With Britdoc Foundation (Sorted by Popularity Ascending)
1. O Acto de Matar (2012)
M/16 | 117 min | Documentary, Biography, Crime
A documentary which challenges former Indonesian death-squad leaders to reenact their mass-killings in whichever cinematic genres they wish, including classic Hollywood crime scenarios and lavish musical numbers.
Directors: Joshua Oppenheimer, Anonymous, Christine Cynn | Stars: Anwar Congo, Herman Koto, Syamsul Arifin, Ibrahim Sinik
Votes: 34,408 | Gross: $0.49M
2. Citizenfour (2014)
M/12 | 114 min | Documentary, Biography, Thriller
A documentarian and a reporter travel to Hong Kong for the first of many meetings with Edward Snowden.
Director: Laura Poitras | Stars: Edward Snowden, Glenn Greenwald, William Binney, Jacob Appelbaum
Votes: 51,391 | Gross: $2.80M
3. O Olhar do Silêncio (2014)
M/16 | 103 min | Documentary, Biography, History
A family that survived the genocide in Indonesia confronts the men who killed one of their brothers.
Director: Joshua Oppenheimer | Stars: Adi Rukun, M.Y. Basrun, Amir Hasan, Inong
Votes: 11,491 | Gross: $0.11M
4. Virunga (2014)
100 min | Documentary, War
A team of brave individuals risk their lives to protect the last mountain gorillas.
Director: Orlando von Einsiedel | Stars: André Bauma, Emmanuel de Merode, Mélanie Gouby, Rodrigue Mugaruka Katembo
Votes: 10,001
5. Al midan (2013)
108 min | Documentary, News
A group of Egyptian revolutionaries battle leaders and regimes, risking their lives to build a new society of conscience.
Director: Jehane Noujaim | Stars: Ahmed Hassan, Khalid Abdalla, Magdy Ashour, Ramy Essam
Votes: 8,490 | Gross: $0.12M
6. Perseguindo Corais (2017)
93 min | Documentary
Coral reefs around the world are vanishing at an unprecedented rate. A team of divers, photographers and scientists set out on a thrilling ocean adventure to discover why and to reveal the underwater mystery to the world.
Director: Jeff Orlowski | Stars: Andrew Ackerman, Pim Bongaerts, Neal Cantin, Phil Dustan
Votes: 4,028
7. An Insignificant Man (2016)
96 min | Documentary, Thriller
A non-fiction drama chronicling the most outrageous political debut in the largest democracy in the world, "An Insignificant Man" follows Arvind Kejriwal and his insurgent party as they look to shake up Indian politics while struggling to keep their own idealism alive.
Directors: Khushboo Ranka, Vinay Shukla | Stars: Arvind Kejriwal, Saurabh Bhardwaj, Prashant Bhushan, Shiela Dikshit
Votes: 1,777
8. Trophy (2017)
108 min | Documentary
This in-depth look into the powerhouse industries of big-game hunting, breeding and wildlife conservation in the U.S. and Africa unravels the complex consequences of treating animals as commodities.
Directors: Christina Clusiau, Shaul Schwarz | Stars: Tim Black, Philip Glass, Christo Gomes, John Hume
Votes: 588 | Gross: $0.02M
9. Dirty Wars (2013)
87 min | Documentary, Crime, Mystery
Investigative journalist Jeremy Scahill is pulled into an unexpected journey as he chases down the hidden truth behind America's expanding covert wars.
Director: Rick Rowley | Stars: Jeremy Scahill, Nasser Al Aulaqi, Saleha Al Aulaqi, Muqbal Al Kazemi
Votes: 8,949 | Gross: $0.38M
10. Risk (I) (2016)
86 min | Documentary
The story of WikiLeak's editor-in-chief Julian Assange as seen by documentary filmmaker Laura Poitras.
Director: Laura Poitras | Stars: Julian Assange, Sarah Harrison, Jacob Appelbaum, Joseph Farrell
Votes: 2,023 | Gross: $0.20M
11. Wszystkie nieprzespane noce (2016)
R | 100 min | Documentary, Drama
A new era is coming, and Warsaw stands uncomfortably at its edge. Art school classmates Christopher and Michal, on the precipice of their own coming of age, restlessly roam their city's ... See full summary »
Director: Michal Marczak | Stars: Krzysztof Baginski, Michal Huszcza, Eva Lebuef, Natalia Atmanska
Votes: 1,498 | Gross: $0.02M
12. Talk to Me (2007– )
Drama
Mitch, a promiscuous late-night London radio DJ, falls for his best friend's fiancée.
