugees live by the shadow of the world's biggest radio telescope.

Director: Federico Urdaneta | Stars: Michael Holstine, John Howard, Sue Howard, Diane Schou

Votes: 17

39. The R&B Feeling (2015)

70 min | Documentary

1971, the Los Angeles performance art scene is flourishing. Chris Burden has just ordered a studio assistant to shoot him in the left arm with a rifle, Barbara T Smith is staging ... See full summary »

Directors: Marcus Werner Hed, Nathaniel Mellors | Stars: Cornelius, John Duncan, Myriam Morales, Marjorie Parks

Votes: 14

40. Best of Luck with the Wall (2016)

7 min | Documentary, Short

A voyage across the US-Mexico border, stitched together from 200,000 satellite images.

Director: Josh Begley

Votes: 47

41. Northern Light (2013)

Not Rated | 105 min | Documentary, Drama, Family

Set against the backdrop of a town's annual snowmobile race, this cinematic, observational documentary explores the American working class experience.

Director: Nick Bentgen

Votes: 31

42. The Business of Thought: A Recorded History of Artists Space (2020)

11 min | Short

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Director: Sierra Pettengill

43. New Year Part 1 (2014)

27 min | Animation, Short, Drama

NEW YEAR is a haunting exploration of city life that fuses domesticity with science fiction. Through omniscient narration (Firefly's Sean Maher) and experimental animation, NEW YEAR follows... See full summary »

Directors: Adam Shecter, Sierra Pettengill | Star: Sean Maher

44. The Genius and the Opera Singer (2017)

67 min | Documentary

The Genius and the Opera Singer is an intimate documentary set in a claustrophobic penthouse apartment in New York's West Village where Ruth and her daughter Jessica have shared uneasy ... See full summary »

Director: Vanessa Stockley | Stars: Ruth Berk, Jessica Berk, Robert Driscoll

45. Room H.264: Brooklyn, NY, June 2016 (2018)

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Directors: Eric Hynes, Jeff Reichert, Damon Smith | Stars: Andrew Ahn, Caitlin Mae Burke, Daniel Patrick Carbone, Zach Clark

46. American Carnage (II) (2017)

9 min | Short

See how alt-right icon Steve Bannon's years as a documentary filmmaker catapulted him to Breitbart News and the Trump White House.

Directors: Jeff Reichert, Farihah Zaman

Votes: 8

47. Next to Last (Autumn 63) (2012)

6 min | Short, Drama

In a private collection in Arlington, French actor and director Mathieu Amalric, who won the Best director award in Cannes) takes his camera to one of Hopper's latest masterpiece, one of ... See full summary »

Director: Mathieu Amalric | Stars: Deya Kent, Frederick Wiseman

48. American Experience (1987– )
Episode: John & Abigail Adams (2006)

TV-PG | 110 min | Documentary, Biography, History

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Director: Peter Jones | Stars: David McCullough, David Ogden Stiers, Simon Russell Beale, Linda Emond

Votes: 65

49. American Experience (1987– )
Episode: The Gold Rush (2006)

TV-PG | 120 min | Documentary, Biography, History

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Director: Randall MacLowry | Stars: Chris Bauer, Michael Murphy, Frank Pando, Amy Ryan

Votes: 32

50. The Supreme Court (2007– )
Episode: A Nation of Liberties (2007)

History

Tracks the Supreme Court's leading role in the civil rights era of the 1950's and 60's, with controversial Justice Hugo Black leading the way. The Court outlaws segregation beginning with ... See full summary »

Director: Thomas Lennon | Stars: Hugo Black, William O. Douglas, Felix Frankfurter, Lucas A. Powe Jr.

Votes: 6