Documentaries watched
by docujunkie | created - 22 Jul 2012 | updated - 2 months ago | PublicSome documentaries I've watched
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1. A State of Mind (2004)
Not Rated | 93 min | Documentary
A British documentary that follows two young North Korean girls as they prepare for the Mass Games, the world's largest choreographed gymnastics performance.
Director: Daniel Gordon | Stars: Daniel Gordon, Hyon Sun Pak, Song Yun Kim, Jong-Il Kim
Votes: 1,059 | Gross: $0.04M
2. The Great Depression (1998– )
Documentary, History
Stars: Mario Cuomo, Howard Zinn, Erik Barnouw, Orson Welles
Votes: 25
3. Sound and Fury (2000)
Not Rated | 80 min | Documentary
If you could make your deaf child hear, would you? Academy Award-nominated Sound and Fury follows the intimate, heart-rending tale of the Artinians, an extended family with deaf and hearing... See full summary »
Director: Josh Aronson | Stars: Jaime Leigh Allen, Jemma Braham, Freeda Cat, Scott Davidson
Votes: 1,062 | Gross: $0.11M
4. The Great Wall of China (2007 TV Movie)
120 min | History
Channel 4 docudrama following the history of the Great Wall of China, from the earliest building of simple mud walls to the construction of the series of stone fortresses built during the ... See full summary »
Director: Nic Young | Stars: Yu-Beng Lim, Gerald Chew, George Chan, Hi Ching
Votes: 28
5. America: The Story of the US (2010)
Documentary, History
Why did the United States become a global superpower? America The Story of Us is an epic 12-hour television event that explores the country's remarkable journey.
Stars: Daniel Webb, Liev Schreiber, Tom Brokaw, James Meigs
Votes: 1,969
6.
Investigative Reports (1991–2011)
Episode:
Columbine: Understanding Why
(2002)
TV-PG | Documentary
Investigative Reports examines the 1999 shootings at Colorado's Columbine High School by following a task force assigned to determined what caused the massacre.
Stars: Alisha Basore, Andrew Beard, Eric Christner, Park Dietz
Votes: 23
7. National Geographic: Inside North Korea (2006)
PG | 51 min | Documentary
Go undercover with National Geographic correspondent Lisa Ling as she journeys into mysterious and reclusive North Korea.
Votes: 556
8. Child of Rage (1990 TV Movie)
27 min | Documentary
Six-year-old Beth talks to a therapist about the horrific abuse she has suffered as well as the abuse she inflicts upon small animals and her own brother. This film documents her subsequent healing and recovery.
Director: Arthur Ginsberg | Stars: Joel Craiger, Ken Magid, Beth Thomas
Votes: 1,178
9. Hiroshima (2005 TV Movie)
90 min | Documentary, Drama, History
Documentary with dramatic reenactments with actors to describe what dropping the bomb on Hiroshima was like.
Director: Paul Wilmshurst | Stars: John Hurt, Shuntaro Hida, George Elsey, Paul Tibbets
Votes: 1,880
10. Kimjongilia (2009)
Not Rated | 75 min | Documentary, Drama
North Korean defectors tell their stories of repression, escape and hope.
Director: N.C. Heikin | Stars: Young Hun Choi, Chol-Hwan Kang, Lee Shin
Votes: 933 | Gross: $0.00M
11. The Great Happiness Space: Tale of an Osaka Love Thief (2006)
Not Rated | 76 min | Documentary
Osaka's top host club owner trains boys to excel in the underground love scene. They learn to fake relationships with girls, their income source.
Director: Jake Clennell
Votes: 1,473
12. 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: 7,084 | Gross: $0.07M
13. Otaku (1994)
52 min | Documentary
A documentary that explores the life styles of various otakus in Japan. Various interviews are given to selected otakus who express how interesting it is to be an otaku as oppose to not ... See full summary »
Directors: Jackie Bastide, Jean-Jacques Beineix | Stars: Akitoshi Ashida, Hiroki Hashimoto, Noriko Kato, Yo Kawamorita
Votes: 179
14. Crossing the Line (2006)
Not Rated | 94 min | Documentary
A British documentary about US Army defector James Dresnok currently living in North Korea after having defected during the 60s.