Stars: Max Beesley, Joseph Millson, Angel Coulby, Laura Fraser
Votes: 153
13. Whose Streets? (2017)
R | 102 min | Documentary
An unflinching look at how the police killing of 18-year-old Mike Brown inspired a community to fight back and sparked a global movement.
Directors: Sabaah Folayan, Damon Davis | Stars: Lezley McSpadden, Michael Brown Sr., David Whitt, Montague Simmons
Votes: 1,161 | Gross: $0.18M
14. The Yes Men Fix the World (2009)
87 min | Documentary, Comedy
Troublemaking duo Andy Bichlbaum and Mike Bonanno, posing as their industrious alter-egos, expose the people profiting from Hurricane Katrina, the faces behind the environmental disaster in Bhopal, and other shocking events.
Directors: Andy Bichlbaum, Mike Bonanno, Kurt Engfehr | Stars: Reggie Watts, Mike Bonanno, Andy Bichlbaum, Richard Ebeling
Votes: 5,091 | Gross: $0.19M
15. Hell and Back Again (2011)
88 min | Documentary, Action, History
What does it mean to lead men in war? What does it mean to come home? Hell and Back Again is a cinematically revolutionary film that asks and answers these questions with a power and ... See full summary »
Director: Danfung Dennis | Stars: Nathan Harris, Ashley Harris, The Marines of Echo Company, Christian Cabaniss
Votes: 2,191 | Gross: $0.04M
16. The End of the Line (I) (2009)
85 min | Documentary
Documentary filmmaker Rupert Murray examines the devastating effect that overfishing has had on the world's fish populations and argues that drastic action must be taken to reverse these trends.
Director: Rupert Murray | Stars: Ben Bradshaw, Roberto Mielgo Bragazzi, Charles Clover, John Crosbie
Votes: 1,015
17. Who Is Dayani Cristal? (2013)
85 min | Documentary
An anonymous body in the Arizona desert sparks the beginning of a real-life human drama. The search for identity leads us back across a continent to seek out the people left behind and the meaning of a mysterious tattoo.
Director: Marc Silver | Stars: Gael García Bernal, Charles Harding, Lorena Ivón Ton Quevedo, Alejandro Solalinde
Votes: 485
18. We Are Many - O Protesto (2014)
110 min | Documentary
The story of the biggest demonstration in human history, which took place on 15th February 2003, against the impending war on Iraq.
Director: Amir Amirani | Stars: Susan Sarandon, Mark Rylance, Danny Glover, Ken Loach
Votes: 348
19. Aleph
Post-production
Structured as a labyrinth-like game and inspired by Jorge Luis Borges, Aleph is a travelogue of experience, a dreamer's journey through the lives, experiences, stories and musings of protagonists spanning ten countries and five continents.
Director: Iva Radivojevic | Stars: Anne Waldman, Guillermina Pico, Bouamama BenFareh, Zarko Lausevic
20. Black Gold (2006)
78 min | Documentary
An in-depth look at the world of coffee and global trade.
Directors: Marc J. Francis, Nick Francis
Votes: 838 | Gross: $0.09M
21. Ping Pong (I) (2012)
80 min | Documentary, Sport
8 players with 703 years between them compete in the World over 80s Table Tennis Championships in Inner Mongolia. Terry (81) having been given a week to live, gets in sight of winning gold.... See full summary »
Directors: Anson Hartford, Hugh Hartford
Votes: 304
22. Pussy Riot: A Punk Prayer (2013)
88 min | Documentary, Biography, Crime
Follows the court case of three members of the Russian feminist punk protest group Pussy Riot after their performance in a Russian Orthodox cathedral.
Directors: Mike Lerner, Maxim Pozdorovkin | Stars: Nadezhda Tolokonnikova, Mariya Alyokhina, Yekaterina Samutsevich, Andrey Tolokonnikov
Votes: 1,845
23. Cocaine Prison (2017)
90 min | Documentary, Drama
From inside Bolivia's craziest prison a cocaine worker, a drug mule and his little sister reveal the countries relationship with cocaine.
