Top Documentary Movies


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

351. Waiting for Hockney

Year of Release: 2008
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Julie Checkoway
Actors: Billy Pappas, Cookie Pappas, Jim Pappas, Larry Link, Gerneen Pappas, Will Pappas

352. American Outrage

Year of Release: 2008
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Beth Gage, George Gage
Actors: Mary Dann, Carrie Dann, Mary Steenburgen
Plot: Two elderly Western Shoshone sisters, the Danns, put up a heroic fight for their land rights and human rights.

353. Chris Rock: Kill the Messenger

Year of Release: 2008
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary/Comedy
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Marty Callner
Actors: Chris Rock

354. Silly Little Game

Year of Release: 2010
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary/Sport
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Lucas Jansen, Adam Kurland
Actors: Jennifer Appel, Dan Okrent, Lee Eisenberg, Peter Gethers, Glen Waggoner, Valerie Salembier
Plot: The story of the men (and mandatory woman) who began the first Baseball Rotisserie League - the original fantasy sport - which would one day spawn a $2 billion dollar industry.

355. The Unknown Known

Year of Release: 2013
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Errol Morris
Actors: Kenn Medeiros, Errol Morris, Donald Rumsfeld, Danny Elfman
Plot: Errol Morris directs this documentary about Former United States Secretary of Defense, Donald Rumsfeld - from his history as a Congressman in early 60s up to his role in the Iraq invasion in 2003.

356. DamNation

Year of Release: 2014
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary/Adventure
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Ben Knight, Travis Rummel

357. I Am Big Bird: The Caroll Spinney Story

Year of Release: 2015
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary/Biography
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Dave LaMattina, Chad N. Walker
Actors: Caroll Spinney, Frank Oz, Jim Henson, Emilio Delgado, Sonia Manzano, Matt Vogel

358. Hitchcock/Truffaut

Year of Release: 2015
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Kent Jones
Actors: Wes Anderson, Olivier Assayas, Peter Bogdanovich, Arnaud Desplechin, David Fincher, James Gray

359. Whitney: Can I Be Me

Year of Release: 2017
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Nick Broomfield, Rudi Dolezal
Actors: Whitney Houston, Bobbi Kristina Brown, Bobby Brown, Cissy Houston, Robyn Crawford, John Russell Houston Jr.

360. Love Gilda

Year of Release: 2018
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Lisa Dapolito
Actors: Gilda Radner, Lorne Michaels, Chevy Chase, Amy Poehler, Melissa McCarthy, Laraine Newman
Plot: With newly recovered audiotapes, Gilda Radner reflects on her life and career. Using a combination of interviews, home movies and diary entries read by modern-day comediennes, the documentary celebrates the life story of Radner.

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