Director: Daniel Gordon | Stars: Damion Cruzz, Bruce Cumings, James Joseph Dresnok, Charles Robert Jenkins
Votes: 866 | Gross: $0.01M
15. Men Behind the Sun 4 (1995)
91 min | Drama, History, Horror
In 1937, Japanese troops raid the Chinese city of Nanking to execute a planned massacre by subjecting over 300,000 helpless civilians to various tortures and atrocities before slaughtering them all.
Director: Tun-Fei Mou | Stars: Stephen Cecil Thomas, Liang Zhang, Yung Pan, Shao-tien Hsiung
Votes: 917
16. The Staircase (2004–2018)
TV-MA | 629 min | Documentary, Crime, Drama
The high-profile murder trial of American novelist Michael Peterson following the death of his wife Kathleen Peterson in 2001.
Stars: Michael Peterson, David Rudolf, Ron Guerette, Martha Ratliff
Votes: 27,233
17. The Juche Idea (2008)
Not Rated | 62 min | Comedy
Ready for a Marxist-Leninist-musical documentary? The Busby Berkeley of propaganda, Jim Finn, follows a South Korean video artist in North Korea who hopes to revitalize Juche cinema, ... See full summary »
Director: Jim Finn | Stars: Jung Yoon Lee, Daniela Kostova, Sung Kim, Oleg Mavromatti
Votes: 90
18.
National Geographic Explorer (1985– )
Episode:
Inside the Body Trade
(2007)
TV-PG | 45 min | Documentary, History
National Geographic examines organ transplantation and the growing worldwide black market organ trade.
Director: Ray Telles | Stars: Heather Augustin, Ronald Busuttil, Eric De Leon, Perry Lange
Votes: 21
19. White Light/Black Rain: The Destruction of Hiroshima and Nagasaki (2007)
Not Rated | 86 min | Documentary, History
Using extensive interviews with survivors and archival footage, an examination reveals the aftermath of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
Director: Steven Okazaki | Stars: Harold Agnew, Shuntaro Hida, Kiyoko Imori, Morris Jeppson
Votes: 2,325
20. Young Yakuza (2007)
PG | 90 min | Documentary
A young man is initiated into a Yakuza band.
Director: Jean-Pierre Limosin | Stars: Naoki Watanabe, Chiyozo Ishii, Hideyuki Ishii
Votes: 361
21. Please Vote for Me (2007)
Not Rated | 58 min | Documentary
Democracy in China exists, that is, in a primary school in Wuhan where a grade 3 class can vote who they want as class monitor.
Director: Weijun Chen | Stars: Cheng Cheng, Luo Lei, Xu Xiaofei
Votes: 1,449
22. Unmistaken Child (2008)
Not Rated | 102 min | Documentary
In Nepal, a venerable monk, Geshe Lama Konchog, dies and one of his disciples, a youthful monk named Tenzin Zopa, searches for his master's reincarnation. The film follows his search to the... See full summary »
Director: Nati Baratz | Star: Tenzin Zopa
Votes: 817 | Gross: $0.30M
23. The Harvest/La Cosecha (2011)
80 min | Documentary
The story of the children who work 12-14 hour days in the fields without the protection of child labor laws. These children are not toiling in the fields in some far away land. They are working in America.
Director: U. Roberto Romano | Star: Perla Sanchez
Votes: 73 | Gross: $0.00M
24. Walking with Cavemen (2003)
120 min | Documentary, History
The great follow-up to 'Walking with Dinosaurs' and 'Walking with Beasts', presented by Professor Robert Winston, explains the story of human evolution.
Stars: Robert Winston, Alec Baldwin, Andrew Sachs, Alex Palmer
Votes: 1,445
25. Inside the Human Body (2011)
Not Rated | 60 min | Documentary
Inside The Human Body - takes us deep under our skin where we are dwarfed by even the smallest cell, where blood vessels becomevast cathedrals and the tiniest cluster of cilia becomes an expansive forest.