Director: Violeta Ayala | Stars: Mario Bernal, Daisy Torres, Hernan Torres
Votes: 77
24. Hooligan Sparrow (2016)
84 min | Documentary, Crime, Drama
State surveillance. Harassment. Imprisonment. Human rights activist Ye Haiyan, AKA Sparrow, knew she faced these risks when she went to Hainan Province to seek justice for six elementary ... See full summary »
Director: Nanfu Wang | Stars: Ye Haiyan, Huang, Wang Jianfen, Tang Jitian
Votes: 383
25. This Is Congo (2017)
93 min | Documentary, History, War
An unfiltered look in to the lives of 3 characters surviving amongst the most recent cycle of conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo, otherwise known as the M23 rebellion.
Director: Daniel McCabe
Votes: 273 | Gross: $0.00M
26. The Possibilities Are Endless (2014)
83 min | Documentary, Biography, Music
Imagine your mind has been wiped: memories, knowledge, experiences, language - every word you ever spoke, has vanished. If eventually you found the words, what would you say? For Edwyn Collins, 'The Possibilities Are Endless'.
Directors: James Hall, Edward Lovelace | Stars: Edwyn Collins, Grace Maxwell, William Collins, Yasmin Paige
Votes: 340
27. Becoming Animal (2018)
78 min | Documentary
A palpably rendered audiovisual essay draws together the distinct sensibilities of filmmakers Peter Mettler (The End of Time) and Emma Davie (I am Breathing) and philosopher David Abram (... See full summary »
Directors: Emma Davie, Peter Mettler | Stars: David Abram, Peter Mettler
Votes: 81
28. Shadow World (2016)
94 min | Documentary
Based on the book of The Shadow World, this feature length documentary is an investigation into the multi-billion dollar international arms trade.
Director: Johan Grimonprez
Votes: 668
29. The Bengali Detective (2011)
110 min | Documentary
Chubby, dance-obsessed private-detective Rajesh Ji and his motley band of helpers tackle poisonings, adultery and the occasional murder on the frenzied streets of Kolkata.
Director: Philip Cox
Votes: 168
30. Afghan Star (2009)
87 min | Documentary, Music
A look at how contestants on the a musical contest program "Pop Idol" in Afghanistan risk their lives to appear on the show.
Director: Havana Marking | Stars: Habib Amiri, Setara Hussainzada, Rafi Naabzada, Lima Sahar
Votes: 941 | Gross: $0.10M
31. Il cratere (2017)
93 min | Drama
Rosario works as a street seller on the fairgrounds of the suburbs of Naples. His dream to escape poverty latches onto the musical talent of his daughter Sharon. He turns into an impresario to make her a star of the Italian folk music.
Directors: Luca Bellino, Silvia Luzi | Stars: Sharon Caroccia, Rosario Caroccia, Tina Amariutei, Assunta Arcella
Votes: 140
32. We Are Together (Thina Simunye) (2006)
PG | 83 min | Documentary, Music
Tells the moving and inspiring story of 12 year old Slindile and her remarkable friends at the Agape orphanage in South Africa.
Director: Paul Taylor | Stars: Lorraine Bracco, Alicia Keys, Mbali, Mthobisi Moya
Votes: 203
33. The War Show (2016)
100 min | Documentary, Drama, War
A Syrian radio DJ shares her experiences in the aftermath of the 2011 Arab Spring.
Directors: Andreas Dalsgaard, Obaidah Zytoon | Stars: Obaidah Zytoon, Nawwara, Amal, Muhammad Houssam
Votes: 233
34. Moving to Mars (2009)
90 min | Documentary
Moving to Mars charts the epic journey made by two Burmese families from a vast refugee camp on the Thai/Burma border to their new homes in the UK. At times hilarious, at times emotional, ... See full summary »
Director: Mat Whitecross
Votes: 57
35. Jin tian de yu zen me yang? (2006)
83 min | Drama
A writer's dreamed trip between city and village, reality and fiction, in an chaotic contemporary China.
Director: Xiaolu Guo | Stars: Xiaolu Guo, Ning Hao, Hui Rao, Zijiang Yang
Votes: 119
36. No Fire Zone: The Killing Fields of Sri Lanka (2013)
49 min | Documentary, Crime
No Fire Zone: In the Killing Fields of Sri Lanka is an investigative documentary about the final weeks of the Sri Lankan Civil War.
Director: Callum Macrae | Stars: Rufus Sewell, Bashana Abeywardene, Vany Viji, Benjamin Dix
Votes: 327
37. Self Made (2010)
88 min | Documentary
If you were to play a part in a film, would you be yourself or a fictional character?
