Documentary movies
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2. World War I in Colour (2003)
372 min | Documentary, History, War
Documentary using computer colorized footage from World War I to give the audience the feel of how it really looked back during the war.
Stars: Kenneth Branagh, Harry Patch, Hubert Williams, Arthur Barraclough
Votes: 915
3. The Last Lions (2011)
PG | 88 min | Documentary, Family
Fifty years ago there were close to half-a-million lions in Africa. Today there are around 20,000. To make matters worse, lions, unlike elephants, which are far more numerous, have ... See full summary »
Director: Dereck Joubert | Star: Jeremy Irons
Votes: 4,375 | Gross: $0.64M
4. One Life (I) (2011)
TV-PG | 85 min | Documentary, Family
Focuses on the cyclical journey taken by all living creatures, from birth to having youngsters of their own.
Directors: Michael Gunton, Martha Holmes | Stars: Daniel Craig, Koert-Jan de Bruijn
Votes: 2,704
5. Crusades (1995)
200 min | Documentary, History, War
Terry Jones presents the history of the medieval religious wars in the middle-east known as the Crusades.
Stars: Terry Jones, Marcello Walton, Kammy Darweish, Antony Zaki
Votes: 534
6. Triumph of the Will (1935)
Not Rated | 110 min | Documentary, History
The infamous propaganda film of the 1934 Nazi Party rally in Nuremberg, Germany.
Director: Leni Riefenstahl | Stars: Adolf Hitler, Hermann Göring, Max Amann, Martin Bormann
Votes: 18,336
7. Trembling Before G-d (2001)
Not Rated | 94 min | Documentary
A cinematic portrait of various gay Orthodox Jews who struggle to reconcile their faith and their sexual orientation.
Director: Sandi Simcha Dubowski | Stars: Shlomo Ashkinazy, Steve Greenberg, Nathan Lopes Cardozo, Naomi Mark
Votes: 948 | Gross: $0.62M
8. African Cats (2010)
G | 89 min | Documentary, Adventure
Meet Mara, an endearing lion cub striving to be like her mother; Sita, a cheetah and single mother of five; and Fang, a proud leader of the pride who must defend his family from a rival lion.
Directors: Keith Scholey, Alastair Fothergill | Stars: Samuel L. Jackson, Patrick Stewart
Votes: 6,735 | Gross: $15.42M
9. Black Bus (2010)
75 min | Documentary
Over the last decade the number of prohibitions for the women followers of Ultra-Orthodox Judaism (known as Haredi) have increased dramatically. Some accept this as religious law and others... See full summary »
Director: Anat Zuria | Stars: Sarah Einfeld, Shulamit Weinfeld
Votes: 23
10.
Tales of the Gun (1998– )
Episode:
Guns of Israel
(2000)
TV-PG | Documentary, Biography, History
Director: Joshua Alper
Votes: 9
11. Harlan: In the Shadow of Jew Suess (2008)
Not Rated | 100 min | Documentary
Though almost forgotten today, Veit Harlan was one of Nazi Germany's most notorious filmmakers. His most perfidious film was the treacherous anti-Semitic propaganda film Jud Süß ... See full summary »
Director: Felix Moeller | Stars: August Zirner, Alice Harlan, Lotte Harlan, Nele Harlan
Votes: 285 | Gross: $0.05M
12. The Goebbels Experiment (2005)
Not Rated | 108 min | Documentary, Biography, History
Through archival footage and dramatic readings of his personal writings, the life of Nazi Germany's Propaganda Minister, Josef Goebbels, is examined.
Director: Lutz Hachmeister | Stars: Udo Samel, Kenneth Branagh, Heinrich Brüning, Winston Churchill
Votes: 1,021 | Gross: $0.05M
13. Religulous (2008)
R | 101 min | Documentary, Comedy, War
Bill Maher's take on the current state of world religion.
Director: Larry Charles | Stars: Bill Maher, Tal Bachman, Jonathan Boulden, Steven Burg
Votes: 60,253 | Gross: $13.00M
14. Letting Go of God (2008)
130 min | Documentary
Letting Go of God is a humorous monologue by Julia Sweeney chronicling her search for God. She begins in the Catholic church, the religion her family raised her in, and takes a Bible study ... See full summary »
Director: Julia Sweeney
Votes: 689
15. Mysteries of Egypt (1998)
38 min | Documentary, Short, Drama
Egypt is and ever was a place of mystery. Many rumors spread around the great Pyramids of Gizeh. Here, an old Egyptian is asked by his granddaughter about those mysteries of which we all heard in one way or the other.