Stars: Christopher Cotten, Michael Mosley
Votes: 601
26. Propaganda (2012)
Not Rated | 96 min | Documentary, News
An anti-western propaganda film about the influences of American visual and consumption culture on the rest of the world, as told from a North Korean perspective.
Director: Slavko Martinov | Stars: Tony Blair, Lloyd Blankfein, George Bush, George W. Bush
Votes: 1,039
27. Camp 14: Total Control Zone (2012)
106 min | Documentary, Biography
Shin Dong-Huyk was born on November 19, 1983 as a political prisoner in a North Korean re-education camp. He was a child of two prisoners who had been married by order of the wardens. He ... See full summary »
Director: Marc Wiese | Stars: Dong-Hyuk Shin, Oh Yangnam, Hyuk Kwon, August Diehl
Votes: 1,164
28. Using (2008)
Not Rated | 105 min | Documentary
An unusual relationship develops between an urban Chinese couple struggling with heroin and a filmmaker chronicling their addiction, in this provocative documentary on drug abuse, ... See full summary »
Director: Hao Zhou | Stars: Ah Jun, Lu Long, Hao Zhou
Votes: 75
29. Whores' Glory (2011)
Not Rated | 110 min | Documentary
An examination of the lives, needs, troubles, and hopes of prostitutes in Thailand, Bangladesh, and Mexico.
Director: Michael Glawogger | Stars: Emma, Ning, Toh, Wat
Votes: 5,122 | Gross: $0.03M
30.
Frontline (1983– )
Episode:
The Dancing Boys of Afghanistan
(2010)
TV-14 | 52 min | Documentary, News
In Afghanistan many hundreds of boys, often as young as ten, are being lured off the streets on the promise of a new life.
Directors: Jamie Doran, Mike Healy | Stars: Najibullah Quraishi, Arun Rath
Votes: 168
31. Pururambo (2005)
54 min | Documentary
In the era of satellites, this country of mysteries, myths and undiscovered secrets hides behind green walls of impenetrable deep forest.
Director: Pavol Barabas
Votes: 145
33. The Dying Rooms (1995 TV Movie)
39 min | Documentary
Documentary about a crew going from one orphanage to another in China to investigate these so called "dying rooms" where the orphanage workers leave baby girls to die.
Directors: Kate Blewett, Brian Woods
Votes: 170
34. The Red Chapel (2009)
Not Rated | 88 min | Documentary, Comedy
Two Danish comedians join the director on a trip to North Korea, where they have been allowed access under the pretext of wanting to perform a vaudeville act.
Director: Mads Brügger | Stars: Mads Brügger, Simon Jul Jørgensen, Tommy Kenter, Jacob Nossell
Votes: 2,159 | Gross: $0.01M
35.
National Geographic Explorer (1985– )
Episode:
World's Most Dangerous Gang
(2005)
TV-14 | 51 min | Documentary, History
Explorer investigates Mara Salvatrucha (also known as MS 13) a power 50,000 person gang that stretches across North America.
Stars: Lisa Ling, Ismael Cisneros, Bob Freeman, Luis Li
Votes: 90
36. They Call It Myanmar: Lifting the Curtain (2012)
Not Rated | 84 min | Documentary, History, News
Shot clandestinely over a two year period, this film provides a rare look into the second most isolated country on the planet held in a stasis by a brutal military regime for almost a half ... See full summary »
Director: Robert H. Lieberman | Star: Aung San Suu Kyi
Votes: 316
37. Small Voices: The Stories of Cambodia's Children (2008)
Not Rated | 82 min | Documentary
The struggles of the street and garbage dump children of Cambodia are examined through the personal stories of five children and their journey toward education.
Director: Heather E. Connell | Star: Megan Follows
Votes: 27
38. Hikikomori (2006)
17 min | Short, Drama
Director: Iván Rivas | Stars: Iván Rivas, María Ruiz, Junio Valverde
39. Namida to warai no happî kurasu: 4 nen 1 kumi Inochi no jugyô (2003 TV Movie)
48 min | Documentary
Mr. Kanamori, a teacher of a 4th grade class, teaches his students not only how to be students, but how to live. He gives them lessons on teamwork, community, the importance of openness, how to cope, and the harm caused by bullying.
