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1. Nanook of the North (1922)
Not Rated | 78 min | Documentary
In this silent predecessor to the modern documentary, film-maker Robert J. Flaherty spends one year following the lives of Nanook and his family, Inuits living in the Arctic Circle.
Director: Robert J. Flaherty | Stars: Allakariallak, Alice Nevalinga, Cunayou, Allegoo
Votes: 10,902
2. Battleship Potemkin (1925)
Not Rated | 66 min | Drama, History, Thriller
In the midst of the Russian Revolution of 1905, the crew of the battleship Potemkin mutiny against the brutal, tyrannical regime of the vessel's officers. The resulting street demonstration in Odessa brings on a police massacre.
Director: Sergei M. Eisenstein | Stars: Aleksandr Antonov, Vladimir Barskiy, Grigoriy Aleksandrov, Ivan Bobrov
Votes: 53,015 | Gross: $0.05M
3. Man with a Movie Camera (1929)
Not Rated | 68 min | Documentary, Music
A man travels around a city with a camera slung over his shoulder, documenting urban life with dazzling invention.
Director: Dziga Vertov | Stars: Mikhail Kaufman, Elizaveta Svilova
Votes: 22,559
4. The Ax Fight (1975)
30 min | Documentary, Short
A documentary in which an ax fight breaks out during a dispute between tribes in a Yanomami village.
Directors: Timothy Asch, Napoleon A. Chagnon
Votes: 103
5. Trance and Dance in Bali (1952)
22 min | Documentary, Short
A Bali ritual depicting the struggle of good (dragons) versus evil (witches) with dancers falling into and being revived from trances.
Directors: Gregory Bateson, Margaret Mead | Star: Margaret Mead
Votes: 130
6. Meeting Jim (2018)
75 min | Documentary
Meeting Jim is a feature length documentary about a journey back to the lifetime of Jim Haynes, an extraordinary 83-year-old man who grabbed with heart and soul the spirit of the 60s and continued to carry it throughout his life.
Director: Ece Ger | Stars: Richard Demarco, Jim Haynes
Votes: 33
7. Meeting Gorbachev (2018)
Not Rated | 90 min | Documentary, Biography, History
The life of Mikhail Gorbachev, the eighth and final President of the Soviet Union in chronological order.
Directors: Werner Herzog, André Singer | Stars: Yuri Andropov, James Baker III, Leonid Brezhnev, Konstantin Chernenko
Votes: 1,701 | Gross: $0.25M
8. Les raquetteurs (1958)
15 min | Short, Documentary
Footage of a snowshoe festival in Sherbrooke, Quebec. Depictions of culture in the early years including snowshoe races, and musical attractions.
Directors: Michel Brault, Gilles Groulx
Votes: 350
9. Chronicle of a Summer (1961)
Not Rated | 85 min | Documentary
A documentary about the everyday lives of ordinary Parisians, done in the style of cinéma vérité.
Directors: Edgar Morin, Jean Rouch | Stars: Angelo, Nadine Ballot, Catherine, Céline
Votes: 2,575
10. The Mad Masters (1955)
36 min | Documentary, Short, Horror
A documentary short depicting a Hauka ceremony where young workers are possessed by British colonial officers.
Director: Jean Rouch | Star: Jean Rouch
Votes: 1,434
11. Exodus: Our Journey to Europe (2016– )
175 min
Documentary following some of the million people who smuggled themselves into Europe in 2015.
Stars: Paul Bown, Hassan Akkad, Isra, Tariq
Votes: 50
12. The Creative Brain (2019)
52 min | Documentary
Neuroscientist David Eagleman taps into the creative process of various innovators while exploring brain-bending, risk-taking ways to spark creativity.
Directors: Jennifer Beamish, Toby Trackman | Stars: David Eagleman, Michelle Khine, Bjarke Ingels, Nathan Myhrvold
Votes: 602
13. Faces Places (2017)
PG | 94 min | Documentary
Director Agnes Varda and photographer/muralist J.R. journey through rural France and form an unlikely friendship.
Directors: JR, Agnès Varda | Stars: Agnès Varda, JR, Jeannine Carpentier, Clemens Van Dungern
Votes: 10,828 | Gross: $0.95M
14.