Director: Gillian Wearing | Stars: Sam Rumbelow, Asheq Akhtar, Lesley Robinson, Dave Austin
Votes: 53
38. Sounds Like Teen Spirit - O Sonho (2008)
100 min | Documentary, Music
A documentary about the junior version of the annual Eurovision song festival.
Director: Jamie Jay Johnson | Stars: Bab Buelens, Marina Baltadzi
Votes: 206
39. Project Wild Thing (2013)
83 min | Documentary, Adventure, Drama
Filmmaker David Bond invites parents everywhere to help their kids re-connect with nature in our digital age.
Director: David Bond | Stars: Michael Depledge, Susan Greenfield, Jay Griffiths, Geoffrey McMullan
Votes: 119
40. Swandown (2012)
98 min | Documentary
Swandown is a travelogue and odyssey of Olympian ambition; a poetic film-diary in which Andrew Kötting and Iain Sinclair pedal a swan-shaped pedalo from the seaside in Hastings to Hackney in London, via the English inland waterways.
Director: Andrew Kotting | Stars: Anonymous Bosch, Philippe Ciompi, Marcia Farquhar, Jem Finer
Votes: 65
41. The Opposition (2016)
90 min | Documentary
An indigenous community in Papua New Guinea is forced to fight back before they are cruelly evicted from their land in favor of a five star tourist hotel.
Director: Hollie Fifer
Votes: 23
42. A Whole Lott More (2013)
Documentary
About how we can create better jobs for people with disabilities during challenging economic times.
Director: Victor Buhler
Votes: 24
43. Town of Runners (2012)
80 min | Documentary, Sport
Town of Runners is a feature documentary about young runners from the Ethiopian rural town of Bekoji, home to the current Olympic and World Champions Tirunesh Dibaba and Kenenisa Bekele. ... See full summary »
Director: Jerry Rothwell
Votes: 129
44. Dalu chaotian (2015)
95 min | Documentary
A highway is waiting to go through a quiet village in Hunan, a province in central China where Mao was from. Due to the high cost of construction, construction companies and migrant workers... See full summary »
Director: Zanbo Zhang
Votes: 84
45. The Borneo Case (2017)
78 min | Documentary
In the Swedish documentary, The Borneo Case documentary filmmakers Erik Pauser and Dylan Williams spend five years intimately following the trail of an unlikely group of activists whose aim... See full synopsis »
Directors: Erik Pauser, Dylan Williams
Votes: 27
46. Here's Johnny (2008)
52 min | Documentary
An inside look at the life of legendary comic book artist Johnny Hicklenton, renowned for his depictions of 'Judge Dredd' and 'Nemesis The Warlock' in 2000AD. As well as a celebration of one of Britain's finest horror artists, the film is also a brutally honest portrayal of Johnny's battle against the disease Multiple Sclerosis.
Director: Kat Mansoor | Stars: Alasdair Coles, John Hicklenton, Gary Lawford, Pat Mills
Votes: 28
47. Judgment in Hungary (2013)
108 min | Documentary, Crime, Drama
Hungary was the site of serial murders on ethnic basis. Over the course of one year, the murderers killed and seriously injured Roma children and adults. The state charged 4 men with ... See full summary »
Director: Eszter Hajdú
Votes: 117
48. My Kidnapper (2010)
83 min | Documentary, Biography, Crime
In 2003 Mark Henderson was one of eight backpackers taken hostage in Colombia. One year after his release one of his kidnappers contacted him by email. Now he's going back to meet him and finally close this chapter in his life.
Directors: Mark Henderson, Kate Horne
Votes: 72
49. Erasing David (2010)
80 min | Documentary
Director David Bond finds out how much private companies and government know about him by attempting to disappear. Tracked by two ruthless private investigators, his chilling journey forces him to contemplate the loss of privacy.
Directors: David Bond, Melinda McDougall | Stars: Frank M. Ahearn, David Bond, Phil Booth, Cameron Gowlett
Votes: 401
50. Respect the Shooter (2017)
62 min | Documentary
Set to the backdrop of a pulsating, breathing and sometimes sighing London town, this documentary sets out to shed light on the melting pot which is London's young art scene and the cream ... See full summary »
Director: Rashid Babiker | Stars: Micah Fitzgerald, Solomon Boyadee, Ciesay, Elissa Salas