Director: Noboru Kaetsu | Star: Toshiro Kanamori
Votes: 238
40. When the Drum Is Beating (2011)
Not Rated | 84 min | Documentary, Music
The 20-member band Septentrional has been making music for 62 years as Haiti's most celebrated big band. This inspirational doc charts the history of Haiti from its independence from French... See full summary »
Director: Whitney Dow | Stars: Yvenel 'Saure' Etienne, Nikol Levy, Ulrick Pierre-Louis, Michel Tassy
Votes: 21
41. Seoul Train (2004)
54 min | Documentary
The gripping documentary exposé into the life and death of North Koreans as they try to escape their homeland and China
Directors: Jim Butterworth, Aaron Lubarsky, Lisa Sleeth
Votes: 307
42. Burma VJ: Reporting from a Closed Country (2008)
Unrated | 84 min | Documentary, History, News
Using smuggled footage, this documentary tells the story of the 2007 protests in Burma by thousands of monks.
Director: Anders Østergaard | Stars: George W. Bush, Joshua Min Htut, Ko Muang, Aung San Suu Kyi
Votes: 2,520 | Gross: $0.05M
43. Geisha Girl (2006 TV Movie)
60 min | Documentary
A documentary following 15-year-old Yukina as she leaves home and travels to Kyoto to train to become a Geisha.
Director: Darren Conway | Star: Amanda St. John
Votes: 66
44. Super Size Me (2004)
PG-13 | 100 min | Documentary
While examining the influence of the fast food industry, Morgan Spurlock personally explores the consequences on his health of a diet of solely McDonald's food for one month.
Director: Morgan Spurlock | Stars: Morgan Spurlock, Daryl Isaacs, Chemeeka Walker, Dania Abu-Rmaileh
Votes: 113,304 | Gross: $11.53M
45. Super High Me (2007)
R | 94 min | Documentary, Comedy
Stand up comedian and marijuana user Doug Benson documents thirty days of pot free living and thirty days of non-stop use to compare the effects of both.
Director: Michael Blieden | Stars: Brian Unger, Gary Cohan, Robert Gore, Sean Tabibian
Votes: 13,140
46. Salem Witch Trials (2002 TV Movie)
189 min | Drama, History
A masterful work accurately details the current consensus of what exactly occurred to prompt the colonial witch trials.
Director: Joseph Sargent | Stars: Kirstie Alley, Henry Czerny, Gloria Reuben, Jay O. Sanders
Votes: 969
47.
Biography (1987– )
Episode:
Edgar Allan Poe: The Mystery of Edgar Allan Poe
(1994)
TV-14 | 45 min | Documentary, Biography, History
Descend into the dark world and tragic life of the melancholy author who is the uncontested master of the macabre, and hear excerpts from his famous works.
Stars: Paul Clemens, Norman George, Peter Graves
Votes: 129
48. Keep the River on Your Right: A Modern Cannibal Tale (2000)
R | 93 min | Documentary, Adventure, Romance
A retired gay anthropologist revisits the native cultures he studied in his youth.
Directors: David Shapiro, Laurie Gwen Shapiro | Stars: Tobias Schneebaum, Norman Mailer, Michael Rockefeller
Votes: 850 | Gross: $0.35M
49. The Interrogation of Michael Crowe (2002 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 100 min | Drama, Thriller
The lives of Escondido, California residents Cheryl and Stephen Crowe change one morning when they find their twelve year old daughter Stephanie Crowe stabbed to death in her bedroom. As ... See full summary »
Director: Don McBrearty | Stars: Ally Sheedy, Mark Rendall, John Bourgeois, Hannah Lochner
Votes: 1,172
51. The Brandon Teena Story (1998)
Not Rated | 89 min | Documentary, Biography
Documentary about a multiple murder in rural Nebraska in 1993.
Directors: Susan Muska, Gréta Olafsdóttir | Stars: Daphne, Reanna, Gina, Shaun
Votes: 1,338 | Gross: $0.04M
52.
