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1. 30 for 30 (2009– )
TV-G | 60 min | Documentary, Biography, History
A collection of documentary films focused on sports.
Stars: Brent Musburger, Chuck D, Larry Bird, William C. Rhoden
Votes: 5,547
2. Frontline (1983– )
TV-MA | 60 min | Documentary, News
FRONTLINE is investigative journalism that questions, explains and changes our world and American television's top long-form news and current affairs series since 1983
Stars: Will Lyman, Sarah Childress, Priyanka Boghani, Arun Rath
Votes: 2,295
3. Storyville (1997– )
45 min | Documentary, Biography
Series showcasing the best in international documentaries.
Stars: Garth Crooks, John M. Francis, Doug Block, Asha Devi
Votes: 186
4. Paleoworld (1994–1997)
30 min | Documentary
PaleoWorld tracks the work of leading scientists as they solve baffling mysteries about the prehistoric era and bring our distant past vividly back to life.
Stars: Susan Rae, Robert Bakker, Ben Gazzara, Nick Schatzki
Votes: 64
5.
Frontline (1983– )
Episode:
The Long Walk of Nelson Mandela
(1999)
TV-MA | 60 min | Documentary, News
FRONTLINE profiles most widely known and revered political leader in world--Nelson Mandela.
Director: Cliff Bestall | Stars: John Carlin, Aggrey Lonake, Will Lyman
Votes: 28
6.
When Dinosaurs Ruled (1999– )
Episode:
The Land That Time Forgot
(1999)
Not Rated | 52 min | Documentary
Some of the both richest and hardest to reach fossil sites are located in Africa. Paleontologist Paul Sereno and his team travel to several of these places and talk about the dinosaurs who once lived there.
Director: Tony Mitchell | Stars: Jeff Goldblum, Susan Rae, Robert Bakker, James Kirkland
Votes: 10
7. When Dinosaurs Ruled (1999– )
Not Rated | 52 min | Documentary
Jeff Goldblum, the star of Jurassic Park (1993), narrates this five-part documentary about the dinosaurs of North and South America, Europe, Africa and Australia and Antarctica.
Stars: Jeff Goldblum, Susan Rae, Robert Bakker, Paul Sereno
Votes: 71
8.
30 for 30 (2009– )
Episode:
The 16th Man
(2010)
TV-G | 52 min | Documentary, Biography, History
This documentary showcases the South African "Springbok" National Rugby Team and its impact on South Africa's transition from segregation to integration. It involves interviews with players and political activists along with vintage video.
Director: Cliff Bestall | Stars: Morgan Freeman, Justice Bekebeke, Cliff Bestall, Koos Botha
Votes: 750
9. Mandela's Fight for Freedom (1995 TV Movie)
150 min | Documentary, History
The secret history of the negotiations that led to Mandela's release from prison, and the ANC becoming the government of South Africa.
Directors: Stephen Clarke, Mick Gold, Stewart Lansley | Stars: Nelson Mandela, Chief Mangosuthu Buthelezi, Kobie Coetsee, F.W. de Klerk
Votes: 33
10.
Storyville (1997– )
Episode:
The Real Great Escape
(2012)
83 min | Documentary, Biography
Showcase of international documentaries. This episode features Lindy Wilson's film about her uncle, Squadron Leader Roger Bushell, the real life mastermind behind World War II's Great Escape.
