Top Documentary Movies


The Top Documentary Movies List is calculated by overall movie ratings and members' "Top Documentary List". Lists are calculated daily.

191. Jim & Andy: The Great Beyond - With a Very Special, Contractually Obligated Mention of Tony Clifton

Year of Release: 2017
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Chris Smith
Actors: Jim Carrey, Danny DeVito, Milos Forman, Judd Hirsch

192. For All Mankind

Year of Release: 1989
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary/Historical
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Al Reinert
Actors: Jim Lovell, Russell Schweickart, Eugene Cernan, Michael Collins, Charles Conrad, Richard Gordon
Plot: A nice documentary about the U.S. Apollo program told by the astronauts themselves. Only video footage from the era is used, and the astronauts do voice-over work detailing what happened and how they felt during the missions.

193. Anne Frank Remembered

Year of Release: 1995
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary/Biography
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Jon Blair
Actors: Kenneth Branagh, Glenn Close, Joely Richardson, Miep Gies, Hannah Pik-Goslar, Anne Frank
Plot: Using previously unreleased material, along with new interviews, this documentary presents the most well-rounded view of the Frank family, including Anne - the young girl who put a human face to the Holocaust.

194. A Personal Journey with Martin Scorsese Through American Movies

Year of Release: 1998
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Martin Scorsese, Michael Henry Wilson
Actors: Martin Scorsese, Francis Ford Coppola, George Lucas, Billy Wilder, Brian De Palma, Clint Eastwood

195. Black Tar Heroin: The Dark End of the Street

Year of Release: 2000
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Steven Okazaki

196. Global Metal

Year of Release: 2008
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Sam Dunn, Scot McFadyen
Actors: Bruce Dickinson, Dave Murray, Marty Friedman, Sam Dunn, Metallica, Lamb of God

197. Voyage of Time

Year of Release: 2016
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Terrence Malick
Actors: Cate Blanchett, Brad Pitt
Plot: A film 30 years in the making, director Terrence Malick's most ambitious film to date, Voyage of Time explore the past, present and future of the known universe.

198. Lost in La Mancha

Year of Release: 2003
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Keith Fulton, Louis Pepe
Actors: Jeff Bridges, Terry Gilliam, Tony Grisoni, Ray Cooper, Philip A. Patterson, René Cleitman
Plot: This documentary chronicles screenwriter and director Terry Gilliam's repeatedly failed attempts to bring the story of Don Quixote to the big screen.

199. Common Threads: Stories from the Quilt

Year of Release: 1989
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Rob Epstein, Jeffrey Friedman
Actors: Sara Lewinstein, David Mandell, Suzi Mandell, Sallie Perryman, Vito Russo, Tracy Torrey

200. Crumb

Year of Release: 1995
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary/Biography
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Terry Zwigoff
Actors: Robert Crumb, Aline Kominsky, Charles Crumb, Maxon Crumb, Robert Hughes, Martin Muller
Plot: R. Crumb was one of the pioneers of underground comix - Fritz the Cat and Keep On Truckin' being his most well know. This documentary/biography takes a look into the mind of this man, showcasing his artistic stylings and musings while his family and people who knew him give their own accounts of this distinctly unique man.

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