The Mind, Explained (2019– )
Episode:
Psychedelics
(2019)
Documentary
The Mind Explained looks at what happens to the brain when someone uses psychedelic drugs. It looks at how psychedelic drugs may be useful in dealing with anxiety in cancer survivors and ... See full summary »
Stars: Emma Stone, Octavian C. Mihai, Michael Pollan, Arthur King
Votes: 278
15.
The Mind, Explained (2019– )
Episode:
Dreams
(2019)
19 min | Documentary
The Mind Explained looks at dreams and tries to explain what happens in the brain and body after we go to sleep. It looks at the significance of dreams and what dreams can teach us about ... See full summary »
Stars: Emma Stone, Robert Stickgold, Gina Poe, Mike Birbiglia
Votes: 294
16.
The Mind, Explained (2019– )
Episode:
Memory
(2019)
Documentary
The Mind Explained looks at how memory works and examines the way in which the brain stores, processes, and retrains memories. It also looks at the ways in which memory can fail and ... See full summary »
Stars: Emma Stone, Melanie Mignucci, Elizabeth Phelps, Yanjaa Wintersoul
Votes: 347
17.
The Mind, Explained (2019– )
Episode:
Anxiety
(2019)
21 min | Documentary
The Mind Explained looks at anxiety and explores who it is so common. It talks to neuroscientists who explain the physiological and evolutionary basis of anxiety. Although it can help ... See full summary »
Stars: Emma Stone, Ali Mattu, Robert Sapolsky, Maria Bamford
Votes: 275
18.
The Mind, Explained (2019– )
Episode:
Mindfulness
(2019)
Documentary
The Mind Explained looks at the power of mindfulness and meditation. It examines how different kinds on meditation (transcendental, dynamic, and religious) and notes that they are different... See full summary »
Stars: Emma Stone, Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche, Richard Davidson, Bhante Saranapala
Votes: 264
19.
One Strange Rock (2018– )
Episode:
Gasp
(2018)
TV-PG | 47 min | Documentary
An astronaut's view of the incredible Earth systems that allow life to breathe.
Director: Graham Booth | Stars: Will Smith, Chris Hadfield, Felipe Gómez Gómez, Kidane Belay
Votes: 502
20.
One Strange Rock (2018– )
Episode:
Storm
(2018)
TV-PG | 47 min | Documentary
A portrayal of how Earth was born in a cosmic storm and shaped by violence.
Director: Nat Sharman | Stars: Will Smith, Nicole Stott, Michael Massimino, Jerry Linenger
Votes: 352
21.
One Strange Rock (2018– )
Episode:
Shield
(2018)
TV-PG | 47 min | Documentary
The epic story of Earth's battle with the sun and how life thrives here against the odds.
Director: Nic Stacey | Stars: Will Smith, Jeff Hoffman, Leland Melvin, Ken Sims
Votes: 313
22.
One Strange Rock (2018– )
Episode:
Survival
(2018)
TV-PG | 47 min | Documentary
The story of how life on Earth has evolved, becoming lethal for life to thrive.
Directors: Christopher Riley, Nick Shoolingin-Jordan | Stars: Will Smith, Jerry Linenger, Roger Smith, Mae C. Jemison
Votes: 261
23.
One Strange Rock (2018– )
Episode:
Genesis
(2018)
TV-PG | 47 min | Documentary
The story of how and why life began on Earth, and what makes our planet different from the others.
Director: Nick Shoolingin-Jordan | Stars: Will Smith, Mae C. Jemison, Hazel Barton, Chris Hadfield
Votes: 257
24.
One Strange Rock (2018– )
Episode:
Escape
(2018)
TV-14 | 47 min | Documentary
Astronaut Chris Hadfield believes the only chance for human survival is to escape from Earth and build a space colony, but there are real barriers.
Director: Graham Booth | Stars: Will Smith, Chris Hadfield, Ty Bowen, Iain Kerr
Votes: 231
25.
One Strange Rock (2018– )
Episode:
Awakening
(2018)
TV-14 | 47 min | Documentary
An investigation into the mystery of the human brain and the chain of events that produced the anomaly of human intelligence.
