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1. Humans of New York: The Series (2017)
Documentary
Filmed over four years. Taken from 1200 interviews. New York City, one story at a time.
Star: Joe Mangrum
Votes: 54
2. Nova (1974– )
TV-PG | 60 min | Documentary
Science documentaries about various topics.
Stars: Jay O. Sanders, Craig Sechler, Stacy Keach, Eric Meyers
Votes: 3,099
3.
Years of Living Dangerously (2014–2016)
Episode:
A Dangerous Future
(2014)
TV-PG | 58 min | Documentary
In episode eight, Matt Damon takes viewers on an investigation into the impact of extreme heat on human health and mortality. With a focus on startling new research from leading scientists ... See full summary »
Stars: Matt Damon, Thomas Friedman, Michael C. Hall
Votes: 32
4.
Years of Living Dangerously (2014–2016)
Episode:
Moving a Mountain
(2014)
TV-PG | 58 min | Documentary
In the season finale, Michael C. Hall concludes his journey to Bangladesh where rising seas are expected to submerge 17% of the nation. After traveling to Christmas Island in episode three,... See full summary »
Star: M. Sanjayan
Votes: 30
5. Years of Living Dangerously (2014–2016)
TV-PG | Documentary
From the damage wrought by Hurricane Sandy to the upheaval caused by drought in the Middle East, this groundbreaking documentary event series provides first-hand reports on those affected by, and seeking solutions to, climate change.
Stars: Thomas Friedman, Arnold Schwarzenegger, America Ferrera, Ian Somerhalder
Votes: 826
6. Inside Job (2010)
PG-13 | 109 min | Documentary, Crime
Takes a closer look at what brought about the 2008 financial meltdown.
Director: Charles Ferguson | Stars: Matt Damon, Gylfi Zoega, Andri Snær Magnason, Sigridur Benediktsdottir
Votes: 79,010 | Gross: $4.31M
7. 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
8.
Nova (1974– )
Episode:
Human Nature
(2020)
TV-G | 100 min | Documentary
Scientists study the implications of CRISPR (Clustered Regularly Inter-spaced Short Palindromic Repeats: a family of DNA sequences found in the genomes of organisms such as bacteria) and ... See full summary »
Director: Adam Bolt
Votes: 53
9.
Years of Living Dangerously (2014–2016)
Episode:
Winds of Change
(2014)
TV-PG | 58 min | Documentary
In episode six, America Ferrera profiles prominent climate change skeptic James Taylor of the Heartland Institute as he crusades against clean energy, and investigates the battle over the ... See full summary »
Stars: Mark Bittman, America Ferrera
Votes: 28
10.
Independent Lens (1999– )
Episode:
Park Avenue: Money, Power & the American Dream
(2012)
TV-14 | Documentary
Director: Alex Gibney | Star: Stanley Tucci
Votes: 41
11.
Years of Living Dangerously (2014–2016)
Episode:
End of the Woods
(2014)
TV-PG | 57 min | Documentary
In episode two, Harrison Ford continues his investigation into the global effects of the palm oil industry and further explores the corruption that has ravaged the Indonesian landscape ... See full summary »
Stars: Harrison Ford, Arnold Schwarzenegger
Votes: 37
12.
Years of Living Dangerously (2014–2016)
Episode:
Dry Season
(2014)
TV-PG | 58 min | Documentary
Harrison Ford investigates the effects of Indonesia's palm oil industry. Don Cheadle visits a Texan town that has been economically devastated by drought. Pulitzer Prize-winner Thomas ... See full summary »
Stars: Don Cheadle, Harrison Ford, Thomas Friedman
Votes: 51
13.
Years of Living Dangerously (2014–2016)
Episode:
Ice & Brimstone
(2014)
TV-PG | 57 min | Documentary
In episode four, 60 Minutes' Lesley Stahl travels to Greenland to investigate the effects of global warming in the Arctic; Down south, Ian Somerhalder travels to North Carolina to listen in... See full summary »
Stars: Ian Somerhalder, Lesley Stahl
Votes: 33
14.