Director: Bruce Neibaur | Stars: Omar Sharif, Kate Maberly, Timothy Davies, Julian Curry
Votes: 541 | Gross: $40.59M
16. God Bless Ozzy Osbourne (2011)
Not Rated | 94 min | Documentary, Biography, Music
Ozzy Osbourne's four decade track record as a culturally relevant artist is unprecedented, but his personal struggles have been shrouded in secrecy, until now. Featuring never before seen ... See full summary »
Directors: Mike Fleiss, Mike Piscitelli | Stars: Blasko, Brandon Boyd, Mike Brodin, Geezer Butler
Votes: 2,018
17. Food, Inc. (2008)
PG | 94 min | Documentary, News
An unflattering look inside America's corporate controlled food industry.
Director: Robert Kenner | Stars: Michael Pollan, Eric Schlosser, Richard Lobb, Vince Edwards
Votes: 52,234 | Gross: $4.42M
18. Festliches Nürnberg (1937)
21 min | Documentary, Short, History
Said to pick up where "Triumph of the Will" left off, this film showcases highlights of the Nazi Party rallies in Nüremberg in 1936 and 1937. The main focus of the film begins with extended... See full summary »
Director: Hans Weidemann | Star: Adolf Hitler
Votes: 36
19. Kampf um Germanien (2009 TV Movie)
90 min | Documentary
In the 9th year AD in Germany, near the Teutoburg Forest, the invincible Roman army has suffered a crushing defeat. The leader Armenius ordered army of the integrated German tribes. The ... See full summary »
Director: Christian Twente | Stars: Daniel Pietrucha, Otto Sander
Votes: 94
21. Die Juden - Geschichte eines Volkes (2007– )
45 min | Documentary
Stars: Lukás Juza, Bernt Hahn
Votes: 22
22.
Biography (1987– )
Episode:
Hermann Goering: Ambition Without Conscience
(2000)
TV-14 | Documentary, Biography, History
Stars: Joseph Campanella, Hermann Göring
Votes: 97
23.
Hitlers Krieger (1998– )
Episode:
Manstein - Der Stratege
(1998)
TV-G | 42 min | Documentary
Friedrich Paulus was an officer in the German military, attaining the rank of field marshal during World War II, and is best known for having commanded the Sixth Army's assault on Stalingrad.
Director: Guido Knopp | Stars: Christian Brückner, Joseph Goebbels, Kaiser Wilhelm II, David Ritchie
Votes: 10
24. The War of 1812 (2011)
TV-PG | 120 min | Drama, War
For two and a half years, Americans fought Against the British, Canadian colonists, and native nations. In the years to come, the War of 1812 would be celebrated in some places and ... See full summary »
Directors: Diane Garey, Lawrence R. Hott | Stars: Christopher Kozak, Joe Mantegna, Craig Williams
Votes: 178
25. Brutality in Stone (1961)
12 min | Documentary, Short
In his experimental short film 'Brutalitaet in Stein' (Brutality in Stone), Alexander Kluge demonstrates how Nazi architecture used dimensions of inhuman and super-human scale to bolster ... See full summary »
Directors: Alexander Kluge, Peter Schamoni | Stars: Hans Clarin, Christian Marschall
Votes: 278
26. The True Story of Che Guevara (2007 TV Movie)
91 min | Documentary
This documentary surveys the life of iconic revolutionary Che Guevara, from early formative experiences to his final hours.
Director: Maria Berry | Stars: Mario Ramirez Reyes, Andrew Blood, Jay Costelo, Steven Del Castro
Votes: 179
27.
This World (2004– )
Episode:
A History of Syria with Dan Snow
(2013)
Documentary
Dan Snow traces the happenings of the Syrian revolution back to history
Director: Robin Barnwell | Star: Dan Snow
Votes: 19
28. Ponevezh Time (2014)
Not Rated | 53 min | Documentary, Drama
PONEVEZH is an unprecedented glimpse into the best ultra-orthodox seminary in the world. We discover that amidst the constant prayer and scholarly study, are fragile confused young men, ... See full summary »
Director: Yehonatan Indursky
Votes: 23
29. Journey to Mecca (2009)
45 min | Drama, History
One of the greatest travellers in human history, twenty-one-year-old law student Ibn Battutah set out alone to Mecca from Tangiers in 1325 and returned to Morocco almost thirty years later.... See full summary »
Director: Bruce Neibaur | Stars: Chems-Eddine Zinoune, Hassam Ghancy, Essam Edriss, Nabil Elouahabi
Votes: 568
30.
American Experience (1987– )
Episode:
Malcolm X: Make It Plain
(1994)
TV-PG | 150 min | Documentary, Biography, History
Director: Orlando Bagwell | Stars: Alfre Woodard, Sharon 10X, Benjamin 2X, Mohmaed Al-Faysal
Votes: 150
31. The Real Treasure Island (2007)
60 min | Documentary, History
Did Robert Louis Stevenson base his immortal classic novel, Treasure Island, on actual events? A researcher postulates that not only did he, but Stevenson may have found the pirate treasure.
