Documentaries to suggest to a friend
by maijakrasts | created - 04 Jan 2021 | updated - 05 Nov 2021 | PublicList of great documentaries that are available online
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1. 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
2. Red Light Go (2002)
52 min | Documentary
Bike messengers take part in several NYC underground alley-cat street races, featuring mostly bike messengers. At it's most intense: an unsanctioned Manhattan street race, at night, rush hour, on a pentagram shaped course on Halloween.
Directors: Ben Barraud, Toby Barraud, Manny Kivowitz
Votes: 61
3. Scheme Birds (2019)
90 min | Documentary
As her childhood turns into motherhood, teenage troublemaker Gemma comes of age in her fading Scottish steel town. But in a place where "you either get knocked up or locked up," innocent games can easily turn into serious crime.
Directors: Ellen Fiske, Ellinor Hallin
Votes: 529
4. Aasta täis draamat (2019)
106 min | Documentary
A young woman takes on an audacious human experiment while trying to find her place in the world and struggling with the past of her family.
Director: Marta Pulk | Stars: Alissija-Elisabet Jevtjukova, Henrik Kalmet, Grete Lõbu, Paavo Piik
Votes: 219
5. Sherpa (2015)
Not Rated | 96 min | Documentary
In 2014, director Jennifer Peedom was working on a documentary about the Sherpas of Mount Everest when the largest avalanche in recent history occurred on the mountain, killing 16 Sherpas.
Director: Jennifer Peedom | Stars: Russell Brice, Tim Medvetz, Pasang Tenzing Sherpa, Phurba Tashi Sherpa
Votes: 5,414
6. Free Solo (2018)
PG-13 | 100 min | Documentary, Adventure, Sport
Alex Honnold faces the biggest challenge of his career, climbing El Capitan in Yosemite National Park. He pursues it Free Solo, which means climbing without a rope and alone.
Directors: Jimmy Chin, Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi | Stars: Alex Honnold, Tommy Caldwell, Jimmy Chin, Cheyne Lempe
Votes: 77,466 | Gross: $17.54M
7. Matangi/Maya/M.I.A (2018)
96 min | Documentary, Biography, Music
Drawn from a never-before-seen cache of personal footage spanning decades, this is an intimate portrait of the Sri Lankan artist and musician who continues to shatter conventions.
Director: Steve Loveridge | Stars: M.I.A., Spike Jonze, Madonna, Bill Maher
Votes: 2,227 | Gross: $0.23M
8. Slomo (2013)
18 min | Documentary, Short, Biography
Depressed and frustrated with his life, Dr. John Kitchin abandons his career as a neurologist and moves to Pacific Beach. There, he undergoes a radical transformation into SLOMO, trading ... See full summary »
Director: Joshua Izenberg | Star: John Kitchin
Votes: 81
9. Ten Meter Tower (2016)
17 min | Documentary, Short, Drama
On a 10-meter high diving tower, fear of taking the jump is pitted against the personal loss that would arise if you didn't dare. What do we look like when we hesitate and when we make a ... See full summary »
Directors: Axel Danielson, Maximilien Van Aertryck | Stars: Linnea Smalström, Angela Wang, Marie Byzström, Elin Johansson
Votes: 541
10. My Dead Dad's Porno Tapes (2018)
14 min | Documentary, Short, Biography
A short documentary that follows director Charlie Tyrell as he tries to uncover a better understanding of his deceased father through the random objects he inherited, including a pile of VHS dirty movies.
Director: Charlie Tyrell | Star: David Wain
Votes: 385
11. The Self Portrait (2020)
80 min | Documentary
The Self Portrait is a film about choice - choosing life. This is a choice no one can make for you, you will have to make it yourself. The Norwegian artist Lene Marie Fossen (32) is an up ... See full summary »
Directors: Katja Høgset, Margreth Olin, Espen Wallin | Stars: Lene Marie Fossen, Torill Fossen, Geir Fossen, Morten Krogvold
Votes: 358
12. Collective (2019)
Not Rated | 109 min | Documentary, Crime
Director Alexander Nanau follows a crack team of investigators at the Romanian newspaper Gazeta Sporturilor as they try to uncover a vast health-care fraud that enriched moguls and politicians and led to the deaths of innocent citizens.
Director: Alexander Nanau | Stars: Dan Alexandru Condrea, Liviu Iolu, Razvan Lutac, Mirela Neag
Votes: 13,443
13. The Cove (2009)
PG-13 | 92 min | Documentary, Biography, Crime
Using state-of-the-art equipment, a group of activists, led by renowned dolphin trainer Ric O'Barry, infiltrate a cove near Taijii, Japan to expose both a shocking instance of animal abuse and a serious threat to human health.
Director: Louie Psihoyos | Stars: Richard O'Barry, Louie Psihoyos, Hardy Jones, Michael Illiff
Votes: 51,457 | Gross: $0.87M
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