Years of Living Dangerously (2014–2016)
Episode:
True Colors
(2014)
TV-PG | 58 min | Documentary
In episode five, Olivia Munn profiles climate-conscious governor Jay Inslee of Washington State, and together they discuss the issues he's faced since being elected. Meanwhile, New York ... See full summary »
Stars: Mark Bittman, Olivia Munn
Votes: 29
15. Watergate (2018–2019)
260 min | Documentary, History
On the night of June 17, 1972, a security guard in the Watergate office complex in Washington, DC called the police when he found a door repeatedly taped open.
Stars: Douglas Hodge, John Hopkins, Will Keen, Mark Dexter
Votes: 384
16. Madagasikara (2018)
84 min | Documentary
MADAGASIKARA offers us a look at an island we don't know, past the serene beaches and the lovable, profitably animated wildlife, into the perilous lives of three strong, tireless mothers working to create better futures for their children.
Director: Cam Cowan
Votes: 21
17. Human Nature (I) (2019)
95 min | Documentary
A breakthrough called CRISPR opens the door to curing diseases, reshaping the biosphere, and designing our own children. A provocative exploration of its far-reaching implications, through the eyes of the scientists who discovered it.
Director: Adam Bolt | Stars: Jennifer Doudna, George Church, Alta Charo, Fyodor Urnov
Votes: 1,728
18. Dan Rather Reports (2006– )
TV-14 | News
A weekly news program featuring Dan Rather's field reports, interviews and investigative pieces.
Stars: Dan Rather, Chris Roessner, Dean Obeidallah, John Manly
Votes: 40
19.
Years of Living Dangerously (2014–2016)
Episode:
The Surge
(2014)
TV-PG | 53 min | Documentary
In episode three, MSNBC's Chris Hayes shadows climate change skeptic, Republican Congressman Michael Grimm, for a year in Staten Island in the wake of Superstorm Sandy and questions what he... See full summary »
Stars: Chris Hayes, M. Sanjayan, Daniel F.Q. Smith
Votes: 29
20. Listening to Kenny G (2021)
97 min | Documentary, Music
An examination of the most popular instrumentalist of all time, Kenny G, and why he is polarizing to so many.
Director: Penny Lane | Stars: Clive Davis, Craig Ferguson, Kenny G, James Gardiner
Votes: 1,227
21. Fail State (2017)
93 min | Documentary
Executive produced by news legend Dan Rather, Fail State investigates the dark side of American higher education, chronicling decades of policy decisions in Washington DC that have given ... See full summary »
Director: Alexander Shebanow | Stars: Fred Nelson, Luis Tayahua, Suzanne Mettler, Jon Marcus
Votes: 206
22. Park Avenue: Money, Power and the American Dream (2012)
Not Rated | 70 min | Documentary, Biography, History
Filmmaker Alex Gibney investigates the fact that the 400 richest Americans control more wealth than the 150 million people in the bottom 50 percent of the population.
Director: Alex Gibney | Stars: Alex Gibney, Paul Piff, Anne Rueth, Colin Dunkley
Votes: 1,390
23. The Recruiter (2008)
86 min | Documentary
Uncle Sam really wants you! A compelling exploration of army recruitment in the United States told through the story of Louisiana Sergeant, First Class Clay Usie, one of the most successful recruiters in the history of the U.S. Army.
Director: Edet Belzberg | Stars: Bobby Barrios, Chris Daigle, Matthew Marks, Lauren Thorton
Votes: 185
24. Sidemen: Long Road to Glory (2016)
PG | 77 min | Documentary, Biography, History
SIDEMEN - Long Road To Glory is an intimate look at the incredible lives and legacies of piano player Pinetop Perkins, drummer Willie 'Big Eyes' Smith and guitarist Hubert Sumlin, all Muddy... See full summary »
Director: Scott D. Rosenbaum | Stars: Marc Maron, Pinetop Perkins, Hubert Sumlin, Willie 'Big Eyes' Smith
Votes: 161 | Gross: $0.03M
25. 93Queen (2018)
90 min | Documentary
A group of tenacious Hasidic women in Brooklyn take matters into their own hands to change their own community from within, smashing the community patriarchy by creating the first all-female volunteer ambulance corps in New York City.