Director: Nick Shoolingin-Jordan | Stars: Will Smith, Leland Melvin, Jerry Linenger, Peggy Whitson
Votes: 195
26.
One Strange Rock (2018– )
Episode:
Alien
(2018)
TV-14 | 47 min | Documentary
The story of how a miraculous event transformed life on Earth into a complex interconnected food web; Astronauts and experts question other intelligent life in the universe.
Director: Nat Sharman | Stars: Will Smith, Mae C. Jemison, Nichelle Nichols, Logan Doull
Votes: 202
27.
One Strange Rock (2018– )
Episode:
Terraform
(2018)
TV-14 | 47 min | Documentary
The story of how for nearly 4 billion years, life microbes, plants and animals have emerged and sculpted the planet's surface and atmosphere in the strangest of ways.
Director: Nic Stacey | Stars: Will Smith, Michael Massimino, Omar Mednia Ramírez, Isak Mathis Triumf
Votes: 210
28.
Wild Wild Country (2018)
Episode:
Part 1
(2018)
TV-MA | 64 min | Documentary, Crime
Under the watchful eye of his secretary, Ma Anand Sheela, spiritual guru Bhagwan Shree Rajineesh renovates his ashram from India to Oregon in 1981.
Directors: Chapman Way, Maclain Way | Stars: Osho, Ma Anand Sheela, George Meredith, Jon Bowerman
Votes: 663
29.
Wild Wild Country (2018)
Episode:
Part 6
(2018)
TV-MA | 72 min | Documentary, Crime
The Bhagwan flees the ranch. Sheela and several followers are arrested in Germany. The Bhagwan's devotees -- and his enemies -- reflect on his legacy.
Directors: Chapman Way, Maclain Way | Stars: Osho, Ma Anand Sheela, George Meredith, Jon Bowerman
Votes: 465
30.
Wild Wild Country (2018)
Episode:
Part 2
(2018)
TV-MA | 65 min | Documentary, Crime
When the world's most controversial guru builds a utopian city deep in the Oregon desert, conflict with the locals escalates into a national scandal.
Directors: Chapman Way, Maclain Way | Stars: Osho, Ma Anand Sheela, George Meredith, Jon Bowerman
Votes: 568
31.
Wild Wild Country (2018)
Episode:
Part 3
(2018)
TV-MA | 67 min | Documentary, Crime
Sheela emerges as a provocative spokeswoman. As Election Day approaches, the Rajneeshees recruit thousands of homeless people to fortify their ranks.
Directors: Chapman Way, Maclain Way | Stars: Osho, Ma Anand Sheela, George Meredith, Jon Bowerman
Votes: 542
32.
Wild Wild Country (2018)
Episode:
Part 4
(2018)
TV-MA | 69 min | Documentary, Crime
Local officials try to build a case against the Rajneeshees. When Sheela's thirst for power turns violent, the Bhagwan finally breaks his silence.
Directors: Chapman Way, Maclain Way | Stars: Osho, Ma Anand Sheela, George Meredith, Jon Bowerman
Votes: 512
33.
Wild Wild Country (2018)
Episode:
Part 5
(2018)
TV-MA | 66 min | Documentary, Crime
The bitter feud between Sheela and the Bhagwan divides the community -- and opens the door for the FBI. At the ranch, a task force amasses evidence.
Directors: Chapman Way, Maclain Way | Stars: Osho, Ma Anand Sheela, George Meredith, Jon Bowerman
Votes: 482
34. Bikram: Yogi, Guru, Predator (2019)
TV-MA | 86 min | Documentary, Crime
Tracing from his rise in the 1970s to his disgrace in accusations of rape and sexual harassment in more recent years.
Director: Eva Orner | Stars: Larissa Anderson, Francesca Asumah, Sarah Baughn, Bikram Choudhury
Votes: 5,432
35.
Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey (2014)
Episode:
Standing Up in the Milky Way
(2014)
TV-PG | 44 min | Documentary
A thrilling, new adventure across space and time begins.
Directors: Brannon Braga, Ann Druyan, Bill Pope | Stars: Neil deGrasse Tyson, Phil LaMarr, Seth MacFarlane, John Steven Rocha
Votes: 3,073
36.
Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey (2014)
Episode:
Some of the Things That Molecules Do
(2014)
TV-PG | 44 min | Documentary
Artificial selection is one example, eyes another, of the well-documented and inescapable process of evolution--change in a population of species over time--by natural selection. These are some of the things that molecules do.
Directors: Brannon Braga, Ann Druyan, Bill Pope | Stars: Neil deGrasse Tyson, Nadia Rochelle Pfarr, Carl Sagan
Votes: 2,344
37.
Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey (2014)
Episode:
When Knowledge Conquered Fear
(2014)
TV-PG | 44 min | Documentary
Neil deGrasse Tyson sets off on the Ship of the Imagination to chase a single comet through its million-year plunge toward Sol. Later, Tyson visits the birth-place of Sir Isaac Newton and ... See full summary »
Directors: Brannon Braga, Ann Druyan, Bill Pope | Stars: Neil deGrasse Tyson, Michael Chochol, Cary Elwes, Tom Konkle
Votes: 2,104
38.
Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey (2014)
Episode:
A Sky Full of Ghosts
(2014)
TV-PG | 44 min | Documentary
Explores how light, time and gravity affects our perception of the universe
Directors: Brannon Braga, Ann Druyan, Bill Pope | Stars: Neil deGrasse Tyson, Jonathan Morgan Heit, Wesley Salter, Patrick Stewart
Votes: 2,004
39.
Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey (2014)
Episode:
Hiding in the Light
(2014)
TV-PG | 44 min | Documentary
The Ship of the Imagination travels back in time to reveal 11th century Europe and North Africa during the golden age of Islam, when brilliant physicist Ibn al-Haytham discovered the ... See full summary »
Directors: Brannon Braga, Ann Druyan, Bill Pope | Stars: Neil deGrasse Tyson, Alfred Molina, Kenn Ashe, Stoney Emshwiller
Votes: 1,764
40.
Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey (2014)
Episode:
Deeper, Deeper, Deeper Still
(2014)
TV-PG | 44 min | Documentary
The Ship of the Imagination ventures on an epic voyage to the bottom of a dewdrop to explore the universe on the smallest scale and observe exotic life forms invisible to the naked eye. ... See full summary »
Directors: Brannon Braga, Ann Druyan, Bill Pope | Star: Neil deGrasse Tyson
Votes: 1,578
41.
Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey (2014)
Episode:
The Clean Room
(2014)
TV-PG | 43 min | Documentary
To determine the true age of the Earth, geochemist Clair Patterson developed the uranium-lead dating method to make an unprecedented discovery - calculating Earth's age of 4.5 billion years... See full summary »
Directors: Brannon Braga, Ann Druyan | Stars: Neil deGrasse Tyson, Richard Gere, Piotr Michael, Marc Worden
Votes: 1,567
42. Anatolian Trip (2018)
114 min | Documentary, Music
Eager in spirit for a better world, an amateur rock band from bohemian Istanbul embarks on an impromptu tour to mainland Turkey, in hopes of sharing their music and love with fellow countrymen.
Directors: Can Eskinazi, Deniz Tortum | Stars: Mustafa C. Aydin, Cem Celal Bilge, Mert Cosar, Ugur Deynekli
Votes: 114
43. The Social Dilemma (2020)
PG-13 | 94 min | Documentary, Drama
Explores the dangerous human impact of social networking, with tech experts sounding the alarm on their own creations.
Director: Jeff Orlowski | Stars: Tristan Harris, Jeff Seibert, Bailey Richardson, Joe Toscano
Votes: 63,137
44. David Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet (2020)
PG | 83 min | Documentary, Biography
One man has seen more of the natural world than any other. This unique feature documentary is his witness statement.
Directors: Alastair Fothergill, Jonathan Hughes, Keith Scholey | Stars: David Attenborough, Max Hughes
Votes: 23,823
45. Franca: Chaos and Creation (2016)
Not Rated | 80 min | Documentary, Biography
An intimate portrait of Franca Sozzani, the legendary editor-in-chief of Italian Vogue.
Director: Francesco Carrozzini | Stars: Marina Abramovic, Azzedine Alaïa, Naomi Campbell, Francesco Carrozzini
Votes: 597
46. Babenco: Tell Me When I Die (2019)
75 min | Documentary, Biography