National Geographic Explorer (1985– )
Episode:
Solitary Confinement
(2010)
Documentary, History
National Geographic explores solitary confinement and the devastating psychological effects of isolation. Some say that the practice helps to control unruly prisoners while others argue that it is tantamount to torture.
Director: Peter Yost | Stars: Johnny Alvarado, John Cacioppo, Larry Claice, Peter Coyote
Votes: 63
53. The Wild and Wonderful Whites of West Virginia (2009)
TV-MA | 86 min | Documentary
A year in the life of the White family, well known for Jesco White, the star of the "Dancing Outlaw" documentary.
Director: Julien Nitzberg | Stars: J. Parker Bazzle II, Big & Rich, Ponty's Camper, Derek Wayne Castle
Votes: 5,198
54. Cropsey (2009)
Not Rated | 84 min | Documentary, Crime, Horror
Realizing that the urban legend of their youth has actually come true, two filmmakers delve into the mystery surrounding five missing children and the real-life boogeyman linked to their disappearances.
Directors: Barbara Brancaccio, Joshua Zeman | Stars: Joshua Zeman, Barbara Brancaccio, Bill Ellis, Dorothy D'Eletto
Votes: 9,210 | Gross: $0.05M
55. H.H. Holmes: America's First Serial Killer (2004)
Unrated | 64 min | Documentary, Crime, History
Torture chambers, acid vats, greased chutes and gassing rooms were just some of the devices of death designed by the Torture Doctor, H.H. Holmes in his castle of horrors. Follows Holmes' entire life as a criminal mastermind.
Director: John Borowski | Stars: Tony Jay, Ed Bertagnoli, Cary Callison, Willy Laszlo
Votes: 1,915
56. Russia's Toughest Prisons (2011)
TV-14 | 60 min | Documentary
With the first time international camera crews have been allowed inside, we get a look at three of Russia's toughest, strictest and harshest prisons, aswell as the rigid and disciplined regime the prisoners endure.
Director: Anna Rodzinski | Star: Alexander Brandon
Votes: 482
57. Bully (I) (2011)
PG-13 | 98 min | Documentary
A documentary on peer-to-peer bullying in schools across America.
Director: Lee Hirsch | Stars: Alex Libby, Lona Johnson, Kelby Johnson, Bob Johnson
Votes: 10,542 | Gross: $4.04M
58. Somewhere Between (2011)
Not Rated | 88 min | Documentary
A documentary on four teenage girls living in different parts of the US and united by one thing: all four were adopted from China due to family situations colliding with the country's "One Child Policy".
Director: Linda Goldstein Knowlton | Stars: Ann Boccuti, Jenna Cook, Fang Lee, Haley Zhu-Butler
Votes: 446 | Gross: $0.19M
59. The Blood of Yingzhou District (2006)
Not Rated | 38 min | Documentary, Short
A year in the life of children in the Province of Anhui in China, who have lost their parents to AIDS. Traditional obligations to family and village collide with terror of the disease.
Director: Ruby Yang | Stars: Huang Children, Gao Jun, Nan Nan
Votes: 306
60. Oh, Saigon (2007)
57 min | Documentary, War
Accompanied by gripping images from the war, 'Oh, Saigon' is an in-depth, compelling documentary about one refugee family's attempts to face its divided past and heal the physical and emotional wounds of the Vietnam War.
Director: Doan Hoang | Stars: Nam Hoang, Van Tran, Anne Hoang, Doan Hoang
Votes: 157
61. Born Into Brothels: Calcutta's Red Light Kids (2004)
R | 85 min | Documentary, Biography, News
Two documentary filmmakers chronicle their time in Sonagchi, Calcutta and the relationships they developed with children of prostitutes who work the city's notorious red light district.
Directors: Zana Briski, Ross Kauffman | Stars: Kochi, Avijit Halder, Shanti Das, Manik
Votes: 18,008 | Gross: $3.41M
62.
