Top Documentary Movies


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271. Richard Pryor Live in Concert

Year of Release: 1979
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Documentary
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Jeff Margolis
Actors: Richard Pryor

272. That's Entertainment, Part II

Year of Release: 1976
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary/Family
MPAA Rating: G
Director: Gene Kelly
Actors: Fred Astaire, Gene Kelly, Judy Garland, Mickey Rooney, Bing Crosby, Frank Sinatra

273. Fast, Cheap & Out of Control

Year of Release: 1997
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Errol Morris
Actors: Dave Hoover, George Mendonça, Raymond A. Mendez, Rodney Brooks

274. The U.S. vs John Lennon

Year of Release: 2006
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary/Biography
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: David Leaf, John Scheinfeld
Actors: John Lennon, Yoko Ono, Gore Vidal, Walter Cronkite, G. Gordon Liddy, Noam Chomsky

275. My Kid Could Paint That

Year of Release: 2007
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Amir Bar-Lev
Actors: Laura Olmstead, Amir Bar-Lev, Mark Olmstead, Marla Olmstead, Anthony Brunelli, Elizabeth Cohen
Plot: A look at the work and surprising success of a four-year-old girl whose paintings have been compared to the likes of Picasso and has raked in hundreds of thousands of dollars.

276. That's Entertainment

Year of Release: 1974
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary/Family
MPAA Rating: G
Director: Jack Haley Jr.
Actors: Fred Astaire, Bing Crosby, Gene Kelly, Peter Lawford, Liza Minnelli, Frank Sinatra

277. Dogtown and Z-Boys

Year of Release: 2002
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary/Sport
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Stacy Peralta
Actors: Sean Penn, Jay Adams, Tony Alva, Tony Hawk, Henry Rollins, Skip Engblom

278. Terror in the Aisles

Year of Release: 1984
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Horror/Documentary
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Andrew J. Kuehn
Actors: Donald Pleasence, Nancy Allen, Fred Asparagus, Joel S. Rice, Diane Stilwell, Lainie Cooke
Plot: A review of horror movies in the 70's and early 80's and their highlight moments.

279. Catfish

Year of Release: 2010
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Henry Joost, Ariel Schulman
Actors: Ariel Schulman, Yaniv Schulman, Melody C. Roscher, Megan Faccio
Plot: Nev is a young man who develops a crush on a girl he has met online and talked to on the phone a few times. His friends film the whole experience when Nev decides to travel to her house to meet her. Afterall, everyone on the internet is who they say they are, right?

280. Tarnation

Year of Release: 2004
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Jonathan Caouette
Actors: Renee Leblanc, Jonathan Caouette, Adolph Davis, Rosemary Davis, David Sanin Paz, Joshua Williams

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