Director: Lindy Wilson | Stars: John M. Francis, Janet Suzman, Radek Boschetty, Heimo Schulzer
Votes: 11
11. 2nd Annual Directors Guild of Great Britain DGGB Awards (2005 Video)
The 2nd Annual Directors Guild of Great Britain DGGB Awards and Interviews backstage with the recipients, honorees and presenters of the Awards Show 2005. The Lifetime Achievement Award ... See full summary »
Directors: Sian Busby, Josef d'Bache-Kane, Colin Wilson | Stars: Pedro Almodóvar, Simon Russell Beale, Cliff Bestall, Nick Broomfield
Votes: 25
12. You Have Struck a Rock! (1983)
28 min | Documentary, Short
The documentary, You Have Struck a Rock describes the history of non-violent resistance by black South African women to the use of reference books or passes issued by the South African ... See full synopsis »
Director: Deborah May | Stars: Letta Mbulu, Florence Mkize, Thoko Ntshinga, Dora Tamana
13. Chasing Mandela's Rainbow (2020)
87 min | Documentary, Biography, History
Life in Mandela's South Africa has been an unrelenting struggle between utopian hope - and painful reality. Three school students, aided by their teachers, want to join the success story ... See full summary »
Director: Gary Janks
14. The Guguletu Seven (2000)
105 min | Documentary
Investigates the tragic deaths of a group of young black South Africans in 1986. Originally reported as a terrorist ambush thwarted by the police, the story behind the incident is uncovered... See full summary »
Director: Lindy Wilson
15. Djadje - Last Night I Fell Off a Horse (1993)
90 min
Black South African Djadje wants to return to Cape Town for her father's funeral after 12 years of European exile. In Zimbabwe she interrupts her journey: 'I cannot go back so quickly.' The... See full summary »
Director: Herbert Brödl | Stars: Bella Enahoro, Ian Roberts, Sello Maake Ka-Ncube, Aletta Bezuidenhout
16. Ele Tele (2000 TV Movie)
60 min | Documentary
Ele-Tele, produced for Discovery, showcased the first use of an elephant cam which was a revelation and insight into elephants' lives and movements.
Director: Cliff Bestall | Stars: Afslurpie, John Hedges
17. Sinner (I) (2016)
Short, Horror, Mystery
In a city gripped by fear of a serial killer, a couple on a date is unaware that evil is about to follow them home.
Director: Mendy Groner | Stars: Sean Cameron Michael, Meghan Oberholzer, Christina Knight
19. Das Schlangenfischkanu - Eine Flußreise in Amazonien (1984)
88 min | Documentary
Director: Herbert Brödl
20. Correspondent (1995–2003)
45 min | Documentary
BBC's news documentary and current affairs series focussing on issues abroad.
Stars: Phil Rees, Edward Stourton, Julian O'Halloran, Isabel Hilton
22. South Africa - Apartheid's People (1986 TV Special)
57 min | Documentary
About three black townships and, imaginatively, a white Afrikaner family in an upper-middle-class rural environment. What's imaginative here is that Charlayne Hunter-Gault, the program's ... See full summary »
Director: Wayne Palmer | Stars: Charlayne Hunter-Gault, Patricia Ellis, Sister Agatha
24.
Paleoworld (1994–1997)
Episode:
The Land That Time Forgot
(1995)
Documentary
Long before the age of the dinosaurs a race of fearsome reptiles ruled the land. All but a few perished in the greatest extinction of all time. The earth still bears the mark of their deadly dynasty.
Stars: Robert Bakker, Susan Rae, Nick Schatzki, Roger Smith
25.
Correspondent (1995–2003)
Episode:
Killers Don't Cry
(2001)
Documentary
Reports on the ruthless gangs that terrorize and kill in South Africa's prisons, and a brave attempt to reach out to the murderers and ask them to confront their actions.
Director: Cliff Bestall | Stars: Allan Little, Mogamat Benjamin, Barry Coetzee, Erefaan Jacobs
26.
Correspondent (1995–2003)
Episode:
Sean Sellers - Dead Kid Walking
(1999)
Documentary
On March 5, 1986, Sean Sellers killed his mother and stepfather, Vonda and Lee Bellofatto, while they were asleep in the bedroom of their Oklahoma City home. He was sentenced to death.
Director: Cliff Bestall | Stars: Edward Stourton, Sean Sellers, Noelle Bellofatto, Flynt Breckenridge