Frontline (1983– )
Episode:
Battle for Haiti
(2011)
TV-PG | 54 min | Documentary, News
From PBS and Frontline - Last year, in the chaos of the earthquake that devastated Haiti, thousands of the country's worst criminals seized the opportunity to stage a mass escape from the ... See full summary »
Director: Dan Reed | Stars: Raymond Cajuste, Will Lyman
Votes: 24
63. Last Train Home (2009)
Not Rated | 85 min | Documentary, Drama
A couple embarks on a journey home for Chinese new year along with 130 million other migrant workers, to reunite with their children and struggle for a future. Their unseen story plays out as China soars towards being a world superpower.
Director: Lixin Fan | Stars: Changhua Zhang, Yang Zhang, Suqin Chen, Qin Zhang
Votes: 3,717 | Gross: $0.29M
64. Hikikomori (2010)
27 min | Short, Comedy, Drama
A young Japanese man, Akira, decides to isolate himself, to become a hikikomori, a recluse, hiding away from the responsibilities and pressures of his daily life. His solitude soon turns to... See full summary »
Director: Michael Løfquist | Stars: Kiichi Sonobe, Yoshinori Horimoto, Kaori Fujii, Rin Sakura
65.
Modern Marvels (1993– )
Episode:
The Manhattan Project
(2002)
TV-14 | 45 min | Documentary, History
Encouraged by Leo Szilard and galvanized by German success in achieving nuclear fission, the United States embarks on a crash program to build a nuclear bomb. Aided by many Jewish ... See full summary »
Director: Sean Dash | Stars: Lloyd Sherr, William Lanouette, Robert Christy, Albert Einstein
Votes: 75
66.
Frontline (1983– )
Episode:
The Medicated Child
(2008)
TV-MA | Documentary, News
Frontline investigates the medical practice of prescribing behavior-modifying drugs to children. It interviews
Director: Marcela Gaviria | Stars: David Axelson, Patrick Bacon, Joseph Biederman, Daniel Carlat
Votes: 58
67. Thin (2006)
TV-14 | 102 min | Documentary
The story of four women suffering from anorexia and bulimia in South Florida.
Director: Lauren Greenfield | Stars: Shelly Guillory, Brittany Robinson, Alisa Williams, Polly Williams
Votes: 2,044
68. Two Weeks in Hell (2009 TV Movie)
TV-14 | 120 min | Documentary
The U.S. Army Special Forces Green Berets are America's elite warfare specialists. Who are they and what does it take to become one?
Director: Bobby Williams
Votes: 273
69. Buffalo Girls (2012)
Not Rated | 65 min | Documentary
Two eight year old girls fight in rural Thailand's underground child boxing economy to earn money to support their families.
Director: Todd Kellstein | Stars: Stam Sor Con Lek, Pet Chor Chanachai, Stamp Fairtex, Jid
Votes: 125
70. Children of the Pyre (2008)
74 min | Documentary
This documentary follows the life of Seven children who are working under extreme conditions at India's busiest cremation ground, Manikarnika in Banaras.
Director: Rajesh S. Jala
Votes: 117
71. Planet of Snail (2011)
Not Rated | 88 min | Documentary, Drama
Young-Chan comes from planet of snail where deaf blind people live slow and quiet lives. When Young-Chan came to Earth, nobody understood his language and he was desperate. Then an angel ... See full summary »
Director: Seung-jun Yi | Stars: Cho Young-Chan, Kim Soon-ho, Choi Jungah
Votes: 377 | Gross: $0.00M
72.
National Geographic Explorer (1985– )
Episode:
Inside Guantanamo Bay
(2009)
Documentary, History
Explorer takes an inside look at the controversial Guantanamo Bay detention camp. It chronicles the daily routines of both captives and guards and considers the legal status of the detainees.
Directors: Bonni Cohen, Jon Else | Stars: Omer Al-Madani, Said Ali Al-Shihri, Moazzam Begg, Bradford Berenson
Votes: 44
73. I Think We're Alone Now (2008)
Not Rated | 61 min | Documentary, Comedy, Drama
Two individuals, Jeff and Kelly, claim to be in love with the 80's pop singer Tiffany.