Director: Robert Krause | Stars: Sari Colt, Shawn Henry, David McCormick, Michael Pez
Votes: 10
32. Hillary's America: The Secret History of the Democratic Party (2016)
PG-13 | 106 min | Documentary, Biography, History
Documentarian Dinesh D'Souza analyzes the history of the Democratic Party and what he thinks are Hillary Clinton's true motivations.
Directors: Dinesh D'Souza, Bruce Schooley | Stars: Dinesh D'Souza, Jonah Goldberg, David Guyette, Andrea Cohen
Votes: 7,798 | Gross: $13.10M
33. Trump: The Art of the Insult (2018)
95 min | Documentary, Biography
Donald Trump dominated the 2016 race, using The Art of the Insult to brand political opponents and bash the media all the way to the White House.
Director: Joel Gilbert | Stars: Barbara Bush, Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, Marco Rubio
Votes: 417
34. The Great War (2010–2012)
50 min | Documentary, Drama, History
This twelve hour-long documentary depicts the most important events and battles of World War II on the Eastern Front. The series illustrate the history of the war by means of ... See full summary »
Stars: Anatoliy Bogush, Evgeniy Sinchukov, Olga Radchuk, Andrey Vlasov
Votes: 315
35. Death of a Nation (2018)
PG-13 | 108 min | Documentary, History
This docudrama draws parallels between the dramatic fracturing of the nation over Abraham Lincoln's presidency and the presidency of Donald Trump.
Directors: Dinesh D'Souza, Bruce Schooley | Stars: Dinesh D'Souza, Victoria Chilap, Pavel Kríz, Rafael Prazák
Votes: 7,244 | Gross: $5.89M
36. King Bibi (2018)
87 min | Documentary
King Bibi explores Benjamin Netanyahu's rise to power, relying solely on archival footage of his media performances over the years: from his days as a popular guest expert on American TV, ... See full summary »
Director: Dan Shadur | Stars: Alon Aboutboul, Yasser Arafat, Joe Biden, John Boehner
Votes: 236
37. How I Learned to Overcome My Fear and Love Arik Sharon (1997)
61 min | Documentary
Avi Mograbi aims to make a documentary on the most maligned Israeli politician, Arik Sharon. Against all his prediction, Mograbi discovers that Sharon is friendly and welcoming, completely different from the man who was thought to be.
Director: Avi Mograbi | Stars: Avi Mograbi, Ariel Sharon
Votes: 76
38. Monkey Kingdom (2015)
G | 81 min | Documentary
Life is an adventure for a young monkey and her son, living among ancient ruins in the jungle. But when her family is forced from their home, she must lead them to safety amidst strange new creatures and surroundings.
Directors: Mark Linfield, Alastair Fothergill | Star: Tina Fey
Votes: 4,175 | Gross: $16.43M
39. Serengeti (2019– )
TV-PG | 146 min | Documentary
Wildlife docuseries examining the Serengeti region of Africa following different species of animals throughout their daily lives.
Stars: Lupita Nyong'o, Adjoa Andoh, John Boyega, Peter Drost
Votes: 1,147
40. The Swamp (2020)
TV-14 | 114 min | Documentary
[HBO] HD. A behind-the-scenes documentary following members of the rebellious Freedom Caucus as they navigate friends and foes from both parties.
Directors: Daniel DiMauro, Morgan Pehme | Stars: Ken Buck, Daniel DiMauro, Matt Gaetz, Katie Hill
Votes: 749
41. Trump: An American Dream (2017)
Documentary, Biography
A British documentary series exploring the extraordinary journey of Donald Trump through five decades.
Stars: Colin Tierney, Nikki Haskell, Geraldo Rivera, Rona Barrett
Votes: 4,495
42. One of Us (IV) (2017)
95 min | Documentary
Penetrating the insular world of New York's Hasidic community, focusing on three individuals driven to break away despite threats of retaliation.
Directors: Heidi Ewing, Rachel Grady | Stars: Etty, Chani Getter, Ari Hershkowitz, Luzer Twersky
Votes: 7,132
43. Reflected Light (2018)
66 min | Documentary
The Teshuva movement broke out in the early 1970s. Secular Israelis became fundamentalist religious and named 'Baalei Teshuva'. They tried to assimilate into Haredi (Ultra Orthodox) society... See full summary »
Director: Mordechai Vardi
44. Inside the Mind of a Cat (2022)
TV-PG | 67 min | Documentary
Cat experts dive into the mind of the feline to reveal the true capabilities of the pouncing pet in this captivating and cuddly documentary.
Director: Andy Mitchell | Stars: Neil Wilson, Bruce Kornriech, Kristyn Vitale, Saho Takagi
Votes: 6,691
45. City of Joel (2018)
90 min | Documentary
"City of Joel" is a documentary - with unprecedented access - to a 1.1 square mile shtetl in the suburbs that is home to 22,000 members of one of the most insular and orthodox Hasidic sects... See full summary »
Director: Jesse Sweet
Votes: 107
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