Director: Paula Eiselt | Stars: Amy Ackerman, Hadassah Ellis, Ailin Elyasi, Faigy Freier
Votes: 143 | Gross: $0.07M
26. Floyd Abrams: Speaking Freely (2023)
83 min | Documentary
Floyd Abrams: Speaking Freely explores America's dedication to the foundational principles of free speech and free press through the groundbreaking work of attorney Floyd Abrams. A biopic ... See full summary »
Director: Yael Melamede
Votes: 16
27.
Years of Living Dangerously (2014–2016)
Episode:
Revolt, Rebuild, Renew
(2014)
TV-PG | 55 min | Documentary
In episode seven, three stories provide insight into the economic costs and opportunities of global warming. Jessica Alba meets three members of Climate Corps-an innovative MBA-focused ... See full summary »
Stars: Jessica Alba, Tsalta Baptiste, Thomas Friedman, Chris Hayes
Votes: 25
28. Some Kind of Heaven (2020)
81 min | Documentary
Behind the gates of a palm tree-lined fantasyland, four residents of America's largest retirement community, The Villages, FL, strive to find solace and meaning.
Director: Lance Oppenheim | Stars: Dennis Dean, Lynn Henry, Anne Kincer, Reggie Kincer
Votes: 3,539
29. Uprising (2012)
Not Rated | 85 min | Documentary, Action, History
The inside story of the Egyptian revolution from the perspective of its principal leaders and organizers, including four Nobel Peace Prize nominees. Their success in forcing the downfall of... See full summary »
Director: Fredrik Stanton | Stars: Rasha Abdulla, Lisa Anderson, Shaima El-Elaimy, Mohamad El-Gebba
Votes: 68
30. Page One (2011)
R | 92 min | Documentary
Unprecedented access to the New York Times newsroom yields a complex view of the transformation of a media landscape fraught with both peril and opportunity.
Director: Andrew Rossi | Stars: David Carr, Sarah Ellison, Larry Ingrassia, Dennis Crowley
Votes: 3,448 | Gross: $1.07M
31. Dr. Feelgood: Dealer or Healer? (2016)
TV-14 | 81 min | Documentary
The story of Dr. William Hurwitz -- a preeminent pain specialist sentenced to 25 years in prison for drug trafficking -- provides a window into the ethical complexities of prescription painkillers.
Director: Eve Marson | Star: Matthew Teardrop
Votes: 157
32. Queen of Earth (2015)
Not Rated | 90 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Two women who grew up together discover they have drifted apart when they retreat to a lake house together.
Director: Alex Ross Perry | Stars: Elisabeth Moss, Katherine Waterston, Patrick Fugit, Kentucker Audley
Votes: 6,904 | Gross: $0.08M
33. Longshots (2008)
17 min | Short, Drama, Family
When 14-year-old Allie Quinn discovers that the baby-sitting money she'd been saving for her first prom dress is gone, she knows exactly who to blame: her mother.
Director: Kate Buhrmaster | Stars: Lizzie Henney, Catherine Cobb Ryan
Votes: 35
34. Full Disclosure (II) (2011)
Not Rated | 57 min | Documentary
Between 2004 and 2006, I followed young U.S. Marines on dozens of missions during three trips to Iraq. From 2006 to 2009, I continued to document the war and its human cost.
Director: Brian Palmer | Star: Brian Palmer
35. Ladies First: Saudi Arabia's Female Politicians (2016)
37 min | Documentary, Short
We may think we know what it is like to be a woman in Saudi Arabia. Women must all cover up in public. Women cannot drive nor can they travel without the permission of a man. Women are ... See full summary »
Director: Mona El-Naggar
36. A Good Egg (2015)
12 min | Short, Comedy
Mimi's doctor tells her after a miscarriage that she has a limited number of good eggs, pushing her to decide how far she's willing to go to have a baby.
Directors: Sabrina McCormick, Simon MacLean | Stars: Kris Arnold, Marsha Stephanie Blake, Marlena Crowell, T.J. Mannix