Director: Sean Donnelly | Stars: Kelly McCormick, Tiffany, Jeff Turner
Votes: 1,626
74. Poster Girl (2010)
Not Rated | 38 min | Documentary, Short, Biography
Apple pie cheerleader turned tough-as-nails machine gunner in the Iraq War, Sgt. Robynn Murray comes home to face a new kind of battle she never anticipated.
Director: Sara Nesson
Votes: 362
75. Miss Gulag (2007)
Not Rated | 80 min | Documentary
Through the prism of a beauty pageant staged by female inmates of a Siberian prison camp emerges a complex narrative of the lives of the first generation of women to come of age in ... See full summary »
Director: Maria Ibrahimova | Stars: Tatiana Dasayeva, Maria Ibrahimova, Natalia Khapova, Nona Madjidova
Votes: 68
76. The Jeffrey Dahmer Files (2012)
Not Rated | 76 min | Documentary, Biography, Crime
An experimental documentary that uses archival footage, interviews, and fictionalized scenarios to tell the story of the people around Jeffrey Dahmer, during the summer of his arrest in 1991.
Director: Chris James Thompson | Stars: Andrew Swant, Pamela Bass, Jeffrey Jentzen, Pat Kennedy
Votes: 2,135
77. Miley: The Movement (2013 TV Movie)
60 min | Documentary
Go behind the scenes with Miley Cyrus as she prepares to launch her new album "Bangerz".
Director: Paul Bozymowski | Stars: Miley Cyrus, Ladi Anne, Noah Cyrus, Tish Cyrus
Votes: 217
78. The World Before Her (2012)
TV-PG | 90 min | Documentary
Two young women follow completely divergent paths in the new, modernizing India-one wants to become Miss India, the other is a fierce Hindu Nationalist prepared to kill and die for her beliefs.
Director: Nisha Pahuja | Stars: Pooja Chopra, Manasvi Mamgai, Marc Robinson, Ankita Shorey
Votes: 857
79. Mother India: Life Through the Eyes of the Orphan (2012)
PG-13 | 49 min | Documentary
A documentary capturing the life and stories of 25 abandoned and orphaned children living along the railway in southern India.
Directors: Noah Lamberth, David Trotter | Stars: Reddy, Nagaraju, Geetha, Lakshmi
Votes: 38
81. Mankind the Story of All of Us (2012)
720 min | Documentary, History
From the power of science to how physics and biology combined to shape our shared journey, experience the human story like it's never been told before.
Stars: Josh Brolin, Richard Machowicz, James Meigs, George Wunderlich
Votes: 1,842
82. A Mother's Courage: Talking Back to Autism (2009)
TV-G | 103 min | Documentary
The mother of an autistic child is determined not to accept the pessimistic prognosis for her son.
Director: Friðrik Þór Friðriksson | Stars: Margrét Dagmar Ericsdóttir, David G. Amaral, Simon Baron-Cohen, David Crowe
Votes: 271 | Gross: $0.00M
84. Pennhurst (2023)
82 min | Documentary
The stories of the resident's lives in one of the oldest and largest institutes in the United States, verses how it is now in the community, as told by the people that lived, worked and loved the place hundreds of thousands called home.
Director: Jodie Alexandra Taylor
Votes: 9
85. Extreme Drug Smuggling (2011 TV Movie)
44 min | Documentary
Drug cartels think and act like corporations, using the best scientific and extreme methods to take their illegal products to destination.
Star: Jim Pratt
Votes: 28
86. Dinosaur Revolution (2011)
TV-PG | 176 min | Documentary
A documentary series following various prehistoric creatures, depicting their way of lives as well as their lust for survival.
Stars: Rick Robles, Thomas Holtz, Scott Hartman, Scott Sampson
Votes: 314
87.
National Geographic Explorer (1985– )
Episode:
World's Most Dangerous Drug
(2006)
Documentary, History
Explorer examines the powerful and highly addictive drug methamphetamine also known as "meth". Correspondent Lisa Ling charts meth's impact in the United States and in the world.
Stars: Jason Gates, Janelle Hornickel, Coby Kempe, Bret King
Votes: 197
88.
Inside (2007– )
Episode:
The Real Amelia Earhart
(2009)
Documentary
Director: Noel Dockstader | Stars: Kevin Braafladt, Rebecca Broussard, Bill Carroll, Jay Flynn
89. Aileen: Life and Death of a Serial Killer (2003)
R | 93 min | Documentary, Crime
Nick Broomfield's second documentary about serial killer Aileen Wuornos, focusing on her mental state on death row.
Directors: Nick Broomfield, Joan Churchill | Stars: Aileen Wuornos, Nick Broomfield, Terry Humphreys-Slay, Leitha Prather
Votes: 6,955 | Gross: $0.10M
90. It's a Girl! (2012)
Not Rated | 64 min | Documentary
Every year in India and China, millions of babies are killed, neglected or abandoned simply because they are girls.
Director: Evan Grae Davis
Votes: 535
91. Blackfish (2013)
PG-13 | 83 min | Documentary
A documentary following the controversial captivity of killer whales, and its dangers for both humans and whales.
Director: Gabriela Cowperthwaite | Stars: Tilikum, Dave Duffus, Samantha Berg, Dean Gomersall
Votes: 72,472 | Gross: $2.07M
92. American Underworld (2011)
60 min | Reality-TV
American Underworld investigates some of the most extreme and violent subcultures in the country, from drug manufacturers to car-theft rings to the sex trade.
Star: Mark Allen Johnson
Votes: 94
93. Strongman (2009)
Not Rated | 113 min | Documentary
The real-life story of Stanless Steel-- the only man in the world who can bend a U. S. penny with his fingers-- as he attempts to transform the world around him with his mighty grasp.
Director: Zachary Levy | Star: Stanley Pleskun
Votes: 302
94. Girl Model (2011)
Not Rated | 78 min | Documentary, Thriller
A documentary on the modeling industry's 'supply chain' between Siberia, Japan, and the U.S., told through the experiences of the scouts, agencies, and a 13-year-old model.
Directors: David Redmon, Ashley Sabin | Stars: Ashley Arbaugh, Rachel Blais, Olivia Arben, Tigran Khachatrian
Votes: 2,307 | Gross: $0.02M
95. America the Beautiful (2007)
R | 105 min | Documentary
In a society where "celebutantes" like Paris Hilton dominate newsstands and models who weigh less than 90 pounds die from malnutrition, female body image is one of the more dire problems ... See full summary »
Director: Darryl Roberts | Stars: Ted Casablanca, Eve Ensler, Paris Hilton, Chris Keefe
Votes: 482 | Gross: $0.08M
96. Prohibition (2011)
60 min | Documentary, History
The story of the American activist struggle against the influence of alcohol, climaxing in the failed early 20th century nationwide era when it was banned.
Stars: Peter Coyote, Pete Hamill, Catherine Gilbert Murdock, Michael Lerner
Votes: 3,426
97. Surviving the Cut (2010– )
Reality-TV
With extraordinary, unprecedented access, Surviving the Cut takes viewers into the intense world of military elite forces training. From divers and snipers to para-rescue men and bomb ... See full summary »
Stars: William Sadler, Eric Bizkit Adsit
Votes: 569
98. The Event: How Racist Are You? (2009 TV Movie)
48 min | Documentary
Jane Elliot house a social experiment in Britain to find out how racist participants really are.
Director: David Russell | Stars: Marvin Baker, Jane Elliott, Krishnan Guru-Murthy
Votes: 44
99. Life 2.0 (2010)
Not Rated | 100 min | Documentary
This feature-length documentary follows a group of people whose lives are dramatically transformed by a virtual world -- reshaping relationships, identities, and ultimately the very notion of reality.
Director: Jason Spingarn-Koff | Star: Teasa Copprue
Votes: 958
100. Children of Darkness (1983)
57 min | Documentary
A significant number of American children and teenagers - from all social backgrounds - suffer from mental disorders, schizophrenia, autism and emotional problems, leading them to isolation... See full summary »
Directors: Ara Chekmayan, Richard Kotuk | Stars: Peter Thomas, Richard Kotuk, John Brooks, Billy Calhoun
Votes: 441
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